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Q: How do I efficiently filter a long list in SwiftUI? I've been writing my first SwiftUI application, which manages a book collection. It has a List of around 3,000 items, which loads and scrolls pretty efficiently. If use a toggle control to filter the list to show only the books I don't have the UI freezes for twenty to thirty seconds before updating, presumably because the UI thread is busy deciding whether to show each of the 3,000 cells or not.
Is there a good way to do handle updates to big lists like this in SwiftUI?
var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            List {
                Toggle(isOn: $userData.showWantsOnly) {
                    Text("Show wants")
                }

                ForEach(userData.bookList) { book in
                    if !self.userData.showWantsOnly || !book.own {
                        NavigationLink(destination: BookDetail(book: book)) {
                            BookRow(book: book)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }.navigationBarTitle(Text("Books"))
    }

A: Have you tried passing a filtered array to the ForEach. Something like this:
ForEach(userData.bookList.filter {  return !$0.own }) { book in
    NavigationLink(destination: BookDetail(book: book)) { BookRow(book: book) }
}

Update
As it turns out, it is indeed an ugly, ugly bug:
Instead of filtering the array, I just remove the ForEach all together when the switch is flipped, and replace it by a simple Text("Nothing") view. The result is the same, it takes 30 secs to do so!
struct SwiftUIView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData
    @State private var show = false

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {

            List {
                Toggle(isOn: $userData.showWantsOnly) {
                    Text("Show wants")
                }

                if self.userData.showWantsOnly {
                   Text("Nothing")
                } else {
                    ForEach(userData.bookList) { book in
                        NavigationLink(destination: BookDetail(book: book)) {
                            BookRow(book: book)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }.navigationBarTitle(Text("Books"))
    }
}

Workaround
I did find a workaround that works fast, but it requires some code refactoring. The "magic" happens by encapsulation. The workaround forces SwiftUI to discard the List completely, instead of removing one row at a time. It does so by using two separate lists in two separate encapsualted views: Filtered and NotFiltered. Below is a full demo with 3000 rows.
import SwiftUI

class UserData: ObservableObject {
    @Published var showWantsOnly = false
    @Published var bookList: [Book] = []

    init() {
        for _ in 0..<3001 {
            bookList.append(Book())
        }
    }
}

struct SwiftUIView: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData
    @State private var show = false

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {

            VStack {
                Toggle(isOn: $userData.showWantsOnly) {
                    Text("Show wants")
                }

                if userData.showWantsOnly {
                    Filtered()
                } else {
                    NotFiltered()
                }
            }

        }.navigationBarTitle(Text("Books"))
    }
}

struct Filtered: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData

    var body: some View {
        List(userData.bookList.filter { $0.own }) { book in
            NavigationLink(destination: BookDetail(book: book)) {
                BookRow(book: book)
            }
        }
    }
}

struct NotFiltered: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var userData: UserData

    var body: some View {
        List(userData.bookList) { book in
            NavigationLink(destination: BookDetail(book: book)) {
                BookRow(book: book)
            }
        }
    }
}

struct Book: Identifiable {
    let id = UUID()
    let own = Bool.random()
}

struct BookRow: View {
    let book: Book

    var body: some View {
        Text("\(String(book.own)) \(book.id)")
    }
}

struct BookDetail: View {
    let book: Book

    var body: some View {
        Text("Detail for \(book.id)")
    }
}

A: Check this article https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/210/how-to-fix-slow-list-updates-in-swiftui
In short the solution proposed in this article is to add .id(UUID()) to the list:
List(items, id: \.self) {
    Text("Item \($0)")
}
.id(UUID())

"Now, there is a downside to using id() like this: you won't get your update animated. Remember, we're effectively telling SwiftUI the old list has gone away and there's a new list now, which means it won't try to move rows around in an animated way."

A: I think we have to wait until SwiftUI List performance improves in subsequent beta releases. I've experienced the same lag when lists are filtered from a very large array (500+) down to very small ones. I created a simple test app to time the layout for a simple array with integer IDs and strings with Buttons to simply change which array is being rendered - same lag.

A: Instead of a complicated workaround, just empty the List array and then set the new filters array. It may be necessary to introduce a delay so that emptying the listArray won't be omitted by the followed write.
List(listArray){item in
  ...
}

self.listArray = []
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .milliseconds(100)) {
  self.listArray = newList
}

A: Looking for how to adapt Seitenwerk's response to my solution, I found a Binding extension that helped me a lot. Here is the code:
struct ContactsView: View {

    @State var stext : String = ""
    @State var users : [MockUser] = []
    @State var filtered : [MockUser] = []

    var body: some View {

        Form{
            SearchBar(text: $stext.didSet(execute: { (response) in

                if response != "" {
                    self.filtered = []
                    self.filtered = self.users.filter{$0.name.lowercased().hasPrefix(response.lowercased()) || response == ""}
                }
                else {
                    self.filtered = self.users
                }
            }), placeholder: "Buscar Contactos")

            List{
             ForEach(filtered, id: \.id){ user in

                    NavigationLink(destination: LazyView( DetailView(user: user) )) {
                        ContactCell(user: user)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        .onAppear {
                self.users = LoadUserData()
                self.filtered = self.users
        }
    }
}

This is the Binding extension:
extension Binding {
    /// Execute block when value is changed.
    ///
    /// Example:
    ///
    ///     Slider(value: $amount.didSet { print($0) }, in: 0...10)
    func didSet(execute: @escaping (Value) ->Void) -> Binding {
        return Binding(
            get: {
                return self.wrappedValue
            },
            set: {
                execute($0)
                self.wrappedValue = $0
            }
        )
    }
}

The LazyView is optional, but I took the trouble to show it, as it helps a lot in the performance of the list, and prevents swiftUI from creating the NavigationLink target content of the whole list.
struct LazyView<Content: View>: View {
    let build: () -> Content
    init(_ build: @autoclosure @escaping () -> Content) {
        self.build = build
    }
    var body: Content {
        build()
    }
}

A: This code will work correctly provided that you initialize your class in the 'SceneDelegate' file as follows:
class SceneDelegate: UIResponder, UIWindowSceneDelegate {

var window: UIWindow?
var userData = UserData()

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
    // Use this method to optionally configure and attach the UIWindow `window` to the provided UIWindowScene `scene`.
    // If using a storyboard, the `window` property will automatically be initialized and attached to the scene.
    // This delegate does not imply the connecting scene or session are new (see `application:configurationForConnectingSceneSession` instead).

    // Create the SwiftUI view that provides the window contents.
    let contentView = ContentView()

    // Use a UIHostingController as window root view controller.
    if let windowScene = scene as? UIWindowScene {
        let window = UIWindow(windowScene: windowScene)
        window.rootViewController = UIHostingController(rootView:
            contentView
            .environmentObject(userData)
        )
        self.window = window
        window.makeKeyAndVisible()
    }
}


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Villers-Bocage in 1944 – Calvados – Battle of Normandy
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Villers-Bocage (Calvados)
The cities of Normandy during the 1944 battles
Liberation: August 4, 1944
Deployed units:
1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division
4th County of London Yeomanry, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division
5th Royal Tank Regiment, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division
1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment, 131st (Queens) Brigade, 7th Armoured Division
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, 231st Infantry Brigade, 50th Infantry Division
5th Royal Horse Artillery
Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101
2. Panzer-Division
Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130, Panzer-Lehr-Division
As early as June 12, 1944, the British 2nd Army tried to exploit the breakthrough of the front by the Americans in the area of Caumont-l'Eventé where the 352. Infanterie-Division, in action since D-Day, can no longer hold. For the British, who are looking to find a solution to achieve the objectives of Operation Perch, it is a perfect opportunity to get around Caen by the west in order to capture it while trapping the Panzer-Lehr-Division. The study of the ground makes it possible to note that to accelerate the progression, an overflow in the sector of Villers-Bocage is preferable because of the rugged nature of the different compartments of land more to the west. Moreover, high points in the vicinity of Villers-Bocage (and in particular Hill 213 to the north-west) make it possible to ensure a good observation of the region, which benefits for the moment for the Germans. The latter, conscious of the weakness of their line in this sector of operations, immediately sought to strengthen their positions: on the night of 12 to 13 June, two companies of heavy tanks of SS-Panzer-Abteilug 101 armed with Tiger I Type E are installed at the level of Villers-Bocage and secure the national road 175 (RN 175). They are commissioned by Hauptsturmführer Karl Möbius (1. Kompanie) and Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann (2. Kompanie).
On June 13, 1944, at 7 am, the 4th County of London Yeomanry squadron (belonging to the 22nd Armored Brigade of the British 7th Armored Division) reached Villers-Bocage without any problems from the west. A semi-tracked German SdKfz 251 is detected near the village but it can not be engaged. Once in the village, the English armored vehicles were followed by company A of the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (22nd Armored Brigade) and two soldiers in a Kübelwagen vehicle were spotted as they folded at high speed, while Several unidentified reconnaissance vehicles are engaged during the advance of the 22nd Armored Brigade. The English then prepare to move towards the RN 175 to continue in the direction of Caen.
Meanwhile, the 2nd squadron commanded by Wittmann, who camouflaged his tanks in the vegetation south of Hill 213, observed the regiment and its 60 tanks (in addition to about sixty armored vehicles) maneuvering in Villers-Bocage. Not expecting to be in contact with the opponent so quickly, he is obliged to think about his maneuver as soon as possible. At 8 o'clock, the first elements of Squadron A of the 4th County of London Yeomanry reached the vicinity of Hill 213 without prior acknowledgment. A Kübelwagen is detected and destroyed on the road while the tanks are placed in turret scroll to ensure the observation of the area. The British want to secure the area around Hill 213 to support the crossing of the 22nd Armored Brigade. Foot soldiers are stationed on both sides of the road but the vegetation prevents them from seeing beyond 250 meters.
At 9:00 am Sergeant O'Connor, belonging to the 1st section of company A of the 1st Rifle Brigade, progressed on the road at level 213 aboard his half-track when he discovered Wittmann's Tiger tank. He screams on the radio: "Good God, we have to get out of here! There is a Tiger tank that is progressing about fifty meters from us!" The effect of surprise works perfectly: Wittmann takes advantage of this moment of floating during which the regiment reorganizes its device to attack at very short distance with its six armored vehicles. His Tiger progresses behind Squadron A of the 4th County of London Yeomanry and engages a Cromwell tank which is immediately destroyed. A Firefly tank is put out of action and catches fire in the middle of the road, while three more English tanks are destroyed within minutes. The Germans encircle the English tank squadron which is gradually put out of action. Wittmann then proceeds along the road accompanied by three other Tigers (commanded by Hantusch, Sowa and Stief) and they climb up the column of opposing vehicles between Hill 213 and the entrance to the village, sowing terror and destruction. The British began to retreat into disorder through Villers-Bocage in a westerly direction, while several infantrymen of company A of the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade tried to use PIAT rocket launchers and put a battery anti-tank gun 6 Pounder: when the Tigers approach them, the English abandon their position and fold back. As his car was overheated, Wittmann decided to embark in the Tiger ordered by Sowa (registered 222) and headed for the center of Villers-Bocage.
Going up the column of the 4th County of London Yeomanry, the Germans then attack the elements of the staff of the regiment who maneuver better or worse to escape the monsters of steel that melt on them. A Sherman and a Cromwell used by the artillerymen of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery and transformed into observation posts, were destroyed by direct fire from the Wittmann tank, which took its place alone in the rue George Clemenceau in Villers-Bocage. Wittmann reached the Place Jeanne d'Arc and immediately began a duel with a Sherman Firefly tank: a Tiger shell hit a house near a Cromwell tank and the ruins partially covered it; In the explosion, a German sniper who had concealed himself in the building finds death. Wittmann receives a direct hit from the Firefly which temporarily damages his sighting system but the Tiger manages to destroy the English tank. Captain Pat Dyas, Adjutant of the 4th County of London Yeomanry, has to abandon his destroyed Cromwell but is killed by a German soldier stationed in a house along the main street. Wittmann made the decision to retreat and crossed Clemenceau Street in the direction of Hill 213. Shortly after 9:30 am, Sergeant Bray engaged the Tiger with his 6 Pounder anti-tank gun east of Villers-Bocage, Junction between the road of Caen and the departmental road 6 (directed towards the north in the direction of Villy-Bocage), and manages to stop it. Michael Wittmann decides to abandon his tank and continue on foot towards the castle of Orbois, six kilometers to the north, where the Panzer-Lehr-Division headquarters is located.
During this 15-minute engagement, the British lost 14 tanks, 15 transport vehicles and two anti-tank guns.
Later that morning, Major Werncke of the Panzer-Lehr-Division made a reconnaissance of the Villers-Bocage area and discovered a column of unmanned Cromwell tanks. The latter are gathered at the head of the device, receiving instructions from the leader of the platoon. Werncke manages to get into one of the tanks, leads him and leaves the position before the English can react, heading for the castle of Orbois. In Villers-Bocage, the 22nd Armored Brigade reorganized and prepared its line of defense while waiting for reinforcements. Shortly after 10 o'clock, the 4th squadron of the Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilug 101 commanded by the Hauptsturmführer Rabe reached the area and immediately engaged in combat in the vicinity of the village, attacking isolated English units on Hill 213. The 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment of the 131st (Queens) Brigade (7th Armored Division) enters Villers-Bocage and comes to reinforce the English defensive device, making several German prisoners of the 2. Panzer-Division. They fought a tough fight from house to house to push the Germans out of the village. The tanks are hidden between the buildings, able to unclog in the streets to take on possible enemy tanks. Despite this reinforcement, the situation for the 4th County of London Yeomanry commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, Viscount Cranleigh, is more than precarious; At 10.30 am, he reported that his encircled and isolated units on the Hill 213 hill could not fall back. The Germans bombarded the movement of the ground and the English soldiers there decide to visit a few moments later: 30 soldiers are taken prisoner.
Generazutnant Fritz Bayerlein, commander of the Panzer-Lehr-Division, moved to Villy-Bocage where he ordered the Hauptmann Helmut Ritgen of the 2nd Battalion of the Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130 to seize Villers- Bocage with 15 Panzer IV. It is reinforced by the 1st squadron of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilug 101 which is commanded by the Hauptsturmführer Karl Möbius. At 1 pm, the English detected these tanks as they approached the village and opened fire with their anti-tank guns; They succeeded in destroying one tank in the north and two others in the south. Wittmann manages to rejoin his tanks at level 213 at the same time and reorganizes his squadron before returning to battle. Villers-Bocage is completely encircled by the Germans. The first Tiger tanks are ambushed and are engaged at short range, notably by a Sherman Firefly commanded by Sergeant Bramall and an anti-tank gun that destroyed the first tank. The next three Tigers separated to attack the English positions in reverse, but one of them was destroyed by an anti-tank gun, the other two were immobilized by the infantry using the PIAT. Bramall detects a fifth armored vehicle, standing motionless in front of Place Jeanne d'Arc; He decides to hire him with his Firefly by pulling through the window of a house. The cannon of the Tiger is touched and this one folds back immediately. But the Cromwell tank of the Corporal Horne barred the way: he hired the German tank and destroyed it by a shell placed in the back of the tank. Meanwhile, the English set fire to the wrecks of German tanks, fearing that the enemy could repair its tanks in case of capture of the village.
The Panzer-Division infantrymen launched a violent attack from the south, which was accompanied by mortar fire on the village. Company A of the 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment is hit hard and one of its sections is captured by the opponent. The tanks of Company B of the 4th County of London Yeomanry intervened to prevent them from seizing Villers-Bocage, inflicting heavy losses on the Germans. However, they manage to fix the staff of the 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment and the English take the decision to evacuate the village. Initially, the infantry left the scene, supported by tanks and smoke bombs fired by the 5th Royal Horse Artillery. The American artillery of the V Corps also supports the British retreat to the village of Tracey-Bocage, two kilometers west of Villers-Bocage. The English fought in this village until 10:30 pm and the German offensives gradually ceased.
During the first day of combat for the liberation of Villers-Bocage, the 22nd Armored Brigade recorded the loss of 217 men (killed, wounded, missing or taken prisoner), 27 tanks (20 Cromwell, 4 Firefly, 3 Stuart) and 30 armored transport vehicles (14 half-track, 14 Carrier and 2 observation Sherman). The corps commander of the 4th County of London Yeomanry, William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow (also known as Viscount Cranleigh), is taken prisoner by the opponent. On the German side, the 1st squadron of the SS-Panzer-Abteilug 101 loses 9 killed and 10 wounded while the 2nd squadron of Wittmann has one dead and three wounded; 6 Tiger and 2 Panzer IV are destroyed. 9 French civilians also died in the village (3 during the fighting and 6 during the bombing).
On June 14, 1944, the 22nd Armored Brigade retreated three kilometers west of Villers-Bocage where it established a perimeter of security. Since this position (called since "Brigade Box"), the British have views on the Villers-Bocage area and can thus control the movements in the area without however keeping this village. From June 14 to 15, 337 Royal Air Force bombers (223 Lancaster, 100 Halifax and 14 Mosquito) bombed the area: one SS-Panzer-Abteilug 101 schwere Tiger was destroyed while three were damaged. On 30 June 1944 at 8.30 pm, a new bombardment took place on Villers-Bocage in support of Operation Epsom. The Royal Air Force has dropped 1,100 tons of bombs from 266 bombers (151 Lancaster, 105 Halifax and 10 Mosquito).
A month later, on July 30, the British launched Operation Bluecoat, which aims to fix the German forces in the area of Caen while the Americans pierce the front to the south of the Cotentin. On August 4, 1944, almost at the end of the operation, the British 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment (231st Infantry Brigade, 50th Infantry Division) liberated the town of Villers-Bocage, which was reduced to ashes.
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Q: Added JTextField to JFrame is not displaying in java I have tried to add a JTextField inside a JFrame. But it's not displaying in window. I'm using the below code for adding the text field to the frame:
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setTitle("Auto Completion Test");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setBounds(200, 200, 500, 400);

        ArrayList<String> items = new ArrayList<String>();
        Locale[] locales = Locale.getAvailableLocales();
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            String item = ""+i+"item";
            items.add(item);
        }
        JTextField txtInput = new JTextField();
        setupAutoComplete(txtInput, items);
        txtInput.setColumns(30);
        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        frame.getContentPane().add(txtInput, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        frame.setSize(1000,700);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

Methods I'm using for autocomplete text is below:
 private static boolean isAdjusting(JComboBox cbInput) {
        if (cbInput.getClientProperty("is_adjusting") instanceof Boolean) {
            return (Boolean) cbInput.getClientProperty("is_adjusting");
        }
        return false;
    }

    private static void setAdjusting(JComboBox cbInput, boolean adjusting) {
        cbInput.putClientProperty("is_adjusting", adjusting);
    }

    public static void setupAutoComplete(final JTextField txtInput, final ArrayList<String> items) {
        final DefaultComboBoxModel model = new DefaultComboBoxModel();
        final JComboBox cbInput = new JComboBox(model) {
            public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
                return new Dimension(super.getPreferredSize().width, 0);
            }
        };
        setAdjusting(cbInput, false);
        for (String item : items) {
            model.addElement(item);
        }
        cbInput.setSelectedItem(null);
        cbInput.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (!isAdjusting(cbInput)) {
                    if (cbInput.getSelectedItem() != null) {
                        txtInput.setText(cbInput.getSelectedItem().toString());
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        txtInput.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {

            @Override
            public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
                setAdjusting(cbInput, true);
                if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) {
                    if (cbInput.isPopupVisible()) {
                        e.setKeyCode(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
                    }
                }
                if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER || e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP || e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) {
                    e.setSource(cbInput);
                    cbInput.dispatchEvent(e);
                    if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
                        txtInput.setText(cbInput.getSelectedItem().toString());
                        cbInput.setPopupVisible(false);
                    }
                }
                if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE) {
                    cbInput.setPopupVisible(false);
                }
                setAdjusting(cbInput, false);
            }
        });
        txtInput.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
                updateList();
            }

            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
                updateList();
            }

            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
                updateList();
            }

            private void updateList() {
                setAdjusting(cbInput, true);
                model.removeAllElements();
                String input = txtInput.getText();
                if (!input.isEmpty()) {
                    for (String item : items) {
                        if (item.toLowerCase().startsWith(input.toLowerCase())) {
                            model.addElement(item);
                        }
                    }
                }
                cbInput.setPopupVisible(model.getSize() > 0);
                setAdjusting(cbInput, false);
            }
        });
        txtInput.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        txtInput.add(cbInput, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }

I'm new to java swing application development. Could you please suggest me any idea to do this?

A: Instead of adding the combo box to the JTextField, add it to the frame by adding a panel to it.
Remove:
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.getContentPane().add(txtInput,BorderLayout.NORTH);
Why would you set the layout to flow and add the textfield as borderlayout?
Add a main panel to the frame:
JPanel mainapnel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(mainpanel);

Add the JTextField to the panel:
mainpanel.add(txtInput, BorderLayout.NORTH);

EDIT
Undo setting the layout for the JTextField, and isntead of adding the ComboBox to the JTextfield, add it to the panel:
mainpanel.add(cbInput, BorderLayout.CENTER);

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using Android.App;
using Android.Views;

namespace SkiaSharpSample.Droid
{
	[Activity(
		MainLauncher = true,
		ConfigurationChanges = Uno.UI.ActivityHelper.AllConfigChanges,
		WindowSoftInputMode = SoftInput.AdjustPan | SoftInput.StateHidden)]
	public class MainActivity : Windows.UI.Xaml.ApplicationActivity
	{
	}
}

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I was so excited when I first heard that artist/naturalist Jim Arnosky was going to create a picture book based on one of Dylan's songs. I liked and reviewed Peter Yarrow's Day is Done (illustrated by Melissa Sweet, also published by Sterling) last year, so I was confident this new book would be equally as beautiful.
Dylan's song, "Man Gave Names to All the Animals," a personal interpretation of Bible scripture (Genesis 2:19-20), was included on the first of his spiritual albums, Slow Train Coming (1979), produced soon after he became a born-again Christian.
The deceptively simple, whimsical lyrics, combined with their upbeat melody (a funky island rhythm), joyfully describe the naming of six animals: bear, cow, bull, pig, sheep, and snake. Offhand animal observations are interspersed with a highly infectious, primal chant-like chorus:
He saw an animal that liked to growl,
Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
Great big furry back and furry hair.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear."
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
In the beginning, long time ago.
This pattern continues until the very end, when the naming of the last animal, "smooth as glass/Slithering his way through the grass," is left to the reader/listener. An abrupt end, a puzzle, and audience participation all in one — is Dylan merely being playful or asking us to ponder the evil serpent?
Arnosky, himself a long-time Dylan admirer, says in his intro, "From the first time I heard it, the lyrics created pictures in my mind of a land of primeval beauty, where the sky and earth were new, where plants first grew, and the animals knew no fear. I thought this vision would make a dream of a book, and I asked Bob Dylan's permission to make this dream come true. Happily, he said yes."
Arnosky's lush, all-inclusive, expansive vision includes not six, but over 170 mammals, insects, fish, and birds, domestic and wild, living in peaceful harmony in habitats all over the world — from mountain to prairie to rainforest, rivers, lakes, oceans, and the wide, wide sky, radiant from dawn to dusk. His detailed, realistic acrylic paintings celebrate the diversity and wonder of all these beautiful creatures, and I love how Dylan's witty, capricious tone is reflected in the animals' expressions and postures, as well as in their surprising placements in the spreads.
In Arnosky's primeval Eden, penguins cavort alongside a tiger, white-tailed deer graze with giraffes, a rooster shares a branch with a toucan and a sparrow. Without limits or preconceived notions, this peaceable kingdom inspires and delights with its timeless message. A list of the animals and a CD of the original recording are included for read along/sing along fun. This versatile keepsake (with science-nature-poetry-music applications) is suitable for all ages — kids will enjoy guessing and identifying the animals as they're introduced to this Dylan song, while adult fans will fancy this refreshing trip down memory lane, with the opportunity to share their Dylan love with their children and grandchildren.
written by Bob Dylan
illustrated by Jim Arnosky
published by Sterling Children's Books, September 2010
Full color Picture Book for ages 3+, 32 pp., with CD.
On shelves now.
♥ For more about Jim Arnosky's work, including page by page answer keys for this book, click here.
♥ Visit the publisher's website for an Activity Kit.
♥ Interesting article by Matthew R. Perrine, editor of the Duluth Budgeteer News, who interviewed Arnosky about this book.
♥ Today's Poetry Friday Roundup is being hosted by the lovely Amy at The Poem Farm.
♥ This post is brought to you by Fauna, Forest, Fish, Fearless.
*Art used with permission from Man Gave Names to All the Animals, copyright © 2010 Jim Arnosky, Sterling Children's Books. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2010 Jama Rattigan of jama rattigan's alphabet soup. All rights reserved.
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In .NET Micro Framework, C# is complied to an intermediate languages that is interpreted by the Common Language Runtime (CLR). The C# you write is not executed directly by processor. In a typical application, you will not see much difference in speed as many objects used in your application are implemented as native code internally and are not interpreted. When running processor intensive tasks, like cryptography algorithms or even as simple as calculating CRC, however, you will likely notice the interpreter overhead. GHI's Runtime Loadable Procedures (RLP) allow you to write and compile native code that you load onto the device and execute from the interpreted C#.
Since you are writing native code for an ARM device, you cannot easily use Visual Studio. Yagarto provides a helpful toolchain for compiling native code for ARM.
Download and then install the following programs in order. Make sure the install paths do not have any spaces in them. Compiling will not function if they do.
You can verify the correct installation by running make --version and arm-none-eabi-gcc --version from a command prompt.
Download and extract the samples found here.
The RLP.h file found in the Native directory is a header that defines our extensions and helpers that make it easier to write your native code. You will also see a folder for each supported platform. Within each platform, there are four files.
makefile and LinkerScript.lds are basic scripts that we provide to get started with compiling your program. You will not normally need to edit them.
Build.bat will actually compile your code for you and produce an elf and map file as output.
Arrays of each of the above parameters (except bitmaps) are also supported. When passing a non-array parameter, it is by value. Any changes to these parameters on the native side are not seen on the managed side. Arrays, however, are passed by reference. Any change to the value of a member of an array is seen on the managed side. Make sure to not read or write past the end of the array. It is up to you to track its length, perhaps through a second parameter you pass.
When you pass a primitive value, you simple cast the void pointer to a pointer of the corresponding native type and dereference it. When the argument is an array, you again cast the void pointer to a pointer of the corresponding native type but you do not reference it. You can dereference that pointer as if it were an array. Again, make sure to not read beyond its length.
Make sure you do not store the pointer to a passed array parameter between function invocations. The array is managed by the CLR and the garbage collector may relocate it between invocations. If you want to pass data outside of the parameters to Invoke for performance reasons, you can allocate a buffer on the native side and return its address to managed code. From there, you can read and write to that buffer using Register and AddressSpace.
Once you have written your code, in the folder that contains makefile, LinkerScript.lds, and NativeCode.c run the file Build.bat. You will see some compiler output and an elf and a map file will appear in the directory. Both files will be called [board name]RLP. The ELF file is the one that you will need to load into RLP from the managed code.
To be able to invoke the native function from managed code, you must get the compiled ELF file into a byte array in the managed side. You can save the ELF file as a resource, to an SD card, or to the network and then read or download it.
If the native code you execute hangs or crashes, NETMF and the device will become unresponsive. It is recommended that you do not execute any RLP code as soon as the board boots because if it crashes you will have no way to redeploy a program requiring you to completely erase and reflash the board.
The below code shows you how to load the byte array representing the ELF file into RLP and calling it natively. (It assumes you have added the ELF file as a resource to your C# project.) You pass the name of your native function into the FindFunction function and it will return an object that you can call Invoke() on and pass parameters. We will use the same four parameters as above, an integer, byte array, its length, and a boolean. This code requires the GHI.Hardware assembly.
byte elfBuffer = Resources.GetBytes(Resources.BinaryResources.ELFFile); //Make sure to load the ELF file you compiled into this array.
The first parameter, the integer, is returned from the function. You can access that value as the return value of the Invoke function in the managed side. The above C# example prints out that value.
If the fourth parameter, the boolean, is not false (0 is false, otherwise it is true) we will add the first and second elements of the byte array and store the result in the third element. You will see the change to the array in the managed side.
Sometimes you might have a long running function that runs in RLP. Since RLP blocks the managed side, nothing else on the board will run for the duration of the that function call. Using RLP tasks, your native function can register a function to be called at some future point so that you can return to NETMF. As long as this callback function is short lived, the managed side will continue to execute.
You can break your work up into smaller chunks that are worked on during each callback invocation. When you are done, you can trigger an event on the managed side. Make sure to re-register the callback so long as there is more work to do.
The below example passes the first and only argument passed to RLP into the task and then fires that many events. It schedules itself to fire again in one second until the parameter is zero.
As before, we create and invoke the RLP function object but we also subscribe to the NativeEvent event and then print out the value received. Every time PostManagedEvent is called from the native side, this event will be fired with the data passed to it. In this example, it should be fired six times, printing out 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then 0.
You can also pass bitmaps to RLP. You will receive an unsigned short array in the argument list. Changes made to that array will be reflected in the bitmap back in C#. As with all arrays, make sure not to save it between invocations or read beyond its end. Its length is equal to bitmap.Width x bitmap.Height.
Multiple Files If you load more than one ELF image at a time, you must be sure that all images after the first occupy a unique location in RAM. The header and linker scripts we provide place the ELF image at a certain default location. You must change that for the second file so that you do not overwrite the first file when you load the second. When compiling, you should see a map file created as one of the outputs. This file tells you exactly how big and where each function is located. You can use it to determine where your second image must start.


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DeAnna and I cannot wait to see everyone there next weekend. You will love her two gowns.
Dan and I will be there next weekend to. I can't wait to see everyone and come back to my to my home faire and be among my friends!
Woot! Shorty and I will be there as well!
Mischief and Mayhem will be afoot!!
But here is one for you both. If DeAnna is with you.. what does she Become? That is a interesting question is it not?
Cant wait to see you.. now need to knwo if i have ot pay to get in or not.. that is the key question.. all that money on tickets that could be spent on cider<g>.


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Dubai has ambitions to become the economic hub of the Middle East. Given the pace of recent activity, it's well on its way. By Jonn Elledge
Diversification is key. However smug an investor who owned nothing but high-tech stocks would have been in the late 1990s, he was in for a nasty shock when the bubble burst. The same is true for an economy. In the early 17th century, Holland became the most important producer of tulip bulbs in all of Europe; but this was scant consolation when the market crashed, taking the Dutch economy with it.
This is a lesson that some have learned better than others. While more than 90 percent of Kuwait's export dollars still come from the oil industry, the late ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed al-Maktoum, realized in the 1960s that the city's economy couldn't rely on "black gold" forever; sooner or later, the wells would run dry. Under his direction, the city began to plough the economy's oil money into its infrastructure, investing in developments such as the world's largest man-made cargo harbor at Jebel Abi.
Dubai's economy has diversified further in recent years, with its rulers openly declaring their ambition to create "the Singapore of the Middle East." The government has encouraged foreign companies to relocate to the city through the creation of de-regulated economic "free zones" such as Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City. The 7.2 million square meter Dubai Silicon Oasis technology park was launched in 2002 in the hope of creating a Middle Eastern version of California's Silicon Valley, while Emirates has grown into one of the world's largest airlines. Most recently, the city launched the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) in the hope of creating a regional economic financial hub on par with New York, London and Hong Kong. Thus far, the effort seems to have paid off: in 2004, 93 percent of the city's gross domestic product came from sources unrelated to the oil industry, and since 1998 the emirate's GDP has grown at an annual rate of 14 percent.
"There's a vast need for affordable housing…but we are aiming for the more affordable mid-market, and building one bedroom units rather than 2,000 square foot ones."
Both a driver and a side effect of this rapid expansion has been the city's fast growing real estate market. The arrival of multinational companies has created demand for prime office space, while their employees require homes and leisure facilities. What's more, thanks to annual population growth of around 7 percent, the city has a characteristic that makes it the holy grail for real estate investors: inbuilt scarcity.
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This is not to say that it's always been an easy market in which to operate. "We started looking at Dubai in 2001," explains W. Jonathan Wride, a managing director of private equity firm Capital Partners."We did some research and really liked the market, but at the time, it didn't allow foreign ownership. We would have had to lease the land—that obviously wasn't of interest to us as a US fund."
In 2001 the law had been changed to allow foreigners to lease real estate for 99 years: prior to that, only UAE and GCC nationals had been permitted to own property in the city. Wride and other Western investors had to lobby the government personally to persuade them that leaseholds wouldn't be enough to attract foreign direct investment. The authorities eventually concurred: in May 2002, the crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued a decree allowing foreigners to buy property in selected areas of the city on a freehold basis. "It's a really probusiness government that understands the necessity of attracting Western investment," says Wride. "They realize that to do that they have to change certain things."
Sheikh Mohammed's decree sparked a boom in residential real estate big enough to make today's US property market look half hearted. Expatriates make up more than 80 percent of Dubai's population. Immigrants from the Philippines and the Indian subcontinent have traditionally taken the emirate's low paid jobs; while at the other end of the economic ladder, a growing number of Westerners and Iranians have been attracted by the city's combination of low tax, high growth, and economic and social freedom. In 2004 the city's population grew by almost 100,000.
Yet until the 2002 decree, this huge foreign-born population were unable to own their own homes. The change meant that the amount of money available to buy residential property rocketed overnight—and prices, unsurprisingly, rocketed with it. By early 2004, residential property prices were growing at an annual rate of 10 percent; in the first six months of 2005, the average prices of villas, scarce due to land shortages, grew by as much as 22 percent. To meet the demand, new projects began popping up in the city, in the nearby desert and even on land reclaimed from the sea.
That's not to say that there haven't been hiccups along the way; at certain times, prices in some sectors have fallen equally rapidly, such as the seven percent decline in apartment prices during the first half of last year. But the overall trend has been remorselessly upwards: in October 2005, Dubai Property magazine predicted annual price increases of seven percent to 10 percent for both villas and apartments.
Andy McTiernan, the magazine's editor, has been watching the market for three years and though growth is still strong today, he suggests that things have begun to calm down. "Originally people were speculating," he says. "You saw Saudis buying 40 apartments one day, and flipping them the next for a premium of up to 30 percent. The speculation era petered out in early 2005 once lots of new projects became a reality. Now the secondary market is developing, those quick flip returns aren't available."
The relatively recent introduction of foreign ownership laws is not the only thing that makes Dubai different from the type of market many real estate investors are used to. The government also has a degree of influence that makes the French look like free-market fundamentalists. The Dubai government launched the region's two largest real estate developers, Emaar Properties and Al Nakheel Properties, in 1997. It still owns a 32 percent stake in the former, while the latter is operated by the goverment's Corporate Office. Although various private sector competitors such as Damac Properties and ETA Star Properties have since joined the freehold sector, the emirate's government still exercises significant influence over the local market.
Dubai also differs from the West in the scale and extravagance of its developments. Emaar's projects include the world's largest marina; the Arabian Ranches, a development of luxury villas surrounding an equestrian center and polo grounds; and Burj Dubai, a tower, which at over 700 meters tall, will be the world's tallest upon completion. (The developers are rumored to have kept the exact height under wraps, to ensure that rivals do not beat them to the finish line.)
Al Nakheel has gone one step further and actually created new islands. "The Palm Islands" will consist of three tree-shaped archipelagos in the Persian Gulf, described by their developers as "the eighth wonder of the world." Nearby will be the three hundred islands that make up "The World," a development of estate homes and resorts on a complex of islands that, from above, will resemble a map of the Earth. The English pop singer Rod Stewart is rumored to have bought Britain.
One group that has backed investments at the luxury end of the market is Abraaj Capital, one of the region's largest private equity firms. The firm closed a $113 million real estate fund in December 2004 with the intention of investing in property throughout the Middle East.
Emaar's projects include the world's largest marina; the Arabian Ranches, a development of luxury villas surrounding an equestrian center and polo grounds; and Burj Dubai, a tower, which at over 700 meters tall, will be the world's tallest upon completion.
Stefan Hickmott, a vice president with the firm, notes that there are still legal obstacles to foreign-registered funds wishing to invest directly in UAE real estate. Abraaj's first investment in the country's property market thus took a more roundabout form, when it acquired a 34.5 percent stake in the Sharjah-based developer Emirates International Holdings at a cost of 86.3 million dirhams ($23.2 million). The company's portfolio includes three developments in Dubai: the Palazzo Versace Dubai hotel, the D1 residential tower and the Emirates Financial Tower in DIFC.
"As the market matures, and laws change and things like REITs come about, it'll make foreign ownership much more favorable," he explains. "But because it's starting from scratch at the moment, the opportunities are very much in building new developments." However, legal hurdles are not the only reason why the firm is currently focusing on development projects. "We don't want to do plain vanilla investments," Hickmott adds. "We don't think that's the best way to go for our LPs, as it could leave them exposed to an economic downturn."
Some commentators suggest that the profusion of luxury developments in Dubai have left those lower down the income scale rather badly served. The scarcity of residential property has led rents to spiral alongside prices, with average rates climbing 37 percent during the first three quarters of 2005. In November the Crown Prince placed a 15 percent cap on rental increases for any individual tenant. Nonetheless, many lower- and middle-income workers can no longer afford to live in the city and are forced to commute from the neighbouring emirate of Sharjah, some 45 minutes along the coast.
"Developers are building luxury apartments to maintain their margins," explains Jacques Bernard, a managing director with Bahrain's Unicorn Investment Bank (UIB). "It's hard to do loweror middle-class accommodation due to the cost of land. Lots of the luxury apartments will be empty, because they don't fit the demand for lower-class spaces."
One group hoping to help capitalize on this market gap is Capital Partners. The firm has funded Riverwalk, a five million square foot mixed-use development in the telecommunications free zone Dubai Internet City, which is built around a series of manmade canals. The project will includes offices, a Marriott hotel and retail space.
Wride says that the firm was attracted by the demand for high quality offices, citing the waiting list of 200 companies for space in Dubai Internet City. He adds that, unlike many other development projects, Riverwalk's residential space will not target the top end of the market. "There's a vast need for affordable housing," he says. "We can't get it down to that level because of the severe price of land, but we are aiming for the more affordable mid-market, and building one bedroom units rather than 2,000 square foot ones."
The relatively small size of the market, the high price of what little land is available and the legal obstacles to ownership have all conspired to ensure that, while high returns are on offer, the consensus among opportunity funds working in the region seems to be that focusing entirely on the Dubai property market would be a mistake. Abraaj's real estate mandate covers the whole of the Middle East, while Capital Partners is also looking at opportunities in the services and high-tech sectors.
Bernard suggests that UIB may steer clear of Dubai altogether. "Our feeling is it's pretty saturated, and the market is softening," he says. "There used to be great turnover, but now residential is at its peak." Yet he remains optimistic about the market's future. "When we do see a correction it'll be a healthy one. It may fall for a few months, but it'll come back."
Abraaj's Hickmott is even more positive. "There may be an adjustment, but I don't think there'll be a correction," he says. "Dubai is still showing strong signs in terms of demand growth, and it's only the plain vanilla projects which don't have a competitive advantage that are taking longer to sell."
Nonetheless, both suggest that other markets in the region may present more interesting possibilities in the immediate future. Other emirates, such as Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman, have followed in Dubai's footsteps in allowing foreigners to own freehold properties. Bernard says that he expects UIB's new fund to focus its attention on Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, as well as on markets outside the UAE including the Saudi residential, Kuwaiti retail and Omani leisure sectors.
Dubai may have led the way—there are certainly few areas in the GCC that can compete with the city's development—but it seems others are certainly following in its path.
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Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2019 from March 2 to 6.
The celebrations are full of joy and colors, lots of music and special carnival songs, dancing and water fights. The main action during the 5 days of celebration takes place at and around the Plaza de Armas (main square) of Cajamarca and festivities follow a traditional schedule.
The carnival in Cajamarca begins on Saturday when Rey Momo, the Carnival King, who is also named Ño Carnavalón, enters the city. For the next few days he rules over the carnival parades and symbolizes the time of fun and craziness. Saturday is also the "Paint Day", where people paint each other with water, flour and paint. So expect to get wet and colored as everything else in the city.
The Sunday parade ("Concurso de Patrullas y Comparsas") is probably the most important part of the carnival in Cajamarca as it celebrates Peru's unique culture and tradition. Expect musicians and dancers in colorful costumes presenting traditional music and dances and young and old on the streets. In preparation for the main festivities the next day, Cajamarca is quiet in the evening.
Carnival Monday is the main day of celebrations. The "Gran Corso de Carnaval", a huge parade consisting of colorful floats, music bands, dancers and other performers all dressed in their best costumes and masks, takes place on Cajamarca's main streets. After the parade the celebrations continue at the Plaza de Armas with typical carnival traditions such as the "unsha", the cutting down a tree which is decorated with gifts, colorful ribbons and balloons.
On Tuesday the death of the Carnival King (Ño Carnavalón) is mourned. People dress in black, weep bitterly at his coffin and keep a wake with traditional food, liquor and cigars.
On Ash Wednesday the burial of Ño Carnavalón takes place at the Baños del Inca. Before he is burned, his testament which is filled with sarcastic and picaresque comments aimed at authorities and personalities is read. The Carnival in Cajamarca ends with traditional dances.
Find more information about carnival traditions in our article "Carnival in Peru"


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What does -ov, -ev, -in, and -kov mean?
Thread: What does -ov, -ev, -in, and -kov mean?
What does the "ov" mean in Smirn-ov?
What does the "ev" mean in Lebed-ev?
What does the "in" mean in Put-in?
What does the "kov" mean in Pop-kov? Or should I ask what does the "ov" mean in Popk-ov?
Re: What does -ov, -ev, -in, and -kov mean?
They mean the same thing - it's a somewhat outdated form of indication of possession (as you probably know a lot of surnames mean something along the lines of "a child of ...", "an inhabitant/a governor of ...", etc.).
Why are these endings different? It's just a matter of grammar (like declensions and such).
e.g. кошкин дом - cat's house (a house of a cat), and Кошкин as a last name is also legitimate.


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150 volunteers help clean up Keith-Wiess Park
The East Aldine District kicked off its 10th Anniversary Celebration with a Community Clean-up at Keith Wiess Park, Saturday, October 1st from 9am – 12pm. The event was co-sponsored by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Harris County Sheriff's Office (including the EAMD Pro-Active Unit, Storefront, and Bike Patrol), Harris County Emergency Corps (Bike Medic team), and included volunteers from the Boy Scouts – Aldine Pathfinder District, Aldine-Greenspoint YMCA, MacArthur High School (ROTC), and Bonding Against Adversity.
Over 150 volunteers de-littered the parks trails and paths as well as the detention lakes, filling over 100 bags with plastic water bottles (which were then recycled) and other trash.
For information about how to organize a community clean-up and/or to volunteer with the East Aldine District, contact Richard Cantu, Director of Services at (713) 595-1220.
County appoints new Pct. 4 Commissioner
A replacement has been named for Precinct 4 Comissioner Jerry Eversole, who gave up his office in the wake of legal turmoil a few weeks ago.
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett has given the post to R. "Cactus Jack" Cagle, a civil court judge for more than a decade.
Eversole has been in and out of the courtroom for several years, embroiled in charges of official corruption and bribery stemming from his business partnership with county contractor Michael Surface. After more than two decades in office, Eversole stepped down and pled guilty to one count of lying to federal investigators at the end of September.
Cagle, a graduate of Rice University, was sworn in during the Oct. 4 meeting of the commissioner's court in Houston. Cagle has sat on the bench of Harris County Court-at-Law No. 1 since being elected in 2000. He has earned some of the highest ratings from the Houston Bar Association and has garnered several awards from local groups during his tenure on the bench.
"During this process, my goal was to find someone who could best serve the constituents of Precinct 4," Emmett said in a press release. "I met with and spoke with dozens of folks in the community about the Precinct 4 commissioner's position in recent weeks. Jack quickly emerged as the top candidate because of his mature judgment, keen intellect, unquestioned integrity and his many years of work in the community.
"He will serve the residents of Precinct 4 with great passion and hard work, and I genuinely look forward to working with him in the years to come."
Approximately 70 people had their names in the running, but Emmett said in a press conference that he had considered around a dozen of those names for personal interviews. Cagle impressed Emmett with his professional demeanor, and he considers Cagle to be a good candidate for election in 2012, Emmett said during that conference.
"I appreciate Judge Emmett's faith in appointing me to represent more than 1 million of my friends and neighbors in Precinct 4," said Cagle in the release. "I am keenly aware of my new responsibilities, and I promise to work as quickly as possible to acquaint myself with the area's ongoing projects and to hear from as many of my new constituents as possible."
Cagle joins Emmett and commissioners El Franco Lee of Precinct 1, Jack Morman of Precinct 2 and Steve Radack of Precinct 3.


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O agrupamento gestor da denominação de origem protegida "Mel da Serra da Lousã" é a LOUSAMEL - Cooperativa Agrícola de Agricultores da Lousã e Concelhos Limítrofes.

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Dow Chemical Co has kicked off a process to sell its epoxy and chlorine businesses, hoping to find a single buyer for them in what is set to be a multibillion-dollar deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The Midland, Michigan-based company has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Barclays Plc to manage the process, the people said this week, adding that calls to possible buyers began this week.Combined, the epoxy and chlorine businesses have annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of close to $500 million, the people said.The value of assets is not yet clear. It will depend on if and how they will be carved out of their contractual arrangements and the tax implications of their separation, the people cautioned. Initial estimates place their value between $3.5 billion and $4 billion, the people added.Logical buyers might include companies in the sector such as Axiall Corp and Westlake Chemical Corp, as well as private equity firms experienced in chemicals such as Apollo Global Management LLC, the people said. Representatives for Axiall and Westlake did not respond to requests for comment, while Apollo declined to comment.
Apollo Global Management, LLC (Apollo) is a global alternative asset manager. Shares of APO fell by 1.45% or $-0.34/share to $23.12. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $22.41 and as high as $36.51. On average, 1266040 shares of APO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 635196.
Barclays PLC (Barclays) is a global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services. Shares of BCS fell by 1.78% or $-0.27/share to $14.86. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $13.96 and as high as $19.59. On average, 3133880 shares of BCS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1275225.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs), is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Shares of GS fell by 2.17% or $-4.07/share to $183.74. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $151.65 and as high as $188.58. On average, 2471930 shares of GS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1769017.
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Charli XCX's problem with boy bands evidently excludes Nick Jonas. Here she strikes a pose with one of the JoBros in a 90s-esque metallic maxi dress.
The singer is all sass in this embellished skirt set.
Charli XCX wears a sequined varsity jacket with go-go boots, and we say you go girl!
Leather, suede, cutouts...these are a few of our favorite things, especially on Charli.
Charli strikes a pose in a sequined crop top and matching midi skirt.
Charli proves that not all cheerleaders are sweet with a fur coat, platforms, and choker.
We totally dig Charli's grunge-bohemian vibe in this orange crop top-skirt set and scarlet platform sandals.
Don't be fooled by the pastels and fur, Charli is anything but the girl next door in this outfit.
Earlier this week, English singer and songwriter Charli XCX dissed the wildly popular teenage boy band, One Direction. Rumor has it that Charli XCX called the One Direction's music complete "sh*t". The trash talking didn't stop there, however, and the songstress also threw shade at the band's manager, Simon Cowell.
According to Classicalite Charli told Q Magazine, "I think Simon Cowell's cool, I'd love to be in that position, but from the point of view of making music that's not sh*t." Charli went on to slam the pop industry as a whole, saying "I couldn't make any pop music because I hated pop music. I just didn't want to think about it I wanted to be free"––funny, considering the singer is listed as being in the genres of dark pop and electropop.
Regardless of Charli's reputation for being a trash talker (Christina Aguilera, Flo Rida, Eminem...the list goes on) her style is anything but. Charli is taking the fashion world by storm and has appeared on the covers of V Magazine and Nylon, collaborated with Topshop, and is the subject of innumerable Tumblrs and Pintrest boards. Charli's style is a unique mix of grunge, girl power, and neon, which is especially refreshing in a sea of Kardashian look alikes. Her DGAF attitude may get her in trouble with the media, but we love it when her attitude translates into her outfits.
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Definition of Bajocero
Bajocero is a phrase or expression that refers to the negative degrees of the Celsius scale, where zero means the freezing point of water.
People use bajocero to express intense cold: How cold, this climate is bajocero!
Commonly, it is written separately: "bajo cero." However, in this case, it is written together to refer specifically to the Netlix movie "Bajocero." It is presumed to be written like that to differentiate it from the expression itself and highlight it.
Bajocero (film)
Bajocero is a 106-minute Spanish thriller directed by Lluís Quílez, a successful short filmmaker who premieres his very first long film.
The thriller Bajocero tells the story of Martín, the driver of an armored van that transports prisoners on a winter night, below zero. Suddenly, in the middle of an unpopulated road, the van is attacked by someone looking for one of the prisoners.
The Bajocero story centers on how Martín survives this assault. He manages to entrench himself inside the armored van together with the prisoners and tries to survive alongside them while the stranger does not stop chasing.
The premiere of Bajocero (or Below Zero in English) is in January 28, 2021 on Netflix. It was going to be released in theaters in October 2020, however, the arrival of the pandemic made its premiere through streaming. An intense thriller is expected, with lots of action, suspense and mystery.
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What Is Grinding Machine?- Definition, and Types
What is a Grinding Machine?
A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is one of the power tools or machine tools used for grinding, it is a type of machining using an abrasive wheel as the cutting tool. Each grain of abrasive on the wheel's surface cuts a small chip from the workpiece via shear deformation.
Grinding is used to finish workpieces that must show high surface quality (e.g., low surface roughness) and high accuracy of shape and dimension. As the accuracy in dimensions in grinding is of the order of 0.000025 mm, in most applications, it tends to be a finishing operation and removes comparatively little metal, about 0.25 to 0.50 mm depth.
However, there are some roughing applications in which grinding removes high volumes of metal quite rapidly. Thus, grinding is a diverse field.
The grinding machine consists of a bed with a fixture to guide and hold the workpiece, and a power-driven grinding wheel spinning at the required speed. The speed is determined by the wheel's diameter and the manufacturer's rating. The grinding head can travel across a fixed workpiece, or the workpiece can be moved while the grinding head stays in a fixed position.
Fine control of the grinding head or table position is possible using a vernier calibrated hand wheel or using the features of numerical controls.
Grinding machines remove material from the workpiece by abrasion, which can generate substantial amounts of heat. To cool the workpiece so that it does not overheat and go outside its tolerance, grinding machines incorporate a coolant.
The coolant also benefits the machinist as the heat generated may cause burns. In high-precision grinding machines (most cylindrical and surface grinders), the final grinding stages are usually set up so that they remove about 200 nm (less than 1/10000 in) per pass – this generates so little heat that even with no coolant, the temperature rise is negligible.
Types of Grinding Machines
These machines include the:
Belt grinder, which is usually used as a machining method to process metals and other materials, with the aid of coated abrasives. Analogous to a belt sander (which itself is often used for wood but sometimes metal). Belt grinding is a versatile process suitable for all kind of applications, including finishing, deburring, and stock removal.
Bench grinder, which usually has two wheels of different grain sizes for roughing and finishing operations and is secured to a workbench or floor stand. Its uses include shaping tool bits or various tools that need to be made or repaired. Bench grinders are manually operated.
Cylindrical Grinders: A cylindrical grinder is used for shaping the outside of a workpiece. These machines accept workpieces in a variety of shapes as long as they can be rotated through a central axis. In a cylindrical grinder, both the workpiece and grinding wheel are simultaneously rotated. Outside diameter grinders, internal diameter grinders, and centerless grinders are all types of cylindrical grinders.
Surface Grinders: A surface grinder consists of an abrasive wheel, a chuck (a workpiece holding device), and a rotary table. The chuck is used to hold the material in place while the wheel and object are rotated to produce a smooth finish.
Centerless Grinders: A centerless grinder is a type of cylindrical grinder which uses two rotary wheels to secure the workpiece in place. Unlike a centered grinder, a centerless grinder does not make use of a spindle. The speed of the rotation of the wheels determines at what rate the material is removed.
Tool & Cutter Grinders: A tool and cutter grinder makes use of a CNC machine tool with up to 5 axes and multiple grinding wheels. These devices are used for sharpening and producing milling cutters such as drills, endmills, and step tools. It is also widely used for producing the tools needed in the woodworking and metal cutting industries.
Jig grinder, which as the name implies, has a variety of uses when finishing jigs, dies, and fixtures. Its primary function is in the realm of grinding holes for drill bushings and grinding pins. It can also be used for complex surface grinding to finish work started on a mill.
Gear grinder, which is usually employed as the final machining process when manufacturing a high-precision gear. The primary function of these machines is to remove the remaining few thousandths of an inch of material left by other manufacturing methods (such as gashing or hobbling).
Centre grinder, which is usually employed as a machining process when manufacturing all kinds of high-precision shafts. The primary function of these machines is to grind the centers of a shaft very precisely. Accurate round center holes on both sides ensure a position with high repeat accuracy on the live centers.
Die grinder, which is a high-speed hand-held rotary tool with a small diameter grinding bit. They are typically air driven (using compressed air), but can be driven with a small electric motor directly or via a flexible shaft.
Angle grinder, another handheld power tool, often used in fabrication and construction work.
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Salman Khan gifts Dabangg 3 costar Kichcha Sudeep a BMW M5, once again highlighting the superstar's magnanimity
Dabangg 3 released recently and was loved by the fans. The movie, however, did not perform as expected but was a success and Salman Khan seems to be very happy with the response the film has got. The superstar has gifted a BMW M5 car to Dabangg 3's villain Kichcha Sudeep once again highlighting the superstar's magnanimity. This gesture by Salman Khan came after the success of the film. The South star Kichcha Sudeep shared the picture with Salman Khan and his new car on Instagram and has also thanked Salman Khan for the gift.
Kichcha Sudeep shared the picture and wrote," Good always happens when u do good. @beingsalmankhan sir made me believe this line further when this surprise landed at home along with him. BMW M5…. ? .. a sweetest gesture. Thank u for the luv u have showered on me n my family sir. It was an honour to have worked with u n to have had u vist us.???"
Dabangg 3 released on December 20 and Kichcha Sudeep was praised for his performance in the film. The actor completely matched the standards set by Sonu Sood and Prakash Raj in the previous two parts of Dabangg.
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Q: How to constrain associated type synonyms? I'm (relatively) new to Haskell and want to code some math. For example, abelian groups. I would like to write the following code:
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilyDependencies #-}

module Structures where

class Eq g => AbelianGroup g where
    type family AbelianGroupElement g = e | e -> g
    add :: AbelianGroupElement g -> AbelianGroupElement g -> AbelianGroupElement g
    inv :: AbelianGroupElement g -> AbelianGroupElement g
    unit :: g -> AbelianGroupElement g
    parent :: AbelianGroupElement g -> g

data Z = Z deriving Eq
data ZElement = ZElement Z Int deriving Eq

instance AbelianGroup Z where
    type instance AbelianGroupElement Z = ZElement
    add (ZElement z1 x1) (ZElement z2 x2)
        | z1 == z2 = (ZElement z1 (x1+x2))
        | otherwise = error "elements from different groups"
    inv (ZElement z x) = (ZElement z (-x))
    unit z = ZElement z 0
    parent (ZElement z x) = z

data ProductAbGrp g1 g2 =
    ProductAbGrp g1 g2 deriving Eq
data ProductAbGrpEl g1 g2 =
    ProductAbGrpEl (ProductAbGrp g1 g2) (AbelianGroupElement g1) (AbelianGroupElement g2) deriving Eq

Compiling the above gives me the error
No instance for (Eq (AbelianGroupElement g1))
        arising from the second field of `ProductAbGrpEl'
          (type `AbelianGroupElement g1')

This makes sense; I haven't ensured that (AbelianGroupElement g1) always has Eq defined for it. However, I'm not sure how I can accomplish that. I can change the above to
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
...
class (Eq g, Eq (AbelianGroupElement g)) => AbelianGroup g where

but this doesn't help. (It's possible that type families are the wrong way to go here; I originally started with MultiParamTypeClasses and FunctionalDependencies, but had other issues with that and got the impression that type families were better).
Thanks for reading this; any help would be appreciated.

A: You can use StandaloneDeriving to get basically what you want, although I admit it's not as pretty as simply writing deriving Eq:
{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}

deriving instance (Eq g1, Eq g2, Eq (AbelianGroupElement g1), Eq (AbelianGroupElement g2)) => Eq (ProductAbGrpEl g1 g2)

A: I ended up switching to a MultiParamTypeClasses and FunctionalDependencies approach. I'm not sure if this is the best way to do things, but it at least solves this issue. I had tried this previously, but didn't know that I could add both dependencies e -> g and g -> e, which made a difference as far as getting this code to compile.
{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}

module Structures where

class (Eq g, Show g, Eq e, Show e) => AbelianGroup g e | e -> g, g -> e where
    zero :: g -> e
    add :: e -> e -> e
    neg :: e -> e
    parent :: e -> g

data Z = Z deriving (Eq, Show)
data ZElement = ZElement Z Int deriving (Eq, Show)

instance AbelianGroup Z ZElement where
    zero z = ZElement z 0
    add (ZElement z1 x1) (ZElement z2 x2)
        | z1 == z2 = (ZElement z1 (x1+x2))
        | otherwise = error "elements from different groups"
    neg (ZElement z x) = (ZElement z (-x))
    parent (ZElement z x) = z

data ProductAbelianGroup g1 g2 e1 e2 = ProductAbelianGroup g1 g2 deriving (Eq, Show)
data ProductAbelianGroupElement g1 g2 e1 e2 = ProductAbelianGroupElement g1 g2 e1 e2 deriving (Eq, Show)


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Does the SEC Network Raise Ethical Issues?
It's a legitimate question.
By David Wunderlich Jul 25, 2014, 1:00pm EDT
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Bart Doan at The Student Section raised an interesting question regarding ESPN's involvement with the SEC Network and its overall effect on college football. Go read it before finishing this.
There are two separate issues here that Doan piled into one column without really signifying that they are truly separate.
The first issue is whether and to what extent the new network will affect ESPN's broadcasts. It's about integrity in coverage, basically.
That question will always be there for any outlet that both broadcasts sports and attempts to do analysis and journalism, and it's been an issue for ESPN for a while. Hockey nearly disappeared from SportsCenter when the NHL's contract went to NBC. NASCAR races on ESPN or ABC get more attention than those on other networks. College GameDay shows up at games that will appear on ESPN or ABC far more often than it doesn't, and it's not just to make Kirk Herbstreit's travel easier.
Doan also brings up that ESPN has said it doesn't expect the SEC Network to do investigative journalism and takes it as a hint that the SECN won't be on the front lines of controversial stories about the conference. That's probably true. As long as other ESPN properties don't slack on that kind of work in relation to the SEC, I can't get too worked up about it. I think everyone knows the SECN exists to promote the conference more than anything.
Of course, I am not sure how we would tell if ESPN was slacking on the investigative side. The best investigative journalism department for college sports is Yahoo! Sports, and it's not close. The biggest SEC scandal of recent years was the Cam Newton story, something Pete Thamel broke for the New York Times (he's since moved to Sports Illustrated). More recently, ESPN made headlines for the wrong reasons when it pulled out of Frontline's special on concussions in the NFL. If the SECN's existence impairs ESPN's journalism side, I'm not sure how we would be able to tell.
The other issue is to what degree ESPN's coverage will affect the College Football Playoff.
Doan cites how he knows of an AP voter and a Coaches Poll voter who often didn't bother with their own votes and had someone else do them, and the former mainly used ESPN highlights to form an opinion when he did vote. Voters being lazy is old news though; several Harris Poll voters confessed to not ever watching undefeated Utah in 2008 despite their votes affecting the BCS standings.
Given that ESPN is the single most influential entity in college football, I have no doubt that its coverage will impact how some people on the selection committee think. However, I think the committee format is better insulation against undue influence than the old poll format was. When over 100 people are voting, people feel like they can get away with more because hey, it's just one ballot out of 150. What does it matter if I don't pay close attention?
The best defense against a hypothetically SEC-biased ESPN would be to stock the committee with strong personalities with ties to other areas of the country. You don't have to have everyone be impervious to such a thing, just a majority.
The initial committee, at least, has that. At the absolute, very least, Barry Alvarez, Pat Haden, Oliver Luck, Tom Osborne, Dan Radakovich, Mike Tranghese, and Ty Willingham won't be under some kind of pro-SEC spell, and that's seven of the 13. Stanford grad Condoleezza Rice and former Air Force Academy superintendent General Mike Gould probably wouldn't be unduly friendly towards the SEC either. That's not to impugn Tom Jernstedt (an Oregon grad) or Steve Wieberg (a national columnist for 30 years), or even to suggest that Jeff Long and Archie Manning will somehow be radically partisan towards the SEC beyond all reason. I'm just cataloging that the room for worry with this present committee isn't very big.
I think the doomsday scenario people fear is what I put as the photo for this post, something that actually didn't happen on ESPN. Gary Danielson spent time on CBS's broadcast of the 2006 SEC Championship Game making the case for why Florida should get a spot in the BCS National Championship Game over Michigan. He put up that infamous schedule graphic where, even granting Michigan two points for playing undefeated No. 1 Ohio State, the Gators' resumé overwhelmed the Wolverines' slate. Florida ended up edging out Michigan ever so slightly for the right to play the Buckeyes for the national title, and the rest is history.
Ironically, the argument most associated with ESPN at the time was Herbstreit pushing for Michigan over Florida. He was a bit more nuanced than Danielson was, but his judgment of Michigan being a better team for the national championship game did not win out. ESPN may be highly influential, but it doesn't dictate things.
To answer the question in the title of this post, yes, the SEC Network does indeed raise ethical issues. Some are issues within ESPN itself that the network has always struggled with and will forever have to tackle. It has its good times and bad times in that regard, and I don't see that changing.
There is more hope regarding the playoff because ESPN has no say in how it operates. It's an entity run by all ten I-A conferences and Notre Dame, which means there are ten voices to do battle with the SEC's one voice. There is an enormous amount of money at stake with the playoff—far more than with the BCS—so you can believe those ten entities will do everything they can to prevent the SEC from taking more than its fair share. The current committee doesn't appear to be all that susceptible to a pro-SEC narrative, and they'll make sure future ones aren't either.
Ultimately, the best hope for keeping ESPN honest is that Fox Sports 1 really does turn into a real ESPN competitor someday. If it does, people who think the worldwide leader has too much of an SEC bias will have somewhere else to turn. Fox Sports has been spending on talent lately in grabbing Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel, both of whom will appear on TV in addition to their website writing. It's going to be a long, long road to get there, but at least someone is trying.
In the meantime an ACC Network is probably going to come about sooner than later, and it's likely to have a structure similar to the SECN given that ESPN owns all of the ACC's rights. That'll give the SEC some competition, no? Of course, the fact that no one accuses ESPN of having a pro-ACC bias despite it owning all of those rights shows that part of ESPN's narrative generation habits are, in fact, not influenced by the business side of the house.
The SEC's fans are, for better and for worse, the most rabid in college football. A business that makes money by selling attention to advertisers is naturally going to cater to the people who give the most attention. I do not envy those in charge in Bristol who have to balance all of the competing interests in crafting their coverage.


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I got the characters confused briefly, it is something to be mindful of when employing this art style. I'm still digging it though, I hope the creators stick the landing with the next issue.
Still really loving this one, although the symbolism is starting to feel a little heavy-handed/too-on-the-nose but I'm also willing to admit that the content matter of this issue was simply harder to stomach in this Kavanaugh/metoo era we live in (sometimes I want to escape).


I don't agree with her party or her politics, but you can't ignore that it is a big deal that Mia Love was just elected as the GOPs first black congresswoman- and out of Utah, of all places.
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The next day, Wiggle called Henry out to help her with something.
"The winds of change are in the air Henry," said Wiggle. "Something is up. I feel it in my universal joints."
"What do you think it is?" asked Henry.
"I don't think our little Hank is going to be staying much longer. Will you bring this gift inside that I had made for him? Tell him it's from all of us," said Wiggle, trying to choke back a sniffle of sadness.
"It's beautiful!" said Henry, peeking in the box.
"I know he is hoping for a Chanukah family, but Chanukah begins tonight at sundown. Maybe his rescue family could light it with him," suggested Wiggle.
"We would be honored," said Henry, carefully carrying Wiggle's package into the house.
"You are the best, Wiggle!" whispered Henry, wondering how she always knew the pawfect thing to do.
When Henry told the others about Hank's gift, they came running in to see.
"Hey that's us!" said Molly Malone. "We are on the menorah!"
"And that's Hank!" cried Patrick.
"Does that picture make me look fat?" asked Cricket.
"You goose, you are just fine," said Molly Malone.
Remembering Wiggle's instruction to light it at sundown, Henry quickly called for Hank.
"Hank! Come in here! We have a surprise for you," called Henry.
Hank was amazed that anyone had made such a wonderful gift for him.
"Would you like to light the first night's candle?" Henry asked.
"May I?" asked Hank, admiring his gift.
"Of course," said Henry. "You are the youngest. You should light it first."
With the light of the shamash (the servant candle), Hank lit his very own menorah.
"Thank you for sharing your Chanukah light with us," said Patrick staring into the flames.
"Chanukah light is meant to be shared," said Hank.
"I think there is supposed to be a blessing," said Henry, "does anyone know the words?"
Mr. Remington cleared his throat, and carefully typed out the first night's blessing and read it out loud for everyone.
"That was beautiful," said Molly Malone, even though she had no idea what the words meant. They sounded important.
"I hope you find your Chanukah family soon," she said to Hank, but she only half meant it. She was really wishing that Hank could stay with them furever.