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On This Day – August 30th 1916
Rescue From Elephant Island.
The Endurance Expedition.
August the 30th 1916 would have dawned no different than any of the previous 127 days, for the 22 men stranded on Elephant Island, since their six comrades had departed the outcrop aboard the James Caird lifeboat, on a mission to raise rescue for them on April 24th 1916. As they had watched the tiny vessel disappear over the horizon into the monstrous Weddell Sea, Frank Wild optimistically opined that they would all be saved within four or five weeks.
But four long months had passed, and despite a daily rostered watch to keep lookout for an approaching ship, the castaways hopes had almost entirely diminished. It was all too probable that the Caird had been enveloped in the fearsome Southern Ocean, and the six brave crew had perished long before they had reached land. No-one would know of the men on Elephant Island, and no-one was coming to rescue them either.
As their hopes had dwindled, so too had their spirit, health, sanity and food supplies. Frank Wild, who had been given the unenviable task of commanding the group in Shackleton's absence, had forbidden the stockpiling of seals and penguins, at a time when they were in plentiful abundance, as he deemed it a defeatist gesture. Now that the ice was closing in and encasing the island, the creatures had practically disappeared, and the group faced up to the very real threat of starvation. The ever fractious Thomas Order-Lees had noted "We shall have to eat the one who dies first …. there's many a true word said in jest"*
Wild was a man of calm countenance, even in the face of the gravest of circumstances that he faced, and none more so than those he was confronted with on the Endurance Expedition, which was his fourth of five ventures to Antarctica. The group of men that he took charge of on Elephant Island, were in a pretty grim state.
They had eked out an existence, living on the drifting ice floes, for months, after their ship The Endurance had been trapped in the ice of the Weddell Sea, in February 1915, and ultimately abandoned in October of that year as the pressure of the ice pulverized, and eventually sank the vessel. When the ice began to break up beneath their refuge, the 28 men were forced to abandon Patience Camp, and strike for land in the three lifeboats, which had been salvaged from the ship.
They set sail, on April 9th, and whilst Elephant Island was not their intended destination, a combination of strong currents, the ever deteriorating condition of the men, and the probable chance of its attainability, eventually saw them set course there.
That gruelling voyage took over seven days to complete and the conditions and sufferings aboard the boats were simply wretched. Miraculously all three vessels made safe landfall on the island on April 16th , and the most welcome of hot meals and shelter were hastily assembled.
Shackleton had noticed that the high tide marks in evidence there, would prevent the establishment of a permanent camp, but elected not to inform his weary crew of the problem until they had acquired a much needed nights sleep.
The following morning Shackleton dispatched Wild in the Stancomb Wills, and tasked him with finding a suitable spot for entrenching a durable settlement. Wild took with him – Tom Crean, Marston, Vincent and McCarthy as they were the strongest and fittest of the bedraggled party, and headed westwards in the tiny lifeboat.
They returned having pinpointed an adequate site, seven miles west of their current position. Before long all 28 men were back aboard the boats and once again at the mercy of the Weddell Sea. Despite being a journey of only seven miles, and comparatively a mere jaunt, when measured against their previous gruelling voyage, it was still another debilitating battle of survival.
Once they had successfully reached and established their camp at what is today known as Point Wild, the voyaging in the tiny boats was over, for most. But with no hope of rescue from their desolate isolation, one more journey was required. It would be by far the most dangerous, and highly improbable crossing ever undertaken in an open boat. Yet for the 28 men of the Endurance it represented their one and only slim hope of salvation.
Shackleton decided that Wild would remain behind and take command of the group, with Tom Crean as his second in command, whilst he and five others would attempt the 800 mile crossing to South Georgia. Crean however pleaded with Shackleton to be among the crew of the Caird, preferring to soldier the stormy savage sea, than remain behind in idle limbo.
In Shackleton's own words – "The weather was fine on April 23, and we hurried forward our preparations. It was on this day I decided finally that the crew for the James Caird should consist of Worsley, Crean, McNeish, McCarthy, Vincent, and myself….. The twenty-two men who had been left behind on Elephant Island were under the command of Wild, in whom I had absolute confidence…"
And so it was, that Wild's duty was to hold together the spirits and morale of a group of men, abandoned on a narrow strip of freezing rock, surrounded by the furious, storm system that is the Southern Ocean. Men whose every fibre of physicality and sanity had been tested and shredded by the grueling demands of their ordeal. Men whose very fibres were now only scarcely seamed together by the material of their unlikely survival thus far.
Wild set about making the situation as tolerable as possible. Lewis Rickinson had suffered a heart attack after landing on Elephant Island, Perce Blacborrow's feet were severely frostbitten, and all of the men had suffered greatly from the continuous exposure and near starvation of the journey there. Adequate shelter and respite from the elements was an immediate priority.
The two remaining boats – the Dudley Docker and the Stancomb Wills, which had been somewhat cannibalised in the modifying of the Caird, were turned upside down and placed on stone walls, the materials for which, had been painfully scavenged and erected by the weary group. Every effort was made to secure the shelter. Tent canvas and timbers were used to good effect to stave off the cold. It was far from perfect but the 'Snuggery' as it was dubbed, served its fundamental purpose of providing quarterage and protection, though as time elapsed it wrought squalor.
For the most part the men were confined to their shelter as the weather reigned appalling throughout. They were subject to an unrelenting series of storms, that lashed and howled around them, hurling the hungry seas to within yards of their refuge, rendering them fearful for their lives on more than one occasion. Within their dreggy confines they cooked, ate, slept and amputated the unfortunate (and probably ever regretful stowaway) Blacborrow's dead frostbitten toes. In a feat of medical brilliance the surgeons Macklin and McIlroy, performed the surgery in the flickering candlelight of what must have seemed the darkest place on Earth.
Each morning Wild would salute the day and his weary colleagues with, "Get your things ready, boys, the Boss may come to-day." Tiresome it had become, as the days trickled by and no-one came. Yet Wild's optimism , assignment of duties and unyielding faith in Shackleton's return, had wormed its way into the psyche of the group, deep below the doubt and despondency, and delicately held their hope intact.
Unbeknownst to them, the James Caird had reached South Georgia on May 10th. Shackleton, Crean and Worsley had then crossed the islands uncharted interior and had arrived at the whaling station at Stromness on May 20th.
They had made an attempt to rescue them aboard the Southern Sky, and had been thwarted in their efforts by pack ice. Again they had twice endeavoured to reach them, firstly on the Instituto de Pesca No. 1, and then aboard Emma, and on each occasion fields of impenetrable ice would halt their passage.
Instead of admitting defeat as the Yelcho towed the limping Emma back to Punta Arenas, Chile, Shackleton pleaded with the Chilean authorities to lend him the ship for one last attempt to reach his men, before the Antarctic winter consumed them. They agreed.
The Mirage Of 22 Men – The Yelcho
"Get your things ready, boys, the Boss may come to-day," – the ever conventional summon to a new dawn on Elephant Island. In this case it was day 128, post James Caird voyage. Hungry men were eating seaweed, and plans were afoot to abandon the huts, regard them as boats again, and sail to Deception Island, in search of food, a passing ship, or inevitable doom. October 5th was the date set – perhaps imminent enough to manifest or maintain hope, yet scheduled beyond the certain realisation of its folly.
Just as every other day chores and duties were dispensed and completed, and lunch was being served, with less than four days food remaining. It was Marston who was staring out to sea, discerning all he saw, or perhaps not. The sea, the desperate warden of that desolate island, rolled and crashed ashore as it always did. Shrouded in persistent mist as it always was.
Then something loomed in the fog… a blur… a shadow…a shape… a.. "SHIP O!" Marston wailed. He heard no response, and ran towards the shelter. No one ran anymore on Elephant Island, and the sound of rapid footfall, frantically crunching fresh fallen snow, alerted all within the upturned boats. "Wild there's a ship…light a flare!" Marston gasped. The hut exploded with the adrenalin of escape, and there was almost a crush at the narrow doorway. The men in their delirium simply tore through the shelter's canvas sides.
They ran, stumbled, fell, tried to scream but croaked, tried to wave their heavy paining arms, for it was now or never. They could see the ship just rounding the island … "Signal it, raise the flag!" The flag was frozen solid so Marston hurriedly attached his jumper and hoisted it aloft, whist Wild drove a pickaxe through the last container of petrol, and ran to Penguin Hill where he set fire to any item of clothing he could lay hands upon. It really was now or never.
Under the command of Luis Pardo, Shackleton, Crean and Worsley had sailed on the Yelcho, and to their utter jubilation the pack ice had fragmented before them and had finally afforded them their long sought passage. As they scouted along the coast Worsley spotted the camp, barely discernible beneath its shroud of snow, and anxiously they watched for signs of life.
Almost immediately the saw the men emerge like ants, and a quick count of the manic dots on the rocky beach seemed to indicate that all were present.
With no energy to sustain the immediate excitement, the men on Elephant Island wilted and watched the ship, praying for a signal that they had been sighted. For a brief horrible moment the ship turned away from them, and their distress was almost unbearable. Then elation with the realisation that a lifeboat was being lowered, and the unmistakable silhouette of the man climbing down the ladder. It was Shackleton. "The Boss" had returned for them.
Shackleton and Crean came ashore, with some Chilean sailors, throwing boxes of cigarettes to the men, and Shackleton nervously asked of Wild, "Are you all well?" to which Wild responded, "We are all well, boss."
"As I manoeuvred the Yelcho between stranded bergs and hidden reefs, Shackleton peered through his binoculars with painful anxiety. I heard his strained tones as he counted the figures that were crawling out from under the upturned boat. 'Two – five – seven -' and then an exultant shout. 'They're all there, Skipper. They are all safe! His face lit up and years seemed to fall off his age. We three* solemnly shook hands as if we were taking part in some ritual."
Quoted from – F.A. Worsley, Shackleton's Boat Journey.
*Shackleton, Worsley and Crean, shook hands – a quite modest acknowledgement of the successful conclusion of their heroic endeavours.
There was no time to lose. The pack ice threatened to close around them, and transform the rescue into a new entrapment. Within an hour of first sighting the Yelcho, all of the men had been ferried aboard, plucked from their obscure desperation, and they sailed for Punta Arenas.
The Voyage of the James Caird, which was set in motion on April 24th 1916, when the tiny lifeboat was dragged from the relative safety of the grim desolate beach on Elephant Island, and cast into the most tumultuous and tortuous body of water on the planet, had finally reached conclusion. Six brave souls had climbed aboard and pitched themselves against almost certain oblivion, to somehow conspire to not just survive, but to endure, overcome, return, and pluck their comrades from the jaws of death, and from the final unbelievable chapter of the epic tale of The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition – The Endurance.
The Rescue from Elephant Island, August 30th 1916.
"Six years later when looking at Shackleton's grave and the cairn which we, his comrades, erected to his memory on a wind-swept hill of South Georgia, I meditated on his great deeds. It seemed to me that among all his achievements and triumphs, great as they were, his one failure was the most glorious. By self-sacrifice and throwing his own life into the balance he saved every one of his men – not a life was lost – although at times it had looked unlikely that one could be saved.
His outstanding characteristics were his care of, and anxiety for, the lives and well-being of all his men."
Huntford, Roland (1985). Shackleton. London: Hodder & Stoughton
Quotes – South. Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sailing The Lifeboats
The South Poll – Antarctica's Greatest Hero – Tom Crean
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Home | All news | World | Iranian Supreme Leader warns of US long-term plan to dominate Western Asia
Iranian Supreme Leader warns of US long-term plan to dominate Western Asia
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Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran on Monday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that US policies in Syria and the Middle East as a whole are a threat to both Tehran and Moscow, according to Sputnik News.
"The Americans have a long-term plan, and are attempting to dominate Syria and then the whole region…This is a threat to all countries, especially Russia and Iran," Ayatollah Khamenei said, speaking at a meeting with the Russian president on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum Summit in Tehran, taking place in the Iranian capital on Monday.
Khamenei also noted, according to Reuters, that having failed to achieve its objectives in Syria by military means, "the United States is trying to achieve its…objectives in Syria now through political means," presumably referring to the proposed peace talks with US participation aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.
The Iranian leader also called for closer ties between Russia and Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a landmark meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described Tehran as "a trustworthy and reliable ally in the region and the world", and vowed not to betray his partnership with Iran under any condition, Fars News reports.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is an independent and solid strong country with very good prospects, and we see you as a trustworthy and reliable ally in the region and the world," the Russian president said at the meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei today.
"Unlike certain parties, we are committed to never stab our partners in the back or take any behind-the-stage move against our friends and to resolve any differences that may arise through dialogue," he added.
The Russian leader further described the two countries' position on Syria as "very close", and reiterated the crucial importance of the two states' cooperation in this regard.
"We also stress that the Syrian crisis can only be resolved through political means and people's vote and accepting the demands of all Syrian peoples and groups, and no one has the right to impose his views on the people of that country to decide about the government structure and fate of the president of Syria," Putin continued.
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10 Storage Wishes for 2012
Posted on December 21, 2011 By Drew Robb
The New Year is traditionally a time to make resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking or drink less. We asked several storage veterans what their top wishes were for the year.
1. Buzz-Kill
Greg Schulz, an analyst with StorageIO Group wants to see an end to the buzzword de jour. "Vendors, VARs and customers need to look beyond buzzword bingo, focusing on what can be applied to solve problems vs. solutions looking for problems in order to stretch budgets further," he said. "This means working smarter, being more effective vs. simply improving utilization, reducing waste and rework to boost productivity."
2. Follow the Leader
Over the past few years, it has become clear that storage vendors are quick to jump on whatever bandwagon happens to be in the public view. Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), for example, became popular in the middle of the past decade. Overnight, companies rebranded their products as ILM, yet some didn't actually change anything other than the name.
This follow-the-leader mentality is very much in evidence with the cloud. Everyone talks cloud these days. In an effort to be "hip," almost any vendor is desperate to pronounce its cloud capabilities. Instead of standing out from the crowd, everyone just blends in.
"Another wish is that vendors and VARs learn to use some new plays or have their sales management call in some audible to react to opportunities that would otherwise be missed," said Schulz. "Instead of trying to compete with the same or similar message and themes, look for alternate ways of getting to the finish line."
3. Chargeback
Mike Karp, an analyst at Ptak-Noel & Associates, has a request for those vendors who profess to provide comprehensive infrastructure services to cloud providers -- to integrate a means of chargeback software into their offering.
"Having this means that ASPs and others providing services through the cloud actually have a straightforward and consistent way of billing for the services they offer," said Karp. "In most cases, cloud-based services are a paradigm for using technology based on a utility model, but unless there is a useful method of bookkeeping to accompany the purchase of those services, it's very difficult for providers to justify how much they charge and for users of services to justify to their management how much they are paying."
4. Laundry Lists
Juan Orlandini, a Practice Manager at Datalink, takes issue with vendors adding feature after feature to their core products, and then comparing their feature set against those of the competition. Enough, said Orlandini.
He doesn't doubt that speed, capacity, and all of those things remain important. However, they should take second place to the efficiency that can be delivered in the software that manages all of this.
"What we need to focus on and deliver to our customers is a better experience," he said. "In short, the experience of storage needs to be simplified."
5. Cloud for Compute
Molly Rector, chief marketing officer of Spectra Logic, is another who has had enough of the cloud hype. Her gripe, though, isn't with the overuse of the word so much as with the message remaining on why the cloud makes sense for consumers. She wants the discussion to move to the meat -- how to use the cloud for compute, when to use it for storage and when NOT to use it for storage.
"We have to help users understand the issues related to having enough bandwidth to get data to the cloud, get it back from the cloud and when to worry about what technology the data is stored on," said Rector.
6. Cloud Simplicity
Panzura Senior Director of Marketing Eric Thacker wants to see greater cloud simplicity and usability over the next 12 months.
"Organizations have some basic concerns about using cloud storage that are still hindering its rapid adoption," he said. "As more robust solutions to these concerns become prevalent in the market, cloud adoption should accelerate. I believe 2012 will be an inflection point in overcoming these concerns."
7. Quality of Service
The wish of John Spiers, CEO and founder of NexGen Storage, is for greater quality of service capabilities in shared storage.
"Shared storage quality of service (QoS) will become a requirement for 'best practice' virtualization deployments," said Spiers. "CTOs are increasingly pushing IT organizations to increase efficiency by extending virtualization throughout their data centers. To do this effectively and economically, these infrastructures require shared storage QoS capabilities."
8. Interoperability
Interoperability is top of mind for Fadi Albatal, vice president of marketing and product management at FalconStor Software, particularly in the networking arena.
"I wish for all networking equipment vendors to enable fluid interoperability of their equipment, so that all Fibre Channel (as well as FCoE) equipment can finally work together as they should," he said. "IT needs to have the flexibility to use whatever equipment is best as they expand their environments and not be locked into using only one vendor's systems."
9. Midrange Data Protection
Karp has another wish -- that the major vendors learn how to address the data protection needs of midrange companies. Historically, he said, all the big vendors have under-addressed (and in some cases, all but ignored) the midrange, a situation that has now become all but absurd because the midrange is proving to be a much larger market than the enterprise space. What most vendors provide in the way of midrange product is poorly thought out, and often is little more than a castrated version of their enterprise offerings, he added.
"This is an approach that just doesn't cut it for companies that have all the needs of their larger competitors but which also lack the wherewithal to make same level of investment as do enterprise data center managers," said Karp. "Vendors who do this properly are going to win big."
10. Price Stability
Albatal offered up one final wish -- and end to fluctuating market conditions that cause a roller coaster ride on storage prices.
"I wish that the disk shortage and price increases caused by the floods in Thailand finally settle down," said Albatal. "I'd like to see the manufacturing shortage crisis go away and for the storage market to enjoy lower prices."
Drew Robb is a freelance writer specializing in technology and engineering. Currently living in California, he is originally from Scotland, where he received a degree in geology and geography from the University of Strathclyde. He is the author of Server Disk Management in a Windows Environment (CRC Press).


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Mauranipur
Kathera Nagar Panchayat
Kathera Population Census 2011 - 2022
About Kathera
2022 Kathera
Kathera is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Kathera city is divided into 10 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Kathera Nagar Panchayat has population of 7,533 of which 4,045 are males while 3,488 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1140 which is 15.13 % of total population of Kathera (NP). In Kathera Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 862 against state average of 912. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Kathera is around 812 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Kathera city is 68.51 % higher than state average of 67.68 %. In Kathera, Male literacy is around 79.27 % while female literacy rate is 56.16 %.
Kathera Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 1,268 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Kathera Caste Factor
In Kathera (NP), most of the (NP)rs are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.77 % of total population in Kathera (NP). The (NP) Kathera currently doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Kathera Work Profile
Out of total population, 2,930 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 2,001 were males while 929 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 2930 working population, 76.21 % were engaged in Main Work while 23.79 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Kathera 2022 Population
The next census for Kathera Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2022 are estimates only.
Kathera Religion Data 2011
Kathera 7,533 94.34% 3.41% 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 2.08% 0.00% 0.13%
Kathera Wards
1 Kathera Ward No - 1 Mauranipur Jhansi Uttar Pradesh
10 Kathera Ward No - 10 Mauranipur Jhansi Uttar Pradesh


Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Brian Muse, our lead developer on You Rather. He'll be guiding you through a three part journey of PHP applications over the next few days.
This tutorial is intended for readers who know the very basics of PHP and Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and would like to create a basic web application.
To make this a little bit clearer, I've split this tutorial up into three separate posts. Each post will cover a major step in setting up a basic PHP web application.
It's always a good idea to know where you're going. Before you start creating and coding files it's best to set your goals, map out the project and make decisions about your folder structure and what files you'll need to make to accomplish your goal. The goal for this project is fairly simple: Create a basic PHP web application with user registration, the ability to log in and out and a way for users to update their settings.
An OOP PHP project utilizes classes and objects to perform many of the operations that the application requires. When planning, you should think about what classes you will need. For this project we'll be making three classes. The first is the User class, which will hold information about a particular user and a basic save() function. Another class, UserTools will contain functions that have to do with users, such as login(), logout(), etc. The final class is the first class we'll be coding: the database class. This class will handle connecting to the database, updating, inserting new rows, retrieving rows, and more.
Aside from classes, we'll utilize a file called global.inc.php. This file will be called on every page and will perform general operations that we commonly require. For example, it is this file that will handle connecting to the database on each page.
The rest of the files are the pages the user will navigate around. These include index.php, register.php, login.php, logout.php, settings.php and welcome.php.
The "id" field is used as the primary key and will be the main unique identifier that we'll use to differentiate between users in the database. The "username" is also defined as a unique key. Other fields include "password" (which will be stored after it is hashed), "email", and "join_date" (an sql datetime variable).
The first class we'll be making for this project is one to handle database operations. The goal is simple: to take the work out of using our database so that we deal with as little SQL as possible and to have data organized and returned in a easily readable format.
//on every page that needs to use the database.
//true, then it will return a single row instead of an array of rows.
//Select rows from the database.
//returns a full row or rows from $table using $where as the where clause.
//return value is an associative array with column names as keys.
//Updates a current row in the database.
//and the values are the data that will be inserted into those columns.
//$table is the name of the table and $where is the sql where clause.
//Inserts a new row into the database.
//$table is the name of the table.
//return the ID of the user in the database.
After the class definition you'll see four variable declarations: $db_name, $db_user, $db_pass, and $db_host. These should be set accordingly, based on how you've set up your database. You'll most likely leave $db_host as localhost. These variables are defined as "protected" and as such they will not be accessible from outside the class. From anywhere inside the class, however, they can be retrieved by using $this->db_name, $this->db_user, etc.
The first function is called connect(). This function uses those protected values to open up a database connection. This connection will remain open for usage anywhere on the current page (not just from within the class).
The second function is called processRowSet(). The purpose of this function is to take a mysql result object and convert it to an associative array, where the keys are the column names. The function loops through each row in the mysql result and the PHP function mysql_fetch_assoc() converts each row to an associative array. The row is then pushed onto an array which is ultimately returned by the function. This formatting makes the data far more readable and easier to use.
There is a second argument called $singleRow which has false as a default value. If set to true, only a single row will be returned instead of an array of rows. This is useful if you're only expecting a single result to be returned (for example when selecting a user from the database by using their unique id).
The final three functions perform basic MySQL functions: select, insert, update. The goal of these functions is to minimalize the amount of SQL that needs to be written elsewhere in the application. Each basically builds an SQL query based upon the value passed in and executes that query. In the case of select(), the results are formatted and returned. In the case of update(), true is returned if it succeeded. In the case of insert(), the id of the newly inserted row is returned.
As you can see, the tables column names for the columns being updated are the keys and the values are the data that is being set in those columns.
Try expanding the DB class to include a function for deleting a row from the database.
Expand the select() function to take an array of column names to select with a default of * to select all columns.
This wraps up part 1 of the series. We've managed to organize our folder/file structure for the project and build our first class, the DB class.
In part 2 we'll build two more classes, User and UserTools. The User class will introduce class constructors. Additionally we'll start to take a look at global.inc.php and what exactly we'll be putting in there.
This is a very helpful tutorial. I can't wait for the next part!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. This tutorial gave me a lot of ideas and some different approach to dev PHP app. Thanks again!
This is sweet! I just started playing around with PHP and this is perfect, exactly what I was looking for. When can we expect Part 2?
I am really digging these style of posts, I am looking forward to the whole series.
Congratulations for the great post guys! I'm aways looking for a clear and organized php code, couldn't been better.
The row "$db->connect();" was missing in "Update Sample" or I couldn't understand that part.
And keep the good work!
You are absolutely correct. You would need to have opened a connection at some point before you could call update(). I was simply showing the update() usage.
Thanks for the confirmation, thought I was kida lost in that part.
i havent done some php coding lately and im very much interested on learning and reviewing stuff like these again… already followed you on twitter… nice post!
Great article. Why don't you make him a partner :) Would love to see more PHP related articles and he's probably very familiar with frameworks (i would love to see some tuts on CodeIgniter).
I was ready to learn php, just the need for such articles.
wouldn't it be better to open the connection in the class construct? That would save you a step that could easily be forgotten.
Your head is in the right spot, and you could certainly go about it that way. For this set of tutorials, we'll be creating a file that will act as a bootstrap and open a database connection on every page as well as perform other necessary operations.
If you do go about adding it to the constructor, just be aware that if you're creating multiple instances of the DB object then mysql_connect() will be called multiple times. This shouldn't cause a problem, though, because no new link will be established and the current link identifier will just be returned. It's just a bit redundant.
I was going to mention making it a singleton, but I wasn't sure if that was outside of the scope of the article. Making a bootstrap file the code example more clear for me. thank for the explanation. Nice job on the article!
Awesome! I've just started learning oophp and this tut is very helpful. ;) Thanks and can't wait for the next one!
I appreciate the intent of this article, but this is a good example of why PHP gets a bad rap. The code example here is vulnerable to SQL injection and is very unsafe because user input is passed directly to the query without any validation or escaping.
Please check out the following page in the PHP manual to learn about SQL injection, or Google the term to read any of the numerous tutorials on how to safely query a database with PHP.
Keep in mind that this tutorial is simply an introduction to making a basic application using OOP with PHP and it's not intended for use "as-is" in a true, full-fledged web application. As such, I've left out sql injection avoidance among other things (no error handling either). I'm just showing the basics here.
You are spot on though that as people further expand upon this code and become more familiar with PHP/SQL, protecting against sql injection is a must.
Hey nice tutorial! i've learned many things but i'm in confused! wheres the constructor function called in this DB class?
Yeah, I agree with you on leaving out input validation. That's something that's very (very) important but it can seem pointless to someone who doesn't know a lot about SQL injection. It should definitely be something that you cover in the future.
There isn't a constructor method in this class. Not all classes have to have a constructor method.
isn't this version of the update function better?
I'm a beginner myself, so i don't know.
great and very helpful technique.
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It's so easy to make a calming homemade bubble bath a part of your week and I'll show you how! This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience, read the full disclosure policy.
Like most things in our home, we make our own. Homemade bubble bath was actually the first skincare product I ever made!
It all began when I was expecting our daughter and wanted to a take bubble bath and didn't have any!! If you've been there, you know how disappointing anything can be to a pregnant woman.
Luckily with a quick search around Pinterest I found one that I had the ingredients. I've changed it over the course of last few years to include calming essential oils.
Perfect for our baby, who's now a three year old!
A concentrated vegetable-based soap, castile soap is made of ingredients you can actually pronounce. It is gentle on skin and effective against dirt, grease, and unwanted germs. In this homemade bubble bath recipe, castile soap forms the bubbles.
I love the way vegetable glycerin softens everything it touches! Adding it to DIY bubble bath counteracts the drying effects soap can have. I use it in a lot of recipes for it's softening affect such as handmade soap and hair detangler.
I began adding vitamin E oil to bubble bath when my daughter developed eczema as a baby. It is an amazing moisturizer for the skin and hair. Find it my recipes for hand lotion and eye cream too.
Lavender, (Lavandula angustifolia) is truly one of the most popular and versatile herbs. Lavender essential oil is extracted from the flowers of the herb. The oil and buds of the herb can calm and relax an anxious mind in addition to improving sleep quality and headaches (Koulivand et al., 2013; Cavanagh & Wilkinson, 2002). Count me in!
Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) essential oil is anti-inflammatory (Harmon, 2017). Making it highly recommend to use for dry skin or lips. You can use either the roman or german variety for homemade bubble bath.
Using a funnel pour ½ cup liquid castile soap into a six to eight-ounce bottle. Followed by ¼ cup vegetable glycerin and 1 teaspoon vitamin E oil.
Remove the funnel and add 12 drops of lavender essential oil and 8 drops of chamomile essential oil. Place the cap on the bottle and give it fair swirl or two to blend ingredients.
Let lavender and chamomile calm the mind and body just before bedtime with homemade bubble bath.
Pour up to four tablespoons into running water of the bath. Agitate the water to help create more bubbles. Homemade bubble bath does create a nice amount of bubbles, but it doesn't last as long as store bought options. Yet, it so much better for your skin and sans chemicals!
So, what's stopping you from pouring yourself a warm homemade bubble bath? Let lavender and chamomile calm the mind and body just before bedtime. Perfect for mommies and their little ones.
Cavanagh, H. M. A. & Wilkinson, J. M. (2002). Biological Activities of Lavender Essential Oil. Phytotherapy Research 16, 301–308.
Hi Kristy,I was wondering if this recipe could be use as a shower wash also??
I'm sure you could, it feels great on the skin.


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Posted By Sofia Patel, Jack Viola and Malcolm Davis on November 24, 2017 @ 15:17
This week pundits continued to pick apart President Donald Trump's Asia trip. This piece from China File takes a look at the geopolitical manoeuvring of two great powers, now possibly on equal footing, vying for supremacy on the world stage. The Diplomat takes a closer look at the policy ramifications of the trip, assessing how Trump fared on his three main goals for the trip.
In May, Trump shared highly classified information about a covert Israeli mission with the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador in a conversation in the Oval Office. This fascinating piece delves into the details of both the mission and the intelligence that was leaked, and highlights that the incident could have implications beyond damaging US–Israeli relations and future intelligence-sharing.
Following the resignation of Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power, the Economist assesses whether Emmerson Mnangagwa will be accomplish the two things that could ease Zimbabwe's economic and political turmoil: garnering overseas financial support and introducing legitimate democratic political reform.
The newest instalment of the New Statesman's tour through Europe has Matthew Engel in Belgium. He describes a nation divided linguistically and culturally, and with 'a certain pervasive eccentricity'. Engel clearly doesn't have the same affection for Belgium as for Estonia, but it is nonetheless an interesting snapshot of the EU's heartland.
The International Criminal Tribunal convicted Ratko Mladic of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison. This critical piece analyses the tribunal's omissions and what the verdict means for Serbia. An op-ed by Janine di Giovanni, a journalist who covered the Bosnian war, argues that the verdict, 22 years after the Srebrenica massacre, does little to inspire confidence in holding contemporary despots accountable for their actions.
Although the collapse of Chancellor Merkel's political negotiations has bought her some time to reassess options, there's no way to mask the clearly fragmented political situation in Germany and the stark divisions among coalition partners. Read Jacqueline Westermann's insights on the possible outcomes here, and Der Spiegel's commentary on the implications for German politics here. The New York Review of Books comprehensively analyses the social profiles of Germany's resurgent right-wing populist movement, finding that a 'strong presence of the educated upper middle class distinguishes German populism' from other right-wing nationalist movements.
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's long read in the Guardian follows Iraqi soldiers in their quest to regain Mosul from Islamic State, but tells another story of the endless cycle of violence that has been created. Iraqi soldiers indiscriminately torture and kill suspected IS fighters, along with anyone else in the vicinity.
The recent Islamist violence in the Philippines has unnerved many in Southeast Asia and thrown a spotlight on other Muslim insurgencies in the region. Austin Bodetti's piece examines the situation in southern Thailand and whether it could spark the kind of ISIS-style jihadism seen in Marawi.
New research from RAND this week explores the origins of Americas jihadists, and ASPI's Lisa Sharland's new co-authored paper explores the role of the mining sector in preventing and countering violent extremism in Africa. The CTC Sentinel's latest paper discusses the rivalry between al-Shabaab and IS in Somalia.
Tech geek of the week
Robots and war are all in the headlines this week. Two videos you need to check out look at future robots relevant for military roles. The first two are real robots from Boston Dynamics, SpotMini and the much more imposing Atlas. (No robots were kicked in the making of these videos.)
There's a much more disturbing vision of how AI might team with autonomous 'slaughterbots'. It's fictional … so far. Western liberal democracies have made determined efforts to ban lethal autonomous weapons, or LAWs. However, Russia is saying nyet to such a ban and is proceeding to develop robotic (so far, remotely controlled) armoured vehicles.
The Russians are beginning to roll out their upgraded Tu-160M2 Blackjack bomber, which will be the mainstay of their long-range aviation force for nuclear and conventional war until the PAK-DA comes along. This accompanies their MiG-41 'sixth-generation fighter', which they claim will be able to fight in space, sometime in the 2020s.
And China is building its H-20 bomber, as well as a hypersonic wind tunnel to allow development of hypersonic weapons that could reach the west coast of the US from China in 14 minutes.
Going from the edge of space at Mach 20 to confrontation on the ground, you can watch video of the recent defection by a North Korean People's Army soldier in the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom. It's gripping viewing, given the potential for rapid escalation in these types of events. The soldier made it, though he was shot five or six times.
Blogs of War's 'Covert Contact' podcast this week discusses modern terrorists' use of technology with Levi West of Canberra's Charles Sturt University.
On RN's Between the Lines, Tom Switzer talks to Ross Burns, former Australian ambassador to Syria, about the Syrian civil war.
Prominent African-American author Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses social politics and current affairs in the US, including protests by NFL players and Colin Kaepernick (skip the two-minute promo at the beginning).
RUSI's director Dr Karen von Hippel hosts a conversation with General David Petraeus (retd) on current global security challenges facing the US and the UK (1 hr 30 mins).
'The future of terrorism' is the third episode of the five-part documentary series A different lens by Monash academics and industry leaders (10 mins).
The International Business Times has compiled the 100 most powerful photos of the Rohingya refugee crisis, and the BBC chronicles President Mugabe's reign in images.
Canberra, 27 November, 1730, ANU: 'Chinese power and the idea of a "responsible state" in a changing world order'. More information here.
Sydney, 28 November, 1300, Stanton Library: Hugh White will talk about his new Quarterly Essay, 'Without America: Australia in the new Asia'. More information here.
Canberra, 29 November, 1230, ANU: 'China and the United States as aid donors: past and future trajectories'. Register here.
Canberra, 29 November, 1730, ANU: 'Legacies of partition, South Asia at seventy'. Register here.
Sofia Patel is an analyst, Jack Viola is a research intern, and Malcolm Davis is a senior analyst at ASPI. Image courtesy of Flickr user TED Conference.
URL to article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspi-suggests-67/
[1] This piece: http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-and-united-states-are-equals-now-what
[2] The Diplomat: https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/the-policy-significance-of-trumps-asia-tour/
[3] This fascinating piece: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/trump-intel-slip?utm_source=New+Daily+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9b7809fff8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4675a5c15f-9b7809fff8-81874325
[4] the resignation of Robert Mugabe: https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/11/21/read-mugabes-resignation-letter-full/
[5] the Economist assesses: https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21731646-emmerson-mnangagwa-ruthless-man-he-replaces-more-grounded
[6] Matthew Engel in Belgium: https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2017/11/travels-belgium-dysfunctional-fractured-state-heart-eu
[7] This critical piece: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/after-mladic-s-conviction-can-serbia-face-its-past--11-22-2017
[8] An op-ed by Janine di Giovanni: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/opinion/mladic-hague-bosnia-butcher.html
[9] here: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/germanys-unresolved-elections-jamaica-no-more/
[10] here: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/commentary-german-coalition-collapse-the-end-of-merkel-a-1179542.html
[11] comprehensively analyses: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/07/germany-alt-right-kultur-stupid/?utm_source=New+Daily+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=641a4751ea-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4675a5c15f-641a4751ea-81837925
[12] tells another story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/21/after-the-liberation-of-mosul-an-orgy-of-killing
[13] Austin Bodetti's piece: https://www.thediplomat.com/2017/11/will-southern-thailand-turn-to-jihad/
[14] RAND: https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE251.html
[15] ASPI's Lisa Sharland's: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/preventing-and-countering-violent-extremism-africa-role-mining-sector
[16] CTC Sentinel's latest paper: https://ctc.usma.edu/posts/a-legitimate-challenger-assessing-the-rivalry-between-al-shabaab-and-the-islamic-state-in-somalia
[17] Boston Dynamics: https://www.bostondynamics.com/robots
[18] SpotMini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgaO45SyaO4&feature=share
[19] Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=36&v=fRj34o4hN4I
[20] slaughterbots': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CO6M2HsoIA
[21] Russia: http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/11/russia-united-nations-dont-try-stop-us-building-killer-robots/142734/?oref=d-topstory
[22] robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=WDUPM4BBkJ8
[23] upgraded: https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/russia-rolls-out-1st-upgraded-supersonic-strategic-bomber/
[24] PAK-DA: https://thediplomat.com/2017/03/russia-moves-ahead-with-future-strategic-stealth-bomber-project/
[25] MiG-41: https://www.aspistrategist.org.auttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH6UMNntjhw
[26] space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDEJ3aPC--E&t=188s
[27] H-20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0Me3SNhDg&t=22s
[28] tunnel: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2120072/china-builds-worlds-fastest-wind-tunnel-test-weapons
[29] video: http://www.ntd.tv/2017/11/22/dramatic-footage-reveals-how-north-korean-defector-crossed-dmz/
[30] Covert Contact': http://covertcontact.com/
[31] Between the Lines: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/betweenthelines/
[32] Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses: https://www.theringer.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/2017/11/15/16654706/ta-nehisi-coates-storytelling-challenging-obama-kaepernick
[33] hosts a conversation with General David Petraeus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BGFQXBxNmA
[34] third episode of the five-part documentary series: https://lens.monash.edu/@a-different-lens/2017/11/19/1262122/the-future-of-terrorism
[35] 100 most powerful photos: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/100-most-powerful-images-rohingya-muslim-refugee-crisis-1648607?utm_campaign=soficalflowtwitter&utm_source=socialflowtwitter&utm_medium=articles
[36] reign in images: http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-42032549
[37] here: http://sdsc.bellschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/5719/chinese-power-and-idea-responsible-state-changing-world-order
[38] here: https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/Library_Databases/Library_Programs/Writers_Stanton/Hugh_White
[39] here: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/11459/china-and-united-states-aid-donors-past-and-future-trajectories
[40] here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/legacies-of-partition-south-asia-at-seventy-reflections-political-and-personal-tickets-39242586633?aff=erelexpmlt


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L'Enfant de personne est un téléfilm dramatique français créé par Akim Isker d'après le livre autobiographique de Lyes Louffok Dans l'enfer des foyers et diffusé le  sur France 2.

Synopsis
Lyes est un enfant placé à l'Aide sociale à l'enfance, sa mère étant dans l'incapacité d'en assurer l'éducation. À l'âge de cinq ans, il est arraché à la famille d'accueil dans laquelle il s'épanouissait harmonieusement. En effet celle-ci est amenée à déménager mais l'administration refuse que l'enfant suive sa maman d'accueil, Émilie, au nom des liens de sang avec sa mère biologique. Il est alors ballotté de familles d'accueil en foyers, où il est confronté à la maltraitance et à la violence.
Pourtant, Agathe la sœur d'Émilie, n'a jamais abandonné l'enfant. Elle voit qu'il va mal et va se battre pour tenter de restaurer un lien avec lui. Mais l'administration ne lui reconnait aucun droit sur l'enfant.

Fiche technique

 Réalisateur : Akim Isker
 Scénaristes : Dominique Garnier et Zoé Galeron
 Productrice : Nathalie Juchet
 Production  : Capa Drama (en coproduction avec France Télévisions et la RTBF)

En France, le film est interdit aux moins de 10 ans.

Distribution
 Isabelle Carré : Agathe, la sœur d'Émilie
 Andréa Bescond : Jeanne, l'assistante sociale
 Nawell Madani : Myriam, l'éducatrice
 Yassine Chorfa : Lyes à 6 ans
 Abdelmadjid Guemri : Lyes à 11 ans
 Moncef Farfar : Lyes à 15 ans
 Raphaëlle Bruneau : Émilie, la première maman d'accueil
 Marie Berto : Frédérique
 Arthur Rosas : André
 Bruce Dombolo : Djibril
 Lila Makhlouf : Leila, la maman biologique
 Hubert Delattre : Fabien
 Khoukha Boukherbache : Yasmina, la maman d'accueil expérimentée
 Sylvain Baumann : Manu
 Ilanah Cami-Goursolas : Lisa à 17 ans
 Tatiana Gousseff : Madame Raynaud
 Déborah Kuamambu : Naomie à 16 et 20 ans
 Régis Romele : l'employé de l'ASE

Thématiques

Le téléfilm aborde avec pudeur les nombreux périls qui guettent les enfants en foyer : enfants agités sans prise en charge pédopsychiatrique, violences d'éducateurs non formés, petits violés par des grands, prostitution, jeunes filles placées seules à l'hôtel, enfants lâchés à la rue le jour de leurs 18 ans…

Accueil critique
Le téléfilm, primé, a reçu un bon accueil critique et suscité un fort impact médiatique :
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…

Débat
Comme l'espérait le jury du festival de La Rochelle, la diffusion du téléfilm sur France 2, le  fut suivie d'un débat animé par Julian Bugier.

Distinction
 Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2021 : prix du meilleur unitaire.
 Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle 2021 : prix du jeune espoir masculin pour Moncef Farfar, Yassine Chorfa et Abdelmadjid Guemri, les trois acteurs incarnant le rôle de Lyes.
 Prix Europa 2021 de la meilleure fiction européenne de l'année.
 Prix Média Enfance Majuscule 2022, catégorie Fiction

Audience
En Belgique, lors de sa diffusion sur La Une en février 2021, le téléfilm rassemble .

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Lyes Louffok
 Aide sociale à l'enfance

Liens externes

Téléfilm français des années 2020
Téléfilm de France Télévisions
Téléfilm diffusé en 2021
Téléfilm biographique
Téléfilm récompensé au Festival de la fiction TV
Adaptation d'une autobiographie à la télévision

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One of the first casualties was the Crusader artillery program, which was canceled after the Pentagon spent more than $2 billion on it. Then there was the Comanche helicopter debacle, which got the ax after $8 billion. More than twice that amount had been sunk into the Army's Future Combat System, but that program got killed, too.
In all, between 2001 and 2011 the Defense Department spent $46 billion on at least a dozen programs — including a new version of the president's helicopter — that never became operational, according to an analysis by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
But for evidence of a procurement system that's broken , critics say look no farther than the major programs that are moving forward. They've grown half a trillion dollars over their initial price tags and have schedule delays of more than two years, according to the Government Accountability Office.
There are, however, new efforts underway to improve the way the Pentagon buys things.
Those efforts could get a boost from Rep. Mac Thornberry and Sen. John McCain taking the helms of the House and Senate Armed Services committees. Many industry officials think that Congress will increasingly provide not only vigorous oversight of troubled programs but enact some meaningful reform.
Thornberry (R-Texas) has been working on a legislative package for about a year, an effort that coincides with several initiatives coming out of the Pentagon to help spur innovation and streamline the acquisitions process. McCain (R-Ariz.) is Congress's leading critic of wasteful defense spending and is expected to make it one of his top priorities as chairman. Along with Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), he recently issued a compendium of 31 essays from defense and procurement experts on how the Pentagon could better do business.
Again and again, that pathway has thudded into dead ends, as weapons programs continued to come in late and overbudget — or not at all. And there remains pervasive doubt that this time will be any different.
But now key members of Congress, the Pentagon and industry all seem to be aligned, at least for the moment. And the dense and tedious topic of acquisition reform has become a hot issue in Washington, especially as many think defense spending will continue to be tightened.
Those efforts would also get a boost, many think, if Ashton Carter, a leading contender to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, gets the job. As a former senor Pentagon official, he helped devise a program called "Better Buying Power," which is designed to help the Pentagon get more for its money.
If Carter were to become defense secretary, "I am certain he would be very engaged, informed and supportive of both the internal Pentagon, congressional and industry pushes for improvements," said Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps major general who serves as chairman of the NDIA's board.
The association has offered a series of concrete legislative proposals — complete with draft language — that would provide more authority to contracting and acquisitions officials and hold them accountable when programs go wrong.
The NDIA also proposes involving the secretaries of the various service branches more intimately in the acquisitions process and better connecting the people who create the requirements for programs, with the people in charge of buying them .
Government officials also acknowledge they could be part of the problem. The massive bureaucracy and red tape has scared off large technology companies and have made it difficult for smaller firms that are driving innovation to break into the federal marketplace, they say.
Hagel has pursued a Defense Innovation Initiative to help the U.S. maintain its technological superiority. As part of the program, Hagel has said, the Pentagon "will actively seek proposals from the private sector, including those firms, and from those firms and academic institutions outside DOD's traditional orbit." Even though he is resigning, the plan will continue, officials said.
One of the main themes that ran through the compendium of essays commissioned by McCain and Levin was the lack of training and resources for the acquisitions workforce. In his essay, Daniel Gordon, the former administrator for federal procurement policy, wrote that the size of the workforce was "slashed" after the Cold War.
Then spending on federal contracts more than doubled between 2000 and 2008, meaning that the "Army's contracting personnel faced a 600 percent increase in workload since 1992," Gordon wrote.
In the armed services, contracting is not always perceived as the sexiest job, or one that can get you promoted as fast as those fighting in war. And that makes the reform efforts all the more difficult.


Garlic is often grown among flowers or root vegetables as a companion plant to protect other plants from being attacked by pests. In some small garden plots, rows of garlic are planted along the perimeter to act as a deterrent barrier.
Garlic extracts have also been used as deterrents. In Europe these extracts are freeze dried and marketed as garlic pellets. The pellets are dissolved in water and then sprayed onto plants to protect them from being attached by greenfly or caterpillars. A disadvantage of these extracts is that the active sulphurous compounds have a pungent smell and this smell can mask the perfume of roses and other aromatic plants.
Where did garlic come from?
It was used in Egypt by 3000 BC. It was also known by the advanced ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley, in what today is Pakistan and western India. From here it spread to China. The Spanish, Portuguese and French introduced it to the New World.
The ancient Indians valued the medicinal properties of garlic and thought it to be an aphrodisiac. But it was not considered to be suitable food for the upper classes who despised its strong odor. It was also forbidden by monks who believed it to be a stimulant which aroused passions. Widows, adolescents and those who had taken up a vow or were fasting could not eat garlic because of its stimulant quality.
It appears in the Sanskrit medical treatise, the Charaka Samhita dating from around the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD. Its medicinal properties were also described in the Navanitaka text written in the 4th century AD by Buddhists. This is a literature is written in a mixture of Sanskrit and Prakrit languages and forms part of the Bower Manuscripts found by Lt. H. Bower in Chinese Turkestan in the late 19th century. It was believed to cure several illnesses and promote a long life.
Garlic also has a history of use in Ayurvedic medicine. It was thought to possess five of the six rasas or tastes defined in the Ayurvedic system, only missing the sour taste. This gave it its Sanskrit name, lasuna (or rasuna). It was thought that hanging garlic bulbs on doors would check the spread of diseases such as smallpox.
Although highly regarded as a medicine, garlic was avoided in cookery. The Buddhists and Jains avoided eating it as did high-born Hindus and Brahmins. The Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang visiting the sub-continent in the 7th century AD, stated that the food use of garlic was unknown, which would have been particularly true of the Buddhist circles in which he moved.
This attitude changed with the centuries and by the period of Muslim rule, garlic, ginger and onion were, and continue to be, an indispensable trio of flavours in cuisines of South Asia.
Today, garlic is currently grown in temperate and tropical regions all over the world, and many different cultivated types have been developed to suit different climates.
Garlic is an upright plant that grows up to about 24-48 inches tall. The long, sword-shaped leaves grow from the bulb beneath the surface of the soil. The bulbs are rounded and composed of several smaller bulbs called cloves. Cloves and bulbs are covered by a white papery coat and are used in both cookery and medicine.


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This is 'Editor extension' developed for creating the layout of 'EditorWindow' like 'Windows Forms'.

## Overview
* Designing the layout of 'EditorWindow' with GUI.
* Exporting the code of 'EditorWindow' using the classes of 'uForms'.
* Exporting the code of 'EditorWindow' independently of the classes of 'uForms'.
* Exporting & Importing the layout of 'EditorWindow' in XML format.

## Demo & Commentary
If you click this image, the demo movie will be opened on YouTube.
[![uForms - Demo](http://img.youtube.com/vi/AOvvZ-Kwmro/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvvZ-Kwmro)

## TODO
* Add the variation of controls.
* Improve the method of operation.
* Add the method of placement & drawing in 'GUILayout' style.
* Correspond the function of undo & redo.
* Correspond the shortcut key.
* Make the name of the variable automatically.
* etc.

## Environment
* Windows 10
* Unity 5.3.0f4

## How to install
Please import the latest 'UnityPackage' into your unity project.
[uForms.unitypackage](https://github.com/hidakas/uForms/raw/master/Packages/uForms.unitypackage)

## Lisence
uForms is licensed under the [MIT License.](https://github.com/hidakas/uForms/blob/master/LICENSE)

## Release note
[Please check here.](https://github.com/hidakas/uForms/releases)

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Q: Firebase: Removing an Object from an Array i'm trying to delete an specific object from an array in Firestore via SwiftUI. The following function deletes the whole watchlist. What am I missing?
func removeFromWatchlist() {

    if let uid = Auth.auth().currentUser?.uid {
        let docRef = db.collection("user").document(uid)     // company.symbol = "AAPL"
        docRef.updateData(["watchlist": FieldValue.arrayRemove([company.symbol])]) { error in
            if error == nil {
                print("Successful deleted array")
            }
        }
    }
}

And here is my Firestore structure:

A: To remove an item from an array with FieldValue.arrayRemove you must specify the exact, complete data that is stored in the array.
Assuming your company.symbol is AAPL, the call FieldValue.arrayRemove([company.symbol] removes that exact string from the array - not the AAPL key that you have with an object under it.
You'll have to read the entire array from the document into you application code, remove it there, and then write the entire modified array back to the document.

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This page lists all films that feature a variation of the Bell 206. For the license-built variant, see Agusta-Bell 206.
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Home News 5G is Evolutionary Not Revolutionary, Says Ericsson India Chief
5G is Evolutionary Not Revolutionary, Says Ericsson India Chief
5G is seen as the next big technological change with speeds that might sweep users off their feet. While the upgrade from 4G might not be the "game-changer" we've been expecting it to be, it will surely be exciting.
So says Nitin Bansal, Managing Director of Ericsson India, who asked me to keep expectations in check as to what 5G can do and the wait for consumers.
At an event in Delhi, where Ericsson announced a tie-up with BSNL for deploying a network with the state-backed telco by 2023, Bansal spoke to us – quite frankly – about what can we expect from the 5G and its potential applications.
Firstly. Bansal clarified that Ericsson sees the ascent to 5G as an evolutionary phase, but not something groundbreaking – it is merely the much-needed upgrade. In the context of the next wave of telephony and data services, he said, "We don't say it's a revolution – we say it's an evolution."
Taking me through the leap with each generation, he added:
5G is an evolution of 4G, so you can do it much faster and without the delay which is not applicable for normal subscribers but very apt for critical machines [or applications] like computation, robotics. So, we don't consider 5G as a revolution or a game-changer. It's an evolution which comes with added advantages and benefits for everyone.
Stressing that consumers are very much likely to reap the benefits of the evolution to 5G networks, Bansal also said that industrial applications which require as little latency as possible such as cloud computing "which are not possible with 4G" are what will see the biggest impact.
Another significant application of 5G technology will be fixed wireless access or fixed-line (sans a physical line) broadband availability for both households and enterprises. 4G has already provided for similar solutions but the high-speed capabilities of 5G will enable the solution for much bigger organizations as well as entire residential blocks instead of just a single home.
With time, we'll come to learn about more uses of the technology as it becomes popular, the executive believes. "5G will definitely deliver more capabilities, that I can say. But, utilization is a question of capacity, deployments, and needs", he said.
Meanwhile, Bansal seemed hesitant to disclose some of the utilities of 5G that Ericsson might be working on and that is because the best is being saved for later today i.e. the opening day of the Indian Mobile Congress. We'll be at IMC in Delhi to bring you live updates from the launches and developments happening at the conference, so stay tuned.
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package livelance.app.service.impl;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CacheEvict;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CachePut;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Propagation;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import livelance.app.model.Location;
import livelance.app.model.list.LocationList;
import livelance.app.repository.LocationRepository;
import livelance.app.service.LocationService;

@Service
@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.SUPPORTS, readOnly = true)
public class JpaLocationService implements LocationService {

	private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());

	@Autowired
	LocationRepository locationRepository;

	@Override
	public LocationList findAll(Long dealId) {
		logger.info("> findAll");
		LocationList locations = new LocationList(locationRepository.findByDealId(dealId));
		logger.info("< findAll street0:{}", locations.getLocations().get(0).getStreet());
		return locations;
	}

	@Override
	@Cacheable(value = "locations", key = "#id")
	public Location findOne(Long id, Long dealId) {
		logger.info("> findOne id:{}", id);
		Location location = locationRepository.findByIdAndDealId(id, dealId);
		if (location == null) {
			logger.error("Location not found.");
		}
		logger.info("< findOne id:{}", id);
		return location;
	}

	@Override
	@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.REQUIRED, readOnly = false)
	@CachePut(value = "locations", key = "#result.id")
	public Location save(Location location) {
		logger.info("> save country:{}, city:{}, street:{}, number:{}",
				location.getCountry(), location.getCity(), location.getStreet(), location.getNumber());
//		if (location == null) {
//			return null;
//		}
		Location savedLocation = locationRepository.save(location);
		if (savedLocation == null) {
			logger.error("Location not saved.");
		}
		logger.info("< save country:{}, city:{}, street:{}, number:{}",
			savedLocation.getCountry(), savedLocation.getCity(),
			savedLocation.getStreet(), savedLocation.getNumber());
		return savedLocation;
	}

	@Override
	@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.REQUIRED, readOnly = false)
	@CacheEvict(value = "locations", key = "#id")
	public Location delete(Long id, Long dealId) {
		logger.info("> delete id:{}", id);

		Location found = findOne(id, dealId);
		if (found == null) {
			logger.error("Attempted to delete a Location, but the entity does not exist.");
		} else {
			locationRepository.delete(found);
		}
		logger.info("< delete id:{}", id);
		return found;
	}

	@Override
	@CacheEvict(value = "locations", allEntries = true)
	public void evictCache() {
		logger.info("> evictCache");
		logger.info("< evictCache");
	}
}


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Paris braces itself for the arrival of thousands of 'yellow vests'
Paris with increased security measures for a new phase in the protest of the 'yellow vests' against high fuel prices. Thousands of demonstrators are expected. But the police will also be present with almost 5,000 people to prevent it from riots.
The 'yellow vests' have carried out actions and roads in the country over the past week. A new phase in the protest – 'acte 2' is now announced on social networking sites. More than 35,000 people have announced on Facebook that they want to participate in a protest march in Paris.
In the centre of the capital, security zones were set up in various locations where no protests were allowed, says police chief Michel Delpuech. No demonstrations are allowed, among other things, in the Elysée area. As a result, the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysées are also forbidden. A lot of demonstrators had indicated on Facebook that they just wanted to argue there.
Hardly coordinated
The Interior Ministry had designated the Champ-de-Mars, the large park on the Eiffel Tower, as a 'safe place' for the protest action. The government wants the actions to take place only there, but it is not excluded that the hardly coordinated protest will also appear in other places.
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Q: Upgrading storybook from 6.3.7 to 6.4.22 shows spinner and no stories in react/typescript I have the project configured with CRA and I updating the packages to the following in package.json:
 "devDependencies": {
    "@storybook/addon-actions": "^6.4.22",
    "@storybook/addon-essentials": "^6.4.22",
    "@storybook/addon-links": "^6.4.22",
    "@storybook/node-logger": "^6.4.22",
    "@storybook/preset-create-react-app": "^4.1.0",
    "@storybook/react": "^6.4.22",
    "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.1.8",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^17.0.1",
    "chromatic": "^6.5.4",
  },

and my main.tsx looks like this:
module.exports = {
  "stories": [
    "../src/**/introduction.stories.tsx",
    "../src/**/*.stories.mdx",
    "../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)"
  ],
  "addons": [
    "@storybook/addon-links",
    "@storybook/addon-essentials",
    "@storybook/preset-create-react-app"
  ]
}

But all I get is a spinner loading and no stories:
I didn't upgrade storybook the traditional way of npx sb upgrade I did it package by package for some reason, don't ask me why?
Any idea's anyone?
Any idea's? no errors in console either.

A: It turns out don't upgrade the packages individually, the best thing to do is:
npx sb@latest upgrade

once I did this, after reverting to a previous commit, It all worked as expected.


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Q: How to handle carousel buttons from Angular component in ngx-slick-carousel I'm using ngx-slick-carousel to implement a slick carousel for the Angular app.
How to create the next and prev methods to switch slides from the component?
This is my html:
<ngx-slick-carousel class="carousel" #slickModal="slick-carousel" [config]="slideConfig" (init)="slickInit($event)" (breakpoint)="breakpoint($event)" (afterChange)="afterChange($event)" (beforeChange)="beforeChange($event)">
    <div ngxSlickItem *ngFor="let slide of slides" class="slide">
        <img [src]="slide.image" alt="" width="100%">
    </div>
</ngx-slick-carousel>

config:
slideConfig = {
    centerPadding: '60px',
    slidesToShow: 2,
    slidesToScroll: 1,
    arrows: false
};

A: Component:
import { SlickCarouselComponent } from 'ngx-slick-carousel';

@ViewChild('slickModal') slickModal: SlickCarouselComponent;

next() {
  this.slickModal.slickNext();
}

prev() {
  this.slickModal.slickPrev();
}

HTML:
<button class="btn-next" (click)="next()">next</button>
<button class="btn-prev" (click)="prev()">prev</button>

A:     import {Component, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
    import { SlickCarouselComponent } from "ngx-slick-carousel";

    @Component({
        selector: 'slick-use-trackby-example',
        template: `
            <ngx-slick-carousel class="carousel"
                                #slickModal="slick-carousel"
                                [config]="slideConfig">
                <div ngxSlickItem *ngFor="let slide of slides; trackBy: _trackBy" class="slide">
                    <img src="{{ slide.img }}" alt="" width="100%">
                </div>
            </ngx-slick-carousel>

<button class="btn-next" (click)="next()">next</button>
<button class="btn-prev" (click)="prev()">prev</button>

    })
    export class SlickTrackbyExampleComponent {
        @ViewChild('slickModal', { static: true }) slickModal: SlickCarouselComponent;

        slides = [
            {img: 'http://placehold.it/350x150/000000'},
            {img: 'http://placehold.it/350x150/111111'},
            {img: 'http://placehold.it/350x150/333333'},
            {img: 'http://placehold.it/350x150/666666'}
        ];

      slideConfig = {
        slidesToShow: 4,
        slidesToScroll: 1,
        arrows: false,
        autoplay: false,
        autoplaySpeed: 3000,
        speed: 1500,
        responsive: [
          {
            breakpoint: 1024,
            settings: {
              slidesToShow: 3,
            }
          },
          {
            breakpoint: 600,
            settings: {
              slidesToShow: 2,
            }
          },
          {
            breakpoint: 480,
            settings: {
              slidesToShow: 1,
            }
          }
        ]
      };
      next() {
        this.slickModal.slickNext();
      }
      prev() {
        this.slickModal.slickPrev();
      }

    }


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Q: How to display text through a mouse click on a Jframe file using JSON/GSON I am trying to basically from a button click in the JFrame, show a result of the JSON file, however I'm stuck on initialising the button click to display the results in the text area. At the moment this opens the JFrame correctly and shows the results, however, in the console. (basically, what code would I use in the getResultsButtonActionPerformed) method on the JFrame form. Thanks!
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import com.google.gson.Gson;

class Children extends NewJFrame {

public ArrayList<Child> children;

@Override
public String toString() {

    StringBuilder B = new StringBuilder();

    B.append("Number of planets = " + children.size() + "\n");

    for (Child P : children) {

        B.append(P.toString() + "\n");
    }

    return B.toString();
}
}

class Child {

public String id;
public String name;
public float percentage;
    public float sampling_error;
    public int word_count;
    public String word_count_message;

// Constructor
public Child(String id, String name, float percentage, float sampling_error, int word_count, String word_count_message) {

    this.id = id;
    this.name = name;
    this.percentage = percentage;
            this.sampling_error = sampling_error;
            this.word_count = word_count;
            this.word_count_message = word_count_message;

}

@Override
public String toString() {

    return "ID" + id + " : Name = " + name + "; Percentage = " + percentage + "; Sampling_Error = " + sampling_error + "; Word Count = " + word_count + "; Word Count Message = " + word_count_message;
}
}

public class Assignment {

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

    // 1. New Gson processing instance
    Gson gson = new Gson();

    // 2. Create class hierarchy from the planets.json file.  To level class structure is the SolarSystem class.
    Child S = gson.fromJson(new FileReader("lol.json"), Child.class);

    // 3. Print class hierarchy to verify JSON loaded okay.
    System.out.println(S);

            NewJFrame form = new NewJFrame();
            form.setVisible(true);
}
}

And my JFrame code as I'm using netbeans
public class NewJFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {

/**
 * Creates new form NewJFrame
 */
public NewJFrame() {
    initComponents();
}
private void getResultsButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {

 ;

}

/**
 * @param args the command line arguments
 */
public static void main(String args[]) {

 /* Create and display the form */
    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            new NewJFrame().setVisible(true);
        }
    });
}

// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton getResultsButton;
private javax.swing.JScrollPane result;
private javax.swing.JTextArea resultsText;
// End of variables declaration
}

A: Find attach a small example. You should replace
MyFrame.this.text.setText(...

by your code to get the JSON string.
public class MyFrame extends JFrame {

    JTextArea text = new JTextArea();

    public MyFrame() {
        setSize(400, 400);
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        add(text, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        JButton but = new JButton("Go");
        add(but, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        but.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                SwingWorker work = new SwingWorker() {
                    @Override
                    protected Object doInBackground() throws Exception {
                        MyFrame.this.text.setText("Hello @" + new Date());
                        return null;
                    }
                };
                work.execute();
            }
        });
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MyFrame f = new MyFrame();
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}


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Godzilla: Save the Earth (Xbox)
Developer: Pipeworks Software
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Fighting Action
T for Teen: Violence
Godzilla: Save the Earth Announced
By James Fudge | Apr 21, 2004
Godzilla returns for an all new series of epic monster battles on the PS2 and Xbox.
Atari announced today Godzilla: Save the Earth, an new action adventure game featuring grand scale monster battles on your PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The new game is being developed by Pipeworks and uses an updated and enhanced version of the company's Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee fighting system technology to create epic monster battles based on the classic Godzilla character movie license from Toho Co., Ltd.
In single player mode, players take on the role of Godzilla, who must fight off aliens (the Vortaak) bent on stealing "Godzilla Matter" - a substance created using Godzilla's DNA that is virtually indestructible. In the wrong hands (like the aliens) this DNA could be used to create ultra powerful monsters - if only those stupid G-Force scientists had thought of that in advance. Players must fight through a variety of missions, battling against, ufo's and other more gargantuan alien threats.
Other modes include Challenges, a series of single-player
challenges to complete; Custom, where players can set the parameters of a fight; Versus, the classic one-on-one melee battle; and many more. The game also includes mini games, including rail-type arcade sequences. Both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions will feature a variety of online multiplayer options for up to four players including head-to-head, three- or four-player free-for-alls, or team up for two-on-two combat.
Godzilla: Save the Earth will also feature destructible environments, battles in major cities around the world (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Osaka and New York), and 18 classic Toho movie monsters including Godzilla 2000, Godzilla 90s, King Ghidorah, Gigan, Mothra, SpaceGodzilla, Biollante and many more. Look for the game to hit retail this fall.
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Lexington Volleyball Secure Spot in Final
Lexington High School Lady Tigers Volleyball
Photo by: Phil Blakley / The Lexington Progress
Article by Blake Franklin-
In the region 7AA semi-final match against Milan on Monday, October 10, the Lexington High School Lady Tigers volleyball team was in a must win scenario. The winner of the contest moved on and the loser was sent packing. The Lady Tigers started off slow against the Lady Bulldogs but weren't to be outdone on the night. Lexington rallied and took the win in four sets after dropping the first, 20-25, 25-17, 25-14, and 25-20.
The win for Lexington secured two more games for the Lady Tigers this season, with the team looking to make noise in the state tournament. LHS played in the region championship game against Dyer County last night at Dyer County High School. The winner of that match will host their sub-state match, and the loser hits the road for a chance at making the state tournament.
Leading the Lady Tigers in assists against Milan was Kylie Atchison with 37. Both Emmy Corbitt and Kenzie Reeves collected two assists apiece.
Senior Ellie Smith led the team in kills with 22. She was followed by Stella Huber with ten, Kenzie Reeves with eight, Kylie Atchison collected three, and Hadley Corbitt finished with one kill in the win. Smith would also lead the team in blocks with…
For complete coverage, see the October 12th edition of The Lexington Progress.


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Defense Giant Tries to Feed at the Public Trough
By Lawrence S. Wittner
At this time of severe cutbacks in government funding for food stamps, early childhood education, and Meals on Wheels, some Maryland legislators are hard at work looking out for the welfare of one of the world's wealthiest corporations. Under a bill rapidly advancing in the legislature of that state, the Lockheed Martin Corporation will have the taxes on its luxurious Montgomery County hotel and conference center reduced by approximately $450,000 a year and will also receive a $1.4 million refund for the period since 2010.
Lockhead Martin Follows in Nike's Oregon Footsteps
Lockheed Martin would seem to be an unlikely recipient of this lavish government handout, at least on the basis of need. Indeed, it is one of the world's largest business enterprises, with sales that reached $47 billion in 2012. It is also America's largest defense contractor, and in fiscal 2012 its U.S. military sales topped $29 billion.
The effort to shovel millions of additional taxpayer dollars to this giant corporation (and of course the US Supreme Court says corporations have "personhood") goes back to 2010, when the state legislature passed a bill that exempted Lockheed Martin's hotel guests from paying the state hotel tax. Then, in 2011, the company asked to be exempted from the 7 percent hotel tax levied by Montgomery County, a suburb of Washington, DC. Accordingly, the Montgomery County Council reviewed a bill that would change the definition of a hotel to exempt Lockheed Martin from this tax, too. Nevertheless, after citizen testimony at a public hearing, the Council refused to rewrite the law. As a result, patrons of the hotel, grandly named the Center for Leadership Excellence, are forced to pay a lodging tax, just like patrons of all the other hotels in the county.
Double Dipping Into the Public Purse
It should be noted that, when Lockheed Martin's employees stay at the hotel, the company can usually pass on the costs to the appropriate federal contract. Thus, in most cases, the federal government already compensates Lockheed Martin for any hotel tax it pays.
In 2012, Ike Leggett, the County Executive, spearheaded a new effort to subsidize Lockheed Martin by proposing that the corporation be given a no-strings "grant" of $900,000 to compensate it for the hotel taxes it paid in 2011 and 2012. But the county's legislative analyst suggested that providing such a grant, without any information as to the extent to which the company had already been reimbursed by the federal government, would not be advisable. Ultimately, the County Council refused to allocate the grant to Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin maintains that its conference hotel is a "private" facility solely devoted to training its employees, and for this reason its guests should not have to pay the tax. And it is true that Lockheed Martin decides who can reside there.
But the 183-room hotel is not, in fact, limited to Lockheed Martin employees. It is available for contractors, vendors, and anyone else the company welcomes. For example, the business school of the University of Southern California held a conference there in October 2012, with attendees offered the option of staying at the hotel for $225 per night or finding their own accommodations. Benchmark Hospitality International, which manages the facility, advertises it online as "a private, full-service business-class lodging and conference center," with a sports bar, fitness facility, lounge, and other amenities.
Poor Little Rich Kid
Faced with the unwillingness of the County Council to provide a multi-million dollar giveaway to this giant corporation, Lockheed Martin and its local enthusiasts have turned to the Maryland State Legislature for assistance. Senator Nancy King, the chief sponsor of the new bill, argues that it is necessary to keep the Lockheed Martin hotel operating – although she has not specified why a corporation with $47 billion in revenues cannot manage this feat on its own. She has acknowledged that, under the legislation, Lockheed Martin will be the only company throughout the State of Maryland that qualifies for the exemption from the hotel tax.
With the bill for tax exemption and a refund already approved by a Maryland Senate committee, it seems likely that the bill will be brought to the Senate floor for a vote on March 11, 2013. Maryland's House of Delegates will consider it thereafter.
Why Does LM Qualify for Welfare?
Citizen activists, especially from Montgomery County, are outraged by what they are calling the "Corporate Welfare for Lockheed Martin" bill. Montgomery County Peace Action coordinator, Jean Athey, terms it "blatant corporate welfare for one of the wealthiest, most profitable companies in the nation." She asks: "Why, in a time that WIC supplements for babies and pregnant women are being cut, when children are being deprived of Head Start, when unemployment benefits are being reduced . . . should one of the wealthiest companies . . . receive this kind of special tax favoritism?"
It's a question well worth considering. Φ
Dr. Lawrence Wittner is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany, his latest book is Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual (University of Tennessee Press), and he writes for PeaceVoice.
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