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High resolution & multi-dimensional spin- & angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) in micro-nano regions is required in recent years for both fundamental researches and device development. However, extremely low spin detection efficiency has so far hindered its progress. Development of the momentum microscope (M.M.) composed of a PEEM type input lens and aberration corrected tandem S-type double hemispherical deflection analyzers (DHDAs) has opened a breakthrough. 2D EB(kx,ky) can be simultaneously measured in a very wide k space with such high resolutions as ΔE<12 meV & Δk < 0.005 Å-1. Nearly 104 (kx,ky) points can be measured over a wide surface/bulk Brillouin zones (BZs) at the same time for a certain EK(or EB),which is then scanned. Long life time 2D imaging spin filter such as Au/Ir(001) can be installed behind this M.M. Then spin-asymmetric 2D EB(kx,ky) images can be recorded at two electron incidence energies (10.25 & 11.5 eV) with about ±60% spin sensitivity. From these two spectra, spin resolved spectrum in the wide k space is easily derived in the form of Ps(EB(kx,ky)). Even 3D Ps(EB(kx,ky,kz) is obtained by changing the hν. Since the PEEM can collect electrons emitted into wide solid angles, 2D multi-channel figure of merit (FoM) of this spin detection is ∼millions or ∼billions times higher than the single channel Fe-O VLEED spin detector or Mott and spin-LEED spin detector. Examples of surface Rashba states as well as Dirac cone states of topological insulators are presented, showing the necessity of experiments by M.M. Although detailed knowledge of the electronic structures in non-conductive materials is desired nowadays, (AR)PES cannot be applied because of the charging up effects. In such a case, photon-in/photon-out experiment as RIXS is ideal. Here the micro-nano study requires the focusing of the excitation synchrotron radiation. Still the surface radiation damage is not serious because RIXS is really bulk sensitive. Great advantage of RIXS is the feasibility of measurements under any external perturbations. Standard RIXS of V and Cr oxides as well as RIXS of half metal Heusler alloy Mn2VAl under external magnetic field are discussed. In both cases, advanced theoretical calculations based on the 1st principles band calculations and 1 step model calculations of the photoelectron spectra fully taking into account the experimental configurations and/or the intermediate states are required. Intense collaborations between experimentalists and theoreticians are now demanded for reliable understanding of the full data sets of experiments.
2. S.Suga and A.Sekiyama, Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Bulk and Surface Electronic Structures, Springer Series in Optical Sciences 176, 1-378 (2014).
3. K.Nagai, H. Fujiwara, S. Suga, R. Y. Umetsu et al., Phys.Rev.B97, 035143 (2018).


Sprint has begun offering to outsource e-mail and calendar functions using Sun Microsystems' servers and its iPlanet software, the companies said Thursday. The services will be offered at Sprint's Dallas-Fort Worth data center, which opened Friday. Sprint will provide its customers with help-desk support as part of the offering. Sun has been concentrating for years on service-provider customers such as Sprint but recently has shifted its focus to large corporate customers that haven't been hit as hard by the current economic downturn.
Sprint has begun offering to outsource e-mail and calendar functions using Sun Microsystems' servers and its iPlanet software, the companies said Thursday. The services will be offered at Sprint's Dallas-Fort Worth data center, which opened Friday.
Sprint will provide its customers with help-desk support as part of the offering. Sun has been concentrating for years on service-provider customers such as Sprint but recently has shifted its focus to large corporate customers that haven't been hit as hard by the current economic downturn.


There was a very symbolic photo published in The Indian Express during the early days of the Kumbha Mela: a naga sannyasin wanting to take a quiet dip in the Sangam was trying to shoo away a group of (mostly) western photographers. The fully dressed lensmen versus the naked sadhu might have given the impression of civilisation versus paganism, enlightenment versus medievalism, as if the educated world was photographing the monkey. While it is true that quite a few foreign media, such as the BBC, did try to convey the inner meaning of the mela, it was at times as if the western press was probably unconsciously and without ill intent reflecting the images of a colonial India: mysterious pagan rites, naked sadhus, teeming masses praying to an alien God. In many European countries, the Kumbha Mela is only worth 30-second spots on television news, showing visuals of the mela. Will the cliches created by Herge and Kipling forever haunt India?
But who are the monkeys the photographed or those photographing? Do you know what are the TV shows which boast the highest ratings in the West today? You take a few ordinary people, lock them together in an apartment for three months, place cameras everywhere and record their every moment: when they bathe, fight, talk, make love. At a time when globalisation has brought a lowly sameness all over the world Coca Cola, MTV, MacDonald's and Calvin Klein very few foreign newspapers cared to say that it is extraordinary that in the 21st century 80 million people endure endless travels, hunger, cold, discomfort to pray to That which is beyond us. These millions of people, mostly poor folks from the rural areas, are embodying the best of India: its virtues of tolerance, gentleness, patience, faith and simplicity. It is thanks to these humble people who form the backbone of India that in spite of murderous Muslim invasions, British colonialism and Nehruvian Marxism, this great Indian culture has survived.But the saddest is that the Indian press showed once more that, except for a few brilliant exceptions, it is often a pale copy of the western media. Press a button VHP, for instance and you have one hundred voices and pens which faithfully come up with a pre-recorded (by the British more than 200 years ago) message: ''fundamentalists, Hindu fanatics, communalists''.
This is exactly what happened during this Mela: very few Indian newspapers and magazines showed that they were proud of their own culture, or highlighted the fact that, for once, the Indian government (the UP administration in this case, which is supposed to be the most inefficient and corrupt in India) did a wonderful job. There has never been in the history of the world such a huge congregation of people at the same time. Yet everything is working, thanks in part to the efforts of the adopted ''son of the soil'', Murli Manohar Joshi, who took a personal interest in the Mela. No reporter also mentioned the fact that for the first time in history, the three religions born in India, Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism, came together to devise ways to protect their faith.
Instead, the Indian press has mostly two leitmotifs: the VHP and Sonia Gandhi. Every religion tries to defend is culture and heritage; the Pope not only is attempting to stem the falling attendance in churches, but also tries to propagate Christianity even declaring Asia as the ground of evangelisation for the Third Millennium during his visit to India (it is as if the Shankaracharya invited in Paris would tell Frenchmen that Christianity is a false religion and that they have to embrace Hinduism). What is wrong with saints and Hindu leaders of this country trying to unite to stem the conversion drive by Christian missionaries and the Islamisation of South Asia? But instead of highlighting this point and the fact that no country in the world can boast of so many saints, enlightened beings and sadhus who have devoted their lives to the Unseen, the Indian press only spoke of the ''political agenda'' of the VHP and the Ayodhya controversy.
Sonia Gandhi is spelling doom for the Congress. Whatever her qualities and goodwill, she has absolutely no idea what India is about, having been confined to Delhi by VIP security for most of her stay here. She probably went to the Mela out of political compulsions more than out of religious faith, being a Christian, as she has every right to be. But this obsession of the Indian intelligentsia with the ''white skin'' is too strong: her half-dip took the centrestage, superseding everything else.
Indian journalists played the very game of the Congress, and one reporter went as far as saying that by coming to the Mela, ''she was taking the wind out of the VHP blitzkrieg''. Does the reporter know what blitzkrieg means? It was coined by historians to describe Hitler's treacherous invasion of Poland and subsequently Belgium and France, using tanks, planes and canons and murdering thousands of innocent people. What an expression to describe a religion which not only always accepted the divinity of other avatars, but never tried to convert others, never invaded other countries.
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The unframed 8 x 10 image captures Jordan's last shot as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Jordan's autograph has been authenticated by virtue of UDA's Patented Five-Step Authentication Process. It comes with Upper Deck's matching certificate. We have multiple copies of this photograph in stock, so your item may different slightly that the one pictured.
Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals was played on June 14th, at the Delta Center between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz.


Universal Hero Emblems - A Side-Scrolling Beat' em Up Puzzle JRPG.
Discussion in 'Pre-Orders, Soft Launches, and Upcoming iOS Games' started by ginokuo, Dec 17, 2014.
This is gino from HeatPot Games. I would like to introduce our upcoming game -- Hero Emblems.
It is a JRPG that mixes "Side scrolling beat' em up" and "Match-3" features.
We have shown our game at Tokyo Game Show's Indie Game Area 2013 and Casual Connect Asia's Indie Prize 2014.
If you were there, perhaps you have some impression of our game.
Compared with other puzzle RPGs, the biggest feature of our game is to let you experience an old-school console JRPG on mobile devices.
We try to put JRPG elements into our game, such as the story ,PCs/NPCs' characteristic and in-game cutscenes.
About the battle system, we try to build a turn-based match-3 action system to experience the beat' em up.
It is a paid game. No IAP, No Ads, No need for network connection.
It will be released in Jan. 8, 2015.
Complete presentation the traditional JRPG world and story-driven quests. Seamless transitions between the battle scene and cutscene let you enjoy the fun of the console JRPG experience.
Launch combo attacks, defense, healing by matching rule.
Skill emblems can be generated by matching more emblems, allowing you to use the skills of your character to a new level.
Some Monsters would attack with debuffs, such as poisoning, sealing, freezing, petrifying. These different debuffs will be displayed distinctively on the tiles interface. Players can remove these directly, by matching with the debuffed emblems or using skills to remove.
Throughout the adventure you will get to pick up all kinds of emblems and learn different skills. You should complete your adventure with the best combinations!
You can get more info from our website.
Here is the preview video that will show on AppStore.
Looks cute! How many heroes are there at launch? Heroes are separated by no. Of stars?
It is about 4 heroes' adventures.
But we translate the class to emblem wielder - Sword/Shield/Magic/Recovery Emblem.
It is a special design to fit the match-3 action system.
The heroes would grow the power by level up , changing emblems, and learning skill.
You had me at It is a paid game. No IAP, No Ads, No need for network connection.
We plan to release it in Jan. 2015.
Thanks melvin2898, Koishi and Zeratulz for giving us positive comments.
and a brand new trailer video.
Just go to the first page and check it out.
Besides, you can get more detail info. from our website.
Wow. A paid game! No free- bait and switch crap. It looks very good. I will buy!
Sign me up for this! Looks amazing! Was worried it was going to be free but this won't even have any IAP. Great stuff!
I was skeptical watching the trailer because for some reason my mind immediately thought: too good not to be free to play garbage....and then you said it's a premium game.
We are a 2-man (brothers) team, this is our first game since being indie.
We have developed it about 2 years in full time.
We target the players that would like the classic console JRPG.
and complete the quests with epic boss battle.
To a certain degree, we treat the iOS device as handheld game console like NDS/PSP/PSV without gamepad.
We once thought about move to F2P, but we conclude that it should be a paid game to offer the best experiences.
So we are here because you guys would love a good paid game.
looks pretty cool, although you spelled Sword wrong... it was spelled "Swoed" in the trailer -- just an FYI.
we have decided to release our game in Jan. 8, 2015.
awesome! can't wait to try it! I just wanted to make sure you didn't misspell it in the actual game!
Our game supports English / Japanese / Traditional Chinese.
Traditional Chinese version is the native one.
English and Japanese version are translated by professional translators.
We think the quality of the translation should be good enough to let players enjoy the game.
But we also have to admit that we are just a tiny indie team with limited budget, the localizations may still have room for improvement.
Instabuying this. It's been a while since i got my hands on a premium puzzle rpg that actually hooked me, and everything i read here so far points in the direction that this could be the next.
Anyone know the price on release yet?
Is this game short? How long to complete the game?
Looks really neat, totally sold on the whole "no IAP" thing. Would much rather pay a few bucks for a game than deal with grindy freemium games.


I found a video on youtube that shows a little of what sensory overload is like. I am thanful that I didn't have it (did have something for sound at one point, but never really serious), but understand how painful it could be from the fear of experiencing it). Please note that this is not how everyone experiences it (some people feel overwhelmed by being around too many people, smells, and even the clothes people wear. Each case is different.


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We're going back thirty years to this day in 1988 on this week's Off The Chart for another two hours of hits, headlines and house music – as well as rock, pop, reggae, soul and even some old time music hall. As always we've got a bundle of half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of the week's big albums, a hit from an international chart and the top five singles in full. Who tickled the top forty with an acid house track written and produced by the brains behind one of Status Quo's biggest hits? Which two stars entered the chart one place above the song played at their wedding? And whose second hit album was recorded before their first but released over a year later? Tune in at 10am to find out!


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Indigenous Blockades Don't Just Decry Destruction—They Affirm Life
Protesters arrive with a Sixth Nations flag to the train blockade in Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 2020.
Photo by Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images
A few days ago, I attended the annual regional gathering of Dehcho K'ehodi Stewardship and Guardian program at the Liidlii Kue Regional High School in the Dehcho region of Denedeh (Northwest Territories, Canada) as part of my work with the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. Throughout the day, I listened to phenomenal presentations from Dene in Dehcho communities talk about land-based programming in their organizations. By the end of the day, my heart was filled with hope and inspiration as I saw presentation after presentation showing elders and young people fishing, tanning hides, berry picking, moose hide tufting, and traveling on the river in all seasons. I saw speaker after speaker demonstrating a profound love of the land, the Dehcho (McKenzie River), Dene Zhatié (language), and the Dene way of life.
During the closing, I listened through translation while Jim Antoine, former premier of the Northwest Territories, longtime cabinet minister and former chief of Liidlii Kue First Nation, spoke in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their clans at the Unist'on'ten to the audience. His words were clear in their simplicity—this is our home and we need to protect it, not just now, but in the future.
I began the long journey back to my home—Nishnaabe territory in central Ontario, Canada. My first layover was in Yellowknives Dene, Somba K'e or Yellowknife, NWT, and by the time I had reached Yellowknife, Global News was reporting that "61% of Canadians oppose Wet'suwet'en solidarity blockades, and 75% back action to help Indigenous people: poll."
People protest at a train blockade in Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 2020. The blockades were put in place in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en First Nation hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in their traditional territory in the province of British Columbia in Canada. Photo by Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images.
In some ways, 39% of Canadians supporting Indigenous dissent through solidarity blockades is significant, yet the single most profound way non-Indigenous peoples can help Indigenous peoples is by respecting our self-determination and our ability to protect our lands, waters, and peoples for the coming generations. The Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs have clearly stated that there is no access to their lands without their consent, and over the past two decades, they have done everything possible within the current structures to protect their lands. And when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police invaded their territory to enforce a court injunction and to make way for the construction of the pipeline, they asked us for our help.
Help to stop a 670-kilometer (416-mile) Coastal GasLink pipeline, infrastructure that is part of the LNG Canada Project, which will transport natural gas fracked from northeastern British Columbia to a terminal near Kitimat, BC, where it will be sent overseas. A project that will become BC's largest point source emitter of greenhouse gases in its first phase, and according to Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a "carbon bomb."
Canada has always ignored consent when it comes to resource extraction, and they have always undermined our self-determination and paternalistically decided what is best for our communities and our lands. The state has always placed limits on Indigenous efforts to protect our lands and our peoples with clear demarcations between moral and "legitimate" forms of defending our rights—usually negotiations between state-sanctioned Aboriginal leadership and the crown, along with symbolic acts of peaceful and nondisruptive demonstrations sanctioned by Canadian law, and tactics that disrupt the economic and political systems, such as blockades. It was predictable that by the time I landed in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, or Edmonton, Alberta, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was declaring the "economic impacts of rail blockades 'unacceptable.' "
Shut Down Canada protesters occupy the Macmillan Yard in Vaughan, Ontario, in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders on February 15, 2020. All trains going west to Hamilton, London, New York, and Michigan are now blocked as of 10 a.m. on Saturday. Photos by Rene Johnston/Toronto Star/Getty Images.
In other words, when protecting the land for generations to come, you must do so within the structures we've created, and we've created these structures to ensure the status quo will be maintained, and that you do not have the right to say no to the extraction of resources from your territory.
You can say no to a pipeline, but you must whisper.
The Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs can say no to a pipeline, but Canada is building it anyway, because in Canada, Indigenous consent simply does not matter.
The Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their clans have worked tirelessly since contact to protect their lands. They've used the Canadian courts in the landmark Delgamuukw decision; they've said no to pipelines since 2007; they've educated the public on speaking tours, videos, a website, and camp tours; and they have built the alternative—a land-immersive camp with cabins, a pit house, bunkhouses, and a healing center at Unist'ot'en. A tremendous expression of life-giving Wet'suwet'en law and land-based practices.
The practices of life-giving land protection of the Wet'suwet'en reminds me that blockades are like beaver dams. One can stand beside the pile of sticks blocking the flow of the river and complain about inconveniences, or one can sit beside the pond and witness the beavers' life-giving brilliance—deep pools that don't freeze for their fish relatives; making wetlands full of moose, deer, and elk food and cooling spots, places to hide calves, and muck to keep the flies away; open spaces in the canopy so sunlight increases, creating warm and shallow aquatic habitat around the edges of the pond for amphibians and insects; plunge pools on the downstream side of dams for juvenile fish and gravel for spawning; home and food for birds. Blockades are both a negation of destruction and an affirmation of life.
Left to right, Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Fred Tom Gisdewe, Mohawk member Seth LeForge, Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs Frank Alec Woos, Freda Huson, Warner Naztek, and Kloum Khun Alphonse Gagnon address a news conference at the Mohawk Community Centre in Tyendinaga Township near Belleville, Ontario, on February 21, 2020. The Mohawks protest in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia. Photo by Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images.
That's why the words of Freda Huson, spokesperson of the Unist'ot'en camp, speak to the hearts of Indigenous Peoples all across Mikinaakong, the place of the turtle, when she says, "Our people's belief is that we are part of the land. The land is not separate from us. The land sustains us. And if we don't take care of her, she won't be able to sustain us, and we as a generation of people will die."
That's why queer, trans, and Two Spirit artists and young people are on the front lines leading solidarity occupations in Vancouver and Victoria. That's why Mohawk land protectors at Tyendinaga are blocking the tracks. That's why, a few short years ago, thousands organized and gathered at Standing Rock to block the Dakota Access Pipeline. This isn't about pipelines, or jobs or inconvenience or the best way to get our message out. This is about land and life for generations to come. This is about the kind of worlds we collectively want to live in.
In Peterborough, Ontario, my non-Indigenous neighbors have organized themselves into Citizens Against Radioactive Neighbourhoods to say no to BWXT's license request to create uranium pellets for the nuclear industry in our neighborhood. The plant is a few blocks from my house, directly across the road from the Prince of Wales Public School, the school my grandmother from Alderville First Nation attended in the early 1930s, after her family moved to the city from the reserve. My neighbors are concerned about the long-term health and environmental impacts of rising beryllium and uranium in our gardens and backyards, along with the accumulated effects of the degradation of our environment, climate change, and an ever-increasing exposure to industrial contaminants. Last week on the picket line I was thinking of what my land looked like before the plant, before the house was built, before Treaty 20 was ignored, before the violence of 300 years of colonialism had removed my ancestors from this spot. I have to imagine what my intact homeland might have looked like. The Wet'suwet'en do not have to imagine—much of their lands are intact. The Dene along the Dehcho do not have to imagine, in part because they were part of a successful mobilization in the 1970s to stop the proposed McKenzie Valley Pipeline, and because of the hard work of the folks in the Dehcho K'ehodi Stewardship and Guardian program.
Protesters marching in downtown Toronto in solidarity with the hereditary chiefs of Wet'suwet'en on February 17, 2020. Rene Johnston/Toronto Star/Getty Images.
We can have the same old arguments we've been having for centuries about inconvenience, the extra-legal nature of Indigenous blockades, and we can pit jobs and the economy versus the environment. We can perform superficial dances of reconciliation and dialogue and negotiate for the cheap gifts of economic and political inclusion. Or we can imagine another world. We can remember the principled actions of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990 and the mobilization at Standing Rock and find ways to support families, clans, communities, and nations that stand up and say no, you do not have our consent to build this golf course, pipeline, mine, hydro dam, clear cut because we are busy building a different world, and we are so deeply in love with our land, our cultures, our languages, and our families. It is that love and care that Carrier Wit'at multidisciplinary artist and curator Whess Harman described emanating throughout the Wet'suwet'en solidarity protest sites, even in the face of state violence.
Our current world is on fire, warming and melting at an unprecedented rate. The whole world should be standing behind the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their clans and their vision for a different future.
This article was originally published by Abolition Journal. It has be published here with permission.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe independent scholar, writer and musician.
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With a lineup that consists strictly of autographs and book cards, 2012-13 Panini Preferred Basketball has quickly caught on in a big way. Taking several popular designs from the past, particularly from the company's Pacific Trading Cards portfolio, collectors are clamoring for the high-end product.
Especially popular are the Silhouettes. The distinct autographed memorabilia cards have a die-cut player image cast on top of a jumbo jersey or patch piece. The elegant cards are capped off with an on-card signature. There are more than 80 different Rookie Silhouettes cards, including Kyrie Irving. Early on, base versions of the superstar's rookie card was hovering around $800-1,000. Redemption cards for Prime versions numbered to 25 reached as high as $5,200 during the opening week of sales.
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Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University and former Director of the Institute of European and Russian Studies. His research interests are related to European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. Some of his books are: «New Europe. The Impact of the First Decade, Volume 1: Trends and Prospects»; «Theory and Practice of the Civil Society in Russia», «Basics of Local Governance», «NATO Looks East», «Ukraine: Social and Economic Transformation», «The Worst is Over?», «Democracy Without Liberalism», «Unemployment Insurance in Canada» (all are co-edited). Besides that, Prof. Dutkiewicz is also Director of four large-scale projects on regional development, unemployment insurance, labor market and social policies, expert for youth at risk project in Russia, a member of a Canadian Official State delegation to Russia (2003) and Advisory Board member of the Valdai Discussion Club, a group of forty world renowned experts on Russia.


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Immigration Case Backlog
How the Immigration Court Reached a Record One Million Case Backlog
When the president took office in January 2017, the immigration courts faced a record backlog of over 542,000 cases. This month, the immigration court backlog hit a new historic high with over 1,000,000 cases. Driven by new Trump administration immigration court policies and the growth in the number of families arriving at the border in 2019, the backlog has increased at record speed.
At the current rate, the immigration court backlog is on pace to more than double less than three years into Trump's first term in office. By contrast, it took nearly six years for the backlog to double under Obama.
Over the past two years, the Trump administration has taken a series of measures it claimed would slow the growth of the immigration court backlog. The first of these efforts came in 2017 with the creation of a "Strategic Caseload Reduction Plan," which called for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to "realign the agency towards completing cases." However, these measures have largely been ineffective and the backlog has grown to unprecedented levels.
The focus on completing cases as rapidly as possible has caused many to argue that the agency is putting speed over justice. Last October, EOIR immigration judges across the country were asked to decide 700 cases a year, with the possibility of professional discipline if they failed to meet the quota.
The president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, Ashley Tabbador, argued that the quota would lead to "assembly line justice."
Many of the actions taken by the administration to speed up cases have had the opposite effect. In 2018, Attorney General Sessions eliminated a process known as "administrative closure," where judges could take low-priority cases off of their dockets to focus on the cases which most needed their attention. He also prevented judges from terminating cases in certain circumstances, requiring them to adjudicate the cases instead, which has further added to the backlog.
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Immigrant Son anointed Bears kicker
Pineiro anointed Bears kicker
Piñeiro was born in Miami, Florida, to Cuban and Nicaraguan immigrants. His father, Eddy Sr., came to the United States from Cuba at the age of 9 during the Mariel boatlift of 1980 and later had a professional soccer career with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the ASL/APSL.
Piñeiro started off playing soccer like his father; he was a four-time All-Dade County pick in soccer. Despite having grown up only playing soccer, he joined the Miami Sunset Senior High football team in his senior season, handling extra points and kickoffs.
Piñeiro signed with Florida Atlantic on a scholarship to play football, but academic issues prevented him from attending. His dad encouraged him to try on football cleats and pads but with no football scholarship, Piñeiro went on to play soccer for a small junior college, ASA College. In the summer of 2015, Piñeiro went to an open kicking combine at Alabama. Out of hundreds of kickers, Alabama coach Nick Saban narrowed his scholarship offers to Chris Salek and Piñeiro. Piñeiro verbally committed to Alabama, but later tried out for Florida and ultimately that was where he chose to play.
During his final year of college, Piñeiro had the best field goal percentage in the nation, 94.4% (17/18). He finished his career with an 88.4% (38-for-43) field goal conversion rate, which ranks first in school history (min. 35 attempts) as he passed Bobby Raymond (87.8%, 43/49, 1983–84.) His 38 made field goals place him sixth all-time in school history. He also connected on 16 straight field goals to close the 2017 season, which tied Jeff Chandler (2001) for the second-longest streak in program history. He played for the Gators during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
"I'm excited, confident," Pineiro said. "I'm happy that they chose me to be the guy. I've just got to prove them right and show them that I'm the guy and just keep making kicks."
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Chaos and Dysfunction at the Border: The Remain in Mexico Program Firsthand
The first thing many people forcibly returned to Mexico tell you is that they're afraid. Afraid of the cartels, afraid of Mexican immigration officials, and afraid of the months of uncertainty. This is what they've faced since the Trump administration sent them back to Mexico as part of the "Remain in Mexico" program—formally called the "Migrant Protection Protocols" (MPP).
Last week, I visited El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico to witness the effects of MPP firsthand. What I saw was chaos, dysfunction, and a policy that has removed what little remaining due process protections existed in immigration court.
Under MPP, individuals who cross the border or arrive at ports of entry are given a notice to appear in immigration court and then sent back to Mexico through a port of entry. Only Mexicans, unaccompanied children, and "vulnerable" individuals are excluded from the program. But that hasn't stopped U.S. Customs and Border Protection from forcing back extremely pregnant women and vulnerable LGBT+ individuals.
In Ciudad Juárez, those subject to MPP are largely waiting in a network of private and publicly operated shelters. Although some lucky few have managed to obtain jobs and alternate housing, most people subject to MPP will spend the next several months confined to small, crowded spaces because they are too afraid to leave the shelter.
Kidnappings, assaults, rapes, and murders are routine in Ciudad Juárez, and most everyone I talked to had either been victimized themselves or knew someone who had been.
Transported Back
Would-Be Asylum Seekers May Be Transported Back to Danger
Over 2,000 people from Central American who were seeking to live in the United States have reportedly given up and accepted a "free ride" home under a new, controversial program funded by the U.S. government and a United Nations agency.
The "Assisted Voluntary Return" (AVR) program has paid for buses or airfare for 2,170 migrants who were seeking protection in the United States but either never made it to the border or were forced to return to Mexico by the U.S. government. Many were likely asylum seekers.
The 10-month-old program, which is funded by the U.S. State Department, has reportedly cost taxpayers up to $1.65 million.
The AVR program may seem simple enough, but in fact may be violating international law by returning asylum seekers to countries where they could face persecution. This is especially concerning because those who received a "free ride" home likely never received the opportunity to have either the United States or Mexico review their asylum claims.
Those returned under the AVR program reportedly fell into one of two categories, according to Reuters. Some never made it to the U.S.-Mexico border and were apprehended before arriving. The others either entered the United States at the border or between port of entries and were then then sent back to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings.
Tent Courthouses
Tent Immigration Courthouses Are Being Built at the Texas Border
Immigration judges from across the country will soon be reassigned from their normal caseload to preside over thousands of immigration cases along the U.S.-Mexico border, reportedly in an effort to speed up hearings under the controversial "Remain in Mexico" program.
To handle the cases faster, the Trump administration is in the process of building makeshift immigration courthouses out of tents in the border towns of Laredo and Brownsville, Texas.
Immigration judges will conduct these hearings via video teleconferencing from their court rooms, while the individuals will reportedly appear for court in the tents. Contracted assistants will organize the hearings in person by taking roll call, sending case documents to judges, and operating the video systems.
Over 1,000 people may appear at one of these two courts each day. This means that people who fled violence in their home countries and were then forced to wait in cartel-controlled Mexican towns will be allowed to enter the United States—and the tents—for their hearings.
The challenges of using a tent for a courthouse include notoriously spotty video teleconferencing with a judge thousands of miles away, and the likelihood that few people will have access to an attorney to guide them through the process. This makes a person's chance at receiving asylum protections even slimmer. It's reported that only 1% of people subject to the Remain in Mexico program have been able to obtain a lawyer.
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Q: Data generation for QA tests This question is kind of general and not very specific.
We have a java project that uses Oracle database. We are currently using SoapUI tool for the QA tests. Each test needs some data to exist on the database before it is run. Our current way of running the tests is as follows:

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*Before each test we run a .sql file (unique to the test) to load some data into the db

*We run the soapui test

*We use a general .sql file to erase the test data we inserted for the test

*Go back to 1 and run the next test.

The advantage of this method for us is that each test runs on a "clean sheet" with it's own data and is unrelated to the other tests.
The disadvantage is that each time during development when something changes in the db, for example a column was added to a table, we need to change all of the sql scripts that inserts to this table instead of changing in one place, this makes it very hard to maintain the tests.
I wanted to know what are some of the industry "standards" ways of doing this kind of stuff, or to hear more approaches to solving this problem.
Any advice would be great.

A: You could integrate a SQL data generator into your testing loop. A suitable data generator takes the schema and additional constraints as input and produces data that is consistent with the current schema.
This way, every time the schema changes, the changes are accommodated by the test generator. You can have your test specific SQL scripts modified to be input constraints for the data generator. The link is to another question on SO where relevant tools have been listed.

A: You can include Databene Generator in your toolchain. It can generate sql files or talk directly to database. You have just create xml file with data generation scheme.

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The project, filmed over two two years throughout Maine documents the important work of several Maine Land Trusts. The film has screened in Brunswick (selling out twice at Frontier Cinema), Bath, Damariscotta, Ellsworth, Machias, Grand Lake Stream, Lewiston, Bethel, Falmouth and Kittery (at the Seacoast Environmental Festival). It has also now screened four times on Maine Public's airwaves.
It has been hugely gratifying to be a part of telling the story of conservation in Maine, demonstrating how environmentalists have been working with a vast array of community members, some of whom (hunters, snowmobilers) traditionally have been at odds with conservation efforts. Community conservation also embraces minority communities, a wonderful story that is a changing and evolving part of Maine's landscape.
Many thanks to the Elmina B.Sewall Foundation for providing a major grant and Maine Coast Heritage Trust which has supported this project in innumerable ways. Bangor Savings and Drummond-Woodsum provided underwriter support for the program's broadcast.
Stay tuned for more screenings coming up in 2018! For purchase of a DVD, please write to Mark Ireland at mimediamaine@gmail.com.


You can either learn from the mistakes of others or pay for them yourself.
The problem is that if you move forward anyways, you can end up wasting a lot of time and money. And that time and money isn't just lost… there's actually an opportunity cost since it could have gone elsewhere.
Imagine you're sitting in this same place, several weeks from now. You have your new website. It's shiny, but now that it's done, you realize that it is not bringing you the benefit you needed. In fact, only now do you realize what you need; you didn't stop to figure out a clear goal before beginning.
Web project goals should be very tangible and measurable. Then you can track your progress toward those goals with analytics. You can even measure your return on investment. But it takes some work on the front end to figure out exactly what you want site visitors to do.
But, in a web project, do you have the time to be your own search engine expert, graphic designer, content manager, and hosting manager? Let alone ramp up in learning about each of these technicalities?
That depends, in part, on how much you think your time is worth. Figuring that out will help you discern when to automate, when to outsource, and when to do yet another thing on your own.
A website 'requirement' is a design or functional feature that you want it to have.
The earlier these are identified, the less costly they are to implement. And sometimes you may realize you don't need them at all!
We've worked with more than one client who had a hard time updating their site because of what the previous developers did (or didn't do).
Perhaps you want continued maintenance or additional features in the future. That's common.
But what should not happen is that your developer makes your site so customized that you can't leave them if you should choose. Make sure to include this topic in your conversation with potential developers from the beginning.
If you've been on the subway (the "Tube") in London, you recognize the "mind the gap" sign that warns you of the space between the platform and the train.
That gap is easy to see, but a gap in your plan is not always easy to see until it's too late. Perhaps you forgot about who would create and manage content. Or perhaps you never thought about actually finding new customers.
Avoid this mistake by starting with a checklist that can help you ensure you have a comprehensive plan.
Have you ever felt that pit in your stomach when you have lost valuable data? Perhaps your hard drive died, or the page crashed that you were writing a long email on.
The reality is that the investment you are preparing to make is ultimately a bunch of zeros and ones on a piece of machinery that you don't directly control. And, although it's usually reliable, it can be volatile.
Sometimes we're our own worst enemies in this area. Maybe it wasn't the machine's fault, but have you ever accidentally wiped out your own data? It can happen.
In the visible world, we are pretty good at recognizing when something is not secure. And most people know how to make it secure. We can close a padlock, bolt a door, and lock a car.
We can usually recognize when a crime has taken place. Even without the yellow "POLICE – DO NOT CROSS" tape, we can often see the evidence: a broken window, an injured person, or a door kicked off it's frame.
Most people don't know what to look for, before or after the crime. And forget trying to recognize it when it's happening. Automated attacks can happen in the split second you let your guard down.
Take measures now to protect your investment from the attackers who would like to break into your site and steal your data. Even if their only intent is to spam your site with their own message, you owe it to your customers to save them that experience.
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Someone said "You are not Jesus, I don`t believe you are"
Fainted, when I asked "Can you please put me up for a night?
Spoke to him briefly, saying "Noah I know you're very wise"
" But why did you bring mosquitos and stinking dirty flies?"
"Gather around you people, I`ll not turn water into wine"
Would you believe the bastards nailed me to a cross?
"Don`t you disciples worry I'll just hang around here a while"
Why don`t they believe I've been smoking weed with Moses?
A really witty "sendup" of The whole "Christianity" thing.I don't think Jesus himself could help us Carlton supporters at the moment lol!!!


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Portret van Maria Trip is een schilderij van Rembrandt in het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Voorstelling

Het stelt waarschijnlijk Maria Trip voor, zus van Jacobus Trip en latere echtgenote van Balthasar Coymans, en daarna met Pieter Ruysch. Ze was de dochter van Elias Trip (1570-1636) en Aletta Adriaensdr. (1570-1656). Deze identificatie is gebaseerd op de herkomstgegevens van het werk en werd gedaan op basis van onderzoek door Isabella Henriette van Eeghen (1913-1996).

In 1639 schilderde Rembrandt ook het portret van haar moeder.

In het British Museum bevindt zich een voorstudie van het portret. Omdat deze voorstudie een veel groter beschilderd oppervlak laat zien denken leden van het Rembrandt Research Project dat het schilderij aan alle zijden is ingekort. Wanneer dit gebeurde is echter onbekend.

Toeschrijving en datering
Het werk is linksonder gesigneerd 'Rembrandt f / 1639'. Volgens het Rembrandt Research Project is deze signatuur echter gekopieerd van een ander werk en niet authentiek. Over de echtheid van het werk zelf wordt niet getwijfeld.

Herkomst
Het werk wordt voor het eerst vermeld in 1858 in de 'Inventaris van portretten en familiebescheiden Van Weede', opgesteld in Utrecht door Everhard van Weede. Hij erfde het van zijn grootvader, Everard van Weede van Dijkveld (1775-1844), die het waarschijnlijk erfde van zijn vader Hendrik Maurits van Weede (1737-1796), die het waarschijnlijk erfde van zijn moeder Philippina Baltina Elisabeth van Arkel (1716-1803), die het waarschijnlijk erfde van haar moeder Constantia Isabella Smissaert (1682-1731), die het waarschijnlijk erfde van haar moeder Constancia Coymans (1652-....), die het waarschijnlijk erfde van Maria Trip.

Na de dood van Everhard van Weede in 1893 werd het werk overgedragen aan de Familie Van Weede Stichting, die het in mei 1897 in bruikleen gaf aan het Rijksmuseum.

Werk van Rembrandt
Noord-Nederlandse schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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UCLA receives six UC health quality grants to improve hospital care
Roxanne Moster
A key component of health care reform involves the improvement of quality, access and value when delivering health services, particularly for patients admitted to a hospital. To help meet these needs, the University of California established the Center for Health Quality and Innovation, which provides financial support for health quality initiatives across the UC health system.
The center has now awarded nine grants totaling $3.4 million to six UC institutions for projects aimed at better understanding and alleviating common obstacles to health quality, including frequent falls, excess radiation from scans, hospital-acquired conditions and issues of care coordination among multiple health professionals. Of the nine studies, six include UCLA health care experts as participants.
Rising above hospital falls
Between 2 percent and 15 percent of hospital patients in the U.S. experience falls. Nearly a third of these result in injuries, and sometimes even death. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, however, falls declined by 30 percent when the hospital instituted a program called "5Ps." In many hospitals across the country, nurses on rounds use an hourly process called "4Ps" to assess patients' pain, personal needs, positioning in a bed or chair, and the placement of items they might need. At UCLA, nurse Catherine Walsh, the accreditation manager for in-patient nursing and interventional areas for the UCLA Department of Nursing and a member of the department's falls prevention committee, created the "5Ps" program by adding "preventing falls" to the hourly rounding process. During each nursing visit, factors that could result in falls are identified and mitigated, reducing risk on an ongoing basis during hospitalization. Walsh and Dr. Teryl Nuckols, a UCLA associate professor of general internal medicine and health services research, who are co-leaders of the project, and their team received a grant of $375,000 to develop educational programs for health professionals and to expand the use of the "5Ps" program to other UCLA hospitals and UC medical centers.
Getting patients back on their feet
Stroke patients spend a long time in the hospital. At UCLA, the average patient stays for 18 days, from onset through rehabilitation. Other patients recovering from critical illnesses may stay even longer. All these extended stays result in dramatic muscle weakening — a loss of about 1 percent of muscle mass each day while on bed rest — underscoring the need to boost exercise programs to help patients recover. But many patients, due to lack of motivation, don't benefit from exercise programs, and when they do exercise, it's often not enough. A team headed by Dr. Bruce Dobkin, a UCLA professor of clinical neurology, received a $50,000 grant to create a program that involves the use a network of wireless sensors and a special exercise bike that can fit in a bed or on the floor. The program will allow health professionals to monitor activity in the hospital and at home, provide instant feedback to patients, and gather information to design more effective rehabilitative exercise programs. The sensors include accelerometers, developed by faculty at UCLA's Wireless Health Institute, that a patient can wear comfortably, and mathematical algorithms are used to interpret the type, quantity and quality of daily activities.
Improving care following hospital discharge
The transition between hospital and outpatient settings is a particularly vulnerable time for patients, as their condition is at risk of deteriorating shortly after they exit the hospital doors. In fact, about one-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, with half of those readmissions considered preventable. By bringing together teams from different clinical sites to improve processes and learn from each other, patient care can be enhanced, particularly when patients transition from the hospital to a primary care provider. Such quality improvement programs assess patients for readmission risks when they enter the hospital, help patients and caregivers understand these risks, and follow up with both patients and physicians shortly after discharge. Dr. Nasim Afsarmanesh, an assistant clinical professor and director of quality and safety at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and her colleagues from other centers were granted $750,000 to create a quality improvement network that will collaborate to design and implement interventions to improve these important transitions of care.
Standardizing CT scan protocols
A computerized tomography (CT) scan can yield a tremendous amount of diagnostic information, but it is also important to assess the amount of radiation a patient receives from these scans. In order to reduce the total amount of radiation, and to meet the terms of a new California law requiring the reporting of radiation exposure, health practitioners need to set standards that allow for high-quality diagnostic CT scans with a minimum amount of radiation. To create necessary exposure standards, a team including UCLA radiology researchers Dr. Michael McNitt-Gray and Dr. Christopher Cagnon was given a grant of $750,000 to create standard protocols for CT scans of all types which will balance radiation exposure and image quality. The team will also establish educational programs for all UC medical centers to create practice standards that could be used nationwide.
Reducing radiation from unnecessary CT scans
Many hospitals will automatically order a CT scan of any patient admitted with blunt chest injuries. Yet many of these scans, while exposing patients to ionizing radiation, may not provide any benefit. One reason so many patients receive these scans is that information that could help health professionals decide whether such scans are necessary is scarce. Dr. William Mower, a UCLA professor of emergency medicine, and his colleagues received $375,000 to create a decision-making process that will help practitioners analyze key signs, allowing them to differentiate patients who could likely have injuries requiring a CT scan from those with no risk of those types of injuries. The grant will allow the researchers to identify the key clinical signs that a patient has internal chest injuries in order to make the selection process practicable in emergency and hospital settings.
Preventing pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis
Blood clots in the lung and the rest of the body afflict hundreds of thousands of Americans each year and rank among the most common preventable causes of death in hospital patients. Treatments to prevent these clots are available but are used only 30 to 50 percent of the time with eligible patients. Dr. Nasim Afsarmanesh, an assistant clinical professor and director of quality and safety at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and her colleagues received $750,000 to find ways to reduce the occurrence of these clots in hospitalized patients. The group will create teams at each UC medical center to collect data and create tools to enhance performance and prevention rates.
The UCLA Health, which comprises the UCLA Hospital System and the UCLA Medical Group and its affiliates, has provided the best in health care and the most advanced treatment options to the people of Los Angeles and the world for more than half a century. UCLA's preeminence in health care — a strength that comes from the union of research, teaching and excellence in patient care — continues to be recognized nationally, internationally and in numerous forums. The clinical programs of Ronald Reagan UCLA Health - Santa Monica Medical Center–UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, and UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital have produced a system of hospital care that is unparalleled in California. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is consistently ranked one of the top five hospitals in the nation and the best in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, and the UCLA Medical Group has been ranked among the best in Southern California for four successive years by the Integrated Healthcare Association. UCLA physicians and hospitals will continue to be world leaders in the full range of care, from maintaining the health of families to the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses.
For more news, visit the UCLA Newsroom and UCLA News|Week and follow us on Twitter.


Maura Hughes is a Partner and Co-Chair of Calfee's Litigation Group. She also leads the firm's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Counseling and Litigation Group. Maura's legal practice focuses on complex business litigation, antitrust litigation, and antitrust and trade regulation counseling.
Clients in a wide range of industries trust Maura's litigation and antitrust experience to help them resolve disputes and problems that can adversely impact their businesses. Whether handling corporate or antitrust litigation, counseling a client regarding its pricing or dealer relationships, or advising as to the competition implications of an acquisition, Maura brings a solution-oriented approach to her diverse clients' benefit.
Maura's experience encompasses all aspects of litigation, including pretrial discovery, depositions, significant trial experience in both Ohio and federal courts as well as international arbitration forums, and appellate briefing and argument in Ohio Courts of Appeals, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Maura's work in the area of antitrust and trade regulation has included both litigation and client counseling on the Sherman Act, Robinson-Patman Act, and state antitrust law. Her antitrust work includes handling federal filings and associated investigations under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act, as well as counseling clients regarding the antitrust implications of potential acquisitions. Maura regularly advises clients with respect to the antitrust and competition law risks associated with minimum resale or advertised pricing programs. She has extensive experience in assisting clients in developing and implementing antitrust compliance programs, including education of executives and employees.
Benchmark Litigation named Maura a "Local Litigation Star" in the areas of Antitrust and General Commercial (2019). Maura was selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers (2012-2019) and has previously been named to the "Top 25 Women Lawyers" in Cleveland and the "Top 50 Women Lawyers" in Ohio rankings.
Maura was named a 2018 "Notable Woman in Law" by Crain's Cleveland Business, recognizing her as one of the most influential women leaders practicing in Northeast Ohio law firms. Maura was awarded the "YWCA Woman of Excellence" award in 2011, which recognizes the contributions of exceptional women within their organization.
Maura is a past Chair of the Antitrust Section Council of the Ohio State Bar Association.
For several years, Maura has served on the Board of Trustees of the Art Therapy Studio in Cleveland, where she is a former President of the Board. Since 2008, she has been a Director of The Music Settlement in Cleveland, where she served as Chair of the Board of Directors from 2014-2017.
Maura often speaks at seminars on the national, state, and local levels on topics of antitrust counseling and litigation and the ethical obligations of attorneys. She has taught as adjunct faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Arizona State University College of Law in the areas of appellate advocacy and lawyering theory and practice.
Maura served as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aldrich of the Northern District of Ohio before joining Calfee in 1994.
In 1999, she was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship by the American Inns of Court and spent three months at the Inns of Court in London, England. In 2002, Maura was named as a fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation.
Maura serves as Calfee's General Counsel and ethics partner and counsels colleagues with respect to the Rules of Professional Responsibility and risk management issues. She became a partner at Calfee in 2003, and she was elected to the firm's Management Committee in 2019.


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Uses of ParseQuery in com.parse

Methods in com.parse that return ParseQuery

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.addAscendingOrder(String key)

          Also sorts the results in ascending order by the given key.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.addDescendingOrder(String key)

          Also sorts the results in descending order by the given key.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQueryAdapter.QueryFactory.create()

static ParseQuery<ParseUser>
ParseUser.getQuery()

          Constructs a query for ParseUsers.

static ParseQuery<ParseRole>
ParseRole.getQuery()

          Gets a ParseQuery over the Role collection.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseRelation.getQuery()

          Gets a query that can be used to query the objects in this relation.

static ParseQuery<ParseInstallation>
ParseInstallation.getQuery()

          Constructs a query for ParseInstallations.

static

<T extends ParseObject>

ParseQuery<T>

ParseQuery.getQuery(Class<T> subclass)

          Creates a new query for the given ParseObject subclass type.

static

<T extends ParseObject>

ParseQuery<T>

ParseQuery.getQuery(String className)

          Creates a new query for the given class name.

static ParseQuery<ParseUser>
ParseQuery.getUserQuery()

          Deprecated. Please use ParseUser.getQuery() instead.

static

<T extends ParseObject>

ParseQuery<T>

ParseQuery.or(List<ParseQuery<T>> queries)

          Constructs a query that is the or of the given queries.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.orderByAscending(String key)

          Sorts the results in ascending order by the given key.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.orderByDescending(String key)

          Sorts the results in descending order by the given key.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereContainedIn(String key,
                 Collection<? extends Object> values)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be contained in the
 provided list of values.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereContains(String key,
              String substring)

          Add a constraint for finding string values that contain a provided string.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereContainsAll(String key,
                 Collection<?> values)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value match another ParseQuery.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereDoesNotExist(String key)

          Add a constraint for finding objects that do not contain a given key.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereDoesNotMatchKeyInQuery(String key,
                            String keyInQuery,
                            ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value does not match any value
 for a key in the results of another ParseQuery.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereDoesNotMatchQuery(String key,
                       ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value does not match another
 ParseQuery.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereEndsWith(String key,
              String suffix)

          Add a constraint for finding string values that end with a provided string.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereEqualTo(String key,
             Object value)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be equal to the
 provided value.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereExists(String key)

          Add a constraint for finding objects that contain the given key.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereGreaterThan(String key,
                 Object value)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be greater than the
 provided value.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo(String key,
                          Object value)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be greater than or
 equal to the provided value.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereLessThan(String key,
              Object value)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be less than the
 provided value.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereLessThanOrEqualTo(String key,
                       Object value)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be less than or equal
 to the provided value.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereMatches(String key,
             String regex)

          Add a regular expression constraint for finding string values that match the provided regular
 expression.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereMatches(String key,
             String regex,
             String modifiers)

          Add a regular expression constraint for finding string values that match the provided regular
 expression.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereMatchesKeyInQuery(String key,
                       String keyInQuery,
                       ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value matches a value for a key
 in the results of another ParseQuery

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereMatchesQuery(String key,
                  ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value match another ParseQuery.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereNear(String key,
          ParseGeoPoint point)

          Add a proximity based constraint for finding objects with key point values near the point
 given.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereNotContainedIn(String key,
                    Collection<? extends Object> values)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value not be contained in the
 provided list of values.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereNotEqualTo(String key,
                Object value)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value to be not equal to the
 provided value.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereStartsWith(String key,
                String prefix)

          Add a constraint for finding string values that start with a provided string.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereWithinGeoBox(String key,
                  ParseGeoPoint southwest,
                  ParseGeoPoint northeast)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's coordinates be contained within
 a given rectangular geographic bounding box.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereWithinKilometers(String key,
                      ParseGeoPoint point,
                      double maxDistance)

          Add a proximity based constraint for finding objects with key point values near the point given
 and within the maximum distance given.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereWithinMiles(String key,
                 ParseGeoPoint point,
                 double maxDistance)

          Add a proximity based constraint for finding objects with key point values near the point given
 and within the maximum distance given.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereWithinRadians(String key,
                   ParseGeoPoint point,
                   double maxDistance)

          Add a proximity based constraint for finding objects with key point values near the point given
 and within the maximum distance given.

Methods in com.parse with parameters of type ParseQuery

static void
ParsePush.sendDataInBackground(JSONObject data,
                     ParseQuery<ParseInstallation> query)

          A helper method to concisely send a push to a query.

static void
ParsePush.sendDataInBackground(JSONObject data,
                     ParseQuery<ParseInstallation> query,
                     SendCallback callback)

          A helper method to concisely send a push to a query.

static void
ParsePush.sendMessageInBackground(String message,
                        ParseQuery<ParseInstallation> query)

          A helper method to concisely send a push message to a query.

static void
ParsePush.sendMessageInBackground(String message,
                        ParseQuery<ParseInstallation> query,
                        SendCallback callback)

          A helper method to concisely send a push message to a query.

protected  void
ParseQueryAdapter.setPageOnQuery(int page,
               ParseQuery<T> query)

          Override this method to manually paginate the provided ParseQuery.

 void
ParsePush.setQuery(ParseQuery<ParseInstallation> query)

          Sets the query for this push for which this push notification will be sent.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereDoesNotMatchKeyInQuery(String key,
                            String keyInQuery,
                            ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value does not match any value
 for a key in the results of another ParseQuery.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereDoesNotMatchQuery(String key,
                       ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value does not match another
 ParseQuery.

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereMatchesKeyInQuery(String key,
                       String keyInQuery,
                       ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value matches a value for a key
 in the results of another ParseQuery

 ParseQuery<T>
ParseQuery.whereMatchesQuery(String key,
                  ParseQuery<?> query)

          Add a constraint to the query that requires a particular key's value match another ParseQuery.

Method parameters in com.parse with type arguments of type ParseQuery

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<T extends ParseObject>

ParseQuery<T>

ParseQuery.or(List<ParseQuery<T>> queries)

          Constructs a query that is the or of the given queries.

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My Journey Into Health & Fitness.
Hopefully you'll have read my About Me page and Backstory post, so there shouldn't be too many questions that come after reading this. This post is probably the most challenging one yet, but also the one that I've tried to write more times than you can imagine. In writing this, I've had to face a number of skeletons I didn't know were still lurking around, and in doing so, I feel more than ready to share my story.
My journey into the health and fitness world began at a young age; enjoying PE at school, and trying out all sorts of sports clubs hoping to find a hidden talent (that never happened). I've always found it to be one of the best ways to relieve stress, blow off some steam and socialise with friends but when I was around 15/16, I seriously overstepped the line.
Up until the age of around 19, I developed an extremely negative and unhealthy relationship with my body, food and exercise. I deprived and starved my body; neglected all forms of self-care and battled with both anorexia and depression for the best part of 4 years. I used exercise, namely cardio, as a form of punishment and would only feel a sense of reward or achievement when the numbers on the scales went down.
I was in such a dark place for such a long time and I didn't quite understand the extent of this darkness until about 2 years ago. The pressures that I put on myself as well as my family and friends were unthinkable; my parents worried constantly watching my personality and body disappear; my sister acting as my punching bag when I was so hungry and irritable that the drop of a pen would set me off; my friends not wanting to trigger me in any way; my teachers at school concerned about my concentration – the list goes on and I'm embarrassed to say, I was blissfully unaware the whole time.
So unaware of it all, that the last time I weighed myself before deciding enough was enough, I was just under 5 stone at the age of 17. I was never overweight growing up; my parents both live super healthy and active lifestyles, and prior to this, I had no hang-ups with food. I loved going out for dinner, having cake, treats at the weekend, basically living and enjoying a normal life.
I'll never forget the exact moment when it clicked in my head that I had to do something to put an end to what I was doing to my body. One Sunday evening and I couldn't sleep – my hips hurt whenever I would lie on my side because I could feel the mattress springs; my knees hurt when they were on top of one another, I was freezing and every muscle in my body ached beyond belief. I was thinking about everything and anything, and all of a sudden, I felt my heart really start to slow down as if it was giving up on me. At that exact moment I was absolutely terrified. Ran down to the kitchen, opened the first cupboard I saw, and ate an entire pack of custard creams on the kitchen floor. That moment marked the first step in redefining my relationship with food, exercise and everything in between.
Since then, I have worked bloody hard to make sure I never ever get back to that place again. I've re-built my relationship with food and fitness and finally, 4 years later, I think I've found my balance.
The struggle was so real, and there were so many times where I felt worse off than when I was in my darkest place, but those days make you realise how strong your mind is and how incredibly resilient your body is.
Now, I funnel this resilience into weight and strength training. It makes me feel so empowered, so strong, and serves as a constant reminder of what my mind and body is capable of.
I still have moments when those thoughts creep back in and sometimes; they do get the better of me. Other times, I'm able to manage them and remember how hard I've worked and far I've come. I have a solid support system around me and I owe it every single one of them for helping me get through it, and for sticking with me when I truly hit rock bottom.
I've learnt it's about self-responsibility, self-discovery, self-education and constant self-love.
Fitness is not about 'earning your food' or punishing yourself for having that doughnut. It's about listening to your body, moving in ways that feel good and being the happiest version of yourself.
I can fall asleep when I'm tired and the fine layer of hair (lanugo) that started covering my body has disappeared.
I've fallen back in love with baking and cooking.
I hope this gives you a little insight into my health and fitness journey, as well as my recovery*.
*Disclaimer: I am not a registered nutritionist, dietician or psychologist and if you feel that you need to speak to a professional, I really do urge you to do so. However, if you want to talk about anything, I will always try to help!


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Overall it is a simple game. Novalogic has done a great job of work which should be appreciated because they have done good to this product.It is highly recommended to all combat and air fighting games fans form beginners to pro and multiplayer.
Other Details :
Original Size : 315 MB
Developer : Novalogic
Platform : PC
Game Modes : Single/Multi Player
License : Shareware
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HDD 500 MB
RAM 32MB
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It's been a while since I posted a recipe over here, but I promise, I'm still here!!! March has been a month of travel and business meetings, which keeps me on the run, living out of a suitcase, and unfortunately, not in my kitchen nearly enough! Working in sales and managing a large team professionally, I'm always on the go… especially during quarter end months like March, June, September, and December.
During the days I've actually been home this month, I've been cooking up a storm. One of my go-to dishes has become this toasted chimichanga.
Full disclosure: I tend to cook with my favorite veggie ingredients: red cabbage, peppers, onions, spinach, tomatoes… but I'll literally use any veggies I have in the bin. I'm sure this one would be tasty with some zucchini, or even some broccoli. Get creative!!
Also – – I am going to figure out conventional oven instructions for those of you without an airfryer (It's usually about twice the cooking time at the same temp), and I'll share those. In the meantime, if you're looking for an airfryer, here's a link to the one I use.
1. Prepare a skillet with cooking spray and bring to medium heat. Add garlic, peppers, and onions. Sauté until peppers and onions are caramelized, about 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add spinach for another 1-2 minutes until wilted. Remove from heat.
2. Meanwhile, remove your burrito from the packaging and wrap in a paper towel. Cook in microwave for 60 seconds. Remove from the heat and unfold the tortilla carefully.
3. Use a spatula to remove the burrito filling from the tortilla. Place filling into a small bowl, and add veggies. Stir to combine.
4. Add filling back into the tortilla and roll to close. Place the tortilla in your air fryer seam side down. Spray lightly with cooking spray. Tortilla will likely be quite stuffed, but as long as it closes it's fine.
5. Toast your chimichanga in the air fryer for 9 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove burrito from the air fryer with a spatula and serve.
6. Top with hot sauce, if desired. I used Dave's Gourmet Creamy Red Pepper Hot Sauce. I used about 2.5 teaspoons here.
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Fehrnstrom's point–in defense of Romneycare–was that the Supreme Court was wrong to uphold Obamacare under the taxing power. The individual mandate was never intended to be a tax, Congress never called it a tax, and it wasn't a tax in Massachusetts, either. Fine–but now that Obama's lawyers went to court and called it a tax, and Chief Justice John Roberts called it a tax (and spare us the non-distinction between "tax" and the "taxing power") Obamacare is, undeniably, a massive tax on the middle class. Obama lied. It's that simple.
The GOP primary is over, and this is not a mistake that Fehrnstrom can merely shake away. It's going to be used–and already is being used–by the Obama campaign to save itself from the tax argument, and to label Romney as a liar (when that label belongs squarely on Obama, who campaigned against Hillary Clinton's individual mandate in 2008). Perhaps this is why Rupert Murdoch has been calling openly for Romney to "drop…old friends from [his] team and hire…some real pros," as he did on Twitter yesterday.
The Tea Party has been ready to rally to Romney's side over the Obamacare decision, overlooking his past in order to use him as the vehicle for repealing Obamacare and toppling Obama. But if Romney won't fight for conservative principles, the Tea Party is going to start looking elsewhere–fast. No one wants to live through the frustration of October 2008 all over again. No one wants to watch another conservative capitulate to Obama.
This ain't Etch-A-Sketch, Mitt. Go hard or go home.