As the world opens up and tourism begins to spread to lesser-known destinations, the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan has slowly become a popular choice for the discerning traveller. "Bhutan" translates to "Land of the Thunder Dragon", a reference to its violent thunderstorms. Stunning, untouched scenery, a Gross National Happiness philosophy and the US$250 per day minimum just to be there – let's take a closer look at this intriguing Himalayan nation.
First and foremost, Bhutan is not a cheap country to visit. All travellers (except citizens of India, Bangladesh and the Maldives), must use a licensed tour company for the duration of their stay. The minimum cost is around US$250 (AU$350) per day, which includes accommodation, transport within Bhutan, a guide, visa, entrance fees and meals.
On top of this, you will need to factor in the scary flight to Paro International Airport, which only departs from a handful of cities, such as Singapore. The total cost of our seven-day tour from Sydney was around AU$4500 per person (that's around 300 smashed avos, excluding almond cap).
By far the most recognisable (read: Instagrammable) attraction is the famed Taktsang Monastery, also known as Tiger's Nest. The sacred Buddhist temple was constructed in 1692, and is perched on the side of a cliff at an altitude of 3,120m. The return pilgrimage takes around six hours, with beautiful scenery of the surrounding mountains accompanying your every step.
For those who are less keen on hiking or are feeling a little lazy, there are horses that can take you halfway for around AU$20, but after that you're on your own. Once at the monastery, you can take time to explore the four main temples (remember to remove your shoes), find your zen and check out the epic waterfall on the way back.
Bhutan has a long history of isolation and, in turn, their cultural heritage has been well preserved through the centuries. The distinctive Dzong architecture can be seen in fortresses dotted throughout the country, highlighted by towering exterior walls, colourful decorations and courtyard complexes.
The most impressive example of this architecture is Punakha Dzong, which was constructed in 1637 and is located at the junction of two flowing rivers. While you're in the area, don't forget to visit the beautiful Punakha Suspension Bridge (160m) – and walk across in the company of donkeys, monks and horses.
Bhutan is one of 26 monarchies in the world. While our Motherland is better known for tea and grumpiness, Bhutan has been working towards its goal of a happy populace since 2008, when "Gross National Happiness" was added to its constitution.
It's no surprise, then, that Bhutan is known for its numerous unique festivals and colourful celebrations, the biggest being Thimphu Tshechu. Held in the capital, Thimphu, every August, it is a three-day extravaganza dominated by masked dancers, exquisite costumes and traditional rituals. This festival attracts thousands of locals and tourists every year, so make sure you book your seats well in advance.
Due to its location in the Himalayas, Bhutan boasts some of the world's highest rugged mountains and biodiversity sites. The beginning of winter is a great time to see these mountain ranges, with clear blue skies and not-too-cold temperatures. Visit the Dochula Pass (3050m) for a stunning 360-degree panoramic view of the Himalayan mountain range. Also during this season, head to the valley of Phobjikha, where the elegant black-necked crane migrates from Tibet (November to March).
But don't get any crazy ideas around climbing these giants. Mountaineering is banned due to spiritual beliefs and to protect the peaks for future generations. However, there are plenty of trekking tours available, including the 28-day Snowman Trek, regarded as one of the greatest, and most challenging treks in the Himalayas. Fun fact: Gangkhar Puensum (7570m) in Bhutan is regarded as the highest unclimbed mountain in the world.
So what are you waiting for? Start saving those pennies for a trip to Bhutan. In the meantime, check out stories about easier-to-get-to Japan.
Remember it takes some planning to go to Bhutan – check visa regulations before booking, and research available tours.
Check out Qantas flights to book your next adventure in Bhutan.


US should ban import of China products all together. AFter I read numerous articles how some of the chinese companies do have an intention to substitute ingredients on toothpaste, tainted canned goods, pet food, luncheon meats and even every day products. We should boycott chinese food imports and made in China products all together.
Just check out this website if you are interested reading shocking stories:Many people have suffered and even died how these products were made. Sometimes power and money can lead to greed, and people who have worked in these companies are not given fair compensation which can lead to torture, poor health and even death.
The US cannot afford to ban China imports as it'd have a profound effect on consumer goods' prices in the US and lead to a slump in consumption.
As far as Chinese goods are concerned, economics of lower production costs will prevail; these are too small to ignore for large corporations.
The right way out is to ensure the right safety standards in production and transport for Chinese goods. And American firms that market these goods (Walmart etc) should be made responsible – they're capable of guaranteeing safety standards of their sourcers/ manufacturers in China and should be held accountable.
I don't buy good from china when I have a choice but they are all over. It seem that big business and government just don't care. My feeling is that the whole thing has to fail before we will see any change. Next spring I will grow my own food. Screw the stores.
Hello just thought i would tell you something.. This is twice now i've landed on the blog within the last 3 days searching for totally unrelated things. Spooky or what?


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Family, detectives call Saugus murder charges a 'miscarriage of justice'
Caleb Lunetta
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies investigate a stabbing on Fir Court in Saugus on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Tim Whyte/The Signal
Detectives and loved ones described the charges filed Monday by the District Attorney's Office against James "Matthew" Dorsey — the estranged husband accused of stabbing his wife to death in Saugus last week — as a "miscarriage of justice."
Officials said the five counts filed against Dorsey, which include one count of murder and one count of kidnapping, will result in him possibly facing a maximum 20 years in prison, when accounting for elder parole and good behavior, should he be convicted of all the charges.
On Monday, detectives presented their findings to the D.A., expressing their confidence that they can show Dorsey illegally entered the Fir Court home last Thursday and murdered Michelle Dorsey, 39, according to sheriff's officials.
However, both family members and law enforcement expressed anger Tuesday that the charges listed in the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors didn't include sentencing enhancements — a way in which the prosecutors can add additional years to sentences, if there are certain extenuating circumstances in a case.
Investigators took the rare step Tuesday in criticizing the D.A.'s Office for not filing a handful of enhancements, such as murder in commission of a burglary, murder during the course of a kidnapping and lying-in wait. Those additional charges, plus any possible weapons enhancements, would have resulted in life without parole, should the 41-year-old be convicted of Michelle Dorsey's murder, officials said.
"It's a total miscarriage of justice," Lt. Barry Hall of the Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau, who supervised the investigation, said Tuesday. "He's going to be eligible for parole in 20 years."
Family members also expressed anger over the decision when reached for comment.
"No family should have to worry about if the person who murdered their loved ones, one day will be set free," said Danielle Quemuel, a lifelong friend of Michelle Dorsey's and spokeswoman for the Dorsey family. "I couldn't agree more with the detectives on the case. This is a 'miscarriage of justice,' and I will be their voice and fight for them."
The application of sentencing enhancements in L.A. County criminal cases has been heavily restricted in recent months, following a series of new directives from District Attorney George Gascón. In addition to eliminating cash bail for a number of offenses and halting prosecutors' pursuit of the death penalty, Gascón ordered when he first entered office last December that prosecutors heavily throttle back their requests for enhancements once the investigators have submitted their findings for a trial.
Officials from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office told The Signal on Tuesday that the charges filed against Dorsey by their office were "consistent with our policy."
During a community meeting Monday, Sheriff Alex Villanueva gave Gascón credit for being consistent in the administration of his policies, but said the Dorsey case was a "horrendous" crime and the county's top lawyer is failing to acknowledge "the devastating impact" the special orders are having.
Villanueva expressed his belief that reducing sentences can motivate someone who has already made the mental decision to kill one person to kill as many witnesses as possible to ensure their escape from justice.
"Eliminating consequences to all these violent and horrendous crimes, serial crimes, you're incentivizing (and) you're molding people that are already criminal, or criminally inclined, to continue these criminal acts," said Villanueva. "You're not improving the situation, and then coming up with weak excuses that somehow this is going to improve recidivism by going easier on violent crime? (This) does not improve recidivism."
Villanueva's detective agreed with his sheriff, saying that homicides have been up 130% throughout Los Angeles County, and Hall expressed his belief that the new policies contribute to this rise.
"Criminals have lost their fear of the D.A.'s Office," said Hall. "He's not filing the charges that he could file."
On Monday, Dorsey appeared in court for his arraignment, which was ultimately continued to May 3. During an arraignment, defendants are asked to enter a plea to the charges levied against them.
Dorsey has been accused of one count of each of the following: murder, attempted kidnapping, residential burglary, evading police and resisting a law enforcement officer. The degree of murder was not declared as that process generally occurs in later stages of a case.
L.A. County Sheriff's Department arrest records indicate Dorsey is being held at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in lieu of $1 million bail.
"Most of the time when a suspect is caught, you believe that more than likely justice will be served," said Quemuel. "But recently, since Gascón has been in office, we are finding that to be far from the truth."
Caleb Lunetta covers government, criminal justice, education and breaking news for The Signal. He joined in Nov. 2018 and previously worked as a supply chain engineer in Veterans Affairs hospitals. He is a graduate of Cal State University, Northridge and a proud College of the Canyons Model United Nations alumnus. Have a story tip? Message him on Twitter (@lunettcaleb) or at [email protected]

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At the Intersection of Anger and Ignorance, What Will Trump Do Now?
In the jigsaw puzzles election watchers monitored on Tuesday night in America, the numbers in Florida wavered back and forth between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but most counties went to the Republican. Ohio and Virginia were mostly awash in Republican red. The story in all key states was the same. Rural counties, where every dollar counts, all went to Trump.
The states that mattered turned an angry, blood red with tiny urban islands of blue.
Why is it that voters from Liberty County - in the famously redneck Florida "panhandle" - would vote for a man who owns a jet with 24-karat faucets and a yacht with an onyx bathroom?
Trump's bragging about his sexual assaults and Hillary's choice of email servers were sideshows, distractions from the reality that many Americans want a scorched earth, even if that means submission to a demagogue with autocratic DNA.
When Donald Trump excoriated big business for sending jobs overseas, he hit a nerve that sent more Americans than anyone expected to the polls to exact revenge for the loss of economic opportunity.
States like Wisconsin and Michigan, whose Democratic voters snubbed Hillary Clinton for Bernie Sanders in the primaries, opted for Trump in the general election, further underscoring the rejection of traditional politics and the demand for radical change.
Dow futures cratered as the live numbers disproved all of the prognosticators who predicted a Clinton landslide, another indication that entrenched economic interests will now retreat from pitchfork-wielding masses. Tokyo and Hong Kong stocks tumbled.
Global trade is now at stake.
Hundreds of thousands of jobs, possibly millions, have left the U.S., under Republican and Democratic stewardship over the past half century. CFOs have an obligation to do whatever benefits shareholders, anything within the limits of the law. And that's what they did. It was the responsibility of politicians to seek some compensation for the gains companies yielded through offshoring. And they didn't.
But the choice of Trump reflects the intersection of anger and ignorance.
He's assembled a team of economic advisors stacked with property developers and investment bankers, all men from industries that regard the interests of the economically disenfranchised like leopards eye gazelles. Only one of 13 - Dan DiMicco, former CEO of one of America's largest steel producers - makes sense from the perspective of the country's rural voters on the edge. Mr. DiMicco has always been a critic of trade deals struck by politicians in Washington.
But Trump would have to bring in a token to his rhetoric.
Everything about his background, and his admiration for Vladimir Putin, suggests that the concerns of the disenfranchised will take a back seat to the scores he'll need to settle for those who counted him down and out.


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Daily Legal News - Prosecutor Notices
939312—Treasurer of Cuyahoga County, Ohio vs. Virgina M. Lewis, et al.
Virgina M. Lewis, whose last known address is c/o L&L Properties, P.O. Box 708, Gilbert, AZ 85299, otherwise whose address is unknown, will take notice that on October 20, 2020, the undersigned, Treasurer of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, filed his complaint in the Court of Common Pleas, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, alleging that by reason of default of the defendants in the payment of taxes, assessments, penalties and the interest upon real estate as delinquent the sum of $388.57 is due and unpaid and a first and prior lien against the following described real estate to wit:
Situated in the City of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio: And known as being Sublot No. 12 in the Clara B. Kamby's Subdivision of part of Original Euclid Township Lot No. 10 Tract No. 10 as shown by the recorded plat in Volume 27 of Maps, Page 11 of Cuyahoga County Records, and being 40 feet front on the Southwesterly side of Clarkstone Road, and extending back 119.75 feet on the Southeasterly line, 122.20 feet on the Northwesterly line, and having a rear line of 40.08 feet, as appears by said plat, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways.
Plaintiff prays that the defendants named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said premises or be forever barred from asserting the same; that all taxes, assessments, penalties and interest due and unpaid, together with the costs of certificate of title, be found to be a good and valid first lien on said premises, that the equity of redemption of said premises be foreclosed, said premises sold as provided by law, and for such other relief as is just and equitable.
The defendants named above are required to answer on or before the 1st day of July, 2021.
TREASURER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO.
By Michael C. O'Malley, County Prosecutor, Judith Miles, Assistant County Prosecutor, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
May20-27Jun3, 2021


Forty-five individual teams and nine celebrity racers will troop to the Clark International Speedway on March 19 as the country's biggest motorsports event kicks off for Season 3. Fueled by the best-selling vehicle in the country, the 2016 Vios Cup promises more wheel-to-wheel action. Apart from the growing number of racers, this season sees an all-new racing category and possible new venues.
This year, Toyota is adding the Super Sporting Class to the existing Sporting and Promotional Classes. The Super Sporting Class is reserved for the Top 20 racers from all categories based on overall scores from previous races. This class is intended not only to even out the playing field, but highlight the continuously improving skills of the said racers. All drivers in this new category are B-License holders.
Apart from more pedal-to-the-metal racing, the Vios Cup is attracting more racers. For the Super Sporting Class, B-License racer Keith Bryan Haw joins the roster as a first-time Vios Cup participant. In addition, celebrities, some new and some returning will make up a good portion of the Promotional Class. This year, fans can expect Arci Munoz, Megan Young, and Jericho Rosales to join Derek Ramsey, Fabio Ide, Jinno Rufino, Joyce Pring, Sam YG, and Phoemela Baranda.
With a goal of promoting motorsports at the grassroots level, this year, a new set of rules have been added to improve safety protocols on the race track. Furthermore, a new prize structure will be implemented.
Apart from trophies for the Top Three finishers in each category, the top three in the Sporting and Super Sporting Class get cash prizes as well. The cash prizes is as follows: Sporting Class (per heat), First Place – P 25,000, Second Place – P 15,000, and Third Place – P 10,000; Super Sporting Class (per heat), First Place – P 50,000, Second Place – P 35,000, and Third Place – P 15,000.
The Overall Champion for the Sporting Class gets P 150,000 with the second and third places getting P 100,000 and P 50,000 respectively. Meanwhile, the Super Sporting Class Champion gets a brand-new Vios 1.5 G M/T while the second and third getting P 200,000 and P 100,000 respectively.
"This March 19, we are all set to kick-off the first race this year; the fun shall continue at the Clark International Speedway in Pampanga. With new celebrities and some familiar faces that will make up the third season, to a possible new venue outside Luzon, and more competitive drivers, I am confident that this racing program will further boost the popularity of local motorsports," says Mr. Satoru Suzuki, President of Toyota Motor Philippines.
The 2016 Vios Cup is done in partnership with Bridgestone and Rota and is supported by Motul, TRD, Brembo, Denso, AVT, OMP, and Tuason Racing.


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A Slo-Mo AI Life
Can you recognize any of these people?
Source: Nvidia — A Style-Based Generator Architecture for Generative Adversarial Networks
I bet you can't as none of them are real. They don't exist. They were generated using an AI (Artificial Intelligence) machine by Nvidia. Shocked???
Have you come across these below cool startups in education space?
Some ideas, for example, relive group studying with peer-to-peer learning or better read along subjects with your personal AI. Why can't students crowd-source teachers to teach them? Aren't they cool? But wait. Who are these startups which describe themselves with these sentences verbatim? None exist!!!
These were generated by our AI machine which was fed 1000s of education & "Future of Work" startup descriptions and now they generate new descriptions. We use this method for "unconventional" idea generation. You can feel free to pursue these ideas as they are machine generated.
These are two examples of people who seem real but don't exist and information content that seems genuine but is not real. Humans can't tell the difference.
People above were fake and their ideas too. Non-existent people can generate non-existent content. Recently one of the leading companies in AI, OpenAI decided to not make public such a fake news generator. See this article in Guardian, New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators. What harm will it cause?
In certain instances, multiple people have lost their lives due to the rapid spread of fake news. This July 2018 article in Guardian is a grisly reminder of the harm… "Police arrest 25 people in India after latest WhatsApp lynching". Humans losing lives due to the rapid spread of information that is fake or doesn't exist is a nightmare.
What does the future hold for humanity? Each of us has experienced the information explosion… the bombardment of tweets, feeds, videos, messages, etc. A simple way to think of the future is along 2 dimensions
Nature of data… how truthful/ trustworthy it is versus fake/ questionable quality
The pace of change… the rate at which this data and technology are bombarding us… steady (like it was a decade ago) versus rapid (like the last few years)
This gives 4 (2x2) scenarios as I have drawn below.
Think of the 1980s when libraries, books, and few newspapers were the best source of information. Curated and trustworthy they had a face behind it. The rate of information flow to us rapidly increased with the advent of the internet but in the 2000s it was still from trusted sources. Over the last decade or so the pace of change has increased but more disconcerting is the trend of examples described above. We have technology tools and artificial intelligence that can create non-existing people saying non-existent things. We are "leaving the past" and moving to a new scenario as shown below.
The pace of change is accelerating implying direction-ally we are headed to a scenario where we as humans can't fathom the overload of information and will lose track of what is real and truthful as there will be a big dose of fake in that. People have provided multiple names to such a scenario when AI driven machines will make it overwhelming for humans to comprehend what is happening. Singularity is the most popular name. When mixed with fake news we will be misled and this is worse… I call it "humanity lost". Today we have the "Chance To Intervene" to correct this course. That's the box we are in today. Where should we go?
Rapid advances in technology are the beauty of humanity and are predicted to increase. How can humans comprehend the deluge? Think of an analogy from sports… when an action like a foul happens in football you refer to a slow-motion replay. It is too fast to make a decision in real-time and you could get it wrong. Hi-fidelity slow motion (a.k.a Slo-Mo) comes to rescue. Enjoy this 2014 Van Persie (Netherlands) goal against Spain below.
Should our intervention lead us to a Slo-Mo scenario? A scenario where irrespective of the rapid pace of change and potentially misleading content we can when required take a slo-mo look and take the right decision. Remember Slo-Mo is an effect when time seems to slow down… it actually has not. The game of life will then not become incomprehensible. Do we have a choice but not go to "Slo-Mo Scenario"?
Currently, there are three ways slo-mo is achieved.
Shoot it at higher speeds and play it at normal speed… remember The Matrix movie
Shoot at normal speed and play it slow… a lot of sports replays
Shoot at normal speed and fabricate digitally interpolated frames to smoothly transition between the frames that were actually shot… this requires intelligence
Our brain capacity is not increasing at the rate of technology change. This intelligence gap has to be bridged by other forms of Artificial Intelligence. A layer of AI on the internet and various platforms is needed to bring in slo-mo possibilities. It will be a "Slo-Mo AI scenario".
What will a Slo-Mo AI scenario entail? Slo-mo AI needs to
de-clutter (See: AI to de-clutter life) the deluge of information
have the right reputation layers to build in trust
use reality (real-time) versus potentially virtual reality (for slow motion without disconnecting from reality) layering
layers that allow slo-mo like replay, multi-angle, interpolation, etc. These layers don't exist today and need to be built grounds up… a multi-angle system would need data & AI models to be interconnected
Possible. Will we?
"Your life is a miracle in slow motion"… Humanity's potential miracle… A Slo-Mo AI Life
Making AI learn like humans… with less data
Small Data & Deep Learning (AI) — A Data Reduction Framework
AI to de-clutter life


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Guidebook: Old Wardour Castle
This remarkable hexagonal castle in a remote valley in Wiltshire was built in the late 1390s for John, the 5th Lord Lovell, one of the richest barons in Englnad and a kinsman of Richard II (r.1377-99). Lovell's castle, now in partial ruin, was then as sophisticated as any building in Europe, its design drawing on the king's magnificent new Westminster Hall, begun that same year. Wardour was a symbol of Lovell's status, his closeness to Richard II's opulent court, his wealth and his cultural sophicstication.
By 1578, however, the new owner of the castle, Sir Matthew Arundell, saw the need to modernize it. He had one of the leading mason-architects of his day, Robert Smythson, convert it into an up-to-date Elizabethan residence; but less than 70 years later it was partially blown up in the Civil War.
Wardour was never reconstructed after this disaster. Instead Arundell's 18th-century descendants turned it into a romantic ruin, embellishing it and creating a surrounding parkland and lake. The resulting combination of medieval splendour, Elizabethan enrichment and Georgian landscaping makes it one of the most memorable of the properties administered by English Heritage.
Paperback,48pp
Author: Mark Girouard
Guidebook Delivery from £2.99: Applies to UK standard delivery, charges vary depending on quantity ordered. You can expect delivery by Royal Mail within 7 working days after placing your order. If you require sooner please select Next Day Delivery at £6.99.
Overseas Delivery available - charges vary depending on quantity ordered. This will be shown at checkout.
We reserve the right not to deliver orders if we believe the address is not secure, for example, to a communal postal address, PO Box or if the customer has incorrectly applied the wrong shipping area. If this affects an order you placed, we will notify you as soon as possible. We may also request additional ID.
Please Note: Weekends and Bank Holidays (including Bank Holiday weekends) are NOT counted as working days.
Guidebook: Old Sarum
Guidebook: Stonehenge
Guidebook: Muchelney Abbey


It's harvest time on the North Fork, and there is a cornucopia of things to do for families, shoppers and couples. The season's bounty includes festivals at farm stands and special events at wineries — you can "pit shop" for seasonal goodies like fresh-baked pies, fresh produce, hard cider and goat cheese. There's also agritainment experiences to keep the kids away from their smartphones.
Here are some must-dos for a day trip to the North Fork.
Bring a shopping bag to fill with fresh produce and an item you might not expect to find this far east on the Island -- ever-so-trendy goat cheese. Catapano Dairy Farm in Peconic specializes in creamy chevre, made with milk from the on-site goat herd and flavored with garlic, herbs, peaches or hot pepper jelly. (631-765-8042, catapanodairyfarm.com).
Expect crowds at roadside stands run by Harbes Family Farms in Mattituck and Jamesport — they're lining up for sweet-roasted corn dipped in butter, candy and caramel apples (631-388-7093, harbesfamilyfarm.com).
In the photo: Khary Williams Jr., 4, of Huntington Station, takes a bite of roasted corn at Harbes Family Farm in Mattituck.
In the photo: Henry Pepe, 6 of Brooklyn, feeds one of the goats at the Garden of Eve Organic Farm and Market in Mattituck.
In the photo: Riding through the Martha Clara Vineyards are, from front left, Jackson Smith, 10, Christina Smith, Ava Romana Smith, 4, and Billy Smith, of Wantagh. In back is Harrison Gredick, 9, of Irvington, New York. The guide for this tour is Christie Cockayne.
Hard cider is coming into its own. Come fall, you can settle into an Adirondack chair and bite into cider doughnuts or sip hard cider around the fire pits at Woodside Orchards, a working family farm in Aquebogue (631-722-5770, woodsideorchards.com).
In the photo: The Elderly Brothers and Co. entertain the sider sippers and doughnut munchers at Woodside Orchards in Aquebogue.
You can't miss Mattituck, with it's walkable Love Lane lined with charming food shops and boutiques. Greenport is booming these days with trendier restaurants and modern shops perched around the village's Harborfront Park, where an antique carousel invites riders to grab for the brass ring.
In the photo: At carry-out counter at Main Road Biscuit Co.


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import sbt._
import Keys._
import sbtassembly.AssemblyPlugin.autoImport._
import sbtassembly.{PathList, MergeStrategy}

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    import scala.xml._
    import scala.xml.dtd._
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      val dt = DocType("aspectj", PublicID("-//AspectJ//DTD//EN", "http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/dtd/aspectj.dtd"), Nil)
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        _.toLowerCase
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        case "plexus" :: xs =>
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        case "spring.tooling" :: xs =>
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        case "services" :: xs =>
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Moreover, they look much better than pay-per-click advertisements, and are more familiar to the average client that has lived all their life seeing advertorials in newspapers.
However, it is not a bed of roses, and I think it is important to be aware of some of the most common issues I have experienced as freelance copywriter in Spanish at Spanishwriterpro.com. I will avoid issues like editors not answering messages and not knowing what to write about, because I think they have already been discussed comprehensively on the internet.
We all know, guest posting is about to bring value for readers. In exchange for that, you can add a link to your site, but some clients are not so familiar with the online marketing business, and they do not understand why on earth they have to pay for an article that is not 100% about their brand.
You have to explain that, while that is sometimes possible, it is not always the best option because depending on the topic, you can introduce a more natural and subtle link that will work for its purpose.
I have worked for some local clients. Sadly, my city is very traditional and many people do not understand online advertisement well. As a result, the local newspapers with low potential when it comes to SEO ask for a lot of money because they are selling you a very well segmented audience. That is fair, but it is not always interesting for the SEO purposes of my clients. Sometimes I have suggested publishing guest posts in newspapers from other regions of Spain. For SEO, this can work very well as long as the topic is related to the link and you find an excuse to write the city name a couple of times. There are many ways to do this and still offer value to readers in other city. It is not ideal, but sometimes is more cost-effective.
However, not all my clients understand why they need to pay for a guest post in a newspaper that is targeting people out of their area.
Time wins us all. There is a point in which sites need to clean their archives and they remove the links. When you agree to a guest post, you will likely agree with them to hold the link for at least for a year or two, but after that, many things can happen.
This is a nightmare that always makes you look bad in the eyes of the clients.
You buy a link at a fair price, and a few days after that, you realise that you could have bought it in another place much cheaper. This happens in every aspect of life. To avoid this, I usually reach the sites directly instead of using link-building platforms. While link building platforms save you a lot of time, the truth is in most cases you can easily get the link directly from the site if you make the effort to write to them. By doing so, you are also removing the platform margin, so it is usually cheaper. Of course, you also need to take into consideration the bulk discounts that these agencies may get and you may not.
This is tricky. Moz, or any other SEO tool, does not have the truth about linksquality. Their measures are valid as far as people trust in them, but from what we know, not a single search engine uses those metrics. This means that if Moz, Majestic, or any other platform changes the values of your links, in reality your links will have the same value that they had before.
My advice would be to choose high quality sites with real audiences. If you do that, probably the site will just improve with time, no matter the updates of algorithms, and even if an update does not favour them, the search engines will still get a good opinion about them.
Again, avoiding the link building platforms makes this less likely, but it still can happen. SEOs usually research where competitors have links, and once they see that a site accepted a guest post about a topic for which they have a client that fits, they will also get that link.
You cannot do many things against this. Just try to do the best article possible so readers notice the difference between your brand and the others.
I have avoided mentioning issues like editors not answering your pitches, because that is more than treated over the internet.
These issues are real issues I have faced when working with guest posts and clients that are not internet savvy.
There are two main things to do to minimise the issues: Communicate and educate your clients, and only choose real high quality sites to publish on.
I personally do not use link building platforms, but they can provide a good service if you use them with responsibility. Although they offer you the site and some measures, you should always check the sites yourself before buying the link in the platform.
Search engines are created to serve humans. If you create your content with the same purpose, it can only benefit you in the long term.
Miguel Bratos is a freelance copywriter in Spanish that focuses his activity on internet texts. He has more than six years of experience as an SEO content writer in highly competitive markets like investment, antivirus programs, law and gambling, just to name a few. Among these services, writing guest posts in Spanish is one of the most demanded by the agencies he works with.


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The Harvard Business Review article 'Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century' created a ripple across the industry. Naturally, everyone began upskilling for the new hot job role. Furthermore, organizations went on to hire Data Scientists to keep up to the race. However, when Data Scientists came on board, people expected them to have a magic solution to every problem. They were expected to be Business Analysts, Software Engineers, mathematicians, statisticians etc. packaged in one human being. Hence, the unicorn breed was expected to know multiple skills like Business Analysis, SQL, DevOps, programming etc.
Surely, people could be the jack of all trades. However, that trait was good enough for proof of concepts or pilot projects and not for operationalizing a predictive analytics system to the real world. To elaborate, Data science involves a lot of Statistical Analysis, Mathematical modelling and intuition etc. Hence, people with a background in sciences and quantitative background dominated these roles and rightly so, since they have tons of experience in analysis and modelling and along with some experience in programming. However, when it comes to robust, real-time systems, they lacked the necessary experience and erudition. This was especially true with an increase in scale and complexity of data (big data). Hence, to augment the Data Scientists with the necessary skills, the eponym 'Data' Engineer emerged.
Also Read: Databricks Koalas: the bridge between pandas and spark
The emergence of Data Engineering
Data Engineers typically deal with the task of creating and maintaining data pipelines which ingest and process data for the consumption of Data Scientists. This role emerged from the traditional ETL developers (sometimes database developers). However, with changing paradigms the tools and technologies grew leaps and bounds. Data started pouring in volumes and variety at high velocities leading to the emergence of the Lambda Architecture. ETL is fast evolving into ELT with technologies like Hadoop and Spark.
Thus, the data science team now consisted of Analysts, Data Scientists and Data Engineers. The Data Engineers offloaded the data scientists of the data collection, processing and cleansing part of the data science life cycle. This enabled the latter to focus on Business Understanding, Model development etc. However, model deployment/converting to data product in the real world remained a challenge for data science teams. Here, a breed of professionals called ML Engineers emerged.
The need for ML Engineers
The democratization of AI with tools like Azure Machine Learning greatly simplified the data science life cycle. Here is an example of a prototype of IoT and ML in action together. In these examples, you can see the first cut prototypes of an ML system in action. Any data scientist and data engineer can build such systems. Moreover, these systems are static i.e. these articles do not elucidate on model retraining. Hence, a natural question would be "Why to retrain models?" The answer is the concept of 'drift.' To understand the concept of drift, we need to see why ML systems are fundamentally different from traditional software systems.
In a traditional software system, we have an input and a logic written to compute an output. However, in ML systems, we have output and inputs and the system figures out a pattern/relation between them. For instance, let's say the system is an equation of the straight line.
y=mx+c
In traditional systems, we have m, x, and c to compute y. However, in ML systems we have y and x while we figure out m and c to extrapolate the values of y in future. This forms the basis of inductive reasoning.
Having said that, it is intuitive that ML systems are dependent on the underlying distribution of data. Naturally, a small change in the distribution of input data will throw the system off track, since the relation between the input and output variables change. This is called the concept of drift in Machine Learning.
The emergence of ML Engineers
This problem of drift one of the areas that ML engineers deal with by establishing DevOps practices (can be called as DataOps) to ML systems. However, DataOps is fundamentally different from DevOps.
In traditional Software systems, DevOps take care of code versioning, maintenance and deployment in production systems. As far as versioning and maintenance are concerned all they need to do is maintain code and monitor system health and security. However, in the ML systems, there is an additional burden of data versioning and model versioning to track the training history of the models. Moreover, from a security standpoint, any smart user can fool the ML model by figuring out a pattern in which the system responds.
Toolset and skillset
Now, since the skillset is different, it is but natural that the toolset will vary. As far as deployment is concerned, we have API like Flask in python. Furthermore, there are frameworks like MLFlow from Databricks which can take care of model governance and deployment simultaneously.
However, ML engineering is more about mindset than skillset or toolset (of course they are important). It's a mindset to take on the uncertainty of the real world. It is not about maintaining traditionally heavy systems, but a data infrastructure and model infrastructure together. Hence, this role is a combination of Data Engineer, Data Scientist and a Software Engineer.
I wrote this article originally for Analytics India Magazine.
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It's nearing Oscar movie season already, and while a movie about Matthew Cherry, the inventor of the tricycle, wouldn't be able to be made for this season, it would be great to see a movie about Cherry come about at some point in the near future.
A little bit of background on Cherry: Cherry developed two devices that changed transportation forever. The first, the velocipede, was a metal frame with two or three wheels attached. The person using the vehicle of sorts would propel themselves with their feet. This original design went on to become what we now know of as the bicycle and tricycle. Cherry's final tricycle design received a patent in May 1888.
So, now that the learning portion of this article is done, let's talk about who could play this guy in the biopic that would most certainly be up for nominations and awards. I see Trevante Rhodes from Moonlight playing this character. To me, they look similar enough that it would be convincing, and it would just be fun to have a film like this be Rhodes' follow-up to his award-winning debut. A film like this could only keep his award streak up.
Another person good for this role could be Kofi Siriboe from Queen Sugar. He also favors Cherry and, from what he's done on Queen Sugar, he's begging to be the lead in a movie. All he needs is a chance (and, maybe, now that I'm thinking about it, this project could also be something cool for Ava DuVernay to attach her name to, that way the entire production can stay within the DuVernay movie family).
Whoever plays this guy, though, I'd go see this film. We all have fond memories of our first tricycle–I know I do-mine was candy apple red and was awesome–but not many of us knew who to show our gratitude towards. How sad and funny that it so happens that the inventor of one of the most iconic toys in American history is a black man, yet none of our history books reflect that fact.
Who do you want to see portray the inventor of the tricycle? Give your opinions in the comments section below.
3. Rami Malek, Riz Ahmed, and Donald Glover should star in a movie together. Any movie, whatever genre. Just make it, Hollywood.
Just look at these guys. I don't even know if they're friends in real life, but they'd look like they'd make great buddies. It'd be even better if they could showcase that friendship on celluloid (or, as it is nowadays, digital recording).
Picture it–a Girls Trip-esque film, but instead of having Queen Latifah and the gang go on an Essence weekend in New Orleans, it's a Guys Trip, with Ahmed, Malek, and Glover going on a dude weekend in…anywhere other than Las Vegas, because that seems to be the cliche place for guys in a film to go. Let's say they go to Miami, which is, technically also a cliche, but I used to live there and I like Miami, so there you go.
However, instead of the film being written like a typical "dudes on vacation" film, which usually involves a lot of ridiculous dude-bro behavior, the film would be written like…well, Girls Trip. From what I've seen of the trailer, it's a film that is just as bawdy and sexual as any guys film, but instead, there's the throughline of friendship and sisterhood. With the theoretical Guys Trip, the R-rated humor would be there, but there's also tons of characterization and brotherhood there as well. It'd be awesome!
Also, we'd get to see Ahmed and Malek in comedic roles, something we haven't seen from them in a long time, in the case of Malek (who has been in the Night at the Museum films), or ever, in the case of Ahmed (who hails from The Night Of and Rogue One).
If roadtrip comedy isn't in the cards for these guys, then I'd certainly take a future in which Ramek joins Ahmed and Glover in the Star Wars universe.
What do you think of Guys Trip, and would you watch it? Or, what kind of film would you want to see starring this trio of handsome guys? Give your opinions in the comments section below!
The British film Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, has shown the mainstream public that yes, black and multiracial people existed back in the 1700s. As I've written in my article for Coming of Faith, films showing historical people of color can only help audiences realize that all stories aren't being told when it comes to the costume drama.
The traditional idea of the costume drama includes several tropes: the story is set in the 18th, 19th or early 20th century Europe, the plot is built around a windswept romance, and the set pieces feature pounds and pounds of sumptuous clothing and hair. There's also the idea that the only people who mattered during these times were the rich white gentility.
But many historical records have shown that Britain has been a multicultural place since its ancient Roman occupation. Septimus Severus, one of Roman's most legendary emperors, was of African origin and was buried in York. Also in York, one of the remains of the bodies of high class ancient Roman citizens was found to belong to a black woman. Even still, movies and television have painted Britain as almost homogeneously white, with the exception of slaves, such as highly decorated page boys, or freedmen who happened to be down on their luck.
I was struck by the idea of other Black-British and Black European stories that haven't been told that should be told on a mass scale. Also, going to the awesome Tumblr Medieval POC helped give me some great inspiration for this post. So, here are seven stories (out of the thousands that have either been undiscovered or whitewashed) about Black or mixed-race Europeans who have yet to have their stories told on the big screen.
Study of Francis Baker by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1770.
Portrait by Sir Allan Ramsay. 1769.
I bet you didn't know there were some black roots in the British Royalty. Queen Charlotte was the wife of King George III. She's a direct descendant from Margarita de Castro y Sousa, the black branch of the Portuguese Royal House. Her ancestry was discovered when it was also discovered that members of the Castro y Sousa family acted as models for the black Magi found in 15th century Flemish paintings. This discovery is thanks to the History Department of McGill University and the director of the Burney Project, Dr. Joyce Hemlow as well as Olwen Hedly, the most recent biographer of Queen Charlotte.
It's worth noting that not all English people saw her as ugly. Her portrait painter, Sir Allan Ramsay, focused more on the African features of her face purposely, I'd imagine. According to PBS, Ramsay was an anti-slavery intellectual who also went on to marry the niece of Lord Mansfield, the English judge who paved the way towards abolishing slavery in the British Empire. Also, Queen Charlotte's portraits were also used to spread the abolitionist message.
Not only is Queen Philippa considered England's first black queen, she also introduced central Asian genes to the bloodline, thanks to her being related to Elizabeth the Cuman, the daughter of Kuthen, Khan of the Cumens.
Prince Edward is the son of Queen Phillipa and King Edward III. He was known as an exceptional military strategist, winning over the French in the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers made him extremely popular. He was also the first member of the Knights of the Garter, since he was one of the founders.
In history, it's been disputed as to why he has been called the Black Prince, especially since there's no record of him being called such during his lifetime. Some historians believe it's because of the black armor he'd wear or his black shield. Others believe it was because of his brutality, especially towards the French in the Aquitaine. Since Queen Phillippa had a lot of children, I doubt people would single him out for being "black" anyway, so I doubt he was called the Black Prince because of his color.
Chevalier de Saint-George was the quintessential European gentleman. He was a virtuoso violinist, composer, equestrian, and swordsman. He was known as the "Black Mozart" due to his musical skill, and is one of the few European Classical musicians of African ancestry.
The French-Caribbean Boulogne was born to a white plantation owner and Nanon, a Wolof former slave. Boulogne acquired the name de Saint-George after one of his father's properties. While still living in Guadeloupe, de Saint-George studied violin under another talented violinist of color, Joseph Platon. Determined to have his son be part of the aristocracy, de Saint-George's father moved the family to Paris in 1749, where de Saint-George began his schooling.
Eventually, de Saint George became a member of royal court in Versailles (I'd like to imagine that the black guy that was teaching Marie Antoinette the piano in Marie Antoinette was an homage to him). However it seems like he had such a storied life, he also had to face racism and later, the French Revolution.
In respect of his skill as both a composer and musician, Boulogne was selected for appointment as the director of the Royal Opera of Louis XVI. Despite his position as the only eligible applicant, Boulogne was refused, prevented by three Parisian divas who petitioned the Queen. Writing against the appointment, the trio insisted it would be beneath their dignity and injurious to their professional reputations for them to sing on stage under the direction of "a mulatto".
As a member of the aristocracy and the royal court at Versailles, Boulogne served in the army of the Revolution against France's monarchist enemies. An amateur in war apart from his fencing past, Boulogne took command of a regiment of a thousand colored volunteers. Despite military success, he was repeatedly denounced because of his aristocratic parentage and past association with the royal court, and Boulogne was dismissed from the army on September 25, 1793 and imprisoned. Fortunately, he was acquitted after spending 18 months in jail. After the revolution, Boulogne continued to lead orchestras but struggled to find his place in a France very different from the indulgent aristocracy he was accustomed to. Resigned to the life of a commoner Joseph Boulogne died in 1799 at the age of 54, falling into obscurity.
Olaudah Equiano is a person that a lot of us are fairly familiarized with from our history books, but not enough as we should be, in my opinion. Enslaved as a child, Equiano eventually bought his freedom and made a living as a merchant, an author, and an explorer in South America, the Arctic, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and the American colonies. He eventually settled in Britain and wrote The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Of course, the book, which chronicled the horrible life he had under the slave trade, helped his and others' abolitionist causes.
His book made him a superstar in Britain, allowing him to travel all across the United Kingdom. He also worked towards improving conditions in Africa, specifically Sierra Leone.
Now this is probably the most controversial person on the list, simply because we've grown up with the idea of Beethoven, the passionate, legendary composer, being white. Turns out his ancestry is a little more complicated.
All right! There you have it! What do you think about this list? Who would you add? Leave your opinions below the post!


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The defendants in a civil case applied to determine whether the plaintiff's right of action was taken away regarding a motor vehicle accident between two transport trucks. The issue was whether the drivers were workers or independent operators.
The application was scheduled to be heard in 2011, but the plaintiff advised that he had filed a claim for benefits with the Board, which had been denied. The hearing of the right to sue application was adjourned to allow the plaintiff to appeal the denial of benefits. In Decision No. 782/12, the Tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding insufficient evidence that the plaintiff sustained injuries in the accident.
The right to sue application reconvened. In Decision No. 893/11I, the Vice-Chair found that the defendant driver was a worker in the course of his employment at the time of the accident.
In this decision, the Vice-Chair found that the plaintiff was also a worker in the course of employment at the time of the accident.
Section 28(1) of the WSIA provides that a worker of a Schedule 1 employer is not entitled to commence an action against any Schedule 1 employer or a worker employed by any Schedule 1 employer. Section 27(1) provides that s. 28 applies with respect to a worker who sustains an injury that entitles the worker to benefits.
The plaintiff submitted that he was not barred from proceeding with his action under s. 28 because he was not entitled to benefits within s. 27, as the Board had previously denied entitlement in a decision that was upheld by the Tribunal. However, the Vice-Chair found that the word "entitles" in s. 27 means more than the fact of receiving benefits. Rather, it means having the right to claim benefits, even if benefits are not, in fact, granted. Section 27 must be read in the context of the purpose and intent of the right to sue provisions in the Act. In particular the Vice-Chair noted s. 31(1)(c) regarding the determination of whether a plaintiff is entitled to claim benefits. When a person's right of action is taken away, that person has the right to be considered for entitled based on that person's status as a worker of a Schedule 1 employer. Section 31(1)(c) does not guarantee benefits but provides access to adjudication. If evidence fails to support entitlement, that determination does not operate retrospectively to alter the worker's status under s. 31.
In this case, the plaintiff filed a claim. The Board found, in a decision upheld by the Tribunal, that there was insufficient evidence of a causal link between the accident and the injuries claimed to have been suffered as a result of the accident. The Vice-Chair concluded that s. 27(1) did not apply in the present case to exempt the plaintiff from the provisions of s. 28.
The plaintiff's right of action was taken away.


Check Out Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and 11 More Stars Celebrating the Christmas Season!
It seems everyone in Hollywood is gearing up for Christmas!
Click through the gallery above to see Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and 11 more stars as they celebrate the holiday season!
The actress, 54, picked out a miniature Christmas tree with her daughter, Liv, and husband, Bart Freundlich, in NYC's West Village on Sunday, Dec. 14!
The couple shared a sweet smooch under the mistletoe in this cute holiday photo!
The 39-year-old actress and mother-of-two took her daughter Frankie to see Santa Claus at the Baby2Baby Holiday Party on Dec. 13.
We hope Reese has been nice this year! The actress, 38, snapped this festive photo when she ran into Santa at the airport!
The pregnant star, 37, took to Instagram to share this cute photo of her playfully posing with a lighted Santa Claus Christmas decoration!
The 'Good Morning America' host, 54, posed with Olaf and Woody during a taping of the Disney Parks 'Frozen Christmas Celebration' TV Special on Dec. 9!
Melissa, 38, enjoyed a fun day of ice skating at Rockefeller Center with her son Brady for ABC's '25 Days Of Christmas' Celebration!
The actress, 44, captioned this cute photo of her family picking out their Christmas tree with, "Tree bought! Let's get Er' done! To be continued…."
President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, got into the Christmas spirit at the TNT Christmas In Washington Special on Dec. 14.
Former 'Days of Our Lives' star Alison, 38, took her kids Benjamin and Megan to see 'Disney on Ice' on Dec. 11.
The 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' singer, 61, performed at the 82nd Annual Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting in early December.
Diane, 38, and her longtime love, Joshua, 36, donned festive Santa hats for this sweet snapshot!
The former 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' star, 37, visited Legoland California with her family on Dec. 1!


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R.E.M. details 39-track R.E.M. Live at the Olympia
August 18, 2009 | 4:30pm ET
Just because one five-star live release isn't enough, the gentlemen of R.E.M. have announced another. On October 26th, the Athens, Georgia outfit will unveil R.E.M. Live at the Olympia, which as you may expect based on the title, will feature live recordings from the band's 2007 venture at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
As previously mentioned, R.E.M. used the performances to road test material off of last year's Accelerate so, not surprisingly, a majority of the album's tracks play a prominent part on this particular release.
"We were just trying to do something we hadn't done before," said guitarist Peter Buck, "which meant there was no relaxing during the set. Every second we were playing something we didn't know all that well. Which was kind of good… there were all kinds of terror elements going on during that show."
That said, of the 39-tracks making up the two-disc release, 29 of them are culled from other eras of the band's storied existence, ranging from the 1982 EP Chronic Town to 1983's Murmur up through 1988's Document. In other words, there is something for everybody.
Also included in the release be a DVD directed by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, who previously worked with R.E.M. on Ninetynights, Six Days, and the video for "Supernatural Superserious". The film will feature footage of nearly 20 songs as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
In anticipation of the release, R.E.M. will stream several songs on remdublin.com. The first of these will be "Driver 8" and is available for listen right this very second.
R.E.M. Live at the Olympia Tracklist:
01. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
02. Second Guessing
03. Letter Never Sent
04. Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance
05. Disturbance at the Heron House
06. Mr. Richards
07. Houston
08. New Test Leper
09. Cuyahoga
10. Electrolite
11. Man-Sized Wreath
12. So. Central Rain
13. On the Fly
14. Maps and Legends
15. Sitting Still
16. Driver 8
17. Horse to Water
18. I'm Gonna DJ
19. Circus Envy
20. These Days
21. Drive
22. Feeling Gravity's Pull
23. Until the Day Is Done
24. Accelerate
25. Auctioneer
26. Little America
27. 1,000,000
28. Disguised
29. The Worst Joke Ever
30. Welcome to the Occupation
31. Carnival of Sorts
32. Harborcoat
33. Wolves, Lower
34. I've Been High
35. Kohoutek
36. West of the Fields
37. Pretty Persuasion
38. Romance
39. Gardening at Night


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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University head men's ice hockey coach Cam Ellsworth announced that eight newcomers will be joining the Cadets for the 2018-19 season on Thursday.
The eight newcomers will join 21 returners from last year's squad that went 19-7-3 last season and won its 19th New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) regular season title in the last 20 seasons. The Cadets ended up falling 3-0 to Hobart College in the NEHC Championship game at Kreitzberg Arena.
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Q: How to set a long click listener on a MenuItem (on a NavigationView)? How can I set a long click listener on a MenuItem?
I tried this answer, but the method doesn't exist for me. Any solutions?
Code:
Menu menu = navigationView.getMenu();
MenuItem menuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item);

// TODO set a long click listener on the menuItem.
menuItem.setOnLongClickListener(...); // Method does not exist, any other solutions?

Edit: I don't want to set a custom ActionView, I want the long click listener to the whole MenuItem, without a custom View.

A: one of many ways (assuming we use Toolbar) - this example should give you the idea how to implement long click on toolbar button :
class MyActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        /** get menu inflater */
        MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
        /** Inflate the menu
         * this adds items to the action bar if it is present. */
        menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_home, menu);
        /** find interesting item */
        MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.itemId);
        /** set action view */
        item.setActionView(new ImageButton(this)); // this is a Context.class object
        /** set listener  on action view */
        item.getActionView().setOnLongClickListener(new View.OnLongClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                return false;
            }
        });

        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }
}

in method onCreateOptionsMenu - or any other method when you can get menu item reference (omit step 1-2):

*

*create menu / for example by inflate

*get menu item

*create action view for example ImageButton

*set long click listener on action view

*set on menu item an action view

above i set an action view then i get it back from menu item and set listener (the order is no matter it could be also in such way):
ImageButton imageButton = new ImageButton(Context);
imageButton.setOnLongClickListener(new View.OnLongClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                return false;
            }
        });
item.setActionView(imageButton);

ps. you can also set image view in xml as attribute on menu item:
 <item
    ...
    android:actionViewClass="android.widget.ImageButton"
 />

then you can get the action view by cast

   View menuItemActionView = menu.findItem(R.id.itemId).getActionView();
   if(menuItemActionView != null
            && ImageButton.class.isAssignableFrom(menuItemActionView.getCLass())) {
        ImageButton imageButton = (ImageButton) menuItemActionView;
   }

But then you set the long click listener to the action view only, not the whole item. – SuperThomasLab

-- no you are setting an action view on single element in this case you change a default view (to ImageButton widget) for an menu item - action view could be simple or complex view type

But what if u don't want to change the view, but keep the default view? – SuperThomasLab

example (this is one way of many by using a layout tree observer / by setting a layout change listener):
    private View.OnLongClickListener onLongClickListener = new View.OnLongClickListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
            return false;
        }
    };

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        /** get menu inflater */
        MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
        /** Inflate the menu
         * this adds items to the action bar if it is present. */
        menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_home, menu);
        /** geta menu item using findItem(int itemid) */
        MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.itemLogOut);
        /** check if we have item */
        if(item!=null) {
            /** try get its action view */
            View actionView = item.getActionView();
             /** check if action view is already set? */
            if(actionView==null) {
                /** get item id  to comparte later in observer listener*/
                final int itemId = item.getItemId();
                /** if not set on top most window an layout changes listener */
                getWindow().getDecorView()
                           .addOnLayoutChangeListener(new View.OnLayoutChangeListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onLayoutChange(View v, int left, int top, int right,
                      int bottom, int oldLeft, int oldTop, int oldRight, int oldBottom) {
                           /** try get view by id we have stored few line up */
                           View viewById = v.getRootView().findViewById(itemId);
                           /** check if we have any result */
                           if(viewById!=null) {
                                /** set our listener */
                                viewById.setOnLongClickListener(onLongClickListener);
                                /** remove layout observer listener */
                                v.removeOnLayoutChangeListener(this);
                           }
                    }
                });
            } else {
                /** if set we can add our on long click listener */
                actionView.setOnLongClickListener(onLongClickListener);
            }
        }
  }

I tried the OnLayoutChangeListener, but it still doesn't work  Nothing changed. – SuperThomasLab

YES IT DOES - but i know the reason why it't is not working in your case ??? - in my example we check if view item is laid out instead of that change if menu view is laid out and then check if menu  contain item
here is working code for you to study:
https://github.com/c3ph3us/LongClickOnMenuItem
in reply to other comments:

@ SuperThomasLab It's not obvious for me why setOnLongClickListener(...) method is not available for you. – Hossein Seifi

@HosseinSeifi - look at android.view.MenuItem  interface - it doesn't provide a such method - so for good programmer this should be obvious :) why he can't reach implementing class method.

A: Solution
This isn't perfect at all, but still better than everyone is suggesting here, because it works on whole item layout, not only on actionview's part.
Notice:

*

*I tested it only in MaterialComponents library
1.1.0-alpha08, so I don't guarantee that it will work in the future

*I already asked devs to provide better API for this, but I
don't know if they gonna make it or not

*index is the position of an item, BUT it also contains position of: HeaderLayout, Divider, Category (Sub menu header)

Well, here is the code:
val navigationView = findViewById(R.id.navigation_view)
val navigationRecycler = navigationView[0] as RecyclerView // core-ktx extension for ViewGroup
val navigationLayoutManager = navigationRecycler.layoutManager as LinearLayoutManager
val navigationAdapter = navigationRecycler.adapter

if (navigationAdapter != null) {
    navigationRecycler.post { // this line is important
        for (index in 0 until navigationAdapter.itemCount) {
            val item = navigationLayoutManager.findViewByPosition(index)
            item?.setOnLongClickListener {
                Toast.makeText(this, "finally!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
                true
            }
        }
    }
}

A: You can do it this way:
        val homeTab = bottomNavigationView.findViewById<BottomNavigationItemView>(R.id.navigation_home)
        //R.id.navigation_home id of navigation menu items you provided in menu file for BottomNavigationView

        homeTab.setOnLongClickListener {
              Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity,"Home Long clicked!",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
              true
    }

A: You can achieve by doing this:
action_menu.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:support="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >

<item
    android:id="@+id/item1"
    support:showAsAction="always">
</item>

custom_action_view.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="10dp"
    android:paddingRight="5dp" >

<ImageButton
    android:id="@+id/customActionItem"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:background="@drawable/abc_item_background_holo_dark"
    android:src="@drawable/bulb_icon" />

</RelativeLayout>

and menu inflater code is as follow:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.action_menu, menu);

    final MenuItem item1= menu.findItem(R.id.item1);
    MenuItemCompat.setActionView(item1, R.layout.custom_action_view);
    View vItem1= MenuItemCompat.getActionView(item1);

    final ImageButton customActionItem= (ImageButton) vItem1.findViewById(R.id.customActionItem);
    customActionItem.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            // do something here
        }
    });

    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

A: mBottomNavigationView.findViewById(menuItemId).setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
        return true;
    }
});

A: From massivemadness answer here is a slight variation to target a menu. I also don't think this is stable, it feels like a bodge but nest it in a try catch, keep calm and move on :)
if(navigationAdapter != null) {
            navigationRecycler.post { // this line is important
                for(index in 0 until navigationAdapter.itemCount) {
                    val item = navigationLayoutManager.findViewByPosition(index)
                    item?.setOnLongClickListener {
                        try{
                            Toast.makeText(this, "${nav_view.menu[index - 1 /*Number of children before your menu*/].title}!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
                            true
                        } catch (e:Throwable){
                            false
                        }

                    }
                }
            }
        }

A: I have added the long press to the navigation view below. I wanted to get long press event on Support item in the view.
Steps:
Implemented DrawerLayout.DrawerListener interface in my activity.
Set my activity as Drawer Listener to the DrawerLayout.
DrawerLayout drawer = findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
drawer.addDrawerListener(this);

Implemented onDrawerOpened method where I set the long press to the item.
@Override
public void onDrawerOpened(@NonNull View drawerView) {
    View support = findViewById(R.id.nav_support);
    support.setOnLongClickListener(view -> {
        // TODO: Handle the long press here.
        return false;
    });
}

The main idea in this solution to get the View of the MenuItem and setOnLongClickListener on the View. I added it to the onDrawerOpened method because at this point I am sure that the View is created. I have tried to get the view earlier, but it was not available and findViewById method was returning null.

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