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Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'
Posted: Dec 11, 2019 / 09:29 AM EST / Updated: Dec 11, 2019 / 09:29 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's youngest "person of the year" on Wednesday.
Thunberg, 16, has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing large crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year and a half. Some have welcomed her activism, including her speeches challenging world leaders to do more to stop global warming. But others have criticized her sometimes combative tone.
"For sounding the alarm about humanity's predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads, Greta Thunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year," the media franchise said Wednesday on its website.
Thunberg was in Madrid on Wednesday, where she addressed negotiators at the U.N.'s COP25 climate talks.
Last year's Time winners included slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, where five people were shot to death; Philippine journalist Maria Ressa; and two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
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The Growing Government Interest in Cyber R&D
by Scott Lang — March 26, 2014
Both US and International governments have been shifting their focus to the research and development of technology to protect critical cyber assets. At the recent AFCEA Homeland Security Conference, cyber security was one of the main topics covered by keynote speakers and exhibitors. We've compiled some of the latest endeavors taking place on behalf of governments and large companies in their R&D pursuit of cyber security excellence.
Domestic R&D From Washington D.C.
The Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review
The QDR has stressed the need to protect science, technology, research and development, specifically cyber capabilities. The three focus areas are protecting the homeland, building security globally, and project power and win decisively. The Cyber Mission Force implementing these agendas will focus on "new and expanded cyber capabilities and forces to enhance our ability to conduct cyberspace operations and support military operations." The force will be fully operational by 2016. The investments include high performance engine technology, state-of-the-art tools and infrastructure, protecting engineering and technological know-how for next generation ground combat vehicle design, and protecting the missile industrial base. "Nearly any future conflict will occur on a much faster pace and on a more technically challenging battlefield." - Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Budget Request Focuses on a High Tech Future US Military focused less on prolonged ground wars and more on fighting on a high-tech, contested battlefield. The Pentagon is protecting R&D money in its fiscal 2015 budget submission, and it will push for greater risk-taking and big bets. The Navy Department had a 9 percent increase of their RDT&E budget request, representing an increase of $1.3 billion. FY 2015 President's Budget Request Summary For NASA The FY 2015 budget makes efficient use of NASA's assets and also includes reinvigorated efforts to protect these assets, particularly from cyber threats. Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Research and Technology Joint Hearing The Oversight Subcommittee and the Research and Technology Subcommittee held a joint hearing to examine the current state of technology and standards to protect Americans from international cybercriminals. Witnesses discussed the evolution of cyber-attacks against U.S. computer networks and infrastructure from rogue hackers to sophisticated international crime syndicates and foreign nations such as Russia and China. "The cyber threat will pose the greatest threat to our country." - FBI Director Robert Mueller
International R&D From Belgium Swift Chief Executive Calls for a Standardized Global Framework Swift chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt has called on EU policymakers work towards the creation of a standardized global framework for international cyber-security. The interbank network, which connects over 10,000 institutions globally, was founded on security and confidentiality principles."Every day we wake up and go to sleep thinking about, and protecting against that threat. It is hard work and never done. When we don't sleep, it is because of cyber risks." European politicians are shifting their focus on drafting the EU's future cyber-security strategy. Leibbrandt prescribes a minimum of internationally agreed personnel vetting standards, supplier certification standards, readiness level standards and penetration testing standards and best practice definitions. He would also like the EU to do more to foster a vibrant ecosystem of participants and guides in cyber-security, backed by a R&D framework and advanced skill sets. From Singapore Israel Aerospace Industries Opens a Cyber R&D Center Israel Aerospace Industries is launching a new research and development center in Singapore which will focus on finding new technologies to provide early warnings of looming cyber-attacks. The center is the first that an Israeli defense corporation has opened in the Far East, with 80 to 90 percent of its workforce from the local area, including scientists, engineers and professional computer analysts. "This center will deal with cyber challenges, focusing on providing warnings ahead of impending attacks," - Esti Peshin, head of the Cyber Programs section at IAI's subsidiary Elta. The center will emphasize three areas: active defenses, such as catching cyber attackers in real time, monitoring them, and redirecting their attacks; finding the geographical location of virtual attackers; and anomaly detection, or recognizing deviations from routine behavior that could indicate impending attacks. From the United Kingdom Cyber Emergency Response Team Launch At the end of March, the UK government will launch the UK Computer Emergency Response Team, a £650 milion cybersecurity strategy. It will guard against criminal attacks on critical government systems and their associated operational functions. Just last year the UK's energy infrastructure was at risk of being shut down by hackers. Notable CERT personnel include Director Chris Gibson (formerly of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams), Director of Operations Neil Cassidy (former cyber defense lead at Qinetiq), and Deputy Director Andrew Whittaker (a former Foreign Office crisis management expert). CERT-UK will provide a central point to coordinate responses to secure the country's cyber space & is launching amidst increased awareness surrounding attacks on critical infrastructure. Request a free trial of the BeyondInsight IT Risk Management Platform for U.S. federal agencies. For more information, please contact: BeyondTrust Federal Solutions Group Tel: 301.337.8112 federalsales@beyondtrust.com

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Q: How can i close pop up on mouse-out in silverlight application I want to close pop-up on mouse-out in my silverlight application. How can i achieve this ?
Also if possible, my requirement is to close pop-up after some delay on mouse-out, means when user mouse-out, after some delay , pop-up should be get closed.
Thanks,
palak

I am trying to handle mouseleave event of popup's , but i don't know why it's not getting invoked.
Can you please give me an example of [Dispatchertimer].
Here is the .xaml code :
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">

    <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center"  Orientation="Horizontal">

        <telerik:RadButton  x:Name="rbtnSave" Content="Save" Click="rbtnSave_Click" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Save Changes">

        </telerik:RadButton>

        <Border x:Name="borderSaveChanges" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="{StaticResource SCBCxWhite}" Width="2" Height="20"></Border>

        <telerik:RadButton  x:Name="rbtnMenu" Background="{StaticResource SCBCxBlue}" Click="rbtnMenu_Click"
            Content="Menu" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Configurations Settings" >

        </telerik:RadButton>

        <Popup x:Name="PopUpMenu" FlowDirection="LeftToRight"
           HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center">

            <Grid x:Name="popGrid" Background="{StaticResource PopUpBackgroundImg}" Margin="-70,5,20,20" Height="100" Width="200" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" >
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="15"/>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                    <RowDefinition Height="5"/>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <telerik:RadButton x:Name="imgClose" Click="imgClose_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                                   VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,8,15,5" Style="{StaticResource RadButtonEllipseClose}"/>
                <ListBox Style="{StaticResource WindowControlListBox}" Background="Transparent"  Height="100" Width="200" BorderThickness="0" Grid.Row="2">
                    <ListBoxItem Style="{StaticResource WindowControlListBoxItem}" Content="Configuration"></ListBoxItem>
                    <ListBoxItem Style="{StaticResource WindowControlListBoxItem}" Content="Settings"></ListBoxItem>
                </ListBox>
            </Grid>

        </Popup>

        <Border x:Name="borderMenu" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="{StaticResource SCBCxWhite}" Width="2" Height="20"></Border>

        <telerik:RadButton  x:Name="rbtnInformation" Click="rbtnInformation_Click"   Content="Help" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Help">

        </telerik:RadButton>

        <Border x:Name="borderInfo" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="{StaticResource SCBCxWhite}" Width="2" Height="20"></Border>
        <telerik:RadButton  x:Name="rbtnMinimize" Click="rbtnMinimize_Click"  Content="Dock" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Minimize">

        </telerik:RadButton>

        <Border x:Name="borderMinimize" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="{StaticResource SCBCxWhite}" Width="2" Height="20"></Border>
        <telerik:RadButton  x:Name="rbtnClose" Click="rbtnClose_Click"  Content="Close" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Close" >

        </telerik:RadButton>

    </StackPanel>

</Grid>

A: You could handle the MouseLeave event to determine when mouse out occurs, then close the popup via PopUp.IsOpen. You can introduce a delay via a DispatcherTimer.

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Richard Krawczyk (born 24 May 1947 in Aix-Noulette) is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Krawczyk became the youngest goalscorer in Ligue 1 history in September 1963 by helping Lens beat Angers 2-1.

Personal life
Krawczyk was born in France and is of Polish descent.

References

External links
Profile on French federation official site
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Profile - FC Metz

1947 births
Living people
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France international footballers
French people of Polish descent
Association football midfielders
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A tarlórépa (Brassica rapa var. rapa) egy, a káposztafélék (Brassicaceae) családjába tartozó kétéves lágyszárú gyökérzöldség. Fő jellemzője a gyökérből és a gyökértőből képződő gumó. A formája lapos-gömb, vagy hosszú kúpos, a színe lehet fekete, szürke, fehér vagy sárga, a gumó föld feletti felső része zöld vagy lila. A húsa fehér vagy sárgás.

Történet

A tarlórépa származási területe Kelet-Afganisztán, illetve Nyugat-Pakisztán lehet, de a Földközi-tenger vidéke is szóba jöhet. Az ókorban már elterjedt volt Kis-Ázsiában. A rómaiak és a görögök már a kereszténység előtti időkben ismerték, szövegeik említik. A középkor- és reneszánsz gyógyfüves könyveiben is megtalálható. A régészeti bizonyítást bonyolítja, hogy nagyon hasonló a vad réparepce (Brassica rapa ssp. campestris) magja, amely szántóföldi gyomként nagyon elterjedt. Szintén régóta termesztik Indiában és Kínában.

A karórépához hasonlóan a burgonya elterjedése előtt fontos termény volt. Magyarországon főleg a Dunántúlon termesztették. A régi magyar szakácskönyvek "fehér répa" néven említik.

Az újkortól főként takarmányként jelentős és igazán gyakran csak éhínségek idején került az asztalra.

A 21. században a modern konyha az egészséges táplálkozásra való igény miatt újra felfedezte, ezért kulináris jelentősége ismét növekszik.

Felhasználás
A tarlórépa elsősorban téli gyökérzöldségként használatos, de felhasználása állati takarmányként is jelentős. Zsenge levelei és fiatal gumója nyersen is fogyasztható. Fejlett gumója főzve, illetve savanyítva a legjobb.

A gumó gyorsan nő, így a tarlórépa alkalmas gabonafélék utáni másodvetésre. Egyes fajták már 50 nap után betakaríthatók, míg az áttelelőknek akár 100 napra is szükségük lehet.

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Brassica
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House Speaker Ryan won't give timeline for new health-care bill
Published: March 28, 2017 at 11:06 a.m. ET
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday he wouldn't put a timeline on a new effort to repeal and replace Obamacare after last week's failure of a Republican bill. "This is too important not to get right," Ryan told reporters at a news conference on Capitol Hill. The Wisconsin Republican said his party also wants to move ahead on border security and a tax-code overhaul.
President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies.


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There is no need to secure a DSWD Clearance if the minor traveling abroad has parents who are in the Foreign Service or living abroad or are immigrants, provided he/she is holding a valid pass such as a dependent's visa/pass/identification card or permanent resident visa/ pass/identification card which serves as proof that he/she is living with parents abroad.
Affidavit of Support and Consent (ASC) executed by either parent indicating the name of the traveling companion (authenticated by the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate General). If minor is illegitimate, the mother should execute the ASC.
Special Power of Attorney (SPA) with an attached photocopy of either parent's valid passport (authenticated by the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate General) authorizing a representative in assisting the child to apply for a passport. If minor is illegitimate, the mother should execute the SPA.


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Yanzhou Coal Mining ou Yancoal est une entreprise chinoise spécialisée dans l'exploitation de mine de charbon.

Histoire

En , Rio Tinto annonce la vente d'une partie de ses activités charbonnières en Australie à Yanzhou Coal Mining pour 2,45 milliards de dollars. En , Glencore renchérit sur cette offre.

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Entreprise charbonnière ayant son siège en Chine
Entreprise ayant son siège dans la province du Shandong
Entreprise publique en Chine
Société cotée au NYSE
Société cotée au SSE
Société cotée au HKEX


The U.S. airstrike was conducted against an enemy fighting position in self-defence after U.S. and partner forces came under attack. We currently assess two (2) terrorists were killed and one (1) terrorist was wounded in the strike. We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.
No U.S. personnel were injured or killed and all are accounted for following this operation. One (1) partner force member was killed in the operation and two (2) were wounded in action.
U.S. forces will continue to use all authorized and appropriate measures to protect U.S. citizens and to disable terrorist threats.
This includes partnering with AMISOM and Somali National Security Forces (SNSF) in combined counterterrorism operations and targeting terrorists, their training camps, and their safe havens throughout Somalia and the region.
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/req/ - Some time ago I saw on "old" Gurochan a picture, which potrayed Kitana (dead or unconscious), laying on a Liu Kang's hands. I can't find this picture, maybe, someone have it saved, and can post?
Some time ago I saw on "old" Gurochan a picture, which potrayed Kitana (dead or unconscious), laying on a Liu Kang's hands. I can't find this picture, maybe, someone have it saved, and can post?
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Cisco's Aja Reissue: Exclusive First Listen!
Michael Fremer | Oct 1, 2007
Cisco/ABC 1006 180g LP
Produced by: Gary Katz
Engineered by: Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee, Al Schmitt
Mixed by: N/A (Roger Nichols?)
Mastered by: Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus at AcousTech
Let's get right to the point of this reissue, which is the sound, since anyone shelling out big bucks for it is doing so because he or she is familiar with the music and loves it to death.
This new Cisco reissue is vastly superior to both the original pressing (ABC AA 1006) and to Mobile Fidelity's ½ speed mastered reissue (Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-0333).
If your stereo system (or your personal savior/used record dealer) tells you otherwise, blame it and/or him, not Elliot Scheiner, one of the original engineers on Aja who oversaw this reissue, or Donald Fagen (no introduction necessary), or Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus who mastered it from the original analog tape at AcousTech.
Let me tell you why this new reissue is easily the best sounding Aja yet. The bass on the original is (only by comparison to this reissue) a mushy, indistinct, unformed blob. The original's top end (I sampled four clean ABC originals), particularly the cymbal shimmer and ring, is undernourished, soft and shelved back in amplitude. The midrange is pushed forward, creating a false zone of warmth that gives the upper range of the kick drum a highly colored but forward "thonk."
The entire picture is mildly compressed and Fagen's voice is thin and sounds tracked with a phasey aural exciter (in reality it's layers of voice overdubbing as Fagen covers his tracks to produce a "fatter" vocal sound). Back in those days it was impossible to manipulate the multiple tracks to match perfectly. Today that's relatively easy to accomplish.
That's a fine formula for FM radio, college dorm and crash pad stereos and mass vinyl production circa 1977, but for a high resolution, high dynamic system in 2007? No. The superb recording and pristine production by Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee and Al Schmitt (a CSN&Y-like super group of recording engineers) had much more to give.
The Mobile Fidelity piles on even more blobby bass and while the half speed high frequency groove etching is incredibly detailed and well-focused, it's also been bleached and brightened and the upper mids have been sucked out to make the high frequency transients stick out.
This reissue's bass is tight yet lithe, well-focused and harmonically complex, texturally detailed, solid and revealing. You'll follow the bass line tune with new ease.
However, if your system doesn't go all the way down, it won't sound like there's great bass and probably the original and/or the Mo-Fi will sound "richer and fuller" but that's because the original was produced for mass, not audiophile consumption.
The cymbal crashes have that "I can count the rivets" quality my friend Frank Doris used to write about Bill Porter's productions, revealing incredible detail that glistens with sweet brassy, percussive textures and extends to the stratosphere without sounding tipped up or in the least unnatural.
Putting it more bluntly, this is a stupendous production. If it doesn't sound good on your system now, it awaits being revealed for how good it really is when your systems is elevated to match the occasion.
If you hear hashy, sizzly highs, that's your system speaking. If you hear anemic bass, same thing, and if the original sounds more dramatic, vivid and full, don't blame the reissue. The better your system, especially in terms of dynamics, bass weight and slam and transient clarity, the better this reissue will sound.
The title track reveals layers of hidden detail and dynamic nuances and layering buried on the original. Steve Gadd's drumming has never sounded as dramatic or full-bodied. There are small percussive accents including triangle and wood block that emerge from the former haze to become cleanly rendered events without sounding bright, bleached or etched and Fagen's voice layers become full bodied and easily separated yet the totality of the desired intended effect becomes more fully expressed.
This remaster exudes the kind of musical honesty you might expect when one of the original engineers and the artistic center of gravity are involved in its production.
Truthfully, I've not heard a truly bad sounding edition of Aja. It's such a well recorded, sumptuous production one would have to work hard to make it sound bad. Compared to most pop/rock recordings, any edition of Aja (that I've heard) sounds good. This one sounds great.
So, this most elegant and ambitious of Steely Dan albums featuring "jump in" production depth and cinematic sweep has never sounded better in my opinion. The tape has obviously held up as well as the music. I can't imagine the upcoming Japanese reissue at best mastered from the analog tape copy originally sent to Japan, sounding any better, though I'll be sure to have a listen.
By the way, if someone says the reissue doesn't sound any good, be sure to ask about that person's playback system. For the record I listened on The Continuum Caliburn turntable with Cobra arm, the Grand Prix Monaco turntable with Graham Phantom arm and the Merrill MS21 turntable with Triplanar arm. Cartridges included Lyra Titan i, Koetsu Urushi Vermillion and Air Tight PC-1. Phono preamps included Einstein Turntable's Choice and Manley Steelhead. Preamp was darTZeel and amps were Musical Fidelity kWs driving Wilson MAXX2s. Cables were TARA Labs Zero interconnects and Omega speaker cable. Believe me, I heard what's on the vinyl loud and clear and it's spectacular!
This is sublime ear candy and more importantly magnificent music making. No wonder it retains its attraction 30 years after first being issued. More proof that we're living in the second coming of analog.


Wouldn't it be great if you could finally lose weight or build muscle in a sustainable way? If this sounds far reaching to you, hear me out.
As a manager of a fitness center with over thousand members, hundreds of coaching hours delivered and with a well-built physique myself – I feel qualified to write about such topic.
I've came up with a unique approach to build muscle and lose weight in a sustainable way — a vegan diet for weight loss.
I remember doing a diet with no previous experience nor knowledge about weight loss. It was my first dieting attempt, a no-carb diet (carbohydrates were less than 10grams!).
During the first weeks of the diet, I had absolutely no energy. I remember training in the gym and feeling gassed-out after the warm-up. People asked me if I was being sick.
Although I was losing weight – which turned out to be mostly water – I felt horrible. Dieting was not fun, exercising was not fun and I had to search for a reason to wake up in the morning. I stopped the diet after 2 weeks.
Yet, what I liked about this diet, was the focus on one metric — keeping my carbohydrates under 10 grams a day and tracking that rigorously made it (next to the side effects talked previously) rewarding to follow a diet.
Some time later, I tried another diet and it turned out to be more successful.
My goal was to get to a one-digit body fat percentage. While working in the fitness industry for about a year at that time and training for more than 3 years, I got the necessary knowledge to at least do a successful diet.
This time I wanted to be completely sure and learn from my mistakes: I tracked my entire calorie intake, every single thing that I ate and I planned at least 2 months to fully do the diet.
I indeed reached a one-digit body fat percentage, yet the effort I put into this diet was not worth the results. I dealt with a lot of cravings and one time ate a huge cheat meal of nearly 2,000 calories where I nearly puked afterwards.
I concluded: This worked but was not the best approach. Yet I liked that I was seeing results in the gym. People noticed and told me that I was a 'shredded beast'.
The experience of those 2 diets, plus me working with hundreds of clients led me to conclude that there had to be a different way. I realized that the combination of those two diet attempts would be the most sustainable and effective approach to weight loss.
The rewarding and simple method of the first diet focusing on one metric and the tangible results of the second diet inspired me to create a system that would make weight loss as simple and as effective as possible. Born was the 50-Fiber Formula.
You simply focus on eating 50 grams of high-quality fiber every single day. I realized that it was much easier to lose weight when you focus on what you can eat instead of what you can't. This creates a mindset of abundance instead of scarcity. This makes dieting sustainable.
Not only that, but this diet can actually be healthy. The two components that mostly differentiate healthy foods and unhealthy ones, are: Micronutrients (especially antioxidants) and Fiber.
Micronutrients are harder to quantify (as they usually work synergistically) and are more often than not synthetically added to a product. This makes it especially hard to track.
Your fiber intake, on the other hand, is easier to track and nonetheless very important in weight loss and a healthy diet. The average American eats about 15g of fiber a day. This is only about the half of the recommended intake.
Fiber is the component in a food that plays a key role in satiety and is thought to play a factor in weight regulation.
Eating fiber is so important that we could save 12.7+ billion dollars a year by reducing the medical costs of treating constipation alone. So following the 50-Fiber Formula daily can therefore also save you money.
Fiber has been shown to change your microbiome. Your microbiome heavily influences your cravings.
The microbiome, meaning the good or bad bacteria in your body, lives off fiber. For a long time, people thought fiber was a waste product of our nutrition but just recently we realized that it serves as the building block for our helpful gut bacteria.
The more fiber you eat, the more healthy foods you will crave. Eating more fiber will leave you in a positive spiral to a healthier and fitter you. Who thought that getting fit can be so easy as to eat 50 grams of fiber every single day?
Don't eat blended meals unless you have to. This means avoid smoothies or meal replacement shakes.
A key aspect of how fiber works its wonder is by increasing your chewing time. Chewing is correlated with your perceived satiety.
Fun fact: Enforced chewing can decrease the enjoyment of your meal!
This is similar to rule #1. Calories should always come in solid form.
You can drink 5 apple juices and feel little to no satiety. But you cannot eat 10 apples (same caloric intake) and feel absolutely full.
Focusing on wholesome foods will leave you satiated and makes your diet sustainable.
Your dietary fiber intake should come from natural and unprocessed sources.
Eating fiber-fortified foods is cheating, swallowing fiber pills too. The beneficial effects of fiber are mainly shown in the intake of natural foods. Do yourself and your diet success a favor and focus on unprocessed foods.
You will learn in this phase how you can implement the 50-Fiber Formula in a step-by-step process. All the steps are as simple as possible. Remember: If you need help, hire a professional coach.
The first step that you can do to a slimmer waistline and a healthier lifestyle is to simply 1. Open a new tab. 2. Go on Google and 3. Search for foods that are high in fiber.
These foods should follow the 5 to 1 fiber rule. For every 5 grams of carbohydrates they should contain 1 gram of fiber.
Add the ones to your diet that you like the most and buy them in bulk. If you don't like any of these foods, try each of them out and see which resonates with you the most. But also know that your taste buds can change.
The RDA for fiber is 25 to 30 grams of fiber a day. Studies from the fossils of feces of our hunter and gatherer ancestors show that they have sometimes consumed more than 100 grams of fiber in a single day.
In this step, which is still preparation, you write down what you eat in a single day and then search how much fiber you approximately eat during that period. This way you know how long your journey will be in the first place.
A key aspect in a successful diet is sustainability. The only way your diet can be sustainable is by focusing on slow, long-lasting change.
Instead of eating 50 grams of fiber starting from today, focus on making a habit of eating healthy. Starting slowly makes your body able to adapt to the changed, healthier nutrition.
The ultimate goal of the 50-Fiber Formula is to eat 50 grams of fiber every single day.
This makes sure that 1. you're on the right path and 2. you get a small win every single day. Often people get caught up trying to lose a huge amount of fat. They see the destination but can't grasp the journey. This formula allows you to simply focus on the next step in front of you.
The 50-Fiber Formula allows you to lose weight in a sustainable way.
In comparison to other diet trends, it emphasizes subjective well-being, consistency and health – all important pillars regarding your diet success.
Make sure you follow the 3 immutable rules to achieve your tangible success. Consume your meals in solid forms, avoid soft drinks and keep it unprocessed.
Don't get caught up in the big picture. Focus on the next step ahead of you.
 ^ NCBI: Dietary fiber intake and cardiometabolic risks among US adults, NHANES 1999-2010.
 ^ NCBI: Dietary fiber and weight regulation.
 ^ NCBI: Cost savings of reduced constipation rates attributed to increased dietary fiber intakes: a decision-analytic model.
 ^ NCBI: Up-regulating the human intestinal microbiome using whole plant foods, polyphenols, and/or fiber.
 ^ NCBI: Prolonged chewing at lunch decreases later snack intake.
 ^ NCBI: Dietary fibre intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Q: Goto statement in python - what other way is there? My program has the following scturcutre

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*program takes screenshot
2, program looks for condition a. if condition a is not met, it need to go back to point 1

*program looks for condition b. if condition b is not met, it need to go back to point 1

*program looks for condition c. if condition c is not met, it need to go back to point 1
... etc

There are around 20 additional conditions and whenever one of them is not met, the program should return to the starting point. With a goto statement this could be easily solved. However, in Python this is not an option. Any suggestions are appreciated how this can be implemented elegantly.

A: You should give us the code, or at least an example showing what the structure really is.
Maybe you could do so:
take screenshot
condition = (condition a) and (condition b) and ... and (condition z)

while (not condition):
    take screenshot
    condition = (condition a) and (condition b) and ... and (condition z)


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List of Alkaline Foods & Acidic Foods
Written by Amy Adkins • Updated August 24, 2022
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Our pH level measures the amount of acidity in our bodies. When we have too much acid, the minerals in our body are depleted, increasing the risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, kidney problems, diabetes and weakened muscles. Nutritionists categorize foods as acid forming or alkaline forming. Alkaline-forming foods help restore the body's pH balance.
Most vegetables and fruits are alkaline, and contain high amounts of potassium salts that act to stop the negative effects of acid. Their ranks include green vegetables like kale, broccoli, cabbage and fresh spinach, as well as mushrooms, sweet potatoes, bell peppers and cauliflower. Acid-producing vegetables include cooked spinach, artichokes and asparagus tips.
Fruits that may seem acidic--such as lemons, limes and grapefruits--actually contain high amounts of alkaline. Other alkaline-producing fruits include apples, pears, bananas, oranges, peaches and grapes. Acidic fruits include blackberries and cranberries and any fruit that is canned or glazed.
Many proteins release a sulfuric acid in the body, thus making them acidic. They include animal proteins like beef, chicken, turkey, pork, fish and seafood. Other acidic protein sources include most beans, chicken eggs and nuts such as pine nuts, pecans, hazelnuts, walnuts and brazil nuts. Alkanizing proteins appear in quail and duck eggs, tofu and nuts such as cashews and almonds. Most seeds like pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds are also alkanizing.
Dairy-based foods produce acid. They include foods like hard and soft cheeses, cow's milk, yogurt and ice cream.
Grains can be acidic or alkaline. Alkanizing grains include oats, wild rice and quinoa, while acidic grains include heat, kamut, millet, brown and white rice, rye, barley and any food containing processed flour.
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"The sources said the Pelicans would play Ball 35 minutes a night and make sure he "would fit" in with New Orleans so he could become a star".
A few weeks ago, Kyrie Irving took to the media and revealed that he called LeBron James to apologize for his own immaturity during their tenure together, because he did not realize how hard it was to be a leader until he got around young guys with the Boston Celtics. The Los Angeles Lakers have emerged as a suitor and now it's sounding as though Davis is going to make it crystal clear that he prefers to play in Los Angeles.
Davis has informed the Pelicans that he wants to be traded to a championship-contending team and will not sign an extension with New Orleans, his agent, Rich Paul, told ESPN and The Associated Press. An Irving, Davis and James team will be a formidable one which can surely challenge the dominance of the Golden State Warriors. Making a big deal like moving Davis is certainly something Pelicans don't want to rush, but their potential return could drop over the summer. Kyrie is the leader of the Celtics and he's learning first hand what LeBron had to deal with all those years in Cleveland. I heard Kevin Durant and Kyrie to NY.
In a odd turn of events, the Celtics have had a monkey wrench thrown into the pursuit of New Orleans stud Anthony Davis.


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Another win for the Trump administration and for all Americans who want to build the wall!
The Supreme Court just declined a challenge to Trump's border wall earlier today. The challenge claimed that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it exempted border projects from environmental considerations.
A 1996 law gives the AG and the DHS the right to build border barriers and further gives the DHS secretary the right to exempt border projects from environmental laws.
The environmental groups are worried about the effects to the "ecosystem" if a wall is built.
Have they seen what's happening at the border where illegals have dumped trash everywhere?
There is picture after picture of the border and the trash left behind by illegals. what about what this is doing to the "ecosystem"?


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Q: Group numpy matrix based on value of particular column, only on row indices from given array I have a numpy matrix consisting of binary values. I have a list of row indices as well. Now I have to obtain indices from the matrix where the value for a particular column is 1, and the indices must be contained in the row indices list. What will be an efficient way of doing this? I'm currently doing:
result = [index for index in np.where(dataset[:, col] == 1)[0] if index in indices]

A: Maybe looping through the list of row indices is faster since you don't need to loop over all the rows of the matrix:
result = [index for index in indices if dataset[index, col] == 1]


I am carrying out the statutory audit of an NBFC and it has made investments in venture capital funds. They wants to value those investments at cost while NAV is low. Can anybody share any circular/notification in this regard.


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Blue Ridge Log Cabins "Building Your Dreams."
A recent press release from South Carolina log cabin home builder Blue Ridge Log Cabins states the company is to be recognized today by the US House of Representatives. The release also states:
"The log home builder and its owner and CEO Milton A. (Chip) Smith Jr. will be recognized for its work in promoting the cause of homeless women veterans. Blue Ridge Log Cabins was featured on a special two-hour season premiere of the hit ABC program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featuring First Lady Michelle Obama in September. Blue Ridge Log Cabins built a new home for the Steps and Stages Jubilee House in Fayetteville, NC, a shelter for homeless female veterans.
Blue Ridge Log Cabins will also receive a letter of commendation from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday before being the guest of honor at a reception sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders at Old Ebbitt Grill in downtown Washington. The reception is not open to the media."
The log cabin home builder is also set to hold a home buyers seminar in November allowing access to the indoor state-of-the-art facility where the log cabins are built for customers.


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AGRA: To attract other folks to vote on April 18, the district administration has deliberate to develop 503 model booths in both Agra and Fatehpur Sikri.
Apart from providing basic amenities, those booths may also be decorated. Election officers mentioned that electorate will get a crimson carpet welcome and arrangements will be made for kids to play.
As many as 245 booths in Agra and 258 in Sikri will have particular arrangements for the electorate. Some of these booths had recorded less voting proportion all through the 2014 Lok Sabha election.
Besides the model booths, the district administration has deliberate to develop one Sakhi sales space in every of the 9 meeting constituency of the district. These booths will have all ladies personnel. The move is aimed to encourage ladies to exercise their franchise.


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According to a new poll published Thursday, the approval ratings of President Vladimir Putin and his protege, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, have fallen over the past seven months.
Putin's approval rating is down from 69 percent in May to 63 percent in November, and Medvedev's from 64 percent to 54 percent over the same period, according to statistics posted on the independent Levada Center's website.
The poll, which surveyed 1,596 people over 18 years of age across 45 Russian regions, also showed that the public's opinion of the State Duma has worsened over the past month. Sixty-five percent of respondents said they were unhappy with the country's lower house, compared with 57 percent in October.
While the approval rating of recently appointed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has risen from 11 percent in October to 16 percent in November, 24 percent of those surveyed said they do not trust any politicians at all, and 44 percent think that the country is heading in the wrong direction, up 11 percent since May.
But it appears that Russian citizens trust opposition leaders even less, with only 5 percent expressing faith in businessman and former presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov and 10 percent in Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov.
The Levada Center gave a margin of error of 3.4 percent for the poll.


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Trauma's epigenetic fingerprint observed in children of Holocaust survivors
Philadelphia, PA, September 1, 2016 - The children of traumatized people have long been known to be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and mood and anxiety disorders. However, according to Rachel Yehuda from the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who led a new study in Biological Psychiatry, there are very few opportunities to examine biologic alterations in the context of a watershed trauma in exposed people and their adult children born after the event.
One of the most intensively studied groups in this regard are the children of survivors of the Nazi concentration camps. From the work of Yehuda and others, there has been growing evidence that concentration camp survivors and their children might show changes in the epigenetic regulation of genes.
Epigenetic processes alter the expression of a gene without producing changes in the DNA sequence. DNA methylation is one of these epigenetic modifications, which regulates genome function through processes that add or remove a methyl group to a specific site in DNA, potentially affecting gene transcription.
Animal studies have demonstrated that epigenetic changes from stress exposure can be passed on to the offspring. In the new study, Yehuda and colleagues examine these relationships for the first time in humans, with methylation of FKBP5, a stress-related gene that has been associated with PTSD and depression. The researchers examined blood samples of 32 Holocaust survivors and 22 of their adult children, and Jewish parent-offspring control pairs for methylation of intron 7, a specific region within the FKBP5 gene.
The analysis revealed that both Holocaust survivors and their offspring show epigenetic changes at the same site of FKBP5 intron 7, but in the opposite direction; Holocaust survivors had 10% higher methylation than control parents, whereas Holocaust offspring had 7.7% lower methylation than control offspring.
"These observations suggest that parental trauma is a relevant contributor to offspring biology," said Yehuda.
John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry, noted that "the observation that the changes in parent and child are in opposing directions suggests that children of traumatized parents are not simply born with a PTSD-like biology. They may inherit traits that promote resilience as well as vulnerability."
The analysis was not able to disentangle the influence of parental gender. It was also unable to identify whether the effects in offspring resulted from trauma effects to the parental gametes or changes occurring to offspring during pregnancy or postnatally.
Childhood adversity is common in children with traumatized parents, so the researchers examined if the offspring's own childhood trauma played a role in the observed effect. "Interestingly, a relationship between methylation and reported childhood adversity was observed in the offspring, but at a different site within the same intronic region of the gene," said Yehuda.
According to the authors, their findings indicate that it may be possible to distinguish changes associated with early adverse experiences in offspring from those associated with trauma in antecedent generations, suggesting the importance for clinicians to inquire about parental trauma in addition to personal trauma.
"This study raises important questions about the intergenerational transmission of traits from traumatized parents to their children," said Krystal. "The observation that the same genes might be affected in parents and children suggests that something specific, perhaps related to stress response, is being conveyed from parent to child."
The article is "Holocaust Exposure Induced Intergenerational Effects on FKBP5 Methylation," by Rachel Yehuda, Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, Linda M. Bierer, Heather N. Bader, Torsten Klengel, Florian Holsboer, and Elisabeth B. Binder (doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.08.005). It appears in Biological Psychiatry, volume 80, issue 5 (2016), published by Elsevier.
Copies of this paper are available to credentialed journalists upon request; please contact Rhiannon Bugno at +1 214 648 0880 or biol.psych@utsouthwestern.edu. Journalists wishing to interview the authors may contact Rachel Yehuda at rachel.yehuda@va.gov.
The authors' affiliations, and disclosures of financial and conflicts of interests are available in the article.
John H. Krystal, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, Chief of Psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and a research psychiatrist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. His disclosures of financial and conflicts of interests are available here.
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The journal publishes novel results of original research which represent an important new lead or significant impact on the field, particularly those addressing genetic and environmental risk factors, neural circuitry and neurochemistry, and important new therapeutic approaches. Reviews and commentaries that focus on topics of current research and interest are also encouraged.
Biological Psychiatry is one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience. It is ranked 5th out of 140 Psychiatry titles and 11th out of 256 Neurosciences titles in the Journal Citations Reports® published by Thomson Reuters. The 2015 Impact Factor score for Biological Psychiatry is 11.212.
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Maine could require reflectors for horse-drawn buggies
Updated: 3:44 AM EDT Mar 19, 2019
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The drivers of horse-drawn carriages in Maine may have to start using reflectors under legislation that lawmakers are considering.The Legislature's transportation committee is set to hold work sessions on the legislation Tuesday.Such legislation comes as Mennonite and Amish communities have grown over the last decade in northern and central Maine towns such as Unity, Smyrna, Fort Fairfield and Whitefield.Democratic Rep. Steve Stanley said cars and tractor-trailers have hit horse-drawn buggies several times in the past years.Maine State Police Lt. Bruce Scott said strong religious beliefs could prevent some carriage users with complying depending on how the law is worded.Democratic Rep. David McCrea said he's met with Amish neighbors who have agreed to white reflective tape and oil lanterns.
AUGUSTA, Maine —
The drivers of horse-drawn carriages in Maine may have to start using reflectors under legislation that lawmakers are considering.
The Legislature's transportation committee is set to hold work sessions on the legislation Tuesday.
Such legislation comes as Mennonite and Amish communities have grown over the last decade in northern and central Maine towns such as Unity, Smyrna, Fort Fairfield and Whitefield.
Democratic Rep. Steve Stanley said cars and tractor-trailers have hit horse-drawn buggies several times in the past years.
Maine State Police Lt. Bruce Scott said strong religious beliefs could prevent some carriage users with complying depending on how the law is worded.
Democratic Rep. David McCrea said he's met with Amish neighbors who have agreed to white reflective tape and oil lanterns.


This is a walk from our Pathfinder guide over High Rigg to St John in the Vale and back. The walk starts from a car park at Legburthwaite, one of the car parks for Thirlmere as it turned out so plenty of potential for all day walking should you choose. The car park was pay and display although it was free when we visited as some of the Thirlmere footpaths were closed so out of courtesy there was no charge. That's fine by me!
There was a tiny stretch of walking alongside a fast flowing road so if you are setting out with children or dogs then beware until you are through the gate of the footpath.
The initial upward walk was fine, no real struggle to be had and mostly an easy path if a little squashy underfoot in places.
Many of my pictures are out of sync here, some of these are the way back but never mind. The weather was mild, medium visibility due to low hanging cloud which sometimes turned into misty rain which wets a camera but never really hits the deck. Hence gloomy outlooks, however, the gorgeous change of colours in progress on the landscape was beautiful. The whole week was a feast for the eyes of wonderful autumn sights; it was sublime and had we been on holiday in spring instead of autumn I think the pictures would be distinctly more dull with sparse trees and an absence of colour.
The walk along the 'ridge' was flat and lovely, easy waking, pleasant views, completely empty - we didn't see anyone for at least an hour up here! There were a few rather wet spots and took a bit of getting around to avoid soggy feet but mainly it was fine.
At the end of the high part of the walk we found the descent rather steep, which would have been a nightmare trying to get back up again should the need have arisen. The youth centre and church marked the change in course; the route back was essentially following the wall which skirted the edge of the fells. Again, this was almost empty, we only passed one group coming the opposite direction and nobody else. We did pass through a sweet farm with it's own tearoom for weary walkers (I imagine it's irresistible to some!) and eventually found ourselves back to the start.
A walk weighing in at about 5 miles which is an allround enjoyable route, none too taxing and escape from the crowds. No cows! That was one of the essentials. None of the walks we took encountered cows thankfully.
Even on a misty day it's a beautiful part of the world.
I saw a news report on the dangers of cows, you wouldn't think they be dangerous, they always seem so docile.
I love all the gorgeous mists. We were actually caught by cows over the summer and they were being quite aggressive towards the dog.


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Harzia is a genus of seed-borne fungus that occurs in the soil. It has been categorized in the Ceratostomataceae family.  The genus Harzia contains three accepted species: H. acremonioides, H. verrucose Hol-Jech, and H. velatea Hol-Jech. Within the genus Harzia, H. acremonioides is one of the most common species that can be found in all climate regions around the world.

The genus name of Harzia is in honour of Carl Otto Harz (1842-1906),who was a German mycologist, pharmacist and botanist.

The genus was circumscribed by Julien Noël Costantin in Muced. Simples on page 42 in 1888.

Growth and morphology
The genus Harzia consists of a hyaline mycelium, a brown thick-walled blastoconidia, and hyaline conidiophores.

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New Wisconsin Auto Insurance Rules Lower Liability Coverage Level | Hupy and Abraham, S.C.
Effective next month, Wisconsin law will allow motorists to reduce the minimum amount of their liability insurance coverage to $25,000 for bodily injury to one person and $50,000 per accident. The new minimum limit to cover property damage is set at $10,000.
The previous limits, instated on June 1, 2010, were $50,000 per person and $100,000 per accident (bodily injury), and $15,000 for property damage.
While lawmakers behind the bill argued that the new rules will allow Wisconsin motorists to pay lower premiums, a positive factor in a depressed economy, many insurance and traffic accident experts take a different view. If motorists can save a few dollars bringing back their coverage limits to the legal level, in case of a serious Wisconsin car crash their liability is likely to be far in excess of the insured amount, and they will be personally responsible for the remaining cost. This could easily lead to financial ruin.
The Insurance Information Institute (III) advises motorists in Wisconsin either to keep their present limits, or to purchase an umbrella, or excess liability policy that will be triggered when the insured limits have been reached.
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Under T.C.A. § 10-7-513, military discharge records are confidential for 75 years from the time the records are recorded or otherwise come into a register's possession. During this 75-year period, the register may disclose information or may permit inspection or copying only in accordance with § 10-7-513 or a court order.
An authorized representative of the funeral home that assists with the burial of the veteran.
In addition to being authorized to inspect or copy the records, persons described in subdivisions (1) through (5) above are authorized to request removal of the record (except for records preserved on microfilm) or redaction of the social security number from the record (if the record is stored on a medium which allows for redaction). The revised law requires the request be made on a statutorily prescribed form; however, only the form's heading, and not the form itself, appears in the revised law (the entire form was set forth in the prior version of the law). Hopefully this omission will be corrected. Until then, it is our recommendation that the prior statutory form (with some minor revisions) be used. Sample Military Discharge form. Under the revised § 10-7-513, the register is to record the request form.
You should note that if you receive a form requesting redaction and redaction is not practicable, then you should not record the request form, but rather, you are directed to inform the requesting party, either verbally or in writing, that redaction is not practicable and that the person may instead submit a form requesting that the record be removed entirely.
Storage Of Military Discharge Records. Under Title 8, chapter 13, registers are required to record the official discharge of persons who after 1915 have served as members of the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces reserve, or the United States armed forces auxiliary. Those offices that do not store documents electronically, are required to store discharges recorded after September 1, 2010 in a separate book that only contains official discharge records. All registers must keep books originating prior to, as well as after, September 1, 2010, and which have been designated specifically for the storage of official military discharge records in a location not accessible to the general public, so long as the books do not contain other public documents. In counties that record and store documents electronically, registers shall not make available to the general public any display of military discharge records and shall only provide copies of such records in compliance with § 10-7-513.


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Q: making many to many relationships database in google app engine by python Im trying to make 3 database; person, event and hobby.  Each person selects hobbies from the list that is provided, which are in the hobby database.  when a person creates a event, that person choose which hobby will be tagged to that event.  From there event invitation will be send out to person who selected that hobby.  And the event will be made using Google Calendar API....
im stuck on making this 3 database and trying to relate them using either relationalproperty or list property... looked around but not too good with programming so im kinda stuck...
if anyone could help me that would be really appreciated.
class Hobby(db.Model):
name = db.StringProperty()

@property
def members(self):
    return Person.all().filter('hobby', self.key())

h1 = Hobby(key_name ='key1', name = 'tennis')
h2 = Hobby(name = 'basketball')
h1.put()
h2.put()

class Person(db.Model):
name = db.StringProperty()
hobby = db.ListProperty(db.Key)

p1 = Person(name = 'tom', hobby = Hobby.get_by_key_name(['key1']))
p1.put()

class Event(db.Model):
title = db.StringProperty(required=True)
description = db.TextProperty()
time = db.DateTimeProperty()
location = db.TextProperty()
creator = db.UserProperty()
edit_link = db.TextProperty()
gcal_event_link = db.TextProperty()
gcal_event_xml = db.TextProperty()
hobby = db.ListProperty(db.Key)

@property
def members(self):
    return Person.all().filter('event', self.key())

class Attendee(db.Model):
  email = db.StringProperty()
  event = db.ReferenceProperty(Event)
  hobby = db.ReferenceProperty(Hobby)

class Greeting(db.Model):
  author = db.UserProperty()
  content = db.StringProperty(multiline=True)
  date = db.DateTimeProperty(auto_now_add=True)

class BasePage(webapp.RequestHandler):
  title = ''

def write_page_header(self):
self.response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/html'
self.response.out.write('<title>%s</title>'
'<link href="static/invitations.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>'
'
' % (
    self.title,))
self.write_signin_links()

def write_signin_links(self):
if users.get_current_user():
  template_values = {
      'signed_in': True,
      'user_link': users.create_logout_url('/')}
else:
  template_values = {
      'signed_in': False,
      'user_link': users.create_login_url('/events')}
path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates')
path = os.path.join(path, 'signin.html')
self.response.out.write(template.render(path, template_values))

def write_page_footer(self):
self.response.out.write('
')

class StartPage(BasePage):
  title = 'One Macnica'

  def get(self):
  self.write_page_header()
  template_values = {'sign_in': users.create_login_url('/events')}
  path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates')
path = os.path.join(path, 'start.html')
self.response.out.write(template.render(path, template_values))
self.write_page_footer()

class EventsPage(BasePage):
 title = 'One Macnica'

 def __init__(self):
# Create a Google Calendar client to talk to the Google Calendar service.
self.calendar_client = gdata.calendar.service.CalendarService()
# Modify the client to search for auth tokens in the datastore and use
# urlfetch instead of httplib to make HTTP requests to Google Calendar.
gdata.alt.appengine.run_on_appengine(self.calendar_client)

def get(self):
"""Displays the events the user has created or is invited to."""
self.write_page_header()

# Find all events which this user has created, and find events which this
# user has been invited to.
invited_events = []
owned_events = []
token_request_url = None

# Find an AuthSub token in the current URL if we arrived at this page from
# an AuthSub redirect.
auth_token = gdata.auth.extract_auth_sub_token_from_url(self.request.uri)
if auth_token:
  self.calendar_client.SetAuthSubToken(
      self.calendar_client.upgrade_to_session_token(auth_token))

# Check to see if the app has permission to write to the user's
# Google Calendar.
if not isinstance(self.calendar_client.token_store.find_token(
        'http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/'),
    gdata.auth.AuthSubToken):
  token_request_url = gdata.auth.generate_auth_sub_url(self.request.uri,
     ('http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/',))

query_time = self.request.get('start_time')
# TODO handle times provided in the URL.
if not query_time:
  query_time = datetime.datetime.now()

# Find the events which were created by this user, and those which the user
# is invited to.
if users.get_current_user():
  owned_query = Event.gql('WHERE creator = :1 ORDER BY time',
      users.get_current_user())
  owned_events = owned_query.fetch(5)

  invited_query = Attendee.gql('WHERE email = :1',
      users.get_current_user().email())
  for invitation in invited_query.fetch(5):
    try:
      invited_events.append(invitation.event)
    except db.Error, message:
      if message[0] == 'ReferenceProperty failed to be resolved':
        # The invitee has an invitation to an event which no longer exists.
        pass
      else:
        raise

template_values = {
    'token_request_url': token_request_url,
    'owned_events': owned_events,
    'invited_events': invited_events,
     }

# Display the events.
path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates')
path = os.path.join(path, 'events.html')
self.response.out.write(template.render(path, template_values))
self.write_page_footer()

def post(self):
"""Adds an event to Google Calendar."""
event_id = self.request.get('event_id')

# Fetch the event from the datastore and make sure that the current user
# is an owner since only event owners are allowed to create a calendar
# event.
event = Event.get_by_id(long(event_id))

if users.get_current_user() == event.creator:
  # Create a new Google Calendar event.
  event_entry = gdata.calendar.CalendarEventEntry()
  event_entry.title = atom.Title(text=event.title)
  event_entry.content = atom.Content(text=event.description)
  if start_time is None:
    start_time = '%s.000Z' % event.time.isoformat()
    end_time = '%s.000Z' % event.time.isoformat(time.time()+3600)
  event_entry.when.append(gdata.calendar.When(start_time=start_time, end_time=end_time))
  event_entry.where.append(
      gdata.calendar.Where(value_string=event.location))
  # Add a who element for each attendee.
  attendee_list = event.attendee_set
  if attendee_list:
    for attendee in attendee_list:
      new_attendee = gdata.calendar.Who()
      new_attendee.email = attendee.email
      event_entry.who.append(new_attendee)

 #Adding hobby for each attendee
"""hobby_list = event.hobby_set
  if hobby_list:
    for hobby in hobby_list:
        new_hobby = gdata.calendar.ExtendedProperty()
        new_hobby.name = hobby.name
        event_entry.extended_property.append(new_hobby)
        """

 # Hobby to which a person belongs:
p = db.get(person_key)
hobby = db.get(p.hobby) #batch get using list of keys
for hobby in hobby:
        new_hobby = gdata.calendar.ExtendedProperty()
        new_hobby = hobby.name
        event_entry.extended_property.append(new_hobby)

#Person that belong to a hobby:
h = db.get(hobby_key)
for person in h.members:
        new_person = gdata.calendar.Who()
        new_person.name = person.name
        event_entry.who.append(new_person)

# Event to which a person belongs:
p = db.get(person_key)
event = db.get(p.event)
for event in event:
        new_event = gdata.calendar.ExtendedProperty()
        new_event = event.title
        event_entry.extended_property.append(new_event)

# Person that belong to a event:
e = db.get(event_key)
for person in e.members:
        new_person = gdata.calendar.Who()
        new_person.name = person.name
        event_entry.who.append(new_person)

  # Send the event information to Google Calendar and receive a
  # Google Calendar event.
try:
    cal_event = self.calendar_client.InsertEvent(event_entry,
        'http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/default/private/full')
    edit_link = cal_event.GetEditLink()
    if edit_link and edit_link.href:
      # Add the edit link to the Calendar event to use for making changes.
      event.edit_link = edit_link.href
    alternate_link = cal_event.GetHtmlLink()
    if alternate_link and alternate_link.href:
      # Add a link to the event in the Google Calendar HTML web UI.
      event.gcal_event_link = alternate_link.href
      event.gcal_event_xml = str(cal_event)
    event.put()
  # If adding the event to Google Calendar failed due to a bad auth token,
  # remove the user's auth tokens from the datastore so that they can
  # request a new one.
except gdata.service.RequestError, request_exception:
    request_error = request_exception[0]
    if request_error['status'] == 401 or request_error['status'] == 403:
      gdata.alt.appengine.save_auth_tokens({})
    # If the request failure was not due to a bad auth token, reraise the
    # exception for handling elsewhere.
    else:
      raise
else:
  self.response.out.write('I\'m sorry, you don\'t have permission to add'
                          ' this event to Google Calendar.')

# Display the list of events also as if this were a get.
self.get()

I have posted some of my code.  I have edit event class and such after this but i guess its not that important in solving the database situation...
thanks in advance for any help or advice.

A: Your problem with creating a Person entity is that above (at p1) you're trying to assign a Hobby entity to Person.hobby which should be a list of Hobby keys (and probably be named hobbies)
h = Hobby(name='basketball')
h_key = h.put() # or after h.put(), h.key()
p = Person(name='tom', hobbies=[h_key])
p.put()

Also, your Person model has no property event so Event.members will fail.
Other than these, using db.ListProperty() is the correct way to handle many to many relationships which carry no additional information.


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