A Texas-based publisher says it has been in conversations with the state attorney general about an investigation into Amazon's political bias after the online giant suppressed the sales of a conservative/libertarian-themed book.
"We've had multiple conversations with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on this issue and he expressed concern for the negative consequences to a Texas author and publisher and he indicated his office will explore this in conjunction with other censorship efforts by social media and tech giants," said David Roberts, president of Defiance Press & Publishing.
The case centers on the book "TEXIT: Why and How Texas Will Leave the Union," which Defiance published recently.
It comes amidst growing concern that giant tech and social media companies are suppressing conservative and libertarian speech in response to the 2016 election of President Donald Trump.
Amazon, along with Facebook, Twitter and Google, have been accused of suppressing conservative speech. This week, a video obtained by Breitbart News of Google executives at their first weekly meeting after Trump's election showed their determination to stop the emerging global populist movement.
While it first "surged to the top of Amazon's new release charts in three non-fiction sub-genres," there was an abrupt change.
"Approximately six weeks ago Amazon began requiring potential purchasers of TEXIT to be Amazon Prime members, which cost $119 per year. We have never seen this restriction on any of our book titles in the past. When we contacted our distributor, they indicated they had also never seen Amazon require Prime membership to purchase a title they distributed," Roberts said.
"Amazon has also limited the quantities of TEXIT a customer could buy to no more than four. This title was generating bulk sales as many readers would gift multiple copies to friends, families and elected officials," he said.
And he explained, "Amazon has also lowered the price to near wholesale cost. As the largest bookseller, this pricing strategy will likely discourage other book retailers from stocking and selling a title in which matching the Amazon price would guarantee a competitor no profit incentive to carry TEXIT.
"While I'm a big believer in free market pricing, it's the combination of these questionable tactics and Amazon's refusal to even respond to the concerns by the publisher, distributor and author that leads us to believe there is another agenda at work regarding this title – and we intend to find out exactly what that agenda is," Roberts said.
He said Amazon only partly lifted its restrictions in response to a public pressure campaign.


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By Highrez
Nevada City, California,March 11, 2019 –– Telestream, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions for the production and distribution of video, has announced the latest version of Wirecast, its award-winning live streaming and production software for Mac and Windows. The new version includes support for a built-in stock media library containing a growing database of over 500,000 unique, high-quality media assets. The release also includes updates to the popular Rendezvous peer-to-peer remote conferencing and multi-site production feature.
For customers with active support subscriptions, a new custom-built portal gives direct access to royalty-free transitions, motion backgrounds, audio backing tracks, and videos from within the Wirecast interface. Previously, digital media files such as motion graphics would need to be purchased or created separately. For the first time, the stock media library is part of the standard Wirecast support subscription which also gives users access to new versions and new features as they are developed.
"We're excited that Wirecast is first to market with a comprehensive stock media library to make it faster and easier than ever before to create professional broadcast looks and backgrounds that help attract and retain viewers," said Scott Murray, VP of Product Management, Telestream. "Having direct integration of high-quality graphics and audio within Wirecast saves a lot of time and encourages users to take their productions to the next level."
Users can easily find eye-catching moving backgrounds when utilizing chroma keyed content, add backing audio tracks to intros, outros, or even during an event. New templates for titles, and high-quality stock video footage can be found for any stream theme, and custom transitions can be utilized directly from Wirecast transition bins.
Rendezvous, Wirecast's remote peer-to-peer conferencing tool, has received a significant upgrade that allows a custom audio mix to be sent to Rendezvous guests. This gives operators maximum control over what guests hear and can minimize distractions during interviews.
For operators looking for an easier way to share web links with the audience than posting links in chat, the latest version of Wirecast includes a QR code generator. Wirecast creates a scannable image and broadcasts it as part of the stream. Viewers can then easily scan the code with smart phones and instantly look at the link.
Stinger transitions now allow custom playback speed settings giving even more options with the new stock media library. In addition to speed, users can also adjust the timing of stinger transitions, to precisely center transitions on known media clips.
Wirecast version 12 is available today and can be purchased from within the Wirecast app, or through https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/store.asp
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10 Classic Music Videos Turning 10 in 2019
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One of my favorite late-night weekend activities is pouring myself (another) drink and going down memory lane on YouTube, watching some of my favorite music videos. It's probably no surprise that it's around this time every year that I decide to compile a list of music videos turning 10 years old – it's bitter cold outside and it's all too easy to curl up under a blanket on the couch and play them endlessly.
Interestingly enough, 2009 was filled with music videos from artists that were coming into their own: Taylor Swift, Drake, Lady Gaga and more. Their videos also seemed to speak to something deeper within the artists themselves. Let's kick back and drift back in time to enjoy some of the best videos that 2009 had to offer.
Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me"
While the public at large often associates Taylor Swift's crossover smash "You Belong with Me" with Kanye West's acceptance speech interruption at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, the video itself gives us an early glimpse of Swift's duality. Playing both the protagonist and antagonist – nerdy bookworm and preppy cheerleader – the video's narrative bends in the direction of her innocent side. It's fascinating that after a decade-long evolution, Swift's current work finds her exploring the other end of the spectrum.
Boys Like Girls – "Love Drunk"
As an unabashed fan of Boys Like Girls' self-titled debut album, I was a little more than excited for their follow up in 2009. Love Drunk took all of the saccharine melody from the band's debut and infused it pulsing beats to form a blend of emo power pop. The video for the album's first single finds the band performing at an arcade as a bunch of guys awkwardly attempt to win the affections of a young lady. I guess the moral of the story is…that band dudes always get the girl? Or something?
Paramore – "Brick by Boring Brick"
As brand new eyes turns 10 years old, I felt it my obligation to give time of day to the album's most overlooked single. Perhaps the most divisive track on the album, the video for "Brick by Boring Brick" captures the fairy tale juxtaposition of the song perfectly. Near the end of the video, a glowing Hayley Williams watches Josh Farro dig what can only be understood as the grave for the pre-2010's era of Paramore. Kinda sad, right?
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem – "Forever"
While 2009 was a bit of an odd year for hip hop, it's remembered best for the arrival of Drake. Here he amazingly shares the stage with three hip hop heavyweights in a video that follows the rise of LeBron James from young basketball prodigy to NBA superstar. Has anyone ever called their shot better? Ten years later, Drake is still one of the most powerful forces in music.
Ke$ha – "Tik Tok"
Speaking of introductions, Kesha's "Tik Tok" was the perfect primer for one of 2009's polarizing new pop figures and is still just as much fun as it was 10 years ago. After waking up in the bathtub of a vanilla suburban family, Kesha treks out the door to hop on a golden bike, complimented by an American flag. By the end of the video, there's glitter everywhere. At some point, you have to throw caution to the wind and enjoy the ride.
Lady Gaga – "Bad Romance"
Lady Gaga's music video for "Bad Romance" is still perfectly weird, featuring wacky costumes, awkward dance moves, people crawling out of futuristic pods and a group of supermodels trying to sell her to the Russian mafia. As wonderful as "A Star is Born"-era Gaga has been to witness, it's hard not to long for those early days when literally everything she touched was off-the-wall bananas.
Taking Back Sunday – "Sink Into Me"
The dirty little secret about Taking Back Sunday's most divisive album is that it's actually pretty good and holds up well 10 years later. The lead single from 2009's New Again was "Sink Into Me", which featured a music video of Adam Lazzara and the boys sinking into…a tar pit? It's messy, but it sure looks like they're having a good time.
The Devil Wears Prada – "Danger: Wildman"
"I know a ghost!" That opening cry from The Devil Wears Prada frontman Mike Hranica on "Danger: Wildman" has become a late aughts metalcore highlight, as has his missing-tooth appearance in this dark video filled with skeletons and a mysterious bearded man. This track still goes hard and it's delightful to think about how far this band had come by their big moment in the spotlight in 2009.
Owl City – "Fireflies"
Can you believe it's been 10 years since Adam Young, better known as Owl City, pressed a button on his keyboard marked "Magic" and brought the toys and objects in his bedroom alive? Me neither. It's still amazing to think about what a phenomenon this song became, and I can't help but smile when watching the video now. I'm especially fond of the monkey playing the cymbals and the tiny seal on the turntable.
Mayday Parade – "The Silence"
Here's a bit of trivia you maybe didn't know: "The Silence" was originally written to be included on the "New Moon" soundtrack. While the song failed to go down in Twilight lore, it's still works as a pretty great inclusion on Mayday Parade's sophomore effort (and major label debut) Anywhere But Here. The video is full of color and slo-mo shots of hot air balloons. Neat, huh?
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The Weigh In will take place on November 22, 2015.
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What is a Jupiterian president?
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by Julien Longhi
We had the hyperpresident, the normal president. Today we have a Jupiterian president. Emmanuel Macron announced it last October in an interview with the newspaper... Challenges. The choice of Jupiter, who was not a simple god but the king of the gods, is not insignificant, a most emphatic formula for a metaphor carrying enlightening symbols. Julien Longhui, professor of linguistics at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, deciphers this expression in which he sees no pretension but the search for a political figure rich in meaning.
An October 16, 2016, when he was still a candidate, Emmanuel Macron used the adjective "candidate" to describe his candidacy. Jupiterian to qualify how a president should exercise power:
"I don't believe in the normal president. The French don't expect that. On the contrary, such a concept destabilizes them, makes them insecure."
And to castigate "a presidency of anecdote, event and reaction [that] trivializes the function" - a kind of in-depth criticism of everything that François Hollande has wanted to embody since his election on May 6, 2012. On the contrary, France needs a "Jupiterian" head of state, the former minister believes. His models? General de Gaulle and François Mitterrand, who had "a capacity to enlighten, a capacity to know, a capacity to enunciate, a meaning and a direction rooted in the history of the French people. »
Since his election, the media has been widely using this adjective, which seems to have become a buzz word:
As is often the case in these cases of lexical propagation, the meaning of words may take a back seat to the benefit of its use. Of course, the Jupiter reminder is generally mentioned in the commentaries, but without questioning the functioning in speech of such a proper name. The subject of the proper noun (Np) is the subject of a number of academic works in language sciences, for example in this article by Guy Achard-Bayle :
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"The Np is a label that "sticks" variously to the skin of people whose identity is changing more or less radically; but it does not depending on whether this personal identity changes more or less radically. The result is a particularly plastic behaviour of the Np in these cases: on the one hand, it is capable of functioning or continuing to function "meaningless" or as a strict referential, extensional "label", that is to say, whatever the conditions (contextual, pragmatic, ontological, descriptive or intentional) of its use; on the other hand, it is likely to "disappear", if the person himself loses his identity as such. »
The discourse that adjusts
Two things interest us here to analyze the qualification of Emmanuel Macron by the adjective Jupiterian :
by using the reference to Jupiter, the discourse "adjusts" the meaning of the term Jupiterian to stick to a reality that is constructed in the texts. This term becomes a "label" to categorize the President, to create an image, whose line can be forced also by contrast with the "normal" President that François Hollande wanted to be;
the term can be emptied of its meaning, or embody dimensions that are not initially present in the meaning of the word. Speeches bring the meaning to life, and it is more a scriptwriting of the President that is at work than a strict categorization.
CNRTL online dictionary confirms that this adjective "evokes the god Jupiter or his attributes", and is embodied in examples such as the Jupiterian contraction of her eyebrows... "which has an imposing, dominating character" (Balzac, Langeais, p. 255). Derived from Jupiter, lat. Jupiter The adjective "son of Saturn, king of gods and men" already has a greater semantic charge than the simple "verticality" or "relationship to power" evoked in most media. In Macron's use of this adjective, authority and the relationship to power are certainly in the making. But we also have domination, power of divine order, possession of attributes of power. Le Larousse online tells us that there are many epithets that can specify these powers:
"Homologous to the Etruscan deity Tinia, he was both father god and god of Heaven. Having become the main and sovereign god, he was assimilated to the Greek Zeus. His powers were defined by numerous epithets: Jupiter Elicius, who made rain fall; Jupiter Fulgur, god of Thunder and Lightning; Jupiter Stator, who stopped the enemies; Jupiter Feretrius, the god of Trophies; Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom the great temple of the Capitol of Rome was dedicated and where he was worshipped with Minerva and Juno. »
The Jupiterian character thus covers a very broad potential meaning, which remains enlightening for the consideration of the conception of the power of the President, and the way it is perceived by commentators.
From Christ to God
Taking the "divine" side of the word literally, I cannot help but find an echo of the Christic, even biblical, figure that appeared in the countryside.
As in this excerpt from Bernard Dugué :
"The other interpretation is based on Macron as a biblical character. During a television program on the Three, one of the guests mentioned a Christ figure and then shifted to another figure, that of Moses. In this case, the march of Macron symbolizes the exit from Egypt and for more precision, we will read this luminous text that the Exodus represents and which, if interpreted at the highest level, tells not of an exit from a space but from a time. »
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Or in the About Emmanuel Macron I do not deny the Christic dimension; I do not claim it. I do not seek to be a Christic preacher.
How can this passage - from Christ to God - be concretely incarnated? The first hypothesis lies in the analysis of the inauguration speech, and its comparison with the campaign speeches. Indeed, from the analysis of all of the candidate Macron's tweets during the campaign, we notice that "Europe" is a central pivot of his discourse, particularly in articulating "France" and "French".
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A quick analysis of the inaugural speech shows that "world" has replaced "Europe".
So President Macron is indeed "rising to the occasion" by changing scale.
From Christ to God, from Europe to the world, the comments on Emmanuel Macron, and his first discursive steps, confirm the "Jupiterianism" of his presidency. But one should not focus on the buzz of this qualification, and see the semantic thickness of this word: the conception of power is coherent with the rapid reform projects (by ordinance); the change of scale (from Europe to the world) represents the presidentialization of the candidate and his politics; the taking into account of power (in the investiture speech) as "protection" of the French, and the taking into account of responsibility.
Julien Longhi...University Professor of Language Science, University of Cergy-Pontoise
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FTC Bans Upfront Debt Settlement Fees
A new federal government rule will offer additional protections to consumers who are overburdened by debt; however, caution is advised since two limitations could undermine the rule's effectiveness.
The rule, which bans certain upfront fees for debt settlement services, is intended to ensure consumers won't have to pay for services that are promised, but never delivered, according to Susan Grant, director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America in Washington, D.C.
"The new rules will ensure they don't pay anything until and unless a mutually agreeable settlement has actually been reached," she says.
The catch is that the new protections come only as part of the Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule, or TSR, which applies only to for-profit companies and services that are sold over the telephone.
Ban on upfront debt relief fees
The rule contains five main protections:
Debt settlement companies cannot charge a fee until three conditions are met: The company must renegotiate, settle, reduce or otherwise alter the terms of at least one of the consumer's debts. The consumer must agree to at least one written debt settlement or debt management plan or other agreement between the consumer and a creditor, and the consumer must have made at least one payment to the creditor as a result of the agreement.
If those conditions have been met, a fee can be collected, but the amount must be proportional to what would be charged if all the debts were similarly settled. That means the company can't front-load its fees if the consumer has enrolled multiple debts in the program.
Debt settlement companies are prohibited from making certain common misrepresentations about their services.
Debt settlement companies may require set-aside accounts, but must comply with new restrictions on access to the funds.
Debt settlement companies must disclose how long it will take to get results, how much the service will cost, what the negative consequences could be and how the debt settlement account will be managed.
Face-to-face sales are exempt
The new rule applies to inbound as well as outbound telephone calls. That means a consumer who receives a call from a debt settlement company or calls such a company in response to the company's advertising will be protected by the new rules, according to Allison Brown, a senior attorney at the FTC in Washington, D.C.
"There is a broad definition of telemarketing," she says. "If the consumer sees a billboard or a radio ad or a website with a toll-free number, and the consumer makes that call, and then the service is sold over the telephone, that qualifies as telemarketing."
A Web-based chat function that used some telephone technology would be essentially equivalent to a telephone call, Brown says. But if a consumer responded and signed up entirely through a website, the protections of the new rule likely wouldn't apply.
In-person solicitations also are exempt.
"There is an explicit exemption for face-to-face transactions in the TSR, so if they get together with the consumer face-to-face and give a sales presentation, that takes it out of the rule," Brown says.
The face-to-face exemption is useful for attorneys who may get clients through referrals and negotiate with credit card companies on the client's behalf, but don't use telemarketing to solicit business. There is no exemption for companies that arrange a partnership with an attorney and then use telemarketing to obtain customers.
"To the extent that attorneys are doing telemarketing covered by the rule, there is no attorney exemption," Brown says.
Consumers should be cautious
The rule took effect Sept. 27, except for the ban on upfront fees, which will be delayed until Oct. 27.
State laws that are stricter than the federal rule will still apply, according to Brown. For instance, some 20 states have a cap on the fees that debt settlement companies can charge. Those fee caps and other restrictions aren't affected by the new FTC rule.
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Loopholes and mixed messages: updated TripAdvisor animal welfare policy falls short for wildlife
The world's largest travel site has taken a step forward by ending sales of tickets to some animal shows. However, its updated policy, launched on April 25, creates a loophole by only excluding performances which are deemed demeaning or unnatural. We're urging TripAdvisor to take a stronger stance
By continuing to sell animal performances that include supposed 'natural behaviours', TripAdvisor is ultimately supporting wildlife cruelty.
A natural behaviour is not defined by a specific body movement or action. Rather, it means an animal can choose to carry out a certain activity in their natural environment.
A performance relying on trained behaviour in an artificial environment only provides a hollow simulation of a natural situation.
Cruel training
Forcing a dolphin to convert from hunter to scavenger by performing tricks for food is not an example of natural behaviour. Making a tiger run in a circle during a show does not showcase a natural behaviour, just because tigers run in the wild.
Using the flawed idea of 'natural behaviours' in its policy, TripAdvisor has created a significant grey area so it can continue to sell tickets to cruel wildlife tourist attractions – and wild animals are paying the price.
Falling behind
In 2016, TripAdvisor and its parent company, Viator, stopped selling experiences where travellers come into physical contact with captive wild animals, after more than half a million people signed our petition.
This was a huge victory for our supporters and a groundbreaking example for other travel companies. But with this latest policy update TripAdvisor runs the risk of falling behind again in the travel industry.
TripAdvisor is following the Association of British Travel Agents's (ABTA) Global Guidance for Animals in Tourism. We've been calling on ABTA to improve its guidelines, in particular its standards for dolphins and other cetaceans in captivity.
TripAdvisor must close loopholes
We want TripAdvisor to remove the sale and promotion of all wildlife entertainment attractions.
The travel industry is learning fast that using wild animals for entertainment is cruel and TripAdvisor must continue to lead by example. These animals are often taken from their mothers at a young age, subjected to poor living conditions and endure harsh training to make them perform to entertain tourists.
Two captive bottlenose dolphins jump out of their tank for a treat during an aquatic mammal show
The loopholes in the latest policy allow many cruel wildlife entertainment attractions to be seen as acceptable. Ultimately, the policy will lead tourists to believe these attractions are not cruel, further damaging the future of animal welfare.
The new animal welfare policy falls short of what it's intended to do: protect wild animals.
The message the travel site is sending out is conflicted. It is continuing to promote and sell tickets to some of the world's cruelest wildlife attractions, such as dolphin shows, whilst banning others like elephant rides. It simply doesn't make sense.
TripAdvisor has the potential to make a huge difference to the lives of wild animals by educating its customers. It should take a clear stance on what is good practice and promote wildlife friendly alternatives instead, such as watching whales and dolphins responsibly in the wild.
This is where TripAdvisor could make a real impact. If no further changes are made to TripAdvisor's policy, wild animals will continue to suffer, and it will fall behind while other travel companies take the lead.
Push TripAdvisor to remove policy violations
Just 24 hours since the new policy was announced, we found numerous examples of cruel wildlife attractions on sale, including elephant rides, swimming with dolphins, walking with lions, elephant circus shows and orangutan boxing matches.
TripAdvisor's education portal states: 'If you see an attraction experience being sold on TripAdvisor that you believe is in violation of policy, please let us know by emailing awpolicyreview@tripadvisor.com.'
Please contact TripAdvisor if you see any attractions listed that fail to meet its standards. We would also love you to share your thoughts on the latest policy update with TripAdvisor at the same email address, urging it to completely stop promoting and selling tickets to all cruel wildlife entertainment attractions.
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Like it or not, the Boston marathon bombing and its two foreign-born suspects have become an unavoidable topic in the immigration debate, prompting strong reactions from reform opponents, supporters, and everyone in between.
Nowhere was the tension greater than in the Senate's second hearing on the "Gang of 8" immigration bill Wednesday, where lawmakers clashed over whether it was fair to draw lessons from the Boston attack in crafting reform and, if so, what policy response was needed.Let's start with the critics. On the more extreme end, some of the most prominent anti-reform commentators and politicians had drawn connections between Boston and immigration since before the suspects were identified last week, arguing that even potential foreign ties should be enough to ice immigration reform indefinitely.
This trend continued at Monday's hearing as witnesses opposed to the immigration bill repeatedly raised the Boston issue. Mark Krikorian, director of the hardline Center for Immigration Studies, told lawmakers that Boston was "an illustration of certain problems that exist with our immigratoin system" and cited the FBI's inability to identify suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev as a threat in 2011 as proof that background checks of undocumented immigrants wouldn't work. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of Arizona's SB 1070 law and Mitt Romney's "self deportation" plan, warned that terrorists would somehow exploit the immigration bill to obtain new forged identities.
"The background checks in this bill are insufficient to prevent a terrorist from getting the amnesty," he said.
But some less aggressive immigration skeptics raised the issue as well. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, through which the reform bill must go, brought up Boston in hearings on Friday and again Monday.
On the other side, pro-reform lawmakers were uncomfortable with almost any reference to the attacks, even as they've tried to spin the issue in their favor. The dominant message from them is that talk of Boston, especially without the full facts available, should be off limits for discussion. But if it is discussed, it should be in the context of how strong the bill's border security and internal enforcement mechanisms are and how it would require background checks on millions of currently undocumented immigrants.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the chair of the Judiciary Committee, opened his remarks by praising the contributions of refugees and asylum seekers, the type of immigrant class through which the suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev gained their visas, and condemned unnamed opponents of reform who were trying "to exploit the Boston marathon bombing." But he added that by "allowing us to focus our security and enforcement efforts against those who would do us harm," the bill would be a boon for those concerned about terrorism.
At the same hearing, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) set off a confrontation with Grassley after going on an extended diatribe against "those who point to the terrible tragedy in Boston as, I would say, an excuse for not doing a bill or delaying it many months." The Iowa senator interrupted with shouts of "I never said that!" before Schumer clarified that he was only referring to voices outside the Senate.
Somewhere in the middle is Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who, as per his usual strategy, is trying to find a way to both acknowledge conservative concerns about the bombing without giving them the power to derail the bill he co-authored. At first his office reacted by condemning efforts to "make political points" before the investigation is complete. But since then, Rubio has sounded more conciliatory.
But another key player in the immigration debate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), wrote a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Monday calling for a more explicit slowdown in the legislative process in order to fully grapple with the Boston attacks.
Immigration reformers are clearly nervous about the prospect of losing momentum to the attack. But they do have some reason to be hopeful the storm might quickly pass. The Tsarnaev brothers are not typical immigrants and have little connection to most of the policy issues under discussion. For one thing, there are fewer than 200 Chechen immigrants in the entire United States, according to one estimate. They reportedly arrived as refugees, a class that made up around 10 percent of green card recipients in 2012 and whose status is not a major topic in the current immigration reform debate. Finally, they came to the country as children, making it difficult to argue that better background checks might have uncovered some nefarious intention.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), made a similar case to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.


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Q: Не удаётся получить NextIP с метода NextIPAddress class IpAddress
{
    public readonly IPAddress FirstIp;
    public readonly IPAddress LastIp;

    public IpAddress(string firstIp,string lastIp)
    {
        FirstIp = IPAddress.Parse(firstIp);
        LastIp = IPAddress.Parse(lastIp);
    }

    public IEnumerable<IPAddress> NextIpAddress()
    {

        var firstIpAddressAsBytesArray = FirstIp.GetAddressBytes();
        var lastIpAddressAsBytesArray = LastIp.GetAddressBytes();
        Array.Reverse(firstIpAddressAsBytesArray);
        Array.Reverse(lastIpAddressAsBytesArray);
        var firstIpAddressAsInt = BitConverter.ToInt32(firstIpAddressAsBytesArray, 0);
        var lastIpAddressAsInt = BitConverter.ToInt32(lastIpAddressAsBytesArray, 0);
        for (var i = firstIpAddressAsInt; i <= lastIpAddressAsInt; i++)
        {
            var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(i);
            yield return  new IPAddress(new[] { bytes[3], bytes[2], bytes[1], bytes[0] });

        }

    }

}

(foreach не предлагать) в данном случае такой метод работает
хочется чтобы при нажатии на кнопку метод выдавал следующий IP Address и записывал его в файл.
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     var b = a.NextIpAddress().GetEnumerator();
     b.MoveNext();
     Log.WriteToFile("LogFile.txt",b.Current.ToString());
}

в данном коде записывается только первый IP Address
при повторном нажатии записывается тоже первый IP Address (хотя MoveNext есть) а хотелось уже следующий из диапазона.
Уже все перепробовал, помогите пожалуйста.

A: Вы каждый раз создаете b - вот оно и начинает отсчет с начала. Уберите создание b из метода (сделайте переменную полем, а заполнение делайте где-нибудь еще) - тогда метод b.MoveNext() и будет работать как вы хотите.
Кстати, не забывайте проверять возвращаемое значение, чтобы не пропустить конец последовательности.

A: private IEnumerator<IPAddress> b = IpRangeAddress.NextIpAddress().GetEnumerator();

  private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        b.MoveNext();
        Log.WriteToFile(Log.TypeOfLog.Request,IpRangeAddress.CurrentIp.ToString() );

    }

Инициализировал приватное поле потом при каждом нажатии переходит на следующий. Спасибо за ответ, я сразу не догадался.

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RAISING FUNDS THROUGH CROWDFUNDING: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Crowdfunding is the practice of raising finance through a large number of persons who individually contribute relatively small amounts of money to support a business venture, or projects across various fields. Typically carried out through internet platforms and social media, crowdfunding has been gaining ground through the existence of an expanding digital ecosystem facilitating connectivity and digital fund transfers.
Types of crowdfunding
Donation crowdfunding: Crowd funders make a donation to the project or venture without receiving anything in return.
Rewards crowdfunding: Crowd funders receive a non-financial reward in return for the funds contributed. Equity is not diluted and the funds received do not need to be repaid.
Debt crowdfunding: The types of lending vary and include peer-to-peer lending, mini-bonds, and invoice financing. The actual rate of interest would depend on the lending terms, the perceived riskiness, and the bids received.
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Fast and cost-efficient means of raising funds for many start-up businesses and SMEs due to rapid access to a large pool of potential supporters from around the world.
With a potentially large number of backers each contributing a relatively small sum, the risks are spread.
Crowdfunding initiators would normally showcase their ideas and products to a large audience, allowing for early feedback on the existence of a market for those products.
Crowdfunding creates a forum where businesses may engage with their audiences, raising product and brand awareness.
As a focus group, potential backers may be useful in product and market development.
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Crowdfunding requires that creators communicate widely with their backers who follow the progress or lack of progress of a project. This may be time-consuming.
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Managers have now begun a public consultation on proposed changes to the flightpaths.
Mark Johnston, operations director, said: "The flightpaths used at Glasgow airport have not changed in over 50 years and, as is the case with the wider UK airspace infrastructure, they are simply no longer fit for purpose.


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Q: List comprehension for matplotlib methods ax[0].set_ylabel("Valor")
ax[1].set_ylabel("Máximos y Mínimos")
ax[2].set_ylabel("Fear and Greed")
ax[3].set_ylabel("Put Call Ratio")
ax[4].set_ylabel("T10Y2Y")
ax[5].set_ylabel("RASI")
ax[6].set_ylabel("Oscilador Mcclellan")

I'm trying to put all of these in a list comprehension, something like this but doesn't work:
[[ax[i].set_ylabel(x) for i in range(7)] for x in ['Valor', 'Máximos y Mínimos', 'Fear & Greed', 'Put Call Ratio', 'T10Y2Y', 'RASI', 'Oscilador Mcclellan']]

Can't get the number on ax[] with the exact string for each one. Any ideas?

A: This is a job for enumerate:
[ax[i].set_ylabel(x) for i, x in enumerate(['Valor', 'Máximos y Mínimos', 'Fear & Greed', 'Put Call Ratio', 'T10Y2Y', 'RASI', 'Oscilador Mcclellan'])]


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Comedy Central's Development Chief Talks Coping Without Colbert, the Depths of His Talent Pipeline
In TheWrap's latest "Office With a View," Kent Alterman names his channel's best show that didn't pan out
Tony Maglio | October 9, 2014 @ 7:00 AM	Last Updated: December 31, 2014 @ 12:15 PM
Comedy Central has somewhat quietly become simultaneously hipper and more mainstream at the same time — and much of that credit is due to Kent Alterman, president of content development and original programming.
That said, the man in the decision-maker's office wouldn't have pegged himself for the all-important role.
"I'm a total reflection of someone who never had a career plan," Alterman admitted to TheWrap in the latest installment of our "Office With a View" executive Q&A series.
Also read: Office With a View: Amazon's Comedy Chief Reveals the One Question That Will End a Pitch Meeting for Him
Well, he's got a plan now — a good one. With Alterman in the driver's seat, Comedy Central boasts twice the original content than it had at any point in its history, including more stand-up and scripted shows.
But Alterman wasn't always a bigwig at a major cable channel, of course, and his story is as winding as anyone's. The former graphic design professional first picked up writing and producing credits here and there, eventually parlaying a gig on a Michael Moore show into developing and executive producing the "Upright Citizens Brigade" sketch comedy show and "Strangers With Candy" for the early version of his current employer. After moving up that ladder, Alterman left TV for New Line Cinema, where he counted "Elf" amount his executive producing credits. Soon he was wooed back to the small screen and Comedy Central.
Being one of the kings of comedy content in TV's "content is king" era is thanks in part to the roster of seemingly endless talent that Comedy Central has cultivated. Alterman's next-man-up (or woman-up) replenishment strategy is somewhat simple, but works: First, find the talent — funny yes, but more importantly those with a strong point of view. And then figure out the best genre or format to place his prospect in.
Also read: Adam DeVine on Shooting Season 2 of Comedy Central's 'House Party': 'I Was Definitely Drunk a Lot'
That two-part strategy cannot favor one step over the other. Case in point: Anthony Jeselnik. Few people have a stronger comedic point of view than the dark stand-up, but his show's format choices didn't suit the talent.
"When we were first started developing ['The Jeselnik Offensive'], we were developing it with an eye for it to be a late-night strip show," Alterman said. "At a certain point … we realized that it was going to serve us better to have a weekly primetime show."
"[Jeselnik] was sort of a victim of that pivot midstream," he admitted.
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The stand-up/sketch/panel show was cut after two seasons, after the channel found that it had "a very finite, specific audience," per Alterman.
Of course, Alterman doesn't just hand out shows — not even to his most talented, er, talent. The developmental pipeline for Alterman's stand-up comics, like Jeselnik, starts with five-minute appearances or sets on a Comedy Central panel show or stand-up series. Those who do well in that audition graduate to a half-hour special, which for a lucky few is followed by an hour-long special.
Ultimately, the ones who shine all the way through the process get to develop their own shows. Some of those traditional success stories also include Daniel Tosh, Nick Kroll and Natasha Leggero, to name just a few.
Also read: How 'Silicon Valley' and Nerdist Stars Brought Their Stand-Up Show From a Comic Shop to Comedy Central
Though even with a plan in place, sometimes the transition from stage to sitcom is not as clear a path as intended — but that doesn't mean it can't still work out.
Amy Schumer, who also just happens to be Jeselnik's on-again/off-again beau, is an interesting case that somewhat broke Alterman's seemingly simplistic mold. Before she was one of his biggest stars, the comedian had a tough time even getting on the bill for 2011's "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen."
Before the bashing telecast, Sheen and his managers were wary of including the virtually unknown Schumer, Alterman recalled. By the end of the night — after she killed — Sheen and his reps asked Schumer to join what would eventually become FX's "Anger Management."
Also read: Jon Stewart Out Sick, Jason Jones Hosts 'The Daily Show'
Instead, Schumer stuck around at the cable channel that believed in her, scoring her own show, "Inside Amy Schumer," which at one point was intended to be a Sunday night "hybrid-y talk show," according to Alterman.
Given that the show has since been nominated for a writing Emmy and is headed into its third season, it was probably a good thing they switched to the variety/sketch route.
Alterman's batting average of successes versus failures is as good as anyone's. One recent hit is the Chris Hardwick-hosted late night show, "@midnight." Yet again, the final product there was not the original.
Also read: 'Drunk History' Creator Derek Waters Describes 3 Phases of Being Wasted and the Funniest Way to Censor Hitler
"We knew we wanted to do something in a late-night show that didn't exist and really used social media in an intrinsic way, and not as an add-on or an afterthought," Alterman said.
The resulting show that is on now (and clogging your Twitter feed while it airs) is a marriage of two pilots the cable channel was developing: one was called "Hardwired" — which was set to be hosted by the Nerdist founder — the other was a faux gameshow, tentatively titled "Tweeter Dome."
Alterman said he thought "@midnight" would be a "slower build" than it turned out to be, but he's been pleasantly surprised by its cultural impact.
Also read: CW Prez: We're No Longer the 'Gossip Girl' Network, and Here's How We're Fixing Mondays
Of course, they can't all be winners. As for that best failed show on the network, Alterman told TheWrap that it was 2011's short-lived "Jon Benjamin Has a Van."
"It was really unique and really funny and we didn't quite figure it out," Alterman recalled of the one-season run. "We were working our way there. We didn't have enough to go on to get to that second season."
That giving-up-early attitude is something that Alterman has tried to change at his channel, and with a stable of new programming coming up, they may need that patience.
Also read: Larry Wilmore to Replace Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central
Or hopefully not, really. Alterman has high hopes for four of his upcoming projects: "Big Time in Hollywood, FL," "Another Period," "Moonbeam City" and "Idiotsitter," he specified.
But of course, the most important new show will be the one replacing one of Comedy Central's best talents ever: Stephen Colbert and his "Colbert Report" are walking away at the end of the year. Replacing the show will be Wilmore's "Minority Report," which is just beginning to take shape.
"We're still in the formative stages because Larry was launching 'Black-ish' (on ABC)," Alterman explained. "He just recently became free, so he and Rory Albanese and Jon [Stewart] are just sort of digging in. We've had a lot of sort of conceptual conversations, now they're really hashing through it and [are in] the beginnings of the really deep dive into creating it right now."
Also read: Jon Stewart Tackles Yet Another Middle East War, Calling Syria Bombing the 'iPhone 6 of Wars'
On the importance of making it stand out from his other news satire show — a little project called "The Daily Show" that spawned both Colbert and Wilmore, Alterman said, "['Minority Report'] has a different sort-of underdog, underrepresented point-of-view that you don't see out in the landscape."
He continued, "I think that once it starts to coalesce, everything about it will be different and hopefully faithful to what the vision is for the show. That could be everything from the look and the feel of it to the format."
"It will be its own thing," Alterman promised.
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"The old traditional way of making money is being challenged and that's forcing everybody to think outside the box." -- 'Millionaire Matchmaker' Producer Rob Lee
"We found our voice by making our content social first." -- HLN President Albie Hecht
"Funny is more important than cool. Cool is transitory, funny is a constant." -- "America's Funniest Home Videos" creator Vin Di Bona
"The good thing about these digital platforms is we will know a lot about how people respond to the content." -- CBS News President David Rhodes
"I sort of threw myself into something in a particular set of circumstances...and it wound up being incredible for me." --Former Paramount exec Gail Berman
"Right now, your credibility and morality are tied hand-in-hand." -- TruthCo. President Linda Ong
"I think everybody is aware of what's going on in the digital space, and the insatiable appetite for consumption of media." -- Bunim-Murray President Gil Goldschein
"We like to say we need to change the tires as the car is driving down the highway." -- Disney Interactive President Jimmy Pitaro
"We ... used social media in an intrinsic way, and not as an add-on or an afterthought." -- Comedy Central President of Development Kent Alterman
"It's important for us to say we don't know all the answers." -- Amazon Head of Comedy Joe Lewis
"The awards come at the end of the filmmaking process. The real problems with diversity come much earlier in that process." -- Film Independent President Josh Welsh
"So you're spending less, to make more and reaching more people, all on day one. That is an incredible opportunity as a storyteller." -- FilmBuff CEO Janet Brown
"I think we're a vibrant variety service that strives to educate, entertain and inspire, and that also kind of ties everything together." -- PBS Programming Chief Beth Hoppe
"I think that we are probably at a tipping point as it relates to reality television." -- 'Barely Famous' EP Jason Carbone
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Katia Toussaint claims that her son's death resulted from improper planning and event supervision, along with the University violating its own security policies.
Judge John C. Rowley sentenced Green to three years for second-degree assault and 17 years to life for second-degree murder, which will run consecutively.
The murder happened on Aug. 28, 2016, when Anthony Nazaire — a 19-year-old Ithaca college student — was fatally stabbed in front of Olin Hall.
A new trial will begin next week for the man accused of murdering Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire on Cornell's campus, following a mistrial in June.
The case will likely be retried.
After an investigation that lasted nearly 10 weeks, Green was taken into custody a little after 1:30 p.m. last Monday while waiting for a bus in Freeville, N.Y., where he sometimes resides.
Cornell's Prof. Lance Salisbury, law — and Green's defense attorney — told the court Monday that Green has no previous convictions, according to The Ithaca Voice.
This is an investigation that absolutely cannot slip from the minds of this community. As the police grow quiet about the issue, the Ithaca and Cornell communities must continue to demand justice and closure.
Despite the number of witnesses, the Nazaire murder investigation, unlike the investigation of group fight that occurred in May, has so still not yielded any suspects.
"Perhaps you saw something trivial or inconsequential, but to our investigators it might just be that one piece of key evidence that helps to sort out just exactly what happened," Barber said in the release.


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Q: Restrict WordPress Rest API requests to my domain I have a WordPress website which I use just to populate blog posts and some private posts under custom post types. In another website, I am using the REST API to display the posts. If I use software like Postman, I can display data from the REST API.
How can I prevent any unauthorized REST API requests to domain www.example.com ? so if the request is not coming from www.mysite.com, it is blocked?
Basically prevent my custom post types (example.com) to be visible to the rest api if it is not coming from mysite.com

A: You can Disable External request by adding this in your wp-config.php ( Also, you can specify domain which you don't want to block like this).
 define( 'WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL', TRUE );
 define( 'WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS', 'example.com, domain.com' );

A: apply_filters( 'rest_authentication_errors', WP_Error|null|bool )

Filters REST authentication errors.Put code in functions.php in your theme directory.
Complete description : https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_authentication_errors/
add_filter( 'rest_authentication_errors', 'wpse150207_filter_incoming_connections' );

function wpse150207_filter_incoming_connections( $errors ){

    $allowed_ips = array( '127.0.0.1' );
    $request_server = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

    if( ! in_array( $request_server, $allowed_ips ) )
        return new WP_Error( 'forbidden_access', 'Access denied', array( 'status' => 403 ) );

    return $errors;

}

A: One way to restrict REST requests is to hook at rest_api_init with priority 1, and whitelist the IP's you want. In this example, I restrict REST access to the server itself only:
/**
*    Disables WordPress Rest API for external requests
*/
add_action('rest_api_init', function() {
    $whitelist = ['127.0.0.1', "::1"];

    if(!in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $whitelist)){
        die('REST API is disabled.');
    }
}, 1);


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The Belkin Sport-Fit Pro Armband for iPhone 7 Plus.
A while back I did a review of an armband for an Apple Watch...and when I mean armband, I mean something that's meant to be strapped to your upper arm. I thought it was a little odd -- I mean, first there's the fact that Apple Watches have a wristband, and second, an Apple Watch is kind of worthless unless there's an iPhone nearby (at least until Apple adds a cellular modem to it). Belkin's Sport-Fit Pro Armband (US$39.95) is a better idea, in theory giving sports-minded Apple fans a way to carry the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus while engaging in all sorts of athletic activity. As you'll find in this review, this accessory has a serious issue that makes use of your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus in a normal manner almost impossible.
The design of the Sport-Fit Pro Armband is actually pretty simple; it's a large neoprene shock-absorbing "wallet" for the iPhone with a flexible clear plastic window on the front. On the sides of the iPhone "wallet" are a pair of polycarbonate loops that hold a neoprene and Velcro® strap that's easily adjustable to just about any arm diameter.
Unlike earlier versions of this armband, the iPhone 7 / 7 Plus version only comes in one color - black.
Testing the armband, I was interested to see if it was comfortable, stayed tightly attached to my arm, and gave me full access to the iPhone 7 Plus.
Did it stay attached to my arm? Yes. I secured the armband fairly tightly with the Velcro and the iPhone stayed put, even when I was doing yard work.
Now here's the problem with the Sport-Fit Pro Armband... it doesn't work at all with the Home button on the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus. I'm not talking about just Touch ID -- I mean that you cannot unlock the device, even with a passcode. You know how an iPhone displays the "Press home to unlock" message? You can press the iPhone's home button all day if you want and you're not going to get the ability to enter a passcode or use Touch ID, or even return to the home screen from an app.
This is a seriously bad omission from the design of something that's supposed to work with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Since the devices are already waterproof, making a small circular opening in the plastic "window" wouldn't have compromised waterproofness at all and it would have made the Armband useful. As it is, it's a great way to carry the iPhone as long as you have AirPods and an Apple Watch to actually listen to music or interface with your fitness apps.
I'm betting that Belkin took the lazy way out with this product and just re-boxed leftovers from the iPhone 6/6s/Plus era as iPhone 7-compatible, as there's a small opening for plugging in earbuds...in the position where the old audio jack used to be. Fortunately Belkin did manage to put a small port on the bottom back of the armband to plug in Lightning earbuds.
Although it's as comfortable as it should be and stays in place while doing work or exercising, the lack of ability to "have full access to the haptic sensor in your iPhone" seriously compromises the usability of this product. Those things you see in the marketing video above aren't possible unless you unlock your iPhone and set it to never go to sleep before you put it into the armband.


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The Jordan Ayew scouting report: Inside track on the former Aston Villa man after completing Swansea City signing
Swansea City have got their man, as a second Ayew brother joins in the space of 18 months
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It's official, Swansea City have completed the signing of Jordan Ayew, with Neil Taylor heading the other way.
Aston Villa have paid £5million for left-back Taylor, with the Ghanaian continuing the trend of Ayew brothers at the Liberty by arriving in SA1.
Although he's still on African Nations Cup duty with Ghana, Ayew has completed his move to the Swans on a three-and-a-half year deal. So we asked Birmingham Mail football writer Matt Kendrick for more information on the 25-year-old former Marseille forward.
Swansea City confirm Neil Taylor's departure to Aston Villa in swap deal with Jordan Ayew
Jordan Ayew in action at the African Cup of Nations (Image: Getty Images)
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Here, he gives us the inside track on Swansea's Ghanaian signing.
What is Ayew's best position and how will he fit in at Swansea?
He is probably best as a No.10, but he can operate off either wing. At Villa he has never really benefited from having the same players around him.
Villa have tended to chop and change throughout his time at the club. His main strengths are his mastery of the ball. He has good feet, a deft first touch and can look easy on the eye when he is in full flow.
But he tends to flit in and out of games. When things are going against him he is more likely to be throwing his hands up in the air than rolling his sleeves up. He was Villa's top scorer last season.
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Andre Ayew left Swansea for Aston Villa in the summer (Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency)
He scored seven goals, so that tells you what kind of season Villa had - it was the club's worst campaign in living memory.
This year he has only scored three goals so far. Despite an array of attacking options, Villa have been blunt up front, with the exception of Jonathan Kodjia. Possibly. He was Villa's most consistent player last season and he was the one fans suspected they would lose last summer.
He stayed and he was a first team regular for the opening months of the season, but he has lost his way under Steve Bruce.
Is he a player who will improve?
There is scope for him to be more consistent. He is only 25 but seems older for some reason. Ayew has been plagued with having a reputation for being a bit selfish and sulky, so hopefully that will improve with age.
It's a mixed response to be honest. There are those who believe he boasts the kind of quality Villa are lacking, and those who regard him as a luxury player.
Rather than being concerned about losing Ayew, many are more worried about Villa's lack of options up front.
Without Ayew they have Gabby Agbonlahor who has not scored for almost a year and Ross McCormack who has been exiled after falling out with Bruce. Hence why Villa are makig moves for a new centre forward before the deadline - using the Ayew cash to fund the transfer.
Jordan Ayew has helped serve food to the homeless in Birmingham city centre. Along with team-mates Rudy Gestede and Jonathan Kodjia he has been spotted at the Homeless Heroes soup kitchen in Albert Street in Brum.
Welcome to Swansea, Jordan!
Andre and Jordan Ayew (Image: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Home Internet Generation X Connection: WiMAX Internet
Generation X Connection: WiMAX Internet
When the initial home computers connected online, they used dial-up access. It had been from the telephone and it was slow, limited and incredibly hard to rely on. Internet wasn't a lot of an importance back several years ago. However, it increased right into a phenomenon and gradually acquired significance within the more and more globalized world. The rate and longevity of Online connections should be increased. To service the growing quantity of users and also the interest in faster surfing, wired broadband was created and it is the most broadly-used Web connection nowadays. Wireless then made an appearance for additional mobile web surfing. However, these 3 Access to the internet choices are limited not just one supplies a truly fast and reliable Internet-on-a tight schedule. The following big factor is originating.
The following big factor in Internet connectivity is gradually gaining a foothold on the market and Isps are starting to provide this particular service. WiMAX Internet, which means 'Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access', may be the 4th generation (4G) connection. It's known as in the IEEE name 802.16 as well as in essence it essentially wireless broadband. It's the successor from the 3G and 2G standards. WiMAX Internet can also be like the Wireless, where additionally, it includes a tower (similar to a radio router) along with a receiver but unlike the WiFi's limited range, WiMAX Internet can cover kilometers of radius in the base station. Essentially Wireless on steroids.
It's two primary parts: a WiMAX tower along with a WiMAX receiver. The Isp network is attached to the WiMAX tower, and functions just like a huge router which transmits signals across a sizable area. The WiMAX receiver, like a laptop or perhaps a wireless device, then gains internet access. ISPs will add more WiMAX towers for any more 'dense' Internet connectivity.
WiMAX Internet's speed is very effective, which can move up to 70 megabits per second. Dialup connection, wired broadband and predecessors 2G and 3G pale for this speed. However the finest difference is still the space WiMAX Internet has the capacity to cover. It may service as much as 50 kilometers radius and it is mobility and reliability is unparalleled by Web connection service. If for say a metropolitan area has one WiMAX tower, then WiMAX users can remain connected anywhere and anytime within that area. Obviously, certain things for example weather, terrain, large structures and quantity of users can impact the number and speed. But because WiMAX Internet continues to be designed to contend with other connection technologies, its future is promising.
With WiMAX Internet, users are now able to make the most of a really 24/7 Internet on-the-go. It might alter the way people live it's possible to now tweet and alter Facebook status during an airplane, or play games while strolling around the block. As of this moment you may still find a number of Isps that provide a 4G or WiMAX Online sites. Due to its mobility and reliability, WiMAX Internet won' doubt be the most popular connection soon.
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Q: Best way to add DOM elements with jQuery So I've seen three ways to add html/DOM elements to a page.  I'm curious what the pros and cons are for each of them.
1 - Traditional JavaScript
I believe the straight JS way to do it is by constructing each element, setting attributes, and then appending them.
Example:
var myRow = document.createElement("tr");
myRow.class = "myClass";

var firstTD = document.createElement("td");
firstTD.innerHTML = "first";
myRow.appendChild(firstTD);

var secondTD = document.createElement("td");
secondTD.innerHTML = "second";
myRow.appendChild(secondTD);

document.getElementById("myContainer").appendChild(myRow);

2 - Appending a string of html via jQuery
I've noticed that most jQuery examples I see usually just append a string of html.
Example:
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first	second
');

3 - jQuery's .clone()
I've also seen a lot of uses and references to .clone() in jQuery.
Example:
$("#myContainer").append($(".myClass").clone());

I'd love to hear what others have to say about this.
(Also, this seems like a good candidate for a 'community wiki', but I'm not too familiar with them.  Will someone comment and let me know if it should be?  Thanks)

A: If you are using jQuery 1.4 the best way is the following:
$("", {
    id: 'example-link',
    href: 'http://www.example.com/',
    text: 'Example Page'
}).appendTo("body");

A: If you already have a template element that you want to copy then by all means use clone().
But if you want to create an element from scratch then there's basically two methods which I think you alluded to:

*

*Create DOM elements as objects (using createElement for example).

*Create DOM elements as HTML (using innerHTML or jQuery's html() for example).

First if either of the methods is more intuitive or easier to write for you, I'd recommend just doing that.
Otherwise benefits of using the latter is that it is cleaner if the element has many children. For example, try to make a table row with 6 columns, each with a different class using the first method. Your code will be much longer than if you used the second method.
As far as performance goes this is a good guide http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/innerhtml/ but the short answer is for most cases the differences are quite negligible. A good guide for performance in general as well is: http://www.artzstudio.com/2009/04/jquery-performance-rules/. The 6th tip has to do with DOM manipulation.

A: You can try this:
 $("
", {

  // PROPERTIES HERE

  text: "Click me",

  id: "example",

  "class": "myDiv",      // ('class' is still better in quotes)

  css: {
     color: "red",
     fontSize: "3em",
     cursor: "pointer"
  },

  on: {
    mouseenter: function() {
      console.log("PLEASE... "+ $(this).text());
    },
    click: function() {
      console.log("Hy! My ID is: "+ this.id);
    }
  },

  append: "!!",

  appendTo: "body"      // Finally, append to any selector

});

A: If you have jQuery already available, use it. If you don't want to host it, use Google's hosted version. In the end is it always calling the native javascript createElement or innerHTML methods anyway. So I'd use #2, and #3 if I specifically had to clone an existing element on the page.

A: If you're working with large amounts of HTML you want to reuse then I'd suggest you look at: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.template/ which is final, but will be replaced by something better.
I use it in a production environment and it's great, as for smaller pieces of html what sp. said is the best way

A: Clone existing Content...
var $html = $template.clone();
 $html.find(''); ///after change content...
Because of clone content is with 'DOM' properties. Then u can change this tags,properties,value then append it..

A: You can add or insert elements into the DOM using two jQuery append() or prepend() methods. The append() method inserts content at the end of matching elements, while the prepend() method inserts content at the beginning of matching elements.
HTML Code:
<button>Add item</button>

lorem ipsum

lorem ipsum

lorem ipsum

JQuery Code:
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("button").click(function(){
      $("ul").append("
lorem ipsum
");
    });
  });

You can see an example here: How to add DOM element in jQuery

A: The cleaner way to do is using jQuery.
$('tr').addClass('myClass') like syntax. This is easy to read, understand and maintain.


Paris Hilton isn't letting a breakup get her down!
Just three days after news broke that the socialite broke up and called off her engagement with Chris Zylka, she was spotted at the airport in Melbourne, Australia.
Hilton, chic in a comfy, all-black ensemble, appeared to be in good spirits, smiling and waving to photographers as she made her way through the airport.
The blonde beauty accessorized with a black baseball cap and oversized sunglasses, but there was one piece of jewelry noticeably absent from her wardrobe -- her massive $2 million engagement ring from Zylka.
A source confirmed to ET on Monday that Hilton, 37, and Zylka, 33, split a few weeks ago. The source added that the relationship moved too fast, and Hilton realized over time that Zylka wasn't the one for her, and their relationship just wasn't meant to be.
Hilton also seemingly confirmed the news herself, posting a few pics via Instagram in which she called herself "Miss Independent" and quoted a line from Marilyn Monroe about moving on. Hear more on the split in the video below.
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A highlight of any visit to Namibia is the AfriCat Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in the early 1990s. Based in the heart of the Okonjima Nature Reserve, their goal is the long-term survival of Namibia's predators in their natural habitat. AfriCat has saved more than 1000 predators since its inception and over 80% of them have been released back into the wild. AfriCat is most well known for cheetahs but also works with leopards, lions, hyenas and wild dogs.
During a day visit to AfriCat you can learn more about the excellent work they do and view some of the animals in the large enclosures of the Carnivore Care Centre. You may even have the opportunity to meet Dune! For those with more time, we highly recommend staying at Okonjima Plains Camp or Okonjima Bush Camp. Here you can join a game drive in search of the newly released cheetahs and leopards that roam the 20,000-hectare Okonjima Nature Reserve.
Dune was discovered with her brother in May 2015 near Dune 7 (hence her name), near Walvis Bay. She was only 4-5 months old at the time and Dune and her brother were severely dehydrated and in a bad state. Sadly her brother died soon after they were found. Dune was then taken to AfriCat where she made friends with another cheetah named Nyx. In June 2015 Nyx died due to complications resulting from a pelvis fracture, and poor Dune had to suffer the third loss in her short life.
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As the bonding attempt with the other orphaned cubs was unsuccessful, Dune was released into the Okonjima Nature Reserve by herself on 09 October 2018. Female cheetahs are naturally solitary, and so the hope is that she will quickly find her feet and adapt to this new, unfamiliar life in the wild. Since her release, she has been seen in the same area with another solitary female cheetah, with no signs of aggression shown. Dune will continue to be monitored on a daily basis and the AfriCat team will assist in providing food and water when necessary if she struggles to hunt. But the signs are promising for her future in the wild!
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If you have always ordered your burger well done or medium well, then you may be a throwback to a time when cookbooks advised thorough cooking and relatively high internal temperatures. Meats purchases several decades ago may have sat on a shelf at the meat counter for some time or it may have traveled to your local supermarket in less than ideal conditions. However, as technology has advanced, freezing techniques and transportation have allowed for meat to be served fresher. If you have been following the trends, then farm to table is a concept followed by food enthusiasts as well as environmentalists. This means that meat is cooked very soon after it has been butchered.
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