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Q: Passing Data from multiple activities to one activity I have created three different activities with three different ListViews similar to this and created another activity with a Button.
The purpose is to select any item from any ListView and it will change the Button text to the selected item I choose.
Here is the code I use to create the ListViews:
public class C_Camera extends AppCompatActivity {

    ListView listView_C_Camera;

    String[] listview_c_camera = new String[]{
            "a" , "b", "c", "d" , "e" , "f","g", "h","i","j"
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_c__camera);

        listView_C_Camera = findViewById(R.id.listview_c_camera);

        ArrayAdapter<String> CanonCamera = new ArrayAdapter<>(this , R.layout.listview_row,listview_c_camera);
        listView_C_Camera.setAdapter(CanonCamera);

        listView_C_Camera.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {

                String C_Camera_Temp = listview_c_camera[position];

                Intent intent = new Intent(C_Camera.this, BuildCamera.class);
                intent.putExtra("C_Camera",C_Camera_Temp);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
        });
    }
}

I have another activity with a Button that will get the values of the three different ListViews.
public class BuildCamera extends AppCompatActivity {

    Button camerabuild;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_build_camera);

        camerabuild = findViewById(R.id.camerabuild);

        String C_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("C_Camera");
        String N_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("N_Camera");
        String S_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("S_Camera");
        camerabuild.setText(C_Camera_Holder);
        camerabuild.setText(N_Camera_Holder);
        camerabuild.setText(S_Camera_Holder);
    ...

Here I'm facing a problem.
If I use String C_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("C_Camera") and comment the others it will work and change the text,
String C_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("C_Camera");
//   String N_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("N_Camera");
//  String S_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("S_Camera");
camerabuild.setText(C_Camera_Holder);
//   camerabuild.setText(N_Camera_Holder);
//   camerabuild.setText(S_Camera_Holder);

but if I uncomment the second one (String N_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("N_Camera")) the first one will stop changing the text and the second will do and so on.
String C_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("C_Camera");
String N_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("N_Camera");
//   String S_Camera_Holder = getIntent().getStringExtra("S_Camera");
camerabuild.setText(C_Camera_Holder);
camerabuild.setText(N_Camera_Holder);
//   camerabuild.setText(S_Camera_Holder);

A: the button will always carry the last setText() function that you call.
    camerabuild.setText(C_Camera_Holder);
    camerabuild.setText(N_Camera_Holder);
    camerabuild.setText(S_Camera_Holder); <<----------which is, this one.

to make it dynamic on your activity intents  you can use if statement.
like this
    if(C_Camera_Holder != null){
        camerabuild.setText(C_Camera_Holder);
    }else if(N_Camera_Holder != null){
        camerabuild.setText(N_Camera_Holder);
    }else if(S_Camera_Holder != null){
        camerabuild.setText(S_Camera_Holder);
    }


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Q: As the mother of a child or As a mother of a child May I know which one of these is the correct answer.

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*As the mother of a child

*As a mother of a child

I have seen both phrases used. However, a child only has one mother, therefore I believe the phrase "As the mother of a child " is correct. However, I have seen both phrases used in many newspaper articles. May I know the difference?
Similarly, these two phrases are also used. However, a football club only has one manager. Therefore, why do people use the second phrase.

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*He is the manager of a football club.

*He is a manager of a football club.

A: Either can be used correctly.
1. As the mother of a child: implies a specific relationship to the object. She is "the" mother of "that" child (or whichever child is being referenced or talked about in the context of the conversation).
2. As a mother of a child: implies that she is a mother of a child, with no specific relationship to the object. She is "a" mother of "some" child.
Tom22 was right in his comments but in spoken or written English the difference is so subtle that either of these are correct.

A: It's a matter of what you consider to be the noun phrase that the article is associated with.

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*If it's "mother", then your interpretation holds. The child has only one mother, so use "the".

*If it's "mother of a child", then your interpretation doesn't hold. There are lots of people who are mothers of children, and the expression refers to only one of them. In this case, use "a".
The logic regarding the manager example follows the same pattern.

A: The is used with nouns that are (i) defined or indicated within the clause or elsewhere, or (ii) are known to both the speaker and listener:
The cat that is on the wall is big. / Look! [points] The bird is attacking the cat.
The moon is bright. (Everyone is aware of the moon.)
A/an [noun] ~ an/one example of [a class noun]
A cat is a good pet - An example of the thing that we call "cat" is one example of good pet.
As the mother of a child - the use of the is justified by the noun "mother" being defined by "of a child". In this the speaker is specifying/defining herself.
As a mother of a child - As one example of a mother, who happens to have a child. In this the speaker is saying that she is a typical example of the class of "mothers" - it is therefore generalised.

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The Moral Neoliberal is a robust exploration of neoliberalism's "extraordinarily ethical" (p. 19) face discovered through an ethnography of volunteerism in post-industrial Northern Italy. Andrea Muehlenbach counters a prevailing scholarly view of neoliberalism as instrumentalist, thrifty, sober, and dystopic, finding in public discourse and NGO praxis an abundance of charity, utopianism, and virtue. Yet this book does not seek to defend neoliberal policies: it aims to provide a "sustained interrogation of neoliberal moral authoritarianism" (p. 6) that is highly critical of the Italian state's endeavors, abetted by the Right and Left alike, to remake Italian souls. An outcome that should concern everyone, Muehlenbach argues, is the production of hidden inequalities and new stresses induced by shifting conditions for belonging.
The book consists of three parts. Part One includes an introduction that describes the de-industrialization, yet remarkable wealth, of the Lombardy region around Milan and reviews recent literatures on neoliberalism and citizenship. The second chapter examines the arrival of the moral frame in response to a perceived crisis of isolation and loneliness in Italian society. Part Two consists of a single chapter on the significant influence of Catholic morality, despite its historic tensions with the state, on the emergence of neoliberal senses of duty and the sacred. Part Three is the longest, consisting of four chapters that explore NGO trainings in compassion; volunteering by pensioners; Communist reentrenchments of utopian practice; and the sobering invisibility of immigrant-provided home health care. These chapters tack between fine-grained ethnographic observation, interviews, and big picture contextual analyses of recent Italian history.
These three parts walk the reader through a carefully interwoven account of how specific constituencies have contributed to the dramatic dismantling of public services in the Lombardian milieu of Muehlenbach's fieldwork and in Italian society, typical of neoliberal reforms documented around the world. Muehlenbach's keen ethnographic sensibilities and deft engagement with recent literatures on neoliberalism and citizenship support her argument that forging these new ideologies of market rule cannot take place, paradoxically, without persuasive appeals to care for others. This potentially slippery logic finds surprisingly firm footing in Catholic and Communist ideas and practice alike. Many have to this ideological foundation: the free-giving practices of local Catholic charities, the ideas of the Vatican's post-Washington consensus Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences, and Catholic advocacy for "subsidiarity" throughout European institutions. Various practices of Italy's Left have contributed as well, from council and appeals to solidarity to a pragmatic local Communist leadership looking to accommodate traditions of praxis in a landscape in which NGO-structured voluntarism has become a hegemonic form of social action.
While the book is about neoliberalism's hidden paradoxes, it also traces a shift from "social" to "ethical" citizenship, from an a priori compact of shared (national) welfare to collective belonging that must be actively made through localized participation (pp. 42-3). Her close reading of Catholic and Communist activities alike shows the power of ethical citizenship as a form of neoliberal belonging that "can also be generated from within a tradition that at first glance seems incommensurable with it" (p. 172). Muehlenbach's insightful readings of Hannah Arendt on modern capitalist labor and Marcel Mauss on the gift illuminate the relational fabric with which these new social ties are being sewn, which is great consequence to old lexica of political mobilization.
If the book falls short anywhere, it is in its intriguing account of Italy's place in the emergence of neoliberalism. For a book that engages quite richly with history, there are curious historical absences. The paired problems of Italy's debt and an aging population feel underreported: given recent economic catastrophe in Greece and Spain, Italy's associates in the set of countries unfortunately labeled as PIGS, to what extent is the welfare state being unwound because of serious political mismanagement? Second, Muehlenbach choose not to include Antonio Gramsci's seminal writings on civil society as an extension of the state, a natural for a book on civil society and on Italy. This omission made this reader wonder about a possible ahistorical reading of the outsourcing of state responsibilities to NGO's in Italy as a recent neoliberal development. Finally, I was disappointed that the author did not incorporate perspectives from post-socialist Eastern Europe in her account. For a book that seeks to challenge common binaries in the study of neoliberalism, when Muehlenbach writes about "Europe," such as how "[m]any of Europe's most famous public intellectuals have long engaged in their own acts of grieving [for a moral order lost]," (p. 5) she clearly means Western Europe. Failing to engage with the ever-growing literature on socialist and post-socialist Eastern Europe detracts from the author's global claims as well as some of the originality of her analysis. The collapse of Communist rule in Eastern Europe opened a vast playground for what sociologist Michael D. Kennedy (2002) has called "transition culture," including experiments in remaking labor (Elizabeth Dunn, 2004) and property (Katherine Verdery, 2003). Yet there are also signs that Johanna Bockmann (2011) has identified of neoliberal experiments which originated in the socialist bloc even well before the collapse. Another example, talk of love has emerged as a public discourse in Europe not only from recent capitalist dispossession (as Muehlenbach suggests), but earlier as protest against a non-capitalist modernity in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution. Muehlenbach's explorations of ethical practice informed by both religious faith and Communist ideology in a shifting economic regime might have benefited from Douglas Rogers's work on ethics in Russia (2009). The author's contribution to anthropological understanding of neoliberal logics is significant, but these absences in her account may limit the duration of its influence.
My criticisms of these omissions should not obscure the book's many contributions. This book should be read widely. Muehlenbach's brilliant identification of vocabularies and practices of care in Italy's neoliberal transformations, and her gracefully executed study of volunteerism are likely to shift how scholars think and write about neoliberalism and citizenship.
Jonathan L. Larson, University of Iowa
Muehlenbach, Andrea. The Moral Neoliberal: Welfare and Citizenship in Italy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Read more at the University of Chicago Press.
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Sex, (almost) everybody does it and (almost) nobody talks about it — except at Tipi Confessions.
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Tipi Confessions is not only sexy. Our audiences are reminded that sex is always also political. The Tipi Confessions enterprise also serves as a "research-creation laboratory" at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies. Our sexy performance laboratory is a space of creative experimentation and action research, both informed by and furthering existing research and teaching in decolonial and critical sexualities.
April 3, 2020 - RED HOT Tipi Confessions, San Francisco, CA
Join us for RED HOT Tipi Confessions, San Francisco, CA.
Doors: 6:30PM, Show: 7:30PM
BRAVA Theater Center, Main Stage, 2781 24th St, San Francisco
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Over 15 years ago, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm collected and edited a volume of Indigenous Erotica, Without Reservation, at a time when erotic stories in Indigenous literature were close to non-existent in print. Yet these stories existed and were taking form in fantasies, in whispered desires, on the mind, in the body, at the kitchen table… on the kitchen table. Pushing back on stereotypes and misnommers about Indigenous people, sex and sexuality, the volume brought to light the erotic in our experiences as "people who love each other, who fall out of love, who have lovers, who make love, have sex, break hearts, get our own hearts broken, who have beautiful bodies" (Akiwenzie-Damm 2003, xii). A few years later, in 2008, Akiwenzie-Damm reflected on W[R]ighting Indigenous Erotica in her essay, "Red Hot to the Touch," a reflective commentary on her own experience of love and desire, how to write about it, and that weaves in erotic vignettes. The essay further emphasizes the importance of reclaiming the erotic in Indigenous communities.
As a sexy storytelling show, Tipi Confessions also aims to bring the [stage] light to storytellers and performers. Over the history of the show, performances and confessions have ranged from hilarious to cheeky, poignant to healing. Co-producer Kim TallBear grounds Tipi Confessions in the idea that "decolonizing sexuality, and sex positivity and healing more broadly, is key to curbing violence in our society in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities".
Indigenous erotica, either through writing or performance, has inspired and continues to inspire diverse expressions of Indigenous sexualities. In partnership with the American Indian Studies Department, San Francisco State University, and inspired by the work of Akiwenzie-Damm, we want to honor the legacies and evoke continued possibilities and iterations of RED HOT.
What does RED HOT mean to you?
Submit your Story. Become a Tipi Confessions performer! While we are produced by three Indigenous women, everyone is welcome in our tipi. We seek diverse voices from the San Francisco Bay area, especially if stories like yours often go untold. We are an ALL-INCLUSIVE enterprise: we welcome storytellers and performers of all genders, races, sexualities, and abilities. We encourage you to submit sexually-themed stories and performances. Your performance doesn't need to be "erotic" (although we love well-crafted erotica), but it should pertain positively to sex and sexuality. Consider telling your story from a political, humorous, creative, feminist, or educational perspective. We want stories that fit our mission of ethics, education, and entertainment around sex, sexuality, and gender.
Types of Performances. Our shows have featured spoken word readings, personal narrative, memoir, fiction, burlesque, live musicians, and short theater performances/stage readings. We are also open to stand-up comics, video clips, and lively short lectures.
How to propose a concept. DEADLINE – FEBRUARY 14, 2020. Describe and explain your proposed performance, but also include some context for us such as motivation and intent. If you have specific questions about our expectations, please ask. Your submission should be: 1500 words or less. You can submit your story here, and send any additional supporting documents/audio/video to tipiconfessions@gmail.com.
The Review Process. DECISION BY – FEBRUARY 21, 2020. Acceptances may be contingent upon an audition/interview (in person or via Skype).
Tipi Confessions is produced by three Indigenous women: University of Alberta professors Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) and Tracy Bear (Nehiyaw'iskwew from Montreal Lake Cree Nation), and PhD student, Kirsten Lindquist (Cree-Métis). We are an offshoot of the popular Austin, Texas show, Bedpost ConfessionsTM, founded in 2010. For more information, visit www.tipiconfessions.com and www.bedpostconfessions.com.
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The inaugural Tipi Confessions, during the Faculty of Native Studies Indigenous Masculinities Symposium, MC'ed by Tracy Bear and Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse, featured performances by Joshua Whitehead, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tashina Makokis, Kim TallBear, and Richard VanCamp. [...]
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High Point Christian School is one of three schools that make up
Impact Christian Schools (ICS).
History of Impact Christian Schools
Sometime in the beginning of 2012, two Madison area pastors were playing basketball. Each of their churches operated a Christian school. As they spoke, one of them said, "I think we could use some help."
Shortly thereafter, these two schools formed a relationship (Madison Christian Schools) under a management agreement that had a five-year window ending in May 2018. Great things were accomplished in this five-year period for both schools. Finances were strengthened and academic achievement flourished. Perhaps of greatest importance, two different types of churches found that they not only could work together, but they also found they could accomplish more when they came together under a common goal for God's purposes.
During the school year of 2016-17, the conversation about the original partnership between High Point Christian School and Abundant Life Christian School began to change. The prevailing thought was, "that was good, is there more?" The conclusion was a resounding yes!
A new school was drawn into the conversation, Lighthouse Christian School. It soon became apparent that other Christian schools beyond the Madison area were also interested in collaboration, and so in 2018 a new organization called Impact Christian Schools (ICS) was created and filed for non-profit status. These three schools formed the original charter and began working with ICS starting in the 2018-19 school year.
So back to the basketball court. The two pastors still play weekly and once in a while a question is asked, or a comment made. God is still at work in their hearts and minds. What else is God wanting to do?
What is Impact Christian Schools?
Impact Christian Schools is an administrative support platform for a distinctly Christian system of church-based schools that:
Creates new seats in new schools for those who want a quality Christian education.
Keeps the founding schools strong and moving forward in the ICS vision.
Improves accessibility to high quality Christian education.
Strives to bring quality Christian education to minority students.
Through doing the 'business' of the school, keep administrators and teachers doing the 'educating' of the student.
Assists beyond the students in each location and helps their families.
Assists in creating growing communities around each ICS school.
Assists in creating an inviting and safe culture, that reflects the student body in each school.
ICS is here to provide academic and school leadership for Christian schools with a much bigger vision than just providing quality education. ICS aims to come alongside what God would have done when his presence intersects education. The outcome? A robust educational environment where children can grow into great people, know their purpose, their identity, and how to participate in a community where others flourish as well.
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Jaffe: Twisted Metal's "heart and soul" is multiplayer
By Brenna Hillier, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:23 GMT
While proud of the single-player campaign, Eat Sleep Play lead David Jaffe has said Twisted Metal is all about the multiplayer.
"To keep expectations in check, know this: the bosses are super cool, I think the stories/cutscenes/game fiction is really very cool, and the campaign is more varied than any other Twisted Metal we've ever made BUT if you go in expecting a campaign the likes of Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim, Gears of War, Killzone 3, etc…you will be sorely disappointed," Jaffe said in response to a query on Twitter.
"The game – I feel – is well worth the asking price BUT that's for folks who love the multiplayer. If you are buying the new Twisted Metal ONLY or MOSTLY for campaign, might I suggest a rental?
"Again, not knocking our campaign – it really is the biggest and most varied one we've ever done – but just want to set expectations and be super clear that the heart and soul of the title is all about the multiplayer.
"I feel I have to do that in this day and age of mega massive super amazing games that have campaigns like Batman, Uncharted 3, and Skyrim. But with all that preamble, this is the best Twisted Metal game – bar none – we've ever done and I am insanely proud of the game and the Utah and Sony Santa Monica teams!"
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India has had a very good day today bowling England out so cheaply. Didn't think their bowlers had it in them to perform so well. They should win this one comfortably now. I expect them to set England about 500 to win that should be easily defended in the last innings. Pandya bowled very well.
Time for Kohli to achieve what he couldn't in the first inning. A century.
Everybody saying Curran should have been in. Who are they going to Drop. Broad or Woakes or Stokes?
Kohli looking good again , composed and collected.
He should have played because of variety he would bring to attack. Stokes should have been dropped . He coming from a trial, let him cool off.
How many times has a team come back from 0-2 to win at test series 3-2 ? I personally haven't seen any... just want to know what are the odds of this happening?
One time led by Bradman, I think.
Woah...only once in 100 odd years?
Huge lead..good batting conditions. India have to bat all day tomorrow and hope ashwin recovers as he will be the major threat with English left hander battery and with the pitch assisting some turn.
Tough situation for England. Is there any rain forecast ?
Would be great to see Pujara get a hundred.
The Indians with a huge Plus at the end of the day ..... they will Probably win this Match .... not a difficult forecast, needless to say !!!!
And why would that be great?
Cloudy, but only a small chance of rain for the next 3 days. Certainly enough time for a decision with 22 wkts down and only 18 more to go.
Root took Rashid out of attack after he took a wicket. Very poor captaincy. Game is anyway pretty much done and dusted, but you still don't take out a bowler immediately after he takes a wicket.
See I as I predicted India is winning the series... I knew from very beginning..
Don't think so - the Invincibles are so called because they won or drew every match on the 1948 tour IIRC.
Anyhoo, India have already got enough runs. They could declare overnight and will have won the match by tea.
England made two bad decisions , bowling after winning toss , and dropping Curran.
For me. I appreciate his grit and application.
Credit where it's due, parosis played well.
They're talking about the 36/37 Ashes.
The law of probability favors Kohli for the 4th toss. That might as well just determine whether they win the 4th and tie up the series, assuming they win this one.


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Smartphone manufacturers to discontinue the production of 4G handsets above Rs 10,000
In India, 100 million customers have 5G-capable phones, but more than 350 million users have 3G or 4G-only phones.
GT Correspondent
Updated Oct 12, 2022 | 08:06 PM IST
In a meeting with senior government officials on Wednesday, representatives of the mobile phone industry assured to progressively stop making 4G phones that cost more than Rs 10,000 and switch to 5G technology.
Top representatives from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) met with mobile operators and smartphone manufacturers and gave them a deadline of three months to switch over to 5G services with 5G smartphones. On Wednesday morning, senior ministry officials met with a representative from the country's smartphone and mobile operator companies.
According to a smartphone company official, manufacturers would gradually move toward manufacturing 5G phones priced at or above Rs 10,000.
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In India, 100 million customers have 5G-capable phones, but more than 350 million users have 3G or 4G-only phones. The official stated, "We informed the ministry that our company will progressively discontinue producing 3G-4G compatible phones priced above Rs 10,000."
Top representatives from telecom carriers and smartphone manufacturers, including Apple and Samsung , took part in the more than an hour-long meeting on challenges linked to facilitating seamless access to 5G services.
Another representative of a smartphone manufacturer stated that the conference was called to fine-tune relations between mobile service providers and smartphone manufacturers. The manufacturers of smartphones consented to begin testing their products with the mobile operators offering 5G services.
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He claimed that although there are over 100 million 5G-capable phones in India, many other handsets, including Apple, do not currently support the service. The official stated, "Once we begin the testing, we will determine the issue that 5G phone users are experiencing."
While Jio has begun beta trials in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Varanasi, Bharti Airtel has begun rolling out 5G in eight cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Siliguri, and Varanasi.
The topic of enabling users' devices to be prepared for 5G services deployed on 5G networks by telecom service providers was on the agenda for the meeting. The discussion also covered the issue of the phone makers' and telecom companies' involvement in the deployment of software FOTA updates for all 5G handsets. Additionally, it was decided to give the software upgrade top priority for India's early deployment of 5G.
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Cashless payment for restaurant, catering services on the rise
February 21, 2022 | 09:45
Cashless payment has become more popular in all sectors, including restaurant and catering services, according to Winnie Wong, Mastercard's Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Hanoi – Cashless payment has become more popular in all sectors, including restaurant and catering services, according to Winnie Wong, Mastercard's Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Speaking at the recent Food and Beverage Conference 2022 in Hanoi, Wong noted that in Southeast Asia, payment for restaurant and catering services in cash fell 60-70 percent due to safety and hygiene reasons.
She said that 2021 was a tough year for catering service sector due to COVID-19 impacts. However, the sector has found the way to adapt to the situation and overcome difficulties, she said, stressing that payment methods of customers have gradually changed.
In order to avoid direct contacts, customers tend to switch to online shopping and cashless payment. Meanwhile, sellers in all scales have also applied digital technologies to enable themselves to conduct online selling and receive cashless payment, meeting the demand of customers and safety requirements amid the complicated development of COVID-19, said Wong.
She commented that before COVID-19 broke out, Vietnam had developed cashless payment in transactions in all sectors, which paved the way for the expansion of the method in the country amid the pandemic.
New technologies have made cashless payment faster and more convenient compared to cash payment. Particularly, payment using QR codes has become more popular, especially in the context of the pandemic, making it easier for both buyers and sellers in conducting transactions.
A recent survey revealed that 72 percent of customers become more loyal to retailers that accept many payment methods, while 85 percent of shoppers wish to pay in their own way and 61 percent said they often avoid sellers that do not accept any e-payment methods.
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Large alligator snapping turtle found in Eufaula Lake
Updated: 12:00 AM CDT May 13, 2014
Stephanie Backus
Courtesy: Dave Harrell SOURCE: Courtesy: Dave Harrell
Two Oklahoma City metro residents were caught by surprise while catfishing on Eufaula Lake on Monday.See more alligator snapping turtle photosDave Harrell, of Edmond, sent the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation a photo on Facebook of a giant alligator snapping turtle caught on a rod and reel in the lake. Harrell reported that Audey Clark, of Norman, got the turtle into the boat for pictures.The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in the world, based on weight.They are generally 15.9-31.8 inches long and weight anywhere from 150-176 pounds, but one in the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago once was recorded weighing 249 pounds.
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Two Oklahoma City metro residents were caught by surprise while catfishing on Eufaula Lake on Monday.
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Dave Harrell, of Edmond, sent the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation a photo on Facebook of a giant alligator snapping turtle caught on a rod and reel in the lake. Harrell reported that Audey Clark, of Norman, got the turtle into the boat for pictures.
The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in the world, based on weight.
They are generally 15.9-31.8 inches long and weight anywhere from 150-176 pounds, but one in the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago once was recorded weighing 249 pounds.


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As seen in Tulsi Restaurant and Bar, Westerham, United Kingdom
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Located In Ashford, United Kingdom
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Rob's sculptures explore the forms inspired by or found in nature and the emotional and expressive qualities of form. Plant life, land formations and the human body inform his visual vocabulary. Rob brings life to the materials he employs using the poetry of line, light, form, colour and shadow.
Rob Leighton is a British sculptor. He grew up in Staffordshire but is now based in Kent.
The abstract forms retain an element of anthropomorphism and these pieces articulate the drama of human existence and our search for meaning. Sometimes starting with only a vague notion as to the direction a sculpture will take, Rob engages in a dialogue with emerging form and the materials being used for its creation. For this dialogue to be unconstrained Rob does not adhere to the principles of the reductive processes involved in carving nor the additive processes of modelling; rather using both in a single work. Dependent upon the evolving form Rob may explore allegories informed by classical mythology, religious themes or simply the emotional power and presence of the form itself.
Rob completed a B.A. in Fine Art, concentrating upon drawing and sculpting the figure from life but it was not until studying with the Artist and Sculptor Stuart Osborne that he was provided with the means to make meaningful work. In Stuart's studio, working from the life model every day for a further two years, as well as making small sculptures based upon natural forms provided him with the means to develop his sculptural language through methods of carving, fabrication and casting.
In his studio in Kent Rob creates small scale and monumental sculpture in a wide range of materials as well as figure and portrait sculpture. He employs both traditional techniques and processes as well as new technologies and materials, often in order to make work as environmentally friendly as possible. Rob does not wait for commissions and new work is always being produced but Rob has completed commissioned work and is happy to engage with anyone who would like a sculpture to enhance their environment and their lives.
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Six Million Dollar Man Complete Series Announcement
Joe Corey | September 15, 2010 | Disc Announcements, News | No Comments
Following on our earlier news, we can confirm that there will be a Christmas gift this year worthy of writing to Santa. The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collectionwill be released by Time Life on November 23. The iconic show from the '70s featured Steve Austin as man kept alive with technology. After a horrfic crash, the astronaut has most of his body replaced with robotic limbs and eye. After his recovery, Austin goes to work for a government agency. He fights to protect America with his bionic skills. The bonus features listed are worth $6 million, but the retail price is a little lower.
Don't go looking for the huge box set on the shelf at your favorite video store since you can only get it through their website. You can get 10 percent off the box set by entering the coupon code "save10now" before September 30, 2010.
Here's the press release from Time Life:
FAIRFAX, VA – On November 23, 2010, Time Life – the home of such classic TV as GET SMART, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E and THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS – will debut a DVD collector's set of one of the most eagerly-anticipated, previously unreleased TV classics with THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES. This definitive set from one of the iconic pop culture smashes of the '70s is now available for pre-order exclusively online at 6MDM.com, and will feature all five action-packed seasons never before available in the U.S. on any format, as well as a stunning collection of all-new extras certain to thrill fans both old and new.
The muscular set will be housed in ultra-collectible packaging sporting an audio chip and eye-popping 3-D lenticular artwork. Across 40 DVDs, the complete series will feature all 100 digitally-preserved hour-long episodes, all of which have been remastered from the original, uncut broadcast versions. The set also contains more than 17 hours of all-new bonus material, specially created just for this collection, highlighted by new in-depth interviews with Lee Majors (Col. Steve Austin) and Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman), among others. Also included will be the three pilot movies "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Wine, Women and War", and "Solid Gold Kidnapping"; the three reunion movies "The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman", "Bionic Showdown" (with Sandra Bullock) and "Bionic Ever After?"; and the never-before-released cross-over episodes of The Bionic Woman, all of which have also been digitally restored from the original source material.* Additionally, for the true completist, the set also contains the alternative syndicated edits of the pilot and reunion telefilms, which, when added together, makes for more than 30 unbelievable hours of bonus programming.
*Note from the producers: Despite best efforts, Time Life was unable to locate the original master for "Welcome Home, Jaime – Part 1," therefore, the syndicated version appears on these DVDs.
As the OSI did with astronaut Steve Austin, Time Life has the technology and capability to make the world's most singular Six Million Dollar Man completist's set better…stronger…faster. Enhancing the series long-awaited release are countless hours of bonus features, including intimate interviews with the cast and crew, including Lindsay Wagner (Jaime Sommers), executive producer Harve Bennett, and writer Kenneth Johnson. Also featured are a staggering seventeen original featurettes, on everything from "Real Bionics: How Science Fiction Is Becoming Science Fact" and "The Bionic Sound Effects", to "The Search for Bigfoot" and "The Six Million Dollar Man's Best Villains, Best Fights"; the two-part featurette "TV Goes Bionic: The Untold Story of The Six Million Dollar Man" (which goes behind the scenes to explore the series like never before), and several featurettes celebrating the series V.I.P. guest stars such as Lee's then-wife, Farrah Fawcett-Majors (who made four guest appearances), Andre the Giant, Kim Basinger, Sonny Bono, Lou Gossett, Erik Estrada, Stefanie Powers, John Saxon, Cathy Rigby, William Shatner, Suzanne Somers and many more. Additionally, there's audio commentary on six episodes by writer Kenneth Johnson and director Cliff Bole, and an interactive bonus entitled "Bionic Breakdown" that will allow fans the ability to click on Steve Austin's eye, arm or legs to learn more about each one of his bionic enhancements; from night-vision to cauterizing veins to running speeds that exceed 65 miles per hour, "Colonel Austin's" skills and abilities are catalogued here with episode clips as a visual reference.
40 DVDs in a collectible packaging, featuring bionic sound effects and 3-D lenticular artwork
All 100 original, unedited episodes (1974-1978)
All three pilot tele-movies:"The Six Million Dollar Man", "Wine, Women and War", "Solid Gold Kidnapping", digitally remastered from original source materials
All three made-for-TV reunion movies: "The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman", "Bionic Showdown" and "Bionic Ever After?", digitally remastered from original source materials Steve Austin running
17 Featurettes:
o Real Bionics: How Science Fiction Is Becoming Science Fact
o An Iconic Opening: The Six Million Dollar Man Show Open Never Disappointed
o The Bionic Sound Effects
o The Search For Bigfoot
o The Six Million Dollar Fans: So Loyal, So Bionic!
o The Six Million Dollar Man's Best Villains, Best Fights
o TV Goes Bionic: The Untold Story Of The Six Million Dollar Man, Part I, II
o Top Secret: The OSI, NASA and Bionics
o The Pop Culture Effect
o The Reunion Films: Life After The Series
o Bionic Action…Figures!!!
o The Stunts Of The Bionic Age: Pushing The Envelope
6 Audio Commentaries:
o Writer Kenneth Johnson on:
+ "The Bionic Woman"
+ "The Bionic Woman, Part II"
+ "The Secret of Bigfoot"
+ "The Secret of Bigfoot, Part II"
o Director Cliff Bole on:
+ "The Blue Flash"
+ "Vulture of the Andes"
Mini-Biographies of the actors and their characters: Getting to Know "Steve Austin", "Jaime Sommers", "Oscar Goldman", "Rudy Wells"
OSI Mission Debriefings featuring all-new extensive interviews with Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Executive Producer Harve Bennett and writer/producer Kenneth Johnson
Season 1-5 VIPs: A Celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars
Interactive Bonus Feature: "Bionic Breakdown"
Never-Before-Seen Blooper Reel
One of the pop culture smashes of the '70s, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN starred Lee Majors as Colonel Steve Austin, a top NASA pilot critically injured when his experimental spaceplane crashed. Oscar Goldman (Anderson), head of the OSI used Austin as a test subject for an experimental procedure, rebuilding his body using cybernetic technology, making him the world's first bionic man. Now, Austin works for Goldman and the OSI, protecting the nation from myriad threats. Based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN launched with several made-for-TV movies in 1973, which then spun off into a hit for ABC, running from January 1974 to March 1978. During its run, the program made Majors a pop culture icon, spawned three reunion shows, another series (The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner) and thousands of licensed products, making THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN one of the defining TV shows of the "Me" decade.
The Six Million Dollar Man is a copyright and trademark of Universal Studios and used under license.
THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES
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If your idea of making a nice cup of herbal tea is to pop a tea bag in a cup of hot water and let it work its magic, you are not alone. Many people enjoy commercially prepared herbal tea blends purchased in the grocery store. But, you don't need to rely on retailers for your supply of herbal tea. With a little effort and experimentation, you can blend your own herbal tea from scratch.
Should You Use Fresh or Dried Herbs?
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Grocery Store: You can find commercial tea blends in your grocery store in the coffee and tea aisle. These are often labeled to relax, uplift, detox or energize you. If you just want a quick cup of tea to relax at the end of the day, go ahead and buy herbal tea blends in tea bags at your grocery store. Look for brands you trust.
Health Food Store: You can often find an assortment of herbs suitable for making herbal tea at health food stores. They may be sold as tea blends or as loose herbs. You may even find natural or organic herbal tea bags tucked into the herbal tea aisle in the health food store.
Farmer's Market or Produce Stands: You can often find fresh herbs at the farmer's market or at local produce stands. You may also find them in the produce section of your supermarket, but the selection is likely limited to culinary herbs such as basil, oregano and chives.
Grow Your Own: Herbs are generally easy-to-grow. You can pot seedlings from the nursery in big pots and grow them on a sunny deck or patio, or you can plant them in the ground in a sunny location. Nearly all herbs require full sun for 6 to 8 hours a day, with all-day sun being preferred. Most are drought tolerant and require little care other than harvesting the flowers and leaves.
You can use any culinary herbs or edible flowers for making tea at home, but some taste and smell better than others. If you enjoy drinking herbal tea for the sensual experience, choose herbs that produce the flavor and aroma that appeals to you. If you prefer to evoke the medicinal and spiritual properties of the herbs, refer to the healing properties of different herbs. To get you started, here a some common herbs used to make herbal tea and their healing or spiritual properties.
How Do You Make Herbal Tea?
You can make herbal tea by steeping dried or fresh leaves and flowers in hot water. While you can concoct your own blend of herbs for the tea, starting with a base of black, green or white tea and adding herbs to get the flavor you prefer is a good starting point for beginners. Follow these steps for making herbal tea.
Measure one teaspoon of black, green or white tea per 6 ounces of water and place it in the teapot.
Choose secondary herbs based on their medicinal properties or on their flavor and aroma.
Chop fresh herbs into coarse pieces and mix the combination of herbs in a small bowl.
Add one teaspoon of mixed herbs per 6 ounces of water to the teapot.
Bring a kettle of water to a boil and allow it to cool slightly.
Pour the hot water into the teapot and allow the herbs to steep for 3 to 5 minutes.
Strain the tea and pour it into individual cups.
Sweeten with sugar, honey or sugar substitute.
Some people find a glass of herbal iced tea a refreshing change from hot tea. To make your own herbal iced tea, add your sweetener to the warm tea and allow it to cool. Serve it over a glass of ice. Try a slice of lemon or a few mint leaves to give the iced tea a splash of color and to enhance its flavor and aroma.
Don't be afraid to experiment with herbs to come up with your own private blend. You may be surprised with how the flavors of your herbs blend together to create a unique flavor.


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they told me i'd be fine
adventures of an almost grown-up in an adult world
a girl named mary
Saint George, tea and my wee little star
August 1, 2016 August 1, 2016 ~ agirlnamedmary
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges was a book I was raised on. Beautifully brought to life by the art nouveau illustrations of Trina Schart Hyman, the story captured my childhood imagination with distant lands and faraway places.
As Saint George, mounted on a valiant steed and bearing a red cross upon his white shield, follows the fair Princess Una into a realm terrorized by a dragon, I too trailed behind them, lighted by images of faeries and magical creatures, led by the dim glow of adventure ever on the horizon.
Northern Ireland looks a lot like the pages of that fairy tale. Green and gold fields lie in patchwork patterns, stitched together by rows of hawthorn bushes. Brick cottages line country roads like red-capped mushrooms leading towards a fairy castle. And sunlight, softer than stardust, falls from magnificently clouded skies.
After leaving Prague, which was just as difficult as I expected it would be, I found myself on a bus speeding towards Belfast to spend a day with one of my very most favorite families, literally ever. I like to break up the trip home with a stop in Ireland because 24 hours on a plane is just no bueno, and I couldn't leave Europe without seeing the MacArthurs.
They picked me up from the bus stop, drove me southeast into the countryside, put me up in a room inside their beautiful Georgian dollhouse of a home, gave me a spot of tea, and sent me to bed, which was basically the best welcoming reception of all time.
That feathery sunlight woke me up the next morning, which was incredible considering how dark a morning it was, complete with the foreboding winds of a coming storm.
"Victoria's going to take you around today," Mrs. MacArthur told me over cereal, hot cross buns and tea.
Victoria seems exactly the same since the last time I saw her 18 months ago. There is something about youth that keeps a person growing, and yet unchanged, like a star that churns in the abyss of the galaxy where time cannot reach its effervescent twinkle.
She's a pretty girl, sweet and unassuming, with a perfect blend of joviality and tempered enthusiasm. And she's just gotten her driver's license.
So it was with mild trepidation that we both began our morning's adventures, her as she got behind the wheel of a car, and me as I climbed into the left side of the vehicle.
Our first stop was Greyabbey cemetery, and the road that took us there wound through a collection of villages decked with flags and bunting from the most recent public holiday.
"Those are for Prince William of Orange," Victoria explained. "He defeated someone on July 12, but I don't remember who. And this used to be a castle we're passing but I'm not sure who it belonged to."
Where information was lacking, charm and general pleasantries about the countryside was used as substitution. For Victoria, this magical place is just home. For me, it's a strange new wonderland and I spent most of the day picturing myself traversing it on a grey horse with a gleaming sword (and a super pretty, probably impractical princess dress).
"Do you ever think that whoever owned that castle could be your lords today if we were still under that kind of governance?" I asked as we pulled into the gravelly car park.
"I guess not," she said. "I don't think I really know the area that well. This is actually only my second time to the abbey. I only discovered it a week ago."
Greyabbey was built in the 12th century by a group of people whose names we could not pronounce and therefore cannot remember. Most of it still stood erect, minus the roof and about sixty percent of the walls. But the beautiful arches and the front edifice remained. It was huge.
Wandering through the garden, past plants like mugwort and vervain, felt very Medieval indeed.
And then the graveyard. It's stone markers falling over, crumbling to pieces, it looked derelict and forgotten. Most of the tombstones dated back to the 17th and 18th centuries. These people lived and died before my country was ever born.
We got our fill of nostalgia and wandered back to the car. Next stop: Victoria's grandparents.
George and Rosemary live in a quaint brick house. A sunroom off the kitchen juts out into the brightest flurry of garden flowers you will ever see. Blazingly orange nasturtiums and baby-pink wall roses nestled between shocks of purple and blue flowers and doves and pigeons lighted in and out of low-creeping tree branches. What a garden!
In the sunroom, a blue-and-white tea table was set with little cups, plates of potato bread, jams, honey, berries and a tea pot snuggled deeply into a tea cozy.
Rosemary led us to a sofa and Victoria took a seat at one end. One more spot was open next to her and a wooden chair sat just beyond that. Suddenly, years of flipping through Norman Rockwell picture books came flooding back to me. This was a real tea. I was expected to sit like a real little lady, probably with legs crossed at the ankle and back straight, as Victoria was already so aptly demonstrating. Thrill filled my soul. Tea time.
I sat down and was asked questions by Rosemary about my life and plans, and when she got up to busy herself around the kitchen, George came out of the garden woodshed and took up her place.
Was I a student? What did I study? Did I work? What kind of journalism did I do in the States? Where was I coming from? Did I like Prague? Had it been hard to leave? Yes…some changes are very hard, indeed.
George led us in prayer before tea began.
"We thank you, Lord, for all these good gifts," he said, his deep brogue bending wide in sincerity as we approached the feet of our Creator. "And let this food nourish our bodies today – even Mary's, though she is herself a journalist."
And so commenced our tea. Delightful, from the first sip to the last breadcrumb. I especially enjoyed the "traybakes," a scrumptious compact of biscuits, candied cherries, marshmallows and sweetened condensed milk. But before reaching for a butter knife, stirring my tea or taking a bit of something laid out before us, I would glance over at Victoria first to see if I was doing it correctly.
When tea was finished, Rosemary showed me her collection of tea cozies, which she sells online (and which you should totally look into if you're at all into the tea scene).
Then she packed us a picnic lunch and filled our arms with gifts and goodies for the road, and we were ushered on our way.
Several runaway strands of sunlight christened the start of the afternoon as we drove past the local lough, which, I later learned, has the largest presence of organisms of any lough in Ireland (or something along those lines. I mostly just remembered that it look pretty).
We parked on the slope of a hill and walked a short ways through a stronge breeze and grey sunshine to the top where Scrabo Tower stood proudly and alone against a pale sky.
Around us, Northern Ireland stretched out like a blanket, covering the world we could see in deep greens and golds. To one side, the Irish Sea sidled along the coast, bringing the Isle of Man and the shores of Scotland just into view.
"They were going to build a castle here too," Victoria explained as the wind rattled our jackets (I was wearing a jacket and a hoodie because it was freezing. Victoria barely had a sweater on).
"Why didn't they?"
"I guess they got lazy," she said.
The tower was tall and dark, made of thick brown stones and covered with moss around the base. My head filled with images of knights climbing the hill, fully armored, ready for siege or ready for rest. What a world this must have been only a few hundred years ago.
We climbed back down the hill for a spot of tea (again) and lunch. Sandwiches were pulled out of our hamper and chocolate and traybakes were distributed. I rambled on and on about fairy castles and dueling knights as Victoria sat in patient silence.
"This is beautiful," I finally said.
"It's home."
In an instant, that word brought me speeding back to the Czech Republic, beneath amber rays of sunlight and skies as big and open as the universe. I don't know when it happened, but at some point in the last six years, home for me became the winding curve of the Vltava covered in hoar frost and the gentle sloping of forested hills and spired villages. The feeling was so powerful that not even the enchantment of a day in a fairy land with my wee little friend could distract me from the sudden rush of heartbreak that welled inside me.
I don't know what I had been thinking, going back to Prague. Because, although my six weeks in the Czech Republic were a dream, I knew, I knew, leaving was going to break my heart a second time.
Our last stop of the day was a pottery barn where we could hide from the rain that had begun to plop down against the countryside. The weather was beginning to reflect the somber churnings of my mind, so bright colors and sponge molds were a welcome relief from it all.
Victoria is a pottery pro. Her plate was finished and looking fine a good half hour before mine was. She patiently sat and watched me painstakingly etch out my feelings onto a plate, disguised as clouds and birds and seascapes. I threw in a few faerie mushrooms as well, just because.
When we got back to the house, the heavens had opened up on us and rain was coming down with sincerity.
Dinner wasn't for a few more hours so Victoria and I agreed we had both earned a nap. I shut the door to the little guest bedroom on the second story, the view of hawthorn trees blowing in the gale framing my window, and fell fast asleep into dreams of home.
Dinner was a wee affair, with just the four of us there to enjoy the delicious food and splendid conversation. Mostly, we talked about other missionaries, some I had met in Madrid when I first ran into the MacArthurs, others I had only heard about from them. Lots of people coming and going from one spot on the map to another, wherever the Lord calls them to serve next.
Finally, we piled into the car one last time and went into town for ice cream and coffee. Victoria grinned eight shades of happiness behind her cone and cup.
Curled up next to a window that looked out onto a street splashed with rain, we continued to chit chat about life and the world. This little family exemplifies Christian hospitality, such that I am humbled and inspired in my own Christian walk because of them.
And it was a good reminder for me.
I'm sure the Lord is using these good people for more important tasks than simply helping one lost Pilgrim find the path of purpose again and the way home, but on this day, that is exactly what they did. They reminded me that God calls us to serve in many places and none of them will be home, for home is heaven.
"The Fairy Queen has sent you to do brave deeds in this world. That High City that you see is in another world. Before you climb the path to it and hang your shield on its wall, go down into the valley and fight the dragon that you were sent to fight."
-Margaret Hodges, Saint George and the Dragon
Who knows where we'll be called to go under the banner of God's Kingdom? To the darkest parts of Africa or the glimmering lights of cities who do not know our Savior, or even right back to our own front door. All these adventures we must first embark on before we can truly go home, and when that day comes, every tear shall be wiped away and all that was lost will be refilled with the goodness of God himself.
And I will rejoice to see the MacArthurs right there with me, joining the throng of the church invisible, brought to completion at last.
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susannebarrett says:
Aaaaah, the Isle of Man! The little unknown place that is at the very roots of our family tree. In Ramsey, where the Star of India was built, my family, the Quayles (yes, we're somehow related to former vice president Dan Quayle) lived and worked until coming to America in the 1870's. After a generation in Denver, Edward Quayle, an architect, came to San Diego in 1901, and upon his death in 1906, his two sons, Edward and Charles, came to run the business. The Quayle Brothers built part of the 1915 Exposition that created Balboa Park, along with Balboa Stadium where the Chargers first played in 1963, the old downtown Police Station, the North Park Theater, the North park Elks Lodge, and lots of snug Craftsman-style homes in Mission Hills, Hillcrest, and Golden Hill (where we used to live). There! A wee bit of my maternal family history for you! 🙂 And the tea looks amazing–I can nearly smell and taste it!
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Q: Android Parse xml with DOM - same named tags I have an rss feed where, in every item tag there are two tags named category. I want to get the value of the first one,but unfortunately i get the second one value. This is my code:
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                DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();

                // Parse the xml
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                // Get all <item> tags.
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                int length = nl.getLength();

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                    int clength = nchild.getLength();

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EDIT:
My RSS feed is like:
<item>
<title>my title</title>
<category>Sports</category>
<category>World</category>
</item>

<item>
<title>my title 2</title>
<category>News</category>
<category>Showbiz</category>
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...etc

A: if you want to get first category from current item Nodes then use Element.getElementsByTagName("category") for getting all category nodes in NodeList and after that use NodeList.item(0) to get first category Element from NodeList do it as:
Element element = (Element) currentNode;
NodeList nodelist = element.getElementsByTagName("category");
Element element1 = (Element) nodelist.item(0);
NodeList category = element1.getChildNodes();
System.out.print("category : " + (category.item(0)).getNodeValue());


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Many Smart Locks Integrate well with home security systems and give you remote access to your home from almost any location. They help the automated alarm system in your home operate more efficiently by triggering the alarm or notifying you so that you can remotely trigger the alarm.
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The 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1793 and amalgamated into the Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) in 1881. The regiment was raised in 1793 as the 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot, taking its title from George IV, then Prince of Wales, later modifying its title to 87th (The Prince of Wales's Own Irish) Regiment of Foot, then to 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot following the Prince's accession to the throne.
The 87th were famous for being the first British Regiment to capture a French Imperial Eagle during the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Barrosa on 5 March 1811, Ensign Edward Keogh and Sergeant Patrick Masterson captured the Eagle of the 8th Ligne. Keogh only managed to get a hand on the shaft when he was shot and bayoneted, he was killed instantly. Masterson had followed his officer and after killing several men he wrenched the Eagle from the dying hands of its bearer, Lieutenant Gazan.
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colors (or colours), standards or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. It was formalized in the armies of Europe in the High Middle Ages, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms.
As armies became trained and adopted set formations, each regiment's ability to keep its formation was potentially critical. In the chaos of battle, not least due to the amount of dust and smoke on a battlefield, soldiers needed to be able to determine where their regiment was. Regimental flags are generally awarded to a regiment by a head-of-State during a ceremony. They were therefore treated with reverence as they represented the honor and traditions of the regiment. Colors may be inscribed with the names of battles or other symbols representing former achievements. Regiments tended to adopt "color guards", composed of experienced or élite soldiers, to protect their colors. As a result, the capture of an enemy's standard was considered as a great feat of arms. They are never capriciously destroyed - when too old to use they are replaced and then laid-up in museums, religious buildings and other places of significance to their regiment. However, in most modern armies, standing orders now call for the Colors to be intentionally destroyed if they are ever in jeopardy of being captured by the enemy.
Due to the advent of modern weapons, and subsequent changes in tactics, Colors are no longer carried into battle, but continue to be used at events of formal character.


The definition of the word imagery is "visually descriptive or figurative language." The only thing I would add to this definition is that it is often missing from the songs we're trying to write. Using great imagery is one of the most challenging aspects of our songwriting and I come back to it over and over with the writers I coach.Master songwriting teacher, Pat Pattison, talks about writing towards "territories of meaning," as he refers to the often vague references the writer assumes his or her listeners will understand. Failing to give clear, specific, irrefutable images of what the writer is saying is like telling a story with no details. "She went somewhere and did something with somebody" is about as clear as mud. When it's changed to "She drove her old blue Chevy to to the levee with her steady" we start to see the story (remember 'show don't tell') and we're there with her in the car.
I shared an example of my song called Prodigal's Lament in an earlier module, but I want to return to it again because it's a concise example of imminent imagery.
Notice that the first two words in this verse refer to a generalized group of people who may or may not agree they've "all done bad things from time to time." It's not a good idea to start a song insulting people and shaming them. The second line is vaguely referencing "things" we regret and want to leave behind. The third line is trite, cliched, and impotent and the fourth line is completely disconnected from the first three.
I'm reprinting my entire lyric here for you to follow the story line and look for the imminent imagery it uses to tell the story of the prodigal.
"Prodigal's Lament" by John Chisum © Copyright 2015 by Donnaluv Music/ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.
In the chorus, you can hear "Love" calling in the sound of the wind through the trees. You can almost see the prodigal trudging through the dark night, the winds whispering the call of love to come home.The entire song is visually descriptive and blends figurative language with emotional word pictures to tell the prodigal's story and lamenting his sins, but the chorus turns a hopeful note with love still calling and bringing him to his knees. That's imminent imagery.
Notice also that the song is in first person singular and makes the experience very present for the listener. The listener automatically inserts his or her own shameful moments into the song and "hears" love calling, too. That's the power of imminent imagery. When it's done well, the listener becomes part of the story and isn't locked outside of it wondering what the story even is.