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Here it is – from Probe Magazine.
I am a big Michael Fassbender fan. His performance in Inglorious Basterds was up there with the Brandos and Pacino's of this world. He holds this movie together with a taught, up-tight performance but the movie doesn't quite deliver. It stops one base short of a home run. Which is a shame because it's beautifully filmed, paced and has all the ingredients for a good movie. The locations are very evocative of emotional breakdown which is what you basically see happening. An emotionally repressed young exec – Fassbender is seeking release through sexual-obsession. He is willing to try anything with anyone and has retreated into this world. His workplace provides a sort of second family for him and is the only place he actually connects with people. Into his life, against his will, comes his emotionally fraught little sister – sissy, played by Carey Mulligan. Their parents are no longer around and she seems on the edge of a breakdown. He resents bitterly her pull on his emotions and the clash pushes her even closer to the edge. She is a semi-professional singer and the scene of her performance in a club made my teeth grind. Carey Mulligan has a good, but untrained voice and the over-egged delivery of New York, New York – in New York, acapella, was a little painful. If Fassbender's character hadn't stayed silent, when asked if he though it was good, I would have really disliked this film. The main protagonist's essential taste is one of things that holds this together. This movie had the potential to be a 4/5 or 5/5 but it doesn't quite get there. I think the writer just didn't want to take the risk that would have been necessary to actually say something of value. I am all for movies that start from nowhere and end nowhere – existential movies in the 60s and early 70s excelled at this – even in Hollywood (I am thinking of a James Caan film where he is a hitman wanting to retire). Those movies start with an unusual premise but this movie just builds around a disfunctional family – nothing unusual these days – 3/5.


Remember Andreea Verde? Our good friend from Bucharest who's an artist and a social media muse. Well, she came to visit us in wonderful Copenhagen and we just had to ask her about her trip and what she thought about Scandinavia. Has she become a Scandi junkie, yet?
SAHB: What did you know about Copenhagen before visiting?
AV: Not much, The Little Mermaid and Hans Christian Andersen.
SAHB: What was your first impression of the city?
I was…AMAZED. Do you know that Radiohead song – Everything in its right place? The nature, the people, the traffic, the bikes, the houses – it was all like a solved Rubik cube. I felt so safe, no matter where I went to, even in the middle of the night.
SAHB: Danes are the happiest people in the world, they say – what do you think?
It seems so. I also felt incredibly happy, even if I only had one sunny day during my entire trip.
SAHB: Have you enjoyed hygge, the Danish concept everyone is talking about? How could you describe it?
Hygge, well…I came back home and I started buying candles and interior warm lights and different essences for my bedroom, so what do you think? It had me at Hello. Hygge is like a warm delicious dessert on a very cold day.
SAHB: What were you most impressed with about Copenhagen?
The bikes! It's such a phenomenon! Everybody – even the elderly -ride their bikes everywhere, drivers ALWAYS respect you as a cyclist, the air felt so fresh and everything became moving pictures through my eyes, knowing that nothing bad could happen to me, even if the last time I was on a bike was when I was 16.
SAHB: Best memory you have from your Copenhagen trip?
THAT amazing coffee place with a view over that central square – it was my first contact with Copenhagen. I think it's called Illum Rooftop.
AND that sunny day at Svanemøllen Strand; the sea was so blue and calm. All my thoughts disappeared and I just felt happy.
Ooooh, and the BINGO night – I played bingo for the first time in a church that was transformed into a sort of a bar. I didn't win, but I got chocolate bars. It was so much fun! Ah, it's called Absalon.
Copenhagen is surrounded by the sea, would you ever like to live in a city that's best friends with the sea?
Of course. I'm a mermaid.
Anything that you think Copenhageners should work on?
Well, I wasn't so impressed with the colours Danes wear: white, grey, black and that's it. So, maybe they could add some more. But then again, that would also change the identity of the city. And I like it the way it is.
Let's talk Danish – does it tickle your ears?
It tickles my tongue. And it sounds as if you're always solving math exercises for me.
Your favourite hang-out place in Copenhagen?
Just take me by the sea and it will be perfect.
Have you been the same since you've got back?
Absolutely NOT. I started spending more time at home, writing for my new musical album, enjoying my solitude and also planning my next trip to Copenhagen.
Makes you smile: My face every time I was on a bike in traffic: when the red light turned green I remember being so scared that I couldn't start the bike properly.
Makes you miss it: The modesty of people.
Makes you wish you were there: HYGGE. I mean, I tried to recreate it here but it doesn't work the same.
That makes you buy a plane ticket right now: Ha, I might just do this as we speak!
CPH was a song: I'll stick to Radiohead – Everything in its right place. It also refers to people, it's the kind of place that makes you reconnect with your true self.
CPH was a smell: Hot soy vanilla milk.
CPH was a man: Batman.
CPH was a piece if clothing: A grey, fluffy, huuuuge cosy sweater.
CPH was a colour: Definitely WHITE.
Thank you for everything, dear Andreea!
Andreea is wearing: Asos dress, Flippo Catarzi hat, vintage bracelets, Wood Wood sunglasses, Andreea's own rings.


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Distrust, Fear Hamper COVID Vaccinations, Clinical Trial Diversity
Minorities, based on historical mistrust in medical research, have a low participation rate in vaccinations and clinical trials. Dr. Harsha Rajasimha of Jeeva Informatics describes the urgency of this problem and suggests ways modern technology-enabled study structure can help address it.
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As of late September, 77% of the total adult population of the U.S. had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Black and Hispanic people, however, remain less likely than whites to have received a vaccine, leaving them at increased risk of infection, particularly as the novel variant spreads.(1) Some of this hesitance to vaccination, notes Dr. Harsha Rajasimha, founder and CEO of Jeeva Informatics, is rooted in long-lost trust. "We see it in clinical trials as well," he says. "Black and brown people need the medicines and therapies being developed but are less inclined to trust the professionals who develop them." This is unfortunate.
This, he observes, is not entirely an American problem. Researchers in the UK studied 400 reports from around the world and found that fear about testing new treatments was the most common reason given by all patients for not wanting to participate. Black and ethnic minority patients, however, also frequently cited mistrust of research and medical professionals as a reason for non-participation.(2)
In the U.S., Dr. Rajasimha notes, there is ample historical background for this unease.
In 1945, a black hospital patient in Oak Ridge, Tenn. was injected, without his knowledge, with plutonium by doctors who were, also without the patient's knowledge, in the employ of the then-new U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.(3)
In the 1950s, Enovid, the first successful birth control pill, was initially tested on poor women in Puerto Rico, three of whom died. The women were not told they were participating in a trial or advised of the risks they faced.(4)
Twenty years earlier, in 1932, at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, 400 black men infected with syphilis were, without their knowledge, left untreated so as to study the full progression of the disease. The study was finally shut down in 1972.(5)
Researchers studied 400 reports from around the world and found that fear about testing new treatments was the most common reason given for not participating in clinical trials.
Candor and trust
To help overcome the lingering effects of these long-ago but well-remembered occurrences, says Dr. Rajasimha, it is necessary to address patients' fears with real facts and real data. Prospective clinical trial participants need to understand as clearly as possible what they are consenting to, what the risks might be, and how the potential results will benefit mankind.
This is particularly important, he says, in the case of decentralized trials, in which patients, enabled by today's technology, interact with the clinical trial staff remotely, rather than within the four walls of a clinical trial site. By making it easier to take part in a trial, decentralized operations enable participation by more diverse sample populations—provided that these populations' reservations about medical research are adequately addressed. An example of this approach would involve reaching out to potential clinical trial participants via various channels such as social media, email, text/SMS, telemedicine, and video calling for patient education, engagement, enrollment, and direct data capture. This is likely to help with trust-building, diversity, inclusion, and participant retention.
"For fear and mistrust to be dispelled," says Dr. Sharlene Brown, Director of Business Development for Jeeva Informatics, "it is incumbent upon research organizations and government representatives to acknowledge the reality underlying previously under-represented populations' concerns. Unfortunately, people have not atoned for what they have done, not apologized, or even admitted to the existence of a problem. The onus has been placed on the disenfranchised to correct the issue, which makes no sense."
The organizers of clinical trials, Dr. Brown says, need to be educated on how to approach, recruit, and retain participants. The educational curriculum for these people should include strategies to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers that stand in the path of inclusion and decentralization of clinical trials.
Incentives and regulation
In the absence of incentives for sponsors of medicinal products to strive for more diversity at their own expense, says Dr. Rajasimha, regulatory guidelines or mandates have to be put in place. Regulatory agencies such as US FDA, EMEA, or JPA can play a big role, but they also suffer from their federal or regional mandates.
The Helsinki Declaration and the Belmont Report—documents that establish medical ethics in clinical trials—may need to be revised or more multi-national declarations can help overcome some of the mistrust in global clinical trials. Certification bodies such as the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) can consider upgrading their curriculum to include decentralized clinical trial methods for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical research.
Whichever way it is addressed, trust-building, says Dr. Rajasimha, is absolutely essential to bettering not only the percentages of minorities willing to participate in clinical trials, but also to knowledgeably protect themselves in circumstances like the current pandemic.
Trust, he adds, is hard to earn, especially in remote or decentralized models, but easy to lose. "The medical research community," he says, "needs to plan and work toward earning the trust of diverse patients in both in-person and online settings. It cannot be assumed or taken for granted."
About Jeeva Informatics
The personal experience of losing a child born with a rare disease and a brother with a chronic disease became the springboard for Dr. Harsha Rajasimha to apply his years of postdoctoral training at NIH and FDA to accelerating therapies for rare and common conditions. He knew that technology in itself is not the limiting factor and that patient-centered design guided by stakeholder needs and regulatory requirements would guide their continuous learning digital platform. By digitizing and automating manual repetitive tasks and reducing the logistical burdens on patients and study teams by over 70%, Jeeva accelerates the process of bringing new medicines or vaccines to patients who need them by over 3x faster. The Virginia-based company's modular software-as-a-service platform is fully scalable and facilitates patient enrollment, engagement, and evidence generation in clinical trials on any browser-enabled mobile device. Visit https://jeevatrials.com/
Harsha Rajasimha, MS, Ph.D. CEO and Founder Jeeva Informatics Solutions, Inc.
1. "Latest Data on Covid-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity." KFF, 22 Sept. 2021, kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-race-ethnicity/.
2. "People Fearful of Taking Part in Vital Clinical Research." ScienceDaily, 16 Mar. 2020, sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200316104010.htm.
3. "How the US Government Used Black People as Guinea Pigs." New African Magazine, 20 June 2014, newafricanmagazine.com/3320/.
4. Blakemore, Erin. "The First Birth Control Pill Used Puerto Rican Women as Guinea Pigs." History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 May 2018, history.com/news/birth-control-pill-history-puerto-rico-enovid.
5. Nix, Elizabeth. "Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study." History.com, A&E Television Networks, 16 May 2017, history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study.
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Israel's defence ministry has ordered all Israeli companies that manufacture unmanned air systems not to begin or continue negotiations for new contracts in Russia.
Israeli sources on 4 August said the decision is a result of Russian intervention in Ukraine, and that Washington had played a major role in the ruling.
In the past, Israel Aerospace Industries and Aeronautics Defense Systems have signed contracts in Russia. The air vehicles and related equipment covered by these contracts have been delivered or are in the process of being supplied, and "the directive is about new contracts only", one industry source says. "Follow-ups" related to existing contracts will be permitted – including the supply of spares and system upgrades – the source adds.
Russia has included the transfer of technical knowledge in every contract the nation has signed with Israeli UAS manufacturers, the source notes, adding that even before the new directive was issued there were limitations on the types of UAS cleared for export to Moscow.
The USA was not happy with Russian-Israeli co-operation on UAS, but did not act to undermine it. However, allegedly Washington has now changed its attitude and demanded the change in Israeli policy.
While the new US stance may have been a key reason for the Israeli decision, sources say some European countries have also "showed concern" about the future sale of Israeli-made UAS to Russia, citing "the new reality in eastern Europe".
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Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Magical Realist, Jul 2, 2015.
Daecon Kiwi fruit Valued Senior Member
I'm not talking about evidence that "something happened", I'm talking about physical evidence that the something was "bigfoot".
I have to ask, seriously for a moment - Magical Realist, do you understand WHY we don't believe in bigfoot?
Daecon, Jul 4, 2015
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Magical Realist said: ↑
Refer to the OP of the thread..
There is no physical evidence cited in your OP of this thread.
Also, you should also be mindful that the story in the OP was a hoax, well a case of mistaken identity, at any rate.
The most famous case of a Bigfoot attack allegedly occurred at a place called Ape Canyon, near Mount St. Helens, Washington. In 1924, a group of five miners working at the site were besieged by a group of "ape men." One of the miners, a man named Fred Beck, claimed that they sighted a group of Bigfoot high above them on the edge of the canyon. The miners then spent a terrified night holed up in their cabin, during which the Bigfoot bombarded the cabin with rocks, and, they claimed, even tried to break the door in. The miners couldn't get a good look at the Bigfoot—partly because it was dark and partly because they could only see outside through small cracks in the door and walls.
The incident was cited for years in Bigfoot lore as a classic Bigfoot attack, and the details were exaggerated with each retelling. For example a few dozen fist-size rocks that rained down on the roof and walls became "giant boulders" in some versions of the story. Later research found that the famous Ape Canyon Bigfoot attack was not a hoax — but nor was it real: it was instead a combination of a prank and misperceptions.
It seems that the "Bigfoot" were local YMCA youth from nearby Spirit Lake, who had a long tradition of throwing stones (including pumice rocks, which can be deceptively light for their size) down into the canyon from above. The kids would not have known the miners were in the canyon, nor even that they were necessarily hitting a cabin in the darkness far below. When the miners looked up they would have only seen silhouettes of figures far above them. It must surely have been a terrifying experience for the miners, and it's easy to see how the Bigfoot story could have been spawned.
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Ape Canyon was reportedly the site of a violent encounter in 1924 between a group of miners and a group of apemen.[disambiguation needed][1] These allegations were reported on in the July 16, 1924 issue of The Oregonian.[2] Fred Beck, one of the miners, claimed they shot and possibly killed at least one of the creatures, precipitating an attack on their cabin, during which the creatures bombarded the cabin with rocks and tried to break in. Beck detailed his claims in a book written in 1967, in which he identified the creatures as mystical beings from another dimension, explaining that he had experienced psychic premonitions and visions his entire life of which the apemen were only one component.[3]
William Halliday, director of the Western Speleological Survey, claimed in his 1983 pamphlet Ape Cave and the Mount Saint Helens Apes that the miner's assailants were actually local youths. Until the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, counselors from the YMCA's Camp Meehan on nearby Spirit Lake brought hikers to the canyon's edge and related a tradition that the 1924 incident was actually the result of young campers throwing light pumice stones into the canyon, not realizing there were miners at the bottom. Looking up, the miners would have only seen dark moonlit figures throwing stones at their cabin. The narrow walls of the canyon would have served to distort the voices of the YMCA campers enough to frighten the men below.
I think you should buy a kilo of salt and use that as your pinch when taking such stories in, MR.
Bells, Jul 4, 2015
Magical Realist Valued Senior Member
Right..So some guy named William Halliday who wasn't even there decides in 1983 that Frank Beck didn't see a bigfoot the day before and shot at it, did not grab the ax out of the hand of one reaching thru a hole in the wall of the cabin, and did not actually shoot down a bigfoot who was up on the canyon rim. The only part of the account Halliday agrees with is the rock throwing, which he claims was a gang of hooligans out in the forest after midnight bombarding the cabin with rocks while being shot at. Sorry Bells. I'm not buying that for a second. I'm sticking with the guy who was actually there.
Magical Realist, Jul 4, 2015
Daecon said: ↑
This thread is only about eyewitness accounts of bigfoot. I stated that clearly in the OP. I've already gone over the physical evidence in another thread which was closed, then merged with 10 other threads, and then closed again. So frankly I don't care what you believe or why. I'm just educating people who want to learn about this topic and to be able to make an informed decision on the matter.
And why do you trust him?
Because he says something that you want to believe?
Why do you doubt him? Because he says something you don't want to believe?
I'll ask again: Do you understand WHY we don't believe in bigfoot?
I'm not asking you if you care, I'm asking you if you understand.
Dr_Toad It's green! Valued Senior Member
Could it be an inherent lack of gullibility?
Dr_Toad, Jul 4, 2015
I don't care why. Like you said before, belief doesn't matter. Right?
Kittamaru Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Adieu, Sciforums. Valued Senior Member
Since you don't care to convince people, present evidence, or otherwise hold a discussion, then all that is left is that you are using this forum as your personal blog/soap box... which you know full well is against the site rules...
any reason why I shouldn't lock this thread and cesspool it? after all, this is a discussion forum... not twitter, Facebook, or any other social media foolishness
Kittamaru, Jul 4, 2015
I didn't ask you if you cared.
I didn't ask you if you believed.
I asked you if you understood.
Sorry. I still don't care why you don't believe. Can we change the subject now?
It wasn't hooligans. They were actually kids in the YMCA camp that had a history of throwing rocks down into that area from the cliff above.
Beck has no other proof than their say so. The fact that those kids were known to camp there, above where Beck and his fellow miners were, and that they were known to throw rocks down indicates that this is the more likely case. Let's not forget, that Beck's story has been embellished quite a bit along the way and that the authorities who went to the scene at the time and scoured the area for days found no evidence or proof to substantiate Beck's account of events.
Also, Beck claimed they were mystical creatures from another dimension and that they gave him psychic powers. Not to mention the fact that bigfoot is apparently strong enough to knock down large trees, but they can't break down a door or window.
Bells said: ↑
No..noone has confirmed this made up story about camper vandals attacking the cabin with rocks after midnight while being shot at. It makes no sense and is obviously a weak attempt to just debunk Frank's eyewitness account. You'll have to do better than that. Mr. Beck's account stands.
How many times? I'm not asking if you care about why we don't believe, I'm asking you IF YOU UNDERSTAND why we don't believe.
It's a very simple question, so why are you avoiding it?
No..noone has confirmed this made up story about camper vandals attacking the cabin with rocks after midnight while being shot at. It makes no sense and is obviously attempt to just debunk Frank's eyewitness account. You'll have to do better than that.
Confirm what? That is where they camped and what they did. The authorities certainly believed it was them.
Beck saw it as a psychic experience. From the link in your OP:
The events leading up to the ape episode were filled with the psychic element. Since a young man I had always been clairvoyant. When just a boy I was in the pasture playing with my beanshooter. I had bought it with some long earned coins. It had a twisted wire handle. I lost it, and as I was crying, a kindly woman came up to me and put her arms around me. I felt warm all over. "Little boy," she said, "don't cry. Go home, you will find your beanshooter there."
I went home and found it, and as far as I knew then it was the same one. But years later I found the one I lost. It was weather beaten and the rubber was rotten.
I would be sleeping on the hard benches of the Adventist Church my folks used to attend, and I would have my head in a lady's lap, only when I mentioned it to my folks, they said there was no one else there and took it to be a boy's musings.
As I grew older, I saw visions and eventually I was holding spiritual meetings. After 1924 I spent many years in healing work.
Our time spent in Mt. St. Helens was a series of psychic experiences. The method we found our mine was psychic. I am mentioning these facts to help build a background of understanding in a case which has been wholly explained in a material sense. As I will explain the mysterious realities of the Abominable Snowmen, so must I show some of my inner experiences, for in my mind the two have always been closely connected together; and as I will show, these beings bear a direct association with the psychic realm.
In 1922 we found the location of our mine. A spiritual being, a large Indian dressed in buckskin, appeared to us and talked to us. He was the picture of stateliness itself. He never told us his name, but we always called him the Great Spirit. He replied once, "The Great Spirit is above me. We are all of the Great Spirit, if we listen when the Great Spirit talks."
There was another spiritual being which appeared to us — more in the role of a comforting friend, and we learned her name. One of our party suggested later that we name our mine after her; and so the mining claim we later filed bore her last name. The big Indian being told us there would be a white arrow go before us. Another man, who was not present during the attack in 1924, could see the arrow easily and clearly at all times. And I could see it nearly as well.
And on and on it went. With arrows apparently flying through the air by itself to lead them to where they needed to blast for their mine shaft, and so on and so forth. Apparently one spirit was angry they were talking with another spirit and did not give them the gold, and after years of trying to find gold, they gave up. The story became more and more fantastic as it went on.
Beck described bigfoot as manifestations.
The picture I am trying to paint for you is a picture of manifestation. In this book I have showed also some of our high manifestation, as we had many of a high nature the six years we spent in the Mt. St. Helen's area. Of course, the lower or grosser manifestations were in the appearing of these hairy creatures called Abominable Snowmen — also called Hairy Apes, Bigfoot and Sasquatch, according to the region they are seen in. I believe they have always existed, although our encounter with them in 1924 was the first major report of anyone coming in contact with them. Other writings have documented the cases very well. I just like to show the reason for their appearances.
It seems the spirits were the good or greater manifestations and bigfoot the lesser ones.
So to him, these weren't even real creatures, but ones from the spirit world. He even says that they were not real creatures.
Another very striking experience which shows that they cannot be natural beings with natural bodies: It was before we made our cabin, and we were staying in a tent then. The tent was below a little cone shaped mountain called Pumy Butte. A little creek flowed nearby, and there was a moist-sand bar about an acre in area. We would go there and wash our cooking utensils and bring our drinking water back. Early one morning Hank came back to the tent. He was rather excited. He led us to the moist-sand bar, and took us almost to the center. There in the center of the sand bar were two huge tracks about four inches deep. There was not another track on that sand bar!
There we were standing in the middle of the sand bar, and not one of us could conceive any earthly thing taking steps 160 feet long. "No human being could have made these tracks," Hank said, "and there's only one way they could be made, something dropped from the sky and went back up."
There was no third step. This is certainly another indication of what I'm saying about manifestation. I have heard it said that many ages ago the Rocky Mountain and Cascade Mountain Ranges were a center of a great civilization. I do think the mountain areas are extra sensitive to spiritual vibration, usually of a higher order, but sometimes lower. We ourselves being extra sensitive to spiritual vibration, probably had come into contact with the manifestation of these being easier than, perhaps, the average person would have.
On the subject of the Snowmen I am not going to say Masters told me this or that. It would perhaps look impressive, but I want to keep the record straight. Masters have appeared in our home and talked with us, but not once do I recall asking them anything on the subject. Since that day in 1924, I have went on and progressed and have learned much, and now I can look back and put the puzzle together from the reservoir of knowledge I have learned.
In the true sense everything in the material world is a manifestation. Ever since the time the first essence of consciousness formed from the Great Void we cannot describe, different planes or dimensions of being were created or manifested. Occasionally we of this dimension of space can be conscious of other beings of a different vibration and consciousness.
The The Abominable Snowmen are from a lower plane.When the condition and vibration is at a certain frequency, they can easily, for a time, appear in a very solid body. They are not animal spirits, but also lack the intelligence of a human consciousness When reading of evolution we have read many times conjecture about the missing link between man and the Anthropoid Ape. The Snowmen are a missing link in consciousness, neither animal nor human. They are very close to out dimension, and yet are a part of one lower. Could they be the missing link man has been so long searching for?
So bigfoot wasn't real to Beck.
It was a lesser spirit from another dimension.
The kids from the YMCA camp sounds much more plausible than a guy and apparently with his friends who appeared to be on a magical mushroom trip.
Beck didn't know what the Bigfoot were at the time of this incident. That's why he shot at them several times. You don't shoot at something you don't think is real. Beck's account stands.
Did you read his actual words?
He thought they were spirits from a lower realm. He didn't even view them as being bigfoot, as you view bigfoot as being bigfoot. He saw them as spirits. He even said when he shot them, that their bodies disappeared. It is other people who attributed it to bigfoot, not Beck. He saw them as spirits and he viewed their so called appearances there as manifestations.
He asserts this several times.
I would liken his experiences as being akin to Saint Paul's conversion, which we now recognise was probably an epileptic fit where he hallucinated everything and mass panic.
Beck's account was, as he described it, of a psychic experience.
I posted his whole account. He says when he and his buddy first saw one, he shot at it 3 times. He did not have any beliefs about it then. It was a physical beast to him. Then he sees a hairy arm grab the ax in the cabin and grabs it back. That's also a physical being. Then, he describes the footprints they saw, their footsteps on their stakes, the rocks being thrown, their body slams against the cabin walls, their climbing on the roof, the door being pushed, and the one he shot at daybreak when they finally left the cabin. All indications he assumed it was a physical creature. Whatever his later beliefs became, he definitely experienced the apemen at that time as real beings. His account stands.
MR's ignoring Beck's actual words bcause it doesn't fit with his preconceived notions of what he wants to believe. Just like every other time he does this exact same thing.


I got a B for biology in year 12, but chemistry was another matter. I recalled secondary school science classes where we stood mystified watching beakers perched on metal stands over Bunsen burners, vapours wafting above mysterious liquids bubbling menacingly like witches' brews.
I also remembered those models made of coloured plastic balls connected by plastic sticks. I knew they were supposed to represent molecules but all I could think of was how much fun they would be to play with … how many different animals could I make using five small balls, three large ones and seven connecting sticks, for example.
So I turned up reluctant and nervous for the first day of the bridging course. Luckily, our teacher was well practised in working with people like myself. He disarmed our fears by asking us peculiar questions. Are atoms pink or brown? How big is air? Or he would climb onto a desk then jump off, or lie on the floor and wave his limbs around, to illustrate a point.
By the time I finished the bridging course, my fear of science had almost evaporated; in fact, I was looking forward to learning some more.
Anatomy and physiology were pretty good; I remember being so excited when I discovered the elegant simplicity of how dialysis machines replicate the work of the kidneys, rushing to show friends the diagram in my textbook. "Look look! Isn't this fantastic? See, this semi-permeable membrane lets some of the molecules through but not others. It's so simple!" Some of those friends are still with me, fortunately.
But it was when our biochemistry teacher taught us about protein synthesis that I really got hooked. Over several weeks she guided us through a description of DNA replication; how the tightly wound strands uncurl in sections, separate like a zipper, the exposed code used as a template to create a replica strand, finally closing up again after a little Pacman unit has moved along the new strand snipping out and repairing errors, nanosecond after nanosecond, day after day, constantly.
I was literally awestruck. It was exhausting to think that this intricate, incredibly fast yet accurate process was going on continuously inside every single cell of my body.
But it also made me realise what a superb organism the human body is. That it continually adapts, maintains, repairs and reconstructs itself via innumerable microscopic processes such as this one demonstrated, for me, the naturopathic philosophy of vis medicatrix naturae, the healing power of nature.
It made me want to learn everything I could about how everything works; to try to understand how normal physiology keeps us well, or heals temporary damage such as a cut or a bruise or a viral infection. How an apple or a bowl of muesli get turned into muscles and also the energy to make them work. And does it all by itself without any conscious direction from us.
It also made me want to look after my body as well as I could, so the amazing cellular processes that keep all our organs and systems functioning could go about their business unimpeded.
One of our teachers pointed out that these cellular processes are conducted with such accuracy that we must actually work quite hard to cause them to break down and start causing illness. I have also heard it said the body will take care of itself "if only we would get out of the way".
The understanding that our bodies are so magnificently skilled at keeping us alive and thriving informs my approach to my own wellbeing to this day. It is why I choose healthy foods, make regular exercise a high priority, try to manage stress, keep regular sleep habits, and take the advice of relevant practitioners when something does become out of balance.
Obviously no-one is perfect, but having a deep and conscious respect for the intricate mechanism that is the human body takes you a long way toward achieving the best level of wellbeing you can reach.


How can I convince my child to go to rehab without sounding like im judging him, lecturing, nagging.
It's not going to help, in my experience, to go to rehab if the person doesn't truly want to be there. Nobody is ever going to convince someone to stop using drugs with words of persuasion. A body has to want to stop.
You could offer that he could come back home after he gets out though, I reckon. A person always needs a place to live.
A person is only going to get clean if they want to get clean. There is very little you can do or say to convince him. It usually takes being very along and hitting bottom before they realize they need to make a change.
My mother crashed her car and went to jail before she realized she needed rehab for her alcoholism.
How does one self-promote without sounding shameless?
As a Christian do you think it is your duty to judge others?
Who or what gives you the right to Judge others?


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Here are some details on the plans and the proposed changes.
So what is income-based repayment, and do I qualify?
–The U.S. Department of Education has various programs to effectively lower payments for borrowers struggling to repay their federal student loans. The plans set a borrower's monthly payment as a share of annual income, but the precise terms vary depending on when the loans were made. Newer borrowers pay 10% of their "discretionary income," defined as the amount above 150% the poverty level. Older borrowers pay 15%. The vast majority of borrowers can enroll in one of the plans. Contact your loan servicer or the Education Department for details on which plan applies to you.
–Under these plans, most borrowers make payments for 20 years or 25 years, depending on how old their debt is. Then, any remaining balance is forgiven by the government. But the terms are far more generous for those working in public service, mainly government jobs and most nonprofit jobs. Those borrowers make payments for 10 years and then have any balance forgiven.
So what is the Obama administration proposing?
–Two things primarily. The White House wants all borrowers to have access to the most generous income-based repayment plan so they can lower their monthly payments, regardless of when they took out their loans. But it also wants to limit how much debt can be forgiven for individual borrowers at the end of the repayment period. The maximum amount forgiven would be $57,500 after 10 years, under the Obama budget plan. Borrowers who wanted bigger sums forgiven would have to pay over a 25-year window.
But wait, I thought the Obama administration liked income-based repayment? Why is it now proposing to limit the programs?
–The administration does like the idea of tying monthly payments to borrowers' income, particularly for those in danger of defaulting. The White House views that part of the program as a key tool for keeping borrowers from damaging their credit and falling further behind as interest mounts. But administration officials do have concerns about how much debt could ultimately be forgiven for some borrowers. Groups such as the New America Foundation and the Brookings Institution, both centrist think tanks, are warning that the programs could benefit highly paid lawyers and doctors who don't need the help, driving up taxpayer costs in very unpredictable ways. The administration wants debt-forgiveness to be available for the neediest borrowers while dissuading highly paid workers from enrolling in the program and then getting a taxpayer-covered windfall after 10 years.
How big could the programs ultimately get?
—Enrollment in income-based repayment plans is surging. In the final six months of 2013, enrollment grew by nearly 40% to 1.3 million borrowers. The amount of debt that slipped into income-based repayment rose at a similar pace to $72 billion. The government has a limited grasp of the long-term costs because the loan-forgiveness provision was created in 2007 and no knows how many borrowers will stay in public-service jobs or how much debt they'll ultimately have forgiven. But Brookings recently performed one of the first comprehensive analyses of income-based repayment and debt forgiveness and concluded that the most popular plan could end up costing $14 billion a year. For now, the Education Department maintains that, on the whole, student-loan programs will generate revenue for the government because the interest paid by all borrowers, including those in a standard repayment plan, will outweigh the costs of income-based repayment and debt forgiveness.
Will these changes ultimately become law?
–They must first be approved by Congress, and the odds are long that legislation will get passed this year, given the November election and general inertia on Capitol Hill. But the federal Higher Education Act will ultimately have to be reauthorized, and given that both the Obama White House and some congressional Republicans are now talking about the need for changes to income-based repayment and debt forgiveness, momentum could ultimately build in Congress after the midterms.


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Q: Speeding Up Replacing of Labels in Large Matrix? I am Mathematica novice and am trying to find a fast way to replace labels in some rather large matrices (512x512 or 1024x1024)  that have resulted from segmenting images with WatershedComponents or MorphologicalComponents.  At present I have written the function below that takes a "label matrix" (matrix that results from segmentation) and a list of "keeper" labels (labels that I want to remain in place in the returned matrix) and returns a new matrix with only those labels remaining in place that are in the listOfKeepersIn.  All other labels are replaced in the returned matrix with a single "background" label, here designated as 100.
I suspect there are many more efficient ways to achieve this than what I have written here, so I welcome your suggestions.  I have tried to convert this to a Compiled Function using Compile but haven't had any success (get an error message about "tensors of different ranks").  I also tried to use ParallelTable instead of Table but didn't notice much improvement.  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -GR
ComponentKeeperFunction[matrixIn_, listOfKeepersIn_] :=

Block[{matrixToReturn},

matrixToReturn =

Table[

 Which[

      MemberQ[listOfKeepersIn, matrixIn[[r, c]]] == True,

    (* If label value is on the keeper list then just keep that
    label in its place, (i.e. make the value in the table the same as
    matrixIn[[r,c]])*)

    matrixIn[[r, c]],

    MemberQ[listOfKeepersIn, matrixIn[[r, c]]] == False,

    (* If label value is not on the keeper list then replace that label with a
     designated background label  *)

    100  (*here I designate the background label as having a value of 100 *)

 ] (* close Which *),

{r, 1, Dimensions[matrixIn][[1]]}, {c, 1, Dimensions[matrixIn][[2]]}

 ] (*close Table *);

  Return[matrixToReturn]

 ](*close Block*)

A: In order to apply a function to every element we can use Map with the level specification:
Map[If[MemberQ[keep, #], #, 100] &, matrix, {2}]

Another option using the Listable attribute:
Function[{x}, If[MemberQ[keep, x], x, 100], Listable]@matrix;

This turned out to be a lot slower though. I ran these on Michael E2's test case and the Listable approach took 13.87 seconds to complete, while the Map version took only 0.34 seconds. But Michael E2's compiled Listable approach is faster than both.

A: SelectComponents is pretty fast but it labels the background with 0, not 100.  You might be able to work with that.
SelectComponents[mat, "Label", MemberQ[keep, #] &]

but this is a bit faster:
sel = Compile[{{label, _Integer}, {keep, _Integer, 1}},
  If[MemberQ[keep, label], label, 0],  (* or 100 if necessary *)
  RuntimeAttributes -> {Listable}, Parallelization -> True]

Example
mat = MorphologicalComponents @ Binarize[ExampleData[{"TestImage", "U2"}], 0.2];
Dimensions@mat
Max[mat]
(*
  {1024, 1024}  -- dimensions
  1923          -- number of components
*)

SeedRandom[1];
keep = RandomSample[Range@Max[mat], Round[Max[mat]/10]]
(*
  {1675, 29, 17, 1552, 1697, 1826, 1022, 1568, 138, 1203, 1085, 1539,
   ... 713, 114, 567, 656, 1747, 134, 94}
*)
SelectComponents[mat, "Label", MemberQ[keep, #] &]; // AbsoluteTiming
(*
  {0.739382, Null}
*)

sel[mat, keep]; // AbsoluteTiming
(*
  {0.282210, Null}
*)

If I compile to C (CompilationTarget -> "C"), I save another 20% in timing.
If keep is about half of the components, then the timings rise to 2.5 sec. and 0.9 sec. respectively.  If keep is larger, it would be more efficient to take its complement and delete.

A: I shall not attempt to replicate the exact function of your code but rather to address the problem posed in text of your Question.
As a starting point I suggest you build a Dispatch table of the replacements you wish to make and then apply it with Replace.
First some sample data:
SeedRandom[0]
m = RandomInteger[66, {1024, 1024}];

keep = Array[Prime, 18];

keep is my label list; I chose prime numbers merely as an example.
Now build the Dispatch table:
rules = Append[Thread[keep -> keep], _ -> 100] // Dispatch;

And apply it:
(result = Replace[m, rules, {2}];) // Timing // First

0.187201

Check the result with a Tally:
result // Flatten // Tally

{{100, 766948}, {43, 15736}, {17, 15664}, {53, 15823}, {19, 15503}, {31, 15726}, {5,
  15609}, {37, 15492}, {11, 15713}, {13, 15687}, {59, 15828}, {41, 15837}, {29,
  15722}, {47, 15552}, {2, 15519}, {23, 15648}, {61, 15590}, {7, 15435}, {3, 15544}}

If all of your keep labels are in a sequential band there are much faster numeric methods easily applicable.  See: Replace values which obey certain criteria

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By The Associated Press | Posted - Aug. 8, 2017 at 2:43 p.m.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say 300 tons (272 metric tons) of molten glass spilled from a ruptured tank at an Ohio plant, oozing like lava from a small hole that quickly grew several feet wide.
It wrapped around structural beams at the Owens-Illinois glass plant in Zanesville on Monday. Firefighters worked for hours to cool the glass so it wouldn't destroy beams and collapse the building.
No injuries were reported.
Owens-Illinois tells the Zanesville Times Recorder that employees followed safety protocols. The damage is being assessed.
South Zanesville Fire Chief Russell Taylor says the rupture started with a hole that quickly grew.
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Witness reports of life inside the camps and detention centres have told not only of unhealthy living conditions but also of regular violence, torture and brainwashing.
Writing in the New York Times in February, James A Millward, a scholar who has researched Xinjiang for three decades, argued that the "state repression in Xinjiang has never been as severe as it has become since early 2017".
For many, last spring would mark the start of a period of great loss – the loss of rights, livelihoods and identities. Some would also lose their lives. Karim was particularly vulnerable, as Uighurs like him, who have lived abroad in Muslim-majority countries, have been especially targeted in the government crackdown. When I returned to the neighbourhood earlier this year I was told that Karim had been handcuffed, taken away and jailed – and that he had "died after prolonged heavy labour". ...
"Just look all around you. You've seen it yourself [here in Kashgar]. We're a people destroyed."...
My telling him that I had been kicked out of Kashgar seemed to trigger him, and he would go on to say many things about the situation there, virtually all of them taboo.
"Millions of Uighurs" were being held in camps, he told me, where they were being fed 15-year-old leftover rice and subjected to beatings. (Precise numbers are hard to verify, but witness testimonies have confirmed both poor nutrition and violence in the camps.) He said that the Uighurs in this inner-China city now had to attend political meetings, and that they might soon have to take a test on political subjects such as the 19th party congress. Those who didn't pass would be sent back to Xinjiang.
"When the police talk to us," he said, "they are suspicious about everything: 'Do you smoke? Do you drink?' If you don't, they'll ask you why not. They'll ask you if you pray. They'll ask you if you want to go abroad, or if you've previously applied for or had a passport. If you look at the policeman, he'll ask you what you're looking at him for; if you look down at the floor, he'll ask you why you're looking down at the floor." https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/07/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear
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8-24-2018 But an employee at Toqsun's Peyshenbe Bazar Police Station confirmed that the township currently maintains three re-education camps--the No. 1 Re-Education Camp, which is located "about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) outside of the township center;" the No. 2 Re-Education Camp, located "near the township's depot;" and the Party School Camp.
"Approximately 22,000 people," or more than 11 percent of the population of Toqsun, have been held in the three re-education camps, said the employee, speaking on condition of anonymity. "I heard that a small number of people have been released, but I have never met any," he added.
The employee said that "around 5,000" people are being held at No. 2 Re-Education Camp alone, after being transferred from a now-defunct fourth camp in nearby Tasheriq village, which was formerly a nursing home. He said residents of Peyshenbe Bazar are being sent for detention to No. 1 Re-Education Camp--a three-story building that used to be the township's No. 1 Middle School.
According to the employee, there is also a so-called "open" facility for daily re-education "classes," which permits trainees to return to their homes in the evening, located alongside the No. 1 Re-Education Camp. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/township-08242018143331.html
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Meeting with Romanian Jews who are successful professionals abroad always challenges one to counterfactual exercises. What if these people had stayed in Romania? Would they have been where they are now? In most cases, probably not. (As I'm writing this, I'm sharing a car with doctor Zvi Bercovici. He is a specialist with an impressive scientific career and the personal physician of Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel. He was born in Târgu Lăpuș to a family who suffered during the Holocaust). Would our country have been better off had he stayed? Probably. Would he have lived a quiet life? I'm certain he wouldn't have. Only the dead can rest under fascism and communism.
These days, we talk more about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. We talk more openly, but judeophobia is rampant again. It was probably never really gone, just well-hidden.
That last question sounds different depending on the times. These days, we talk more about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. We talk more openly, but judeophobia is rampant again. It was probably never really gone, just well-hidden. Where do you look to for the right answer? On September 10, 2017, Sighet hosted a march in memory of Elie Wiesel. It was a touching moment, where 1,500 people joined the march, a few hundreds Jews from Romania, Israel and other countries. The rest of them were Christians, local people mobilized but the city hall or there by their own volition, to mark the moment. While I was holding a candle and walking to the train station where the Sighet Jews were deported in 1944, a handsome, well-dressed, young man, crossed the path of a group of peasants wearing national costumes and muttered: "F*** the k*kes! Good on Hitler!" Nobody paid too much attention to him, because he was alone. But during the Holocaust, people like him did matter, and they were angry and ideologically focused. You never know, with anti-Semitism, as well as with other radical "-isms". A handful of people can cause a lot of destruction. So, the authorities should tone it down with their triumphalism and minimizations. In the interwar media, they used to monthly quote discourses by politicians who stated that Romania was a tolerant and welcoming country, and that it didn't have an issue with anti-Semitism. We all know what happened later, especially after 1938. But even before that. During the interwar period, the same media used to chronicle, also monthly, many of the severe and violent anti-Semitic incidents; either physical or symbolic, against the Jewish people. Things didn't end after 1945. This history will one day be written.
If we look at the polls and we're being truthful, we can acknowledge that in the last decade, not much has changed in terms of perception; not since anti-Semitism and Holocaust education started being implemented. But this doesn't mean that education is futile. It could have been worse, in these troubled time we're living in. Times when the antidemocratic trend seems to go viral in Europe. The polls are telling us, once more, that the changes in perception don't happen effortlessly and that it takes patience and skill. And education is not the same as rallies' propaganda, nor authoritarian learning.
Since the time of the Holocaust, we know that misleading and passive majorities don't necessarily matter. What mattered more was the criminal behavior of state structures and the distructive fury of an active minority. Romania's biggest triumph after the Final Report of the "Elie Wiesel" International Commission was that there was slight change in the attitutide of the state, and the political and intellectual elites, towards the issue. Anti-Semitism is hard to fight, but at least the public-level manifestations can change. This is what I was told by Rafael Schaffer, Romania's first rabbi, and Liviu Beris, the well-known Holocaust survivor, with whom I shared my morning coffee on a quiet Sighet day.
When Wiesel was speaking the aforementioned words, it was the year 1984. The Auschwitz survivor was in Sighet, after being invited by the The Federation of the Jewish Communities, lead by Moses Rosen. A few years back he was brave enough to extract the Holocaust commemorations from the limited Jewish sphere. Today we know that it was a type of freedom with strict borders. The communist regime had started to publicly speak about the Holocaust in Northern Transylvania, but it continued to stay silent about Transnistria. The national clashes with Hungary had transformed the tragic story of the Transylvanian Jews into tinder for the propaganda war with the neighboring state. And Rosen and the communist authorities were using each other. The communists were crediting the myth of the universal Jewish influence and thought they could use the situation to gain the favors of the United States, Israel, and other Western states, and achieve some foreign policy objectives. And Rosen was also taking advance of the moment to increase the Federation's visibility and expression. Back then, the Federation's History Center (which I am honored to lead today) published a small paper on the Transylvania Holocaust, that stated, inside a scientific environment, certain assertions that had not been heard up until that point in the communist historiography.
Between 1944 and 1948, when Romania was transitioning towards communism, you could speak about the Jewish pain. There were biographies being published, the times' newspapers told the stories of some of the people who returned from the camps, several mass graves were dug up (in Sărmaș, in the Bungur Forest, at Stânca Roznovanu, etc.), and trials of the war criminals were being publicized. But after 1948, there was none of that. The archives were closed, and the subject became an ideological taboo in the '60s, following the communist regime's nationalist flavor (influenced by, among other things, the exoneration of several nationalist intellectuals who were active during the Antonescu regime and the interwar period). A book on the Iași pogrom was written in the '70's, with the Communist Party's indulgence, but it completely blamed the Germans for everything. The Securitate had elaborated a paper on the Holocaust in Romania, for internal use, where the Germans were seen as the main culprits for the crimes. Crimes which we know today were committed by the Romanian authorities. Jean Ancel was strictly followed whenever he came to Romania in the '80s and the language used by the Securitate in the files on him have a stunning resemblance to the language used by the Antonescu regime.
Elie Wiesel was also followed during his visit to Romania in 1984. The files that are today in CNSAS (National Council for Studying the Securitate Archives) are proof of this. But Wiesel had the advantage of an extraordinary international reputation and the protection offered by his status as a special delegate of the American president. All things aside, he had the courage to say whatever he was thinking, no matter the situation. He believed that it was his duty, especially after he saw for himself the effects of silence and moral numbness during the time of the Holocaust. The immense moral authority that Wiesel was enjoying, one that I myself have felt as a member of the Wiesel Commission, was gained not by ethical triumphalism, through a feel-good story of good triumphing over evil. It was attained through the courage to speak about the immense moral decline throughout the Holocaust, when one of the reasons such evil was made possible, was good people giving up.


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Navy Training and College Forum | Education
College Education and Navy Career and Training News
NCSC Launches FY18 Professional Development Training Course
February 3, 2018 in Navy Training and College Forum | Education
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- The Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC) kicked off the fiscal year 2018 (FY18) Professional Development Training Course (PDTC) for the Navy Chaplain Corps and religious program specialist (RP) community with its first course convening Jan. 9-11 onboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The topic for this year's training is "A Strategy for the Delivery of Religious Ministry to None, Dones, and Millennials."
"We are in a digital world and people rely heavily on electronics and social media to communicate," said Senior Chief Religious Program Specialist Tameca Brown, NCSC senior enlisted leader. "Religious ministry teams have to be creative on how to reach the younger generation, known as millennials."
The FY18 PDTC is designed to provide chaplains and RPs with the knowledge, skills and abilities to deliver meaningful religious ministry to millennials who are religious, have no religious preference, or who have disaffiliated from religion.
"The younger women and men of our sea services today search the digital frontier for companionship in their spiritual journey with God," said Lt. Chris Terrell, assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola. He felt the course provided an educational, horizon-broadening understanding about one of today's ministry opportunities.
"What I perceive as our challenge is to learn new ways and social mediums to do what has always been our mission -- effectively caring with Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen in their faith expressions, always supportive as they serve their nation and the world," said Terrell.
Two subject matter experts with knowledge of the military community and how technology impacts society led the PDTC by translating their knowledge into usable military skillsets through an engaging and interactive learning setting.
The Rev. Dr. Kristen Leslie, professor of pastoral care and theology at Eden Theological Seminary, has more than 20 years of experience teaching and consulting with Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom chaplains on issues of pastoral care. Dr. Kate Ott, associate professor of Christian social ethics at Drew University Theological School, has written extensively on the role and impact of technology on ethical development.
The professors' presentation helped chaplains and RPs as they work to enhance fleet and warfighter readiness in the context of this evolving ministry challenge.
"I have learned that some millennials are spiritual but don't belong to a particular faith group," said Brown. "We need to inventory our audience, understand their desires, and develop those network communications on how to reach them. Overall, we must be willing to embrace and accept change as it comes."
The FY18 PDTC will be offered at 10 more fleet concentration area and overseas locations. Quota and location information is available online through the Catalog of Navy Training Courses and read ahead materials through NCSC's page at https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/navychc/naval-chaplaincy-school-center
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Q: List View(In UI) contains all the components not in the list view I am trying to create a list view which would display records on entering a number. The number of records will be equal to the number entered in the given text field.
It is working fine but the problem is the list contains all the components of the UI which are not required in the list.
Below is my activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="poc.tusharimaging.com.bluetooth_poc.MainActivity">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="83dp"
        android:id="@+id/relativeLayout">

        <EditText
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/numOfRows"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/set"
            android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/set" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Set"
            android:id="@+id/set"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/relativeLayout">

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/date"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/retrive"
                android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/retrive" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/time"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/retrive"
                android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/retrive" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Retrive"
                android:id="@+id/retrive"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

        </RelativeLayout>

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <ListView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/items"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/data"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
        </RelativeLayout>

    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

The java code is as below.
ArrayAdapter<String> records;
ListView listView = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.items);
records = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.activity_main, R.id.data, values);
listView.setAdapter(records);

A: Create your ArrayAdapter like this:
ArrayAdapter<String> records;
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.items);
records = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item_layout, R.id.data, values);
listView.setAdapter(records);

because the ArrayAdapter takes an item layout to display the items in the ListView not the whole layout.
Docs http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ArrayAdapter.html
list_item_layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <TextView
       xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:id="@+id/data"
  ></TextView>

base_layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="poc.tusharimaging.com.bluetooth_poc.MainActivity"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="83dp"
        android:id="@+id/relativeLayout">

        <EditText
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/numOfRows"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/set"
            android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/set" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Set"
            android:id="@+id/set"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
    </RelativeLayout>

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/date"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/retrive"
                android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/retrive" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/time"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/retrive"
                android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/retrive" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Retrive"
                android:id="@+id/retrive"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

        </RelativeLayout>

            <ListView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:id="@+id/items"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</LinearLayout>


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