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We Found the 12 Cutest Bathing Suits on Amazon – All Under $35
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Paris Jackson Instagrams a Statement About Privacy
"There's a line and people are crossing it."
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Courtesy of Instagram/@parisjackson
Paris has been getting a lot of attention lately after she spoke out against white actor Joseph Fiennes being cast to play her father, Michael Jackson, on Urban Myths (that episode has since been canceled). According to some of Paris's posts on social media, the attention she's seen after the casting controversy hasn't all been positive. On Twitter, Paris wrote that she gets hate for wanting privacy, and pointed out how wrong that is, especially when her personal things are hacked. It's unclear if Paris is talking about new or old hacking, but either way, it's not OK.
"Don't tell me I don't have the right to ask for privacy if people are taking my private pictures and videos and putting them online," Paris wrote in a post on Instagram. "There's a line and people are crossing it and I'm not okay with it."
Paris is absolutely right. No matter who you are, everyone has a right to some privacy. If Paris has photos and videos on her phone or computer that she's not posting to social media or in a public way, that means she doesn't want them out there. Going into her personal files without her consent is a huge violation of her privacy, and can be extremely hurtful and upsetting.
In her post, Paris goes on to say that her words and pictures are being taken out of context, used to make her look bad.
"They manipulate words and pictures to their advantage just so they can have an excuse to hate me," Paris wrote. "I don't know why."
Paris has been the victim of cyber bullying in the past, and this is no different. Last year, Paris opened up about how hurtful the constant hate is in a super emotional video. She cried as she talked about how tired she was of being bullied online, and pleaded with the public to have more compassion. Paris had to delete the video because she was being cyber bullied for her video asking people to stop cyber bullying her. It's so messed up. Having her personal photos and videos hacked and posted is also cyber bullying because it violates Paris' privacy and, as she wrote in her recent post, is used to hurt her. That is not OK.
On Twitter, Paris said she's also criticized for asking for privacy.
https://twitter.com/ParisJackson/status/821121872586649600
In her Instagram post, Paris makes a very important point about the internet and privacy that truly outlines how messed up the expectation that the public is entitled to know everything about her is.
"Also please keep in mind that not everything someone puts online is their whole life and you can't assume that you 'know' that person just because of what you see on your phone or computer," she wrote.
It's easy to forget that we don't actually know celebrities because we see what appears to be a lot of their lives online. But that's not really true. Just like us, celebrities pick and choose what to share online and what to keep private. They show us a sliver of their lives, but they keep the rest to themselves. We aren't entitled to see any more than what they share online, just like we wouldn't expect anyone to take our private selfies and blast them across the internet.
Just like everyone else, Paris is just trying to live her life. She shouldn't have to feel like every time she logs on social media she's going to get a flood of hate and invasions of her privacy. Kudos to Paris for speaking out and fighting for her rights. We respect that, and we hope other people will too.
Related: Paris Jackson Opens Up About Cyberbullying in Emotional Instagram Video
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Q: Android: How to get the log of an app like when debugging in Android Studio? I am currently writing a simple app to practice Android programming. The app has a UI to which EditText elements are added during runtime. It saves and restores their content in the life cycle methods.
However, recently the contents were not restored as intended. So I added Log.d() invocations to find out why. As the issue occurs rarely and not during debugging I want to get the logs from my device.
First, I assumed I could get a logfile that was created for my Application. But apparently the logs of all apps are stored in some buffer which you can read out with logcat.
That seems to give me an endless stream of all apps' logs. I want to get only my app's debug logs and only those with my self defined tag like when I debug my app in Android Studio:

Can I somehow get the logs from my device and view them with the Android Studio logcat view?
Thanks in advance!

A: Play app with cable pluged in first then unplug it and play with app.. again plug in back cable to your system you must see the previouse logs on android studio

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20
All Themes Racism Movement and Dislocation Hunger, Illness, and Suffering Christianity and "Being Saved" Reading and Writing Society and the Individual
All Characters Richard Wright Wright's mother Wright's brother Granny Grandpa Aunt Addie Aunt Maggie Uncle Hoskins Uncle Tom Bess Mr. Crane Shorty Harrison Miss Simon Comrade Young
All Symbols Books and Novels The "switch"
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Movement and Dislocation
Hunger, Illness, and Suffering
Christianity and "Being Saved"
Society and the Individual
Wright's mother
Wright's brother
Aunt Addie
Aunt Maggie
Uncle Hoskins
Uncle Tom
Mr. Crane
Miss Simon
Comrade Young
Black Boy Characters
The memoir's protagonist, author, and narrator, Richard Wright is born into poverty in rural Mississippi, then shuttles between Jackson, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Memphis as a young man, and does all he can to educate himself… (read full character analysis)
Wright's mother works hard to support Richard and his brother from a young age, but after her husband leaves the family, she must take on additional work in the kitchens of white families. Wright's mother… (read full character analysis)
Though never named, Wright's brother is Wright's companion in childhood; he is then raised, partially, by Aunt Maggie in Detroi when Wright's mother becomes ill. Wright and his brother grow apart during their teenage… (read full character analysis)
A stern religious practitioner, Wright's grandmother lives in Jackson, Mississippi with Grandpa, and runs a household that includes Wright for a great many years. Granny tries desperately to get Wright to believe in God… (read full character analysis)
A Civil War veteran for the Union, Wright's grandfather is denied his pension by a clerical mistake that misspelled his name, and which he believes was not in fact a mistake but was instead… (read full character analysis)
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Granny's youngest daughter, and Wright's mother's sister. Addie is also sternly religious, and runs the Christian school that Wright attends in Jackson. Addie attempts to discipline Wright early in the memoir for dropping… (read full character analysis)
Another of Richard's mother's sisters, Maggie early in the book lives in comfort in Arkansas with her husband Uncle Hoskins, a successful owner of a bar. This comfort is shattered when Hoskins is… (read full character analysis)
The husband of Maggie, who lives with her in Arkansas where he is a prosperous bar owner. For a while Richard, his mother, and his brother live with Maggie and Hoskins, and… (read full character analysis)
Another stern disciplinarian, and Grandma and Grandpa's oldest son, Uncle Tom lives on the outskirts of Jackson and later moves into Granny's house. Tom attempts to discipline Wright and beat him with the switch… (read full character analysis)
A kind and relatively uneducated girl, the daughter of Mrs. Moss. Bess falls quickly in love with Wright, but when Wright suggests that they get to know one another before getting engaged, Bess… (read full character analysis)
An optometrist from Illinois who lives in Jackson, Crane gives Wright a job in his shop, and says Wright will get a chance to learn the trade. Though Crane himself is not overtly racist, he… (read full character analysis)
The elevator operator in Richard's building in Memphis (where he works at the second optometry shop), Shorty is willing to participate in racial prejudice—acting as a caricature of a black man for white entertainment—in… (read full character analysis)
An African-American man who works at another optometry shop across the street from Richard's in Memphis, Harrison later agrees to box with Richard to entertain the white workers in that neighborhood. After the fight… (read full character analysis)
A kind woman who runs the orphanage in Memphis to which Richard is sent as a young child, Miss Simon takes a liking to Richard, who is so nervous that he cannot perform the tasks… (read full character analysis)
A Communist who moves to Chicago, claiming to be from Detroit. Young is a painter, and Wright, who leads the John Reed Club at this point, welcomes Young into the fold. Later, after Young… (read full character analysis)
Wright's Father
Richard's father leaves the family when Richard is young. He lives an unstable and financially-precarious life, and after his abandonment Richard is raised mostly by his mother, aunts, and grandparents as he moves between homes in the South.
Mrs. Moss
A kind woman who lives in Memphis, on Beale Street, Mrs. Moss takes in Richard as a boarder, and wishes ardently that Wright would marry her daughter, Bess.
Brother Mance
A well-meaning and illiterate insurance salesman, Brother Mance takes on Wright as a secretary one summer, so that Wright can learn the insurance trade and help poor black families outside Jackson purchase life insurance plans.
Pease and Reynolds
Two white supremacists who work for Crane, Pease and Reynolds hound Richard, asking if he thinks he's "white" for wanting to learn more about optometry. They eventually threaten Richard so severely that he quits his job.
A white employee at Richard's optometry shop in Memphis, Olin initially convinces Richard and Harrison to box each other, saying he will pay each of them five dollars for the fight.
"Uncle" Matthews
A mysterious man who becomes Maggie's boyfriend in Arkansas sometime after Uncle Hoskins is killed, Matthews must flee with Maggie to Detroit in the middle of the night, after committing arson against a white family. Richard never learns the exact nature of, or motivation for, Matthews' crime.
Uncle Clark
A kind man with whom Richard lives briefly in Mississippi, Clark attempts to provide food and shelter for Richard, but Richard is too frightened by the "ghost" of a dead child in his bedroom to adjust to family life there.
Aunt Jody
The wife of Uncle Clark, Jody is also kind to Richard, and hopes to provide a comfortable home for him, however briefly.
Mrs. Bibbs
A woman Richard works for while in high school in Jackson. Richard tries to work also for Mrs. Bibbs's husband at a sawmill, but is frightened by the physical nature of the work, and returns to work for Mrs. Bibbs.
Ned Greenley
A friend of Richard's from high school in Jackson, Ned Greenley is notable for informing Richard one day that his brother, Bob, has been murdered by white men, who believe Bob visited a white prostitute.
Bob Greenley
Ned's brother, Bob works at a hotel in Jackson. Bob is murdered by white men who believe that Bob slept with a white prostitute, thus violating the racial and sexual norms of the South.
Head of the junior high school where Richard attends ninth grade, the principal provides a school-sanctioned speech for Richard to read at his ninth-grade graduation. Richard refuses to do so, and the principal, in return, states that he will not hire Richard to teach in the Jackson school system.
A friend of Richard's in Jackson, Griggs initially finds Richard the job at Crane's optometry shop, and encourages Richard to behave with servility towards whites, if only to protect himself from white supremacist violence.
A kind woman who boards with Granny and works as a teacher, Ella is an avid reader of books. After she shares books with Richard, and after Richard is later accused of lewdness by Granny, Granny forces Ella to move out of the house.
A black woman who works at a movie theater in Jackson, owned by a Jewish businessman. Tel works with another, unnamed man and Richard to steal from the owner. Richard uses some of this money to leave Jackson and head to Memphis.
An Irish Catholic who works at the optometry shop in Memphis, and who is less inclined toward racism against African Americans. Falk lends Richard his library card so that Richard can check out books written by H.L. Mencken and other famous authors.
Aunt Cleo
Another of Wright's relations. Aunt Cleo already lives in Chicago, and Aunt Maggie and Richard stay with her at first when they arrive in the city.
The Hoffmans
A Jewish couple living in Chicago. The Hoffmans run a deli, and Wright finds work there soon after arrival. He later leaves the deli after lying to the Hoffmans about taking his postal exam.
The Finnish cook at the diner, where Wright works after the Hoffmans' deli. Tillie spits in the soup she makes. Wright finds this out and tells the boss, who observes Tillie and fires her.
The Unnamed Woman
A woman Wright meets when working for the insurance company. Wright has an affair with her in exchange for "forgiving" her late policy payments. The woman finds Wright intelligent but strange, and wants him to take her to a circus.
Wright's black comrade in the John Reed Club and Communist Party. Wright interviews Ross for a series of "biographical sketches" of black life in Chicago. These sketches raise the concern of Party leaders, who view them as "unorthodox."
Buddy Nealson
A prominent black Communist in Chicago. Buddy makes a series of veiled threats against Wright when Wright opposes Party propaganda in the John Reed Club.
Ed Green
A subordinate of Buddy Nealson's. Green often tries to intimidate Wright by telling him that the Party doesn't support his independent writing and reading.
DeSheim
A Jewish theater director. DeSheim is brought in to lead the Federal Negro Theater, for which Wright is a publicity officer, but the black actors don't like DeSheim's taste in experimental works, and force him to resign.
The Animal-lab Doctors
The white doctors who perform experiments in the hospital, where Wright cleans the floors. One of these doctors plays a prank on Wright, making him believe he'll die from inhaling a harmless chemical.
Bill, Brand, and Cooke
Wright's fellow laborers at the animal hospital. Brand and Cooke have a long-running feud, and one of their fights causes the animals to be loosed from their cages. The four men put the animals back in a disorganized fashion, though the doctors never learn of this.
The Diner Waitresses
White workers at the diner where Wright washes dishes. Wright remarks on the waitresses' unconcern with his blackness. He also realizes he has read far more than them—that he possesses far vaster cultural knowledge than they do.
Schlegel, Chris. "Black Boy Characters." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 18 Jun 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2020.
Schlegel, Chris. "Black Boy Characters." LitCharts LLC, June 18, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2020. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/black-boy/characters.

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In the public and private sectors, a strengths movement is building momentum. Not just because more and more organisations are adopting strengths-based talent management strategies, but also because once people have a taste of what it's like to be selected and valued for their strengths there is no going back for them. They become advocates and, as some told me in the interviews for my book, they can't help but see the world through that lens now.
I have seen the difference strengths-based recruitment and development makes to organisations and individuals and my prediction is that in the next five to ten years it will be business-as-usual simply because of the evidence of its effectiveness.
I work with very inspiring leaders who have been the early adopters of strengths. These are people who saw its potential before others did and for whom it intuitively felt right. I quote three such leaders in this piece, all HR Directors.
Lynda Greenshields, former HR Director of Acromas Group, told me why she placed strengths at the centre of her HR strategy.
Sandra, like the other senior leaders quoted in my book, was clear about what she wanted strengths-based recruitment to achieve. In her case it was about improving the customer experience and reducing staff turnover. For others it was about improving service, patient care or saving money. Beyond their strategy though they all had an ambitious goal – I'd go so far as to call it a dream in some cases. They wanted big, transformational change. They wanted something that would excite and transform as well as being backed up by data. They put their faith in a strengths approach because it intuitively felt right to them.
"We know that globally, the Millennial and Gen Z generations are some of the most anxious. They face pressure in school, in sports, in social settings and experience a lot of anxiety just to be considered for a great education and good job. We've seen some tragic examples of what pressure can do to young men and women, including burn out and workplace illness that is all too common.
I think you'll agree that these messages are inspiring and uplifting. And they are a testament to the power of strengths to improve businesses and public services as well as people's lives.
The full transcripts of interviews with Lynda, Sandra and Eva are published in Sally's new book, Strengths-based Recruitment and Development: A Practical Guide to Transforming Talent Management Strategy for Business Results. The book is the first to be written on the subject.


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Christmas is fast approaching but and many people are off of work but somebody's gotta keep the Hot Links coming! Consider it a Christmas gift from me to you but also keep in mind it's basically the equivalent of somebody giving you a $10 Papa John's gift card so don't get too excited.
/The national media is writing very sweet things about the Astros so who REALLY won 2018??
/Chin Music Baseball breaks down the most likely landing spots for Dallas Keuchel..and the Astros aren't completely out of the mix yet. Not likely for sure, but not impossible.
/Not sure if this has been linked on this site or not but an excellent article about what the Astros may do with Josh Reddick now that Brantley is here is up on the Crawfish Boxes.
/Alex Bregman is really enjoying the offseason like any rich guy playing a sport as a job should. The full link to his latest (30 minute) Youtube masterpiece can be found here.
/It's back baby! A Bud Norris reun-i mean Britton to Houston rumors! Although this is likely still a pipe dream as Luhnow looks like he's staying internal for replacements (Bud Norris is an actual free agent by the way but bringing him back was 100% a joke please do not post backlash in the comments section).
/Sounds like Altuve's recovery is going extremely well!
/It may not get here in time for Christmas but if your gift recipient doesn't mind a late present or two, may I recommend you some Houston Astros themed crossword puzzle books or trivia games? The reviews are in!
/Doctors are seeing a rise in a form of carpel tunnel called "selfie wrist". Technology baby yeah!
/The first ever armed robbery occurred in the North Pole. Nobody was hurt and the guy was apprehended, but it was still a memorable day for the island, who is known for having more polar bears on it than people.
I will not see you guys on Wednesday as I will be on the travelling to Maryland most of the day to have a second Christmas so I will not be posting Hot Links until Friday at the earliest so with that being said, enjoy your Xmas and I will see you guys again sometime eventually!
Safe travels & Merry Xmas.


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Versace Is Being Accused Of Using Code Word For Black Shoppers
The famous brand is under fire.
Kiyonna Anthony
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An ex-employee of a Versace retail store in the Bay area is calling out his former employers for extreme racist behavior.
According to the former staffer, Versace secretly alerts staffers when an African-American person enters the store. In the lawsuit filed by the man, it says that a manager told him about a store code called "D410," which was used to casually let co-workers know a black person was present. Reportedly, that's also the code for all black shirts in Versace stores.
The employee revealed that his manager was in complete shock after he responded, "You know that I'm African-American?" The lawsuit also states that following the employees confrontation with the manager, they refused to give him rest breaks, and fired him after just two weeks. The former employee, who's suing for unpaid wages and damages, says he was told he was canned because he hadn't "lived the luxury life." However, Versace has already filed a request for dismissal of the suit.
Do you believe the ex-employee?
Source: TMZ
Versace Is Being Accused Of Using Code Word For Black Shoppers was originally published on globalgrind.com
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Q: Why is my jQuery code not working when I click the button? I'm fairly new to JavaScript/jQuery and web programming. I have to textboxes and a button. I'm trying to make it so that when the textboxes have the right characters in them and you click the button, it takes you to another page. But when I click the button, nothing happens.
Here is a link to it on my server: http://jakadproductions.com/testing/
Sorry, I'm only 15.
My code:

$document.ready(function() {
  $("#login_button").click(function() {
    var username_value = document.getElementById("username_box").value;
    var password_value = document.getElementById("password_box").value;
    if (username_value == "JakobMorelan" && password_value == "Admin1234") {
      window.location = "http://jakadproductions.com/naj7m6j2aajre1o7opjr/";
    };
    else {
      window.location = "http://jakadproductions.com/";
    };
  });
});
<title>LOGIN</title>

LOGIN

<input id="username_box" type="textbox" placeholder="Username" />
<input id="password_box" type="textbox" placeholder="Password" />
<button id="login_button">Submit</button>

A: The console is your friend. Looking at it would reveal this:

SyntaxError: expected expression, got keyword 'else'

Given you only have one else keyword in your code, you can assume it's that one. Immediately before that you have a semicolon which completely ends that conditional. Therefore the else is invalid because there's no longer an if that it's continuing from. Remove the semicolon and it will run.

A: Remove extra semi-colon after if
if (username_value == "JakobMorelan" && password_value == "Admin1234") {
                window.location = "http://jakadproductions.com/naj7m6j2aajre1o7opjr/";
            }
            else {
                window.location = "http://jakadproductions.com/";
            };

A: Your if/else block has an additional ; where none is expected!
Try and open the developer tools of your browser, it should give you a hint if there is something wrong with your code and a pointer to where the error is.
In this case remove the ; after the if statement

A: The browser debugger is a great tool to figure out these issues. When I opened the link to your testing page and opened the browser's debug tool it spit out the problem:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token else

It's saying that it doesn't expect the else token because you put a semi colon after the if clause ending it. Since there was no if statement that was still ongoing the else was unexpected and the script crashed

A: First of all, there is an error in the code. After your if statement (and before the else) you have put a semicolon ';'. First fix that, CTRL + SHIFT + J opens a console on Chrome, you can use to debug this kind of errors easily

A: You appear to have two errors in your code—

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*As others have mentioned, you have to remove the semicolon after your if {...} block. In JavaScript and many other languages, the standard syntax is if {...} else {...}.

*Your jQuery code begins with $document, where—unless var $document has been previously defined—you really need $(document). The document variable is globally available and doesn't itself need to be defined, but to use it with jQuery methods like .ready(...), you have to wrap it in the jQuery wrapper, which is what $(document) does.
Here's a Codepen example of it working. I have changed the redirects to alerts.
https://codepen.io/ericpedia/pen/qmmvNJ


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HomeBlogPopcorn Parent Movie ReviewsFamily Movie Review: The Imitation Game (PG-13)
Family Movie Review: The Imitation Game (PG-13)
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Length: 114 minutes
Age Appropriate For: 13+. The movie is about mathematics genius Alan Turing, who helped break the Nazi code during World War II and developed one of the earliest computers; he was a closeted gay man, and so the film discusses his sexual preference, depicts his earliest relationship, and mentions his use of male prostitutes; there are also some jokes about heterosexual sex and flirting. It's all talk, though; otherwise, the film also depicts some bombed-out buildings and mentions the death of soldiers and citizens during the war.
Benedict Cumberbatch leads a solid ensemble in 'The Imitation Game,' in which he plays Alan Turing, the mathematician who helped break the Nazi code during World War II. Although his performance is well done, some missteps in the film's final act keep it from brilliance.
By Roxana Hadadi
On some level, you may think that the recent film about Stephen Hawking, "The Theory of Everything," and this film, "The Imitation Game," about Alan Turing, are too similar to see both. Both are prestige British productions, starring up-and-coming British actors (Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch, respectively) in their lead roles; both are about analytical geniuses caged in by something (in Hawking's case, his deteriorating body; in Turing's case, his social awkwardness and the British government's ruthless laws against homosexuals). But whereas "The Theory of Everything" boasted stellar lead performances from Redmayne and Felicity Jones as his wife but an otherwise lackluster plot, "The Imitation Game" has one solid performance from Cumberbatch and an otherwise enthralling plot—a history lesson in British intelligence and secret-keeping that will remind you of 2011's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
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A Look Back at the New Modern Hair
By Hannah Mandel
"If Kandinsky, Mondrian, Miró, and Warhol had a secret colorblind child," says the biography on Silvia Prada's website, "her name would be Silvia Prada." Since 2000, the New York-based, Spanish raised Prada has been combining aspects of Pop Art, fashion illustration, and margin doodling to produce a style of flatly rendered graphite drawing. On crisp white paper, celebrities, models, and musicians traced from magazine images exist, hovering over shapes and patterns that reference the aforementioned early abstract painters.
Late last year, Prada published The New Modern Hair: A Styling Chart with cultureEDIT in Los Angeles, a book and foldout poster with illustrations of male models taken from mid-20th-century barbershop posters. From January 18 through February 26, Prada will have an exhibition of work relating to the publication, using it as a starting point for large-scale drawings, murals, and collages that continue to explore the ideas of male individualism, fashion, and sexuality through hairstyle. Prada, whose father was a barber in Spain, will show her own work alongside contributions from artists such as Slava Mogutin, Collier Schorr, Holli Smith, and Bruce LaBruce in the exhibition at The Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Celebrating the ephemeral nature of fashion trends, hairstyles and hair itself, The New Modern Hair promises to offer an intriguing glimpse into the aesthetic history of your favorite '60s coif. Flat-tops, anyone?


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  * Fork Gwen on http://github.com/badlogic/gwen
  * Hack away and send a pull request on Github!

### Formatter ###

Please use the standard Kotlin formatter in IntelliJ IDEA or the one that comes with the Kotlin Eclipse plugin. Failure to apply the formatter will result in closed pull requests.

### Code Style ###

Gwen does not have an official coding standard. We mostly follow the usual Kotlin style, and so should you.

A few things we'd rather not like to see:

  * underscores in any kind of identifier
  * [Hungarian notation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation)
  * Prefixes for fields or arguments
  * Curly braces on new lines

If you modify an existing file, follow the style of the code in there. Curly braces may be omitted if it does not hurt readability.

If you create a new file, make sure to add the license header.

### Git ###

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'REBECCA' PRODUCER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE
Ben Sprecher, who has produced shows and managed theaters in New York since the early 1980s and is best-known for a Broadway musical that collapsed before it could open, was sentenced Thursday afternoon to five years of probation for possessing child pornography. He'll be required to publicly register as a sex offender in any state in which he resides.
Judge J. Paul Oetken accepted the recommendation of the producer's court-appointed lawyer, Martin S. Cohen of the Federal Defenders of New York. Citing the seriousness of the crime, the Justice Department had sought a prison term of 78 to 97 months. The U.S. Probation Department recommended a year and a day of incarceration.Continue Reading
PRODUCER SPRECHER OUT ON $100,000 BOND AFTER CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ARREST
August 13, 2019 by Philip Boroff
Ben Sprecher, who spent six years in court trying to restore his reputation following the pre-opening collapse of Rebecca the Musical, was accused in a Federal complaint of possessing and distributing child pornography.Continue Reading
ESCAPE FROM MANDERLEY: 'REBECCA' PRODUCER SETTLES WITH PRESS AGENT
May 30, 2019 by Philip Boroff
Ben Sprecher/Steven Hirsch
EXCLUSIVE: Broadway's oddest and most enduring financing-scandal-turned-courtroom-drama has closed.
After six years, 471 legal filings, one trial and another that had been on tap, Rebecca producer Ben Sprecher has ended his effort to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical. Last month, Sprecher settled his personal lawsuit against publicist Marc Thibodeau, obviating a second trial concerning the aborted Broadway show.Continue Reading
'REBECCA' PRODUCER SEEKS NEW TRIAL AGAINST PRESS AGENT
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Sprecher's six-year campaign to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical and reputation has been cleared for another courtroom showdown.
Earlier this month, an appellate court declined to intervene in the producer's lawsuit against publicist Marc Thibodeau, opening the door for a second trial relating to the aborted musical Rebecca. At issue are emails that the press agent sent to a prospective backer in September 2012, linking Sprecher to a fraud.
Sprecher is "radioactive in the theater community and unable to find work," the producer's lead lawyer, Erik Groothuis of Schlam Stone & Dolan, wrote in an October 2018 brief in New York Supreme Court. Thibodeau "torpedoed both the musical, and my career with it," Sprecher said in a 2017 sworn statement.Continue Reading
FROM 'REBECCA' TO RUMPELMAYER'S: PRODUCER SEEKS INVESTORS FOR REVIVAL OF DINING ICON
December 19, 2018 by Philip Boroff
Sundae from Rumpelmayer's video
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Sprecher raised and spent millions on a Broadway musical version of Rebecca that never opened. For his next act, he wants to recreate an Old World family restaurant, updated for the Instagram age.
Will investors pick up the tab?
'REBECCA' PRODUCERS SEEK NEW TRIAL TO REASSESS DAMAGES AGAINST PRESS AGENT
June 1, 2017 by Philip Boroff
EXCLUSIVE: The producers of Rebecca aren't giving up on their four-and-a-half-year campaign to force their former press agent to pay for the musical's collapse.
Rebecca Broadway Limited Partnership, led by Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza, requested a New York judge throw out last month's $85,000 jury award for wrongful interference against publicist Marc Thibodeau. Sprecher and Forlenza originally sought at least $10.6 million. Their lawyer, Erik Groothuis, said in a court filing that the jury picked $85,000 "from thin air."
'REBECCA' PRODUCER SUIT FLOPS IN COURT; PRESS AGENT MUST PAY TOKEN $90,000 OF DAMAGES
Marc Thibodeau/ Jeremy Daniel
UPDATED THROUGHOUT: In a court battle over money and reputations, the partnership that sought to bring Rebecca the Musical to Broadway won a token $90,000 damage award against its former press agent — less than 1 percent of what producers were seeking.
Publicist Marc Thibodeau hugged his lawyers and cried after the jury verdict. Five women and one man decided that Thibodeau wrongfully interfered with a contract but didn't defame Rebecca Broadway LP when he sent rogue emails under the pseudonyms Sarah Finkelstein and Bethany Walsh. The emails warned a prospective investor that Rebecca's commercial potential was questionable and there was fraud in its midst .
QUESTIONS & DELIBERATIONS IN 'REBECCA' TRIAL
May 9, 2017 by Philip Boroff
Rebecca Broadway LP vs. Marc Thibodeau went to the jury Tuesday afternoon after two weeks of testimony. The five women and one man had a range of information requests out of the gate in order to decide the civil suit, which was filed in 2013 after Rebecca the Musical collapsed amid a cash shortfall.
'REBECCA' PARTNERSHIP SEEKS $11 MILLION PLUS PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN PRESS AGENT 'BETRAYAL'
At 2:30 pm, Marc Thibodeau was a courageous truth teller. By 4 pm he was a destructive liar.
Closing statements at the Rebecca civil trial this afternoon painted opposing pictures of its former press agent and the musical he represented — and according to its producers, sabotaged.
DID 'REBECCA' PRODUCER IGNORE WARNINGS ABOUT GRIFTER?
EXCLUSIVE: The email was sent at 8:21 am Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Subject line: "Confidential."
"Have you ever Googled Mark Hotton Long Island?" wrote Marc Thibodeau, press agent for Rebecca the Musical, to lead producer Ben Sprecher about the West Islip, Long Island, stock broker Sprecher hired to raise money. Thibodeau wrote that he discovered "several instances of lawsuits against him for fraud."
The publicist added that the broker hadn't produced evidence that an investor named Paul Abrams who purportedly died of malaria — one of four mysterious overseas angels Hotton recruited — ever existed.


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Battery included for collectible figure. Button cells are required.
The fight scene in Iron Man 2 with Tony and Whiplash, is definitely near the top for me as far as fight scenes go in the MCU. Needless to say, I had to have this figure. The accuracy to what it looks like on screen is amazing. The detail in the figure and accessories is flawless. A must have figure.
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The diecast MK5 is so detailed and exquisite, definitely my favorite so far!
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§ 21570. CalRecycle--Filing Requirements.
27 CA ADC § 21570Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
Title 27. Environmental Protection
Division 2. Solid Waste (Refs & Annos)
Subdivision 1. Consolidated Regulations for Treatment, Storage, Processing or Disposal of Solid Waste
Chapter 4. Documentation and Reporting for Regulatory Tiers, Permits, WDRs, and Plans
Subchapter 3. Development of Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) and Solid Waste Facility Permits
Article 2. Calrecycle--Applicant Requirements.
27 CCR § 21570
(a) Any operator of a disposal site who is required to have a full solid waste facilities permit and waste discharge requirements pursuant to Public Resources Code, Division 31 and § 20080(f) shall submit an application package for a solid waste facilities permit in duplicate to the EA pursuant to ¶(f). The applicant shall also simultaneously submit one copy of the application form and the Joint Technical Document (JTD) to the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and one copy of the application form to the director of the local agency that oversees local land use planning for the jurisdiction in which the site is located. The applicant shall ensure demonstration of financial assurances to CalRecycle pursuant to Chapter 6 of this Subdivision.
(b) All other applicants who are required to have a full solid waste facilities permit shall submit an application package for a solid waste facilities permit in duplicate to the EA pursuant to ¶(f) and one copy of the application form to the director of the local agency that oversees local land use planning for the jurisdiction in which the site is located. The applicant shall also simultaneously submit one copy of the application form to the RWQCB.
(c) Any application package submitted to the EA shall be accompanied by the fee specified by the EA pursuant to Public Resources Code § 44006(c).
(d) The application package shall require that information be supplied in adequate detail to permit thorough evaluation of the environmental effects of the facility and to permit estimation of the likelihood that the facility will be able to conform to the standards over the useful economic life of the facility. The application package shall require, among other things, that the applicant and the owner give the address at which process may be served upon them.
(e) All information in the application package shall be certified by the applicant and the owner of the site as being true and accurate to the best knowledge and belief of each. The applicant, owner of the facility, or both, shall supply additional information as deemed necessary by the EA.
(f) A complete and correct application package shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following items:
(1) Application For Solid Waste Facilities Permit/Waste Discharge Requirements Form CalRecycle E-1-77 (Version 11-15) (Appendix 1); and
(2) Complete and correct Report of Facility Information. In the case of disposal sites, this will be a Report of Disposal Site Information (RDSI) in the format of a JTD or a Disposal Site Facility Plan or Disposal Facility Report in the format of a JTD; and
(3) California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance information as follows:
(A) Evidence that there has been compliance with the CEQA, Division 13 (commencing with § 21000) of the Public Resources Code, regarding the facility; or
(B) Information on the status of the application's compliance with the CEQA regarding the facility, including the proposed project description. Once there has been compliance with the CEQA regarding the facility, evidence of compliance shall be submitted to the EA; and
(4) Any CEQA Mitigation Monitoring Implementation Schedule; and
(5) Conformance finding information, including one of the following:
(A) Until a countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan has been approved by CalRecycle, the application shall include statements that: the facility is identified and described in or conforms with the County Solid Waste Management Plan, or otherwise complies with Public Resources Code § 50000; and that the facility is consistent with the city or county General Plan and compatible with surrounding land use, in accordance with Public Resources Code § 50000.5; or
(B) After a countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan has been approved by CalRecycle, the application shall include a statement that: the facility is identified in either the countywide siting element, the nondisposal facility element, or in the Source Reduction and Recycling Element for the jurisdiction in which it is located; or, that the facility is not required to be identified in any of these elements pursuant to Public Resources Code § 50001; and
(6) For disposal sites, completeness determination of Preliminary or Final Closure/Postclosure Maintenance Plan as specified in §§ 21780, 21865, and 21890 (Subchapter 4 of this chapter); and
[Note: The operator has the option of submitting the preliminary closure plan with the JTD, in which case the EA, RWQCB, and CalRecycle would review it at the same time. If deemed complete by the reviewing agencies, the solid waste facilities permit application package could then be accepted for filing if all other information in the JTD is accepted by the EA. Or the operator can submit a stand alone preliminary closure plan to be deemed complete by reviewing agencies before the application package is submitted to the EA. For CalRecycle purposes, all final closure/postclosure plans are stand alone documents but can be processed jointly with a proposed solid waste facilities permit revision as long as the final plan is determined complete prior to approval of the proposed solid waste facilities permit. The JTD Index prepared for the EA should show where each closure requirement is addressed in the closure/post-closure plan.]
(7) For disposal sites, a copy of the most recently submitted detailed written estimate or latest approved estimate, whichever identifies the greatest cost, to cover the cost of known or reasonably foreseeable corrective action activities, pursuant to § 22101;
(8) For disposal sites, current documentation of acceptable funding levels for required closure, postclosure maintenance, and corrective action Financial Assurance Mechanisms (in accordance with Chapter 6, Division 2); and
(9) For disposal sites, current documentation of compliance with operating liability requirements in accordance with Chapter 6;
(10) For disposal sites permitted for more than 20 tons-per-day, a ground or aerial survey to be completed at least once every five years or more frequently as determined by the EA. For disposal sites permitted for 20 tons-per-day or less, a ground or aerial survey must be completed at least once every ten years. Survey results must be submitted as a CADD or vector graphics data file including at least two strata, i.e., 1) a stratum showing the base and finished ground surfaces, and 2) a stratum showing the existing and finished ground surfaces. For disposal sites where a change in permitted volume is proposed, a third stratum showing the base and proposed finished ground surface must be included. For each stratum the following information shall be included: site name, stratum name, surface1 name, surface2 name, volume calculation method (grid, composite, section), expansion (cut) factor, compaction (fill) factor, cut volume, fill volume and net volume. All volumes shall be reported in cubic yards. If the base ground surface is uncertain, the operator is allowed to provide the best available information as a substitute for the actual as-built contours. If selecting this substitute method, the operator must provide an explanation of the basis for using the substitute base ground surface. For the purposes of this section the following definitions apply:
(A) "base ground surface" - the best available excavation plan surface that existed prior to the placement of any waste;
(B) "CADD" - computer aided design and drafting;
(C) "compaction (fill) factor" - the factor used to correct for expected compaction of fill material; this factor should normally be unity (one); if the factor is not unity (one), an explanation must be provided for the basis of the volumetric correction;
(D) "cut volume" - for any stratum, the volume removed by a cut of a lower surface to achieve the upper surface;
(E) "existing ground surface" - the topography that exists at the time of the subject survey;
(F) "expansion (cut) factor" - the factor used to correct for expected expansion of a cut surface; this factor should normally be unity (one); if the factor is not unity (one), an explanation must be provided for the basis of the volumetric correction;
(G) "fill volume" - for any stratum, the volume bound between the upper and lower surfaces;
(H) "finished ground surface" - the final fill plan surface as shown in the approved closure plan for the disposal site;
(I) "net volume" - the fill volume less the cut volume;
(J) "site name" - the name of the disposal site for which the survey information is being submitted;
(K) "stratum (plural: strata)" - a particular volume of a solid waste landfill bound by specified upper and lower surfaces;
(l) "stratum name" - a descriptive name for the stratum for which volumetric information is being submitted, e.g., total volume including proposed expansion;
(M) "surface names" - names for the pair of surfaces that define a named stratum, e.g., base ground surface and proposed finished ground surface;
(N) "survey" - a comprehensive examination of the disposal site under the direction of registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor for purposes of determining the topography of the base, existing and finished ground surfaces, and the volumes bound by those surfaces;
(O) "vector graphics" - computer generated images comprised of lines and shapes of given origin, direction, thickness, color and other attributes;
(P) "volume calculation method" - grid, composite, section or other method approved by the enforcement agency.
(11) For disposal sites, one of the following:
(i) In-place density (pounds of waste per cubic yard of waste). The in-place density is the estimated or measured density of in-place waste material achieved by mechanical or other means in the development of the current lift of the current operating waste cell, and
(ii) Waste-to-cover ratio, estimated, (volume:volume). The waste-to-cover ratio estimate is a unit-less expression of the proportion of the volumes of waste and cover that comprise a volume of compacted fill material, e.g. 4:1. The cover portion of the waste-to-cover ratio estimate should include only soil or approved daily or intermediate alternative cover that is not considered a waste material, i.e., payment of fees to CalRecycle is not required. The waste portion of the waste-to-cover ratio estimate should include only waste material for which payment of fees to CalRecycle is reported, or
(B) Airspace utilization factor (tons of waste per cubic yard of landfill airspace). The airspace utilization factor (AUF) is the effective density of waste material in the landfill. The AUF is recorded as the total weight of waste material passing over the landfill scales that is placed in a known volume of landfill airspace in a given period of time. The waste portion of the AUF should include only waste material for which payment of fees to CalRecycle is reported.
(12) List of all public hearings and other meetings open to the public that have been held or copies of notices distributed that are applicable to the proposed solid waste facilities permit action.
(g) For new or expanded solid waste facilities, hold a public meeting with any affected disadvantaged communities within 180 days of submittal of the permit application package.
(1) Provide copies (hard copy or electronic) of notices distributed to the affected disadvantaged communities.
(2) Provide a summary of the comments received at the public meeting, responses to any public comments, and any other steps taken by the applicant relative to those comments.
(3) For the purposes of this section "affected disadvantaged communities" means communities identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code as disadvantaged that are located within one mile of the facility.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40002, 40502 and 43020, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 43103, 42652.5, 44001-44017, 44100-44101, 44300-44301, 44500-44503 and 44813-44816, Public Resources Code; and Section 39730.6, Health and Safety Code.
1. New article 2 (sections 21570-21640) and section filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (f)(1) and explanatory note following subsection (f)(6) filed 3-8-99 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 99, No. 11).
3. Amendment of subsections (f)(2), (f)(3)(A) and (f)(5)(A)-(f)(6) filed 2-25-2003; operative 2-25-2003 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2003, No. 9).
4. Amendment of subsection (f)(2) filed 12-26-2003; operative 2-24-2004 (Register 2003, No. 52).
5. Editorial correction of History 4 (Register 2004, No. 2).
6. Amendment filed 12-13-2004; operative 1-1-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(c) (Register 2004, No. 51).
7. Amendment filed 3-14-2007; operative 4-13-2007 (Register 2007, No. 11).
8. Amendment of article heading, section heading, subsections (a), (f)(5)(A)-(B) and (f)(6), new subsection (f)(7), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsections (f)(8) and (f)(11)(A)(ii)-(B) filed 4-9-2010; operative 7-1-2010 (Register 2010, No. 15).
9. Amendment of subsection (f)(1), new subsections (g)-(g)(3) and amendment of Note filed 11-3-2020; operative 1-1-2022 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 42652.2(a)(6) (Register 2020, No. 45).
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 27, § 21570, 27 CA ADC § 21570


International yoga day was observed in the college on June 21, 2018.A national seminar on "Yoga-for holistic well being" was conducted in our college. Programme started with prayer and welcome speech by Ms. Nithya (Student Representative) our Physical Education teacher Mr. Akhil K Sreedhar presided over the session. Programme was inaugurated by the Principal, Dr. Lakshmi K .Nair. A key note address on the significance of yoga was delivered by the honorable guest Mr. Ramesh V, yogacharya. Seminar was felicitated by Dr. KS Sajan and Dr. Seema Menon Assisttant Professors of the college. Yoga demonstrations and yoga class was also conducted .Warming up, standing, sitting and lying postures or asanas were done. Surya namaskar and breathing techniques like pranayama were also practiced by the students. The session ended with meditations. All the M.Ed, B.Ed students took part in the seminar and yoga practices. Paper presentation on yoga was there in the afternoon and certificates were distributed.


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Not all free things are great things. Like free roosters, for example. But we have a great new thing for the New Year - and that's free shipping, inside for our feather inventory on our updated website at www.NaturalFeathers.com and www.TheFeatheredEgg.com.
New inventory is up, and mixed feathers are always available - and while we no longer ship internationally because of export laws, we are happy to offer this new policy inside the USA.


6-Dec-03 But one-to-one care is not just nice for babies, it's essential.
...Within an hour of birth, babies are responding to the way they're handled, looked at and talked to. "Still face" experiments with 10-week-old babies, in which mothers don't react in any way, show that babies are highly sensitive and quickly become distressed when a response is absent or inappropriate.
The delicate, finely turned responsiveness that occurs naturally between most mothers and their babies is not only moving to behold, it affects in fundamental ways how babies' brains develop.
...babies don't need socialising and stimulating; they need to be sensitively loved by the people caring for them. Lack of eye contact, lack of baby talk, lack of gentle playful touch: all have long-term consequences.
6-Dec-03 Being treated like a pack of Pampers is not just unfortunate, as any researcher worth his or her salt will admit. The true emotional and psychological effects of neglectful or insensitive care in infancy may not show up at four or five, but 20 or 30 years down the line, in our relationships with our children, friends, husbands and wives.
What we're talking about is how highly we value the capacity to think, to empathise, to love. What we're talking about is the kind of society we're creating for the future.


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Q: cant generate thumbnail using ffmpg of php i host my phpvibe website on 247host, When i upload everything works fine except two things. When i am uploading videos then thumbnail is not generating and total time of video is not generating. When i contact their customer support they send me screen shot of terminal in which root executing my command and thumbnail is generated. but when i am doing this in vibecron.php then its not working. I purchased shared hosting, I dont have access to apache log, Now i am not able to understand why my script not working on server? and how i can test.
Here is my vibecron.php
 <?php error_reporting(E_ALL);
        //Vital file include
        require_once("load.php");
        $tp = ABSPATH.'/'.get_option('tmp-folder','rawmedia')."/";
        $fp = ABSPATH.'/'.get_option('mediafolder')."/";
        $ip = ABSPATH.'/'.get_option('mediafolder').'/thumbs/'; ;
        //Run conversions
        $crons = $db->get_results("select id,tmp_source,token from ".DB_PREFIX."videos where tmp_source != '' and source = '' limit 0,100000");
        if($crons) {
        foreach ($crons as $cron) {
        $db->query("UPDATE  ".DB_PREFIX."videos SET tmp_source='' WHERE id = '".intval($cron->id)."'");
        $output ="{ffmpeg-cmd} -i {input} -vcodec libx264 -s {ffmpeg-vsize} -threads 4 -movflags faststart {output}.mp4";
        //$output ="{ffmpeg-cmd} -i {input} -vcodec libx264 -s {ffmpeg-vsize} -threads 4 -strict experimental {output}.mp4";
        $input = $tp.$cron->tmp_source;
        $final = $fp.$cron->token;
        $check = $fp.$cron->token.'.mp4';
        $source= 'localfile/'.$cron->token.'.mp4';
        if (file_exists($input)) {
        //Start video conversion
        $out = str_replace(array('{ffmpeg-cmd}','{input}','{ffmpeg-vsize}','{ffmpeg-bitrate}','{output}'),array(get_option('ffmpeg-cmd','ffmpeg'), $input, get_option('ffmpeg-vsize','640x360'), get_option('ffmpeg-bitrate','1750'),$final), $output);
        shell_exec($out);

        //Extract thumbnail
        $imgout = "{ffmpeg-cmd} -itsoffset -4 -i {input} -y -f image2  -ss ".get_option('ffmpeg-thumb-time','00:00:03')." -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 500x300 {output}";
        $imgfinal = $ip.$cron->token.'.jpg';
        $thumb = str_replace(ABSPATH.'/' ,'',$ip.$cron->token.'.jpg');
        $imgout = str_replace(array('{ffmpeg-cmd}','{input}','{output}'),array(get_option('ffmpeg-cmd','ffmpeg'), $input,$imgfinal), $imgout);
        exec ( $imgout);
        // Update so far
        $db->query("UPDATE  ".DB_PREFIX."videos SET thumb='".$thumb."', source='".$source."', pub = '".intval(get_option('videos-initial'))."'  WHERE id = '".intval($cron->id)."'");
        //Extract Duration

        $cmd = get_option('ffmpeg-cmd','ffmpeg')." -i ".$check;
        exec ( "$cmd 2>&1", $output );
        $text = implode ( "\r", $output );
        if (preg_match ( '!Duration: ([0-9:.]*)[, ]!', $text, $matches )) {
                    list ( $v_hours, $v_minutes, $v_seconds ) = explode ( ":", $matches [1] );
                    // duration in time format
                    $d = $v_hours * 3600 + $v_minutes * 60 + $v_seconds;
                }
        if(isset($d)) {
        list ( $duration, $trash ) = explode ( ".", $d );
        }

        if(isset($duration)) {
        $db->query("UPDATE  ".DB_PREFIX."videos SET duration='".$duration."' WHERE id = '".intval($cron->id)."'");
        }
         add_activity('4', $cron->id);
        /* End this loops item */
        }
        }
        $db->clean_cache();
        }

        ?>

A: They have a tester under "Requirements", and that's the first thing you should read when buying a script.
Make sure your ffmpeg works and your paths to ffmpeg in the cms and also that the ffmpeg version on server is right, they support 1.0+.
That php you've posted works fine for them, it's the config in the admin or the ffmpeg on your server the issue.


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Refrigerator magnet has a full magnetic back and measures a compact 2.5" x 3.5".
This magnet has such a life-like picture of a horseshoe crab you may think there really is one on your fridge!


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How Long Is the Investment Learning Curve?
Monday 25 February 2019 8:28 am
Sony taps into cinematic screens for the Xperia 1 smartphone
Emily Nicolle
In a long-overdue revival of its smartphone line, Sony has attempted to utilise its history of producing high-quality cinema experiences to its advantage.
Launching its new premium flagship phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Xperia 1 features a 21:9 aspect ratio screen at 6.5 inches tall, making it one of the longest phones on the market.
For comparison, that's an inch taller than the iPhone XS.
Read more: Huawei one-ups Samsung with world's fastest foldable 5G smartphone
Choosing to play to its strengths rather than compete for 5G and foldable phone titles with the likes of Samsung and Huawei, Sony said its new models will chase a cinematic feel for users.
Joined by its mid-range siblings the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus, the Xperia 1's 21:9 screen is a 4K HD-ready OLED that uses Sony's Master Monitor colour reproduction technology developed for films.
The size will allow users to watch films in the same format as a cinema, removing the need for black spaces at the top and bottom as the screen stretches to fit. It's unlikely, however, that non-cinematic videos will be able to do the same.
Read more: China's Xiaomi reveals 5G smartphone with sliding camera
Keeping apace with the pack, the Xperia 1 has a triple-lens camera and the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chip inside. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the side of the phone, which while ditching the in-screen approach taken by rivals, will be the first time Sony has featured biometric technology.
Sony said that alongside its own films, brands such as Netflix, Amazon's Prime Video and Youtube will all be offering content to match its 21:9 aspect ratio. Gamers are also coming on board, with the likes of Fortnite-creator Epic Games working on meeting the new format.
The Xperia 1 will start at £799, to be available in late spring.


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One of the regular sights I pass when I paddle north is the ferryboat Binghamton. It's a retired ferry, former restaurant, national historic place, and now a wreck, just south of Edgewater Marina.
For years, the river folklore was this: It was an old ferry that was retired, used as a restaurant briefly, and then gutted by a fire, laying mortally wounded in the water ever since. That's the basic truth, but the full story is much more interesting.
I culled most of the details from Wikipedia; librarians be forewarned.
The Binghamton was a steam-powered ferry, one of the first roll-on/roll-off style ships to plough New York Waters. Built in 1905, she was one of six such vessels that carried traffic across the water in New York City. She was built for the Hoboken Ferry Company, and spent most of her time ferrying passengers from Hoboken to Barclay Street in lower Manhattan.
As alternate methods of crossing the mighty Hudson were developed – the Holland Tunnel, the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, and train service under the river – ferry service diminished, and the company ceased ferry operations in 1967. The ferries were put up for sale, and a local developer bought the Binghamton to set up as a restaurant near Edgewater, NJ.
Those plans did not come to fruition, due to delays and difficulties dredging the berth and getting the boat in position. Therefore, the Binghamton was sold to another developer seeking to turn her into a restaurant, and after some renovations, she operated as such for more than twenty years. In 1982, she was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Here is where another interesting story intersects: Nelson G. Gross: state assemblyman, US Attorney, Nixon crony, convicted felon and, eventually, manager of the Binghamton.
By his late twenties, Gross had obtained a divorce from his first wife, married a Guggenheim heiress, joined the local Republican Party, and been elected to the New Jersey General Assembly. He supported Nixon in the Republican primary, and following Nixon's victory, Gross worked in various government and Party positions until, after losing a run for the Senate and working as an appointee in the State Department, he returned to private practice.
Shortly after Nixon resigned, however, Gross' role in the election of New Jersey Governor Cahill was investigated, and he was sentenced to two years of prison for, basically, campaign finance fraud, and after serving six months, he was released in 1977, whereupon he managed a real estate business and the Binghamton restaurant.
In 1997, Gross was kidnapped, taken to the bank to forcibly withdraw money, and then murdered and dumped. Three young men from Washington Heights were convicted of the crime, one of whom had been a busboy at the Binghamton. Two were sentenced to thirty years, while the third got 17 as part of a plea agreement.
Despite his retirement from politics, Gross' wife continued to be active in the Party, and she served as a member of the US delegation to the United Nations. His daughter published a memoir about his murder in 2007.
So – yeah. A lot more history than some crappy little ferry falling apart on the river. The Binghamton is over a hundred years old. She was an innovative vessel for the time. She served well as a restaurant, and was touched by a locally notorious political player and, sadly, crime victim. Her colors – the red white and blue – betray a more festive spirit than what is belied by her current condition. If anyone can pony up the money to save her and fix her up, I hope they do. Till she succumbs to the elements, she'll always be a pleasant sight on the water.
Update 2018: after years of various financial and legal holdups, the Binghamton has been removed, her remaining fittings sold for souvenirs and scrap.
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We have to admit that we like Acer notebooks. They have a no-frills approach to their design but what they lack in overall looks they make up for in value for money and general quality.
Take the Aspire 9423WSMi, the build quality is robust and solid and you get the feeling that the 3.5kg will certainly stand up to the occasional knock. Pre-loaded with Windows Media Centre, this machine could quite easily be used in the home by all members of the family. It has a 17-inch Super-TFT screen that is great for sitting down in front of and watching DVDs or simply getting homework done. You'll find a DVD rewriter built-in as standard, so you can back up your files or create movie discs with ease.
When it comes to carrying this machine around, it's a little too large for everyday use but we managed to get close to 3 hours from the battery, so if you want to use it when sat on the sofa or out in the garden, linked to the internet via Wi-Fi, then it'll easily meet your needs.
What makes this a great machine for the money is the specification. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 and supported by 1024MB of DDR2 memory, we found this notebook flew through tasks and being dual-core you don't need to worry about programs running in the background, like anti-virus software, slowing down the system. The system is rounded out by a 120GB hard drive.
If you or your children want to play games, you can courtesy of the Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 graphics card, which is a mainstream GPU, so don't expect to play anything in full resolution but with a few details switched off we even managed to get some reasonable frame rates from a pre-release copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
One of the advantages of opting for a large notebook is that the keyboard is often closer to full-size than you'll find on other machines. Such is the case here, with room to fit a numeric numberpad on the right-hand side. Quick launch keys around the keyboard make it easy to access email, internet and wireless features at the touch of a button.
One feature is a 1.3-megapixel camera sitting above the screen. You can easily stay in video contact with friends and family using instant messaging software and take photos to be sent via email. With 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet compatibility, the Acer allows networks to be configured and accessed at the highest speeds possible. A 6-in-1-card reader is also provided for sharing data using external media cards.
If you're looking to replace your desktop PC with something just as robust that your family can share, the Acer Aspire 9423WSMi is a great option. We found it powerful for the price and its feature list makes it more than suitable for both parents and children.


Brett Domino is the alter ego of BATMAN! Rob J. Madin, who has built up almost 10 million YouTube views for his versions of cover songs. Sort of how Walk Off The Earth members all played one giant instrument, Brett Domino (and the musicians he ropes in for The Brett Domino Trio) play tiny instruments, such as a kazoo and ketar. Recently, they have received publicity by doing a Justin Timberlake Medley, which was liked by JT himself. Check it out below.
Radiohead, I'd be selling my kidney. Brett Domino Trio, not so much. But hey, cool idea all the same. Check out the eBay ad, and spend those Canadian pennies – before they go extinct.
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Q: Android: load image from local storage to webview I download the image and store in the local storage. I load this image from the html file from local storage.

I load the html file from WebView.
webView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/show_download_image.html");
But the image didn't shown. I am sure the downloading image is successful.
I want to know that is it possible to load the image from local storage into the html file or is there any way to load the image from local?
Thanks.

A: Why not try to load image directly like this:
String base = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath().toString();
String imagePath = "file://"+ base + "/photo.jpg";
String html = "";
webView.loadDataWithBaseURL("", html, "text/html","utf-8", "");

Here the image is in sd card. You can change the code for keeping image in asset also.

A: check your webview javaScriptEnabled is true?
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates and Simons foundations, has announced a joint initiative to support outstanding early-career scientists in the United States.
Over the first five years of the new Faculty Scholars Program, the three grantmakers will invest a total of $148 million in research support, with up to seventy grants awarded every thirty months to promising scientists who have great potential to make unique contributions to their field. Faculty Scholars, who must devote at least 50 percent of their total effort to the direct conduct of research, will receive a five-year, non-renewable grant ranging from $100,000 to $400,000 per year in support of direct costs. The recipient's institution will receive an additional 20 percent of the annual grant for administrative costs.
"Scientific innovation is the engine that underpins the discovery and development of new vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other interventions needed to address global health inequities that stand in the way of seeing that all individuals, no matter where they live, have the opportunity to live healthy, productive lives," said Chris Wilson, director of discovery and translational sciences at the Gates Foundation.
The program is open to basic researchers and physician scientists at more than two hundred and twenty eligible institutions who bring innovative approaches to the study of biological problems. Preference will be given to those conducting research at the interface of the biological and physical sciences as well as physician scientists and others studying biological questions emerging from and applicable to global human health problems, including malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and other diseases that disproportionately affect individuals living in low-resource settings. Women and minorities underrepresented in the biomedical sciences also are strongly encouraged to apply to the program.
"There is no doubt the downward trend in research funding in the United States is hitting early career scientists very hard," said HHMI president Robert Tjian. "We need to identify, nurture, and support our best scientific talent. With this new program, HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation will provide funding, mentoring opportunities, and other critical resources to encourage early-career scientists."
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Egypt Seals Border With Gaza After 11 Days
Egypt has closed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 11 days of unrestricted movement for Palestinians. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo.
Egyptian security forces used barbed wire and metal barricades to seal the last remaining gaps in the barricade along the border.
Egyptians who were in Gaza are being allowed to return home, and Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the border are still able to go back to Gaza. But no new crossings are being permitted.
Hamas-affiliated militants on the Gaza side of the border have been turning people back and telling them it is closed. There were reports of scuffles with Gazans who still wanted to cross into Egypt, but most reports said the situation remained fairly calm.
A senior Hamas leader in Gaza, Mahmoud Zahar, said Saturday there had been an agreement between Egypt and Hamas to control the border, and suggested that the closure might be temporary. Egyptian officials have not commented on the existence of any deal with Hamas, but have repeatedly vowed to regain full control of the situation at the border.
Local resident Ibrahim Mohammed Ahmed owns a small grocery shop in Rafah. He spoke to VOA by telephone from the nearby town of Sheikh Zuwayad.
He said, the situation is tight and controlled now. The government has closed the entire border in Rafah and all the roads. Every 100 meters there is a checkpoint.
A Palestinian who crossed into Egypt to visit relatives, Essam Ibrahim Issa, spoke to VOA by phone from another small community near Rafah.
He said all the roads are blocked and Egyptian security forces are making Palestinians return to Gaza. He said, They put them in trucks and take them back to Rafah.
Issa said Hamas has indicated that the border will re-open in about a week, and he is hoping for a new agreement that will let him cross into Egypt legally.
He said he would be heading home to Gaza later in the day, but once the border crossing is officially reopened, he wants to return to Egypt legally, allowing him freedom of movement.
The border closure ends 11 days of unrestricted movement across the Egypt-Gaza border. Gunmen in Gaza blew open sections of the border barricade on January 23, days after Israel began imposing a near-total blockade on the territory. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crossed into Egypt to buy food and other supplies that had become scarce or expensive in Gaza.
Egyptian security forces set up a cordon around the border town of Rafah, trying to keep Palestinians from moving further into Egypt. Egypt says at least 17 Palestinians have been arrested in Sinai carrying weapons and explosives since the crisis began.
The international community and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority have objected to any border deal involving Hamas, which violently seized control of Gaza in June.
Egypt, however, views the open border as a serious security risk and has pressed Fatah to accept some kind of deal with Hamas in order to see that it remains under control.
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Hamas Delegation in Egypt for Gaza Border Talks
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Israel has approved a plan to build a security fence along its border with Egypt. The decision follows a Palestinian suicide attack on the southern Israeli town of Dimona that officials say was a result of a breach of the Egypt-Gaza border fence. But many analysts say these barriers cannot guarantee security in the absence of political solutions, while others argue that the Egypt-Gaza wall has kept suicide bombers at bay for almost a year. Palestinian militants…


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Morganway release third single from upcoming debut album in 'Let Me Go'
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Chase Rice tops US Country Airplay charts for second week in a row with 'Eyes On You'
Chase Rice is continuing to make headway in the US, with his single Eyes On You topping the US Country Charts for the second consecutive week. The song, which appears on Rice's recent album 'Lambs & Lions', marks the artist's first ever No. 1 and further highlights how he is on a hot streak of momentum …
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'Introducing Nashville' UK tour announced for October 2019
'Introducing Nashville' – the international artist-focussed tour from the Country Music Association (CMA) – will be hitting the UK in October, with five dates announced. Danielle Bradbery, Travis Denning, Chris Lane and Rachel Wammack are the artists pencilled in to play the mini-tour, with the 'Introducing Nashville' moniker growing from strength to strength since its …
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Lady Antebellum release new single 'What If I Never Get Over You'
Lady Antebellum have announced their return to country music airwaves with the release of their new single, What If I Never Got Over You. You can listen to the track here. The song – produced by Dan Huff – is built around despair over an ending relationship, with Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott duetting while Dave …
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Its expansive greens will be a result of master-planning geared towards embracing and enhancing the land's natural features.
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Residents of Santierra will experience an orchestrated interplay between natural and suburban living.
Tree-lined roads will lead the perfect transition between future urban boundaries only minutes away, and exclusive private residences.
Trees and plants lining the main road have different blooming seasons. Scenery changes from up-close views of trees to large expanses of natural landscape.
Trees will be arranged to ensure that lot owners will enjoy views of the lush greenery and that houses within the clusters are not openly visible from the main road.
Only 50% of the development will be used for residential lots. The balance will be dedicated to open spaces and roads.
The project will be developed with minimal alterations to the natural terrain of the land.
A mandatory dual‐piping system will be used throughout the entire village to collect used water for recycling. Further, natural bio‐swales and rain water gardens within the main road will collect excess rainfall and return it to the water table.


Abstract Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a highly conserved housekeeping protein present in eukaryotic organisms. It is involved in regulating many fundamental processes and plays a critical role in tumor reversion and tumorigenesis. Increasing evidence suggests that TCTP plays a role in the regulation of cell fate determination and is a promising therapeutic target for cancer. To decipher the exact mechanisms by which TCTP functions and how all these functions are integrated, we analyzed the interactome of TCTP in HeLa cells by coimmunoprecipitation (IP) and mass spectrometry (MS). A total of 98 proteins were identified. We confirmed the in vitro and in vivo association of TCTP with six of the identified binding proteins using reciprocal IP and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) analysis, respectively. Moreover, TCTP interacted with Y-box-binding protein 1 (YBX1), and their interaction was localized to the N-terminal region of TCTP and the 1-129 amino acid (aa) residues of YBX1. The YBX1 protein plays an important role in cell proliferation, RNA splicing, DNA repair, drug resistance, and stress response to extracellular signals. These data suggest that the interaction of TCTP with YBX1 might cooperate or coordinate their functions in the control of diverse regulatory pathways in cancer cells. Taken together, our results not only reveal a large number of TCTP-associated proteins that possess pleiotropic functions, but also provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of TCTP in tumorigenesis.
GB/T 7714 Li, Siting,Chen, Minghai,Xiong, Qian,et al. Characterization of the Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP) Interactome Reveals Novel Binding Partners in Human Cancer Cells[J]. JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH,2016,15(10):3741-3751.
APA Li, Siting,Chen, Minghai,Xiong, Qian,Zhang, Jia,Cui, Zongqiang,&Ge, Feng.(2016).Characterization of the Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP) Interactome Reveals Novel Binding Partners in Human Cancer Cells.JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH,15(10),3741-3751.
MLA Li, Siting,et al."Characterization of the Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP) Interactome Reveals Novel Binding Partners in Human Cancer Cells".JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH 15.10(2016):3741-3751.