Director Nick Hatton Jones won Best UK Short at LIVIFF2018 for his film Spoon Fed, which stars Lesley Sharp as a woman who is diagnosed with MS.
We caught up with Nick to talk about the film.
Where did the idea for Spoon Fed come from?
My cousin got diagnosed with MS at the age of 30 with two small children and my Uncle has had Parkinson's for nearly 20 years, seeing how people living with these life changing conditions, the highs and lows, and how they had to adapt was a story that I was keen to explore. Ultimately I wanted it to be a story of hope and the triumph of the human spirit, where you see the person not the condition.
How long was the process from script to screen?
Script to screen was actually fairly quick. I knew that we would need great actors to tell this story, because if the performances weren't believable the rest of the film making process wouldn't matter. We drew up a dream list of cast, headed by Lesley, who we wrote to more in hope that expectation. A couple of weeks later my business partner and producer Nellie called me when I was on holiday in New York and said that Lesley's agent had called and said Lesley loved the script and was interested in doing it, but she only had a week available between TV projects and that was in 2 weeks time when we would have to shoot. Then it was a race against time, we had no other cast, crew or locations at that point, so we have to get it all in place very quickly.
What were the challenges you faced in getting the film made?
We had limited prep - but so do all shorts really. Time and money are always the biggest constraints of any shoot. Having actors that could nail performances straight up definitely helped though. We called in a lot of favours and people were very supportive throughout the process and crowd funding helped us complete post.
What is next for you and the film?
The film is still on the festival circuit. We just won Best International Short Film at Sanctuary Cove International film Festival in Australia. I've developed Spoon Fed into a feature film and Lesley is onboard to reprise her role. We are now trying to raise the money we need. I've also written a spec TV drama series that I'm currently looking to shop around bigger production companies and networks and again Lesley is attached to be part of the project.


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Ozzy Osbourne Pretends to Be a Wax Statue, Scares the Shit Out of People
Ozzy Osbourne, the cantankerous Prince of Darkness who was surprisingly humanized by reality TV, recently took a trip out to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York. For a brief period of time, he sat still on a bench and pretended to be a wax statue. When tourists tried to pose for pictures, they got the living shit scared out of them. It's a very funny viral video that cleverly doubles as a promo for Ozzy's upcoming new album, Scream. Watch:
By the way, out of all the onscreen and off-screen drama of this season's Celebrity Apprentice, it was Sharon Osbourne's emotional admission of colon cancer survivor guilt that made me tear up. I love that woman!
(And I am wrecked that there is no more Apprentice until the Fall! Facebook Scrabble, here I come!)
BAMBOO NATION: Ozzy Osbourne Pretends to Be a Wax Statue, Scares the Shit Out of People
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Q: Is it a good idea to use strings in a struct as values to static properties? I'm in a discussion with a co-worker concerning the use of structs. I have a couple of structs that contain several static properties that are used throughout our website. The value of those properties are all strings. They're not very long, the longest value has 29 characters.
His argument: "I am saying there is no performance gain because there are strings inside of them. For value types yes you gain memory/gc benefits. With strings they are ref types so allocate to the heap and won't give any benefit."
My argument: "...I'm simply treating the string values as value types by using the struct, therefore saving time and gaining performance by not having to instantiate it every time."
Here is an example of one of the structs so that you can see how I'm using them:
public struct Hero
{
    public static string Image          = "Hero Image";
    public static string Eyebrow        = "Hero Eyebrow";
    public static string Heading        = "Hero Heading";
    public static string Subheading     = "Hero Subheading";
    public static string YoutubeLink    = "Youtube Hero Link";
    public static string PardotForm     = "Pardot Form Hero Link";
    public static string PardotDirect   = "Pardot Direct Hero Link";
    public static string DirectLink     = "Direct Hero Link";
    public static string FacebookLink   = "Hero Facebook Link";
    public static string TwitterLink    = "Hero Twitter Link";
    public static string LinkedInLink   = "Hero LinkedIn Link";
    public static string LinkClassNames = "Class Names";
}

Let me know if I'm completely wrong and should just use classes or if there is a better way of using the structs for my values (i.e: readonly instead of static, etc...).

A: I'll assess what you both said:

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For value types yes you gain memory/gc benefits.

True.

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With strings they are ref types so allocate to the heap and won't give any benefit.

True.

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..I'm simply treating the string values as value types by using the struct

This doesn't make sense. You can't "treat" as value types or reference types. That's determined by how String is implemented. Given that String is read-only and un-subclassible in most programming languages, it usually has value semantics (even if it is really implemented as a reference to a heap object"

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therefore saving time and gaining performance by not having to instantiate it every time.

The struct doesn't matter here. String constants are in a static portion of the program, they're not subject to garbage collection, and they're not on the heap.
Putting these strings in struct vs. a class doesn't matter. As long as they're string constants, they're lazily initialized the first time the struct/class is references.

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His argument: "I am saying there is no performance gain because there
are strings inside of them. For value types yes you gain memory/gc
benefits. With strings they are ref types so allocate to the heap and
won't give any benefit."

Your coworker is mostly correct.
To put the situation into simple terms:

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*It is the type of an object that determines whether it is a value type or a reference type. Every type is either a reference type or a value type. Unless you are the one creating the type, you do not get to choose which.

*The built-in string type is, and always will be, a reference type. You cannot turn it into a value type through any means.

*It is typically only local variables and parameters that provide the potential for value types to be more efficient. static member variables are stored differently and are not governed by quite the same rules.

*It does not matter whether static fields are kept in a struct or a class because it does not affect how they are stored.

A more in-depth breakdown about the relationship between value types, reference types and storage can be found in this blog post.
The bottom line is that it's a lot more complicated than the usually recited mantra that 'value types go on the stack, reference types go on the heap'. Ultimately whether you chose to make something a struct or a class should depend more on other factors.
(See this other answer or this blog post for more details on choosing between struct and class.)

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strings in a struct as values to static properties

This is a head-splitting description. First, strings are always reference types, no matter how or where you declare them. Your struct will be empty because you have no non-static members. The references will take up 4 * 12 bytes in size. Where the characters are will no longer matter, they will remain in the same place for the lifetime of your process. If you want the text to be laid out in a struct you must use character arrays instead and declared them non-static.
Second, there are no properties in your example. You only have data members.
Performance-wise you gain nothing by having strings contained in a struct. You may even lose performance if you are not careful by cause boxing and unboxing.
Either way, for accessing the strings it would not bear significance. Reading a string of only a couple of characters will already take longer  than finding the first character, which is really what this is about. And this ratio will quickly increase as the string gets longer.

A: Neither one of you bothered to benchmark your claims, so performance becomes a moot point.
Your suggestion of a struct in this case is therefore wrong, because it is a deviation from the norm, which would be a static class with const strings.  The time a maintenance developer spends wondering why this code is a struct instead of a class is going to dwarf the performance you may or may not gain.

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Calling all London foodies, I have a tasty place for you today and it is so close to where I live so it comes with an added bonus, for me anyway. Say HELLO to Brother Marcus the new brunch place to rival Milk in Balham. Milk has stolen my poached egg heart for the past 12 months BUT now Brother Marcus has landed I may not bother with the 20 minute queue. Although don't be fooled Brother Marcus is just as popular with people streaming in and out the door all the time.
If we take it back a notch the story behind Brother Marcus is quite inspiring for a dreamer entrepreneur like me. The concept was born from three school friends: Alex Large, Arthur Campbell and Tasos Gaitanos looking to bring good quality ingredients and fabulous coffee to you lovely lot. From getting the keys to their new abode they opened three days later (not sure how this is possible). They were also on a limited budget to turn the venue around and actually made quite a lot of everything you see inside – it is my dream to build a successful business and it's great to see you don't need £13434534 and years to get it done right!
As you enter the space there is a relaxed atmosphere with a quirky school vibe with plants gracing every wall, along with the outside space this maybe why it is coined 'Balham's Garden Café'.
Coffee is truly King here at Brother Marcus with the funky logo in a coffee cup and the first things you get asked, which you can also get if you have to wait…I am pretty sure you can pop in for a takeaway one as well. As I am not so much of a coffee lover I took my friends words that is was a good cup of coffee and decided to be typically me and choose a drink with a kick of chili to it. I even think the food did but that may just be the drink lingering but it was bloody tasty. The portions were also huge which is great because some of these new hipster places try to be Michelin star and no one wants a leaf and quails egg for brunch! I am usually a salmon kind of brunch gal but decided to venture to a fritter and my god I am glad I did, it was avo heaven and the poached egg was cooked to perfection, it will be hard for me to choose something new after this.
To Eat: The Step Sister: Courgette, Beets & Feta Fritter, Avocado, Spinach and a Poached Egg.
If you are an early riser or stayed out a little too late the night before, it's okay because Brother Marcus is open from 8am-3pm to cater for all your brunchin' needs.
You can also get Marcus' take on a Full English and the Sister Special, avo on toast with spinach, bacon and poached eggs. I was really full but I also have heard great things about the Sugar Daddy, French toast covered in berries, maple syrup & mascarpone….ooo just writing this makes me regret not trying one!
There is also some salad options sounding ultra-healthy and sandwiches if brunch ain't your thing. You can also pop down for dinner which has a fusion theme going on with Loaded Buns such as: 'Shroom of Doom' A garlic and thyme Portobello Mushroom with grilled goats cheese, rocket with a honey mustard dressing topped with parmesan crisps for £8. Oh and the cocktails sounds divine. You can have access to this deliciousness from 6pm – 11pm so I will be definitely be heading back if you are still not sold there is a little eye candy as well with the waiters, so you really don't have any excuses not to go!
Cost: All in all my brunch cost £12.50 which is a bit of bargain.


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A Movie A Day #322: CHiPs (2017, directed by Dax Shepard)
Posted on November 27, 2017 by Jedadiah Leland
Based on the campy 70s cop show that will live on forever in syndication, CHiPs is about two unlikely partners who, after a rough beginning, work together to catch a cop's killer and capture a gang of armed robbers.
Officer Jon Baker (Dax Shepherd) is a flaky former motocross champion who joins the California Highway Patrol to try to impress his estranged wife (Kristen Bell). Baker pops painkillers like candy, throws up whenever he enters an unfamiliar house, and has a knee that randomly goes out. Baker can't shoot, fight, or think but he sure can ride a bike.
Officer Francis Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello (Michael Pena) is actually an FBI agent named Castillo who has been assigned to work undercover to investigate corruption in the CHP. Ponch is a sex addict who is obsessed with yoga pants and who keeps accidentally shooting his former partner (Adam Brody).
Both Baker and Ponch are given one identifying characteristic. Baker's thing is that he always says the wrong thing and then apologizes. Ponch's thing is that he always says the wrong thing and then doesn't apologize. That is about as deep as things get.
I'm not really sure who this movie is supposed to appeal to. Michael Pena and Dax Shepard have been good in other productions but they're both awful here, let down by a script that does not have much to offer beyond tepid bromance and dick jokes. The humor is too deliberately lowbrow and raunchy to appeal to the people who were fans of the quaintly innocent TV show but it's also neither meta nor clever enough to appeal to the audience that made hits out of 21 and 22 Jump Street. I guess the ideal audience for this film would be people who still find gay panic jokes to be hilarious because CHiPs is full of them. If the last movie you saw was made in 1999 and starred Adam Sandler and David Spade, CHiPs might be right up your alley.
CHiPs is a terrible fucking movie but what really distinguishes it from other terrible movies is the amount of contempt that it seems to have for its source material. The Jump Street movies might have poked fun at the TV series that inspired them but it was still obvious that the films were being made by fans. CHiPs can't even be bothered to use the original's theme music as anything other than a way to punctuate a few cheap jokes. Erik Estrada, the original Ponch, does have a cameo but only so he and the new Ponch can talk about eating ass in Spanish. Otherwise, there is nothing that links the movie to the TV show. A more accurate title would have been Two Assholes On Motorcycles, except the motorcycles really are not that important to the film. So, I guess the title would actually just have to be Two Assholes. That sounds about right to me.
CHiPs proves that not every stupid cop show needs a movie version. Now, excuse me while I get back to work on my T.J. Hooker spec script…
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Review: War of the Worlds (dir by Steven Spielberg)
Posted on June 27, 2010 by Arleigh
Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds shows that he hasn't lost his touch when it comes to creating blockbuster spectacle. While he has spent much of the 2000's creating dramatic films (The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can and Munich) he hadn't made a film which spoke epic in both spectacle and themes. He had made two unique films with sci-fi themes with A.I. and Minority Report, but still they lacked the size and oomph of Spielberg's past blockbusters. It took him remaking for the current generation a classic sci-fi story to bring us back the Spielberg many grew up with. His take on H.G. Wells tale of aliens invading Earth was both grandiose in it's set-up, but he was also able to deftly weave a very personal story within the larger scheme of the narrative.
Working from David Koepp and Josh Friedman's adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel, Spielberg goes back to his roots as a maker of thrillers that first showed his talents as a director. War of the Worlds has its spectacular CG moments when the alien Tri-Pods first rise up and out of the ground to the look of awe and fear from people witnessing the event. Spielberg begins the film's unrelentless tension from these scenes and never lets go. Once the Tri-Pods start unleashing their death-rays on the populace and whatever else is in their way the film starts moving at breakneck speed. It's these same apocalyptic scenes of the alien's extermination of humans that has prompted critics (both positive and negative) to bring up Spielberg's use of 9/11 imagery. From the clouds of ash and floating pieces of clothes to the sight of people running in panic as destruction rains upon them from out of nowhere.
Some critics have labeled Spielberg's film as exploiting the horror of 9/11 and its aftermath, yet when a film like 28 Days Later use the same imagery and themes these same critics applaud the director of this film as daring. Its an unfair criticism of Spielberg and just shows how some people just seem to use the events of 9/11 as a crutch. Yet, it is this same use of people vaporised into nothing but ash and clothng that adds to the tension and horror. It is easy to use blood and gore to bring up a feel of horror, but Spielberg one up's this and forgo grand guignol scenes. His technique actually brings an inhuman and alien quality to the death and destruction on the screen. From the moment the aliens arrive Spielberg lets us know that this is a war that has not been seen on Earth.
Spielberg and his writers have stuck pretty close to what Wells' wrote in the original novel, but have decided to look at the story through the eyes of a father and his son and daughter. This gives the film a more personal, disjointed and chaotic feel. There's no scenes of the government powerbrokers debating and deciding how best to combat the aliens and their machines. No scenes of scientists trying to figure out how best to fight and get through the aliens' defenses. In fact, War of the Worlds is the anti-Independence Day. What we get instead is a story of a man and his children trying to just survive the apocalypse occuring around them as best as they can. This choice by Spielberg and his writers to go this route is best shown in a scene where Tom Cruise's character with his kids run into a convoy of military vehicles heading towards the frontline. We see Humvees, M1A2 Main Battle Tanks and other assorted military hardware and hundreds of soldiers. We can hear the sound of the battle just over the ridge of a hill, but just like Cruise's character we do not actually see the battle happening. We hear snippets of commands and reports from the soldiers around Cruise. Spielberg could've easily panned the camera up over the ridge to see how the battle was progressing, but he stays his hand focuses instead on the dad and his family. It's easier to go the route that Bay or Emmerich would take and show the sturm und drang, but that wasn't the story Spielberg was trying to tell.
ILM's work in creating the alien Tri-Pods and the subsequent terraforming the aliens begin were some very good work from an FX company with a history of impressive work. The Tri-Pods kept the original H.G. Wells description from the novels but gave them a modern take. While the George Pal version of the alien ships remain classic sci-fi icons these new Tri-Pods in Spielberg's War of the Worlds definitely conveyed alien menace and destruction the moment they began to come out of the ground. It was a joy as a sci-fi fan to actually see that Spielberg and the writers decided to show just how menacing the alien invaders were in the way they began to terraform the planet to suit their needs. It definitely put a new definition to the term "the blood is life".
The acting is what you expect from a Spielberg/Cruise collaboration. Cruise is actually very believable as a loser father who seem to look at his kids as more of a hindrance and a scheduled paternal duty than something he actually enjoys and looks forward to. Some of the best scenes Cruise has in the film are quiet ones between him and his daughter (played by Dakota Fanning) where he realizes that he really doesn't know his daughter that well and can't even remotely figure out how to calm her down and make her feel safe. When his daughter asks him to sing her a lullaby, the look of incomprehension at not knowing any showing on Cruise's face is just brilliant. The one misfire in terms of characters in the film is Tim Robbins. The sequence in the film where they meet up with his paranoid and slowly going nuts character is actually very good in terms of ratcheting up the tension, but Robbins' performance was more funny than anything else. Spielberg had created such a doom and gloom atmosphere that Robbins' character's appearance ruins it abit.
One other thing which kept me from calling this film an outright great film are the kids of Cruise's character. While the performances by Dakota Fanning as the daughter and Justin Chatwin as the son were quite good the way they were written left them annoying and baffling. Either the daughter was a shrieking and emotional mess or the son was written as a rebellious teen who wanted to get into the fight despite knowing he was his sister's lone protector to begin the film. It made Cruise's character seem less of an unattentive father and boor, but more of a parent who tried his best with children who defied and talkbacked at every turn. If the writers just made the kids even remotely sympathetic it definitely would've rounded out their characters as real people.
Overall, I think Spielberg's War of the Worlds succeeds in what it set out to do despite some flaws with some of the characters. It entertains and it also shows that when it comes to blockbuster filmmaking he is still the master and everyone else just pretenders to his throne. As for the ending that some think as being short, abrupt and just a tad deus ex machina in execution, well I suggest they read or reread the book again. The ending fit the film perfectly. If the film was an all-out blast to the senses then a different one may be a better fit, but for the type of story Spielberg decided to film the ending made sense in its execution.
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Q: Docker fails to pull the image from within Azure App Service The Container Setting on the App Service it self look solid:

But the log pane shows errors:

2020-02-11 06:31:40.621 ERROR - Image pull failed: Verify docker image configuration and credentials (if using private repository)
2020-02-11 06:31:41.240 INFO  - Stoping site app505-dfpg-qa2-web-eastus2-gateway-apsvc because it failed during startup.
2020-02-11 06:36:05.546 INFO  - Starting container for site
2020-02-11 06:36:05.551 INFO  - docker run -d -p 9621:8081 --name app505-dfpg-qa2-web-eastus2-gateway-apsvc_0_a9c8277e_msiProxy -e WEBSITE_SITE_NAME=app505-dfpg-qa2-web-eastus2-gateway-apsvc -e WEBSITE_AUTH_ENABLED=False -e WEBSITE_ROLE_INSTANCE_ID=0 -e WEBSITE_HOSTNAME=app505-dfpg-qa2-web-eastus2-gateway-apsvc.azurewebsites.net -e WEBSITE_INSTANCE_ID=7d18d5957d129d3dc3a25d7a2c85147ef57f1a6b93910c50eb850417ab59dc56 appsvc/msitokenservice:1904260237

2020-02-11 06:36:05.552 INFO  - Logging is not enabled for this container.
Please use https://aka.ms/linux-diagnostics to enable logging to see container logs here.
2020-02-11 06:36:17.766 INFO  - Pulling image: a...cr/gateway:1.0.20042.2
2020-02-11 06:36:17.922 ERROR - DockerApiException: Docker API responded with status code=NotFound, response={"message":"pull access denied for a...cr/gateway, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied"}

2020-02-11 06:36:17.923 ERROR - Pulling docker image a...cr/gateway:1.0.20042.2 failed:
2020-02-11 06:36:17.923 INFO  - Pulling image from Docker hub: a...cr/gateway:1.0.20042.2
2020-02-11 06:36:18.092 ERROR - DockerApiException: Docker API responded with status code=NotFound, response={"message":"pull access denied for a...cr/gateway, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied"}

2020-02-11 06:36:18.094 ERROR - Image pull failed: Verify docker image configuration and credentials (if using private repository)
2020-02-11 06:36:19.062 INFO  - Stoping site app505-dfpg-qa2-web-eastus2-gateway-apsvc because it failed during startup.

The Service Principal used to deploy the App Service has AcrPush access to the parent resource group of the container registry:

The setting are present:

I did az login with that service principal and then tried az acr login to the registry. It works fine. So what am I missing here?
EDIT 1
I know the credentials are correct, because I tested them like this:

Where I just copied the values from the app service configuration and pasted on the console. docker has no problem logging in.
It must be something else.
EDIT 2
However, I also get this:
C:\Dayforce\fintech [shelve/terraform ≡]> docker pull a...r/gateway
Using default tag: latest
Error response from daemon: pull access denied for a...r/gateway, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied

So, I can login, but not pull. Very strange, because the account is configured to have AcrPush access to the container, which includes AcrPull:

EDIT 3
I was able to pull successfully when using the FQDN for the registry:

I updated the pipeline, but I still get the same errors:
2020-02-11 16:03:50.227 ERROR - Pulling docker image a...r.azurecr.io/gateway:1.0.20042.2 failed:
2020-02-11 16:03:50.228 INFO  - Pulling image from Docker hub: a...r.azurecr.io/gateway:1.0.20042.2
2020-02-11 16:03:50.266 ERROR - DockerApiException: Docker API responded with status code=InternalServerError, response={"message":"Get https://a...r.azurecr.io/v2/gateway/manifests/1.0.20042.2: unauthorized: authentication required"}

2020-02-11 16:03:50.269 ERROR - Image pull failed: Verify docker image configuration and credentials (if using private repository)
2020-02-11 16:03:50.853 INFO  - Stoping site app505-dfpg-qa2-web-eastus2-gateway-apsvc because it failed during startup.

EDIT 4
The only way that I found working was to enable the Admin User on the ACR and pass its credentials in the DOCKER_... variables instead of credentials of the Service Principal.
This is frustrating, I know the Service Principal can login and pull when ran locally, it is a mystery why it does not work for docker running on an App Service Host. We have another team here which faced the same issue and they have not found any solution, but enable the Admin User.
EDIT 5
The entire process runs as part of the Azure DevOps on-prem release pipeline using a dedicated Service Principal. Let me call it Pod Deploy Service Principal or just SP for short.
Let DOCKER_xyz denote the three app settings controlling the docker running on the App Service host:

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*DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_URL

*DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_USERNAME

*DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_PASSWORD
I think we need to distinguish two parts here:

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*App Service needs to talk to the ACR in order to pull from it the details about the image and present them in this GUI -  For that to work, the SP must have the AcrPull role in the ACR. Failure to do so results in the GUI presenting a spinning icon for the Image and Tag rows. I stumbled on it before - How to configure an Azure app service to pull images from an ACR with terraform? Now the answer to that question suggests that I have to assign the AcrPull role and set the DOCKER_xyz app settings. I think that the DOCKER_xyz app settings are not for that, but for the second part.

*It seems to me that when an App Service is started, the host uses docker to actually pull the right image from the ACR. This part seems to be detached from (1). For it to work, the app settings must have the DOCKER_xyz app settings.

My problem is that part (1) works great, but part (2) does not even if DOCKER_xyz app settings specify the credentials of the SP from part (1). The only way I could make it work if I point DOCKER_xyz at the Admin User of the ACR.
But that why on Earth the DOCKER_xyz app settings cannot point to the pipeline SP, which was good enough for the part (1)?
EDIT 6
The current state of affairs is this. Azure App Service is unable to communicate with an ACR except using ACR admin user and password. So, even if the docker runtime running on the App Service host machine may know how to login using any service principal, the App Service would not use any identity or Service Principal to read metadata from the ACR - only admin user and password. The relevant references are:

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*https://feedback.azure.com/forums/169385-web-apps/suggestions/36145444-web-app-for-containers-acr-access-requires-admin#%7btoggle_previous_statuses%7d

*https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/49186
On a personal note I find it amazing that Microsoft recommends not to use ACR admin user, yet a very core piece of their offering, namely Azure App Service, depends on it being enable. Makes me wonder whether different teams in Microsoft are aware of what others are doing or not doing...

A: After a lot of research I figured out a way to resolve this without enabling Admin user

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*Create an app registration using Azure Active Directory and store the secret somewhere.

*Go to the Azure container registry and add role assignment to this newly created app with permissions of AcrPush (which also contains AcrPull).

*In the App service configuration, replace the variables .

DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_PASSWORD with Client Secret of app registration which was saved in the first step
DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_USERNAME with client Id of App registration

This should solve the Docker Api exception.
It's baffling that this is not mentioned in any Azure Container Registry documentation. Although I think it is mentioned somewhere in AAD documentation indirectly .

A: From the message I got of the talk, let me solve your puzzle about the error.
I guess you deploy the image in ACR to the Web App through the Azure portal. When you use the Azure portal to deploy the Web App from the ACR, it only lets you select the ACR and image and tag, but do not let you set the credential. In this way, Azure will set it itself with the admin user and password if you enable the admin user. If you do not enable it, the error you got happens.
And if you want to use the service principal, I recommend you use the other tools, such as Azure CLI. Then you can set the docker registry credential yourself with the command az webapp config container set.
Here is the example and it works fine on my side:

With the Azure CLI, you can follow the steps here.
Update:
Here are the screenshots of the test on my side:

A: Found the answer by setting "acrUseManagedIdentityCreds" to True. The second command in this comment: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69120462/17430834
Edit 1: Adding the command
Here is the command that you will need to run to make this change.
az resource update --ids /subscriptions/<subscription-id>/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/<app-name>/config/web --set properties.acrUseManagedIdentityCreds=True

A: App service started pulling after doing these steps for me. :D

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*Enable Admin Access in Azure Container Registry

*In the App service configuration, provide container registry admin credentials
DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_PASSWORD(admin enabled password),
DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_USERNAME(crxxxxxx),
DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER_URL (https://crxxxxxx.azurecr.io)

*Go to your app service and select identity section on the left, and click on system assigned - change status to On.

*Now go to IAM Control container registry, add ACR pull role to App Service system assigned identity enabled on step 3.

*Restart your App Service and wait .Changes will take few minutes to reflect so refresh your logs. (10 minutes or more)

Good luck :)

A: Just to add to mark's amazing job of working it all through and for the fast readers: for everything to work, one of course also has to enable the admin user (who by default is disabled). For example by issuing:
az acr update -n <your-azureregistry-name> --admin-enabled true

on the console.

A: I was trying to do the same from Azure DevOps pipelines and got the same problem.
I didn't find out how to make it work using the ACR name, but it works if you use your_acr_name.azurecr.io instead.
If you go to the Access Keys page of your ACR you will find two values
Registry name: MyCoolRegistry (doesn't work if you use this one)
Login server: mycoolregistry.azurecr.io
The login server is working - just put it as the containerRegistry in your Pipeline without creating a service connection.
Just in case someone is struggling with that one.

A: I experienced this same issue when trying to deploy an Docker application to Azure Web Apps for containers.
When I deployed the application I will get the error:

DockerApiException: Docker API responded with status code=NotFound, response={"message":"pull access denied for a..my-repo/image, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied"}.

Here's how I solved it:
The issue was that I was not specifying the full path to the image. I was supposed to include my-registry-url in the docker image-name. That is instead of just image-name I was supposed to use my-registry-url/image-name, since I am trying to pull from a private repository.
So say these are variables:

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*docker image name is promiseapp

*docker-registry_url is promisecicdregistry.azurecr.io

*resource-group is dockerprojects

*app-service-plan is dockerlinuxprojects

*azure-web-app name is promiseapptest

*docker-registry-user is test-user

*docker-registry-password is 12345678
Then my command will be:
az webapp create --resource-group dockerprojects --plan dockerlinuxprojects --name promiseapptest --deployment-container-image-name promisecicdregistry.azurecr.io/promiseapp

az webapp config container set --resource-group dockerprojects --name promiseapptest --docker-custom-image-name promisecicdregistry.azurecr.io/promiseapp --docker-registry-server-url https://promisecicdregistry.azurecr.io --docker-registry-server-user test-user --docker-registry-server-password 12345678

A: In my case, I fixed the error by using the fully qualified Azure Container Registery name like this:
xwezi.azurecr.io

The previous value  was
xwezi

When I deploy manually to App Services, I wouldn't get that error.
But, when I used Azure App Service deploy task to deploy the container to the App Service, the service won't work correctly.
And, the log stream will show the above errors.
Unfortunately, the error messages weren't helpful for me to find this out. But I hope this will save your time :)


This post is Awesome Views Delta Airlines Atlanta Santo Domingo. It is about my experience flying Delta to the Dominican Republic for a Mission Trip.
The article is part of my Dominican Republic Mission Trip Report which focuses on the flights, lounges and overall experience on my way and back from the Mission Trip.
My incoming flight in Atlanta arrived in the A Terminal and the departing flight Delta Airlines Atlanta Santo Domingo left from the E terminal.
The group utilized the train to move between the terminals.
I received an upgrade on the Atlanta to Santo Domingo flight at the gate at boarding time.
The group arrived at the gate area well into the boarding process on the flight.
We took a group photographer before boarding.
Once the picture was complete, we joined the line and the gate agent reviewed our passports and scanned the boarding passes.
When I reached the front of the line, the agent printed the upgraded boarding pass and he informed me of my new seat assignment. The agent thanked me and wished me a good flight.
Once on the plane, I got to turn left on the 757 aircraft to locate my seat in the first class cabin.
It is a nice touch that Delta uses door 2 on the 757. It is something that American Airlines rarely does so it is always a nice feeling when you get to turn left to go into the smaller first class cabin.
I located my seat and got comfortable before the flight.
The flight attendants offered a pre-departure beverage. I requested orange juice.
The orange juice was fresh and it had a good flavor.
Boarding continued for about 10 minutes before the door was closed. The flight attendants prepared the cabin for take off.
During that process, the flight attendants asked what I wanted to drink as well as if I wanted a chicken sandwich for lunch.
There was a 15 minute taxi before the plane was up in the air.
The aircraft was an older 757 that lacked power ports, USB and seatback entertainment.
The plane featured overhead video. WiFi was available while the plane was over the continental United States.
The seats were an older style first class seat.
The best feature of the seat was the large armrest. The seat felt larger than on some of the more modern aircraft.
Once the plane was at a cruising altitude, the flight attendants provided a hot towel service.
A few minutes later, the towels were picked up.
Another flight attendant provided a placemat.
The drinks were served about five minutes later.
I ordered and received a Coca-Cola. The soda was served over ice in a clean glass and it had a good taste.
The lunch was served about five minutes later.
The lunch was a hot chicken sandwich on toasted bread with cheese. The sandwich was served with a pasta salad on the side as well as a dessert. In addition, a pickle was served next to the sandwich. The tray was setup neatly.
The chicken sandwich was fresh and it had a good flavor. The portion size was large. The cheese was melted and it was creamy and had a good taste. The pickle was crispy and it had a good taste.
I didn't sample the salad or the dessert, however, they both looked fresh.
After I finished the meal, the flight attendants asked if I wanted another drink. After I declined, they thanked me and they removed the tray.
The flight attendants circulated the cabin and they offered additional beverages to the guests.
I watched a movie using the Delta Studio via GoGo. The movie video quality was good and the image was crisp and it was displayed without issue.
I was seated near the window and the weather was good so there were great opportunities to look out and see the world go by.
We traveled over the shore in Florida, which offered some excellent views of the beach and ocean.
In addition, the plane made its way south over the Bahamas, which also offered some amazing views.
The pictures from up in the air did not do the view justice. Looking out the window, I saw blue, green, turquoise and other shades of blue along with the tiny islands of the Bahamas. it was an enjoyable experience.
As we approached the Dominican Republic on Delta Airlines Atlanta Santo Domingo the plane made its way closer to the ground.
The flight attendants prepared the cabin or landing and they thanked the passengers.
The plane traveled along the shore prior to landing.
As I departed the plane, the flight attendants thanked us sincerely and wished us a good day.
The mission team met just outside the jetway before proceeding through immigration and customs.
The flight attendants handed out the immigration and customs paperwork during the flight.
The Dominican Republic has a $10 fee per-person when you arrive at the airport. You can either pay in advance online and speed through the checkpoint, or you can pay cash in person.
The group did not handle the process online, so we had about an hour wait while we joined a long line to pay the fee.
Once we completed the payment, we proceeded to immigration. The process was efficient and we provided passports and had to give fingerprints.
The bags were all available upon exiting immigration.
A Delta rep checked out baggage tags before allowing us to leave the airport.
In total, the immigration and customs process lasted about one hour and 20 minutes.
The Delta Airlines Atlanta Santo Domingo flight was enjoyable. The flight attendants were cordial and they made me feel welcome. The aircraft WiFi Entertainment worked well. The meal was good and the views out the window were amazing. Overall it was a good flight.
Do you like looking out the window on your flight?


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Wellmore's Sarah Pitchford Wins 2022 Supernova Award
Director of Dining Services Takes Home Highest Honor
The Supernova Award is the highest individual honor that our company gives and each year. One individual on the leadership team at Wellmore of Tega Cay is voted by their colleagues as the community's Supernova based on an assortment of criteria. Each year during the Senior Living Communities Annual Meeting, the winner is revealed and given a customized crystal award at the company's formal Supernova Awards Evening. The criteria for voting is based on upholding our company's mission to be caring professionals dedicated to quality services. Additionally, this individual will consistently deliver excellent customer service (to Members, families, and colleagues), lead positively with integrity, take accountability, put the team before themselves, and embody the company's vision to create communities where people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.
This year, we are proud to congratulate our Director of Dining Services, Sarah Pitchford as the recipient of the 2022 Wellmore of Tega Cay Supernova Award. This honor was bestowed at the Senior Living Communities Annual Meeting on Thursday, July 28th at The Omni Grove Park Inn, in Asheville, North Carolina. As the Director of Dining Services, Sarah oversees a seamless dining operation which consistently serves attractive and delicious food in a prompt and gracious manner. Additionally, she maintains compliance with federal and state requirements and promotes a person-centered approach to dining.
Sarah began working at Wellmore of Tega Cay on May 26, 2015. She began as a Server in the dining room and quickly transitioned to Lead Server and was promoted to Dining Room Manager in 2016. In 2020, she became the Assistant Director of Dining Services then in 2021, the Director of Dining Services. "It has been a long and rewarding journey," says Sarah. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, shopping, and traveling. She loves to visit new places, explore new and unique cuisines!
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WHO Calls For International Support After Ebola Infections Rise In DRC
25/03/2019 by David Branigan
The World Health Organization called on the international community to ramp up contributions to the US$ 148 million in funding required for the next six months' Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo – after infection rates saw a worrisome increase in recent weeks. Image Credits: World Bank Group/ V.Tremeau, WHO.	Continue reading ->
New Study Suggests Male Circumcision Curbs HIV Among MSM – Calls For Policy Action
The largest and most comprehensive study to date of the HIV prevention benefits of male circumcision for men who have sex with men (MSM) found that circumcision reduced the odds of HIV infection among this group by 42 percent in low- and middle-income countries, and overall by 23 percent. Image Credits: Avert/Gil Eilam/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.	Continue reading ->
UNAIDS Reports Mixed Progress Towards Reaching The 2020 Target Of Reducing TB Deaths Among People Living With HIV By 75%
22/03/2019 by Editorial team
[Press Release by UNAIDS] Five countries met the target three years ahead of the 2020 deadline and 18 more are on track; however, most countries are lagging behind and risk missing the target completely. UNAIDS urges countries to step up action. GENEVA, 22 March 2019—Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day, on 24 March 2019, UNAIDS […]	Continue reading ->
Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation, Are 'Basic Human Rights': New UN Water Development Report
[By UN News] Safe water and access to proper sanitation are essential to eradicate poverty, build peaceful societies and ensure that no one is left behind on the path towards sustainable development, according to the 2019 UN World Water Development Report, launched on Tuesday in Geneva. Image Credits: UN Environment/ Hannah McNeish.	Continue reading ->
New Study Finds Better Sewage Management Critical To Combatting AMR
Bacteria and other pathogens that are resistant to common anti-microbial medications appear to be most abundant in Africa, as well as parts of South-East Asia and other developing regions with a poor record of sewage and sanitation management, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons.	Continue reading ->
DRC Ebola Response: Need To "Find A Balance" Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust
World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is "working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership" in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF.	Continue reading ->
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), an innovative collaboration of governments, UN agencies, foundations and the private sector, has reaffirmed its commitment to safeguard and promote equitable access to new vaccines under development to head off the risk of disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics that threaten global health. Image Credits: CEPI / CureVac.	Continue reading ->
African Heads Of State Endorse Continental Medicine Regulator
06/03/2019 by Divya Schlesinger
The African content is one step closer to its first medicine and health super-regulator. The treaty to establish an African Medicine Agency (AMA), meant to govern medical product regulation for the entire continent, was endorsed by the African Union Heads of State and Government on 11 February, according to a press release following the 32nd AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.	Continue reading ->
WHO-Led Fair Pricing Forum Registration Opens
01/03/2019 by William New
Registration has begun for a closed-door gathering allowing governments and stakeholders to hold open discussions about a fairer pricing system for medical products, led by the World Health Organization. The second meeting of the Fair Pricing Forum, this time in South Africa, comes as debates over drug pricing and access rise ever higher in developing and developed countries alike.	Continue reading ->
Gavi Begins Major Typhoid Vaccination Campaign Against Outbreak In Zimbabwe
Geneva-based Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today announced the start of a major two-week campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people in Harare, Zimbabwe against typhoid, after an outbreak there. The campaign will be the first in Africa to use a new typhoid vaccine that can be administered to young children and is long-lasting. Nearly 2,000 cases of typhoid have been reported since a second wave of outbreak arose in September, Gavi said.	Continue reading ->


As a business owner, you never want to see your business fail. You have put hard work and money into that property and created something worthwhile. If your business is struggling, you should consider Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This can allow your business to continue your day to day operations. With your business still in operation, your employees can keep working as well.
First, you will need to file a bankruptcy petition. This will include a financial statement, a list of all assets, a list of liabilities and a statement of any outstanding contracts or leases. Once the paperwork is filed, an automatic stay is put into effect. With this in place, you will be given the space you need to work on your finances and will not have to deal with the harassment of creditors.
What happens at the meeting of creditors?
A meeting of creditors will occur when the creditors you owe the most money to will be able to meet with you and your attorney to find out about your reorganization plan. This plan is made with your attorney to continue paying your operating costs while paying off debt at the same time. The plan must be approved by the bankruptcy court to ensure your status. Debt payments that your business built up are restructured. This means that these payments will now be paid throughout the course of a five-year plan.
When you are granted Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it will stop the shutdown of your business by any creditors, vendors or banks. Instead of sending all income to those you owe money to, claiming bankruptcy will allow for a slow stream of payments to your creditors. This will allow your business to make a revenue stream. Chapter 11 bankruptcy also allows businesses to keep their line of credit and to receive any money owed to it. Insurance money from an open claim is allowed to remain flowing. Since the main goal of Chapter 11 bankruptcy is to allow a revenue stream for your business, your business will remain open and operating to create a profit.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy is often referred to as business bankruptcy because it allows owners to keep their businesses open. This is the main procedure businesses use to plan their finances. Bankruptcy options for individuals can be handled through Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy.


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Mavis Wanczyk, a hospital worker, scooped up the biggest-ever undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history. She wanted to retire from her job, but there are some negative sides too. Winning such a big amount surely comes with its perks. Soon after announced as the Powerball winner, her house was reportedly descended by members of the media and curious bystanders.
For protecting her from gawkers, press, and criminals, the police department has installed patrols around her home. "This is a great thing. We want her to know we are there if she needs us," a spokesman for Chicopee police said.
There are reasons behind such precautionary measures. In 2015, masked men shot and killed Craigory Burch Jr. after two months of winning $434,272 from Georgia Lottery. Wanczyk, however, wants to sit back and relax with her winnings.


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CCTVs in dance bars with cops watching 24×7 is regressive: Supreme Court
Indian bar girls perform at a dance bar in Bombay May 5, 2005. The government of the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Wednesday endorsed the decree seeking to ban dance bars in the state. There are more than 600 dance bars in Bombay itself and the closure of cabarets is likely to render jobless more than 150,000 people across the state including dancers, waiters, bouncers and security guards. Most Bars in the state employ girls, who dress in colourful costumes and dance to Bollywood songs, as customers shower them with currency bills. According to bar girl's union, majority of the 75,000 girls working in bars will be forced into the "flesh trade" due to the closure. Picture taken on May 5, 2005. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe AD/LD - RTRBM7N
"Placing CCTVs in dance bars to be monitored by cops 24×7 is a regressive parameter, and breach of privacy," observed the bench of Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice Shiv Kirti Singh during the final hearing on dance bars in Mumbai. It also said that this was breach of privacy.
The Supreme Court today adjourned the case to March 1.
The two-judge bench went through the conditions to grant licence, and said that few conditions are unreasonable.
It further directed the government to reconsider them.
The court also observed during the hearing, "Dance is an art, and those who perform are artists. It is time to think beyond gender bias. A person's livelihood should be respected."
It also mentioned self-censorship, saying that those who think it is obscene, they will not visit dance bars, and those who don't, will.
Pinky Anand, ASG represented the state government while senior advocate Jayant Bhushan appeared on behalf of hotels.
Dance bars were banned in Maharashtra, in August 2005, with the passing of the Maharashtra Police (Amendment) Act, 2005, affecting the livelihood of around 75000 bar girls or 'bar balas' as they are commonly known.
The first dance bars were opened in Khalapur in Raigad district of Maharashtra, in the early 1980s.
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The next products we are highlighting from our Ready 2 Recycle range are the new pouches. We believe they are the answer to increasing consumer demand for recyclable packaging, that also performs the way packaging should.
The pouches are available in both polyethylene (PE/PE) and polypropylene (CPP/OPP) mono material structures. This makes them a more sustainable and attractive choice with the same properties, strength and durability of existing non-recyclable options.
Like our BOPP bags, these pouches take existing packaging technology to the next level, and not just because they're recyclable. Awhile ago, the general consensus in our industry was that PE/PE was too 'stretchy' to print on at any speed. However, our new PE/PE pouches allow for top-quality gravure printing and can handle the heat during conversion.
We understand the importance of shelf appeal, especially when it comes to more premium products. The laminated top layer means that we have the ability to gravure print up to 9 colours, and provide that quality finish that many recyclable materials can't. No longer do you have to make the choice between recyclable and attractive packaging.
Our PE/PE bags are also available in quad seal formats. This is due to the same improved rigidity of material that enables perfect printing. The quad seal format streamlines the package-filling process, as the bag maintains a more uniformed shape. Meaning better palletisation, logistics, and ultimately shelf-visibility and aesthetics.
Currently, the necessary waste management facilities are not in operation in the UK, but the recycling technology does exist. Forever at the forefront of innovation, we realise that first there has to be demand for the recycling service to get relevant authorities to invest. That's something we're working on but it's important to realise we are all responsible and there's power in numbers.
In the USA, our new PE/PE bags would be eligible for the innovative How2Recycle seal of approval, a standardised labelling system that clearly communicates specific recycling instructions to the public. An equivalent scheme does not yet exist in the UK, but we are moving in the right direction.
The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme has recently launched a new App called We-Recycle, that can scan product labels and tell users how to recycle their packaging. Some of the biggest food retail brands including McDonald's and Nestlé have already backed the App.
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There are two examples given in Exodus 23:4-5 that flesh out this reality in a practical, helpful way. "If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it." Think of it this way. If we're driving down the road and see someone who is nasty to us with a flat tire and in need of help, we stop and help them. Or if they are taken ill and we have the opportunity to help with meals or assist them in some way, we do it.
But let's add a twist. We must be careful not to assume that our kindness will produce an immediate change in them. That is for the Lord to do. How do we respond if the person we help then continues to be nasty – and then we encounter him needing help on the road again? Do we drive by and say, "You deserve it! I'm not going to help you!" Or do we stop again, because we have forgiven them and this is another opportunity from the Lord to bless them (and us)? Maybe an angel did in the tire because he knew we were coming and wanted to see what we would do.


Just like the clothing you bring for climbing Kilimanjaro, you should bring a variety of gloves. So what exactly should you bring? Keep in mind that climbing Kilimanjaro is trekking, not mountaineering so you won't have your hands stuck in the snow. But it does get cold at night—especially summit night. The temperatures can get below zero. Keeping your hands warm is an important factor in helping you make the summit. If you don't have the correct gloves and your hands are freezing as you grip your trekking poles, you will be miserable and it may even prevent you from making the summit.
With this in mind, what gloves should you purchase and pack for your Kilimanjaro climb? Below are our suggestions for gloves.
The first pair of gloves you should bring is a lightweight glove that is dual purpose. On the one hand (pun intended), they should keep your hands warm as you hike. On the other, they should be durable enough that they help pad your hands while you use trekking poles.
There are several types that will work for this. The material used for glove liners can be made of silk, wool, lycra, polyester, nylon, and fleece. Make sure you choose one that is both durable and warm and will last the entire trip. Don't skimp on your gloves. Get ones that are made for hiking in the cold.
You can view a variety of liner and lightweight gloves here: https://www.backcountry.com/mens-glove-liners and here: https://www.backcountry.com/womens-glove-liners.
The second type of glove you should consider bringing is a midweight or wind blocking glove. If you are also bringing a ski or snowboarding glove or mitten, you don't have to bring both a liner and mid-weight glove. One or the other will do. For a wind blocking glove, they can be made of the same type of material as a liner. They come in a variety of materials such as softshell, wool, fleece, nylon, or Polartec. Some varieties are fleece lined. They are usually more durable than the liner, thicker, and should block the wind, which in turn keeps your fingers warmer.
This weight of glove is particularly useful on the lower sections of the mountain where it is cold but dry. Depending on the glove you purchase they probably won't keep your hands dry if they get wet.
Finally, the gloves you'll want to bring for the summit can be ski or snowboarding gloves or mittens. They should be good to below zero degrees and keep your hands warm, dry, and block the wind. They should be made of Gortex with a liner. If they do not have a liner then bring the liners mentioned earlier.
Another option is to wear mountaineering or trekking gloves that can be made of leather, goatskin, or nylon. They should be fleece or polyester (Primaloft) lined for insulation.
Finally, make sure your gloves fit before you depart for Tanzania. To measure your hands wrap a tape measure across your palm. You should use your dominant hand, the right if you are right-handed, and the left if you are left-handed.
Also, make sure your heavy gloves fit over your liners if you are using them.
Some manufacturers indicate glove sizes by number and others by letters standing for Small, Medium, Large, etc. We always indicate the size of a pair of gloves the same way the manufacturer does. Use the table at the right to translate between "letter sizes" and "number sizes".


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Q: HashMap - Search for Value of Object and add to list I have 2 classes Gym and gymMember. Currently Gym stores all gymMember in a HashMap gymMembers where String is their member ID (String).
gymMember holds the variables:
  this.fullName = aName;
  this.address = anAddress;
  this.area = anArea;

What i'd like to go is search through the the HashMap gymMembers to find out what members are in area 1 stores in variable this.area and then return the gymMember object to a new set.
So far i've got this far:
public void findCustomersInArea(int x)
{
    // create a list to store all Customers
List<gymMember> aMember = new ArrayList<gymMember>();

// iterate all entries in the map
for (Map.Entry<String, gymMember> a: gymMembers.entrySet())
{
    // get the customer
    gymMember newMember = a.getArea();
    if (newMember.getArea() == x) {
        // do what you need to add to a list
       newMember.add(newCustomer);
    }
}
}

Does anyone have ideas where i'm going wrong?

A: gymMember newMember = a.getValue ();
if (newMember.getArea() == x) {
    // do what you need to add to a list
   aMember.add(newMember);
}

A: While iterating through the Map, instead of gymMember newMember = a.getArea();you should be doing:
gymMember newMember = a.getValue();Following would be your code:
    for (Map.Entry<String, gymMember> a : gymMembers.entrySet()) {
        // get the customer
        gymMember newMember = a.getValue();
        if (newMember.getArea() == x) {
            // do what you need to add to a list
            aMember.add(newCustomer);//The name of your list is aMember and not newMember
        }
    }

since you want to check the area of each gymMember and not area of each entry in the map. In this case, since you are just accessing the values(i.e. gymMember) associated with each id, you can do:
    for (gymMember gymMember : gymMembers.values()) {//where your Object would be gymMember
          if (gymMember.getArea() == x) {
            aMember.add(gymMember);
        }
    }


In Christianity, we're not called to obey the Word; we're called to do the Word. We're Word practitioners; we live the Word. What it really means is that we're the expression of the Word. Here's why talking the Word is so important: Talking comes ahead of doing. What you say, you'll do! What you say, you become, if you weren't "it" already. Your mouth is the expression of your personality.
The speech is where the human spirit expresses himself the most in the human person. When you receive the knowledge of the Word, what you're supposed to do is to take it and speak it. You're already the Word in flesh; so you're merely expressing who you are, or what you have, as stated in the Word.
This is why you should be inundated with the Word; soaked in the Word, so that all you think, and talk, is the Word, because you're actually the offspring of the Word. Jesus is the Word of God in flesh; you're also the Word of God in flesh. 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 says, "… ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ…." The epistle of Christ is the Word of Christ—the Word of God, which is who you are. This is the revelation of the new creation!
So, when the Word says, for instance, "Be anxious for nothing…" (Philippians 4:6 NKJV), He's not telling you to try not to be anxious; it's not a commandment for you to "obey." Rather, He's saying that not being anxious is a reflection of your character and personality, so live accordingly. You're the one that doesn't get anxious for anything; that's your person; it's not something you try to obey, but a reality that you live out.
This is true Christianity: It's the out-working of the Word in you. When you talk, it's the Word; when you act, it's the Word. Your life is the revelation of the Word.
I'm the icon of the unseen Christ, the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person! As I contemplate the Word of God, beholding the glory thereof, I'm metamorphosed into the same image. As Jesus is, so am I in this world: forever triumphant, excellent, and full of glory! Hallelujah!


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is an Italian Christmas carol composed by Pietro Yon in 1917. The melody was used by Frederick H. Martens in his English language carol "When Blossoms Flowered 'mid the Snows". The melody and lyrics of the chorus are derived from the chorus of "Adeste Fideles" (O Come All Ye Faithful).

The music historian Salvatore Basile notes: "The song would achieve the near-impossible feat of surviving in the standard holiday repertoire, with important performances, innumerable recordings, and every kind of vocal and instrumental arrangement."

Lyrics

See also
 List of Christmas carols

References

Sources
 Martens translation, Wikisource
Gesu Bambino lyrics and MIDI

Italian-language Christmas carols
Italian Christian hymns
1917 songs