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US House Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek reelection
The announcement creates a leadership vacuum for the Republican Party heading into midterm elections.
U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will not seek reelection in November | Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
By Jake Sherman, Rachael Bade and Kyle Cheney
WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul Ryan told his House Republican colleagues Wednesday that he will not seek another term in Congress, ending what will be a three-year run as the Republican leader and creating a power vacuum in the Republican ranks heading into a difficult midterm election.
The announcement will set off a mad dash within the House Republican Conference. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) are both eyeing the top spot. Though Scalise is almost certain to defer to McCarthy, all eyes will be on President Donald Trump. He has a close relationship with McCarthy, and his endorsement of the Californian could be crucial.
If Republicans lose the majority, however, the leadership picture could look quite different, and many House Republican insiders wonder whether Scalise and McCarthy will both stick around.
Ryan originally intended to run for reelection and then retire after the midterm elections. But he changed course suddenly, just as his No. 2 and No. 3 deputies began jockeying to replace him.
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Ryan called Republican leaders personally on Wednesday morning to tell them the news. He said he felt in his heart he needed to be with his kids and that he could not in good conscience run for reelection when he planned to leave after the election, according to a source familiar with the conversations. He also called Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to relay his decision.
After huddling with leadership staff, Ryan delivered the same message to rank-and-file Republicans during a closed-door meeting. He received four standing ovations as he talked about his most proudest moments: passing tax reform and giving the military a massive budget increase.
Ryan also spoke of his desire to be with his family.
Ryan told Republicans that he will "run through the tape" and continue to aggressively raise money for House Republicans as they try to keep their majority. One of the reason he didn't originally retire earlier was because of what leadership staffers joked was his "Catholic guilt" of abandoning the party in what's likely to be their most difficult election in years.
Ryan's retirement presents the House Republican Party many open questions. He already has fundraisers planned well into the spring, but will big-dollar donors still fork over six-figure checks to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Congressional Leadership Fund if Ryan is leaving? Also, will Ryan remain a lame-duck speaker until November, or will he be pressured to schedule leadership elections in the coming weeks?
Representative Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said it's possible for Ryan to remain speaker through the election, but that determination will depend on "the next few weeks."
"Everyone will start jockeying for position immediately," he said. "They won't wait for nine months."
If Ryan sticks to his plan to remain in the speaker's chair through the election, it could mean as much as six months of internal jockeying within the Republican Party conference. The shadow campaign to succeed Ryan was already under way before Wednesday, with McCarthy and Scalise working to build political alliances that could benefit them in a race for speaker.
Ryan's move will also be read as a sign that Democrats' electoral prospects are brightening. He was widely expected to leave after this year, but the timing of the announcement was much sooner than expected.
Ryan, 48, has spent his working life in Washington, climbing the career ladder from congressional aide to speaker. He was reluctant to take the job in late 2015, but grew into the role.
Ryan's time atop the House will mostly be viewed through the prism of his relationship with Trump. Weeks before the election, Ryan told House Republicans they should feel free to abandon Trump's candidacy to save their own. But when Trump won, Ryan helped shepherd tax reform, the biggest victory of Trump's presidency, through Congress. Tax reform has been Ryan's focus since coming to Congress in 1999.
The Janesville, Wisconsin native's critics say he brushed aside some of Trump's divisive language and behavior for political expediency.
After the announcement, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered Ryan remarkable praise for a Democrat, though he also urged the speaker "to break free from the hard-right factions of his caucus" and move toward the center during his last nine months as speaker.
"Speaker Ryan is a good man who is always true to his word. Even though we disagreed on most issues, in the areas where we could work together I always found him to be smart, thoughtful, and straightforward," Schumer said, urging Ryan to seize "his newfound political freedom."
The news of Ryan's announcement was first reported by Axios. POLITICO reported in December that he was widely expected to leave after this Congress.
Burgess Everett contributed reporting.
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Q: How do I replicate the red delete button from the Contacts application? (i.e. in a grouped TV Layout and such that it darkens when selected) As you see from the question, I want to do (aesthetically) EXACTLY what the red delete button in the contacts app does.
Now the issue is that it doesn't provide feedback when I press on it (namely become darker); it simply does its duty of popping up a UIAlertView to confirm the deletion (side note: I find this more appropriate than an ActionSheet for this case since I need to give a message to the user about the repercussions of deleting as well...).
What I have done is make a custom cell class, to characterize this button and manually gave it this design in IB.
Now assuming I can make a png file of a darker version of the button background, how could I make it such that that background shows when the button is pressed down.
I apologize in advance for any lack of clarity. If you don't get what I'm talking about, please go to the Contacts app and try pressing down the "Delete Contact" button. That's the aesthetic functionality I'm looking for.
Thanks,
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Got something that almost works. From the CustomTVCell.m:
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {

[super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

// Configure the view for the selected state.
if (selected == YES)
    self.backgroundView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"button_red_selected.png"]] autorelease];
else
    self.backgroundView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"button_red.png"]] autorelease];
}

The only remaining issue is that it remains in the selected state even when I stopping pressing the cell.

A: you can use a (BOOL bDark) to mark the status of backgroud image,that is whether you use the dark one or the light one.init bDark with NO.
in your tableview's cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath method,if the bDark is YES, let the cell's background image be the dark one,else let it be the light one.
in the didSelectRowAtIndexPath method, you should change the bDark to YES,that is,once you pressed that cell,bDark should be set to YES; then you should let your tableview reloadData,then it rebuild the cells, and now, because bDark is YES, this cell will use the dark image as its backgroud.

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Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission to fight Isha Johansen acquittal
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The ACC will challenge the recent ruling of a High Court in Freetown to acquit Johansen on all counts of corruption
Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will fight the recent acquittal of Sierra Leone Football Association President Isha Johansen.
The initial corruption charges against Johansen and general secretary Christopher Kamara were about an alleged misappropriation of US$50,000 given to the SLFA by Caf for covering costs of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tests on 30 players for the U17 team in 2014.
Those charges were dropped after Justice Reginal Finn ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish their case against the duo and that there was no evidence before him to hold the accused culpable.
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However, as reported by the BBC, the AAC will appeal the High Court's decision.
"The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed ten (10) grounds Notice of Appeal in the Court of Appeals of Sierra Leone, against the judgment of the High Court of Sierra Leone," the statement read.
"Issues have been identified with the ruling that crucially requires review by the Court of Appeals, particularly in relation to the ingredients of the offence of misappropriation and the nature of evidence required to prove and establish it."
The ACC will also let Johansen and Kamara continue in their roles as SLFA President and general secretary respectively in order to avoid a Fifa ban.
Electing to remove the pair from their posts after initial charges were filed and led to the governing body, Fifa suspending the nation due to outside interference.
"It (the ACC) confirms that having concluded the trial it will not interfere with the continuance in office of the officials of the Sierra Leone Football Association pending the conclusion of the Appeal," the statement clarified.
The suspension - which made Sierra Leone ineligible for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers - was consequently lifted after Johansen's acquittal.

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Selena Gomez Leaves Toronto After PDA With Justin Bieber!
Selena Gomez has been snapped leaving Toronto airport without on-again boyfriend Justin Bieber.
According to Mail Online, the reunited couple were seen arriving in the Canadian city together on Saturday (September 6) but Selena was spotted 'looking downcast' as she left on her own the following day.
Perhaps Sel-Go was just missing her man with Hollywood Life reporting that the popstar pair were snapped kissing at a shopping centre on Friday.
A source revealed: "Justin was looking at the Jo Malone fragrances. He was asking a bunch of questions to the sales clerk, but left after a large group of fans approached. It was too difficult for him to shop at that point."
The website also obtained an image of Selena and Justin holding hands on a private plane, fuelling speculation that they are back together.
Despite PDA snaps of the cute couple emerging online, Gomez is said to have declared her single status in a recent interview.
She was quoted by On Demand Entertainment as saying: "I live for a good boyfriend t-shirt even if I don't have one. I just want this feeling."
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A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 22 to celebrate the 60th year since then Indian President Rajendra Prasad gifted a Bodhi tree to Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in 1959.
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The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a spring festival at Heungryunsa pagoda, Incheon city on the December 21, on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.
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Most Venerable Thích Huệ Thông, Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Committee in Binh Duong province hosted on December 4 a reception for a visiting delegation of Buddhist dignitaries from Cambodia led by Great Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong.
Sri Lanka's leading Venerable talks about value of Buddhist teachings in modern life in Hanoi
The sermon on the "Relevance of Buddhist Teachings to Modern Life" was delivered by Doctor Most Venerable (Dr. Most Ven.) Mirisse Dhammika Thero in Quan Su pagoda (Hanoi) on November 29. Over 100 delegates from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India were present at the session.
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Vietnamese handicrafts and traditional cuisine were on display at the International Christmas Festival held in Prague, Czech Republic on December 1.
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EDMONTON - Robin Figren had a goal and an assist to lead the Edmonton Oil Kings to a 4-1 win over the Everett Silvertips in Western Hockey League action Thursday.
Edmonton has now won three straight games. The Oil Kings (7-6-1-2) held the Silvertips off the shot clock for the first nine minutes of the game, and scored first on a rebound chip by Brent Raedeke at 6:30.
Everett (8-7-0-0) nearly tied it four minutes later when Edmonton netminder Dalyn Flette tried to cradle a fast wrist shot by Jordan Mistelbacher, but the puck slipped under his glove arm before the puck was cleared.
The Silvertips tied it just 36 seconds into the second period on a power play resulting from a Matt Swaby elbow at the end of the first. Kyle Beach took the puck behind the net and, with Flette out of position, scooped the puck onto his stick before wrapping it top-shelf from behind the goal.
Figren stepped out of the penalty box late in the second frame and with 8.6 seconds left put the Rodeo Kings up 2-1. He coralled a tipped shot from Cameron Cepek and backhanded the puck behind Silvertips netminder Leland Irving.
Karey Peiper added an insurance marker with 1:51 remaining in the third, and with 17.7 left, Breitkreuz scored an empty-net goal.
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Lincoln men's and women's track and field teams combined for seven wins Friday and Saturday at the Northwest Open, hosted by Northwest Missouri.
Rene Medley and Ryan Brown were each double-winners for the Blue Tigers.
Medley won the women's 60-meter dash with a time of 7.44 seconds, an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division II indoor track and field championships next month. Her time of 24.09 seconds in the 200-meter dash won by more than half a second.
Brown finished first in the men's 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.25 seconds. He also won the triple jump with an automatic-qualifying distance of 50 feet, 11 inches, which ranks second this season in Division II.
Kizan David and Brown finished 1-2 in both the triple jump and long jump. David took second in the triple jump at 50-8.75 and then won the long jump with a leap of 24-2.25. Brown took second in the long jump at 24-0.25.
Renea Ambersley won the women's 400-meter dash with an automatic-qualifying time of 53.75 seconds, just 0.13 seconds off her season-best. Diana Cauldwell picked up a win in the women's triple jump, posting an automatic-qualifying mark of 41-3.75, third-best in Division II.
Rusheda Blake took second in the women's triple jump at 40-0.75 and also finished fifth in the long jump at 18-0.5. Kissa-Ann Brown finished third in the women's 400 in 55.52 seconds, followed by Christine Moss in fifth place in 56.19 seconds. Shanice Clarke added a third-place finish in the women's 600-yard run in 1:26.25.
Danielle James was fourth in the women's 800-meter run (2:16.16), while Shaian Vandenburg (7.82 seconds) and Cauldwell (7.86) were seventh and eighth, respectively, in the women's 60.
Lincoln's women's 4x400-meter relay of Clarke, Dylann Core, James and Malalia Siafa-Bangura placed fourth in a time of 3:55.65.
Raymone Campbell and Javan Gray finished second and third, respectively, in the men's 200. Campbell clocked a time of 21.58 seconds, followed by Gray in 21.69.
The Lincoln men finished fourth through sixth in the 60 finals. Gray crossed the finish line in 6.90 seconds, followed by Roberto Smith (6.91) and Campbell (6.95).
Lincoln took third in the men's 4x400. Tyrese Halls, Ouekie Wright, Campbell and Mohammed Kouyate posted a time of 3:13.51.
Other top-eight finishers for the Lincoln men include Wright placing fourth in the 600 (1:12.71), Souleyman Seck finishing fifth in the triple jump (45-10.75) and Halls taking sixth in the 400 (49.43 seconds).
Among the area athletes at the Bearcat Open, Truman State senior Hannah Oberdiek (South Callaway High School) came in fourth place in the women's long jump, posting a distance of 18-2.25.
William Jewell junior Lexie Stull (Jefferson City High School) competed in three events for the Cardinals. She place 16th in the women's triple jump (34-2.25), 19th in the 4x400 (4:20.18) and 31st in the long jump (14-10).
Central Missouri sophomore Baylie Bellin (Blair Oaks High School) placed 20th in the women's weight throw with a toss of 44-4.25.


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Brittany Lang holds up her trophy on the 18th green after winning the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)
Just when it seemed as if the U.S. Women's Open in San Martin, California, would come down to the final hole of the three-hole playoff, a rules violation changed everything and helped deliver Brittany Lang her first major title.
Lang was the beneficiary of a delayed, two-stroke penalty called on Anna Nordqvist on Sunday, as she won the title she was so close to seizing when she was runner-up 11 years ago as an amateur.
"You never want to win with a penalty or something like that happen, especially to Anna, who is a friend of mine and a great player and a classy girl," Lang said. "But it's unfortunate. It's part of the game and it happened that way."
Lang made par on all three holes of the aggregate playoff and Nordqvist was given a two-stroke penalty for touching the sand with her club in a fairway bunker on the second playoff hole, helping deliver Lang the title.
The players were not told of the penalty until they were in the middle of playing the final hole, after officials reviewed replays in the latest controversy at a USGA event after the delayed penalty called in the final round on eventual men's U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson last month.
"Seemed kind of unreal that it happened, but it does," Nordqvist said. "It wasn't any reason to question it. But I'm certainly disappointed of the timing of it."
Lang then sealed the win with a short par putt on the final playoff hole, while Nordqvist made bogey to lose by three shots.
Lang shot a 1-under 71 to finish with a 6-under 282 for the tournament at CordeValle for her second win in 287 tournaments on the LPGA Tour. She survived a bogey on the 17th hole that led to the playoff before recovering in the playoff for a breakthrough win at age 30.
"I think this is absolutely huge, a huge momentum builder to say you won the U.S. Open," Lang said. "I think this is a huge, a huge step in the right direction for my career."
Paul Goydos shot a bogey-free 69 on Sunday to win the Dick's Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, New York.
A birdie at the 17th hole gave Goydos a two-shot victory over Wes Short Jr. (69) as he finished at 14-under-par 202 for his third victory on the Champions Tour.
Qualifier Neal Lancaster (70) was third at 11 under, while John Riegger (72) finished tied for fourth at 10 under with Joe Durant (68).
Glen Day (69) and Kevin Sutherland (69) were another shot back in a tie for sixth.
John Daly (73) was three shots behind to start and couldn't muster anything. He made bogey at the par-5 fifth hole and another at No. 9 to make the turn at 7 under, where he finished.
Goydos, runner-up at En-Joie Golf Club last year to Jeff Maggert when he faltered late, began play tied for the lead with Riegger. Goydos was the steadiest of the leaders, carding eight pars and making birdie at the par-4 sixth hole. A birdie at No. 10 dropped him to 13 under, three shots ahead of Riegger, Short, and Lancaster.
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Marine allegedly assaulted at McDonald's as gang yelled 'do you believe black lives matter?'
Marine allegedly assaulted at McDonald's as gang yelled 'do you believe black lives matter?'
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By Steve Birr
A former Marine became the target of an alleged assault in a McDonald's Friday night, as a crowd of youths cornered him and demanded he answer the question, "do you believe black lives matter?" before knocking him unconscious and robbing him.
Christopher Marquez, a veteran of Iraq and recipient of the Bronze Star for valor, said he was dining at a McDonald's in northwest D.C. when a group of black teenagers came up to him and allegedly began harassing him about the black lives matter movement. Marquez ignored them which prompted calls and shouts that he was a racist.
Marquez left the establishment after eating, but allegedly sustained a sudden blow to the back of his head outside the McDonald's, which knocked him unconscious. When he woke up, his pants were ripped and wallet gone, which contained $400 in cash, three credit cards, his VA medical card, school identification, metro card and driver's license.
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"I remember this group of teens harassing me while I was eating, they surrounded my table and kept on asking me 'Do you believe black lives matter,'" Marquez told The Daily Caller News Foundation. "Then they started calling me a racist. I can't recall if they were saying anything else to me at this moment because the blow to my head really screwed up my memory."
DeAnthony Mason, manager of the McDonald's, reviewed security footage and told Marquez in a phone call Saturday that when he left the restaurant a teen with a white shirt struck him on the side of the head, knocking him unconscious. The other teens then converged on his incapacitated body, taking his belongings. The head blow Marquez sustained left his memory dazed, but Mason's review of security footage helped him piece together what occurred.
Upon regaining consciousness, Marquez found a cab driver willing to drive him to his apartment across from American University, where he attends school. Workers in the lobby called the police on his behalf, who took him to George Washington Hospital where he was evaluated for several hours. Medical documents obtained by The DCNF show Marquez was treated for head trauma and an eye contusion.
Credit card transactions reviewed by The DCNF reveal that the assailants charged over $115 on his various credit cards at a liquor store, Five Guys and Walmart. Mason, the McDonald's store manager told Marquez that police have been looking for the group of teens for a previous incident.
"I believe this was a hate crime and I was targeted because of my skin color," Marquez told The DCNF. "Too many of these types of attacks have been happening against white people by members of the black community and the majority of the main stream media refuses to report on it."
Marquez served eight years active duty in the Marines between 2003 and 2011 in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Rifleman and Scout Sniper. He received the Bronze Star for valor during his first deployment after he carried the body of his slain team leader from combat following an ambush during the Battle of Fallujah.
"When I was in the Marine Corps, I served with people from many different backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and races," Marquez told The DCNF. "Like all Marines, I fought for the freedom of all Americans and not just one particular group."
Marquez was also involved in the infamous fire fight dubbed "Hell House" in Fallujah. He and a fellow Marine, Dane Shaffer, pulled out four Marines who were stuck in a house after an insurgent ambush. A picture taken of them pulling Sgt Maj Brad Kasal out of battle served as the inspiration for a famous war memorial of Iraq located in California, reports The Los Angeles Times. Marquez is pictured on the left side holding Kasal by his right arm.
(Sgt Maj Brad Kasal is carried to safety by lance corporals Chris Marquez and Dane Shaffer in Fallujah. Photo by Lucian Read)
Officer Anthony Hector of the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the alleged assault. The DCNF reached out to the MPD for comment but no further details could be provided at this time. Marquez described roughly 5 black assailants including one female, ages 16 to 21.
Marquez told The DCNF, "I really think this group of teens is dangerous and will do this type of thing again if they are not caught."
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A special Inspirational lecture series on " Swami Vivekanand" and "Management Practices of Shivaji Maharaj" by Renowned artist and Speaker Mr. Rahul Solapur was organised by KCES's IMR at Kantai Hall on 16th and 17th January 2019.
Empower the power - A two day training was organised for the womens of self help group in association with Jalgaon womens association.
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Евре-Пасвік () — найближчий до кордону з Росією норвезький національний парк. Розташований у південній частині комуни Сер-Варанґер, фюльке Фіннмарк. Територію парку займають, переважно, незаймані хвойні ліси, невисокі пагорби, а також водно-болотні угіддя. На момент утворення парку в 1970 році, його територія становила 63 км². У 2003 угіддя парку були збільшені до 119 км².

Національний парк є частиною тайги, яка також простягається в сусідніх районах Росії та Фінляндії. У 1992 році, через кордон, у Печензькому районі Мурманської області Росії, за прикладом Норвегії, був утворений заповідник-близнюк, державний природний заповідник Пасвік. Сусідній природний заповідник на території Фінляндії — Вятсярі був створений у 1991 році.

Флора і фауна
В Евре-Пасвик домінують незаймані соснові ліси, з великою кількістю мертвих дерев та тих, що впали. А болотистий ландшафт налічує до 190 видів рослин. Деякі характерні тільки для цієї частини Фіннмарку. В долині річки Патсойокі є велика популяція бурих ведмедів. Росомаха, єнотовидний собака, рись і такі рідкісні види тварин, як середня бурозубка, і лемінги також знайшли заповідник своїм надійним притулком.

Туризм та відпочинок
Згідно з правилами охорони національного парку, полювання на території заповідника заборонено. Але дозволена риболовля, піший туризм і всі види лижного спорту. Зокрема, особливою популярність має маршрут до перекатів Ґренсефосс, у найпівденно-східнішій частині комуни Сер-Варанґер, що проходить уздовж лінії кордону з Росією, куди приїжджають туристи з усього світу.

Див. також
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Посилання

 Супутникова карта Евре-Пасвик

Національні парки Норвегії
Категорія МСОП II
Природоохоронні об'єкти, засновані 1970
Засновані в Норвегії 1970

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Imagine a world without bread, beer, or grilled steak. Needless to say, it's not a pleasant thought.
But if a lone French chemist hadn't discovered how proteins and sugars interact at high temperatures to create charred meat, we might never have understood why our favorite tailgating foods taste so great. Thankfully, 100 years ago this month, Louis-Camille Maillard discovered what makes a great steak so delicious—the reaction behind the amazing taste and texture of its char.
Pumpkin flavored beer is now as quintessential to fall as jack-o-lanterns and the changing leaves, but it hasn't broken into the tailgating scene because of its spicy sweetness. Think it doesn't seem like an easy beer to pair with savory tailgating fare? Think again: Because of its intense flavor, pumpkin beer goes great with gamey meat and free-range poultry. The trick is finding a beer that won't taste like pumpkin pie, but instead pack the punch of intensity your camp needs. Don't worry, we did the work for you. Here are the Best 5 Pumpkin Beers this fall.


Riding on the explosion of the mobile/smartphone market penetration, live video streaming has experienced a tremendous expansion of both social media and traditional mobile platforms. The live streaming field is one that is growing at a very fast pace. Video production, video technologies, video streaming and viewing platforms are all changing rapidly.
Live video streaming is ranked higher and has surpassed saved video viewing in many quarters. This is largely due to the convenience associated with being able to view a favourite channel or game as it is being recorded from any device or platform.
Globally, about 25% of internet users reportedly watch an online video every day. This percentage is set to rise as internet access increases and more users have access to high-speed 4G cellular networks. This paints the picture of the type of revenue that can be generated if a significant share of this market is targeted and responsive.
Live streaming platforms are reviewing the way their streaming service is monetised. One of them is Facebook, which is currently considering testing commercial viewing via live stream.
There are other avenues available to generate revenue from live streaming services. Avenues like renting out or selling the broadcast content. There is also pay-per-view access where viewers are charged a premium or flat-rate for accessing your live stream. Other avenues are data monetisation which is operated by collecting data on viewers and selling this data to content creators and third parties.
Sponsorship from businesses providing services around your broadcast is another way to generate revenue from live streaming. Not leaving out avenues like premium sponsored content, advertisement, viewership subscription which are all excellent ways to monetise and generate revenue from live streaming.
Live streaming platforms usually comes embedded with APIs (Application Programming Interface) to ensure a quick and easy integration of the product into the numerous cloud-based video applications, services, and digital media workflows.


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Jacoby Ellsbury Signs with Yankees for $153 million
By Melissa Felkins
Oct 30, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (2) hits a double against the St. Louis Cardinals during the fourth inning of game six of the MLB baseball World Series at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
There are a lot of shocked and upset baseball fans out there tonight. Namely, the Boston Red Sox fans and any other team who thought they stand even the smallest of shots of signing outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.
That ship has sailed.
It was reported tonight that Ellsbury has agreed to a $153 million, 7-year deal with the New York Yankees. Ellsbury has been considered one of the top free agents this offseason and was pursued by several teams, including the San Francisco Giants who have a large gap to fill in the outfield. Personally, I never saw Sabean pulling off Ellsbury, but a lot of Giants fans were holding on to hope.
"Ellsbury has been been pursued by his old Red Sox team, and it is believed the Mariners and Giants were among other teams to show interest. Boston is believed to have offered about $100 million to Ellsbury in spring training, but presumably bumped that a bit after he helped the team win another title, the second one in his time in Boston."
Ellsbury is coming off his second World Series Championship with the Red Sox. He hit .298 in 2013 with 52 RBIs and nine home runs.
Ellsbury and Yankees appear to be closing in on 7-year deal. http://t.co/BTOZbSjieJ
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 4, 2013
agreement now in place, as @FeinsandNYDN said. $153M. updated ellsbury, yankees story: http://t.co/BTOZbSjieJ
As expected, the outrage in Boston is, well, I'll just let you decide for yourselves.
"Ellsbury are you fucking kidding me"
And then my personal favorite.


Author Maryann Da Silva new release "Coping with the Ordinary and Making Life Extraordinary: 12 Pathways to a Happier Life"provides us with the answers to life's questions. Questions like what does everyone want? How can we be happy and to feel good about our-self? . Why is it that in today's society that dream is so hard to achieve? Maryann demonstrates that you can develop a higher self-esteem and bring happiness into your life. As a registered social worker, Maryann has worked with victims of domestic violence and parents and children facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, grief and bereavement and financial pressures. Not only has she walked along side individuals searching for happiness and self-esteem but has struggled with it herself.
Yvonne Wu: Thanks for this interview Maryann. Can we begin by having you tell us why do so many people struggle with self-esteem and happiness?
MS: That's a good question. I think that in society there is a lot of pressure to get ahead, to have a lot, be successful, to do a lot and to be happy as well; but people's definition of happiness may be quite different. What brings joy to one person might not to the next. Life can get so rushed and busy that it's hard to take time out for ourselves to reflect on what we truly want and how to get there.
YW: Why do we need a bucket list?
MS: We don't need a bucket list, but having one gives us time to focus on ourselves and what we want out of life. It focuses on the future, how important it is to look to the future with hope and enthusiasm.
YW: What is the most important message readers will get from reading your book?
MS: Readers will know that they are not alone in how they feel. If they don't think that they can do certain things, there are many ideas of what they could do to improve their mood and situation. It gives them resources if they want to do further reading. Hopefully, it will spark a passion about life and living an extraordinary life towards happiness.
YW: How does this story resonate with women and men?
MS: Everyone wants to be happy and to feel good about herself or himself , women and men. This book outlines some very practical strategies and ideas that anyone can start trying any time. I write it in such a way that my personality and life comes across. I don't consider myself an expert in happiness, but as someone who struggles and has challenges with it, just like everybody else; women and men.
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Jasper county adds another 29 covid cases Thursday
by: Blake Ewing
Posted: Jun 18, 2020 / 08:16 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 18, 2020 / 09:03 PM CDT
In a press release Wednesday, the Jasper County Health Department noted a continued rise in covid-19 cases.
Jasper County now has a total of 259 cases with 210 current cases.
There are an additional 765 cases that have been placed on quarantine with 614 people currently being monitored.
The cases have continued to be clustered in the Carthage area.
The health department reminds those who are sick or think they may be sick to stay home as the community reopens.
Wearing masks and practicing social distancing is recommended if a sick or potentially sick person must seek medical treatment.
More Joplin Area Coronavirus Stories
by Becky Willeke / Jan 18, 2021
ST. LOUIS-- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has compiled a map of COVID-19 Vaccine Providers. The map is intended to be used by those in the populations that are currently eligible for the vaccine.
The site says before contacting a vaccinator on the map to coordinate a vaccination, please understand many vaccinators are still awaiting supplies from the federal government.
ST. LOUIS-- Missouri is currently vaccinating people in Phase 1A, Phase 1B- Tier 1, and Phase 1B- Tier 2. Monday marks when those in Phase 1B could begin getting vaccinated.
Phase 1B - Tier 2: High-Risk IndividualsProtecting those who are at increased risk for severe illness
Jasper County Health Department Reports 3 More COVID-19 Deaths
CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Jasper County Health Department is reporting three deaths of Jasper County residents due to COVID-19.
This brings the total to 113.


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As a trial lawyer, I am sure I have developed a slanted view of the world. For every case I file, I have probably consulted with dozens of people I have refused to represent. It does not surprise me that most of these strangers who walk into my office believe that they have been the victims of some sort of injustice and want their injuries repaired — most often with the balm of cold cash — by our legal system.
That is what we lawyers do. It continues to amaze me, though, that almost all of these people are infused by a mythical belief that the legal system works and that if a good lawyer will only prosecute their cases, Justice will work her way with the public servants who populate the court system, the truth will out, and an accurate and fair decision will be reached (and gobs of money will be paid).
The people who believe this most strongly, of course, are those who say to their lawyer at the beginning of a case that they are not after money but out to vindicate a principle and then, at the end, say that a million dollars is not enough to vindicate their principles.
The simplest aspect of this mythology is the common belief that a jury can look a witness in the eye and discern whether he or she is telling the truth. In my experience, trying to tell whether someone is telling the truth by looking at their eyes fails as often as it works, which means that as a method of deciding cases it is on par with the flipping of coins. At its worst, this belief works against those who are nervous in court, which means that it works against people who haven't been to court much like the poor and the law-abiding, while it works in favor of people who get to court a lot, like career criminals and rich, litigious jerks.
The mythology of Justice, though, is far broader and deeper than the common and pernicious belief that all men and women are endowed by their Creators with built-in polygraphs. The people shopping for my services tend to see the whole legal system as a big Ouija Board, with unseen forces moving the hands of all the participants toward a true and just result. After they retain me, many people who hold these beliefs come to perceive that these unseen forces are at their strongest in California. I have determined this because many of my clients send me newspaper clippings of California jury awards in the zillions of dollars in wacky California cases which seem to them to be indistinguishable from their own.
Folks who believe most strongly in the mythology of justice tend to tune out when I try to explain little things like the rules of law which will govern the outcomes of their cases. They tend to regard these things as trivial technicalities which the Goddess will inevitably pare asunder with her great sword as she carries the deserving to the great promised land of Reparation.
Some of the many adherents of the mythology of justice no doubt believe that it is the hand of God at work in human affairs that causes all of our court cases to come out right. Most, in my experience, have not thought about it that deeply. They just believe.
This state of affairs is just terrible. It means that a lot of people who have been wronged (or are being wronged) and believe that an invisible all-powerful force for justice lives in our legal system tend to see litigation as a first resort when it should be seen as a last resort.
The truth is that the legal system resembles a roulette wheel far more closely than it resembles an Ouija Board. The element of chance is present at almost every stage of the proceedings and often the result is random.
Take your typical John Q. Justice-believer who encounters a cop having a 50-year-flood bad day, gets beat up, and want to sue for damages, for example. The first thing John has to do is to find a lawyer who will handle his case to near-perfection (for there are many traps for the unwary along the road to recovery from the government). Whether he can find such a lawyer is a crapshoot. The only information readily available to him about lawyers in his area will probably be what the lawyers say about themselves, either in the yellow pages or in lawyer-referral services. John Q. may be fooled, because there is very little to stop a lawyer who has handled and lost one police-misconduct case from saying the same things about himself as the lawyer who has won twenty such cases in a row at trial. His best chance is to find a lawyer through referrals from other lawyers. Litigators know who is winning what kinds of cases and are pretty good about sending clients along to the experts. If, though, John Q. crutches into the office of a lawyer who is willing but not really able to handle his case, he is in bad shape. A justice believer really doesn't want to hear about the rules of law that apply to his facts, the strengths and weaknesses of his claims, or the record of the lawyer he is talking to. He want to hear a lawyer say, "YOU HAVE BEEN WRONGED AND I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU." This is step one on the road to Armageddon.
So, it is largely a matter of chance whether John's allegations of fact arrive in court with the most advantageous legal theories attached to them and the available evidence marshaled behind them. And John is not particularly concerned about legal theories or evidence. He believes that justice will emerge, and he is too busy sending his lawyer clippings about the Rodney King settlement to think about prospective witnesses.
On the other side is a defense lawyer who is getting paid by the hour and has a crap-table mentality. She knows that the more bets she places, one after the other, the more likely she is to hit the jackpot of a dismissal. And the system offers her the opportunity to request that the judge decide the case in her favor, months before it ever gets to the jury, on legal grounds. These requests for dismissal fall into two classes. The defense can file a motion to dismiss, trying to get the court to hold that the plaintiff has no law to support his claims, or a motion for summary judgment, trying to get the court to hold that the plaintiff has no facts to support his claims. Neither one of these motions is supposed to leave much room for the judge to exercise her subjective discretion, but they do, and this introduces another important element of randomness into the fate of John Q.'s case.
Where a jurisdiction has more than one judge, cases are usually assigned through some sort of lottery system, in many cases, quite literally by drawing judge's names out of a hat. In Johnny's police brutality case, does it make a difference whether he draws a judge whose father and grandfather were police officers and who just spent a hundred thousand dollars on re-election television commercials showing her hugging cops and slamming jailhouse doors or a judge whose qualifications for her appointment to the bench (by a Democrat) consisted in high-profile suits against the government for the A.C.L.U.? You bet it does. Does the invisible hand of Justice level the scales for the little guy even in Judge Rottweiler's court? Dream on.
The Court of Appeals? More of the same.
But what if Lady Luck is in Johnny's corner and his claims make it to a jury? Isn't the jury room the citadel of the mythology of justice, where the Goddess really struts her stuff?
Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, even enough to make a believer out of me. I believe that juries are a lot fairer than judges. I even believe that they try a lot harder to be fair. I believe that every step away from pure trial by jury is a step in the wrong direction and that every alternative system is a lot worse. But juries make mistakes all the time.
Like judges, juries are selected at random. Like judges, jurors come with all sorts of secret and not-so-secret emotional baggage, prior beliefs, and outright prejudices, most of which don't see the light of day and wouldn't amount to legal grounds for disqualification if the did. Does it make a difference if John Q.'s jury contains just one strong-willed, eloquent, personable member who forgot to mention that her son is a cop, or one who knows that police beatings occur because he saw one administered to his son? Sure it does. The random make-up of the jury will often control the result in a close case and sometimes in a not-so-close case.
I recently defended a hard-core erotic videotape against an obscenity charge. The jury took less than half an hour to come back with a not-guilty verdict. In the same courtroom, one of Wisconsin's best trial lawyers later defended a videotape any fair person would have to say was less offensive than mine — mine had urination — against the same charge and lost. Will you believe me if I tell you that these different results occurred because of my articulate arguments, my razor-sharp cross-examination, my veritably Spockian logic? If you will, I have a whole river full of bridges you might be interested in. No. We know why the verdicts were different. On my jury, thanks to the luck of the draw, every single member had seen adult videotapes and almost all had been to adult stores like my client's. The second jury had several members who had neither seen nor been. That and only that was the difference and it had nothing to do with justice, with who was in the right, or with who really deserved to win or lose. For all the sense these two verdicts made the defense lawyers could simply have cut cards with the district attorney.
How does a lawyer look at the value of a legal claim for damages consigned to such a system? She takes the probable result of a jury win in dollars, reduces it to account for the probability of losing the jury trial, reduces it again to account for the probability of losing a motion for summary judgment, again to account for the possibility of losing a motion to dismiss, again for the very real chance that the courts or the legislature will change the law in a way that destroys the value of the case while it is pending, and one last time for unforeseen factors like appeals and the demise of essential witnesses. How accurate can such a prediction be before she knows who the judge or jury will be? About as accurate as a February Super Bowl prediction.
How should a client look at consigning a case to a lawyer? First, shop well. Luck may control the result but luck favors the able. Then, the client should take the value of his case and any cash he leaves with the lawyer as a retainer or deposit against expenses and kiss it goodbye, as he might kiss money he would give to be taken along on a Las Vegas vacation by a friend and placed on a favorite number at the roulette table. Then, over the ensuing weeks and months, he should provide the occasional co-operation his lawyer requests, but otherwise he should GET ON WITH HIS LIFE. He should live in the present moment, not in that awful moment in the past that gave rise to his case. If possible, his financial plan should not depend on any recovery from his case at all. Then, if his investment is multiplied, it should be celebrated like a winning lottery ticket, not accepted with the smug satisfaction of a believer who knew all along that justice would triumph. It often doesn't.
"First Consultation Free" is a series of pieces by Jeff Scott Olson on subjects concerning which clients are often ignorant.
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On Tuesday, the Gujarat High Courtdismissed a lawyer's petition raising apprehensions over malfunctioning and tamperability of electronic voting machines (EVMs). Advocate Khemchand Rajaram Koshti approached the High Court, challenging Rule 56 (D) (2) of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, insofar as it vested discretion in the Returning Officer to reject an application for counting of the printed paper slips in the drop-box of the Printer. Direction to the ECI to ensure mandatory counting of those printed paper slips was also sought by Advocate Khemchand Rajaram Koshti. The bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Anant S. Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav, in a detailed judgement, observed that apprehensions of malfunction and tamperability of EVMs were completely unfounded and unjustified.
The court added that unlike in the use of ballot paper, EVMs had made voting much simpler and voter friendly.


"With 3D printing, I was able to launch my first 4 products to the market within only 3 months. Traditional methods would require me to already produce the item before making it available, and each individual product takes anywhere between 9 months to a year to complete development and production. So, what took me only 3 months might have taken me between 2 to 4 years otherwise."
Traditional manufacturing methods don't allow enough design freedom, and creating prototypes is a lengthy, costly process. Taking a traditional route would mean product launches were held up considerably, with less products coming to market each year. Additionally, getting people to test the products out would be far more complicated and time-consuming.
By using Ultimaker 3D printers, Bhold revolutionized their product design process. Creating prototypes is now cheap and easy, reducing risk in the development phases. 3D printing removes many of the constraints associated with product manufacturing; giving the company complete design freedom and confidence in the new products' competitive edge.
It only takes a few hours to create a 3D printed prototype. Bhold can evaluate new designs and gain user feedback via a global community of testers and quickly create new iterations.
Without using third-party contractors, Bhold significantly increases flexibility. The design process shrinks from months to days; resulting in a shorter time to market.


A full-length portrait of a boy (unidentified) wearing a small barkcloth loin covering.
Notes on card mount m/s pencil - "SSS LHS upper & lower 8.89"
Morton, Chris. "Portrait of a Zande boy" Southern Sudan Project (in development). 03 Jan. 2006. Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://southernsudan.prm.ox.ac.uk/details/1998.341.694.2/>.


The cabaret misfit returns to Ireland with his new full length show with dates in Dublin and Galway.
Having toured Australia, America and Europe with his particular brand of tragic musical comedy, Joe Black returns to Ireland touring with a new show titled 'Ginfully Yours', which promises to bring a whole new arsenal of dark cabaret songs and musical comedy mischief.
One of the leading figures in the dark cabaret genre, Joe Black is known for his twisted humour and for covering an edgy range of topics. 'Ginfully Yours' is set to show a whole new side to the previously brash and line crossing character that has been seen on cabaret stages across the world.
Part story and part song, this new show takes a more autobiographic approach to the dark side of cabaret, burlesque and variety.
For these two dayes on the Irish leg of the 'Ginfully Yours' tour, Joe Black has invited along drags newest unnatural disaster, Brighton based trio 'The House of Grand Parade' as the special guests for each of the dates.
The audience is invited to settle down, grab a gin and take in what is set to be an exciting new show from one of the leading figures in dark cabaret. As well as discover 'The House of Grand Parade' who's infamy within the world of alternative performance grows stronger by the day.
For one evening, Joe Black is Ginfully Yours.
Irish tour dates brought to you in association with Sedition Industries. For updates, see our Facebook page.


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I also has MINO from Winner.
I think I've said this, but both were on Show Me the Money. Winning for Illionaire team Bobby came through for us in season 3. Unfortunately MINO lost to Basick in seas 4, but it looks like he had fun with Zico and Paloalto.
I thought it was GENUIS to put these two together. MORE .... WE WANT MORE... PLEEEAAASSSEEE YG PLEASE!!!!


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American and British Airways Joint Venture Reexamined by UK Regulators
by Brendan Dorsey
The United Kingdom's government is reexamining American Airlines and British Airways' joint venture partnership, it said Thursday.
The biggest carrier in the world teamed up with IAG carriers British Airways, Iberia, Finnair and Iberia nearly a decade ago to align schedules, pricing and capacity on six transatlantic routes. This close partnership allows the carriers to share revenue on routes that are vital to each airline's profits.
"As five of the six routes subject to commitments are from the UK, and to prepare for the time when the European Commission may no longer have responsibility for competition in the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to review afresh the competitive impact of the agreement in anticipation of the expiry of the commitments," the UK regulator said.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the UK's Competition and Markets Authority hopes to finish the initial investigation by March.
The probe was launched because when the airlines joined together in 2010 they made compromises to ensure they wouldn't monopolize routes like New York-London, Chicago- London and Miami-Madrid — saving airport time slots for other airlines. Those agreements made in 2010 with the EU will come to an end in 2020.
The UK's looming Brexit also played a part in the UK regulators decision since the European Commission may no longer manage competition in the UK.
American Airlines says it's confident that the regulators will find that the JV has benefitted consumers enough to continue to operate. IAG concurs, stating that its flyers experience "significant benefits" because of the partnership.
According RTE, analysts say the investigation may affect IAG's potential buyout of budget carrier Norwegian, which just announced it carries more passengers between New York and Europe than British Airways.
Brendan Dorsey is an Associate News Editor at TPG who covers nearly everything for TPG including aviation, credit cards, points, miles, ride-hailing services and more. He previously worked for TIME.


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Santa Monica, CA, December 14, 2005 - Cornerstone OnDemand, a leading provider of integrated on-demand enterprise software solutions for talent management, today announced the general availability of its advanced performance review functionality for employee performance management. These latest enhancements enable managers to automatically generate performance reviews based on competency scores and goal achievements already measured and tracked within the system.
"We've taken the automated approach to the performance review process one step further by incorporating goals and competency scores," said Kirsten Maas, Vice President of Global Services, Cornerstone OnDemand. "Not only are managers now able to complete performance reviews, which are often time-consuming, more quickly, but they can capture a more accurate and comprehensive picture of their employees' performance. The inclusion of competency scores and goal achievements as part of the performance review process now offers the ability to incorporate assessments given by peers, subordinates and others involved in the 360 assessment process into the employee's overall performance review."
Using Cornerstone, managers are able to more accurately determine appropriate compensation and more easily coordinate talent planning. With expectations being more clearly defined by goal-driven measurement and assessment scores, managers can leverage results that yield clear and concise feedback, resulting in increased employee accountability and enhanced employee development.


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Patronyme

 Bob Hawke (1929-2019),  homme politique australien,  premier ministre.
 Colin Hawke (né en 1953), arbitre néo-zélandais de rugby.
 Edward Hawke (1705-1781), amiral de la Royal Navy.
 Les , des navires britanniques nommés en hommage au précédent.
 Ethan Hawke (né en 1970), acteur et scénariste américain.
 Eugène Hawke (1830-1914), architecte français.
 Maya Hawke (née en 1998), actrice et mannequin américaine.
 Simon Hawke (1951-), auteur de science fiction.

Toponyme
 , large baie sur la côte est de l'île du Nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande.
 Hawke's Bay, une des douze régions de la Nouvelle-Zélande.

Fiction
 Jeff Hawke, une bande dessinée anglaise.
 Lunamaria Hawke, un personnage d'animé.
 Meyrin Hawke, un personnage d'animé.
 Hawke, un personnage de la série Les Chevaliers d'Émeraude.
 Hawke, un personnage principal du jeu vidéo Dragon Age 2, qui revient comme personnage non jouable dans Dragon Age : Inquisition

Patronyme anglais


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Q: When calling New on an object, can the object being created refer back to its caller? I hope the question makes sense, anyways.  I'm looking to know if in VB.NET, when we call an object's constructor, is there some kind of a reference that points back to the caller?
I'm interested because of a corner case where I want the object being created to first be able to validate the existence of some data in the caller before it allows itself to be created.  If this validation fails, I plan on throwing an exception.  This corner case will never happen at runtime unless the object being created is used improperly by a programmer.  The object being created is not inheriting the object I want it to validate, so I can't do anything with the MyBase qualifier.
It's bit of a "future-proofing" issue that I have a (bad) habit of doing.  Not critical -- I can always leave stern comments behind as a last resort.  Wanted to know if this was possible.

A: There isn't a built-in reference to the caller, but the caller could pass a reference to itself as a parameter to the constructor.

A: There's no way for an object to refer back to its caller.  It is possible to specify that a 'parent object' must be passed in as a parameter (as suggested by ChrisF), but there's no guarantee that the passed-in object will have any relation to the actual caller.  If your goal is to "attach" yourself to an object, however, this method will ensure that you have a valid object to attach to.
A useful trick which is available in VB.Net, but not C#, is to have a base type which has a field of some particular type, and sets that field to a value passed in its constructor.  In VB.net, derived-type field initializations are performed between the call to the base-level constructor and the next statement in the constructor.  Thus, one can do something like:

Class ParamBase(Of T)
  Protected BaseParam As T
  Sub New(TheParam As T)
    BaseParam = Param
  End Sub
End Class

Class MyThing
  Inherits ParamBase(Of MyThingParent)

  ' Sample initialization
  Dim MyTitle = BaseParam.Title ' Assuming MyThingParent has a title property
  ' Other initializations can be done similarly

  Sub New(MyParent As MyThingParent)
    MyBase.New(MyParent)
    ' Do remainder of constructor
  End Sub
End Class

Handy little trick.

A: You can create a constructor that takes the creating object as parameter and then make the default constructor private so it can't be called:
Public Class Example

Private Sub New()
End Sub

Public Sub New(ByVal parent as object)
'initialisation code
End Sub

End Class

(apologies if the syntax isn't 100% correct)


Are you looking for hit Broadway shows and concerts in NYC tonight? Theater and the arts are part of the lifeblood of New York City, and always have been. From the iconic Winter Garden Theater on 51st Street, where "Cats" has played for decades, to the New Amsterdam Theater, NYC theater tickets are available for all interests and budgets. Live theater in the city is experiencing something of a renaissance, with NYC tickets to popular new plays like "Hamilton" and "Wicked" selling out nightly.
The Bronx, one of the city's largest boroughs, has been home to the New York Yankees since 1901. New York Yankees tickets are easy to get if you want to take your family out to the ballpark. Reaching the stadium for baseball events in NYC from Times Square only requires a six-stop subway trip on the D line.
If you're not a baseball fan, you could get NYC event tickets to a Knicks game at the famous Madison Square Garden on 34th Street. This legendary venue is a great place to see other NYC events like the famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus. And during the holidays, head to the gorgeous Radio City Music Hall to see the world-famous Radio City Rockettes in their family-friendly Christmas Spectacular.
New York City was one of the first major metropolitan centers in the Americas. Established as New Amsterdam in 1625, Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape tribe as a trading post.
The city briefly served as the nation's capital after the American Revolution. The Industrial Revolution and the Great Irish Famine caused a massive influx of immigrants into the city in the early 1900s, creating a rich cultural melting pot that continues to define New York city today. And it seems like the city's rich arts scene drives it just as much as that cultural web - it's the destination for taking in a show, thanks to Broadway and the countless off-Broadway theaters and concert venues. New York's reputation as an artistic hub only helps drive ticket-wielding tourists here by the droves.
Did you know these facts about New York City?
There are 40 Broadway theaters in NYC, but only four are actually along Broadway.
The longest-running show in New York City is Andrew Lloyd Webber's dramatic "Phantom of the Opera."
NYC has two Major League Baseball teams: the New York Mets in Queens and the New York Yankees in the Bronx.
You can see buzzy ballerina Misty Copeland perform with her current company, the American Ballet Theatre, while touring the town.
Many events in New York could be a little spookier than expected - New Amsterdam Theater, Palace Theatre and Radio City Music Hall are all reputedly haunted.
One of the most popular events in NYC, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade brings 3 million attendees to the city annually.
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It's the first tax season under the new tax law President Donald Trump enacted in late 2017.
While a majority of Americans saw a decrease in their overall tax bill for 2018, many complained about smaller refunds during the first few weeks of the tax-filing season.
A tax refund means you had too much withheld from your paycheck for taxes. The amount withheld is determined by the number of allowances you claim.
Business Insider calculated federal tax refund amounts for different income levels for a single person with no dependents who claims zero allowances.
The IRS withholding calculator recommends the typical person in this situation claim two allowances. Doing so would minimize their tax refund while still covering their tax liability.
Americans love tax refunds - they're a form of forced savings and often act as a reset button for a family's finances.
After weeks of worry about smaller tax refunds, the average refund size by mid-March was up to about $3,000 - nearly the same as this time last year, according to IRS data.
But with the passage of President Donald Trump's tax law, some Americans may be receiving smaller refunds than previous years, but it doesn't mean their taxes went up. In fact, the majority of Americans received a tax cut, Business Insider's Bob Bryan reported.
The tax law instituted new guidelines for how much employers should withhold from employees' paychecks for taxes. The amount withheld is determined by the number of allowances the taxpayer claims, which can be adjusted at any time throughout the year.
"Depending on a filer's tax situation, they may not get as large of a refund this year as they're used to if they didn't adjust their withholdings in 2018. That said, they shouldn't immediately be alarmed if that's the case," Mark Jaeger, the director of tax development at TaxAct, told Business Insider.
"Just because you receive a small refund doesn't mean you didn't get everything back you were owed or that you're worse off financially - it most likely means you paid the right amount of federal taxes you owed during the year and didn't overpay," Jaeger said.
The government recommends a single person with no dependents and one job claim two allowances to get as close as possible to covering their tax liability. That person will also take home a bigger paycheck throughout the year than if they claimed one or zero allowances, allowing them to potentially save and invest more.
"Many filers received a boost in their paychecks throughout 2018; that's where the remaining amount of their refund went," Jaeger said. "Instead of waiting to receive their money as a tax refund, they received it all year long."
To find out how workers fared, we calculated federal tax refund amounts for different income levels based on the following assumptions: A single filer who makes a 10% pretax retirement contribution (up to the 2018 maximum $18,500), takes the standard deduction ($12,000), and claims zero federal withholding allowances.
A person who claims zero allowances will have more money withheld from every paycheck, but likely end up with a tax refund when filing their tax return. "Some individuals like receiving a larger refund because they use it as a savings account," Jaeger said. "It's a way for them to save a significant chunk of money throughout the year."
Below, here's how big tax refunds could be this year for workers at different income levels.
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Whenever dealing with cultures, DateTime format is always a headache to handle.
to the date format in Textbox sometimes does not meet the format of culture.
in that case DateTime.ParseExact is good option to handle.
A format specifier that defines the required format of s.
this will get txtDate.Text (Date) into culture wise date format to compare with database formatted datetime.


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Teflon Trump, & The Tragic, Ill-fated Iran (#109)
Trump's Preservation - vs - National & Global Security (#108)
Trump's Bizarre Hold - On Cowed Republicans (#101)
Attack on Saudi Arabia – Iran the U.S. Target (#99)
The drone attacks on some of Saudi Arabia's oil facilities were carried out by the Houthi rebels of Yemen (according to their own admission). The mainly Shia Muslim Houthi rebels, are fighting the majority Sunni government troops headed by President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is backed by the Saudi and United Arab Emirate 'Coalition', which includes the United States, and possibly Israel. The 'Coalition' has through their indiscriminate air strikes and bombings of the Houthi
As Risks Rise – So Seems Market Confidence. What gives? (#90)
Global tensions and adverse developments are at an all time high. Yet, except for brief pullbacks the major stock markets, especially USA's, seem to take all the global business and political setbacks in stride, and almost immediately return to their positive territory. This upward repeating action does not reflect the current global economic reality, but as in the recent past, it seems to extend the undefeatable attitude of the full-on 'Quantitative Easing' (QE) times when t
Old Scourges – Bad Leadership, Divisive Politics of Race & Religion (#88)
We have all collectively made it to the 21st Century, but we still suffer from the oldest scourges of humanity, the hate and divisiveness caused by the differences in our ideologies, our race and our religious beliefs that threaten our very lives. On a global scale, as countries vie for dominance and power over each other, wars rage on, be they actual wars, or more lately, racial, religious, ideological, and even trade and commerce wars. But regardless of their nature, they f
America's Nemesis – Trump (#60)
As one watches the daily turbulence and turmoil in America generated by one man alone, the President of the United State, Donald J. Trump, enabled by the morally challenged Republicans, one cannot but help but think the Americans deserve the government they currently have, one that widens the rich and poor gap, penalizes the poor in favor of giving advantages to the wealthy, strips consumer protection, allow greater destruction of the environment, won't act on common sense so
What a Trump State – Of the Union (#57)
The American political theatrics continued as Trump stoked the usual angst amongst all those that listened to him intone the tele-prompted State of the Union ('SOTU') address and acted 'Presidential' for the occasion. After this SOTU, Trump's handlers, Republican law-makers of both Houses, and his supporters, all collectively breathed a sigh of relief and beamed their approval, because their President managed to stay on script, stuck to reading the teleprompter, didn't flub t
America's Gun-Virus – Thank God It's Not Contagious (#53)
Americans are deeply infected with a particularly virulent strain of the gun-virus. It is a form of disease that makes otherwise normal American human beings love and value their guns over the lives of their fellow American human beings. This is made possible by America's unique gun ownership laws (there aren't many, to speak of) which are unique amongst developed countries, making it the gun murder capital amongst its peer nations. The steady almost clockwork rising toll of
The Speech That Confirmed Trump (#48)
On Tuesday the 19th, September 2017, the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, gave his first speech to the United Nations (U.N.). The U.N. was a body formed after the global horror of the First and Second World Wars, to bring Nations together to resolve disputes and conflicts through dialogue, diplomacy, and negotiations, and to try its utmost to avoid the recurring horrors of inter-national wars, unnecessary violence and bloodshed. It was also tas
Trump's Three Religion Trip (#37)
Trump is on his first foreign trip and it's a big one. Conceived by his supposed wunderkind son-in-law Jared Kushner, Trump is visiting the homes of the three greatest religions on Earth: Saudi Arabia home to Islam, then on to Israel, home to Judaism and Christianity, and then to the Vatican City to meet the Pope and then to Brussels to a meeting of NATO. At some point in his campaign or even during the early days of his Presidency, Trump has offended every single religion th
Trump Struck Syria and Messaged the World (#32)
There is not a person on this earth, with a normal human heart, that was not affected deeply by the horrific images of the people and children in Syria struck down mercilessly by a heartless regime. This latest atrocity affected Trump enough that he took action to let his and the United States displeasure and outrage be known in no uncertain way. Tonight (April 6, 2017), the U.S. hit the Syrian airbase with 50-odd missiles from its warships in the Mediterranean, from which th
'Alternative-Facts' Rule America (#24)
Trump's campaign manager and White House advisor, KellyAnne Conway, made famous the words 'alternative- facts' when describing his Press Secretary Sean Spicer's less than accurate version of the size of the crowd, and the overall turnout at the inauguration of Trump. Now, 'alternative-facts' has become a popular catch-all phrase to describe untruthfulness and willful distortion of real facts. In these tumultuous early days of Trump's Presidency, the Country has been inundated
The Trump Year - That Is 2017 (#22)
Coming into the 'New Year', 2017, we collectively bring all our baggage of previous years with us, and thus, from day one, the New Year is an extension of everything that was happening yesterday. And 'Yesterday', 2016, was an extraordinarily eventful year. That makes it a bit easier to predict, that this year will be anything but uneventful. First, and right off the bat, there is the irrepressible Donald J. Trump, the 'Tweet-master', or is it the 'Tweet-monster'? Either way,
Recurring Attacks in France - Ongoing Insanity of Mass Killings (#11)


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So the government is toying with the idea of regulating airline prices. Just because one airline wants to start charging extra for your carry-on luggage. Now a Senator from NY thinks he can figure out the fair market price that airlines should charge for various fees. How can he think he can possibly have a clue what the real cost of goods are?
How have we arrived at a place where anyone in the government feels it is their place to decide how a company makes ends meet?
When the government backs away completely from a market where there is healthy competition between companies, the consumers get a better price and a service level that fits with their expectations. If an airline wants to charge me for overhead storage, I'm fine with that. As long as my overall travel costs are lower. I can travel with surprisingly little baggage if it means that I'm going to travel on the cheap.
What's going to happen in a true free market is that the competition and the market will find the right price points. And they'll be fair.
Personally if I were the CEO of an airline, I would set it up when the passenger pays a base fee for a seat on the plane. Then they pay an additional fee for the amount of weight they are bringing on board, including the passenger. They just walk up to the ticket counter and hop on the scale with all their bags. That way if someone needs to bring 400 pounds of baggage they can. If I want to travel with one small carry-on and my laptop, I can. And I'll get a screaming deal.
All you people who feel you are entitled to sit there in your seat with 3 carry-ons and 4 checked bags and pay the same as someone who is requiring much less of the airline need to move to Europe.


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Q: Earthquakes Gadget - update server location I know that MS is not supporting the gadgets anymore.
Nevertheless I like those from http://addgadgets.com/ and have most of them in operation.
Since a few weeks now the  Earthquakes Meter does not work anymore and report 'No Connection or Server Down'.
The message is clear. The server seems to have been shutdown or most probably updated.
Any idea on how to update the server location in the gadget, so that it can still be operational?