Happy Thursday and welcome to my (very late) stop on the Between Before and After blog tour!!
At its heart, every compelling story is a survival story. The stakes are always death. That doesn't always mean a physical death. It may be an emotional death, a death of self-confidence or self-esteem, a death of a dream or the death of a relationship. It must require everything the protagonist has to survive.
Between Before and After started with an event, the flu pandemic of 1918 and the stories my father told about surviving as a ten year old on the streets for Brooklyn after his mother died. So I have a very personal connection to this story. I wanted to explore how one event could change the trajectories of families and what it means to be resilient in difficult circumstances.
So, BBA features two teenage girls in different time periods trying to survive and triumph over difficult family situations. It includes a retelling of Hansel & Gretel between the chapters. They were resilient. They left a trail of breadcrumbs and when the birds ate them, they dropped small white stones that shone like pieces of the moon. They stood by each other, faced down the witch, and eventually found home.
While writing this novel some of my own family secrets were revealed. I believed I was an only child, but have since discovered two brothers. Like Molly's world, my world changed. The book is dedicated to my new found brothers. They remind me that wonder is possible and that we can never know the end of our story just by knowing the beginning.
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Image of Fidel Castro as a siren mermaid lulling (from the looks of the sombrero) a Mexican boat to the rocks. The following paragraphs regarding the political event pertinant to this editorial cartoon were published in the Havana Journal on May 26, 2004: "...At the height of the Cold War in 196...
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"Sensual Thinking". Original "four pages up" art for one of Dave Berg's paperback books. (Madart) (Item 00272)
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Original "four pages up" art for Dave Berg Looks at Things, "Fountain of Youth" & "Kid Things" (Signet, 1967) (Madart) (Item 00273)
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Complete original 6-page story art for Tales From the Crypt #25, "Loved to Death!!" page 1 (EC, Aug.-Sept. 1951) (see 00285 through 00285_6 to view the other pages from this story) (ECart) (Item 00285)
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Complete original 7-page story art for Weird Science #15, "Bum Steer!" page 1 (EC, Sept.-Oc. 1952) (see 00286 through 00285_7 to view the other pages from this story) (ECart) (Item 00286)
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Complete original 7-page story art for Weird Fantasy #14, "Trip Into The Unknown" page 1 (EC, 1950) (see 00287 through 00287_7 to view the other pages of the story) (ECart) (Item 00287)
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2006 of 14 February 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2006 of 14 February 2006 concerning the permanent authorisations of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisations of new uses of certain additives already authorised in feedingstuffs ( 1 )
Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2006 of 14 February 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs in ovine and caprine animals ( 1 )
Commission Regulation (EC) No 254/2006 of 14 February 2006 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
Commission Directive 2006/19/EC of 14 February 2006 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include 1-methylcyclopropene as active substance ( 1 )
II Acts whose publication is not obligatory
Decision No 1/2006 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 31 January 2006 replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2
Decision No 2/2006 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 31 January 2006 amending Table I, Table II, Table IV(c) and the Appendix to Table IV of Protocol 2
Commission Decision of 14 February 2006 concerning certain interim protection measures in relation to suspected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in Austria (notified under document number C(2006) 517)
Acts adopted under Title V of the Treaty on European Union
Council Common Position 2006/95/CFSP of 14 February 2006 renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
Council Decision 2006/96/CFSP of 14 February 2006 implementing Common Position 2004/179/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
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Top Dog Brass Band
New Orleans Jazz - Hot Club - Swing
Matthias Peuker (vocals, snare drum); Christian Patzer (soprano sax, baritone sax); Jens Bürger (tenor sax); Michael Ott, Christian Rien (trumpet); Arne Fischer, Michael Winkler (trombone); Marc Hartmann* (sousaphone); Enno Lange (bass drum).
Fri 14 July 2006 01:30 - 02:30 Entrance
'The funky marching band from East Germany', is the by-line of the Top Dog Brass Band. This ensemble throws all the classic brass band clichés overboard and steals the show with a catchy mix of pop, hiphop, funk and jazz that forces everyone to dance. The Top Dog Brass Band, featuring bandleader Matthias Peuker, have already made four CD's and besides the stage performance at North Sea Jazz, the band will also present several 'marching shows'.


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I rarely discuss the things we do at Atos here. This time I'm going to make an exception, to tell you about a pretty neat hosting service we offer to our customers. So yes, you might regard this post as an advertorial and yes; you may contact me for more information. If that's not your cup of tea, feel free to close this tab. But when you're interested in hosting your SharePoint farms elsewhere, without losing the possilbity to use custom solutions, timer jobs and all other kinds of customizations, you should keep on reading.
The service we offer is called "Atos SharePoint Services". No no, not the most striking name, I know. But it covers best what it's all about: SharePoint. There is a very basic website for it, which you can find at https://sharepoint.it-solutions.atos.net/. But you might notice marketing did not get any priority yet and the website will probably leave you wondering about some stuff.
Basically what we do is host SharePoint, that's nothing new. Your users get SharePoint, we take on the administrative effort of managing servers, storage and all that kind of stuff. More companies offer the same, Microsoft being far out the biggest one with Office 365. But Office 365 introduces some problems, especially for those larger enterprises who already have big SharePoint environments. You probably know what I'm talking about: customizations. 365 doesn't do solutions, so you're kindly requested to rethink your entire environment and make apps instead. That's all good and well, but most companies really don't want to consider redoing all of their work all over again, especially since the app model is still undergoing changes.
Another issue is that you're not getting into Central Administration with most hosted service offerings. Because Central Administration is a powerfull place where you might mess things up. And since the vendor is offering you SLA's which contain statements about uptime, they do not want you to mess things up. So they usually revoke access to Central Administration and any change you want to do becomes a ticket in some kind of ticketing system.
So here comes the great part about our service. We support your existing customizations! And we support you making farm-scoped changes. And we also agree on SLA's with uptime, depending on your requirements.
Let me explain these one by one.
This can be considered as the heart of our service, next to SharePoint of course. The self-service portal can be considered as a detached version of Central Administration, you could also compare it with the Office 365 tenant admin site. On the self-service portal, we offer you all kinds of actions to perform, like creating a new site collection for instance. The portal also features a number of reports you can view to monitor the status of your farm(s).
The self-service portal enables all kind of actions which also include the more 'dangerous' things like uploading and installing solutions. But these actions are all queued and those queues are only processed within the maintenance windows we agreed upon. So you can upload your solution, but it will only get deployed within the maintenance window specified for that particular environment. You can deploy your solutions, we can guarantee our SLA's. Nice, right?
You might wonder which actions you can do with this portal, well: a lot. But suppose you want to do something which is not possible by default, what then? Well, then we have a framework you can use to build your own custom action with plain .NET code. You upload this action, after which we do a quick review on it to make sure you're not doing anything which might yeopardize the service. Once validated, your custom action becomes enabled to use at your command. And even better: you can also schedule these actions for a certain time, or recurring when you want the action to be performed daily for instance. Who needs timer jobs any more!?
The beauty is that you are not required to host your farm at Atos to use this. If you're more comfortable hosting everything on-premises, that's fine. We install an agent service which hooks your farm up to our self-service system. Where the server itself is hosted, does not matter. It can be on-premises, it can be Azure, or we can host it for you.
In todays world, more and more companies are looking towards automating their development process, doing things like continuous integration. Our self-service portal was built using a set of API's and most of those are available to our customers as well. So, next to having the interface of the portal, you can also directly integrate with the API's and automate everything. We supply you with some sample scripts as well, for instance on how to hook up your TFS environment to publish built solutions to a SharePoint farm automagically.
More and more API's are made available with every update, and at the moment we're working hard on making sure you can automate the entire deployment process of SharePoint Apps (yes, including the provider hosted bit you might want to deploy to IIS).
Now reading all this you might wonder how on earth we can combine this all with our SLA's on uptime and performance. Well, I already explained the bit about the maintenance window, so that's the first solution. Monitoring is the second one, because we use the portal and API's to exactly track what you are doing. In case of any unexplainable downtime, we always check the logs to see if any actions were fired or API's were used at that point in time. That way, we can usually proof pretty accurately that a certain change or action caused outage, or that deployment of a new solution was the culprit of performance degradation. We monitor the servers, the infrastructure, network, storage and any other things you might also monitor today in your on-premises installation.
Next to us using this data for SLA purposes, we also grant you the option to view the same data for more insight. That way, we can collaborate with our customers and communicate clearly about how your environment is doing. You're getting more than just some checkmarks, your getting insight in resource usage, page requests and everything you might like to see. Transparancy for us, transparancy for you. And that way we probably don't have to discuss about the need to add an additional front-end server to your farm, the reports will show you it's needed.
Major bummer for most hosted environments: you cannot view the ULS logs any more. We have a solution for that, which is the ULS Viewer feature. After enabling this feature, site collection administrators can view the ULS log entries via a page in Site Settings. You can search for correlation ID's and the best thing: it searches on all of the farm servers simultaneously, because we import the data from all servers into one central database. Problem solved!
When you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll know I promote the use of site collections above subsites. But one major downside to a lot of site collections is the lack of a proper way to navigate them. We have built a site directory which lists all site collections in your environment and allows you to search and find the one you were looking for.
The portal I discussed is one your administrators will use. It's not what you want to publish to your end-users. So we designed some self-service parts which you can publish to your end-users. The most important ones are the site creation wizard and the self-service restore. The first can be used to allow users to create their own sites, and that's including the host-named site collections Microsoft promotes for SharePoint 2013. The latter can be used to give the user the option to restore data from back-ups, without requiring an administrator to help. Powerful tools which can dramatically reduce your administrative load!
So how does this all sound? Like a pretty damn nice solution, right? We do SharePoint 2010 as well as 2013. We do it on-premises, in Azure, or hosted in our Atos Canopy Cloud. We allow custom solutions, custom actions as well as all of the out of the box API's SharePoint has to offer. We give you a self-service portal, free add-ons and support from our 24/7 support teams. Our close partnership with Microsoft means we get support from their engineers within hours instead of business days. The size of your environment does not matter, actually one of our customers has one of the biggest SharePoint environments out there.
Using the Atos SharePoint Service means you can dramatically decrease your administrative effort , without losing any of the capabilities SharePoint has to offer. It allows you to focus more on what's really important: your content and your end-users.
Interested? Use my Twitter or LinkedIn handles to get in touch and find out more.


Update December 2017 NBN over HFC delayed until Q3/Q4 2018 NBN Installation and Setup Help How to get super-fast internet in Perth's Golden Triangle Fibre to to the Node or Neighbourhood (FTTN) Fixed Wireless HFC (Hybrid Fibre...... Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) How the service connects to your premises Fibre optic cable will lead all the way to your premises, terminating at your NBN™ Utility Box on an outside wall.
Help Legal Trials Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) Trial FAQ Thanks for your interest in our FTTP trial. The trial is now closed but keep your eyes open for news about FTTP products coming in … how to get a christmas card from the president Fibre to the premises (FTTP) is one of the world's most cutting edge types of fibre broadband with blistering speeds of up to 330Mbps and 1000Mbps. If you get enabled with FTTP, you can order it through one of the following Service Providers.
The speeds your line can achieve can be affected by lots of factors. Not all customers can receive the headline speeds advertised. To get an indication of what speeds your line may be able to support please visit our availability checker tool.
Fibre to the Premises is a form of new super-fast broadband which utilises optical fibre to deliver the last mile, or local loop to the customer. It is part of the FTTX generation of broadband. It is part of the FTTX generation of broadband.
Power Cycle – Modem If you are experiencing issues with your Internet, we recommend completing a Power Cycle of the equipment. All you have to do is turn off the equipment (modem) at the wall for 5 minutes and then turn it all back on again.
FTTP – Fibre to the premises. FTTP from Elite is a super-fast fibre optic technology where the connection is fibre throughout, giving you incredible speeds of up to 330Mbps download and 50Mbps upload, whereas fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) is delivered to the premises using copper infrastructure and only has speeds of up to 76Mbps.


Throw your hands in the air and jump around to "NRG," the latest banger to hatch from the Duck Sauce studio speakers. As if the original wasn't fun enough on its own, this delirious disco house hit comes backed by cranked up remixes courtesy dance music superteam Skrillex, Kill The Noise and Milo & Otis, as well as bass master Hudson Mohawke. Get 'em now on iTunes!
The future is now! Y'all haven't even heard Duck Sauce's new cut "NRG" yet, but Skrillex and friends Kill The Noise and Milo & Otis are already smashing their remix in sets around the globe. Check it out now on Soundcloud and get ready for Duck Sauce's Quack LP (featuring the original version and 11 other megajams) on 4/15. QUACK IS BACK!
Fool's Gold Day Off returned to LA on Sunday, November 10th for another all-day outdoor bash featuring Danny Brown (with Schoolboy Q), A-Trak, Kill The Noise, DJ Quik, Freddie Gibbs, Nick Catchdubs featuring IAMSU and Jay Ant, Anna Lunoe, gLAdiator and more.
Check out the recap vid above, and photogalleries from our friends at Nest, All Hip Hop, P Is For Props, and LA Music Blog, some of our favorites after the jump. (Pix from the afterparty with Daedlus, Kingdom, Sleepy Tom, gLAdiator, and Kittens over at IHEARTCOMIX).
Kill The Noise "Roots Remixed" EP Out Now!
Head over to Beatport and pick up the latest and greatest from our buds at Slow Roast, the Roots Remixed EP from Kill The Noise! Brillz, Codes, Torro Torro, Will Bailey, Kastle, and KTN himself all work their magic on the tracks (which many of your favorite DJs have already been spinning worldwide). Grab em! If you still need convincing, check out these snippets on Kill The Noise's SoundCloud.
Slow Roast is roaring backatcha with a massive Kill The Noise remix EP, out next Tuesday! KTN's Roots EP gets the remix treatment from Brillz, Codes, Torro Torro, Will Bailey, Kastle, and Kill The Noise himself. You've already heard these in festival sets from some of the world's biggest DJs, grab them yourself on Beatport 7/24 and preview the tracks now on KTN's Soundcloud.
Yelawolf "Growin Up In The Gutter (Kill The Noise Remix)"
It's a Day Off reunion when Slow Roast's own Kill The Noise remixes Yelawolf's uber-moody "Growin Up In The Gutter" for the HTC remix series presented by The Fader. Download it now and be sure to check all the other mixes in the series, including Nick Catchdubs' take on Danny Brown's "Die Like A Rockstar" and joints from Clams Casino, Beautiful Lou, Casey Veggies, Lunice, Hudson Mohawke, Schoolboy Q and more.


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Classifieds in Electronics / Technology and Community / Culture
Blacks By Bridglal Pachai
in Community / Culture, History
This book documents the experience of the Blacks in the Maritimes, the difficulties they encountered and the institutions that sustained them.
Invisible Shadows By Verna Thomas
in Community / Culture, Racism, History
Invisible Shadows is Verna Thomas' account of coming to consciousness about race in the wake of changes in education, civil rights, and black self-awareness.
The Reddit Marketing Guide By Ross Simmonds
in Electronics / Technology, Marketing
In this guide, I share more than 70 pages of insights that highlight tried & tested methods for making Reddit work for you as a marketer.
Mayann Francis: An Honourable Life
in Racism, Community / Culture, History
When Mayann Francis was named Nova Scotia's first Black lieutenant-governor, she wondered if the community would accept her.
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville By Gloria Ann Wesley
in Racism, History, Community / Culture
Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives, this book tells the story of Africville. It documents how the city destroyed Africville and much later apologized for it — and how the spirit of the community lives on.
Nova Scotia Black Experience Through the Centuries By Bridglal Pachai
The Nova Scotia Black Experience Through the Centuries is a comprehensive account of the African Nova Scotian struggle to build a vital community in the face of racial discrimination.


School is out for many and as the warmer months take over the urge to take trips is biting at our heels. Whether you take a road trip to Chicago or a flight to the Caribbean, most of us are going somewhere just to take a breather and get away from the day to day grind. Travel is fun, educational and nerve-wrecking all at the same time. You have to plan the trip, take off from work (if needed) and find the funds to make the trip a reality. Sounds like the hardest part? Not at all. The hardest part is packing. What to wear, what to bring and what the heck will I do with my hair?! Yea, even a weekend trip can become stressful when you wonder what to bring and how to bring it especially if you are flying.
Flying used to be fun but now it is a chore and a serious expense. We are getting charged for everything now, right down to the baggage. You can try and save a few extra dollars by just bringing a carry-on because you can still bring those on the flight for free but that means everything you need to bring will be literally carried on the plane. The biggest problem with bringing it on the plane are the restrictions of what items are allowed and their size. Not a big deal for most men and low-maintenance women but for the high-maintenance woman this can be a challenge.
"You are allowed to bring one small bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes through the checkpoint. These are limited to 3.4 ounces or less per container." (http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/3-1-1-liquids-rule). Here are the restrictions for liquids and finding those bottles always seems difficult as they are never around when you need them. Now, there are more reasons for using these travel sized hair products than taking them on the plane. They are perfect for short road trips, nights out, sleepovers and hair pick-me-ups throughout the day. It is always a good thing for those bad hair days if you have a small container of your favorite gel ready to rid those frizzies.
It makes sense right? Of course, so is anyone listening to our pleas for travel ready hair products? Yes! They are actually making them for us! Many are even making travel kits with a one-stop shop with a shampoo, conditioner and a styler all in one cute plastic pouch for you to throw in your bag. It is great that many companies are helping us out with these travel kits but many can only be found online so we came up with a list of the ones that can be found in the stores for easy access for you as you do not always have time to wait for them to be delivered.
Shea Moisture – We love them and they love us back by creating travel sized shampoos and conditioners in 3.2 oz bottles. Whether you like the Raw Shea Butter Moisture Retention or the Coconut & Hibiscus line you can find them at Walgreens and Ulta for a quick pick up and have you on your way.
Jane Carter Solutions – Target stores is the winner with the Jane Carter Solutions travel kit that has 5 items that make your transition from relaxed to natural a breeze. You get the Hydrating Invigorating Shampoo (Sulfate Free) (2 oz.), Nutrient Replenishing Conditioner (2 oz.), Revitalizing Leave-In Conditioner (2 oz.), Wrap & Roll (2 oz.), Nourish & Shine (1 oz), and Curl Defining Cream (1 oz.). All items fit nicely in a travel plastic zippered pouch perfect for an overnight bag.
Living Proof – Living Proof has taken the travel kit to a new and ridiculously easy level. From regular needs to more specific ones, they have your hair needs ready. Not sure what to get? Well, they have more than one travel kit for your needs. They have the Perfect Hair Day Travel kit, the Restore Repairing & Damage Reversing Travel kit, the Full Volume & body Boosting kit, the Extending Curl Memory kit along with two more! They have taken the stress of hair care while traveling out of the equation with 6 travel kits that will match any hair care need you could possibly have.
Phyto – Phyto is making your hair care needs easier by having 5 travel kits right at your local Sephora. From the Instant Volume Travel set to the Blow Dry to Perfection Set you have a kit for all you plan on doing to your tresses. There are even color protection and repair travel sets as well so even fun in the sun or the pool will not become an issue while away from home.
Curls – Yes, you can have curls galore with Curls 4 piece travel kit that has shampoo, conditioner, conditioning treatment and a styling product all within the TSA regulation. This travel kit fits into a cute plastic pouch that is the perfect size to either take on the road or just to give this line a try.


Food may be what draws people to the basement of Sherbrooke Mennonite Church every Thursday morning, but it's not what keeps them coming. It's a feeling of family, a place to call home.
Wildwood Mennonite Church recently became the first Mennonite Church Saskatchewan congregation to go solar. But, as with all major spending decisions, this one wasn't made overnight.
Driving to the cottage while listening to a recording of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Justin Martin had an idea. Could Breslau Mennonite Church stage it? More than a year-and-a-half later, that dream came true.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C.—Christmas 2018 was a little merrier for residents of Kinghaven Treatment Centre, a 62-bed treatment centre helping men recover from substance abuse and addiction, and the George Schmidt Centre, a second-stage housing facility for men wishing to continue their recovery journey, thanks to members of Level Ground Mennonite Church.
After more than three years and with a budget of $1.4 million, Hagerman Mennonite Church in Markham, Ont., has completed a significant building renovation. But more than efficient space and a sleek exterior, the project represents the power of this church, a diverse partnership of different congregations, to work together as the body of Christ to accomplish big things as a community.
When Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan put out the call for churches and other groups to participate in its Buckets of Thanks challenge, Eigenheim Mennonite Church, near Rosthern, answered the call. Buckets of Thanks is an opportunity for young and old alike to assemble relief kits for MCC. When Eigenheim Mennonite decided to participate, it aimed to raise $1,750 to offset the cost of 35 kits. The event was held on Oct. 14, 2018, following the church's Thanksgiving dinner.
About 160 people gathered in Crystal City Mennonite Church, Man., on Nov. 4, 2018, to celebrate 70 years of God's faithfulness and guidance.The theme "In God's Hands" was reflected in the stories and memories that were shared of the church's past and present experiences, says Pastor Erin Morash. "God's presence is constant and eternal, even when we are unaware of it.
"There's not one of us that isn't grieving," said Lorna Wiens. "We're all unhappy to lose our church building, our congregation, our friends." Wiens was reflecting on the decision to close Emmaus Mennonite Church in Wymark, Sask.
While many congregations are shuttering or repurposing their education wings, Leamington United Mennonite Church built a whole new addition in 2011, replacing a 1959 building that had been linked to their new worshipping and office space when they were built in 1984.
Church of the Way in Granisle, British Columbia, may be small, but as the only church in town its witness in the community is large.
Creating a CD is both simple and complex. The proliferation of digital recording equipment and the ease and non-expensive nature of producing CDs has led many local musicians and congregations to produce their own music recordings. But music and its recording is complex.
Ruth Boehm, right, pastor of Faith Mennonite Church, Leamington,Ont., presents Rev. Thomas Mertz, co-pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with a breadbasket cloth she stitched from a 1545 German pattern book on Reformation Sunday, Oct. 31.
On Reformation Sunday, Oct. 31, Faith Mennonite Church in Leamington, Ont., was visited by neighbours and friends from the local St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Reformation Sunday marks the anniversary in 1517 when Martin Luther began public theological dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church that is considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.


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Q: how to use stl::map as two dimension array Could you let us know how to use stl:map as two dimension array? I wanted to access the individual elements as like mymap[i][j] where I do not know beforehand what the value of i or j could be. Any better ideas to do the same thing in other way?

A: An alternative solution to Andrew Stein's which plays nicer with the rest of STL is to simply use
typedef std::map<std::pair<int, int>, int > AMapT;
AMapT mymap;
mymap[std::make_pair(2, 4)] = 10;
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AMapT::iterator f = mymap.find(std::make_pair(3, 5));

For example, with this way you don't need to chain two calls to map::find to search for a single value.

A: You can do
std::map<int, std::map<int, int> > mymap;

For example:
#include <map>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::map<int, std::map<int, int> > mymap;

    mymap[9][2] = 7;
    std::cout << mymap[9][2] << std::endl;

    if (mymap.find(9) != mymap.end() && mymap[9].find(2) != mymap[9].end()) {
        std::cout << "My map contains a value for [9][2]" << std::endl;
    } else {
        std::cout << "My map does not contain a value for [9][2]" << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

prints 7 on the standard output, followed by "My map contains a value for [9][2]".

A: Consider using a kd-tree instead. Each level of branching will compare the i an j values in turn. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kd-tree.

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Who's Stew Stew?
It would have been easy for ArDarius Stewart to view the spring as a setback. After being selected in third round out of Alabama, the rookie injured his thumb at rookie minicamp and subsequently had surgical procedures on both his thumb and his groin. But Stewart remained upbeat despite missing all of the Jets' OTA and minicamp workouts.
"It's not frustrating at all. I'm built for this," he said before the team broke for the summer. "Stuff like this doesn't faze me, really. I just try to take everything and change it to a positive. This is just a job for me to get back out there."
A first-team All-SEC selection last season, Stewart caught 54 balls for 864 yards and eight touchdowns for the Crimson Tide. Todd Bowles said the Jets were proactive with Stewart's groin surgery because the ailment had lingered in the past.
"I'm just trying to bring a load of energy to my teammates and just make sure I do what I can from the sideline," Stewart said of his spring work. "I just pay attention, get all the reps I can mentally and it's pretty good. I've been in these shoes before and I just have to be mentally strong. I'm just ready to get back for camp."
Final day of minicamp! pic.twitter.com/uWQ3WM6hMm
— New York Jets (@nyjets) June 15, 2017
In 27 career games at 'Bama, the 5'11", 204-pound Stewart hauled in 117 receptions for 1,564 yards with 12 scores.
"When I went to see him workout, his route running was a lot better than it showed on film because they only did certain things," Bowles said of Stewart after the Draft "He caught the ball well with his hands and he's explosive with the ball in his hands. He's tough, he brings a lot of attitude to the game and he plays it the right way. We really thought he could help us."
Transitioning from an attack that featured Brandon Marshall the past two years, the Jets are learning a new offense under offensive coordinator John Morton. Stewart believes his experience with former Alabama OC Lane Kiffin will help him learn Morton's West Coast concepts.
"Coach Kiffin did a lot of things and I had to make a lot of adjustments on my part," Stewart said. "When things change like the defense, I just switch some things up. It's a lot of different terminology I have to pick up. The routes are the same, it's just the wording."
Best Photos from Minicamp
Top Images from the Culmination of the Offseason Program at 1 Jets Drive
Stewart, who planned on saying up in New Jersey this summer to get treatment, is expected back for training camp.
"You're going to determine the men from the boys then and who has that dog, that fight," he said. "When those pads come on, it's a whole different story. You're going to have contact and see how you react to it."
Stewart is known for his physicality, a receiver looking for YAC and a guy willing to block on the outside. On the mend, he is looking forward to mixing it up for his first time as a pro.
"That's me all the way, 100%," he said. "That's Stew Stew."


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Q: Is Schur complement better conditioned than the original matrix? Consider the following linear system (in block form) with s.p.d. matrix:
$$
\begin{pmatrix}
A & B\\
B^\top & C
\end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix}
x\\y
\end{pmatrix}
=
\begin{pmatrix}
f\\g
\end{pmatrix}
$$
I'm wondering if elimination of some variables does improve conditioning of the system matrix. If we eliminate $y$ first, by substituting $y = C^{-1}g - C^{-1}B^\top x$ the following system is obtained:
$$
(A - BC^{-1}B^\top) x = f - BC^{-1}g.
$$
The matrix of the new system is simply the Schur complement of the block $C$.
The question is whether the conditioning number of the resulting system is less than the conditioning number of the original one? The case $C = I$ is particularly interesting.
I've tried using formula
$$
0 = \det
\begin{pmatrix}
A - \lambda I& B\\
B^\top & C - \lambda I
\end{pmatrix} =
\det(C - \lambda I) \det(A - \lambda I - B (C - \lambda I)^{-1}B^\top),
$$
but with no luck, though $A - B (C - \lambda I)^{-1}B^\top$ seems to be quite close to $A - BC^{-1}B^\top$.
Numerical experiments show that the Schur complment is always better conditioned than the original matrix, here's my code.
Experiments also show that not only s.p.d, but also diagonally dominant M-matrices share this property.

A: Lemma. If $P$ and $Q$ are two $n\times n$ Hermitian matrices and $\operatorname{nullity}(Q)=k>0$, the minimum eigenvalue of $P+Q$ is bounded above by the $k$-th largest eigenvalue of $P$.
Proof of lemma. By Courant-Fischer minimax principle,
\begin{align}
\lambda_\min(P+Q)
&=\min_{\|x\|=1}x^\ast(P+Q)x\\
&\le\min\limits_{\substack{x\in\ker(Q)\\ \|x\|=1}}x^\ast(P+Q)x\\
&=\min\limits_{\substack{x\in\ker(Q)\\ \|x\|=1}}x^\ast Px\\
&\le\max\limits_{\substack{V\subseteq\mathbb C^n\\ \dim V=k}}
\min\limits_{\substack{x\in V\\ \|x\|=1}}x^\ast Px\\
&=\lambda_k^{\downarrow}(P).\ {}_{\large\square}
\end{align}
Now, return to your question. Suppose $A$ is $k\times k$ and $C$ is $(n-k)\times(n-k)$. Denote by $S$ the Schur complement $A-BC^{-1}B^\top$. Your block matrix is then $P+Q$, where
$$
P=\pmatrix{S\\ &0}\ \text{ and }\ Q=\pmatrix{BC^{-1/2}\\ C^{1/2}}\begin{matrix}\pmatrix{C^{-1/2}B^\top&C^{1/2}}\\ {}\end{matrix}.
$$
We have $\lambda_\min(P+Q)\le\lambda_k^{\downarrow}(P)=\lambda_\min(S)$ by our lemma and $\lambda_\max(S)=\lambda_\max(P)\le\lambda_\max(P+Q)$ because $Q\succeq0$. Since $\lambda_\min(P+Q)>0$, we conclude that
$$
\kappa(S)=\frac{\lambda_\max(S)}{\lambda_\min(S)}\le\frac{\lambda_\max(P+Q)}{\lambda_\min(P+Q)}=\kappa(P+Q).
$$


Usually, the world of investing is focused on return, numbers, or transactions. For the female financial advisor, it's all about the relationship.
When I ask female financial advisors why they love their careers, the answer is always, "I love helping people and making a difference in their lives." That's not a statement that you might expect from someone in this industry. Usually, the world of investing is focused on return, numbers, or transactions. For the female financial advisor, it's all about the relationship.
Female financial advisors have distinctive characteristics that make them uniquely valuable in their work. These distinguishing features are founded both in the difference in how women think and process information (their physiological wiring) and in the gender-based life experiences that many women have faced that their male counterparts have not.
They are attentive to the connectivity and ripple effect of any given decision. Therefore, they analyze situations thoroughly and ask clients questions that help to get the whole picture in their clients' lives.
They focus more on their relationships with clients, as opposed to the typical "transaction" based approach that has historically been the method of male financial advisors.
They are born nurturers. They coach, cheer, listen, and guide clients as they work together to accomplish financial goals.
They communicate differently, often using expanded conversations to fully explain planning and strategies.
They are keenly aware of the challenges and celebrations of people throughout their lives. Changes in careers, marriage, children, divorce, caring for aging family members, and many other life events impact clients' lives. The female advisor who shares and/or acknowledges these life events deepens the relationship with her clients.
They get things done! Female financial advisors keep their eyes on their clients' goals while adeptly managing all the accompanying details.
They masterfully balance and integrate work life and home life. These two lives often overlap, and women are used to managing the whirlwind.
Statistics support the continued impact that women have on our society. Growing opportunities in education, business, and leadership and an unprecedented transition of wealth to women will further position women as a powerful economic and social force in the next decade. Fortunately for investors, female financial advisors are there to guide them every step of the way.
For more from Jill T. Slomski, check out Personal Branding for Women Advisors.


Random acts of kindness juxtaposed with cruelty impose a chaotic tryst of twisted loyalties on our society. Guilt and loathing can emerge as macabre vaunting, haunting defenceless victims in their own homes, public places, and even desecrating open spaces with traces of malice.
In our town a dog was bound and strung up in a thorn tree, beaten and stoned until it died while decent people took tea and biscuits under a fading cerise sky. Cries and laughter, sighs and after sundown, come down, sink to earth and search for selfless hints of honour in this wilderness, waterless, tearless, full of rage and hate.
Orphaned calves bellow below a seething sun, pleading, and needing care. A pair of helping hands not in pockets free to feed, water, slaughter. Mercy killing is quick and blameless, no evidence from mute victims of shameless neglects by savagery behind a beer and braai veneer.
Five fast cats in a week were crushed on our quiet village streets. Screaming motors, steaming rotor blades chopping and grinding, winding out life on our roadways where people meet and children play as before. In the way, out of the way, shift swift. Wait, too late. Stop. Rushing, crushing features, creatures delicate and true.
What dogs cower in human company? Obedience training through fear is clearly the dastardly tactics practised under a suppressive regime. Praise and reward for good behaviour is nonsense when violence is anticipated in a stroke. Consider a London Park teaming with proud and playful hounds bounding boldly past cyclists, joggers, toddlers, and bloggers. Well socialised, responsive, obedient, trusting: never struck. There are no short cuts. But through knowledge and admiration something understood about the good nature of man's best friend commands reverence for these guardians of humanity.
Money for airtime, quad bikes, speeding fines, and labour strikes, saved by using ropes to cast and castrate the epitome of freedom that is a stallion in spite of the light offered by anaesthesia and medicinal pain relief for slashed flesh.
Men hunt to kill for pleasure and thrills, the beautiful treasure roaming our hills, yet savour the bliss of a kiss, filled with fear and cowardice.
Floating around town the disarming sounds of sweetly singing birds escaping bloodshed elsewhere convey innocence revealed through nature, unravelling our limited view of the world.


Cristofori Singapore is having their Music School's Christmas Sales. Get in the to the holiday spirit with these musical instrument sales that we have prepared for you and many more.
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas one and all! The big day is just around the corner !
CRISTOFORI MUSIC SCHOOL's Christmas Sales is coming to town!


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Q: CSS continues browser attributes Currently there is a common approach to write browser attributes for CSS animation as:
@-webkit-keyframes wheel-keyframes {

        100% {
          -ms-transform: rotate(360deg); /* IE 9 */
          -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
          transform: rotate(360deg);
        }
}

@keyframes wheel-keyframes {

        100% {
          -ms-transform: rotate(360deg); /* IE 9 */
          -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
          transform: rotate(360deg);
        }
}   //etc

Duplication of code is enormous. Can it be done as?
@-webkit-keyframes, @keyframes  wheel-keyframes {
        100% {
          -ms-transform, -webkit-transform, transform: rotate(360deg);
        }
}

Is there good resource with testing for a list of CSS attributes, e.g. -webkit-animation-timing-function, animation-timing-function, etc?

A: This is most easily done by either a css preprocessor or some gulp or grunt task.
If these terms are new for you, I would recommend to look up Google Web Starter Kit,
it is very easy to set up and it comes with both a css preprocessor (SASS), prefixer
and other useful things.

A: No, it is not possible, even in CSS3, to make such continuous statements and minimize file size.
The best tool for automating this process is Autoprefixer.


* Not all competitions that Héctor Miguel Herrera López has participated in is included in our stats. Don't worry, we're adding them in soon.
Héctor Miguel Herrera López is a Midfielder who has appeared in 30 matches this season in Liga NOS, playing a total of 2422 minutes. Herrera López gets an average of 0 assists for every 90 minutes that he's on the pitch.
Herrera López scored a total of 5 goals so far this season in the league, which places him at 4th in the Porto squad's Top Scorers list.


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Q: Is the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS image available on Docker Hub trusted/signed or not? I observed that 26 Nov 2020 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS image is last trusted/signed image on Docker Hub, is this true?
Here trusted means we are focusing on "Docker Content Trust".
When we are trying to pull Ubuntu:18.04 image with DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 (DCT enabled),we are getting image that is created 8 months ago.
However if we set DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=0 , we get image that is created 15 days ago (created 14th July 2021 ).
Based on the above observations , we stated that 26th Nov 2020 (created 8 month ago) Ubuntu 18.04 image is the last signed/trusted image. Could you please confirm once that latest image (14th July 2021)is pushed on Docker Hub is signed/trusted or not?

A: Ubuntu Docker images are official images released directly by Canonical. And it's correct that the 26 Nov 2020 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS image is the most recent signed image.
It seems signed images are updated on a less regular basis than unsigned, so you have to choose either signed with DCT or latest - you can't have both.


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Q: Detail textField overlapping I have a small detail JasperReports's report developed with iReport. I have the classic Header band and well a row with the values, but below I need to put another textField which is in fact very long up to 500 characters namely Observations. In the Detail row one field can have up to 100 characters (namely CONCEPT) which can cause textField stretch vertically this is working OK. The problem appears when the Concept textField grows vertically the Observations which is below the Detail row stays in the same positions cause both to overlap each other...
Here is some picture of the results so far.
My report has following design (view in iReport):

And the generated report look like this:

As you can see the Observations textField if overlapping the wrap line of the CONCEPTO textField.
UPDATE after following the tips from Alex K i am receving this output....

Here is the code of Detail band:
<detail>
<band height="36" splitType="Stretch">
    <textField pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="true">
       <reportElement x="349" y="0" width="61" height="19"/>
    <textElement textAlignment="Center"/>
    <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c04}+"€"]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
    <textField pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="true">
        <reportElement x="410" y="0" width="53" height="19"/>
        <textElement textAlignment="Center"/>
        <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c05}+"€"]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
    <textField isBlankWhenNull="true">
        <reportElement x="240" y="-1" width="57" height="20"/>
        <textElement textAlignment="Right"/>
        <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c06}]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
    <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
        <reportElement x="68" y="0" width="172" height="19"/>
        <textElement/>
        <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c03}]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
        <textField pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="true">
            <reportElement x="297" y="0" width="51" height="19"/>
            <textElement textAlignment="Center"/>
            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c02}]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
        <textField isBlankWhenNull="true">
            <reportElement isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="0" y="0" width="67" height="19"/>
            <textElement/>
            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c07}]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
        <textField pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="true">
            <reportElement positionType="Float" x="1" y="18" width="554" height="18"/>
            <textElement textAlignment="Left"/>
            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{c08}]]></textFieldExpression>
        </textField>
    </band>
</detail>

A: You should set isStretchWithOverflow property as true for textField with long text (contains $F{c03} field in your case) and this properties for textField in the second row (contains $F{c08} field in your sample):

*

*positionType with Float value;

*stretchType with No stretch value;

*isStretchWithOverflow with true value for support long text.

The sample
The jrxml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="overlapping_test" language="groovy" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20">
    <queryString>
        <![CDATA[]]>
    </queryString>
    <field name="c07" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="c03" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="c02" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="c04" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="c05" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="c08" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <columnHeader>
        <band height="20" splitType="Stretch">
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <text><![CDATA[Code]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="92" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <text><![CDATA[Concept]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="184" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <text><![CDATA[Candidate]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="276" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <text><![CDATA[Price]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="368" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <text><![CDATA[Amount]]></text>
            </staticText>
        </band>
    </columnHeader>
    <detail>
        <band height="40" splitType="Stretch">
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c07}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true">
                <reportElement x="92" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c03}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="184" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c02}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="276" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c04}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="368" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c05}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true">
                <reportElement positionType="Float" x="0" y="20" width="460" height="20"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c08}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
        </band>
    </detail>
</jasperReport>

The report's design in iReport:

And the result (via preview in iReport):


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Category: Italian Word of the Week
ITALICS Italy's Jews face realities of coronavirus lockdown
By Cnaan Liphshiz*
The outbreak of the coronavirus in northern Italy forced Claudia Bagnarelli to make a painful choice.
"To keep visiting my 94-year-old mother, I needed to stop seeing everyone else in my life," Bagnarelli, a Jewish ballet teacher …
NEWS A Syrian Muslim donated a tree in Israel for an Italian boy whose bar mitzvah party was canceled due to coronavirus
Aboud Dandachi isn't Jewish. Or Israeli. Or Italian. Or sick with coronavirus.
He's a Muslim from Syria living in Canada.
But when he read the Jewish Telegraphic Agency story about an Italian boy whose bar mitzvah was …
ITALICS This Italian Jewish kid was supposed to have a bar mitzvah party. Then coronavirus hit.
By Ben Sales*
Ruben Golran had studied for a year and a half in anticipation of this week, when 600 of his relatives and friends were supposed to converge on Milan to celebrate his bar mitzvah.
First he planned to …
ITALICS Four things to know about the archives of World War II-era Pope Pius XII
By AFP*
The March 2 unsealing of the archives of Pope Pius XII, the controversial World War II-era pontiff, whose papacy lasted from 1939 to 1958, has been awaited for decades by Jewish groups and historians.
The controversy over Pius …
ITALICS Italian Jews: Rome, the Renaissance and Beyond
By Carlin Romano*
For most Americans familiar with Italian Jewry, the images that linger come from Vittorio De Sica's evocative 1971 film, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, the Academy Award-winning picture based on Italian writer Giorgio Bassani's prize-winning 1962 novel. …
ITALICS Italian Jews, Christians jointly host Syrian refugee family in Milan
*JTA
Christians and Jews in Milan, Italy, are jointly hosting a Muslim family that fled from the fighting in Syria.
The family of seven from Aleppo immigrated to Italy legally as asylum seekers and are being hosted at an apartment …
ITALICS 15% of Italians say Holocaust never happened
By JTA*
More than 15 percent of respondents to a poll in Italy said the Holocaust never happened.
The results are part of the annual Eurispes Italy Report published Thursday. The poll by the non-governmental organization probes Italians' views on …
ITALICS Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on Holocaust survivor's door in Italy
By Collen Bary
Anti-Semitic writing was scrawled overnight on the door of a now-deceased member of the Italian anti-Fascist resistance who survived a Nazi concentration camp, a family friend and historian wrote Friday on Facebook.
"Juden Hier," German for "Jews …
ITALICS Italian police arrest suspected synagogue vandal caught on video
By JTA staff*
Police in the northeast Italian city of Trieste analyzed security videos to identify and arrest a man suspected of vandalizing the city's synagogue twice in the past few months.
The suspect was accused of breaking two windows …
ITALICS Berenice, the Jewish Queen of Rome, and the Origins of Replacement Theory
By Fredric Brandfon*
The earliest example of the fear that Jews might overturn and replace the social order with their own people probably occurred in Rome during the first century CE. A circumstance arose that threatened Roman dominion over the …


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Q: How to find correct row index in filtered WPF datagrid We are working on a WPF application with VS 2015 using the WPF DataGrid.
In this DataGrid we have the possibility to filter rows which changes the DataGrids Items-collection (Unfiltered we have p.e. 100 items and filtered 20).
Further we can change data by a seperate edit dialog.
When that dialog is closed the data in the DataGrid shall be refreshed (by reading the data from the database and re-setting the source) and the SelectedIndex set to the index before the refresh.
While the DataGrid is unfiltered you would detect the index of the currently selected row by
int currentIndex = grid.Items.IndexOf(grid.CurrentItem);

or
int currentIndex = grid.SelectedIndex;

But when the grid is filtered we get wrong index in both cases.
Per example:
When the grid is filtered i edit the data of the first row, which is normally the forth in the items list (index = 3), but i get index = 0.
When i remind the SelectedIndex 0 in a variable and set it after the refresh, not the first item in the filtered grid is selected but the first item of the source.
When i get the SelectedItem and take a look at the properties i see that it is the wrong item.
Meanwhile i even tried that code proposed by Milan but without success:
var row = grid.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(grid.SelectedIndex);
vm.RefreshList();
grid.SelectedIndex = grid.ItemContainerGenerator.IndexFromContainer(row);

In that case the variable row is disconnected after calling the method RefreshList.
And even before i get with IndexFromContainter the wrong index - 0 instead of 3.
How can we get the right index?
Thanks in advance!

A: Well, do you know such situations when the solution is right before your nose but you cannot see it?
This was my problem.
After the refresh of the datagrid's source the Items-collection was unfiltered.
When i set SelectedIndex to 0 i selected the first item of the unfiltered list.
Just after that the filter was re-applied.
So i made a few changes to my code.
Now i remind the SelectedItem and after the refresh i look within a foreach-loop for the item and - this time - i set the correct SelectedIndex.
Example:
MyItem currentItem = grid.SelectedItem as MyItem;
vm.RefreshList();
int n = 0;
foreach (MyItem item in grid.Items)
{
    if (item.pki == currentItem.pki)
    {
        grid.SelectedIndex = n;
        grid.Focus();
        break;
    }
    n += 1;
}

This works with filtered and unfiltered lists and even when data is sorted by a column (ascendant and descendant).


text:
PKG_NAME = pyload
PKG_VERS = 0.4.9
PKG_EXT = zip
PKG_DIST_NAME = $(PKG_NAME)-src-v$(PKG_VERS).$(PKG_EXT)
PKG_DIST_SITE = https://github.com/pyload/pyload/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERS)
PKG_DIR = pyload

DEPENDS =

HOMEPAGE = http://pyload.org
COMMENT  = pyLoad is a fast, lightweight and full featured download manager for many One-Click-Hoster, container formats like DLC, video sites or just plain http/ftp links.
LICENSE  = GPLv3

CONFIGURE_TARGET = nop
COMPILE_TARGET = nop
INSTALL_TARGET = myInstall

include ../../mk/spksrc.cross-cc.mk

.PHONY: myInstall
myInstall:
	mkdir -p $(STAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX)/share/$(PKG_NAME)
	tar -cf - -C $(WORK_DIR)/$(PKG_DIR) . | tar -xf - -C $(STAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX)/share/$(PKG_NAME)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


For someone who's hailed as one of the foremost influences on today's musical landscape, Bob Dylan is still something of a divisive figure amongst musicphiles. Some are unable to get beyond his, shall we say, 'unconventional' singing voice, while some simply aren't predisposed to the whiskey-soaked, cigarette smoke-enveloped cacophonic sound that his latter day music has become. And some would just prefer to listen to Oasis release the same album over and over again.
Fair points, the lot of them. But with Dylan's latest release, Tell Tale Signs, he isn't catering to these people - and, frankly, I'd be concerned if he was. 'Tell Tale Signs' is a collection of studio outtakes and live recordings of songs that have (with the exception of a few unreleased tracks) appeared on his past four studio albums, from the period 1989 - 2006.
1989's Daniel Lanois-produced 'Oh Mercy' came at a time when Dylan was trying to rediscover his voice both figuratively and literally, after years of hard living had threatened to dull his creativity after a less than successful period in the 1980s. Lanois' production filled the musical spaces in each song with an ambient sound that echoed the album's themes of heartbreak and loss. One of the standout tracks on 'Oh Mercy' - Most of the Time - is presented here as a much more raw, stripped down guitar-and-voice song, and one can't help but wonder if this is the song that Dylan originally intended to write, a song that would easily be at home on 'Blood On The Tracks'.
Another example of the multiplicity contained within this collection is the version of Someday Baby, perhaps the best song on 2006's 'Modern Times'. The alternate version is played with a slower tempo and pushed along by a delicate guitar line, in harsh contrast with the original version. Listening to it brought the realisation that Bob Dylan is capable of producing two very different versions of the same song - and both of them are better than anything you'll hear on any album this year.


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Councilor Voisin, Morris, Lemhouse, Silbiger, and Chapman were present. Councilor Slattery was absent.
Mayor Stromberg announced vacancies on the Firewise, Conservation, Housing, Public Arts, Transportation, and Tree Commissions, and the Audit Committee.
Mayor requested Council to move item 4. First Reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance enabling City Council to refer to the voter of Ashland in the November 6, 2012 general election a ballot question on instructing the US Congress to approve a constitutional amendment granting Congress and the State authority to regulate campaign contributions and expenditures and to determine the nature and extent of the privileges of entities other than natural persons," under ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS to item #1 under UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Councilor Slattery was out of town and wanted to participate in the discussion via telephone. It would require Council suspending Council's Rules.
Councilor Voisin/Lemhouse m/s to suspend Council Rules for one item, "First Reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance enabling City Council to refer to the voter of Ashland in the November 6, 2012 general election," in order to allow a telephone call to Councilor Slattery to participate and vote. DISCUSSION: City Attorney Dave Lohman explained under "Robert's Rules of Order" this would require a two-thirds vote. Councilor Voisin thought the item was time sensitive and Council owed it to the constituency to pass the First Reading and give them the choice to vote. Councilor Silbiger called for point of order and explained Councilor Voisin was not speaking to the motion. Mayor Stromberg agreed. Councilor Lemhouse supported suspending the rules for this situation and doubted Council would abuse suspending rules in the future.
Councilor Silbiger explained the item was an advisory measure and strongly disagreed with making a special precedent for a single issue. Council Rules should provide a rule for Councilors to attend an entire meeting remotely rather selecting a single issue that a Councilor wanted to participate in. Councilor Chapman agreed that Council Rules states a Councilor could ask to delay an agenda item. Councilor Morris agreed with Councilor Slattery participating in the entire meeting. Mayor Stromberg clarified that it was he that suggested Councilor Slattery participate regarding this one item and that Councilor Slattery would respect and support whatever action the Council decided. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Voisin, and Lemhouse, YES; Councilor Morris, Silbiger, and Chapman, NO. Motion failed 2-3.
Councilor Chapman/Silbiger m/s to leave the agenda item where it existed on the Agenda. DISCUSSION: Councilor Chapman stated there was no reason to bypass regular. Councilor Voisin reminded Council there were many elderly citizens waiting and suggested moving the item to #1 under ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Morris, Silbiger, and Chapman, YES; Councilor Voisin, and Lemhouse, NO. Motion passed 3-2.
Minutes of the Study Session of June 18, 2012 and Business Meeting of June 19, 2012 were approved as presented.
Mayor Stromberg honored Engineering Services Manager Jim Olson who was retiring after 41 years of service by noting his outstanding service and dedication to the City, and presented him with a brick that would go in North Mountain Park in appreciation for his outstanding contribution to the City.
The Mayor's proclamations of August 6, 2012 as Hiroshima Day and August 9, 2012 as Nagasaki Day were read aloud.
1. Approval of Commission, Committee, and Board Minutes
2. Endorsement of the Monster Dash for the purposes of hanging a banner
3. Agreement for RVTV services between City of Ashland and Southern Oregon University
4. Approval of a resolution titled, "A resolution adopting product rates for the municipal telecommunications utility"
5. Approval of a Liquor License Application from Mario Camacho dba Star Sushi #1
6. Award of contract to Benntag, Univar, and Cascade Columbia for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Chemicals
7. Special Procurement for purchase of polymer for the Wastewater Treatment Plant
8. Approval of a contract amendment for Construction Engineering Consultants for additional costs on the Hersey/Wimer intersection re-alignment
9. Approval of Special Procurement for Forestry Consulting Services
Councilor Silbiger pulled Consent Agenda item #8.
Councilor Lemhouse/Voisin m/s to approve all Consent Agenda items excluding #8. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed.
Councilor Lemhouse/Morris m/s to approve Consent Agenda item #8. Voice Vote: Councilor Voisin, Morris, Lemhouse, and Chapman, YES; Councilor Silbiger, NO. Motion passed 4-1.
1. First reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance adding a new element 'Chapter XIV Regional Plan' to the City of Ashland Comprehensive Plan to incorporate applicable portions of the Greater Bear Creek Valley Regional Problem Solving Plan ('the RPS Plan') and to acknowledge revised population allocations by Jackson County for the City of Ashland"
Community Development Director Bill Molnar explained all participating cities needed to adopt the RPS Plan within their local comprehensive plans before it went to the state for review by the Land Conservation Development Commission. The ordinance would create a new element of Ashland's Comprehensive Plan that acknowledged Ashland's participation in the Regional Plan.
Associate Planner Derek Severson submitted into the record graphics depicting the draft and adopted population plans that showed the population trend had hardly altered with the exception an anomaly in 2010 that caused an error in the plan. Jackson County corrected the population issues in the adopted RPS Plan. He added the Agriculture Committee would form within six months following adoption of the plan and include members from the agricultural community, Jackson County, participating cities, and specialists.
Colin Swales/143 Eighth Street/Recognized the population adjustment in the RPS Plan made Ashland eligible for various state and federal grants but thought it would negatively affect estimates on future transportation and utility needs. He wanted Ashland to follow Jacksonville and halt the process since the city would most likely not experience the estimated population growth.
Greg Holmes/Box 2442, Grants Pass, OR/Introduced himself as the planning advocate for 1,000 Friends of Oregon a group that was critical of the plan for reasons that included the plan had too much land and farmland. However, they supported going through the process in order to stem some potential land abuses in the plan.
He went on to explain the Governors Executive Order 1207 was based on legislation that did not pass but at the end of the last legislative session they added a $550,000 budget note for a pilot project for Jackson, Josephine, and Douglas Counties to collaborate on a regional definition of farmland and forestland that might differ from other counties. The project just started and if it moved forward would result in a 3-4 year process.
Councilor Lemhouse/Silbiger m/s to approve First Reading of the ordinance and move to Second Reading. DISCUSSION: Councilor Lemhouse agreed with Mr. Holmes and the Planning Commission. Councilor Chapman clarified from Mr. Swales' testimony that the City of Jacksonville was actually ejected from the RPS process and that the RPS process did not meet the three main goals. Additionally, the plan should not go into the Comprehensive Plan because it would not affect Ashland. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Silbiger, Voisin, Lemhouse, and Morris, YES; Councilor Chapman, NO. Motion passed 4-1.
2. Approval and opportunity for public comment on the criteria to be used during the selection process for the Director of IT and the Electric Utility.
Human Resource Director Tina Gray explained the City hired Waters Consulting Group for a nationwide search for a combined Information Technology and Electric Utility Director. The process resulted in 5 finalists coming to Ashland July 23 and 24 for the interview and selection process. Interviews would occur in Executive Sessions. She went on to list the selection criteria staff identified.
Councilor Voisin suggested adding a proven ability to assess and resolve problems, and demonstrate ability to work with a team to the selection criteria.
Councilor Voisin/Lemhouse m/s to approve the selection criteria, adding two criteria as previously noted for the Information Technology and Electric Utility Director as presented by staff.
Roll Call Vote: Councilor Voisin, Morris, Lemhouse, Silbiger and Chapman, YES. Motion passed.
Councilor Chapman noted he would not be available for the interview process but was interested in a strong leader for Ashland Fiber Network (AFN) and someone who could move the City forward on smart metering and smart grid.
Tenasi Rama/815 Oak Street/Spoke as a member of GMO Free Jackson County and asked Council to formally address their ordinance banning genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in Jackson County and have a Study Session to discuss the matter further. The group submitted the ordinance to Jackson County in May. The District Attorney accepted it but the Farm Bureau had issues with the wording. There was a possibility it would not pass in time for the group to get required signatures for the November election. He encouraged Council to ask Jackson County Commissioners to vote to put the ordinance on the ballot for the November election.
Colin Swales/143 8th Street/Expressed concern that important issues were being conducted during Council Study Sessions and the public had difficulty accessing this information. He stated that the Comment to Council listserv is no longer easily found on the city website and that there are no "One Minute Minutes" being provided as had been previously. He noted his disappointment in the lack of public involvement regarding Council meetings.
Councilor Voisin requested the GMO ban go on a future Study Session agenda for discussion.
City Administrator Dave Kanner addressed Mr. Swales' testimony and explained the Look Ahead was on the website that provided information on upcoming agenda items for Study Sessions and Council meetings through October.
November 2012 Local Option Levy for enhanced library services draft ballot measure and approval of a resolution titled, "Resolution of the City of Ashland and Jackson County, Oregon to submit to the voters at the November 6, 2012 General Election a funding initiative to levy up to $.21 per $1000 assessed property value for the purpose of providing enhanced library services at the Ashland Public Library for a period of four years beginning July 1, 2012"
Management Analyst Ann Seltzer explained the levy was an extension of the current local option levy passed by voters in 2008 that would expire in 2013. This measure would extend the levy through fall 2017. She noted a correction in the ballot measure under the summary stating the average household could pay $45.79 per year was incorrect and actually was $50.61.
City Administrator Dave Kanner added if Jackson County decided to defund libraries at the end of the four-year plan, he doubted they could keep the library open.
Councilor Silbiger/Lemhouse m/s to approve Resolution #2012-25 with changes to the Ballot Measure Language and Explanatory Statement as presented by staff. DISCUSSION: Councilor Silbiger noted voters had strongly supported the library in the past and hoped they continued. Councilor Chapman thought it was unfortunate Jackson County did not see the importance of funding libraries and was glad Council and the community supported it as much as they had. Councilor Voisin added there was nothing more important for a democracy than having community libraries open and available to the public. Voice Vote: Councilor Voisin, Morris, Lemhouse, Silbiger, and Chapman, YES. Motion passed.
PUBLIC FORUM-continued
Susan Wells/101 West Main, Talent, OR/Explained she was a member of Lithia Artisans Market and the Plaza could benefit from rotating art displays. Additionally, the artisan market had lost half their space to restaurant seating while the Growers Market currently closed an entire block on Saturdays during a time that used to be the busiest for the Lithia Artisans Market. The artists deserved similar downtown visibility.
Councilor Lemhouse invited Ms. Wells to attend the next Public Arts Commission meeting Friday, July 20, 2012 at 8:15 a.m. in the Siskiyou Room at 51 Winburn Way.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS-continued
2. Approval of a resolution titled, "A resolution amending the pay schedule for management and confidential employees for Fiscal Year 2012-2013"
City Administrator Dave Kanner recommended approving a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for management and staff recognizing they had not received a COLA in 3-4 years while represented staff had. Another recommendation would fully implement the Classification and Compensation plan prepared several years prior but never implemented for the Department Heads. Approving the resolution would also increase the City's contribution to the health reimbursement account for management employees bringing them to the same level as non-management employees.
Department Head salaries had reached the maximum and the Classification and Compensation Study added another step for them. Although this year they would not get a step increase, they would receive raises. Mr. Kanner suggested moving his position down a step since he had been in his position only five months. He would receive a raise during his annual review.
Mr. Kanner went on to explain the Supreme Court ruled residency requirements were illegal. The Supreme Court also determined in that ruling an employer could set living within a certain radius of the city as a condition of employment for emergency responders.
Councilor Voisin/Morris m/s to approve Resolution #2012-23, clarifying certain conditions of employment for management and confidential employees and repealing Resolution 2011-21 . Roll Call Vote: Councilor Chapman, Silbiger, Lemhouse, Morris, and Voisin, YES. Motion passed.
Councilor Chapman/Lemhouse m/s to approve Resolution #2012-24, amending the pay schedule for management and confidential employees for fiscal year 2012-2013. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed.
1. First Reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance amending the general regulations chapter (18.68) if the Ashland Land Use Ordinance to establish setback requirements for chicken coops and chicken runs"
Senior Planner Brandon Goldman explained the ordinance would change the setback for keeping chickens from 75-feet to 20-feet from a neighboring dwelling and establish a new minimum setback of at least 10-feet from the property line. He noted a scribner's error in Ashland Municipal Code (AMC) Chapter 9.08.040, C-6 and C-8 referencing building standards for chicken runs in accordance with AMC Chapter 18.68.140 where the subsection indicated C-2 but was now C-4.
Councilor Voisin/Lemhouse m/s to approve First Reading of an ordinance amending the General Regulations Chapter (18.68) of the Ashland land Use Ordinance to establish setback requirements for chicken coops and chicken runs and schedule Second Reading for August 21, 2012 and as amended according to staff. DISCUSSION: Councilor Lemhouse thought the 10-foot setback from a property line was reasonable and allowed flexibility for urban farming. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Voisin, Chapman, Lemhouse, Silbiger, and Morris, YES. Motion passed.
Councilor Lemhouse suggested the Planning Commission review the animals listed in AMC 9.08 (3) and determine potential updates and forward that information to Council with Council consent.
Councilor Voisin/Lemhouse m/s to approve First Reading of an ordinance establishing provisions within the health and sanitation chapter (9.08) of the Ashland Municipal Code for the keeping of chickens within residential districts and schedule Second Reading for August 21, 2012, as amended by staff. DISCUSSION: City Attorney Dave Lohman noted the change to the reference in AMC 9.08 (3), subsections C-6 and C-8, changing the reference to AMC 18.68.140 C-4 instead of C-2 applied to this ordinance. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Silbiger, Voisin, Chapman, Lemhouse, and Morris, YES. Motion passed.
2. Second Reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance amending the development standards for wireless communication facilities in 18.72.180 of the Ashland Municipal Code and Land Use Ordinance"
Councilor Lemhouse/Morris m/s to approve Ordinance #3068. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Chapman, Morris, Voisin, and Lemhouse, YES; Councilor Silbiger, NO. Motion passed 4-1.
3. First Reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance amending AMC 14.08.030 connection outside city, inside urban growth boundary and adding AMC 14.09.020 Sewer Lateral Ownership"
Public Works Director Mike Faught explained the ordinance addressed sewer line maintenance and replacement. The City had an internal policy requiring property owners to maintain and replace sewer laterals in the public right of way. The ordinance would also change determination of who decided failure of a sewer or septic system outside the urban growth boundary from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to the appropriate regulatory authority in Ashland Municipal Code (AMC) 14.08.030.
An exception to the internal policy was the 1962 Greensprings subdivision agreement that required the City to maintain the sewer laterals in the right of way for 250 homes at a cost estimate of $2,500 each for a total of $19,625,000, based on an 80-year life cycle replacement.
Staff recommended replacing laterals as needed and installing a clean out if one was not already present during main sewer line replacement at the City's expense. Councilor Silbiger thought Council should table the item until they understood the fiscal impact.
Councilor Silbiger/Lemhouse m/s to direct staff to bring back fiscal impact of adopting a policy suggested by staff. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed.
4. First Reading of an ordinance titled, "An ordinance enabling City Council to refer to the voter of Ashland in the November 6, 2012 general election a ballot question on instructing the US Congress to approve a constitutional amendment granting Congress and the State authority to regulate campaign contributions and expenditures and to determine the nature and extent of the privileges of entities other than natural persons"
City Attorney Dave Lohman explained the City did not have a process to refer an advisory question on matters outside the City's legislative authority to voters and the ordinance would allow that. If the advisory passed during the November election, that information would go to the congressional delegation.
John Tyler/812 Plum Ridge/Spoke on behalf of Move to Amend and noted a recent case in Montana where the Supreme Court threw out a law banning corporate money in elections that had stood for over 100 years. This was a result of Citizens United. He thought this was an appropriate measure for Council. He had petitions with over 1,200 signatures from citizens in favor of the resolution. This was a national movement and he believed Citizen's United was the most dangerous threat to democracy faced in a long time.
Harriet Berman/817 Pavilion Place/Explained how democracy had gradually eroded during her lifetime. Ordinary citizens had no power to change what was happening except at the ballot box. She encouraged Council to allow citizens to have their voice heard on the issue.
Andrew Kubik/1251 Munson Drive/Wanted to exercise his right to vote as to whether the City would pass a resolution directing Congress to amend the Citizens United decision. Local and statewide resolutions comprised a national effort and he wanted Ashland to decide its own level of participation.
John Wieczorek/165 Orange Avenue/Thanked Council for allowing citizens the opportunity to participate in democracy and send a local message on one of the largest national issues of the time. Since the 2010 Citizens United decision occurred, democracy was in crisis. Allowing unlimited amounts of money into political campaigns striped the American people of their voices.
Evan Lasley/110 7th Street/Explained the case in Montana affirmed overturning Citizens United could not occur at a state level and required a constitutional amendment. It was not in the interest of people elected in congress to support Move to Amend. He stressed this was the most pressing political question of the time and urged Council to pass the ordinance.
Councilor Voisin/Lemhouse m/s to approve First Reading of the ordinance and place on agenda for Second Reading. DISCUSSION: Councilor Voisin explained citizens were asking for an opportunity to express their voice to support a constitutional amendment. Councilor Lemhouse added this was an opportunity for citizens to weigh in as a whole. It was an important issue even though it was an advisory statement.
Councilor Silbiger agreed with the "Move to Amend" but did not support creating an ordinance for one item with an expiration date. The City needed a process that allowed citizens to collect signatures for any advisory measure they wanted to go on the ballot. Councilor Chapman noted there were two types of advisory questions, one that Council placed on the ballot and the other through citizen initiative. The ordinance should be about a citizens' initiative. The key was having a mechanism that citizens could use to get something they wanted onto the ballot. Councilor Morris agreed with Councilor Chapman, noted the last Council meeting and how it removed citizens' ability to put advisory measures on the ballot and had Council decide instead. He supported the constitutional amendment, did not think the motion was adequate.
Mayor Stromberg explained there was not enough time to collect signatures and timeliness was germane. Additionally, Senator Merkley was asking for public support and it was legitimate for Council to ensure that happened regardless of collecting signatures. Councilor Voisin added there was not enough time for citizens to collect the signatures needed in order to place it on the ballot and that was the reason for the ordinance. It was extremely important the measure occur during a presidential election cycle and it was incumbent on Council to give citizens that opportunity. Councilor Chapman responded the item came before Council as early as March and there was plenty of time to gather signatures then.
City Attorney Dave Lohman explained Council could amend the motion to remove the sunset clause so the ordinance could apply to referrals beyond this particular measure. Council could also have it apply to referrals of advisory measures to the voters by initiative petition in addition to referrals by the Council.
Councilor Silbiger/Lemhouse m/s to amend the motion to remove the sunset date for initiatives and add a section that allows citizen initiatives. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Voisin, Lemhouse, Chapman, Silbiger, and Morris, YES. Motion passed.
Roll Call Vote on amended motion: Councilor Voisin, Lemhouse, Chapman, Silbiger, and Morris, YES. Motion passed.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
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Tom Cruise was atop the box office as Jerry McGuire.
Kieran Perkins was all over our TV screens eating muesli bars.
Chumbawamba were Tub-thumping up the music charts (apologies to millennials unfamiliar with Chumbawamba).
But those iconic moments of mid-90s madness didn't interest me at the time.
The only entertainment I wanted to watch was available for $5.95-per-night at my local video store (apologies to millennials unfamiliar with video stores).
This VHS came in a black cover and on the front were the flaming words: "WRESTLEMANIA 13: HEAT".
For a 10-year-old kid, this was the stuff that dreams were made of.
Not because it featured a wrestling match between an undead/zombie/ghost known as "The Undertaker" and an asylum-escapee known as "Psycho Sid".
But because WRESTLEMANIA is the Super Bowl of professional wrestling and back then, this was as close as I was ever going to get to the event.
Yes, I am wrestling nuffie. I always have been, and I always will be. I understand that the results of the matches are pre-determined.
But how many of your favorite movies or TV shows are 100% real?
For the record, WRESTLEMANIA began in 1985 and has made household names of wrestlers like Hulk Hogan and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
WRESTLEMANIA is staged annually by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and featured the biggest matches of the year. It's now considered one of the biggest sports brands in the world (Forbes).
In hindsight, "WRESTLEMANIA 13: HEAT" was not a high point for the franchise.
But it was the first installment that I ever watched, and I've seen every one since.
The 1997 version marked the WRESTLEMANIA debut of young grappler named Rocky Mavia.
On this day, Mavia would defeat the dastardly Turkish villain, "The Sultan" (in real life The Sultan was a 150kg Samoan-American in a mask) but Mavia would go on to Hollywood fame as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Must like Johnson, WRESTLEMANIA has evolved to become one of the most dominant forces in entertainment. The event is now held in huge stadiums like the New Orleans Superdome & Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. Over the years it has attracted celebrities like Muhammed Ali, Burt Reynolds & Shaquille O'Neal.
This year WRESTLEMANIA turns 35 and New York will host the biggest version ever.
The venue is MetLife Stadium, where the New York Giants of the NFL play.
In a progressive departure from tradition, women will headline WRESTLEMANIA 35.
This is the first time this has ever happened.
Former UFC Champion, Ronda Rousey, will defend her Women's Championship against Irish-woman Becky Lynch and American, Charlotte Flair.
The multi-national women's main event is indicative of the global-nature of WRESTELEMANIA.
In 1997, WRESTLEMANIA was largely an American event. These days the wrestlers come from all over the planet and there are more Australian's than ever involved.
Melbourne's Buddy Murphy is the current WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
Former NRL-star, Daniel VIdot, has recently begun training as a WWE Wrestler.
He's a few years away from performing at WRESTLEMANIA, but he will be there in New York.
While female wrestlers - Bille Kay & Peyton Royce – will make their WRESTLEMANIA debut at Metlife Stadium.
It's another dream come true for this pair, who first met at High School in Western Sydney. On April 8th (Australian time) at WRESTLEMANIA 35, Peyton & Billie will wrestle for the Women's Tag-Team Championship in front over 80,000 people. It's a long way from Campbelltown!
It's also a dream come true for your correspondent. I've covered AFL Grand Finals, the Mayweather v Pacquiao prize fight in Las Vegas, NBA Finals & NBL Finals for Wide World of Sport. But I never thought I'd make to WRESTLEMANIA.
Well, Twenty-two years after convincing Mum & Dad to let me rent "WRESTLEMANIA 13: HEAT", I'm stoked to be attending the event in person as a guest of WWE.
The goal is to tell the stories of the Australian's taking part.
Though it's hard to find a VHS tape these days, you can stream every WRESTLEMANIA online via WWE's on-demand service.
With only days until the event in NYC, please excuse me while I fire up the laptop and watch "The Undertaker" lock-up with "Psycho Sid" one more time.


YOU HAVE A NEW CAMERA? NOW WHAT?
If you decide to really get involved in photography, and you just bought your first "Kit", you now have just a taste of some of the gadgets you can have of what is available for your new camera. Perhaps you got the 1 lens kit, or the 2 lens kit. As you can see above there is a huge amount of gadgets that are available for your that you can choose from. I want you to be aware that you don't need them all. Whew! That's a relief, right? Well, the manufactures make a lot of different things for different types of photographers.
This week, I want to go over something I have not done before, and that is to go over some of the "gadgets" that you can get for your camera that are specific to what type of photography that you want to do. This gets a bit techy, and I have worked out with a website for you to view the many different ideas and prices that are available for you to look at so that you can see the many different things that you can choose from while learning about these products at the same time.
Click on this link, and see the variety of filters available. Feel free to purchase if you haven't already.
Now that you have seen the need for these, and now I have a link to the market for the best variety and the best prices, I think I have become your one stop shopping place too. I am way excited to have my new website be the one place to come to for your shopping place for your camera accessories.
macro or micro photography. When doing extreme close-ups, either you will jiggle your camera or the product will jiggle.
Scenery photography. Mostly because you will want to use a high f-stop, which will cause a slower shutter speed. And you will want your scenery photos to look sharp.
So, that is it for today's basics. Those of you who are professionals and need replacements of the stuff you see here, take a look through the links above. One thing I found out that is nice, for example, is a thin polarizing ring for my wide angle lens. Have you ever had the edges of your polarizing filter showing up in your photos? Here is a link for some good ones: (P.S. I will talk about Polarizing filters in a future blog).
Thanks for checking this article out here today. I hope you will enjoy this one. And I am going to provide some more articles about CAMERA ACCESSORIES in the next few days. This should be fun, informative and a good way to check things out.


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Harvest weather for Midwest corn and soybeans is looking much improved for the next 10 days before heavier precipitation may return. Cool to cold temperatures to start this week will slow the drying of fields but conditions will improve by week's end in most areas with warmer temperatures, according to Radiant Solutions LLC.
Rain this week will be focused from Texas to the Tennessee River Valley, increasing some harvest delays for corn, soybeans, cotton and other crops. Dry weather will help fields firm across the Southeast after heavy rains from remnants of Hurricane Michael last week.
The freezing temperatures may last another couple of days across the Plains. The hard freezes this morning as far south as Texas may have damage some winter wheat just emerged from the soil, and will slow early crop development, Kyle Tapley, senior meteorologist at Radiant, said in a report Monday. The cold may also cause problems for cotton bolls trying to open.
Rains during the weekend and more this week have created favorable and abundant soil moisture for corn and soybean germination in Brazil. Planting delays have been minimal with wheat harvesting slowed in southern areas. Dryness in northwest Brazil is expected to fade this week with some light showers developing, with more needed as the growing season advances. Tapley said.
In Argentina, dryness continues to develop in parts the wheat belt as the crop begins reproducing. More rain will be needed for improving wheat yield potential and corn and soybean crop germination. Light showers develop later this week and into the weekend, providing some improvement.
Warm and dry weather across the Black Sea region during the weekend will continue this week leading to stress on winter wheat establishment. Driest areas remain in parts of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.
In Australia, some rain during the weekend and more showers this week will improve soil moisture for summer crops, but not provide much benefit for winter wheat yields in most areas, Tapley said.
In Europe, weekend rain eased dryness in parts of the U.K., southern France, Spain and Italy. the rest of central and eastern Europe continue to deal with lingering dryness and significant moisture deficits for winter wheat and rapeseed, Tapley said. Chance for rain next week remain low confidence.