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Signal: The Rise of Urban Farming
Each month, Weber Shandwick's Trends in Two Minutes outlines trends impacting businesses throughout Asia Pacific. Today, exploring how urban farming is rapidly shifting from hobby to industry in the wake of the pandemic.
In recent years, urban city dwellers have become increasingly engaged with the practices of urban farms and community vegetable gardens. In 2017, the United Nations estimated over 800 million people around the world were engaged with some form of 'urban agriculture' on a regular basis.
However, following the turmoil of 2020, urban farming has rapidly transitioned from a popular hobby to a potentially life-saving industry. With pandemic lockdowns, disrupted supply chains, extreme weather events, and profound inequity, urban farming is being embraced as a new paradigm by individuals and businesses alike.
For example, London has just seen the launch of a vertical farm delivery service – with produce grown in skyscrapers being delivered within 24 hours of being picked. Brazil's largest urban farm project has been helping sustain over 800 families throughout the pandemic with fresh produce delivered daily.
It's a development that resonates with several concurrent trends. In addition to the reduced carbon footprint generated by short supply chains, urban farming also appeals to the post-pandemic consumer preference for local investment and community urban farms have been suggested as a solution in Singapore for loneliness among the elderly.
Urban farming is expected to have a substantial impact in Asia, in particular. Beyond the ongoing supply chain disruption of a region with widely differing strategies for managing the pandemic, Asia's extant history of agricultural technology innovation and prevalence of population density makes urban farming both promising and practical for the region.
For brands and communicators, the rise in urban farming has many potential ramifications – creating new touchpoints and delivery methods for different industries and demographics as well as signposting a potential major shift of urban architecture incorporating a much greater amount of innovative green space.
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Yes, Netflix is losing "The Office" and "Friends" in the next two years. But that may not be a bad thing for the streaming company.
North Korea could target Southeast Asia's vulnerable crypto sector, says defense think tank
Published Sun, Apr 14 2019 11:55 PM EDT
Kelly Olsen
North Korea has been accused of using cyberattacks to gain financial resources needed to keep its nuclear and missile programs going.
Hit by sanctions, the reclusive state could exploit cryptocurrencies as a way to obtain funds and evade the pain of such international restrictions, according to a new report by defense think tank Royal United Services Institute.
North Korea has long used its financial activities in Southeast Asia to evade sanctions and the region "could prove vulnerable" to its crypto-related ambitions, the report said.
A visual representation of digital cryptocurrency bitcoin.
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North Korea's cyber capabilities and financial networks pose a threat to Southeast Asia's growing, yet vulnerable, cryptocurrency sector, according to British defense and security think tank Royal United Services Institute.
North Korea has been heavily sanctioned for years by the United Nations, the United States and other countries over its nuclear and missile ambitions. The reclusive state has also been accused of using cyberattacks to gain financial resources needed to keep its nuclear programs going.
The lifting of sanctions is vitally important to North Korea. It was in part due to disagreement over sanctions that saw the collapse of a second summit meeting between its leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam in February.
'Sustained' security challenge
In a report Monday, London-based RUSI said that as sanctions bite, the country has shown an increasing interest in virtual assets. It cited the alleged hijacking of crypto exchanges in South Korea as well as 2017's "WannaCry " global ransomware attack.
As a determined and sophisticated cyber actor in need of financial resources, North Korea is likely to continue to find ways of obtaining and exploiting cryptocurrencies.
Royal United Services Institute
"North Korea has gone to extremes to raise funds and evade international sanctions, recently expanding these efforts to include the exploitation of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin," David Carlisle, a former official at the U.S. Treasury department's office of terrorism and financial intelligence, and Kayla Izenman, a financial crime and terrorist finance expert, wrote in the report.
"As a determined and sophisticated cyber actor in need of financial resources, North Korea is likely to continue to find ways of obtaining and exploiting cryptocurrencies," they said in their report, "Closing the Gap: Guidance for Countering North Korean Cryptocurrency Activity in Southeast Asia."
The WannaCry attack "signaled North Korea's interest in, and ability to exploit, cryptocurrencies," they said. And its cyber skills, coupled with the constant need for funds amid the squeeze of sanctions, point to the risk of a "sustained security challenge," they added.
CNBC could not reach North Korea's foreign ministry for comment on Monday but the country has in the past vehemently denied allegations of cybercrime.
In September, for example, the official Korean Central News Agency carried comments by a foreign ministry official denying involvement in the WannaCry attack, instead calling the United States the "chief culprit responsible for posing security threats in cyberspace."
Southeast Asia is vulnerable
Southeast Asia's growing virtual asset sector and lack of coordinated regulation present what Carlisle and Izenman called a "systemic risk" vulnerable to exploitation by North Korea, which they stressed has long used its countries to mitigate sanctions.
"North Korean networks have engaged in fundraising and have evaded trade and financial restrictions through the use of front companies, agents and deceptive financial techniques at banks across the region," they wrote.
"Because Southeast Asia is also host to a growing number of cryptocurrency businesses and users, countries in the region could prove vulnerable to North Korea's cryptocurrency-related activity as well," the report said.
North Korea, for example, could seek to convert illicitly gained digital assets into fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar, euro, and yuan, the authors said.
"North Korea could cash out its cryptocurrency profits by relying on its extensive overseas financial networks to open and operate accounts at cryptocurrency exchanges in the region," they said.
The report said Singapore is seen as leading the way in crypto-asset regulation in Southeast Asia, while Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are working to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges in line with guidance from the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force, which sets global standards for fighting money laundering and terrorist financing.
But the report's authors stressed that Southeast Asian countries need to take a series of measures, including assessing their risks and weaknesses in relation to North Korea, coordinating a regional regulatory response and beefing up law enforcement training to reduce their vulnerability — some of which they noted are already under way.
"If carried out with the appropriate urgency and in line with global … standards, countries in the region can succeed in making themselves less vulnerable to the risks of North Korean cryptocurrency activity," they said.
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North Italy's Trieste Airport is the ideal gateway to an area that includes four countries, which is not only a great place to spend a pleasant holiday, but also perfect for finding out about how, in the heart of Europe, three different cultures —Latin, Germanic and Slavic—have met, interacted for centuries and, upon merging, have given rise to a unique multicultural heritage.
The departures area of Trieste airport, which has been completely redesigned, is now more welcoming and spacious: open-plan architecture, soft colors, resin flooring and plenty of natural light, along with new ergonomically designed seats, allow passengers to wait comfortably and to relax. The fully refurbished 5,500 m2 facility includes four lines for security checks, three elevators between the ground floor and the first floor, and five gates at ground level and four gates on the first floor for passengers to embark from jet bridges.
The renewal of the departures area constitutes the first step of the economic revival plan for the airport facility, which is managed by Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia S.p.A. and which will be connected to the new Interchange Station this year. The project, developed by the Planning Office of Società di Gestione Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia S.p.A., extends along a straight line: a pedestrian footbridge crosses the state road and then connects the airport to the car parks, the bus terminal and the railway station. As reported to the European Commission, the design includes a new railway station, a bus terminal for 16 lines, and a car park with 1,500 parking spaces—500 of which are in a multi-story car park — connected by slip roads and internal roads. In this context, the hub will allow better transport connections (bus, car and train), enabling the public transport system and the passenger mobility service in Friuli Venezia Giulia to be improved.
The work is intended to meet the objectives set out in the 2001 White Paper on European transport policy, which encourages the use of environmentally-friendly transportation to develop alternatives to road transport. From a strategic viewpoint, the hub is intended to represent the regional center for intermodality and the interchange hub servicing local mobility. This work will bring benefits to the Friuli Venezia Giulia region and its economic and social system, with positive effects overall on the efficiency of the regional transport system and, specifically, in terms of the increased number of airport passengers.
Trieste airport was in need of both major restyling and some refurbishment work. The customer's request was first and foremost to replace most of the existing flooring, which was made up of old tiles, with continuous resinous flooring. In addition to providing superior style, this would be modern in appearance, easy to clean owing to the absence of any joints, mechanically strong, elastic and give off low VOC emissions during installation. Initially the customer considered a solution involving coating the existing tiles with epoxy paint, but this type of solution would not have met the desired characteristics, since the system was not elastic and had limited resistance to surface scratches. In addition, other maintenance work such as the structural strengthening of reinforced concrete pillars, beams and all joints was to be carried out.
As there is a transit volume of approx. 700,000 people per year (2,500 people per day), Sika proposed a system consisting of colored and elastic polyurethane resins: Sika ComfortFloor® PS-23. Before the resin flooring was installed, the entire old tile flooring had to be removed. Using a grinding and shot blasting machine, the entire adhesive residue remaining on the substrate was entirely eliminated. Once all the dust had been removed, the flooring was primered with Sikafloor®-156 surface leveling mortar and epoxy binder. On hardened primer, two-part polyurethane resin, Sikafloor®-330, was applied. Since this product is self-leveling and easy to apply, it is perfect for covering large surfaces in a short space of time.
The following day the flooring was protected with a finishing layer comprising a water-based, colored, matt polyurethane resin. Thanks to the low VOC emission levels of all of the above-mentioned products, the airport has been able to continue its normal activity without having to close or divert passengers to other gates due to the solvent emissions that might normally be expected.
specific area is more susceptible to chemical attack. All the old floor tiles were removed and, using the grinding and shot blasting machine, all adhesive residue was removed. Afterwards, the primer Sikafloor®- 264 was finally applied. The same cycle used for the flooring was repeated on the walls of the toilet facilities, but during the mixing phase of each product the Sika® Stelmittel T thickener was added to prevent the material from dripping.
Make sure to test the flooring when you come here, but after that leave the airport and, in just 150 km, come face-to-face with the most diverse natural beauty: from the Alps with their mountains and lakes to hills covered in vineyards and to the coast with its lagoons, long sandy beaches and dramatic cliffs.


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    public class Camera
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        private Vector3 position;
        private Quaternion orientation;
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        private bool dirty = true;  // true if the viewMatrix must be recalculated

        /// <summary>
        /// Modify the position of the eye of the camera.
        /// Triggers the view matrix to be recalculated.
        /// </summary>
        public Vector3 Position
        {
            get { return position; }
            set
            {
                position = value;
                dirty = true;
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        /// Triggers the view matrix to be recalculated.
        /// </summary>
        public Quaternion Orientation
        {
            get { return orientation; }
            set
            {
                orientation = value;
                dirty = true;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Requests the view matrix of the camera (taking into account position and orientation).
        /// This property will recalculate the matrix automatically if necessary,
        /// otherwise it will use a cached copy (which is useful if your camera isn't moving often).
        /// </summary>
        public Matrix4 ViewMatrix
        {
            get
            {
                if (dirty)
                {
                    viewMatrix = Matrix4.CreateTranslation(-position) * orientation.Matrix4;
                    dirty = false;
                }
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        /// <summary>
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        /// </summary>
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        /// <param name="orientation">The orientation of the camera.</param>
        public Camera(Vector3 position, Quaternion orientation)
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            this.Position = position;
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        /// <summary>
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        /// </summary>
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        public void SetDirection(Vector3 direction)
        {
            if (direction == Vector3.Zero) return;

            Vector3 zvec = -direction.Normalize();
            Vector3 xvec = Vector3.UnitY.Cross(zvec).Normalize();
            Vector3 yvec = zvec.Cross(xvec).Normalize();
            Orientation = Quaternion.FromAxis(xvec, yvec, zvec);
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        /// <summary>
        /// Moves the camera by modifying the position directly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="by">The amount to move the position by.</param>
        public void Move(Vector3 by)
        {
            Position += by;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Moves the camera taking into account the orientation of the camera.
        /// This is useful if you want to move in the direction that the camera is facing.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="by">The amount to move the position by, relative to the camera.</param>
        public void MoveRelative(Vector3 by)
        {
            Position += Orientation * by;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Rotates the camera by a supplied rotation quaternion.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rotation">The amount to rotate the camera by.</param>
        public void Rotate(Quaternion rotation)
        {
            Orientation = rotation * orientation;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Rotates the camera around a specific axis.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="angle">The amount to rotate the camera.</param>
        /// <param name="axis">The axis about which the rotation occurs.</param>
        public void Rotate(float angle, Vector3 axis)
        {
            Rotate(Quaternion.FromAngleAxis(angle, axis));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Rotates the camera about the Z axis.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="angle">The amount to rotate the camera by.</param>
        public void Roll(float angle)
        {
            Vector3 axis = orientation * Vector3.UnitZ;
            Rotate(angle, axis);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Rotates the camera about the Y axis.  Assumes a fixed Y axis of Vector3.Up.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="angle">The amount to rotate the camera by.</param>
        public void Yaw(float angle)
        {
            // this method assumes that the y direction will always be 'up', so we've fixed the yaw
            // which is more useful for FPS games, etc.  For flight simulators, or other applications
            // of an unfixed yaw, simply replace Vector3.Up with (orientation * Vector3.UnitY)
            Rotate(angle, Vector3.UnitY);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Rotates the camera about the X axis.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="angle">The amount to rotate the camera by.</param>
        public void Pitch(float angle)
        {
            Vector3 axis = orientation * Vector3.UnitX;
            Rotate(angle, axis);
        }
    }
}

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    app.onButtonClearClick = function (ctrl) {
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WB provides $310 million for climate change project
Photo: Archives
Project to provide support, especially to rice farmers in the Mekong Delta, to cope with the effects of climate change.
by Tue Lam
Shrimp hit by drought and saline intrusion
HCMC facing severe drought
Climate change having negative impact on GDP
The World Bank will conduct a $310 million project to help Vietnam build its climate change resilience and ensure the sustainable livelihoods of 1.2 million people living in nine Mekong Delta provinces affected by climate change, salinity, coastal erosion, and flooding.
Mr. Achim Fock, Acting Country Director for the World Bank in Vietnam, said recent extreme weather in the Mekong Delta, including drought and salinity, are negatively affecting the lives of farmers, most of whom are poor.
"We believe this innovative project brings together an effective multi-sectoral model to help farmers adapt to the impacts of climate change," he said.
The Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Project supports better climate-smart planning and improved climate resilience of land and water management practices.
The project will benefit farmers (especially rice farmers) in upper delta provinces and aquaculture farming and fishing households along coastal provinces in the region, including the Khmer ethnic minority living in Soc Trang and Tra Vinh provinces.
"Working on complex landscapes such as the Mekong Delta, which faces both climate change and development threats, requires a partnership with the government," said Ms. Anjali Acharya, Environment Sector Coordinator for the World Bank in Vietnam.
"This project also exemplifies the value and benefit of close cooperation among key development partners, and can be replicable in other countries," she added.
The project is a critical part of the World Bank's long-term engagement in the Mekong Delta to strengthen integrated adaptive delta management by bringing together different sectors and provinces to plan, prioritize, and implement resilient investments.
The estimated cost for the project is $387 million. The International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's fund for the poorest, is financing $310 million.
Development of the agriculture sector, particularly in the Mekong Delta, has contributed significantly to Vietnam's overall development and to regional food security. The wetlands and estuaries of the Delta are important sources of biodiversity.
Vietnam's annual rice exports of $4 billion account for more than one-fifth of the global total. The Mekong Delta alone contributes half of Vietnam's rice, 70 per cent of its aquaculture products, and one-third of its GDP. But the region has also been identified as one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change as well as upstream development.
Drought and salinity have been serious in the Mekong Delta recently. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the El Nino weather pattern will continue to affect Vietnam and its intensity may be harsher than in the 1997-1998 period, when it had its biggest impact on the country.
The El Nino in 2015 and 2016 is also expected to be the longest for 60 years, lasting until the end of the winter-spring period. The rainy season may come late and end early.
Figures from the General Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) put the damaged aquaculture area at 3,771 ha.
Ca Mau is the worst affected, with over 70 per cent of its aquaculture area damaged, followed by Tra Vinh and Ben Tre with over 30 per cent of their area damaged. Eight of the 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta have declared a state of disaster due to drought and salinity: Kien Giang, Long An, Ca Mau, Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Soc Trang and Tra Vinh.
Almost the entire planning area for brackish water shrimp has been affected by salinity, especially aquaculture areas downstream of the Hau River, in Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and Kien Giang provinces. The risk of the aquaculture development plan falling apart is high.
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2020 public holidays announced


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In-Tune Tales Trio brings Grinch's story to Fernley
Carol Morgan
news@masonvalleynews.com
Holiday music, laughter, and song filled the air at the Fernley Council Chambers on Nov. 26 as the In-Tunes Tales Trio entertained Fernley families with their rendition of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
Young and old alike were captivated by the Trio's musical storytelling, which was complete with sound effects, the Grinch's dog turned into a reindeer and the Grinch's Santa Claus disguise.
The Trio also played some classic holiday songs, including "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and when bass player Scot Marshall, who portrayed the Grinch, invited the audience to participate, it was soon snapping its fingers to one of the tunes.
Marshall, his son, Graham, playing violin, and pianist Ron Savage brought the Grinch's story alive for the audience with their music, vocals, props, and sound effects.
"That's the first book I learned to read by myself," said Marshall. "I love doing things for kids through In-Tune Tales. It's like a folk art."
Marshall, his son, and Savage are professional musicians and consummate entertainers. Their love of performing is contagious and was reflected on the happy faces of both the children and parents who attended this event.
The In-Tune Tales Trio is on the Nevada Arts Council roster at http://arts4nevada.org/artists/scotmarshall for those interested in having them perform at their event. The Trio also offers non-holiday programs.
Marshall comes by his love of music and entertaining naturally. His grandmother played the flute and performed in Chautauqua's in the midwest and northwest between 1916 and 1918.
Grinch beans, a coloring page of the Grinch's face and light refreshments made the event even more festive.
Fernley resident Jacquie Belmont, brought the Trio to the attention of Lyon County Library director Amy Geddes and the Fernley library. One of Belmont's favorite things is bringing arts and education together. She believes "if you teach kids to think differently, it gives them a way to creatively approach life."
The event was brought to the city by Pioneer Center Youth Programs and presented free to the public by the Fernley Library in cooperation with the city of Fernley.


To aid you in being prepared for your treatment, we have assembled an outline of our assessment approach and treatment methods.
To adequately assess your injury we may need to ask you to remove certain articles of clothing. Our practitioners take care to cover you with towels or provide loose shorts or a singlet top. Please feel free to bring your own.
Your physiotherapist will need to ask you questions regarding the circumstances of your injury, your general health, any relevant investigations and previous treatment you may have had, and identify your treatment goals. Please be sure to bring any X-rays or scans with reports to your first visit.
Your thorough assessment will involve observation of your posture and movement, and specific strength or balance tests. The nature of your injury will be explained to you using pictures or models. We will then work with you to develop a treatment plan to suit your particular needs.
For those with recurrent or complex injuries that have failed previous treatment, a different approach is often required. At Joint health we utilse two different systems we refer to as our "powertools" to find the source of the problem and resolve these issues once and for all. These are the Integrated Systems Model (ISM) developed by Canadian Physiotherapists Drs Diane Lee and LJ Lee and the Ridgway Method (RM) developed by Brisbane based Physiotherapist Michael Ridgway. Both of these approaches have as their premise that the source of a dysfunction can be from anywhere in the body and employ a systematic approach to determine the source of the problem or the " driver". In both approaches identification of the driver is accompanied by the "wow factor" where a previously restricted or impaired movement improves instantaneously. Senior physios are always "blown away" by the surprising and seemingly miraculous changes that can occur and the location of the source of the problem often being contrary to our expectations. In both systems both neurological and mechanical processes are working together at a complex level. We can also use these systems to tune up the body and recommend having a quarterly tune up.
If you don't feel you are making progress with an ongoing problem then please book in to see Robyn Gant or Paula Luke who are trained in these methods.
Below is further information regarding how these approaches are performed with reference and links to their founders. See also, What we've been learning.
We can work with you to select from a range of effective treatment options that will best suit you to achieve a full recovery. Our "hands-on" approach means we use a range of manual therapy skills to mobilise specific joint and soft tissue structures.
Soft tissue massage applied specifically to restore mobility to the connective tissues of the body. You may experience some discomfort with these techniques but they should not be painful. They may cause a red mark on the skin or a mild bruise which lasts 1-2 days.
A soft tissue mobilisation technique adapted from Chinese medicine that is used to treat more resistant tissues and is performed using the edge of a Chinese soup spoon. This techniques should not be painful!
Trigger points are localised tender spots in muscle that can become a source of pain sometimes at a remote site, for example and trigger point in your trunk muscles may cause hip or buttock pain. Trigger points may develop from a sudden or repeated stretch or contraction of the muscle. Trigger points can be treated with low-level laser, acupuncture (dry needling), or guided relaxation techniques.
A form of acupuncture used in Western medicine to treat irritable trigger points in muscle or restricted soft tissues. Dry needling can be more comfortable and achieve faster results than massage-based techniques. You might expect to feel a momentary ache or twitch upon insertion of the needle but this should settle quickly and the treatment should not be uncomfortable. We understand this doesn't suit everyone; laser or guided relaxation techniques are alternatives. Only disposable needles are used.
Also known as cold laser because no heat is produced, low-level laser is a safe, effective and painless treatment to reduce sensitivity in the soft tissues prior to other soft tissue techniques. It is also an alternative to dry needling the treatment of trigger points. The laser is known as the "magic wand" in our practice for its immediate and soothing effects. See out article on the HandyCure laser.
Joint mobilisation involves controlled gliding movements at various joint positions to restore normal joint motion. With effective joint and soft tissue mobilisation, patients rarely require more forceful joint manipulation, where a crack or pop is elicited from the joint.
Involves specific combinations of movements to restore nerve mobility where nerves have become entrapped in the soft tissues. It is usually used in combination with soft tissue mobilisation and laser to desensitise the irritable nerve.
Exercise is often critical to achieving a successful treatment outcome. We will devise a specific exercise program to augment your treatment in a way that is achievable for you. We can also recommend a suitable class for you to attend or liase with your exercise therapist.
The right advice on how to assist recovery and prevent recurrence of your injury can be just as important as the treatment. We can advise you on your work set-up or habits, how to exercise safely, and on or your pillow or bedding.


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import com.bstek.bdf3.importer.model.ImporterSolution;

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The Black Dog Newsletter April 29-May 6 "It's a Date Edition!"
April 30, 2019 /0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Darren
Mark your calendars, write it on your forearm, shave the date into your dog as May 26th will be the date forever known as The Big DVD Sale Strikes Back! Drop into the Cambie store starting at 11am and running until 3pm (you can still rent after noon but it might be a little more challenging than normal) and feast upon thousands of awesome DVDS and Blu Rays that we've recently acquired! Lots of great titles – cult, horror, weird, not-so weird, classics, contemporary, plus tons more – to be had. Prices will be reasonably priced of course as we want these lovely items to find a good home. And as usual, you pay in cash, we pay the tax! More details to follow…
Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Pretty good, beautifully shot short-story effort from the Coen Brothers. Not all the episodes work but, hey, it's the Coens! Are you not going to watch this?
Dragged Across Concrete – Mad Mel Gibson and Very Vince Vaughn are two corrupt cops who delve into the underworld to get what they want. From the fella that made the excellent Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99. Can't wait!
Mega Time Squad – Dude steals a magical bracelet that allows him to go back a few minutes in time but doing so creates more versions of the himself. So they form a gang called Mega Time Squad (just like the title!). Sounds like this could be fun!
Mirai – Nice, Oscar-nominated animated fare about a kid who encounters a magical garden that allows him to travel through time and hang out with his relatives. I dunno, if I had time travel abilities, I'm going to dinosaur times! Or Mad Max times! Or both!
Project Blue Book Season 1 – X-Filesy sounding show about a guy (Littlefinger from GoT) who investigates UFO encounters. Encounters of the 3rd (and maybe even sexy) kind!
Serenity – Strange sounding film has Mat McConaughy as a fishing boat captain who has weird, twisty and mysterious things happen to him. Or something. I don't know.
Tickled – "A descent into Hell" is how one of my employees describes this odd, disturbing doc about online tickling competitions. But it's much more than that he assures you.
What They Had – Nice-looking cast – Hillary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forester – in this nice-looking movie about family matters and such.
Everybody Knows
Unforgotten Season 3
What Men Want
My Scientology Movie
Hole in the Ground
That's it for this week, folks. Stay tuned for more news about the big sale and any upcoming podcast episodes. Movie recommendations can be found here!
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The Black Dog Newsletter April 23-29 "Something Awesome This Way Comes Edition!"
Remember those cool flash sales we've done in the past? The ones with a multitude of amazing DVDs we acquired and made available to you wonderful collectors? Well, it looks like we may be doing again that in the very near future! Stay tuned…
El Angel – Fun, cool flick from Argentina finds a cute, anglelic-faced kid who does lots of crimes and things.
Berlin, I Love You – Latest in the "Insert City Name I Love You" series. This one is in Berlin! I'm looking forward Springfield, I Love You or Medicine Hat, I Love You.
Charmer – Intense Danish nourish piece about an Iranian fellow, with a shady past, who desperately needs to find a woman that can secure his stay in Denmark.
Destroyer – Cool tough police detective thriller that has Nicole Kidman doing cool tough police detective work.
Free Solo – Hair-raising, pulse-pounding, potato-boiling documentary that follows a crazy nutter of a dude as he attempts to free climb (no ropes!) something called El Capitan, which, I assume, is a big rock.
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki – Doc about the great Miyazaki and all those wonderful Studio Ghibli creations he created.
Touch Me Not – Award-winning film about intimacy and sexuality and other good things.
Unknown Soldier – Excellent WWII film from Finland about some nasty battles they had with their Soviets oppressors at the outbreak of the war.
Vikings Season 5 Part 2 – Part 2 of Season 5 of those rascally Vikings.
Dragged Across Concrete
Mega Time Squad
Miral
Project Blue Book Season 1
What They Had
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
We should have a new episode of our podcast, Black Dog After Dark, up and ready soon. I believe that Dylan is just putting the finishing touches on it. Right, Dylan?
That's it for this week folks. If you need some recommendations on what to watch, click here!
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The Black Dog Newsletter April 16-22 "Sale into Our Contest Edition!'
For the upcoming long weekend (Easter or something) we're going to have a small secret sale at both Black Dog locations. It's not a big special event sale like we've had in the past but just a little something something we cooked up for you guys. Check the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram on Friday for details.
Also we have a little contest a brewing! We have several Blu-Ray/DVD combos of the new Glass film by M. Night Shyamalan to give away. But first you must spend the night on a haunted house! Either that or answer this skill-testing question: What is this movie about? Wrong answers only. Best answers win!
The Bouncer – JCVD is back and ready to dole out some Van Damage as an old-man nightclub bouncer struggling to raise his 8 year-old daughter.
Escape at Dannemora – Excellent tough TV show about a prison guard who helps the two cons she's sleeping with escape!
Escape Room – It's escape week here at Black Dog Video! Six strangers find themselves trapped in a deadly escape room. I did an escape room in Romania a few years ago. We didn't make it out but it was fun nonetheless. Perhaps if I spoke Romanian?
Glass – The final installment of M. Night Shymalan's trilogy nobody knew he was making finds Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson from Unbreakable trying to track down James McAvoy from Split. Glass!
The Kid Who Would be King – Finally a new film from the guy who made the excellent Attack the Block all those years ago! Some sort of Excaliburian quest is at hand for a bunch of kids. Heard it's pretty good!
Tito and the Birds – Lovely animated fare from Brazil about a kid and his dad who try to find a cure for some illness one contracts when scared or something like that.
Vikings S5 pt2
The Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
The Charmer
El Angel
Touch Me Not
Unknown Soldier
The World Before Your Feet
Oh, City TV did a little spot on us the other day. And I don't sound like an idiot (always a fear/chance)!
That's it for this edition, kids! Have a swell week and hope to see you in the stores soon!
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The Black Dog Video Newsletter April 9-15 "Dropping like Flies Edition!"
April 9, 2019 /0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Darren
So we're just a few months into 2019 and we've already seen a number of cinema folks pass on (die); Agnes Varda, Larry Cohen, Stanley Donen, Albert Finney, Seymour Cassell, Luke Perry, Katherine Helmond, Peter Tork, Bob Einstein and others we may not know of yet. Drop in and rent some films and TV shows to celebrate their lives. Or something.
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot – Might just be the best title ever for a movie. Sam Elliot, fresh off a secret assassination of the dreaded Hitler, is recruited to take down Bigfoot for some reason. I like how they equate the two. Looking forward to this one!
Next of Kin – Spooky spooktacular spookarama haunted house number from Australia was actually made in 1982 but is just now making it's fabulous debut on the home videos. Heard very good things!
Outlander Season 4 – Season 4 of Outlander.
Thunder Road – Much ballyhooed (won a bunch of awards or something) flick about a cop facing a personal meltdown after a divorce and the death of his mum. Funny, dramatic, sadness. All of the above.
La Verite (Criterion) – Excellent flick from Henri-Georges Couzot (Wages of Fear, Army of Shadows) starring Bridget Bardot (it's from 1960) about a woman accused of murder. A murder most foul.
The Bouncer
Kid Who Would be King
Tito and the Birds
That's it for this week, kids. Stay tuned for some info on an upcoming sale special for the next holiday weekend! Til next week…
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The Black Dog Video Newsletter April 2-8 "So, You Like Movies? Edition!"
Had a guy come into the store the other day and, as he's perusing our cool films we have for sale, he says to me, "So you like movies?" I just stared blankly at him and told him to get out. Just kidding. But speaking of things for sale, we just added a huge pile of awesome titles over at Commercial (Cambie has lots as well)! Drop in to scoop up some neat box sets and films for very good prices!
Oh! There's a brand new hilarious episode of our podcast ready for your ears. April Fool's Day special!
Bumblebee – Another Transformers entry into this dreadful talking machines from outer space series. But…I hear that this one is actually quite good. Michael Bay was not involved. Can someone please stop letting that guy make movies.
Dog's Way Home – Who's a good boy?! Oh yes you are, you're a good boy! Hoosyboosey!
Holmes and Watson – Will Farrell and John C. Reilly muck about as the famous detectives in this terrible "comedy". Sorry.
On the Basis of Sex – Bio-pic of Ruth Bader Ginsberg (RBG!) that looks at her early life fighting for women's rights and getting on the supreme court and other fun stuff. Bader is a weird name.
My Brilliant Friend – Excellent HBO series about an elderly woman recounting her times growing up in post war Naples with her friend. Her brilliant friend.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase – Teen detective hijinks.
Ray Donovan Season 6 – Season 6 of tough guy series, Ray Donovan.
Vice – Christian Bale magically transforms into human lizard toad, Dick Cheney, in this entertaining political comedy romp.
Welcome to Marwen – Based on the vastly superior documentary, Marwencol, Steve Carell plays a guy who gets beat up, spends some time in a coma and then turns into a weird artist.
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then Bigfoot
Outlander Season 4
Vikings Season 5
The rains are a coming so might be time to hunker down with some fine film selections! Need some help? Check out here and here.
Till next week, my lovelies.
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Gander and the Come From Aways
Planes banked up on the runway at Gander – Courtesy of Beverley Bass
You may already know the story of Gander, Newfoundland and its role in 9/11. After all, the story was turned into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and that musical has now been made into a movie, just released on streaming service Apple TV+.
I was fortunate to originally hear this story from one of the "plane people" at a Rotary International Convention several years ago, and I think of this story each year on the anniversary of 9/11.
If you don't know the story, read on.
On September 11, 2001, after it became apparent the United States was under attack, U.S. airspace was cleared. All of the planes in the air had to land somewhere, and 38 of those planes, carrying nearly 7,000 passengers and crew, ended up at the Gander International Airport in Newfoundland.
This airport had been one of the busiest in the world, serving as a refueling stop for pre-jet travel and staging point for WWII Allied aircraft headed to Europe. It has a large runway, and space for a lot of planes. But the airport is in a town of about 10,000 people, and as planes were diverted, officials on the ground soon realized what would need to happen to accommodate these people needing refuge.
The town immediately went into action. While passengers sat on the planes for hours as officials scrambled to set up customs and immigration, residents of Gander and surrounding towns started making shelters. Every school, gym, community center, club, church and camp filled up with cots. Bus drivers, in the middle of a nasty strike, laid down their picket signs to get the passengers to the shelters.
Donations poured in – toiletries, clothes, toys, books, pillows and blankets (for security reasons, passengers were not allowed to access checked baggage).
Grocery store shelves were emptied as residents started cooking – ultimately so much food was donated that they had to turn the local ice hockey rink into a giant refrigerator. A group of mothers from New-Wes-Valley, an hour away, spent the night baking bread, buns and pies, and its mayor requisitioned the town fire truck to speed the food directly to Gander.
In this time before smart phones, the people coming off of the planes had very little or no idea what was going on, why they had been diverted to a remote location in Canada. Local residents had to break the news to them, showing them television news coverage.
One way the passengers and Gander locals connected was through their faith. The local library became a place of worship for many different faiths. A London rabbi created a makeshift kosher kitchen that drew 28 Jewish passengers, a Tibetan monk and one unexpected guest, a local Holocaust survivor.
To say this town of just under 10,000 people and its surrounding communities welcomed the passengers and crew from 92 countries with open arms is an understatement. It was an unthinkably huge undertaking, but so much of the beauty of the story is in the countless small kindnesses that happened over these five days.
Local pharmacists called countries around the world to fill needed prescriptions.
Many residents let passengers use their home phones for long-distance calls that went uncharged.
Some residents took passengers sightseeing, moose hunting, berry picking and barbecuing.
People would stop anyone walking down the street in case they wanted a ride, and brought strangers into their homes for showers or to stay as guests.
A Gander woman brought her dog to one of shelters to console a woman missing her dog.
The director of the local animal shelter crawled through each cargo hold, plane by plane, to rescue 19 animals, including two bonobo monkeys bound for a zoo in Ohio.
The stranded passengers were called "come from aways" – the term for anyone not from Gander, which ultimately became the name of the Broadway musical and movie. Claude Elliott, Gander's mayor in 2001, said, "On the first day, we had 7000 strangers. On the third day, we had 7000 friends. On the fifth day, we lost 7000 family members." There were many private, tearful goodbyes on Saturday, and then the come from aways were gone. But they did not forget the kindness.
While still stranded, the visitors donated more than $60,000 to the town through donation boxes. On one of the flights home, a retired fundraiser asked to speak to the cabin, requesting donations for a scholarship fund. By the time the plane landed, more than $15,000 was pledged, which later grew to $2 million and paid for well over 200 Newfoundland students to attend university. Many of the stranded still keep in touch and visit Gander. Some consider it a second home.
"Everyone looks at us and says that's an amazing thing that you did, and the bottom line is I don't think it was an amazing thing, I think it was the right thing you do," says Diane Davis, a now-retired teacher who helped 750 people housed at the town's elementary school.
And they'd do it all over again. Kindness is woven into the very fabric of their nature — they don't know any other way to live. In the words of Claude Elliot, "What we consider the most simple thing in life is to help people."
Talk about great lives. What a simple, beautiful way to live – truly a lesson that should guide us throughout our own great lives.
Written by Michelle O'Brien, Manager of Marketing & Communications
Sources: The tiny town behind a heartwarming 9/11 tale. The Sydney Morning Herald. An oasis of kindness on 9/11: This town welcomed 6,700 strangers amid terror attacks, usatoday.com.
Check out this article's companion entitled, Is It 2013 All Over Again?.


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In Paris, on The United Nations' Climate Change Conference (COP21), Barack Obama, the president of the United States said on a press conference: » This one trend, the climate change, affects all trends… This is an economic and a security imperative that we have to tackle now. » From November 30th to December 11th, participants from 195 countries will have discussions aiming at reducing global carbon emissions and limiting global warming to 2C (3.6F).
Climate change has become a national and international security threat. With more frequent extreme weather and their consequences as floods, droughts, glacier-melting and sea-level rise, the potential for political instability is largely increased. It also reduces efficiency of energy production and leads to insecurity of livelihoods which results in migration. OSCE, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, wanted to raise awareness about security risks linked to climate change, and asked eYeka's community for help on visualizing the problem.
At the end of the OSCE – Climate Change And Security contest, which asked creatives to « go beyond clichés about climate change (extreme weather, floods, droughts, heat waves, sea-level rise, etc.) and make people aware of the security and conflict risks caused by the phenomenon. » In less than a month, the OSCE received 125 visuals from 22 countries. eYeka's community, who cares about the risks linked to climate change and many other social causes, contributed in this conversation with compelling posters and some strong and sharable visuals used to promote OSCE Security Days. Held in Vienna on October 28th 2015, the event brought together senior representatives of governments, regional and international organizations, NGOs, academia, philanthropy, business and entrepreneurs for an open, interactive discussion on the most effective approaches to counteracting the security risks of climate change.
The third prize winner Aghidel, from Ukraine, won her prize for an image of an innocent child surrounded by environmental destruction, juxtaposing the "defencelessness of a child with the ravages of the insatiable consumption of resources, air and water pollution, deforestation, and more." Discover the results of the OSCE – Climate change and security contest on eYeka.
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What exactly is a manipulator? They are people that come into your life with a need, wish or a dream and they see possibilities. A person that preys on another, spreads stories and hides behind whatever is necessary to achieve their goal. They see you as a means to an end.
Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity. Talk sense to a fool and they will call you foolish. After all, you are not entitled to your opinion.


Contingent workers (also referred to as non-payroll workers) deliver services to an organization on a non-permanent basis. They are often known as independent professionals, temporary contract workers, labor hires, contractors or consultants. This explains how to set up and configure your HR systems for contingent workers.
Since contingent worker data is kept out of the core HR system, companies are not aware of where their workers are located, if they have received training, and how many workers exist as part of their organization. This creates a burden on managers of managing contingent workers using multiple systems, different processes and no single access point.
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Egejska Makedonija (   , Egejska Makedonija )   je izraz, ki opisu regijo, ki je od leta 1913  grška regija, ki se nahaja na severu Grčije.  Trenutno se večinoma uporablja v Republiki Severni Makedoniji, tudi v iredentističnem kontekstu Združene Makedonije .  Makedonci so vedno želeli združeno Makedonijo, oziroma želeli so, da bi njihova država bila neodvisna in svobodna država. Največji del te Makedonije bi bil prav ta del Egejske Makedonije z glavnim mestom Solun. Imeli pa bi še Pirinsko Makedonijo in seveda tudi Vardarsko Makedonijo. V Grčiji, se Egej običajno nanaša na grške otoke ali na strogo grška obalna območja z neposrednim dostopom do Egejskega morja . Čeprav ima grška Makedonija svojo obalo res vzdolž severnega Egejskega morja, v pokrajini bolj kot kar koli drugega prevladujejo njene visoke gorske verige in široke, travnate ravnine, ne pa njena obala (z izjemo polotoka Halkidiki, ki je priljubljena počitniška destinacija v najjužnejšem delu osrednje Makedonije in znana po svojih plažah).

Izvor izraza

Zdi se, da izvor izraza izvira iz 1880-ih let, večina njegovih zgodnjih pojavov je bila v spisih makedonskih avtorjev.    Od sredine 1940-ih se izraz pojavlja na zemljevidih, ki so bili najprej v obtoku v Jugoslaviji in zlasti po letu 1991 v neodvisni Republiki Severni Makedoniji, ki je predvidevala grško Makedonijo (imenovano "Egejska Makedonija") kot del "Velike Makedonije" in je obravnava kot nepriznavanje sedanjih evropskih meja, vključno z legitimnostjo grške suverenosti nad tem območjem.

Med grško državljansko vojno se je grška vlada sklicevala na uporabo kot na "nov izraz", ki ga je šele pred kratkim uvedel Josip Broz Tito v Jugoslaviji,  kar je namigovalo, da ga je imela za del jugoslovanske kampanje zahtevanja grške Makedonije.

Titov vojni predstavnik v jugoslovanski Makedoniji Svetozar Vukmanović-Tempo je zaslužen za spodbujanje rabe regionalnih imen makedonske regije v iredentistične namene.  beograjski časopis Borba (26. avgust 1946) objavil članek z naslovom Egejska Makedonija, objavljen je bil tudi v skopski Novi Makedoniji z zemljevidom jugoslovanskih ozemeljskih zahtev proti Grčiji. Mesec dni kasneje, 22. septembra, je premier Ljudske republike Makedonije Dimitar Vlahov (govor v Novi Makedoniji, 26. septembra 1946) objavil: »Odkrito izjavljamo, da Grčija nima nikakršnih pravic nad Egejsko Makedonijo...". S tem je najverjetneje mislil, da mora biti Egejska Makedonija v Jugoslaviji in seveda pod vodstvom Ljudske Republike Makedonije Vlahov je nato objavil "Problemi Egejske Makedonije", Beograd, junij 1947.

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Updated Royal Hills home on a corner lot with mature trees & impressive curb appeal has a sizable backyard with a new horizontal slat privacy fence, covered hot tub and great entertaining space. The interior has unique pegged hardwood floors, new carpet & tile floors. The eat-in Kitchen has SS Appliances, pendant lighting, granite-slab countertop & stainless steel workspace. The Den showcases vaulted beamed ceilings, curved WBFP, & French doors opening to the backyard. The Master Bedroom with En-suite Bath has travertine flooring, jetted tub & separate shower. Note:The 3rd bedroom being used as a huge walk-in closet can be converted back to a Bedroom. This is a charming and cozy home you will want to see.


The 8th Annual Holiday Concert presented by Redondo Pier Association is free and open to the public.
The event will benefit Love In The Mirror. Attendees are invited to bring a new unwrapped toy valued at $5 or more in exchange for a chance to win pier prizes.
For information about Redondo Beach Pier, contact the Redondo Pier Association at [email protected] or visit www.RedondoPier.com.
Love in the Mirror cultivates youth-led, service-focused initiatives to create a positive impact in the world through meaningful programs for all members of the community.


Harvard Medical School says Tai Chi can help to combat long term chronic stress.
It's no secret that long term chronic stress is bad for us. Our bodies are designed to respond to short term stressful situations with a 'fight or flight' response governed by the sympathetic nervous system. When the stressful situation is over, the parasympathetic nervous system takes over and promotes the 'rest and digest' response that calms the body down. These days, many of us are living with chronic stress brought on by difficult work or family situations, or just the heady pace of everyday life. Chronic stress keeps the fight or flight response activated, and prevents the parasympathetic nervous system from calming the body down.
In an article published by Harvard Medical School, the physical and mental health issues caused by chronic stress are highlighted. Over time, repeated activation of the stress response takes a toll on the body. Research suggests that chronic stress contributes to high blood pressure, promotes the formation of artery-clogging deposits, and causes brain changes that may contribute to anxiety, depression, and addiction. More preliminary research suggests that chronic stress may also contribute to obesity, both through direct mechanisms (causing people to eat more) or indirectly (decreasing sleep and exercise).
Fortunately, says the article, there are ways to help combat long term chronic stress. Movement therapies such as Tai Chi and Qi Gong promote deep breathing and mental focus, and create a state of calm in our mind and body.
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Q: JavaFX @FXML injected fields are null? I'm pretty new to using FXML as a source for JavaFX. Not sure what I did wrong.
The Fields are apparently null, but if I'd try to initialize them wouldn't they be using a different object than the ones from the FXML file?
Simple layout:
The Controller class just contains this code. I'm just testing and trying to add items to the ListView but apparently the auctionListView is null and not pointing to anything. Same goes for gridPane when I try to use it.
Controller class:
public class Controller {

@FXML
private GridPane gridPane;

@FXML
private ListView<String> auctionListView;

    public void init() {
        ObservableList<String> ol = FXCollections.observableArrayList("Hi",
"Hello", "Hellooo");
        if (auctionListView == null)
            System.out.println("Null.");
        auctionListView.setItems(ol);  //  <-----Error occurs at this line.
    }
}

Nothing too much to say for the Main class, just the usual simple startup for a regular JavaFX application
Main:
public static void main(String[] args){
    launch(args); //This launches the JavaFX GUI.
}

@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
    Controller controller = new Controller();

    Parent fxml = FXMLLoader.load(Main.class.getClassLoader().getResource("scene.fxml"));
    Scene scene = new Scene(fxml);
    primaryStage.setScene(scene);
    primaryStage.setResizable(false);
    primaryStage.setTitle("Interest Viewer");
    primaryStage.show();

    controller.init();

}

scene.fxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import javafx.scene.effect.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.media.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.shape.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import java.util.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>

<AnchorPane prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="800.0" stylesheets="@style.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="Controller">
   <children>
      <BorderPane prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="800.0">
         <left>
            <VBox prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="205.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
               <children>
                  <ListView fx:id="auctionListView" fixedCellSize="50.0" nodeOrientation="LEFT_TO_RIGHT" stylesheets="@list.css" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                     <VBox.margin>
                         <Insets />
                     </VBox.margin>
                     <padding>
                        <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
                     </padding>
                  </ListView>
               </children>
            </VBox>
         </left>
         <center>
            <GridPane fx:id="gridPane" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
              <columnConstraints>
                  <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
                  <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
                <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
                <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
              </columnConstraints>
              <rowConstraints>
                  <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
              </rowConstraints>
               <children>
                  <Button mnemonicParsing="false" text="Button" />
               </children>
            </GridPane>
         </center>
      </BorderPane>
   </children>
</AnchorPane>

Note the "Null." as that was printed out from the simple null check for the auctionListView in the Controller class.
Output/Error:
Null.

Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:389)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:328)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:767)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:917)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$154(LauncherImpl.java:182)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at Controller.init(Controller.java:19)
    at Main.start(Main.java:26)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$161(LauncherImpl.java:863)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$174(PlatformImpl.java:326)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$172(PlatformImpl.java:295)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$173(PlatformImpl.java:294)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$147(WinApplication.java:177)
    ... 1 more
Exception running application Main

A: Your init() method is the problem. In order to initialize the controls injected with FXML, you need to change that to include the @FXML tag:
@FXML
private void initialize() {
    // Your code goes here
}

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Experience Van Gogh art in moving, 360-degree event in Atlantic City, NJ
Heather DeLuca Published: January 25, 2022
Soon, you'll be able to get your "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers" on in the most interactive way possible. The critically-acclaimed Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, is coming to Atlantic City.
The exhibit, bringing to life 360-degree versions of artist Vincent Van Gogh's most famous works, has already wowed visitors in major cities like San Francisco, New York, and Philadelphia.
'Van Gogh Alive' Multimedia Exhibition Opens In Tel Aviv
Now, it seems the attraction is bound for A.C., we just don't know many details yet!
For instance, the location is being kept secret at the moment. Will it be at the Convention Center, at Boardwalk Hall, inside one of the casinos? Time will tell. And, even though the experience has established an official website and Instagram specifically for Atlantic City, it hasn't even revealed WHEN it will open to the public, just that it's "coming soon."
According to the website:
'Beyond Van Gogh is a [new] truly immersive experience. While other shows use virtual reality or still images, our show breaks barriers by incorporating both still and moving art. Masterpieces, now freed from frames, come alive, appear, and disappear, flow across multi-surfaces, the minutia of details titillating our heightened senses. The show is projected on every surface around you, this makes you feel as though you have stepped directly into a Van Gogh painting. We accompany the show with a beautiful score and include many other surprises!'
Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit To Open In San Francisco
In the meantime, you can sign up for updates, like I did, and wait for more beans to be spilled. Hopefully, it will be worth the wait. I've heard really good things about the Van Gogh exhibit from friends who've gotten to see it.
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The Farmer's Almanac has laid out all 12 full moons for the new year, and it looks like New Jersey has two Super Moons and two Lunar Eclipses in our future.
Eight Huge Eyesores in Absecon and Galloway that Need to Go
All eight of these abandoned or deteriorating buildings are along the White Horse Pike.
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By: Jennifer Haigh
Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Categories: Fiction, Contemporary
4 out of 5 stars 3.8 (197 ratings)
Poison Orchids
By: Sarah A. Denzil, Anni Taylor
Narrated by: Aimee Horne
4 out of 5 stars 1,082
A dark, compelling new thriller from best-selling authors Sarah A. Denzil and Anni Taylor. Young backpackers Gemma and Hayley arrive at a remote fruit farm in Australia's Northern Territory, out of money and desperate for work. The weeks go on, a blur of fruit picking, parties, campfires and wading beneath waterfalls in the nearby hot springs. Until the night the girls find themselves on a dark highway, bruised and bloodied. Senior Detective Bronwen McKay and psychologist Megan Arlotti question the terrified girls.
My pretty orchids...we are family
By Buzy_reading on 08-27-19
By: Alan Brennert
Narrated by: Anne Noelani Miyamoto
The powerful debut novel from Alan Brennert, Moloka'i tells the story of Rachel Kalama, a seven-year-old Hawaiian girl who contracts leprosy and is quarantined on the island of Moloka'i during the 1890s. Separated from her family and forced to grow up in the leper colony of Kalaupapa, Rachel experiences intense isolation. But she remains strong, finding moments of joy, and even love. Rich in Hawaiian history, this novel proves itself a stellar piece of historical fiction.
Interesting but the story occasionally dragged
By Brenda on 07-24-12
By: Peter Heller
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
When Wynn and Jack decide to canoe the Maskwa River in Northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But: The next day, a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman?
no northwoods authenticity
By Sally Wagle on 05-04-19
Olive, Again (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is "a compelling life force" (San Francisco Chronicle). The New Yorker has said that Elizabeth Strout "animates the ordinary with an astonishing force", and she has never done so more clearly than in this book, where the iconic Olive struggles to understand not only herself and her own life but the lives of those around her in the town of Crosby, Maine.
Pretty bad narraration
By Shiri Macri on 12-04-19
The Nickel Boys
By: Colson Whitehead
Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning number one New York Times best seller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
4.08 stars...
By k teed on 08-01-19
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
It's a Short Story Collection
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A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
By: Dani Shapiro
Narrated by: Dani Shapiro
Inheritance is an audiobook about secrets - secrets within families, kept out of shame or self-protectiveness; secrets we keep from one another in the name of love. It is the story of a woman's urgent quest to unlock the story of her own identity, a story that has been scrupulously hidden from her for more than 50 years, years she had spent writing brilliantly, and compulsively, on themes of identity and family history.
I bit too long, some things could
By Richard on 02-04-19
The Condition
Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer. One day on the beach, Frank McKotch is struck by an image he cannot forget: his 13-year-old daughter, Gwen, strangely infantile in her child-sized bikini, standing a full head shorter than her younger cousin Charlotte. At that moment, he knows a truth that he can never again unknow: something is terribly wrong with his only daughter.
By Pamela Harvey on 07-26-08
By: Fiona Davis
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Brittany Pressley
From the author of The Dollhouse and The Masterpiece comes the compelling national best-selling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, all hidden behind the walls of the Dakota - New York City's most famous residence.
Should be a movie!
By Linda Slater on 10-19-17
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Tayari Jones
Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
4.5 out of 5 stars 17,671
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.
Loved the Story, but...
By Lisa N. Haynes on 03-01-18
By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard: the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father fails ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters
I thought I made a mistake
By A. Musser on 11-29-17
How to Walk Away
By: Katherine Center
Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she's worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancé she adores, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a brief, tumultuous moment. In the hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same again, Maggie must confront the unthinkable.
An Uplifting Story
By Tropicalart77 on 05-17-18
The Friend
By: Sigrid Nunez
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: Dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time.
By: Tana French
Narrated by: Paul Nugent
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
Anti climactic
By tally shopper on 10-21-18
The Lost Queen
By: Signe Pike
Narrated by: Toni Frutin
In a land of mountains and mist, tradition and superstition, Languoreth and her brother Lailoken are raised in the Old Way of their ancestors. But in Scotland, a new religion is rising, one that brings disruption, bloodshed, and riot. And even as her family faces the burgeoning forces of Christianity, the Anglo-Saxons, bent on colonization, are encroaching from the east. When conflict brings the hero Emrys Pendragon to her father's door, Languoreth finds love with one of his warriors. Her deep connection to Maelgwn is forged by enchantment, but she is promised in marriage to Rhydderch, son of a Christian king.
Lost no more!
By Beckersly on 09-13-18
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Hope Davis
One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly - thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.
A Must Listen for Patchett fans
By Jeanie M. Phillips on 09-19-16
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
By: Lisa See
Narrated by: Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, Alexandra Allwine, and others
The thrilling new novel from number-one New York Times best-selling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple.
***EXCELLENT*** Six stars if I could !!
By ROBIN on 04-10-17
By: Fatima Farheen Mirza
Narrated by: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra
As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia, their headstrong eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister's footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride.
Started on Audible, finished with a book in my hand
By CO Mom on 09-17-18
It is the spring of 2002, and a perfect storm has hit Boston. Across the city's archdiocese, trusted priests have been accused of the worst possible betrayal of the souls in their care. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the fallout for one devout family, the McGanns.
Estranged for years from her difficult and demanding relatives, Sheila McGann has remained close to her older brother, Art, the popular, dynamic pastor of a large suburban parish. When Art finds himself at the center of the maelstrom, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him and his reputation. What she discovers is more complicated than she imagined. Her strict, lace-curtain-Irish mother is living in a state of angry denial. Sheila's younger brother, Mike, to her horror, has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheila's questions and refuses to defend himself.
As the scandal forces long-buried secrets to surface, Faith explores the corrosive consequences of one family's history of silence - and the resilience its members ultimately find in forgiveness. Throughout, Haigh demonstrates how the truth can shatter our deepest beliefs - and restore them.
A gripping, suspenseful tale of one woman's quest for the truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family, doubt and belief. Elegantly crafted, sharply observed, this is Jennifer Haigh's most ambitious novel to date.
©2011 Jennifer Haigh (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers
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Stick with it, especially if you've been Catholic
At first I thought this was a trite story about a pedophile priest, but I stuck with it and found the book to be much more profound. I am a 57 year old lapsed Catholic, who went to Catholic school for 12 years, so I could definitely relate to a lot. The family stuff relationships added richness to this book, and I found it engrossing.
Boston pedophia scandal handled compassionately
The pedophilia scandal in the Catholic diocese of Boston in the early part of this century is certainly one that is well known by everybody who can read or who has a TV set. Jennifer Haigh uses this setting to present us with a story of a family, the McGanns, steeped in the traditions and superstitions and faith of the Boston Irish Catholics of that period. Haigh has the daughter Sheila tell the story. Fr. Art Breen, the oldest son, is accused of pedophilia by a single mom whom he has befriended. Mike, the younger brother who had been a cop for awhile, assumes his half brother is guilty. Their mother refuses to believe the accusations, and although the newspapers jump right in, the church refuses to discuss it, Art refuses to hire a lawyer, and it is Sheila who decides she must determine the truth of what really happened. It is her quest for the truth that allows us to see how different versions of "Faith" can exist on so many different levels.
This is a book that has many stories:
There's the Irish Catholic Boston pedophilia story.
There's the story of priestly vocations - what is it that draws men to this way of life? How do they live their lives of quiet loneliness? What kind of training do they get to handle those difficulties?
There's the family story: how does the mother relate to her adult children? How does the sister reconcile her feelings for the brothers? What impact does this scandal have on the other brother's marriage?
There's passion play of characters in addition to the immediate family. The accuser, the supposed victim, the various clerics and officials all contribute to the dynamics of belief, guilt, secret-keeping, forgiveness, and redemption that are the story's hallmark.
I found the device of using the sister to narrate and drive the story a bit confusing at first, but can't imagine a better way to bring all the divergent views and motivations together. Therese Plummer does a spot-on job as a narrator in giving us the Boston Catholic viewpoint and accent. This is a story written compassionately, and with great insight into the many aspects of events that happen when such an accusation is flung into the air. Jennifer Haigh gives us a caring and sensitive look at the Catholic Church and its struggles over the past decades - going back to Vatican II and working forward. She gives excellent explanations of rituals, traditions, and a way of life that will be familiar to those who have lived it, and understandable to those looking in from the outside.
What she discovers, and what she does with the information is best omitted here to avoid spoilers. It's a remarkable book that treats a very distasteful subject with objectivity, understanding, and empathy, while allowing the reader to process it from his or her own perspective. Well worth the read.
Judy Engelman
Scottsdale, Arizona United States
Riveting and timely
This is an incredible story about a topic that affects everyone whether they are catholic or not. Similar to Doubt, this book makes us look inside at our preconceptions, prejudices and judgments and generalize to how they influence how we approach other people. We are humbled and amazed at the unfolding story.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The protagonist was exquisitely human, self effacing and heroic. He was a very sympathetic man.
What does Therese Plummer bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
The reader's voices and intonations, her reactions and pace make this like a well done play where one can actually visualize the characters.
Who was the most memorable character of Faith and why?
Again the priest was the most memorable because he was the common demoninator and his plight of solitude and the yearning for connection is one with which we all struggle.
Dificult subject
This is a very horrible subject. I never would have read this book if it weren't for book club. However I did find it an engrossing story. The reader is fabulous! The book puts a new perspective on a despicable subject. It teaches me once again there are always more than one way to look at anything.
stunningly boring
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
an actual story within the first half hour, or a narrator whose voice did not put me to sleep.
What was most disappointing about Jennifer Haigh's story?
i did not last long enough to be actually disappointed.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
the narrator used the same verbal cadences over, and over, and over, and over, and...
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
annoyance.
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An actual theme, so terrible, delicated treated
Pedofilia in catholic churches, is something we are always reading disgusted in papers. Here is a terrible and wonderfull story that makes you see so many angles.
Excellent Story!
This audiobook was very good! Coming from catholic roots, it was very interesting to me. It gave a lot of background of the priesthood and their emotions. The storyline was very interesting and the narrator was great too!
Lisa E
This book had such potential. I thought the premise was unique, since I generally jump to the conclusion of gulity when I hear about a priest accused of molestation or abuse. But I am distracted by two things the author has done: She has, several times, and I'm less than half way through the book, said things to the effect of 'details of which I will get to later.' I find that kind of carrot shows a lack of writing ability. In addition, when considering if his brother, the priest, is guilty of abusing an eight year old boy, he is searching his memory for signs that his priest brother is gay. BEING GAY DOES NOT EQUAL CHILD MOLESTER! They are two very, very different things, completely unrelated. This shallow, ignorant view feeds the ignorance of anyone who doesn't personally know someone who is gay. I am finding this so offensive, I don't think I'll be able to finish the book. Lastly, the book is read by Therese Plummer, whose voice I can't help but associate with my daughter's audiobook from the American Girl series. This is no fault of the reader, the author, nor the publisher. This is just my audio association that reflects negatively on the story.
Exceptionally well written<br />
I'm a great fan of 1st person point of view fiction. This story was exceptional.
layered and finely nuancedHaig gets better and bet
Would you consider the audio edition of Faith to be better than the print version?
The characters come alive in the narration
What was one of the most memorable moments of Faith?
When the priest whispers "help me" to the young drug addicted mother he has been helping
What about Therese Plummer's performance did you like?
In this case less is really more - there was just enough of the irish brogue in her voice to envoke a lingering irishness in the characters, and she does not fall into the trap of trying to assume a "male" voice for male characters
There were several - one would be hard to single out
I have now read all four titles in the Audible catalogue by Jennifer Haig, and greatly enjoyed all of them, but the last two have been the best