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Boeing Advances STEM Education, Talent in San Antonio with $2.3 Million Investment
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new partnership between Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Kelly Heritage Foundation - an educational nonprofit organization affiliated with Port San Antonio - will expand STEM learning and workforce development across South Texas. The seven-year partnership and $2.3 million investment will strengthen the region's STEM talent and enhance programming supported by the foundation, including those developed by the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT), headquartered at the Port's tech campus.
"Boeing is a crown jewel of American business, and I'm honored that Texas is a key part of their company. For nearly 25 years, San Antonio has been home to an aircraft maintenance and modernization hub, where work on the C-17, F-15, and F/A-18 takes place. Port San Antonio now houses 80 employers and 16,000 workers and has a $6 billion impact on the local economy. Boeing Center at Tech Port will introduce young Texans to the advanced technologies that will drive the workforce of tomorrow," said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a ceremony held today at SAMSAT announcing the partnership.
For more than two decades, Boeing's aircraft maintenance and modernization operation has been growing at the Port, furthering its support of an array of military and commercial aircraft.
"This partnership and investment in San Antonio reflect Boeing's commitment to this community and to supporting U.S. and allied military services," said Stephanie Pope, CEO of Boeing Global Services. "We deliver best-in-class products and services for commercial and government customers, and we know a vibrant STEM curriculum will deepen the bench of local talent we hope to hire in the future. Our workforce continues to grow as we expand our site, and we look forward to our bright future in San Antonio."
The Kelly Heritage Foundation's support of programming will focus on developing skills that are key to the aerospace and space exploration industries, including robotics, artificial intelligence, 3-D printing, virtual reality, cybersecurity, visual sensors and more.
As part of its continued role in the community, Boeing also entered into a separate seven-year agreement to sponsor the Port's 130,000-square foot multi-purpose exhibition center now known as the Boeing Center at Tech Port
"From the start, our goal has been to find innovative ways to support San Antonio's development into one of the premier technology communities in the nation," said Port President and CEO Jim Perschbach. "The Boeing Center at Tech Port significantly furthers our momentum by adding exciting and engaging aerospace-focused learning experiences. We're thankful that a leading global name in aerospace like Boeing is further growing its deep roots in our community."
About Port San Antonio:
The Port is a vast 1,900-acre technology innovation campus. It is home to a growing array of employers—including globally renowned industry names and a growing number of locally headquartered startups—focused in advancing new technologies in aerospace, cybersecurity, defense, space exploration, robotics and other advanced technologies. Organizations at the Port directly employ over 16,000 people from across the region, yielding a regional economic impact of over $5.6 billion annually. In 2022, the Port became a member of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP).
About Boeing:
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Within Texas, Boeing employs more than 5,730 employees and has an estimated economic impact of $1.6 billion. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future and living the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Join our team and find your purpose at boeing.com/careers.
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Q: can we change android PDFTRON tools icons? I am using PDFTRON SDK in my android application. is there any way to change tools icons? also can we replace our own tools with PDFTRON tools ( I'm not talking about all tools, I am talking about some tools)
I have read official documentation of PDFTRON many times. i found enabling or disabling tools, but didn't find changing/customizing icons.

A: Here is a project demonstrating how to change colors of each components of the app:
https://github.com/PDFTron/pdftron-android-samples/tree/master/CustomUI
For icons, you can create an vector drawable in your application with the same name resource in tools to replace the icon. For example, say you need a different line annotation icon, you will create a vector drawable with name "ic_annotation_line_black_24dp" placed in your application. This will replace the default one in the library.

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Edmonson County High School has announced that this past school year's yearbooks have arrived and are available for pickup at the high school.
Parents and/or students can come in and pick them up on Monday June 5th from 8am - 12pm and Wednesday June 7th from 3pm – 6pm. Due to the cleaning going on in the building please enter through door K. Door K is on the Houchins Ferry Rd side of the school. It will be unlocked during the time listed above. The yearbooks can be picked up in Ms. McClintic' s room.


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Posted by Eric on 4/8/2020 to South Africa
I think I had mentioned more than a couple times in previous posts that it was our goal to use as many of the firearms we took into the country as possible on our South African hunt. Unfortunately we hit a couple snags along the way: first and foremost, the Mutt's (previously heralded "can't miss" 6.5x284 Norma caliber Encore) prowess had been established early on and it was obvious our host's enthusiasm created an open door to use the rifle again and again. Second, we were out of the rut season and moving within big bore rifle range and/or pistol range of these animals on their own turf was proving difficult. And third, the Nikon optic that was on my "Larry" pistol pooped the bed somewhere along the line and jostling in the 11,000 mile journey. It refused to adjust and hold zero no matter how much we tried. This was especially disheartening to me as I had hoped to do the majority of my hunting with the Larry Kelly inspired Mag-Na-Port tuned 6.5 JDJ barrel on a T/C Contender pistol frame. I had already had tremendous luck with this setup in December 2018 on a 200 pound wild boar creeping along 104 yards away at absolute last shooting light. Unfortunately, with limited range time and animals still on the list, AND the 375 JDJ pistol topped with our only other pistol scope, Larry would have to ride the bench. What a bummer.
Enter hunting day 10 stage right. You can read Dad's recap of day 10 if you want then backtrack to mine, they're sure to intersect and contradict in interesting ways. We hon ad just come off the wild Day 9 events of the fantastic Warthog stalk and then the stalk and wait for Bushbuck to emerge in pouring rain. Talk about riding a high. There was only really just one animal left on our original list of ten, the Steenbuck. The Steenbuck are these squirrelly little antelope that will sometimes watch you thinking they're secure in their hidey holes, and sometimes be running for no darn reason not even giving you the chance to set up a stalk. More pertinent information on the Steenbuck in my epic recap of "hunting with Mom" from hunting day 7.
But here's the deal... There had been no opportunities for pistol kills to that point, save for Dad's cull Warthog early on in the trip. It was a 40 yard chip shot that he made off hand. Or so the story says anyway, I wasn't there to witness the exploits. Dad expressed to all of us that should the chance arrive to take a Kudu with a pistol, he would relish the opportunity to take another off-list animal. The thing is this, Dad was frustrated. We went expecting to do more pistol killing than anything, and due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, partly the result of extremely hot weather and partly the result of animals being slaves to shadows and moonlight, the pistol stuff just wasn't happening. So his desire to take a Kudu with a pistol wasn't motivated by the need to compete or living in excess beyond our means, he truly wanted to make a stalk and quality shot on a Kudu to serve the pistol hunting community well.
That being said, with Steenbuck on the mind, we did what we had done every day to that point and set out to see what the bush had to offer. And early that day, it's obvious that she was offering Kudu. We probably saw more Kudu that morning than we had seen the rest of the 9 days earlier combined. And I'm not joking around. The temps had cooled down, sun was intermittent with somewhat overcast skies and the grey ghosts were on the move. We probably tried 5 different stalks that didn't result in a shot prior to seeing a few very nice Nyala bulls and switching gears. If it needed to be a Nyala that caught the 185 grain Lehigh from the 375 JDJ pistol, then it would be the Nyala. At one point from the road we spotted a gorgeous Nyala bull just 60 or 70 yards away and Denver pulled behind a tree then stopped. As he and Dad offloaded he instructed me to take the driver seat and pull ahead 300-400 yards. This was a tactic they had employed before creating the image for the animal that the ranch truck had driven off and any human concerns they had drove off with it. Still though, nothing productive came from that stalk though it was exciting.
Later on, a larger group of Nyala with a couple of great bulls presented themselves in our path. So we set up. Then we moved. We tried to stalk. Then we set up an ambush. And another ambush. And another. The Nyala ewes were so spooked that morning that they were on the run constantly and as chance would have it they pulled the bulls along with. There were opportunities where we had Nyala passing within 40 yards through the thick stuff but so swiftly and through such a narrow window that they didn't present a shot.
Dad was rattled. Even a little unsure of himself. The sky was spitting rain off and on and it felt like the temps couldn't decide whether they wanted to be cool or hot. We went from coats, to t-shirts, to hoodies and back to coats in a matter of minutes all while swiftly traversing the steep, rocky hills in and out of canyons. Finally, the Nyala took one move in a direction we didn't anticipate and were gone over the next hill and out of site. Dad was so frustrated in fact that he told me if another opportunity came where animals were moving and it was past 40-50 yards he wanted me to take the shot. ABSOLUTE HOGWASH. I wasn't hearing it. Besides, this is what it always is, whether in Africa or at home... hunting, not killing. Sometimes it's surprisingly easy and sometimes it's gut wrenchingly difficult. Today, up to that point, was the latter.
We took one more drive over to an area called Stilfontein, Dad mentions it in earlier posts by calling it "the pantry" because it's one of the most game-rich spots on Coppermoon's property. There is just always something to watch or see. We parked on the road and quietly headed up to the crest of the hill to look over down the deep ravine and into the valley below that held dense bush and a spring. Almost immediately Denver signalled to duck fast and came back with the report that he spotted 2 mature Kudu bulls bedded down on the edge of the bush at just 220 yards away. Yep, you heard right, BEDDED DOWN. Kudu? Not moving in and out of shadows? Sitting still? Are you kidding me?!
As we stalked into position to creep around the edge of the bush then prepare to get settled for a shot, Dad came to me again, "Eric, I want you to take the shot." I replied swiftly and pointedly, "Absolutely not! I already got my Kudu, this shot is already in the bag. Just see it and squeeze the trigger". The rest as they say is history. We made another great stalk to quietly get into position, the target bull spotted the top of Denver's head while sneaking into position but either couldn't make out what they were nor was he that threatened by their presence. They got set in the Bog Pod and dad squeezed off the shot to a very clear THWACK as it struck and disintegrated the shoulder of the bull.
The bull stood on three legs and slowly started moving away and was at about 300 yards when Dad put a second shot, this time with the 375 JDJ rifle into his hind end to slow him down completely. But as Denver says, "What's faster than a Kudu?... A 3 legged Kudu!" I took the pistol with a handful of rounds and left Dad on overwatch with the rifle as Denver and I tumbled down the steep cliff hoping to put an end to any thought of a pursuit. The situation wasn't necessarily one that would determine who deserved to take the last shot at the bull, it was truly a race to prevent a chase. And I had 23 years on my side. Simple as that. Once in the thick bush we found blood almost immediately and Timmy the Beagle confirmed his whereabouts in less than a hundred yards.
We spotted the bull 25-30 yards away facing us in the brush and I ducked into a window, cocked the hammer and lowered the crosshairs right on his chest and fired. A formality at that point, but the bull teetered, and swayed before finally toppling and breathing his last. Dad has mentioned before that we're competitive, which might be an understatement, but I have to say that in this case I was a little jealous. His bull's massive spiral horns were noticeably heavier than my bull from day 5 and even a little worse for the wear. He was an extremely excellent old bull, one worthy of all those unproductive stalks and frustrating hours watching the Kudu see us before we saw them. That said, I realize this wasn't just his bull. I insisted he take the first shot. Actually demanded it because I knew he had it in him, and I was honored to take the final shot. But this wasn't just his bull or my bull or our bull. This incredible Kudu is the product of all pistol hunters before us, the entire community we hunt with and for and support, and all who helped push us into this first of a lifetime hunt. We are blessed, and we know it.
Probably worth noting: While the first round from the pistol burst into oblivion in that old bull's shoulder, I'm happy to say that I recovered the second 185 grain Lehigh Controlled Fracture round from inside the bull. Which mean the head on chest shot I fired at short range traveled roughly three feet before the base came to a stop inside the stomach lining. You can see it pictured here as well mocked up with the original casing it fired from. Just an absolute bad day for any animal finding their way into its path.
How did Mom get her Steenbuck? Oh, you wouldn't even believe it. We went back and had lunch following Dad's successful extraction of his mature Kudu from the herd and within 10 minutes had a fantastic Steenbuck on the ground. I am absolutely not kidding. We went on a drive, Denver spotted it from the road and we parked. There was a very tactical and cautious but quick 100 yard stalk to get into position for a 155 yard shot and Mom put it right on his shoulder and down he went! Actually these little characters are only about 25-30 pounds full mature so it didn't just go down. It flipped back and rolled about 12 feet or so, but he was definitely finished before hitting the ground. You wouldn't think that an antelope that small would command much attention, but goodness, these little guys are about as regal and handsome as they come. Not to mention off and on over the course of the 10 day hunt we probably gave more time to the Steenbuck than any other animal. Okay that's a lie, Kudu probably takes the cake! THEN Bushbuck, THEN Steenbuck. But still, we probably saw more Steenbuck in an attempt to make a stalk or identify a mature one than any other animal in the area.
And so it came and went the last day of our African hunt. Each day holding just as much or more excitement and uncertainty as the day before it. Now home and settled back into this weird new "normal" sort of quarantined shelter at home style of living it's hard to believe we only just experienced this final day of hunting 4 weeks ago.
Then again, the memories are so vivid it's even harder to believe we're not still there.

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Q: Flutter How to save list of data to local Storage I am developing movie discovering app on flutter and I need to save the list of now playing movies on local storage for offline use and so how can I do that
    Future> getNowPlayingMovies() async {
    final String nowPlaying =
        'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/airing_today?api_key=' +
            '$myapikey' +
            '&page=' +
            '1';
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
try {
  // Make the call
  var request = await httpClient.getUrl(Uri.parse(nowPlaying));
  var response = await request.close();
  if (response.statusCode == HttpStatus.OK) {
    var jsonResponse = await response.transform(utf8.decoder).join();
    // Decode the json response
    var data = jsonDecode(jsonResponse);
    // Get the result list
    List results = data["results"];
    print(results);
    // Get the Movie list
    List<moviemodel> movieList = createNowPlayingMovieList(results);
    // Print the results.
    return movieList;
  } else {
    print("Failed http call.");
  }
} catch (exception) {
  print(exception.toString());
}
return null;}

  List<moviemodel> createNowPlayingMovieList(List data) {
List<Searchmodel> list = new List();
for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
  var id = data[i]["id"];
  String title = data[i]["name"];
  String posterPath = data[i]["poster_path"];
  String mediatype = data[i]["media_type"];

  moviemodel movie = new moviemodel(id, title, posterPath, mediatype);
  list.add(movie);
}
return list; }

List<Widget> createNowPlayingMovieCardItem(
  List<moviemodel> movies, BuildContext context) {
// Children list for the list.
List<Widget> listElementWidgetList = new List<Widget>();
if (movies != null) {
  var lengthOfList = movies.length;
  for (int i = 0; i < lengthOfList; i++) {
    Searchmodel movie = movies[i];
    // Image URL
    var imageURL = "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/" + movie.posterPath;
    // List item created with an image of the poster
    var listItem = new Padding(
      padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
      child: new Container(
        width: 105.0,
        height: 155.0,
        child: new Column(
          children: <Widget>[
            new GestureDetector(
              onTap: () {
                Navigator.push(
                  context,
                  new MaterialPageRoute(
                      builder: (_) => new Detail(movie.id)),
                );
              },
              child: new Container(
                width: 105.0,
                height: 155.0,
                child: new ClipRRect(
                  borderRadius: new BorderRadius.circular(7.0),
                  child: new Hero(
                    tag: movie.title,
                    child: new FadeInImage.memoryNetwork(
                      placeholder: kTransparentImage,
                      image: imageURL,
                      fit: BoxFit.cover,
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
                decoration: new BoxDecoration(boxShadow: [
                  new BoxShadow(
                      color: Colors.black12,
                      blurRadius: 10.0,
                      offset: new Offset(0.0, 10.0)),
                ]),
              ),
            ),
            new Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 18.0),
              child: new Text(
                movie.title,
                maxLines: 2,
              ),
            )
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
    ;
    listElementWidgetList.add(listItem);
  }
} else {
  print("no movie search");
}
return listElementWidgetList;}

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A: Use path_provider :

*

*Find the correct local path:

    Future get _localPath async {
      final directory = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
      return directory.path;
    }

*Create a reference to the file location

    Future get _localFile async {
      final path = await _localPath;
      return File('$path/yourfile.txt');
    }

*Write data to the file:

    Future writeCounter(int counter) async {
      final file = await _localFile;

      // Write the file
      return file.writeAsString('blah bla blah');
    }

*Read data from the file:

    Future readCounter() async {
      try {
        final file = await _localFile;

        // Read the file
        String contents = await file.readAsString();

        return int.parse(contents);
      } catch (e) {
        // If we encounter an error, return 0
        return 0;
      }
    }

If you print contents = "blah blah blah"
Documentation: https://flutter.io/cookbook/persistence/reading-writing-files/
And File has a lot of methods tha can help you, checkout:
https://docs.flutter.io/flutter/dart-io/File-class.html


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    Download CustomReader
    (requires Safari 6 or later)

CustomReader is not fully compatible with Safari 9.

        A future update will add compatibility with the themes and page styles of Safari 9 Reader.

        Note: To access CustomReader settings in Safari 9, right-click anywhere in a Reader view and select CustomReader Settings.

    Safari Reader is a great way to focus on the main content of a web page without being bothered by ads and other distractions, but I wished I could do more to change its look beyond adjusting the font size. So I wrote CustomReader to let me do that.

CustomReader (in Safari 7)

    With CustomReader, you can change pretty much any aspect of Safari Reader's appearance. CustomReader's settings panel has a graphical user interface that lets you edit a few basic settings, like body font and background color, with a few clicks. But the true power of CustomReader lies in the Advanced tab, where you can directly edit the custom stylesheet that the extension inserts into Safari Reader. By editing this stylesheet, you can override any of Safari Reader's built-in styles with one of your own.

    CustomReader has another feature that may be of interest to some. If you find yourself frequently invoking Safari Reader on a certain kind of page at a specific site—for instance, articles on the New York Times website—you can have CustomReader
    automaticallyenter the reader whenever you open that kind of page.

How to Use CustomReader

    As long as the extension is installed and enabled, CustomReader loads automatically every time you enter Safari Reader. You don't need to do anything to activate it.

    To customize the reader, start by opening CustomReader's settings panel. There are three ways to do that. First, you can click the settings button that the extension adds to Safari Reader. In Safari 7 and 6.1, the button looks like a little gear and sits to the right of the font size buttons at the top-left corner of the first Reader page.

The Customize Reader button in Safari 7

    In Safari 6.0.x, the settings button is the leftmost button in Reader's HUD—the hovering toolbar that shows up near the bottom of the window when you start Safari Reader.

The Customize Reader button in Safari 6.0

    Second, you can type a hotkey while Safari Reader is active. The default hotkey is Control-R. You can change it in the "Other" tab of the settings panel.

    Finally, you can click CustomReader's toolbar button, which is hidden by default. To unhide it, right-click the toolbar, select the Customize Toolbar command, and drag the button to the toolbar.
    Note: If you use the toolbar button, the settings panel will open as a popover, instead of a floating iframe on top of the reader.

    Having opened the settings panel, you'll notice that it has four tabs, entitled
    Basic,
    Advanced,
    Auto-Read, and
    Other. Each of these tabs is explained below.

The Basic tab

The Basic tab

    In this tab, you can change a few basic style properties of the reader using simple controls. The available properties are as follows:

Body font

Sets the font of most of the text in the reader, excluding headings and certain other elements. You can use the popup menu to select a common font or enter any font name in the input field.

Heading font

Sets the font used for headings. You can use the popup menu to select a common font or enter any font name in the input field.

Text color

Sets the color of most text in the reader, excluding elements that have a specific color, such as links. Click the box to pick a color or type a hex value.

Background color

Sets the background color of reader pages. (Does not affect the dark, semi-transparent area surrounding the pages.) Click the box to pick a color or type a hex value.

Text align

Sets the alignment of paragraphs. Has no effect on other types of block elements. Note: For right-to-left (RTL) languages, the "Left" setting results in right-alignment.

Paragraphs

Determines whether paragraphs are displayed with indentation or with spacing between them. These options are mutually exclusive.

Page width

Sets the width of reader pages.

Zoom factor

Sets a global magnification level for text, images, and all other page elements. Use this if Safari Reader's maximum font size is not large enough (or its minimum font size is not small enough).

    Click the Restore Defaults button to reset all settings in this tab to the default values.

The Advanced tab

The Advanced tab

    If the Basic tab doesn't offer enough control, you can directly edit CustomReader's injected stylesheet here. Since this stylesheet is inserted below Safari Reader's built-in ones, any rule defined here that has the same selector as a built-in rule will override the built-in rule.

    To save your changes, click the Save button or type ⌘S. To preview changes before saving them, hold down the Option key. To restore the default CSS or revert to the last saved version, click the appropriate button.

    Note: If you make changes in the Basic tab, the custom stylesheet will be automatically updated to implement those changes. If you have deleted a rule or declaration that CustomReader needs to implement a basic setting, the rule or declaration will be recreated.

The Auto-Read tab

    The auto-read feature uses regular expressions to identify pages for which Safari Reader will be automatically activated when you visit them. This works because most of the time, similar pages on a particular site have URLs that are similar in specific ways, and regular expressions can be used to differentiate these URLs from those of dissimilar pages.

    Take, for example, the website of the New York Times. Here's the URL of a typical story page from that site:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/opinion/the-age-of-unsatisfying-wars.html

    You'll notice that these story URLs—as opposed to the URLs of various kinds of index pages on the site—adhere to a particular pattern, which can be characterized as (ignoring the protocol prefix):

(hostname) / (four-digit year) / (two-digit month) / (two-digit day) / (one or more "section paths") / (the filename ending in .html)

    This pattern is captured in this regular expression:

    www\.nytimes\.com/\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}(/.*)+/.+\.html

    To enter a regular expression for the auto-read feature, open CustomReader's template editor (as discussed under
    Customizing the reader, above) and switch to the Auto-Read tab. Enter each regular expression on its own line, and click Save.

    You can find a lot of information about regular expressions on the web. I find this site particular helpful. But if you need help constructing a regular expression, you're welcome to email me (canisbos@gmail.com), and I'll see what I can do.

The Other tab

    These are the settings on this tab:

Activate Reader alternate hotkey

Sets CustomReader's alternate hotkey for activating Safari Reader. You can use this in addition to Safari's built-in hotkey, which is Command-Shift-R. Click in the box and type the desired hotkey.

Customize Reader hotkey

Sets the hotkey for opening the settings panel. Click in the box and type the desired hotkey.

Hide "Activate" context menu item if toolbar button is showing

CustomReader adds an "Activate Safari Reader" item to the context menu of web pages. If you've enabled CustomReader's toolbar button, you can hide this context menu item by enabling this option.

Speed up keyboard scrolling

If enabled, makes the reader scroll faster when you scroll using the space bar, the Page Up/Down keys, or the Up/Down keys.

Frequently-Asked Question

        How can I change the color of the area surrounding the article pages? Especially, how can I make it match the page background?

In the Advanced tab, add a rule for the body element and set a background-color declaration on it, like this:

   body {
      background-color: #fbfbfb;
   }

If you want it to match the page background, copy and paste the background color value from the #article rule. If you're doing that, you might also want to get rid of the border between the page and the surrounding area. To do that, add box-shadow: none; to the #article rule, so that it looks like this:

   #article {
      width: 800px;
      background-color: #fbfbfb;
      box-shadow: none;
   }

Download CustomReader

    2013 Canisbos Computing

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Q: Firebase: How to identify registered contacts? I am writing an app, where a signed up user should be able to see which of his contacts have signed up, too. What is the most elegant way to do this?

I was planning to create an array of all locally saved email addresses extracted from the user's local iOS addressbook and create a query for those. Is there any better way to do this?
Edit: Is this actually possible without downloading the whole user list? I could use a for loop with queryStartingAtValue(emailAddress) and queryEndingAtValue(emailAddress). But this could possibly lead to hundreds of queries at the same time.

A: In NoSQL databases you'll often end up modeling the data in ways that your application wants to consume it.
In this case it seems your app needs to look up whether a user exists, based on their email address. For that purpose I'd add a list of email-to-uid data:
emailToUid
  "test@mail,com": "P0...wklsh1"
  "MJQZ1347": "Aj1278a..."

This is essentially a self-created index that allows you to check whether an email address is used without having to run a query.
Now you can loop over the contact and look whether there is a user for that email address with a:
ref.child("emailToUid").child(email).observeSingleEventOfType(.Value

This is going to be very fast. Because of the way Firebase communicates with the back-end, there's going to be very little difference between a single request with 100 email addresses or 100 requests with a single email address. See my answer here for more on that: Speed up fetching posts for my social network app by using query instead of observing a single event repeatedly

A: You could have something like this
user
  -$user_id
      -email
      -username
      -contacts
        -contact_uid1:email1,
        -contact_uid2:email2,
        -contact_uid3:email3,

And then do:

*

*Download the contact child from firebase and save it to a var

*Create the loop to check every contact in the address book

*If the email is in the contact child don't do anything (it means you already verified the user once)

*If the email is not in the contact child launch a single event query to find the uid of an specific email

*in the callback of the query if it is nsnull the user is not in the app
if the user exist, add the user to your contacts child node in firebase
This way you only launch the queries of the contacts you haven't checked


Tip of the Week: PADS 9.4.1 install information.
PADS 9.4.1 is a full standalone release, not a patch or an update. However, it can be installed in your existing 9.4 target directory and will update all the necessary files to bring your 9.4 tree up to 9.4.1. Please see the Do I need to remove PADS 9.4 before installing PADS 9.4.1? doc for infomation on 9.4.1 install scenarios.
One of the first steps in planning your license environment is determining your hostid. The Determining the Hostid for Licensing doc will show you the system commands to use if the FlexNet lmutil command isn't available to you.
Tip of the week - New functionality in PADS9.4 to control license consumption.
The PADS9.4 release contains new functionality to allow users to control the consumption of individual licenses vs bundles.


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WTA Finals: Ashleigh Barty, Elina Svitolina
WTA tour is an elite tennis tournament organized by the Women's tennis association. We will now see how Ashleigh Barty worked hard and reached the WTA Finals.
Ashleigh Barty, Elina Svitolina Advance At WTA Finals
The 2019 WTA tour is an elite professional tennis tournament organized by WTA. The WTA tour consists of The Grand slam tournament. The WTA premier and international tournament, the Fed cup, and it also includes the year-end championship. The WTA tour started in January of 2019. After a yearlong tour, we are up for the finals. We will see Ashleigh Barty go against defending champion Elina Svitolina. The WTA final is going to be a fantastic show. With the two going head to head, the WTA finals will surely be an entertaining show.
Ashleigh Barty, a former cricketer, turned professional tennis player. Ashleigh won ten double titles and seven single titles on the WTA tour. Born in Queensland, Australia, she started planning tennis when she was four. With her hard work and dedication, now she will be facing Elina Svitolina in the WTA Finals.
Ashleigh Barty WTA Journey
Now let's look at Ashleigh Barty's journey to the WTA Finals. In the group stage, she first faced Petra Kvitová. Barty made the win look too easy. Kiki Bertens managed to win against Ashleigh Barty. Ashleigh won the first round. But, Bertens managed to win the next two rounds.
In the last game of the group stage, Ashleigh Barty than went to face Belinda Bencic. Barty lost the first round but won the next two rounds. Ashleigh Barty then qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-final, she faced Karolina Pliskova. Now she will soon face Elina Svitolina in the WTA Finals.
Elina Svitolina WTA Journey
Now let's look at Elina Svitolina's journey to the WTA tour. In the group stage, she defeated all her opponents. She first won against Sofia Kenin. Then she went to face Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova. She managed to earn a win against all her opponents. Elina Svitolina later faced Belinda Bencic in the semi-finals. In an electrifying match, she emerged victoriously. Now soon, she will be facing Ashleigh Barty in the WTA Finals.
In the WTA tournament, Ashleigh Barty will go head to head with Elina Svitolina. In the past, both of them have played five games against each other. Elina Svitolina defeated Ashleigh Barty in all the five games. Therefore, it will be a difficult match for Ashleigh Barty. The WTA final will be the sixth time we will see both of them go head to head again. Elina Svitolina has won all the games in the WTA tournament; hence, she will be a tough candidate to beat.
The WTA final will be taking place in Shenzhen, China, between Ashleigh Barty and Elina Svitolina. You will get the see the best go against each other for the sixth time. The WTA finals will unquestionably be a match to watch. So, tune in and enjoy the game.
Tennis StarsAshleigh Barty, tennis, WTA Finals


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Книга Mozilla або Книга Мозілли () — великоднє яйце, вбудоване в браузери серії Netscape та Mozilla, і програм, засновані на них. Вперше з'явилось в браузері Netscape 1.1, випущеному в 1995 році.

Приклад

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New Grants Fund Western Corn Rootworm Research, Education
LINCOLN, Neb. — University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists are mounting new research and grower education efforts against one of corn's most pernicious pests, the western corn rootworm, amid indications across the Corn Belt that it has adapted to some current Bt toxins.
Three teams of UNL entomologists were awarded more than $1.1 million in three-year grants from Monsanto for research and grower education on western corn rootworm management.
UNL received three of the seven grants Monsanto awarded nationally this year from its Corn Rootworm Knowledge Research Program. Monsanto established the program in 2012 with a $3 million pledge and continued its support of the program with an additional $3 million commitment in 2013. The program is intended to increase understanding of corn rootworm biology and lead to economical, practical and sustainable solutions for farmers.
The new grants come amid signs in Nebraska and elsewhere across the Corn Belt that corn rootworms are becoming resistant to some transgenic corn traits.
Corn rootworms destroy corn roots, thereby reducing yield. The loss of roots also causes plants to fall over during strong wind and rain, making harvest difficult. Over the years, corn rootworms have become resistant to a diverse set of technologies used to control them. It's estimated corn rootworms cost growers $1 billion a year in yield loss and control costs.
The projects, led by Nick Miller, Blair Siegfried and Doug Golick, all in UNL's Department of Entomology, will conduct research on resistance to transgenic corn and chemical insecticides, and develop technology-enhanced educational tools to help growers make informed decisions about managing corn rootworms. Scientists from UNL's Department of Agronomy and Horticulture as well as entomologists from Iowa State, University of Missouri, and Kansas State Universities will join these teams.
Other UNL entomologists involved in the work are Lance Meinke, Bob Wright, Tom Hunt and Gary Hein. Don Lee of agronomy and horticulture also is involved.
Meinke said ongoing research and extension efforts are key to staying on top of the corn rootworm. Scientists recently confirmed rootworms have become resistant to two kinds of Bt toxins included in corn, mCry3Bb1 and mCry3A. Producers and crop consultants first started reporting concerns in 2011, initially in southwest and northeast Nebraska.
Testing is continuing, both in labs and fields, Meinke said, adding that it is not unusual for corn rootworms to adapt to various toxins.
"Corn rootworm has a long history of adapting to anything we throw at it," Meinke said.
As research findings are compiled, they will be used by UNL Extension faculty for outreach to producers. Flexible, up-to-date management strategies are key to fighting the pest, Meinke said. For example, producers are moving from single-trait corn to "pyramided traits" in hopes that while rootworm might become resistant to one trait in the seed, they won't to another.
It's key that producers do not view any single trait as a "silver bullet," Meinke added. In addition to planting corn with pyramided traits, crop rotation continues to be a useful weapon against corn rootworm.
Integrated pest management is more labor- and knowledge-intensive but also much more effective in the long term, Meinke said.
Educational tools from these grants are expected to include a series of mobile and web-based interactive learning experiences for growers, consultants, extension educators, and post-secondary students teaching fundamental concepts related to resistance management strategies for the corn rootworm. These modules will teach science-based concepts related to current knowledge on corn rootworm biology, behavior, IPM strategies, resistance management strategies, toxicology and population genetics.
This is the second year UNL scientists have received funding from Monsanto's western corn rootworm program. Last year, Brigitte Tenhumberg of the School of Biological Sciences received a grant to evaluate integrated resistance management strategies in variable environments. Her research uses mathematical models to evaluate a range of resistance management strategies to identify those likely to work best in delaying onset of resistance evolution.
Doug Golick, Ph.D.
dgolick2@unl.edu
Lance Meinke, Ph.D.
lmeinke1@unl.edu
Nick Miller, Ph.D.
nick.miller@unl.edu
Blair Siegfried, Ph.D.
bsiegfried1@unl.edu
Dan Moser
dmoser3@unl.edu


Burn injuries tend to affect a victim's emotional well-being as much as the physical body. Bad burns are highly traumatic and can result in significant scarring, disfigurements, or amputations. Many burns are "catastrophic" injuries in the eyes of the law, meaning they result in permanent damage. Even more minor burns can take hospital stays, skin graft surgeries, and weeks of rehabilitation. After a burn injury in Fort Lauderdale, you need legal assistance to find out if you could qualify for financial compensation. Contact the burn injury lawyers today at Chalik & Chali Law Offices for a free, no obligation consultation.
Speaking to an attorney can help you understand the legal elements that may be involved in your case. There could be more than one defendant liable to pay for your damages, such as a manufacturing company for a dangerous product and your employer for lack of burn prevention gear. Our lawyers will listen to your story carefully and tell you if we think it has merit as a personal injury, premises liability, product liability, or other type of case in Fort Lauderdale.
Hospital bills. Seek recovery for your past and future hospital stays, doctor's appointments, surgeries, medications, treatments, rehabilitation, therapies, live-in care, and disability-related medical treatment.
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Pain and suffering. The Florida courts permit claimants to seek restitution for non-economic damages for burns. These damages can include physical pain, emotional suffering, psychological damage, and mental anguish – from the accident itself and/or the aftermath of living as a burn survivor.
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When Can One Sue for a Burn?
Negligence. If someone else's act of negligence or recklessness contributed to you getting burned, you may be able to sue the individual or the company that employs the person. An employer, coworker, or another driver could all be defendants in burn injury negligence cases.
Unsafe premises. If you suffered burns after a building caught on fire or some element on the property burned you, you might have a claim against the property owner. Premises liability laws make property owners liable for injuries that occur on their properties if the owner reasonably should have known about the risk and done something to prevent harm.
Defective product. Sometimes defective products such as electrical equipment or water heaters cause bad burn injuries. If the manufacturer or distributor let the product go to the consumer with an assembly error, dangerous design, or marketing defect that made the item unsafe for use, it could be liable for subsequent burns.
What to Do After a Burn Injury?
Gauge the severity of the burn. There are three degrees of burn injuries. First-degree burns are the most minor and generally will not require medical attention unless they cover a large area of the body, it's on your face, or on a major joint. Second- and third-degree burns, however, demand immediate emergency care.
Tend to the injury yourself. If it's a first-degree burn, you won't experience any blistering of the skin. Soak the wound in cool (not ice cold) water for at least five minutes. Apply a cream with an anesthetic or aloe vera. Use an antibiotic ointment and wrap the wound loosely with clean gauze. Take ibuprofen for pain relief.
Go to the hospital. Treat second-degree burns the same as first-degree burns (except run under cool water for at least 15 minutes) unless they affect a widespread area or your face. If you suffered a worse burn, go to a medical center for professional treatment.
Follow the doctor's orders. Obey treatment instructions exactly. Burns are serious injuries that are prone to harmful complications. You may have to undergo surgeries such as skin grafts or amputations for the most severe burn injuries. Keep copies of all medical records, bills, and prescriptions.
Call an attorney. Once you're on the mend from your burn injuries and have time to dedicate to legal matters, call the Law Offices of Chalik & Chalik. Discuss your accident with one of our lawyers and find out if you have grounds for a burn injury claim. The sooner you call a lawyer, the better for your case.
When in doubt about your burn injury, go to the doctor. Do not attempt to care for bad burn injuries on your own or by using questionable home remedies such as eggs or butter. These are not proven as effective remedies and may cause infections. Seek professional care for the best possible patient outcomes. Then consult with a lawyer about potential financial compensation.
While no good attorney can guarantee a specific amount of compensation, ours can give you an accurate estimate of what your burn injury claim might be worth. Severe third-degree burns that resulted in permanent damage or disfigurement could garner a six- or seven-figure settlement because of the immense impact on the victim's physical and emotional life. More minor burns could result in enough to cover medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and mental anguish. At the Law Offices of Chalik & Chalik, our burn injury lawyers understand the law in this area and can help you navigate the complex legal system so that you can get the compensation you deserve.


Imagine if you and your friends are on their way to a spectacular sporting event in a newly built stadium. On the way while outside the stadium you happen to notice a gigantic poster of yourself on the side of the stadium. The poster is so huge that hardly anyone can miss it and is being admired by other fans and your friends. With the latest effect you can do just that and surprise family and friends by sharing this moment. Simple choose a picture of your choice and magically in a matter of seconds your picture will appear on the side of a stadium for everyone to admire.
Football or soccer as it is known in US is universally known to have been invented in England initially being simply a variant of a ball game. Although ball games date back as far as ancient Greece and Rome what we know as football today first appeared in circa 13th-14th century to eventually become the biggest single sport on the planet. The world of football has a truly global coverage with almost every country in the world having a national football team, while also offering strong domestic league with dozens of football clubs. It's every football fan's dream to get closer to their favourite team and show their support. With this effect you can choose colours of your team's football kit, add your name or any other text and even pick your favourite jersey number & colour combination. Try it today and show your support of your favourite football team.
Love football? Love watching EURO 2016? Wish to support your team? Do it with PhotoFunia! Show your support by painting your face in flag colours of your beloved team playing in EURO 2016.


Following are some examples of questions you might ask these students. For each question, think about how the student might respond, then select "Show Answer" to see an answer that a student might give.
Teacher: How do you know which hexominos will make a cube?
Teacher: Are there other strategies you can use to find cubes?
I did it in my head.
Teacher: Explain to me how you know if a hexomino will make a cube or not.
I can see that these four in the center form the sides of the cube, and the square on top can be folded over to make the top of the box. The square on the bottom can be folded over to make the bottom of the box.
Teacher: Did you use any other strategies?
I first tried to figure out which square was the bottom, and then I folded the rest of the squares to see if they made a cube.
Teacher: There are some hexominos that you have not included in your solution. How can you decide whether they will make a cube?
We need to find the ones we didn't include, and cut and fold them up.
Teacher: What do the hexominos that will make a cube have in common?
All of the ones with four squares in a row and a square on opposite sides will form a cube.
Teacher: What do the hexominos that will not make a cube have in common?
They do not have at least one square on the top and one square on the bottom of the main row –– so the box will not have a top and a bottom.
Teacher: What is an example of something new you learned from this activity?
Even though all hexominos have six faces, they do not all make cubes.


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package at.creadoo.util.netio;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;

import at.creadoo.util.netio.NetIOBuilder;
import at.creadoo.util.netio.NetIOException;
import at.creadoo.util.netio.NetIO;
import at.creadoo.util.netio.State;

public class NetIOTest {

	private NetIO netIO;

	@Mock
	private BufferedWriter writer;

	@Mock
	private BufferedReader reader;

	@Before
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
		MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
		netIO = new NetIOBuilder("hostname", 1234).setUsername("username").setPassword("password").build();
		netIO.writer = writer;
		netIO.reader = reader;
	}

	@Test
	public void checkIsDisconnected() {
		assertEquals(State.DISCONNECTED, netIO.state);
	}

	@Test(expected = NetIOException.class)
	public void checkNullStringCommandRaisesException() throws NetIOException {
		netIO.command(null);
	}

	@Test(expected = NetIOException.class)
	public void checkUndefinedCommandRaisesException() throws NetIOException {
		netIO.command("undefined");
	}

	@Test
	public void checkNormalCommandIsWritten() throws NetIOException, IOException {
		netIO.state = State.AUTHORIZED;
		netIO.setPorts("01iu");
		verify(writer).write("port list 01iu");
	}
}


This extreme pre-workout supplement is designed to enhance overall performance in your workouts through enhanced strength, focus, and energy. All of the energy, focus, and strength without the muscle building properties of creatine (great for stacking). Longer, better, and more energized workouts means increased endurance, strength, and overall productivity in the gym.


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Q: index seek while calling the UDF itself, index scan while wrapping the UDF in sp I have a UDF that does most of the joins and when I run it, it read about 100-150 pages (from sql profiler) but if I wrap this UDF in sp then the sp will do the read about 243287 pages.
Furthermore, the UDF itself performs index seek but the sp performs index scan on one of the searched columns.
Can anyone please advise?

A: Based on your comments about (custid = @param1 OR @param1 is null) vs. (custid = @param1), I think Gail Shaw's blog posting on Catch-all queries will provide some insight into what you're seeing here. Basically, I think you're getting an execution plan cached for the @param1 is null case that then performs poorly when you pass in a real @param1.


About Client: NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is a volunteer-based organisation, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week with branches Australian wide dedicated to helping the local community in times of need. In order to operate more efficiently, NSW SES Southern Highlands Region Headquarters was looking to invest in a meeting room solution that was both intuitive to use to accommodate all the different skills sets of its volunteers, platform independent and with a proven reliability.
Primarily assisting in flood and storm emergencies, in addition to managing their own network of volunteers, SES is also required to co-ordinate their efforts in rescue scenarios with state organisations such as NSW Police Force, NSW Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW. For this reason whatever solution they implemented also would need to be interactive to allow them to collaborate in real-time with both volunteers and other organisations, annotate over documents such as would be needed to map out search areas, and access resources such as weather reports and schedules.
The Result: NSW SES Southern Highlands Region Headquarters chose CommBox Interactive Touchscreens as their meeting room solution as it ticked all the boxes they required. As a premium offering, CommBox uses only the highest-grade components and with a lifespan of 17 years if used 8hrs a day, 7 days a week, CommBox Touchscreens have a proven track record for reliability. The toughened anti-glare glass also meant the screens were robust enough to handle the continuous traffic of users and that whether they were being used at the crack of dawn or the middle of the night, there would be no impact to the quality of the image.
Additionally, with the touch functionality working as an extension of you mouse and keyboard, there was almost no learning curve for NSW SES volunteers. They could simply turn the CommBox Touchscreens on and start interacting. CommBox Touchscreens collaborative ability, in particular, was a selling point, as it allowed NSW SES to co-ordinate their efforts seamlessly using video conferencing and all the functionality they might have on a computer but on a large-scale touchscreen.


As Isabella Heaton sifted through her late aunt's belongings, she came across an aged book whose worn appearance likely reflected its prolonged stay in Heaton's aunt's possession.
The book, an edition of Blackwood's Magazine, was checked out on May 15th, 1893. Heaton found, and returned the book, 124 years later.
As if the overdue status of the library book wasn't bizarre enough, it was checked out from the Rockford Public Library in Rockford, Illinois and ended up in Heaton's possession in Gloucestershire, England.
The book once again found itself embarking on a long voyage when Heaton decided to mail it back to the Rockford Public Library. When the library staff received the long overdue book on January 26, 2018, they were shocked to say the least.
The library shared the unexpected tale on Facebook and their response was priceless.
I've been sorting through some books left to me by my long deceased Aunt. She was a wonderful book binder and collected a whole assortment of books, some out of interest, others to restore. In amongst them I came across the book enclosed. I feel compelled to return it to your library!
The library is reportedly working on researching the book's history. Though they have confirmed that the book does indeed belong to one of their collections, their oldest book collection, in fact, how it ended up in the hands of Heaton's aunt is still unclear.
"It may have been withdrawn from our collection and sold to the aunt in a sale, or I don't know, I wish it could talk and tell its story," Bridget Finn, Rockford Public Library Director of Marketing, told WIFR.
How the book ended up 4,000 miles away from Rockford and why Heaton's aunt didn't return it (or if she was truly the one who checked it out at all) remains a mystery. Perhaps like many ibrary patrons, Heaton's aunt simply forgot (or presumed that she lost) the book. Perhaps she simply couldn't part with it. Perhaps she purchased it from another patron who themselves has an interesting tale.
While the answers remain uncertain, the situation certainly shines a light on the fascinating yet undisclosed stories behind the stories we pick up.


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Neal Brennan
Neal Brennan (born 1973) is an American writer, stand-up comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show. Brennan and Dave Chappelle met when both were aspiring stand-ups. Through his older brother, an established stand up comedian and comedy writer Kevin Brennan, Brennan got a part-time job working as the doorman at Boston Comedy Club in New York City where Chappelle was a frequent performer. They became good friends and collaborated on jokes. They co-wrote the film Half-Baked which starred Chappelle. In an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Chappelle admitted that he and Brennan could not help but see each other as a painful reminder of the box-office failure of Half-Baked and lost touch with each other. Four years later, they rekindled their partnership to create the sketch comedy show, Chappelle's Show, which premiered in January 2003. The duo wrote the sketches themselves with very little outside help. Brennan is frequently mentioned during Chappelle's stand-up routines. On an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 9, 2006, Chappelle stated that Brennan made no attempt to contact him, despite the numerous media reports that Chappelle went to Africa to escape the pressures of running a high-profile show. "How many times do you think he's called his sick buddy since he went to Africa?", In an interview in the July 2006 issue of Maxim Magazine, when asked if he would ever work with Chappelle again, he said there was "no chance." Neal Brennan was recently accused of credited for writing comedy material for the 83rd Academy Awards. In May, 2011, he wrote material for his friend Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents dinner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neal Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
2020 The Opening Act as Chip
2020 Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
2019 Historical Roasts as Robert F. Kennedy
2010 Get Him to the Greek as Guy at Brian's House
1998 Half Baked as Employee
Director (5 Credits)
2019 Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby
2017 Neal Brennan: 3 Mics
2017 Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2006 Totally Awesome
Writer (3 Credits)
1998 Half Baked
Himself (2 Credits)
2017 Neal Brennan: 3 Mics as Himself
2016 Dying Laughing as HimselfWatch Free


Ready to buy a new home in Ebbw Vale? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender's list of approved solicitors can put your Ebbw Vale conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.
Only LenderPanel.com provides a subset of authorised Ebbw Vale conveyancers for over 130 lenders.
My financial adviser has asked me for my Ebbw Vale lawyer' panel reference for the HSBC conveyancing panel. How do I find this out. I have called my local Ebbw Vale branch but they cant find it on their system.
Have you tried calling your Ebbw Vale lawyer about this?. They retain a central record lender panel numbers.
We wanted to use a property lawyer in Ebbw Vale for our house purchase. Our broker has since advised us that our mortgage company Coventry Building Society won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unfair competition?
Before the recession most lenders had a different appetite for risk. Almost all Ebbw Vale conveyancing firms would have been on most lender panels. The Financial Services Authority in 2010 completed a thematic investigation into mortgage fraud which concluded: know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, mortgage companies are increasingly seeing more information from law firms about their operations and the individuals who work for them as well as establishing certain criteria such a completing on a minimum number of conveyancing. Many Ebbw Vale conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have Unblemished track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Ebbw Vale is amongst the many areas where the solicitors we list are are approved Coventry Building Society.
2 months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Ebbw Vale concluded. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?
How does conveyancing in Ebbw Vale differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build property in Ebbw Vale come to us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the premises is finished. This is because house builders in Ebbw Vale tend to buy the site, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Ebbw Vale or who has acted in the same development.
Due to sign contracts shortly on a leasehold property in Ebbw Vale. Conveyancing lawyers have said that they will have a report out to me next week. What should I be looking out for?
Responsibility for repairing the window frames Repair and maintenance of the premises What options are available to the landlord where you are in breach of your lease terms? Advice concerning the obligations in the lease to to contribute towards maintenance costs - in respect of the block, and the more general rights a tenant enjoys Whether the landlord has obligations to ensure rights of quiet enjoyment over your property and do you know what it means in practice?
For details of the information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Ebbw Vale please ask your solicitor in ahead of your conveyancing in Ebbw Vale.


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Q: Array of strings output, missing characters, ncurses In a separate .txt file, I have: de4 dw9 ds8 g8,7 m3,4 p2,2
The function below cuts the string up into an array.
The output of the array is this:
de4 / w9 / s8 / g8,7 / m3,4 / p2,2 / (null)
As you can see, the "w9" and "s8" are missing the 'd'. I cannot seem to figure out why. Here is my function:
void parseFile(char ** argv)
{
FILE * textFile;
char * string;
char ** lineToken;
int i;

textFile = fopen(argv[1], "r");
lineToken = malloc(sizeof(char *) + 1);
string = malloc(sizeof(char *) + MAX_CHAR);

while(fgets(string, MAX_CHAR, textFile) != NULL)
{
    lineToken[0] = strtok(string, " "); /* Put first element in lineToken[0] */

    for(i = 1; string != NULL; i++)
    {
        lineToken = realloc(lineToken, (sizeof(char *) * (i + 1))); /* Realloc since total number of elements is unknown */

        if(lineToken == NULL) /* Check to see if reallocing caused an error */
        {
            move(0,0);
            printw("Error reallocing. Press any key to close program.");
            refresh();
            getch();
            exit(0);
            endwin();
        }

        lineToken[i] = strtok(NULL, " "); /* Put new strtok'd string into lineToken[i] */
        system("clear");
        move(0,0);
        printw("%s", lineToken[i]);
        refresh();
        getch();

    }
}

for(i = 0; lineToken[i] != NULL; i++)
{
    system("clear");
    move(0,0);
    printw("%s", lineToken[i]);
    refresh();
    getch();
}

fclose(textFile);
free(string);
free(lineToken);

}

A: There are two pretty obvious problems:
The first is the condition for the inner loop when reading from the file, string != NULL. unless the allocation of string failed initially this condition will always be true. You need to check the return of strtok instead: lineToken[i - 1] != NULL.
The second problem is that you only have a single "array" for all lines you read. So if you have more than a single line in the file you overwrite all tokens you read from the first line.

A third problem: If the reallocation fails, you exit the program. However, you have code after that exit call, and the exit function does not return so the call to endwin will not happen in that case.


At our meeting on Monday 11th September, a large number of residents attended to voice their concern and objection to the Pentland House planning application. The application requests a change of use from office building to student housing.
As a statutory body the Community Council can lodge a response on behalf of the community.
Following our monthly meeting the Community Council took the decision to formally object to the application on behalf of the local community. The objection is noted below.
At the HCCC meeting on 11 September a number of residents attended who were very concerned about the change in use and its impact in the area. However, it was also emphasised that many of the local residents are very elderly, without online access, and who found it difficult to get information about the proposal or to submit their views.
Residents fear the impact on residential amenity given the close proximity of a young and short term population with a settled population of families with children and older people: impacts include noise in the neighbourhood, especially late at night.
There will be a public consultation held on Tuesday 27 June, from 3pm – 7pm, regarding the proposed redevelopment of Pentland House.
Edinburgh Napier University would like to turn the building into student accommodation and landscape the surrounding area. This is the first public consultation before a formal planning application is made.
Agents will be available from 3pm – 7pm with plans and drawings.
Venue: Unit 4, Edinburgh West Retail Park (the empty unit), Chesser Avenue.
More information can be found on the council website.


This is a difficult question to answer as everyone is an individual, so there is a wide range of characteristics and ways people can be affected. There are certain things that are unique to someone with a learning disability, and some that are common conditions for a lot of people.
"Having a learning disability means that people find it harder to learn certain life skills. The problems experienced differ from person to person, but may include aspects such as learning new things, communication, managing money, reading, writing, or personal care. Some people are born with a disability, while others may develop one as a result of an accident or illness in childhood.
Types of learning disabilities differ hugely. Someone with mild disabilities may be able to live independently with minimal support, whereas someone with severe and profound disabilities may need 24 hour care, and help with performing most daily living skills.


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Q: get specific string after first occurance of string regex sublime text 2 find & replace include_once($pathToRoot.'header.php');
echo('
');

assume you have variations on the above code across hundreds of files, how do you match against the first occurrence of

after
header.php'

?

A: In the find field:
 (?s)(header\.php'.+?)

In the replace (if you what to replace
 with </test>):
$1</test>

A: I don't know that sublimetext2 but the regular expression would look like this:
/include_once\($pathToRoot.'header.php'\);(.*?)(<\/div>)/s

The first group would be the string between the include and the closing div and the second group would be the closing div itself.


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set -e

[ -z "$APP_HOME" ] && export APP_HOME=$(pwd)
[ -z "$HUGO_VERSION" ] && export HUGO_VERSION="0.81.0"
mkdir -p hugo
cd hugo
if [ ! -f hugo_${HUGO_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz ]; then
    echo "Hugo not found, Downloading version $HUGO_VERSION"
    wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v$HUGO_VERSION/hugo_${HUGO_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
    tar xvzf hugo_${HUGO_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
fi


After the Norman conquest, Robert, Count of Mortain, the elder half brother of William the Conqueror, was granted lands associated with Berkhamsted Castle which included Hemel Hempstead. The estates passed through several hands over the next few centuries including Thomas Becket in 1162. In 1290 John of Englands grandson, the Earl of Cornwall, gave the manor to the religious order of the Bonhommes when he endowed the monastery at Ashridge. The town remained part of the monasterys estates until the Reformation and break up of Ashridge in 1539. In that same year, the town was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII to become a bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day. The first bailiff of Hemel Hempstead was William Stephyns. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are reputed to have stayed in the town at this time.
Our prices are based on the property location and number of chimneys that need lining. Please contact us for a no obligation quote. As Hemel Hempstead is not far from our head office, jobs here will not attract a higher quote.
So if you live in Hemel Hempstead and need a new chimney liner, why not call or email Ansell Chimneys and we will get back to you as soon as we can.


In September, 2016, a state law went into effect that requires all public school districts to test water for lead. The law requires school districts to sample all water outlets currently or potentially used for drinking or cooking purposes in buildings that may be occupied by students and to submit those samples to a state-approved lab for analysis. Regulations call for testing to take place again in 2020 and every five years thereafter, unless the Commissioner of Health requires testing sooner.
All faucets at Park Avenue Elementary School were found to be under the legal limit for lead. Therefore, all faucets at Park Avenue are safe for use by students and faculty/staff.
The Warwick Valley Central School District began testing of all water outlets in accordance with the new law in September, 2016. For the results of those tests, as they are received from the lab, contact Assistant Superintendent Mr. Timothy Holmes, at 845-987-3000, ext. 10521 or tholmes@wvcsd.org.
To view the report with results of the lead testing performed at Park Avenue Elementary School, contact Assistant Superintendent Mr. Timothy Holmes, at 845-987-3000, ext. 10521 or tholmes@wvcsd.org.
Note – If you have any difficulty accessing this document, please contact Assistant Superintendent Mr. Timothy Holmes at: tholmes@wvcsd.org, who can provide the test results in an alternative format.


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Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry (1)
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Vasquez Appears on BBC World Service to Discuss Z-DNA
Division Head and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Karen Vasquez, Ph.D. appeared on BBC World Service's Science in Action to talk about Z-DNA. Dr. Vasquez's research focuses on DNA damage and repair, genomic instability, gene targeting, DNA structure and cancer therapeutics.
Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Has a Glowing New Weapon
Chemistry Assistant Professor Emily Que, Ph.D. and the College of Pharmacy's Walt Fast, Ph.D. are working together to research new methods to fight against antibiotic resistance. The fluorescent chemical probe developed by Que and Fast may help find a different way to combat resistant bacteria.
Kompella Receives Fulbright Award for Postdoctoral Research
Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology researcher Pallavi Kompella, Ph.D. has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to research at the Biomedical Research Institute of Málaga in Spain.


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Consistent aggregation and chaining of price and quantity measures
Authors: Hillinger, Claude
Abstract: The international movement to convert the real (deflated) components of the NIPAs to chain indexes, in order to assure timeliness, has exposed their inconsistency. Most importantly, the components do not add up to the totals. The US accounts, which employ …a Fisher chain, have additional inconsistencies. For example, the product of the price and quantity indexes does not reproduce the change in nominal expenditure. The paper presents a unified approach to the construction of price and quantity measures which can be chained while maintaining every kind of consistency. The solution is based on a combination of elements from the theories of price indexes and consumer surplus and does not require the unrealistic assumption of homothetic and identical preferences usually made in the economic theory of index numbers. Show more
Keywords: aggregation, chain indexes, consumer surplus, price indexes, quantity indexes, NIPA
The measurement of inflation: Aggregation at the basic level
Authors: Silver, Mick | Webb, Bruce
Abstract: The advent of bar-code, retail scanner data provides an alternative data source for the compilation of consumer price indexes. This paper outlines the nature and merits of such data for this purpose. The data allows aggregation via superlative index number …formulae at a very elementary level and provides superior coverage to conventional sources. However, it has been argued that aggregation bias may still arise if the unit values which feed into the superlative indexes are defined for product items, as opposed to product items for given outlets. We explore for six products the nature and extent of unit value bias by outlet type. For three products we found the level of aggregation did not matter. However, we also found it can matter and established the extent of its effects which were always the aggregation by model only, falling less than by model and outlet. This should help provide a basis for an understanding of the issues at stake in the use of scanner data for the compilation of consumer price indexes. Show more
Keywords: consumer price indexes, superlative, index number formulae, inflation measurement, scanner data, elementary aggregates
The chain-additivity issue and the US national economic accounts
Authors: Ehemann, Christian | Katz, Arnold J. | Moulton, Brent R.
Abstract: When the US Bureau of Economic Analysis adopted chain-type quantity indexes in 1996, real gross domestic product (GDP) and its components, when measured in units of the currency of a particular reference year, were no longer additive. We discuss some …of the problems with the additive, fixed-weighted aggregates these estimates replaced, as well as problems that arise when users treat the new "chained dollar" aggregates as if they were additive. Using properties of the Fisher index formula, we describe new tools for economic analysis that traditionally relied on the additivity of fixed- weighted GDP aggregates. We also describe some tools that have been developed for the compilation and review of chain-type estimates. Finally, we discuss Claude Hillinger's proposed methods for creating an additive set of real aggregates and present empirical results that lead us to be skeptical about their usefulness. Show more
Additive decompositions for Fisher, Törnqvist and geometric mean indexes
Authors: Reinsdorf, Marshall B. | Diewert, W. Erwin | Ehemann, Christian
Abstract: Users of a price or quantity index often want to know how much each item in the index contributes to its overall change. Consequently, statistical agencies generally publish items' contributions to changes in the indexes that they publish. For fixed …basket index formulas, calculating contributions to index change that add up to the correct total is straightforward, but for Fisher, Törnqvist and geometric mean index formulas -- which statistical agencies are beginning to use -- it is not. We use economic and axiomatic approaches to derive additive decompositions of the change in a Fisher index, and we use an axiomatic approach to derive an additive decomposition of the change in a Törnqvist or geometric mean index. Show more
The quadratic approximation lemma and decompositions of superlative indexes
Authors: Diewert, W. Erwin
Abstract: It was shown in 1976 that a difference in a quadratic function of N variables evaluated at two points is exactly equal to the sum of the arithmetic average of the first order partial derivatives of the function evaluated at the two points …times the differences in the independent variables. In the present paper, this result is generalized and the resulting generalized quadratic approximation lemma is used to establish all of the superlative index number formulae that were derived in Diewert [4]. In addition, some new exact decompositions of the percentage change in the Fisher and Walsh superlative indexes into N components are derived. Each component in this decomposition represents the contribution of a change in a single independent variable to the overall percentage change in the index. Finally, these components are given economic interpretations. Show more
Keywords: superlative index, quadratic approximations, percentage change decompositions, price indexes, quantity indexes, Fisher ideal index


Coca-Cola is the most preferred drink in Nepal and momo is one of the highly consumed foods in the country. Coca-Cola Mo:Motsav is a campaign that aims to bring together number one food and number one drink to consumers. Under the campaign, consumers can get accompanied with different types of momo across different restaurants in the valley, Coca-Cola and celebrities like Shristi Shrestha and Priyanka Karki. For us, this campaign is a way to tell consumers that it is a great combination to have Coca-Cola and momo together.
How successful has the campaign been?
We are really happy. More than 1,000 food outlets participated in the campaign. It gathered lots of attraction; many people came to me to say 'what a great idea!' It is amazing to note that 'Coca-Cola Mo:Motsav' video posted by Shristi Shrestha has got 50,000 views. It has been a great start for us and hopefully we will try to make the campaign bigger and better in the coming years.
Why was the campaign limited to Kathmandu Valley only?
As I said, this is just the beginning. Though the campaign was limited to Kathmandu Valley, it attracted huge participation, support and crowd. However, Coca-Cola will certainly go outside Kathmandu with such campaigns.
Is there any reason behind choosing Shristi and Priyanka as the face of the campaign?
A simple reason was that both are amazing people and amazing food lovers.
Please tell about the restaurants that were part of the campaign.
We ran the campaign along premium as well as normal restaurants and food outlets. We ran the campaign through all types of restaurants because the inclined objective was to tell all types of consumers that Coca-Cola and momo is an amazing combination.
What was your personal experience in this campaign?
It was a great experience to me as I got to taste different types of momo which I had never tested with Coke. The combination of chocolate momo and cheese momo with Coke was really amazing.


HackReactor, a coding bootcamp focused on career acceleration for its students, is known for providing a world-class education to the thousands of students who walk into their schools.
"The big challenge of any service industry is actually ensuring amazing service," says Hack Reactor CEO Tony Phillips. This is especially true when the team is fragmented—HackReactor runs classes across 6 different campuses across the US.
When Hack Reactor was just starting out, it was easy for Tony to keep his eye on all the moving pieces—large and small. But as Hack Reactor opened more locations, adding staff and students, scaling this level of meticulous care was a challenge. It was difficult for Tony to feel confident that all the details were taken care of.
As the team built out their process they needed a central place to store information to help them repeat that process across new locations, all while providing the visibility Tony was looking for.
As a CEO, how can I be confident that every necessary detail is taken care of?
How can we be sure that detailed processes can be standardized in multiple locations without fail?
How can we save time executing on repeatable processes?
First they took their detailed documentation on key processes—like course development or facilities—and made it available to everyone in the company. By offloading information into Asana, Tony became confident his team had the information they needed to do their jobs well.
It was also important that the tool would allow them to become more efficient as they added schools, so they were excited to make use of Asana's API.
Using Asana wall-to-wall has been crucial in helping Hack Reactor scale. As Tony puts it, "We've cut our operations costs in half because we're able to execute more efficiently with the processes we've set up in Asana." And as costs go down, the quality class experience—and the post graduation experience— goes up. Graduates from Hack Reactor are hired at a 98% rate.


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He is the author of multiple books including Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on utilitarianism, Virtue ethics, Reasons and the good, and The Oxford handbook of the history of ethics.
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Q: Checking for characters in an array element in Java I have an array of type string that contains a bunch of lines of text that are broken up in the different elements of the array. I want to check which element contains the string Name: in it. The reason I need to do it like this is because Name can be in a different element when ran on different arrays. I cant use .contains on an array so I am not sure what to use.

A: String []array = new String[]{"foo","bar","the_string_you_are_looking_for"};

int index = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i)
{
   if (array[i].contains("the_string_you_are_looking_for"))
   {
       index = i;
       break;
   }
}

A: int getIndexOfElementContainingName(String[] myStringArray) {
    for(int i=0; i<myStringArray.length; i++) {
        if(myStringArray[i].contains("Name:"))
            return i;
    }
    return -1;
}


Nintendo Vs Comments Off on Balloon Fight!!
The reason I bought a Nintendo Red Tent is finally realised! I have the holy grail of Nintendo Vs games! Balloon Fight!! Booooom!
I managed to purchase a Nintendo joystick from a member of DragonsLairFans. Fitted it today, and ensured it was working ok.
At the same time I greased the player 1 joystick as that was sticking a bit. The control panel is now fully populated.


Celie reads another of Nettie's letters. Nettie is visited by Tashi's father and mother, who argue that they know the Western world is different from the Olinka village—that, elsewhere, women take on more responsibility and are more educated than in the village. But the Olinka do not approve of this behavior for Tashi and for other women. Tashi's parents ask Nettie to stop trying to educate Tashi.
Here, the Olinka actively attempt to disrupt Nettie's efforts in educating the young women of the tribe. This, again, is very similar to Mr. ____'s efforts at disrupting Celie's education at the very beginning of the novel. The Olinka see the education as actually harmful, as teaching things that will make her less interested in fulfilling the specific role they expect women to play in their society.
They explain that Tashi has become upset, since she knows that she is learning, from Olivia, things about the world she will never be able to put into practice, as an Olinka woman. Tashi's father tells Nettie that they do not need to listen to the missionaries—there are only five of them, and some will die during the rainy season. Some missionaries, he continues, always pass away each year—they do not matter much to the villagers, who consider them something akin to tourists.
Tashi's father speaks quite plainly to Nettie, saying that, most important for the Olinka are the ties of marriage and of family. Because Nettie does not have a family, and is not tied to the Olinka culture, she cannot truly be a part of that culture. But Tashi was born to the Olinka, and she must carry out the traditions demanded of her by the village's elders. Further, his words reveal the Olinka's true feelings about the missionaries—that they are annoyances that will pass as they succumb to the diseases of Africa.
Nettie comments in the letter that the way the men treat women in the village reminds her of their father, and the way they were expected not to look into a man's eyes when they were being spoken to or told what to do. Nettie is upset that male-female relations in the village are so similar to the abusive relations she and Celie experienced in Georgia.
Nettie emphasizes, to Celie, that the Olinka men behave very similarly to the men back home. Nettie wonders whether this sort of behavior doesn't come naturally to certain kinds of men—it is an urge simply to dominate women.
Schlegel, Chris. "The Color Purple Letter 63." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 20 Nov 2013. Web. 25 Apr 2019.
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DOCO Credit Union has awarded $20,000 in scholarships for 2018. Twenty students will be honored at the board of directors meeting Thursday, May 24, at 2 p.m. at the main branch at 107 North Westover Boulevard. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship. DOCO has awarded over $95,000 in scholarships since 2003. Congratulations to each one of you! Below are the 2018 recipients.


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Fowler Museum, "Light and Shadows: My Heart Is In the East, and I Am At the Ends of the West," 308 Charles E. Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Opening Reception Performance: October 21st 1:00- 4:00pm
Oct 21, 2012 noon –5 pm
Building Bridges Rooftop Experience
Artist Marjan K. Vayghan (above right) brings a Building Bridges Rooftop Experience from Iran to the Fowler Museum's Terrace. A participatory "My Heart Is In the East, and I Am At the Ends of the West" installation, Building Bridges offer food and poetry as a platform for dialogue about cultural pride and heritage.
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/opening-day-community-celebration-light-and-shadows-story-iranian-jews#.UHI0N1N9WYp.facebook
Opening Day Community Celebration: Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews
An afternoon of art, music, history, and culture!
12–5 pm Galleries open. Tea and cookies provided by Ce Soir Catering.
Hello! Shalom! Salam! Art Activities
Welcome the opening of the exhibition Light and Shadows and explore the works on view. As you learn about Jewish values of righteousness, design your very own tzedakah box to collect spare change for causes you believe in. Make a wish for your family as you create your own embossed silver hamsa charm, a sign for protection and good luck that is displayed in homes throughout the world, including Iran and Israel.
1:30 pm and 3 pm
Enjoy a brief santūr performance by UCLA freshman Timothy Halimi
Community Welcome
Rabbi David Shofet, Younes Nazarian, and Sharon Nazarian
Fowler OutSpoken Lecture: Nahid Pirnazar on Light and Shadows
: The Tapestry of Iranian Jewish Heritage: Reflections on Historical, Sociocultural and Political Relations
In this opening day program, Nahid Pirnazar (above left), a lecturer in Iranian Studies at UCLA who teaches the history of Iranian Jews and Judeo-Persian literature, reflects on how Iranian Jews have influenced and been influenced by Iranian culture and identity. Additionally, Pirnazar discusses how, in more recent years, Iranian Jews have continued to balance their attachment to both their religious homeland, Israel, and cultural homeland, Iran, while adjusting to their new environments in the United States and elsewhere. Seating for this talk in our 300+ seat Lenart Auditorium is first-come, first-served.
12–5 pm
Fowler Museum
Light and Shadows: Related Exhibitions and Events in Los Angeles
Companion Exhibitions in Los Angeles:
My Heart Is in the East, and I Am at the Ends of the West
Shulamit Gallery — October 15, 2012–January 5, 2013
Works by Ben Mayeri and contemporary artists Laura Merage, Soraya Sarah Nazarian, Farid Kia, and Jessica Shokrian
What Remains: The Iranian Jewish Experience
Hillel at UCLA — October 25–December 14, 2012
Photographs, sculpture and a video make up this exhibition representing Iranian Jewish life in LA, with works by Soraya Sarah Nazarian, Shelley Gazin, Jessica Shokrian, Krista Nassi and video installation by Tess Halavy.
Iranian Art Reimagined
The Jewish Federation Bell Family Gallery — November 1, 2012–March 31, 2013
Works by contemporary artists Jessica Shokrian, Mitra Forouzan, David Abir, Shahram Farshadfar, Tal Schochat and architect, Yassi Gabbay
"We are a reality": Iranian Jewish History in L.A.
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, East Exhibit Case — November 2–December 14, 2012
Books, journals, and historical materials from UCLA Library collections that reflect the presence of Iranian Jews in Los Angeles as well as in Iran
Leaving the Land of Roses
Shulamit Gallery — January 14–March 9, 2013
Works by contemporary artists David Abir, Krista Nassi, Soraya Sarah Nazarian, Tal Shochat, and Marjan Vayhgan
Related Los Angeles Events:
Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 pm
Hammer Museum, Hammer Screenings: Jews of Iran
Jews of Iran examines the lives of the Persian Jews currently living in Iran's predominately Islamic society. The director Ramin Farahani captures the prejudices against the Jewish minority as well as friendships among Muslims and Jews. (2005, Dir. Farahani, 52 min.)
Saturday, November 3, 2012 7– 9 pm
Shulamit Gallery
Opening reception for My heart is in the East, and I am at the ends of the West
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 7:30 pm
Hammer Museum, Hammer Conversations: Roya Hakakian & Rabbi David Wolpe
Writer Roya Hakakian and Rabbi David Wolpe discuss Iran, human rights, and the Persian Jewish diaspora. Hakakian is an author, Farsi poet, and activist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal and on NPR's All Things Considered, among others. Her books include Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, about Iran's terror campaign against exiled Iranian dissidents and the memoir Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran. Named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post, Wolpe is the Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. He is the author of seven books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times and Why Faith Matters. Co-presented by Sinai Temple.
Friday, November 30, 1012 2–4 pm
Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation Room: Collecting Iranian Jewish Los Angeles: How to Preserve and Make Accessible the History of Iranian Jews in L.A.
Susan D. Anderson, curator, Collecting Los Angeles, and David Hirsch, librarian for Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies at UCLA Library will discuss the importance of research collections regarding Iranian Jewish history in L.A. Examples of books and journals from the Library's extensive Judaica collections, and historical materials from the Department of Special Collections, will be on view.
Saturday, January 13, 2012 7–9 pm
Opening reception for Leaving the Land of Roses
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/events/opening-day-community-celebration-light-and-shadows-story-iranian-jews