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3 to Read: COVID-induced media crackdown | NPR's audience expands | Understanding automated fact-checking
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package org.wowdoge;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JSpinner;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SpinnerNumberModel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;

import java.awt.SystemColor;
import java.awt.event.ComponentAdapter;
import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent;

import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

import javax.swing.border.CompoundBorder;
import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
import javax.swing.border.MatteBorder;
import javax.swing.border.SoftBevelBorder;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;

import java.awt.event.InputMethodListener;
import java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent;

import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;

import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

import javax.swing.JMenuItem;

import com.google.dogecoin.core.Utils;
import com.google.dogecoin.uri.BitcoinURI;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

public class DialogRequestPayment extends JDialog {

	private final JPanel contentPanel = new JPanel();

	private JSpinner spinnerAmount;
	private JTextField textFieldToAddress;
	private JButton btnQRCode;
	private JTextField textFieldLabel;
	private String paymentURL;

	/**
	 * Launch the application.
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		try {
			DialogRequestPayment dialog = new DialogRequestPayment();
			dialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
			dialog.setVisible(true);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Create the dialog.
	 */
	public DialogRequestPayment() {
		setTitle("Request " + Version.coinNameLong + "s Payment");
		setBounds(100, 100, 594, 493);
		getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		contentPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
		{
			JPanel panelToAddress = new JPanel();
			contentPanel.add(panelToAddress);
			panelToAddress.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
			{
				JPanel panelHeader = new JPanel();
				panelToAddress.add(panelHeader, BorderLayout.NORTH);
				panelHeader.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
				{
					JLabel lblToAddress = new JLabel("To Address:");
					lblToAddress.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
					lblToAddress.setAlignmentX(0.5f);
					panelHeader.add(lblToAddress, BorderLayout.NORTH);
				}
				{
					JPanel panelAmountBase = new JPanel();
					panelHeader.add(panelAmountBase, BorderLayout.CENTER);
					panelAmountBase.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
					{
						JPanel panelAmount = new JPanel();
						panelAmountBase.add(panelAmount, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
						panelAmount.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(18, 50));
						panelAmount.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
						{
							JLabel lblAmount = new JLabel(" Amount: ");
							panelAmount.add(lblAmount, BorderLayout.WEST);
							lblAmount.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
						}
						spinnerAmount = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(new Float(0), new Float(0), new Float(Float.MAX_VALUE), new Float(1f)));
						spinnerAmount.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
							public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent arg0) {
								updateQRCode();
							}
						});
						panelAmount.add(spinnerAmount, BorderLayout.CENTER);
						spinnerAmount.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(175, 28));
						spinnerAmount.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 15));
						JTextField tf = ((JSpinner.DefaultEditor) spinnerAmount.getEditor()).getTextField();
						JSpinner.NumberEditor editor = (JSpinner.NumberEditor)spinnerAmount.getEditor();
						{
							JLabel lblExe = new JLabel(" " + Version.coinNameWithSpace);
							panelAmount.add(lblExe, BorderLayout.EAST);
						}
					}
					{
						textFieldToAddress = new TextField();
						textFieldToAddress.setBorder(null);
						panelAmountBase.add(textFieldToAddress, BorderLayout.NORTH);
						textFieldToAddress.setBackground(Version.getInactiveTextFieldColor());
						textFieldToAddress.setEditable(false);
						textFieldToAddress.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(14, 50));
						textFieldToAddress.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
						textFieldToAddress.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 18));
						textFieldToAddress.setColumns(10);
					}
				}
				{
					JPanel panelLabel = new JPanel();
					panelHeader.add(panelLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
					panelLabel.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
					{
						JLabel lblLabel = new JLabel("Label, Name or Description:");
						lblLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
						panelLabel.add(lblLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
					}
					{
						textFieldLabel = new JTextField();
						textFieldLabel.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
							  public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
								  	  updateQRCode();
								  }
								  public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
									  updateQRCode();
								  }
								  public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
									  updateQRCode();
								  }
								});
						textFieldLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
						textFieldLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(14, 35));
						panelLabel.add(textFieldLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
						textFieldLabel.setColumns(10);
					}
				}
			}
			{
				JPanel panel = new JPanel();
				panelToAddress.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
				panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
				{
					btnQRCode = new JButton("Click to Scan QR Code via Webcam or Drop or Paste QR Code Image...");
					btnQRCode.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
						public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
							String sub = "Payment Request";
							String mailBody = "Please send payment to " + getPaymentLongerURL();
							String forUri = String.format("mailto:?subject=%s&body=%s",  urlEncode(sub), urlEncode(mailBody));
			                try {
								Desktop.getDesktop().mail(new URI(forUri));
							} catch (IOException e1) {
								// TODO Auto-generated catch block
								e1.printStackTrace();
							} catch (URISyntaxException e1) {
								// TODO Auto-generated catch block
								e1.printStackTrace();
							}
						}
					});
					btnQRCode.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER);
					btnQRCode.setToolTipText("Click to Request Payment via E-Mail");
					btnQRCode.setActionCommand("Click to Request Payment via E-Mail");
					panel.add(btnQRCode);
					btnQRCode.addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter() {
						@Override
						public void componentResized(ComponentEvent arg0) {
							updateQRCode();
						}
					});
					btnQRCode.setText("Click to Request Payment via E-Mail");
					btnQRCode.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.BOTTOM);
					{
						JPopupMenu popupMenu = new JPopupMenu();
						addPopup(btnQRCode, popupMenu);
						{
							{
								JMenuItem mntmCopyUrl = new JMenuItem("Copy Payment Request URL");
								mntmCopyUrl.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
									public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
										copyURL();
									}
								});
								JMenuItem mntmCopy = new JMenuItem("Copy Payment Request QR Code");
								mntmCopy.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
									public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
										copyQRCodeImage();
									}
								});
								popupMenu.add(mntmCopy);
								popupMenu.add(mntmCopyUrl);
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		contentPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
		getContentPane().add(contentPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		{
			JPanel buttonPane = new JPanel();
			buttonPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
			getContentPane().add(buttonPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
			{
				JButton btnCopyPaymentRequest = new JButton("Copy Payment Request URL");
				btnCopyPaymentRequest.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
						copyURL();
					}
				});
				btnCopyPaymentRequest.setToolTipText("Copy Payment Request URL");
				buttonPane.add(btnCopyPaymentRequest);
			}
			{
				JButton btnCopyPymentRequestQRCode = new JButton("Copy Payment Request QR Code");
				btnCopyPymentRequestQRCode.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
						copyQRCodeImage();
					}
				});
				btnCopyPymentRequestQRCode.setToolTipText("Copy Payment Request QR Code");
				btnCopyPymentRequestQRCode.setActionCommand("Cancel");
				buttonPane.add(btnCopyPymentRequestQRCode);
			}
			{
				JButton buttonClose = new JButton("Close");
				buttonClose.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
						dispose();
					}
				});
				buttonClose.setActionCommand("Cancel\n");
				buttonPane.add(buttonClose);
				getRootPane().setDefaultButton(buttonClose);
			}
		}
		setSpinner();
	}

	private String updatePaymentURL() {
		paymentURL = BitcoinURI.convertToBitcoinURI(textFieldToAddress.getText(),  Utils.toNanoCoins(spinnerAmount.getValue().toString()), textFieldLabel.getText(), ""); //Version.coinNameLongSmall + ":" + textFieldToAddress.getText() + "?amount="+spinnerAmount.getValue() + "&label="+textFieldLabel.getText();
		//System.out.println(paymentURL);
		return paymentURL;
	}

	private void updateQRCode() {
		if ((btnQRCode.getWidth() != 0) && (btnQRCode.getHeight() != 0))
				btnQRCode.setIcon(new ImageIcon(new QRImage(updatePaymentURL(), btnQRCode.getWidth() -4, btnQRCode.getHeight() - 24)));
	}

	private String getPaymentLongerURL() {
		paymentURL = BitcoinURI.convertToBitcoinURI(textFieldToAddress.getText(),  Utils.toNanoCoins(spinnerAmount.getValue().toString()), textFieldLabel.getText(), ""); //Version.coinNameLongSmall + "://" + textFieldToAddress.getText() + "?amount="+spinnerAmount.getValue() + "&label="+textFieldLabel.getText();
		paymentURL = paymentURL.replace(":", "://");
		return paymentURL;
	}

	private void setSpinner() {
		spinnerAmount.setModel(new SpinnerNumberModel(new Float(0), new Float(0), new Float(Float.MAX_VALUE), new Float(1f)));
		spinnerAmount.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 15));
		JTextField tf = ((JSpinner.DefaultEditor) spinnerAmount.getEditor()).getTextField();
		tf.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 15));
		tf.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
		JFormattedTextField field = (JFormattedTextField) spinnerAmount.getEditor().getComponent(0);
		DefaultFormatter formatter = (DefaultFormatter) field.getFormatter();
	    formatter.setCommitsOnValidEdit(true);
		JSpinner.NumberEditor editor = (JSpinner.NumberEditor)spinnerAmount.getEditor();
        DecimalFormat format = editor.getFormat();
        format.setMinimumFractionDigits(8);

		//tf.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 15));
		//tf.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        //DecimalFormat format = editor.getFormat();
        //format.setMinimumFractionDigits(8);
	}

	private static final String urlEncode(String str) {
        try {
            return URLEncoder.encode(str, "UTF-8").replace("+", "%20");
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

	private void copyURL() {
		StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection (paymentURL);//getPaymentLongerURL());
		Clipboard clpbrd = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ().getSystemClipboard ();
		clpbrd.setContents (stringSelection, null);
	}

	private void copyQRCodeImage() {
		int size = (btnQRCode.getWidth() < btnQRCode.getHeight()) ? btnQRCode.getWidth() -8 : btnQRCode.getHeight() - 30;
		TransferableImage trans = new TransferableImage( new QRImage(updatePaymentURL(), size, size) );
        Clipboard c = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
        c.setContents( trans, null );
	}

	public void setAddress(String address) {
		textFieldToAddress.setText(address);
	}

	public void setLabel(String label) {
		textFieldLabel.setText(label);
	}
	private static void addPopup(Component component, final JPopupMenu popup) {
		component.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
			public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
				if (e.isPopupTrigger()) {
					showMenu(e);
				}
			}
			public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
				if (e.isPopupTrigger()) {
					showMenu(e);
				}
			}
			private void showMenu(MouseEvent e) {
				popup.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY());
			}
		});
	}
}

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Jan Swammerdam als microscopist
Lindeboom, G.A.
(2012) GEWINA / TGGNWT, volume 4, issue 2, pp. 87 - 110
(Article)
Jan Swammerdam as microscopist Contrary to the usual opinion, Jan Swammerdam, after the period of mysticism, resumed his scientific work. He worked very hard during the last period of his life (1676-80), though he was no more fit for field research. He now collected and enlarged his manuscripts and made ... read more them ready for press; they were published by Boerhaave as the Biblia Naturae (1737-38). Moreover in these years he applied himself in particular to microscopical examinations. In his earlier days he had used a magnifying glass made by Van Musschenbroek. but now he made his simple microscopes himself after a method he had learnt from Joh. Hudde. They were, in fact, very small glass globules which also later have been shown by P. Harting to have a great magnifying power (800 - 2200 x). They enabled Swammerdam to study the inner structure of insects and, in 1678, the red blood cells (already observed by Leeuwenhoek some years previously) and their oval form. Furthermore he describd the spermatozoa in a dog some months after Leeuwenhoek had studied them first. He recognized Leeuwenhoek's priorities, but the two naturalists had too little appreciation for each other's merits. show less
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Day one of the 2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is in the books.
Now on to day two, Saturday, April 14.
General admission tickets for Saturday cost $65; Sunday costs $70.
All side streets off of Shoreline Drive and Seaside Way leading into the race course will close. The course is south of Ocean Boulevard, stretching from Chestnut Avenue east to Shoreline Drive.
Westbound lanes of Shoreline Drive will close, along with the northbound Queensway Bridge off-ramp, the southbound Queensway Bridge on-ramp from Shoreline Drive and the portion of Aquarium Way south of Shoreline Drive.
Eastbound lanes of Shoreline Drive from Broadway to Ocean Boulevard will close.
Saturday and Sunday are set to be sunny during the daytime, with predicted highs of 73 and 70 degrees, respectively. The evenings will be cooler, with a low of 56 on Saturday and Sunday. The NWS expected patchy fog on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.
9 a.m.: IndyCar practice;9:30 a.m.: IMSA Weather Tech SportsCar autograph session;10 a.m.: Pirelli GT4 America practice;10:45 a.m.: Pirelli GT4 America qualifying;12:10 p.m.: IndyCar qualifying and Firestone Fast 6;1:30 p.m.: BUBBA burger SportsCar pre-race;2:06 p.m.: BUBBA burger SportsCar Grand Prix;4:15 p.m.: Stadium Super Trucks Race No.1 ;5 p.m.: Historic IMSA GTO Race;6 p.m.: Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge and Rock-N-Roar concert with Moontower opening for Cold War Kids.
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Film Essent Archive for February, 2010
Your World in Two Minutes
By Kim Voynar - Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The BBC has this pretty cool thing called My World going, where they are inviting filmmakers to submit two-minute short films about where they live. The shortlist will be selected by "well-known documentary filmmakers from around the world" and the top ten shown on BBC World News.
You can check out some of the films already submitted or enter your own film right over here. Some of the entries are surprisingly good; it made me think about what some of my talented filmmaker friends could come up with to show their world two minutes. If you make and submit a short to this competition, let me know so I can check it out.
Oxford Film Festival: It's a Wrap!
By Kim Voynar - Monday, February 8th, 2010
This was my third year at the Oxford Film Festival, and I have to say this fest just gets better and better every year. Other small regional fests take note: If you want to grow your small-town-fest-that-could into a small town fest that can and does have a reputation as one of the go-to fests for your region, take some notes from the folks who make this fest happen. As at any fest, there are countless volunteers who make it happen, but I have to give a shout out to the fest co-directors, Michelle Emanuel, Molly Fergusson and Micah Ginn, and Assistant Director Melanie Addington.
My fellow fest circuit junkies — not to mention all you indie filmmakers out there looking for a great fest to showcase your hard work — should add Oxford to your list of fests to check out; If you're ever fortunate enough to be invited to attend as a filmmaker, juror or panelist, do not turn it down.


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We Ranked All The 'Bridgerton' Men According To Their Suitor Potential
The gentlemen of Bridgerton have inevitably captured our hearts as of late - some more so than others. As a super single Netflix enthusiast who is still very much on the marriage market, naturally, it was my duty to detail the lords who would make the best boyfriends and the trash that shouldn't even bother trying. And I did it all without Anthony Bridgerton's shitty suitor advice too! So make haste, and read on to meet your ideal Regency era boyfriend.
SPOILERS AHEAD, so don't say I didn't warn ya.
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Fans Dish Out Brutal Reviews On 'Emily In Paris' In Meme Form
Emily in Paris is the new Netflix show everyone is talking about. Think Sex and the City meets Devil Wears Prada, meets utterly ridiculous, and you're on the right track. The show sees American 20-something marketing assistant Emily (Lily Collins) stumble her way around Paris after landing a job at a French marketing company. She has no idea how to work social media (despite working in the biz); she falls in love with her downstairs neighbor (who is gorgeous, of course), and she seems to have more outfits than the rest of the cast put together. The show is full of fantastic fashion, eye-rolling French clichés, and unrealistic romantic interactions and has been getting mixed reviews. It's kind of like a car crash - you're scared to look because it's so bad, but you don't want to miss the opportunity to squirm either. It's terrible for you, but it's also addictive. So basically, the perfect way to kill a hangover Sunday on the couch. As one Twitter user put it, "Emily In Paris is the best Netflix show ever made, because it's so fucking awful that I can't stop watching it and I think that's exactly what they wanted." Here are some memes that depict just how bad fans think the show is.
Throwback To The Most Iconic TV Couples From The '90s
Relationships aren't what they used to be. Somehow TV love seemed purer back in the '90s; something that was longer-lasting. I guess that's because there wasn't Tinder back then to screw everything up. As Valentine's Day approaches, let's use this Throwback Thursday to cast our minds back to a time when sitcoms showed true and lasting love in all its glory.
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Interior-point methods
Tamaás Terlaky
Paul T. Boggs
Notwithstanding the success of the simplex method for linear programming (LP), there was, even from the earliest days of operations research, a desire to create an algorithm for solving linear programming problems that proceeded on a path through the polytope rather than around its perimeter. Indeed, methods were considered, but until recently, none was as effective as the simplex method. In this article, the motivation for desiring an "interior" path, the concept of the complexity of solving a linear programming problem, a brief his-tory of the developments in the area, and the status of the subject as of this writing are discussed. More complete surveys are given in Gonzaga (1991a, 1991b, 1992), Goldfarb and Todd (1989), Roos and Terlaky (1997), Roos, Terlaky and Vial (1997), Terlaky (1996), Ye (1997), Wright (1996) and Wright (1998). Generalizations to nonlinear problems are briefly discussed as well. For a thorough treatment of interior-point algorithms on those...
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Q: How do I redirect my login page to the homepage after successful sign in by user? I am having a lot trouble redirecting a user from the login page to the homepage after they successfully login (with the right email and password that they created. My website is written in HTML, CSS and Javascript, and I am using firebase for authentication. I have checked everywhere but can't seem to find a solution that works. I tried the method below (the last function is my attempt at redirection) and it seemed to work, however, it causes an infinite page refresh/reload. Can someone please help me out?
function signUp() {

   var email = document.getElementById("email");
   var password = document.getElementById("password");

   const promise = auth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email.value, password.value);
   promise.catch(e => alert(e.message));

   alert("Registered");

}

function signIn() {

   var email = document.getElementById("email");
   var password = document.getElementById("password");

   const promise = auth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email.value, password.value);
   promise.catch(e => alert(e.message));

   alert("Logged in " + email.value);

}

function signOut() {
   auth.signOut();
   alert("Logged out");
}

firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function (user) {
   if (user) {
      var email = user.email;
      alert("Active user: " + email);
      window.location.href = "/Users/Me/Desktop/Website HTML/home.html";
   }
   else {
     alert("No active user");
     window.location.href = "/Users/Me/Desktop/Website HTML/login.html";

   }
})

A: I think the reason your code is causing infinite redirection loop is because it doesn't specify when the redirection should not happen. This example here is a sample the checks for the current page before making the redirection.
firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function(user) {
    if (user) {
        var email = user.email;
        alert("Active user: " + email);
        if (window.location.href.indexOf("home.html") == -1) {
            window.location.href = "/Users/Me/Desktop/Website HTML/home.html";
        }
    } else {
        alert("No active user");
        if (window.location.href.indexOf("login.html") == -1) {
            window.location.href = "/Users/Me/Desktop/Website HTML/login.html";
        }
    }
})

A: You should do the redirection on the signIn method...
const promise = auth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email.value, password.value);

promise
  .then(() => {
    //handle your redirection here

    //add any alerts or console logs here
  })
  .catch(e => alert(e.message));

//on another note.. the alert you have here will always trigger before
//the promise resolves, so you should have it inside the 'then' method
alert("Logged in " + email.value);

and then only use the 'onAuthStateChanged' method to check for authentication
firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function (user) {
 if(!user)
 {
   alert("No active user");
   window.location.href = "/Users/Me/Desktop/Website HTML/login.html";
 }
})

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Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden (ISBN 0-684-86024-4) is a 1999 reprinting of Tim Page's 1995 epic description of life, lives and times in Vietnam, both before and after the 'liberation' of the south by the northern VC. Page was a famous war photographer who cut his photo-teeth during the Vietnam offensive, who ended up being very seriously injured and spent many years in recovery.
The book moves very smartly, back and forwards in time, with snippets of the conflict years being contrasted with the post VC victory and the slow return of foreigners being allowed to travel in Vietnam. Ostensible it covers Page's time as a war correspondent, including being hit by the ludicrously named "friendly fire", and then following his rehabilitation from head injuries, his return to Vietnam to look for Sean Flynn (son of the Errol Flynn the movie actor) who was officially recorded as MIA (missing in action).
By and large, in the newspaper business, photographers cannot write (after all, why should they, since a photograph is supposed to be worth a thousand words) and the converse also holds true - writers cannot use a camera. Tim Page transcends all that. He has a mind that can bring back every small detail of a place or person or situation, and impart them onto the printed page. Truly remarkable.
Examples of Page's extreme acuity - (page 58) "We were parked for negotiation in the old frontier post at a long table beneath the gaze of uncle Ho. Two township committee lads with bad teeth busied themselves pouring hot water into a chipped and filthy teapot, having pinched some leaves from a rusty army-issue caddy." Or on page 69, his description of a roadside restaurant, "It had been raining, the odd drip still hitting the floor, which was covered in a slime of food spittings, chicken droppings and grease. The junction box consisted of two exposed wires, which the owner grabbed and wound around those trailed by the fan. There was a lovely blue acrid flash, which plunged the dank room into further gloom." Anyone who has been there will recognise the mandatory tea and cigarettes routine, forced upon every foreigner who wants to do anything in that part of the world.
The review copy was made available by Bookazine and has an RRP of 475 baht. Having been in Vietnam in 1990, I can vouch for the authenticity of his descriptions, a country where sending a fax used to take four hours from its going into the government owned facsimile machine, to its emerging at its destination overseas. For those who missed the years of conflict, there is also a glossary at the back of the book to explain some of the war's acronyms, such as ARVN or Minf. There are also maps showing the main regions covered by the book.
If you need a historical record of Vietnam in the late 60's and early 70's and then again the early 90's, this book depicts the real Vietnam situation of those times. A very powerful record that deserves its place in Vietnam history too.
This only left bandleader and guitarist Kim Simmonds and piano player Bob Hall, who was never really a full time member of the band, preferring to keep his options open to be available for his very lucrative session work, from the band that recorded the debut album.
But if it was Kim Simmonds' quest to find the perfect British Blues and Boogie Band, one listen to this album will leave you in no doubt that he was already coming very close.
Although this lineup of 'Savoy Brown' had only been together a matter of days, the Decca Record Company put them in the studio with legendary producer Mike Vernon (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, etc) to record this classic album.
Right from the get go, when the band bump and grind their way into opener "Flood in Houston", you know that you are listening to something very special. The band has a chemistry that makes you feel they have been together for a lifetime. Youlden's voice on this and the next three Savoy Brown albums put him up there with all of the great blues singers (many comparing him favorably with the great Bobby Bland). The guitar playing of Peverett and Simmonds was the equal of anything Clapton or Green were doing at the time. Jobe and Earl held down a rock solid backbone, whilst Hall's piano work shows why he was held in such high regard by his contemporary musicians.
The music is probably best summed up by the eight minute long "You need Love", the old Willie Dixon chestnut, which rushes off at a brisk twelve bar, whilst Youlden explains to the object of his desires why she needs his affections, before Simmonds takes over with a blistering guitar solo, giving way to a thundering bass section from Jobe. A pulsating drum solo from Earl leads us into a 'dueling banjo style' guitar battle between Simmonds and Peverett. Then the whole band come back to bring the song to a fitting climax.
For the CD release three extra tracks have been added onto the original release. A cover of Lane's "Walking by myself" made famous on Gary Moore's album "Blues Alive" and now a staple of Pattaya's own Pop Jorilia's band "Satin Soul". A wonderful Youlden original "Taste and Try, before you Buy", which could be Hendrix at his sauciest, and a great Simmonds blues jam "Someday People". So not only are you getting great music, you get great value for money too.
Kim Simmonds still leads Savoy Brown today (probably on lineup number 467 by now). Dave Peverett, Roger Earl with Jobe's replacement Tone Stevens went and left Savoy Brown in 1970 to find superstardom in "Foghat". Sadly, over the years Chris Youlden has released three patchy solo albums to no great avail. But whilst they were together, these boys could really play.


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India's fourth-quarter GDP surges 9.3%
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- India's economy grew at a faster-than-expected 9.3% in the quarter ending March 31, the government said Wednesday.
The analyst consensus estimate had been 7.6%, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
Growth for the full fiscal year ending in March was 8.4%, compared to an earlier official estimate of 8.1%.
In the fourth quarter, construction industry output was up 12%, manufacturing output was up 8.9%, and farm output was up 5.5%.
The strong data failed to stimulate Indian stocks. The benchmark Sensex index, which tracks 30 companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange, was down 5.27% in early afternoon trading. See Asia markets.
"The good thing is that when everything settles, everyone will remember that India is a genuine growth story," said Samir Arora, manager of the $245 million, India-focused Helios Strategic Fund.
The Sensex has fallen nearly 20% from its record-high May 10 close of 12,612.38.
Economic officials moved to quell concerns that the economy may be growing too fast.
"I don't think there is any evidence of overheating. Macroeconomic indicators are in okay shape," said Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission.
In contrast to China, where economic growth has been driven largely by investment, India has seen a significant contribution from domestic consumption as well.
"Growth has been more diverse," said Arora. "It has been driven more by spending than anything else."


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In recent times, there have been two main trends that have been synonymous with Robin van Persie; lots of goals and his pending contract issue. The media Vultures have done their bit in linking van Persie out of the club with Manchester City dominating the headlines as his potential destination.
Fresh reports are emerging that Bayern Munich has joined the fray of butt-sniffers and the name Anzhi was mentioned too even if Roberto Carlos has quelled those claims. Van Persie has been in good form for Arsenal this season by leading Arsenal's scoring charts with five goals to his name and it seems as if Arsenal's captain is going to be rewarded with a bumper contract.
It's no more than he deserves if you ask me. The Flying Dutchman has been in Arsenal since 2004 but his Arsenal career blossomed late thanks to his lengthy injuries he suffered season after season. He just notched up a century of goals for the club and I hope that he'll come close to breaking Thierry Henry's superb record even if he's some way off.
Van Persie has also talked up the ability off the Netherlands in the forthcoming European Championships and I agree with him because that nation took their qualifying campaign by storm.
However, there's a Dutch legend that's clearly not satisfied about Arsenal's recent tactics and he has joined the league of football figureheads that have decided to teach other managers how to use a certain player.
When Fernando Torres was struggling for form and fitness after his mega move from Anfield, Rafa Benitez was kind enough to tell Carlo Ancelotti how to manage Torres. Months later, it was Dick Advocaat's turn to teach Arsene Wenger how to use Andrey Arshavin:
"One of his problems is that he plays 20 minutes per game. Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger uses him as a player who can be fielded in the second half and who can refresh the game.
Andrey is showing willingness to give the team the best of what he has. I worked with him for over two years at Zenit and I know who he is. A brilliant player of a single episode.
At Arsenal it is not enough to be a player of an episode. Expecting from him a ninety-minute running means not knowing and not understanding Arshavin."
I'm pretty sure that Wenger didn't read that manual because Arshavin hasn't been the Russian magician that destroyed Holland in the Euro 2008 semis and led Zenit to Europa League glory in the same year.
Dennis Bergkamp has taken out some time to tell everyone how to optimize Robin van Persie to his full capabilities:
"When I look at Robin van Persie, he is the front player, but he is better in my old position. They are missing an out-and-out goalscorer.
Now they play with an extra midfielder instead [of two strikers, as was the case in Bergkamp's day].
The midfielders are all the same sort of players. You need one who wants to get in behind Van Persie."
Bergkamp still declared his faith in Arsene Wenger but he was quick to point out that the club need more leadership behind the scenes. He has bemoaned Arsenal's failure to sign Patrick Vieira to the club's backroom staff:
"I know [Wenger] is the one who will be struggling the most but with his experience, it'll be OK. There was talk of Patrick going to Arsenal over the summer.
I would have done everything possible to get him there. Just to get him in and around the dressing room. It would have brought so much to the team."
Bergkamp is presently enjoying life in Ajax but he hasn't ruled out a move to England. He also had a great interview with fellow legend, Martin Keown.
It's worth a read.
When Arsenal played Tottenham in White Hart Lane, the world witnessed a horror moment that was suffered by Bacary Sagna and he has been diagnosed to be out till the New Year at least. This is a massive blow to Arsenal but life without Sagna commences on Saturday and a lot will be asked of Carl Jenkinson the youngster.
Sagna has decided to draw some inspiration from the Blonde Jaguar, Djibril Cisse:
"Djibril suffered operations worse than mine and he always came back. He has a force of character that is an example to all players."
"Some would have decided to give up or come back at a lower level. The fact that he was recalled to the France team, and he showed so much desire, is an example."
Cisse suffered horrific leg breaks on both legs but he came back stronger after very lengthy periods out of action.
Recuperating from a long-term injury requires a lot from the player that suffered the injury but it's not every player that comes back blazing on all cylinders.
Shakhtar's Eduardo da Silva is a classic example of a player that failed to rediscover form after the long spell out. Abou Diaby is another player that is still affected by that his ankle injury he suffered in May 2006 from that horrible tackle courtesy of a bloke called Dan Smith. Aaron Ramsey's leg was snapped like a twig by Ryan Shawcross but the Welshman has shown massive improvement and Wilshere's absence in the squad has given him room to shine.
I wish Sagna all the best and I hope he continues the form that won him a place in the 2008 PFA Team of the Year in his first full season with Arsenal.
Moving over to transfer news, Real Madrid is gunning for Arsenal's target Mario Gotze while Arsenal has been linked with a winger from Ligue 1 called Aymen Abdennour. Wenger has a thing for Ligue 1 and I'll have to do some homework on this chap.
"Where's YouTube when you need it."
It also seems as if AC Milan is going to beat Arsenal to sign Riccardo Montolivo and the Incredible Brazilian's Hulk's agent is saying that Arsenal is interested in signing the £87m man.
Even if Mr. Hulk of Porto decides to turn green and tear his jersey into bits while increasing in his mass, I can never fathom Arsene Wenger releasing £87m to acquire the bloke. Wenger can use £87m to buy two football teams worth of players if he has his way.
To wrap it all up, Djourcielny is back, Theo Walcott doesn't want to take his England place for granted and jack Wilshere has reaffirmed his future to Arsenal.
The quote of the day goes to my pal, Gareth J. Morgan:
"I hope that Van Persie's love for the club will be enough to make him sign, but quality players need to play in quality sides and unfortunately we are looking far from quality at the moment."
Feel free to check out his great blog.
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Stormy Daniels Will Visit DC For A Show — Right Near The White House
By Lani Seelinger
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The most famous adult film star in America is coming to Washington — but it's not because she's suing the president. Stormy Daniels will be performing in Washington, D.C., at the Cloakroom nightclub — which just so happens to be located right between the Capitol building and the White House.
Daniels vaulted into the national consciousness in early 2018, after the Wall Street Journal reported on the the $130,000 payment to her that Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen made to ensure her silence in 2016, soon before the election. Daniels, a stripper, actress, director, and producer, had alleged that she and Trump had carried out an affair in 2006 and 2007, which Trump has consistently denied. She then sued Trump, saying that the nondisclosure agreement binding her to silence wasn't valid because Trump himself had never signed it, as Vox explained.
The alleged affair between the porn star and the president — and the very real suit that she has brought against him — have remained part of the national conversation now for several months, especially as the Trump team's explanation of the $130,000 payment kept changing, as Vox laid out. Daniels has capitalized on her fame with a strip club tour, which she's calling "Make America Horny Again." This visit to D.C. isn't part of that — but it's definitely keeping the focus squarely on Stormy.
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The Washington Post reported about Stormy's upcoming visit to the Cloakroom, which owner Andre de Moya referred to as "a high-class gentlemen's club." The show, he said, will strike a different tone than the "Make America Horny Again" tour, although he kept things vague as to what viewers could actually expect. The name of the show, the Post reported, is "All Things Revealed."
Even after her in-depth interview on CBS' 60 Minutes, Daniels has made sure to keep reminding the country that there's still plenty to learn about her. The focus on the alleged affair has turned her and her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, into mainstream celebrities — a rare feat for an adult film star and the attorney representing her over a scandal having to do with hush money. Both of them, like Trump, have successfully used Twitter for self-promotion, becoming heroes of the #Resistance along the way. Daniels in particular frequently confronts her haters with snappy tweets, in no way shying away from or trying to hide her identity as an adult film star.
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PDF Citation [On This Topic] A Century of Korean Film: From "Joseon Film" to Global Korean Cinema
pp.5-15 https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2019.59.4.5
PDF Citation The Identity of "Joseon Film": Between Colonial Cinema and National Cinema
pp.16-47 https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2019.59.4.16
Inspired by the idea that Korean films during the colonial and post-liberation periods (1919–1948) constantly question the boundaries of Korean national cinema, this article suggests that those films produced during the periods be designated as "Joseon film" (Joseon yeonghwa) and aims to examine the backdrops and potential effects of the nomenclature. In doing so, this paper reexamines the boundaries of Korean film history. At the center of this discourse are ten Joseon films the Korea Film Archive has rediscovered over the past decade, of which this article focuses on three Tuition (1940), Angels on the Streets (1941), and Seagull (1948); all discovered at overseas film archives. These three films constantly evoke and prompt questions on the conceptual definition of Korean film, even though they have been included in the historiography of early Korean cinema and been preserved materially in the Korean Film Archive. Tuition and Angels on the Streets, dating from the Japanese colonial period, and Seagull, dating from the post-liberation period. I examine their production and distribution on the boundaries between Joseon and Korean cinema and between colonial and nation-state cinema. Although the former two films aimed at becoming imperial Japan's state (Gukka) films, they came to be categorized as Joseon (Minjok, ethnic) cinema by imperial Japan since the colonial realities reflected in the film were problematic to mainland Japan. The nationbuilding propaganda film Seagull, which was produced and distributed in 1948, had to start negotiating with the state to become South Korean film. It could not be legitimated as a South Korean film as it was filmed, since the print was confiscated by the authorities due to the actors who defected to North Korea. Reviewing the designations of and the boundaries between Joseon and Korean cinema, this article takes a critical approach to Korean film historiography of the Japanese colonial and post-liberation periods in Korea.
PDF Citation The Status of Historical Drama Films in South Korea in the 1960s: The Relevance between the Film Industry and Genre Films
The purpose of this article is to reexamine sageuk (historical dramas) that were screened from the late 1950s to the 1960s in regards to the Korean film industry and their reception by the audience. During this time, historical dramas occupied an important position in the film industry and were the leading genre during the peak box office seasons. In an effort to examine the status and the significance of historical films, this paper divides the relevant time period into three phases. The first phase, the latter half of the 1950s, was a time when historical films were being established as big pictures. The second phase, the first half of the 1960s, established the custom of screening these big-budget historical films during the peak box office seasons around major holidays. The Third phase was the latter half of the 1960s, during which the popularity of historical dramas declined due to the industrial crisis and the rise of a younger audience. This article attempts to expand the scope of the discourse on historical dramas, which has been focused on the text analysis and their socio-historical significance, and examine the perspective of the film industry and reception of the films at the time. Based on this discussion, I aim to take a multifaceted look at the study of genre films.
PDF Citation Coevolution of Conventions and Korean New Wave: Korean Cinema in the 1970s and 80s
pp.78-102 https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2019.59.4.78
Changes in Korean cinema during the 1970s and 80s served as the foundation for its takeoff in popularity in the 1990s. During this period, traditional Korean film production ideology and conventions were present, and the Korean New Wave can be said to be the result of the coevolution achieved while competing against such conventions. In this paper, I designate the main trends and films in Korean film history during the 1970s and 80s as the "Korean New Wave." Korean New Wave encompasses the entire activities of the film movement group and the Korean film directors from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. I discuss Gwang-su Park, Myung-se Lee, Sun-woo Jang, and Ji-young Jung as representative directors. However, Korean New Wave is not a sudden occurrence but rather a social and historical consequence. Its pre-history comprises Yeongsang sidae (The Age of Image) centered on director Gil-jong Ha of the 1970s as well as the New Wave prequel represented by Chang-ho Bae, Jang-ho Lee, and Kwon-ta Im in the 1980s. Beginning as a prelude to the New Wave, Barambuleo joeun-nal (A Fine Windy Day, 1980) by Jang-ho Lee and continuing with Neoege nareul bonaenda (To You from Me, 1994) by Sun-woo Jang, or even to the establishment of the Busan International Film Festival in 1996, Korean New Wave was a consequence of co-influences, collaboration, competition, and struggle between the old system of Korean cinema and the new challenges it faced. However, the elements of New Wave were made obsolete by the topographical changes of the film industry and audience culture that came after the mid-1990s.
PDF Citation From the Era of Melodrama to the Age of the Comedy and the Thriller: The Simultaneous Transformations of Korean Society and Film Genre From the 1990s to the Present
pp.103-135 https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2019.59.4.103
Since the 1990s, the genres of Korean film have been re-imagined, and the changed status of melodramas symbolizes this. Melodrama, which was a mainstream genre of Korean film for a long time, has been dissolved into a variety of emerging film genres, losing its dominance. This evolution has been commensurate with the imperative to secure distance from the emotions centered on the pathos of compassion and sympathy, and to question the period dominated by such emotions. The trajectory of Korean films in the 1990s, which began with a greater focus on romantic comedy and continued into comic action films, and the rise of thrillers in the 2000s, demonstrate this transformation. Since the 2000s Comedies and thrillers have acted as a common denominator of genre hybridization, maintaining their status as mainstream genres. This is because these two genres are most suitable for reflecting and reenacting the dynamics of Korean society and the specificity of its modernization due to the coexistence of a delayed modernity and a nascent post-modernity in Korea. In this transformation of film genres, current Korean films embody a labyrinth without an exit where the pursuit of rationality ends in failure or deepens an ironic aesthetic that calls for a contemplative form of humor regarding the coexistence of heterogeneity, contradictions, and absurdity.
PDF Citation (In)Commensurability of Korean Cinema: International Coproduction of Korean Films in the 2010s
(Kyoto University) pp.136-166 https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2019.59.4.136
Probing into South Korea's international co-produced films in the 2010s, this article assesses Korean films' commensurability in the globalized world sharing capitalist modes of living. Since the 1980s, neo-liberalistic globalization has been in full swing in most part of the world. In the course of this transition, capitalist modes of living, such as economic inequalities, the rise of social precariats, and social fragmentation, have become commonplace conditions easily recognizable by any individual with access to their external world. Since the 2000s, the development of Internet technology and media content in East Asia have created an environment wherein the South Korean film industry has an aspiration to expand its market share beyond Korea in terms of its own globalization. With the media globalization, films co-produced by South Korean and foreign filmmakers have appeared in earnest since 2010. These internationally coproduced films, which endeavor to go beyond the realm of Korean national cinema, address external audiences by seeking commensurability in a way of negotiating global audiences. This paper argues that Snowpiercer, Okja, and Parasite by Joon Ho Bong contain commensurability in addressing international audiences who communize capitalist modes of living.
PDF Citation Changes in Foreigners' Settlement Space in Seoul, Korea, 1882 to 1910: Focusing on Chinese and Japanese Demographic Changes and Commercial Activities
From 1882 to 1910, Seoul was a special foreigners' concession called a mixed-residential quarter. During this period, external influences changed the landscape of the Korean capital. Hence, the changes in foreigners' settlement space in Seoul are an important element in our understanding of power dynamics among the nations surrounding Korea. Chinese power reinforced its predominance over Seoul immediately after that city's opening, but Japanese power gradually came to the forefront in the wake of the SinoJapanese War, with Japan eventually occupying most of southern Seoul after the RussoJapanese War. Between 1882 and 1910 more than 90 percent of foreign residents of Seoul were Chinese or Japanese. Therefore, it is possible to understand transitions in the foreigners' settlement space through an evaluation of the activities of Chinese and Japanese merchants and changes to their respective spaces. Such an analysis shows that the Chinese space had a dot-type distribution without a specific direction, whereas the Japanese space had a radial-type expansion centered on the Japanese legation. Furthermore, it shows that parts of the Chinese space were replaced with an augmented Japanese space. Hence, this further suggests linkages between changes in the foreigners' space and changes in political power, commercial activity, population, and lifestyles, painting a distinct picture of Seoul in the decades immediately following the open-port period in Korea.
PDF Citation The Primacy of Li (Principle) in the NeoConfucian Philosophy of Zhu Xi: Significance for Contemporary Korean Society
Among the Confucian and Buddhist philosophical heritages of East Asia, Zhu Xi's school of nature and principle (lixue 理學 in Chinese, seongnihak 性理學 in Korean), with its philosophy of the primacy of li (principle), provides valuable resources for a new universal ethics due to its rationalistic metaphysical characteristic that goes beyond instrumental or functional reason. The defining traits of lixue involve a metaphysical philosophical thinking that places importance on the making of distinctions in the levels of being. The distinctive characteristic of Zhu's metaphysics is connected invariably with his philosophy of the primacy of li, which gives precedence to li 理 over qi 氣 ('material force' or 'psycho-physical matter'). By positing the objective existence of a normative truth embedded in xing 性 (seong in Korean; 'moral [human] nature'), the NeoConfucianism of Zhu Xi seeks to secure the moral basis of not only human society but the entire ecosphere. Zhu Xi's philosophy of the primacy of li may serve to reinvigorate the ethical foundation of contemporary Korean society, which despite current materialistic-physicalist tendencies is marked by manifestly deep Neo-Confucian spirituality and religiosity.
PDF Citation [Book Review] Prospect for the Future of Research on Korean Children's Literature
PDF Citation [Book Review] Globalization, Mobility and Education Migrants: Education Exodus in South Korea


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