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package org.xwalk.embedded.api.sample.client;

import org.xwalk.embedded.api.sample.R;

import org.xwalk.core.XWalkActivity;
import org.xwalk.core.XWalkPreferences;
import org.xwalk.core.XWalkResourceClient;
import org.xwalk.core.XWalkView;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class XWalkViewWithShouldOverrideUrlLoading extends XWalkActivity {
    private XWalkView mXWalkView;
    private TextView mTitleText1;
    private TextView mTitleText2;
    private int count;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.embedding_main);
        mXWalkView = (XWalkView) findViewById(R.id.xwalkview_embedding);
    }

    class TestXWalkResourceClientBase extends XWalkResourceClient {

        public TestXWalkResourceClientBase(XWalkView mXWalkView) {
            super(mXWalkView);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(XWalkView view, String url) {
            if(url.endsWith("openedWindow.html")) {
                count++;
                mTitleText1.setText("shouldOverrideUrlLoading triggered ");
                mTitleText2.setText(count + " times");
            }
            return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(mXWalkView, url);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onXWalkReady() {
        StringBuffer mess = new StringBuffer();
        mess.append("Test Purpose: \n\n")
        .append("Verifies shouldOverrideUrlLoading can be triggered navigating to a link that will load externally.\n\n")
        .append("Expected Result:\n\n")
        .append("1. Test passes if app show 'shouldOverrideUrlLoading triggered' and the correct triggered times when click the links to navigate to one page.\n");
        new  AlertDialog.Builder(this)
        .setTitle("Info" )
        .setMessage(mess.toString())
        .setPositiveButton("confirm" ,  null )
        .show();

        mXWalkView.setResourceClient(new TestXWalkResourceClientBase(mXWalkView));

        XWalkPreferences.setValue(XWalkPreferences.SUPPORT_MULTIPLE_WINDOWS, true);
        XWalkPreferences.setValue(XWalkPreferences.REMOTE_DEBUGGING, true);
        XWalkPreferences.setValue(XWalkPreferences.JAVASCRIPT_CAN_OPEN_WINDOW, true);
        mTitleText1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.titletext1);
        mTitleText2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.titletext2);
        mXWalkView.load("file:///android_asset/navigate.html", null);
    }
}


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Ana Tavares and Michael Sabanos // photos by Bob Giglione
More collaborations among chiefs
By: Bernadette Starzee	April 27, 2016	Comments Off on More collaborations among chiefs
Chief financial officers are working more closely with chief information officers at companies of all kinds, according to a Robert Half survey released in March.
Finance chiefs were asked if they are collaborating more frequently with CIOs than they were three years ago. About 51 percent of respondents said they were, while only 7 percent said they were working with their IT counterparts less often. According to Robert Half, advancements in technology have reshaped the finance function while creating more partnering opportunities for technology and financial leaders.
Sabanos: In the past, financial and operational data were separate, but now they're in one silo.
At HUB International Northeast, an insurance company based in Woodbury, greater collaboration between finance and tech leaders is "very much" the case, according to Executive Vice President and CFO Michael Sabanos. The company's IT
chief reports to the CFO, a trend that Sabanos says is increasing among companies for two reasons: data and internal controls.
"Data has come a long way with advents in technology and the ability to aggregate data into one place, so that all constituents of that data can access it from one repository," Sabanos said. "There is a lot of data as it relates to the financial function that is being used today that is not financial in nature – operational data – that the finance and accounting departments use for reporting."
In the past, the financial and accounting team had its own data, while the business side had its own data, Sabanos said.
"Now that data is used in all aspects of the business – it's no longer in separate silos," he said. "With the internet and the ability to store large amounts of data so easily, companies that are well-run have transformed the way they track data for their business. I'm meeting constantly with our tech folks to make sure the investments we need to make are made so that we have the proper structure to maintain data and for the data to be disseminated properly."
The other major impetus to collaborate, according to Sabanos, is internal controls.
"The CFO has ultimate responsibility for ensuring accounting and operational controls are where they need to be," he said. "With that responsibility comes the need to work with and have the IT function and CIO reporting to the CFO."
In November 2015, the IT department at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside began reporting to CFO Mark Bogen, after unofficially reporting to the finance chief for about a year.
Finance and IT have always worked closely, Bogen said, but more so in the last five to seven years, as electronic medical records have been implemented and IT's role in hospital operations has broadened significantly.
"Since we signed our contract to implement electronic medical records, I have been working more closely with IT even than the chief operating officer, who had administrative responsibility for the department," Bogen said. "For many years, IT's primary purpose was finance-related. In the last few years, so much more of the IT budget is going to non-financial-driven support services, and there is a lot of money involved."
At Canon USA, which makes its headquarters in Melville, the finance and accounting team recently collaborated with in-house tech leaders to transform the accounting and finance software systems, reducing the number of IT applications to simplify the systems and make them more efficient.
Tavares: Canon USA's software division assisted the finance and accounting division in creating a custom software product for the department's use.
"Canon is above all a technology company, and we work closely with the technology area," said Ana Tavares, Canon's vice president for Americas accounting.
This has been especially true in the years since Canon launched a software division, Information & Imaging Solutions, in 2011.
"Our software subsidiary assisted us to develop a tailored system for procurement and payment," Tavares said. "We had spent some time looking for something that met our needs, but we found the solution right here inside the company, and it allowed us to improve many of our processes."
Tavares added, "Over the last three years, our collaboration has developed into a symbiotic relationship where our software company supports our internal solutions, and finance and accounting acts as a spokesperson for the product, since we have realized many benefits from it."
As technology initiatives affect nearly every business unit within organizations today, "teams that make it a priority to focus on collaboration help pave the way for smoother integration of new systems and processes,"said John Reed, senior executive director for Robert Half Technology in the survey report.
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Q: projection and coordinate system for non georeferenced archaeological site I'm an archaeology student working on a recent project and I'm wondering how to set my arcGIS project. I'm used to work with geographical data in ArcGIS on a large scale, but the current project is different, let me explain.
I want to display and work with dispersion of artefacts on an archaeological site. This site is subdivided in 1 square meter units or parcels in which I want to display a point layer composed of each artefacts having x-y coordinates (from an arbitrary x0-y0 itself on the site). So all my coordinates make sense in the context of the site, but they are not georeferenced in any way on a geographical level.
What projection should I use to work with this kind of data, if I want my square meters units (which will be polygons) to be perfectly square without distortion (kind of a non-earth system if that's a thing).
My guess is that, on this geographical scale, distortion and error will be inexistant in any projection, but I want to make sure before starting the project in ArcGIS.

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Q: How to validate all the column of a particular header name in excel using POI api I have a excel with headers, empName, empId, Department. I need to provide dropdown for user to enter department Name. User should be able to entry only the values present in drop down. I tried below code but it is not validating department column.
CellRangeAddressList addressList = new CellRangeAddressList(2, 2, 2, 2);
        DVConstraint dvConstraint = DVConstraint.createExplicitListConstraint(new String[] { "ACCOUNTS", "ISE", "SALES" });
        DataValidation dataValidation = new HSSFDataValidation(addressList, dvConstraint);
        dataValidation.setSuppressDropDownArrow(true);
        sheet.addValidationData(dataValidation);
        font.setFontHeightInPoints((short) 16);

A: Following code creates a workbook having a sheet having the header cells
  |    A    |   B   |     C      |
1 | empName | empId | Department |

in A1:C1 and data validation list  in C2:C65536 in HSSF or C2:C1048576 in XSSF.
The code works for binary *.xls files (HSSF) as well as for Office Open XML *.xlsx files (XSSF).
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddressList;

class CreateExcelDataValidationListsWholeColumn {

 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

  Workbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook();
  //Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();

  Sheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("Sheet1");

  String[] headers = new String[]{"empName", "empId", "Department"};
  Row row = sheet.createRow(0);
  for (int c = 0 ; c < headers.length; c++) {
   row.createCell(c).setCellValue(headers[c]);
  }

  //data validation in column B, except first row:
  DataValidationHelper dvHelper = sheet.getDataValidationHelper();
  DataValidationConstraint dvConstraint = dvHelper.createExplicitListConstraint(new String[]{"ACCOUNTS", "ISE", "SALES"}) ;
  int lastRow = workbook.getSpreadsheetVersion().getLastRowIndex();
  CellRangeAddressList addressList = new CellRangeAddressList(1, lastRow, 2, 2); // C2:C65536 in HSSF or C2:C1048576 in XSSF
  DataValidation validation = dvHelper.createValidation(dvConstraint, addressList);
  validation.setShowErrorBox(true);
  sheet.addValidationData(validation); // data validation for C2:C65536 in HSSF or C2:C1048576 in XSSF

  FileOutputStream out = null;
  if (workbook instanceof HSSFWorkbook) {
   out = new FileOutputStream("CreateExcelDataValidationListsWholeColumn.xls");
  } else if (workbook instanceof XSSFWorkbook) {
   out = new FileOutputStream("CreateExcelDataValidationListsWholeColumn.xlsx");
  }
  workbook.write(out);
  workbook.close();
  out.close();

 }
}


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Q: Using ENUM definitions inside of parameters (SWAGGER) I'd like to be able to use this ENUM definition:
  goalStatus:
    type: string
    enum:
      - ACTIVE
      - COMPLETED
      - FULFILLED
      - DELETED

... inside of parameter definitions, however, I continue getting errors:
get:
  description: Returns all goals for a customer
  operationId: listGoals
  parameters:
    - name: status
      in: query
      description: filter by goal status
      required: false
      schema:
        $ref: "#/definitions/goalStatus"

The error:

Swagger Error: Not a valid parameter definition

A: Unfortunately, OpenAPI 2.0 (fka. Swagger) does not define query parameters with a schema object. Therefore you cannot use a reference to your goalStatus definition (It would work for a body parameter).
What you can do is define a reusable parameter, but if you wanted to reuse this enum in some other definition, you will have to define it twice (once in definitions once in parameters). The upcoming OpenAPI 3.0 version solve this problem by allowing to define all parameters types with a schema.
Here's an example of Version 2.0 using a reusable parameter:
swagger: '2.0'

info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Parameter with enum example

paths:
  /goals:
    get:
      description: Returns all goals for a customer
      operationId: listGoals
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/parameters/goalFilter"
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK

parameters:
  goalFilter:
    name: status
    in: query
    description: filter by goal status
    required: false
    type: string
    enum:
      - ACTIVE
      - COMPLETED
      - FULFILLED
      - DELETED


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Responsibilities include: implement, test, and document feature requests and bug fixes; provide application support where necessary; interact with the ArchivesSpace community to promote code and other technical contributions; assist program staff and community members to refine functional requirements and specifications; and communicate effectively with the program staff, community members, and other code contributors.
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Umbro Football Boots – Sales Slump
Umbro releases its results and plans for world domination
Football boot maker Umbro yesterday revealed that its footwear sales, including the Umbro football boot range, in the UK fell more than 30% to £10 million last year. This followed the launch of flagship Umbro football boots including the Umbro SX and will be disappointing results at a time which has seen increased sales for its rivals Nike, Adidas/Reebok and Puma. Better news for Umbro investors was the rise in pre-tax profit to £26.61 million from £23.01 million in the previous year on overall sales.
On the international front, Umbro boosted its sales of football boots and sports wear in Russia by 40% and in China by 48%. China in particular looks to be a market that Umbro is keen on developing fully (who isn't these days?) as it announced it would be trebling the number of shops there from 1000 to 3000 over the coming years. In the UK, Umbro saw sales of the England kit rise by 26.1% last year, driven by the World Cup, but sales fell towards the end of the year as the reality of England's performance set in.
In the UK Umbro recently announced major sponsorship deals with 6 football teams. Fans will see players from Hull City, Birmingham City, West Ham United, Sunderland, Hearts and Leeds United Football Club (Ladies team) in Umbro kits soon after a flurry of recent deals.
Our Verdict: As Umbro expands into new clubs and new markets, we have some ideas we would like to see the Umbro boffins look into:
– a football boot that makes an England player perform as he does for his club (The Lampard)
– a boot that has an arrow indicating exactly where the goal is (for Arsenal strikers)
– a kit so garish and bright so the opposition fail to play and the team wins every match (sorry Chelsea's away kit already does that)
– a ball that screams and falls flat on the ground each time it is even lightly touched (The Ronaldo)
– a football shirt with a cigarette lighter attached, because they keep losing their matches (West Ham)
What would you like Umbro to produce? Let us know.
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Umbro to produce shops selling their own brand and nothing else, at a affordable price (that superior than Adidas and Nike combined) that should be available only for the UK with no exporting jobs to foreign countries? It's crazy the cost of training clothing, i.e. kitbag and prosportuk. Adidas and Nike are far too overdominating, making it difficult for umbro to be seriously competitive.
a ball that screams and falls flat on the ground each time it is even lightly touched (The Ronaldo) wonder if Umbro could or have already produced a pair of football boots that give 110% protection for the metatarsals (all five bones in the forefoot).
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Q: Donate via PayPal button against Google policy? Is there a definite answer on if a PayPal donate button is allowed or disallowed?  I see:

*

*many SO threads saying to be cautious when integrating a PayPal donate button

*many SO threads with examples of apps getting banned

*and also many SO threads of people giving the answer how to do it without any warning that they are breaking T&C

Would PayPal actually have a donate button/SDK available if they new it would violate Google's T&C?  I don't think I will personally do it unless I could get a 100% answer since I am afraid of losing my app.  Of course we all know why I want a donate button and that is to get around the 30% cut from Google.

A: http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html#payments
and
http://play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreement.html#pricing-payments
They should help you :-)


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Q: Web Application Request I have a Web Application Request and a basic exception being thrown if null.
Can anyone recommend something better than a generic exception?  I'm sure my client would like something that either lets the user know the request was null or even forces the request to not be null.
Code Example:
public async Task <Lead> BuildLeadFromRequest(object request)
{
        var req = request as WebApplicationRequest;
        if (req == null)
            throw new Exception(); //TODO: Something better than throwing an exception
}

Thanks in advance

A: A user isn't going to know the difference between the exception types, to expect them to act on a particular type is a fools bet, what's useful to a user is a meaningful message, obscure exception names and stack traces are useful only to us, the developers.
Reporting status to a user on an operation thru a stack trace is not a very good idea either, however I can't understand why your method would be called with a null to begin with so this is a critical exception and should be thrown.
There are many ways to give more info but the most simple is like this:
if (req == null)
        throw new Exception("Request was not valid.");

What's missing in your question is how this could occur, your exception detail could state how it's possible.
if (req == null)
        throw new Exception("Request was not valid.  Perhaps you did operation A instead of doing expected operation B...  blah blah");

Obviously you could create sub classes of Exception or ApplicationException but that's your call.
Now why this method could be called with a null is another question.


The Red Lily by Anatole France: Chapter XVI. "To-Morrow?"
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"I was selfish, I was imprudent. You were agreeable to me; I liked your wit; I could not get along without you. I have done what I could to attract you, to retain you. I was a coquette--not coldly, nor perfidiously, but a coquette."
"Before I knew you I was not unhappy. I liked life. I was retained in it by dreams. I liked forms, and the mind in forms, the appearances that caress and flatter. I had the joy of seeing and of dreaming. I enjoyed everything and depended upon nothing. My desires, abundant and light, I gratified without fatigue. I was interested in everything and wished for nothing. One suffers only through the will. Without knowing it, I was happy. Oh, it was not much, it was only enough to live. Now I have no joy in life. My pleasures, the interest that I took in the images of life and of art, the vivid amusement of creating with my hands the figures of my dreams--you have made me lose everything and have not left me even regret. I do not want my liberty and tranquillity again. It seems to me that before I knew you I did not live; and now that I feel that I am living, I can not live either far from you or near you. I am more wretched than the beggars we saw on the road to Ema. They had air to breathe, and I can breathe only you, whom I have not. Yet I am glad to have known you. That alone counts in my existence. A moment ago I thought I hated you. I was wrong; I adore you, and I bless you for the harm you have done me. I love all that comes to me from you."
"No, I will not let you go without having told you what I wish to say. But I know no longer how to speak; I can not find the words. I love you. I wish to know that you are mine. I swear to you that I will not live another night in the horror of doubting it."
"No, I do not regret, but--"


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Sixteen centuries ago, the last chieftain of the Xiongnu sought to unite China by force. In Tongwan City, the warlord Helian Bobo orders that an impregnable city be built. This city will be the capital of an empire that unites China. Tongwancheng (unite all nations), or Tongwan City, would be built with thick outer walls made with white clay and powdered rice, giving the city the appearance of a giant ship. Helian stops at nothing to build his city and his empire, drafting 100,000 Xiongnu. Will Helian Bobo's Tongwancheng unite China under one ruler?
Meanwhile, another great man is quietly laying the groundwork for a nation. Kumarajiva is brought to the Chinese court to begin teaching the precepts of Buddhism. He embarks on a career of teaching, and of translating the basic sutras into Chinese. As his influence begins to spread and his fame grows, the seeds of a unified China are sown.
Twenty years ago, Gao Jianqun's bestselling novel The Last Hun popularized ancient Chinese legend and renewed interest in early Chinese history and culture. In Tongwan City, Gao relates an epic saga of murder and compassion in the grassland kingdom of the ancient Chinese frontier, while telling a parallel story of knowledge blooming in the center of Chinese life. Gao weaves into this tale seminal themes of Chinese history and culture: the connection between the warlike Xiongnu and their cousins the Huns. And he tells of the Great Wall that was built to separate the Xiongnu from the Han Chinese, and the philosophy that ultimately united them.
Or purchase Tongwan City from your local bookseller, from Powell's, from Barnes & Noble, or from Amazon.
Gao Jianqun was born in 1954, in Xi'an City in Western China. One of China's finest novelists, he is the deputy chair of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Gao has published more than ten books in China. His novelThe Last Xiongnu was a sensation in China, selling over one million copies. In 2011, The Last Xiongnu was adapted for Chinese television. In China he has been called the 'last knight' for defending romantic literature. Gao has announced that Tongwan City will be his last novel. To read an excerpt fromTongwan City, click here.


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Warlord Wednesday: Holocaust
"Holocaust"
Warlord (vol. 1) #15 (October-November 1978)
Written and Pencilled by Mike Grell; Inked by Joe Rubenstein
Synopsis: Morgan, Machiste, and Mariah are travelling through the forest of Ebondar, nearing the end of their journey to Shamballah. Morgan climbs a tree to see if he can find out how close they are. From the high branches, he sees glittering Shamballah not too far off in the distance--where his mate Tara awaits.
While Morgan dreams of being reunited with his wife, Mariah doesn't share his excitement at the nearness of the journey's end. Machiste knows that she's in love with Morgan, and knows as well as she that that's futile. Machiste hints at his feelings for her. Mariah appreciates his concern, but either doesn't grasp his meaning, or is too caught up in her own unrequited feelings to truly respond.
Meanwhile, Morgan has a branch shot out from under him by a energy blast from the city. Morgan's descent is quicker than he intended, but he manages to keep himself from falling to his death. The three hear voices approaching through the forest, and Morgan, fearing a war party, suggests they hide up in the trees. From that vantage point they see not a war party, but refugees.
The three descend to find out what's happened. They're told that a demon now dwells in Shamballah and wrecks destruction. The king himself has perished. Morgan asks after Tara, and finds that she still lives. She remains in the city, never having given up hope that the Warlord would come to the rescue. With that news, Morgan races into the city to do just that, with Machiste and Mariah trying to keep up.
They find Tara in the palace. She cries as she tells Morgan of how she waited for him to return, and how she never gave up hope. And then she decks him. She accuses him of doing his best to forget her, since he's showed up in the company of a "red-haired hussy." Mariah takes offense at that, and runs forward to defend her self--sword drawn.
Tara meets Mariah's blade with her own, and...Catfight! It goes on for a bit, before Morgan intervenes, pushing Mariah aside somewhat roughly, and declaring his undying love for Tara. As he and Tara embrace, Mariah, heartbroken, flees the room. Morgan is nonplussed. Machiste calls him a fool before running after Mariah. Morgan suddenly realizes what he's been too blind to see this whole time, but doesn't have much time to reflect as bolts of energy rip through the palace floor.
Morgan suggests they leave, but Tara says there's a reason why they can't go. The attack over for the moment, she takes him to an adjacent room and shows him their infant son! As the grandson of the king, he is heir to the thrown of Shamballah. The city's now-scattered people will rally around him when the crisis is over. But first they have to survive--which is far from assured, as energy bolts begin flying again.
As the energy seems to be coming from the city itself, Morgan asks Tara to lead him to the lower levels. The two leave their son in the care of a servant, and search out a way below. After passing through the lowest levels of the palace and into a natural cavern with an underground river, they enter a thoroughly man-made underground complex--one full of a massive computer core like the one they saw at the subshuttle station, though this one is grander.
Suddenly, lasers began firing and the two seek cover. As they hang precariously from a piece of equipment, Morgan realizes that the use of lasers, which deflect harmlessly off the shiny metal equipment, is intentional. Mad laughter sounds through the structure. Morgan realizes its the computer running the complex that's trying to kill them. It's gone mad from the centuries of isolation.
Morgan and Tara desperately search for a way to escape. They stumble upon the main power center, where the energy of the Skartarian sun serves to power the main reactor. The two climb into the shaft and find a giant parabolic mirror which focuses the sun's rays into a concentrated beam. Thinking quickly, Morgan and Tara redirect the beam to cut into the wall of the cavern. It burns an opening in the rock to the underground river, which then pours down the shaft and destroys the computer.
Even knowing it had to be done, Morgan regrets the loss of the knowledge, and what it might have meant for Skartaris. Heading back to the palace, the two discuss what to name their sun, and decide on Joshua, naming him for Morgan's father.
Back in the palace, they find all the danger has yet to pass. There's been an attack, and Joshua is missing. The servant blames it on a demon. Morgan and Tara rush up a high tower. At its top, they see the devil-priest Deimos astride a winged creature, carrying away their son!
Tara slugs Morgan in a scene that is to be repeated several times of the course of the series.
Joshua Morgan makes his first appearance.
Travis Morgan's return to his wife (and child) after a long absence is no doubt inspired by the usual travails of Edgar Rice Burroughs's heroes--prototypically John Carter in Gods of Mars. The loss of Joshua in this issue performs the same function as the cliffhanger ending of Gods of Mars where Carter loses his beloved Dejah Thoris again.
As mentioned in my commentary on issue #5, the Atlantean computer core seems visually inspired by Forbidden Planet. The "insane" computer may go back to the pulp era, but certainly shows up in several original Star Trek episodes ("The Ultimate Computer", "Return of the Archons", etc.), but of course the most famous insane computer is probably 2001's HAL 9000.
netherwerks said...
HAL was just misunderstood.
Morgan really seemed like a putz when it came to anything other than gutting opponents in battle. Especially in how he handled relationships.
And yep; the ERB-ish stuff is fairly overt at times, especially in this issue in particular, but that's okay. These tales tend to gravitate towards archetypal themes, just like soap operas and telenovelas. People can relate to them. The whole sub-plot with Machiste and Mariah was a stroke of genius--humanized things nicely and led to a lot of plot complications which drove the story onwards, gave meaning to consequences, all the good stuff that comes from a developing set of interacting characters.
It would have been interesting to have pursued the Morgan Dynasty down a few generations...
Well, if you take 2010 (and I'm not suggesting you should) it turns out and poor HAL was just as much a victim as Bowman and Poole.
The interesting thing to me about Warlord, is that, taken as a whole, its a much more mature work than any individual issue would suggest (which is not to say it's terribly mature, but still). Morgan ultimately comes across as a deeply flawed hero--kept from his potential by tragedy impairing even his already shakey ability to manage relationships.
Grell's limited series in the 1990s, in particular, does a nice deconstruction.
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Release Blitz ~ Bowed by MV Ellis
Title: Bowed
Series: Classical Badboys Duet #2
Author: MV Ellis
Cover Design: Sarah Paige @ Opium House Creatives
We never play by the rules. In life, in music, or in bed. Rules are for those who give a f#ck what other people think. The only opinions we care about are our own.
We love each other like brothers, only closer. We're each other's biggest support and greatest rival, and we give each other everything. In life, in music, and in bed.
We're the family we chose, not the one we were born with. Our bond is stronger than blood.
No woman has ever been a source of strain on our relationship.
Until we meet Quincy.
With her, something feels different.
We're different.
She's the piece of the puzzle we never even realized was missing.
But the friction she causes between us is like nothing we've ever felt toward each other, and it's threatening to tear us apart.
I had her first. She wants him more. Why do I need to make her mine?
MV ELLIS knows what it's like to fall head over heels in love with a badass musician. She followed her heart halfway around the world to be with one. She moved from London to Sydney after a steamy holiday romance with a sexy bass player in sultry Brazil.
Twelve years, two children and a dog later, and she's still smitten. All this with a guy she sat next to on a bus for 36 hours! She has toured internationally as a 'WAG', and her experiences inspire her writing.
Ellis' love of romance began when she was 11 years old, after a summer spent secretly reading her auntie's books. She's been a sucker for an alpha hero and strong heroine ever since.
An avid reader, Ellis always knew that she'd write a book of her own one day. She was right about that. Following a career spanning advertising, marketing, and social media, she finally wrote Catching London in 2017. She has continued to expand the Heartless Few series beyond Catching London, with releases planned through to 2020. In addition, she has launched a new four-part
series, Rough Ink series, set in the sexy world of a New York tattoo studio. Expect the same sexy badass guys, angst galore, witty banter, scorching bedroom scenes, and kickass sassy women; but with a whole new world, and cast of characters to get to know and love. Zed, the first book in the series launched in June 2019.
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Q: Mysql - group by result by SUM of 2 columns I have 3 tables:
user(id, name, id_school)
school(id, name)
result(id_user, stage1, stage2)

Now I would like to get school ranking - is sum of 2 columns: stage1 and stage2 of all users.

A: seems too simple:
select s.name as school, sum(stage1)+sum(stage2) as rank
  from result r
  join user u on u.id=r.id_user
  join school s on s.id=u.id_school
 group by s.id

and i really hope you have indexes.

A: Try this query. It is only assumption.please provide some data for testing
SELECT
    s.id,
    s.name AS SchoolName
    (r.S1 + r.S2) AS Rank
FROM school as s
LEFT JOIN user as u ON u.id_school = s.id
LEFT JOIN (SELECT id_user , SUM(stage1) as S1 , SUM(stage2) FROM result GROUP BY id_user) as r ON r.id_user = u.id
GROUP BY s.id
ORDER BY Rank DESC

A: I would do something like this:
SELECT school.name, SUM(result.result1 + result.result2)
FROM school LEFT JOIN user ON (user.id_school = school.id) LEFT JOIN result ON (result.id_user = user.id) GROUP BY school.id

Hope it helps, good luck :)


The wildflowers are blooming like crazy in Southern California due to the unusually heavy rains and mountain snows. And, so many people were flocking to see the blooming hillsides that local officials had to close down some areas because the flowers were being trampled.
Rebecca Olkowski of BabyBoomster gives us the flower report and tells us boomer bloggers are writing about how we make judgments, which fruits and vegetables have the most and least pesticides, whether age should be a consideration when electing someone to office, how yoga helps seniors, grand sitting mishaps, and good tours in a hometown.
Olkowski writes about these articles in the Best of Boomer Blogs #590. Click here to get the links to the articles. And be sure to join in the conversations. Boomer bloggers love to hear from readers.
While my baby boomer colleagues were busy writing articles at home, I was on a seven-day cruise in the Caribbean. It was fantastic. The weather was good, the food fantastic, the excursions interesting, and the seas not too heavy. I'll be writing about how to pick out a cruise and top tips for first-time cruise goers. So, stay tuned.
The greater meaning of the hard things that have happened in people's lives.
Why granny pods are becoming popular with baby boomers.
How to find your rhythm and flow.
The problems women are experiencing from breast implants.
Jennifer Koshak of Unfold and Begin writes about these articles in the Best of Boomer Blogs #589. Click here to get the links to the articles. And be sure to join in the conversations. Boomer bloggers love to hear from readers.
In the Seattle area where I live, signs of spring are coming. We had a couple of days in the 70s, even though we had three feet of snow about a month ago, unusual for here. Crocuses are beginning to poke up through the ground as are tulip leaves.
What retirement means for woman.
How thoughts about life and mortality have significantly changed over the years.
CBD as an alternative for pain medication.
How to reduce the use of plastic.
Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting writes about these articles on the Best of Boomer Blogs #588. Click here to get the links to the articles. And be sure to join in the conversations. Boomer bloggers love to hear from readers.
As the baby boom generation gets older with 22 percent of the nation now 60-plus, the number of older adults renting, rather than owning their own homes, is increasing. Renters households aged 60 and up increased 43 percent, from 6,550,000 in 2007 to 9,370,000 in 2017. This growth was more than younger renter groups.
In more than 300 cities analyzed, 24 cities have larger numbers of older adult renters over 60-plus years of age than young renters under 35 years of age.
The legislature in my state is debating whether to get rid of day light savings time. Arguments include it doesn't save energy, some people have health effects, and it costs money due to reduced productivity.
For me, my opinion is to keep daylight savings time. I like the increased daylight in the evening. And, while it takes me a couple of weeks to go through the time change, I don't notice it after that.
Whether baby boomers are leaving the world a better place than they found it.
The benefits of taking walking tours.
The challenges of replacing an old TV set.
The ups and downs of quitting jobs in Connecticut and moving to Florida.
How to buy a winter coat.
Carol Cassara of Heart·Mind·Soul writes about these articles on the Best of Boomer Blogs #587. Click here to get the links to these articles. And be sure to join in the conversations. Boomer bloggers love to hear from readers.
Every year I write about the Academy-Award nominated movies and evaluate them for violence, ageism, sexism, and diversity. The results this year? Movies are more diverse, but still too violent. And more films are needed where women and older adults are the leads.
Travel is high on Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting's list of favorite things to do. Her latest adventure found her on a South American adventure. Although not a professional photographer, she enjoys taking photos of the sights. In this week's post, she shares photos of some of the natural wonders of the Southern Hemisphere.
Tom Sightings at Sightings Over Sixty has been snowbirding in Charleston, South Carolina, for the month of February, where the weather isn't tropical, but more like April or May in the north. In his post this week he takes us on a tour of the city from the vantage point of its historic harbor. So hop aboard "Sightings of Charleston" to see . . . what else, the sights.
Rebecca Olkowski with BabyBoomster.com went to visit a holistic doctor who gave her an electrodermal screening. It's a program that gives clues to what's happening in your body. See "How Electrodermal Screening Can Detect What's Going on With Your Body" for details on how it works.
Laura Lee Carter of the Adventures of the New Old Farts writes that growing up a boomer wasn't as easy as many today think. Most boomers are under serious financial strain today, worrying more often than their parents did about money, and suffering stress-related illnesses as a result. Boomers are also feeling financially stretched because they're supporting both their children and their aging parents. More than half of boomers still provide financial support to at least one adult child. See "Boomers: Not the American Generation Who Has Had It So Easy as You Think" for details.
This is the Best of Boomer Blogs #585. Be sure and take a look at our boomer group's articles this week. And, do join in the conversations. Boomer bloggers love to hear from readers.
The winter storm we had in the Seattle area was our worst in decades. On the first night of the storm, my power went out at 11:30 p.m. I spent the night in the cold, then barely got out of the driveway the next morning to find someplace warm.
I drove north until I found a Starbucks with power. Then I decided to spend two nights in motels.
When the power came on, it was snowing heavily. When I was shoveling the driveway, my car got covered in snow again.


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Q: How to simulate Poisson point process How to simulate a process $S_t=\sum_{0\leq s\leq t}\Delta_s,$ where $\Delta_s$ is a Poisson point process with values in $(0,\infty)$ and with characteristic measure $\Pi(dx)=\frac{\alpha}{\Gamma(1-\alpha)}x^{-1-\alpha}dx, \alpha=0.5,1,1.5.$  This means for every Borel set $B\subset (0,\infty),$ the counting process $N_\cdot^B=Card\{s\in [0,\cdot]:\Delta_s\in B\}$ is a Poisson process with intensity $\Pi(B).$
I am a fresh student on simulation. It would be nice if you can give me a program (Matlab or Mathematica) of a simple case.  Thank you very much in advance.

A: I assume we know how to simulate a  Poisson point process with constant intensity in an interval (e.g. by considering partial sums of i.i.d. exponential variables.)
That allows you to simulate a standard Poisson point process in a rectangle $[a,b] \times [0,d]$ by simulating an intensity $d$ Poisson process in $[a,b]$ and assigning the resulting points $\{x_i\}_{i=1}^T$ uniform heights $\{y_i\}_{i=1}^T$ in $[0,d]$ to obtain $\{(x_i,y_i)\}_{i=1}^T$.
To simulate (with a small error $<\epsilon$ in total variation) a Poisson point process with slowly decreasing integrable intensity $f(x)dx$ in $[0,\infty)$, first pick an increasing sequence $\{N_k\}_{k \ge 0}$ with $N_0=0$, e.g. $N_k=2^k-1$. Then pick $m$ large enough so that $\int_{N_m}^\infty f(x) \, dx <\epsilon$, so we can neglect points beyond $N_m$. Then for each $k=0,1,\ldots m-1$ independently simulate a standard Poisson process in a rectangle $[N_k,N_{k+1}] \times [0,f(N_k)]$. For each $k$ this yields points $(x_i(k),y_i(k))$
for  $1 \le i \le T_k$. Reject those points for which $y_i(k)>f(x_i(k))$.
Note that with $f$ decreasing polynomially and $N_k$ increasing geometrically, the rejection probability is bounded away from 1. The $x$ coordinates of the surviving points will yield a sample from a Poisson process with intensity $f(x)\, dx $ in $[0,N_m]$.


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Takeout 100 — our guide to Chicago's best restaurants for pickup and delivery right now
ABC 7 anchor Alan Krashesky sells Loop 3-bedroom condo (with its own sauna) for $950,000
As new COVID-19 cases emerge in Chicago Public Schools, families plea for reinstatement of locked-out teachers
Bulls' Derrick Rose remains on target for regular-season return
Bulls' Derrick Rose on getting cleared for contact.
TORONTO -- Bulls guard Derrick Rose said he expects to be cleared for contact either this week or next and remains confident he'll return from arthroscopic right knee surgery this season.
"Oh yeah, I'm not worried about that," Rose said. "I'm feeling good. I'm trying to do all the right things. Put all the positives in the bag and just try to go with it. It's something that I've been doing for a long time. Rehab is definitely a grind. But I'm getting used to it."
Rose had a small piece of his right meniscus removed on Feb. 27. The Bulls estimated his return to action at four to six weeks. Friday marks four weeks since the surgery.
"Should be sometime this week or next week," Rose said when asked about taking contact. "Gotta talk to (Director of Sports Performance) Jen (Swanson) and go from there."
Rose is doing everything basketball-related with the Bulls, including Wednesday's morning shootaround at Air Canada Centre, except taking contact. Rookie Doug McDermott, who underwent a procedure similar to Rose's but doesn't share his injury history, was activated five weeks and two days after his surgery.
"It depends on how you take the contact," Rose said of his return to the Bulls' lineup. "If I don't have any setbacks, I would say 1-2 weeks (after being cleared for contact)."
Rose said he isn't worried about moving from a handful of regular-season games to the intensity of the playoffs.
"I'm a pro," he said. "I think I'm good enough to fit my way in."
Rose said he has no pain or swelling in his right knee and is confident that the Bulls could have a deep playoff run.
"We can be really good," he said. "It's just all about everyone being healthy, a little bit of luck and everyone staying together."
Pau Gasol is hopeful Rose can at least get some regular-season action before the playoffs begin.
"I think if he can get those four or five (games) it would be great. I think it would be ideal," Gasol said. "If he can't get those four or five it would be a little tougher to be on the spot come playoff time. It would be a little harder on him and on us as well.
"We would be confident for sure (at full strength). We're getting that confidence level. We know we're a deep team. We know we have plenty of potential. We've known that from the beginning. We just haven't been very consistent with it and injuries have been a challenge throughout the year. But if we do get healthy at the right time the options are wide open."
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Best Movies to Keep Kids Engaged While Staying at Home
Published 20 March 2020 at 16:11
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Сinema has given us thousands of indelible that entertain and stimulate children. We all grew up with classics that have stuck with us: for some it was Pixar; others were weaned on the classics of Disney animation or Studio Ghibli's fantastical otherworlds.
TickiKids selected the best movies to keep kids engaged while staying at home. Watch it and enjoy it!
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Home is a 2015 American computer-animated science-fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely based on Adam Rex's 2007 children's book The True Meaning of Smekday, the film was directed by Tim Johnson from a screenplay by Tom J.
Astle and Matt Ember, and stars the voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Jones.
The story takes place on near-future planet Earth, where an alien race called the Boov invade the planet. However, a feisty human girl named Tip Tucci manages to avoid capture, and goes on the run with Oh, a fugitive Boov and together, the two form an unlikely friendship whilst searching for Tip's mother and avoiding capture from the Boov.
Ages: 6 +
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Spies in Disguise is a 2019 American computer-animated spy comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can't learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril.
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Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and Stanton from a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, and Willem Dafoe.
It tells the story of an overprotective clownfish named Marlin, who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory searches for his missing son Nemo. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.
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How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American computer-animated action-fantasy film loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by British author Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The film was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois from a screenplay by Will Davies, Sanders, and DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig.
The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking teenager named Hiccup aspires to follow his tribe's tradition of becoming a dragon slayer. After finally capturing his first dragon, and with his chance at last of gaining the tribe's acceptance, he finds that he no longer wants to kill the dragon and instead befriends it.
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Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The feature film directorial debut of John Lasseter, it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar.
Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll named Woody and an astronaut action figure, Buzz Lightyear, as they evolve from rivals competing for the affections of their owner Andy Davis, to friends who work together to be reunited with him after being separated from him.
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Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The film was directed by Rich Moore and the screenplay was written by Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee.
Ralph is tired of playing the role of a bad guy and embarks on a journey to become a video game hero. But Ralph accidentally lets loose a deadly enemy that threatens the entire arcade.
Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated road-comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The film was directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman, Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, and Jorgen Klubien and a story by Lasseter, Ranft, and Klubien, and was the final film independently produced by Pixar before its purchase by Disney in January 2006.
Lightning McQueen, a racing car, learns a hard lesson in life when he damages a lot of property in Radiator Springs. His task is to repair the damage done before he can get back on the road.
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Up is a 2009 American CGI animated comedy-drama buddy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The film was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Bob Peterson, who also wrote the film's screenplay, as well as the story with Tom McCarthy, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.
By tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South America and complete a promise made to his late wife, Ellie.
Image Credit: Disney Dorks
Zootopia is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
It is the 55th Disney animated feature film, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, co-directed by Jared Bush, and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira.
It details the unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist, as they uncover a criminal conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators.
Image Credit: Empire Online
Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The film was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Ronnie del Carmen, with a screenplay written by Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley, adapted from a story by Docter and del Carmen.
The film is set in the mind of a young girl named Riley, where five personified emotions - Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust - try to lead her through life as she and her parents adjust to their new surroundings after moving from Minnesota to San Francisco.
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"Lost Boys" Director Joel Schumacher Dies at 80
On Jun 22nd 2020
Joel Schumacher, director of seminal 80s films like "St. Elmo's Fire" and future-podcast-episode "The Lost Boys" has passed away at the age of 80.
Perhaps most notorious for putting nipples on Batman in 1997's "Batman and Robin", he had a great career full of hits, including "Batman Forever", "The Client", and "Falling Down".
He made a name for himself in the horror genre with 1987's "The Lost Boys", but also directed the very-fun "Flatliners" in 1990.
In addition to creating great movies, he also created great quotes:
When asked why he did the film, Joel Schumacher simply stated: "Vampires are hot. They're the only erotic monsters. Frankenstein is not hot."
In the wake of his death there have been a number of stories of Schumacher being a great person to work with, whether it was trying to prevent a teenaged Corey Feldman from descending into drugs to helping Seal craft a hit song.
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GR8 ARTICLE IN THE @DailyMailUK ABOUT THE LOSS OF JOEL YESTERDAY #RIPJOELSCHUMACHER (SO SAD 2 LOSE ANOTHER FRIEND/PEER OF MY CHILDHOOD) & REPORTING MY TRIBUTE, THEY DIDNT SHY AWAY FROM THE CORRELATION BETWEEN EVENTS ON #THELOSTBOYS & #MYTRUTHDOC ?? https://t.co/lPmtvls9oG
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As the Eiffel Tower, arch symbol of modernity, rose to completion in Paris in 1889, Nietzsche collapsed in the Carlo Alberto Piazza in Torino, not far from the Mole Antonelliana, a newly constructed synagogue that, perhaps fittingly, became in the late 20th century Italy's National Museum of Cinema. Constructed between 1863 and 1889—thus spanning Nietzsche's entire adult life—the Antonelliana was one of the philosopher's most beloved architectural structures and, "because of its absolute drive for elevation," he said it reminded him "of nothing so much as my Zarathustra. I have baptized the tower Ecce Homo, and in spirit have opened an enormous free space around it." Thus, a synagogue evokes for Nietzsche not only his greatest gift to mankind, but is sanctified by him with the name of his exalted autobiography. The significance of architecture for Nietzsche is crystallized in this account, which illustrates both his view that buildings must be conducive to thinking, and that grand style itself is a form of architecture, revealing his concern with structure and design—as will be illustrated, and the musical sense of the following term is meant deliberately to convey a fitting and pertinent resonance, this is evident in the very composition of his books.
Two days prior to his collapse, Nietzsche corrected the proofs of the Dionysus Dithyrambs, which would be his penultimate book, then added this dedication: "Sing to me a new song: The world is transfigured and all the heavens are glad." Signing it "The Crucified One," the parodist of world history offered us his last gift, not the tender of redemption, but a final series of Pindaric-inspired songs. If his first published book was not a poetic work as he later thought it should have been—a point endlessly reiterated but perhaps here of particular and more precise relevance—his last book was: he did dare say what he had to say as a poet, but as a different kind of poet altogether. Aside from his two strictly poetic works, the Idylls of Messina and the Dionysus Dithyrambs, what is illustrated by his juvenilia, the poems that accompany the first edition of Human, All Too Human, both editions of The Gay Science, and Beyond Good and Evil as well as Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which Nietzsche himself referred to as "a poem and not a collection of aphorisms" (KGB III, 1), is that the Dionysian-inflected Socratic satyr wrote poetry almost continually from the age of nine till his collapse at 44. Considering his critique of the poet, which may be even more stringent than Plato's, how do we account for Nietzsche's continuing engagement with poetry? Is there, as most critics believe, actually a disparity or contradiction here that cannot be resolved? From his early work through to his final writings, I believe that Nietzsche actually sustains a distinction between two poetic types, and it is always as the second type that he writes when he poetizes, though he is even in an agon with poetry when writing prose. "It is noteworthy," Nietzsche professes, "that the great masters of prose have almost always been poets, too—if not publicly then at least secretly, in the 'closet.' Good prose is written only face to face with poetry. For it is an uninterrupted, well-mannered war with poetry: all of its attractions depend on the way in which poetry is continually avoided and contradicted" (GS §92). If this reveals how, even in avoiding it, prose can be deeply informed by poetry and that one may remain a poet even when not writing verse, let us proceed to the two poetic types as conceived by Nietzsche to elucidate his intensified Platonic polemic, and to clarify why, in fact, there is no irresolvable disparity.
The first type, which is generally if not always the subject of Nietzsche's critique whenever he speaks of the poet and of poets, is a nihilist who uses language to lie and enchant. In promulgating universal ideals, this type maintains views that are false, untenable, and possibly dangerous, for the universal homogenizes what is particular, distinct, and resolutely singular. Such humanistic ideals are essentialist and elide social, cultural, and epochal differences in claiming to represent what is fundamentally human and particular to all, whereas Nietzsche complicates the "human," which to him is an undetermined animal whose status is ambiguous. This type of poet is first characterized in Human, All Too Human as one whom either escapes from the sufferings of its present age, or evades them through "coloring" them with past insights instead of developing insights particular to its own epoch. In this way, such poets are myopic and atavistic for they sustain dying and dead religions and cultures, they are fervent acolytes, mediocre imitators as opposed to productive parodists, and they are deceptive because the sustaining comforts they claim to offer are but provisional and fleeting, thus a kind of stupefying narcotic. More serious, they render our passions inoperative and neutralize our active forces, thereby hindering us from the necessary task of continual self-overcoming (HH §148). As idealists and valets of morality, instead of instigating our necessary self-overcoming, they promote the interest of the species and faith in life as opposed to sacrificing themselves to the earth in order to create beyond themselves and serve as models of transfiguration. They are ethical teachers who, in preaching of the purpose of existence, fail to see life as an experiment, just as they fail to recognize the role contingency plays in it. But "life" needs not our faith, nor does it need to be preserved, as if we even had the power to preserve something of which we are merely a speck of dust within it. "There is no denying that in the long run," Nietzsche avows, "every one of these great teachers of a purpose was vanquished by laughter, reason, and nature: the short tragedy always gave way again and returned into the eternal comedy of existence . . ." (GS §1). Such ethical teachers are akin to the famous "liars" spoken of in Zarathustra, those who lack sufficient critical faculties and believe not only in the majority and its wisdom, but that Nature itself speaks to or is in love with and whispers secrets to them (Z: II.17). Here we have one of the supreme anthropomorphic delusions; a dose of Darwin would do such poets well. In opposition, Nietzsche's ideal is "those who do not want to preserve themselves" (Z: III.12).


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No. 1 Pick Mateas Continues UConn's CFL Success
In addition to having a strong NFL presence, UConn Football has a solid history of players who have made an impact in the CFL.
By Josh Wiley May 18, 2015, 6:03am EDT
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UConn Center Alex Mateas was selected by his hometown Ottawa REDBLACKS as the number one overall pick in last week's Canadian Football League Draft.
"It is an honor to be picked number one overall in the 2015 CFL Draft by the REDBLACKS," said Mateas. "The opportunity to represent my home city and play football on the same field that I used to play soccer on as a kid is surreal. I look forward to contributing any way possible to the team and to bring a Grey Cup back to Ottawa."
After beginning his collegiate career at Penn State, Mateas transferred to UConn where he started 29 games in three seasons, including every game of the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
"When you take into account Alex's abilities on the field, his durability, the level of competition that he played against as well as his integrity and intelligence, the selection of Alex was an easy decision, said REDBLACKS general manager Marcel Desjardins. "Add the fact that Ottawa is home and this is where he wants to be makes this the perfect selection."
UConn has a history of players that have made an impact in the CFL, including current player Martin Bedard and fullback John Delahunt, who would be Mateas' new REDBLACKS teammate had he not just retired. Bedard is from Laval, Quebec and plays fullback for the Montreal Alouettes.
Delahunt, like Mateas, is an Ottawa native. The 6-foot-3 tight end finished his UConn career in 2012 with 18 receptions and 223 receiving yards as a senior. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Hamilton Tiger Cats in 2013. He was then selected by the Ottawa REDBLACKS in the CFL expansion draft and joined the team for its inaugural 2014 season.
Mateas is the seventh UConn player selected in the CFL draft since 2004:
2013 - DE Jesse Joseph - selected in 3rd round (23rd overall) by the Montral Alouettes
2011 - OL Moe Petrus - selected in 2nd round (10th overall) by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2009 - LB Martin Bedard - selected in 2nd round (14th overall) by the Montral Alouettes
2006 - DE Shawn Mayne - selected in 3rd round (18th overall) by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2006 - DE Jason Ward - selected in 6th round (48th overall) by the BC Lions
2004 - WR O'Neil Wilson - selected in 3rd round (25th overall) by the Montral Alouettes
Pretty impressive, eh?!
By far the most memorable recent run of any former UConn player in the CFL came from a player who wasn't even drafted. Larry Taylor was best known as an exciting return specialist throughout his career at UConn. He joined the Montreal Alouettes in 2008. In 2009, he won the CFL's Special Teams Player of the Year Award for a season in which he led the CFL in combined yards with 1,971 and scored three touchdowns.
After a brief stint with the New York Jets training camp and practice squad in 2010, Taylor returned to Canada. He played for the Calgary Stampeders 2011-2013, then went back to Montreal for 2014.
Taylor was a part of two Grey Cup Championships with Montreal and has made two CFL All-Star teams. His CFL future is uncertain after seven seasons as he was recently released, but he has made a name for himself north of the border by ripping off returns such as this one which appeared on SportsCenter's top 10 (throw your LT's up).
Other Huskies to play in the CFL include:
CB Jordan Younger made the transition from Storrs to Canada successfully, being named to two CFL All-Star teams in 2005 and 2007 with the Toronto Argonauts.
LB Maurice Lloyd was named to the All-Western Division team and helped lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Grey Cup Championship in 2007.
DE Shawn Mayne and WR O'Neil Wilson, both native Canadians, teamed up as members of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2008.
RB Terry Caulley, one of the best running backs to play at UConn, spent 2007-2009 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
Byron Jones (No. 27 pick of the Dallas Cowboys) wasn't the only first round pick from UConn football this year. For players who don't get a chance in the NFL and are passionate about football, the CFL is a great way to continue to play the game they love. Good luck to Alex Mateas as he tries to bring the Grey Cup to his hometown of Ottawa for the first time since 1976.
Photo gallery: Villanova Wildcats @ UConn women's basketball - 1/29/23 UConn hold's off a tough Villanova squad on Sunday afternoon.
Takeaways: A tale of two UConn halves The Huskies started off terrible and finished strong, but it wasn't enough to avoid the season sweep from Xavier.


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What's the deal with all the different systems of medicine? And what's the difference between "Western medicine" and "conventional medicine?" Here, you'll find some honest answers.
"Conventional medicine" refers to the classic medical training offered through mainstream medical schools. This is a drugs-and-surgery approach to medicine that largely excludes nutrition, wellness, mind-body medicine, patient education, and other natural therapies
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"Ayurvedic medicine" is a system of holistic medicine practiced widely in India and throughout Southeast Asia. It is also gaining popularity and recognition in the United States, Europe, Australia and many other areas of the world as people come to recognize the inherent wisdom and innate safety of Ayurvedic medicine. Based on thousands of years of development and use, Ayurvedic medicine is organized around the energy patterns of individuals (the way they use their bodies, what they eat, how they digest, levels of body heat, etc.) and treatment using a wide array of medicinal herbs and substances (like essential oils, coconut oil, and so on). There is also a prominent recognition of the mind/body link in Ayurvedic medicine.
Recent scientific studies have shown popular Ayurvedic herbs to exhibit powerful medicinal effects, even from a Western point of view. Turmeric, for example, halts the growth of cancer tumors. Cinnamon stabilizes blood sugar, and gymnema sylvestre helps block dietary sugars while supporting the regeneration of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Ayurvedic medicine has known all this — and much more — for centuries. Western doctors, of course, completely dismiss the entire system of Ayurvedic medicine as quackery, ignoring its many thousands of years of safe, effective use on literally billions of people, and overlooking its enormous knowledge base of wisdom and experience in supporting balanced, holistic health.
Exotic systems / emerging systems: Many "undiscovered" systems of natural medicine are slowly making their way to Western societies. "Tibetan medicine" is beginning to gain momentum, partially thanks to the outstanding work of the Dalai Lama and the accelerating movement of Tibetan Buddhism in Western culture. Australian aborigines have their own system of medicine, as do various native populations in the South Pacific, Africa, and throughout many areas of South America including Peru, Brazil and Argentina.
"Complementary medicine" is a term that defenders of conventional medicine like to use to claim intellectual ownership over alternative medicine. Complementary medicine means combining conventional therapies with alternative therapies, but the alternative therapies are almost always dismissed from being the primary treatments as they are routinely relegated to supportive roles. For example, complementary medicine's supporters might say that ginger is great for reducing nausea following chemotherapy, but they would never say ginger or garlic are anticancer herbs in their own right.
Promoters of "complementary medicine" are usually closet drugs-and-surgery pushers who use this phrase to avoid appearing totally out of touch with health trends. The complementary medicine movement is largely an attempt by conventional medicine promoters to prevent their harmful system of medicine from appearing completely irrelevant as the public turns to safer, more effective and natural alternatives. Conventional doctors refer to it as CAM, or Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
"Alternative medicine" is a somewhat outdated term that refers to everything outside the realm of conventional medicine. It's outdated because alternative medicine is now mainstream medicine. Most people use it, and the only reason more people don't is because health-insurance refuses to cover most of the therapies in alternative medicine. This term will probably fade away as the use of natural healing therapies becomes even more popular with the general public.
"Integrative medicine" is a relatively recent term that typically describes a more balanced, welcoming approach to using natural therapies alongside conventional ones. While this system of medicine still uses conventional medicine therapies such as drugs and surgeries, it usually recommends them only as a last resort, instead attempting to prevent or treat health conditions using natural therapies first.
"Advanced medicine" refers to the future of medicine, based on supporting the patient's health and wellness rather than attacking the patient with various chemicals or procedures like radiation and surgery. Advanced medicine is the first step to the new age of understanding about the true underlying causes of health and wellness. Advanced medicine makes conventional medicine and Western medicine obsolete, and it includes therapies like phototherapy, sunlight, nutrition, sound therapy, vibrational medicine, electromedicine, mind-body medicine, energy healing, and other similar modalities that were once considered experimental, but are now well-known to be both safe and effective at supporting the health of the patient.
The term "junk science" is used by defenders of conventional medicine to discredit everything outside conventional medicine, regardless of whether or not it is based on sound scientific ground.
Similarly, the term "quackery" or "quack" is also used by the defenders of conventional medicine to describe anything outside the realm of conventional medicine. If it's not something they control, own the intellectual rights to, or profit from, the defenders of conventional medicine call it quackery, regardless of its merit as a genuine healing therapy. The real quacks, though, are the old, out-of-touch zealots of conventional medicine who can now best serve humanity by either retiring or dying. Scientific revolutions, you see, only happen when the defenders of old, outdated beliefs pass away, creating space for the rise of new, more advanced ideas from younger thinkers who don't have their careers and egos invested in old ways of thinking. See the book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions to learn more.
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Meet, BAILEY! The fierce Lisa Frank-esque neon tiger!
She likes balls of yarn and long naps in the glittery sunshine.
And once upon a time there was a medieval witch named SAGE!
She likes to go for long walks in the forbidden forest looking for spider webs and frog toenails.
The next character crashing onto the scene is DENVER! I mean Wreck-It Ralph!
He wrecks buildings by punching through bricks, but he wants to be a good guy and other stuff we can't wait to see when the movie comes out this Friday!
After searching high and low for overalls of any color in Denver's size and failing, my mom whipped these up on her sewing machine today! She is a genius!
And this supercalifragilisticexpialidotious couple are planning to have a practically perfect Halloween as Bert and Mary Poppins. Mr. John and I will have more than a spoonful of sugar after we raid the kid's trick or treat bags tonight!
So that's what our Halloween looks like. We always have a lot of fun and hope you enjoy a super fun and fantastical Halloween!
Wow! The costumes are fantastic! I might get one trick or treater…so sad. But that's ok, tomorrow is COOKIE CON!
This post is so full of win – Lisa Frank, Wreck-It Ralph, and an AMAZING Mary Poppins get-up!? Love it so much!
Awesome! That picture of Sage on the left looks just like you, but as a beautiful blonde.
You are so adorable! Love your costumes!
OMG Liz, you rock! love all the costumes!
Lovely costumes, and the make up….! Do you do kids make up too? Amazing, happy Halloween!


Kermit the Frog might have had it tough, but in 2013 it's easier than ever to be green! It's becoming increasingly clear that as it relates to the environment, protecting the health of our families and loved ones both now and for generations to come is a growing and significant concern. Cost efficiency and resource impact are also some of the most important reasons that people make the choice to focus on sustainable green living. There are lots of small ways to make a big difference starting right in your own home, and I'll be sharing tips and info in the coming weeks and months on how you and your family can accomplish this. Today's focus: home gardening!
These days, organic and sustainable farming and gardening are becoming less of the exception and more of the rule. Growing one's own food is the ONLY way to know what's really in it, and very few states have made strides to afford its citizens the right to know what's in the products they purchase and feed to their families every day. The good news is that you can easily become a part of this rapidly growing movement…straight from your kitchen! Even the smallest spaces can accomodate plentiful planting using creative, recycled materials and organic fair trade seeds. If you're lucky enough to have a backyard with some room to set up larger and more varied crops, the home gardening world is your oyster. Go as simple or sophisticated as you'd like – whatever works for you is a huge step forward!!!
Ecologically speaking, you can't beat home organic gardening compared to the other options out there today. When you go organic, there's no need to worry about pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals, preservatives and additives that you'll find in most conventional foodstuffs. Plus, with just a bit of extra effort, you can create your own completely self-sustaining garden space by using nature's own answer to recycling: composting! Plus, you don't need to worry about contributing to the overwhelmingly omnipresent carbon footprint. Keeping things ultra-local (i.e. your kitchen , yeard, rootftop) means no coughing up the cash to fuel up and head to the grocery store, where gas-guzzling planes and trucks have distributed and delivered often-mysterious, often-suspect foodstuffs from far and wide.
Perhaps the best way for a family to ease into home gardening is to make it a group project. Everybody helps, and everybody wins! If kids learn early on how important it is to be healthy and pay attention to what they are eating and why, they'll be ingrained to take those important factors into account for the rest of their lives and will pass it on to their own families. Don't treat it like work – find fun ways to pep up the process. Create personalized gardening kits for the kids using their favorite images, characters and interests to incorporate the things they love into something else they'll come to cherish. You can also let them decorate their gear on their own to give them a sense of independence and pride in every step of the process. Give each member of the family a particular plant (or multiple crops) to focus on. Kids will take ownership of their planting, and the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment generated by your harvest will prove to be an incredibly positive experience for the whole family!
Sometimes home gardening, for one reason or another, just isn't feasible and that's OK. There are alternative ways to support sustainable production and distribution. Why not try a CSA (community-supported agriculture), co-op or local farmers market? Here in Rockland County, you've got plenty of options!
2. Cook snap peas in pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain in colander and transfer to bowl of ice water. Once cool, drain and halve crosswise.
3. Coat cheese and zucchini lightly with olive oil spray. Grill, turning, until zucchini is golden and tender, 4 minutes, and cheese is browned and crisp, 5 minutes. Cut zucchini crosswise into bite-size pieces and break cheese into chunks.
4. Combine snap peas, zucchini, cheese, oil, and mint in large bowl. Squeeze 2 lemon wedges over salad and toss. Season and serve with remaining lemon wedges.
Until next time…live happy, live healthy, live green!