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By Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them. Four Tablets.
"If ye believe in Me I will make you the friends of My soul in the Realm of My Greatness and the companions of My Perfection in the Kingdom of My Might forever."
It was about two or three months after Abdu'l-Bahá had left America that I came into the realization, a conviction which has never since wavered for an instant, of the respective stations of the BabBáb, as the "First Point" of Light on the horizon of the New Day; of Bahá'u'lláh, "The Glory of God," as the "Manifestation of the Lights of the Essence in the Mirror of Names and At-tributes," and of His Son, Abdu'l-Bahá as the Center of His Covenant, the divinely appointed exemplar, the perfect Man, whose mission it was to manifest the beauty of holiness in the station of perfect servitude to God and man--"I am the servant of the servants of God."
Strangely enough this conviction was the direct out-come of spiritual service. It became overwhelmingly apparent that for the first time in my ministry I was able, in a deeply transforming manner, to assist souls struggling in the grasp of temptation, sorrow, perplexity of mind and confused with all the intricate problems of life and death.
A spiritual intuition seemed to have been born--undoubtedly derived from the sublime Words upon which my spirit had been feeding for many months, and still more from the personal teachings and example of Abdu'l-Bahá, that gave to those words that poignancy--which attracted and melted hearts. I suppose the old terminology might have used the term: "the gift of the Holy Spirit" to describe this marvelous happening. All that I know is that it was an entirely new and very humbling experience.
The teachings and example of Abdu'l-Bahá colored and influenced all relations with my kind. I saw even my weak attempts to adapt the teachings I had received to the needs of individual souls result so effectually that I was filled with a sensation of mingled awe and joy so new, so overwhelming, that I was carried as if on a torrent of absolute conviction into such an atmosphere of certitude that every vestige of my former doubts and uncertainties vanished as if they had never been. A Voice whispered across the ages in my deepest soul: "Men do not gather grapes of thorns, nor figs from thistles." When one sees with his own eyes human souls awakened, hearts touched with a divine afflatus, lives deeply affected, sorrow transformed into content, inward strife and turbulence calmed, by the Words taken from the prayers and explanations of these Divine Ones, and applied like a soothing ointment to the wounds of the soul, to doubt the Spirit from which" they emanated would have been to doubt all the prophets of the past; would have been to cast discredit on the Sermon on the Mount and on all Christian tradi-tiontradition. "If this is not of God," I said to myself, "then there is no foundation for faith in God. I would rather be wrong with this great Faith than seemingly right with all the doubters and cavilers in the world." From the very depths of my being there came the cry as uttered by the firm believers of old: "My Lord and my God!"
Moreover, in my own life such a new orientation occurred that all events and circumstances; all thoughts and expressions; all people and conversations acquired a new significance and a new purport. It seemed as though there gradually took shape, underlying the smallest as well as the more important events of daily life, a something solid, an assurance of it all being well in spite of outward seeming, which transformed the world. "He had set my feet upon a rock and established my going."
I remember that one of the members of my family greeted me one morning, as I entered the room, with the surprised ejaculation: "Well, what's the good news?" I suppose my face and bearing was that of one who had just received the announcement of exceeding good fortune.
The meaning of the Words which I had so often quoted in the more or less perfunctory manner of the theologian came to me with a novel and striking significance: "Behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy!" And the words of Bahá'u'lláh expressing this same source of supreme happiness: "This is that which is the spring of all the gladness of the world."
But it was undoubtedly the receipt of a third Tablet from the Master which completed my subjugation. I quote it simply with the prefatory remark that all communications from Abdu'l-Bahá are universal and may be read by any soul and applied to himself if he fulfills the conditions of the sincere seeker.
"O thou my heavenly son:
Thy letter was received. It was a rose-garden from which the sweet fragrances of the love of God were inhaled. It indicated that you have held a meeting with the utmost joy and fragrance.
Your aim is the diffusion of the light of guidance; the resurrection of the oeaddead hearts, the promotion of the oneness of the world of humanity and the elucidation of Truth. Unquestionably you will become confirmed therein and assisted by the invisible powers.
I have prayed on thy behalf that thou mayest become the minister of the Temple of the Kingdom and the herald of the Lord of Hosts; that thou mayest build a monastery in heaven and lay the foundation of a convent in the Universe of the Placeless; in all thy affairs that thou mayest become inspired by the Breaths of the Holy Spirit, and that thou mayest become so illumined that the eyes of all the ministers be dazzled by thy brilliancy, and may long to attain to thy station.
Thou an always in my memory. I shall never forget the days of our meeting.
Endeavor as much as thou canst that thou mayest master the Principles of Bahá'u'lláh, promulgate them all over that continent, create love and unity between the believers, guiding the people, awakening the heedless ones and resurrecting the dead.
Convey on my behalf the utmost longing to all the friends of God.
Upon thee be the Glory of the Most Glorious."
(Signed) Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas.
Aside from the apparent fact that this letter was a call, a summons, a Trumpet-peal from a higher realm to advance--to "come along up" the meaning, the inner significance, of some of the phrases used eluded me completely at the time and still remain only dimly apprehended.
"Assisted by the Invisible Powers"--"Minister of the Temple of the Kingdom"--"A monastery in heaven"--and a "convent in the Universe of the Placeless"--what could such strange phrases mean?
As the years have passed and more and more thoroughly I have become impregnated with the Divine Utterances of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-BaháaBahá meaning has emerged, elusive yet definite; vague yet alluring beyond words in its appeal to the spirit. What if the orchestra is veiled behind its screen of divine roses, is the music less entrancing, or the certainty that there is an orchestra there less convincing because of that?
In order that the reader may inhale the perfume from those roses and, perchance, hear with the inner ear the strains from that hidden orchestra, let me quote two passages from the Words of Abdu'l-Bahá'.
On April 30th, 1912, He spoke in Chicago, at a meeting of the Bahá'í Temple Unity Convention. From this I quote:
"Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of the Divine Temple. This is conducive to unity and fellowship among men. The real Temple is the very Law of God, for to that all humanity must resort, and that is the Point of Unity for all mankind. That is the Collective Center. That is the cause of accord and unity of the hearts. That is the cause of the solidarity of the human race. That is the source of eternal Life. Temples are the symbols of that uniting force, in order that when people gather there in a given edifice of God, in the House and Temple of God, they may recall the fact that the Law has been revealed for them and that the Law is to unite them. That just as this edifice was founded for the unification of mankind, the Law preceding and creating this Temple was issued therefortherefore."[70]
Again: Abdu'l-Bahá wrote to an American believer who had asked regarding her membership in a Christian church:
"Know thou: in the day of the Manifestation of Christ many souls became portionless and deprived because they were members of the Holy of Holies in Jerusalem. Because of that membership (standing for exclusiveness and prejudice) they became veiled from His Brilliant Beauty. Therefore turn thy face to the Church of God, which consists of divine instructions and merciful exhortations.71 For what similarity is there between the church of stone and cement, and the Celestial Holy of Holies? Endeavor that thou mayest enter this Church of God. Although thou hast given oath to attend the (material) church, yet thy spirit is under the Covenant and Testament of the spiritual, divine Temple. Thou shouldest protect this. The reality of Christ is the Words of the Holy Spirit. If thou art able, take a portion thereof."[72]
Does not a new significance attend the words of John the divine, as he attempted to portray in symbolic words the coming of the Kingdom upon earth? "And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty is the Temple of it." "And the CiryCity had no need of the sun for the Glory of God did lighten it."
(Let it be remembered that the literal translation of the title "Bahá'u'lláh" is "the Glory of God.")
To be a "minister" of the Temple of this Kingdom, then, is simply to be an adherent and promulgator of the Law of Unity and Love laid down as compulsory upon all sincere believers in the One God; to be assisted by the "Invisible Powers" is to be surrounded by those eternal forces which ever support the courageous warriors for Truth; to build a "Monastery in Heaven" and a "Convent in the Universe of the Placeless" is to build such spiritual fortresses of detachment and severance for the souls of men that "while living upon the earth they may truly be in heaven."
To be such a minister is the prerogative of every believer in the Words of God and the sincere follower of His Light. What a glorious world this "mound of earth" will be when all men attain even to a glimmer of this Light!
Two months later a fourth Tablet was received which again opened Portals to Freedom into a world of increasing Light and Beauty.
"O thou my respected son:
The letter that thou hast written with the utmost love became the cause of perfect happiness. Truly, I say, thou art striving with heart and soul, to obtain the good pleasure of God. It is assured that this blessed intention will have great effect. The good intention is like an ignited candle whose rays are cast to all parts. Now, praise be to God, that thou hast manifested the utmost effort so that thou mayest light a candle of guidance in that region, plant a tree of the utmost freshness and delicacy in the garden of the world of humanity; call the people to the divine Kingdom; become the means of the progress of intellects and souls; gather the lost sheep under the protection of the Real Shepherd; cause the awakening of the sleepy ones; bestow health upon those who are spiritually sick; enlarge the sphere of human minds; refine the moral fiber of the people and direct the wandering birds to the rose-garden of Reality.
Rest thou assured that the Eternal Outpouring shalldescendshall descend upon thee, and the Confirmations of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh shall encircle thee.
Convey to all the believers the wonderful `Abhá greetings.
(Signed) Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
Mt. Carmel,
Haifa, Syria,
Again a Call! Again a summons to dwell and work in a higher world!
There are three of these Commands--for as such I have always understood and accepted them--which particularly impressed me at the time, and which ever since have been a subconscious influence upon my meditations and activities. They are these: "Become the means of the progress of intellects and souls." "Enlarge the sphere of human minds." "Refine the moral fiber of the people."
It needs but the most cursory observation of average humanity to realize the static nature of its mind, its cumbrousness, its inability to move out of its chosen or enforced rut. The mental and spiritual "Sphere" in which most of us function is a very narrow one. Our horizon is limited by our personal interests. True, the student and philosopher go beyond this and pigeonhole their knowledge and pride themselves upon their "liberality" of view, but when it comes to action their horizon also is limited by personal considerations. I do not forget the saints and heroes of all time who have placed Truth above self, family and life. But neither do I forget that the portion of such has ever been the stake, the dungeon and the Cross. And, alas, it would seem that neither do "the simple ones whom men call savants" (as Bahá'u'lláh so trenchantly observes) forget it either. They follow Truth just so far as "her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace," but hesitate when the finger of scorn points or possessions are threatened, or family deserts.
Far be it from me to criticize or cavil at this fundamental quality of a nature common to us all. I simply point out this incontrovertible fact and that this attitude, according to the dictum of all the great and holy ones of the ages, is due to ignorance. Ignorance of the true nature of Life; ignorance of its infinite horizons; ignorance of its origins in the unimaginably distant past as well as of its equally unimaginable glorious future in "all the worlds of God."
It is this to which Abdu'l-Bahá refers when He calls one to "Become the means of the progress of intellects and souls," and "to enlarge the sphere of human minds."
As to His summons to "refine the moral fiber of the people": surely none may doubt the average flaccidity of that fiber. Our estimates of any moral issue are almost invariably decided by its personal reaction. If we test our sense of justice, for instance, by Bahá'u'lláh's definition: "Wert thou to observe justice choose for others that which thou choosest for thyself,"[73] how many of us would measure up? From the automobile driver in an accident whose first instinct is to blame the other party, to the judge on the bench whose decisions are apt to be colored by its political results, all are tarred by the same brush. And again the reason is to be found in the limited sphere of the mind. Those who do so are simply shortsighted. Their horizon is too narrow, too limited by immediate considerations, to see clearly the inevitable results. It is these results which have plainly been written on the pages of all history, the cumulative effects of which have now thrown the world into disastrous confusion and misery.
Surely if ever there were a greater need than this, that the moral fiber of the people be refined to a point where it shall be cleansed from those elements foreign to man's higher and divine nature, and He "stand forth pure and unsullied by the dross of selfishness" it would be difficult to find.
The most impressive of the Tablets received from Abdu'l-Bahá came to me just about the time of the outbreak of the World War, early in August of 1914. It is as follows:
"O thou respected personage:
Thy letter was received. Its perusal imparted to me great hopefulness, for from its contents it became manifest that through the ejects of thy entrance into the Divine Kingdom thou art progressing day by day.
When this progress shall become perpetual and continual, then thou shall find the Most Great Center in the Universe of God, and shall clearly behold the Confirmations of the Holy Spirit. Thou shalt be baptized in the Fountain of Life and shalt be freed from all the laws of the world of nature.
Thou shalt become illumined, merciful, heavenly--a radiant candle in the world of humanity.
Endeavor as much as possible to liberate thyself wholly from human susceptibilities--so that the powers of the Kingdom may gain control over thy heart and thy spirit--to such a degree that although thou art living on the face of the earth, yet thou mayest truly be in heaven; that although outwardly thou an composed of material elements, yet spiritually thou mayest become composed of heavenly elements.
This is the everlasting glory of man! This is the eternal sublimity in the world of existence! This is the never-ending Life! This is the Spirit incarnated in the heart of humanity!
Home of Abdu'l-Bahá,
July 16th, 1914.
It seems impossible to imagine a higher mandate, a more provocative appeal, a more stimulating and suggestive contrast to ordinary ideals or modes of thought. There is a galvanic quality to such phrases as "Find the Most Great Center in the Universe of God," "Be freed from all the laws of the world of nature," and "Liberate thyself wholly from human susceptibilities." And what shall be said regarding the hope emphatically proffered that under certain conditions it is possible that the "Powers of the Kingdom," those higher Laws and their active exponents of a Celestial World, may so "gain control" of one's being that he may actually become composed of different and holy elements, and may walk this world outwardly its denizen but inwardly guided and motivated by influences and powers emanating from a far higher and more real world.
It is possible that the reader may consider such ideas as fantastic. Nor should that be an incomprehensible attitude unless he has some knowledge of the lives and teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and His Son, and--I may emphatically add--the lives and martyrdoms of thousands of their followers and lovers.
As for myself: I have seen with my own eyes a Life so far above the sort of life lived by the ordinary man that any comparison based on its activation by ordinary motives is incredible. Abdu'l-Bahá certainly revolved around a "Center" vastly different from the ego-centeredness of mankind. He, while outwardly clothed in man's habiliments, inwardly was palpably clothed with the "characteristics of God." So plainly was He free from "all the laws of the world of nature" and liberated from captivity to "human susceptibilities" that one could not be in the same room with Him and not feel the atmosphere of a higher, calmer, nobler world radiating from Him.
What, then, shall be our reaction when He calls us to join Him in that World of the Spirit? One of only three attitudes seems to be possible: (a) He was a visionary, an impractical idealist and not to be taken seriously. (b) He was unique in type and capabilities and spoke and acted from a background of wisdom and capacity unattainable by other men. (c) He was a Herald of a World of Reality of which this phenomenal world is like an upside-down reflection; a Summoner to all men to leave the seeming and live on the plane of the Real; an Exemplar to humanity that such an utter alteration of orientation is not only possible but imperative if any measure of happiness, tranquility, wisdom and prosperity is to be attained.
Let us examine each of these possibilities, for there are no others and we must decide on one of them, unless we are willing to dodge the issue entirely and refuse to think.
(a) Abdu'l-Bahá's whole life contradicted this assumption that He was a visionary, an impractical idealist. When He addressed the student body at LeiandLeland Stanford University He was introduced by its president, David Starr Jordan, in these words: " Abdu'l-Bahá will surely unite the East and the West for He treads the mystical "way with practical feet." He was a successful businessman and was often consulted by other men, not believers by the way, as to the conduct of their businesses. One of His outstanding characteristics was a calm judgment in all material affairs; a poise in dealing with men and occasions of all kinds unrivaled by the most astute of captains of industry. He has been known to go into the kitchen and prepare a meal for His guests. He never failed in such small attentions as seeing that the room where His visitors were entertained contained every possible comfort, though He paid no attention to His own comfort.
In short, the slightest investigation into the facts will force the conclusion that our first hypothesis is untenable.
(b) That He was possessed of powers more than human and therefore we could not be expected to be like Him. This is the easy explanation. It is the "alibi" so often used by those who demand an excuse for the discrepancy between their ideals and actions. The modem term for this kind of thing is "rationalizing."
The difficulty of accepting it is that by its acceptance we automatically reject the teachings and example of all the great souls of the past and present. To those bred in the Christian tradition it means the placing of the Christ in the category of an unapproachable perfection and pay no regard to His constant reiteration of the necessity for "walking in His way," "loving one another as I have loved you," "taking up one's cross daily and following Me." It is also to disregard the philosophies of the noblest of mankind who make no claims to divine authority. Such men as Socrates, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Emerson, and countless others whose lives have proven the possibility of approximating deeds to words.
And worst of all results from such a decision, or so it seems to the writer at least, is the degrading corollary that man's progress has ceased; that the present condition of the world, which is due to man's disregard of, and unbelief in, any such world as Abdu'l-Bahá intimates in the above Tablet, is the normal and unchangeable condition. It means that the "laws of the world of nature" are irrevocable' that is man's proper state for him "to be red in tooth and claw with ravin"; that there is no destiny beyond the grave and consequently no higher world of activity for which to prepare.
No! To me this is an unthinkable, a monstrous conclusion.
Let us examine without prejudice the third hypothesis, namely, that Bahá'u'lláh came into the world as the latest of the long line of Revelators of the Divine Will oft the express purpose of opening to men the world of Reality; to focus the attention of men upon a type of life, a sphere of activity which hereto fore has remained more of less in the background of men's effective energies, an that His Son, Abdu'l-Bahá, is the living proof of man's ability to live and move and work in that World of Reality and thus build in actuality that Kingdom on earth which Jesus told us to expect and for which He commanded us to petition.
To this writer such a hypothesis is not only satisfying but supremely rational and understandable. That there is such a sphere of action (Which is what is meant by the term "World") is abundantly demonstrated not only by the peaks of humanity but in varying degrees by every human soul. Man's selfishness ("that strange disease," as Abdu'l-Bahá designates it) has heretofore clouded that World, but within the last half-century more and more Its Light has shone. Our Red Cross society, our International Peace organizations, The League of Nations, even our Community Chests, are demonstrating its existence and influential power.
Bahá'u'lláh has simply called all men to make that sphere of action the realm in which they shall constantly and consciously move, speak and act. In effect he says to us: "You have tried it in a small degree, why not extend it to embrace every detail of life?"
In order that this may be accomplished, is it not plain that guidance is necessary? This complex world is very sick. It is dying from lack of a skilled physician. Its disease is so complicated, so affecting every part and organ, and the attending physicians--the statesmen, moralists and idealists--so ignorant of the underlying causes, that imminent dissolution is impending. Shall we come to the despairing conclusion that there is no wise Physician? Shall we supinely acquiesce that this dissolution is assured, and stand with watch in hand at the bedside of the dying patient awaiting the inevitable hour? Or shall we, possibly as a last desperate resort, if our faithless should so wish to call it, turn to One who at least lays claim to ability to diagnose and prescribe? One who declares over and over again in Words of matchless power and eloquence His Divine Power to heal? From many such I quote:
"That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired Physician. This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught but error." Bahá'u'lláh 74
And Abdu'l-Bahá says:
"The body of the human world is sick. Its remedy and healing will be the oneness of the kingdom of humanity. Its life is The Most Great Peace. Its illumination and quickening is love. Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections. It is my hope that through the bounties and favors of the Blessed Perfection (one of the titles of Bahá'u'lláh) we may find a new life, acquire a new power and attain to a wonderful and supreme source of energy so that the `Most Great Peace' of divine intention shall be established upon the foundation of the unity of the world of men with God."
And not only does Bahá'u'lláh claim the ability to diagnose and heal, but also the Supreme Authority to command, to lead, to conquer.
O kings of the earth! The Most Great Law hath been revealed in this Spot, this scene of transcendent splendor. Every hidden thing hath been brought to light, by virtue of the Will of the Supreme Ordainer, He Who hath ushered in the Last Hour, through Whom the Moon hath been cleft, and every irrevocable decree expounded.
Ye are but vassals, O kings of the earth! He Who is the King of Kings hath appeared, arrayed in His most wondrous glory, and is summoning you unto Himself, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Bahá'u'lláh to the rulers.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 211.
Never in all the history of the Prophets of the past have such tremendous affirmations been made, such Divine Authority been claimed, such power demonstrated. And let us not forget that for forty years this sublime One bore the persecutions and tortures of cruel kings and priests; that He lived to see thousands of His devoted believers suffer the same fate, even unto death; that throughout all of this long period never did He cease proclaiming His Divine Mission with an inflexible determination and an unconquerable Majesty which humbled in the end even His worst enemies. Let those who have shed one drop of blood in upholding their ideal of Truth be the first doubters!
To those who see "with the eye of God," who possess that spiritual vision without which we are as "those who having eyes see not," is revealed that World of Reality whose "Most Great Center" is the Manifestation of God in this great Day of His Revelation.
We have been revolving around such limited centers, such petty interests, that our horizons have been circumscribed to such an extent that it is all but impossible for us to conceive a "Most Great Center" attaining to which we view the "Universe of God" spread before our wondering eyes, and scan a "Supreme Horizon" including all the sons of men; in the Light of which, the Glory of which, all problems are solved, all flames of strife extinguished in that unity and love which is the basis of the Laws of the universe.
Nevertheless, the Christs of the ages, the Guides and Leaders of mankind, have ever insisted on the reality, the supremacy of this Divine World. Let such as are men of courage and action obey and follow them!
In September of 1916, when the World War was at its height, and communication between the Orient and Occident was difficult, I received a postal-card from the secretary of Abdu'l-Bahá, containing His final Tablet to me. It was not signed by Him and the original has not yet come to my hand, so I transcribe the postal-card as I received it so that the record may be complete.
June 22nd, 1916.
"My dear brother in the Cause of humanity:
The reports of your services, your travels and lectures are most stimulating to the friends in the Holy Land and conducive to the happiness of the heart of Abdu'l-Bahá. He loves you and prays for your spiritual success and prosperity. He has revealed a wonderful Tablet in your name, the translation of which is the following:
O thou speaker in the Temple of the Kingdom!
Praise be to God that most of the time thou art traveling, going from city to city raising the melody of the Kingdom in meetings and churches, and announcing the glad-tidings of Heaven.
It is recorded in the Gospel that John the Baptist was crying in the wilderness: "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His Paths straight, for the Kingdom of God is at hand."
He was crying in the wilderness, but thou art crying m populous cities. Although the ministers have brilliant crowns on their heads, yet it is my hope that thou mayest crown thy head with the diadem of the Kingdom--such a diadem whose brilliant jewels may illuminate the dark passages of future centuries and cycles.
God says in His great Book, Qur'án, "He especializes with His Mercy whomsoever He willeth." That is, God distinguisheth with His favor and bestowal a number of souls and marks them with His own seal of approval. A similar statement is revealed in the Gospel: "Many are called but few are chosen." Now, praise be to God that thou art one of those "few."
Appreciate thou the value of this bounty, and occupy thy time as much as thou canst in the diffusion of the fragrances of God."
Upon thee be greetings and praise.
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Q: On scroll add more json data in listView I made one ListView with image and text. I am able to parse json data in the ListView. But my requirenment is  to load 10 rows of Json data, then at the bottom have a load more. to get the next 10, etc etc.
Suggest me if anyone knows the solution using json please...

*

*Here is my code for Adapter.java
public class LazyAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    private Activity activity;
    private ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> data;
    private static LayoutInflater inflater=null;
    public ImageLoader imageLoader;

    public LazyAdapter(Activity a, ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> d) {
        activity = a;
        data=d;
        inflater = (LayoutInflater)activity.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        imageLoader=new ImageLoader(activity.getApplicationContext());
    }

    public int getCount() {
        return data.size();
    }

    public Object getItem(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View vi=convertView;
        if(convertView==null)
            vi = inflater.inflate(R.layout.list_row, null);

        TextView title = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.title); // title
        TextView artist = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.artist); // artist name
        TextView duration = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.duration); // duration
        ImageView thumb_image=(ImageView)vi.findViewById(R.id.list_image);
        ImageView thumb_image1=(ImageView)vi.findViewById(R.id.imageView1);// thumb image

        HashMap<String, String> song = new HashMap<String, String>();
        song = data.get(position);

        // Setting all values in listview
        title.setText(song.get(CustomizedListView.USER_NAME));
        artist.setText(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_ARTIST));
        duration.setText(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_DURATION));
        imageLoader.DisplayImage(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_THUMB_URL), thumb_image);

        imageLoader.DisplayImage(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_THUMB_URL1), thumb_image1);
        return vi;
    }
}

*Here is the code of MainActivity.java
public class CustomizedListView extends Activity {
    // All static variables
    static final String URL = XXXX.json;
    //private static String URL;
    // XML node keys
    static final String KEY_SONG = "review_full"; // parent node
    static final String KEY_ID = "activity_id";
    static final String USER_NAME = "user_name";
    static final String KEY_ARTIST = "review_small";
    static final String KEY_DURATION = "time";
    static final String KEY_THUMB_URL = "thumb";
    static final String KEY_THUMB_URL1 = "photo";
    String type;
    String user_name1;
    String thumbnail;
    String subscriber_name;
    String review_full;
    String status;
    String photo;
    ListView list;
    String review_small;
    LazyAdapter adapter;

    String[] image;
    ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> songsList;
    public  String image1=null;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        //Intent intent1 = getIntent();
        //String easyPuzzle = intent1.getExtras().getString("Id");
        //URL=URL0+easyPuzzle;
        songsList = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
        JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
        JSONObject json = jParser.getJSONFromUrl(URL);

        try{
            Log.d("Parsing JSON Data", "Before json1 try2");
            JSONArray activities = json.getJSONArray("activities");
            Log.d("Parsing JSON Data", "after activiti");

            for (int i = 0; i < activities.length(); i++) {
                JSONObject c = activities.getJSONObject(i);
                image=new String[2];
                Log.d("Parsing JSON Data", "inside for loop");
                HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();

                //checking type content
                type=c.getString("type");

                if(type.contains("user")){
                    user_name1=c.getString( USER_NAME);
                    thumbnail=c.getString(KEY_THUMB_URL);
                    map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL,  thumbnail);

                    map.put(USER_NAME, user_name1+" "+"joined etable community");
                    map.put(KEY_DURATION,  c.getString( KEY_DURATION));
                    //  map.put(KEY_ARTIST,null);

                }else if(type.contains("checkin")){
                    user_name1=c.getString( USER_NAME);
                    subscriber_name=c.getString("subscriber_name");
                    thumbnail=c.getString(KEY_THUMB_URL);
                    photo=c.getString("photo");

                    if(photo.contains("False")){
                        image1="False";
                        map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL1, image1);
                    }else{

                        image = photo.split("image=");
                        image1=image[1];
                        map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL1, image1);

                    }

                    map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL,  thumbnail);
                    map.put(USER_NAME, user_name1+" "+"was spotted at"+" "+subscriber_name);
                    map.put(KEY_DURATION,  c.getString( KEY_DURATION));
                    //  map.put(KEY_ARTIST,null);

                }else if(type.contains("favorite")){
                    subscriber_name=c.getString("subscriber_name");
                    user_name1=c.getString( USER_NAME);
                    thumbnail=c.getString(KEY_THUMB_URL);

                    map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL,  thumbnail);
                    map.put(USER_NAME, user_name1+" "+"favorited"+" "+subscriber_name);
                    map.put(KEY_DURATION,  c.getString( KEY_DURATION));
                    //map.put(KEY_ARTIST,null);

                }else if(type.contains("review")){
                    subscriber_name=c.getString("subscriber_name");
                    user_name1=c.getString( USER_NAME);
                    review_small=c.getString("review_small");
                    review_full=c.getString("review_full");

                    thumbnail=c.getString(KEY_THUMB_URL);
                    map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL,  thumbnail);
                    map.put(USER_NAME, user_name1+" "+"wrote a review for"+" "+subscriber_name);
                    map.put(KEY_DURATION,  c.getString( KEY_DURATION));
                    map.put(KEY_ARTIST,review_small);
                    map.put(KEY_SONG,review_full);

                }else if(type.contains("status")){
                    user_name1=c.getString( USER_NAME);
                    status=c.getString("full_status");

                    thumbnail=c.getString(KEY_THUMB_URL);
                    map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL,  thumbnail);
                    map.put(USER_NAME, user_name1+" "+"says\n"+" "+status);
                    map.put(KEY_DURATION,  c.getString( KEY_DURATION));
                    //map.put(KEY_ARTIST,null);

                }else{
                    user_name1=c.getString( USER_NAME);
                    map.put(USER_NAME, user_name1+" "+"some problem");
                    //map.put(KEY_ARTIST,null);
                }

                // adding HashList to ArrayList
                songsList.add(map);

            }}catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        list=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.list);

        // Getting adapter by passing xml data ArrayList
        adapter=new LazyAdapter(this, songsList);
        list.setAdapter(adapter);
        list.invalidateViews();

        // Click event for single list row
        list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                                    int position, long id) {
                list.invalidateViews();
                Log.d("Parsing JSON Data", "start click");
                HashMap<String, String> map = songsList.get(position);

                Intent in = new Intent(CustomizedListView.this, LargeView.class);
                in.putExtra("text", map.get(USER_NAME));
                in.putExtra("image", map.get(KEY_THUMB_URL));
                in.putExtra("review", map.get(KEY_SONG));

                Log.d("Parsing JSON Data", "inside profile33");

                startActivity(in);
                Log.d("Parsing JSON Data", USER_NAME);

            }
        });
    }

}

A: Setting your adapter.setNotifysetchanged() will display the added items in your ListView Here i give you some example that how to integrate the load more with your ListView
1.example
2.Costum Load more listview

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Q: default value for functions in parameters in Scala I was learning and experimenting with Scala. I wanted to implement a function with generic type, which takes a function as a parameter and provides a default implementation of that function..
Now when I try it without the generic type, it works :
def defaultParamFunc(z: Int, y: Int)(f: (Int, Int) => Int = (v1: Int,v2: Int) => { v1 + v2 }) : Int = {
  val ans = f(z,y)
  println("ans : " + ans)
  ans
}

this doesn't give any error
but when I try the same with generic type,
def defaultParamFunc[B](z: B, y: B)(f: (B, B) => B = (v1: B,v2: B) => { v1 + v2 }) = {
  val ans = f(z,y)
  println("ans : " + ans)
  ans
}

I get the error :
[error]  found   : B
[error]  required: String
[error]  def defaultParamFunc[B](z: B, y: B)(f: (B, B) => B = (v1: B,v2: B) => { v1 + v2 }) = {
[error]                                                                               ^

Is the error because the compiler doesn't know if B type will be addable ? because when I just return v1 or v2 instead of v1 + v2, it works..
def defaultParamFunc[B](z: B, y: B)(f: (B, B) => B = (v1: B,v2: B) => { v1 }) = {
  val ans = f(z,y)
  println("ans : " + ans)
  ans
}

If so, How to specify that the type given must be Numeric ? I tried replacing B with B : Numeric but still gives the same error

A: The first problem with your code is a minor omission: you need to import the members of the Numeric instance, so as to bring + into scope (this will in fact bring num.mkNumericOps into scope, enabling the + method):
Let's try this:
def defaultParamFunc[B](z: B, y: B)(f: (B, B) => B = (v1: B,v2: B) => { v1 + v2 })(implicit num: Numeric[B]) = {
  // Brings `+` into scope.
  // Note that you can also just import Numeric.Implicits._ for the same effect
  import num._

  val ans = f(z,y)
  println("ans : " + ans)
  ans
}

Unfortunately this still does not compile. The problem here is that a parameter's default value can only reference a parameter from an earlier parameter list.
Because num is in the last parameter list, there is no way to use it in a default value.
Tough luck.
OK, so let's try to outsmart the compiler and split the method in two, so that we can have the implicit parameter num before the parameter f:
def defaultParamFunc[B](z: B, y: B)(implicit num: Numeric[B]) = new {
  // NOTE: using structural typing here is rather inefficient.
  //       Let's ignore that for now.
  import num._
  def apply(f: (B, B) => B = (v1: B, v2: B) => { v1 + v2 }) = {
    val ans = f(z,y)
    println("ans : " + ans)
    ans
  }
}

Sweet, it compiles. What we have done here is that defaultParamFunc actually returns a (pseudo) function instance. This function is what takes f as parameter,
and because we instantiate the function in defaultParamFunc body there is no problem referencing num.
However, let's not rejoice too soon. If we try to call it, without specifying the f parameter, the compiler is not happy:
scala> defaultParamFunc(5, 7)()
<console>:17: error: not enough arguments for method defaultParamFunc: (implicit num: Numeric[Int])((Int, Int) => Int) => Int{def apply$default$1: (Int, Int) => Int}.
Unspecified value parameter num.
          defaultParamFunc(5, 7)()

Oops. The compiler thinks that the empty parameter list is for the second (implicit) parameter list in defaultParamFunc, rather than in the parameter list of  the (pseudo) function instance.
We'll have to find another way that does not require an implicit parameter in the defaultParamFunc method. Magnet patterns to the rescue!
trait MyMagnet[B] extends ((B,B) => B)
object MyMagnet {
  implicit def fromFunc[B]( f: (B, B) => B ) = new MyMagnet[B] {
    def apply(z: B, y: B): B = {
      val ans = f(z,y)
      println("ans : " + ans)
      ans
    }
  }
  implicit def fromUnit[B](unit: Unit)(implicit num: Numeric[B]) = new MyMagnet[B]{
    import num._
    def apply(v1: B, v2: B): B = { v1 + v2 }
  }
}
def defaultParamFunc[B](z: B, y: B)(magnet: MyMagnet[B]): B = magnet(z, y)

Granted, this is a bit contrived for such a tiny result. But it does work:
scala> defaultParamFunc(2,3)()
res15: Int = 5

scala> defaultParamFunc(2,3){(x:Int, y:Int) => x*y }
ans : 6
res16: Int = 6

Note though that by using the magnet pattern, we have lost the benefits of type inference. So we cannot just do the following:
scala> defaultParamFunc(2,3)(_ * _)
<console>:18: error: missing parameter type for expanded function ((x$1, x$2) => x$1.$times(x$2))
              defaultParamFunc(2,3)(_ * _)

A:
Is the error because the compiler doesn't know if B type will be addable ?

Yes. The type parameter B has no constraints in your example - you could use any type as the argument when you use this function. The compiler has no way to check in advance that whatever type you use has a + method.
You can use a type class approach, here's something to give you an idea:
// This defines a generic 'plus' method
trait Plus[T] {
  def plus(x: T, y: T): T
}

// This is a generic method that can do 'plus' on whatever type
// for which there is an implicit Plus value in scope
def add[T : Plus](a: T, b: T) = implicitly[Plus[T]].plus(a, b)

// This defines what 'plus' means for Ints
implicit val intPlus = new Plus[Int] {
  def plus(x: Int, y: Int): Int = x + y
}

// This defines what 'plus' means for Strings
implicit val stringPlus = new Plus[String] {
  def plus(x: String, y: String): String = x.concat(y)
}

// Examples of use
println(add(2, 3))
println(add("hello", "world"))

edit: Actually, Scala's Numeric already does this for you:
def add[T : Numeric](x: T, y: T) = implicitly[Numeric[T]].plus(x, y)

// Use it with integers
println(add(2, 3))

// Or doubles
println(add(1.5, 2.4))

// Or with for example BigDecimal
println(add(BigDecimal("1.234"), BigDecimal("4.567")))

So you should be able to do something like this:
def defaultParamFunc[B : Numeric](z: B, y: B)(f: (B, B) => B = (v1: B,v2: B) => { implicitly[Numeric[B]].plus(v1, v2) }) = {
  val ans = f(z,y)
  println("ans : " + ans)
  ans
}


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THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MC CARRICK SCANDAL
HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF THE INFO WAR GOING ON.
(Posted by Frenchie)
The Vatican is under attack from multiple sides. Everyone has an agenda to push forward.
It is becoming very confusing for the average Catholic to figure out what is really going on.
The catalyst for this whole mess has been the ever developing scandal of former Cardinal Mc Carrick.
Most of us understand, or at least perceive that there is a lot more at stake that the future of an already very old former Cardinal.
Over the last few weeks, we have seen many actors of the Catholic Church in the US trying to either cover their backside, or take advantage of the issue.
At first the concert of Bishops who came forward, was all on the same tune.
Basically we were told, that everyone was surprised and chocked by these revelations.
Then we found out that, like here on Guam with Apuron, everyone knew, but everybody kept quiet.
The modernist wing of the Church, came forward demanding clarity and openness .
The conservative side came out swinging against the gay cabal inside the Church.
The battle lines were drawn, every side tried to spin the story to their advantage, while the neos kept very quiet in their corner, not wanting to draw attention to their coverups.
I have written several times about how Cardinal Sean O'Malley was trying to take the lead on this story, and make it appear that he was the person of reference to fight this evil in our midst.
(ironic no?)
This Sunday, things accelerated tremendously with the revelations of Archbishop Vigano.
In an 11 pages document Vigano reveals many things regarding the Mc Carrick scandal and the coverup that ensued. This was revealed by well known Italian reporter for the National Television channel: Aldo Maria Valli
Archbishop Vigano the whistleblower
Since then Archbishop Vigano, has felt it more secure to retire to a safe place.
Barely a few hours had passed, before modernist advocates and defenders of Francis started an offensive against Vigano, assailing his character and denouncing a coup d'Etat against Francis.
The same crowd demanded that the USCCB support Francis clearly.
The secular press soon joined in on both side of the argument.
CNN, who loves a conspiracy when it fits its agenda joining with the attempted coup crowd.
Instead of falling in place behind the Pope, several notable personalities came to the defense of Archbishop Vigano, including one of his former assistant now retired from the diplomatic corp: Msgr Jean-Francois Lantheaume, who refused to comment about the statement from his old boss
beside a resounding :" Archbishop Vigano told the truth"
In the meantime the USCCB requested that Pope Francis come up with a clear answer to the sequence of events.
Since then Cardinals Wuerl and Farell have felt the weight of great pressure to reveal the whole story, which they have so far felled to do.
Farell having been Mc Carrick confident and roomate for a 6 years period, is in a particularly precarious position.
The conservative Daily Wire published even more details, and one of its columnist: Matt Walsh even went so far as demanding Pope Francis resignation.
Archbishop hiding for his own safety
Call for Francis resignation
For us on Guam, a particular important piece of information was that Filoni was part of the coverup for Mc Carrick. That in itself is very important to the connection with the neos.
One of the positive notes for Guam, is that while under pressure to answer frankly about the developing sexual scandals, we learned from Pope Francis himself, that he was handling the appeal of Apuron, which had strangely never appeared on the agenda of the congregation for the propagation of faith. That is new and earth shattering.
Posted by Frenchie
Labels: Cardinal Mc Carrick, Pope Francis, Sexual abuse coverup
Austin OE (UK) August 30, 2018 at 6:44 PM
1. Francis wasn't distancing himself from Vigano's letter - he asked us to read where the finger points at Sodano, Bertone, Parolin, Filoni and Ouellet.
2. Vigano's replacement expects to be encased in concrete. We need to pray for nuncios and all the many good bishops everywhere who probably get non stop bloodcurdling threats from the Vatican as much as or more than elsewhere. Three more Glory Bes said.
3. We have got to not forget that popes are figureheads and that their arms have seen (for nigh on 2,000 years) as there to be twisted.
4. This battle was lost in the 1970s, paradoxically when the Vatican started extending while weakening the meaning of "a" homosexual. My itinerants told us an eminent personality is one which I think he isn't exactly. (Apart from the fact of whether they had his permission to talk about him.) An "incubus" in fact embodied sexual obsession and a policy of grooming and of privileging those colleagues susceptible of joining in these things. Abuse of position has been directed against other men of all ages, as well as boys, and rather a lot of girls, and if I had been Vigano I would have focussed this wording more clearly, not at all altering the truth of his letter. Some "thing" has got to have an "orientation", i.e emotional and mental obsession.


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The Jug Game with Pat Lilac
By LJ LaFiura	 On Sep 15, 2018
The Glens Falls-Hudson Falls rivalry has been a staple of upstate New York football for generations. Starting in 1917, the two schools have gone toe to toe nearly every single year. Fifty years later, in 1967 the two schools decided to create a trophy to tell the story of this epic rivalry; the jug. Ever since then, this canvas for history has been plastered with plates that honor everything from forty point shootouts, to single digit battles. The one thing that these games have in common, is the passion of the fans. Glens Falls currently holds the winning record at 35-10 and have held onto the jug for the past three years.
I talked with Glens Falls' coach of nineteen years, Pat Lilac. We discussed the Jug Game and everything that follows.
What was your first experience of the Jug Game?
"I don't really remember a ton before I got the job but my first year was really something. I was a twenty-nine year old head coach, and to start the year we got beat by Johnstown and South High, two teams that we were better than. I thought I was in over my head. That Jug Game was the last game of the regular season and as the year went on I began to realize how important it was to the community, the kids, and the other coaches as well. We got a lot better during the year and it became a huge game for playoff implications. We ended up winning in a nail biter 21-14, I remember it like it was yesterday. It was one of the biggest games of my career to date."
What stood out the most to you early on?
"I think it's the importance to each community. How important these rivalry games are to not just the kids who are playing in it, but the former players, and even the people who don't play sports and just live in the town. It's a great sense of pride for the community."
With Hudson Falls snapping their losing streak that lasted nearly a decade and a half in 2014, what did that do for the rivalry going forward?
"Every year we know it's going to be a physical, hard-hitting game and both teams bring everything they've got. So I think that gave us a let's not take anything for granted again. Not that we took that game for granted, they had a very good team that year. But you can't take anything for granted in this game."
How much have the players been talking about this game?
"I'll give them credit, we haven't until we were on our way home from Cobleskill Friday night. As coaches we were really worried about that Cobleskill game because we had them sandwiched between Schuylerville, a huge opener for us, and this week three. So we didn't allow them to talk about the Jug Game until Friday night. Then, on the field at Cobleskill we that it's now Jug Week and we ramped up the talk from there."
Glens Falls fans can be very spirited when it comes to their teams. Is it hard to keep the players focused in that kind of environment?
"I think both teams are very passionate about their sports, and in the past things have gone a little overboard. I know we had an incident during a basketball game where tempers flared and we've had some football games get chippy. So we say to play hard and with enthusiasm, but keep your poise. As a good athlete you need to be able to keep your poise in situations like that."
What does the Jug Game mean to you?
"To me it's the accumulation of everything that sports is about. Community, preparation, teamwork all of those things. That's one of the great things about high school sports, that you do have those rivalry games where it takes all the community and the preparation, and ties it all up nice and neat into a rivalry week."
How prepared is this team to make a playoff run?
"I think it's tough to tell because I think this is one of the toughest schedules we've ever had here and you knock on wood that you stay healthy. Injuries happen in every sport, but with football being such a physical sport you hope injuries don't play too much into your results. If we stay healthy our kids are going to fight and be competitive. We've also got leaders who have played in some pretty big games. So you'd think we're set to make a pretty big playoff run, if we stay healthy."
Is there anything you haven't seen from this team that you would like to?
"This isn't as much for this team but with every team you coach, you wait for the younger kids to click. Making the step from J.V. to varsity is tough. I mean the pace and intensity of the practices is go go go and we try to keep everyone on task. So sometimes it takes those JV kids a little while to figure out what's going on. So if there's something I'm looking for out of this team, it's for those younger kids to be more quickly adapted to playing varsity football so we are deeper as a team. That way when those inevitable injuries happen, then we'll have people to fill in."
Tell me what you see in Joe Girard as a Quarterback?
"Everyone knows what a good athlete Joe is, it's very well documented with his basketball. This year without question, he's been a better leader during practice. When we're wallowing a little bit and guys are feeling sorry for themselves, he's the first guy to say, 'Let's go guys! Pick it up!' So it's that leadership that I've seen the most out of him."
And besides Joe, who do you think is the biggest piece of this team?
"We've got Kyle Vachon, a three way starter and captain for us. He's the anchor of our offensive line and our best defensive player. He's one of our main dudes because he's a major part of everything we do here."
Glens Falls will play Hudson Falls this Saturday afternoon at Glens Falls high school.


text:
use std::path::Path;

use serde::Deserialize;

use crate::{
	constants::VSCODE_CLI_UPDATE_ENDPOINT,
	debug, log, options, spanf,
	util::{
		errors::{AnyError, UnsupportedPlatformError, UpdatesNotConfigured, WrappedError},
		http::{SimpleHttp, SimpleResponse},
		io::ReportCopyProgress,
	},
};

/// Implementation of the VS Code Update service for use in the CLI.
pub struct UpdateService {
	client: Box<dyn SimpleHttp + Send + Sync + 'static>,
	log: log::Logger,
}

/// Describes a specific release, can be created manually or returned from the update service.
pub struct Release {
	pub name: String,
	pub platform: Platform,
	pub target: TargetKind,
	pub quality: options::Quality,
	pub commit: String,
}

impl std::fmt::Display for Release {
	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
		write!(f, "{} (commit {})", self.name, self.commit)
	}
}

#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct UpdateServerVersion {
	pub version: String,
	pub name: String,
}

fn quality_download_segment(quality: options::Quality) -> &'static str {
	match quality {
		options::Quality::Stable => "stable",
		options::Quality::Insiders => "insider",
		options::Quality::Exploration => "exploration",
	}
}

impl UpdateService {
	pub fn new(log: log::Logger, http: impl SimpleHttp + Send + Sync + 'static) -> Self {
		UpdateService {
			client: Box::new(http),
			log,
		}
	}

	pub async fn get_release_by_semver_version(
		&self,
		platform: Platform,
		target: TargetKind,
		quality: options::Quality,
		version: &str,
	) -> Result<Release, AnyError> {
		let update_endpoint =
			VSCODE_CLI_UPDATE_ENDPOINT.ok_or_else(UpdatesNotConfigured::no_url)?;
		let download_segment = target
			.download_segment(platform)
			.ok_or(UnsupportedPlatformError())?;
		let download_url = format!(
			"{}/api/versions/{}/{}/{}",
			update_endpoint,
			version,
			download_segment,
			quality_download_segment(quality),
		);

		let mut response = spanf!(
			self.log,
			self.log.span("server.version.resolve"),
			self.client.make_request("GET", download_url)
		)?;

		if !response.status_code.is_success() {
			return Err(response.into_err().await.into());
		}

		let res = response.json::<UpdateServerVersion>().await?;
		debug!(self.log, "Resolved version {} to {}", version, res.version);

		Ok(Release {
			target,
			platform,
			quality,
			name: res.name,
			commit: res.version,
		})
	}

	/// Gets the latest commit for the target of the given quality.
	pub async fn get_latest_commit(
		&self,
		platform: Platform,
		target: TargetKind,
		quality: options::Quality,
	) -> Result<Release, AnyError> {
		let update_endpoint =
			VSCODE_CLI_UPDATE_ENDPOINT.ok_or_else(UpdatesNotConfigured::no_url)?;
		let download_segment = target
			.download_segment(platform)
			.ok_or(UnsupportedPlatformError())?;
		let download_url = format!(
			"{}/api/latest/{}/{}",
			update_endpoint,
			download_segment,
			quality_download_segment(quality),
		);

		let mut response = spanf!(
			self.log,
			self.log.span("server.version.resolve"),
			self.client.make_request("GET", download_url)
		)?;

		if !response.status_code.is_success() {
			return Err(response.into_err().await.into());
		}

		let res = response.json::<UpdateServerVersion>().await?;
		debug!(self.log, "Resolved quality {} to {}", quality, res.version);

		Ok(Release {
			target,
			platform,
			quality,
			name: res.name,
			commit: res.version,
		})
	}

	/// Gets the download stream for the release.
	pub async fn get_download_stream(&self, release: &Release) -> Result<SimpleResponse, AnyError> {
		let update_endpoint =
			VSCODE_CLI_UPDATE_ENDPOINT.ok_or_else(UpdatesNotConfigured::no_url)?;
		let download_segment = release
			.target
			.download_segment(release.platform)
			.ok_or(UnsupportedPlatformError())?;

		let download_url = format!(
			"{}/commit:{}/{}/{}",
			update_endpoint,
			release.commit,
			download_segment,
			quality_download_segment(release.quality),
		);

		let response = self.client.make_request("GET", download_url).await?;
		if !response.status_code.is_success() {
			return Err(response.into_err().await.into());
		}

		Ok(response)
	}
}

pub fn unzip_downloaded_release<T>(
	compressed_file: &Path,
	target_dir: &Path,
	reporter: T,
) -> Result<(), WrappedError>
where
	T: ReportCopyProgress,
{
	#[cfg(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "macos"))]
	{
		use crate::util::zipper;
		zipper::unzip_file(compressed_file, target_dir, reporter)
	}
	#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
	{
		use crate::util::tar;
		tar::decompress_tarball(compressed_file, target_dir, reporter)
	}
}

#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
pub enum TargetKind {
	Server,
	Archive,
	Web,
	Cli,
}

impl TargetKind {
	fn download_segment(&self, platform: Platform) -> Option<String> {
		match *self {
			TargetKind::Server => Some(platform.headless()),
			TargetKind::Archive => platform.archive(),
			TargetKind::Web => Some(platform.web()),
			TargetKind::Cli => Some(platform.cli()),
		}
	}
}

#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
pub enum Platform {
	LinuxAlpineX64,
	LinuxAlpineARM64,
	LinuxX64,
	LinuxARM64,
	LinuxARM32,
	DarwinX64,
	DarwinARM64,
	WindowsX64,
	WindowsX86,
	WindowsARM64,
}

impl Platform {
	pub fn archive(&self) -> Option<String> {
		match self {
			Platform::LinuxX64 => Some("linux-x64".to_owned()),
			Platform::LinuxARM64 => Some("linux-arm64".to_owned()),
			Platform::LinuxARM32 => Some("linux-armhf".to_owned()),
			Platform::DarwinX64 => Some("darwin".to_owned()),
			Platform::DarwinARM64 => Some("darwin-arm64".to_owned()),
			Platform::WindowsX64 => Some("win32-x64-archive".to_owned()),
			Platform::WindowsX86 => Some("win32-archive".to_owned()),
			Platform::WindowsARM64 => Some("win32-arm64-archive".to_owned()),
			_ => None,
		}
	}
	pub fn headless(&self) -> String {
		match self {
			Platform::LinuxAlpineARM64 => "server-alpine-arm64",
			Platform::LinuxAlpineX64 => "server-linux-alpine",
			Platform::LinuxX64 => "server-linux-x64",
			Platform::LinuxARM64 => "server-linux-arm64",
			Platform::LinuxARM32 => "server-linux-armhf",
			Platform::DarwinX64 => "server-darwin",
			Platform::DarwinARM64 => "server-darwin-arm64",
			Platform::WindowsX64 => "server-win32-x64",
			Platform::WindowsX86 => "server-win32",
			Platform::WindowsARM64 => "server-win32-arm64",
		}
		.to_owned()
	}

	pub fn cli(&self) -> String {
		match self {
			Platform::LinuxAlpineARM64 => "cli-alpine-arm64",
			Platform::LinuxAlpineX64 => "cli-alpine-x64",
			Platform::LinuxX64 => "cli-linux-x64",
			Platform::LinuxARM64 => "cli-linux-arm64",
			Platform::LinuxARM32 => "cli-linux-armhf",
			Platform::DarwinX64 => "cli-darwin-x64",
			Platform::DarwinARM64 => "cli-darwin-arm64",
			Platform::WindowsARM64 => "cli-win32-arm64",
			Platform::WindowsX64 => "cli-win32-x64",
			Platform::WindowsX86 => "cli-win32",
		}
		.to_owned()
	}

	pub fn web(&self) -> String {
		format!("{}-web", self.headless())
	}

	pub fn env_default() -> Option<Platform> {
		if cfg!(all(
			target_os = "linux",
			target_arch = "x86_64",
			target_env = "musl"
		)) {
			Some(Platform::LinuxAlpineX64)
		} else if cfg!(all(
			target_os = "linux",
			target_arch = "aarch64",
			target_env = "musl"
		)) {
			Some(Platform::LinuxAlpineARM64)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "linux", target_arch = "x86_64")) {
			Some(Platform::LinuxX64)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "linux", target_arch = "armhf")) {
			Some(Platform::LinuxARM32)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "linux", target_arch = "aarch64")) {
			Some(Platform::LinuxARM64)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")) {
			Some(Platform::DarwinX64)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "aarch64")) {
			Some(Platform::DarwinARM64)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "x86_64")) {
			Some(Platform::WindowsX64)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "x86")) {
			Some(Platform::WindowsX86)
		} else if cfg!(all(target_os = "windows", target_arch = "aarch64")) {
			Some(Platform::WindowsARM64)
		} else {
			None
		}
	}
}


Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chad O.
We've heard very little about the upcoming 12.1-inch Dell Latitude XT2 convertible Tablet PC/laptop, since the official announcement almost a month ago.
At that time, the shipping date for the base model ($2,399 USD) was listed as February 24, 2009.
Now it's showing up as April 9, 2009.
As for the change in shipping date, I have no idea why it was pushed back. It still lists as shipping in 3-5 days, but as Engadget points out, if you click through, it shows up as April 9, 2009.
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as the parent of both a boy and a girl, who has watched how others interact with my kids, I can tell you that in my experience, people start socialising girls to be compliant and quiet *way* before preschool.
I don't doubt there is adult bias for one moment, but what I don't agree with is that it's completely blank slate either. The blank slate hasn't ever been scientifically validated, not least because you'd need to have an extremely oppressive and authoritarian regime over many thousands of kids from birth to achieve it, removing them from their families. Socially speaking, it's an unproveable theory, which makes it such a popular and endless self serving subject for the social constructionists.
The blank slate idea comes from ideology, not research. People who believe in it are basically saying that evolution works above and below the neck of most animals, because animals not raised by parents have characteristic behaviours with no nurturing at all, but it only works below the neck of a human being.
Whilst you can't easily show the split between nature and nurture of a grown human, studies of day old babies show a substantial difference in the average response of boys and girls to various stimuli. Ideologues either say the studies are invalid, have too small a sample size, or the baby was conditioned while still in the womb. They offer no evidence at all for their own arguments.
Regardless of biological differences, you have to put this into context.
We as human beings are essentially the same, physiologically, biologically, and genetically to the humans who existed 85,000 years ago. Had some of these humans been transported to modern times as a newborn and raised by average parents, they would in all likelihood be indistinguishable to any modern human. Rather than living in a mud hut and having rock as their most advanced tools, they would be just another tax payer, drinking coffee at Starbucks and complaining about their internet connection.
The only significant thing that happened over the last 85,000 years is culture. Can a change in culture produce radical results in STEM gender ratios? I wouldn't assume that it's impossible.
Is that really true? That's at least 3500 generations and probably a lot more. We will inevitably have specialised in many subtle and less subtle ways. Breeders create new dog breeds or plant species within their lifetime and orders of magnitudes fewer generations, even if forcibly selected. Behavioural modernity is apparently only 50000 years old.
You can, and it already happens. In the UAE, Qatar, Turkey and Algeria for example, the proportion of female:male engineers is much closer to parity (around 37:63) compared to the Nordic countries of Finland, Norway and Sweden (around 17:83). cf. The Gender Equality Paradox, and reflected in my own experience working in the UAE and Qatar.
But how is this achieved? It's not as if UAE and Qater are well known for gender equality, especially when compared to Norway or Sweden. There are many reasons, such as more choice in degree courses in the Nordics, or because it's seen as a way to financial freedom in the Arab states.
So a way that is often suggested is arbtrary quotas, but there's only so many ways to fit square pegs into round holes. Is it right to make someone do something they don't particularly want to do? Sure, you can encourage it which has limited penetration, but quotas innevitably mean that one group will be disadvantaged compared to another simply because of their immutable characteristics. That sounds rather racist or sexist to me, not to mention authoritarian, and in a way that seems worse and more authoritarian than the UAE/Qatar model.
The only significant thing that happened over the last 85,000 years is culture.
Strange about all those studies that show similar gender differences in animals as we see in humans, right down to the kinds of toys male and female baby animals like to play with.
Really? Neanderthals only started dying out 40,000 years ago, and there is strong evidence humans were interbreeding with them until the end. Researchers only say humans were anatomically similar to modern humans by 85,000 years ago. The fact that human remains show they were superficially similar to modern human remains doesn't mean the important details were the same. About 600-500BC there was huge surge in human intellectual progress, whether you look at the Greek philosophers in the west, Buddha in India or Confucius in China. Much of the world was intellectually exploding, but later things went off the rails for a long time. Presumably people were biologically similar to us in the dark period from the Romans tol the renaissance, so culture can have a big impact, but don't ignore the nature angle.
I am just fishing, perhaps, but I would think in more socially conservative areas, it is possible that young women are not so bombarded with the idea that physical beauty and sexual appeal are inseparable with individual success and happiness and self worth. To take an extreme example, in a country where a woman has to cover every inch of her skin in pubic and only be seen through eye holes... well, it seems natural that under this kind of restrictions a woman might be more interested in developing obvious intellectual and technical skills? As opposed to a country where to be a successful [inert talent/profession] it seems like a woman also has to be able to be talented in [insert talent/profession], they should also be able to look and dance like a stripper. In the latter area, it might feel like an admission of failure on some level, to some degree, for a young woman to want to go into something like engineering.
OTOH, you could say a boy growing up in Michigan isn't likely to be interested in cricket.
This isn't to say that quotas are an effective way to change this idea. The Norwegian countries are pretty good evidence that the social cues/culture may be way more important than quotas in higher education and industry/business.
If you have an environment where few opportunities are available to women you might expect to find more women in the areas where they are permitted. You'll find a surprisingly small number of female truck drivers in Saudi Arabia, to offset the unusually high number of female engineers they have. I wonder how the female engineers felt about developing machines they were banned from using until recently?
Of course there are differences. TBH, as a male, I find it hard to believe that females are, as a whole or on average, are as good at males at a whole lot of things. Whether racing cars or doing math. But OTOH, I don't think you have to be particular good at something to do it proficiently. There's a base level of competency that is needed. We only need 1 Neils Bohr or Madame Curie per every few generations. The percentage of men which can do a certain job might be higher than the percentage of females, but if females were interested in being engineers and we had 99% female engineers, I think the world would still be fine.
The important bits are passed on through culture. 99% of male engineers couldn't come up with a single bit of this knowledge on their own, in their lifetimes. It's knowledge passed on through culture. There's a reason we have building codes... even a genius who understands 100% of our current body of knowledge in physics and material science... it doesn't mean he can build a safe and efficient bridge on his first try. Today's engineers have to learn, preserve, pass on, and execute this accumulated body of knowledge. One person a generation might add to that knowledge, a bit. It might be more likely that person is a male? Yeah, I'll say it. I think so. That doesn't mean is does any good to have only or mostly male engineers.
Do you think Stephen Hawking cares who is doing the rote things which have already been figured out? No. As long as other people are doing it, he can ponder whether information is or isn't erased when an object enters a black hole.
Another bit to ponder is these behavioral differences have more than likely arisen due to chance of reproductive success, largely due to intraspecies competition. Human society will eventually rise beyond that. Humans already have the ability to choose mates and decide to reproduce based on rational decisions rather than base instinct. And the future of human evolution is already... umm... well, for starters, humans have no extraspecies competition, and they haven't for 40,000 years. And today, our reproductive success is based on... well, what exactly is it based on, in the modern world? Outside of the occasional genocide in Africa, there's not a lot of direction, necessarily, to this process, anymore, where single mothers can get paid for having more babies. Or countries can mandate 1 child per couple. Etc, etc. Our future is based on politics and culture. Female vs male ability to do engineering is a moot point. Some men can do it; some can't. Some women can do it, some can't.
If it's all nurture then why are their transgender people who have been raised as one gender, which matches their body type, yet are psychologically another gender?
Many human behaviours are innate, but some are stronger in one gender, than the other. For example I find my 4 year old nephew cute, but most women will feel such an emotion more intensely, than men, because in humans females are biologically programmed to have a greater role in raising children, than males. There's also some evidence that hormone levels can affect one's perception of cuteness.
Our future is based on politics and culture. Female vs male ability to do engineering is a moot point. Some men can do it; some can't. Some women can do it, some can't.
The argument has never been about ability differences in the genders when it comes to engineering. It's not even moot.
Well, be more specific what you want this threat to be, then?
You think there are biological difference that make women not want to go into engineering?
If you raised females in an environment that portrayed their future as an engineer as something desirable, they would want to do it.
If we dumped a bunch of very young people, somehow unexposed to any culture, education, media, and we gave them simple survival skills and dumped them on a hypothetical imaginary habitable planet, how many thousands of years do you suppose it would be before they had written language, math, physics? They would be content to live in mud huts, maybe for millenia.
I wonder what it would be like for men to be raised in an environment where a career in engineering were portrayed as something desirable, and people didn't say "Why did you study engineering? You got good grade at school."
It's very interesting to study people's reactions to cute kids actually.
It's in the title, gender politics infecting engineering.
No one is discussing whether women aren't as intellectually capable in engineering as men, no one thinks that.
It's not what I think, it's what the studies and evidence shows.
Err, remove the word female from that sentence and the answer is exactly the same - "It depends on their innate interest in the subject, plus other factors".
I think that, for one.
You state it too bluntly though, which oversimplifies a complex issue. But years of observation of men and women inside and outside the workplace makes it clear that across populations there are different biases between men and women in their preferences and interests. It should come as no surprise that more men find engineering interesting than women do. It should not even be controversial.
Society should give men and women equal opportunity to do whatever they want to do, and should leave it at that.
Part of the reason for that 99% vs 1% may be that it is generally considered quite acceptable for an unknown woman to approach and make a fuss over your small kids, but for an unknown man to do the same thing without his wife present is a big no-no. Part of the reason, if you believe SJWs and feminists, is that all men are rapists and paedophiles, especially white men. Of course, these are the same men that collectively conspire to prevent women from becoming engineers.
We are Engineers we dont care about gender as long as she or he does the right thing.Why the crap saying someone is discriminated by the biases of gender. I am from India My office doesnt care the gender as long you done the JOB RIGHT. You can count me as the voice of a millennial.
Couldn't care less about her gender but she reverse engineers/ build things and shows it to the world.
The interest in the work is there, I see it on video and I see an engineer and not a self entitled wannabe.
Even without current culture and society, it's pretty certain the women would spend more time raising children, than men, perhaps even more so than in this modern world. There would be no formula milk, so breastfeeding would be the only option, whilst the men go hunting and foraging for food. If anything modern technology enables women to behave more like men and vice versa.
You cannot argue with SJWs. They do not believe in science. Statistics, for example, are evil if they do not show a politically correct result.
I am not kidding. In Finland and Sweden, they no longer include skin color or likely ethnicity in the description of suspects; in Finland, the police stopped publishing statistics on the origin of suspects. In Finland, media typically won't show pictures of the suspects (but will show the victim), and if they do, the face will be blurred. In Sweden, they often manipulate the pictures, lightening the skin color before pixelating the face. Social justice is more important than legal justice, you see. Information that might prejudice against the social justice movement and its effects is evil and not to be published.
It is easy to make claims like "if you dropped people without any culture...", because there is no way to argue about those scientifically, only via feelings and assumptions.
Do not get pulled in.
There is nothing to be gained or learned by that sort of engagement, just entrenching whatever beliefs one might have.
There is zero scientific evidence of personality type being affected by culture (other than via psychological damage, and there is a lot of that). There is a lot of robust statistical evidence of interest being overwhelmingly based on personality type. There is also a lot of statistical evidence showing that personality types have significantly different distributions in the two genders, and that cultures granting more personal freedoms, rather than minimizing those differences, tends to increase those differences. This is anathema to SJWs, and they will never acknowledge these facts. They will never argue based on science, but based on their feelings and assumptions stemming from their political dogma. It is like arguing with a chatterbot.
It is important to note that social justice warriors also deny any statistics related to personality types. They do not believe they exist, because everything, including gender and personality type, must be only a social construct to them.
So, non-SJW people who find quotas odd and unfair, because it means that interest and knowledge is less important than group membership, should not argue about it with SJWs, because they will never admit to the underlying reality, and instead twist it into an emotional argument and hypothetical scenarios. It leads nowhere.
The worst thing is that SJWs usually recommend changing the culture "for better". Culture arises from human interactions; it is not something planned or designed. Attempting to change it according to some dictat, is like demanding people change their language. It might or might not work, but definitely is not painless; doing so because a minority who dislike science thinks it might be useful, is sheer madness.
In Sweden, they often manipulate the pictures, lightening the skin color before pixelating the face.
It's not at all uncommon for a few (admittedly a minority) of the women at the places I work at to be quite touchy feely on occasion, in a way that I wouldn't ever dream of, not least because if I did, not only do I find it inappropriate in a work environment, but you can be 100% sure the HR arseholes would be all over me like a rash.
In its extreme, the touching comprises of neck massages, which are not uncommon, but more common are brief hands touching/stroking the knee or arm, unnecessarily as far as I'm comcerned, but women tend to be different to men in that respect.
Being a nerd I laugh it off as best I can, but it annoys me that if the shoe was on the other foot I'd be out the door within the hour. I personally find the massage thing to be really quite unnerving, and I would not be surprised if that's why they do it, to see my reaction. The thing is I have a lot of respect otherwise for those who do it, I work with them very regularly, and not,only are they very good in their roles, I like it that we can enjoy a bit of harmless office banter (that'll be banned soon I'm sure). I would much rather work in an environment with witty banter, in-jokes and self-deprecation than a soulless work environment, so I take the rough with the smooth in that respect.
As a datapoint, some years ago at a social function outside of work after few tinnies I asked one of the women why they did it to me. They said it was because I was "harmless". I still don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not!
I wonder if third wave feminists would think this behaviour appropriate?


I have a secret ingredient I've been using a lot recently. To understand it at all, you first need to know about larb.
My CSA farm has a Facebook page for members to share recipes and ideas for how to use up what we get in our basket. Last week we got shiso, so I asked what everyone was making with theirs. The only two members who responded must have thought I meant shishitos because they said they roasted them, pickled them and ate them raw. Hrmph. (In all fairness, they probably get their baskets on a different delivery day and hadn't gotten any shiso yet, but still…).
My mom got almost three dozen quail eggs from a friend, so she shared. Kirk said they tasted great. I wouldn't know. I prefer this kind.
I joked recently that I wished third wave mushrooms was a thing in Berlin so that I could have access to a wider variety of wild and cultivated mushrooms. Seeing the exotic ones that are available in London made me envious. My envy heightened when Kristin and Sebastian gave me a cookbook titled Shrooms that has sections dedicated to mushrooms I've never seen in person.
Well, yesterday, while visiting my favourite Saturday market, Boxhagener Platz, for the first time ages, I spotted a man selling mushrooms I'd never seen before, including ones that looks like cauliflower florets.
ME: Or would you rather have something else?
KIRK: Nooo… Could you maybe bacon it up a little?
There's nothing easier than mashed potatoes.
In Berlin, all potatoes are labelled as either mehlig (floury/mealy/starchy) or festkochend (waxy/firm). No guesswork needed, no excuse for messing this up.


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Q: Akka.Net, Cluster Client: How to send message directly to an actor in the cluster? My Usecase: I want to use Akka.Streams Remote via the cluster and the (cluster) client
In the docu https://getakka.net/articles/clustering/cluster-client.html it is mentioned that "It is possible to pass the original sender inside the reply messages if the client is supposed to communicate directly to the actor in the cluster." but that does not seem to work for me. I use the cluster client to get a message containing an actor reference (IActorRef) from the cluster (not the actor, which replied but another one ).
When I am trying to send a message to that very actor afterwards I get a dead letter and even the client sometimes looses contact to the cluster. Is the docu wrong here or is my understanding wrong here ?
Remark: communicating via the ClusterClient.Send() functionality works fine

A: Ok, the message was just not serializable, that was the reason.


If there's one thing that's guaranteed about a new iPhone, it's that designers and developers the world over will have an idea of how it should look. Sometimes, they get it more right than others.
The iPhone 5 is no doubt all-but complete and locked away inside a vault at Apple headquarters, but that isn't going to stop creative types from mocking up what they think, and indeed hope, the next generation smartphone will look like when it goes on sale later this year.
We've had plenty of efforts land on our metaphorical desktops over the years, be they special edition handsets designed to remember Steve Jobs by, or a mockup of what designer thought the iPhone 4S – at the time called the iPhone 5 – would look like. Invariably they're all wrong, but we've stumbled across one today which has us hoping, nay praying that someone at Apple sees it and decides to rip up whatever's planned and start afresh.
Designer Frederico Ciccarese has been hard at work mocking up a potential iPhone design and we have to admit, it looks absolutely scrumptious.
Despite bearing a striking resemblance to the hated Magic Mouse, the concept design has us drooling, though it's almost guaranteed that Apple's next iPhone will look nothing like this effort. We don't know whether we like that curved back plate or the light-up Apple logo most, but together they give the handset a unique look that we've really taken to.
Of course, that curved back is also absolutely useless in use because you wouldn't be able to put the iPhone on a table without the whole thing rocking backwards and forwards like a see-saw, which obviously isn't ideal if you want the thing to just sit still! Perhaps a fold-out kickstand is in order! No, probably not.
The idea of placing the camera in the center of the handset is also something Apple is unlikely to do at this point.
We're sure to see more iPhone 5 mockups over the coming months, especially when iPad silly season comes to an end over the next few weeks. We'll just have to wait and see what Apple's own designers have come up with inside 1 Infinite Loop, but we're sure we won't be disappointed. As much as we love the iPhone 4 and 4S chassis, it's time for something new.
Now it's over to the rest of you designers to keep us entertained until then!


Cutting boards are incredibly useful, of course…but they can also make pretty display or serving trays in your kitchen! This DIY project makes a really fun and personal gift, and if you have the right supplies, it couldn't be any simpler.
All you need to get started is a clean cutting board, a wood burning tool (you can find one at most craft stores or online), a ruler, and a pencil with an eraser. We really love this particular versa tool because it's multi-purpose. You can use it for HotKnife cutting, image transferring, stencil cutting, soldering, paper crafting, and fabric embossing. It also very clearly explains which temperature you need to work with various materials.
Use the pencil to lightly sketch a design onto the wood cutting board. Let your creative soul be your guide! The ruler will help you keep your lines straight if need be…or you can just throw caution to the wind and have fun. Definitely check out this page on Pinterest for hand-lettering ideas and some cutting board design inspiration…or use your favorite stencil!
Depending on your design, choose from the different points that come with the tool. Each has a unique purpose that is spelled out in the directions. Use those instructions as your guide. And don't be afraid to try out the different tips on a piece of scrap wood—just keep in mind that different woods will take the burning in different ways. The more you use this tool, the more you'll get the hang of it. We've found that using two hands, one toward the top of the tool (not touching the metal—it's very hot) and one at the bottom as a guide will keep your hand much steadier than doing it one-handed.
Just slowly but steadily work your way through the design using the pencil marks as a guide. Do this one project once and you'll be hooked—there are so many other uses for this handy crafting tool.