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I've got an iPod, but it's from the iTouch generation so it does video and so on. I'd like to own an iPad but I'm too mean to buy one!
An android… It's a HTC smartphone. It's good for photography and data management.
Come Dine With Me on Channel Four is always entertaining… but the boring side of me loves BBC4 for documentaries on history and design.
You won't catch me watching Grand Designs - Kevin McCloud's shtick is wearing a bit thin. The "will they won't they" formula grinds a bit!
Browsing the internet to answer any questions whatsoever; relying on Wikipedia even though it's all made up.
A nice malt whisky from Islay. I've got family up there and I'm a big fan of the whiskies there.


At Original Style, we have been manufacturing ceramic tiles in our Devon factory for as long as we have been in existence. We use traditional techniques, moulds and glazes to create gorgeous relief tiles, many of which are hand painted one by one by our talented artists.
Part of the appeal of these tiles is that colour is carefully applied by hand meaning that each tile contains startling detail and individuality.
A range of styles are available, from beautiful butterflies to happy farmyard creatures - perfect for creating a homely, country kitchen style. The beauty of these tiles is that you can choose a small number of decorative accent tiles which nestle between a field of plain tiles to create a focal point. Our large plaques often find homes as splashbacks behind sinks or hobs. Border tiles featuring cute piglets, geese and lambs (shown above) are sure to raise a smile.
If you're planning an update this spring, why not invite the natural world into your home? Flowers painted in gorgeous detail will instantly liven up any space year round, so pick your favourite bloom and create a feature in your home.


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"McMindfulness." I came across this term for the first time today. I wish I had coined it. It would be nice to be able to make a claim to originality. But coming across the term is almost good enough. It provides a name for a phenomenon that I didn't even know needed one, and it makes it real. I don't think anyone knows who coined this term. It's kind of like "neoliberalism." Suddenly there is a name for something you know is a problem — an important problem that can be difficult to put your finger on.
Mindfulness practice is a meditative discipline, originating in Buddhism, that involves the cultivation of a type of present-centered, nonjudgmental awareness of the ongoing flow of one's emerging experience. While mindfulness enjoyed some popularity in the 1960's as a countercultural phenomenon, in recent years it has surged into mainstream prominence to be embraced with gushing enthusiasm by both popular culture and mainstream psychology.
So what is McMindfulness? It's the marketing of mindfulness practice as a commodity that is sold like any other commodity in our brand culture. "Mindfulness really works." It reduces stress, cures depression and anxiety, and manages pain. We know so because research proves it. Never mind the fact that up until recently there was no research comparing the effectiveness of mindfulness to anything else. Never mind the fact that the research that has compared mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to traditional cognitive therapy (the latter allegedly being the evidence based treatment of choice) finds that the emperor has no clothes. And never mind the fact that there is no solid evidence that traditional cognitive therapy is more helpful than any other bona fide form of psychotherapy (including the "discredited pseudoscience" of psychoanalysis).
That's not the point. McMindfulness is a stock on the rise. A brand that promises to deliver. It satisfies spiritual yearnings without being a religion. It's backed by brain scientists at Harvard and MIT. It's magic without being magical. It even transforms corporate culture and increases market share! Now that's worth paying for.
Then again, mind you, why would the Zen students of old have undergone such hardships to seek the teachings of reclusive Zen masters if they really believed that they had nothing special to offer? Clearly a canny pitch if ever there was one.
So hasn't mindfulness always been marketed? I suppose in one sense the answer is "yes." People have bought and sold things since the beginning of time. Street merchants have always hawked their wares. Yogis have always claimed to have supernatural powers. The Buddha promised enlightenment as the end of suffering. Saint Paul promised salvation. Freud said that psychoanalysis could transform neurotic misery into ordinary suffering — not exactly a hard pitch. But good salesmen know that many customers don't respond well to hard pitches. And whatever Freud's limitations may have been as the leader of a new movement, he certainly managed to instill faith in his disciples. But there is something different about the selling of mindfulness these days. That's what makes it McMindfulness. McMindfulness is the marketing of a constructed dream; an idealized lifestyle; an identity makeover.
I'm not saying that mindfulness practice doesn't work. It's not as simple as that. In order to understand what mindfulness does and does not do for people, we need to understand the desires, needs and yearnings that the successful marketing of mindfulness taps into. We need to think about the role and function of the self-help industry in our culture. We need to remember that psychotherapy is a type of secular religion. And we need to remember that psychotherapy needs to be marketed in our culture, just as medications need to be marketed. Of course the profits in the psychotherapeutic industry are negligible relative to those in the pharmaceutical industry. But psychotherapists do need to pay their rent. And then, of course, there is the marketing of ideas. Developers of new brands of psychotherapy don't make a fortune, but there is always the social capital that comes with developing a successful therapy brand.
And students of mindfulness are doing something fashionable. It's reminiscent of seeing a psychoanalyst in New York during the 1950's, but it's even hotter than that. And it does help them — as much as anything else does.
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As an author of still unpublished literary works, I am appalled by the number of inferior books that are published and consumed by mass audiences. I would love to publish a long, angry blog post decrying the taste of contemporary readers and wondering aloud how a talent such as mine is unappreciated. May I?
Only if you have a publishing Death Wish, my friend. While you are neither alone in your feelings nor in your observations about the reading market, they do not become you. And you are sadly misguided if you think to bolster your own work by denigrating the work of others. Particularly in a Public Forum.
But let us look more closely at your complaint. You see yourself as a Serious Writer, a person of Literary Tastes whose work is sadly hidden from public view. You look at other writers, perhaps those who work in Genre Fiction. You watch their works climb the venerated lists of the New York Times and you sniff and harrumph about the silliness of glittery vampires and rakish dukes and magical cats. Yet those same vampires, dukes, and cats are making their creators pots and pots of money, and that sticks in your craw like a bone from last night's halibut.
For an example, let us consider Miss E.L. James. Miss James had an idea for a story that resonated with millions of women (and more than a few men). Miss James has sold millions of books and earned millions of dollars. And while this story is not to everyone's taste, Miss James found Her Audience. Now, while Miss Rosie has her own opinions about Miss James' stories, she keeps them to herself. And when Unscrupulous Gossips attempt to draw her into an E. L. James snark fest, she merely smiles and says, "But I so admire what she's achieved." Which, by the way, is quite true.
For if Miss Rosie were to mock Miss James, or turn up her splendid Sicilian nose at her books, what would it gain her? Would she garner more readers for her own Modest Efforts? Would she be any closer to the Venerated List? Would she see even one copper penny of Miss James' prodigious pile of money?
So instead of feeling yourself ill-used and shouting it to the rafters, Miss Rosie suggests more productive pursuits. Read widely. Accept praise modestly. Be gracious about others' success. Write the best book you are able, and perhaps you, too, will one day find Your Audience.
In the meantime, Not So Gentle Reader, behave yourself. Or Miss Rosie will find you.
Yes, Miss Rosie has an Unfortunate Propensity for upper case letters, perhaps due to the influence of the letters of Miss Jane Austen.
"Be gracious about others' success."
But beware of never ever having the slightest whiff of a critical thought in your public utterings, also. This hurts credibility in unexpected but understandable ways.
Think generously. That's one guidepost that works for me.
I agree with thinking generously. Otherwise a snark might slip out or a tone of voice belie the words. Thank you, Miss Rosie, for this timely reminder to play nice!
Mirka, you are so right. Miss Rosie agrees that in a public forum the behavior of writers must be above reproach. No matter how difficult that may be at times.
Jan, a sharp observation regarding Tone of Voice. Just think of what our dear mothers were able to convey with it!


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HomeNewsWayne Rooney Slams Roy Hodgson's 'Gamble' For England Euro 2016 Humiliation
Wayne Rooney Slams Roy Hodgson's 'Gamble' For England Euro 2016 Humiliation
By Xinhua News Agency
Captain and striker Wayne Rooney attributed England's Euro 2016 failure to Roy Hodgson's unsuccessful changes of line-ups.
Hodgson made six changes for England's final group match against Slovakia and the goalless draw cost England winners in their group.
Rooney was one of those rested by Hodgson and the Manchester United forward said the loss of momentum caused by Hodgson's decision was crucial to the team's surprising last 16 defeat against Iceland.
"I wouldn't have rested six players. It's more than half the team. It was a gamble and it didn't pay off," Rooney told the Daily Mail on Monday.
"We had lost momentum from the Slovakia game and tournament football is about confidence. You get that from winning.
"We didn't play great in the friendlies, but we won. So you try to build, even from before the tournament, but we couldn't get that consistency once it began.
"It was Roy's decision to make changes against Slovakia and either way, the team he put out should have been able to win. But, right or wrong, I wanted to play and I can't deny that."
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This is a lie, but I got dozens of emails today asking, "Jason, what movie should I watch tonight?" Whoa, slow down everyone, I've got just the thing: Snowpiercer. It's a Korean film from 2013 that's just now trickling into the consciousness of the rest of the world (c.f. this Grantland piece). The film takes place entirely on a train carrying the last remaining humans speeding forever around a frozen Earth (caused by an overenthusiastic response to climate change) and director Bong Joon-ho takes full advantage of this confined and linear setting. Plus, Tilda Swinton as a Terry Gilliam-ified Maggie Thatcher is worth the price of admission alone.
Snowpiercer is out in ~350 theaters in the US, so if you're not in a major metropolitan area, it might be a little hard to catch. But the movie is also available digitally at Amazon and iTunes.


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[Cinepocalypse Review] 'Kindred Spirits' further proves McKee is a master of uncomfortable cinema
For those that aren't familiar with director Lucky McKee's work, the man is a master of uncomfortable cinema. Having played at Cinepocalypse this past weekend, his new film, Kindred Spirits, only furthers the fact…
…I've long been a fan of McKee since his debut film, May. Lucky has a rare ability to consistently make the audience squirm with deeply personal moments expressed through disturbed characters who have been shaped by the world around them. In Kindred Spirits, directed by McKee and written by Chris Sivertson (All Cheerleaders Die), we meet angsty teen Nicole (Sasha Frolova), in constant contention with her young, single mother, Chloe (Thora Birch), who is just trying to figure out how to raise her daughter. When Chloe's sister, Sadie (Caitlin Stasey) arrives back in town after ten years or so, Nicole is thrilled to see her favorite aunt. But Sadie isn't quite herself these days. In fact, she's beginning to act a lot like Nicole…
Few horror directors portray personal grief and anger as well as McKee, and the three women starring in Kindred Spirits are shining examples of that. Nicole, feeling as if her mother sees her as a mistake, pushes her away and lashes out at the world, even socking a bully right in the face before the bully even says a word to her. Meanwhile, Chloe feels lost, especially with the secret that she is sleeping with Alex (Macon Blair), the father of Nicole's best friend, Shay (Shonagh Smith). The situation is ripe for drama, with characters whom we understand and feel for in their predicaments. All except for the mysterious Sadie.
Played with a graceful eeriness, Stasey is spectacular as Sadie. Stasey oozes manipulative energy, going from cool aunt to teen girl to an enraged maniac, all at the drop of a hat and with frightening ease. McKee presents Sadie and Nicole as the kindred spirits of the title, two women who are alike in so many ways they practically are each other, but as we learn, Sadie's spirit is closer to that of Kathy Bates in Misery than it is of any sane person. All three actresses are wonderful, but Stasey elevates Kindred Spirits to another level, with each new twist of her character becoming more and more shocking as the film goes on. Like most of McKee's films, it's simply amazing how much his direction and Stasey's performance endear us to Sadie as this funny, quirky aunt, before pulling the rug out from under us and revealing what she truly is.
Kindred Spirits builds a subtle mystery throughout, revolving around Sadie and the question, what the hell is wrong with her? Like I mentioned, McKee is a master of awkward cinema, and the real draw of Kindred Spirits is in seeing how far Sadie will go to get what she wants. Having someone tell you they love you for the first time and freak out over saying it can be endearing, but it's a hell of a lot more chilling when it's coming from Sadie talking to a boy half her age who she just met at a party, the first peek into her troubled mind. If you prefer your terror to be light and of the "boo" variety, this film may not be for you. Kindred Spirits is the kind of film that ties your gut into a knot and dares you to enter the mind of a deranged person. And though there is very little gore in the film, the consequences of that derangement are violent and gruesome, including one of the nastiest deaths you'll see in cinema all year.
True to your average McKee film, Sadie is a psychological tornado, and Kindred Spirits is a film all about self-destruction as these three women must cope with cracking sanities and revealing secrets. But as ugly as that all may sound, Kindred Spirits is actually a beautiful film, presented with a magical, dark fairy-tale aesthetic, thanks to some excellent work from cinematographer Chris Heinrich. Kindred Spirits channels elements of "Snow White", complete with murder, deception, and a little wicked step-mother in Sadie. Certain scenes are bright and colorful, while darker moments are shown with a tint of mustards and browns, giving Kindred Spirits a rich texture that emphasizes the ugliness of the story.
Despite superb performances and outstanding direction by McKee, the one key thing missing in Kindred Spirits that seriously hurts the film is the battle we keep hoping to see played out through the characters. Sadie's psychotic nature is kept from others for so long, that by the time anyone realizes, the film is essentially over, without allowing us to live in that conflict between the three women. Imagine The Good Son, but if Elijah Wood didn't realize Macaulay Culkin was a bad kid until the very end. Much of the conflict would be erased from that film, and while it's not quite the same here, the effect is similar. The reason behind Sadie's mental break also remains unclear. Why, after all of the years of being loved by Chloe and Nicole has she decided to turn against them? Kindred Spirits doesn't really have a solid answer, which is sometimes true to life, but leaves her character feeling without motivation in the film.
McKee has yet to make a movie I don't like. Kindred Spirits contains some brilliant performances and awkward tension that should get hardened filmgoers squirming. But without a clear motivation for Sadie and an ending that goes out with a whimper instead of a bang, Kindred Spirits is like fishing: riveting suspense as you reel it in, only to discover nothing but an empty hook, robbed of the meaningful victory you were hoping for. Regardless, it's a hell of a ride.


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Share of people with experience of sexual boundary-crossing behavior Netherlands 2017
Have you ever experienced these situations of sexual boundary-crossing behavior?*
by Brigitte van de Pas, last edited Jul 9, 2018
This statistic shows the share of people with experience of sexual boundary-crossing behavior in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender. When the respondents were asked which situations of sexual boundary-crossing behavior they have experienced, roughly five percent of the men indicated that they have had an unwanted sexual offer.
Europe, Netherlands
December 1, 2017 to December 7, 2017
27,995 respondents
Online panel
* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Heeft u een van onderstaande situaties wel eens meegemaakt?" (English: Have you ever experienced one of the following situations?) Multiple answers were possible.
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Joseph Hall: Elvis Rock 'n Remember Christmas Show 2016
As seen on Good Morning America, NBC's America's Got Talent, USA Today, Fox News, The Morning Show and many more!
Joseph goes through three decades of Elvis hits including some of Elvis' greatest Christmas songs! Recreating the moves, the looks and the sound of Elvis Presley, you'll think you are watching the King himself. A must for all ages to see.
Joseph Hall is HOT BABY!! Joseph does such an incredible job recreating the moves, the look, and the sound of Elvis Presley, that you will think you are watching the King himself! Joseph Hall's "Rock 'N' Remember Tribute", is an incredible production featuring the greatest hits of the King of Rock 'N Roll!!
"Joseph has an incredible fanbase since appearing on NBC's Americas Got Talent," says tour manager Kyle Hall. "We are extremely excited to bring our award winning Elvis show back to Coralville. Joseph does all 3 decades of Elvis hits; you will be taken back with every song."
For more information, visit www.josephhallelvis.com.
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Andrew C. Sund, Ph.D., is the new President at Heritage University. Dr. Sund is the past president of St. Augustine College in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Sund joined Heritage July 1, 2017, ending an eight-month search conducted by a seven-member selection committee. Dr. Sund will be only the third president at Heritage since its founding in 1982.
While at St. Augustine, Dr. Sund was responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the institution where he took the job as president in 2008. Dr. Sund took over the presidency during a period when the future of the college was uncertain and returned it to a trajectory of enrollment growth and financial stability. Under his leadership, the college developed new programs, opened additional sites, developed strategic partnerships with numerous public and private entities, increased enrollment by 35%, and developed the college's first fundraising strategy. Dr. Sund has been heralded for his accomplishments by numerous organizations, including Latino Leaders Magazine which awarded him the Maestro of Community Service award in 2016. St. Augustine was recognized as the Outstanding Institution of the year by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities in 2013.
Before becoming president, Dr. Sund was Dean of Workforce and Community Education at Olive Harvey College, one of the city colleges of Chicago. He occupied this position from 2004 to 2008. From 1991 through 2004, Dr. Sund worked at St. Augustine College in a variety of positions, including history instructor, academic advisor, and director of Institutional Research. Other accomplishments include co-publishing an American History textbook in Spanish and pioneering the use of multi-media in the classroom. He is the past president of the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE) and a board member of the Chicago Bilingual Nurse Consortium and of ChileAmigo. He is also a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), governing board member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), board member of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation (ILLCF), and a political analyst for Univision channel 66 in Chicago. He is fluent in Spanish as well as four other languages.
Dr. Sund received a bachelor's degree in History and Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master's degree in History from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Sund is married and has three children. He is joined in Yakima with his wife Norma and his school age son. His two adult children reside in Chicago.


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'Halo 4' surpasses $220 million in global sales
Michael Fossbakk
The return to Microsoft's knight in shining armor, Halo 4, has earned over $220 million in the first 24 hours it has been on sale.
That's more than many Hollywood blockbusters, according to a press release viewable on Xbox Live's Director of Programming, Larry Hryb's blog.
"We're thrilled that 'Halo 4' has emerged as the biggest U.S. entertainment launch of the year," said Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios.
Halo 4 has also garnered over four million players online in the first five days, totaling 31.4 million hours of people shooting at, jumping over, and flying into strangers all over the magic of the internet.
Did you pick up Halo 4 on launch day and contribute to this massive amount of money? If you did, I'm sure 343 Industries and Microsoft is having fun counting your money, but you should head over to our forums and chat about it. And if you didn't pick it up, check out our review here.
Michael is a lover of games, books, TV and movies and is studying English literature, journalism and film at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. He also personally enjoyed the ending of Lost.


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EMBRAER LINEAGE 1000-FLYING IN STYLE
Based on and sharing the dimensions of the hugely successful E-190 Regional Jet that seat up to 110 passengers the Lineage 1000 accommodates 19 in lavish splendor with all that is needed to make any trip for the executive or VIP as comfortable and enjoyable as is possible.
Externally the Lineage 1000 Ultra Large Business Jet looks just like the E190 Regional Jet but that is where the similarities end. Instead of the 110 seats of the E-190 the sumptuous interior of the Lineage's 25.7m long by 2.0m high by 2.67m wide cabin can be divided according to customers' specification in up to five sections that can include a bedroom and washroom with running water, toilet and full stand up shower. A fully equipped Galley as well as a Crew rest station and additional toilet facilities are standard as is the pressurized walk-in baggage section at the rear of the aircraft.
PP-XTE featured a typical layout that from the small reception area at the stairway door led trough two toilets onto the galley and onwards to a small room with four club seats to flow seamlessly into a spacious lounge, which incorporates a dining section complete with tables and plush chairs. The bedroom is fitted with a queen size bed and couch and bathroom.
What sets the Lineage 1000 apart from its competitors such as the Boeing BBJ or Airbus ACJ is the fact that Embraer sells a complete package at a price that is substantially lower than that of others in its class. The Lineage is delivered complete with all its luxurious finishes in place; the buyer however is able to choose upgrades and optional items that can include LCD displays, satellite TV as well as internet access.
The Linage 1000 is powered by the same General Electric CF 34-10E turbofans of 83.2 kN thrust each that has made the E-190 of which more than 600 has been sold such a success. Maximum take of weight is 55,000 kg and the range has been extended to 8344 km by adding extra fuel tanks in the lower cargo hold. Maximum speed is 890km/h and the service ceiling is 12,496m.
The avionics suite is based on the Honeywell Primus Epic system and includes five LCD multifunction control screens and standard equipment include a weather radar, turbulence detector, auto throttle and like all its competitors the Lineage flies by wire.
Based in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Embraer was founded in 1969 and today is the third biggest manufacturer of aircraft in the world. The company employs nearly 17,000 people and from 1999 to 2012 was Brazil's biggest exporter.
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Modi made India better?
Posted By: Jayant Bhandari November 27, 2016
by staff reporter (originally published in the Mining Journal of 27 November 2016)
India's headline economic growth rate, a popular national leader, and robust overtures to international miners to invest up to US$15 billion over the next five years should make it one of the focal points of this week's London Mines and Money. But it will hardly take centre stage at the conference.
India PM Narendra Modi
Instead global miners, with one or two exceptions, continue to regard the nation of 1.3 billion people, and its vast nascent capacity to consume the world's minerals, with caution.
A discussion about the impact of internationally admired India PM Narendra Modi's policies and initiatives on mining investment both inside India, and outside – to feed India's appetite for minerals and energy – closes out day two of the London conference.
Mines and Money is billing the "blockbuster debate" between outspoken India critic Jayant Bhandari, of Anarcho Capital, and Nirmal Bang Securities head of commodities research Kunal Shah, as the latest episode in a series that "provoked the most discussion and controversy at Mines and Money Asia in Hong Kong" earlier this year.
Shah seems to have some decent capital to work with in asserting Modi's claims to economic legitimacy, with India's latest GDP figures showing it's still the world's fastest-growing large economy, according to Bloomberg. But a Bloomberg analyst commented after the release of India's first-quarter economic growth numbers that closer inspection showed "the economy doesn't seem anything like the good-news story the government has been telling the world".
"Today's growth levels appear completely unsustainable," the columnist wrote. "They're driven by the government's mistaken belief that it can ramp up its own spending to make up for a private sector that isn't yet optimistic enough to invest. Indeed, over the past two years, India's growth has come to depend dangerously on an overstretched state."
Modi, halfway through his third year as government leader of the world's largest democracy, has been stressing the positives.
Bhandari is well known for picking apart the government's rhetoric. He told Mining Journal: "There is often a misunderstanding between 'growth rate' and 'growth' in the media. India is not growing faster that China. India actually needs 33% growth rate to match Chinese growth."
Bhandari will talk at Mines and Money about why he thinks the media and "western intellectuals" consistently fail to understand or "unconsciously ignore the laggardness of India".
"India being a democracy, it emotionally orients western people from thinking that India must eventually do better than the communist dictatorship of China. The reality is that democracy does not work in most of these non-western nations, if it at all works," Bhandari says.
"Chinese GDP per capita is more than five-times that of India. Any comparison between the two economies is extremely erroneous.
"It will be more than 130 years before India catches up with China"
"What indeed would not be erroneous is to understand why despite that India was richer than China in the early 1980s, India has badly lost out in the race for economic growth and in human development. In the late-80s China not only started to grow faster, even its growth rate started to increase. To put the current status into perspective, even if India keeps on growing at the so-called fabulous 7.5% growth rate and China at slowing down rate of 6.3%, it will be more than 130 years before India catches up with China."
According to Bhandari, the short-term picture for India is also not what it seems.
"They have recently changed the statistical methods, which for now is leading to higher calculated-numbers than it would have been with the old method. This is one-off statistical benefit, with no real change on the ground.
"Also, India's biggest import by far is oil. The fall in the oil price has helped India massively reduce its trade deficits, fiscal deficits and inflation. This has made India look better than, say, Nigeria or Russia, but these benefits are again one-off benefits. Free-gifts eventually stop coming. India must go back to its Hindu rate of growth sooner rather than later."
Recent reports on India's courting of private investment to raise $15 billion over five years "to double mining output and cut mineral imports" as it strives to boost domestic manufacturing under Modi's landmark 'Make in India' drive, have been accompanied by India mines minister Piyush Goyal's push to increase mineral exploration spending. The government wanted to boost exploration spend, "partly through taking upfront payments for discovered deposits when the mines are auctioned", Bloomberg reported.
Global consulting group McKinsey has observed that without "accelerated growth in mining" India will rely heavily on imported raw materials to supplement local supply into its manufacturing sector, with increased forex spending on thermal coal, coking coal and iron ore alone reaching an estimated $58 billion, "a staggering 180% of today's current account deficit". Domestically, McKinsey says, "the Indian mining sector has been a success story in waiting for decades".
"The mining industry could contribute an additional US$125 billion to India's output and $47 billion to India's GDP by 2025," it says.
Bhandari is typically blunt in his assessment of recent public statements from Indian government leaders.
"In a very Orwellian sense this is good news for the international commodity prices. India … is incapable of ramping up its mining output. In fact, over the last 15 years when the world was rapidly ramping up its commodity production and increasing its exports to China, India was turning it down.
"There are simply no institutional capacities in India that make the ramping up of production of commodities possible. It is for this reason that despite having among the largest coal reserves, India imports from Indonesia and Australia, and these imports are growing.
"There is always hope for India. And they always stay hopes. Indians loves talking but avoids walking.
"Doing business in India is impossible enough, mining is much more difficult.
"The [mines] minister and Bloomberg should have at least used their calculators before writing and talking about [the investment required to double domestic mining output]. The US$3 billion per year [over five years] is about 0.0017% of the Indian GDP. US$3 billion is equivalent to just over US$2 per Indian, small change even for a poor country like India.
"If this amount could really double Indian mining output, it could be found from many places internally. A mid-sized mining company could single-handedly supply such an investment."
And on the hoped-for recovery of advance payments for mineral exploration tenements, Bhandari was quizzical: "Corruption, planning and confused thinking is part and parcel of public servants in India. Would you give advance payment to India for minerals?
"I can think of no sane company that will do so."
Bhandari describes any success Modi has had in improving India's international image as a "shallow achievement".
"He has consistently travelled the world and talked with Indians living in those countries.
"A large number of identity-lacking Indians settled abroad find confidence in emotional association with Modi. The salaried middle class in India has similar views.
"Modi has enabled no-charge bank accounts for hundreds of millions poor Indians. Alas, they mostly maintain zero balance.
"He is also being more assertive in his relations with Pakistan. But, again, this can escalate into an ugly war between the two nuclear-armed countries. Last year, Modi hindered exports to Nepal to bully their government, creating massive problems in Nepal.
"Recently he banned 88% of monetary value of cash out of circulation. This being India, however, there is a full-fledged, sophisticated market to convert your banned notes into new ones for a 20% discount. Not only all corrupt money got exchanged, it will have made the mafia much richer and prone to looking for easy money.
"That neither helped India reduce corruption but trained tens of millions to look for easy money rather than focus on wealth-creation."


Two current Conservation Leadership Through Learning (CLTL) graduate students are hosting a fundraiser with a live salsa band at Avogadro's Number Thursday, May 17th. The CCC staff teach a course as part of the CLTL program and have had many fellows that were a part of this program too.
Come dance the night away, enjoy some local beverages, and help cultivate our regional native seed network's capacity. Master of Science candidates Courtney Gutman and Catie Boehmer will be working with the Southern Rockies Seed Network this summer to develop and deliver their capstone research on this native seed market. Find the link to tickets below, students pay half price ($10) at the door.
The Southern Rockies Seed Network, SRSN, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, was born in 2014 to address the unmet demand for ecotypic seed. The frequency of ecological disturbance caused by wildfires, floods, recreation, urban sprawl, mining, and oil & gas development is increasing at a steady rate throughout the Southern Rockies and High Plains. The ecotypic plant materials necessary to restore these disturbances are largely unavailable, economically impractical, or are comprised of native plant cultivars originating from outside of the ecoregion (Northern Montana, Canada, New Zealand, etc.). Collaborating with dozens of agencies, non-profit organizations, and private sector partners, SRSN is developing the appropriate seed source necessary to maintain the genetic, water quality, wildlife habitat, hunting and fishing, grazing, and recreational benefits that our forests and grasslands provide.


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Q: Accessing Java resource inside JAR returns about 75% garbage I'm trying to load a WAV resource file inside my JAR file. It works perfectly when running via the IDE. But when running via java -jar, it gives me about 75% garbage and 25% of the correct data. I would like to know why. Here are a few methods I tried:

*

*(my preferred method): Read with getResourceAsStream from JAR gives corrupted data that has some parts of the original:
short[] waveform = AudioFileAPI.readWavFile(
    Blah.class.getResourceAsStream("/blah.wav"));

*read from regular file: OK
waveform = AudioFileAPI.readWavFile(new File("C:\\blah\\blah.wav"));

*extract wav from the created JAR and read it as a regular file: OK
waveform = AudioFileAPI.readWavFile(new File("C:\\blah\\fromjar.wav"));

*read with getResource and call play() on AppletAudioClip gives 75% corrupted data as above.
Object o = Blah.class.getResource("/blah.wav").getContent();
AppletAudioClip appletAudioClip = (AppletAudioClip) o;
appletAudioClip.play();

*read via getResource().openStream(): 75% corrupted data as above.
InputStream is = Blah.class.getResource("/blah.wav").openStream();
waveform = AudioFileAPI.readWavFile(is);

*unzip and re-zip JAR and re-run the program doesn't help either.
To recap, all above methods work perfectly when run from the IDE, but the indicated ones fail when loading as a resource. The JAR was packaged by IntelliJ IDEA. I use JDK version 1.8.0_131. AudioFileAPI is my own class.

A: This was actually due to a bug in the code that was reading the resource's InputStream. In cases where the InputStream's read() method did not read all bytes in one go for whatever reason, subsequent read() attempts would incorrectly write into the same buffer always starting at position 0, instead of starting at the position determined by the total number bytes read so far.
So, in the end, the buffer looked like it had fragments of the correct data at the beginning, and garbage at the end.

A: read() doesn't guarantee to read your file in one go. If you read the documentation for InputReader. it says

Reads some number of bytes from the input stream and stores them into the buffer array b.

Even the read(byte[] b, int off, int len) function signature doesn't guarantee that it will read all len bytes you provide.

Reads up to len bytes of data from the input stream into an array of bytes. An attempt is made to read as many as len bytes, but a smaller number may be read. The number of bytes actually read is returned as an integer.

So you have to loop until available() is zero.
Here's a sample code with also on how to specify a file inside a jar file.
Change jarPath to point to the location of the jarFile. Then change the filePath to point on the file inside the jar.
If your file is in

someJar.jar\img\test.gif

Set the filePath to "img\test.gif"
File executable = new File(jarPath);
JarFile jar = new JarFile(executable);
InputStream fileInputStreamReader = jar.getInputStream(jar.getJarEntry(filePath));
byte[] bytes = new byte[fileInputStreamReader.available()];

int sizeOrig = fileInputStreamReader.available();
int size = fileInputStreamReader.available();
int offset = 0;
while (size != 0){
    fileInputStreamReader.read(bytes, offset, size);
    offset = sizeOrig - fileInputStreamReader.available();
    size = fileInputStreamReader.available();
}

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Andi Dorfman Reacts to Clare Crawley's Split From Dale Moss After Her Own 'Failed Engagement'
By Dory Jackson
Andi Dorfman had a thing or two to say about Clare Crawley and Dale Moss' broken engagement.
Clare and Dale's Messy Split: Breaking Down the Timeline, Cheating Rumors
"I wouldn't say I'm surprised or not surprised. I try to not get in anyone's business," the season 10 Bachelorette, 33, explained on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Tuesday, January 26. "I come from a failed engagement from that show [with my ex Josh Murray], so I try to kind of support whether it fails or succeeds, to be honest."
While she remained coy on the breakup topic, Dorfman said that she believed Crawley's season was "derailed" prior to her exit.
Andi Dorfman, Dale Moss, and Clare Crawley MediaPunch/Shutterstock; Craig Sjodin/ABC
"I thought her season was good," the Georgia native said. "I thought it was off to a nice, good, kind of crazy, train wreck of a start — which is what you always want in a Bachelorette — and it ended in a fairy tale, which is also what you always want."
It's Over! Revisit Clare Crawley and Dale Moss' Relationship Timeline
Crawley, 39, and Moss, 32, left The Bachelorette set together last year as an engaged couple — a move that cut her season short and resulted in Tayshia Adams taking over. The duo appeared to be progressing in the right direction as they went house-hunting together and openly discussed their plans to start a family.
The former NFL pro, however, announced on January 19 that the duo called it quits. "I wanted share with you all that Clare and I have decided to go our separate ways. We appreciate the love and support we've received from so many people, but this is the healthiest decision for both of us at this time," he wrote via Instagram at the time. "We strongly believe in leading with love and always remaining true to oneself – something our families have taught and instilled in us throughout our lives."
As the hairdresser addressed the split, she claimed to have been "made aware of a 'mutual' statement" Moss posted along with the rest of the world.
Status Check! Bachelor Nation Couples Who Are Still Going Strong
"Speaking for myself, my intentions with this relationship have always been very clear, so the truth is I am crushed. This was not what I expected or hoped for and am still trying to process this," she wrote on January 21, noting that she "was genuinely invested with all of my heart" in the relationship even though it "was not perfect."
Clare Crawley and Dale Moss Craig Sjodin/ABC
A source told Us Weekly exclusively that Crawley was "the main cause for the breakup" and that the romance "caused friction" with Moss' loved ones. Meanwhile, a second insider said that the Bachelor Winter Games alum is "not holding up well" since she "saw a future" with her former beau.
When Moss then addressed the criticism he received regarding his post-breakup social media behavior, he explained that "this time sucked" for him as well.
"I wanted nothing more than to make this relationship work, and I put my heart and soul into it each and every day. And I wanted nothing more than to build a healthy relationship," he wrote via his Instagram Stories on January 25. "While this is going to be difficult, what you'll see for me is trying to practice what I preach and continue to put my best foot forward each and every day."
That same day, Crawley posted a photo of herself stepping out for some "fresh air" and "making a new playlist" as she copes with the split.
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Elevate Your Team: Empower Your Team to Reach Their Full Potential and Build a Business That Builds Leaders
Robert Glazer (Author)
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An impactful and essential follow up to the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Elevate
?Do you feel limited as a leader? Like your team can't break beyond certain goals and are treading water?
It's time to break down your barriers as a leader, as a team, and achieve bigger and better things! But just wanting to be better is never enough. The ability to elevate --to exceed and outperform expectations--is directly related to your ability to build capacity in yourself and others. Elevate your Team will show that making time to not just tackle everything you place on your plate (personally and professionally) but to CRUSH each and every accomplishment is the way to successful professional and personal growth.
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ROBERT GLAZER is the founder and CEO of global partnership marketing agency, Acceleration Partners.
Under his leadership, Acceleration Partners has received numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards (2 years in a row), Ad Age's Best Place to Work, Entrepreneur's Top Company Culture (2 years in a row), Inc. Magazine's Best Place to Work, Great Place to Work & Fortune's Best Small & Medium Workplaces (3 years in a row), Digiday's Most Committed to Work-Life Balance and Boston Globe's Top Workplaces (3 years in a row).
Bob is the #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today and international bestselling author of four books: Elevate, How To Thrive In The Virtual Workplace, Friday Forward, and Performance Partnerships. He is also the host of the Elevate Podcast, a top 20 podcast in entrepreneurship in over 20 countries.
Bob is a sought-after speaker by companies and organizations around the world and is a regular columnist for Forbes, Inc. and Entrepreneur. He also shares ideas and insights around these topics via Friday Forward, a weekly inspirational newsletter that reaches over 200,000 individuals and business leaders across 60+ countries.
You can learn more about Bob at https: //www.robertglazer.com.
Elevate Your Team isn't the same old tired management playbook you've read many times before--it's a new perspective on business leadership and talent development. Glazer shares how to build the team's capacity holistically, help people reach their full potential, and develop the organization's next generation of leaders. -- JeVon McCormick, President, and CEO of Scribe Media, Bestselling Author of Modern Leader
If you want to supercharge your team's capacity, this book is a must-read. It's filled with powerful frameworks and practical tools, wrapped up in Glazer's inspiring style. An essential book for your leadership library. -- Alisa Cohn, executive coach, author of From Start-Up to Grown-Up
Every leader's top priority should be helping other's grow. Elevate Your Team is the playbook you need to grow as a leader, help your team reach their full potential, and leave a leadership legacy by giving you actionable tactics to train the next generation of leaders at your organization. -- Ayele Shakur, Former CEO of BUILD and President, Redstone Foundations
Robert Glazer offers a valuable alternative to the Silicon Valley playbook of working punishing hours and growing by churning through talent.Elevate Your Team is a masterclass on how to build a business culture that builds people holistically, and how to help your team reach their full potential and become leaders themselves. -- Anna Fieler, Board Director, Shake Shack, J. Crew Group and Quinstreet and Former CMO, PopSugar
As a leader in a disruptive industry, it's often a tough balance to manage and grow your team at the same speed and scale as what the organization requires. Elevate Your Team is a great framework for leaders who are growing their teams in an ever-changing, quick-paced environment to meet the needs for today while building the capabilities and workforce needed for tomorrow. -- Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox
Elevate Your Team is the roadmap for a new generation of leaders who build organizations by helping their people thrive both personally and professionally -- without burning out. Robert Glazer shares a vision for creating lasting organizations where people love to work
Business leadership isn't just about building companies--it's about 'Working Together' to create value for all of the stakeholders and the greater good. With Elevate Your Team, Glazer shares an innovative approach that will help your people level up and 'Work Together' to become the leaders that the organization will need tomorrow -- Alan Mulally, Former President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company & Former CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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Gender differences in willingness to compete: The role of public observability
Thomas Buser (), Eva Ranehill () and Roel van Veldhuizen
EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021
Abstract: A recent literature emphasizes that gender differences in the labor market may in part be driven by a gender gap in willingness to compete. However, whereas experiments in this literature typically investigate willingness to compete in private environments, real world competitions often have a more public nature, which introduces potential social image concerns. If such image concerns are important, and men and women differ in the degree to which they want to be seen as competitive, making tournament entry decisions publicly observable may further exacerbate the gender gap. We test this prediction using a laboratory experiment (N = 784) that varies the degree to which the decision to compete, and its outcome, is publicly observable. We find that public observability does not alter the magnitude of the gender gap in willingness to compete in an economically or statistically significant way.
Keywords: gender differences; competitiveness; social image; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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It was the largest fine ever ordered by the EC against a single company in an antitrust case. Antitrust laws are designed to protect trade from unlawful restrictions and unfair business activities.
European Union (EU) investigators said that in online searches with Google, the company listed links to its own online shopping services above those of competitors.
"What Google has done is illegal under EU antitrust rules," said European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. "It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate," she added.
Google, which operates under parent company Alphabet, denied any wrongdoing.
"We respectfully disagree with the conclusions announced today," chief lawyer Kent Walker said in a statement.
Google said research shows users of its website like when they link directly to products they are looking for.
The EC investigation lasted about seven years. It was launched after consumer websites accused Google of unfair business practices.
In addition to the fine, the company is required to develop a plan to give competing shopping services equal treatment. Google has 90 days to stop suggesting its own links over those of competitors. If it does not make changes, it faces fines of up to 5 percent of Alphabet's average daily worldwide earnings.
In the past, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigated Google for possible antitrust practices. Part of that case also involved accusations that the company used its search engine to support its other businesses.
The company ended up reaching a settlement with the FTC in 2013. At that time, the FTC said Google had "agreed to change some of its business practices to resolve (FTC) concerns that those practices could stifle competition." Some of the changes related to Google's online search advertising.
Other American technology companies have also faced legal troubles in Europe. Facebook was recently fined $122 million for giving misleading information to officials during its purchase of messaging service WhatsApp in 2014.
Apple, one of the world's biggest companies, denied any wrongdoing and appealed the case. It said the EC findings were based on "fundamental errors" made during the investigation. The company criticized the commission for not explaining exactly how it reached its ruling.
The EC said Ireland gave too many tax breaks to Apple. It said this resulted in an effective tax rate on Apple's European profits of just 0.005 percent in 2014.
Bryan Lynn wrote this story for VOA Learning English, based on reports from AP and Reuters. George Grow was the editor.
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At the 74 th annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics in Sunriver Oregon, President William Schmidt honored Dr. Dale Smith with the Fred Gulick Distinguished Life Member Award.
Dr. Smith began teaching at the University of Washington Department of Prosthodontics in 1960, eventually becoming professor and director of prosthodontic research and director of the graduate prosthodontic program. During his illustrious career, Dale published nearly 50 articles and delivered countless presentations nationally and internationally. He served as president of the PCSP in 1981. He is a Past President of Academy of Prosthodontics and is a charter fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists. Dale also served as vice chairman on the Editorial Council of the JPD.


Nelson Mandela helped create a new world for South Africa in his fight against apartheid. Readers will learn about Mandela's fight for peace and equality and how he used peaceful protests to make his way from a political prisoner to the first South African President of Africa in this nonfiction biography. Featuring colorful images, informational text, timelines, a glossary of terms, and an index, readers are sure to be inspired by Mandela's amazing life.
Susan B. Anthony spent her life fighting for equal rights for women. Readers will learn all about her interesting and inspiring life in this engaging biographical reader that features detailed images, informational text, and a timeline of Anthony's life.


my thanks to a friend of many years standing who I am pleased to see has overcome a challenging medical year and is still bringing his excellent research to our service into 2012 and for many years to come we must all hope.
Well done, thanks & stay healthy Richard – just don't let the heart rule the head, well at least not the valves!
The assistant chief executive at Luton Borough Council, we are told, will receive a bumper pay rise in his Christmas stocking after cuts to the authority's corporate directors saw him promoted. Robin Porter's role has been merged with that of the director of customer and corporate services, Steve Heappey, after the council agreed more cuts to senior management.
Securing the new "director of commercial and transformation services" post will see 38-year-old Porter's salary rise from the current £65,000 to £72,000 range to the £111,000 to £122,000 range commanded by the council's existing corporate directors.
He is currently in charge of the council's cost-cutting "Luton Excellence" strategy, a role he took on after heading up the authority's £200 million Building Schools for the Future project, which was scrapped by the government last summer.
Then there is this little madam – done alright for herself in a job that was so important that the post is not to be replaced. Another one of the parasite class – basically useless and grossly overpaid.
Another madam sitting on her own private pot of gold is Joanna Killian who, for her money tells us "I didn't have the greatest education, or the sort of background many would expect of a chief executive. There is that dimension which has helped me to want to be in public service and stay in the job I am doing".
She has the nerve to call her pot of gold a "calling", despite being the best paid female chief executive in the country. God knows how much she would want if she was in it for the money, although she is an expert at taking the piss, having taken a highly publicised pay cut of £4,000 in the summer, only then to collect a £6,900 bonus and an extra £1,100 towards her pension.
The looting is not confined to local government, of course, with the parasites just as evident in the NHS. Prof Stephen Smith, who was chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare trust until September, has a pot of £3.3 million – which will pay him between £135,000 and £140,000 a year when he retires, after a lump sum of at least £405,000.
Jan Filochowski, chief executive of West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust, paid £280,000 last year, will get an annual payment of between £135,000 and £140,000, on retirement, plus a lump sum of £415,000, thanks to a pot valued at more than £3 million, after 36 years in the public sector. Sir Ron Kerr, chief executive of Guys and St Thomas' Foundation Trust, in London, will swap a salary of £254,000 a year for a pension pot of £3.06 million when he retires.
Meanwhile, in order to keep the parasite class in the luxury they most definitely do not deserve, staff – many of whom earn under £20,000 a year – are being charged to go to work. As the song once went, "It's the rich wot gets the pleasure, it's the poor wot gets the blame".
But hey, never mind … I am sure all these gifted public servants look at their payslips and repeat the words of that nauseating television advertisement: "because I'm worth it". Never mind that people are actually starving in this country, while food banks are doing record business. Their needs come first.
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The Greco-Roman empire, like our modern world, had a standard form of writing. Letters usually began with an introduction or prologue, which may also contain salutations, thanksgiving or prayer. The purpose was to extend a courtesy of love and fraternity with the recipients. John's epistolary greeting is more than a courtesy, but a deep theological treatise. Below is a commentary.
1:4 Epistolary greetings—Paul's usual greetings in the epistles: "Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ." Except in the books of Timothy and Titus where "mercy" is added. 2 John 1: 3 adds "mercy." John attributes God as "which is, and which was, and which is to come" (REF.: 4: 8). The Holy Spirit is identified in the book of Revelation as the seven Spirits before his throne (4: 5).
1:5 From Jesus Christ—The faithful witness (22: 20), firstborn from the dead (1: 18), and the ruler of the kings of the Earth (19: 12, 16). In His own blood—Jesus' death was a ceremonial cleansing of sin. John reminds his audience of the cleansing power of the blood. We do not cleanse ourselves, Jesus did for us out of His own love. Other manuscripts have "freed us" as in bonds (See Jamieson Commentary). Verse 4 and 5 brings to view the triune God—God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
1:6 Kings and priests—John takes some of the things he heard as part of his greetings to the seven churches (5: 10). Other translations may read "kingdom" instead of "kings." It doesn't miss the meaning of a royal estate. The statement also brings to view Exodus 19: 6. To serve His God and Father—A reference to "servants" in 1:1; also in 14: 1-5. Kings and priests to serve, but not to rule in the worldly sense (Mathew 20: 25). Glory and power—Both God and Christ are rendered this doxology (5: 12, 13). Here John is referring to God as in other places (7: 12 REF: 1 Ch 29: 11). Amen—The first of the ten Amens in the book of Revelation.
1:7 He comes with the clouds—In the book of Revelation, both God and Jesus are coming (see 1: 4). In this context, we know it's Christ because of the phrase "those who pierced him." The ascension of Christ on clouds (Acts 1: 9) prefigured the parousia (1: 7; 14: 14). "In the same manner" (Acts 1: 11); the clouds that took Jesus away will bring Him down again. John paraphrases Jesus' statement in Mathew 24: 30. Read also Daniel 7: 13. Every eye will see him—Jesus' coming will not be secret or private. It will be visible. Even those who pierced him—The statement is carved from Zech 12:10.
1:8 Alpha and the Omega—This statement recalls to mind the Greek alphabets. Alpha, like our "A" in the English alphabet, begins the Greek alphabets, and Omega, like the "Z" in the English alphabet, ends the Greek alphabets. Deeper than this illustration is the immediate pronouncement, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." The infinite past, present, and future essence of God is emphasized here. Who is to come—The meaning of this statement should be understood within the context of the book. From both Jewish literature and the book of Revelation, God will come to execute judgment (Ps 50: 1-3; Mal. 4: 1-3). God is depicted as the one who is coming on the throne (6: 16; 20: 11), followed by the statement "great day of his wrath" (6: 17; Compare with Zep 1: 14, 18; 2:2; Jo 2:31; Mal 4: 5; Matt 10: 15; 2 Pet 3: 10; Rev 14: 19; 19: 15). These parallel "the great day of God Almighty [underlined]" (16: 14). Failure to see this may undermine the theology of chapters 21 and 22 of the book of Revelation.


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Q: How to set the type of a pyqtSignal (variable of class X) that takes a X instance as argument I have a pyqtSignal as a class variable and I want its argument to be an instance of that class. How can I declare the type of the argument when I create the signal?
class MyClass(QWidget):
    my_signal = pyqtSignal(?)

    (...)

    def emit_signal(self):
        self.my_signal.emit(self)

I know that pyqtSignal(object) would work but I was wondering if there was a sort of __class__ at class-variable level.
Another question: is there a difference between pyqtSignal(MyClass), pyqtSignal(QWidget) (parent class) or pyqtSignal(object)? Performance? I'm asking this question because the types of slot parameters don't seem to matter when we declare them with the @pyqtSlot decorator.

A: At the moment the Python interpreter interprets my_signal = pyqtSignal(...), the class name is not known to it yet, the class body is created first then it will be assigned to the module variable called MyClass. So the only way to do this is after the class has been defined, and before any attempt is made to access the signal object. This means one of the following two options might work (it depends on how pyqtSignal and QObject work, I can't try it out at this moment):

*

*At module level, after class:
class MyClass(QObject):
    def __init__(self, ...):
...

MyClass.my_signal = pyqtSignal(MyClass)

*In the init, guarding against re-creation:
class MyClass(QObject):
    def __init__(self, ...):
        if not hasattr(self, 'my_signal'):
            MyClass.my_signal = pyqtSignal(MyClass)


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