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Pope Francis' Negative Rhetoric Begins to Be Echoed Around the Globe
September 21, 2016 /16 Comments/in Hierarchy, Transgender /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor
By Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry, September 21, 2016
On Bondings 2.0, we often report on the way that Pope Francis' positive approach to LGBT issues is affecting the way that bishops around the world have been speaking about such topics. An article on Crux, however, tells an opposite story: that Pope Francis' negative comments about "gender theory" and "ideological colonization" are encouraging bishops around the globe to speak similarly when marriage equality or transgender rights are discussed.
Reporter Inés San Martin looked at examples of bishops' statements coming from Colombia, Mexico, and Spain to make the case that the pope's ideas about gender are taking root in episcopal discourse.
Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez
In Colombia, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez of Bogota and Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the papal envoy to that nation, have recently protested the revision of school textbooks which will include discussions of gender identity, sexual orientation, and LGBT parenting. Salazar's rhetoric closely echoes statements by Pope Francis:
" 'We reject the implementation of gender ideology in the Colombian education, because it's a destructive ideology, [it] destroys the human being, taking away its fundamental principle of the complementary relationship between man and woman,' Salazar said.
"The cardinal also said that the Church respects people with a different sexual orientation, and that as an institution it's looking for constant opportunities for dialogue.
" 'Individual rights can't go against the rights of the community,' Salazar said. 'What we need to accomplish is a deep respect of everyone without the imposition of ideologies.' "
(As an aside, I would be very interested in knowing what opportunities for dialogue the cardinal seeks. It would seem that discussing the new textbook revisions with LGBT people and with the people who are supporting the changes would be an ideal opportunity for dialogue. It makes one wonder why he has not done so.)
The efforts of the churchmen were successful. According to the news article:
'The cardinal, together with the papal envoy in the country, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, met with president Santos and Parody the day after the rally. Soon after their meeting, the president said in a press conference that the country had no intention of promoting gender ideology, and promised the textbooks would be re-written.'
Cardinal José Francisco Robles
In Mexico, where marriage equality is currently an issue of national debate, Cardinal José Francisco Robles of Guadalajara, who is also president of the nation's bishops' conference, has also used Pope Francis' concept of "gender ideology" to bolster opposition to the proposed federal law. Robles stated:
"The future of humanity is played in marriage and the natural family is formed by a heterosexual couple.
"The proliferation of the mentality of gender ideology moves with a flag of acceptance, promoting the values of diversity and non-discrimination, but it denies the natural reciprocity between a man and a woman."
Bishop Demetrio Fernandez
The example from Spain concerns remarks made by Bishop Demetrio Fernandez in opposition to a proposed law which would criminalize hate speech against LGBT people. Fernandez called the proposed law "an attack on religious freedom and freedom of conscience." In a later interview, he strongly echoed what are probably the harshest language Pope Francis has used to discuss an LGBT topic. In an interview, the pontiff compared gender theory to nuclear arms. Fernandez statement echoing this metaphor is:
"[G]ender ideology is an atomic bomb that wants to destroy Catholic doctrine, the image of God in man, and the image of God the Creator."
It is definitely disturbing that bishops are echoing the pope's negative language on these topics. More disturbing, though, is the fact that the pope's and these bishops' words reveal an immense lack of information on gender and transgender people. For instance, the Crux article quotes Pope Francis as saying "gender theory is an error of the human mind that leads to so much confusion," and that this view of gender is one reason why "the family is under attack."
If the pope and bishops would listen to LGBT people's experience, they could understand that what they claim is "theory" and "ideology" is actually a very human and holy phenomenon. They would also realize that LGBT advocates are not attacking anything, but just trying to help people live whole and full lives. Far from attacking the family, the experience of families with LGBT members shows that acceptance of these realities can promote family harmony, unity, and strength. LGBT people are not enemies of the church, but faithful members who can help it grow. Since LGBT people's experiences are lived realities, it seems that the only people promoting "theory" and "ideology" in these discussions are the those who insist that gender binaries are set in stone.
Bondings 2.0: "Putting Pope Francis' "Ideology of Gender" Comments in Context"
Bondings 2.0: "Pope Francis' Remarks on Gender in Schools Deemed Ambiguous, Out of Touch"
Bondings 2.0: "Pope's Lament About Children and Gender Identity Reveals Serious Blind Spot"
Tags: Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, Bishop Demetrio Fernandez, Cardinal José Francisco Robles, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, Catholic, gender theory, ideological colonization, LGBT, Pope Francis
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healthroks says:
I still don't understand the importance of a "natural" family? Once again, bloodlines and "natural" families all seem to boil down to one thing: property and pride. "My wife, my kid, my identity and my ego".
Clyde Christofferson says:
In principle, the problem with "ideology" is that it becomes closed to reality. If we emphasize and agree with that point, then it will turn out that the binary "man and a woman" is the "gender ideology" and the LGBT diversity is the reality.
Meet the new boss…..same as the old boss. Sad.
poolgirl2 says:
Are these men speaking as men of God or men of science?
They are speaking as men of fear.
Tom Bower says:
Francis said he wanted to focus on the poor, but he has fallen into the hate all things non-missionary straight sex of his recent predecessors. Living in a homosexual environment (the reality of the Vatican) without some way to relieve the sexual tension leads to abuse and hatred as we have seen in the larger clergy sex abuse scandal. This one with a smiling face, but the same problems.
lynne miller says:
Cardinal Salazar speaks of "the imposition of ideologies." Isn't that what has been happening from traditional teaching to modern teaching since time immemorial?
Wilhelm Wonka says:
Well, what else could anyone have reasonably expected? These churchmen were always going to toe the anti-LGBT line already and increasingly set by Pope Francis.
The language of these hierarchs, like the language of the Bishop of Rome, is paranoid and alarmist on LGBT issues. It is also inflammatory and may incite some not only to verbal attack on LGBT people, but to physical assualt as well.
Pope Francis is being irresponsible in his choice of words when making such controversial and unproven claims about "gender ideology". He has a grave moral duty to ensure that his words and actions do not endanger the marginalised in the Church. It is a duty he has not always lived up to.
amagjuka says:
A case could be made that the church is "imposing ideology" by insisting on its definition of intimacy, love and marriage based on its outdated ideas instead of science, lived experience, or common sense. The bottom line is that the institutional church seeks power and not mercy or love. Power and retaining control over property and people motivates the institutional church. Period. I have waited my entire lifetime for the church to modify its stance to women and our role in the church. I have been sorely disappointed. This is no different. The ideology will not change. Meanwhile, real people are crushed. It is such a tragedy because those who cannot absorb the fact that the church ideology insists that Catholics explicitly or implicitly must participate in discrimination must distance themselves from the church. And this is also on those who rigidly adhere to outdated and ignorant ideas. The bully bishops are literally pushing many Catholics away from their faith and out of the church. This is not a matter of containing "the gay agenda." This is a moral imperative for all Catholics. We cannot sit by and watch the firings, bullying, name-calling, and other discrimination and call ourselves Christian. This much is clear. The hierarchy is committing the biggest sin of pushing souls away from the church.
Marcia Garber says:
Yes. This. ^^^
BDeC says:
Some bishops in their obsession with ideologies seem to me to have a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Raph Martin says:
Unenlightened despots!
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This is the perfect opportunity to post a link to my good online friend Maria Johnson's latest edition of her "Reasonably Catholic" radio program — which is broadcast on several radio stations in Connecticut, and which will also be made available for the next few months online. You can listen to the current program here:
https://www.reasonablycatholic.com
Here's Maria's own description of the current program:
Hofstra Professor Julie Byrne's new book, "The Other Catholics: Remaking America's Largest Religion", 10-plus years in the making, explores "independent Catholics," churches that are not formally connected to the Roman Catholic Church, but which hold to the tenets of apostolic succession, the seven sacraments, and devotion to the saints.
Progressive-minded Catholics will take encouragement from her argument that it's the most left-leaning of these churches — those which, for instance, allow same-sex marriage and female clergy – that are the Roman church's future, its "research labs." In fact, she points out, some Roman Catholic priests are already turning to independent churches for help — such as when a couple wants to be married but the bride, say, has been divorced.
Independent Catholics are believers who love the Roman Catholic Church — but who "are tired of waiting" for it to change.
"What we see now, after all these years since Vatican II, with even the papacy of Pope Francis, it's very clear there are limits to what Francis can change," says Julie, "how fast the Roman church can change. There are Roman Catholic progressives as well as ex-Catholics who are really tired of waiting for the change. That is why the independent Catholic groups that have been working in small churches for all these years are seeing so much interest. They're doing the changes already, such as ordaining women, open communion for the divorced…and having open sacraments, regardless of a person's background. If he or she has completed the training, the sacraments are open."
If you like this program trailer, please listen to the entire program. You'll be amazed.;..and hopefully inspired. I'm personally blessed to be part of a major University-based Cardinal Newman Catholic Center community, which IS in fact open and welcoming to absolutely everyone who wants to worship with them. But I appreciate that other folks who are stuck out there in the trenches of mainstream Middle America may not be so fortunate.
Four Years Later, What to Make of Pope Francis and LGBT Issues? – Bondings 2.0 says:
[…] Fourth, McElwee noted the pope's prominent commitment to environmental justice. This has included the release of the encyclical Laudato Si, which was warmly received though raised questions for LGBT advocates based on ambiguous language about gender identity. Failure to clarify in this encyclical and in other remarks what he means by "ideological colonization" or unspecified critiques of gender theory have given LGBT-negative bishops leeway to be condemnatory. […]
Transgender Survey Can Be a Pastoral Examination for Catholics – Bondings 2.0 says:
[…] Vatican official has said transgender rights are "demonic," and bishops worldwide have echoed these sentiments in less abrasive terms. Pope Francis' record on gender identity is mixed: he met with and […]
Pope Francis: An LGBT Year in Review – Bondings 2.0 says:
[…] In a larger trend this year, bishops appear to have been encouraged by Pope Francis' criticism of "gender theory" and "ideological colonization" in the context of LGBT issues. You can read several examples of such statements by bishops by clicking here. […]
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Q: Room data is lost after my app is restarted I have a simple implementation of Room in my app. It has two entities.
It works fine while app is running. But I see no data once app is restarted.
This is my database creation code -
@Database(entities = {Person.class, College.class}, version = 1,  exportSchema = true)
public abstract class AppDatabase extends RoomDatabase {
    private static AppdDatabase INSTANCE;
    public abstract PersonDao personDao();
    public abstract CollegeDao collgeDao();

    public static AppDatabase getInstance(Context context) {
        if (INSTANCE == null) {
            INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.getApplicationContext(), AppDatabase.class, "my-sample-app.db")
                    .build();
        }
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    public static void destroyInstance() {
        if (INSTANCE != null) INSTANCE.close();
        INSTANCE = null;
    }
}

In any running session, I can add and view data but nothing is available after app restart. What am I missing here?
Thanks

A: The reason why you had an empty db every time you restart the app is because in your database class you used "Room.inMemoryDatabaseBuilder.." which is used only for testing purposes on db ,so insteand you should used "Room.databaseBuilder.."

A: It was a silly mistake-
I wasn't using getInstance() posted in question, I was using below code to create database instead -
mDb = Room.inMemoryDatabaseBuilder(mContext, AppDatabase.class)

My code works as intended with original code posted in question.
Thanks

A: I didn't check my code but may be it will work for you. Try this:
@Database(entities = {Person.class, College.class}, version = 1)

public abstract class AppDatabase extends RoomDatabase {
    private static AppdDatabase INSTANCE;
    public abstract PersonDao personDao();
    public abstract CollegeDao collgeDao();

    public static AppDatabase getInstance(final Context context) {
        if (INSTANCE == null) {
            synchronized (AppDatabase.class) {
                INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.getApplicationContext(), AppDatabase.class, "my_sample_app")
                               .build();
            }
        }
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    public static void destroyInstance() {
        if (INSTANCE != null) INSTANCE.close();
        INSTANCE = null;
    }

}

A: you used below code and i think your issue will be solved ..
make data base like below code ..
@Database(entities = {MyTable.class}, version = 1)

public abstract class AppDatabase extends RoomDatabase {
    public abstract MyTableDao getTableDao();
}
then after make dao interface..
@Dao

public interface MyTableDao {
    @Insert
    void insertData(MyTable myTable);
}
and make your pojo class
@Entity

public class MyTable {
    @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true)
    private int id;
public int getId() {
    return id;
}

public void setId(int id) {
    this.id = id;
}

private double ItemPrice;

public double getItemPrice() {
    return ItemPrice;
}

public void setItemPrice(double itemPrice) {
    ItemPrice = itemPrice;
}

}
than after make one app activity class and called at the application level.
public class AppActivity extends Application {

static AppDatabase db;
@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    db = Room.databaseBuilder(getApplicationContext(), AppDatabase.class, "database-name").build();
}

public static AppDatabase getDatabase() {
    return db;
}

}
above activity class declared in manifest file in application tag.
        android:name=".AppActivity"

then after used to insert in main activity like this ..
        AppActivity.getDatabase().getTableDao().insertData(yourobject);

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Game Overview Editorial: Difficulty in Video Games
May 8th, 2008 by Dan
You're playing through an RPG. You've gained five levels, found some sweet equipment drops, minimized the use of your precious items, and then it happens. You come up against a behemoth of a monster. Your party is decimated, your progress lost, your controller tossed through the screen.
Does this even begin to sound familiar to anyone? It's like modern gaming, in an effort to bring in an even broader audience, has started to dumb down our video game experience. Think back to the last four, at the very least, Final Fantasy games (not counting XI). Aside from side quest bosses who are geared to be a challenge, how often did you even find yourself remotely challenged in these games? I honestly don't think I worried much about save points in any of these games (aside from when I was hunting the harder mobs in XII) at all. There was none of that between-save-point stress and worry that a game with any difficulty might throw at me. I just go on through the game, breezing through the fights and find myself at the final boss, sometimes taking more than one try to kill him, but, more often than not, just breezing through him too.
It's not just RPGs either. Think back to Mario Galaxy. The only challenge in that game came from the green stars where the developers were given free range to punish players into some of the toughest, most fun challenges possible. Even The Legend of Zelda isn't safe. The last two console installments, The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, were among the easiest games I have ever played. Sure, their stories were epic and fun, but the bosses were jokes compared to past Zelda games. They dealt close to no heart damage, they had hyper-predictable patterns, and they were just plain not challenging. I don't think that I've evolved much in skill as a gamer since about the sixth grade and I definitely remember more challenge in both Link's Awakening and A Link to the Past when I played them (late to the game, I know).
There is hope. Mistwalker's latest RPG for the Xbox 360, Lost Odyssey, will actually make you hope that a save point is imminent. The enemies will brutalize you if you mess up. It seems odd that I'm actually hoping for a game to punish me for screwing up or not leveling up, but I just can't take a game that doesn't even challenge me in the slightest. I consume games mainly for story, this is true, but I don't want the story-telling to come so easily that I might as well be watching a movie or reading a book. It can get frustrating when a game is difficult because it's broken or the computer cheats :cough: Mario Kart Wii :cough:, but it's also tremendously satisfying to spend an hour bashing your head against the wall trying to defeat a boss only to finally get it down and win with just a sliver of health left.
This is why I look forward to the day when I will be able to devote more time to Persona 3: FES. The short time I spent with the game already almost beat me in a random encounter and I'm sure that an actual boss will own me several times. I fully believe that a game should punish you for making a mistake and I already know from experience that Persona will wail on me for being an idiot.
There's certainly a market for casual games and casual gamers out there, one only needs to look to the Wii to see that fact with obvious clarity, but surely it wouldn't be too difficult for developers to go out and actually make a game tough for players. The inclusion of difficulty levels, even with the fact that it means more work, will satisfy me. Here's hoping that we see harder games in the future.
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Eric writes:
May 9th, 20089:05at
I've been feeling this way for years. I never beat Super Mario Bros 1-3. Super Mario World we beat completely over the course of a few months. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island we beat in one week while we were on Christmas vacation at our grandmother's house. I beat Super Mario Galaxy in one weekend while visiting my In-laws for Christmas. I'm afraid I'll beat the next Mario game in an hour.
I think there are a couple of different things going on here. First of all, we're much older. Perhaps today's kids still find video games hard. But, also I think there's a different focus on games. If you remember (you were quite young then) when we had the Nintendo, nearly every game (including Mario) had a High Score. Even then I had trouble understanding why a game like Mario would have a score. After all, wasn't the point to rescue the Princess? And if you remember, all the way until Super Mario World there was a timer on the levels. So you couldn't take a long as you wanted. Sheez, I mean, nowadays Mario doesn't even die unless you chuck him off a cliff or let him take too much damage without touching some water.
I think that basically when we first started playing games, back in the original Nintendo day, they were still in an arcade mindset. With an arcade game you want the game to be tough enough that people will have to add tons of quarters. Mario Galaxy would be a HORRIBLE arcade game. So you need timers to make sure they don't take their sweet time going through the level without getting hurt. You need score so that there's a point to doing difficult or potentially dangerous tasks. That's all game designers had been doing up until that point (and ports of arcade games) so I think they were used to making nearly impossible games.
So I think they've moved more towards a rich, more of a sandbox type of world where they want to to explore all their beautiful content. Thus they've made it a lot easier. But I do agree that a game that isn't challenging is quite boring. However, games at the impossible level of the original Nintendo games are also boring because knowing that you can never win (especially back in the days before continue spots) also made the game boring.
PS – I still haven't gotten past Final Fantasy 8, but I do seem to remember you having a pretty easy going on 10.
Dan writes:
May 11th, 200815:29at
As I predicted, Persona continually punishes me for getting reckless, cocky, or when it feels like showing me who's boss. It's lots of fun.
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Q: AppCompatActivity vs AppCompatDelegate Recently I discovered what is AppCompatDelegate so a natural question arises - is it worse than using AppCompatActivity or do they have their differences and what are they?

A: If your activity class is not extending AppCompatActivity but you still want to use some of its features then you can you AppCompatDelegate.
You can create Appcompatdelegate with following lines of code in your activity class:
private AppCompatDelegate getDelegate() {
    if (mDelegate == null) {
       mDelegate = AppCompatDelegate.create(this, null);
    }
    return mDelegate;
}

Here is the example if you want to add Toolbar in your activity but your class is not extending AppCompatActivity.
https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/how-to-add-toolbar-to-an-activity-which-doesn-t-extend-appcompatactivity-a07c026717b3


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Due to Montgomery County's population more than doubling over the last 50 years, the demand for programs at Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) has increased as well. In order to meet the new demand, MCCC has expanded its campus. Phase One of this growth included the renovation and expansion of the art facility on the Central Campus. This art facility, known locally as the Art Barn, was named because an old barn and its silos were rehabilitated into a cultural arts center.
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Residents to have say on city centre Council hub
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 11:25am
Survey on move from Civic Centre's seafront site
Swansea residents are being asked what they'd most like to see taken into account if council services were to move from the Civic Centre to a new city centre building.
Their responses could range from the new site's location to its food and drink facilities – and from its transport links and parking facilities to its accessibility and toilet facilities.
The survey comes at the initial stages of Swansea Council considering a move away from its seafront site into a new city centre hub for public sector services.
Geoff Bacon, he council's head of property services, said:
"I urge the public to have their say in this consultation; we want any replacement location for the Civic Centre to be influenced significantly by the public's needs and aspirations.
"The proposals are at an early stage and no decisions will be made before a full business case has been drawn up and people have had their say."
The authority hopes freeing up the Civic Centre site will be an opportunity to regenerate the seafront area.
If the move to a new public sector hub goes ahead the earliest any staff would transfer would be 2023. It would come as part of Swansea Central Phase Two, a regeneration project around the city centre St David's area.
Among the reasons for the proposals is the need for the council to spend significant sums of money on repairs to the Civic Centre site in the next decade and beyond should they remain in occupation.
In addition, new "agile" working arrangements at the council mean that staff demand for space has reduced. It is expected to fall further.
The Civic Centre houses elements such as a council chamber and offices, a public cafe, Swansea Central Library, exhibition space, the West Glamorgan Archive Service, and a council contact centre. It was opened around 37 years ago.
The survey is open until December 31 and can be taken online - www.swansea.gov.uk/civicrelocationsurvey. Paper copies are available at the Civic Centre's contact centre.
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Cultivating Gentleness – enough. Cultivating Gentleness – enough.
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It's not just schools that often lack gentleness. Workplaces can rub us raw too, as can public transit, shopping malls, restaurants, and daycare. The levels of noise, advertising, and stressed-out people dealing with other stressed-out people can leave us feeling bombarded and drained.
Creating more spaces of refuge, like public parks, is one option. But another option is to integrate gentleness into all our spaces and daily interactions. It could be something as small as turning down the music in cafés. Or as radical as a mother making the commitment to care for herself with as much tenderness as she does her family.
Ms. Lefton writes about gentleness and how essential it is to a healthy human life. She acknowledges that sometimes creating the physical or circumstantial changes that will allow for a calm and gentle flow to our days just isn't possible in the short term. So many times it just isn't simple to simplify and cut things out. Sometimes it isn't so simple to cultivate a calm foundation when our life situation remains turbulent on the surface. Sometimes even when we want more natural and quiet spaces there is just too much concrete to chip through in one lifetime.
But she reminds us that we can invite that gentle energy in anytime by taking opportunities to look for ways to create space – space that gives gentleness room to seep into the fabric of our days and inform our choices. And she reminds us that we can honor ourselves and our experiences by being vulnerable and accepting support – and that we can honor everyone we encounter by showing up with full presence, listening with compassion and offering encouragement over criticism.
Gentleness forms the under-song of survival — the hidden face of evolution, wars, famine — and the partner of resilience. It is the loving touch that reminds us we are not alone, and there is hope. There is healing. Gentleness exists between people. And it dwells within each of us.
How do you cultivate gentleness within yourself? When encountering others? Is it enough to say I see you and I accept what I see…?


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10/02/2019 by Amir Hashmi, posted in Blog
Lovett School High School Film Fest
Festival was created to encourage and inspire young filmmakers from around the world by providing them both a venue to publicly screen their short films and a place to connect with one another. Films must have a max running time of 15 minutes and have been written, directed and edited by teens ages 13-18.
GO EAST FILM FESTIVAL
Short film is back at goEast 2019! A jury consisting of five members will award the RheinMain Short Film Award (2,500 euro), funded by Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain to the best short film from Central and Eastern Europe dealing with the general topic "Crossing Borders". This topic can be dealt with in various ways: formally or stylistically, plot-wise or even ironically. The competition will consist of eight shorts films (maximum length of 20 minutes) and will shape a concise overview of the Central and Eastern European short film.
NOICE FLOOR FILM FESTIVAL
NoiseFloor is an interdisciplinary event with a focus on experimental composition. Our theme this year is Engagement. Works (compositions and performances) and proposals (for papers, lectures/recitals, panel discussions, workshops and other ideas) addressing this theme are particularly welcome. Of course, proposals for other relevant topics will also be considered. Submissions are invited from composers, academics, practitioners, individual researchers, postgraduates and any other interested parties. Note: there is a registration fee to present at the conference, but no submission fee.
Cortex International Film Festival
Córtex Film Festival is accepting short films in video with a maximum running time of 30 minutes, including credits. Films must fall within the following genres: fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental. Córtex Film Festival contemplates the following competitions when accepting submissions: National Competition (for films previously presented in other festivals), National Competition (for premieres), International Competition, Mini Cortex – An international competition that is comprised exclusively of animated films dedicated to the younger audience.
UPIKE Film & Media Arts Festival
All filmmakers (international and USA) must pay the required submission fee to enter unless they are from the states of Kentucky, Virginia, or West Virginia or their film was shot in one of those states. For those filmmakers we have a special submission category that is free to enter. All filmmakers that submit to this category are required to clarify their Kentucky, Virginia, or West Virginia connection in an accompanying cover letter or in their film information. Failure to clarify this will result in us marking your submission "Incomplete" until you can clarify your entry's eligibility. We require this because a significant number of films are inappropriately entered into this free category as an attempt to avoid submission fees. If you fail to explain your film's eligibility it will eventually result in your entry being disqualified.
Gdansk DocFilm Festival (Poland)
Gdańsk DocFilm Festival, with its international nature, is a contest of documentary films and footages focusing mainly on:- situation of a human being as an individual as well as group of employees in the work environment,- personal activity and development in every form,- passion and creative activity,- human dignity, ethics and respect for human rights.
Animakom
ANIMAKOM (hereinafter: the Festival) is specialised International competition of animated films, taking place in Bilbao from 2 to 8 April 2019. Festival's submissions are open to films applying all animation techniques, including combinations with live action. Over 50% of the production must be animated, and the Festival reserves the right to determine whether an entry qualifies as animation.
Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania)
(TIFF) is organized by Romanian Film Promotion and it is the first international feature film festival in Romania. The main objective of Transilvania IFF is to promote the cinematic art by presenting some of the most significant films of the moment, films which exhibit not only originality and independence of expression, but also unusual forms of cinematic language and modern trends of the young culture. Romanian Days submissions (shorts and features). Romanian films have no submission fee.
Annecy International
Animated Film Festival
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (French: Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy, abbreviated as AIAFF) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation(or ASIFA, the International Animated Film Association). Feature.
Durban International Film Festival
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) invites filmmakers from across the world to submit their Short, Documentary or Feature Fiction films to screen in the festival from 18-28 July under the theme Reimaging DIFFerent.
ANIFILM
Anifilm's mission is to present current trends, methods, technologies and animation techniques in its programme. It also supports works in progress and brand new animation projects and their authors, producers and distributors. Film professionals from all over the world can use Anifilm as a platform for positive confrontation and meeting place for forging new contacts. Anifilm is aimed at authors and film professionals as well as students, educators, film theorists and all fans of animated production, including children. Anifilm also wants to represent the Czech Republic, South Bohemian Region and the town of Třeboň in international context on a long-term basis.
MediaWave International Film Festival
Special theme: RITUALS. The mystic word 'ritual' occured when thinking about the theme of our next Gathering. However, after going deeper into studying the expression, we figured out that it means much more to us: we have been instinctively using at Mediawaves for years what the ethnograpy defines as "temporary rituals", the possible solutions of the society for crises accompanying the turning points of human life. Such rites are for instance the stag and hen party, the wedding procession and the wedding party itself which have created the pillars of our gathering for four years. There are rites going hand in hand with changes of the universe, the alternation of seasons. Mayday is the beignning of the spring festival to celebrate fertility, the fresh, green, colurful, the invigorating liberty of going out from dark rooms to the nature. Several traditions and rituals relate to this period of the year, among them the gipsies' spring festival, the Ederlezi. Our Gathering is also held this time so we strongly want the different tastes of Mediawave in film, music, community programs and gastronomy to be flavoured with spices of this beautiful spring rite.
Proto & Co
Annual small festival of independent short films. Every autumn, a selection from 30 to 40 movies are presented. Movies of 5 minutes maximum Dialogues in French or without dialogue. No experimental and no clip accepted. FilmFreeway
Animocje
It is particularly important for the organizers of ANIMOCJE to find those who boldly introduce interesting and innovative solutions in the art of animation as well as use traditional animation techniques in a non-standard way.
11mm International Football Film Festival
Film makers and production companies from around the world are invited to submit their football films to the world's leading football film festival to win the Golden 11 and 11mm shortkicks awards!
Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (Norway)
KICFF is Norway's largest film festival aimed at children and youth. The target group is age 3-19. The festival takes place in Kristiansand, Southern Norway. KICFF accepts features, documentaries, animations and short films from all over the world.
International Film Festival for Children and Youth
KINOLUB is an international film festival organized since the year 2015 by the IKS Foundation in the cities of Southern Poland – including small villages, where the screenings are held in local cultural institutions. The focus is also set on film education and that is the event's unique and important feature, which is developed as well in other endeavors run by the Foundation. Most of all, KINOLUB is a celebration of films produced for children and youth. Each year in June different cities offer festival screenings to audiences between 4 and 18 years of age. The program includes motion pictures from all over the world, rich in artistic quality and conveying important messages. The aim is to create an environment for young people to actively and keenly participate in the cultural life and to develop new mindful audiovisual audiences.
Sylhet Film Festival
Sylhet Film festival is an annual film festival, which will showcase full-length features, shorts, experimental films made by young independent filmmakers, including fiction animations and documentaries. One of the primary missions of the festival is to provide the youth with a platform to showcase their talent in media, provide an advantageous environment for the development of film and other creative works. The festival will promote the study and appreciation of the film by means of screenings, discussions, exhibitions, workshops and related activities.
Jewish Motifs International Film Festival
It invite the filmmakers of movies on Jewish identity and experience to participate in the competition for Warsaw Phoenix Award.
Comic Con International Film Festival
The CCI-IFF accepts genre-related films in the following categories: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary (Pop Culture–Related), Horror/Suspense, Humor, and Science Fiction/Fantasy.
Cell Phone Cinema
Shooting a Film/Music Video / News/ Still Image on MOBILE PHONE, 3 minutes maximum, Shooting Technique: Mobile Phone (cell phone), Purpose: To unleash the creative spark of the participants by using nontraditional means of technology like the Cell Phone and create both motion and still imagery., The Task: Participants can shoot a Video (max. 3 minutes) or Still Picture using a mobile phone. The entries for the competition will revolve around the realm of: Fiction / Music Video, Reality / Electronic News Gathering, Still Image.
Krakow Film Festival (KFF)
Krakow Film Festival aims to review and promote documentary, short animated and fiction films. The films are screened in four competitions as well as innon-competitive sections.
Farhang Foundation Short
This Festival caters to the art of short filmmaking that visualizes some aspect or aspects of Iranian "Heritage", which includes the arts, culture, history, crafts geography, cuisine, and lifestyle. Calling on individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life to submit short films, less than 9 minutes in length, visualizing some aspect of Iranian art, culture, and heritage, that will inspire and spark the audience's interest in learning more about Iranian culture.
Stas Film Festival
Stas Film Festival celebrates independent spirit. Doing what you love. Living life to the fullest. Living life on your own terms. Not caring what other people think. It will take place online on May 1-10, 2019. We will only accept online submission links to your films. YouTube, Vimeo, etc. We will let you know if your film got selected in April. Official Selections will be uploaded on official YouTube channel and will be shared on social media.
Magmart XI
Magmart video under volcano is an international videoart festival, which over the years has seen the participation of more than 1400 artists from +80 different countries, with thousand submitted videos. The Festival is open to all international videoartists. Between all submitted video, will be done a final selection based on vote of a Jury composed by experts. Any author can participate with max 5 video.
Leiria Film Fest
Leiria Film Fest Held annually at the Miguel Franco Theater (Leiria, Portugal) since 2013, the Leiria Film Fest is an International Short Film Festival focused on fiction, animation and documentary short-films competition, with free entry. In this four-day festival, which is totally dedicated to independent short film cinema', non-competitive sessions of a wide range of themes and selections with the best films from other partner festivals are also presented. The polished selection of short films has been receiving very positive critics over the years, making the Festival to be constantly sought by an increasing number of filmmakers and producers, with the goal of having their works in competition here.
Strangelove A Queer Festival
Here is your call for a queer celebration of fierce beings! Release your inner fairy or beast! Tease us, poke us! We are uniting again under our lovely and monstrous expressions. Let's go wild! By exploring gender and sexuality in many of its campy manifestations, Strangelove Festival is back in town and looking for queer artists to enable non-binary identities, instincts and curiosities. Are you a filmmaker, visual artist, musician, writer or performer experimenting queer art in unexpected and gorgeous ways? Then send us your work! Submit via our website! Don't be deadly, just be cuddly!
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03.30.2012 Shorewide Temp, Flow & Creel Update
As of 03.30.2012Regards-
Here's the latest information coming from the Lower Shore including revised Creel numbers. Unfortunately flows are tanking as the last of the melt leaves the system. The Knife was at 85cfs and the Sucker was 43cfs. Hopefully we'll get rain soon!
Regards-
Get Set...
Now that the Lower Shore tribs are becoming ice-free and snowmelt is working it's way out of the system, it's time to take a close look at temps .
I finally had a little time to analyze the latest data from three Lower Shore index streams and here's where it stands:
We're still on the low side of the temperatures required to initiate the first big push of steelhead and kamloops, but we're getting close. If the weather holds and/or we get some warm rain, things will happen fast.
Once the high and average temps reach their counterpart thresholds depicted, we should see the first big numbers showing up in the tribs. That's not to say we don't have fish around already. Kamloops in particular have a slightly lower threshold than the steelhead but for all practical purposes the above thresholds depicted work for both.
Be intersesting to see how the next week or so plays out....
Holy Rapid Warmup Batman!
I was talking to a fishing acquaintance the other day about the rapid warm-up and the only word we could come up with for what's happening was, "Shocking."
Here is a series over the last 10 days from MODIS imagery showing you just how fast we lost the snowpack on the Shore (Click the first to pull up all images, then scroll through):
My personal favorite is #4 down from the top. Looks like one of the Field Staff was up in his "office" with a couple others - Note the contrails... The other shockers were the stream temps I saw yesterday:Keep in mind that it was March 19th and these were temps from an Upper Shore trib. That blew me away. With much of the melt now on its way out of the system, we are going to need rain. Looks like some potential in the forecast and if it stays warm, things are going to speed up even more.Regards-NMF
By Minnesota Steelheader - March 19, 2012
The North Shore Rivers have started flowing but don't get to excited as there is still plenty of ice. Water temperatures are in the low 30s. Anglers are primarily fishing near the river mouths for Kamloops. Stay tuned, we anticipate that some action may come sooner than expected this year. As always the weather plays a huge factor in the timing of the steelhead run.
Though several anglers are excited and eager to get out this weekend, our guess at this point is it will not be a prime weekend for catching fish in the rivers.
Great article by Sam Cook
With the steelhead season rapidly approaching, so too come the seasonal flood of articles, stories and reports on our fishery. This past Sunday was no exception, in particular, an article from Sam Cook of the Duluth News Tribune.
If you are not familiar with Sam Cook, he is a seasoned outdoor writer having written countless articles over the years regarding our North Shore steelhead fishery. The article is a great read for those who want to get a quick grasp on the current state of the Kamloops and Steelhead fishery, as well as the French River hatchery.
here is a link to his article: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/225907/
Photo: Greg the steelhead guide - ©MinnesotaSteelheader
What a difference a couple days can make!
With the influx of recent warm weather suddenly the male chickadees, cardinals and jays are all singing their spring songs and setting up territories. Geese are looking for nesting ponds and the local toms are strutting like mad in an effort to impress the ladies. I even saw a red-winged blackbird male yesterday. Time to look hard at conditions on the Shore...
Just before the storm hit on the North Shore, things were moving fast and early. SE Wisconsin tribs were opening up fast. The Brule was open all the way to between FF and 13, there was significant brown-up in the basin, and the Knife was showing signs of ice breakup which was all highly unusual.
The storm up this-a-way only delayed progress, but things are moving again. 'Couple items of great interest: Tribs on the Michigan side are open and blowing out from Kenosha to north of Milwaukee. What's really nuts is that some of these tribs have already hit optimal temps to trigger large …
Bighead carp caught in Mississippi near Winona, MN
Silver, bighead carp were caught by commercial fishermen March 1 in Mississippi River near Winona(Released March 5, 2012)
A silver carp and a bighead carp were caught in a seine net by commercial fishermen March 1 in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River near Winona, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Silver and bighead carp, members of the Asian carp family, are nonnative species that can cause serious ecological problems as they spread into new waters
The silver carp caught last week, which weighed about 8 pounds, represents the farthest upstream discovery to date of the species, known for its tendency to leap from the water when startled.
"A silver carp discovery this far upstream is discouraging, but not surprising," said Tim Schlagenhaft of the DNR's Mississippi River Team at Lake City. "This is further evidence that Asian carp continue to move upstream in the Mississippi River."
"We hope this galvanizes meaningful action to slow down the upriver moveme…
Bighead carp caught in Mississippi near Winona, MN...


Front: "1862/Matilda/McKay" surrounded by rectangular broad border. Block letters. Prominent hinge line.
Back: "1912/Capt. Sosman/22 O.V.I" Block letters. Surrounded by same rectangular border. Hinge line.
Spine: Nine broad flat ribs with center rib roughened.
Foredge: Coved with page lines.
Considerable info on William M. Sosman. Enlisted 6/6/1861 as a private. Re-enlisted 9/6/1861 as a Captain. Assigned to G Company, Ohio 22nd Vol Infantry. Discharged on 9/11/1862. Battles include: Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, & capture of Col Dawson (notorious guerrilla chief). Presented to his wife Matilda in 1911 (book dated 1912)) on 50th anniversary. Purchased by Monty Young (dealer) at Cowan's, $600 hammer, 2006 (date ?). Extraordinary to have a book with so much information on characters.


Happy to be following – for the quality, not the quantity. Fine pictures, as usual – have you come across the artwork of Bev Dolittle yet ? The horse put me in mind of a series she has done.
Love Bev Doolittle and have one of her prints! Thank you, Paul (right?) for your kind words and support. Really do appreciate. Have the best weekend.
exactly. i can handle the snow. and whatever else comes. my heart goes out to all of those affected by Sandy ..
Isn't it the most humbling feeling when you realize people actually DO stop by to read what you have to say? I also am prone to the "guilt" of not posting, but there are times when the things you want, need to or should write as best kept private or reflected upon.
it is .. there is so much to look at anymore on the web or in life, i'm touched that in some way others might find the photos worth a look or given the words are just about my/our lives, somehow of interest. now .. your spiced apple chips today, definitely worth a look and going to cook a batch up this weekend to send home with the Cowboy for the kiddos! they look DELISH and my dehydrator died last year so been remiss in doing much of that the old fashioned way! can't wait! thanks for sharing!
We all have plenty to do, it's just nice reading and seeing what you do post, no matter how infrequently. And your pictures so often tell a story worth stopping in for. Thank you.
ps I cannot wait to see some of the white stuff here!!!
aw, you sweetheart. you just miss home. i'll keep throwing those pics up babe. and you need to let us know when you're heading that way again we can meet up for eats at one of the areas fine establishments! hope you are well!


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Q: Walmart API - payload mime type issue - bulk create/update items not working I am able to make API calls to other Walmart API endpoints successfully (specifically the GET request endpoints), but the bulk items endpoint (a POST request) results in an errors, even though I seem to have everything correct.
Here is the reference to that endpoint
https://developer.walmartapis.com/#bulk-createupdate-items

HTTP RESPONSE META INFO
500 Internal Server Error
xml
HTTP RESPONSE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ns2:errors xmlns:ns2="http://walmart.com/">
    <ns2:error>
        <ns2:code>SYSTEM_ERROR.GMP_GATEWAY_API</ns2:code>
        <ns2:description>Couldn't determine the boundary from the message!</ns2:description>
        <ns2:info>System encountered some internal error.</ns2:info>
        <ns2:severity>ERROR</ns2:severity>
        <ns2:category>DATA</ns2:category>
        <ns2:causes/>
        <ns2:errorIdentifiers/>
    </ns2:error>
</ns2:errors>

HTTP REQUEST:
url
https://marketplace.walmartapis.com/v2/feeds?feedType=item
method POST
request headers
WM_SVC.NAME: Walmart Marketplace
WM_CONSUMER.ID: {my consumer id key}
WM_QOS.CORRELATION_ID: {my arbitrary text key}
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
Accept: application/xml
WM_SEC.AUTH_SIGNATURE:{my jar-file-generated key}
WM_SEC.TIMESTAMP:{my jar-file-generated timestamp}

POST payload (just text, no key for the parameter)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MPItemFeed xmlns="http://walmart.com/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://walmart.com/ MPItem.xsd ">
  <MPItemFeedHeader>
    <version>2.1</version>
    <requestId>qqq</requestId>
    <requestBatchId>qqq1</requestBatchId>
  </MPItemFeedHeader>
  <MPItem>
    <sku>qqq</sku>
    <Product>
      <productName>QQQ 1-Foot S-Video Male to 2 S-Video Female Y Cable (CSV2F)</productName>
      <longDescription><![CDATA[
 QVS Premium S-Video Mini4 Male to Two Female Splitter Cable CSV2F A/V Device Cables

]]></longDescription>
      <shelfDescription><![CDATA[QVS 1-Foot S-Video Male to 2 S-Video Female Y Cable (CSV2F)]]></shelfDescription>
      <shortDescription>QQQ 1-Foot S-Video Male to 2 S-Video Female Y Cable (CSV2F)</shortDescription>
      <mainImage>
        <mainImageUrl>http://images.antonline.com/img-main/500/037229400328.jpg</mainImageUrl>
      </mainImage>
      <productIdentifiers>
        <productIdentifier>
          <productIdType>Item ID</productIdType>
          <productId>46817049</productId>
        </productIdentifier>
      </productIdentifiers>
      <productTaxCode>2038710</productTaxCode>
      <Electronics>
        <brand>QQQ</brand>
        <ElectronicsCables>
        </ElectronicsCables>
      </Electronics>
    </Product>
    <price>
      <currency>USD</currency>
      <amount>12.34</amount>
    </price>
    <shippingWeight>
      <value>1.234</value>
      <unit>LB</unit>
    </shippingWeight>
  </MPItem>
</MPItemFeed>

NOTES:
I tried using Google' Advanced REST Client Application as well as POSTMAN when making http requests, in order to rule out issues stemming from my code.
I've tried tweaking everything that came to mind.
I got other endpoints having GET requests to work, so I know it's not an issue with authentication, IP, firewall, or anything like that.
I know the credentials generated by the jar file provided by walmart (see the
authentication section of the documention https://developer.walmartapis.com/#jar-executable-recommended ) has to be fed the url you're sending to. So I know it's not an issue of generating the wrong key with the jar file.

HYPOTHESES:

*

*Based on the response, something must be wrong with the data or headers I'm sending.

Couldn't determine the boundary from the message!

sounds like the xml is doesn't have balanced tags, but I've validated this xml

*

*The walmart api documentation for this endpoint says to use the header Content-Type: multipart/form-data;. So I did, results in the failure response.

But using this header doesn't seem to make sense to me, since the payload body is an xml string. Shouldn't it be Content-Type: application/xml? I tried this too, but it failed with the failed response above (500, SYSTEM_ERROR.GMP_GATEWAY_API, Couldn't determine the boundary from the message!)
So it seems Content-Type: application/xml can be ruled out.

*

*The walmart api documentation gives example of only how to change product id or sku, but not for creating. I assume I just omit the xml tags specific to updating product id or sku, but that xml payload also results in the 500 response.

I'm out of ideas, has anyone else gotten bulk create/update items to work?
Anyone have example code that actually works?

A: The issue was that it needed an HTTP request boundary.
since the mime type is multipart/form-data, it needs a few things:

*

*The header line should be Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=qwerty, where qwerty is any arbitrary string you choose.

*The payload body needs to start with --qwerty, and end with --qwerty--

A: In case anyone is stumbling across this using PHP and still having trouble even after trying OP's solution (e.g. 500 response with message "Couldn't determine the boundary from the message!" or "System encountered some internal error", you can use cURL to automatically handle the boundary for you by passing CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS as an array, like so:
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, ['file' => $xml]);

A: Here's an example of working request:
POST /v2/feeds?feedType=inventory
Content-Length: 750
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=72c4c966adda8bba2e0b3ebc3176cc0c395dd8c8
Host: marketplace.walmartapis.com
Accept: application/xml
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
User-Agent: <...>
Accept-Language: en-US
WM_CONSUMER.CHANNEL.TYPE: <...>
WM_CONSUMER.ID: <...>
WM_SEC.TIMESTAMP: <...>
WM_SEC.AUTH_SIGNATURE: <...>
WM_SVC.NAME: Walmart Marketplace
WM_QOS.CORRELATION_ID: <...>

--72c4c966adda8bba2e0b3ebc3176cc0c395dd8c8
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xml"
Content-Length: 591

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<InventoryFeed xmlns="http://walmart.com/">
  <InventoryHeader>
    <version>1.4</version>
  </InventoryHeader>
  <inventory>
    <sku>sku</sku>
    <quantity>
      <unit>EACH</unit>
      <amount>1</amount>
    </quantity>
    <fulfillmentLagTime>5</fulfillmentLagTime>
  </inventory>
</InventoryFeed>

--72c4c966adda8bba2e0b3ebc3176cc0c395dd8c8--

A: i fixed this issue by formatting my payload this way:
 $eol = "\r\n";
$data = '';

$mime_boundary="12345";

$data .= '--' . $mime_boundary . $eol;
$data .= '<?xml version="1.0"?>' . $eol . $eol;
$data .= '<MPItemFeed xmlns="http://walmart.com/">' . $eol;
$data .= '<MPItemFeedHeader>' . $eol;
$data .= '<version>2.1</version>' . $eol;
$data .= '<mart>WALMART_US</mart>' . $eol;
// $data .= '<locale>en_US</locale>' . $eol;
$data .= '</MPItemFeedHeader>' . $eol;

$data .= '<MPItem>' . $eol;
$data .= '<sku>UHP-8224-JH</sku>' . $eol;
$data .= '<productIdentifiers>' . $eol;
$data .= '<productIdentifier>' . $eol;
$data .= '<productIdType>UPC</productIdType>' . $eol;
$data .= '<productId>849849004721</productId>' . $eol;
$data .= '</productIdentifier>' . $eol;
$data .= '</productIdentifiers>' . $eol;
$data .= '<MPProduct>' . $eol;
$data .= '<productName>295 / 30 R 22 103Y  ANTARES MAJORIS M5  30 K MILES </productName>' . $eol;
$data .= '<ProductIdUpdate>No</ProductIdUpdate>' . $eol;
// $data .= '<SkuUpdate>No</SkuUpdate>' . $eol;
$data .= '<category>' . $eol;
$data .= '<Vehicle>' . $eol;
//$data .= '<Vehicle>' . $eol;
$data .= '<shortDescription>295 / 30 R 22 103Y  ANTARES MAJORIS M5  30 K MILES</shortDescription>' . $eol;
$data .= '<brand>ANTARES</brand>' . $eol;
$data .= '<mainImageUrl>https://www.stuff4crafts.com/media/catalog/product/4/3/437764.jpg</mainImageUrl>' . $eol;
$data .= '<tireSize>2255516</tireSize>' . $eol;
$data .= '</Vehicle>' . $eol;
//$data .= '</Vehicle>' . $eol;
$data .= '</category>' . $eol;
$data .= '</MPProduct>' . $eol;
$data .= '<MPOffer>' . $eol;
$data .= '<price>203.99</price>' . $eol;
$data .= '<MinimumAdvertisedPrice>203.99</MinimumAdvertisedPrice>' . $eol;
$data .= '<ShippingWeight>' . $eol;
$data .= '<measure>0.8000</measure>' . $eol;
$data .= '<unit>lb</unit>' . $eol;
$data .= '</ShippingWeight>' . $eol;
$data .= '</MPOffer>' . $eol;
$data .= '</MPItem>' . $eol;

$data .= '</MPItemFeed>' . $eol;

$data .= "--" . $mime_boundary . "--" . $eol . $eol; // finish with two eol's!!

A: Choose your Arbitrary String let's say arbString e.g. abcdefghijklmnop(any String that should not repeat in your XML body)
Create your XML payload(File Input Stream) of bulk price/inventory.
Convert your Payload to String with
FileString  = Ioutils.toString("FIS",standardCharacterset.UTF_8) .
Now append "--arbString/n/n"+FileString+"/n--arbString--"


The Palisades community was asked to name the mascot. There were over 70 entries but 18 year Palisades resident Connie Kail has won the with her entry "Splash." "My entry represents what Palisadians in all walks of life do in their particular area of interest," Kail said. "They make a splash!" Notable runners-up in the contest included "Johnny splash" (submitted by Sharon Hays), "Rocket" (from Kiley McKay and Malia Verge), "Sadie the Lady from the Palisady" (Sadie for short, by Patrice Karst), and "Duncan" (submitted by Anthony Spencer and Laurie Rosenthal).


Hartley is a calm and sweet little boy, and he loves to splash in the water! At almost 2 years old, he enjoys playing with blocks and exploring outside with his foster mother.
Lonnell Urgently Needs a Family!
Lonnell is an outgoing, intelligent and active little boy. At 8 years old, he loves to meet new people and play sports with his friends!
When he was 6 years old, Lonnell received an operation for an inguinal hernia. Since the operation, his health has improved significantly. He can now run, jump and play with other children his age.
Lonnell has a strong curiosity, giving him the excitement to explore and learn more about the world around him. He openly communicates his thoughts and feelings, and he is always polite and positive.
He also excels in the classroom and loves to ask questions. As a problem-solver, Lonnell strives to understand whatever lesson is put in front of him. In 2017, he received an award for being an outstanding student at his school!
A family that loves to explore and has a good understanding of older child adoption would be the best fit for Lonnell.
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Genevieve Urgently Needs a Family!
Genevieve is a bright, easygoing and smiley 9-year-old who loves to play, sing and draw!


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Batman: The Movie (1966)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp
The Camp Crusader
After being summoned back to the mansion, Bruce Wayne (Adam West) and his ward Dick Grayson (Burt Ward) change in to their crime fighting alter egos Batman and Robin to head out in the Bat mobile and then the bat-helicopter only to have to use Shark Repellent Bat Spray when Batman is attacked by a shark whilst using the Bat Ladder to try and climb down to a yacht. Back in Gotham it soon comes to their attention, with a little help from Commissioner Gordon (Neil Hamilton) and Chief O'Hara (Stafford Repp), that The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) and Catwoman (Lee Meriwether) have joined forces and plan to kidnap world leaders and then hold them to ransom using a dastardly dehydrating device.
Who needs a Brooding Batman or a Depressing Dark Knight when you can have a Camp Crusader with an array of Bat gadgets to make even James Bond jealous. Okay so "Batman: The Movie" and the Batman & Robin of the Adam West and Burt Ward era is not for everyone, it is so camp and colourful that at times it is more entertaining for being bad than for being intentionally camp but it brings a smile to your face, well at least mine. Then again I was introduced to Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman & Robin during a summer holiday in the 80s when a TV channel aired the old series plus "Batman: The Movie" and as a young teenager I was hooked.
I have a feeling that to enjoy "Batman: The Movie" you need to have seen it before experiencing Tim Burton's version and definitely before Christopher Nolan's version as I wouldn't be surprised if it comes across as tacky nonsense for a young generation who are only aware of the newer Batman's especially the more recent conflicted Dark Knight. But watched in full knowledge that what you are getting is 105 minutes of camp comedy, staged fight scenes, hilariously bad dialogue and a whole host of crazy Bat gadgets including Shark Repellent Bat Spray and it is a whole lot of fun. Well come on how can you not enjoy either Batman battling a rubber shark from the Bat Ladder or being whisked off by the evil geniuses on giant flying umbrellas.
As such, and I shouldn't need to say it but, "Batman: The Movie" isn't really about the story or the heroic escapades of the caped crusader and Robin it is about the camp colourful comedy and the characters. From Burgess Meredith as the Penguin to those amazing gadgets and the even more amazing Bat vehicles it is one long smile. And you get a sense that all those involved had a fun time making it and you have to admire how they managed to keep a straight face with so many hilarious lines of dialogue to deliver especially Burt Ward who seems like everything he says is ridiculous.
What this all boils down to is that "Batman: The Movie" is simply a whole lot of camp fun for those who first experienced the Batman & Robin of the Adam West and Burt Ward era. Some may find it cheesy and bad but for me it will always remain one of my favourite "Batman" movies.
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These Are the Recipients of the ANA Philanthropy Awards 2022
June, 30. 2022
The recipients of the ANA Philanthropy Awards 2022: Q. David Bowers and the Stack family.
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) will recognize Q. David Bowers and the Stack family at the Chicago World's Fair of Money® (August 16-20) for their trailblazing successes in the numismatic community with its Philanthropy Award. This award publicly honors and recognizes substantial contributions donated to the Association in support of its strategic mission that helps to further expand, enhance, and sustain the hobby.
Q. David Bowers
Q. David Bowers is widely recognized as one of the most scholarly and prolific numismatic writers of the past half century. His maternal grandfather sparked his interest in coins when he gave him an 1893 Columbian half dollar. A local tax collector later showed a young Bowers a 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent, which was worth $10, a large sum at the time.
During the 1950s – when he was a teenager – Bowers became a dealer and placed advertisements in a local paper. His business grew, and he continued to work as a dealer while attending Pennsylvania State University, graduating with honors in 1960.
Since then, he has taken an active role as a cataloger and professional numismatist, cofounding the auction house Bowers & Ruddy (later, Bowers & Merena). The author of hundreds of auction catalogs and articles, he has written more than 40 books on a wide variety of topics, receiving more "Book of the Year Awards" and "Best Columnist" honors from the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) than any other writer. In 1989 he received the NLG's highest honor, the Clemy Award.
Q. David Bowers.
Bowers has been a loyal supporter of the ANA for many years. His most valuable work on behalf of the ANA is the definitive, 1,744-page American Numismatic Association Centennial History, which involved hundreds of hours of research. Bowers has assisted the Association financially, professionally, and culturally. Through the years, he has shared his invaluable experience as a Summer Seminar instructor, spoken at ANA conventions, participated in educational forums, and written a monthly column and many feature articles for The Numismatist.
Elected to the ANA's Board of Governors in 1979, Bowers served for six years, including a term as president from 1983 to 1985. He also served as president of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG).
Bowers has received many accolades for the countless contributions he has made to the hobby during his nearly 70 years in numismatics. His efforts to promote a greater understanding of our nation's coinage and its place in American history, society, and culture have earned him many ANA awards. He became a Century Club member in 1980 and a Medal of Merit winner in 1987. In 1991 he was presented with the Association's highest honor, the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award for Distinguished Service (now named the Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award). Three years later, he was inducted into the Numismatic Hall of Fame.
Bowers became the first recipient of the Numismatist of the Year award in 1995, and was honored with a Presidential Award in 1997, an Exemplary Service Award in 2003, and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He has also lectured at Harvard University and appeared on The Today Show and other network and cable-television programs. He has cataloged many of the finest collections ever assembled, including the Eliasberg Collection, the Norweb Collection, the Garrett Collection, and the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection.
In his final "Coins & Collectors" column published in the December 2021 issue of The Numismatist, Bowers writes that it has given him "great joy to be at the heart of the hobby, to have served many clubs and professional organizations, and to have written countless books and columns that spread the love for this great pursuit."
At 83 years old, Bowers is enjoying a more relaxed schedule with fewer deadlines. But the lifelong collector says he "will never be finished with numismatics."
The Stack Family.
The Stack Family
The Stack family has not only managed the sale of some of the most magnificent numismatic pieces known, but they have also generously contributed to the ANA. Brothers Joseph B. and Morton Stack established Stack's in New York City in 1933 and conducted its first public sale two years later. Their firm quickly grew to become one of the most important numismatic dealerships in America.
The Stacks specialized in everything numismatic – coins, tokens, medals, and paper money – and their services were in high demand. Many sought their expertise, including universities, royalty, government institutions, collectors, and other dealers. Josiah K. Lilly, the well-known pharmaceutical executive, commissioned Stack's to build his collection. Now in the Smithsonian Institution, it is the National Numismatic Collection's greatest donation to date.
Eventually, Joseph and Morton passed ownership of the company to their sons, Norman, Harvey, and Benjamin. Harvey became the company's main spokesman and welcomed visitors to its New York City gallery and participated in hobby activities. He contributed many of his recollections to Stack's website, and his musings (entitled "Harvey Stack Remembers") contain a wealth of information about the company.
Harvey worked full-time for Stack's for 62 years, retiring in 2009 as chief manager of business affairs. During that time, it is said that he conducted more auction conducted more auction sales than anyone in the numismatic industry. He perhaps is best remembered for his testimony before Congress in 1995, in which he appeared before the U.S. House Banking Committee to talk about the loss of public interest in the U.S. Mint's modern commemorative programs. At the meeting, he suggested the issuance of five quarter designs each year. His idea inspired the 50 State Quarters® program, which proved popular and revitalized the hobby for a new generation of collectors, in addition to bringing hundreds of millions of dollars of profit to the U.S. Treasury.
Harvey's son Lawrence ("Larry") joined the firm in 1973 and was responsible for bringing to the company many significant holdings, including the John J. Ford Collection. Larry became internationally known for his expertise and all-around knowledge.
The Stack family was instrumental in building some of the greatest assemblages of their time, and they cultivated relationships with esteemed collectors to grow the hobby nationwide. Harvey also fought for clearer import regulations on coins purchased overseas and worked with the ANA and other professionals to develop a standardized grading system for coins.
In 2011 Stack's merged with Bowers & Merena to form Stack's Bowers Galleries, one of the top numismatic auction firms in the country. The company continues the Stack family's legacy of presenting important numismatic cabinets and realizing record-breaking prices.
Harvey Stack was a longtime ANA supporter, and his firm has served as the official auctioneer at numerous Association conventions. He remained involved in the business until his death on January 3, 2022, sharing the company's history, mentoring staff members, and maintaining his relationships within the hobby.
The Stack family received the Medal of Merit in 1982 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Harvey was named the 1997 Numismatist of the Year. In 1990-91 he served as president of the PNG, which gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
For further information about the Professional Numismatists Guild, visit the PNG website.
Learn more about Harvey Stack in our Numismatists Who's who and the obituary.
Very moving was also Harvey Stack's personal remembrance of 9/11.
Q. David Bowers is also an expert with Stack's Bowers Galleries.
For more information go to the ANA website.
Stack's Bowers Galleries
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ANS Bestows Saltus Award to Mashiko Nakashima
November, 21. 2019
The American Numismatic Society presents its 2019 J. Sanford Saltus Award for Excellence in Medallic Art to Mashiko Nakashima. The ceremony will take place on December 12, 2019.


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