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Waechtersbach ceramics is a German ceramics manufacturer in Brachttal near Wächtersbach, which was founded in 1832 by the Prince Adolf of Ysenburg and Büdingen of Isenburg-Wächtersbach. It is a registered company since 4 July 2003.

History
During the early 20th century, Waechtersbach introduced Art Nouveau style ceramics. It made works designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich, Peter Behrens, Hans Christiansen and also worked for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony.

 In 2006, it became part of the Könitz Porzellan company.
 In 2011, it was closed.
 Since 2013, there is a show production for interested people.
 In Spielberg and Streitberg (both are villages in Brachttal) there are ceramic museums with ceramic art made by Waechtersbach ceramics.

References

External links

Waechtersbach USA - Official Homepage
Waechtersbach Germany - Official Homepage
Ceramic Hob Cooktop Safety

Companies established in 1832
Ceramics manufacturers of Germany

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The Heart of Edna Leslie er en amerikansk stumfilm fra 1910 af Sidney Olcott.

Medvirkende
 Gene Gauntier
 Alice Joyce

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Stumfilm fra USA
Amerikanske film fra 1910
Dramafilm fra USA


Day 22. May 28th. St Jean de Muzols.
A lazy late start with breakfast al fresco in sun and a cloudless sky.
We decided to cycle in to Tournon - sur- Rhone the next town from St Jean. It is linked by some dramatic bridges to Tain l'Hermitage. One of the bridges is for pedestrians or cyclists so we took that!
Both these places are departure and stop off places for river cruises.
In Tain l'Hermitage is La Cité du Chocolat - Valrhona - a name Carol recognises from the posh chocolate shelves in Waitrose. There is a paying tour which takes you through the various processes and tastings but we arrived and entered the boutique - we guess the shop at the end of the tour.
This was a chocolate lovers dream! There were so many different chocolates to try - and all for for free!
They had this great chocolate dispenser, you didn't even have to ask, just put your hand in to collect all that lovely chocolate. The dispensers are at the bottom. If you look closely you can see the descriptions are in French and American. When one is empty it just gets filled up again. Milky chocolate on the right, darker chocolate to the left.
The place was full of a party from a Vikings river cruise - Americans mostly, Australians, British etc. they were filling their boots just as we were - like labradors in a sausage factory!
We bought several future gifts of said posh chocolate and were given loads of free samples in our bag also - as though we hadn't already eaten enough free samples. We left feeling we'd consumed the equivalent of a 3 course meal - of chocolate- which we probably had!
Gift bag containing bought gifts and beaucoup d'échantillon.
Back to Tournon- sur- Rhone and a visit to the shop of Paul Jaboulet Aine - a wine producer. It also had a restaurant attached - very civilised. After a tasting of - yes - the cheaper wines - we purchased a couple of bottles of white, a rose and a red just to keep us going.
Then peddled quickly back to the site before our luxury chocolate melted in the hot sunshine.
There followed another period of dossing as Graham would say. Tomorrow the weather forecast is more of the same - this is definately more like it!
Day 23. May 29th. St Jean de Muzols.
Another lazy day starting with a leisurely breakfast al fresco.
Cycled back to Tournon - sur - Rhone - think it's about a 10 km round trip. This time found a way through side streets so avoiding the one car every two minutes main road. We did a walking tour through Tournon which was larger than we had thought and then walked across the road bridge to Tain l'Hermitage.
We came out just a few minutes away from the chocolate place ,Carol was tempted briefly to have a go at another lunch of chocolate but decided against it. She was disappointed she had not forward planned - what if we'd filled our pockets with sandwich bags and filled them with all the yummy samples?! We could have made gift bags for free!
Walked along the river side and back over the pedestrian bridge to Touron sur Rhône. A lovely way to spend a couple of hours.
Back for another al fresco lunch and a chiiled glass of rosé or two (purchased yesterday.) followed another afternoon by the pool. Tomorrow we will move on back north - not sure where we will spend tomorrow night, we will decide on the weather when we get there, but we need to start heading north.
Will be sad to leave this sunny laid back site. Temperatures have been between 23-28 degrees - very pleasant.
Score for Camping le Castelet - 9.8/10 - would have been a 10 but that is impossible. It is a family run site and our hosts are lovely - the happiest couple we've ever met, nothing is too much trouble for them. This is the best site this year.
Day 24. May 30th St Jean de Muzols - Chagny 162 miles.
A day on the road as we slowly move up north. Back to Burgundy and the hope of more wine tasting tomorrow! Mostly time spent on the péage motorway.
Arrived at our Campsite mid afternoon and after settling on our pitch decided to walk in to Chagny centre. It was so quiet! It's Saturday for goodness sake! The only thing we noticed was there were an amazing number of Patisseries - obvious a town of sweet tooths.
Dinner chez Rex and an early night. Another nothing day today.
Day 25 May 31st. ( Mother's day in France) Chagny - Savaney cycled 17 kms.
Walked in to Chagny centre this AM - it was heaving! Market day. The biggest market we've ever seen!
We recognised a few stall holders from when we went to Beaune.
Lots of people buying floral gifts as it is Mothers Day. Massive queues for the cooked chicken stalls - which were cooking potatoes and veg in the dripped chicken fat below the rotisseries. Decided to join them and bought a chicken to have for lunch chez Rex. You could either have the chicken as it was, or with another bag ful off juice and vegetables - ready made Sunday lunch, yum yum.
Not only cooked chickens were for sale but very much alive ones of varying breeds and geese and chicks! Choose your chicken, put him in a box and carry him home. €11.00. We've heard they are good for keeping snakes at bay, maybe that's why they're so popular.
Back at the campsite Graham decided to check out the pool - it didn't exist. Conned again. The pool was municipal around the corner so he went to investigate. The lady told him it was €1 all day and heated to 28^C. Duly paid a euro and had the pool to himself, along with the ticket lady, the clothes lady, and two lifeguards. The pool was 25m x 15m x 1.8m at one end rising to 3.5m at the other. How much would that cost to heat every morning?
After lunch we cycled in to Santernay for more wine tasting along a lovely canalside path through picturesque countryside. Santernay is another beau village similar to Mersault.
The first cave presented wines that even we did not like! But further up the hill the grand Chateau de Santenay did.
Tomorrow we head for Champagne - another long drive but we're not too concerned as a rainy day is predicted - better to travel then!
Day 26. Chagny - Epernay 212 miles.
Up and at them for 10.30am ready to go - reception shut at 10am. Arggh! They have our ACSI card so can't leave without it!
Decided to go to Challons-sur-Saone about 10 kms away to do last big shop and fill up with petrol (85p a litre ha ha!). Passed the time visiting an enormous Carrefour and then on to - gasp- McDonalds for lunch! Carol much impressed that Heineken lager is included in a meal deal. At least one of us was happy.
Back to the site and Graham managed to persuade the reception to open and let him pay at 2.30 pm.
So, 85p/litre at 30mpg for 200 miles + €37 tolls @ 1.39£/€ vs £1.35/litre no tolls. Who's the winner? No tolls hands down. Diesel would have to be almost free to draw even with tolled roads.
A warm welcome at the municipal site in Epernay. When we asked the nice man at reception if Champagne Ayala was far he replied no, and would we like him to ring for us to arrange a tasting? Seeing as his french was a lot better than Graham's we said YES PLEASE! A certain birthday boy needs a Magnum of something special next month.
Good news! We are booked in to Ayala at 4pm for a degustation. We walk round Epernay peering through locked gilded gates and wonder where everyone is. Last time we came to Reims and Epernay we remember buses with hourdes of tourists queueing up at all the major houses for tours but now there is nothing. All the major houses either charge for tasting and don't offer tours, or do not open to the public at all. Only Mercier continues to publicly open it's doors for visits.
The garden at Möet undergoing refurb.
Möet is shut for refurbishment, Pol Roger is a no no, likewise Perrier Jouet, most gates are locked. We look up Ayala. Ayala is on the up, at 300,00 bottles it is now a boutique arm of Bollinger and does tasting by appointment only and definitely no tours. Ooer, we are turning up all sweaty on bikes again and worry if we've bitten off more than we can chew.
We arrive early, and kick around Ay for a few minutes until just decently early. One of us manages to stay awake.
We mull over why we were visiting Ayala. Graham being under the delusion that we bought Ayala for his 40th birthday when we had a weekend trip to Champagne. The building that we approached today bore no resemblance to the shed in the vineyards that we remember - perhaps we'd visited a lesser marque - a producer for the local co operative perhaps?!
It's a steal, given the current exchange rate, so we buy more than we planned, and as much as we can carry.
Dull day today so liesurely drive to Brugge so we have a short hop to the ferry the day after.
We arrive at the campsite about 3:30 and walked into the centre. A rather long 40 mins walk.
Had dinner outside facing the main square - a very touristy place but very pleasant and reasonably priced. The sound of the bells from the Belfry tolling every 15 minutes was a little distracting - not just a mere ding dong but full on tunes like - "it's a long way toTipperary" !
During dinner there was a series of trumpet calls - apparently some local beauracrats were attending a civil meeting - the trumpeters looked snazzy though! Carol managed to dash to the steps from her restuarant seat like the paparazzi to get a good shot.
A lovely evening and our last night of our tour... Tomorrow evening we get the ferry back from Zeebrugge.
We have a day to kill so had a lazy start and breakfast al fresco follwed by a visit to the local Carrefour for last minute wine and beer purchases.
We decide to find a coastal place to take lunch in and chill before the evening ferry crossing.
Carol has been struck down by la grippe - man flu or a severe cold virus, so after a sleepless night opted to stay in Rex for lunch and a lie down whilst Graham explored the beach at Wennduine with a picnic, almost on his own.
A little nearer to Zeebrugge we had a wander round Brandeburge, a large seaside resort with a 1,000 boat marina (oh how Graham likes a marina!) The place appeared to be a sophisicated Cleethorpes but had nothing Cleethorpes had: tattoo shops, amusement arcades, and a couple of things Cleethorpes doesn't have: sun, beach bars. Oh yes, and did we mention the marina?
We were a little early for the ferry and after a minor hiccup when we tried to drive on to a ferry to Finland not Hull much to the crew's amusement! - we boarded and so began our homeward journey..... A la prochaine!
A photo of map of our route - just readable if you squint enough!!


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Boston Legacy
MIT students create Sesame Ring to replace MBTA CharlieCard
Chris Benson shows off his invention, which can be used as a CharlieCard.
Credit: Nicolaus Czarnecki/Metro
You've lived it a hundred times: The train is barreling into the station but you can't find your CharlieCard. Sure enough, it appears after a minute or two of fumbling through your purse or pockets, but at that point you're late, you're cranky, and you've probably spilled some coffee.
Scenarios like this inspired the creators of the Sesame Ring, a waterproof 3D-printed gadget that lets people enter the MBTA with a fist bump of the fare gate.
The ring contains the same chip found in the T's smart cards, and value is added to the ring just like a CharlieCard: The ring is activated by tapping it against MBTA machines.
"It looks like magic, hence the name. We have gotten a lot of positive reaction, mostly amazement," said 24-year-old Chris Benson, a PhD student at MIT.
Benson spent the summer advising ring creators Olivia Seow, 22, and Edward Tiong, 23, the engineering and design undergrads behindRing Theory.
With nine days to go, the trio has blown past their Kickstarter goal of $5,000. As of Tuesday, 600 people had pledged $14,307. For $20, pledges get the signature ring. Customized rings are offered for higher pledges.
The ring's face design was inspired by the MIT Brass Rat, according to Benson.
The team met with MBTA officials this summer to discuss the project. Although they technically don't need the T's approval, Tiong said they were pleased to get positive feedback from transit officials.
"It was very surprising; they were really open about this project from the start," he said.
When asked for comment on the rings, MBTA general manager Beverly Scott said the T "is always supportive of innovative ideas that encourage more use of public transportation."
Seow said the ring appeals not only to "technology geeks," but to anyone who relies on public transportation."It's fun to see people brought together by this common frustration. Everyone seems intrigued by this idea."
The rings are compatible with monthly auto-renew. They will be shipped with the ID details as per the CharlieCard, so users can register them with the web service to receive automatic updates.
Production will begin this month, with the goal of getting rings shipped to backers by December.
Follow Morgan Rousseau on Twitter: @MetroMorgan
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News / Local / Angus & The Mearns
Shop owner is 'likely' to stop selling legal highs in Angus
by The Courier Reporter
January 6 2015, 12.45pm Updated: April 18 2016, 6.16pm
The Evape-o-lution shop in Montrose High Street.
Legal highs are likely to vanish from High Street shops in Angus, according to their owner.
Liston Pacitti, 25, said it is unlikely he will sell new psychoactive substances (NPS) in his Evape-o-lution shop in Arbroath.
Angus campaigners toasted the shop's closure over the festive period, and it has emerged his other shops will stop selling the products due to "persistent harassment" from the authorities.
Mr Pacitti said the Montrose Evape-o-lution shop, and This 'n' That in Perth will stop selling the items in the "long-term", and the Arbroath store will reopen for the sale of e-cigarettes alone.
"We've had constant harassment from the authorities and it appears they (legal highs) will eventually be made illegal.
"Part of the reason was that there was also a lot more irresponsible use of them in Arbroath people who would abuse the products. We are considering our options with what to do in Arbroath there is a possibility it could close down, but we're also looking into selling much more e-cigarettes there instead.
"We will continue to sell NPS at the other shops for now, but probably not for long."


A new week and new problems that could overshadow the positive momentum of the past few days. On Monday you'll experience jealousy and mistrust that will put your relationship to the test, and you'll need to dedicate a lot of attention to it. Luckily, you're stronger now and can easily take on any obstacle.
The happiness and enthusiasm you'll experience on Tuesday will be beneficial in solving some problems at home. Effective communication will be your best ally, especially on Wednesday when you'll have to deal with couples issues.
You could also use this opportunity to selflessly connect to those around you, help them out, and on Thursday, enjoy the special circuit of energy that your actions create. When you communicate so well you can always expand your circle of friends, and it will be most visible on Friday.
Saturday will offer balance and keep emotional fluctuation at bay, and on Sunday you'll feel wise and fair in your decisions towards the ones around you.
Monday will start the week with a very valuable lesson: excellency is subjective and it all depends on what your reference point it. If you're too demanding it can turn out to be counterproductive. On Tuesday you'll have to control your impulses and stay away from conflict in the workplace, this way you'll avoid all possible stress.
The rest of your week depends on your self-control. On Wednesday, you need to mix constant effort with rest, this way you'll organize your work better and make the most of that positive energy that makes you unstoppable.
This boost will take you all the way to the most critical moment of the week, and on Thursday you'll experience an opportunity of reaching your goals using determination. This change in vibration will be reinforced on Friday when above all, sales and marketing will be extremely productive sectors: you'll be a business master.
You must use these positive surges of energy to cope with anything that might come up on the weekend. Saturday you'll come face to face with a mistake that you'll have to own up to, and on Sunday you'll have to dig down inside for resources and create your own opportunities.
This week's tasks might throw you off your balance regarding your healthy habits, although except exhaustion, your overall health will be in check this Monday.
A burning sensation in your eyes, headaches, trouble falling asleep and stomach issues will be the consequences of this exhaustion, and you'll feel its full blow on Tuesday. The relationships you create with those around and the positive vibration will help speed up your recovery.
The planets recommend complementary strategies to keep your immune system up, and on Thursday the best idea would be to tap into the powers of amber. Friday will be a pleasant day as the optimism and vitality from your emotional life, coupled with a booming economy, translate into improved health.
You could, therefore, start learning about natural remedies and herbs on Saturday, you could learn about many beneficial things. The end of the week brings exhaustion again and imbalance for pregnant Virgos that should keep their state in check by focusing on healthy eating.


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It's hard to put the finger on what makes for a successful piano trio set. Some of jazz's bona fide great keyboard players turn in less than inspired efforts, sets that just don't hold the listener's interest for the duration of an hour of music. It's probably the worst criticism that can be made of a recording - that it just doesn't hold interest. And the piano trio format can be particularly unforgiving.
And having said that, the other side of the coin is that occasionally you'll come across virtual unknowns, coming at you from out of the blue, who turn in a engaging and delicious set of sounds with just a piano, bass and drums. Such is the case with the Upper Left Trio's Cycling.
Aside from the fact that the musicians - drummer Charlie Doggett, pianist Clay Giberson, and bassist Jeff Leonard - are based in Portland, Oregon, I know nothing of them, except that they've come up with a forward-looking, sit-on-the-edge-of-the-listening-chair set of songs for this set.
So what's it take to do that? What's this trio bring to the table that fascinates and engages?
One, the guys all write, always with strong melodies. Two, Doggett, in addition to being a fine timekeeper, is adept at adding a weave of textures without overdoing it. Three, Leonard, on the electric bass here, makes good and subtle use of sustain - making him sound at times almost as though he's bowing an accoustic bass, with a rich dark wash behind the textures. Four, piano man Giberson is a skilled young musician with a constant flow of ideas. For comparison's sake, think Brad Mehldau, with a more outgoing and maybe more urgent approach.
Also - and this is critical - the bass/drum team rides along a notch or two above the accompanist's or supporting role, full-fledged members of the musical team.
Strong melodies are a central strength of Cycling, but oddly (with that thought in mind), my highlight is drummer Doggett's "Simplicate" the song with the most classical, ethereal, brooding feel to it. Another favorite is the spring-in-the-step "Funzies," with a bounce in the melody and some of the best trio interplay on the disc.
These guys are a real find. Just for the sake of argument I'd love to have heard a cover of a progressive rock tune (a la The Bad Plus) from them; but they really don't need it. They all write and play some very fine progressive tunes of their own.


A great summer overall. And I love Ivy's scenes with Ryder! You're a great mom!!
Thank you for taking the time to update and post pictures. Reminds me so much of our childhood!
Thanks for sharing pics of Ryder. He is great and I love his laugh. I remember when my parents left after helping with Michael his first two weeks and then Jim went back to work. EEK! Cry. What do I do now? God is so good and encourages us and helps us each day. You are doing great, Amy.
I love reading with the kids and chess games with Lance. You're a great mother with a fine and fun bunch of kids.


Word-Ware began life as a web training and help file writing business. It became clear that not only was there need to train users in building and maintaining websites there was an even larger need in building good websites for people who didn't have the time or inclination to do it.
We offer a range of personal training options as well as full online course creation. With our video partners we can deliver video training on CD/DVD or web as well as full online help files and associated training systems.
We have built class training database modules complete with online testing and grading. If you need to learn to manage an HTML or WordPress website or need an online training system for a staff, give Word-Ware a call and let us help deliver the right training at the right time.


Add a touch of class to the mancave, desk, or side table where he smokes his favorite brand of cigars! This 7" square solid marble ashtray has tan & white marbled coloring that will blend with any decor color and style, and holds up to 2 cigars in grooved corners. A carved central pit is perfect for tamping ashes and holding them in place. This is a wonderful gift for promotion, client who loves a good cigar, or for birthday, holiday or Father's Day, and it comes packaged in a handsome gift box!


Heather Canyon is now an affiliate of Hi-Tech diamond. When you access Hi-Tech with my link and use code janet, you can receive 10% off material and supply orders. Hi-tech is the leading supplier in lapidary equipment and supplies, including Cab King, Inland Craft and Tumble Bee. For more information on Hi-Tech Diamond, click here.
*Note that the discount is for materials and supplies. I recommend that you register for an account before purchasing as they often send additional discounts via email.
Smoothing disc dremel attachments are great for polishing and shaping opal.
If you are looking for less expensive alternatives for lapidary grinding discs, polishing discs, saw blades and other materials, Green Forest Lapidary on EBay is an excellent resource. I especially like his electroplated diamond discs with magnetic backs.
John, owner of Green Forest Lapidary, is testing a new type of diamond wheels. If you are interested in beta testing and have your own wheels, contact him about having your wheels resurfaced for free.
If you have time to wait for shipping and want a less expensive alternative for cabbing wheels, Super Abrasives from Lithuania has 6″ wheels and 8″ wheels in sets or individual wheels.
Opticon is a popular thin epoxy for stabilizing stones and sealing fractures or small pits.
This water clear thick epoxy is used to made doublets and triplets by gluing thin stones together.
I discuss the benefits of butvar in stabilizing rocks in my article here.
Prototype now available: Heather Canyon is in development of our own lapidary cabbing machine.
Additions to this page will be made periodically.


A meeting with high-level officials doesn't get any higher when U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in the same room at the G-20 Summit scheduled to take place on November 30 in Buenos Aires. The byproduct of the meeting could cause a seismic shift in the markets on a global scale.
An October replete with sell-offs and a start to November that saw U.S. equities rally following the conclusion of the U.S. midterm elections was followed up by the return of trade wars racking the markets. Escalating trade tensions resumed when reports surfaced that President Donald Trump is threatening to install more tariffs, particularly on vehicles manufactured overseas.
Nonetheless, a CNBC report revealed that U.S. companies with manufacturing plants in China aren't ready to budge just because of the ongoing trade wars. The G-20 Summit, however, could change that.
"A lot of companies are talking about making changes, but (are) not actively making changes," said Chris Rogers, research analyst at Panjiva, a supply chain data company that's part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. "Nobody's going to make any changes until they see how this summit goes between President Trump and President Xi."
Leveraged ETFs to watch ahead of the G-20 Summit would include the Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X ETF (YINN) , Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X ETF (YANG) , Direxion Dly CSI 300 China A Share Br 1X ETF (CHAD) , Direxion Daily CSI 300 CHN A Share Bl 2X ETF (CHAU) , and Direxion Daily CSI CHN Internet Bull 2X Shares (CWEB) .
In terms of affecting the markets globally, ask any emerging markets investor whether the trade wars have affected their investments. The tariff-for-tariff battle has certainly wreaked havoc on emerging markets equities this year and more pain could come should a meeting between the two leaders of the world's largest economies produce a negative result.
In a recent New York Life Investments blog post on volatility, Sal Bruno and Mark Lacuesta aptly refer to trade wars as a "known unkown." The capital markets are certainly aware of the trade wars, but what they will bring in terms of ramifications is anybody's guess.
"The increase in volatility during October could be attributed to the impact of "known-unknowns" such as the evolving trade war with China, the speed of rising input costs, slowing capital expenditure spending, and Brexit negotiations becoming better understood," the post noted.
Even if nothing materializes at the G-20 meeting, in 2019 or at all, some companies have the economic wherewithal to sustain an extended trade war and others will simply stay to continue tapping into a Chinese consumer market that boasts a population of almost 1.4 billion people.
"We're not expecting to see a massive corporate exodus from China. These U.S. companies have been in the market for years and they're now aimed at gaining market share," said Nick Marro, a Hong Kong-based analyst with The Economist Intelligence Unit. "If we remember the core concerns over the trade war, they're really looking at market access concerns. The whole goal of this from the U.S. perspective is not to abandon the region."
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Q: How to check for succes/error for a API post in React Saga I have a form on the page and on filling up the fields, i click submit. It makes a Post API call to the backend. I also expect some response from the API call. I am trying to figure out how to differentiate between a success response and an error response.
for e.g. For success, i get the following response.
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      //These are the fields and i display the field values on the page
      "age": 32,
      "sex": 'male'
    }
  }
}

In case there is a failure on the API call being made, i get below response
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": "401",
      "title": "Unauthorized request"
    }
  ]
}

Even if there are any other failure reasons, for e.g. Unauthorized access or Internal server error, i will be getting its respective "status" and "title" in the errors array as shown above.
How can i differentiate if the response is a success or failure and if it is a failure, how do i check for which failure status is being returned. Can someone please help in understanding this.

A: You can add 2 more actions - one for Success and the other one for Fail.
In Saga function*, add try-catch block.
In try, after Api post call command, you can request success action.
In catch, you can request fail action.
try {
  const result = yield call(axios.POST, ....) // API Post call
  yield put(actions.successAction(result))
} catch(error) {
  yield put(actions.failAction(error))
}

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Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II
Jan. 01, 2000Canada, United KingdomPG
DocumentaryHistoryWar
Two-part documentary on Japan at war, examining the Japanese treatment of Allied prisoners of war. Turning Against the West Using Japanese archive footage and interviews with both prisoners and their guards, this film investigates why, having treated their POW's comparatively well during World War I, their attitudes had altered so dramatically by World War II Death Before Surrender Conclusion of a two-part documentary on Japan at war, examining why, when the Second World War turned against Japan, so many Japanese soldiers chose death rather than surrender. Archive footage and interviews with veterans form a comprehensive portrait of a nation in crisis, revealing how Japan's inability to surrender would have terrible consequences for all the countries touched by the war in the East
Original title Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II
IMDb Rating 7.6 198 votes
TMDb Rating 6 2 votes


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This girl realizes what her new fiancé has just put her through and she says she is so mad at him right now that she could punch him in the face. It's obvious that she's feeling all kinds of emotions right now and I'm just happy that this couple is about to start their life together. I'm pretty sure this is a moment that no one will ever forget.
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package com.xhachi.gae4s.common

import com.google.appengine.api.utils.SystemProperty

/**
 * AppEngineのアプリケーション情報を取得するためのユーティリティです。
 */
object AppInfo {

  val Runtime = "com.google.appengine.runtime"

  val EnvironmentKey = Runtime + ".environment"

  def version: String = versionOption.getOrElse(throw new IllegalStateException("version is not defined."))

  def versionOption: Option[String] = SystemProperty.applicationVersion.get() match {
    case v: String => Some(v)
    case _ => None
  }

  def id: String = idOption.getOrElse(throw new IllegalStateException("id is not defined."))

  def idOption: Option[String] = SystemProperty.applicationId.get() match {
    case i: String => Some(i)
    case _ => None
  }

  def environment = System.getProperty(EnvironmentKey) match {
    case null => None
    case e => Some(e)
  }

  def isServer: Boolean = environment.isDefined

  def isDevelopment: Boolean = environment.contains("Development")

  def isProduction: Boolean = environment.contains("Production")

}

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Put people before profits to end the health crisis!
PV February 17, 2021 in Canada Tagged Communist Party Ontario, COVID-19, Healthcare, Housing, Long-term Care, Public ownership - 7 Minutes
"Capitalism a super-spreader" says Communist Party's Ontario leadership
PV Ontario Bureau
The Communist Party of Canada's Ontario Executive Committee is demanding immediate action in the face of ongoing governmental failure to address the second wave of the pandemic. In a statement on January 26, the Communist Party said that "Ford's failure is a result of his government consistently siding with corporate interests whenever they conflict with human health."
As Ontario heads into its second month of lockdown, and its third month for Toronto and Peel region, there are many indicators of failure in Ontario's ongoing second wave. Late last year, Ford reluctantly announced a province-wide lockdown for Boxing Day, allowing residents to complete their holiday preparations and quickly intensifying community spread. The premier and various ministers hold regular press conferences at which they insist people, besides the millions of essential workers in the province, take personal responsibility and stay home. Despite declaring another state of emergency, the government has tried to play down aspects of the crisis where health experts and many others are asking them to act. For example, the government is denying the continued under-staffing of long-term care (LTC) homes, the need for paid sick days and another moratorium on evictions.
Despite assurances from Ford that the government would put an "iron-ring" around LTC homes, over 1500 long-term care residents have died of COVID-19 since September, nearly half of the 3500 people who have died in LTC since the pandemic began last March. The province had only been able to vaccinate 48 percent of LTC residents by the middle of January. The appearance of the new, more virulent UK strain in a LTC home in Barrie resulted in all but one of 129 residents and 89 staff becoming infected, with 50 of those people having now died. The province's science table reported that 1600 cases and 305 deaths could have been averted if there had been a quicker vaccine rollout to these most vulnerable residents.
The Communist Party has called for "all long-term care facilities to be put under public ownership and operation, with funding for adequate and well-paid staff and sufficient protective equipment and procedures." A growing number of health experts and advocates are also demanding an end to the for-profit long-term care industry.
A recent report from the science table advised the premier that for-profit homes "had outbreaks with nearly twice as many residents infected… and 78 percent more resident deaths compared to non-profit homes." The same report calls on the government to enact paid sick leave and provide more full-time jobs for workers, to limit the use of temporary staff.
At the end of January, over three hundred doctors and researchers signed a letter calling on the province to "end the violation of people's human rights" in LTC. The Doctors for Justice in Long-Term Care campaign is demanding an end to for-profit LTC as the first of their nine demands to contain COVID-19 in the sector.
Workplace outbreaks have also increased dramatically during the second wave. While the corporate media ignored workplaces for months, the recent outbreak at the Mississauga Canada Post facility has broken into the news cycle since it involved over 212 workers testing positive with one worker having died so far. Toronto Public Health has reported that there have been 282 workplace outbreaks in Ontario's capital.
The Communist Party has highlighted the limited choices that front-line workers continue to face during the current lockdown, stating that "workers, especially those who work for temporary agencies, are highly racialized with no paid sick days, low wages and no benefits. If your family lives paycheck to paycheck and you don't have paid sick days, you are more likely to ignore early symptoms of COVID so that you'll be able to buy groceries or pay your rent. Never has the case for ten paid sick days been stronger."
The City of Toronto, Toronto Public Health, the science table advising the provincial government on its pandemic strategy and others have agreed with the months-old demand from the Worker's Action Centre for legislating ten paid sick days. "Yet still the province refuses; they would rather support their corporate friends who don't want to fork out money to keep their workplaces safe and their workers alive," says the Communist Party statement.
The provincial government has recently promised that it will strengthen enforcement through the Ministry of Labour to ensure that workplaces remaining open under the lockdown are safe. However, the Toronto Star reported that between March and mid-December last year, the ministry issued just two fines for COVID-19 violations – and one of them was to a worker.
The Communist Party calls for several concrete measures. "To really get the pandemic and community spread under control, we need a rigorous system of identifying what businesses are actually essential, enforcing safety measures through inspections and stiff penalties, ensuring that all workers have paid sick days and those that are displaced by closures have adequate compensation. In order for lockdowns to work effectively, they must be real lockdowns and working people told to stay home can't be worrying about basics such as food or rent."
In January, the Ontario government issued an emergency order that temporarily halted the enforcement of residential evictions for the duration of the declaration of emergency. However, eviction hearings continue at the Landlord and Tenant Board and most tenants leave without enforcement once they receive an eviction notice.
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) describes the eviction and homelessness crisis by noting that "thousands of households are at risk of eviction in the pandemic as people have lost their jobs, had shifts reduced or have had to take leaves to manage childcare. Thousands of people have already been evicted and are forced into shelters or to set up encampments. The province and its municipal counterparts have done little to help the homeless. Shelters are hotbeds of virus spread, disrespect and overcrowding. Many feel safer in encampments but are continually harassed by police who confiscate their tents and property over and over again. Activists have provided creative measures to help those in encampments – tiny shelters and insulated domes – only to have them stolen by municipal officials who say they are 'unsafe.' It is the thousands of people who remain homeless who are unsafe as all levels of government twiddle their thumbs instead of stopping evictions and providing safe emergency shelters and adequate rent-geared-to-income housing."
Communists in Ontario are demanding more comprehensive public health policies to not only "flatten the curve" but to eradicate the disease. "Other countries have shown that it was and is possible to stop community spread of the disease, but only by taking swift and decisive action. Countries and jurisdictions that have done well have used policies such as providing free shelter to those testing positive to avoid other family members getting sick; ensuring everyone quarantining has access to food; providing universal income supports to those effected by lockdowns; canceling rent, mortgage and debt payments and mobilizing mass testing and contact tracing through major expansions of health care. Most of these policies were not on the table as neoliberal ideology constrained politicians' imaginations at both the federal and provincial level."
The Communist Party also points to the success of socialist countries and governments in fighting the pandemic. As of January 24, Vietnam has had 0.4 deaths per million, Cuba has had 17 deaths per million and China has had 3 deaths per million. This can be compared to the Canadian death rate of 503 per million, the UK rate of 1438 per million and the 1291 deaths per million inhabitants in the US. "Socialism has shown itself as a system capable of rising to the pandemic's challenge. Capitalism has revealed itself as a 'super-spreader' of the disease."
The Communist Party calls for "a common front of trade unions; Indigenous, Black and racialized people; women and gender oppressed folk; students; unemployed workers; tenants and all others who are objectively opposed to the Conservative government's ongoing inability to meet the peoples' health and economic needs."
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This is Lola's Gremlin face... She soooooo tried to smile for the camera! The funniest part of her session? She wasn't interested in squeakies, balls, or dog toys. Nope! But pull out a cat toy and she's all over it! We used Hogan's goodies the entire time we worked with Lola. Silly girl!


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class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :comments
  has_many :reviews
  has_many :votes
  has_many :reviewed_movies, through: :reviews, source: :movie

  validates :name, :username, presence: true

  has_secure_password

  def calc_trusted_status
    reviews = self.reload && self.reviews
    if reviews.count > 0
    ((reviews.select do |review|
      if review.votes.count > 0
        review.points >=0
      end
    end.count.to_f/self.reviews.count.to_f)*100).to_i >= 60

    else
      false
    end

  end

  def set_trusted_status
    self.update_attributes(trusted: calc_trusted_status)
  end

end

# trusted if you have over 60% of your reviews in the positive points


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Q: Running app in Android Studio I have an Asus Zenfone 2 Laser and I'm using android studio to create apps. When I load an application stored in the hard disk of my computer for debugging, no problems, but when the application is stored in a USB device, at first android studio warns that there is already a version of the same app in my phone and asks if it has to uninstall it in order to install the new version; when I click the button to uninstall it, it doesn't install the new one...

How can I fix the problem? Thanks

A: You can - Try these steps one by one

*

*Completely uninstall the app from your phone

*On Android Studio click on BUILD->CLEAN PROJET

*On Android Studio click on BUILD->BUILD APK

*An APK will be created on your HardDisk at the save location

*Copy and Paste the newly created APK from COMPUTER to PHONE using USB cable

*Install the new App manually

*Now try to build and launch the app to phone via Android Studio

*From now, it will be automatically installed and loaded

Hope it solves...


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