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We Choose Education Equity Not the Illusion of "School Choice"
School privatization is a hustle and our children are not for sale. The We Choose Campaign has given a voice to the real experts and people that are directly impacted by school privatization tactics. Our Why is because of stories like this: My name is Irene Robinson, grandmother of 18 children who are in Chicago Public Schools. In segregated Chicago, we are fighting for our right to live here; where under mayors Daley and Rahm Emanuel, over 200,000 Black people have been forced out of this city over the last decade. I live in the Bronzeville community on the south side and entered the fight for education justice when CPS closed my grandbaby's elementary school, Anthony Overton. Despite the fact we had over 400 children in our school and for two straight years had some of the greatest test score increases in the city; they closed our school. They dumped our babies in two schools with no consideration. My grandson was in a kindergarten class with over 52 other students and I know this is because he is Black. The children blamed themselves, as if they failed because their school closed. The truth is, they were failed by Chicago Public Schools. CPS is guilty of the sabotage of Black and Brown children's education and nothing showed this more than when they closed Walter Dyett High School; our last open enrollment neighborhood high school. We held town hall meetings, got over 4000 petition signatures in support of our plan and it did not matter; closing this school was a part of pushing us out. But we stood up. After 3 years of getting the run-around from the city, we waged a hunger strike to save Dyett. Today Dyett is open as a neighborhood school with $16 million dollars in new investments; but we had to starve ourselves for 34 days to win. I was hospitalized twice and many of us suffered health issues as a result; but I would do it again in a heartbeat. School privatization in not about helping our children, but destroying our communities; we need equity, not the scam called school choice. From July through October, the #WeChoose campaign has held "Critical Conversations" (CC) in over 30 cities across the United States. Here a snapshot of participating cities: Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, New York, New Jersey-Paterson, Camden, Newark, Maplewood, Trenton, Elizabeth, Kansas City, Dayton, Prince George's County, Oakland, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Pittsburg, Arizona, Denver, Jackson and Milwaukee,. These conversations have been effective in uniting around a comprehensive education platform rooted in local campaigns and building multi-racial grassroots coalitions that can speak "power to power" to decision makers. The framing of #WeChoose has resonated with the public, as coalition members recognize that real school choice does not exist in our communities. #WeChoose to put an end to the manufactured misery that is plaguing our black and brown communities.
Created by Ronsha Dickerson
Free Javan Thompson
This man was protecting his family when 4 men came with intent to kill this man in front of his daughter his mother and his father.
Created by Shatrice Stafford
Roland Martin #NewsOne
This show provides an outlet for African Americans to be informed about political issues and community issues as well. This show provides truth and allows us to #StayWoke.
Created by Janelle Branch
Bring Back Spirit of Harlem Mural
The beautiful glass mosaic mural named 'Spirit of Harlem' by the African America artist Louis J. Delsarte was covered up this week with a painted black faux brick wall for a new Footaction store. Not only does the mural depicts the "Spirit" of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement that still resonates today, but it also speaks to the true spirit of Harlem which is the people of this community. The mural is still intact behind a faux brick facade. Foot Locker needs to take down the wall that is covering up the mural and allow the mural to continue to delight and inspire the people of Harlem. Please do not let corporate ignorance erase a beloved public art work which celebrates Harlem's history as an incubator for some our country's and even the world greatest creators of culture and thought. Tell Foot Locker to respect the Harlem community and bring back the 'Spirit of Harlem' mural. Your customers and neighbors will respond in kind. Read more about it: https://nyti.ms/2k9bXUT http://gothamtogo.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-the-disappearance-of-spirit-of-harlem-on-frederick-douglass-boulevard/ http://ncac.org/blog/sneaker-retailer-bricks-over-spirit-of-harlem-mural-alarming-community https://sfmosaic.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/uncover-the-spirit-of-harlem/
Created by Maira Liriano
Stop Locking Up Our Children: Shut Down Lincoln Hill and Copper Lake Now!
Our children deserve more than what these prison facilities are serving them. Over the last two years, several lawsuits have been filed against Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prison facilities documenting severe abuse. Some of the lawsuits filed include; a young person whose toes had to be amputated after a guard smashed his toes in a door; a guard who actually assisted a young woman as she attempted to hurt herself; and allegations of suffocation, strangulation, and sexual assault. Locking up youth in these facilities is the most expensive option with the worst results, guaranteeing that every young person sent there will be put in harm's way. It's time to leave behind the old outdated ways of criminalizing and punishing young people without holistic support. Theses youth prisons continue to perpetuate extreme racial and ethnic disparities. This is another key reason why Milwaukee County needs to undertake comprehensive juvenile justice reform. They need to address and tackle the persistent racial and ethnic inequities in Wisconsin's juvenile justice system. Wisconsin still ranks in the top five least equitable states, with disparities that far exceed the national average. The vast majority of youth committed to Wisconsin state facilities are Black children. In 2014, young Black people made up almost 70% of youth committed to juvenile prison facilities in the state, but only about 10% of Wisconsin's total youth population. Most of these young people are coming from Milwaukee County, where the majority of Black folks live in Wisconsin. Milwaukee County spends over $100,000 a year to send one youth from Milwaukee to Lincoln Hills or Copper Lake. Milwaukee should abandon the youth prison model and replace it with less costly and more effective non-residential, community-based alternatives to incarceration. Locking up young people in cages does not ensure public safety in any way. Over 60% of the young people who go to Lincoln Hills or Copper Lake re-offend within three years of release, largely due to the intense trauma young people experience while incarcerated. To have a safer community, it is critical that Milwaukee County stops sending youth to Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake and instead invest in a range of effective community programs that offer targeted supervision and services. Programs that include restorative justice, intensive mentoring, mental health treatment, family therapy and other interventions that are proven to lower risk and sustain long-term behavior change among adjudicated youth. WI and Milwaukee County should invest in community-based solutions that work for young people, their familiies and the communities they come from.
Created by Jeff Roman
Stop The Dismantlement of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at NCAT
We write on behalf of the alumni and the current students of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Our department has been operating for 49 years with a commitment to the behaviorist teaching model. Since 1969, we have produced competent scholars in the public and private sector committed to serving communities through justice and democracy. Although we are proud of the success of our department, we are deeply troubled that you are dismantling our department and moving political science to a department committed to humanities. This is even more troubling since the behavioralist approach is one more consistent with the STEM focus articulated in the "Preeminence 2020" vision. The behaviorist approach is also consistent with the historical and progressive direction of the discipline of political science and its commitment to an empirical trajectory to studying political behavior. We need more clarification on the rationale for proposing a change made with little discussion or consultation with the stakeholders who will be impacted. In this crucial moment in history, the Department of Political Science needs to continue to exist to provide scholarship and clarity on the critical political issues facing the community, state and nation. The Open Meeting Laws state, in part that the Board of Trustees meet "solely to conduct the people's business -- it is the public policy of North Carolina that the hearings, deliberations and actions of these bodies be conducted openly" In reviewing the processes followed by the University and the Board of Trustees when discussing the dismantling of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, we believe the board met secretly in person, electronically, and by phone to make decisions in an effort to avoid the strict sanctions of the Open Meeting Laws. We remind you the law defines an "Official meeting" as "a meeting, assembly or gathering together, at any time or place the simultaneous communication by conference telephone or other electronic means of a majority of the members of a public body for the purpose of conducting hearings, participating in deliberations, or voting upon the public body." Of course we are aware that purely social and informal gatherings are not necessarily "official meetings." But the statute expressly provides such gatherings cannot be called or held to evade the spirit and purpose of this Article. Signed, Tyler Swanson Alexis Davis Delaney Vandergrift Nadiya Pope Braxton Brewington Jasmine Smith Nigeria Ravenel Destiny Sharpe Myles Heath Mustafa Parks Yusef Robinson Tylik McMillan DuRanda Smith Elliot Rawls Wilbert Thomas Bryson Richardson Love Caesar Vashti Hinton Dominique Sanders Veleria M Levy William H. Clayton, II Shauntai D. Dudley Stephen Brown Oliver Thomas Daniel Davis Montica Talmadge Chrystal Lee Vaden Joseph Frierson Jr Madison Gibbs Deandrea Newsome CJ Brinson
Created by Concerned Student 1891
Demand for the Immediate Resignation of State Sen. Dan Schoen
It's no secret that Sen. Dan Schoen has a history of sexist behavior. This week, thanks to a brave female legislator, we have undeniable proof of his sexual harassment. To allow Sen. Schoen to continue to hold his seat is to be complicit in the aid and promotion of sexual harassment and rape culture, which has been normalized in our society. The time to declare better is NOW. Suspension is not enough, demand Sen. Schoen resign. Take a stand, believe women and show your support. We must do better, we must create environments that are safe for us. If we allow this to happen in the MN House of Representatives (the People's House) we are saying it's ok everywhere. Not today. Not tomorrow. Never again. We must remove Sen. Schoen.
Created by Women's March Minnesota
FIRE Paul Hagan!
Paul Hagan recently threatned the life of one of his african american male students in his class on video. In the video he tells the student..."thats why yall get shot..I bet by the time you are 21 you will have a bullet in your brain and I may be the one to do it". This is unacceptable from anyone but especially from the educators we trust to teach our children and help them grow. I am demanding he be released from his postion immediately.
Created by April Carr
Keep New Orleans Water Public
Public water systems are a cornerstone of democracy. Public water systems are a city's most valuable infrastructure. Handing over New Orleanians' most valuable asset to a private company is an appalling abdication of public service. There are more than 300 jobs at Seweragee and Water Board that need to be filled now. More than ever, it is clear New Orleans needs a real and urgent commitment to its public water system. We need true accountability for the management of our whole water system and our community needs jobs. Instead of focusing on solutions to strengthen and reform New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, Mayor Landrieu is selling out New Orleanians to the bottom line of private contractors and corporations. Mayor Landrieu's privately-contracted "Interim Emergency Management and Support Team" released an RFP on October 23rd that would privatize operations, management and multiple levels of water system positions through a public private partnership with a corporation for "up to three years." On October 27th at a pre-bid meeting, the contractors asking about the RFP asked if their employees had to have valid Louisiana Drivers Licenses and professional certifications – they don't plan to hire locally. New Orleanians need jobs, right now! New Orleans needs an accountable, transparent, high-functioning public water system and our community needs good, local jobs. We can work together on a win-win solution. A first step is stopping Mayor Landrieu's takeover of Sewerage and Water Board—Don't take us back to 1898.
Created by Keep New Orleans Water Public
Support people of color in the cannabis industry & support People's Dispensary Oakland
The People's Dispensary has a vision of healing, freedom, and empowerment for our beloved community of Oakland. We are in a unique moment, that comes along once in a generation, to build a marketplace that fundamentally serves the good of the community in which it exists. With that vision in mind, The People's Dispensary has applied for one of the four Oakland general dispensary licenses! Here is a little bit about us: ► We are collectively owned ► We are 100% owned by Bay Area residents (Oakland & San Leandro) ► We are 75% owned by people of color ► We are 75% owned by women of color ► We are 100% owned by LGBTQ people Our co-founders are Chaney Turner, Charleen Caabay, Christine De La Rosa and Michael Schlieker. Each of them has a different lived experience that brought them to cannabis. But the common thread they all share is the belief that a dispensary can do more than sell cannabis products, it can heal, uplift and transform entire communities using the profits of cannabis. The People's Dispensary has developed a three prong Equity Plan specifically for Oakland and the Bay Area. ► We have created an opportunity for small and non-accredited investors to legally invest in the cannabis industry. ► We have plans to refurbish existing dilapidated multi-unit residential complexes in Oakland to provide affordable housing for employees, enabling them to live in the community they serve. ► We are creating an Impact Fund that allows our dispensary and our investors to reinvest a portion of future profits into Bay Area initiatives focused on ending criminalization and supporting disenfranchised and vulnerable communities. As one of the general applicants, The Peoples Dispensary is committed to providing monetary, material and mentorship support to equity businesses. In our quest to find values-aligned equity partners we chose three equity cannabis start-ups to incubate. LIV Dispensary and LIV Manufactoring owned by Jennifer Johns and Ajayi Jackson and Coastal Cannabis Delivery owned by Karissa Lewis and Audrey Smith. These equity cannabis businesses are: ► 100% owned by Oakland residents ► 100% owned by Black and Indigenous people ► Committed to creating jobs for the Oakland community We love Oakland and have been investing in its present and its future for decades. The co-founders of The People's Dispensary collectively own Benefit Health Collective Dispensary delivery service, Town Biz retail shop and Craft & Spoon restaurant. These businesses employ 20 people of which 95% of our employees are people of color, 70% are women, 65% are part of the LGBTQ community. We believe in Oakland and Oakland has believed in us. Built into our business model is our commitment to: ► Providing no cost health services for its clients in the form of on staff nursing, mental health professionals and holistic healers ► Hiring formerly incarcerated people and family members of incarcerated people ► Creating jobs and opportunities for advancement for our communities ► Investing in the future of Oakland We believe that we deserve to have a stake in the cannabis market in Oakland as a dispensary. Through granting a license to the Peoples Dispensary, Oakland can help us fulfill our dreams to create and shape a marketplace where everyone wins. Signing this petition is a vote for Oakland, for communities of color, for marginalized communities and for reversing the trends of criminalization and disinvestment. Please sign this petition, post and share this petition. WE BELIEVE WE WILL WIN. We are The People's Dispensary
Created by Malachi Garza
Remove Johnny Rebel Confederate Symbols From Orange County Schools
Although the confederacy is an important part of American history that should not be forgotten, Johnny Rebel symbolizes racism and should not be a forefront figure of any public institution. Even more, the school was aptly named Savannah and the combination of Johnny Rebel with a prominent Southern city is a testament to the conditions that allowed racism to thrive. Our nation has matured and our public schools should not be an institution holding onto times and hatred long foregone. Our schools should evoke symbols of progress, of inclusion, of acceptance; not of hate and discrimination.
Created by Phal Sok
Tell The FBI: Preserving Black Lives is NOT Terrorism! White Nationalism Is Terrorism.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/06/the-fbi-has-identified-a-new-domestic-terrorist-threat-and-its-black-identity-extremists/ In August of 2017, the FBI's Counter-Terrorism Division report entitled, "Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement.", obtained and released released by "Foreign Policy", stated: "The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence." Incidents of "alleged police abuse" have "continued to feed the resurgence in ideologically motivated, violent criminal activity within the BIE movement". This issue proliferates as racial tensions have increased and become more mainstream during the Trump Administration. This would be an optimal time for the President to utilize his platform and leadership to condone racism while utilizing the FBI to dismantle actual domestic terrorists and their racist and detrimental practices. Instead, efforts are spent deflecting the legitimate criticism of policing and labeling citizens exercising their 1st amendment right to protest as domestic terrorists- an organized faction that now pose threat to police officers. The Black Lives Matter movement is not a domestic terrorist movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was not a communist. But if we do not hold our government and its agencies accountable, history will repeat itself. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a history of implementing Draconian and often illegal and/or immoral practices within the black community. Similar to the use of COINTELPRO in the 1960's, the actions of black activists are criminalized and, consequently, the narrative focuses on isolated violent responses instead of the organized peaceful tact of official movements. With intrusive surveillance legislation such as CISPA and The Patriot Act, it is imperative for the black community to protect itself from political persecution by galvanizing lawmakers and applying political pressure on government agencies and officials.
Created by Dereck Allen
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The Airedale Terrier is the biggest of all terrier breeds. Guys remain around 23 creeps at the shoulder, females somewhat less. The thick, wiry coat is tan with dark markings. Long, solid legs give Airedales a glorious lift in their bearing, and the long head with its energetic facial hair and mustache, dim eyes, and flawlessly collapsed ears passes on a sharp insight. Airedales are the specific photo of an alarm and willing terrier just greater. Also, similar to his littler cousins in the terrier family, he can be intense, decided, and tenacious. Airedales are tame and quiet with kids however won't down while securing hearth and home. On account of their celebrated do-it-all demeanor, Airedales exceed expectations in a wide range of games and family exercises.
The Airedale is the world biggest of the British terriers. They weigh 19– 25 kilograms (42– 55 lb.) in fit condition and have tallness at the shrinks of 58– 61 centimeters (23– 24 in) for guys, with females marginally littler. The American Kennel Club standard determines a marginally littler pooch. Bigger Airedales, up to 55 kilograms (121 lb.) can once in a while be found in North America. They are now and then alluded to as "Oorangs" as this was the name of a pet hotel in Ohio in the mid-1900s that delivered this substantially bigger variety, or Roosevelt Terriers.
The Airedale has a medium-length dark and tan coat with a brutal topcoat and a delicate undercoat. They are a caution and vigorous breed, "not forceful but rather dauntless." It has been asserted that the bigger "Oorang" type Airedales are more energetic than the littler, breed standard Airedales, yet this isn't really so. The expansive kinds have been utilized for big game chasing and as family gatekeepers or as pets, however for the most part do ineffectively in AKC (American Kennel Club) compliance appears. This bigger sort is additionally altogether more inclined to hip dysplasia than the standard Airedales.
In the same way as other terriers, the breed has a 'broken' coat, which is hard and wiry. It is intended to be kept not all that long as to seem worn out, and lies straight and close, covering body and legs. The external coat is hard, wiry and hardened the undercoat milder. The hardest coats are creased or just somewhat waved. Wavy delicate coats are exceedingly bothersome. The coat is hypoallergenic, tending not to create unfavorably susceptible responses in individuals.
Airedales bearing undercoats are for the most part prepared by hand stripping where a little serrated edged blade is utilized to haul out free hair from the canine's jacket. Most Airedales require visit (6 to about two months) cutting or stripping as they don't shed.
that the right coat shading is either a dark seat, with a tan head, ears and legs; or a dim grizzle saddle (dark blended with dim and white). Grizzle that is a blend of red hair operating at a profit, regularly on the territory of backs before the tail frequently the best and harshest coats. There are, nonetheless, cases of non-standard dark covered and "red" (tan) covered Airedales, (the strong hued Airedales are NOT ready to be AKC enrolled, since they are deviations from breed standard and presently can't seem to be demonstrated 'thoroughbred' Airedale Terriers.) There are additionally the short covered "Redline" type Airedales, they have all the earmarks of being hereditary returns in looks to the Airedale's initial days when the breed's jackets were significantly shorter than the present Airedale. Indeed, even with their shorter coat despite everything they have the same hard wiry external coat with a delicate under coat and fall well inside the criteria of the breed standard and accordingly can be AKC enlisted and most are enrolled.


Thanks for the comment. I do not see any difference between these two approaches actually. About being scheduler based, here, the execution is also scheduler based. As you may see, I pass ActorSystem to "withTimeout" function and there its scheduler is being passed to "after" function. So the ActorSystem dispatcher will be used for executing the scheduled timeout future. By the way, notice that I pass the timeout future as by name parameter to after pattern so its not evaluated until the timeout reaches.
Can you elaborate on "1 thread per future"? I thought that every future always gets its own thread. I'm new to futures.
To execute a future, a thread is selected from an available execution context (thread pool) and that thread will compute the future. You can take a look to http://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/futures.html or more detailed information about thread handling for future execution.


The Root Ranch is located at an elevation of 5600-feet, 48 air miles west of Salmon, Idaho in the heart of the Frank Church Wilderness Area. The 2100-foot airstrip is encircled by an idyllic meadow of mountain wildflowers. Accommodations include bunkhouses and family cabins with hot showers and a lodge equipped with a spacious kitchen and ample space to read, play games, or relax. Meals are served family-style in a casual dining room. Located off the dining room, is a cozy outdoor deck frequented by hummingbirds. Perfect for relaxing after a long summer day, the spacious deck provides guests with a unspoiled view of the local wildlife: deer, elk, moose, and the occasional wolf. Exploration of the wilderness surrounding the Root Ranch by horseback or a day hike is an escape from the fast-paced real world to a natural setting where time is suspended, and the opportunity for adventure with family or friends is boundless.


The ideal addition to any work area, this metal desk lamp features a USB port built into the base. The industrial rubbed bronze finish base is topped by a Mission style lamp shade made from naturally occurring mica. The appearance of each shade will be unique due to the varying color tones and patterns found in natural mica. Two pull chains help control lighting levels.- Overall: 20" high. Base is 10" wide. Shade is 15" wide.- Uses two maximum 60 watt standard base candelabra bulbs (not included). Twin on-off pull chains.- Samuel metal desk lamp with 1.0 USB port for recharging phones or tablets. 1 amp.- Industrial rubbed bronze finish.- Mica lamp shade; due to the natural mica material, slight variations in shade color or tone may occur.
The best Tiffany-style lamps are the ones that infuse your space with artful design and classic character. This Tiffany-style shade features the geometric patterns and subtle colors found in Arts and Crafts designs.- Overall: 26 3/8" high. Base is 7" square. Shade is 4 1/2" across top x 15" across bottom x 10 1/2" on the slant x 7" high.- Takes two 60 watt bulbs (not included); twin on-off light pulls.- Mission, Arts and Crafts style lighting by the Franklin Iron Works™ brand.- Shade with over 60 pieces of hand-cut Tiffany-style stained glass, assembled using the copper foil technique.- Wrought iron bronze finish base with gold finish edging. 8-foot brown cord and plug.
The iron craft corner computer/writing desk offers a lovely, Mission inspired design that will match any decor. It features rich, wood tones over matte black steel bases and a hand applied burnished medium oak finish. Perfect for laptops or to hide away papers or a desktop keyboard, this delicately scaled desk offers abundant organization assistance nestled into the corner of the room. The drop down front hides the keyboard at a comfortable work Height while full extension drawer guides offer the full depth of the drawer as useable space. space saving features include a lower shelf for tower storage and corner design to nestle into tight spaces. Easy to assemble.
An ideal choice for porch or patio lighting, this outdoor design was inspired by classic Mission-Arts and Crafts style lighting and architecture, The design is from the Franklin Iron Works brand, and features frosted cream textured glass panels for a warm and welcoming glow. The backplate, top arm, and housing are in a handsome walnut bronze finish.- 12" high x 7 1/2" wide x extends 9 1/4" x backplate is 5" wide and 9" high. Weighs 7.37 lbs.- Takes one 60 watt bulb (incandescent, LED, or CFL). Bulbs not included.- A Franklin Iron Works™ outdoor wall light for a garage or porch area.- Walnut bronze finish; steel construction; frosted cream glass.- Tiered top, rectangular wall-plate.- Wet location outdoor rated.
Who can resist the magic of beautiful wrought ironwork? What artists in iron have wrought over the centuries in ornaments and decorations is shown in this book through hundreds of captivating photographs. Thorough attention is paid to the restoration of wrought iron through discussions of techniques and various materials. The ironwork examples are organized according to the uses of ironwork, such as gratings that protect doors and windows, entries and gates from Europe in the Middle Ages, through the artistic creations of the 17th and 18th centuries up to works of our own day. Balconies and stairways, arbors, fencing, and church gratings provide exceptional opportunities for beautiful wrought iron artistry. Look and learn, and be inspired.
A wrought iron frame that holds four Mission tile numbers or three number tiles and two endings. This is a simple handmade artistic frame, but carefully designed to enhance your house tile numbers. It was designed to be hung horizontally. Internal dimensions (where the actual tiles sit) are: 16 1/2 wide by 6 1/4" tall.House Numbers Frames Installation SuggestionsHorizontal installation: Use two screws, one on each side of the frame, preferably black head (not included). If your wall is a hard surface such as stucco or brick, mark the holes and pre-drill them attaching two anchors and then attaching the two screws to them"
The iron craft computer/writing desk offers a lovely, Mission inspired design that will match any decor. It features rich, wood tones over matte black steel bases and a hand applied burnished medium oak finish. Perfect for laptops or to hide away papers or a desktop keyboard, this delicately scaled desk offers abundant organization assistance. The drop front drawer keeps the keyboard at a comfortable work Height while full extension drawer guides offer the full depth of the drawer as useable space. easy to assemble.
Bish's Original Tear Mender Instant Fabric and Leather Adhesive utilizes a powerful formula, the quick drying adhesive instantly adheres to any material it can penetrate, forming a waterproof bond strong enough for use on work clothes, awnings, tents, boat covers, tarps, leather, convertible tops, and more. Features: water-proof, permanent, quick-dry, flexible, UV resistant and acid-free.
A wrought iron frame made by Mexican craftsmen. It will hold five Mission tile numbers or four number tiles and two endings. This is a simple handmade artistic frame, but carefully designed to enhance your house tile numbers. It was designed to be hung horizontally.The house numbers frame has wrought-iron-made decorations in the upper and lower parts of the rectangle, they are about 2.2 tall, which adds to the overal frame vertical size (width).House Numbers Frames Installation SuggestionsHorizontal installation: If you want to install your house tile numbers frame horizontally you can use one or two nails. In using one, the frame might not balance horizontally very well, to achieve a better result use two nails, one on each one of the decorations to hold the frame."
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In this maze, the correct path to the finish is determined by the series of integers which are multiples of some number you choose (from 2 to 20). The maze begins (or ends, if you want) with the smallest multiple. The non-path cells in the maze also have multiples of your number, but they are not part of the ordered series so they cannot be followed. Moves can be made up, down, left and right, but not diagonally. You can select the scenario for the maze that determines the story and graphics used in the maze worksheet.


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Q: Is there a way to save a gganimate object as a HTML page with animation control buttons? Goal
To control the animation using start/stop/pause buttons.
Problem
The animation package can save the created animation as a HTML page using the saveHTML() function (example here). But it requires "expr = an R expression to be evaluated to create a sequence of images" as the first argument.
However, gganimate creates a gganim object, and I can't seem to find a function that can save the animation as a HTML page with buttons. The available anim_save() function does not save as HTML. Is there a workaround to do that?
Example code for animation
If you have any ideas please share. For your reference, I'm putting below the gganimate code from its website.
library(ggplot2)
library(gganimate)

ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), mpg)) +
  geom_boxplot() +
  # Here comes the gganimate code
  transition_states(
    gear,
    transition_length = 2,
    state_length = 1
  ) +
  enter_fade() +
  exit_shrink() +
  ease_aes('sine-in-out')

A: The following worked for me in RStudio, though I didn't see "current" listed as an option for device in gganimate::animate:
library(gganimate)
library(animation)

# name the above gganimate example as p
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), mpg)) +
  geom_boxplot() +
  transition_states(
    gear,
    transition_length = 2,
    state_length = 1
  ) +
  enter_fade() +
  exit_shrink() +
  ease_aes('sine-in-out')

# pass the animate command to saveHTML
saveHTML(animate(p,
                 nframes = 10,         # fewer frames for simplification
                 device = "current"),
         img.name = "gganimate_plot",
         htmlfile = "gg.html")

I got a html file with animation control buttons & an image folder with 10 png files.

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A number of hearings or trials can be held during a misdemeanor or felony case.
If you are charged with a misdemeanor and plead not guilty to the charges, you must be brought to trial with 30 days of being arraigned if you are in custody, and 45 days if you are on bail or your own recognizance.
If you are charged with a felony and plead not guilty to the charges, your preliminary hearing must be held within 10 days of being arraigned.
Motions may be made to set aside the complaint, to dismiss the case, to suppress evidence, etc.
During a preliminary hearing, a determination is made if there is sufficient evidence the defendant committed the alleged felony offense. If there is sufficient evidence, the defendant is held to answer otherwise the case is dismissed.
If the defendant is held to answer, the prosecutor files an Information document with the court. The defendant must be arraigned on the Information within 15 days of the held to answer date. Trial must be held within 60 days of the date of arraignment on the Information.
Preliminary hearings are held for felony cases.
Post Sentence or Probation Violation Hearing You will be told of any modifications or changes to Court orders made after you have been sentenced.


This month's book pick is The Gallery of Vanished Husbands by Natasha Solomons, the captivating story of the life and loves of a woman who breaks free of her strict Jewish upbringing and joins the world of art and artists in sixties London.
If you received one of our free copies don't forget to leave your comments and questions below for the author. We'll be sending questions off to Natasha at the end of June.
I absolutely love this book and felt it introduced me into the world of an artist in a very vivid way, enabling me to appreciate paintings just by her description and the struggles of everyday life in the 60's and the Jewish culture. Juliet showed her true self as a female and not just as a mother constricted by her religion and the life and behaviour that was expected of her. The expectations that to have any respectability she must adhere to rules of living made impossible by the non-conformance of a missing husband. Her persistance in proving her worth and living her life true to herself regardless of condemnation, whilst trying not to hurt or further damage the ones she loved.Accepting the consequences of anothers behaviour whom you have no control over and expected to show remorse for the rest of your life, is not an easy path to walk.
than a holiday camp where unsavioury people could monitor which chalets had vunerable children alone and they had half an hour to do their worst and as long as they made sure the children didn't make a noise they wouldn't get caught...the things I have learned with age .
I hope I'm not too late to say I am enjoying reading this book, and am finding it quite educational as I didn't know a great deal about Judaism. I would like to ask Natasha what her family's reaction was to the story. Thank you for the opportunity to discover a new author whose other books I shall hope to read.
I could not put this book down and really enjoyed it.
I found it informative about Jewish family life.
I felt the females were stronger characters than the men, dont know If this is the case generally in Jewish families.
I found the length of chapters unusual and wondered why it was written this way.
Mine arrived earlier in super pristine condition. Lovely. A good old fashioned story. I was in London in the 60's so it rings a bell. My daughter will love it after me. She lives in Dorset so will know the feeling of never leaving the county.
I found this book waiting for me on my return from holiday, thank you gransnet. I started reading this lovely book last night and am enthralled by the story. No questions yet but I may have one later in the week.
Thanks so much for my book, it was enjoyable to be reading a book again, after being dedicated e- reader for the last couple of years. I thoroughly enjoyed, the book; it is a well-crafted page turner of a novel, with engaging characters that ring true (although my experience of the cultural background is limited). I felt for Juliet in her state of non-being ... Being an invisible middle-aged woman myself! There were many interesting questions raised to ponder .. The value of art vs. a fridge being only the first. However, the small paragraph which remains with me and which I will consider much in the future is about our perception of art and whether we actually all see the same picture at all. This jives completely with the experience of reading a novel ... Do we actually all get the same from a novel? No, of course we do not. Which is why 'the book of the film' so frequently disappoints. I wonder what Natasha Solomon's strongest picture of her book is? Juliet emerging as a strong, independent businesswoman? Her relationship with Max? Or her children? Or the power of the portrait?
I just loved reading this book. It arrived the day before we were due to depart for fortnight's holiday in Wales in our caravan and I packed it along with 3 others without much enthusiasm on first glance. Once I was into it I couldn't put it down - I liked the style of writing, the brilliant descriptions of commonplace things, the insight into jewish customs (I had wondered why my half jewish daughter-in-law always had chicken on Fridays and often brought me a seed cake!) I felt that the book was complete - and was left realising that the cataloguing of each chapter's picture related to Leonard's exhibition of his mother's portraits after her death. I was sorry to come to the end and will pass it on to another book loving friend when she visits me next week. A brilliant read.
Firstly thanks for the book - first one I have read off kindle for a while - and so glad I picked it up - really enjoyable and what a different "plot" -there are so many books with a similar theme and this was completely different - well done and thanks again !!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I loved the insight into Jewish family life and felt so sorry that Juliet was ostracised through no fault of her own, due to her husband leaving her. Incredible from a people who have been so maltreated themselves. I liked the idea of trying to find her own identity via paintings, yet still never really being able to see the love that was right in front of her! A book that I will enjoy passing on to friends and discussing with them.
I really enjoyed reading this book even though it is far removed from the type of novel I normally read. Is the picture on page 342 of Rosie Solomons?
Yes, it's a painting by my brother-in-law the children's book author/ illustrator, Ross Collins.


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by Katherine Mansfield
'I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been jealous of.' Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was not the only writer to admire Mansfield's work: Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, and Elizabeth Bowen all praised her stories, and her early death at the age of thirty-four cut short one of the finest short-story writers in the English language. This selection covers the full range of Mansfield's fiction, from her early satirical stories to the subtly nuanced comedy of 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel' and the ... Read More
'I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been jealous of.' Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was not the only writer to admire Mansfield's work: Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, and Elizabeth Bowen all praised her stories, and her early death at the age of thirty-four cut short one of the finest short-story writers in the English language. This selection covers the full range of Mansfield's fiction, from her early satirical stories to the subtly nuanced comedy of 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel' and the macabre and ominous 'A Married Man's Story'. The stories that pay what Mansfield calls 'a debt of love' to New Zealand are as sharply etched as the European stories, and she recreates her childhood world with mordant insight. Disruption is a constant theme, whether the tone is comic, tragic, nostalgic, or domestic, echoing Mansfield's disrupted life and the fractured expressions of Modernism. This new edition increases the selection from 27 to 33 stories and prints them in the order in which they first appeared, in the definitive texts established by Anthony Alpers. Read Less
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Denis Crispin Twitchett, British historian (born Sept. 23, 1925, London, Eng.—died Feb. 24, 2006, Cambridge, Eng.), was one of the world's foremost scholars of early Chinese history, most notably the T'ang dynasty (ad 618–907), and principal editor of the comprehensive 15-volume Cambridge History of China. Twitchett learned Japanese during his World War II military service, and after the war he studied Chinese history at the University of Cambridge (B.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1955). He taught at the Universities of London (1954–56; 1960–68) and Cambridge (1956–60; 1968–80) and at Princeton University (1980–94), where he was the first Gordon Wu Professor of Chinese Studies. In 1966 Twitchett and Harvard University professor John K. Fairbank planned what they originally conceived of as a six-volume history of China. The first volume, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220 (1986), was coedited by Twitchett. Volume 15, covering 1966–82, was published in 1991. During his long career, Twitchett wrote extensively, including contributions to Encyclopædia Britannica. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1967.


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Differentiating by offering a lower price can be very difficult if you want to maintain profitability, and at times can devalue the market's perception of your product quality. That's why companies must focus on providing optimum convenience and offer self-service alternatives to customers who simply can't afford to waste time waiting on your employees to become available.
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Panerai in Beverly Hills
Panerai Officine opening in Beverly Hills
Published by Watches and Timepieces 559 on December 11 2008, 18:37.
The renowned Florentine company presents its exclusive watch creations on the legendary Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills' temple of shopping
The leading Italian company in the high-end sports watch sector is reopening the doors of its famous boutique in the Californian metropolis, originally inaugurated in the spring of 2005, following its renovation.
The new Los Angeles Panerai Boutique is located in one of this metropolitan giant's must-see destinations, Rodeo Drive, the most famous shopping street in the world.
In a unique atmosphere, the Panerai Boutique presents in Los Angeles its most recent and exclusive creations.
The Panerai collection of fine watches is commanding growing attention on international markets, attracting the interest and passions of collectors and enthusiasts from all over the world.
A purely Italian success achieved thanks to a perfect balance between state-of-the-art technology, impeccably sound mechanisms and elegant lines characteristics of watches whose fame has also reached Internet, where the websites and exchanges of information are multiplying, lending the watches themselves a kind of mythical aura that transforms them into true cult objects.
The excellence of Panerai watches has contributed to the creation of a brand that is appreciated in all international arenas of fine watch making.
The Panerai Boutique in Los Angeles is characterised by an Italian design inspired by the sea, the element that has always accompanied the history of Panerai watches, originally conceived for military use.
Shop windows that take on the shape of ocean waves, furnishing details that echo diving suits and divers' equipment, and porthole-shaped display panels recalling yacht fittings all form part of a nautical style that is elegant and minimal at the same time.
Among the materials used, teak and steel are predominant. These are used against wire mesh panels, back-painted walls recreating the surface of the water, and graphic inventions stylizing the shape of the watches themselves.
The Los Angeles Panerai Boutique presents a selection of limited edition watches, with a particular focus on the models fitted with movements of exclusive Panera
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Political ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Enquiry concerning political justice and its influence on morals and happiness.
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Errata, volume 1, page [xxiii]; volume 2, page [x].
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In system specification and formal verification it is a central issue to deal with temporal logics. In particular, First-Order Temporal Logics (FOTLs) are needed whenever the modelled systems are infinite-state. Reasoning in FOTLs is hard and few approaches have so far proved effective. In this paper we propose a novel approach to FOTLs, in the style of labelled deduction in Quantified Modal Logics, which is modular in the structure of time and can therefore be adapted to a wide class of FOTLs. Moreover, we present a tactic-based temporal theorem prover enforcing this approach, obtained by applying Amy Felty's work on higher-order theorem proving in lambda-Prolog. Finally, we show some promising experimental results.


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Send Flowers for Zigmund Florian
Zigmund Florian Charney
Zigmund Florian Charney, 79, passed away of peripheral artery disease surrounded by family and caregivers on December 16, 2021 in Fairfax, Virginia.
His greatest love was his family, and he is survived by his beloved wife of 45 years, Marcia, daughter Carrie Beth Crawford (Richard), granddaughters Jessica and Emily Crawford, and great grandchildren Elijah and Lilly.
Born in 1942 in Ford City, PA to the late Michael J. (Kaiser) and Mary (Stolar) Charney, Zig was the oldest of seven to bless the family. He grew up in Ford City and graduated from Ford City High School, Class of 1960. During his years at FCHS, Zig was a class officer, participated in Student Council, Latin and Spanish Clubs, played football, and was in the cast of the Senior Class play, In addition to driving an ice cream truck for Jolly Rogers, Zig caddied at the Kittanning Country Club. He was active in Boy Scouts, achieving the honored rank of Eagle Scout. He worked as a pin-boy at the CU Club's bowling alley, saving money to enable him to attend the Boy Scout Jamboree in Philmont, New Mexico. He loved to bowl, attending many Jednota bowling tournaments with family members. He also enjoyed bow hunting in his adult years, and he belonged to a local archery club.
After high school Zig hitchhiked through forty eight states and worked for a short time as a migrant worker. After moving to the Washington, DC area, Zig worked in the office of the Noland Company, a plumbing supply house. Employees noticed he loved to be around plumbing supplies; consequently, he went to plumbing school for six years and achieved the level of Master Plumber. He was introduced by a mutual friend to Marcia Heurich in July 1976, and they were married in October 1976. They settled in Fairfax, Virginia, where they raised their daughter.
Zig received training from Purdue University which enabled him to teach classes at the Plumbers Union for five years. He was a member of the Plumbers Union Local #5 in Washington, DC. for over 50 years. After his retirement in 2005, he worked as a courier delivering mail and packages as far away as Manhattan and Rochester, NY, as well as Kentucky. Zig's leisure time was filled with scenic drives which he loved. His family called this "going in to ZIGLAND." This became his hobby of sorts.
Zig was known as a very hardworking man. He had a company on the side and did a great deal of plumbing work for family and friends. He loved to read, especially Westerns and legal thrillers – Louis L'Amour and John Grisham were his favorite authors. He especially enjoyed completing The Washington Post crossword puzzles.
As they say, "You can take the boy out of Western Pennsylvania, but you can't take Western Pennsylvania out of the boy!" Although living in the Washington, DC area, Zig remained a life-long Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates fan. Zig received a four year scholarship from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company enabling him to attend Penn State University for a year. He joined the ranks of Nittany Lions fans who "bleed blue and white," and he started a chain of Charney family members who became Penn State alumni.
Predeceased by his parents and siblings Joseph J. (2002), Grace M. (2018), and Andrew M. (2005), he is survived by siblings Elizabeth C. Cieri of Morris Plains, NJ and her children Jill and Todd, Raymond P. Charney of Ford City, and William J. Charney of Hackettstown, NJ. He is also survived by sisters-in-law Elaine G. (Joseph) and their children Jay, Michael, and Troy, and their wives and children, and Susan B. (Andrew) and their children Thomas, Stephanie, and Lisa, and her husband and children. Predeceased by brother-in-law Maurice F. Heurich, he is survived by brothers-in-law Rev. Jimmy Heurich (Sallie), and Tim Heurich (Megan) and their children.
In honoring Zig's request, there will be no funeral. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Zig's memory can be made to the Ford City Public Library or to a charity of one's choice. Welch Funeral Service, LLC, 1032 Fourth Ave., Ford City, is assisting the family with local arrangements.
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Tate Ruled Out For Remaining Games
Crewe dealt blow as experienced defender Alan Tate ruled out with ankle injury
On-loan defender Alan Tate will not play again this season after suffering micro-fractures in his ankle against Peterborough United on Tuesday evening. Tate slipped on the surface, going over on his ankle just after the half an hour mark and was immediately replaced by Jon Guthrie.
Tate is in a supportive boot but the injury is not as bad as first feared and he has a recovery time of 4-6 weeks. It will rule him out for the remaining three matches of the season but will allow him to get a pre-season under his belt.


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Samsung Digimax V5: 5mpix, 3x zoom
By Mike Tomkins
(Monday, February 23, 2004 - 18:35 EST)
The second of Samsung's new camera announcements at PMA featuring a five megapixel sensor, the Samsung Digimax V5 is a $349 camera with a Schneider-branded 3x optical zoom lens.
Other features of the V5 include a 1.5" color LCD display for image preview / review, five-mode flash, and both movie and voice recording modes. Images are stored on either Secure Digital / Multimediacard or Memory Stick Duo / Memory Stick PRO Duo cards, and transferred to a PC via a USB 2.0 connection (DC Input and NTSC / PAL video connections are also available).
Full specifications courtesy of Samsung follow:
Samsung Digimax V5
Image Sensor Type 1/1.8" CCD
Effective Pixels Approx. 5.1 Megapixel
Total Pixels Approx. 5.3 Megapixel
Focal Length Schneider Lens f = 7.7 ~ 23.1mm (35mm film equivalent: 38 ~ 113mm)
F No. F2.8 ~ F4.9
Still Image mode: 1.0X ~ 5.0X
Play mode: 1.0X ~ 8.0X (depends on Image Size)
Optical Viewfinder Real image optical viewfinder
LCD Monitor 1.5" color TFT LCD
Focusing Type TTL Auto Focus
Normal: 80cm ~ infinity
Macro: 4cm ~ 80cm (Wide), 30cm ~ 80cm (Tele)
Shutter Type Mechanical shutter and Electrical shutter
Shutter Speed 2 ~ 1/2,000 sec. (15 ~ 1/2,000 sec. in Manual Scene mode)
Exposure Control Program AE, Metering (Multi & Spot)
Compensation +/-2 EV (0.5EV steps)
ISO Equivalent Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400 with Noise Reduction
Flash Modes Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash Off
Flash Range
Wide: 0.05 ~ 3.0m
Tele: 0.3 ~ 2.0m (ISO Auto)
Recharging Time Approx. 6 sec.
Sharpness Soft, Normal, Vivid
Effect B&W, Normal, Sepia, RGB, Nega
Voice Recording Voice Recording (max. 1 hour), Voice Memo on Still Image (max. 10 sec.)
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Sunset, Cloudy, High Fluorescent, Low Fluorescent, Tungsten, Custom
Still Image Modes: Easy, Program, My Set, A,S,M, Voice, Night, Scene; Scene modes include Portrait, Children, Landscape, Backlight, Beach & Snow, Dawn, Fireworks, Sunset
Movie Clip: With Audio (recording time is memory capacity dependent), Size: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, Frame rate: 30 fps, 15 fps
Multi Memory Card Slot (SD/MMC, Memory Stick Duo, MS Pro compatible)
SD up to 512MB guaranteed
Memory Stick Duo up to 128MB guaranteed
Still image: JPEG, DCF, DPOF 1.1, EXIF 2.1, PictBridge 1.0
Movie Clip: MOV (MPEG4)
Audio: WAV
2592: 2592 x 1944 pixels
1024: 1024 x 768 pixels
640: 640 x 480 pixels
Capacity (32 MB)
These figures are measured under Samsung's standard conditions and may vary depending on shooting conditions and camera settings.
Image Play Single image, Thumbnails, Slide show, Movie Clip
Image Edit Rotation, Trimming, Resizing
Interface Digital output connector: USB 2.0, Audio: Mono, Video: NTSC, PAL (user selectable), DC power input connector: 5.0V
Primary battery: 2 x AA alkaline, Lithium, Ni-Mn, Ni-Zn / 1 x CR-V3
Rechargeable battery: 3.7V Li-ion (SLB-1437), 2 x AA Ni-MH, Ni-Cd / 1 x I-Pack (SBP-1103, SBP-1303), AC Adapter
Included power source may vary depending on sales region.
Dimensions (WxHxD) 106 x 56 x 36.5mm (TBD)
Weight TBD (without batteries and card)
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40°C
Operating Humidity 5 ~ 85%
Camera Driver: Mass Storage Driver (Windows98/98SE/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS 9.0 ~ 10.2)
Application: Digimax Viewer, Arcsoft Photo Impression
Special Features VGA 30fps Movie Clip, Multi Memory Card Slot (SD/MMC, Memory Stick Duo compatible), 8 kinds of Various Scene Modes, Superb 4cm Macro, 2.0" Rotating LCD
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SAMSUNG INTRODUCES 5-MEGAPIXEL MODEL TO ITS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL V SERIES LINE OF DIGITAL CAMERAS
SECAUCUS, N.J., (February 12, 2004) – Samsung Camera today announced the launch of the Digimax V5 five-megapixel digital camera, the latest introduction to the highly successful Digimax V Series range of compact digital cameras. The V5 is one of three new models added to the Samsung Digimax V Series at the start of 2004, and is prices at just $349.
"The launch of the V5 further demonstrates Samsung's commitment to the digital still camera space," said Ken Gerb, Senior Vice President, Sales for Samsung Cameras. "As the market for high-end, prosumer type compact digitals shifts to higher resolution models, Samsung continues to anticipate consumer demand and deliver top quality products at affordable price points. The V5 is based largely on the design and feature sets of our familiar and highly-successful V3 and V4 models, so we expect it to be well received by consumers."
The V5 joins the V4 and V3 in offering a number of signature V Series features and technologies, including Schneider optics, support for nine different power sources, three customizable user profile settings and a super macro feature that lets the user shoot subjects as close as 6cm away in manual mode. With a host of additional features including 12x zoom (3x optical, 4x digital), auto and manual shooting modes and the ability to record up to 2 hours of audio, the Samsung Digimax V5 is the only camera in its class to offer brilliant five?megapixel photos, setting new standards for price and performance.
Created for sale through specialty photo dealers, the Samsung Digimax V Series digital cameras were designed to substantially expand the boundaries of creativity for digital imaging enthusiasts of all shapes and sizes. At 5.0, 4.0 and 3.2 megapixels, respectively, the Digimax V5, V4 and V3 cameras offer a number of innovative features in a stylish, intuitive and affordable package.
V Series for Versatility
One of the many features that sets the Samsung Digimax V Series cameras apart from their peers is the ability to support nine different power sources including CR-V3 Lithium, AA alkaline, Ni-Mn, Ni-Zn, Ni-MH, Ni-Cd, SRB-1437 or SBP-1103 rechargeable Li-Ion batteries, and an AC adapter. In combining such an incredible array of power options with innovative new low power circuitry, the Digimax V Series cameras come with an unprecedented level of flexibility and reliability. While certainly impressive, multiple power sources are not the only firsts offered by the V Series cameras. They are also the only cameras in the world that combine world-renowned Schneider optics with advanced manual shooting capabilities to create a Super Macro function that allows users to capture brilliant images from as close as 5 cm away. Once you've captured the image you want, Samsung's trimming and resizing functions allow you to edit the image right on the LCD – without even connecting to a PC.
And even though every picture is worth 1,000 words, sometimes you want to add a few of your own. The V Series cameras offer the perfect solution, allowing users to add 10?second audio captions to still images, record audio to accompany their movie clips and record up to 2 hours of audio alone, depending on the capacity of the memory card in use. Both of the Digimax V Series cameras come bundled with a 32 MB SD memory card, as opposed to the 16 MB capacity typically included with competitive products.
Form and Function
While you might expect a camera with this many unique features to look like something from out of this world, the exact opposite is true of the V Series cameras. In combining its expertise as the world's leading chip manufacturer with its commitment to ergonomic design principles, Samsung has succeeded in putting all of these remarkable features into a sleek, user-friendly and familiar looking camera body. The V Series cameras feature incredibly intuitive ergonomic designs, allowing even the casual amateur photographer to start taking great digital photos right out of the box.
The convenient shooting mode dial allows users to easily choose from multiple shooting modes including easy, program, portrait, night scene, movie clip, voice recording and A/S/M (aperture, shutter, and manual). An easy to use 4-way key and OK button allows users to navigate the options menu and provides quick and easy access to a variety of features including flash, self-timer, MIC and metering. The brightness level of a vibrant, 1.5" color TFT LCD monitor on both models is adjustable to ensure easy viewing and reviewing of images in any lighting conditions.
The "My Set" function allows users to personalize their cameras like never before by choosing up to 9 different camera settings such as image size, quality and ISO and saving them in a customized profile. By allowing users to create up to three different "My Set" profiles, only the Samsung Digimax V Series cameras provide the ability to be ready to shoot superior quality images in any conditions at the touch of a button.
The Digimax V Series cameras combine style with substance, and both were designed for speed. All three cameras power up in less than 3 seconds, announcing their readiness with a sound effect and graphics on the LCD display. The start up image on the LCD can even be customized on the V Series cameras, allowing the user to choose their favorite photo as a personal start page. The cameras' "Quick Play" feature allows users to immediately review single images, thumbnails, slide shows and movie clips at the touch of a button – even when the power is off.
The V5, V4 and V3 feature single, continuous and auto bracketing shooting modes. With the high-speed auto bracketing feature, 4 ~ 1/2,000 frames per second can be captured with different exposures.
Everything You Expect From a Samsung Camera
The V Series line supports multiple file formats, including TIFF, JPEG and DPOF for still images, as well as AVI (MJPEG) for movie clips and WAV for audio files. All three cameras come bundled with a variety of valuable software to make viewing, editing and sharing images easy, including Digimax Viewer 2.1, and Arcsoft PhotoImpression 4.0.
They offer multiple language support including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Portugese, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and more. All V Series cameras come equipped with a full compliment of accessories, including a stylish carrying case, USB cable, user selectable NTSC/PAL video cable, and applications and software driver CD-ROM and a wrist strap.
Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc., Secaucus, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Sungnam Kyungki-Do, Korea. Samsung is the world's 11th largest company. Samsung Opto-Electronics markets a full line of auto focus cameras, zoom and digital cameras for the amateur as well as the professional under the Samsung band name. CCTV monitors and lenses, motorized zoom lenses, binoculars, observation and security systems, and video presenters are other products in the family of photographic and optical equipment.
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My mom has helped me so much over the years be more than just a default I need your help parent but has been my rock and my friend. Just like the into the light video this is the start of a series of videos tackling depression. My mom talks about what a parent can do. Filmed where it all went down in Laguna Niguel at Salt Creek beach.
Power is the one this hour!
Here on God's great dance floor!


I am happy to have my tricolor gum bichromate print, Evening at Listening Vessel, accepted into Rayko Photo Center's 9th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show. The exhibition will be on view from March 9 through May 6, 2016. The opening reception is March 9, from 6-9 pm, at Rayko Photo Center, located in San Francisco.
This image was made with color film and a 'Diana' toy camera. I subsequently made a tricolor gum print of it. Thrilled that it was accepted into this exhibit!


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Q: RKClient is nil This line of code:
    RKClient *client = [RKClient sharedClient];

returns nil for client.
    RKLogConfigureByName("RestKit", RKLogLevelTrace);

gives:
I restkit:RKLog.m:33 RestKit initialized...

Any suggestions?

A: OK, this is because the method just delivers the shared client. Which is nil until you use something like this:
RKClient *client = [RKClient clientWithBaseURL:url];

==== UPDATE
As @Dan suggested, using RKObjectManager is the better way to go.

A: You may want to look into using RKObjectManager, instead. RKObjectManager creates an RKClient, and is the main mechanism to serialize / deserialize objects.


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Q: how to retrieve a file from parse.com Hi i'm using the Parse JavaScript API and i just cant for the life of me figure out how to retrieve a parse file. I can get it to save fine just no matter what i do i cant get the file or even just a url to it.
Basically I want a user to save an image on an update page and for the image to appear on their profile page.
var Fiftyfifty = Parse.Object.extend("fiftyfifty");
    var query = new Parse.Query(Fiftyfifty);
    query.equalTo("objectId", "xlHFP1QYmq");
    query.first({
        success: function (results) {
            // The object was retrieved successfully.
            //alert("found");
            //alert("Successfully retrieved " + results.attributes.fiftyfiftyfile.url + " ");
            //alert(fiftyfifty.attributes.fiftyfiftyfile.toString());
            //var object = (fiftyfifty.id());
            //var imageFile = object.get('fiftyfifty');
            //var imageURL = imageFile.url();
            //$('poster').src = results.attributes.fiftyfiftyfile.toString();
            //var profilePhoto = results.get("fiftyfiftyfile");
            //$("poster")[0].src = profilePhoto.url();

            //document.getElementById("poster").src = results.attributes.fiftyfiftyfile.toString();

            //document.getElementById("poster").innerHTML = ((fiftyfifty.url()));
        },
        error: function (object, error) {
            // The object was not retrieved successfully.
            // error is a Parse.Error with an error code and message.
            alert("fail");
        }
    });

The commented out code is some stuff I tried but the best I could get was [object object]
mostly I just get some form of "cannot set property of undefined" error in the console.

A: if your column name of uploaded file is
fiftyfiftyfile then
you can get url of uploaded file is as follows:
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"Appaloosa" and what the Western is about
September 29, 2012 5:43 pm / Leave a comment
I recently saw Ed Harris' Western, Appaloosa (2008), a traditional and unshowy contribution to the genre. Whereas many Western of the past twenty years have attempted to be "revisionist" or "deconstructive", often quite successfully, Appaloosa takes the staples of the genre and works through them with commitment and detail.
This is to say, I liked Appaloosa just fine. It had a solid setting, decent story with strong characters, and fine performances from Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger and Jeremy Irons (though his Boston accent sounded very odd). It did not flinch from its portrayal of violence, which I think is a key ingredient to the Western, on which more later, and balanced that with a pragmatic sense of honour – a man gives his word in this world because it is in the interests of his own self-preservation, and another man accepts the word of the first because it is in the interests of his own self-preservation. This way, the film gets around the potentially hokey idea of men trusting each other simply because "a man's word is his word".
The honour system is one of several genre clichés that Appaloosa deals with very effectively. Another is the skill of the gunslinger – Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen) are good at what they do because they have lived long enough to become good at it, and similarly being good at it has enabled them to stay alive. Described as "peacekeepers", they do not simply wander into town in search of someone to kill or avenge themselves upon, such as Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name in the Dollars trilogy, or (sticking with Sergio Leone) Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in For A Few Dollars More and Harmonica (Charles Bronson) in Once Upon A Time in the West, or Eastwood's other incarnations such as The Stranger in High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, 1973) or William Munny in Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) (my personal favourite Western). For Virgil and Everett, killing is what they do for a living, within the remit of the law, simply because in a lawless land, it is a good way to use one's skills.
What worked especially well for me about Appaloosa was the parallel between the external struggle of Virgil and Everett attempting to bring down the crooked rancher Braggs (Irons) and the internal struggle of conflicted loyalties between the two partners and the woman who enters their lives, Alison French (Zellweger). The film presents this struggle as a love triangle of sorts, initially appearing as a romantic triangle with both men vying for the woman's affection. The first scene featuring all three characters frames Ali in a shot between the two men, suggesting that they will compete for her. Yet romance blooms between Ali and Virgil very easily, while Everett's own relationship with Katie (Adriana Gil) suggests he is no worse off. The only encounter between Everett and Ali seems a calculated attempt on her part to make Virgil jealous, but as Everett explains, "We're both with Virgil. What emerges therefore is a triangle that features Virgil as the object of desired association rather than Ali. Everett could be read as homosexual but the film offers more evidence to support the importance of a homosocial relationship. In different ways, both Ali and Everett value their relationships with Virgil very highly and each poses competition for the other.
This competition is the central thread that runs through Appaloosa, and the external conflict with Bragg ultimately serves to resolve it. In the film's final scene, Everett calls out Bragg to a shoot-out that Everett wins, and the film's (perhaps unnecessary) final voiceover clarifies why: by killing Bragg, Everett outlaws himself from Appaloosa, leaving Virgil as town marshal and the responsible man who can be with Ali. Everett himself has no place in this civilised town so must leave, the cliché of the Western given voice as Everett describes himself heading off towards the setting sun.
The different routes available to Virgil and Everett demonstrate what has been argued by critics as the central theme of the Western, and what I believe is the fundamental theme: the tension between wilderness and civilisation. What a Western is is one of the most debated questions in genre studies, largely because it should be an easy question to answer. Yet it remains contentious and any definition is open to attack. I am not attempting to end this debate (where's the fun in that?), but throwing my Stetson in the ring (because Stetsons are cool), I believe the conflict between civilisation and wilderness is the defining feature of the Western genre. If a film does not have this theme, then it is not a Western. Both classic and revisionary Westerns from Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) to The Searchers (Ford, 1956), from High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford, 1962), from Once Upon A Time In the West (Sergio Leone, 1968) to Unforgiven all feature this central concern. Sometimes it is blatant, such as Ethan Edwards standing in the doorway but unable to enter the homestead. Other times it is more subtle: what civilisation do we have in A Fistful of Dollars (Leone, 1964) when a town is run by opposing gangs? It's a town, everyone in it is oppressed by the gangs, and it takes a man like them in the form of No Name (or Joe) to free it – but of course, he has to leave, there is no place in a town now made civil for a man such as he. Stagecoach has been described as a microcosm of American civilisation travelling through the wilderness; High Noon has the sheriff who defends the town against savagery but then decides it is not worth saving; Once Upon A Time In The West features the coming of the railroad which should be civilising but demonstrates that capitalist exploitation is just as savage as the wilderness; Unforgiven depicts a totalitarian civilisation that is torn down in the name of brutal revenge. The conflict between civilisation and wilderness takes many forms: sometimes one is supported over the other and other times the conflict is not resolved at all, but this is the thematic debate that Westerns participate in. I have heard Star Wars described as a Western and I must disagree: it's a war film (saga) in space. There is no clash between civilisation and wilderness – it is a struggle for freedom from oppression much like The Lord of the Rings or even Snow White and the Huntsman.
To return to Appaloosa, Harris' film has a parallel between its central characters similar to that of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Just as Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) is a representative of the law (read: civilisation), so is Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) a force of savagery, ostensibly taming the wilderness but therefore a manifestation of it. Doniphon acquiesces his position of authority in the town of Shinbone to Stoddard, knowing that it is time for civilisation. Similarly, Everett performs the act of savagery that disqualifies him from civilisation, necessitating his departure from Appaloosa (Viggo Mortenson choosing exile? Where have I seen that before?).
Throughout the film, Everett is presented as less intimately involved with civilisation. He follows Virgil's lead, allowing the other man to determine their involvement with the establishment of Appaloosa. He lives in the town's hotel, while Virgil takes the house under construction with Ali. The fact that the house is under construction is highly significant – Virgil is literally building a new life, in his position as marshal, with Ali, and in their home. Like Ransom Stoddard, he has built his place within society. It is also Everett who rides out to meet the Apaches and present them with a horse, ending their hostilities. Any Western can easily invite charges of racism, but the Apaches in Appaloosa are not presented as wild savages, simply people operating under different systems of civilisation than white settlers. Everett's easy interaction with them demonstrates less of an engagement with the law – while Virgil is very much committed to his job, returning Bragg to prison, Everett is more flexible and adaptable to their circumstances, which he demonstrates again when he calls out Bragg. As noted above, the depiction of violence in a Western is crucial, and I think should be brutal and unflinching, as the engagement with violence is central to the theme of wilderness VS civilisation.
Like Tom Doniphon, Everett reaches a point at which he no longer belongs in civilisation (or is it the other way around?). Unlike the earlier film though, it is love of a friend rather than love of a woman that motivates Everett. In a very real sense, he loves Virgil and wants him to be happy, so he sacrifices his own place within the town so that he can let Virgil go. The two men represent a force for civilisation in a wild, savage environment, but it is Virgil who ultimately accepts a role within civilisation. For Everett, the place is still out there, a place on his own without his partner, who will now share his life with Ali. As for Everett, and "for the unforeseeable, well, it was out there waiting for me". Civilisation or wilderness, it seems, will always be available for the Western protagonist.
Bat Memories Part Two: The Dark Knight That Rises In Us All
September 25, 2012 1:55 pm / 3 Comments on Bat Memories Part Two: The Dark Knight That Rises In Us All
SPOILER WARNING!
A little late, I complete my ruminations on the cinematic excursions of the Caped Crusader, with consideration of how Christopher Nolan and his collaborators re-constituted Batman after the quality vacuum that was Batman & Robin, as well as offering my thoughts on The Dark Knight Rises.
When I read that the reboot of the Batman franchise was to be directed by the man behind Memento and Insomnia, I was pleased because those films impressed me (indeed, Memento clarified that my favourite type of film is a good thriller and I haven't gone wrong with that approach yet). Just how impressive Batman Begins turned out to be took me (as well as others) quite by surprise. Not only did Nolan (along with brother/co-writer Jonathan, as well as David S. Goyer, DoP Wally Pfister and producer/wife Emma Thomas) deliver a detailed, consistent and plausible reboot and reinterpretation of the Batman mythos, they also created the best superhero movie made up until that point. The superhero sub-genre had been growing since Blade in 1998, got better with X-Men in 2000 and really exploded with Spider-Man in 2002. Blade II, X-2, Daredevil, Hulk and Spider-Man 2 followed in quick succession, so when Batman Begins arrived in 2005 (along with Fantastic Four), the superhero stage was already crowded.
What Batman Begins managed to do was delve deep into the psychology of a superhero figure, and strike a balance between character interplay and thematic exploration with spectacular action. Not that others had not done this as well – Spider-Man 2 and X-2 especially have plenty of action and plenty of character – but Batman Begins actually made the action sequences the least interesting parts of the film. Which is not to say they were bad: the explosive escape from the League of Shadows' lair; Batman's first appearance at the docks; the attack on Wayne Manor; Batman's rescue of Rachel Dawes and the finale in the Narrows and aboard Gotham's elevated train are all masterfully handled set pieces. In a year when Spielberg's War of the Worlds was more Run of the Mill, and Lucas' Revenge of the Sith went too far into CGI flamboyance, it was most refreshing to see a relatively new director stake such a claim in the blockbuster field. Yet despite the impressive set pieces, the inter-personal dramas between Bruce and Alfred, Jim Gordon, Ra's Al Ghul and the Scarecrow, as well as the careful development of the Batman persona, make Batman Begins a remarkable investigation into identity, in relation to one's own ideology, family background and social position, not to mention a varied exploration of the theme of fear. No other superhero film managed to accomplish so much and so efficiently.
With the superhero genre effectively deconstructed and reconstructed, Nolan could go to strange new places with the sequel, which is why The Dark Knight feels like something different and special. It is a superhero film only by virtue of having names, costumes and a few gadgets; otherwise, it is effectively a straight crime thriller. Except it is also more than that, as crime thrillers seldom have a criminal as malevolent and uncontrollable as the Joker. The Joker truly is the trump card in The Dark Knight, as discussions of motivations and objectives go out the window: as Alfred tells Bruce (and as we were warned in the teaser trailer), "Some men just want to watch the world burn." Nolan shows us the world burn in The Dark Knight – rather than Batman being a resource for law and order, Gotham becomes more violent and chaotic than ever. Much of the Joker's power has been credited to Heath Ledger's incendiary performance, but both as a character and an element within the plot the Joker serves to elevate the film into a thought-provoking philosophical discussion on chaos and order. The most dramatic sequences are, again, dialogue scenes such as the confrontation between Batman and the Joker in a police interview room, which infamously turns into a torture sequence, as well as the final stand-off between Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent. That these sequences stand out despite the tremendous opening bank robbery, the gripping battle between massive truck and Batmobile/Pod, and the high rise assaults in Hong Kong and Gotham, is testament to Nolan's mastery of the cinematic craft, blending high octane thrills with serious themes and characters that can explore these themes in uncompromising ways. More than the best superhero film ever, The Dark Knight is a true genre-blender, merging elements of crime and political thrillers into a potent and compelling cocktail.
It would be fair to say that my reaction at the end of The Dark Knight Rises was one of relief: relief that it managed to live up to expectations. It did not supersede them – I think after the extraordinary nature of The Dark Knight, the expectation that it would be topped was unreasonably high. However, being aware of this, my hope was simply not to be disappointed, so I was relieved not to be. Earlier this year, my local world of ciné were nice enough to screen Batman Begins and The Dark Knight in a single programme, so I got to see both on the big screen again before The Dark Knight Rises. Therefore I was well prepared to compare Christopher Nolan's trilogy climax to his previous instalments.
The Dark Knight Rises succeeds as a trilogy closer because it builds upon yet does not deviate from what came before. We have much of the same: Alfred being regretful, Bruce being committed, Lucius being supportive, Gordon being fretful, and we have much that is new: Selina being deceitful, Bane menacing, Blake simultaneously idealistic and realistic, and Miranda being vengeful. I also expected Nolan's remarkable ability to deliver superb action sequences, yet make these sequences the tip of the iceberg, two characters talking being even more dramatic than attack vehicles shooting at each other. Combining the two is effective as well: Bane and Batman taunting each other while they fight helps to draw the viewer in, feel the emotional as well as physical blows. Speaking of emotional blows, it was on the second viewing that I actually welled up during Alfred's final speech, as he grieved for the Waynes and told Bruce's parents how sorry he was that he failed to protect their son. Clearly, the film was powerful.
A key part of this power, like the previous installments, are the ideas that feature so heavily (but not heavy-handedly) in The Dark Knight Rises. Slavoj Zizek gives a very interesting discussion on the politics of the film, concluding that it is in some ways impressive and in others ham-fisted. Other reviews comment on the film's engagement with the Occupy Wall Street movement and the potentially disturbing politics the film suggests. For me, a great element of the trilogy as a whole and its finale in particular, is the presentation and engagement with a debate over a type of heroism that is surprisingly egalitarian.
In my last post, I discussed the failures of the previous Batman movies to deliver a truly compelling take on the Dark Knight. I think a key reason was a specific failure to explore the character of Batman/Bruce Wayne in much depth. Crucially, this was what Nolan indicated he would be doing with his reboot of the franchise, so that was another reason I had high hopes for this re-interpretation.
When first conceiving of his vigilante persona in Batman Begins, Bruce describes an incorruptible symbol. Alfred tells Bruce in The Dark Knight what the "point" of Batman is: "He can be the outcast, no one else can". For Nolan/Bale's Batman, that is indeed the point of Batman, he can be and do what no one else can. In The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce explains to John Blake and Jim Gordon that Batman is a demonstration that anyone can be a hero. I think this may be the reason Batman has always resonated with me, and why my work on the character thus far has focused upon discussions of heroism. Nolan's trilogy is distinguished from the previous interpretations of the Dark Knight through its emphasis on "realistic" feats and devices rather than more outlandish events in such franchises as Spider-Man (Raimi and Webb) and The Avengers. Critics have pointed out the implausibility of such features as the Bat, Bruce's trip from wherever the prison was back to Gotham without passport or money, and Selina Kyle's heels, but nonetheless the films still take place in a world far-removed from genetic mutations into lizard creatures and devices that open portals to distant parts of the galaxy. However, being closer to our reality extends beyond the gadgets and the vehicles.
In my previous post, I argued that Batman Forever impresses me the most of the earlier Batman films, because we have an internal and external struggle for Bruce Wayne. This dramatic tension is played out on a far wider scale across Nolan's Dark Knight Legend, as we focus upon Bruce's attempts to deal with his past, present and future. Batman is a form of therapy, but ultimately lacks catharsis: he can make a start of helping the people of Gotham, but when it all goes horribly wrong in The Dark Knight, he gets stuck, as Alfred identifies, he never moved on. Yet by the end of The Dark Knight Rises, he has moved on, "rising" out of the pit of depression that made him a recluse by the start of the film.
Bruce's rise is only one of a number of appearances of the trope of rising in the film. Once imprisoned by Bane, Bruce literally rises out of the hole in which he is imprisoned, as did the previous inmate of the prison, whom both viewer and protagonist believe to be Bane, but turns out to be Talia/Miranda. The components of Bruce's lair rise out of the water in the Batcave, a walkway rising under Alfred's feet as he approaches his master/charge. In his final act of sacrifice, Batman rises out of Gotham in order to carry the bomb out of harm's way. This final rise is also Bruce's way of moving on, as he effectively "kills" Batman. The film's finale might have benefitted from the ambiguity of not seeing the reverse shot of Alfred's POV in Florence, when he sees Bruce and Selina, free of Gotham, but I choose to believe it is what he sees, allowing us the viewers to share in the catharsis of all three characters: all have risen from the darkness, the anguish and the pain that we have spent three movies sharing with them. How fitting that we share their rise as well.
Metaphorically, not only does Bruce rise out of isolation, but Batman rises from the state of pariah, and Gotham must rise above the state of martial law imposed upon it by Bane. Selina rises from cat burglar to freedom fighter, James Gordon rises from the depressed and injured state that he has fallen into, while John Blake rises from the rank of uniformed cop to something more distinguished. Indeed, the final shot of the film both presents and expresses rising, as it is filled by the platforms of the Batcave, rising with Robin Blake (the new Dark Knight?) upon them, literal and metaphorical rising encapsulated in a shot that both ends this legend, yet allows us to imagine what more could happen.
This, perhaps, is the final point of Batman: we can all be heroes in one way or another. We need not put on costumes or fight crime, but "A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended." So perhaps that is the message we can take from The Dark Knight Legend – whomsoever, in whatever circumstances, helps out fellow people, is a hero. That is the power of the Dark Knight Legend, taking the idea of heroism seriously, both as a dramatic device, and as an in-depth thematic exploration. To that height, Nolan rose, and certainly delivered me the Batman I always wanted.