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Q: How to make asynchronous calls inside of a firestore .forEach loop? Im using the firebase admin SDK server-side, and in one of my routes, im getting a collection, and then looping over each document in said collection...during each iteration, i use a property value to do a second get(). in the then() of this secondary get(), i again use data from the initial get to make final, tertiary get().
unfortunately the asynchronous nature of these nested calls seems to be creating undesirable outcomes.
heres the route function:
router.get('/list', authorization, (req, res) => {
  console.log('/reports/list entered...')

  admin
    .firestore()
    .collection('user-reports')
    .get()
    .then(querySnapshot => {
      const reports = []
      querySnapshot.forEach(snapshotDocument => {
        const closed = snapshotDocument.get('closed')
        console.log(`closed status: ${closed}`)

        if (closed === false) {
          const data = snapshotDocument.data()
          console.log(`condition passed, data: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`)
          // get # of reports made by sender
          admin
            .firestore()
            .collection('users')
            .doc(data.reportee)
            .get()
            .then(doc => {
              data['reportee'] = {
                reportActivity: doc.get('reportActivity')
              }
              console.log(`first then => data; ${JSON.stringify(data)}`)
              // get report history of reportee

              admin
                .firestore()
                .collection('users')
                .doc(data.reporter)
                .get()
                .then(doc => {
                  data['reporter'] = {
                    reportActivity: doc.get('reportActivity')
                  }
                  console.log(`second then, ${JSON.stringify(data)}`)
                  reports.push(data)
                })
                .catch(err => {
                  return res.json({ error: true, message: err })
                })
            })
            .catch(err => {
              return res.json({ error: true, message: err })
            })
        }
      })
      console.log(`pre-response: ${JSON.stringify(reports)}`)
      return res.json({ reports })
    })
    .catch(err => res.json({ error: true, message: err }))
})

what im logging is the "first condition passed", "pre-response: []", and "first then => data". by the time i ultimately return "reports" its empty. is there a more effective way to run firestore methods inside of foreach loops?

A: The solution almost always is to use Promise.all() to wait for a bunch of promises to resolve:
  rturn Promise.all(querySnapshot.map(snapshotDocument => {
    const closed = snapshotDocument.get('closed')
    console.log(`closed status: ${closed}`)

    if (closed === false) {
      const data = snapshotDocument.data()
      console.log(`condition passed, data: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`)
      // get # of reports made by sender
      return admin
        .firestore()
        .collection('users')
        .doc(data.reportee)
        .get()
        .then(doc => {
          data['reportee'] = {
            reportActivity: doc.get('reportActivity')
          }
          console.log(`first then => data; ${JSON.stringify(data)}`)
          // get report history of reportee

          return admin
            .firestore()
            .collection('users')
            .doc(data.reporter)
            .get()
            .then(doc => {
              data['reporter'] = {
                reportActivity: doc.get('reportActivity')
              }
              console.log(`second then, ${JSON.stringify(data)}`)
              return data;
            })
            .catch(err => {
              return res.json({ error: true, message: err })
            })
        })
        .catch(err => {
          return res.json({ error: true, message: err })
        })
    }
  })
  .then((reports) => {
    console.log(`pre-response: ${JSON.stringify(reports)}`)
    return res.json({ reports })
  })

There might be some syntax errors, but the basic changes:

*

*Turn the documents into a list of promises/results with querySnapshot.map(snapshotDocument => {.

*Use Promise.all to create a promise that resolves when all these results are done.

*Returns results from as deep down as needed all the way up to the main code.

Note that nesting of promises the way you do here is unusual and an anti-pattern, so in recommend also looking into learning to chain promises (so that you end up with a single catch - instead of having them all over the place.


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Obituaries - Published 07/15/2002
Intelligencer Staff
Raymond Bargetzi
Raymond R. Bargetzi, age 75, of Highland, died at 5:02 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital in Highland.
He was born on June 29, 1927, in Highland, the son of the late Robert and Milda Reinacher Bargetzi.
He married Gladys Patton on Aug. 27, 1948, at the Eden Evangelical and Reformed Parsonage in Edwardsville. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters: Cherie Bircher and husband, Fred of Alhambra, and Lisa Olson of Highland; two sons: Gary Bargetzi and wife, Diane and David Bargetzi and wife, Lori, all of Highland; two sisters: Ellen Gelly of Trenton, and Helen Hundsdorfer and husband, Donald, all of Highland; eight grandchildren: Derek Bircher and wife, Mandy of Marine, Daron Bircher and wife, Kerry, Brendan, Morgan, Jared and Dylan Bargetzi, all of Highland, and Dustin and Cody Olson, both of Highland; and four great-grandchildren: Chase, Lake, Zane and Gage Bircher, all of Highland.
Mr. Bargetzi graduated from Highland High School in 1945. For a number of years he farmed with his parents. Prior to retiring from Illinois Power in 1987 after 33 years of service, he was a tree trimmer for IP's forestry division, as well as owned his own tree trimming business. In the mid 1960's, he helped with the Khoury League teams and maintained their fields. He also assisted Clarence Potthast in the development of the fields in Glik Park and assisted the Helvetia Sharpshooters Society in the renovation of Lindendale Park, where he was president there in 1975 and maintained that position in office until the early 1990's when he became secretary/treasurer.
Mr. Bargetzi retired after 30 years of service from the Highland-Pierron Volunteer Fire Department, serving as Fire Chief for two years. Other memberships included being active in the Highland Community's celebration of the Bicentennial, and serving on the board of directors for the city of Highland's Sesquicentennial; the Helvetia Sharpshooters Society; Highland Pistol and Rifle Association; Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 309 (over 30 years); and Woodmen of the World-HIghland Camp 105.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 15, and from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home in Highland.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at the funeral home with Rev. Randol Mercer officiating.
Interment will be at Highland City Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mark Baer, Mark Gelly, Randy Gelly, Steve Hundsdorfer, Wayne Hundsdorfer and Rick Mercer. Honorary pallbearers will be the Board of Directors Helvetia Sharpshooters Society, Darrell Apken, Rex Rendleman and Jerry Sparlin.
R. J. Collier
R. J. Collier, age 70, of Collinsville, died at 8:35 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2002, at his residence.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Herr Funeral Home in Collinsville.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at the funeral home with Dr. Robert Haslam officiating.
Interment will be at St. John Cemetery in Collinsville.
Memorials are suggested to the Hospice of Southern Illinois or Shriners Hospital for Children.
Dorothy Parks
Dorothy M. Parks, age 76, of Granite City, died at 5:55 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, 2002, at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at Thomas Saksa Funeral Home in Granite City.
Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, at the funeral home.
Interment will be at St. John Cemetery in Granite City.
Helen Cauble
Helen Smick Cauble, age 92, of Granite City, died on Sunday, July 14, 2002.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Irwin Chapel, 3960 Maryville Road in Granite City.
Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at the funeral home.
Interment will be at Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey.
Lois McBride
Funeral arrangements are pending at Lesicko Funeral Home in Livingston for Lois Kovaly McBride, age 37, of Staunton, who died at 6:58 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, 2002, due to injuries sustained in a motorcyle accident.
A complete obituary will be in a later edition of the Intelligencer.
Delbert Conrad
Delbert H. Conrad, age 82, of Alhambra, died at 12:50 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2002, at Hitz Memorial Home in Alhambra.
He was born on Feb. 12, 1920, in Alhambra, the son of the late Henry and Pauline Siewert Conrad.
He married Dorris Franz on April 23, 1943, at the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Highland. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons: Darrell Conrad and wife, Annette, and Ken Conrad and wife, Kathy, all of Alhambra; a brother: Udell Conrad and wife, Dorothy of Alhambra; two sisters: Irene Prott of Highland, and Velma Grotefendt and husband, Harold of Marine; five grandchildren: Staci Baer and husband, Jared, Jenny, Jessica, Christina and Erica Conrad, all of Alhambra; and a great-grandchild: Brandon Baer of Alhambra.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son: Jay Conrad; a sister: Mildred Grotefendt; and two brothers-in-law: Earl Prott and August Grotefendt.
Mr. Conrad graduated from Siebert School. He was a farmer on the family farm. His memberships included being a former Scout master for Troop 40 in Alhambra; a member of the A.T.A. (Anti Thief Association) No. 339 in Alhambra; served on the board of directors for Hitz Memorial Home for nine years; Marine Masonic Lodge 355 AF & AM; the United Church of Christ of Marine, serving on the church council and singing in the choir; the ASCS Board; the Alhambra Community Club; and was a township trustee for Alhambra Township for 29 years.
Visitation was conducted on Sunday, July 14, at Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home in Highland, and continued on Monday, July 15, at the United Church of Christ of Marine.
Funeral services began at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 15, at the church with Rev. Philip Kershner, pastor, officiating.
Interment was at Marine Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carl Conrad, Bill Feldman, Dale Grotefendt, Delray Grotefendt, Larry Niggli, and Ronald Prott.
Memorials are suggested to the United Church of Christ of Marine.
Ronald Gnaegy
Ronald F. Gnaegy Sr., age 59, of Collinsville, died on Saturday, July 13, 2002, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville.
He was born on Feb. 7, 1943, in East St. Louis, the son of Ann Andruscat Gnaegy of Collinsville and the late Wilford Gnaegy.
He married Gwendolyn Meyer on April 23, 1971, in Maryville. She survives.
Also surviving is a son: Ronald Gnaegy Jr. and wife, Shannon of Troy; twin brother: Robert Gnaegy and wife, Linda of Collinsville; a sister: Diane Asselmeier of Collinsville; two grandsons: Ryan and Drake Gnaegy, both of Collinsville; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and many friends.
Mr. Gnaegy was a truck driver for Garcia Trucking Company for 24 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during Vietnam. His memberships include Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Teamsters Local 50 and the Waterloo Sportsmens Club.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Irwin Chapel of Glen Carbon.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with Rev. Michael Walther officiating.
Interment will be at Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery in Collinsville with full military rites presented.
Memorials are suggested to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Building Fund.
Diane Moore
Diane M. Harris Moore, age 58, of Littleton, Colo., died on Thursday, July 11, 2002, in St. Charles, Mo.
She was born on Nov. 29, 1943, in Highland, the daughter of M. Helen Vieth Harris of Edwardsville and the late Melbourne "Mick" Harris.
She married Keith Moore Sr. on July 9, 1966, in Biloxi, Miss. He survives.
Also surviving is a daughter: Cheryl Moore of Littleton, Colo.; two sons: Keith Moore Jr., and Michael Moore, both of Littleton, Colo.; two sisters: Judith Braun and Joan Moore and husband, Michael Dumm, all of St. Charles, Mo.; a brother: Darrell Harris and wife, Josephine of Glen Carbon; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Moore was a tax examiner for the State of Colorado for 15 years.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Saksa Mateer Funeral Home in Edwardsville.
Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at the funeral home with Fr. Gerald Bunse officiating.
Interment will be at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Edwardsville.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society or Parkinsons Disease Research.
Charles Fink
Charles F. Fink Jr., age 77, of Edwardsville, died at 7:56 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2002, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville.
He was born on Jan. 28, 1925, in DeSoto, Mo., the son of the late Charles and Virginia McMullin Fink.
He married Marian Prather on Jan. 8, 1949, in Festus, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving is a son: Kurt Fink and wife, Karen of Finlay, Ohio; a daughter: June King of Edwardsville; three grandchildren: Brandon and Ryan Fink and Aaron King; and a brother: Howard Fink of O'Fallon.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother: Harry Fink.
Mr. Fink was an instrument service man in the maintenance department at Proctor and Gamble, retiring in 1991. He was of the Lutheran faith.
Private interment services will be conducted at Valley View Cemetery in Edwardsville.
Weber Funeral Home in Edwardsville is in charge of arrangements.
Thelma Phelps
Thelma M. Phelps, age 85, of Granite City, died at 5:10 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2002, at Eden Village Retirement Community in Glen Carbon.
She was born on Feb. 22, 1917, in Equality, the daughter of the late John and Bertha Hubbs Eaton.
She married Earl Phelps on April 3, 1937, in Norris City. He preceded her in death on Aug. 8, 1992.
She is survived by three daughters: Phyllis Holt and husband, Allen of Silver Spring, Md., Earline Cress and husband, Bill of Brentwood, Tenn., and Debbie Tojo and husband, Larry of Edwardsville; six grandchildren: Greg Holt of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Brett Holt of Takokoma Park, Md., Mike Cress of Grapevine, Texas, Zach Tojo of Edwardsville, and Kelley Overbey of Madison, Tenn.; five great-grandchildren; and a sister Aretta Cant of Zephyrhills, Fla.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son: Dennis Phelps; a sister: Helena Foster; and three brothers: Kelbert, Harrel and Earl "Pete" Eaton Jr.
Mrs. Phelps was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Granite City, where she was active in the WML and a Sunday school teacher. She was also a volunteer for Long Lake Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary in Pontoon Beach.
Visitation was conducted on Sunday, July 14, at Irwin Chapter in Granite City.
Funeral services began at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 15, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Granite City with Rev. Fred Boatright and Rev. Jeffrey McDonald officiating.
Interment will be at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates in Glen Carbon.
Memorials are suggested to the Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund.


Q-Chem combines the Head-Gordon–Pople (HGP) method  and the COLD prism method  for Hartree-Fock gradient and Hessian evaluations. All two-electron four-center integrals are classified according to their angular momentum types and degrees of contraction. For each type of integrals, the program chooses one with a lower cost. In practice, the HGP method is chosen for most integral classes in a gradient or Hessian calculation, and thus it dominates the total CPU time.
Recently the HGP codes within Q-Chem were completely rewritten for the evaluation of the P II P term in the gradient evaluation, and the P II P term in the Hessian evaluation. Our emphasis is to improve code efficiency by reducing cache misses rather than by reducing FLOP counts. Some timing results from a Hartree-Fock calculation on azt are shown below.
Table B.1: AIX timings were obtained on an IBM RS/6000 workstation with AIX4 operating system, and Linux timings on an Opteron cluster where the Q-Chem executable was compiled with an Intel 32-bit compiler.


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Can platforms ever be trusted in an 'attention economy'?
Trust has had its fair share of attention during the last couple of weeks.
Without giving Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg too much credit, he did kick off the debate; claiming his disciples will – in future – decide if publishers on his social network's News Feed are trustworthy, as analysed by FIPP last week.
On cue, the Edelman Trust Barometer 2018 was published, casting long shadows over the trustworthiness of platforms. But arguably the most significant event, relating to both trust and platforms, happened in Davos during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of great minds. Here media and technology bigwigs sat down to debate whether technology can be trusted when platforms are out to monetise and monopolise (our) attention.
Social media, argued The Economist in November last year in a leader article, can be a threat to liberal democracy. The reason? Social media wields extraordinary influence. They make money by putting photos, personal posts, news stories and advertising in front of you. And because they can measure how you react, they know how to get – deeper – under your skin, or in your mind. During the entire process they collect data to fine tune their algorithms to even better arrest your attention in what has become an "attention economy".
But there are problems. Facebook admitted that between January 2015 and August last year, 126 million users may have seen Russian misinformation while scrolling on their platform. Google acknowledged to hosting 1,108 Russian-linked videos on Youtube, while Twitter fested up to 50,258 automated (read: 'fake') accounts connected to the Russian government, which tweeted more than a million times. These figure are only the fake accounts and activities linked to the US election. Research from the University of Southern California and Indiana University published in March last year suggests that in general up to 15 per cent of all Twitter accounts are not managed by real people at all but by bots.
In who do we trust?
Fake accounts spreading false information (fake news) does not enlighten politics, society or the fundamentals of liberal democracy. It does exactly the opposite. It might come as little surprise then that 'fake news' has hurt the reputation of social media sources. In its global 'Trust in News' survey published in October last
year, research firm Kantar found that there has been a 'reputational fallout' in 2017 focused on social media companies while the reputation of 'traditional media companies' have been more resilient.
The study, which surveyed 8,000 individuals across Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, and the US about their attitudes to news coverage of politics and elections, found – among others – that:
The reputational impact of the 'fake news' campaign has been predominantly borne by online
only news channels, social media platforms and messaging apps;
News coverage of politics and elections on social media platforms (of which Facebook was dominant
with 84 per cent usage) and messaging apps (of which Whatsapp was the most used) were trusted less by almost 60 percent of news audiences (58 per cent and 57 per cent respectively); and
'Online only' news outlets also sustained significant reputational damage in this respect:
'trusted less' by 41 per cent of news audiences.
The fall of trust in social and search platforms and of the credibility of peer communication, has largely contributed to the overall decline of trust in media worldwide, as confirmed by the findings of the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, which was published last week. The annual trust barometer found that the media is now the least trusted institution (the other institutions surveyed are NGOs, business and government), distrusted in 22 of the 28 participating countries with an average 'trust score' of 43 per cent. However, participants defined 'media' as both content publishers and technology platforms. While trust in platforms showed a decline (-2), trust in (traditional) journalism increased (+5). See this chart.
In fact, trust in platforms decreased in 21 of the 28 countries where the barometer found that 65 per cent of people receive news through platforms such as social media feeds, search or news apps. 62 per cent of respondents admitted that they did not know how to distinguish good journalism from fake news.
This inability to distinguish between truth and fiction was further dissected during a panel discussion 'In technology we trust?' during the recent World Economic Forum gathering in Davos. Panellist Rachel Botsman, author of 'Who can you trust?' and lecturer at the Said Business School, University of Oxford, said people need time to establish trust but technology accelerates processes and trumps trust. "We live in an era where we trust speed… But trust needs friction, trust needs us to slow down. The problem we have is that technology wants to automate this process." It leaves less time for people to decide if they trust the person driving the Uber, or the content placed in front of them.
Then when things go wrong, the question arises: who is accountable? asked Botsman. Would it be the platform or the individual (who posted the content)? According to her platforms were not only allowed to, but also extracted massive value, from matching supply with demand. "But you cannot extract all the value and not take responsibility for what happens on your platform. You can't have it both ways."
We need to sort out individual vs company responsibility. It's too easy for platforms to say the trust resides between users. pic.twitter.com/Z4qwzIjfCU
— rachel botsman (@rachelbotsman) January 23, 2018
Tech: the new tobacco?
Fellow panelist, Marc R. Benioff, chairman and chief executive officer of Salesforce.com, agreed. He said it is the responsibility of tech company chief executives to focus on trust. "In the world of connected products and the fourth industrial revolution, trust needs to be the highest value in your company. If growth is more important than trust, something is wrong. Convenience should never trump trust."
He argued that the opposite is happening. Because the CEOs of the tech giants are not taking responsibility for trust, signals are pointing to the inevitability of regulation. "Some of the technology is so powerful and sophisticated, so deep and multidimensional that not even the companies themselves understand how it is being used." That's why, Benioff argues, regulators need to pay more attention.
He goes as far as likening it to the cigarette industry of old or the banking industry before the financial crisis, when regulators did not do enough. "This is when we need governments and regulators to point to the true north," he said.
Benioff said that after he has worked around his room of executives he then quizzes his AI assistant. "I ask Einstein, 'I heard what everybody said but what do you actually think?'" https://t.co/4bD65Z98My
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) January 25, 2018
But Botsman warned that regulators are in all probability ill equipped to the task. She said trust shifted from traditional institutions to individuals. "Where trust used to flow in a top down hierarchical fashion… there is now a distributed form of trust that flows sideways directly to individuals like strangers, peers or colleagues.
This is a real challenge for regulators because a lot of regulations are designed for traditional institutions to function within a top-down, hierarchical way. "How do you regulate a platform. How do you break up these network monopolies? The way regulators naturally think is: 'where is the centre, where it the centre of accountability?' and that's a real problem when you have billions of users who are essentially the product."
She said a perfect example of this is when Zuckerberg called on users to rate the trustworthiness of content. "We have to ask ourselves; do we want Facebook (users) to be arbiters of truth?"
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of WPP, said the fundamental issue remains that tech companies should admit they are publishers and be treated as such. He said companies like Facebook and Google need to acknowledge, which they have not done to date, that they are in fact media companies because they are starting to hire staff to monitor editorial content on their platforms. By doing this they admit to asking the fundamental question: Can we trust the content on our platforms? "They need to acknowledge the fact that they are media owners".
What does Facebook's algorithm change mean for publishers?
Do publishers and platforms really need one another?
When Facebook fell out of love with news
Zuckerberg and the 'trustworthiness' of publishers
Chart of the week: Trust in platforms vs journalism


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Any fitted dance clothes for example: leotard, tights, booty shorts, sports bra, tank top, leggings, etc. Bare feet, no socks, hair pulled back off of face.
Any fitted dance clothes for example: leotard, tights, booty shorts, sports bra, tank top, leggings, etc. Certain shoes will be required for recital, therefore students may go barefoot, wear traditional hip hop sneakers, or regular sneakers for indoor use only; hair pulled back off of face.
Leotard and tights, pointe shoes with approval from teacher. Hair pulled back off of face.
Ballet: black split sole ballet shoes, such as So Danca Leather Split-Sole Ballet Slippers #SD10, Sansha "#1 Pro" Canvas Split-Sole Ballet Slippers #S1C or similar shoe.
Jazz: black or tan jazz shoes, such as Capezio "E-Series" Slip-On Jazz Shoes #EJ2, Bloch "Elasta Bootie" Slip-On Jazz Boot #S0399L or similar shoe.
Tap: black lace up tap shoes, such as Bloch "TapFlex" Lace Up Tap Shoes #S0388L, Capezio "FlexMaster" Split-Sole Lace Up Tap Shoes #CG16 or similar shoe.
Please label all pieces of dancewear and shoes with dancers' name or initials on the inside and carry in a dance bag.


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By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal January 26, 2023
Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Raphael Warnock of Georgia are among the Democrats who have come out in opposition to the Biden administration ending Title 42. (Wikimedia Commons; @SenatorWarnock / Twitter)
Multiple Senate Dems Breaking with Biden on Title 42 Have One Thing in Common: They're Up for Re-Election
By Randy DeSoto April 8, 2022
Most of the Senate Democrats who have come out in opposition to the Biden administration ending the Title 42 public health order related to the coronavirus and migrant entry into the U.S. are up for re-election this fall.
And all are from swing or red states.
Axios reported that five Democratic senators joined six Republicans in introducing the Public Health and Border Security Act on Thursday.
The Democrats are Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana.
Additionally, Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada have voiced opposition to ending Title 42, but have not yet signed onto the bill, according to CBS News.
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Kelly, Hassan, Warnock and Cortez Masto are all up for re-election in November, and Manchin and Tester are from states former President Donald Trump won handily in 2020.
It is such an honor to serve in the Senate on behalf of the people of Georgia. pic.twitter.com/b3n4EBtcWu
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) April 3, 2022
The legislation — which was drafted by Sinema and Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma — calls for the Biden administration to wait until 60 days after the surgeon general submits a written notification to Congress formally rescinding the COVID-19 public health emergency and national emergency to end the Title 42 order.
Further, according to Axios, "the bill states that during that 60-day window, and no later than 30 days after the written notification is provided, the Biden administration must submit a plan to Congress addressing any possible influx of migrants."
Should Title 42 be kept in place?
Yes: 98% (59 Votes)
No: 2% (1 Votes)
Lankford told the outlet that the legislation will be attached as an amendment to the $10 billion coronavirus funding bill currently being considered by the Senate.
"At the same time the administration is asking for $10 billion because COVID is a risk, they're saying it's not a risk on the border and we should open the border up," Lankford said.
"It's either a risk or it's not a risk."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky stated in a directive issued last week that the Title 42 health order would end on May 23.
"The cross-border spread of COVID-19 due to covered noncitizens does not present the serious danger to public health that it once did, given the range of mitigation measures now available," Walensky wrote.
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Sinema told Axios that she met with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week, and her takeaway is that the administration is not ready for the massive surge of migrants anticipated at the border.
"It is evident that the current preparations and plans for the end of Title 42 aren't adequate," she said.
"It just doesn't seem at all workable that … whatever plan they're working on right now can be ready to implement in a way that is both safe for our border communities and respects the humanitarian crisis that is coming."
The Department of Homeland Security said last week that the number of migrants crossing the southern border daily is expected to hit 18,000 once Title 42 is lifted, according to The Washington Times. That translates to over 500,000 per month.
"DHS officials have said they are mobilizing additional personnel, including Border Patrol agents; securing more buses and aircraft to transport migrant families; and erecting new migrant processing facilities along the southern border in anticipation of the expected increase in migration," CBS News reported.
Former George W. Bush administration official Karl Rove said that the Senate Democrats who oppose ending Title 42 "recognize how volatile" the border issue is.
"The people on the democratic side who have come out in favor of this are up for election this year." @KarlRove reacts after moderate democrats break with the Biden Administration with calls to keep Title 42 border restrictions @BillHemmer @DanaPerino pic.twitter.com/mHf1IeVXTn
— America's Newsroom (@AmericaNewsroom) April 8, 2022
He argued on Fox News' "America's Newsroom" on Friday that they are aware of President Joe Biden's poor polling numbers on immigration. The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows that approximately 36 percent approve and 59 percent disapprove.
"If we see 18,000 people a day coming across the border, then we're going to see those numbers sink even lower," Rove said.
"This is a grave crisis for the country," he continued, "and the nonchalant attitude of the White House … is like, 'We're in charge. Don't worry about it. We've got it handled.'
"And they do not have it handled, and it's going to come back to bite them big time in the election."
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Rising to the challenge set by the Trump administration's approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, environmental organizations and Indigenous groups are already firing back with a pair of lawsuits and an energized vow to resist the controversial, 1,700-mile conduit.
"This dirty pipeline is a loaded gun pointed at our climate and some of America's most vital water supplies, and we won't let [President Donald] Trump pull the trigger," said Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which is part of a coalition of environmental groups that on Thursday filed suit against the Trump administration in the federal district court in Great Falls, Montana.
The suit accuses President Donald Trump's State Department of relying on an "outdated and incomplete environmental impact statement" in its decision making. Further, according to Reuters, the groups argue that "[b]y approving the pipeline without public input and an up-to-date environmental assessment, the administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act." Plaintiffs also include Northern Plains Resource Council, Bold Alliance, Friends of the Earth, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club.
The lawsuits are just part of a larger strategy to defeat the pipeline. "This project is going to be fought at every turn," 350.og co-founder Bill McKibben, who was one of the early organizers of anti-KXL protests, told the Atlantic this week.
The clearest hurdle is that the state of Nebraska has still not approved a path for Keystone XL. TransCanada, the corporation leading the project, has submitted three different possible routes for the pipeline, but the state's Public Service Commission has yet to approve any of them. According to activists, more than 100 people have filed to formally intervene against the pipeline's proposed routes.
Further, a divestment campaign and a series of resistance camps along the path of the pipeline, similar to those that sprang up in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline, are being planned ahead of next month's massive climate mobilization, the People's Climate March in Washington, D.C. on April 29.
"We continue to meet Trump in the streets, and we look forward to meeting him in the courts to stop his reckless agenda that threatens our clean air and water and the climate," said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club.


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Brits warned not to miss deadline for Swedish residence status
The deadline is fast approaching for Brits who still need to secure their right to stay in Sweden. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT
The Swedish Migration Agency warns that Brits who still need the new post-Brexit residence status have just over two weeks left to apply, or they risk losing their right to stay in Sweden.
British nationals and their family members who were living in Sweden under EU rules before the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31st 2020 may continue to live in Sweden as before – but they must apply for their post-Brexit residence status.
And they must do so before December 31st 2021, when the application period ends.
"We recommend that anyone who has not submitted their application for residence status do so as soon as possible," the Migration Agency's Brexit coordinator, Jonas Colling, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Living in Sweden post Brexit: Who has to apply for residence status?
The agency warned that the only groups who will continue to have the right to apply for residence status after the deadline are children born or adopted after 2021 (if the parent is a British citizen with residence status) and other family members of British residence status-holders.
But note that the Migration Agency must receive the application within three months of the applicant's arrival in Sweden, or within three months after the child's date of birth.
In the case of all other Brits who still need residence status, they must apply before the turn of the year or have a very good reason as to why they missed the deadline.
Colling said that late applications "can only be accepted under the Withdrawal Agreement if there are 'reasonable grounds' for the application being submitted late. What constitutes reasonable grounds is always assessed individually."
Once a residence status application has been submitted, you will receive a letter of confirmation which can be used to prove your right to live in Sweden, for example if returning after travel. Brits will retain this right while their application is being processed. Note that if you are waiting for a decision on a citizenship application, you also need to apply for residence status if you have not received an answer.
Some Brits do not have to apply for the new residence status (but it could give them extra benefits). These include Swedish citizens or Brits with a residence permit (which is different from residence status as it's based on Swedish, not EU, rules – click here to read more).
But if you don't have citizenship or a permanent residence permit, you must apply for residence status to secure your right to live in Sweden. This applies regardless of how long you've lived in Sweden, and regardless of whether or not you have a permanent residence card or certificate of permanent right of residence (the terminology may be confusing, but note that these are not the same as a permanent residence permit – anyone who is unclear about their current status in Sweden is strongly advised to contact the Migration Agency).
Card, status or permit? The different types of Swedish residence documents
The Swedish government has estimated that around 17,000 people are entitled to apply for the new post-Brexit residence status, although it's impossible to get an exact number since under EU rules many Brits could previously move to Sweden without registering as residents. It is not known exactly how many of these still need to apply for residence status or have secured their right to stay in Sweden in other ways.
"Of these [17,000 people], 12,026 had applied for residence status by December 14th. At the same time, approximately 7,000 British citizens have been granted Swedish citizenship or a permanent residence permit in Sweden after the UK's withdrawal from the EU," said Colling.
Reader question: Can British-Swedish dual citizens apply for post-Brexit residency status?
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INTERVIEW: 'Eye-roll goddess' lambasts Han Kuo-yu's leadership
New Power Party Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie, who became known after rolling her eyes at Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu's answers at an interpellation session on May 3 regarding the establishment of a proposed free economic pilot zone, said in an interview with 'Liberty Times' (sister newspaper of the 'Taipei Times') reporters Wang Jung-hsiang, Huang Chia-lin and Chang Chung-yi that Han is a traditional politician: All talk, no action and completely clueless
New Power Party Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie speaks during an interview with the Liberty Times in Kaohsiung on Monday.
Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times
Liberty Times (LT): What emotion were you conveying — if any — when you rolled your eyes during the interpellation?
Huang Jie (黃捷): To be honest, I was not even aware I had rolled my eyes. It was a very natural reaction, as I felt our mayor was not capable of elaborating on his own policy and was constantly repeating himself. It was aggravating to see such reactions after the promises he made to the people of Kaohsiung.
LT: The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has accused you of not doing your homework regarding pilot zones. Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Yeh Kuang-shih (葉匡時) cited Unilever as an example of the benefits of pilot zones. What are your thoughts?
Huang: They are the ones who have failed to do their homework. The pilot zone Deputy Mayor Yeh mentioned is completely unrelated to what the KMT defined. The version proposed by KMT legislators would allow imports of agricultural produce, but Han has said he would now allow [Chinese] agricultural produce. So which version are we going with?
Taiwan-produced tea leaves — which are superior to Chinese leaves — do not need to be sold in the pilot zones. They should instead be marketed worldwide to establish a known international brand and boost its base price.
We do not need to degrade our products and mix in inferior Chinese tea leaves to cut overheads.
Deputy Mayor Yeh's concept of pilot zones is outdated and will only result in Chinese products being "laundered" into Taiwanese products. The KMT has not provided a well-rounded and actionable policy. I would go as far as to say that its pilot zone policy is even less well thought out than the "motel and Ferris wheel" idea.
The policy only has a name. It is like claiming to be pregnant without having a fertilized ovum — and the mayor is talking about it as if the name itself will bring in wealth. That is what I am worried about.
LT: What doubts do you harbor about Han's pilot zone concept?
Huang: I am primarily concerned with whether it would affect local industries. Take the medical industry, for example. If doctors worldwide were to work in a pilot zone, what would happen to local doctors who have undergone rigorous training and painstakingly acquired their certifications?
As for allowing higher education to enter a pilot zone, what would Taiwanese students and professors do if foreign universities could simply operate for profit without observing the University Act (大學法)?
I would say that such things would affect our nation greatly.
LT: What are your views on Han's job performance as mayor?
Huang: The mantra of "get rich, Kaohsiung," which he has been repeating, is based on an unfounded belief in the Chinese market. Should we really think China's politically motivated concessions are the fastest way to achieve economic growth? China's economy is deteriorating. The concessions Beijing has made were designed to compromise Taiwan politically.
At present, the agencies of Mayor Han's municipal government have not even finished compiling their operational reports. The comments Han made are conjured from thin air; they have no correlation with reality.
LT: The mayor's conduct at the council has been discussed. What are your thoughts?
Huang: He shows a poor attitude at council proceedings and is disrespectful to city councilors. He is good at misdirection and shifting the focus. The free economic pilot zone he proposed could have an enormous effect on every sector of Kaohsiung's economy, yet he evades questions about it. Whatever he is asked, he replies in shibboleths like "we will get rich" or "I love Taiwan as much as you."
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Wyman Richardson and Timmy Brister have informed me that the August 2 issue of the Alabama Baptist contains 6 articles on Calvinism written by Dr. James Leo Garrett, Distinguished Professor of Theology Emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I am trying to access the articles, but thus far, have been unsuccessful.
This effort is not an attempt to persuade readers whether this viewpoint is right or wrong. Instead we present a series of articles designed to inform readers about Calvinism. We examine the definition of Calvinism. We explore what the Scriptures say about key teachings. We look at history through examinations of both confessions of faith and Baptist theologians. Alternatives are considered.
Calvinism is an important issue in Baptist life. On the national level, there is what amounts to a pro-Calvinism caucus known as Founders Ministries. The organization sponsors a Web site listing churches in each state that affirm the doctrines of Calvinism. Several Alabama Baptist churches are on that list. Unofficially this Calvinist group also has sponsored candidates for election to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) offices.
I commend Bob Terry and the Alabama Baptist staff for dealing with the issue of Calvinism so directly. This is simply further confirmation that the timing is right for the Building Bridges conference I announced yesterday. Southern Baptists are talking about Calvinism. Why not talk about it as carefully and helpfully as possible? That is what this conference promises to do.
I look forward to reading Dr. Garrett's articles. He is one of the finest professors I have ever had. I expect that his treatment will be noted by his characteristic scholarly care and Christian humility. When I get the articles. I will post my thoughts.


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A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of a Liproca® Depot Injection in Patients With Prostate Cancer
A Single Blind, Two-Stage Dose Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of a Single Liproca® Depot Injection Into the Prostate in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer, Assigned to Active Surveillance Who Are at High Risk for Disease Progression (Followed by an Open Label Extension With a Repeat Injection (Optional)).
A Single Blind, Two-Stage Dose Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of a Single Liproca® Depot Injection into the Prostate in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer,Assigned to Active Surveillance who are at High Risk for Disease Progression (followed by an Open Label Extension with a Repeat Injection (Optional))
Highest Tolerable Dose of Liproca Depot
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Patients assigned to Active Surveillance and who have fulfilled all inclusion criteria will receive a prophylactic antibiotic and a local anaesthetic (according to the Investigator's Standard of Care) prior to administration of Liproca® Depot. 60 subjects will be enrolled. The Single Dose Study will be conducted in two stages: In Stage I, 20 subjects will be randomized into two groups to receive one dose of Liproca® Depot equal to 35% (Cohort 1) or 45 % (Cohort 2) of their prostate volume (mL) (N=10:10). Two weeks after all subjects have received their initial dose, the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will review the subjects' safety and tolerability data over the first 14 days after receiving treatment. In Stage II, 40 subjects will be randomized to receive either 16mL (Cohort 3) or 20mL (Cohort 4) of Liproca® Depot. All subjects in Stage I and Stage II will be followed for 24 weeks. Subjects who complete the Single Dose Study and who experience no safety or tolerability issues, as determined by the Investigator, may be offered an option to participate in the Open Label Extension Study (OLE). Subjects enrolled in the OLE will be observed for PSA recurrence every 8 weeks. If PSA recurrence is confirmed (defined as a PSA level exceeding at least 100 % of Baseline value) subjects will receive a second treatment of Liproca® Depot. The dose will be injected into the tumour focus/foci and in close proximity to the tumour, based on a prostate biopsy (and MRI, if applicable), using a TRUS for guidance. Stage I subjects who received 35% volume of Liproca® Depot will receive 16 mL and subjects who received 45% volume of Liproca® Depot will receive 20 mL. Stage II subjects will receive the same dose of Liproca® Depot that was administered in the first treatment. Subjects in the OLE receiving a second injection will be followed up for an additional 24 weeks for safety, tolerability and efficacy. After this period, subjects may undergo MRI imaging and a prostate biopsy.


Say what you want about teams thinking they're smarter than years past. Say what you want about players being unrealistic as to what their real value is. Everyone has their own perceptions, right or wrong. Ultimately, no matter what your perception, having a collection of players like this still being free agents is embarrassing for baseball.
It's long past the time for teams to step up and do what it takes to bring key free agents onto their rosters to get them closer to a World Series.
As for the Mets, even if you do not support them pursuing a player like Harper or Machado (which is a bizarre stance), it's hard to believe this is a complete team. A pitcher like Gonzalez or Jackson should be brought in to push Jason Vargas. With two defensive specialists like Juan Lagares and Keon Broxton who can't hit, they could certainly use a Jones.
For that matter, to make this team even deeper, they could use a Dietrich, Gonzalez, or Harrison to combine with Jeff McNeil and Jed Lowrie. It also couldn't hurt to have a Romo or Madson to bolster an already good bullpen.
When you boil it down, there are still difference makers in this free agent market. At this point, if you are not signing some of the pending free agents, you are not even trying to take advantage of unique opportunity before you. If that is the case, you are not doing all you can do to win in 2019.


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Q: Display Word document using Sharepoint I am working on a site where users can upload Word and Excel documents. Once uploaded, the file is saved on a network drive, not into SharePoint.
I now need to display these files by embedding them on the page. I would like to avoid using an ActiveX plugin and read that SharePoint can be used to display these documents on the page.
My only concern is that these files were not directly uploaded into SharePoint, so I am not sure if this approach would work.
Is it possible to use a SharePoint API and pass in the path to the file so that SharePoint would create the HTML that I would need to embed the document?

A: Have a look at this article:
http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2008/01/11/Preview-Word-files-%28docx%29-in-HTML-using-ASPNET-OpenXML-and-LINQ-to-XML.aspx
Using this article, you can either create a WebPart, which can read the files and render them in SharePoint
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At Zoom Zoom we just love travelling by bicycle. You can cover more ground than on foot, but you don't miss things like you do on a motorbike. This city tour offers visitors a 'behind the scenes' look at Hanoi. The tour will take you to the green rice fields and riverbanks of the Red River that are just outside the city centre.


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Christianity is not a Sunday morning religion, it is a choice to live as a follower of Christ in every aspect of our lives. However, this can be hard to achieve in a toxic environment like much of what the gaming culture has to offer. We exist as a place for Christians to come be a part of this world, but not be of the world (Rom. 12:2). It is a mature, clean and family friendly gaming and fellowship to take place. For The King began as Fear the Lord Christian Gaming back in 2004. Since then, we have made every effort to ensure that Christ is made much of through our community.
While there are many beliefs that members have, these are our core doctrines in which we see as infallible truths.
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RockySeptember 4, 2022
When we talk about DJing, the stereotypical DJ set that we are familiar with comes to mind. But what if you could control every aspect of your DJ set from your phone? You don't have to use the conventional method; you may simply tap on your flat-screen. You must test some of the top DJ applications available for iOS and Android. As a result, you can perform as a DJ using an Android or iOS device (iPhone and iPad).
Do not believe that these applications have replaced the traditional DJ set in some way. However, you must consider it a simpler method of learning music blending, especially for a beginner. There is therefore no excuse for you to skip looking at the list of the top 9 DJ-in apps for Android and iOS below:
9 Best DJ Apps For Android and iOS You Should Install
1. Music Maker JAM
Music Maker JAM is one of the top DJ apps for Android and iOS available in the Play Store. On the list of most popular apps, this one came in first. This is because Music Maker JAM performs nearly every role of a conventional DJ set. Because this app allows you to compose beats, record vocals, add effects, and even select from a variety of sound packs.
Although the basic service is free, if you want more sophisticated functionality you must upgrade by paying for premium. The good news is that this app can be used for more than just DJing. This is because you can use this app to record your original composition even if you are on the mainstream music path.
2. djay
Actually, one of the best DJ apps for the iPhone and iPad is Djay 2, which was originally developed for iOS users. But as it gained popularity, the creator created an Android version, and it didn't take long for this app to become well-known as well. The Spotify integration feature of this app is the primary justification. You will thus have a wide selection of tracks to combine.
In addition, it included many of the standard DJ features, like auto-mixing, effects, looping, pitch blending, cue points, and many more. Because of this, djay 2 is the best tool to use if you want to make a casual gathering feel more like a party.
3. Edjing Mix
We shouldn't forget to include Edjing Max in this list of the top DJ applications for Android and iOS. If you continued using this software and bought the premium version, you could gain extra benefits. You may feed your DJ soul with additional in-app purchases in addition to the basic capabilities.
A favourite feature of Edjing Mix is the 16 samples that Deezer offers for your local library. These samples can be used to loop and sync two tracks. Not to mention, this app allows you to access SoundCloud. In addition to these two, the software also features a turntable, a crossfader, and a direct upload feature for your music.
4. DJ Studio 5
You can look into DJ Studio 5 if you're seeking for a DJ app with a lot of features. Additionally, the creator guaranteed that the free basic app will not have any restrictions or watermarks! You will receive eight sound effects, ten sample pads, live mix recording, an equalisation, and many other features as part of the free features.
However, you may also add in-purchase additional options if you're not yet pleased with the free ones. Not to mention, Spotify supports this app. Additionally, if you want this app to run in a more prominent workspace, you can install the hardware controller. Unfortunately, only Android-compatible devices can use this software.
5. Cross DJ
Cross DJ was cited as having won the title of top DJ app for Android, iPhone, and iPad. This is due to the app's precise BPM detection. Not to mention, this app contains the customary capabilities like beat grid manipulation and tracks synchronisation. Additionally, Cross DJ finished with five different pitch-bending levels (4, 8, 16, 32, and 100%).
Additionally, you can purchase more comprehensive features within the app. You must must acquire a number of features before using them, including support for external mixers, auto mixers, and sample tracks. Additionally, you can access more services and remove the obnoxious advertising by making a purchase. Many people claimed that this app is reliable for assisting you in following your DJ soul.
6. Party Mixer 3D
If you're a novice DJ, you might also think about installing Party Mixer 3D as one of the top DJ apps for iOS. since you don't need any prior DJ experience to utilise this app and can do so straight away. This is due to the app's friendliness toward novice users.
Because of this, anyone with a variety of DJ training backgrounds can try using this app to make music. Through this app , you can experiment with the well-liked functions like crossfading, pitch-changing, tempo-changing, and even adding for some effects.
7. DiscDj 3D Music Player
We must include DiscDj 3D Music Player on our list of the top DJ applications for Android due to its more than 5 million downloads. Because it condenses the DJ set into a single portable device with all the functionality, many people prefer this software. As a result, you only need to carry one compact device and are prepared to perform whenever and wherever you need to.
The built-in interface and features in the app can be used to import sound files and mix them. Even though the DiscDj 3D Music Player interface is more difficult for a novice to use, with practise, you can definitely become an expert with this application.
8. DJ Mix Pads 2
Due to its convenience, DJ Mix Pads 2 had to be included in this list of the top DJ applications for Android and iOS. The rationale is that anyone can use this app to experiment and try to combine several sounds into one. With this app , any curious child of any age can pretend to be a top DJ.
Therefore, even if you don't know the fundamentals of music, you can still enjoy using this tool to create new things. The app is appropriate for the task whether you choose to begin by making a new sound or take a quick cut by combining certain sounds. Additionally, as the app is intended for amateur usage, get familiar with it and start making some sounds.
9. WeDJ
Pioneer DJ created WeDJ, which was constructed with characteristics seen on DJ equipment used in clubs. Thus, you should install this app if you want to have the best DJ experience possible. You can play and mix the music you have stored on your phone using this app. Then, you can create your sound using performance characteristics and FX.
Along with that, there are some other features including a crossfader, beat sync, pre-cueing, and a 2-channel layout. Additionally, you have the option of playing the track on loop or based on the hot cue while playing it. Also, you may automix and record your music so that you can listen to it later or even share it with others.
Some of the aforementioned top DJ apps for Android and iOS call for a basic understanding of music, while others are intended only for amateur use. Simply choose your preference, and get started immediately learning about becoming a DJ. By using the aforementioned tools, you can either pursue a job as a DJ or simply set the tone at an event.
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Q: Error on asserts coming from the database When I run the test cases inside soapUI, everything works fine. But when I'm running the tests inside jenkins, the assertions fail as you can see in this gist.
I am not having issues when connecting to the database. Any tips for those asserts?

A: I suspect what you have is a timing issue.  If your jdbc checks are occurring before the transaction has been committed by your server then you will see the sort of behaviour you have.  This is particularly an issue where the web-service does not issue a response before you commence your jdbc checks.
Three possible solutions are:

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*add a delay step before the assertions to allow the server time to commit the transactions

*add a response for your request to indicate when the database checks should occur

*Check the max id of the table and wait for a greater record to arrive before performing the checks.


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Q: How to do Planar mapping of a texture When drawing objects we specify texture coordinates in the data of the object itself
float vertices[] = {
        // positions          // colors           // texture coords
         0.5f,  0.5f, 0.0f,   1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,   1.0f, 1.0f, // top right
         0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f,   0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,   1.0f, 0.0f, // bottom right
        -0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f,   0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,   0.0f, 0.0f, // bottom left
        -0.5f,  0.5f, 0.0f,   1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,   0.0f, 1.0f  // top left
    };

these texture coordinates give us vertex or edge to edge mapping.
If i want to do planar mapping than i specify the texture coordinates in fragment shader.
 texture( material.texture1 , vec2( (gl_FragCoord.x * 0.005)  , gl_FragCoord.y * 0.005 ))

Instead of doing this in the fragment shader , is it possible to do this in the code itself.


I hope this finds you all well and enjoying spring!
The April issue of Metronome magazine is now available at many music stores like Newbury Comics, Guitar Center and elsewhere. You'll find it out front with the other freebies like Improper Bostonian, Stuff, etc. Yours truly has a picture on the cover along with a 2 page interview inside. Thanks to Metronome editor Brian Owens for putting all that together and for his interest in my music. He and his staff have published Metronome out of their Billerica, MA office for many years and it serves the local music scene. Please show your support and pick up a copy. If that's not possible, you can read the interview in its entirety on my website.
My song "It's Just as Well" is part of a Blues compilation published by Oasis. It's circulating all over the US. I got a call from Tim Bates, a DJ at KAFM in Grand Junction, Colorado who loved the song. Said he thought it sounded like Leon Russell which put me in heaven as he's one of my faves. Anyway he'll be playing the song on his show "World Harmony" Sunday nights at 11 PM EST. You can stream at www.KAFMradio.org .
The Joint Venture Band will be playing another date at Sally O Briens in Somerville on Friday, June 18th. Joining me will be Kevin Belz on guitar, Dave Limina on piano/organ, Richard Gates on bass, Marty Richards on drums and Mario Perrett on sax. Should be another great night so please mark your calendars and we hope to see you all there.


Designed specifically to fit the SIG 550, SG551, SIG 553 & SIG 552 Series SANS Rifles & Pistols.
I only made a few of these so they are a little more expensive than the taller one for the SIG 556 Classic Series.
This height is what you would find on any SIG 550 (PE90), SG 551, SG 552 & Swiss SIG 553 rifle or pistol that has either: the WELDED on rear Swiss Diopter / Drum sight or the Original circa 1980s in the rail nail file sight found on some of the SIG SANS SG 552s.
The blade is narrower at the top than the original Swiss 552 sight to a standard Target Width of 0.080" wide, which vastly improves your ability to see and track. It also allows the shooter to have a more pin point accurate choice of bullet impact.
We have copied the original Swiss SIG SANs SG 550/1/2/3 (PE90) Non-Hooded Flip Up Front Sight in almost every way so that you get the lowest possible obstruction when the sight blade is in the down position. This is ideal when running an open style red dot or lower power scope.
This will NOT line up with the MFI MAD Rear Sight or any SIG USA produced rifles, pistols or sights.
Improved Positive Lock Up & Down.
(Hex Key) Adjustment for windage.
Does NOT Include Front Sight Wheel / Bolt Windage Adjustment.
Weapons Grade Steel / Mil. Spec. Black Oxide Coating.
The front sight's dove tail must slide somewhat freely in the dove tail of the gas block.
Meaning: You should NOT have to use a hammer to drift the sight side to side, but it should also NOT be so loose as to slide easily. The right amount of friction is so that the sight drifts sideways via a significant amount of force using your fingers... i.e. nearly all of your might using both hands(tightest) to as easy as half of your strength (loosest). The idea here is that the sight has enough friction in the dove tail not to move during firing.
Failure to do this WILL result in the stripping of the cross-over bolt or the shearing of the roll pin inside the donut / round nut.
Hand fitting is required as the dove tails in the gas blocks vary from production to production. Hand fitting can be done via a small hand file used on the slanted edges of the sight's dove tail.
How to install the roll pin in the front sight.
It is easy to mess up the roll pin when you first try to install it. Read below to avoid the pitfalls. Not all SIG 556 series weapons come with a front sight installed. So issues like this arise most often when the user is NOT first removing a similar front sight from the weapon and thus is completely unfamiliar with the requirements.
There is a first time for everything and that is a part of any weapons system.
Be sure that the hole in the donut and spline are clean / free of metal shavings.
The most common mistake that leads to messing up a roll pin is not having the hole in the spline / adjustment bolt and the hole in the round / donut wheel lined up. You will have to use a punch or something to be absolutely sure of the alignment. Use a 1/16" punch or 1/16" drill bit or 1.5mm allen key… or look around the house and shop for something that fits through both.
The number of turns to get the holes lined up is between 2.5 and 3 full rotations (you have to look down the hole). The windage bolt should NOT go past the point of being flush with the outside edge of the donut.
It is a lot easier to file or grind down the roll pin at one end and then gently collapse the same end with a vice grips of pliers so that it just fits / sits in the hole of the donut. This will free up one hand. This is almost a requirement.
Lube the hell out of the roll pin and hole of the donut and spline.
Always start with your 1/16" punch (or whatever) 3/4 the way through to assure alignment. As you drive the roll pin in the punch will move out the opposite side.
MFI hit this one out of the park! I bought this one without the adjustment wheel as I had an original SIG SANs wheel set already (so saved some $$$). Mounted it in seconds on my SIG 553 SBR, centered it with the line on the sight and gas block and it shot dead center at 75m without any adjustment (gun was previously zeroed) and I am runinng the welded on diopter. Great product at a SUPER PRICE!!!
Works perfectly, super fast shipping and outstanding price!!
Quality workmanship, I can really tell that this is a USA product. Why by Swiss when this is as good if not better at half the price?
Below is my review of the MFI Diopter Rails. I also bought this sight to use while I wait for the MFI Hooded front sight to come in.
I have been following this product for years and I cannot thank Mike at MFI enough for sticking with this project. I know how many problems he has had over the years with this.
Anyway I got one of each color, Black and Gray. So I will double post this on the other color too.
Fit is perfect. So easy to install and what a differance it makes. The black is almost a perfect match to my SIG 556 upper. Swiss style markings make this product even cooler. Love the Swiss Cross. I have only test fired perhaps 250 rounds as I just got this a day ago. Works perfectly at 100 meters. The 200m position on the drum appears to be right as well. I an not sure as I am using military ball ammo and I do not normally shoot past 100m anyway. I also really like the fiber optic option. I ordered the front hooded sight as well, but as I was in such a hurry to get one I bought the MFI non hooded SIG SANs flip front sight and everything lined right up and dead on. I cannot wait for the hooded sights to get in.
On the Gray Diopter... well this one went on my SIG 551A1 from CDNN and the color match is very close and may be perfect, but the MFI rail color is sort of a semi matt finish where my receiver and lower are more flat. Still way better that the rail that came with the 551A1. I also put the Black rail on the 551A1 and as I have black Swiss furniture on the 551A1 the black MFI rail actually looks great and not out of place at all. I have not shot the 551A1 yet.
Fit and finish are superb. I do not mind the casting marks as they are a reproduction of the originals I am told.
Again... THANK YOU MFI... a small company (one guy I am told) really came through!


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"THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS A RUNAWAY TRAIN:"
by Bruce Patrick Brychek » Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:14 pm
Dear JFK Murder Solved Forum Members and Readers:
"THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS A RUNAWAY TRAIN."
The Real Truth is Dead.
The "Truth" is now what "We the People..." are told it is.
HAVE THE SECRET STATE, THE SECRET GOVERNMENT, THE HIGH CABAL, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES, AND THE MILITARY
INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS BECOME THE U.S. RELIGION FOR "We the People..." ? (08.22.2017, BB).
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By Saint John Hunt
One of the most important issues that President Trump needs to address is the astronomical financial costs of the U.S. Intelligence Community and the security of the American people. The fact that many of the directors of the 17 branches of intelligence have little or no experience in intelligence is of concern.
The "intelligence community" is a runaway train, an avalanche of over indulgence that runs itself, regardless of who is posturing as its director. This so called "community" is at the very heart of the deep state.
The spy industry is drowning in data. In this case less is more. What I mean by that is that gathering intelligence is the primary concern of all U.S spy agencies. In times past, most Intel was gathered by case officers and their informants. It was the job of the case officer to determine if information any informant offered was of any value.
Based on the particular operational needs, the case officer would send the best Intel up through his chain of command to be further gleaned and graded. But with the advances in technology, the powers that be decided that it would be better to gather all the information, all of the time, from all available sources in a continuous nonstop feeding frenzy. The weak link in this model is that the ability of any of the spy agencies to analyze the billions of bits of data is a tiny fraction of what it collects. Picture if you will a football field filled from the grass to the tallest seats with documents of every conceivable subject all to be read and reported on by only one single person! You get the picture.
In 2005, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was created to coordinate the various agencies and their vast collection of information. The ODNI started out with roughly 12 employees but has since expanded to over 1,700. The problem is that the ODNI has no legal or budget authority over the agencies it supervises. Those agencies largely ignore the ODNI yet each year the ODNI is granted more and more money without having to show any sizable results. It's not just the ODNI.
Since 9/11 the American taxpayers have shelled out over $500 billion to 17 agencies for the purpose of making this country safe. Is it safe? The U.S. Intelligence budget has two major components: The National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP).
The NIP encompasses all the non-military intelligence gathering agencies. The MIP includes the agencies under military and Department of Defense in support of military operations. Together the MIP and NIP make up the 17 spy agencies under the "direction" of the ODNI. Here's who they are. The following are NIP:
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). They collect and coordinate Intel sharing among all the other agencies.
Central Intelligence Agency. Spying on foreign governments and conducting covert operations including assassination, overthrowing foreign governments and furthering the ideals of democracy.
National Security Agency. Stands for "No Such Agency. It focuses on gathering signal and other electronic information. The NSA monitors, collects and processes every single phone call, every text message, and every email, radio broadcast both foreign and domestic. Every day the NSA collects and stores 1.7 billion emails, phone calls and all other types of communication including internet, social media, private corporation, and secret diplomatic government communications. The NSA separates this data into 70 separate databases.
Defense Intelligence Agency. This is the Pentagon's top spy agency and is responsible for collecting and analyzing intel on foreign militaries.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation. Its job has law enforcement and intelligence functions including fighting terrorism, cyber attacks and espionage.
Department of State- Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Their job is to collect and analyze Intel on global affairs for the secretary of state and other diplomats. Among its objectives are weapons proliferation, human trafficking, and drug smuggling.
Department of Homeland Security- Office of Intelligence and Analysis. These guys are the hated airport security guards that make you take off your shoes and belt. They deal with border issues, transportation security and bio defense.
Drug Enforcement Administration- Office of National Security Intelligence. They are responsible for monitoring and seizing illegal drugs and the forfeiture of assets.
Department of the Treasury- Office of Intelligence and Analysis. They work to stop money laundering of terrorist, drug kingpins, weapons dealers and international criminals.
Department of Energy- Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. These guys are in charge of providing Intel on foreign nuclear weapons, energy security, science and technology, and nuclear energy, safety and waste.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The NGIA provides analysis and Intel about earth's natural and manmade features for combat, humanitarian and disaster relief purposes. They operate the reference for the GPS system. They watch us from space.
National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO designs, builds and operates our nation's satellites providing real time imagery, navigation and early warning of missile launches. They also watch from space. The following are MIP.
Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. The Air Force's intelligence branch uses airplanes, drones and satellites to identify hideouts, bunkers, mobile launchers and weapons caches. It is also responsible for code-breaking activities within the Air Force. All that surveillance takes up a lot of digital space – in 2013, alone received 20 terabytes of data daily, processed 460,000 hours of video and disseminated 2.6 million images.
Army Military Intelligence. The Army's intelligence branch intercepts electronic communications and provides maps, ground imagery and information on foreign forces to assist fighters in the battlefield.
Office of Naval Intelligence. The Navy's intelligence branch keeps tabs on foreign scientific and technological research, analyzes the structure, tactics and readiness of foreign naval forces, and tracks merchant shipping to identify illicit activity.
Marine Corps Intelligence. The Marine Corps' intelligence officers create military maps, intercept and translate radio and electronic signals, analyze images collected from sensors and carry out counterintelligence.
Coast Guard Intelligence. The Coast Guard, part of the military and the Department of Homeland Security, protects and defends more than 100,000 miles of coastline and inland waterways. On an average day, the Coast Guard conducts 45 search-and-rescue cases, seizes 874 pounds of cocaine, interdicts 17 migrants and helps move $8.7 billion worth of goods.
That's a hell of a lot of analysis and intelligence. So why is it that all of those forces and $70 billion can't keep us informed and ahead of what's happening in the world until after it happens? How was Russia able to invade the Ukraine or annex Crimea? How did our spy agencies fail to intercept the Boston Marathon Bomber even though his name was on several databases? How did we miss the rise of ISIS and the collapse of the Iraqi army?
The inability of U.S. intelligence agencies to gather and analyze meaningful intelligence is hampered by the billions of unimportant data obscuring the essential and crucial information. There is a darker purpose for this massive surveillance on Americans.
The Intelligence Community is not there just to protect us, but to control us. The hidden agenda of all this massive spying serves the elite powers in their quest for total domination. That's the only reason why nothing is ever done to limit the scope of these illegal activities. Why doesn't Congress or the Senate act to protect us? Why do they keep granting these astronomical sums of our money to agencies that show little evidence of positive results?
President Trump needs to act quickly to deflate the bloated, ineffective bodies under the ONDI. He has the power. This is a dangerous mission for Trump.
The Intelligence Community is staffed with supporters of the deep state. They won't go down quietly. He needs to form an Open Source Intelligence Agency. He needs to cut the CIA and DIA by 50%, the NSA, NRO, and NGA by 70 % and put an end to the NSA's massive citizen's surveillance programs which do nothing. He needs to stop the CIA and the rest from forcing U.S. policy down the throats of foreign governments that don't want to be subservient to American capitalist interests. Maybe the world wouldn't hate us as much.
Think of how much money we as a nation could save. Think of how much respect we might gain. The spy agencies are a one world order for repression and control. Everything we do is being watched and monitored, sorted and cataloged.
Privacy is dead.
President Trump has endured a massive and continuing character assassination campaign. This is part of the globalist program to defeat freedom and bring on a total police state. This is the first of several articles on the Intelligence Community threat.
http://www.ypfp.org/recent_failures_hig ... telligence
http://www.executivegov.com/2017/05/dod ... -programs/
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-17- ... story.html
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/01/from_91 ... e_partner/
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As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely
yourself about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.
Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts,
or writings on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?
Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFK
Researchers who may not be as well versed as you.
Comments ?
by Bruce Patrick Brychek » Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:53 pm
1:53 p.m.,
Chicago, Illinois time:
08.22.2017 I originally Posted this Probative, Suggestive Headline and Supporting Material.
The Secret State, The Deep State, and The High Cabal are the Primary Controlling, Directing,
Guiding Forces behind both The Intelligence Communities, and The Military Industrial Corporations.
What are your Overall Thoughts and Predictions as the 2020 Presidential Elections come into focus.
What is your analysis today ?
As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely yourself
about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.
Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts, or writings
on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?
Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFK Researchers
who may not be as well versed as you.


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