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Q: link_to not passing params properly the view
<%= link_to "+1", :controller => :profiles, :action => :addpoints, :profile_id => profile.id, :task_id => @task.id%>

When trying to access profile.id via :profile_id rails returns an error, the id was not passed at all. How do I fix this? What's the best way to pass two params through two models?  rake routes
 Prefix Verb   URI Pattern                           Controller#Action
         welcome_index GET    /welcome/index(.:format)              welcome#index
     static_pages_home GET    /static_pages/home(.:format)          static_pages#home
static_pages_dashboard GET    /static_pages/dashboard(.:format)     static_pages#dashboard
  static_pages_pending GET    /static_pages/pending(.:format)       static_pages#pending
static_pages_taskcompleted GET    /static_pages/taskcompleted(.:format) static_pages#taskcompleted
           tasks_index GET    /tasks/index(.:format)                tasks#index
        tasks_complete GET    /tasks/complete(.:format)             tasks#complete
          tasks_delete GET    /tasks/delete(.:format)               tasks#delete
    profiles_addpoints GET    /profiles/addpoints(.:format)         profiles#addpoints
        profiles_index GET    /profiles/index(.:format)             profiles#index
                  root GET    /                                     static_pages#home
      new_user_session GET    /users/sign_in(.:format)              devise/sessions#new
          user_session POST   /users/sign_in(.:format)              devise/sessions#create
  destroy_user_session DELETE /users/sign_out(.:format)             devise/sessions#destroy
         user_password POST   /users/password(.:format)             devise/passwords#create
     new_user_password GET    /users/password/new(.:format)         devise/passwords#new
    edit_user_password GET    /users/password/edit(.:format)        devise/passwords#edit
                       PATCH  /users/password(.:format)             devise/passwords#update
                       PUT    /users/password(.:format)             devise/passwords#update
  cancel_user_registration GET    /users/cancel(.:format)               devise/registrations#cancel
     user_registration POST   /users(.:format)                      devise/registrations#create
 new_user_registration GET    /users/sign_up(.:format)              devise/registrations#new
edit_user_registration GET    /users/edit(.:format)                 devise/registrations#edit
                       PATCH  /users(.:format)                      devise/registrations#update
                       PUT    /users(.:format)                      devise/registrations#update
                       DELETE /users(.:format)                      devise/registrations#destroy
                 tasks GET    /tasks(.:format)                      tasks#index
                       POST   /tasks(.:format)                      tasks#create
              new_task GET    /tasks/new(.:format)                  tasks#new
             edit_task GET    /tasks/:id/edit(.:format)             tasks#edit
                  task GET    /tasks/:id(.:format)                  tasks#show
                       PATCH  /tasks/:id(.:format)                  tasks#update
                       PUT    /tasks/:id(.:format)                  tasks#update
                       DELETE /tasks/:id(.:format)                  tasks#destroy
              profiles GET    /profiles(.:format)                   profiles#index
                       POST   /profiles(.:format)                   profiles#create
           new_profile GET    /profiles/new(.:format)               profiles#new
          edit_profile GET    /profiles/:id/edit(.:format)          profiles#edit
               profile GET    /profiles/:id(.:format)               profiles#show
                       PATCH  /profiles/:id(.:format)               profiles#update
                       PUT    /profiles/:id(.:format)               profiles#update
                       DELETE /profiles/:id(.:format)               profiles#destroy

A: Replace profile.id with @profile.id. Verify that profile is actually an instance. A nil value may be being passed in (as opposed to things being wired incorrectly).

A: Can we see the method content ?
If the error is about the id, the route is correct. What's in params[:profile_id] ? We need more info here..

A: I think this is what you wanted to do in Rails 4 way.
<%= link_to "+1", profiles_addpoints_path(:profile_id => profile.id, :task_id => @task.id) %>

That code above will call addpoints method in profiles controller with parameter {:profile_id => profile.id, :task_id => @task.id}. You can access parameter like this.
params[:profile_id] and params[:task_id].
Another thing that's worrysome about your code is that in the routes.rb, profiles_addpoints route is called via GET HTTP verb. This is potentially dangerous because Google search bots will visit these paths and result in a spike in upvotes. Respect HTTP convention and use PUT.


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Might Make You Smile is a collection of stories and anecdotes based on real events from real people living with or recovering from Cancer. Often funny and always heartwarming, Might Make You Smile is the book that demonstrates that even The Big C comes with a sense of humour.
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EVEN 'THE BIG C' COMES WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR
Might Make You Smile is a collection of short stories based on real events from real people living with or recovering from cancer. Written by Brenda Burling, with help from people all over the UK, Might Make You Smile is far from your typical book about cancer. Mainly because the focus here isn't on the disease; it's on the people. Might Make You Smile tells the stories that you don't often hear. From getting funny looks on your commute because your eyebrows are green, to losing your wig and even getting your nipple shot off with a foam dart; Might Make You Smile really does cover everything. Often funny and always heartwarming, Might Make You Smile is the book that demonstrates that even The Big C comes with a sense of humour.
Talking about the inspiration for the book, Brenda said: "The idea for Might Make You Smile came to me whilst listening to friends telling me of their experiences during cancer treatments," Brenda says. "When a very close friend was diagnosed at the end of 2015 I knew I had to write the book. I had no idea how the concept would work other than a gut instinct and the desire to make anyone affected by cancer feel connected through sharing the experiences of others."
10% of proceeds from sales of Might Make You Smile will be donated to the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity and Brenda is excited to be helping a cause close to so many with this book. "The Helen Rollason Cancer Charity has helped so many people I have spoken to and Brafternoon was closely linked to the charity too". Brafternoon – a support group close to Brenda's hometown in Essex – have been huge supporters of the project. Brenda has been involved with the group since finding out about them whilst helping a friend. "I already knew Anita, but discovered she also ran the Brafternoon support group and I took my friend along. Whilst there I announced my idea to the group explaining I'd already got some stories and would they be interested in contributing? Again the response was amazing."
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Liczba oktanowa (LO) – liczba określająca odporność na niekontrolowany samozapłon paliwa silnikowego do silników z zapłonem iskrowym, który może powodować jego spalanie stukowe (detonacyjne). Dokładna wartość liczby oktanowej jest równa procentom objętościowym zawartości izooktanu w takiej mieszaninie izooktanu i n-heptanu, która wywołuje identyczną liczbę stuków w silniku testowym jak analizowane paliwo.

Praktyczne znaczenie liczby oktanowej
Paliwo napędza silnik poprzez spalanie się mieszanki paliwowo-powietrznej w jego cylindrach. Spalanie to przebiega w bardzo krótkich cyklach. W trakcie każdego cyklu zmieszana wcześniej z powietrzem benzyna musi ulec możliwie jak najbardziej całkowitemu spaleniu z określoną (dużą) szybkością.

Istotne jest, aby zapłon nastąpił w wyniku iskry od świecy zapłonowej. Jeśli dla danego silnika liczba oktanowa paliwa będzie za mała, to nastąpią lokalne samozapłony paliwa przed właściwym momentem początku spalania czyli tzw. spalanie stukowe. Te lokalne samozapłony powodują powstanie przyrostów ciśnienia i generują powstawanie fal dźwiękowych, określanych jako stuki.

Stukanie może prowadzić do uszkodzenia silnika, szczególnie tłoków i komór spalania z zaworami. W mniejszym stopniu niekorzystnie działa na panewki, korbowody i wał korbowy. Proces spalania zależy od jego warunków, które zależą od konstrukcji silnika, ale jest też zależny od składu chemicznego paliwa.

Ze względu na to, że tendencja do spalania stukowego wzrasta wraz ze wzrostem ciśnienia występującego przed momentem zapłonu w cylindrze, im w silniku występuje narzucony konstrukcyjnie wyższy stopień sprężania tym potrzebne jest wyżej oktanowe, a zatem zwykle droższe paliwo do jego napędzania. Z drugiej strony wzrost stopnia sprężania zwiększa sprawność i maksymalną moc silnika. Użycie w silniku o niskim stopniu sprężania paliwa wyżej-oktanowego niż wymaga tego producent nie powoduje wzrostu jego mocy, natomiast użycie paliwa o zbyt małej liczbie oktanowej dla danego silnika powoduje jego wyraźny spadek sprawności i może prowadzić też do jego uszkodzenia.

Liczba oktanowa a skład paliwa
Paliwo składa się zasadniczo z węglowodorów alifatycznych o liczbie atomów węgla od 7 do 10-12. Analizując spalanie poszczególnych węglowodorów z tego zakresu odkryto, że najlepiej spala się tzw. izooktan (2,2,4-trimetylopentan), a najgorzej n-heptan. Mieszając tylko te dwa węglowodory można symulować zachowanie prawie wszystkich rodzajów benzyn.

Liczbę oktanową benzyn ustala się poprzez porównanie parametrów pracy specjalnego, testowego silnika zasilanego analizowaną benzyną i paliwem uzyskanym przez zmieszanie izooktanu i heptanu. Gdy analizowana benzyna działa tak jak czysty izooktan, przyjmuje się, że ma ona liczbę oktanową równą 100, gdy działa tak jak n-heptan, przyjmuje się, że ma ona tę liczbę równą 0. W pośrednich zakresach analizowana benzyna ma taką liczbę oktanową jak procentowa ilość izooktanu w paliwie, składającym się tylko z izooktanu i n-heptanu o takich samych własnościach.

W praktyce pomiar taki wykonuje się przy pomocy skalibrowanego silnika testowego, dla którego robi się raz wykres zależności liczby "stuków" na sekundę w funkcji składu mieszanki izooktan-heptan, a następnie wyznacza się liczbę oktanową testowanego paliwa.

Ze względu na to, że surowa benzyna po rafinacji i krakingu ma zbyt niską liczbę oktanową dodaje się do niej niewielkie ilości związków chemicznych zwanych środkami przeciwstukowymi, podnoszące w sztuczny sposób tę liczbę.

RON, MON i DON
Na świecie istnieją dwie podstawowe normy na oznaczanie liczby oktanowej: RON (Research Octane Number) i MON (Motor Octane Number) – obie opierają się na tej samej zasadzie pomiaru, ale różnią się warunkami przeprowadzania testu. W obu przypadkach test przeprowadza się na jednocylindrowych silnikach o regulowanym stopniu sprężania. W czasie testu utrzymuje się stałe obroty silnika stopniowo zwiększając stopień sprężania. W teście RON stosuje się 600 obrotów na minutę, a w MON 900. W związku z tym MON lepiej oddaje to co się dzieje w silniku pracującym pod dużym obciążeniem, a RON lepiej dla silnika pracującego pod średnim i małym obciążeniem. Dla typowego paliwa pochodzącego z rafinacji ropy naftowej MON i RON różnią się nieznacznie (o ok. 1-2 oktany), jednak dla poszczególnych węglowodorów obecnych w mieszance różnice dochodzą do kilkunastu oktanów, co powoduje, że możliwa jest produkcja paliw, które mają duże różnice między obydwiema metodami pomiaru liczby oktanowej.

W Polsce, podobnie jak w całej Europie, obowiązuje norma oznaczania liczby oktanowej zbliżona do RON, natomiast w USA, Kanadzie, Australii i kilku innych krajach liczba oktanowa podawana jest według normy DON (roaD Octane Number), która jest równa (RON+MON)/2 — współcześnie stosowana jest nazwa AKI (AntiKnock Index). Według jednych źródeł wartości liczby oktanowej podawane w Europie i USA w praktyce różnią się nie więcej niż o wartość rzędu 1-2., zaś według innych wynoszą ok. 4-5..

Liczby oktanowe RON i MON dla różnych węglowodorów

Nietypowe (< 0 lub > 100) liczby oktanowe
Istnieją liczby oktanowe mniejsze od 0 lub większe 100. Dotyczą one 3 różnych sytuacji (w każdej z nich interpretacja jest odmienna):
 substancji o większej skłonności do spalania stukowego od n-heptanu albo substancji o mniejszej skłonności do spalania stukowego od izooktanu;
 niektórych współczesnych mieszanek paliwowych stosowanych w motoryzacji;
 benzyn lotniczych.

Dla substancji o większej skłonności do spalania stukowego od n-heptanu albo substancji o mniejszej skłonności do spalania stukowego od izooktanu można wyznaczyć także liczby oktanowe odpowiednio mniejsze od 0 albo większe od 100. Najczęściej stosuje się pomiar RON lub MON dla mieszaniny złożonej z 10% lub 20% badanej substancji i odpowiednio 90% lub 80% mieszanki izooktanu z n-heptanem w proporcji 6:4 (liczba oktanowa 60), a następnie uzyskaną w ten sposób liczbę oktanową przelicza się metodą regresji liniowej dla 100% badanej substancji.

Przykładowe liczby oktanowe wyznaczone powyższą metodą dla niektórych substancji:

W przypadku niektórych motoryzacyjnych mieszanek paliwowych czasami podawane są wartości minimalnie większe od 100. Dotyczy to w praktyce wartości RON. Liczby te wynikają z obliczeń uwzględniających zawartość poszczególnych substancji w mieszance i wartości ich liczb oktanowych — jeśli mieszanka zawiera dużą ilość substancji o liczbie oktanowej większej od 100, to takie obliczenia mogą przynieść wartość większą od 100 dla mieszanki.

W przypadku paliw lotniczych liczby oktanowe dotyczą niektórych paliw stosowanych w okresie II Wojny Światowej (obecnie stosowanych incydentalnie np. do samolotów historycznych). W przypadku takich paliw badano MON porównując ją z mieszaninami testowymi złożynymi z czystego izooktanu z dodatkiem tetraetyloołowiu, a wartości liczb oktanowych podawano arbitralnie na podstawie zawartości tetraetyloołowiu — np. zapis 115 oznaczał, że dane paliwo ma takie same właściwości przeciwstukowe jak izooktan z dodatkiem tetraetyloołowiu w ilości 1,5 g/l. Obie mieszanki (badana i testowa) były spalane w proporcji 1 objętość paliwa na 16 objętości powietrza. Czasami stosowany był podwójny zapis liczby oktanowej — druga liczba określała wartości przeciwstukowe mieszanki paliwowej spalanej w proporcji 1 objętość paliwa na 11 objętości powietrza porównywanej z odpowiednią mieszanką testową spalaną bez zmian proporcji, a zatem liczba 145 oznacza, że paliwo spalane w proporcji 1:11 ma takie same właściwości przeciwstukowe jak izooktan z dodatkiem tetraetyloołowiu w ilości 4,5 g/l spalany w proporcji 1:16. Druga liczba nazywana była liczbą wyczynową (ang. Performance Number) i służyła do określenia właściwości paliwa przy stosowaniu mieszanki "bogatej" (mieszanki o podwyższonej ilości paliwa stosowanej, kiedy należy na krótko osiągnąć jak największą moc silnika).

Współczesne paliwa lotnicze mają liczby oktanowe (MON) nie większe od 100 i nie wyznacza się już liczby wyczynowej.

Zobacz też
 liczba cetanowa
 liczba metanowa

Przypisy

Paliwa do silników cieplnych
Chemia organiczna

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Wendy Williams is opening up about a scary injury.
The talk show host revealed Tuesday during her show that she had to cancel Monday's taping after she injured her right shoulder this past weekend.
"I have a hair fracture on my right shoulder. I did it on Sunday — by Monday morning my shoulder was on fire," Williams, who appeared on her namesake show wearing a sling under a hot pink long-sleeve shirt, explained.
"There's no way I could've done yesterday's show, so I was all about the medical care yesterday from one doctor to the other," Williams continued.
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She did not reveal what exactly led to her fractured shoulder, though she did inform the audience that it was not a serious injury that would require extensive treatment, as first reported by PEOPLE.
"I'm on the mend, I don't need an operation," Williams reassured viewers.
"They tell me I'm very healthy... for a person after 50," Williams joked on the show. "I'm not wearing a hard cast, but I do have a sling and I do have my flower ring on."
Williams' fracture comes a little over a year after she made headlines for fainting on the air during her Halloween episode.
The mother of one shocked viewers collapsed, later explaining it was due to dehydration and becoming "overheated" in her Statue of Liberty costume.
This year on Halloween, the 54-year-old rocked a Queen of Hearts costume and addressed the incident on her show.
"You know it's not my favorite date; it never has been, for all of my life it never has been. And it of course it's also the one-year anniversary of my 'faintation.' So the day doesn't necessarily bring up a good mood to me. But I'm dressed up," she said.
After her fainting spell, Williams had to face complications due to her hyperthyroidism and Graves' disease diagnoses, which led her to take a leave of absence from the series earlier in 2018.
"My doctor has prescribed — are you ready? — three weeks of vacation," she announced on her show at the time after detailing her symptoms, which include difficulty sleeping and irritability. "I was pissed. Encore performances, really?"
The experience, she said, taught her to prioritize her health, including having more regular visits to the doctor.
"There's a lot of smart women doing dumb things with their health and I fell into that category as well," she said. "I'm glad my situation was caught in a timely manner."


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Portugal has improved in the last decade in the area of ??education and training and was "on track to achieve" the goals set by the European Union for 2020, according to the report "State of Education 2019".
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The annual report of the National Education Council (CNE) traces the Portuguese educational system in the 2018/2019 academic year and analyses data collected over the past 10 years, based on national data and international comparisons.
The goals set by the European Union for 2020 had not yet been reached in 2019, but were very close, with some being achieved this year.
The president of the CNE, Maria Emília Brederode Santos, says that the European goals were, "in the majority, on track to be achieves", but underlines that it is not enough to meet measurable goals.
"The Portuguese education system has made progress in the last decade, but there are still problems that deserve attention", warns the CNE report, noting that the rate of early dropout has decreased by two thirds and the rate of completion of higher education has gone from 21.3% to 33.5%.
In the International Student Assessment Program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (PISA), Portuguese students have been showing improvements in the three subjects tested: reading, mathematics and science.
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Re: Stain hollow core 6 panel doors? I agree with everyone on the painted/stained combination. If they are the hollow doors with the faux wood grain, you can use a heavy body stain to rub into the primer.
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MP Dr Shashi Tharoor presented a private member's bill, co-drafted with The Quint on stalking, in the monsoon session.
MP Dr Shashi Tharoor presented a Private Member's bill on stalking co-drafted with The Quint on 3 August in the monsoon session in Parliament.
The Quint's fight to improve our laws against stalking now reaches Parliament, with a Bill to make stalking a non-bailable offence.
The Private Member's Bill, co-drafted by Dr Tharoor's team and The Quint, seeks to ensure that stalking is taken more seriously and that stalkers are subjected to judicial scrutiny before being allowed out on bail. Stalking is rarely an offence in isolation. 80% of the stalking cases lead to acid attacks, rapes and sometimes even murders.
This is to minimise the risk of further attacks on survivors. It also includes amendments to the definition of stalking in Section 354D of the IPC to make it gender-neutral and include the safeguards proposed by the Verma Committee.
The introduction of the Bill in Parliament is an important step towards ensuring that these much-needed amendments are made to improve the law. To make this happen, Dr Tharoor has also submitted a detailed proposal drafted by The Quint and his office to Home Minister Rajnath Singh on this issue, for consideration by the Centre.
There is only principal change in the bill and that is that the bill will make sure that stalking is actually transformed into what is called a cognisable offence. That is, the police will arrest the person and the person will have to go to court and give arguments as to why he deserves bail, not jail. Now, the courts in general will rule in his favour if he is somebody who does not pose a threat or a menace. We're not depriving an accused person of his civil rights, we're just making sure that the person who is a victim of stalking gets a bit of a breather and a bit of security without feeling that complaining will be useless.
Around 60 percent of all accused were men aged between 18 and 30. Around 2 percent were juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18.
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Intricate Unit (IU) is a band formed by Ben Kopec. IU incorporates live theatrics, including a huge box covered in circuit boards swinging on the venue's pipes 20 feet in the air to smash guitars live on stage.

History

Formation
After the album Denial, and shortly after graduating high school, Kopec formed the first original line up for Intricate Unit. He incorporated a drummer, Chris Densky, and live guitarist, Jay Saucier. The trio performed many live shows and opened for acts such as Dope, Hanzel Und Gretyl, Zeromancer, Bile, and Nocturne. This line up eventually dissolved because Densky decided to focus all his energy on this original band, Adva, and Saucier and Kopec had moral differences. Densky is currently the drummer for Deadstar Assembly.

IU then recruited two new live members. One, a live bassist named Roger Lockshier, known to the fans as Z, and secondly, a live guitarist, Mark Turko. Kopec knew it was necessary to be open minded.  It was with this line up that the trio incorporated a manual light show by stepping on switches created from electrical boxes during the live performance. The showcasing of what was to be known as "the frame" was also used during live performances. This cast a huge shadow on Kopec during the intro of their set while emerging to the music of Karl Orf's Carmina Burana.

Intricate Unit's current line up consists of keyboardist, Ryan Dest, known better as DJ Nitez, and live guitarist, Tom Voytek.

Deception (1999)
Ben Kopec released albums in high school three years before playing live. Kopec bought his first drum machine when he was 15 and first computer and sound module when he was 17. Once all the tools were in place, it took less than a year for him to compile his first EP, Deception. His mother recorded a vocal part for the song Pensive while Kopec was writing the song still living in his parents' house. The artwork on this album displays Kopec's like of the artist Leonardo da Vinci. To date, none of these songs have ever been played live.

Denial (2000)
Denial was released while Kopec was a senior in high school. This 13 track album marked the first full-length release for Intricate Unit. The songs on this album are very Industrial sounding compared to his later releases that sound more like Industrial rock. This is the album that Kopec also created the tri-circle, a symbolic idea of his own representing what he recognizes as three stages of life repeating. The three stages of life are birth, life, and death, encompassed in a circle, representing that when one dies, one is just going to be reborn. This idea is consistent with reincarnation.

Prior to the Denial release, Kopec had lost all of the audio due to a computer error and had to re-record all of the audio including vocals, guitars, and sound effects This delayed the release of the album by months.

Detached (2003–2004)
Before the original line up dissolved, Densky and Saucier performed live to help promote the release of Intricate Unit's second full-length album, Detached. Detached also had subsequent releases entitled, Detached (Detached). This latter album contained completely remixed and remastered songs with bonus tracks that would eventually appear on Thru-Hole. The cover of this album is a picture that Kopec edited himself of an ex-girlfriends bathroom tub after she died her hair red.

Thru-Hole (2005–2006)
Vaccination Nation was the band's first single and was released on this album.

Tours
Intricate Unit has performed with many other bands from the East Coast to the Mid-West. IU currently also receives radio play in over 15 states, as they expand their territory to becoming a national act. Intricate Unit has opened for such acts as Zeromancer, Insane Clown Posse, Hanzel Und Gretly, and Bile.

Discography

1999: Deception
2000: Denial
2002: Detached
2005: Thru-Hole
2009: TBA

Band members
Current lineup
 Ben Kopec – lead vocals, backup guitar (2001–present)

Music videos
2004: A Try to Keep Away
2004: Angel Moth
2005: Vaccination Nation

Influences
The likes of Intricate Unit have been compared to Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Static-X, Ministry, KMFDM, and Leæther Strip.
Artists such as Trent Reznor and Danny Elfman have been an inspiration to Ben Kopec. Ben Kopec is also driven by people that challenge him to rise to higher levels. Other bands that have influenced the sound of IU are Skinny Puppy and White Zombie.

References

External links
Intricate Unit, official website

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Poll: 60% of Mainers Support National Park Feasibility Study
Forests and Wildlife, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine Environmental News
Posted on December 13, 2011 by NRCM
by Nick Sambides Jr.
Bangor Daily News news story
An independent poll conducted by a Portland research firm shows that 60 percent of Mainers statewide support a National Parks Service feasibility study of Roxanne Quimby's proposed national park.
The Critical Insights poll, which covered many topics, was done in October. The Friends of the Maine Woods mentioned the poll in a public statement issued last week on its website, friendsofthemainewoods.org.
"We are building up momentum for our organization and in launching this movement, we thought it would be good to bring this poll to people's attention," state Sen. Cynthia Dill said Monday.
Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, is founder and president of the board of directors of Friends of the Maine Woods, an 1,800-member group that formed last month and supports Quimby's proposed park.
Critical Insights describes itself as an independent, nonpartisan public opinion polling and market research firm based in Portland. Twice annually the firm does what it calls a comprehensive, statewide public opinion survey of registered voters covering many topics of interest to business, government and the general public, according to its website, criticalinsights.com.
In its most recent polling in October, Critical Insights interviewed 600 people selected randomly across the state from Oct. 18 to Oct. 23 and found that six out of 10 residents supported a feasibility study.
"Support is most likely to be observed among college educated, younger (18-34 years of age), residents of the Southern or Central regions and registered Democrats," the report states. "Opposition is most prominent among Northern or Coastal residents and registered Republicans."
To Dill, the report shows that "in a new economy, a solid majority of Maine residents want to explore new options," she said in a statement. "A study of a national park in the north woods would be a cost-free way for the state to investigate a viable way to create jobs and economic diversity in an area of our great state that needs it."
Millinocket Town Councilor Michael Madore, an opponent of Quimby's proposed park and a feasibility study, wasn't surprised that southern Mainers would tend to support a park more than northern Mainers do. Madore said he believes that most northern Mainers oppose a park and a feasibility study.
"There is no loss for them [southern Mainers], so to them it looks like a good thing," Madore said. "To those who are directly impacted, I doubt if any polls would show 60 percent approval. I would not try to estimate a figure, but judging by what we who oppose a park have seen around the area here, there is nothing near a 60 percent approval of a national park."
According to the Critical Insights poll, of the 60 percent who said they supported a park study, 36 percent said they strongly support a study and 24 percent said they somewhat supported it. Of the 31 percent who opposed a park study, 22 percent said their opposition was strong and 9 percent said they were somewhat opposed.
Another 9 percent of all poll respondents "didn't know" about the park.
Madore, who is among those who object to Dill's group, said the feelings of those directly affected by a park should outweigh others. Dill said the issue had statewide import and all voices should have equal weight.
Quimby, who owns about 59,000 acres in or near the Katahdin region, proposes to give to the park service 70,000 acres she owns or hopes to buy adjacent to Baxter State Park in 2016, the year of the service's 100th birthday. She is pressing U.S. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar to authorize a feasibility study of the proposed park area and recently presented him with the results of the poll.
Costing about $250,000, a feasibility study would take years and assess the suitability of the land for inclusion among the 58 other national parks across the country, including a measurement of the park's vast economic and sociologic impacts upon the Katahdin region, park service officials have said.
The Friends group also seeks a reconnaissance study, a less time-consuming and comprehensive $25,000 effort that would identify features within the land that would be suitable for a park, Dill said.
Feasibility studies typically require approval from a state's congressional delegation, and three of the four members of Maine's delegation, including U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-East Millinocket, have said they oppose it. Salazar has said he could order a reconnaissance study himself.
Gov. Paul LePage, the Legislature, the town governments and residents of East Millinocket and Millinocket and several recreation and forest products industry groups have opposed a park and a study.
The town of Medway and several environmental and Katahdin region business and civic groups support a study. Dill's group is the first to publicly support a study and a park.
Proponents say a park would preserve a unique and lovely area of Maine, bolster the state tourism industry, create many jobs in a region that had a 17 percent unemployment rate in October, and would co-exist well with the area's industries.
Opponents say a park could grow far beyond 70,000 acres, would introduce federal authority to an area that does not want it and could hamper the region's forest products industry.
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who opposes a park, has countered Quimby's push for a feasibility study by supporting an economic development study of northern Maine by a different federal agency that would include the national park issue like a chapter in a book.
Millinocket Town Manager Eugene Conlogue said late last week that he will ask Snowe to drop the national park portion of her proposal. Government leaders in several towns surrounding the Katahdin region oppose a park and therefore don't want to waste federal money on a study containing a park question, he said.
Dill said she couldn't see ignoring Quimby's generous offer. Her organization is in the early stages of planning an event next summer, possibly on some portion of the 59,000 acres Quimby owns, that would unite park proponents and help illustrate why a park would be beneficial to the state.
In response to Quimby's proposal and Dill's group, former Maine Senate President Charles Pray announced last week the formation of a group called the Trust for Responsible Economic and Environmental Stewardship for Maine.
Pray maintains the debate is too one-sided in favor of the park, and he envisions his group leading public and editorial meetings, a letter-writing campaign, attendance at pro-park meetings and interaction with Maine's congressional delegation.
Filed Under: Forests and Wildlife, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine Environmental News Tagged With: land conservation, national park, North Woods, outdoor recreation


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Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-88-136-1945, Miller Thermal Technologies, Inc., Appleton, Wisconsin.
Moss CE; Tubbs RL
Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 88-136-1945, 1989 Jan; :1-46
In response to a management request, a study was made of possible hazardous working conditions at Miller Thermal Technologies, Inc. (SIC-3548), Appleton, Wisconsin. Thermal arc spraying (TAS) was used at this facility to apply metal and plastic coatings to substrates. The maximum measured levels of actinic, visible and infrared radiation measured at the thermal spray system were 22 microwatts/square centimeter (microW/cm2), 16.7 candelas/square centimeter, and 170microW/cm2, respectively. Octave band and weighted noise measurements indicated values in excess of 101 decibels-A during operation which indicated that exposure could last no more than 1 hour to be in compliance with NIOSH guidelines. Selected metal fume samples indicated a potential for exposure to hazardous concentrations of nickel (7440020), chromium (7440473), and iron (7439896). The authors conclude that workers were exposed to potentially hazardous optical radiation, excessive noise levels and concentrations of toxic metal fumes. The authors recommend the use of appropriate eye, respiratory, and hearing protective equipment. Recommendations are included concerning ventilation system improvements, and emergency equipment provisions.
NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; HETA-88-136-1945; Region-5; Hazard-Confirmed; Radiation-exposure; Nonionizing-radiation; Industrial-noise; Spraying-equipment; Occupational-exposure; Metal-fumes; Author Keywords: Electric and Gas Welding and Soldering Equipment; optical radiation; thermal spraying; noise
7440-02-0; 7440-47-3; 7439-89-6
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Rhode Island on Monday became the first state to file a climate lawsuit to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for contributing to climate change.
The lawsuit names 21 defendants, including ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell. According to a press release issued by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, the lawsuit argues that the companies "[c]reated, contributed to, and assisted in creating conditions" that "constitute a public nuisance" in the state; "failed to adequately warn customers, consumers, regulators, and the general public to the known and foreseeable risks"; and caused sea-level rise.
"Rhode Island is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate changes that is now on our doorstep with sea level rise and an increase in severe weather patterns," Kilmartin said in a statement.
The lawsuit contends that, not only have the companies known for nearly 50 years that greenhouse gas pollution from their fossil fuel products affects the climate, but they have also known that the impacts "could be catastrophic and that only a narrow window existed to take action before the consequences would be irreversible." The companies, the lawsuit argues, "engaged in a coordinated, multi-front effort to conceal and deny their own knowledge of those threats," while discrediting scientific evidence and otherwise fomenting doubt about the impacts of their pollution.
The filing of the lawsuit in Rhode Island comes one week after a federal judge threw out a similar suit filed by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco against fossil fuel companies. The cities argued that the companies should be held financially responsible for climate change impacts caused by fossil fuels, but the judge dismissed the suit on the grounds that the legislative and executive branches, not the courts, should resolve such issues.


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Sec Proposes Anticipated Rules on Pay-Versus-Performance Disclosure
On April 29, 2015, the SEC, in a 3-2 vote of the SEC Commissioners, approved proposed rules (the "pay-versus-performance disclosure") that would require an issuer to disclose the relationship between the issuer's executive compensation and the issuer's financial performance. The proposed rules would implement a disclosure obligation required under Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act. Chair White noted, in the SEC press release announcing the proposed rules, that the pay-versus-performance disclosure "would better inform shareholders and give them a new metric for assessing a company's executive compensation relative to its financial performance."
In particular, the proposed rules would amend Item 402 of Reg. S-K by adding a new Item 402(v) which would require issuers to disclose, in each proxy or information statement requiring executive compensation disclosure under Item 402 of Reg. S-K, the following:
the executive compensation "actually paid" to the issuer's principal executive officer ("PEO");
the executive compensation "actually paid" to the issuer's named executive officers ("NEOs" ), expressed as an average for all such NEOs;
the issuer's total shareholder return ("TSR" ); and
the TSR of a peer group of issuers.
Like all disclosures required under Item 402 of Reg. S-K, the pay-versus-performance disclosure would be subject to the say-on-pay advisory vote.
Compensation Actually Paid
Under the proposed rules, the executive compensation "actually paid" by an issuer means the total compensation for a particular executive disclosed in the summary compensation table adjusted by certain amounts related to pensions and equity awards. The adjusted disclosure represents an attempt by the SEC to reflect the compensation awarded to, or earned by, such executive officer in a particular year of service. In order to calculate the compensation "actually paid" to a particular executive officer, the total compensation disclosed for such executive officer in the summary compensation table would be adjusted to:
deduct the aggregate change in the actuarial present value of all defined benefit and actuarial pension plans reported in the Summary Compensation Table;
add back the actuarially determined service cost for services rendered by the executive officer during the applicable year;
exclude the grant date value of any stock and option awards granted during the applicable year that are subject to vesting; and
add back the value at vesting of stock and option awards that vested during the applicable year, computed in accordance with the fair value guidance in FASB ASC Topic 718.
An issuer would need to include footnotes to the pay-versus-performance summary table (see below for the form table) which describes the amounts excluded from and added to the total compensation reported in the summary compensation and the issuer's vesting date valuation assumptions used (if materially different from the grant date assumptions disclosed in the issuer's financial statements).
In addition to the required disclosure, an issuer would be permitted to make disclosures to capture the issuer's specific situation and industry, provided that any supplemental disclosure is not misleading and not presented more prominently than the required pay-versus-performance disclosure. Examples of supplemental disclosure provided in the proposed rules include the disclosure of "realized pay" or "realizable pay" or additional years of data beyond the time periods required.
The peer group utilized for the TSR comparison would be the same peer group used by the issuer in its stock performance graph or in describing the issuer's benchmarking compensation practices in its CD&A.
The pay-versus-performance disclosure must be provided in tabular form as set forth below.
Year(a) Summary Compensation Table Total For PEO(b) Compensation Actually Paid to PEO(c) Average Summary Compensation Table Total for non PEO Named Executive Officers(d) Average Compensation Actually Paid to non PEO Named Executive Officers(d) Total Shareholder Return(f)
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return
Following the pay-versus-performance disclosure table, the issuer would be required to describe the relationship between the issuer's executive compensation actually paid and the issuer's TSR and the relationship between the issuer's TSR and the peer group's TSR.
Issuers will generally need to make the pay-versus-performance disclosure for its five (or three years, in the first applicable filing following the effectiveness of the proposed rule) most recently completed fiscal years. However, smaller reporting companies will only need to make the disclosure for three years (or two years, in the first applicable filing following the effectiveness of the proposed rule). In addition, a smaller reporting company would not be required to (i) disclose amounts relating to pensions (consistent with current executive compensation disclosure obligations); nor (ii) present the TSR of a peer group in its pay-versus-performance disclosure.
Companies would be required to tag the pay-versus-performance disclosure using XBRL. Smaller reporting companies would not be required to comply with the tagging requirement until the third filing in which the pay-versus-performance disclosure is provided.
Companies to which Disclosure Requirement Applies
The proposed pay-versus-performance disclosure rules would apply to all reporting companies, except registered investment companies, foreign private issuers and emerging growth companies.
It is unclear whether the pay-versus-performance disclosure will be adopted (and in effect) in time for the 2016 proxy season. The SEC is seeking comments on the proposed rules for 60 days following their publication in the Federal Register.
Author Alex Tablin-WolfPosted on May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 Categories Disclosure Matters, Dodd-Frank Act, Executive Compensation, SEC Rulemaking and GuidanceTags Compensation Committee, Dodd Frank, proposed rules, proxy season, proxy statement, Regulation S-K, SEC
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As the U.S. military discovers new ways to use the 3D printer, the U.S. Navy is considering using blockchain technology to protect project data.
The U.S. Department of the Navy has revealed its interest in Blockchain as a technology to secure data transfer during additive manufacturing processes.
Blockchain technology is no longer restricted to FinTech, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency adepts. The range of its applications is so wide that the U.S. Army is also showing interest in this technology to accompany its own additive manufacturing enterprise.
private blockchains with restricted access, more adapted to military use.
The U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA (which helped create Arpanet, the precursor to the internet), has been exploring the potential defense applications of Blockchain. The agency has been supporting and funding startups to develop security systems based on Blockchain technology.
The U.S. Navy faces enormous challenges, such as the high cost and required secrecy for developing new technologies. This has forced the U.S. Navy to rethink its manufacturing processes and even re-imagine the whole supply chain.
In this regard, additive manufacturing technologies, which speed up prototyping and production, and reduce manufacturing costs, make it possible to manufacture tools and supplies on site.
The DoD's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Naval Air Systems Command have already demoed a drone created by a 3D printer, called Perdix.
ARDEC (the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center) has revealed RAMBO, or Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance. RAMBO is a grenade launcher that was created entirely (except springs and fasteners) by a 3D printer.
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, open up many possibilities for the military, and not just armaments and machines.
Researchers at Natick (Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center) are looking at ways to use additive manufacturing to produce foods customized according to the soldier's physiological status and needs.
Blockchain technology, which secures cryptocurrencies transactions, could be used to secure highly sensitive data of military manufacturing projects.
The U.S. Navy's innovation department, DON Innovator, has been testing Blockchain technology as a means to boost the security of its additive manufacturing network.
In a post, lieutenant commander Jon McCarter, a member of the Naval Innovation Advisory Council (NIAC), said that the Navy will be testing Blockchain across all its additive manufacturing systems. The testing phase launches this summer and would include a proof of concept then, in September, the NIAC would release an in-depth report about Blockchain potential applications for the U.S. military.
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Free Basics (under the umbrella of internet.org) is a service by Facebook to bring "essential services" of the internet to the unconnected people of the world for free. Doing so would improve their access to information on a variety of matters such as health, banking and of course, Facebook. Sites such as the BBC and Wikipedia were included. Facebook estimates that 50% of the people it connected this way upgraded to a paid plan within months.
The initiative was heavily publicised. The prime minister of India backed it on his social media accounts. The criticism came from the already-connected people of India: an internet that is curated by Facebook goes against the principle of net-neutrality. The protests were vociferous and it lead to a call for input by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), multiple rounds of consultation including an open-house that finally lead to the ruling (short version): internet service pricing that discriminated based on content in India was illegal. TRAI has made an exception for emergency services, with the caveat that the differential pricing for emergencies must be made known to TRAI within seven days.
What is the big deal with net-neutrality? Net-neutrality is the idea that all data on the internet should be treated equally i.e. It is not OK to prevent access to some sites or some types of content or to ask the user to pay extra for it. In the absence of net-neutrality, internet service providers (ISPs) would be able to control what the user can and can't do or see on the internet. Net-neutrality also acts in favour of openness of the internet, preventing sites with a particular agenda from dominating information.
A well-known example is when American ISP Comcast throttled the bandwidth of its users who viewed videos on streaming-site Netflix and demanded Netflix to pay charges for the additional bandwidth usage. Netflix was forced to pay after its users found themselves practically unable to view videos.
The BBC may be benign, but some may prefer their news to come from another provider who sees the world in a different light from the BBC. For one media organisation to dominate the news made available to the poor of India for free would be quite an impressive coup for that outlet – one that we really do not want, given that all media have their own agenda and political leanings.
TRAI has ruled that all plans that differentiate on content is banned. The decision is significant as it considers the threat against net-neutrality to be a more serious one than that a majority of Indians not be connected at all.
TRAI's ruling in its entirety is worth reading for its detail and its simple language.
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Please Knock on My Door by Levall Games is a pretty accurate representation of what depression can be like — so accurate in fact that I never want to play it again. The game sort of made me relive my own history of depression, so you might not want to play it at all if you are currently depressed, have been, or think you might have a relapse. For everyone else who wants to know more: do play it. Anyone who has ever doubted that depression is a real thing, or thinks you can just "snap out of it", should play this game, and maybe going through the motions themselves can persuade them to change their mind.
I think what the game did best was show how things can spiral out of control: like you don't have the energy or motivation to make proper food, so your energy levels are drained even more, or how you might wait for someone to allow you to speak to them and how it gets out of proportion when they never do, because they took that permission for granted, but now you think they might secretly find you annoying or think that they think you don't like them etc… A good thing, though, is that the seemingly small things can also help, like someone "knocking on your door" — to allude to the title — be it literally or figuratively.
I couldn't get myself to play it again to check on details I might have forgotten or check out the other endings. I got one of the worse endings (I ended up fainting at work, because I hadn't eaten properly in a couple of days, got fired from work, and then evicted), but I've seen from others' playthroughs that there are better endings, which is good to show, because there is help to get; things can get better.
As a reviewer I should also point out the bad things about this game, which is another reason to replay it. One thing I could mention is that the characters other than the main one is pretty anonymous — even those who are meant to be close — but, on the other hand, I can also see how that might show another aspect of depression, namely how easy it might be to think that you are completely alone in your depression, even when you're not.
Posted in Indie, Review.Tagged depression, horror, social commentary.


I hope by now you've all read that email, I mean really read that email. Take your time, it's important, it deals with the feeling of Hungarians and Romanians and culture. I would suggest that the email implies something far more sinister, so read on.
I contacted the Hungarian Consulate General. Yes, I got up earlier and spoke with a real person. Now my Hungarian is minimal, and their English isn't great, but we got some things worked out. I'll give you the basic answer to what they said.
Yes, they moved many old documents to Budapest, mostly to protect them, they feared a Russian Revolution in Romania, being so close to the border of Russia. They didn't want their history to be destroyed, especially when many of the churches in Russia were being burned down.
I commented that many churches stood in Russia. The comment was that in smaller towns away from the main cities, the churches were looted and often burned. I could see their point.
I asked about Romania and how they treated the Hungarians in Romania. While they mistreated some, this is what happens when power is exchanged. He was quick to point out that the Romanian, Hungarian and German populations of Transylvania, were all in favor of uniting with Romania. What about the peasants and people who didn't have a say?
That is harder, as there wasn't a vote that would define where people who go. It would have caused chaos and anarchy. Hungary was already descending into that. The Austrian Empire was no more. The priests and Hungarian nobility saved what they felt should be saved.
This gives me a bit more of an answer about Transylvania. It was about protecting their properties, and heritage. I'll be contacting the Romanian consulate today.


It's that time of the year again as we all get ready for the annual showcase of music known as the Billboard Music Awards. With the big show set to go down on May 21st, today we get our first look at The Full List Of Nominees For The 2017 Billboard Music Awards. As expected the nominations are dominated by both Drake and The Chainsmokers who managed to snag 22 nominations each.
The past year was a great year in music and this year's nominees reflects it. Artists such as Adele, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Sia, Justin Bieber, Drake, Future, Shawn Mendes and The Weeknd are all nominated for awards for their releases. Check out the full list of nominations below and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Be sure to check out the show when it airs on May 21st.


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Month: Jul 2016
Michael Schumacher: Meeting The Man and What He Means To Me.
You have no idea how exasperating it is when I talk to someone about Formula One (sometimes at length, with mostly me talking) and they reduce the whole conversation to, "So you have a crush on Michael Schumacher?"
The short of the long answer is: NO, I do not have, and never had, a "crush" on Michael Schumacher. And I mean that in the best, most respectful way possible.
But in order to better explain my point, let me retrace my F1 history.
I began liking F1 as a prepubescent tomboy, when boys were still gross/annoying and I only wore skirts because they were part of my Catholic school uniform.
I chanced upon his name on a scaled model of his Benetton F1 car. I was a full-fledged Benetton kid/snob, so I immediately fell in love with that colorful car. And then I saw the name by the side.
Michael Schumacher. That sounds like a badass name, my preteen self thought. Surely someone who has a name as badass as that and who also gets to race an equally badass car, should be legitimately badass in real life, right?
And so my F1 story progressed. I scoured the newspapers, went to the library to peruse the magazines, watched the international sports news for snippets, until I finally managed to watch the races on TV. My memory is hazy on when I put a face to his name, but by that time, what he looked like mattered little to me; I've already claimed him as my Racing Icon.
Years went by and I fell even more in love with the sport. It was my awesome little secret, growing up in a basketball-crazy nation. I officially defected from the Enstone team the moment Schumi moved to Ferrari, a little bit sad to leave Benetton but secretly delighted that his new main color is my favorite: Red.
Even during his "barren years", I was never really worried; I knew in my heart that he's destined for more championships and that he would end up as the Greatest Racing Driver ever.
As a racer, Schumacher was everything I wanted: He was blindingly fast, he was ruthless, hardworking, and insanely focused. Self-contained but surrounded by ride or dies. His hunger to win was insatiable. He toed the fine line between Hero and Villain unapologetically. You either loved him or loathed him. There is no in-between.
I did not support him because he won so much to the point of domination. Something inside me chose him. And the rest is, history.
It never really occurred to me that it's possible for me to meet him. During the time when budget airlines were still scarce and I was restrained by the duties of finishing my schooling, attending an F1 race was nothing but a pipe dream.
However, everything changed when my mother met Michael Schumacher. Yes, my own mother actually met Schumi a decade ahead of me.
Fate has a quirky sense of humor, at times.
It was during a work trip that coincided with the Malaysian GP. Everything was spur-of-the-moment and a bit of a blur. She didn't get to have a photo with him but she did get to shake his hand and chat with him a bit. My mother had nothing but good words about him. Most notably, she said he's really humble and you wouldn't think you'd be talking to a sporting superstar by the way he put her at ease. "He's very kind", she'd repeat over and over again.
I knew he wasn't the cold, ruthless, heartless, arrogant bastard/machine that the media proclaimed him to be, I thought with a mixture of relief and smugness. I chose my Racing Icon correctly! Ever since then, I began to think that maybe, just maybe, I stand a chance to meet him, too. Imagine my disappointment when he announced his retirement from F1 in 2006. My dream was shattered into tiny pieces.
Three years later, as I sat alone in the office, I found out that he's returning to Formula 1, this time as a driver for Mercedes GP. I'm not ashamed to say I let out a whoop and danced like a lunatic. The dream is alive again!
I finally watched Michael Schumacher race an F1 car in person when I attended my 2nd GP: The 2010 F1 Night Race in Singapore. I remember standing there on the viewing platform by Turn 14 as he drove past, my mouth unabashedly open and my eyes might as well have had cartoon hearts on it. To say it was a joy to see him race again would be an understatement. I felt like I was on some sort of pilgrimage, paying respects to my racing god.
However, It wasn't until the 2012 F1 Night Race when finally, FINALLY, the dream of meeting him came to fruition. With the help of a fellow F1 (and Kimi) fan, we waited patiently outside the Paddock Entrance/Exit to try to catch the drivers after Qualifying. To be honest, I didn't really expect to meet Schumi that night (or day, as it was already past midnight in Singapore then); I mean, why would he choose to exit the paddock by feet when he could easily leave via a chaffeured Mercedes car? Also, I was exhausted, hungry, sleepless–I didn't want to get my hopes up too much. Numerous drivers came and went and I even managed a few autographs. There was a lull for several minutes so I stepped back from the throng of fans to drink some water and hopefully catch a breeze, but then there was this gasp from another fan that my ears miraculously picked up.
I was still rooted to my spot when I saw my fellow fans stir. I couldn't understand why there was a sudden…reverential silence outside the paddock. "Who's that?" I asked out loud. My friend had no idea and moved towards the crowd. All of a sudden, someone went, "Michael!" which sent my brain into overdrive.
"Holy shit! Michael? THE Michael Schumacher?! No. What? Seriously? NO WAY!!", my brain screamed.
I surged forward and true enough, there he was, just starting to sign for the small(ish) group of fans gathered behind the barrier. Hilarious but most of them had this "Oh my gosh, it really IS Michael Schumacher" look on their faces, and I bet that not all of them are even fans of his. I wish I had taken a pic of that moment but at that point, I was so awestruck that my motor skills were close to zilch. I managed to take a pic of him, and then proceeded to internally freak out just as he was slowly inching towards my side of the barrier:
There he is! It really is him!
"Shit. What do I do? What do I say to him?"
"Stay calm, FFS. Whatever you do, don't scream 'I LOVE YOU, SCHUMI!' and scare him off."
"You can do this. Just breathe. Be polite and look him in the eyes, okay?!"
Schumi is getting closer!
A picture of me taking a picture of Schumi. As you can see, I'm already having trouble controlling my camera's zoom function out of nerves. Ha!
At last, he was right in front of me. The Man Who Was Responsible For My Formula One Love Affair. The world may as well have stopped spinning. The concept of time disappeared.
I meekly held out the orange collapsible fan I had the other F1 drivers sign to him. "Michael, please?", I managed to say in a prim voice that sounded completely alien to my ears.
"Sure!" He replied cheerfully.
He held a part of the fan while signing, and paused in the middle of it to look at me, probably because my hand was shaking out of nerves and multitudinal feelings. He gave me such a reassuring, "It's okay, don't be nervous"-smile and I will never forget the kindness in his eyes. I wish I could have talked to him and told him how important this moment was to me, but I was so overwhelmed that I could only manage a, "Thank you, Michael. Good luck!" along with an "I'm trying my best not to spontaneously combust right in front of you, please forgive my lack of eloquence" smile.
Schumi looked me in the eyes once again, smiled and replied, "No problem at all. Bye!" gave me a farewell wave, and moved on to a group of Japanese girls who immediately and happily encircled him.
I finally got my Schumi autograph!
I couldn't believe that just really happened. I just had a legit face-to-face interaction with him. And breathe.
I vaguely remember sending out a text blast to my friends screaming in all caps that I've met Schumi. I bet they weren't amused to receive a text at such an ungodly hour but hey ho, no regrets.
In all seriousness, the thing about Michael Schumacher is that he really had that aura of being "somebody" without being arrogant or self-aware about it. He was kind, he was patient, he had time for everyone who was there, he was polite, he was grounded. "He wore his greatness with grace" was how I described him to my friends and anyone who would care to listen to me tell the tale of how I met him.
Before, I wished I'd have done more: I wish I talked to him, asked him stuff, begged him not to retire yet, shook his hand, took photos with him, asked for a hug, gave him a gift or a letter, the list goes on and on. But then, I've realized that I shouldn't devalue the moment by dwelling on regrets. That moment was how it should have been and that is the beauty and uniqueness of it.
Not every racing fan got the opportunity to meet him while he was still a part of the F1 world, and I shall forever hold that memory and experience dear in my heart.
We all know by now what happened to him after he left F1 again, this time for good. Every single day, I wish and pray for his wellness and recovery, as I'm sure thousands (maybe even millions) of his other supporters also do.
He's a man who shared his passion with thousands of others and became an inspiration to so much more. Mine is one of those lives he had changed and affected in some way; I will always defend him and wish him well, no matter what.
It was a pleasure and an honor to have been in his presence and whoever said never to meet your heroes is absolutely wrong because they've obviously never met Michael Schumacher.
He's more than a racer. He's a kind, charitable man, a great friend to many and a once-in-a-lifetime type of person.
While there is still a fighting chance, I will never give up. We will never give up.
Keep Fighting, Michael.
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Q: Wait for AsyncTask to complete its onPostExecute() while also keep the UI thread open for a ProgressDialog I have been reading a good amount about AsyncTasks but I can't figure something out. I have an AsyncTask that I start that is used for an HttpURLConnection for a request from my database. The database work is done in doInBackground() and I have a ProgressDialog that runs on the UI thread that just shows that it is loading. Once the doInBackground() is complete though, my code continues even though I have some things in the onPostExecute() that need to happen before the code can continue.
Is there a way to keep the AsyncTask asynchronous so I can run the ProgressDialog and do the database work in doInBackgroun() at the same time and also have it wait to continue until onPostExecute() has been called?
To clarify:
I cannot just call a function in the onPostExecute() call. At launch an AlertDialog is opened in order for the user to input their username and password so they can login. When they hit login, the AsyncTask is run. I need the AlertDialog to know when the onPostExecute() is complete as well in order to close it. Otherwise I'll be stuck with it.
Here is the code for the AlertDialog in the beginning:
AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
alert.setCancelable(false);
final EditText usernameInput = new EditText(context);
usernameInput.setHint("Username");
final EditText passwordInput = new EditText(context);
passwordInput.setHint("Password");
passwordInput.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance());
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(context);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
layout.addView(usernameInput);
layout.addView(passwordInput);
alert.setView(layout);
alert.setTitle("Login");
alert.setPositiveButton("Login", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which)
    {
        String username = usernameInput.getText().toString();
        String password = passwordInput.getText().toString();
        if (username != "" && password != "")
        {
            Database database = new Database(currActivity);
            database.Login(username, password);
            if (database.IsLoggedIn())
            {
                SharedPreferences prefs = currActivity.getSharedPreferences("Preferences", currActivity.MODE_PRIVATE);
                prefs.edit().putBoolean("Logged In", true).commit();
                dialog.cancel();
            }
            else ShowLoginAlert(context);
        }
    }
});
alert.show();

Here is my code for the login:
public void Login(String username, String password)
{
    try
    {
        new AsyncLogin().execute(username, password).get();
    }
    catch (InterruptedException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    catch (ExecutionException e1)
    {
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }
}

private class AsyncLogin extends AsyncTask<String, String, String>
{
    private static final int READ_TIMEOUT = 1000000;
    private static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 1000000;
    private URL url = null;
    private HttpURLConnection conn = null;
    ProgressDialog loading = new ProgressDialog(currActivity);

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute()
    {
        super.onPreExecute();
        loading.setMessage("\tLoading...");
        loading.setCancelable(false);
        loading.show();
    }

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params)
    {
        try
        {
            url = new URL("http://mysite/myscript.php");
        }
        catch (MalformedURLException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return "Malformed URL Exception.";
        }

        try
        {
            conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            conn.setReadTimeout(READ_TIMEOUT);
            conn.setConnectTimeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
            conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
            conn.setDoInput(true);
            conn.setDoOutput(true);

            Uri.Builder builder = new Uri.Builder()
                    .appendQueryParameter("username", params[0])
                    .appendQueryParameter("password", params[1]);

            String query = builder.build().getEncodedQuery();

            OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
            BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8"));
            writer.write(query);
            writer.flush();
            writer.close();
            conn.connect();
        }
        catch (IOException e1)
        {
            e1.printStackTrace();
            return "Connection Exception.";
        }

        try
        {
            int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
            if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK)
            {
                InputStream input = conn.getInputStream();
                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));

                StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
                String line;

                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
                {
                    result.append(line);
                }

                return result.toString();
            }
            else return "Unsuccessful data retrieval.";
        }
        catch (IOException e2)
        {
            e2.printStackTrace();
            return "Response Exception.";
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.disconnect();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result)
    {
        super.onPostExecute(result);

        loading.dismiss();

        if (result.equalsIgnoreCase("true"))
        {
            // Successfully logged in
            SetIsLoggedIn(true);
            Toast.makeText(currActivity, "Successfully logged in.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        else
        {
            // Incorrect credentials
            SetIsLoggedIn(false);
            Toast.makeText(currActivity, "Incorrect credentials.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}

A: you can do this in following way:
class main extends Activity {

class Something extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> {

    protected void onPreExecute() {
     //  showProgressDialog
    }

    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
        // Do your heavy stuff...
        return null;
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
        // close your progress dialog and than call method which has
        // code you are wishing to execute after AsyncTask.
    }
}

}

A: i think what you want is not very difficult, you can use following code :
class main extends MainActivity {

class SampleAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> {

    protected void onPreExecute() {
     //  ProgressDialog
    }

    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
        // Do your database code...
        return null;
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
        // close progress dialog
        // code you are wishing to execute after AsyncTask.
    }
}
}

A: If I understand it correctly, you have two dialogs(progress and alert) and you want to dismiss one of them after you get login response and keep the other one till database work is done.
If yes, I think you would need two async tasks, one for login and one for database work. Dismiss one of the dialogs in the postExecute(0 of first async task and Call the database async task from the postExecute of the first async task and then dismiss the second on the completion of the second async task.

A: This post gives an example of using an interface in order to have a function called when the onPostExecute() is called so that it was possible to access the AlertDialog from where I needed to access it.

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Q: Make ImageView fullscreen on click I have a view with two images

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/top_section"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_marginTop="120dp">

    <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="170dp"
            android:id="@+id/top_image"/>

    <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/top_text"/>
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/bottom_section"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">

    <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="170dp"
            android:id="@+id/bottom_image"/>

    <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/bottom_text"/>
</LinearLayout>

I would like to make it so that if user clicks image view it becomes full screen and rotates properly to take up full screen.
So far I have tried (for example if top section is clicked)
topText.setVisibility(View.GONE)
bottomSection.setVisibility(View.GONE)
getSupportActionBar().hide();
getActivity().getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

But image is not really full screen. How would I go about making image full screen? I have been thinking of maybe having one third image view and make that be match parent for width and height and have it become visible on click.

A: Create another activity called ImageZoomedActivity, pass the image data to it through the intent (it could be an url, local file location etc..) and in the OnCreate method :
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
    setContentView(R.layout.popup_photo_full);
    supportPostponeEnterTransition();
    if(getIntent().hasExtra("file")) {
        imageFile = new File(getIntent().getStringExtra("file"));
        GlideApp.with(this).asBitmap()
                .load(imageFile)
                .into(image);
        supportStartPostponedEnterTransition();
    }

The code above works with a local file URI passed through the intent.
These two lines
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

let you make the activity in full screen.
It's possible, also, to make a transition between the first activity with the thumbnail and the second one with the full-screen image. If you want to know more send me a pm, I can send you the detailed code to do that.


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package com.ibm.xsp.extlib.renderkit.html_extended.oneuiv302.outline;

import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

import com.ibm.xsp.extlib.component.outline.AbstractOutline;
import com.ibm.xsp.extlib.renderkit.html_extended.oneui.outline.OneUILinksListRenderer;
import com.ibm.xsp.extlib.tree.ITreeRenderer;

public class OneUIv302LinksListRenderer extends OneUILinksListRenderer {

	@Override
	protected ITreeRenderer findTreeRenderer(FacesContext context, AbstractOutline outline) {
		return new com.ibm.xsp.extlib.renderkit.html_extended.oneuiv302.outline.tree.OneUIv302LinksListRenderer(outline);
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Devang Jayant Gandhi pronunciation (born 6 September 1971, in Bhavnagar, Gujarat) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a very occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Despite the 1999–2000 tour of Australia exposing Gandhi's weakness in technique against faster deliveries, his domestic form stayed constant, having had a good start to his international career in India. Successive stands with Sadagoppan Ramesh in New Zealand lifted Gandhi's Test average above 50. Poor performances saw him dropped during the Australian tour. Gandhi played domestic cricket for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy and East Zone in the Duleep Trophy before retiring after the 2005–06 season. Gandhi also had two seasons playing for Gwersyllt Park CC, who play in the North Wales cricket league.He was appointed as a national selector for Indian cricket team.