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Things I Wish I Knew About Gastric Bypass Surgery Before I Had It
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1. Being pumped full of air hurt the most
In any minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery (like gastric bypass), doctors don't cut you wide open. Instead, they insert small surgical tools into a tiny incision and use a camera to operate from the outside. In order to see and maneuver around, they pump some carbon dioxide into your body around the part that's being operated on. So in the case of gastric bypass, it's pumped into your stomach and intestines. Although the gas is let out before the incision is closed, inevitably, a tiny bit gets trapped inside. So patients are asked to keep moving immediately after surgery to help the body move the air out. "Even though you just got out of surgery and you're tired and in pain, you have to keep walking," says Wolinsky. "You feel the air travel upward, toward your shoulder. It's 10 times more painful than your body actually healing from surgery." Working out all of the CO2 took a few days. "I'm really goal-oriented, so I just breathed deeply and thought about my goal to get through it," she says.
2. "The pain isn't as bad as I thought it would be."
From the outside, gastric bypass is more intense than lap band surgery: After all, they're actually detaching a part of your digestive system. "I thought [it] would be a lot more painful and a lot longer recovery period," says Wolinsky. "And while the recovery was longer, it wasn't more painful. As far as surgeries I've had, it was pretty easy."
3. There was a tube hanging out of my stomach for a week
For a week after gastric bypass surgery, many patients have a bag hanging outside of the body connected to a thin tube attached to the stomach; this allows any excess fluids to drain from the abdomen, according to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. And every day you have to clean it, Wolinsky says. "It's excruciatingly difficult," she says. "It's such a gross and painful feeling, knowing it's attached to an organ in your body and you can see it." Fortunately, Wolinsky's aunt is a nurse and helped her to clean the port until it was removed.
4. I had to sleep sitting up.
For the first couple weeks following surgery, Wolinsky slept in a semi-sitting position. "I'm a stomach- or side-sleeper, but you can't sleep on your stomach for two to three weeks," she says. "It's odd and uncomfortable, especially when you're trying to recover from major surgery," she says. Fortunately, the pain medication along with extreme exhaustion from the healing process made getting her z's possible.
5. I wasn't hungry, but I wanted to eat.
As your body recovers from surgery and adjusts to its new digestive system, doctors advise a liquid diet. Despite the fact that she didn't really feel hungry, Wolinsky was surprised by her food cravings. "It's a weird thing to get used to not eating real food," she says. Wolinsky spent a total of about two months on a diet of liquid and soft foods. "I didn't think I'd crave the act of eating," she says. Walking by her mom's room at meal time was tough. "She was eating, and I'd be like, 'food…what's that like?'" she says.
To get through, Wolinsky tried out a variety of blended protein drinks. Ricotta—especially a ricotta bake made with Parmesan, an egg, and seasonings baked till bubbly—was a favorite. "Making a variety of different-tasting things really helped me feel like I wasn't being cheated," she says.
6. Lots of hair fell out.
Although Wolinsky was lucky to have a lot of hair before the surgery, she says about 30 percent fell out post-op. According to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, hair loss is normal after any surgery, and it's especially common with weight-loss surgery. That's because your body is absorbing less nutrients. "I knew it was a possibility, but I was hoping it wouldn't be me," says Wolinsky. "People tell me it's not noticeable, but for me it is," she says. "I look at old pictures and even though I was so much fatter, I'm also like, 'damn, look at my hair!'" Wolinsky combats hair loss by taking a biotin supplement and using Nioxin shampoo and conditioner. "I honestly don't know if they help or not because I'm too scared to stop either to find out!" she says.
7. I get super sick if I eat any sugar.
One of the unpleasant side effects of gastric bypass, according to the University of Rochester Medical Center, is what's known as dumping syndrome. Since the new stomach pouch isn't able to digest all foods, like simple carbs (i.e. sugar) and sometimes artificial sweeteners, those foods get "dumped" causing nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea, and weakness. Since simple carbs are one of the culprits, gastric bypass patients are advised to avoid all sugars for life.
While Wolinsky has learned to read food labels and avoid everything that contains any type of sugar, it's nearly impossible to completely avoid. One time, for example, Wolinsky says she ordered what she thought was a diet Coke, but ended up with the real full-sugar deal. "The severity surprised me," says Wolinsky. "I thought they were exaggerating just to tell you what you shouldn't be eating, but it feels like a heart attack that lasts for 20 or 30 minutes," she says. "I get dizzy and light-headed, and my heart starts beating fast." Wolinsky says she lies down and covers herself with pillows until the feeling passes.
Fortunately, Wolinsky says she isn't a "sugar person," but she does occasionally have sugar cravings. When she does, she'll nip it in the bud with Halo Top lemon cake ice cream, which is made with stevia. "Fake sugars can cause dumping, but as long as I keep my portion size smaller it's all good," she says. And if she's at a birthday party where she really wants cake, she'll have a bite. "One bite won't cause digestive issues," she explains. "Plus it's very easy not to overindulge when the consequences are so swift and painful."
8. I have a whole new perspective on life.
Immediately after her surgery, Wolinsky says the weight loss helped her to feel hopeful about future. Then the plateau hit. But now, she says the experience was good for her. "I know I can do this even though it's hard," she says. "It's made me more tenacious and given me a whole new outlook on myself and what I can do."
What's been essential: forgiveness when she inevitably slips up. "Some days you're having a bad day and you eat too much because you don't know what you're doing," she says. "But I would never take back having the surgery. It's one of the best things I've ever done for myself."
9. Actually losing the weight takes hard work.
In the first six months after surgery, Wolinsky lost 50 pounds, which is not as much as she was expecting, she says. Then, for three months, her weight plateaued. She realized that although her stomach was significantly smaller, she needed to revamp her eating habits to see continued progress.
"I thought with surgery I could eat whatever I wanted," she says. That included lots of her comfort foods: bread, potatoes, pasta, processed snacks, and lots of meals out with friends at restaurants. "Even though I ate really small amounts, I didn't pay attention to what I was eating," she says. "Surgery is not solution, it's a tool to help get you to where you want to be."
She now follows what she calls a modified Ketogenic diet, i.e., super low in carbs and high in fats and proteins. She aims to stay below 25 grams of carbs per day and avoids all processed foods. Instead, she fills up on plenty of veggie- and protein-filled meals she cooks at home. And she logs every bite she eats. In the two years since her surgery, Wolinsky has lost a total of 130 pounds, weighing in at 215. And that's huge progress, though she'd still like to lose another 70. "Now I have so much more energy. It feels like my body runs more efficiently." That said, Wolinsky says she still craves carbs all the time. "What gets me through is my monthly cheat meal. I make sure it's a good one," she says.
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'Star Wars' veteran Anthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO, has admitted he hated the character of Jar Jar Binks in the hit sci-fi franchise.
Anthony Daniels has slammed the character of Jar Jar Binks in the 'Star Wars' franchise.
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Speaking at Fan Expo 2017, the actor said: ''Jar Jar was created by George Lucas and he employed an actor, Ahmed Best, who is a terrific actor. Terrific mover. Terrific, inventive brain.
''Highly intelligent. Did exactly what George asked him to do. George's son Jett was thrilled by that performance that Ahmed did perfectly, but Jett was 10 years old.
''Now, I wasn't, so for me Jar Jar was a bit like the Ewoks. I've grown past that stage.
''10 year olds, 11 year olds, eight year olds adored Jar Jar. It was a very, very good thing to do, so I hugely admire Ahmed Best.
''He got very bad press for doing it. And Jar Jar was not for me.''
Jar Jar Binks first appeared in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' as the comic-relief character and guide to Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and a young Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor).
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BADLANDS BAR
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As you pass through this life, you come across a bunch of truisms, you know, stuff like, never meet your heroes (Elvis Costello proved that one for me!), and never have expectations; the point of this one being, if you do, the experience will never live up to whatever you imagine it might be.
I'd naively come along wondering who they might get up to play the horns on 'Fussy', probably one of the band's best-known tracks from 2008's Book Of Lies. I needn't have worried my pretty little head.
Trouble is, with a band like End Of Fashion, it's difficult not to go in expecting … something and, to make things worse, expecting that that something will be on the right side of good. They've got too much history to be able to come at them tabula rasa.
So, I will acknowledge a couple of things before going any further with this review. I'd never seen End Of Fashion before last Saturday and I went in with high hopes. Always a big mistake!
Walking into a COVID-full Badlands Bar, it was clear from the buzz in the room that I wasn't the only one with expectations. Dancers from Sugar Blue Burlesque were doing what go-go dancers used to do back in the day, dancing on stage with more than enough skill and guile to make punters like myself acutely aware of our lack of coordination, and kicking the night off with the sort of good natured allure that, thankfully, in these enlightened times, can be seen for exactly what it is — a celebration of life and living.
Then the lights went down and Moana took the stage.
Coming off a six-month COVID-enforced hiatus, front woman, Moana Mayatrix, was the first to acknowledge the band were a bit rusty and, it's true, her vocals sounded somewhat strangled by nerves for the first few moments of their set opener. But, once they found top gear it was clear Moana were back better, bigger and more widescreen than ever.
This is a band that sounds and looks like it was made for big stages. They're psychedelic punks who play a brand of art rock that is primal, eviscerating, mesmerising. It's fury as art / art as fury and it's fucking fabulous!
Moana Mayatrix has a voice with a timbre and quality that reminds me of Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker. It's fragile and overwhelmingly powerful, and her delivery is a pummelling stream of lyricism, on-the-edge screaming, guttural sklonks and raw emotion. In full flight, she is a sight to behold and, tonight, dressed from head to toe in rocket-ship red, Mayatrix held the growing Badlands crowd in the palm of her hand as she put her band through their paces, finding them up to the task at every turn.
Did I leave the gas on?
Aided and abeted by one of the best guitarists going around, Willow Fearns, a woman who can drag from her guitar sounds that should not be technically or humanly possible, and the more than capable rhythm section of Austin Rogers (bass) and Lochlan Hoffman (drums), Mayatrix and her band are a visual and aural sensation.
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This night they they more than earned their 'special guest' status, leaving the stage almost on fire, and your correspondent wondering just how End Of Fashion would top that.
The audience should never see the drummer
Knit one, purl one
Quick, what's my next line
Hey, look over there, squirrels!
Who said bass players aren't cool?
What's the secret hand signal, again?
Is that all it does?
Tell me another one
Picking an opening act is a tricky business. They have to be good enough to build the expectation of better things to come, but they can't be so good that the headline act cringes at the thought of going on after them. Maybe tonight was going to be the night that Moana played Van Halen to End Of Fashion's Black Sabbath? It was a juicy contemplation. The mighty always get their comeuppance sooner or later, so why not be there to witness it?
End Of Fashion preluded their set with a showing of the video for 'Breakthru', the single they were here to launch.
'Breakthru' is a welcome return from Justin Burford and his band. When I spoke to Burford a year ago, he was upbeat about returning to End Of Fashion and writing new songs, saying, "I feel really good about them.
"To be honest, I thought that was done … until late last year. I was consolidating all of the music that I'd been working on over the last five years and realised that I'd accumulated a good number of what I'd call classic Fash sounding songs. And that was the catalyst. I was like, 'I think I've got some tunes here!'"
It's all well and good the author spruiking their own work, but what do the punters think? Well, this punter thinks 'Breakthru' is a classic End Of Fashion track that gives ample space for Burford's vocals — he's still one of the best vocalists you're ever likely to hear — and is a masterclass in classic, hooky songwriting that builds and builds until, eventually it lets you down gently so you're ready to do it all over again. Oh, yeah, it's classic Fash!
So, you can forgive me, having listened to the track a bit before last Saturday and then hearing it again as the tape rolled on the VHS machine and the video rolled on the big screen at the back of the Badlands stage, for having expectations. Can't you?
From the opening notes of 'Too Careful', the title track from End Of Fashion's second EP, it was evident that I was about to spend the next 80 minutes having my expectations forcibly dismantled and then reconstructed in a completely different image. End Of Fashion hit the stage like it was absolutely going to be their last time and proceeded to put on a show for the ages.
The original charismatic stuntman
I'd naively come along wondering who they might get up to play the horns on 'Fussy', probably one of the band's best-known tracks from 2008's Book Of Lies. I needn't have worried my pretty little head. End Of Fashion smashed through that song like it was some sort of wild psychobilly stomp. They'd just jolted through 'Breakthru' and the tracks between the opener and the new single had me in mind of a heavy-metal Beatles, all song writing muscle and in your face delivery. The songs in the bracket that followed 'Breakthru' and 'Fussy' were more of same, better even.
I'm out of breath again writing about it now, and I feel like a gushy teenager, but this was the business!
End Of Fashion reinvented themselves as a live band last Saturday (How do I know? Thank you YouTube, now please fuck off with your 'information'.). They took a blowtorch to their best-known songs, threw in a good handful of new tracks which, on the night, sounded as good as, if not better than their best output to date, and completely smashed it. This was a lesson in reinvention that other bands making any sort of comeback would be wise to study. It doesn't matter how good the new songs are, if it's just more of same that's only ever going to gain you passing attention.
Here's a church, here is a steeple
What Justin Burford and End Of Fashion are obviously intent on is far more than eking out the last drops of magic from the potion bottle, they've recreated themselves and beefed up the recipe. Not so much that people will get confused, but enough to maintain relevance, excite audiences and gain new fans.
From the punters' response last Saturday, the hundreds of beaming faces and bouncing bodies of all ages, they got it bang on.
In my estimation, End Of Fashion have just announced themselves as contenders again. This was premier league stuff, right off the top of the top shelf where few bands are capable of reaching.
End Of Fashion shattered every single one of my expectations and I'm still smiling about it.
Speaking to Burford post show, he said he felt, "Physically broken, spiritually high." Having witnessed his performance — part charismatic stuntman, part dime store Jesus, with vocals that touched the stratosphere — that's a perfect summation.
Burford continued so say, "Mostly I feel love. Love for the crowd and love for my band. I'm extremely excited about the music we have coming too. We're getting straight into the studio this week. No rest for the wicked."
Bravo! Because that's what the world needs right now, One More Song from End Of Fashion and then another, and another …
What does that say?
Everybody hurts
Does it get any phatter than that?
I probably shouldn't have had that last birthday tequila shot
Jeez, this one's heavy!
Look, Mum, no fillings
I wonder if anyone will notice?
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Revisiting a classic: Joni Mitchell - Clouds
Here is my normal routine when trying a new-to-me Joni Mitchell album:
1) Listen to it through for the first time, quickly decide it's not her best and toss it aside.
2) Two hours later I have some medley or verse in my head, trying to figure out where I heard it before, then remember I heard it on the Joni album earlier. Dig out the album and give it a second spin.
3) Like the album a bit better the second time, but still think it's a bit too 'out there' for me. Put the album in the record shelf and decide that even though it's not her best, I can appreciate it.
4) A few days later I still can't get the songs out of my head, decide to give it one last try before its lost forever in the record library.
5) Fall completely in love with the album, play it continuously for weeks on end, burn every other album in my collection deciding they are no longer needed as nothing could ever compete.
Ok... maybe I exaggerated a little bit on the last one, but I think I've made my point.
Clouds is the latest Joni album to make its way through my ritual. I picked this album up while digging through a thrift store last year and finally got around to giving it a shot.
Released in 1969 on Reprise records, Clouds is Joni Mitchell's second studio album featuring ten beautiful songs often only accompanied by Joni's acoustic guitar (the only other musician who contributed is Stephen Stills who added some bass and guitar). Love songs like Tin Angel "Still I'll take a chance and see, I found someone to love today", and songs about war: The Fiddle and the Drum "Oh, my friend, What time is this, To trade the handshake for the fist" dates this album perfectly in the love/war movement of the late 60's.
Like most of Joni's albums, the cover featured her own art work and in this case it's a self-portrait. Unlike Joni's first album, which was produced by David Crosby, she handled the production for all of this album on her own except for the opening track, Tin Angel, which was produced by Paul Rothchild (producer of the first five albums by The Doors).
This album won Joni her first Grammy award for best folk performance in 1969.
It's always difficult for me to choose one Joni album as a favorite, as they all are held in high regard within my collection, but Clouds is definitely one of my deserted island discs.
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Oregon Sens. Wyden, Merkley vote 'no' on Christopher Wray as new FBI head
Updated Aug 1, 2017 ; Posted Aug 1, 2017
By Gordon R. Friedman | The Oregonian/OregonLive
U.S. senators overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray as the new director of the FBI Tuesday evening, installing Wray atop the prestigious law enforcement agency as it continues investigations into whether any of President Trump's associates coordinated with the Russian government during last year's election. The vote was 92-5.
Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Oregon's two Democratic U.S. senators, voted against Wray's confirmation. The only other senators voting "no" were Democratic Sens. Kristen Gillibrand of New York, and Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
In a statement, Wyden said he voted against Wray because of his stance on government surveillance and Americans' privacy.
"In his public and private statements, Chris Wray failed to oppose government backdoors into Americans' personal devices, or to acknowledge the facts about encryption," Wyden said. "That it isn't about liberty versus security, it's about more security versus less security."
Wray, a corporate lawyer in private practice since 2005, is designated to serve a 10-year term atop the FBI. Trump nominated him after he fired then-director James Comey in May.
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INDIAN COUNTRY | JUSTICE
After decades, tribal courts, police slowly regaining lost authority
President Barack Obama signs the Tribal Law and Order Act in 2010, one of two laws that one expert called major victories for tribal courts looking to regain control of their laws and law enforcement. (Photo by National Congress of American Indians/Creative Commons)
A member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Police Department on hand for the 2010 signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act. The bill helped tribal police regain some of the authority they had lost in recent decades. (Photo by National Congress of American Indians/Creative Commons)
By Philip Athey | Cronkite News
WASHINGTON – In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson wrote Congress detailing the nation's maltreatment of Native Americans, a people he described as an "alien in his own land."
A month later, Congress made it official.
One part of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 – signed by Johnson on April 11, 1968, just over a month after his letter to Congress – stripped tribes of the ability to impose more than a $500 fine and six months in prison for convictions in tribal courts.
That law was followed a decade later by a Supreme Court case that further restricted tribal sovereignty, ruling that tribes had no jurisdiction to prosecute non-Natives who commit crimes against Native victims.
Congress has only recently started to reverse those actions, but for most of the last 50 years tribal law enforcement had to refer any serious crime to federal or state law enforcement agencies with scant resources – and little interest, critics say – to investigate those crimes.
The FBI is "designed for much larger international crimes, interstate matters," said Amy Hontalas, a professor at San Francisco State University. "They're not designed for crimes that are typically handled by local governments."
While their courts were shackled, Native Americans continued to be victims of crime at significantly higher rates than the rest of the nation. A Bureau of Justice Statistics report from 2016 said 13.3 Native Americans per 1,000 were victims of serious violent crime, almost twice the national average of 7.0 per 1,000 people.
"An alien in his own land"
What's happened in the 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson called on Congress to enact sweeping programs to help Native Americans, people he called "the Forgotten American."
And while that number may represent Native Americans nationwide, critics say it is likely higher on tribal lands, where the government has done a poor job of collecting crime data.
Under the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, the Bureau of Justice Statistics was ordered to put out an annual Indian Country crime report, something it has done every year since 2012. But the agency has conceded shortcomings in its report and said that while it is trying to develop a census for crime in the area, it has not been able to do so.
A 2017 report from the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General was highly critical of the department's efforts to comply with the Tribal Law and Order Act, or TLOA.
"Seven years after TLOA became law, its data collection and reporting efforts are still in development," the report said.
"Moreover, because participation in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is voluntary, not all tribes report crime statistics into the UCR database. As a result, Indian country crime statistics are so outdated and incomplete as to be virtually useless," the report said.
Hontalas agreed with the inspector general's assessment, but said there are other problems with the data collection that are not being addressed.
"A lot of times people don't differentiate between like, statistics for Native women in urban areas and statistics for Native women in rural areas, like reservations," she said.
Despite the problems, Congress has made recent moves to reverse the restrictions of the '60s and '70s with bills like the Tribal Law and Order Act in 2010 and an expansion to the Violence Against Women Act in 2013.
• Despite gains, Native American employment still lags behind nation
• Native Americans close the gap – almost – on U.S. life expectancy
• Lack of resources leads to 'grim statistics' in Native American schools
• Distance, language can still pose challenge to Native American voting
The TLOA increased the maximum sentence tribal courts could impose to a $15,000 fine and three years in prison, stackable to nine years.
And the 2013 reauthorization of VAWA allowed tribes for the first time in decades to prosecute non-Natives who commit acts of violence against Natives with whom they are in a relationship.
Both bills are seen as big strides for tribal sovereignty, but both have their issues. Tribal law enforcement officials in Arizona did not respond to request for comment on the laws, but Pascua Yaqui Chief Prosecutor Oscar Flores in March called the expansion of VAWA "a great first step" to restoring trust in tribal courts.
But the VAWA reauthorization so narrowly defined the crimes that can be prosecuted by tribal courts that it limited the effects of the law.
Under the law, only abuse against an established partner can be prosecuted by tribal law enforcement. That leaves tribal authorities unable to prosecute crimes such as stranger rape or child abuse committed by a non-Native against a Native American.
In addition to the restrictions, the only tribes that can prosecute non-Natives under the laws are those that meet certain requirements in their courts that effectively made them mirror state courts.
Despite the shortcomings, the laws are still major victories for tribal courts, Hontalas said.
"What happened in the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, that was the first time that Native people gained back sovereignty from a federal law or policy since the 1800s," she said. "This is extremely significant."
Though Hontalas appreciates the steps Congress has taken in the last decade, she said that more often than not the government is the source of the problem not the solution.
"Passing additional federal laws to try and fix the problem that the United States itself created by ignoring its treaty obligation to people, I think, is in some ways an incorrect way to go about solving this problem," she said.
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Q: Problem in using getter function from a class object that gets value through singleSnapshot . Android,Java I am extracting data entered by the user from firebase through a singleSnapshot(stored in an 'Advertisement' class object).
The getter method for product name works,but getProductDescription() returns a null value, I don't know why. i.e, textView14 is filled and not textView15.
The data has been uploaded correctly in the firebase console.
@Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
       View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_new, container, false);

       // productImage = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.imageView4);
        //productDescription = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.textView15);

       final FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
       DatabaseReference reff;

        productName =  v.findViewById(R.id.textView14);
        productDescription = v.findViewById(R.id.textView15);

        reff = database.getReference();
        reff.child("Advertisement").addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDataChange(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

                    DataSnapshot snapshot = dataSnapshot;

                    Advertisement advertisement = snapshot.child("adv").getValue(Advertisement.class);
                    productName.setText(advertisement.getProductName());
                    productDescription.setText( advertisement.getProductDescription());

                }

            @Override
            public void onCancelled(@NonNull DatabaseError databaseError) {

            }
        });
       return v;

}
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This is the firebase console

    package in.revmeup.revmeup;
import androidx.annotation.Keep;

@Keep
public class Advertisement {
    private String productName;
    private String productDescription;
    private String productImageUrl;
    public Advertisement(String productDescription)
    {
        this.productName=productName;
        this.productImageUrl=productImageUrl;
        this.productDescription=productDescription;
    }
    public Advertisement()
    {
    }
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Advertisement{" +
                "product_Name='" + productName + '\'' +
                ", product_Image_URL='" + productImageUrl + '\'' +
                ", product_Description='" + productDescription +
                '}';
    }
    public String getProductName() {
        return productName;
    }

    public void setProductName(String productName) {
        this.productName = productName;
    }

    public String getProductDescription() {
        return productDescription;
    }

    public void setProductDescription(String productDescription) {
        this.productDescription = productDescription;
    }

    public String getProductImageUrl() {
        return productImageUrl;
    }

    public void setProductImageUrl(String productImageUrl) {
        this.productImageUrl = productImageUrl;
    }
}

Please help me rectify this issue. It bugs me especially because one function works and the other doesn't and they are of the same object.

A: The issue has been rectified.. I had not added an Object of Advertisement class to the database, but a hashmap value(that code bit was in another Java file and I totally didn't consider that). It was an interesting(and silly on my side) mistake but no regrets about my first stackoverflow question!


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Google places more limitations on political ads ahead of elections
Ads will be restricted to using "age, gender, and general location (postal code level)."
Google is placing new limitations on the targeting of political ads, beginning next week in the UK and worldwide on January 6, 2020.
Previously, political ads could be targeted using "public voter records and general political affiliations (left-leaning, right-leaning, and independent)" in the U.S.
Going forward, political ads will be restricted to "age, gender, and general location (postal code level)."
Whether we like it or not, tech companies are becoming integral to the election process. All you have to do is look back at the scandal with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica to see just how influential they can be and why we should all be concerned.
Thankfully, some tech companies are stepping up and doing something about it. Some are doing more than others though, for example, Twitter has decided to ban all political ads on its platform. While other companies, such as Google, are simply adding some more restrictions on how ads can be targeted ahead of the elections.
In the past, Google allowed verified advertisers to target users based on "public voter records and general political affiliations (left-leaning, right-leaning, and independent)" in the U.S.
Going forward, Google will now only allow election ad targeting based on "age, gender, and general location (postal code level)." This will affect ads across all Google platforms, including search ads, YouTube ads, and ads served by Google that appear on websites.
However, political advertisers will still be able to do contextual advertising based on the subject matter. For example, serving political ads to people who are reading articles about the economy.
The new changes will take effect within the next week in the UK just in time for the EU general election, and will roll out worldwide beginning on January 6, 2020.
Along with the new changes to targeted ads, Google also points out that it holds political ads to the same standards as all advertising when it comes to false claims. Saying just as it would not allow a company to advertise a chair with a misleading price, it also won't allow political ads that include obviously fake information such as a candidate dying or election day being postponed. However, Google recognizes that it will be impossible to catch every mistake but it will continue to look for "clear violations."
Of course, we recognize that robust political dialogue is an important part of democracy, and no one can sensibly adjudicate every political claim, counterclaim, and insinuation. So we expect that the number of political ads on which we take action will be very limited—but we will continue to do so for clear violations.
Google also understands that transparency is of the utmost importance when it comes to political advertising. This is why it offers a transparency report where you can look up the "content of the ads themselves, who paid for them, how much they spent, how many people saw them, and how they were targeted." Beginning December 3, 2019, Google is even expanding this to now cover "U.S. state-level candidates and officeholders, ballot measures, and ads that mention federal or state political parties" as well as making them searchable.
I guess it would have been a little much to expect Google to completely ban political ads, the company does make a lot of its money off of its advertising platform after all. However, it's nice to see Google taking some steps to restrict the ads and to try to "do the right thing" as its motto states.
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Tekken Mobile's Worldwide Release And Exclusive Character Announced
By Jenni Lada January 31, 2018
Bandai Namco has made some major announcements regarding Tekken Mobile, its mobile version of the fighting game. We now know exactly when it will release in all regions and who the exclusive character will be. Depending on where people live, they may be able to start playing in February 2018 or March 2018. In all cases, Bo "Rodeo" Montana will be available for everyone to use starting March 1, 2018.
Tekken Mobile will appear first in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia on February 1, 2018. On February 15, 2018, it will launch in Austria, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Finally, it will come to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States on March 1, 2018.
Rodeo was introduced in a new trailer.
"Bo "Rodeo" Montana is a former All-State Football Champion and US Marine. While on a secret mission, Rodeo and his unit was ambushed by Revenant, draining his and all his comrades physical strength and training. In order save his comrades he must defeat Revenant and recover his powers.
Rodeo features long reach and massive HP, with a fighting style comprised of military techniques mixed with MMA training. Although he is a new character to the TEKKEN franchise, he is a driven, loyal fighter whose training and fight style rival the most powerful existing fighters."
Tekken Mobile will be available on Android and Apple iOS devices.
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The Controversial Sounds of "Burger Highlife"
The genre known as "Burger Highlife" originated among Ghanaian musicians living in Germany in the early '80s. Lauded and excoriated in equal measure, it has had considerable influence on Ghanaian popular music to this day.
The past few years have seen the release of a spate of highlife recordings by Ghanaian musicians based abroad. A major and common characteristic of these recordings is the strong infusion of funk rhythms and the utilisation of a plethora of modern electronic gadgets. A number of these musicians, including George Darko, Kantata, Rex Gyamfi, Allan Cosmos Adu and Charles Amoah, are based in West Germany and this had led to the music being labeled "Burgher" highlife. In Ghana a "Burgher" refers to one who has lived in West Germany for a while.
It is difficult to define what is "correct" highlife because the music has over the years been open to new approaches and innovations although usually in a certain context. One can safely say, however, that be it the palmwine bar style of Kwa Mensah and Kaikaku or the big band treatment of Uhuru and Ramblers, the music has always posessed that loose, free-flowing and lilting quality that always makes it easily identifiable.
Local acts like Sweet Talks, Pat Thomas, C. K. Mann and Precious Jewels, especially in the 1970s, flirted with the strict, constant beat mainly associated with American funk music, but even there the highlife feel dominated, and it was abundantly clear what line they were toeing. George Darko's 1983 release "Akoo Te Brofo" had the trappings of a highlife tune but leaned much more towards funk and that became the real trailblazer. Musicians who have recorded material in the highlife-funk vein, apart from the ones mentioned earlier, include Dan Davies, Andy Vans, Asafo and Julius Antwi.
....In an interview on Radio Ghana, Kwabena Fosu-Mensah, a music journalist based in Britain commented: "I feel that they (the Burgher highlife exponents) are more popular here in Ghana for various reasons. One of the reasons is that I think the whites, especially in UK, want authentic African music that is properly recorded. Wheras here [in Ghana] it seems that people are going for George Darko-style, Rex Gyamfi-style and so on."
Some amount of adverse criticism has been aired around the "Burgher" highlife trend. Producer Mohammed Malcolm Ben said: "It is only our fascination with American funk music that makes us think that we have to make highlife sound like funk to make it sell abroad...If we encourage the trend of highllfe music that is going on now, I mean the fusion with the funk rhythms, there would soon come a time when the original highlife as handed down over the years would be dead and that would be very, very unfortunate."
Another producer, Faisal Helwani told the Mirror newspaper that "some of them play straight funk, add Akan lyrics and call it highlife ... Our radio stations are not encouraging traditional highlife anymore. Everyday, all one hears is this kind of 'Burgher' highlife."
Paa Kwesi Brew, a disk-jockey on GBC-2, reacted to Faisal's comments by saying: "As DJs we play tunes, both old and new, to liven up the station. We can't play only the old approaches to highlife and leave the modern ones. Highlife has many branches. The root is there but there are many branches to make up the canopy."
The "Burgher" highlife is a trend that is still developing. A number of the exponents currently sound alike but this is likely to change as the style gradually becomes more clearly defined and consolidated. It may bloom and it may wither, but for the moment it is here, and to turn deaf ears to it would be like strangling a newborn, healthy baby.
... George Darko says he is a jazz fanatic at heart but he also has a great love of highlife. His dream is to see highlife develop and achieve universal status as reggae has done. He feels it needs to be packaged in such a way that it becomes acceptable to the European market. He realises that roots highlife itself, tends to be too heavy for those who are not thoroughly conversant with African music. Even Africans sometimes get bored with the monotony of the rhythms although the music can be infinitely beautiful.
Darko scored big with the song "Akoo te Brofo" from his first LP, Friends (Okoman DA 1) in 1982. His followup, 1983's Hi-Life Time (Okoman DA 2), was even bigger, propelling him to the world stage and sparking denunciations from purists. Elizabeth Sobo, a columnist for the US music magazine The Beat, flatly declared it "not highlife," and other reviewers sniffed at its synth-driven, modern ambiance.
Time was when I would have numbered myself among the detractors, but my views have moderated. There's no arguing with success, and the Burger Highlife sound has proven itself not only in Europe, the region of its birth, but among Ghanaians in Ghana itself. When you really get down to it, African music shouldn't be defined by some set of strict criteria - it's just music by Africans, for Africans. Afro-funk, Afro-disco, Afro-fusion - it's all good! And othodox highlife or not, there's no denying that Hi-Life Time, featured here, is awfully catchy. Thirty years after the first time I heard it, the title track is an ear-worm that I haven't been able to get out of my head!
Download Hi-Life Time as a zipped file here. Over the years I've written several posts featuring Burger Higlife, which you can access here. A future post will highlight the group Kantata, featuring the vocals of Lee Doudou, who sings lead on Hi-Life Time. And who knows, I might have another one from George Darko also.


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Airbnb Revenue and Usage Statistics (2022)
David Curry
In 2007, a cash-strapped Brian Chesky came up with a shrewd way to pay his $1,200 San Francisco apartment rent. He would offer "Air bed and breakfast", which consisted of three airbeds, breakfast, WiFi and a desk to work, to attendees of the Industrial Design Conference, who needed a place to crash over the weekend.
After an initial period of uncertainty, in which the founders sold Barack Obama and John McCain cereal to sustain the business (seriously), the company received $20,000 in seed funding from Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital. The next year, it ran a Series A round which generated $7.2 million for the startup.
Things moved quickly from there, in May 2011 Airbnb acquired Accoleo, a German clone of the website and launched in Europe. International expansion continued at a rapid pace, reaching South America, Asia and Australia by the end of 2012.
As it expanded, Airbnb has faced persistent opposition from several major cities, due to a perceived increase in the cost of rent for locals. Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris, Venice and San Francisco, amongst others, have enacted regulations specifically targeted at the short-term rental market Airbnb popularized.
In 2016, Airbnb expanded its service to include experiences, in which a host could offer tours or tickets to events through the app. The company planned to launch an airline, although with the coronavirus pandemic those plans have been delayed indefinitely.
For the past three years, Airbnb has consolidated its position in the market. It acquired Luxury Retreats in 2017 for $200 million, followed by a $400 million acquisition of HotelTonight in 2019. Even with these acquisitions, it is still considered a rather "light" asset company in comparison to its main rivals, Expedia and Bookings.com.
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Airbnb has been one of the hardest hit platforms by the COVID-19. At the pandemic peak, new bookings were down 85 percent, although app usage has gradually increased as countries have relaxed travel restrictions.
Many Airbnb hosts in major cities switched to long-term rentals as the short-term market collapsed in March, as a way to maintain a steady (if lower) income. To keep hosts on the platform, Airbnb recently launched monthly stays, similar to a normal rental service, but without the usual yearly rental agreement.
Airbnb planned to IPO in early 2020, but with the pandemic it delayed its public launch until December 2020.
We've collected data and statistics on Airbnb's users, bookings, revenue and valuation throughout the years below. Read on to find out more.
Airbnb key statistics
Airbnb generated $3.4 billion in revenue in 2020, a 30 percent loss year-on-year due to the coronavirus pandemic
Airbnb has 150 million users, though that number has not been updated since 2018
In 2020, 193 million bookings were made on Airbnb, a 41 percent contraction on the 272 million in 2019
There are over seven million listings on Airbnb, run by four million hosts
Airbnb overview
Launch date 11 August 2008
HQ San Francisco, California
People Brian Chesky (CEO), Joe Gebbia (chief product officer), Nathan Blecharczyk (chief strategy officer)
Business type Public
Industry Vacation rental
Airbnb revenue
Airbnb annual revenue
Year Revenue
2014 $0.4 billion
Sources: Airbnb, Bloomberg, CB Insights, Fortune
Airbnb users
Year Users
2012 6 million
2014 50 million
2016 100 million
Sources: RJMetrics, Skift, The Guardian
Note: Airbnb has not updated its active users since 2018. We suspect it has not passed 200 million
Airbnb bookings
Year Bookings
Sources: Forbes, CNBC
Airbnb listings
Year Listings
2013 0.3 million
Sources: TechCrunch, Airbnb
Airbnb valuation
Year Valuation
2014 $10 billion
Sources: TechCrunch, Bloomberg, WSJ
Airbnb rivals
Rivals Subsidiaries and other websites
Expedia Group Expedia.com, trivago, HomeAway, Vrbo, Hotels.com
Tripadvisor FlipKey, Housetrip, Viator
Booking Holdings Bookings.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak
Airbnb vs competitors: revenue
Note: Revenue for 2019. Amount in $bn
Airbnb FAQ
How many people have stayed in Airbnb homes?
Over half a billion guests have stayed in an Airbnb home, earning the hosts $65 billion
How many countries is Airbnb active in?
Airbnb is active in over 200 countries and 81,000 cities
What are the most popular cities for Airbnb?
Tokyo, Paris, Osaka, New York City and London are the most popular cities
How many experiences are available on Airbnb?
Over 50,000 experiences are available, including DNA necklace crafting, learning how to eat fire and a neural enhancement experience
What generation uses Airbnb the most?
60% of Airbnb's userbase are millennials
More Travel & Local App Data
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help develop your child's communication skills.
Speech Therapy helps children overcome speech impairments (such as stuttering and lisps). This type of therapy uses communication aids to help children develop better articulation and communication skills. Activities such as tongue exercises, speech practice, and use of visual aids help children to correct speech disorders. Speech therapy is available in Spanish.
Occupational therapy in children helps them improve physical and social skills while building self-esteem and mental acuity. Through a variety of fun activities, children better prepare themselves for school and other daily activities. Teachers identify hindrances for each child and are thus able to help them in specialized ways. Occupational Therapy allows the provider to work to meet the child's specific needs for activities of daily living.
CBRS or Play Therapy is a therapeutic intervention primarily for children birth to 3 years of age. Play therapy utilizes play-based intervention to achieve specific goals while facilitating overall development. Play based therapy is provided in the child's most natural environment such as home or daycare and can focus on the following areas: cognitive, gross or fine motor, communication, self help or social emotional. In order for a child to receive play therapy an evaluation is required.


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With an anticipated departure date of 18 June, the maxi trimaran Geronimo will attempt to set a record for a fully crewed maxi multihull boat to circumnavigate the 6,500 miles around Australia.
Geronimo will arrive in Sydney this Monday 13 June with an ETA of 1200 hours local time from Newcastle, ahead of her preparations for the complex and treacherous voyage around Australia.
Geronimo will leave from Darling Harbour Sydney later in the week with a crew of seven French and four Australian sailors. A number of the French crew members were recently part of the crew who raced on Geronimo in the Oryx Quest 2005 - the first non stop round the world race to start and finish in the Middle East.
It is the first time that a maxi multihull will make an attempt for this record, a very complex and complicated voyage with tropical weather, trade winds, and a dangerous southern passage in the winter.
The current Round Australia record was set in July 2003 by Kaz and skipper David PESCUD (AUS) in a time of 37 days, 1 hour, 23 minutes and 57 seconds at an average speed of 7.31 knots.
Provided Geronimo can avoid the sort of luck that lead to her retirement from the Oryx Quest the giant trimaran should be able to smash the current record. Skipper, Olivier DE KERSAUSON (FRA) is aiming to finish in less than a month.
'A skipper may nominate any starting/finishing point on the Australian mainland that is acceptable to the WSSRC. The vessel may sail either way around the continent as defined. The course shall enclose Sydney Heads, Great Barrier Reef, Cape York and the Thursday Islands group, Cobourg Peninsula, Melville and Bathurst Islands, North West Cape, Cape Leeuwin, South East Cape (Tasmania)'.


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Community Church of Douglaston
A quintessential neighborhood church
Neighborhood : Douglaston
Institution, Place of Worship
Joseph Hellmann
On Saturday afternoon, April 25, 1915, 30 Douglaston residents gathered at the Douglaston Club to form a new church society. The first service was held at the Club on May 2, 1916, with the Rev. Ulysses Grant Warren of Brooklyn preaching. By the end of the month, a store near the train station was leased as a temporary church. In November of that year, the Rev. Cyrus I. Scofield, the compiler of the Scofield Reference Bible, volunteered to preach. During the next year, the society was formalized and the property upon which the church now stands was purchased for $6,000. In 1919, a portable church building was erected on the property and the membership voted to affiliate with the Reformed Church of America. Two years later, the Rev. Dr. M. Eugene Filipse was called to serve as the minister. Members pledged to a building fund for a permanent church building whose cornerstone was laid on January 27, 1924. The church was designed by William Neil Smith, won three competitions for colonial architecture, and was described as "the church in the heart of the community with the community in its heart."
Rev. Filipse served the church for almost 40 years, during which time the congregation grew along with the Douglaston community. Activities increased and an educational building was added in 1952. Rev. Filipse dedicated the building addition "for the Christian education of our people through childhood, youth, and maturity, and for their equipment as Christian servants of mankinds."
To this day, the Community Church of Douglaston continues to provide for the spiritual nourishment of its congregation. The church sponsors nursery and youth group programs, as well as a summer camp. It is also an active supporter of the community by providing a convenient location for a variety of groups to meet. Douglaston is a desirable, stable, cohesive community in large part because of the Community Church of Douglaston.


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        }

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            get { return _message; }
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HARTFORD, Conn. - As Old Dominion embarks on what they hope is an extended stay in Connecticut, the Monarchs are checking off some firsts on their list.
Old Dominion Men's Basketball at the NCAA Tournament.
ODU is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011. Secondly, the Monarchs are tipping-off their first round game against Purdue at an unusual time: 9:50 p.m.
One by one, the players told News 3 they've never played in a game that started this late. "I think the latest I've played is eight, maybe?" said senior guard Ahmad Caver.
"I think nine was the latest, never ten," said backcourt mate B.J. Stith.
Due to the sheer number of teams (64), and time constraints to play the first round (two days), teams have to tip-off later than they ever would during the regular season. "It's a big game, the time won't really matter," Monarchs head coach Jeff Jones said.
Seeding apparently doesn't matter either. Purdue, the 3rd-seed in the East region isn't fooled by the 14 beside ODU's name.
"I mean, I feel like they're built like a Big Ten team," said Purdue center Matt Haarms.
"We've seen time and time again that anybody can beat anybody. Last year we saw the impossible happen when a sixteen beat a one. So upsets are common. It's not even an upset, it's two good teams, two really good teams that are going to play each other. Old Dominion fought their way here, earned their right to be here, and we know that and we respect that."
ODU and Purdue will tip-off at 9:50 p.m. on TBS. News 3 will have LIVE pregame coverage Thursday on News 3 at 6.


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Brighton Zeuner skating in the Women's Park Semifinal at the Dew Tour. Photo by Mark Clavin//Red Bull Content Pool.
Local Skateboarder Brighton Zeuner is Headed to the Olympics
Before the (almost) seventeen-year-old leaves for Tokyo, we chatted with her about everything from what's on her skating playlist to the emotions she's feeling as the date approaches.
By Jessica Lenamond
Professional skateboarder Brighton Zeuner had just turned 13 years old the day before she became the youngest X Games Champion in 2017. "Obviously I'm a nervous wreck before a competition, but it was just something that was always fun," she says, citing her genuine love and dedication to the sport as the reason for her immense talent. Now nearing 17, the wunderkind—who considers Austin home for much of the year—is preparing for eight unforgettable days of competing in Tokyo, along with nine other female skateboarders on Team USA. Ready to root for her during the Olympics? Here, seven questions to help you get to know the skater before you watch her on TV.
How did you first get into skateboarding and when was the moment that you realized you wanted to go professional?
My dad was always around it. He was like a skateboard nerd around my age growing up. My brother Jack wanted to start skateboarding, and he would go to skate parks all the time. Since we lived in Arizona it was always really hot, so we would have to go at night. I started tagging along with them. I got my first board when I was around six or seven years old.
I always skated in little local contests around the age of nine or 10. Since there were really no girls, I was getting invited to the bigger contests and started pushing myself because I was around some of the best female skateboarders in the industry. I was skating every day and, not to sound weird, but I would always win the 14-and-under divisions. I won those a lot, and then I was like, Oh, I'm gonna do the pro division because everyone's kind of doing the pro division, because we're all going back and forth with winning in the 14 and under. I got fourth in my first pro division, which was like, a crazy big deal for me. That's when I really started pushing myself to try to win. Then, later that year, I won my first pro championships in Malmo, Sweden—the first pro contest I ever won. I was so shocked. It's still my favorite moment ever.
You were the youngest champion in X Games history when you took home a gold medal in 2017. Have you ever had problems with people taking you seriously due to your age or your gender?
I never had parents who really put pressure on me to win or were like, You have to do this. I think that's maybe why I was OK at skating contests, because it was just fun for me and I didn't have a lot of pressure. Obviously I'm a nervous wreck before a contest, but it was just something that was always fun. I also never really paid attention to any hate or anyone being rude.
Photo by Zorah Olivia.
Your 17th birthday is coming up in a few days. How will you be celebrating?
I'm having a '70s-themed birthday party with some of my friends. My mom's getting a disco ball, and there's going to be karaoke. It's like my birthday party-slash-celebration before I go to the Olympics. I'm so excited.
What's your current skate playlist?
Anything by Queen, that's what I skate to the most. Or anything by Lady Gaga—I like Bad Romance. Either Keep Yourself Alive, Under Pressure, I Want to Break Free or Another One Bites the Dust—I just love all Queen songs. Or Doja Cat. I love Doja Cat so much.
Young girls that love to skate are going to watch you compete at the Olympics and immediately have a hero. Is it meaningful for you to be someone girls can aspire to be?
I still feel like a little girl looking up to a lot of skaters. So to be in that position and think that I'm inspiring younger girls—that's just crazy. I'm glad even when a young girl comes up to me and she's wearing my shoes that I designed with Vans. It's just so crazy, because I still am like a little fangirl with so many people.
A lot of the girls who are really good right now are really young, like Sky Brown and Bryce Wettstein. I think it's really cool for young girls to see that and be like, Oh, she's my age. I want to do that, and I can, to get more girls into skateboarding. Just in the past couple years skateboarding has progressed so much with so many young women getting into it, but I think the Olympics might give that little extra push.
With just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, what emotions are you feeling?
I'm pretty nervous. I'm getting a little anxiety now that it's getting closer because I don't know what to expect because there's so many COVID restrictions. There's no audience, and my dad can't even go right now. We're trying really hard because a lot of the other teams' parents can go as coaches. We've never done contests without our parents, so Bryce [my teammate] and I are pretty bummed about it. Our parents are like our rocks. I've cried. I'm like, No, I can't do it without you! So we're trying to make that happen.
Skateboarding is thought of as youthful, alternative, and rebellious, and some feel as if it will lose its spirit once it's a part of the Olympics. Others bristle at the idea of skateboarding being classified as a sport to begin with. Why do you think skateboarding deserves to be recognized at the Olympics?
I felt like I was gonna get hate for being a part of it, or it being too jock-y or not cool enough. But really, skateboarders are big nerds and they like stuff like this. One of my sponsors posted about me being a part of the Olympics, and I was like, Oh God, there's like 200 comments. I don't even want to look at them. But everyone was so supportive. There was not one hate comment. I think someone commented like, 'Skateboarding at the Olympics? Trash.' and I commented 'Oh, you're such a rebel.' It's just skateboarding, and we're going to Japan for it. I don't see how that's ruining skateboarding, because it's just not. If you're a real skater, that shouldn't matter. I feel like people who think it's stupid are just bored on the internet. I think it's really cool. Anything skateboarding is really cool to me.
Every skateboarder is disciplined, because, how I see it, skateboarding is one of the most disciplined sports. Anyone who's skating, even if they're not interested in contests or just at a skate park, it's still just like training. I'm just doing the same thing: I'm skating, having fun, and getting to travel for it.
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Preheat the oven to 425º. Brush the tomatoes and shallots with canola oil. Roast on a rimmed baking sheet for about 30 minutes, until softened and browned in spots. Transfer to a blender and let cool completely. Add the vinegar and mustard and puree until nearly smooth. Add the blue cheese and puree until smooth. With the machine on, gradually add the 1/3 cup of canola oil and 1/3 cup of olive oil until incorporated. Season the vinaigrette with salt and pepper.
In a pie plate, toss the pumpkin seeds with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the chile powder and season with salt and pepper. Bake for about 10 minutes, until lightly browned; let cool.
In a skillet, cook the bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until browned and crisp, about 7 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
Arrange the lettuce wedges on plates and top with the pumpkin seeds, bacon, sliced onion and diced tomato. Serve with the tomato vinaigrette.
The tomato vinaigrette can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.


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Q: Ifconfig and route command on Android I wondering whether exist way to get result of ifconfig and route commands result programmatically in Android device? Can I do this in non rooted device?

A: In your AndroidManifest.xml file
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

Your code:
    ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Service.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

                /* you can print your active network via using below */
                Log.i("myNetworkType: ", connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo().getTypeName());
                WifiManager wifiManager= (WifiManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(getApplicationContext().WIFI_SERVICE);

                Log.i("routes ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getRoutes().toString());
                Log.i("domains ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getDomains().toString());
                Log.i("ip address ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getLinkAddresses().toString());
                Log.i("dns address ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getDnsServers().toString());

                if(connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo().getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI) {
                    Log.i("myType ", "wifi");
                    DhcpInfo d =wifiManager.getDhcpInfo();
                    Log.i("info", d.toString()+"");
                }
                else if(connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo().getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_ETHERNET) {
/* there is no EthernetManager class, there is only WifiManager. so, I used this below trick to get my IP range, dns, gateway address etc */

                    Log.i("myType ", "Ethernet");
                    Log.i("routes ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getRoutes().toString());
                    Log.i("domains ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getDomains().toString());
                    Log.i("ip address ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getLinkAddresses().toString());
                    Log.i("dns address ", connectivityManager.getLinkProperties(connectivityManager.getActiveNetwork()).getDnsServers().toString());

                }
                else {

                }

Output

You can't reach to know whether you are connected via wifi or network using WifiManager as WifiManager only deals with wifi. You have to use ConnectivityManager. I updated the code again where I merged WifiManager and ConnectivityManager to produce the result that you wanted.