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Crypto's Next Big Catalyst: India
Right as the US started waking up to the reality of the coronavirus pandemic in early March, the Supreme Court of India announced they would be removing the Reserve Bank of India's banking ban against crypto. As with most headlines not related to COVID-19 nowadays, I believe this flew under the radar within the crypto community.
As a quick refresher, in April of 2018 the RBI barred banks from serving cryptocurrency exchanges and firms. This inevitably led to a lot of crypto firms in India to shut down (mostly exchanges like CoinDelta, Koinex, etc) or move locations. That being said, some firms did not go down without a fight. The crypto industry in India came together to file petitions to overturn that ban. The result: almost two years later, the ban was reversed.
The most obvious beneficiary of this ban are Indian crypto exchanges. In fact, local exchanges have already all reported increased trading volume as well as a lot more new accounts being created (source: Coindesk).
Not surprisingly, venture firms have quickly started assessing investment opportunities in India. Weeks after the ruling, indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX raised $3 million in Series A funding. The round was led by leading institutions in the space such as BitMEX's operator HDR Group, Polychain, and even Bain Capital Ventures. Just a month ago, Binance (and its subsidiary WazirX) announced it would be starting "Blockchain for India", a $50 million token fund to invest in Indian crypto startups.
While most people who have celebrated this ruling have been focused on the benefits and opportunities it provides to crypto exchanges, I feel this is being too short-sighted. I view this announcement as an inflection point for the wider crypto industry as a whole.
India, a country of 1 billion people, has seen their crypto industry suppressed by the regulatory actions taken by the RBI. Keep in mind, India has long remained a top remittance recipient and its people lose a significant amount when it comes to fees still. According to the World Bank's Remittance Prices Worldwide, fees are still above 7% as of 2019 data. Now that India's citizens have the ability to interact with digital assets, we expect these fees to be significantly reduced as middlemen are cut out.
Additionally, just last month we saw India's fourth-largest lender, Yes Bank, collapse. Some villages have even seen cash shortages leading to people running to ATMs while they can. This is not the first time our team can point towards an event that damages people's confidence in a country's banking system…and it definitely won't be the last. There's opportunity here, and I believe the people of India will start looking elsewhere to reliably store their wealth.
India already struggles with record high unemployment, which will most definitely only be worsened by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. I optimistically expect a lot of needed jobs will be created to help drive innovation within the crypto space.
Remember, crypto is a global movement, so overbearing regulation within certain countries not only stifles adoption domestically, it can also hurt the development and innovation occuring outside its borders. We've already seen strong teams out of India build some incredible apps and tools which are able to be plugged into the rapidly growing ecosystem.
Some of you may be familiar with InstaDApp, essentially an easy interface to multiple protocols for users of Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem. The project came to be after two brothers dropped out of college and ended up winning first place in an Ethereum hackathon with an interface on top of MakerDAO. They closed a $2.4 million seed round at the end of last year with investors such as Pantera, Naval, Balaji Srinivasan, and Coinbase. All from Hyderabad, India – and while being 19 and 21 years old!
I expect a lot more innovation to come out of India, and I believe it's an area serious investors in the space should be watching closely. What do you think though? Feel free to email back thoughts or if you've seen any projects from India that you think our team should check out!
Hope you've enjoyed my first contribution to The Delphi Daily, and look forward to sending more of these over the coming weeks!
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NEW YORK -- SpaceX finally guided a reusable rocket safely back to Earth after liftoff on Monday.
Traditionally, rockets are disposed of after they detach from the space shuttle. The ability to recycle them marks a big step toward making space travel cheaper.
After three failed attempts at a rocket landing, it marks a major victory for SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk.
It's also the company's first flight since June, when its unmanned spacecraft exploded shortly after liftoff and destroyed two tons of NASA cargo.
Weather and other delays kept its comeback flight grounded this weekend, but SpaceX launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station without a hitch on Monday evening.
The primary mission was to put 11 small satellites into low orbit for Orbcomm's new satellite network. The satellites were all successfully deployed. The rocket landing was just icing on the cake.
A SpaceX spokesperson said the task is "like launching a pencil over the Empire State building and having it land on a shoebox on the other side...during a wind storm."
The company's first try at landing the rocket was in January. That effort was thwarted when the fins meant to guide the rocket's descent stopped working, and it crashed into the drone ship it was meant to land on.
The second try in April was nearly successful, but a brief engine malfunction caused the rocket to fall off its platform and into the ocean.
Then came SpaceX's June attempt to execute a mid-sea landing, which ended in an explosion.
Its successful landing on Monday was SpaceX's first attempt to land the rocket on solid ground.
"A jumbo jet costs about the same as one of our Falcon 9 rockets, but airlines don't junk a plane after a one-way trip from LA to New York," SpaceX explained on its blog. The company's rockets cost between $60 and $90 million.
Blue Origin, which is headed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, achieved a safe rocket landing after a launch on November 24 -- but SpaceX employees were quick to remind viewers during a livestream Monday that this was a more difficult feat.
Blue Origin's rocket traveled vertically to a "suborbital" 62 miles above Earth.
But SpaceX had to reach low orbit -- which begins about 100 miles above Earth -- and its rocket needed to travel at an angle and at a speed of more than 17,000 mph in order to put the spacecraft into orbit.
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A great all-around bike, the WOOM 5 offers a comfortable, efficient ride for moderate trail to neighborhood riders.
BEST FOR: Your average rider on a wide range of terrains and distances, from simple neighborhood rides to longer paved trails and basic single-track.
If bikes were high school seniors, the WOOM 5 would easily win Most Popular in the class. The WOOM 5 is a best-in-class kid's bike that is as beautiful as it is functional. Designed for tackling long paved rides to moderate dirt trails, the WOOM 5's versatility, light weight, and high-end components put it in the "dream bike" category. And with 8-speeds for a wide range of gears and grip shifters for easy shifting, the WOOM 5 is sure to deliver both smiles and top performance for any kid lucky enough to take a ride.
Incredible, impressive, gorgeous, superior… the WOOM5 is basically every superlative because it really is the best. Our testers loved riding it because it was smooth, light, and easy to maneuver. Toughing out our neighborhood hills became easier because there was "less bike" to weigh them down. Riding around the block over and over again was a blast because the bike was faster and so much more agile than they were used to. And long rides with the parents got a big thumbs up.
Seat Height: With a 6″ seat height range of 26.38″ – 32.38″, the WOOM 5 fits a variety of kid sizes and has plenty of room to grow with your child. With the seat set 2″ – 3″ above a child's inseam (so they can touch the ground with their tiptoes), the WOOM should fit kids with inseams approximately from 23.5 to 30.5″. Setting the bike seat this way allows for optimal leg extension while pedaling. As with any bike, it's better to buy the bike when your child is on the lower to mid part of the spectrum so they have more time to grow with the bike.
NOTE: The sizing images below are from the 2018 model, which had a seat height range of 27.5″ – 34.5″.
Weight: Weighing in at just 18.08 lbs, the WOOM 5 is the lightest 24″ bike that we've tested!
The primary selling point for a WOOM bike is that it's designed and built for the specific proportions of a child's body. As a result, WOOM frames are built with lightweight aluminum and with smaller, narrower components which allow for the bike to fit more naturally under a child's smaller frame.
Rider's Body Position: Like all of WOOM's bikes, the WOOM 5's frame and handlebar design, and overall geometry place the rider in a semi-upright position. This position is the most natural and comfortable for your average rider. More adventurous riders tend to prefer a more aggressive, leaned-in stance that allows them to shift their weight more easily as they tackle rough terrain or do tricks. For our testers that are really aggressive, they thought the WOOM was a great ride, but ended up preferring their more aggressive bikes.
The new 2019 WOOM 5 model now comes with an adjustable-height stem which allows parents to easily raise or lower the handlebars, also making the rider's body position more or less aggressive.
Q-Factor: With a narrower frame, the distance between the WOOM 5's pedals (q-factor) is smaller than most bikes. Why do you care? Because a bike with a lower q-factor keeps a child's feet more aligned with their hips and allows a child to pedal more efficiently by pushing directly down on the pedal. It results in a more productive and comfortable ride.
Bottom Bracket Height and Crank Length: The WOOM 5 also features a combination of a low bottom bracket and short crank arms, which together make it easier for a child to balance and maneuver the bike. The lower a child can sit in relation to the bike tires, the lower their center of gravity will be. That equals better balance and easier maneuvering!
The WOOM 5's saddle is probably more like an adult bike's saddle than anything your child has previously taken for a ride. While's it's designed to match the proportions of a child's hips, it's also more narrow and less padded like an adult bike. While most testers never even mentioned the saddle (on the WOOM 5 or the WOOM 4, which have the same saddle), we did have one tester that was turned off at first because it wasn't as soft a seat as she was used to.
The saddle can adjust slightly forward and backwards and can also tilt up and down. Once we fine-tuned the seat angle and distance from the handlebars, the seat became a non-issue. So if your child is one of the few that complains that the seat isn't comfortable, you'll be able to make a few easy adjustments to ensure their comfort.
Brakes: The WOOM 5 features high-end dual Mini V-Brake handbrakes with levers specifically designed for small but growing hands to reach and engage.
Tires: Mounted on WOOM's super lightweight Soopa-Doopa-Hoops aluminum rims, the 1.5″ wide Kenda Small Block tires have an excellent grip that works well in wet or dry conditions while also featuring a smooth roll enhanced by the sealed bearing hubs.
The quality and craftsmanship are glaringly obvious as soon as you take the WOOM 5 out of the box. It truly is one impressive bike. While killing the competition in all the major areas that are most obvious, WOOM's secret power comes in its attention to details that no one necessarily expects, but surprise and delight every time.
From welding that's superbly smooth to a kickstand and bell that are available as upgrades, WOOM seems to have thought of everything. The WOOM 5 also features a quick release lever on both the front and rear tires and a bike chain catcher that's a simple piece of plastic that catches the chain if it tries to come off the chain ring. Simple, but brilliant!
One of our favorite small details is actually something WOOM just started to integrate onto all of their WOOM 4, 5, and 6 models. The seat posts now come with a measuring scale on the back for easy re-adjustments when swapping outriders. At our house, the older kids regularly switch from bike to bike, so this has already come in super handy! Kid #2 is on 8 while Kid #1 is on 13. Easy peasy.
The WOOM 5 has 8 gears ranging from a 2.4 to a 6.8 gain ratio. With this wide range of gears, the WOOM5 can do everything from fly down long paved roads to tackle steep hills. The gearing system features one chain ring in the front and a cassette of eight cogs in the rear, with a grip shifter on the right hand for gear changes. While there's a continual debate about the merits of grip shifters versus trigger shifters, we prefer grip shifters for riders who are still mastering how to shift gears on a bike. The WOOM 5 features a SRAM X4 twister shifter.
Because the WOOM 5 will be either your child's first or second bike with gears, please take the time to help them learn how to shift properly. We've had several testers dislike bikes simply because they were riding them in the wrong gear! Gears are often a lot for an 8-year-old or even 11-year-old to worry about, but if they're instructed well, a child will start to use them intuitively as they realize how versatile their bike is, making their ride much more enjoyable.
Unwrapping the WOOM from its careful packaging was the hardest part of assembling the bike! The actual assembly took about 5 – 10 minutes and was very simple. I'm not the greatest at following assembly instructions and I had no problem at all. To top it off, the bike comes with the two tools that you'll need for assembly. WOOM bikes ship from Austin, TX, where the WOOM team prepares and checks every bike before shipping it to you.
The WOOM5 is comparable to several other higher-end bikes, including the Frog 62, Prevelo Alpha Four and the Islabikes Beinn 24″. We love all of these bikes and each has specific strengths, but the WOOM 5 is our favorite pick for all-around riding.
WOOM5's combination of a more upright position, a wider gearing range and slightly wider tires make it ideal for beginning to intermediate riders on various surfaces.
Islabikes Beinn's narrower frame, thinner tires and lower gear range also makes it suitable for everyday riders, but it truly excels on long paved rides. Islabikes' rims, however, are only compatible with Presta valve tubes, which can be challenging to find.
Prevelo Alpha Four is the best of the lot for really aggressive riders. With trigger shifters, an aggressive body position and wider tires, it's ideal for beginning to intermediate mountain bike riders.
Frog 62 is the most adaptable of the bikes as it comes with two sets of tires (road and street tires), mud flaps, and a bell. Riders can choose which set of tires to use as well as whether or not to install the mud flaps. Like the Prevelo, it comes with a trigger shifter, which is better suited for intermediate or more aggressive riders.
Weight 18.1 lb. 19.9 lb. 21.2 lb. 20.3 lb.
Seat Height 26.38″ – 32.38″ 25.5" - 32" 25.8" - 31.2" 26" - 32.5"
The WOOM 5 is easily the best all-around 24″ bike we've tested. Rugged and nimble for moderate dirt trail riding, and plenty fast and comfortable for neighborhood or paved trail riding, the WOOM 5 is the perfect bike to take your all-terrain rider anywhere they want to go.
The WOOM cycling gloves seen on our tester can be purchased in the same colors as the WOOM bikes – red, green, blue, and yellow. Even if you don't think your child needs gloves, they're just an added element of fun and our testers looooved wearing them!


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Fri, Feb 22 2019
An immigration lawyers' group is demanding court order that would force Quebec's government to continue processing backlogged applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.
The province's Coalition Quebec government proposed terminating the backlog of around 18,000 pending applications on February 7. The legislation was to take effect immediately but the immigration lawyers are demanding to process the backlog applications first.
In a request filed on Wednesday, the association says government's proposal is completely illegal and would have devastating consequences for affected applicants.
It destroys the ability of these individuals, many of whom are already at the final stage of the process of selection to realize their plans for a new life in Canada. The request is made to Immigration Minister to issue decisions on the pending applications and does not have the discretionary authority to refuse to do so.
The immigration lawyer is asking Quebec's Superior court to order the government to continue processing applications for a Quebec Selection Certificate 'at the usual pace' until the legislation is passed by Quebec's National Assembly.
The request reads, "With each passing day, dozens of applications for a CSQ that could have been processed are not." It also reads, "The situation is clearly urgent" and "These 18,000 applications represent tens of thousands of individuals."
The proposal is widely criticized as unfair given the length of time that many applicants have been waiting for a decision on their file and the fact thousands are already living and working or studying in Quebec as temporary residents.
The applications that the government wants to terminate are the paper-based applications on a first-come, first served basis.
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Ben Jonson studied under Camden at Westminster School, labored as a bricklayer and dragged a pike in the United Provinces. By 1597 he was acting in London, where he was twice jailed for offending the authorities. Jonson composed plays and masques and made a bid for the laureateship with the publication of his "Works" in 1616. Recently discovered evidence suggests that Jonson admired Spenser more than had been traditionally supposed.
1619Heads of a Conversation betwixt the Famous Poet Ben Johnson, and William Drummond of Hawthornden.
1623To the Memory of my beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare: and what he hath left us.
1632Epithalamion celebrating the Nuptials of Mr. Hierome Weston.
1635 ca.An Epigram to my Muse, the Lady Digby, on her Husband, Sir Kenelme Digby.
1641The Sad Shepherd: or a Tale of Robin Hood.
The comical satyre of Every man out of his humor. 1600.
Every man in his humour. 1601.
The fountaine of selfe-love: or Cynthias revels. 1601.
Poetaster or the arraignment. 1602.
B. Jon: His part of King James his royall and magnificent entertainment. 1604.
Eastward hoe [with Chapman and Marston]. 1605.
Hymenaei: or the solemnities of masque, and barriers. 1606.
Volpone or the foxe. 1607.
The characters of two royall masques, the one of blacknesse, the other of beautie. 1608.
The description of a masque celebrating the marriage of John, Lord Ramsey. 1608.
Ben: Josnon, His case is altered. 1609.
The masque of queenes celebrated from the house of fame. 1609.
A challenge at tilt. 1616.
The entertainment of the two kings of Great Britaine and Denmarke at Theobalds. 1616.
An entertainment of King James and Queene Anne at Theobalds. 1616.
Epicoene: or the silent woman. 1616.
The golden age restored. 1616.
Love freed from ignorance and folly. 1616.
Mercurie vindicated from the alchemists. 1616.
Oberon: the Faery prince. 1616.
A private entertainment of the King and Queen at Highgate. 1616.
The speeches at Prince Henries barriers. 1616.
The workes of Benjamin Jonson [includes the above]. 1616.
Lovers made men. A masque. 1617.
Epicoene, or the silent woman. A comodie. 1620.
The masque of augures. 1622.
Time vindicated to himselfe and to his honors. 1623.
Neptunes triumph for the returne of Albion. A masque. 1624.
The fortunate isles and their union. A masque. 1625.
Love's triumph through Callipolis. A masque. 1630.
Bartholomew fayre. The Divill is an asse. The staple of newes [Workes vol. 2]. 1631.
Chlorinda, Rites to Chloris and her nymphs. 1631.
The new inne: or the light heart. 1631.
Execration against Vulcan, with divers epigrams. 1640.
Horace his art of poetrie. 1640.
A tale of a tub. 1640.
Workes [includes the above]. 1640.
For the honour of Wales. 1641.
The kings entertainment at Welbeck. 1641.
Loves wel-come at Bolsover. 1641.
The masque of owles. 1641.
Newes from the new world discover'd in the moone. 1641.
Pans anniversarie: or the shepherds holy-day. 1641.
Pleasure reconciled to virtue. 1641.
The sad shepherd: or a tale of Robin Hood. 1641.
Timber: or discoveries made upon men and matter. 1641.
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Works, ed. C. H. Herford and P. Simpson. 11 vols, 1925-52.
Complete masques, ed. Steven Orgel. 1969.
Complete poems, ed. Ian Donaldson. 1975.
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1. 1598 Francis Meres, in Palladis Tamia (1598) fol. 283.
2. 1603 Hugh Holland, "Ben Johnson. Ode" Holland, Pancharis (1603) sigs A7v-A10.
3. 1605 Hugh Holland, "To his worthy Friend, the Author" Jonson, Sejanus (1605) sig. Av2.
4. 1605 George Chapman, in Jonson, Sejanus (1605) sig. Av.
5. 1606 Anonymous, in Second Part of Returne from Pernassus (1606) Sig. B2v.
6. 1607 Francis Beaumont, "To my deare Friend, Mr. Benjamin Jonson, upon his Fox" Jonson, Volpone (1607) sig. A2.
7. 1607 George Chapman, "To his deare Friend, Mr. Benjamin Jonson his Volpone" Jonson, Volpone (1607) sig. A3.
8. 1611 ca. John Davies of Hereford, "To my well accomplish'd friend Mr. Ben Johnson" in Scourge of Folly (1611 ca.); Davies, Works, ed. Grosart (1878) 2:26.
9. 1611 Francis Beaumont, "To my deare Friend, Mr. Ben: upon his Cataline" Jonson, Cataline (1611) sig. A3v.
10. 1611 John Fletcher, "To his worthy Friend Mr. Ben. Jonson" Jonson, Cataline (1611) sigs A3v-A4.
11. 1611 Nathaniel Field, "To his worthy Friend Mr. Ben. Jonson" Jonson, Cataline (1611) sig. A4.
12. 1612 John Taylor the Water Poet, "To my deere respected Friend Mr. Benjamin Johnson" Taylor, The Sculler, rowing from Tiber to Thames (1612) sig. A2v.
13. 1616 William Browne of Tavistock, in Britannia's Pastorals (1616) 2:37.
14. 1616 Edward Heyward, "To Ben Jonson, on his Workes" Jonson, Workes (1616) ¶4v.
15. 1617 Anonymous, in Wits Bedlam (1617); British Bibliographer 2 (1812) 264.
16. 1618 ca. Edmund Bolton, 1618 ca.; in Hypercritica (1722) 237.
17. 1619 William Drummond, in "Heads of a Conversation [with] Ben Jonson" (1619); Works (1711) 224, 226.
18. 1620 Henry Peacham, "To Mr. Ben Johnson" Peacham, Thalias Banquet (1620) sig. A5v.
19. 1627 Michael Drayton, in "To Henry Reynolds" Battaile of Agincourt (1627) 207.
20. 1632 ca. Thomas Randolph, "A Gratulatory to Mr. Ben. Johnson for his adopting of him to be his Son" 1632 ca.; Randolph, Poems (1638) 22-24.
21. 1637 Henry King, "Upon Ben. Johnson" Jonsonius Virbius (1637) 16-18.
22. 1637 Rev. William Cartwright, "To the Memory of the most worthy Benjamin Johnson" Jonsonus Virbius (1637) 34-39.
23. 1637 John Suckling, in "A Sessions of the Poets" 1637; Suckling, Fragmenta Aurea (1646) 7-8.
24. 1638 Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, "An Eglogue on the Death of Ben Johnson" Jonsonius Virbius: or the Memorie of Ben Johnson revived (1638) 1-9.
25. 1638 Thomas May, "An Elegie upon Benjamin Johnson" Jonsonius Virbius: or the Memorie of Ben Johnson revived (1638) 21.
26. 1638 Edmund Waller, "Upon Ben: Johnson, the most excellent of Comick Poets" Jonsonius Virbius: or the Memorie of Ben Johnson revived (1638) 30-31.
27. 1638 Joseph Rutter, "An Elegy upon Ben: Johnson" Jonsonius Virbius: or the Memorie of Ben Johnson revived (1638) 40-41.
28. 1638 Shakerley Marmion, "A Funerall Sacrifice, to the sacred Memory of his thrice honoured Father Ben. Johnson" Jonsonius Virbius: or the Memorie of Ben Johnson revived (1638) 47-49.
29. 1638 Owen Feltham, "To the Memory of immortal Ben" Jonsonius Virbius: or the Memorie of Ben Johnson revived (1638) 42-44.
30. 1638 William Habington, "An Elegy upon the Death of Ben Johnson, the most excellent of English Poets" Jonsonius Virbius (1638); Bradley, Jonson Allusion Book (1922) 220-21.
31. 1639 Thomas Bancroft, "To Ben Jonson" Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639) sig. B.
32. 1640 Anonymous, "To Mr. Benjamin Johnson" Wits Recreations (1640) sig. B4v.
33. 1640 Anonymous, "B. H. Approbation of a Copy of Verse" Wits Recreations (1640) sig. D7v.
34. 1640 Anonymous, "To Mr. Ben. Johnson demanding the Reason why he call'd his Playes Works" Wits Recreations (1640) sig. G3v.
35. 1646 Samuel Sheppard, in The Times displayed in Six Sestyads (1646) 22.
36. 1648 Robert Herrick, "Upon Mr. Ben. Johnson. Epig." Herrick, Hesperides (1648) 173.
37. 1651 Samuel Sheppard, "The Poets Invitation to Ben Johnsons Ghost to appeare again" Epigrams (1651) 88-89.
38. 1658 Anonymous, "A Letter to Ben. Jonson" Wit Restor'd (1658) 79-81.
39. 1659 Anonymous, "An Elegie upon Ben. Johnson" J. Cleaveland Revived (1659) 20-25.
40. 1659 Anonymous, "An Elegie on Ben. Johnson" J. Cleaveland Revived (1659) 43-47.
41. 1659 Anonymous, "An Epitaph on Ben. Johnson" J. Cleaveland Revived (1659) 55-56.
42. 1663 Anonymous, "On Ben: Johnson" Recreation for Ingenious Head-peeces (1663) sig. O5v.
43. 1663 Anonymous, "Another on Ben: J." Recreation for Ingenious Head-peeces (1663) sig. O5v.
44. 1670 ca. Lord Clarendon, 1670 ca.; Censura Literaria 9 (1809) 340n.
45. 1675 Edward Phillips, in Theatrum Poetarum (1675) 2:19.
46. 1678 John Oldham, "Upon the Works of Ben. Johnson. Written in 1678. Ode" Oldham, Poems, and Translations (1683) 69-86.
47. 1682 Thomas Shadwell, in The Tory Poets (1682) 9.
48. 1683 John Dryden, in William Soame, trans., Art of Poetry (1683) 51-52.
49. 1687 William Winstanley, in Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) 124.
50. 1689 Edward Howard, in Caroloiades (1689) 137-38.
51. 1699 Charles Gildon, in Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (1699) 77.
52. 1700 Samuel Cobb, in Poetae Britannici (1700) 10-11.
53. 1711 Elijah Fenton, in "Epistle to Thomas Southerne" 1711; Poems (1717) 70.
54. 1720 Giles Jacob, in Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of our most considerable English Poets (1720) 272-75.
55. 1726 Anonymous, "On Ben Jonson's Bust, lately set up in Westminster Abbey, with the Buttons on the wrong Side" D. Lewis, Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands (1726) 148.
56. 1726 Anonymous, "On Ben Johnson's Club-Room, call'd the Apollo; at the Devil-Tavern in Fleet-street" D. Lewis, Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands (1726) 71.
57. 1738 Anonymous, in "The Apotheosis of Milton" Gentleman's Magazine 8 (May 1738) 234.
58. 1738 Anonymous, "On the Sign of Ben Jonson" London Evening Post (2 November 1738).
59. 1749 Anonymous, in Westminster Abbey, an Heroic Poem (1749) 19.
60. 1750 ca. William Oldys, "Ben Jonson" Censura Literaria 1 (1805) 1:94-99.
61. 1761 Charles Churchill, in The Rosciad (1761); Poetical Works of Charles Churchill, ed. William Tooke (1804) 1:20.
62. 1771 Anonymous, "Epigram on Mr. Francis Gentleman's late alteration of some of Ben Jonson's Plays" Scots Magazine 33 (September 1771) 485.
63. 1779 J. H., in "Stanzas, occasion'd by a late Visit to the Poet's Corner, in Westminster-Abbey" Westminster Magazine 7 (June 1779) 303.
64. 1784 Joseph Warton to John Nichols, 18 April 1784; in Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the XVIII Century (1812-15) 6:172-73.
65. 1793 Isaac D'Israeli, in Curiosities of Literature (1793) 2:114.
66. 1795 Robert Anderson, in Works of the British Poets (1795) 4:527-28.
67. 1797 Joseph Warton, in Works of Alexander Pope, ed. Warton (1796-97) 9:447n.
68. 1799 William Seward, in Biographiana (1799) 2:411-12.
69. 1800 Nathan Drake, in Literary Hours (1800) 2:166-67.
70. 1805 Henry John Todd, in Works of Spenser (1805) 1:cxxxvi-vii.
71. 1805 C., "On the Dramatic Powers of Shakspeare and Jonson" European Magazine 47 (March 1805) 211.
72. 1817 John Hamilton Reynolds, in "Ben Jonson" The Champion (4 May 1817) 142.
73. 1819 Thomas Campbell, in "Essay on English Poetry" Specimens of the British Poets (1819; 1841) lxiii-lxv.
74. 1820 William Hazlitt, in Lectures chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth (1820; 1845) 151.
75. 1820 Anonymous, in Retrospective Review 1 (1820) 183.
76. 1823 J. C. B., "Ben Jonson's Grave" Gentleman's Magazine 93 (September 1823) 227-28.
77. 1824 Bryan Waller Procter, in Effigies Poeticae, or, the Portraits of the British Poets (1824) 27-29.
78. 1830 Anonymous, in "Ben Jonson's Works" Southern Review [Charleston] 6 (August 1830) 113-14.
79. 1834 Robert Aris Willmott, in Lives of Sacred Poets (1834) 107-08.
80. 1835 L. L., in "English Poets" Southern Literary Messenger [Richmond] 1 (June 1835) 561.
81. 1836 Richard Cattermole, in Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Century (1836) 2:79.
82. 1837 Henry Hallam, in Introduction to the Literature of Europe of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries (1837-39; 1882) 3:258.
83. 1842 C. H. Timperley, in Encyclopaedia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote (1842) 2:491.
84. 1844 Leigh Hunt, in Imagination and Fancy (1844) 197.
85. 1847 Edward Farr, in Select Poetry, chiefly sacred, of the Reign of King James the First (1847) xxii.
86. 1852 Mary Russell Mitford, "Old Authors. Ben Jonson" Recollections of a Literary Life; or Books, Places, and People (1852) 240-46.
87. 1860 George Gilfillan, in Specimens with Memoirs of the less-known British Poets (1860) 1:253-54.
88. 1880 A. W. Ward, in The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions, ed. Thomas Humphry Ward (1880) 2:1-7.
1. 1662 Thomas Fuller, in History of the Worthies of England (1662) 2:243.
2. 1690 Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses (1690-91; 1721) 1:108-10.
3. 1691 Gerard Langbaine, in Account of the English Dramatick Poets (1691) 281-306.
4. 1719 Giles Jacob, in Poetical Register: or the Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (1719) 146-52.
5. 1753 Anonymous, in Cibber-Shiels, Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) 1:235-43.
6. 1764 David Erskine Baker, in Companion to the Play-House (1764) 2:Sig. T4.
7. 1769 James Granger, in Biographical History of England (1769; 1824) 2:125.
8. 1802 Joseph Ritson, Bibliographia Poetica (1802) 259.
9. 1812 Stephen Jones, in Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse (1812) 1:413-14.
10. 1812 Alexander Chalmers, in General Biographical Dictionary (1812-17) 19:140-59.
11. 1817 Nathan Drake, in Shakespeare and His Time (1817, 1832) 306, 611-15.
12. 1820 John Aikin, in Select Works of the British Poets (1820) 1.
13. 1844 Robert Chambers, in Cyclopaedia of English Literature (1844; 1850) 1:112, 191-93.
1. 1600 Nicholas Breton: Ben Jonson, in Breton, Melancholike Humours (1600) sig A4v.
2. 1608 Joshua Sylvester: Ben Jonson, "Epigram. To M. Josuah Sylvester" Joshua Sylvester, Bartas, his Devine Weekes and Workes (1608) sig. B6v.
3. 1614 Christopher Brooke: Ben Jonson, "To his Friend the Author upon his Richard" Brooke, The Ghost of Richard the Third (1614) 6.
4. 1616 Edward Alleyn: Ben Jonson, "To Edward Allen" Jonson, Workes (1616) 793.
5. 1616 Francis Beaumont: Ben Jonson, "To Francis Beaumont" Jonson, Workes (1616) 783.
6. 1616 William Browne of Tavistock: Ben Jonson, "To my truly-belov'd Freind" Britannia's Pastorals, The Second Book (1616) Sig. A5v.
7. 1616 William Camden: Ben Jonson, "To William Camden" Jonson, Workes (1616) 772-73.
8. 1616 Rev. John Donne: Ben Jonson, "To John Donne" Jonson, Workes (1616) 775.
9. 1616 Rev. John Donne: Ben Jonson, "To John Donne" Jonson, Workes (1616) 797.
10. 1616 Sir Henry Goodere: Ben Jonson, "To Sir Henry Goodyere" Jonson, Workes (1616) 791-92.
11. 1616 Sir Henry Goodere: Ben Jonson, "To Sir Henry Goodyere" Jonson, Workes (1616) 792.
12. 1616 Sir Thomas Overbury: Ben Jonson, "To Sir Thomas Overbury" Jonson, Workes (1616) 805-06.
13. 1616 Sir John Roe: Ben Jonson, "On Sir John Roe" Jonson, Workes (1616) 775-76.
14. 1616 Sir John Roe: Ben Jonson, "On Sir John Roe" Jonson, Workes (1616) 777.
15. 1616 Sir John Roe: Ben Jonson, "On Sir John Roe" Jonson, Workes (1616) 777.
16. 1616 John Weever: Ben Jonson, Epigram XVIII; Works (1616).
17. 1618 George Chapman: Ben Jonson, "To my worthy and honour'd Friend Mr. George Chapman, on his Translation of Hesiods Works, and Dayes" The Georgicks of Hesiod, by George Chapman (1618) sig. A4v.
18. 1619 Samuel Daniel: Ben Jonson, Conversation with Drummond (1619); Drummond, Works (1711) 225.
19. 1619 Rev. John Donne: Ben Jonson, Conversation with Drummond, 1619; Drummond, Works (1711) 225.
20. 1619 William Drummond: Ben Jonson, Conversation with Drummond (1619); Drummond, Works (1711) 226.
21. 1619 Sir John Harington: Ben Jonson, Conversation with Drummond (1619); Drummond, Works (1711) 225.
22. 1619 Rev. John Marston: Ben Jonson, Conversation with Drummond (1619); Drummond, Works (1711) 225.
23. 1627 Michael Drayton: Ben Jonson, "The Vision of Ben Jonson, on the Muses of his Friend, M. Drayton" Drayton, Battaile of Agincourt (1627) sigs a-a1.
24. 1627 Thomas May: Ben Jonson, "To my chosen Friend, the learned Translator of Lucan, Thomas May, Esquire" May, Lucan's Pharsalia (1627) sig. A7.
25. 1629 Sir John Beaumont: Ben Jonson, "On the honor'd Poems of his honored Friend, Sir John Beaumont, Baronet" Beaumont, Bosworth-field (1629) sig. (a)v.
26. 1635 ca. Sir William Cavendish: Ben Jonson, "An Epigram. To William Earle of Newcastle" 1635 ca.; Jonson, Underwoods (1641) 226-27.
27. 1635 ca. Sir Kenelm Digby: Ben Jonson, "An Epigram to my Muse, the Lady Digby, on her Husband" 1635 ca.; Jonson, Underwoods (1641) 245-46.
28. 1635 Joseph Rutter: Ben Jonson, "To my deare Sonne, and right-learned Friend, Master Joseph Rutter" Rutter, The Shepheards Holy-day" sig. A3-A3v.
29. 1640 John Taylor the Water Poet: Ben Jonson, in Timber, or Discoveries (1640) 97.


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UN Watch Honors Top Canadian Minister for 'Moral Courage,' Drawing Praise from Dalai Lama
Published on May 23, 2014 in Canada and Tibet by unwatch. Closed
GENEVA, May 22, 2014 – Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch presented its annual Moral Courage Award tonight to Canadian cabinet minister Jason Kenney, one of the country's most influential national figures, a decision that drew strong praise from the Dalai Lama, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader who sent a special envoy to the Geneva ceremony attended by UN officials, ambassadors, and community leaders.
"UN Watch honors Minister Kenney for demonstrating the courage to lead in upholding the founding principles of the United Nations, and defending the true principles of human rights," said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer.
"When others have been silent while serial perpetrators of human rights abuses like Iran and Syria seek to hijack the UN's human rights and anti-racism causes, Minister Kenney has been a clear and consistent voice for their millions of victims, opposing tyranny, hypocrisy and injustice." Continue reading 'UN Watch Honors Top Canadian Minister for 'Moral Courage,' Drawing Praise from Dalai Lama'
Human Rights Activists and Community Leaders Praise UN Watch Award to Canadian Minister Jason Kenney
The Dalia Lama sent special envoy Tseten Chhoekyapa to honor Jason Kenney as he received UN Watch's Moral Courage Award tonight in Geneva.
GENEVA, May 22, 2014 – The Dalai Lama, a former political prisoner and numerous other human rights and community leaders sent congratulatory messages to Canadian cabinet minister Jason Kenney upon receiving tonight's 2014 Moral Courage Award from UN Watch at a Geneva ceremony.
Click here to read messages from former Chinese political prisoner Rebiya Kadeer, the Canadian Friends of Burma, African Diaspora Association of Canada, Vietnamese Canadian Federation, All Pakistan Minorities Association, World Uyghur Congress, and Federation for a Democratic China. Other messages follow below.
The Dalai Lama: "I have great admiration for your leadership, the concern and active support you have shown for the Tibetan cause, and your role in enhancing Canada's diverse multi-ethnic and multicultural society… I have been impressed by your efforts to support the rights of oppressed people around the world." Continue reading 'Human Rights Activists and Community Leaders Praise UN Watch Award to Canadian Minister Jason Kenney'
Canada FM: "UN should be ashamed to be associated with Richard Falk"
Published on April 24, 2013 in Canada, Condemned for Boston remarks and Richard Falk by unwatch. Closed
Falk's Comments Cast Shame on United Nations
April 24, 2013 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
"Once again, United Nations official Richard Falk has spewed more mean-spirited, anti-Semitic rhetoric, this time blaming the attacks in Boston on President [Barack] Obama and the State of Israel.
"There is a dangerous pattern to Mr. Falk's anti-Western and anti-Semitic comments. The United Nations should be ashamed to even be associated with such an individual.
"I respectfully call on the United Nations Human Rights Council—again—to remove Mr. Falk from his position immediately.
"Mr. Falk's consistently mean-spirited comments cast a dark shadow over the United Nations and what it can accomplish. Comments like these do a great disservice to the fundamental values of the United Nations and to all freedom-loving people."
Source: http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/24a.aspx?lang=eng
U.N. rights official slams Canada, "concerned" over Aboriginal rights
Published on January 8, 2013 in Canada by unwatch. 2 Comments
Should the U.N. — which last year elected Assad's Syria to UNESCO's human rights committee — devote its scarce time and resources to free democracies and open societies such as Canada?
For context, note that the expert below works for the U.N. Human Rights Council, a dictator-dominated entity that just elected the Chavez government, Pakistan and Kazakhstan as members. They also elected a new vice-president: the representative from slave-holding Mauritania.
The following press release was circulated today by the office of the U.N. high commissioner for human rights.
Canada: UN expert calls for meaningful dialogue with Aboriginal leaders after weeks of protests
GENEVA (8 January 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, urged the Government of Canada and Aboriginal leaders to undertake meaningful dialogue in light of First Nations protests and a month-long hunger strike by Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation.
"I am encouraged by reports that Prime Minister Steven Harper has agreed to meet with First Nations Chiefs and leadership on 11 January 2013 to discuss issues related to Aboriginal and treaty rights as well as economic development," Mr. Anaya said. "Both the Government of Canada and First Nations representatives must take full advantage of this opportunity to rebuild relationships in a true spirit of good faith and partnership."
The announcement of the meeting followed weeks of protests carried out by Aboriginal leaders and activists within a movement referred to as 'Idle no more.' The movement has been punctuated by Chief Spence's hunger strike that has been ongoing since 11 December 2012. "I would like to add my voice to the concern expressed by many over the health condition of Chief Spence, who I understand will be joining indigenous leaders at this week's meeting," the independent expert said.
The protests and hunger strike are carried in the context of complaints about aspects of the relationships between First Nations in Canada and the Government, including in the context of recent federal legislation and executive decisions affecting Aboriginal peoples. Continue reading 'U.N. rights official slams Canada, "concerned" over Aboriginal rights'
Transcript: UN expert lists Canada and Switzerland as major abusers of freedom of assembly
Published on June 21, 2012 in Canada and Switzerland by unwatch. 1 Comment
Transcript from today's concluding remarks by Maina Kai, the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Video of full speech above.
…I cannot address all the questions that have been brought in. But I would like to refer to just a few things. One is that breaches of freedom of association and breaches of peaceful assembly cut across the entire world. There's not a single region in this world that has not received a communication from my mandate regarding violations or alleged violations. They cut across, and the breaches are both in law and in practice.
There are some places, some countries, where the laws are particularly harsh in terms of restricting the freedom of association, and for these ones, I'll just mention just a few: in Algeria, Belarus, Canada, in particular in terms of the province of Quebec, Ethiopia, Jordan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, and Switzerland, in the Canton of Geneva, especially. But I've also got to note that in some of these countries, these laws are being challenged in court, as is in Malaysia and as well in Switzerland.
But what I'm trying to show with this is that the risk to the freedom of expression cuts right across the world and there's no country exempt from them, and there's no way I will pick and choose which countries I will pay attention to.
Canada's speech to UNHRC: Commissioner Navi Pillay & her staff "failed to do proper due diligence"
Published on June 20, 2012 in Canada by unwatch. 11 Comments
UN Watch transcript of statement by Canada to UN Human Rights Council, delivered by Ambassador Elissa Golberg, June 18, 2012, under Agenda Item 2 (High Commissioner's Report).
Canada is disappointed that in a world where Iran's treatment of political prisoners, hard-line governments like Belarus' jailing of human rights defenders, and countries like Sri Lanka have yet to ensure full accountability in addressing serious human rights violations, the High Commissioner would misguidedly include the reference in her report to the situation in Quebec.
She and her staff have failed to do proper due diligence on this matter. Had they done so, they would have uncovered some basic facts that demonstrate the folly of equating Canada with others that she spoke of. Continue reading 'Canada's speech to UNHRC: Commissioner Navi Pillay & her staff "failed to do proper due diligence"'
Testimony to U.N.: Rights chief Navi Pillay should quit picking on Canada while handing propaganda coup to Pakistan and Zimbabwe
Published on June 19, 2012 in Canada, Pakistan and Zimbabwe by unwatch. 3 Comments
UN RIGHTS CHIEF SLAMS CANADA WHILE HANDING PROPAGANDA COUP TO PAKISTAN AND ZIMBABWE
UN Watch Testimony before the 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council, delivered under Agenda Item 2 (High Commissioner's Report), 18 June 2012. Audio.
Thank you, Madam President.
UN Watch welcomes the human rights documentation in the High Commissioner's report, which only underscores the need for this council to address the world's worst violators.
In Syria, President Assad is slaughtering his own people. The UN monitors, sent in to help stop the violence, have suspended their mission because, as they explained it, there was too much violence.
All UN agencies must now send a clear message that the Assad regime has no legitimacy. Yet the very opposite message was sent when UNESCO recently elected Syria to its human rights committee. Continue reading 'Testimony to U.N.: Rights chief Navi Pillay should quit picking on Canada while handing propaganda coup to Pakistan and Zimbabwe'
Blame Canada: U.N. rights chief "alarmed" over Canadian law, but silent on China, Iran & Saudi Arabia
Published on June 17, 2012 in Canada and High Commissioner of Human Rights by unwatch. 15 Comments
GENEVA, June 17 – Canada will be put in the company of some of the world's worst abusers of human rights tomorrow when the UN's highest human rights official expresses "alarm" over Quebec's new law on demonstrations during her opening address to a meeting of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, revealed the Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch, which obtained an advance copy of her speech. Other states on the UN watchlist include Syria, Pakistan and Zimbabwe.
"Moves to restrict freedom of assembly continue to alarm me, as is the case in the province of Quebec in Canada in the context of students' protests," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will say tomorrow, according to her draft speech. Continue reading 'Blame Canada: U.N. rights chief "alarmed" over Canadian law, but silent on China, Iran & Saudi Arabia'


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Will the real Madara Uchiha please stand up?
Posted: October 16, 2011 in anime, random articles
Tags: madara, naruto, obito, tobi
No. Really. HUGE spoilers here. I read and am completely up-to-date on the Naruto Shippuden manga. So, if you're strictly an anime watcher, you won't get to this part for awhile. Tobi has been a mysterious figure since his first appearance. The most popular speculation are Obito and who he actually claims to be, Madara Uchiha.
First, I'll explain the "Obito is Tobi," or OiT, theory. It's pretty self explanatory. People who champion this notion do, in fact, believe that the main antagonist of the Naruto series, Tobi, is none other than a side character from Kakashi's past, Obito Uchiha. Tobi started off as a goofball member of Akatsuki, a group bent on retrieving all nine of the tailed beasts to resurrect the "ten tails." Eventually, he became the last man standing in the group and revealed himself as Madara Uchiha.
Now, this is bizarre, because Madara was friends, and eventually enemies, with the first Hokage who was rumored to have destroyed him. That was like, over a hundred years ago, so speculation started to swirl on how he could still be alive so long.
As far as Obito goes, he was a former team mate of Kakashi's who was very much like Naruto. He valued friendship and the safety of team members over the success of the mission. Obito and Kakashi's third team member, Rin, was kidnapped during a mission, and the pair ended up saving her. In doing so, however, Obito was crushed by a giant boulder. Before he died, he had Rin, a medical ninja, transplant one of his Uchiha eyes into Kakashi (who had previously suffered an eye injury) as a thank you for going along with him to save Rin.
Tobi and Obito
To sum things up, both Madara and Obito are dead. In fact, every member of the Uchiha clan is presumed dead at this point except for Sasuke. Sasuke's elder brother, Itachi, wiped out all the members of the Uchiha clan, except Sasuke, several years prior to the start of part 1 on orders of the third Hokage. Itachi later dies in battle with his younger brother. But, even after Tobi reveals himself as Madara, the OiT theorists have remained ever vigilant. Here's why:
1. Obito and Madara are both Uchihas, a clan of people who are able to wield an eye power called the Sharingan. Tobi is also a Sharingan user, as seen through the one eye hole of his mask.
2. When Obito died, he had given his left eye to Kakashi. Tobi has a single eye hole in his mask, over his right eye.
3. Both have similar spikey haircuts, and Tobi appears to be too young, and his hair far too short, to be the wild Madara.
4. Their names are very similar.
As convincing as this is, there's a problem. Obito was just like Naruto, ultimately good and valued friendship. What could have possibly happened, if Tobi is Obito, to have turned him into the picture of pure evil?
And, another hole in the works, during Tobi's fight with Konan, his mask breaks and though you don't see his whole face, he is shown to have both eyes. Both Sharingan eyes. So is he really Madara then? And here comes the major spoilers: according to the newest chapter of the Naruto Shippuden manga, perhaps not. Unless, of course, there's other unforeseen circumstances at work here that we are unaware of yet at the present.
Kabuto finally reveals his trump card, the body in the casket that made Tobi nervous, Madara Uchiha's body. It is made clear that it is, in fact, Madara, and he is unmistakably dead.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Naruto plot line from the past couple of months, here's a short recap. All the major ninja villages have banned together to form the joint shinobi army against the forces of Tobi and Orochimaru infested Kabuto (it's a tender subject. Look for my other posts on Kabuto). Kabuto has perfected the Impure World Ressurection Jutsu that allows the user to utilize dead bodies with all their powers. The bodies are back "alive," but they have no control over their actions and are bent to the will of the Jutsu user. Madara is being used under this Jutsu.
So if that's the real Madara, then who the !@$% is Tobi?! Sure, the OiT theorists are probably celebrating right now, but I'm not convinced for the reasons I've already mentioned. Then what's going on? Your guess is as good as mine, and I invite you to share your thoughts. But, here's what I'm leaning toward. Tobi is probably someone related to Madara, such as a son we don't know about, or his younger brother Izuna. Maybe Madara wasn't the strongest son after all. Again, this is just a guess here. It could be something completely out of left field here for all we know.
Now that the real Madara has stood up, I can't wait for Tobi to be completely unmasked.


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package mangarip.interfaccia.swing;

import mangarip.controller.Controller;
import mangarip.exceptions.WebComunicationException;
import mangarip.modellodati.Capitolo;
import mangarip.modellodati.InterfacciaSwingModello;
import mangarip.modellodati.Manga;
import mangarip.utility.JPlaceholderTextField;
import mangarip.utility.Logger;

import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.Component;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class InterfacciaSwingMangaPark extends InterfacciaSwingModello {

	private JPlaceholderTextField txtEnterVersionHere;
	private Manga manga;

	public InterfacciaSwingMangaPark() {

		super();

		txtWriteMangaName.setPlaceholder("Enter manga name here...");
		txtEnterVersionHere = new JPlaceholderTextField();
		txtEnterVersionHere.setToolTipText("MangaPark requires a version because it can support more edition of the same manga.");
		txtEnterVersionHere.setText("");
		txtEnterVersionHere.setPlaceholder("Enter version here...");
		txtEnterVersionHere.setColumns(11);
		txtEnterVersionHere.addKeyListener(
				new KeyListener(){
					public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e){
						if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
							fetch();
					}
					public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {}
					public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {}
				}
				);
		northPanel.add(txtWriteMangaName);
		northPanel.add(txtEnterVersionHere);

		JLabel lblNewLabel = new JLabel("Chapter Selector");
		lblNewLabel.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
		leftPanel.add(lblNewLabel);

		leftPanel.add(scrollPane);

		centerCenterFirstPanel.add(btnDownloadAll);
		centerCenterFirstPanel.add(btnDownloadSelected);
		centerCenterFirstPanel.add(btnDownloadPause);
		centerCenterFirstPanel.add(btnDownloadAbort);
		northPanel.add(btnFetch);

		JLabel lblPadding = new JLabel("");
		lblPadding.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 0, 10, 51));
		northPanel.add(lblPadding);

		centerNorthPanel.add(txtPath);
		centerNorthPanel.add(btnChooseFolder);

		centerCenterSecondPanel.add(lblProgressBar);
		centerCenterSecondPanel.add(progressBar);

		add(northPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		add(leftPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
	}

	@Override
	public void setController(Controller controller) {
		this.controller = controller;
		this.ioManager = controller.swingCreaIOManager("MangaPark");
		txtPath.setText(ioManager.getPath());
		fc.setCurrentDirectory(new java.io.File(ioManager.getPath()));
	}

	@Override
	protected void fetch() {
		try {
			String temp = txtWriteMangaName.getText();
			temp = temp.replaceAll("[^\\p{Alnum}-\\s]", "");
			temp = temp.replaceAll("\\s+", " ");
			temp = temp.replaceAll("\\s+", "-");
			txtWriteMangaName.setText(temp);
			manga = controller.swingCreaManga("MangaPark", temp, Integer.parseInt(txtEnterVersionHere.getText()), true);
		} catch (WebComunicationException e) {
			Logger.writeLog(e.toString());
			return;
		}
		listModel.clear();
		for(Capitolo capitolo : manga.getCapitoli()) {
			listModel.addElement("Chapter "+capitolo.getNumeroCapitolo());
		}
		listChapters.setModel(listModel);
		listChapters.setSelectedIndex(0);
		btnDownloadAll.setEnabled(true);
		btnDownloadSelected.setEnabled(true);
	}

	@Override
	protected void downloadSelected() {
		int[] selectedIx = listChapters.getSelectedIndices();
		ArrayList<String> capitoli = new ArrayList<String>();
	    for (int i = 0; i < selectedIx.length; i++) {
	      String sel = listChapters.getModel().getElementAt(selectedIx[i]);
	      capitoli.add(sel.replaceAll("[^0-9.,]+",""));
	    }
	    btnDownloadAll.setEnabled(false);
	    btnChooseFolder.setEnabled(false);
	    btnDownloadSelected.setEnabled(false);
	    btnFetch.setEnabled(false);
	    btnDownloadPause.setEnabled(true);
	    btnDownloadAbort.setEnabled(true);
	    progressBar.setValue(0);
	    downloader = new Thread() {
	    	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
			public void run() {
	    		try {
	    			controller.swingScaricaSelezionati(capitoli, progressBar);
	    			btnDownloadAll.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnChooseFolder.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnDownloadSelected.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnFetch.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnDownloadPause.setEnabled(false);
	    			btnDownloadAbort.setEnabled(false);
	    			downloader.suspend();
	    		} catch (Exception e1) {
	    			e1.printStackTrace();
	    		} finally {
	    			btnDownloadAll.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnChooseFolder.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnDownloadSelected.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnFetch.setEnabled(true);
	    			btnDownloadPause.setEnabled(false);
	    			btnDownloadAbort.setEnabled(false);
	    		}
	    	}
	    };
	    downloader.start();
	}

	@Override
	protected void downloadAll() {
		btnDownloadAll.setEnabled(false);
		btnChooseFolder.setEnabled(false);
		btnDownloadSelected.setEnabled(false);
		btnFetch.setEnabled(false);
		btnDownloadPause.setEnabled(true);
		btnDownloadAbort.setEnabled(true);
		progressBar.setValue(0);
		downloader = new Thread() {
			@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
			public void run() {
				try {
					controller.swingScaricaTutto(progressBar);
				} catch (Exception e1) {
					e1.printStackTrace();
				} finally {
					btnDownloadAll.setEnabled(true);
					btnChooseFolder.setEnabled(true);
					btnDownloadSelected.setEnabled(true);
					btnFetch.setEnabled(true);
					btnDownloadPause.setEnabled(false);
					btnDownloadAbort.setEnabled(false);
					downloader.suspend();
				}
			}
		};
		downloader.start();
	}

	@Override
	public void setTransparency(boolean isOpaque) {
		super.setTransparency(isOpaque);
	}
}

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Q: Not able to configure WCF-SQL Adapter in BizTalk 2016 I am getting below error message while creating a WCF-SQL Adapter in BizTalk 2016. Previously I had same error message while configuring host instances for the WCF-Custom adapter and that issue was resolved by changing the machine name to FQDN. Now the machine name is also updated I am still facing same issue. Can someone please guide me.

A: The above issue is resolved. This was really not a biztalk issue. Like my previous question I unconfigured and reconfigured the biztalk once again, deleted the databases and started from first. This resolved my issue. One thing to notice is you should use fully qualified domain name while configuring the BizTalk. If something even if one of the bit is wrongly configured you have to the rework again.

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Publish Date : 13 March 2020 - 01:17 ,
China Accuses US Military of Likely Role in Coronavirus Outbreak
TEHRAN(Basirat): The US military might have triggered the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan – the epicenter of the virus epidemic – Beijing claimed on Thursday, widening the trade-centered war between the two nations to the territory of a biological attack.
"When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be the US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! The US owes us an explanation!" Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account.
Meantime, reports coming from the US said the coronavirus has already infected over 1,250 people and been found in about 45 US states. At least 38 people have died from the illness, as top health official Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the sickness situation in the United States is "going to get worse".
Lijian had stated the origin of the coronavirus is yet to be determined.
"It is yet undetermined where the virus originated. Wherever its origin may be, China and all the other affected countries are victims faced with the challenge in containing its spread," Zhao noted days ago.
Rejecting Washington accusations of a cover-up of the outbreak in Wuhan in December, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also stated on Thursday US officials should focus on their own response to the pandemic rather than denigrating Beijing's efforts.
"This irresponsible and immoral behavior will not help to alleviate the situation with Covid-19 in the United States," the top diplomat emphasized.
The foreign minister noted that the Covid-19 pandemic is a common challenge for the world, adding, "We hope that at this special time, some US officials will focus on how to respond to the spread of the disease in their country, rather than trying to blame China."
His comments responded to US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, who'd claimed on Wednesday that China had "cost the world community two months" and that it had exacerbated the global outbreak, allegedly by covering up the epidemic in its early stages.
On Monday, China condemned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for branding the COVID-19 as the "Wuhan virus", terming his remarks as "despicable behavior" and an attempt to stigmatize the country.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially named coronavirus as COVID-19, another Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang told a media briefing responding to Pompeo's comments.
"Certain US politicians turning a blind eye to science and the decision of WHO have rushed to stigmatize China and Wuhan under the pretext of COVID-19. We condemn such despicable behavior," Geng said.
Pompeo last Friday repeatedly referred to the coronavirus as "Wuhan virus", pointing to the Chinese city where the virus first emerged in December last year and also blamed Beijing for not sharing enough information about the disease which put the US "behind the curve".
The US had made strenuous efforts to name the new coronavirus after China's Wuhan at the WHO before the world body branded it as COVID-19.
The US has been the origin of some worst types of flu that have wreaked havoc on the health of global citizens, but none has been branded after the country.
The WHO has declared the outbreak a pandemic. Globally, more than 4,600 people have died so far, and over 126,000 infected in more than 120 countries.
The Trump administration has opened a trade war on China since July, 2018 as the US is expecting a ravaging economic crisis this or the next year that some experts believe could be larger and more detrimental than the meltdown in 2008. As China is expected to overtake the US as the world's top economy in 2020s, speculations are on rise that the outbreak could be a new frontline in the US hybrid war on Beijing.
Source:PressTV


The "School Discipline: Changing Behavior Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach" conference, which was scheduled for Wednesday, February 13 at Assabet Valley Regional Technical School, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 30.
The mission of Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. (MPY) is to promote youth health and safety. MPY provides training and resources; and collaboration with professionals from schools, public safety entities, community and governmental organizations, and other organizations which serve and protect youth. Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. promotes safe and supportive learning environments and communities.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth is one of the 100 local nonprofits to receive a grant of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation's "100K for 100" program.


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OP-ED: Stepping up to address workforce challenges: part I
By: Mike Salsgiver	in Headlines September 19, 2018 3:02 pm
Mike Salsgiver
In a departure from my usual approach, I'd like to use multiple columns to spotlight the construction workforce and its integral role to our industry's success. My goal is to showcase what's happening within the industry and what must occur outside the industry to build the construction workforce of the future.
Let's start by looking at some basic workforce facts.
Every year 1.2 million students drop out of high school. That equates to 7,000 students each day. That's one student every 26 seconds. About 25 percent of freshmen do not graduate from high school with their class.
Think about that for a second: fully a quarter of our young people are not making it out of high school. In some school districts, that percentage is even higher.
For construction, this crisis, combined with other factors, has led to a constantly-shrinking pool of skilled workers. Our industry is building at record volumes, and yet employers are struggling to find employees.
On top of this basic workforce shortage, we are now losing veteran workers. Every day, about 10,000 baby boomers are retiring. When combined with the 7,000 high school dropouts, we're looking at about 17,000 fewer available workers every day. We are facing both a basic worker shortage and a talent drain.
Over the past 40 years, educators and policy-makers pushed students toward a four-year college program. As it turns out, about a third of the students who do graduate from high school are not interested in four-year programs. A systematic dismantling of the vocational education system left about a third of our young people with no clear career path to follow.
Oregon's High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act (Measure 98, 2016) was proposed to minimize dropouts and create college and career preparation programs in our high schools. However, its implementation has been much more focused on those freshmen who are already on track to graduate.
For the most part, trade schools continue to be overlooked as a viable option for our young people. Informing students of their career options is essential because jumping into a career doesn't just happen. The goal must be to create a path, not a parachute to drop students into jobs. Our industry needs skilled workers, but those future employees aren't being exposed to alternative pathways.
AGC has invested in the past decade over $3 million in programs to grow the construction workforce. But despite our best efforts and after spending a lot of money, the construction career airplane isn't getting off the runway.
Challenges remain. Contractors can't find subcontractors even though this is a booming industry. I hear time and time again from our members that they can't find employees. And when a company hires a young person, he or she tends to be around the age of 26, well out of the typical "student" age range.
Earlier this year, the AGC board of directors reviewed the situation and made the decision to support building a team whose sole focus is to understand and bring change to workforce and professional development. The board decided to inject additional resources into our workforce efforts. The first decision made was to hire two strong professionals, both of whom will work toward a goal of establishing a program that will broadly advance the industry across all sectors.
We've hired Frosti Adams, an experienced secondary and post-secondary educator, and Aaron Bouchane, whose background includes workforce programming. Frosti and Aaron are extremely experienced and well-networked, and they'll help us fill the needs that will stand the industry up help it succeed for decades to come.
Together we'll be working toward recruiting skilled workers into the trades pipeline. This newly formed team will help guide our work to tie us more tightly into a long-term plan with more concrete results.
While we look forward to this much-needed jolt of energy into the workforce development arena, it's going to take time to rebuild what became a rather depleted workforce. The economic downturn caused businesses to hunker down and get used to getting the job done with fewer employees. The good news is, the upturn won't be going away – at least not in the next couple of years.
Right now, construction is operating in a white-hot economy. We have to create a system that fills and sustains a pipeline of skilled, capable workers despite the challenges posed by a cyclical industry.
One of our initiatives will include getting early-age high school students directly involved in the industry through internships and other similar arrangements. We will need to work with the Bureau of Labor and Industries, Oregon Department of Education and the construction industry to understand statutory and regulatory barriers and safety laws.
Addressing these challenges will take time, but we must adapt and move aggressively. Frosti has already been hard at work and is focused on strengthening the interface with educators. With a multicultural education background, she is determined to strengthen the pathways to employment, especially for those students who struggle to understand their options after high school.
Workforce development suggests that students of all types and interests can pursue their career goals, whether it's in the arts, in business or a woodshop class. Another important step is to build partnerships with principals and program administrators statewide to develop a plan so that students become connected with something and are informed of their options. Those changes will help put us on the path of achieving a 100 percent graduation rate for our kids.
There is no doubt that by addressing these challenges and ensuring stakeholders are on the same page, we will increase our chances for success. But this is a marathon, not a sprint. As we turn the page in how we approach building the workforce of the future, we are confident the additional investments we make in our children will allow them to be successful members of society and our industry.
This is a big first step. Will it work? Stay tuned.
Mike Salsgiver is the executive director of Associated General Contractors' Oregon-Columbia chapter. Contact him at 503-685-8305 or mikes@agc-oregon.org.
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Lexical information from a minimalist point of view
Manfred Bierwisch
Simplicity as a methodological orientation applies to linguistic theory just as to any other field of research: 'Occam's razor' is the label for the basic heuristic maxim according to which an adequate analysis must ultimately be reduced to indispensible specifications. In this sense, conceptual economy has been a strict and stimulating guideline in the development of Generative Grammar from the very beginning. Halle's (1959) argument discarding the level of taxonomic phonemics in order to unify two otherwise separate phonological processes is an early characteristic example; a more general notion is that of an evaluation metric introduced in Chomsky (1957, 1975), which relates the relative simplicity of alternative linguistic descriptions systematically to the quest for explanatory adequacy of the theory underlying the descriptions to be evaluated. Further proposals along these lines include the theory of markedness developed in Chomsky and Halle (1968), Kean (1975, 1981), and others, the notion of underspecification proposed e.g. in Archangeli (1984), Farkas (1990), the concept of default values and related notions. An important step promoting this general orientation was the idea of Principles and Parameters developed in Chomsky (1981, 1986), which reduced the notion of language particular rule systems to universal principles, subject merely to parametrization with restricted options, largely related to properties of particular lexical items. On this account, the notion of a simplicity metric is to be dispensed with, as competing analyses of relevant data are now supposed to be essentially excluded by the restrictive system of principles.
6_Bierwisch_1997_Lexical_Information.pdf
http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/fileadmin/mitarbeiter/bierwisch/6_Bierwisch_1997_Lexical_Information.pdf
Grammatiktheorie
Postprint, zuerst in: Chris Wilder, Hans-Martin Gärtner: The Role of Economy Principles in Linguistic Theory. - Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1997, S. 227-266
http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/fileadmin/mitarbeiter/bierwisch/6_Bierwisch_1997_Lexical_Information.pdf ; (in:) Chris Wilder, Hans-Martin Gärtner: The Role of Economy Principles in Linguistic Theory. - Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1997, S. 227-266
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Linguistik-Klassifikation: Grammatikforschung / Grammar research