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25 Years of Lollapalooza
For the last two years since this blog's inception, Coachella has been a primary subject from January through April. It started because I attended Coachella last year and I had an overwhelming excitement for my trip to Indio that I wanted to preview all of my favorite bands who were playing the festival. I decided to preview bands again this year because of the solid response to last year's posts. Coachella has become this blog's sole music festival focus. It's also one of the most popular and well-known festivals in the world, but especially in the U.S. The United States has plenty of other big, well-known festivals as well. One of those festivals is coming up this weekend and is celebrating its 25th year. It's called Lollapalooza and its home base is at Grant Park in Chicago, IL. I'm lucky enough to be working at the festival this weekend and I'm excited to also be able to experience all that Lolla has to offer.
The first Lollapalooza happened in 1991. It began as a touring festival created by Perry Farrell who came up with it as a farewell tour of sorts for his band, Jane's Addiction. The festival grew in the 90's as an alternative rock, grunge festival, which were two popular music genres during that decade.The festival toured from 1991-1997 but ceased to exist in 1998 as the tour failed to find a headliner. The decline of alternative rock is also credited for the festival's cancellation that year.
In 2003, Jane's Addiction got back together. Farrell decided to revive the tour. It planned to go through 30 cities in July and August that year, but ultimately had to cancel some dates due to poor ticket sales. The tour again was planned for 2004 but low ticket sales due to high ticket prices caused its cancellation. In 2005, Farrell teamed with Capital Sports & Entertainment (now known as C3 Presents) to produce the festival. It was that year that Lollapalooza became a destination festival in Grant Park. Lollapalooza 2005 spanned over two days and featured 70 acts on 5 different stages which generated a crowd of 65,000+. After returning to much success in 2006, Chicago Park District and Capital Sports & Entertainment signed a 5 year deal that would keep Lollapalooza in Chicago through 2011. After the 2008 festival, the parties again agreed on another deal that would keep the festival in Chicago through 2018. This year's festival will be the first time that the event spans over 4 days. The 4th day was added in celebration of the festival's 25th anniversary this year.
Since 2011, the festival has expanded beyond Grant Park to countries in South America. Lollapalooza festivals started up in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina in recent years. Last year the festival even made its way to Europe with an appearance in Berlin, Germany. Many up and coming artists have graced a stage at Lollapalooza before their popularity increased such as The Black Keys, Passion Pit, Manchester Orchestra, Haim, Foals, Frank Ocean, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Fun., Tame Impala, and MGMT. As one of the most well known festivals in America in recent years, along with Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza has consistently attracted solid lineups and high-billed performers. This year's headliners include Lana Del Rey, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and LCD Soundsystem. While not the most incredible set of headliners Grant Park has ever seen (but to each their own of course!), this year's performances will surely be memorable since each headliner knows how to put on an incredible show.
When it comes to my history with the festival, it actually goes further back than Coachella. Lollapalooza was one of the first music festivals I had ever heard of. During the 2nd semester of my freshman year of college in a Music 101 class, one of my friends mentioned the festival. He was also the first to introduce me to the band Vampire Weekend, who played the festival a year earlier. I remember him saying that he would love to attend Lollapalooza that following summer. Up until then, all I knew of festivals were the Vans Warped Tour and the now non-existent, Bamboozle, so later that day I looked up Lollapalooza to find out who was playing and what kind of festival it was. At that time in my life, I didn't know many of the bands playing. Now I can look back at the 2008 lineup and shake my head over what I didn't know in the spring of 2008.
Since my love for indie/alternative music grew in 2011, I've always considered Lollapalooza as a prominent music festival in the United States, making the opportunity to be a part of this year's festival that much greater. The festival weekend begins in 2 days and I head to Chicago in less than 24 hours. I can't wait to experience this festival and see what Chicago has to offer. Hopefully this 25th anniversary will be legendary!
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I had every intention of writing a new Coachella Band Preview for today, but I discovered a new band last night that I needed to share first. It's almost like a "Breaking News" moment. I may have mentioned this before, but every week Spotify puts out a new Discover Weekly Playlist (duh…Discover Weekly!). I subscribed to the playlist a while ago and found a bunch of new tunes because of it. Yesterday, as I was listening to the new playlist, I saw a song that caught my eye. The title was "T-Shirt Weather", which made me chuckle a bit considering my deep love for the song "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood (my blog post from the fall so you can see how deep my love runs). I said to myself "What is this? The new "Sweater Weather"?." I was eager to check it out. Lo and behold, it's a great song. It's so great that I have now officially deemed it the new "Sweater Weather". The song style is much different than the 2013 hit by The Neighbourhood though and it's by a relatively new band called Circa Waves.
Circa Waves is a British indie rock band formed in 2013. The group hails from Liverpool and consists of vocalist and guitarist, Kieran Shudall, bassist, Sam Rourke, drummer, Colin Jones, and guitarist, Joe Falconer. Shudall and Rourke actually met at a music festival in 2013 and it resulted in the formation of the band. The band's first single "Good For Me/Get Away" was released in December 2013. Their first EP, Young Chasers EP, was released in June the following year. They played festivals throughout Europe and toured through 2014. Young Chasers, their debut album (Yep, same name as the EP), was released in March 2015. The release happened around their performance at SXSW and a U.S. tour in the fall of 2015 followed. They played U.S. dates with Foals and Ms Mr as well as with The 1975 in the UK.
My first impression of the band was that they are a perfect example of indie rock. In fact the band could be a great transition for someone who likes punk rock or pop-punk and wants to get into indie music. While researching these guys, I read that they've been compared to The Strokes. In my opinion, that comparison is spot on. Their music style is much like American indie rockers, The Strokes. They also remind me of The Kooks at times as well. So if you're a fan of either of those two bands, I guarantee you'll love these guys.
This year the group has already booked dates at Governor's Ball and Firefly. If you plan on attending either of those two festivals, I suggest you check out Circa Waves. Their music is both upbeat and fun, which will make for a great set in the the summer sun (hopefully it's sun at least!). You'll probably hear a few of these songs:
Stuck In My Teeth
Best Years
Good For Me/Get Away
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2016 Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival Lineup Release
A yearly ritual right after the New Year begins for music fans is the release of the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival lineup. Last year I paid more attention to it than ever because, as you all know, I attended the festival last April. Again, I can't adequately express how great of an experience Coachella is, and this is from someone who didn't even camp out. My soul felt totally at home while listening to live music and soaking up the sun and chill vibes in the desert for 3 days last year. It's something you have to experience to understand. Since I previewed the bands at the festival last year in the hype leading up to the main event, and the response went well, I plan on doing the same thing this year even though it might not have the same meaning for me (Yeah, I'm not attending Coachella 2016 and I'm a little bummed about it). Before looking in depth at each band, I have to give an overview of all the acts. Since the lineup was released around 9:45 p.m. ET last evening, I can finally talk about them. First up, the headliners.
The Headliners: LCD Soundsystem, Guns N' Roses, Calvin Harris
In the days leading up to the lineup release, I actually found out that LCD Soundsystem and Guns N' Roses would be headlining. Safe to say I anticipated a great lineup this year and I was a little jealous (mostly because of LCD Soundsystem). 80's rock band, Guns N' Roses, are reuniting for the first time in 20 years for this upcoming Coachella performance. They're the old school rock band performer this year, similar to AC/DC at last year's event. The Saturday night set should be an epic rock n' roll event for all who attend. Another band reuniting for Coachella 2016 is LCD Soundsystem. The band, who announced their split in 2011 and played their "final show ever" at Madison Square Garden that same year, is getting back together to play Coachella for the third time. They headline on Friday night. Lastly, Scottish DJ, EDM artist, and current boyfriend of Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris is set to close out the festival on Sunday evening. As a Coachella veteran and this year's headlining EDM act, the Calvin Harris set should be the biggest of the festival. His set in 2014 was the second largest ever in festival history. As I learned last year, EDM is a huge deal at Coachella (I mean that Kaskade set though) so you can count on Calvin Harris's as being one for the ages.
The Other Highly Billed Performers (aka the next two lines on each day of the poster): Ellie Goulding, Sufjan Stevens, Jack Ü, M83, Underworld, The Kills, Foals, Ice Cube, Disclosure, Zedd, A$AP Rocky, CHVRCHES, Halsey, James Bay, Sia, Major Lazer, Flume, Beach House, The 1975, Rancid, Miike Snow, Of Monsters and Men, G-Eazy, Purity Ring, Rae Sremmurd, Volbeat, 2manysdjs, Lord Huron, St. Germain, Savages, Grimes, Courtney Barnett, Run the Jewels, The Arcs, RL Grime, Gary Clark Jr., Silversun Pickups, Lush, ZHU, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Matt and Kim, Chris Stapleton, Cold War Kids, Death Grips, The Chainsmokers.
Like always, the Coachella lineup consists of a variety of music styles. There's plenty of pop, rock, indie, alternative, and electronic in this year's group of top acts along with a mix of a few other genres as well. Ice Cube, A$AP Rocky, Death Grips, and G-Eazy make up the rap contingency, especially without a main Rap/R&B headliner this year. James Bay, Sia, Halsey, and Ellie Goulding make up the pop acts. Sufjan Stevens and Lord Huron hold the crown for indie performers this year. Then there's indie/rock/alternative bands like CHVRCHES, Grimes, Foals, M83, The 1975, The Kills, Of Monsters & Men, Silversun Pickups, Purity Ring, Beach House, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Matt and Kim and Cold War Kids and the ever popular electronic/dance/house music with Jack Ü, Disclosure, Zedd, Miike Snow, ZHU, RL Grime, Major Lazer, The Chainsmokers. There's even some old school punk in the mix with Rancid.
If I was attending this year, I'd definitely want to hit up the Matt and Kim set the most. I've wanted to see them play for the last couple years and I passed up on the opportunity last summer. I'd also love to see CHVRCHES, M83, The 1975, Of Monsters & Men, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Cold War Kids, Halsey, Sufjan Stevens, and Major Lazer. Since I wanted to see the 1975 and Cold War Kids within the last few months, it would be cool to finally see these guys in the desert. I hyped Halsey a few months ago as being one of the hottest new up and coming performers so her set is bound to be a great one. CHVRCHES is a band I recently got more into and really enjoy, especially their latest album. I feel like M83, Of Monsters & Men, Sufjan Stevens, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have been quiet for a while and I've liked all three groups for a few years now so they'll be worth a listen. Then there's electronic band, Major Lazer, who recently became more well-known with their song "Lean On". If there was time I'd also love to check out Sia, Ellie Goulding, Beach House, James Bay, The Chainsmokers, Silversun Pickups, Rancid, Grimes, and Foals. I think Sia's performance is going to be as huge as the three main headliners. It'll be worth it to check out her set. Rancid is such a legendary punk band too that it would be hard to pass up an opportunity to see them. The other artists I mentioned would be fun to check out as well even though I may not be as familiar with their music as the acts I first listed. In all, this group definitely makes a great selection of top-billed talent worth seeing this year.
The Rest: The Last Shadow Puppets, Joey Bada$$, DJ Mustard, BØRNS, Christine and the Queens, Snakehips, Robert DeLong, Bob Moses, Ibeyi, Marco Carola, Parov Stelar, Black Coffee, Years & Years, Nicole Moudaber & Skin, Lido, HEALTH, Mavis Staples, Sasha, Goldroom, Carla Morrison, Nic Fanciulli, The Front Bottoms, Skepta, Sam Feldt, Lemaitre, Louis the Child, Frances, George FitzGerald, DJ EZ, Gallant, HÆLOS, Låpsley, Miami Horror, SG Lewis, Sheer Mag, Mbongwana Star, Nina Las Vegas, Nora En Pure, Masha, Deerhunter, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Rhye, Bat for Lashes, The Damned, Vince Staples, Tchami, Nina Kraviz, Snails, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Lost Frequencies, Chronixx, Vanic, Justin Martin, AlunaGeorge, Mano Le Tough, Shamir, DJ Koze, BADBADNOTGOOD, Moon Taxi, SZA, Ex Hex, Mr. Carmack, SOPHIE, Protoje, Alvvays, Zella Day, Dubfire, Matthew Dear, DMA's, Matoma, Algiers, GoGo Penguins, The Black Madonna, Cloves, Strangers You Know, Amine Edge & DANCE, Phases, The Dead Ships, Maceo Plex, Baauer, KSHMR, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg, Wolf Alice, Pete Yorn, Hudson Mohawke, Kamasi Washington, Claptone, TOKiMONSTA, Melody's Echo Chamber, Autolux, John Digweed, Thomas Jack, Anderson .Paak, Nosaj Thing, Deafheaven, Epik High, Tensnake, Alessia Cara, Crystal Fighters, The Vandals, Joywave, PRAYERS, Young Fathers, The Heavy, Tei Shi, Meg Myers, Soul Clap, Cassy, De Lux, Girlpool, Fur Coat, AC Slater
Out of the rest of the acts performing this year, only a few stand out to me. This might be bad news for me as a self-proclaimed music expert since I've only heard of a few of these bands. Guess I need to step up my game and learn about these bands. The few that do stand out though are BØRNS, Years & Years, Matoma, and Joywave. Over the summer I wrote about Years & Years and the release of their debut album. After selling out their fall tour, they'll be supporting Ellie Goulding on her upcoming tour this spring, which I guess, from the looks of it, also includes a stop in the Coachella Valley for both in April. I've listened to BØRNS and Joywave a few times on Spotify and I've always enjoyed what I heard.
Lastly, I need to mention Matoma strictly for my jam of last spring, "Old Thing Back (Matoma remix)". In fact, I used to listen to this song on repeat in my lead up to leaving for Coachella. Pretty sure I even played it for my cousin during our 2-3 hour drive to Palm Desert the day we arrived in So Cal. It sets the mood for some good vibes despite the explicit lyrics. Of course, the song was originally released as a song on The Notorious B.I.G.'s Greatest Hits Compilation in 2007. It was one of two songs unreleased previously. In late 2014-early 2015 the song regained popularity when it was released as a remix by Norwegian DJ Matoma. It's kind of ironic that I'm writing this small bit about "Old Thing Back" today since a few days ago the song popped in my head when I realized I hadn't listened to it in a while. Now I'm sitting here listening to it again on repeat. Matoma, you're playing a year too late for me, but I'm sure festival-goers will be dancing their hearts out to the "Old Thing Back" remix in April.
After last year, I thought the lineup would make me super jealous that I wasn't attending this year. It always seems like there's a strong lineup every other year according to my tastes. 2014 was unreal in my mind and after 2015's decent lineup, I thought 2016 would blow me away, especially after I heard LCD Soundsystem was reuniting to headline. To be honest though, it didn't. I find it comparable to last year in a lot of regards. That means next year might be incredible. I should probably start saving up now since I vowed that the next time I go, I'm getting VIP tickets. I guess we'll see what happens, but 2016 will no doubt be memorable for all attending despite opinions, whether good or bad, on the lineup. It was for me anyway.
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Coronavirus: seven ways collective intelligence is tackling the pandemic
Technology is allowing communities and governments to understand the COVID-19 outbreak in more detail.
Image: REUTERS/Rahel Patrasso
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation
Aleks Berditchevskaia Senior Researcher, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, Nesta
Kathy Peach Head of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, Nesta
How the Forum's networks have navigated the global response to COVID-19
Tackling the emergence of a new global pandemic is a complex task. But collective intelligence is now being used around the world by communities and governments to respond.
At its simplest, collective intelligence is the enhanced capacity created when distributed groups of people work together, often with the help of technology, to mobilise more information, ideas and insights to solve a problem.
Advances in digital technologies have transformed what can be achieved through collective intelligence in recent years – connecting more of us, augmenting human intelligence with machine intelligence, and helping us to generate new insights from novel sources of data. It is particularly suited to addressing fast-evolving, complex global problems such as disease outbreaks.
Here are seven ways it is tackling the coronavirus pandemic:
1) Predicting and modelling outbreaks
On the December 31, 2019, health monitoring platform Blue Dot alerted its clients to the outbreak of a flu-like virus in Wuhan, China – nine days before the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement about it. It then correctly predicted that the virus would jump from Wuhan to Bangkok, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo.
Blue Dot combines existing data sets to create new insights. Natural language processing, the AI methods that understand and translate human-generated text, and machine learning techniques that learn from large volumes of data, sift through reports of disease outbreaks in animals, news reports in 65 languages, and airline passenger information. It supplements the machine-generated model with human intelligence, drawing on diverse expertise from epidemiologists to veterinarians and ecologists to ensure that its conclusions are valid.
2) Citizen science
The BBC carried out a citizen science project in 2018, which involved members of the public in generating new scientific data about how infections spread. People downloaded an app that monitored their GPS position every hour, and asked them to report who they had encountered or had contact with that day.
This collective intelligence initiative created a huge wealth of data that helped researchers understand who the super-spreaders are, as well the impact of control measures on slowing an outbreak. Although the full data set is still being analysed, researchers have released data to help with modelling the UK's response to COVID-19.
3) Real-time monitoring and information
Created by a coding academy based on official government data, Covid-19 SG allows Singapore residents to see every known infection case, the street where the person lives and works, which hospital they got admitted to, the average recovery time and the network connections between infections. Despite concerns about potential privacy infringements, the Singapore government has taken the approach that openness about infections is the best way to help people make decisions and manage anxiety about what is happening.
Covid-19 SG allows Singapore residents to track the number of COVID-19 cases live.
Image: Covid-19 SG
For dashboard enthusiasts, MIT's Technology Review has a good round-up of the many coronavirus-related dashboards tracking the pandemic.
4) Social media mining projects
In early February, Wired reported how researchers at Harvard's medical school were using citizen-generated data to monitor the progress of the disease. To do this, they mined social media posts and used natural language processing to look for mentions of respiratory problems, and fever in locations where doctors had reported potential cases.
This builds on evidence published in a January article of the journal Epidemiology that found that hot spots of tweets could be good indicators of how a disease spreads. It remains to be seen how effective these initiatives are, or whether they will succumb to the problems that beset Google Flu Trends.
The reality of people's experience of the virus is largely absent from media reporting so far, but the importance of social sciences in pandemic preparedness and response is becoming increasingly recognised. We should therefore all tip our hats to the citizens of Wuhan who have been archiving and translating social media data from inside China creating chronicles of testimonies of those affected, before they get censored by the government.
5) Serious games
To speed up the development of drugs to combat coronavirus, researchers at the University of Washington are calling on scientists and the public to play an online game.
The challenge is to build a protein that could block the virus from infiltrating human cells. The game is on Foldit, a 12-year-old website which has crowdsourced contributions to important protein research from more than 200,000 registered players worldwide.
6) Open source test kits
Responding to concerns about lack of access to testing for COVID-19, Nesta Collective Intelligence grantee Just One Giant Lab is behind an effort to develop a cheap, quick coronavirus test that can be used anywhere in the world. The initiative is crowdsourcing ideas from do-it-yourself biology communities, with the ambition to open source and share designs so that certified labs can easily produce test kits for their communities.
7) Sharing knowledge
In a global crisis, sharing collective intelligence about the virus will be a significant factor in our ability to respond and find new treatments. NextStrain pulls in all the data from labs around the world that are sequencing SARS-CoV-2's genome, and centralises it in one place for people to see in a genomic tree. This open repository, which is built on GitHub, is helping scientists studying cornavirus's genomic evolution and enabling tracking of how the virus is passed between people.
Researchers have also been sharing new findings about the virus' genomic profile through open source publications and preprint sites such as BioRxiv and Chinaxiv. Paywalls are being temporarily lifted on content related to coronavirus in scientific publications such as BMJ and the public is demanding that major news outlets follow suit.
Activists on Reddit have gone one step further and bypassed paywalls to create an open archive of 5,312 research articles mentioning coronaviruses, citing a "moral imperative" for the research to be openly accessible. Newspeak House is crowdsourcing a handbook of tools, tech and data for technologists building things to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is also compiling all published research into a global database, and making learning resources about managing COVID-19 for health professionals and decision makers have been made available on the WHO online learning platform. But they have also been criticised for not replying to comments left on their channels, leaving a vacuum instead of a response to rumours and falseholds.
At Nesta's Centre for Collective Intelligence Design we'll keep tracking how collective intelligence is being used during the current crisis, and updating our public online noticeboard of collective intelligence projects as often as we can. Please share any examples you come across in the comments.
By working together and sharing knowledge, we have a better chance of beating the pandemic.
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Aleks Berditchevskaia, Senior Researcher, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, Nesta
Kathy Peach, Head of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, Nesta
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation.
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"There are a lot of these conferences and they can be interesting but if people don't come out of them committed to doing something, you haven't used the energy in the room," said Wendy Schmidt, president of the Schmidt Family Foundation, which invests in new processes and approaches to material use.
She was speaking at the fifth edition of the annual Copenhagen Fashion Summit, held May 11 at the Danish capital's Koncerthuset, where key players from some of the world's biggest brands had gathered to address the most critical issues facing the industry and planet.
And as pointed out by Eva Kruse, president and chief executive of the event's organizer, Global Fashion Agenda, the previous four installments hadn't exactly sparked a massive change in the industry.
"We've been trying every time to put across a message, to get people to commit and engage, and we never succeeded," she said, reeling off a few well-meaning action plans that apparently never went further than the stage. To that end, this year's summit was aptly themed "commitment to change" and urged brands and retailers to take a leadership role in accelerating the fashion industry's transition to a more circular system. Think: less take-make-waste, more restorative and regenerative; an approach that aims to reduce waste and resource consumption by designing products that can be broken down and recycled at the end of their life cycle.
It's something that Dame Ellen MacArthur is laser-focused on developing. Her eponymous foundation, launched in 2010, has focused on building a circular economy for plastic packaging and recently announced a new initiative for textiles. It's also working with McKinsey & Co. to develop an analysis, slated for a fall release, that will map out a fact-based vision for this new system.
But because the circular economy requires a paradigm shift to move from theory to practice, it will never come to pass without collaboration.
"There are elements of circularity within the fashion industry that you can begin to do on your own," MacArthur said, "But there's also a real need for an understanding of the system, of organizations that play within the system, and not just the brands themselves, but the fiber manufacturers, the fiber re-processors… It needs that dialog around the table with everyone talking about it," added MacArthur.
Not to mention, it's only once a brand begins its own take-back program that it realizes what can and can't be re-processed or recycled.
Using the plastics economy as an example, she said that even the biggest plastics producer in the world knows they comprise a small percent of the whole industry and that to tip the scales requires getting everyone—retailers, manufacturers, chemical companies, waste processors, governments—on the same page.
Schmidt agreed. "We have search engines now, we have technologies that allow us to share data and we believe that open sharing of data generally makes everybody smarter and better," she said, adding that it makes sense to share data transparently and create a database of safe materials and chemicals that's searchable by everybody.


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The Serpentine Wall is chronologically structured, befitting a history of church-state separation in the United States. It begins with a history of ideas approach to the European backgrounds and colonial American experiments in theocracy and freedom of religion. It covers pre-modern American debates about religious freedom among the founding generation right up through the nineteenth century. The final section of the book focuses on the separation of church and state and how this has become a matter determined by the Supreme Court.The resolution of the proper interpretation of the religious clauses of the First Amendment and the course of the boundary between church and state has been slow. Many changes that took place throughout the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century have influenced the increasingly circuitous route taken by the Serpentine Wall between the two. The result has been an increased focus on social issues involving questions of interpretation of the establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment.The founding of the United States was a unique event in human history and the result of factors that are unlikely to be repeated. To understand the founding of a democratic country with a unique arrangement between church and state, it is important to view that development as both a product of and a departure from what had come before. Harris' interesting, unique, philosophical viewpoint will be important to those interested in how the roles of church versus state have evolved in the United States.


At Monday night's council meeting, the Estherville City Council passed a resolution supporting the continued funding of the backfill by the Iowa Legislature to help ensure local governments are able to provide effective community services.
City finance director Beth Burton said the resolution would, "let Des Moines know we need this money. This money means a person, the ability to complete snow removal, we really need it for our general fund."
In 2013, the Iowa Legislature passed Senate File 295, which included the commercial industrial property tax replacement claims.
The state currently pays $152.1 million to cities and counties every year to help offset lost revenue from sweeping commercial property tax cuts approved by the legislature.
This presented a promise made by both Republicans and Democrats to cities, counties, and school districts across the state that the State will replace, or "backfill" property tax losses through a standing appropriation.
Republican lawmakers say the move is needed because of the state's budget situation. The Iowa Department of Revenue says incoming tax revenue has consistently fallen short of the quarterly estimates they use to set spending levels. Legislators are cutting services, dipping into reserve accounts, and cutting agency budgets to cover revenue shortfalls.
The reduction and gradual elimination of the backfill, proposed for fiscal year 2019, would, according to legislature watchers, force cities to either cut essential services or raise taxes at the last minute, or both.
Council member Dave Seylar said, "The legislature made a promise when they made that law. I was afraid of this at the time, and sure enough this has come up."
Council member Gene Haukoos said, "They said it would increase the number of businesses, but in small towns, that didn't happen."
The city of Estherville received $86,414.75 in backfill payments for fiscal year 2017. The Estherville Lincoln Central school district received $119,760.03.


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Want to ban 'toxic' vaping: Philippines' president Duterte
AFP Manila, Philippines Nov 20, 2019, 07.49 AM(IST)
File photo of Rodrigo Duterte. Photograph:( Reuters )
Duterte is notorious internationally for his deadly anti-narcotics crackdown
A ban on e-cigarettes has been ordered by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is threatening to arrest anyone vaping publicly in a country that already has some of Asia's toughest anti-smoking rules.
Duterte is notorious internationally for his deadly anti-narcotics crackdown, but he has also imposed a wide-ranging ban on smoking in public that is part of his pledge to get tough on the public disorder.
The president told a late-night press conference on Tuesday that the use and importation of electronic cigarettes would be banned, but did not provide a precise timeline.
"I will ban it, the use and the importation. I hope everybody is listening. Please relay this to them. You know why? Because it is toxic," said Duterte, an ex-smoker.
"Now this vaping, they say it is electronic. Don't give me that... Better stop it because in, I will order your arrest if you do it in a room," he added at his first public speaking engagement in weeks.
Watch: Protest against Duterte's war on drugs
His comments come days after Philippine health authorities reported the nation's first vaping-related lung injury, which resulted in a 16-year-old girl being hospitalised.
E-cigarettes have become hugely popular in the past decade but a rash of vaping-linked deaths and illnesses in the United States is feeding caution about the product, already banned in some places.
In September 2019 India became the latest country to ban the import, sale, production and advertising of e-cigarettes, citing in particular concerns about its youth.
The devices are already banned in several places such as Brazil, Singapore, Thailand and the US state of Massachusetts.
Before Duterte's presidency, the Philippines already had a ban on tobacco advertising, as well as a law that requires graphic images of smoking health hazards to be printed on cigarette packaging.


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What is Two-tone in Poker?
Two-tone refers to group of cards which is made up of two different suits. It is primarily used to describe flop textures in Hold'em and Omaha. For example, the flop comes King of spades, Queen of clubs, Jack of clubs. There are two suits on the flop, spades and clubs, hence we might call it 'King Queen Jacktwo-tone'. Although this is by far the most common application, any distribution of cards where there are two distinct suits may be referred to as two-tone.
Poker Glossary
Explanation of Two-tone
In Hold'em and Omaha players use the following expressions to describe different types of board textures.
Rainbow – Indicates that every card on the flop is of a different suit.
(Can also be used to describe the turn.)
Two-tone – Indicates that two of the cards on the flop are of the same suit.
Monotone – Indicates that all of the cards on the flop are of the same suit.
Ragged – Opposite of "connected". Implies there is little to no co-ordination between the cards on the board. "Rag" is also the term in poker used to describe a low uncoordinated card.
Dry – Similar to ragged. Indicates that there is little in the way of flush or straight connectivity.
Drawy – Indicates that there are a number of possible straight draws of flush draws available on the board.
Paired – Indicates that there is a pair on the board
Example of Two-Tone used in a sentence -> A two-tone flop texture in Hold'em an Omaha means that there are possible flush draws.
How to Use Two-tone as Part of Your Poker Strategy
Two-tone textures imply that there are possible flush-draws out there. Protecting made hands is hence more important on two-tone textures than on rainbow textures. We will hence be less likely to slowplay on a two-tone texture when we hold a premium.
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Kashmir's biggest hospitals have no attendant Sarais
Attendants forced to stay in dingy accommodations outside hospitals
The hospitals present scenes of misery in absence of attendant Sarai: a place where attendants accompanying admitted patients could keep their belongings, cook, eat and get some sleep.File/ GK
ZEHRU NISSA
Srinagar: Two elderly women accompanying a girl in 20s from Ramban awaited an X-Ray at Bone and Joints. Bundles of blankets and a few bags over their shoulders, they jostled in the sea of people to help the young patient, her torso in plaster, get inside the building.
The belongings were their beddings for the night, for the 20th night that they were spending in the corridor of the Hospital. Many more nights awaited.
The night scenes in Kashmir's most of the specialty hospitals are the same. Blankets and bundles line up the corridors, attendants of patients struggling for space, trying to steer clear of washrooms and dustbins, entrances and doctors' rooms.
The hospitals present scenes of misery in absence of attendant Sarai: a place where attendants accompanying admitted patients could keep their belongings, cook, eat and get some sleep.
At SMHS Hospital, the building for attendant Sarai was reallocated to serve as a make-shift OPDs for many departments after floods hit Srinagar in 2014. Now that most departments are back to their original locations, a 'temporary' OPD for Super Specialty Hospital has been going on in the premises for years.
At GB Pant Hospital, the dearth of space has not allowed the administration to allocate any area for the attendants. At Bone and Joint Hospital, the scenario is the same.
These hospitals together have over 1500 beds and treat patients from entire Kashmir and many districts in Jammu province. The new Super Specialty Hospital too has no allocation for attendants. At SKIMS Bemina as well, the patients and their attendants have the same state of misery.
Except SKIMS Soura, none of the tertiary care hospitals in Kashmir has an attendant accommodation. SKIMS Soura, on the other hand in recent years has been able to set up decent rooms just outside the Institute, limited but nevertheless a boon for hundreds hailing from far off districts and under treatment.
A senior faculty member Greater Kashmir spoke to said the absence of Sarai was a major set-back to healthcare delivery in Kashmir. He said there often are patients who have to either spend thousands of rupees on "dingy private rooms" rented outside the hospitals or commuting from home to hospital. "The Government must address this issue on priority," he said.
At GB Pant Children Hospital, the corridors are not even wide enough to accommodate a person lying down vertically. Outside the Neonatal ICU, in the same space where shoe racks are lined up, they huddle up for a little rest in-between the feeds and diaper changes of the newborns admitted for treatment. A grandmother is heard making a plea for a little space for her daughter who has delivered a baby days back; A father is heard arguing with another who has "stretched his legs too much"; and discomforting noises of people seeking some comfort.
Medical Superintendent GB Pant Hospital, Dr Nazir Ahmed Chaudhary said the hospital was in the process of shifting to a 500-bedded building in Bemina. "We may have some reprieve there," he said, adding however, that no Sarai had been constructed there as well. Medical Superintendent Bone and Joint Hospital, Dr Mian Suhail said the hospital was an old one and new buildings were in the process of coming up. "We will be discussing the need for Sarai with the administration," he said.


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SENSORIA IS A UNIQUE NATURE TOUR IN GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA
May 11, 2016 By Sensoria | Guanacaste | Costa Rica
There is a place, north of the Rincon de la Vieja Volcanoin Guanacaste, where the dry brown rolling plains give way to lush, tall, green forest. Suddenly you are in anenchanted paradise of gushing waterfalls, sky blue streams, warm thermal springs and bright orchids. This is a place where jaguars, pumas and tapirs roam free. Listen for the call of howler monkeys and the symphony of tropical birdsong with cicadas whirring in tempo. Welcome to Sensoria, Land of Senses.
Sensoria is a private nature reserve that provides unique hiking toursthrough untrammeled forest to hidden waterfalls and volcanic thermal springs on the northeast side of the Rincon de la Vieja National Park in Guanacaste. The goal of owners G2 Developments is to "preserve the untamed beauty of the rainforest, and provide its visitors with a striking, deep reconnection with the Costa Rican jungle, its lush vegetation and its wild, crystal-clear waterfalls." Theirphilosophy of reconnecting with nature is simple: be immersed in it.
Sensoria is a unique Guanacaste tour, being located on the Atlantic slope of the north Pacific's largest active volcano – Rincon de la Vieja – where frequent rains keep the green jungle dense. The region is part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area, which is reported to hold 2.6% of the world's biodiversity and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Sensoria's camera traps have captured wild animals like pacas, ocelots, pumas, tapirs and jaguars on film.
The three- to four-hour Costa Rica eco-tour takes you hiking through the rainforest to waterfalls and pools where you can swim, like the electric blue Aguilar Waterfall and Pool, the 20-meter-high Buenos Aires Waterfall, La Jícara Waterfall, and the warm thermal spring Dantas Waterfall and Pool. Along your journey, hopefully you will see some of Costa Rica's famed wildlife. The guided tour includes lunch.
For security reasons, and to limit the number of visitors at one time on the reserve, Sensoria's tour is available only by reservation; no "walks-ins" allowed. You can stay at Sensoria overnight, renting out rustic accommodations at "La Casona" for private groups between six and 20 persons.
Sensoria is located north of Liberia and Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste. You need a 4×4 vehicle to drive there. Get driving directions here.
Where to stay near Sensoria
An excellent Rincon de la Vieja hotel is Hacienda Guachipelin. The hotel has 54 comfortable ranch-style rooms, a full restaurant, and an adventure park. Day trips to Sensoria are easy from Hacienda Guachipelin.
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The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland
C. Willis Dixon
April 1, 2020 Forthcoming
Series: Routledge Revivals
May 23, 2019 by Routledge
Available for pre-order. Item will ship after April 1, 2020
First published in 1939, this volume describes many of the more colourful episodes in the career of Sir Thomas Maitland, while, in its account of his role as governor, it makes a valuable contribution to the study of early colonial history. Maitland was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. After a distinguished military career, he had two long periods of office in Ceylon, from 1805 to 1811, and from 1813 until his death in 1824 he acted as Governor of Malta and then of the Ionian Islands, where he made a lasting reputation for his vigour and honesty, as well as for his autocratic methods of administration which brought him to be popularly regarded as a tyrant.
Part I. 1. Apprenticeship. Part II. 2. The British Occupation. 3. The Kandyan War and the Military Establishment. 4. The Civil Administration. 5. Agriculture and Commerce. 6. Finance. 7. The Judicial Establishment. 8. Religion, Education and Charity. 9. Maitland and the Colonial Office. Part III. 10. The Mastery of the Mediterranean. Part IV. 11. The Plague. 12. The Civil Administration. 13. The Administration of Justice. 14. Agriculture and Commerce. 15. Religion and Education. Part V. 16. The Constitutional Chart. 17. The Religious Establishment. 18. The Progress of Education. 19. The Economic Prosperity of the Islands. 20. Conclusion.


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Rockland Country Club is located in Sparkill, New York, and features an 18-hole golf course.

History
The club was incorporated in 1906 and commissioned Henry Stark to design a 9-hole course that was ready the following year.  Robert White laid out an entirely new golf course that opened in 1930, expanding the layout to 18 holes.  Alfred Tull designed the present 12th and 13th holes in 1963, after the club decided to abandon the former 8th and 9th holes on the east side of Route 9W, which ran down to the Hudson River but required crossing a busy highway.  Robert Trent Jones redesigned the course in 1965.  John Harvey was later brought in during the late 1990s to update the traditional layout.

The course was remodeled featuring all-new cloverleaf-type bunkering, removal of several blind shots, and several new tee boxes.  Rockland Country Club's greens are known to be some of the firmest and fastest in the Metropolitan area.   Several holes play up and down the ridges that dominate the property.  The 4th and 12th holes, both par 4's, are prime examples of this feature.  Both play considerably longer than the yardage due to the change in elevation.  The club has been the host of the MET PGA Club Professional Championship, since 2008.

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Yachts, planes, whatever can move and smash is being moved and smashed, and we're all the better for it. Especially when someone goes to the trouble of putting 100 tanks on the train tracks and wondering whether the game's mythical train would be stopped by their combined weight.


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Royce White: Activism, Politics & Net Worth
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This article was last updated by on May 6, 2022
Royce White is a former NBA player and civil rights activist from the United States. During his NBA career, he appeared in only three regular-season games.
Due to his NBA-ready body, legal difficulties, point-forward skill set, and public exposure of his terrible fear of flying during his season at Iowa State, White was dubbed the "mystery pick" of the 2012 NBA Draft.
The player was picked by the Houston Rockets in the first round and is now considered a "draft flop." After a brief absence from professional basketball, Royce returned in 2017 to play his first full pro season in Canada.
He also earned the NBL Canada regular-season MVP in 2017 and led the lightning to the NBL Canada championship.
Royce White (Source: Instagram)
This article contains all the details regarding Royce's personal and professional life, including his career highlights and important accomplishments.
But first, some quick facts about the player.
Full Name Royce Alexander White
Birth Date April 10, 1991
Birth Place Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nick Name Royce
Ethnicity African-American
DeLaSalle High School, Hopkins High School
Minnesota University (2009–2010), Iowa State University (2011–2012)
Playing Career 2012 – 2018
Zodiac Aries
Chinese Zodiac Goat
Father's Name Kevin Tucker
Mother's Name Rebecca White
Siblings 3 younger siblings
Height 6 feet 8 inch
NBA Draft Round: 1, Pick: 16th overall, 2012
Shoots Right
Tattoos Yes
Food Habits Non-veg
2× All-NBL Canada First Team
NBL Canada scoring champion, etc.
Marital Status Unknown
League NBA
Annual Salary Under Review
Social Media Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Merch of NBA MMA x NBA
Royce White: Early Life and Family
Royce was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1991 as the son of Kevin Tucker and Rebecca White. He is of mixed descent, including Mexican, Norwegian, Welsh, and African-American ancestors.
White began playing sports at the age of five in the areas of South St. Paul, Rondo, and North Minneapolis. Frank White, his grandpa, has been a longstanding presence in athletics and amusement.
Royce's great grandfather, Don Francisco Rangel was the first voluntary consular representative of Mexico. Don volunteered time at political, social, and cultural events while assisting individuals in need.
He also helped recent arrivals from Mexico settle, assisted individuals in acquiring residency papers, and submitted formal complaints in cases of discrimination and police brutality.
Similarly, Royce's great grandmother, Crescentia Rangel was a community leader. She was heavily involved in the local church "Our Lady of Guadalupe".
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Moreover, Crescentia was considered one of the "Keepers of culture" for the West Side of St. Paul, one of Minnesota's largest Mexican communities.
Royce White: High School Career
From his freshman to junior years, Royce attended DeLaSalle High School.
After leading DeLaSalle to a 19–8 record in his second season, Royce attended the 2007 LeBron James US Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio. Likewise, the player also attended the Nike Global Challenge at the University of Portland.
White attended Hopkins High School during his final year. He won his second state title in 2009 after switching to Hopkins, when he won the Class 4A MSHSL Championship.
With a 31–0 record, Hopkins finished 10th in the final USA Today national poll. As a result, Royce received a slew of university scholarship offers, including those from Minnesota, Creighton, Illinois, Iowa, Purdue, Texas, USC, Iowa State, Michigan State, and Wisconsin.
Royce White playing basketball (Source: peoplepill.com)
The player was also one of 20 2009 Jordan Brand Classic All-Americans, and he was named a First-Team All-State honoree by the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Similarly, White was named Minnesota Mr. Basketball in 2009 and was a member of two Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) championship teams.
Further, he was a Class 3A MSHSL champion as a freshman with DeLaSalle High School in 2006 and a Class 4A MSHSL champion as a senior with Hopkins High School in 2009, guiding his school to a perfect (31-0) record.
Royce White: Basketball Career
Royce attended Minnesota and Iowa State, where he was selected Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, first-team All-Big 12, and the Big 12 All-Rookie team in 2012.
The Houston Rockets selected Royce White 16th overall in the 2012 NBA Draft. He played with the Sacramento Kings in 2014.
The player also played in the G League and the National Basketball League of Canada. Overthere, he was the NBL Canada MVP, scoring champion, and champion for the London Lightning in 2017.
2× All-NBL Canada First Team (2018, 2017)
2018 NBL Canada scoring champion
2017 NBL Canada MVP
2012 First-team All-Big 12, Big 12 All-Rookie Team, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
NBL Canada champion (2018, 2017)
2009 Jordan Brand Classic All-American, Minnesota Mr. Basketball
Did Royce White play Martial Arts?
In early 2019, White published MMA x NBA: A Critique of Modern Sport in America and announced his shift to mixed martial arts.
The work's essence, however, is a thesis on sport, outlining its competitive underpinnings, institutional structures, relationship to society, and future prospects.
The player trained in mixed martial arts for two years.
Following that, the player made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Daiqwon Buckley at LFA 120 on December 10, 2021. However, Royce was defeated by a unanimous decision.
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Mental Health Activist
The six-foot-eight Royce White was a formidable standout on the court with a clever and articulate personality. He was one of just a few NCAA players to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.
Unlike other players, he spoke publicly in college about his lifelong issue with anxiety, which made front-page news because only a few sportsmen at the time discussed their mental health openly.
White discovered the NBA lacked a mental health policy during his rookie season. As a result, they both pushed back forcefully.
The player missed the start of NBA camp on October 1, in order to work out a contract with the Rockets and the NBA that addressed the league's mental health policy, or lack thereof.
Following consultations with his own long-term doctor, White asked for authorization to travel by bus when required in order to keep his flight schedule to a minimum.
The Rockets and Royce reached an arrangement on travel, which included permitting White to go by personal bus rather than flying. Before this deal, the player missed the first week of training camp.
Further, a few games into the season, Royce had a disagreement with the team over the irregularity of how mental health was handled.
He emphasized the risk of team executives being able to make judgments on mental health and health while having no mental health expertise. As a result, he was unable to join the team.
These occurrences coincided with the Rockets' intention to assign White, along with two other young players, to their Rio Grande Valley Vipers NBA Development League club. The problem remained unsolved by the conclusion of the week.
Continuing Advocacy
NBA reached an impasse as Royce continued to campaign openly for a mental health policy. Royce, who was at that time, 21, refused to play another NBA game until a thorough policy was in place.
It was a position made as much for himself as for his fellow players, the whole league, and the world that it affected.
Royce believed that the struggle stretched well beyond Royce, who views the NBA as an ideal platform for bringing the topic of mental health out into the open, exemplifying reform and eradicating stigma.
And, gradually, as more NBA players have come forth in the past years to speak about their inner battles, and as coaches and general managers have joined the dialogue, the NBA is beginning to show indications of change.
Royce White: Political Career
Following the murder of George Floyd, White spearheaded multiple protests. Royce led a nonviolent demonstration in late May that drew hundreds of people down Interstate 35.
He also walked from 38th St. and Chicago Ave., the site of Floyd's killing, to the White House beginning September 11, through battleground states like Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Royce White leading the protest rally following the murder of Floyd (Source: Instagram)
During the demonstrations, the player also pushed for economic involvement in the Black community.
Free The Uyghurs
After Covid-19 lockdowns suspended its season in 2020, The BIG 3 resumed playing in 2021. During the first week of the season, Royce attended a game wearing a t-shirt that read "Free The Uyghurs."
Following a game-winning basket, Royce appeared on CBS with John Sally for a post-game interview, during which he asked for the release of 2 million Uyghurs from concentration camps.
Commentators compared his words to the NBA's support for the Chinese government.
As the season progressed, Royce went on to address more controversial themes such as Gain of Function Research, The Federal Reserve, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Muammar Gaddafi, The Great Reset, Larry Hoover, Jeff Fort, Ivermectin, Me Too, and so on.
Running for Congress
Moreover, on February 22, 2022, White declared his intention to run as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in Minnesota against Ilhan Omar.
The former player wrote:
"Today I'm officially announcing that I will be running for Congress in MN-CD5 against Ilhan Omar. It's time to clean the house. God Bless America! The Fight Continues… #Godspeed"
Royce White: Charges
In the October 13, 2009, incident at the Mall of America, Royce pleaded guilty to theft and disorderly conduct.
The player was accused of taking $100 worth of clothes and of fifth-degree assault when he allegedly pushed a mall security officer to the ground twice. However, he claimed the security officer was charging at him and he was defending himself.
Likewise, in November, Royce was also a suspect in a laptop theft from a university dorm. However, after three months of inquiry, the University of Minnesota police department did not have enough evidence to prosecute him for theft.
In January, he was formally charged with trespassing. Following that, in February 2010, Royce departed from the University of Minnesota.
The player is athletic and powerful, weighing around 118 kg. Likewise, the athlete is 6 feet 8 inches tall.
Royce's arms are covered with tattoos. Royce White was born in the year 1991, Therefore, he is 31 years old. Likewise, his zodiac is Aries.
Royce White: Facts and Trivia
Royce is also an author. Through his sub-stack, he has released four books and eight open letters. He has written for various publications, including Sports Illustrated and The Cauldron.
Likewise, the player has been on several episodes, including War Room Pandemic with Steve Bannon and Fearless with Jason Whitlock.
White has also received great acclaim from Steven Bannon, who frequently refers to him as a populist thought leader.
Bannon has been described as a friend, mentor, and American hero by White, considering him to be the fundamental motivation for getting engaged in politics.
Moreover, Royce White's website describes him as a ready and skilled leader whose voice will effectively represent CD5 in Congress.
Royce White: Net Worth
Throughout his career, the NBA player earned a total of $4,015,976. He also made some extra money through various sponsorship arrangements.
The player's net worth is reported to be about $1 million. As a result, we can say that the player has enough money to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle and run a campaign for the congress.
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Is Royce White married?
White's current marital status is unknown. However, the player has a son with Angelic Aguilar.
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<?php

/**
 *
 * @package CRM
 * @copyright CiviCRM LLC (c) 2004-2015
 * $Id$
 *
 */

/**
 * This class is to build the form for Deleting Set
 */
class CRM_Price_Form_DeleteSet extends CRM_Core_Form {

  /**
   * The set id.
   *
   * @var int
   */
  protected $_sid;

  /**
   * The title of the set being deleted.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  protected $_title;

  /**
   * Set up variables to build the form.
   *
   * @return void
   */
  public function preProcess() {
    $this->_sid = $this->get('sid');

    $this->_title = CRM_Core_DAO::getFieldValue('CRM_Price_DAO_PriceSet',
      $this->_sid, 'title'
    );
  }

  /**
   * Build the form object.
   *
   * @return void
   */
  public function buildQuickForm() {
    $this->assign('title', $this->_title);
    $this->addButtons(array(
        array(
          'type' => 'next',
          'name' => ts('Delete Price Set'),
          'isDefault' => TRUE,
        ),
        array(
          'type' => 'cancel',
          'name' => ts('Cancel'),
        ),
      )
    );
  }

  /**
   * Process the form when submitted.
   *
   * @return void
   */
  public function postProcess() {
    if (CRM_Price_BAO_PriceSet::deleteSet($this->_sid)) {
      CRM_Core_Session::setStatus(ts('The Price Set \'%1\' has been deleted.',
        array(1 => $this->_title), ts('Deleted'), 'success'
      ));
    }
    else {
      CRM_Core_Session::setStatus(ts('The Price Set \'%1\' has not been deleted! You must delete all price fields in this set prior to deleting the set.',
        array(1 => $this->_title)
      ), 'Unable to Delete', 'error');
    }
  }

}


We've had enough of the police brutality, of the colorblind mythologies and post-racial rhetoric, of the sweet-talk, of the calls for non-violence; of mass incarceration and systemic poverty, of trigger happy cops and crying black mothers, of the Eric Garners and Renisha McBrides, the Michael Browns and Tarika Wilsons; of black tears and white terror. Dr Martin Luther King Jr said in 1968: "A riot is the language of the unheard". Today, nearly 50 years later, black America demands to not only be heard but heeded – by any means necessary.
This week in Ferguson, Missouri, there has been more backlash over the resistance of a few black (and some white) protestors than the violence of white police. Meanwhile, according to organizers on the ground, it has mainly been (white) outsiders inciting violence to promote their own agenda. As the writer Sarah Kendzior tweeted: "White people coming to STL to provoke police violence against black residents and get them blamed". More than blamed: black people are left to bear the brunt of the political mess white infiltration leaves behind, be it by the National Guard or outside organizers.
But to focus more on the people's resistance than the police repression that created it – even as tensions cooled in the streets on Monday night – is to participate in the dehumanization and devaluing of black life. To ignore the elders rallying for the sake of our babies and young people peacefully protesting on behalf of our future while some (white) visitors instigate disarray is morally reprehensible. Beyond Ferguson, the pattern is clear. Blacks are always to blame, even as we are brutalized by police, ghettoized by neoliberal policies, and disenfranchised by a racist criminal (in)justice system.
But that's the crux of white supremacist racial logic: the problem with black people is … well, black people – not mass incarceration and the deindustrialization of urban America, not educational inequality and generational poverty, not 400 years of slavery, lynchings, and Jim Crow. To be black in America is to be victimized and then made responsible for our victimization. We built this country. But, apparently, it is we who are lazy and dependent. We are bullied politically, socially and economically. But it is we who are called "thugs".
"There is never an excuse for violence against police," President Obama said. Yet there are endless excuses for state violence against black people. For mass incarceration, there's the "war on drugs". For poverty and unemployment, there's "a culture of laziness" and "government dependence". For the educational gap, there's the burden of "acting white". For Eric Garner: "loosies". And for Michael Brown, there are stolen cigarillos, jaywalking or anything the police can say to shift the narrative from their white supremacist practices to black "ghetto" culture.
It is to say that black lives do not matter, that our babies deserve death and despair, that our communities don't deserve protection and justice.
Obama needs post-racialism like Bush needed the "war on terror": to camouflage our contradictions, to exercise global dominance vis-à-vis a (neo)liberal-democratic narrative, to lie to the world. But with the numbers of black bodies unemployed, incarcerated and extrajudicially executed, what are to we to do?
But we must act collectively and courageously. Alongside the immediate arrest of Darren Wilson, we must demand the demilitarization of law enforcement as well as the decriminalization of the black body. In addition to the withdrawal of the curfew and National Guard, we must demand the withdrawal of apartheid police forces and local governments where a black majority is ruled by a white minority. We cannot depend on the same police force that killed Brown to liberate us. In Ferguson and across the nation we must push for the implementation of community-oriented police models that include prevention, problem-solving, citizen engagement and community partnerships. There needs to be a cop-watch program in every city across America with a high concentration of people of color.
Also, we must recognize that naming Wilson as the killer without naming white supremacy as the culprit fails to address the root of racialized police violence. We must recognize, as Malcolm X did, that police brutality is a human rights issue that will not be solved simply by the passing of legislation. Our rallies must spark revolutionary action. Our marching must evolve into a sustainable movement. We must see that this is bigger than Brown and Wilson, than Ferguson or New York City. This is about the value of black life in 21st-century America.
Why are white people scared of black people's rage at Mike Brown's death?
Michael Brown shooting: what will the Missouri grand jury consider?


Thinking About Retaking the LSAT?
Home » LSAT » Thinking About Retaking the LSAT?
If you think you're capable of a higher score than your September results might suggest, but you're stressed about getting your applications completed as early as possible — don't be.
It's true that law schools review applications on a rolling basis and that it's typically somewhat easier to get admitted near the beginning of the cycle, when there are still tons of seats in the upcoming class left. BUT that marginal benefit is almost certainly smaller than the benefit of applying later with a higher LSAT score.
In other words — LSAT scores make a bigger difference than submitting your application early, so if it comes down to that choice, you'd be better off taking the higher LSAT score.
A lot of people end up not doing much better on their second try because they lose momentum in their studies. If you sign up to retake the LSAT, but then don't do much studying, it should come as no surprise that your score probably won't change much. So in order to make your retake worth it, you need to be willing to commit to devoting a lot of time and effort into your studies, or it's probably not gonna be worth it.
If you took the LSAT in September and want to take it again in November, your September LSAT results will provide you with some helpful data points about the areas in which you could improve. When you get your score report, analyze what question types you were most likely to flub, where you missed points that you probably shouldn't have missed, and any other whiffs.
Then, formulate a study plan designed to address those problems. You might need to go back and do some untimed practice if you're still struggling with a particular question type, or you might need to do some timed sections if you're getting things right but running out of runway by the end of a section. This is your chance to go back and address those issues so that you won't encounter them again on your next go-around.
Retaking the LSAT isn't for the faint of heart, but it can result in big benefits if you're willing to do a little legwork. Just make sure you're being realistic about the time and energy levels you'd be willing to invest.


It's well known that Omega loves an anniversary, but the one that I'm currently celebrating with them in Bienne is quite significant. This year marks 125 years since the Calibre Omega — a 19-ligne movement that was so significant that, a few years after its debut in 1894, the company changed its name to the Omega Watch Company in 1903, and the rest, as they say, is history.
But what made the Calibre so significant that it earned the declarative moniker of Omega — the last letter of the Greek alphabet — and the 'ultimate' achievement in watchmaking? Well, this calibre matters because it was innovative — it was awarded a patent for setting and winding via the crown, but more than that it mattered because it was the first serially produced movement, a movement that was not only produced using an industrial production line method, but it also meant that parts were produced very precisely, and thus interchangeable or replaceable. We might take it for granted now, but whenever you drop your watch in for a routine service, you owe a small debt to the Omega Calibre.
To celebrate this achievement, Omega has released two very special watches. The first is a very special, very limited half-hunter pocket watch with the crown at three. These 19 watches are made using original 19-ligne movement components. The bridges, mainplates, escapements and balance spring are original but paired with some more contemporary elements, like the mainspring and barrel, screws and chatons. Like last year's 18 CHRO watch, this is a very special piece, and one that represents a 'living' bridge between Omega's past and future.
Less limited, but no less special is the stunning new Omega De Ville Trésor 125th Anniversary Special Edition, a truly elegant 40mm 18k yellow gold watch with a gorgeous red enamel dial — the first time Omega has used this sort of dial. The deep bordeaux colour, paired with the gold and simple stick hours and hands is very fine indeed, with just the right degree of dandy-ish appeal (as you can see from Omega's promotional material starring Eddie Redmayne). The caseback is equally as impressive, with a commemorative 125 years medallion in the centre of the solid caseback, filled with red enamel, and in the historic Omega font. Inside the watch beats the brand new Master Chronometer Calibre 8929. A tribute to the original 19-ligne calibre, this is the first Master Chronometer certified manually wound calibre.
Like the wine that inspired the colour choice, this Trésor is rich, full-bodied and incredibly elegant.


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Q: When do temporary parameter values go out of scope?
Possible Duplicate:
Lifetime of temporaries

int LegacyFunction(const char *s) {
    // do something with s, like print it to standard output
    // this function does NOT retain any pointer to s after it returns.
    return strlen(s);
}

std::string ModernFunction() {
    // do something that returns a string
    return "Hello";
}

LegacyFunction(ModernFunction().c_str());

The above example could easily be rewritten to use smart pointers instead of strings; I've encountered both of these situations many times.  Anyway, the above example will construct an STL string in ModernFunction, return it, then get a pointer to a C-style string inside of the string object, and then pass that pointer to the legacy function.

*

*There is a temporary string object that exists after ModernFunction has returned.  When does it go out of scope?

*Is it possible for the compiler to call c_str(), destruct this temporary string object, and then pass a dangling pointer to LegacyFunction?  (Remember that the string object is managing the memory that c_str() return value points to...)

*If the above code is not safe, why is it not safe, and is there a better, equally concise way to write it than adding a temporary variable when making the function calls?  If it's safe, why?

A:
There is a temporary string object that exists after ModernFunction has returned. When does it go out of scope?

Strictly speaking, it's never in scope. Scope is a property of a name, not an object. It just so happens that automatic variables have a very close association between scope and lifetime. Objects that aren't automatic variables are different.
Temporary objects are destroyed at the end of the full-expression in which they appear, with a couple of exceptions that aren't relevant here. Anyway the special cases extend the lifetime of the temporary, they don't reduce it.

Is it possible for the compiler to call c_str(), destruct this temporary string object, and then pass a dangling pointer to LegacyFunction

No, because the full-expression is LegacyFunction(ModernFunction().c_str()) (excluding the semi-colon: feel that pedantry), so the temporary that is the return value of ModernFunction is not destroyed until LegacyFunction has returned.

If it's safe, why?

Because the lifetime of the temporary is long enough.
In general with c_str, you have to worry about two things. First, the pointer it returns becomes invalid if the string is destroyed (which is what you're asking). Second, the pointer it returns becomes invalid if the string is modified. You haven't worried about that here, but it's OK, you don't need to, because nothing modifies the string either.

A: LegacyFunction(ModernFunction().c_str());

Destruction of copy will be after evaluation of full expression (i.e. after return from LegacyFunction).
n3337 12.2/3

Temporary objects are destroyed as the last step
in evaluating the full-expression (1.9) that (lexically) contains the point where they were created.

n3337 1.9/10

A full-expression is an expression that is not a subexpression of another expression. If a language construct
is defined to produce an implicit call of a function, a use of the language construct is considered to be an
expression for the purposes of this definition. A call to a destructor generated at the end of the lifetime of
an object other than a temporary object is an implicit full-expression. Conversions applied to the result of
an expression in order to satisfy the requirements of the language construct in which the expression appears
are also considered to be part of the full-expression.
[ Example:
struct S {
S(int i): I(i) { }
int& v() { return I; }
private:
int I;
};
S s1(1); // full-expression is call of S::S(int)
S s2 = 2; // full-expression is call of S::S(int)
void f() {
if (S(3).v()) // full-expression includes lvalue-to-rvalue and
// int to bool conversions, performed before
// temporary is deleted at end of full-expression
{ }
}

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Q: How to install docker client only without docker engine I want to write a script which going to use docker API. It will communicate with the docker engine which runs on the host machine.
I don't wanna install the entire docker to my image just CLI and later use the host network to communicate with the docker engine.
My script under the hood gonna run commands like docker image inspect someiamge

A: You can use binary distribution of docker, which can be downloaded from here, you can get docker client binaries there.
Here is the documentation of installation of a docker from binaries. Just skip part of starting docker engine and make sure that your docker client points to a correct remote engine (mounting /var/run/docker.sock)

A: I thinking about using docker image to extract the CLI client.
COPY --from=docker:latest /usr/local/bin/docker  /usr/local/bin/

Example of dockerfile
FROM php:8-cli-alpine

COPY --from=docker:latest /usr/local/bin/docker  /usr/local/bin/

And later you could use this image with following command
docker run -it --rm --entrypoint docker -v docker run -it --rm --entrypoint docker -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock yourimage:tag image ls

This has a significant downside. The docker image does not support linux/arm/v7 architecture.
 => ERROR [linux/arm/v7 internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/docker:latest                                                                                4.5s
 => ERROR [linux/arm/v7 internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/composer:2

Better to use SDK.


Commentary: It guided me across an ocean, accompanied me to family celebrations and stood by me as I mourned a loved one. Why losing this gadget cut deep.
The Moto X returns to the accident site.
My Moto X silently flew through the air, my fumbling fingers trying to catch it as it reached my backyard fish pond. I heard a soft "swunk" as it descended below the water's surface, the screen lit up with a notification from my Ring video doorbell. That was the last time I saw my phone fully alive, and three weeks later I still can't stop thinking about my old Moto.
It's not that I lost data. I backed everything up. I'm mourning the hardware for what it represents: our history together. I didn't just dunk my phone. I dunked a piece of my heart.
The phone went to England with me via ship for my honeymoon and saw dolphins swimming in the cold Atlantic water. It weathered the misty rains of the UK, stood with me in glorious green fields and captured grand manors with its lens. It navigated me across the twisting stone walls of the Peak District and helped me pronounce "Derbyshire" right. This was my first journey abroad with a smartphone and I reveled in how it replaced the stack of maps, guide books and handwritten notes I'd carried along on previous trips.
The Moto X was my traveling companion in England's Peak District.
The last phone call I ever had with my stepfather was on my Moto X, and the phone was in my pocket when I stood at his deathbed. The next morning, I wrote a tribute to him using its tiny keyboard. On that screen, I revisited his love of Fellini films, his vinyl collection stocked with Warren Zevon and Bob Dylan albums and his passion for mystery novels.
The phone later gathered pictures at my sister's vibrant, flower-soaked wedding, capturing those under-the-radar moments when she had her long hair painstakingly curled and she and her fiance practiced their first dance to the tune of "Besame Mucho." More than a phone. More than a camera. It was a steady companion through both the delights and laments of my life.
When I tell people I'm a gadget lover, I mean it. I still carry my old iPad 2 around the house like a baby, using it to watch Netflix while I cook or work on jigsaw puzzles. I kept my Wii long after it started making funny noises and stalling out in the middle of games. But those devices didn't ride shotgun with me down Route 66 or capture the moment when I ran my fingers down the back of a fallow deer at the Grand Canyon Deer Farm with a grin on my face.
I bought my second-generation Moto X as a used phone on eBay in early 2015, though Motorola first released the gadget in 2014. That qualifies it as elderly in smartphone terms. It was my first big-girl phone, replacing an adequate but unexciting Moto G.
Before my Moto X took a dip, I'd been contemplating a replacement. I wanted the latest Android system and the Moto X couldn't deliver. My phone was working fine and, being budget-conscious, I was still far away from making the change. But most of all, I just really still liked my phone.
As happens with even the closest friends, sometimes it got on my nerves. It delivered an endless string of crappy low-light photos. The battery ran down way too fast and I was always accidentally opening the camera from the lock screen. But I knew its foibles and could live with them.
I remember the accident like I'm watching a movie. One moment, the phone was in a shallow pocket on the front of my sweater. The next, it executed a perfect two-flip dive and landed gracefully among the fancy goldfish, who swam up to investigate it for edibility.
My Moto X in its rice bath. I'm still checking it for signs of life.
I didn't panic. I calmly plunged my hand into the cold water and grabbed the phone before it could sink to the bottom. For a moment, I thought everything might be fine. But it wasn't. I shook the device off and rushed it inside like a triage patient. As I attempted to turn it off and begin life-saving procedures, the screen flickered, dark lines shot across the display and it went black.
Liquid damage is the culprit behind 35 percent of all smartphone repairs, research firm IDC found in 2016, so I already knew the common tips for saving a cell phone from water exposure.
I dabbed at the phone with paper towels. I googled how to open it up and remove the battery, since it wouldn't turn off. It's possible to do, but not easy. I called a local cell phone repair place, which said it could take days to diagnose the extent of my phone's water damage. And, finally, I said goodbye.
Later that day, I drove to a local electronics retailer with my SIM card in a baggie in one pocket and my dead Moto X in the other. I strolled in, requested an unlocked Moto G5 Plus in lunar gray with 64GB of storage and walked out with my new (merely "splashproof") phone. My SIM card fired right up, none the worse for wear for having gone swimming.
Armed with a new phone, I tucked my Moto X into a container full of basmati rice and hope. I let it sit there for a week to see if it might rise like Lazarus and find a new purpose as a backup phone. It didn't, at least not yet. I keep checking it in case it does.
I may never feel as attached to the Moto G5 Plus as I did to the Moto X, but I know there will be more joys and sorrows to come. My new phone has already documented a dramatic living-room remodel project. It will travel with me to Phoenix soon for a Nascar race.
At least one thing is very familiar: the G5 Plus also takes kinda cruddy low-light photos. I find it oddly comforting. I may have upgraded my smartphone, but I will never upgrade the Moto X out of my heart.


Here a cute video of David Beckham walking through Dulles International Airport.
Being the kind respectable gentleman that he is, he signed every autograph that a fan asked for and he even took off his cap to take a picture with a fan.
Below are pictures of David meeting the press and a few fans after a training session.
Sorry for not mentioning. This is UK Glamour August 2008.
Whilst David Beckham was playing against Washington DC, Victoria Beckham went to an ice skating rink with her sons at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.
Victoria was seen her with Romeo, and pal Kate Beckinsale, who brought along her director husband Len Wiseman and daughter Lily.
Victoria is again wearing a much more casual look of baggy jeans and flipflops.
The combination of summer heat, an odd starting time and a determined D.C. United proved to be too much for the LA Galaxy to overcome in a decisive 4-1 loss.
The temperature of 82 degrees at the noon starting time, seemed to affect the Galaxy far more than home-standing United.
"Well, it's 9 a.m. for us," said a tired Landon Donovan. "But both teams had to play in it."
The 12 noon start was to facilitate a nationally televised doubleheader with the MLS match and the European Championship final between Germany and Spain on ABC.
"Mostly too much United," said defender Chris Klein about which had more effect, the weather or the Galaxy's opponent. "It was hot but it was hot for them too. They were more adaptable because they did a very good job today of keeping the ball so when you have the ball it's not as tiring. We had a pretty good first half and then came out flat in the second half."
Edson Buddle scored Galaxy's only goal in the first half.
Next up for David Beckham and the LA Galaxy will be a home game on the 4th July, as they will take on the first place team in the Eastern Conference - the New England Revolution.
Stop press! Victoria Beckham is out in her baggy man jeans again!
Victoria was spotted leaving a medical centre in LA yesterday. She was with her two boys Cruz and Romeo, two nannies, and her security team.
She was wearing the baggy man jeans she wore on her recent family trip to Disney's Adventure Park, tight blue polo-necked top and a Dolce & Gabbana harlequin leather bag.
The casually dressed star didn't seem much in the mood for posing for the paparazzi.
I will guess that due to the bag being in front of her stomach and her being at a medical center, rumours of a pregnancy will start.
Victoria Beckham was spotted on the a balcony taking a break from a photoshoot this week wearing a white dress.
The dress is by Antonio Berardi, but her dress is a modification of the dress that appeared on the runway.
David Beckham and the rest of the LA Galaxy team arrived in Washington DC on Friday morning to an excited group of waiting fans.
David looked a little tired after the flight, but was still happy to accept a yellow rose from a fan waiting for him at the airport.
The LA Galaxy play DC United on Sunday at 12.30pm local time.
Who Wore Marc Jacobs Better?
Victoria Beckham To Appear On Oprah?
Victoria Beckham For Vogue US?


PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Eyewitness News I-Team went inside a Philadelphia hotel with police to reveal how Citywide Vice is changing its tactics to target prostitution.
It's the first time the Philadelphia Police Department has allowed the media inside a sting operation of its kind.
The Vice squad posted provocative ads on backpage.com.
A few minutes later, men began answering them.
They were completely unaware that the women they had arranged to meet were actually undercover female police officers and the I-Team and police were watching from next door.
"He's in. Okay, he's in," said Sgt. Joe Lanciano, Citywide Vice.
"I'm not here to do anything. I'm sorry, I didn't do anything," said one of them.
"C'mon man. I've got kids. Please don't do this to me," said another.
Police arrested seven "Johns" in about three hours during the operation which took place mid-day during the work week.
All seven men were charged with a misdemeanor for criminal solicitation.
The defendants include Andrew Muse, 29, Keith Cramer, 43, Aaron Lewis, 26, Victor Gorbachev, 54, Alex Ocasio, 23, Derrell Johnson, 32 and Anthony Hess, 20.
None of the defendants responded to Eyewitness News' requests for comment except for Gorbachev's attorney, Michael Kotik, Esq.
"At this time my client is innocent until proven guilty and we still have to explore the discovery associated with this case so we can better determine the appropriate course of action," he said.
Northeast Philadelphia has become a "hotbed" for prostitution according to Capt. Derrick Wood, former Citywide Vice commander.
"So we are really stepping up our efforts … We feel like for decades we've been attacking the women. A lot of these women are victims. They're being taken advantage of and exploited by these customers who come there to patronize. So we've changed our tactics," he said.
In addition to arresting prostitutes, police are attacking the demand for prostitution in the city.
"We're trying to attack this from the demand end and are going after the guys who are frequenting the prostitutes. We're taking their cell phones, we're taking their money and we're publicizing their names. So we want to get the word out that if you're going to come to Philadelphia to pick up prostitutes, you're going to pay the consequences," said Sgt. Lanciano.
"We've got guys who are Megan's Law offenders, wanted by the feds, wanted for murder or been arrested for murder in the past. So we use the word 'Johns' but these guys aren't necessarily you're next door neighbors," says Capt. Wood.
Police say prostitution is a magnet for all types of crime including guns, drugs and human trafficking which can put even innocent bystanders in danger.
For example, last March police say two pimps started shooting at each other inside a Philadelphia hotel.
Sting operations: Are they effective in decreasing prostitution?
Police say the rate of "Johns" who re-offend vs. the rate of prostitutes who re-offend is drastically different.
During sting operations in 2014, Capt. Wood says the vice squad arrested 313 "Johns," more than double the number from the year prior.
Of the 313 men arrested in 2014, only a couple of them had previously been arrested for the same crime. Whereas the majority of prostitutes arrested during sting operations had prior arrests for the same crime.
"So it is law enforcement's belief that after the men go through something like this, it is enough to deter them from doing it again … You decrease the demand for prostitution and you decrease prostitution altogether," said Capt. Wood.


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Q: MediaPlugin - Get MediaFile From Path This may be a simple question but I can't get it to work.
I have no issue setting a picture from the Camera with TakePhotoAsync().
The problem is that I upload the pictures to a BlobStorage and I would like to get a Plugin.Media.Abstractions.MediaFile from the blob Byte array.
Something like :
MediaFile file = new MediaFile(...);

Does anyone know how to do that ?
Thanks in advance
EDIT : My question seems to be not clear enough based on an answer.
I am able to take a picture and upload it to a blob storage.
It is the opposite that I want to do and don't see how.
I want to download the picture from the Blob storage which I get as a byte array and then get a MediaFile from it.

A: First you need to take image using this code:
EventImageFile = await CrossMedia.Current.TakePhotoAsync(
                        new StoreCameraMediaOptions
                        {
                            SaveToAlbum = true,
                            Directory = "your directory name",
                            Name = DateTime.Now + ".jpg",
                            DefaultCamera = CameraDevice.Rear,
                            //CompressionQuality = 10
                        });

Then you can convert it to byte[] using this piece of code:
private byte[] ConvertMediaFileToByteArray(MediaFile file)
{
    using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        file.GetStream().CopyTo(memoryStream);
        return memoryStream.ToArray();
    }
}

And post your byte[] to blob storage

A: You can do it by providing a Func which returns a stream for your byte array:
var image = new MediaFile("C:\fake-blob-filename.jpg", () =>
            {
                new MemoryStream(blobBytes); // Your byte array is the argument
            });

A: To download the image from blob use HttpClient and download it as Byte array.
Once you have your array you can save it to any folder your app has permissions.
When you save it you should have the path for the same.
You can use the path to load the image via Image view or via Media Picker.