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I am having a very strange observation on UWP but not on Android or IOS.
I have Entry field like so
<Entry x:Name="MyEntry" Text="{Binding EntryText}"> <Entry.Behaviors> <behaviorsPack:EventToCommandBehavior EventName="Completed" Command="{Binding EntryCompletedCommand}"/> </Entry.Behaviors> </Entry>
Above, Completed event is fired once
EntryTextis provided and it is supposed to fire
Below this entry, I have 2 buttons. One for Item-A and one for Item-B. These buttons have their own command
OnButtonTappedwhich is called when user taps on them.
User can enter values into Entry view in 2 ways: (a) by tapping on Item-A or Item-B buttons or by scanning a barcode of these 2 buttons using an external barcode scanner.
Following these steps, everything works fine on Android or IOS:
1. User taps on Item-B button and Item-B is added to Entry view - this is all good
2. Next, user scans Item-A and Item-A is added to Entry view replacing Item-B - this is also all good on Android/IOS but not on UWP
However, on UWP, Item-B is added again in step 2 instead of adding Item-A. Only on UWP is that somehow Item-B was remembered and entered again whereas the same code works fine on Android and IOS.
I spent some time digging into this and what I see is that on Android or IOS, each scan will call
EntryCompletedCommand command and each tap will call
OnButtonTapped command.
UWP Inconsistancies with Command
EntryCompletedCommand command is never called even if I dont first tap on a button. On Android and IOS, it is called correctly.
OnButtonTapped command **instead **of calling
EntryCompletedCommand command. It is like on UWP, a previously tapped button will gets "remembered" and its command gets called instead of calling the
The event Completed will been called when user click the Enter in keyboard. So ,it is different between iOS and Android . You can call the method entry.SendCompleted(); It will called the event Completed manually .
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The event Completed will been called when user click the Enter in keyboard. So ,it is different between iOS and Android . You can call the method entry.SendCompleted(); It will called the event Completed manually .
Thanks @LucasZhang Correct, the Completed is fired when user hits Enter or when scanned barcode contains LF at the end of scan and this is working just find on Android and IOS. It is the UWP that seem to be somehow "remembering" whatever was done last time. For example, if I tap on a button and after button even refocus on Entry, scan will trigger that button tap instead of Completed even though the Entry had focus which is what is so wired about it and the fact that same code misbehaves only on UWP.
Can you share a sample which contains the issue so that I can test it on my side .


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From the temple to worship, New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bethke takes apart everything you might know about God and the church and then puts it all back together in his characteristic straight-talk-backed-by-Biblical-principles style.
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Recently, a better understanding of the biologic and molecular basis of kidney cancer has led to the development and approval of new targeted agents. Many of these are directed against the vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (e.g., bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib, pazopanib, axitinib, cabozantinib), the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway (e.g., everolimus and temsirolimus), and the programmed cell death1/programmed cell death ligand 1 pathway (e.g., nivolumab). With the advent of targeted agents, improvements in clinical outcomes occurred, with response rates > 30% and median overall survival (mOS) of almost 2 years, depending on the patient risk profile, agent used, and other clinical variables1.
Considering the evolution of the standard of care in the treatment of mRCC, we sought to determine whether these changes had directly translated into a survival benefit in clinical practice. Our aim was to clarify whether improvements in mRCC survival were also present in a "real-world" cohort of patients. We retrospectively collected data from 500 mRCC patients treated at Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (Milan, Italy). Thus, we examined the difference in exposure to multiple lines of treatment and OS between patients who started therapy for mRCC in 2 different periods (period 1, 2004-2010; and period 2, 2011-2017). We reviewed our real-world clinical practice for mRCC and investigated the difference in OS and trends in exposure to multiple lines of treatment between patients who had started first-line therapy in the 2 periods.
In our analysis, a significant improvement in OS occurred during the more recent treatment period in the mRCC population, from a mOS of 22.8 months for 2004 to 2010 to 38.2 months for 2011 to 2017 (Figure 1). However, the difference did not reach statistical significance on multivariate analysis. We also found an increase in period 2 in the number of patients who received more therapeutic lines at PD compared with patients treated in period 1.
This improvement over the years can be explained by the intensified medical and surgical strategies used in a multidisciplinary approach, with the aim of providing optimal treatment to patients during the course of the disease2. Second, for patients who started treatment between 2011 and 2017, 4 new therapeutic agents for the treatment of mRCC were available in Italy (e.g., axitinib, pazopanib, nivolumab, cabozantinib). The availability of new drugs has increased the lines of treatment received by patients. Thus, the survival of patients receiving more therapeutic agents has increased. A significant association between increased survival and treatment after first-line therapy has been highlighted3. In our analysis, we found that patients treated in period 2 were more likely to receive different therapeutic lines at PD compared with those treated in period 1.
Third, in view of an increased number of drugs available, therapy and adverse event management has also improved. The new schedules have allowed one to tailor treatment to the patient characteristics4, allowing patients to be treated for as long as possible.
These real-life data support and confirm the positive effect of novel therapies and a multimodal approach for mRCC. The prognosis of mRCC patients will likely continue to improve with optimization of the current targeted therapy and approval of novel agents with different mechanisms of action.
Figure 1 - Kaplan-Meier Estimates of Overall Survival (OS) for Patients Treated in Period 1 and Period 2.
Written by: Raffaele Ratta, Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
- Albiges, T. Choueiri, B. Escudier, et al. A systematic review of sequencing and combinations of systemic therapy in metastatic renal cancer. Eur Urol, 67 (2014), pp. 100-110.
- Mennitto, E. Verzoni, G. Calareso, et al. Treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma: recent advances and current role of immunotherapy, surgery, and cryotherapy. Tumori, 103 (2017), pp. 15-21.
- Wagstaff, R. Jones, R. Hawkins, et al. Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma in the UK: insights from the RECCORD registry. Ann Oncol, 27 (2016), pp. 159-165.
- Bracarda, R. Iacovelli, L. Boni, et al. Sunitinib administered on 2/1 schedule in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: the RAINBOW analysis. Ann Oncol, 26 (2015), pp. 2107-2113.
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OAKLAND (AP) — A California judge ruled that a teen girl declared brain dead more than three years ago after a tonsillectomy may still be technically alive, allowing a malpractice lawsuit against the hospital to proceed.
Alameda County Judge Stephen Pulido ruled Tuesday that it's up to a jury to determine whether Jahi McMath is alive, which would increase the amount of damages if jurors decide in the family's favor.
The family is seeking damages from Children's Hospital in Oakland for allegedly botching a routine operation to remove the girl's tonsils in December 2013. The family is also demanding a ruling that McMath is alive and for the hospital pay for Jahi's future care. She was 13 when the operation was conducted.
Jahi was pronounced dead after the surgery and the Alameda County coroner signed a death certificate in January 2014.
Lawyers for the girl and her family did not immediately return a telephone messages left Thursday seeking comment. A lawyer for the hospital, Thomas Still, had no immediate comment Wednesday morning but said he would comment later.
The case has been at the center of national debate over brain death since the girl's mother refused to remove her daughter from life-support after doctors declared her dead.
Her mother has previously acknowledged that her daughter's brain is severely and irreparably damaged. But Latasha Spears Winkfield said her daughter is still alive and her Christian belief compels her fight to keep her daughter on life support.
Winkfield has released video clips of Jahi's fingers twitching.
Several doctors, including two hired by an Alameda County court, have said brain-dead patients can still twitch and move slightly.
After a judge ruled that California doctors could remove the girl from life support, her mother took her to New Jersey, the only U.S. state that accommodates religions that do not recognize brain death. The girl is on life support in a New Jersey apartment, where she receives medical care.
Court records show that New Jersey Medicaid has picked up some of the girl's health care costs. The family has also received financial contributions from an online fundraising campaign.
In ordering the case to trial, Alameda County Judge Stephen Pulido relied on the testimony of well-known critic of diagnosing brain death Dr. Alan Shewmon.
In court documents filed in July, the retired neurologist said videos recorded by McMath's family from 2014 to 2016 showed the teen was still alive.
The images, some made public by the girl's relatives, show Jahi twitching her fingers and reacting to odors that Shewmon and her relatives said were noxious without providing more specifics. Shewmon said Jahi's body has not deteriorated as expected.
A doctor who examines the girl every three months for the family has testified that Jahi reached puberty and menstruated while in New Jersey.
Shewmon, a well-known critic of how experts define brain death, said Jahi is in a "minimally responsive state."
Hospital lawyers have argued that the family has not subjected Jahi to tests accepted by the American Medical Association to determine whether someone is brain dead.
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I guess they are going to leave her in a room hooked to machines for 20 more years. For what? Because Jahi is not aware of anything and never will be. The last time it came to Jahi having to take the tests to determine if she is alive or not the family dropped the motion. This time they will have to let the tests be done. But even if the tests show she is still dead , the jury may believe finger twitching equals being alive. It's gonna be an OJ thing. Just like OJ wasn't guilty, the jury is going to find Jahi to be alive on the same principle. I mean, what do those stinkin' doctors know? Chaching!
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Today's From The Library takes the form of a festival of Early Music, covering the mediæval to late Renaissance periods.
The programme includes both faithful renditions of music by some of the masters of the field, such as the late David Munrow, and Musica Reservata, covering both sacred and secular music (though with an emphasis on the latter), and some contemporary artists who present a lively and vivacious interpretation of Early Music, notably bands such as Wolgemut, Mince Pye, Philip Pickett & Richard Thompson, and a favourite among Radio Riel listeners, Corvus Corax.
From the Library is produced by Radio Riel in conjunction with the Caledon Library in Second Life, to inform, educate and entertain. Today's programme is presented by Elrik Merlin.
You can listen to the programme now at http://music.radioriel.org — the ideal URL to plug into your home parcel media address in-world — or simply visit any Caledon Library branch in-world and press Play on your embedded music player. (If you want to listen off-world, eg in Winamp or iTunes, and the above address doesn't work for you, click here.)


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The great British baking show. Season 4 / Love Productions for PBS ; series producer, Eve Winstanley ; series director, Andy Devonshire
Contributor(s): Winstanley, Eve [television producer.] | Devonshire, Andy [television director.] | Giedroyc, Mel [host.] | Perkins, Sue [host.] | Berry, Mary [on-screen participant.] | Hollywood, Paul [on-screen participant.] | Love Productions (London, England) [production company.] | Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) [broadcaster.] | PBS Distribution (Firm) [publisher.]Material type: FilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]Copyright date: �2016Copyright date: �2017Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscISBN: 9781531702069Other title: Great British baking show. Season four | Great British baking show. 4th season | Great British baking show. Fourth seasonUniform titles: Great British baking show (Television program). Season 4. Subject(s): Baking -- Competitions -- Great Britain | Baking -- Great Britain | Bakers -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Television series. | Reality television programs. | Television cooking shows. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired.DDC classification: 641.815/079 | 641.7/1/079 LOC classification: TX763 | .G74 2017
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Follow twelve amateur bakers as they don aprons and head for the tent in the British countryside, hoping to be named Britain's best. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood create challenges to test their baking prowess, creativity, and skill. Joined by hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, they search for the best all-around baker among the contestants.
Disc 1. Cake ; Bisxuits ; Bread ; Batter -- Disc 2. Pastry ; Botanical ; Desserts -- Disc 3. Tudor ; Patisserie ; The final.
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AUSTIN, Texas-As fire crews continue to battle several wildfires across Texas, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) today urges homeowners and renters to evacuate if instructed to do so and contact insurance companies immediately, if you have been impacted.
"Insurers are ready to help residents start the claims process," said Joe Woods, PCI's vice president of state government relations. "It's also important to note that homeowners insurance policies provide coverage for additional living expenses should a covered loss make your home uninhabitable."
The first step is to call your insurer and get the claims process started as soon as possible. "These wildfires serve as a critical reminder to all homeowners and renters to take time for a 'Wildfire Reality Check' to ensure both your finances and property are prepared for wildfires."
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Congratulations to Kristen Beavers, assistant professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled "Effect of Exercise Modality During Weight Loss on Bone Health in Older Adults" has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Congratulations to Cindy Gendrich, professor of theatre, whose proposal entitled "Rethinking Community at Wake Forest: The WFU Interdisciplinary Performance and Liberal Arts Center and FORKLIFT DANCEWORKS" has been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Rich The Kid hasn't stopped releasing s**t since his album dropped.
One of my favorite below average rappers in the game is back for yet another release this week. This time around, he decided to rap over this colorful/bass boomin' instrumental that absolutely pleases my eardrums. As usual, our green haired hero eases his way through the song, spitting mad game at some bad ass chick that wants to leave him for unknown reasons.
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Ed "Too Tall" Jones Is a legendary defensive lineman from the 1970s Dallas Cowboys teams. He played with the world-famous America's Team version of the Dallas Cowboys under Tom Landry and was in the NFL for 15 years, interrupting his career for one year of professional boxing, where he went undefeated. Along with "Mean" Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ed is probably the most recognizable defensive player of the 70s, an era wherein most defensive players remained anonymous. At six feet, nine inches, Ed was a bit too big to hide and too much for most offensive linemen. He's a former Super Bowl champion and a three-time Pro Bowler, who is only credited with 57 sacks, but they didn't record sacks until midway through his career. Unofficially, he had 106. Either way, he put the fear of God in many an NFL quarterback.
I started with the usual questions and let Ed go. I didn't have to prod him or guide him, just ask him questions and listen intently. What was your first car?
My first car was a 1948 Chevy. I used to watch the old gangster movies, like Elliot Ness, and I saw that car and absolutely loved it. There was a guy in Tennessee that was an antique collector and I talked him into letting me buy that 1948 Chevy.
Where do you think the car is now?
I would give anything to know, and in fact, I would try and buy it back…(he chuckles)…I sold it when I finished college and had it all during college. When I graduated, I bought a new Cadillac Eldorado that I thought was just the most beautiful thing. Then I sold the 1948 Chevy.
What color was it?
It was solid black.
How old were you when you first learned how to drive?
I grew up on a big farm in Tennessee and I learned how to drive sitting in my dad's lap, driving a tractor. Then, when we would get in the car, I would sit in his lap and drive, being as we lived way out in the country. We were, like, six miles from the city, so he would sit me in his lap and let me drive. The first time he trusted me on my own, I was, probably, 14 years old.
What is your favorite color combination with cars?
My favorite color combination would be a two-tone – black and grey.
I wondered what such a gentle man, who endured such a rough business, listened to when he drove. He grew up on a farm, lived in the South. What was his soundtrack while he drove around this big country?
What kind of music do you listen to when you drive?
Blues. I grew up listening to the blues.
Do you sing along when you are driving?
No. I do not torture myself to death.
Most interesting thing that you have done in a car.
Most interesting thing that I have done in a car?…ummm…(CHUCKLE)…l have always wanted to know what it feels like to be behind the wheel at 150 miles per hour, so I did it once. It was just a few years ago that I was driving to Houston for the NBA all-star game. I go to all the NBA all-star games – I am a big basketball fan. I go with a group of friends and most of them still live in Tennessee and Florida, so we were going to need a car in Houston. I took my SUV, which is considered the fastest SUV on the road. I left early in the morning and I waited until I got on some good freeway. There was not a car out there, and I am a very safe driver. I got it up to 150 miles per hour, and once I got to 150 miles per hour, I got off of it and I was satisfied. Never want to do it again.
I took a guess as to where it was. Being from Texas, there are only so many places you could get away with driving that fast.
Was that on 1-45?
Yes, 1-45.
What type of SUV?
My Mercedes G55. I have been on the Autobahn in Germany and I had my limousine driver…I was over there doing some promotion work and we got on that thing. I was in the back seat and it was the most uncomfortable I have ever been in my life because he got it up to 165 miles per hour. I do not like it unless I am behind the wheel.
So you felt that you were not in control?
Tell me about your Chevy truck that we are going to shoot some photos of today.
Earl Campbell is a friend of mine. I was in Austin a few years ago, and he had me over to his home for lunch and I saw his Chevy truck. He is a member of the Chevy Club and his truck is ranked number four in the country. When I saw it, I said that I would give anything to see number three, two and one. He told me that number two belonged to his neighbor and he called, but the neighbor was not at home. Earl Campbell has been trying to buy the number two truck from his neighbor, and his neighbor told him that Earl would have to give him his bank account, his home and his truck.
Earl said, 'Ed, if you are going to get into this whole Chevy Collectors Club, you are going to need to buy you a short- bed with five windows.' I looked for one that was not already fixed up because I have my own ideas and I want to do it myself. I found one two years ago and I have been putting together different ideas of what I want to do with it. I have been going back and forth on the ideas because I really want to make it right and totally different than any other out there. I think I am close to putting it all together.
Tell me more about the Chevy truck, and do you plan on entering it into the Chevy Club contests? Do you want to compete with Earl Campbell's Chevy?
I have narrowed the restoration down to three different ideas that I think are all absolutely fantastic, but I want to see the number one, two and three rated trucks because I want mine to rank right up there so that it can be in the top five when restored.
What year is it?
It is a 1951.
What year is your Mercedes SUV G55?
It is a 2005 – the last year that Mercedes made the G55. They only made 300. They are not making them anymore, other than for military lieutenants and sergeants. They bullet-proof them and send them to war. I just thought about the uniqueness of buying something that is the last year that they will manufacture it. Mine is number 113 and, for me, being six-foot nine, there is plenty of head room, plenty of leg room and, even though I drive the speed limit, I like knowing that it is the fastest SUV on the road. Just in case.
How many miles does it have on it?
Probably less than 20,000. Where I live, I am centrally located, so I am never on the highway much. The furthest I have ever driven was to Houston. That is what I drove to the all-star game, and I will never do that again. It is short runs to the airport and the golf course, so I am never on the highway more than 10 minutes.
What was the first car that you got when you first got signed in the NFL?
That was 1974, and I bought a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado. I thought it was the prettiest car in the world at the time. I kept it two years. I love keeping cars a longtime, but I kept it for just two years because it really wasn't a good car. Cadillac makes good cars, I am sure, but this was perhaps a lemon. So, I traded it in and bought a 1976 SLC Mercedes that I kept for 11 years. I love keeping cars a long time.
How many cars do you think you have had since you were first signed by the NFL?
Six…including what I have now.
Wow. Compared to many athletes I've Interviewed, that isn't very many. He must really develop a love for, and take care of, his vehicles.
What has been your all-time favorite?
My favorite all-time was a 1957 Chevy that I have always loved – even when I was a kid – and I still do. My second favorite that I bought was a Silver Shadow 2 1980 Rolls Royce. I thought it was the cutest and nicest body in the world, so I kept it until it was totaled. I would still have it if it had not gotten totaled.
Oh no, how did it get totaled?
I had some lady friends of mine that wanted to use it for a bachelorette party. They took it out and the lady that was driving it – the one responsible for it – dropped everybody off. She stopped off to get some cigarettes, was pulling out of the convenience store and a vehicle speeding caused her to hit the gas. Being as that car was so fast, she hit a pole. Anytime you damage the front end of a Rolls Royce, it is no good anymore. It will never be the same.
The frame got bent?
Yes. It was totally damaged, so that was it. It was a bronze color. At night it looked black, but during the day it was a bronze color. It was absolutely beautiful. I loved it. Miss that car.
A Rolls Royce, Cadillac and Mercedes SUV – what Ed had was stylish and powerful. He is a big guy, so there's a practical need for room and horsepower.
I know that you were attached to your Rolls Royce, but let's say that you could go out and buy any car in the world today. What would that car be?
I have my dream car; my dream car was my 1957 Chevy, which I had for 20 years. I got tired of convertibles. Every time that I would take it out, it would be a beautiful day and people would recognize me in it. I am one that never likes attention. When I first got it, I did not care and I loved the attention that it attracted. But I do not anymore…No, now I am trying to hide. So I said, rather than just let it sit in my garage, somebody could use this car. I shipped it to Tennessee so that friends of mine could drive it. If I get the right offer, I will sell it.
I knew that Ed also likes motorcycles, though, admittedly, he'd have to stick to a big bike to support his size.
I hear that you have a Harley. What model is it?
I have a 1992 Soft-tail Springer. When I bought it, they did not have the TV motorcycle shows where they customize. Being six-foot nine, it looks like the bike is riding me, you know what I am saying? So, if I had heard of those customizing shops at the time, I would have had one custom- built for me. What I did was, I had a guy in Kentucky that was known for his paintwork for hot rods. Also, I had it shipped from the factory in Milwaukee to Kentucky where they took every piece loose and chromed everything that they could chrome. Then they put all of these different paints together where it was a colorful bike because I got tired of hearing people say that they got hit, or this person pulled in front of me, or I did not see you. I said, 'If you do not see this coming, you must be legally blind.' I wanted something very colorful to take out on beautiful days with friends. I have several friends of mine who are Harley collectors and I like to just joyride with them sometimes.
What colors do you have on your Harley?
My Harley is maroon, fuchsia, yellow, teal – a splash of color – but they all tie together. I spent an entire day with the family that painted it, putting colors together.
Were you ever influenced by another teammate's choice in cars?
Early in my career, I used to envy my teammates' cars, being as they had all of the hot cars – the Porsches, known as the fastest car on the road and all of that. I would love to drive that, but I couldn't fit in it. One of my teammates bought a car that I absolutely loved. I used to watch the TV show Route 66.1 tried to buy a 1966 'vette, but could not fit in it because the dash extends out. So the owner of the 1966 'vette said, 'Ed, do not ask me to take out the back seat and do all of this drilling.'
Raise the roof…
Yes, but one of my teammates had one. I used to envy my teammates' vehicles that I would love to drive.
Well, it is obvious by his size that "Too Tall" fits, but why was he too tall? Tall, yes, but what made him too tall?
Tell me how you got the nickname "Too Tall?"
First day of practice in college, I walked into the equipment room and the trainer gave me the longest pair of pants that he had. They hit me above my knees. He shook his head and said, 'Wear these, stay out of contact drills and we will have you a pair made.' I walked on the field and a guy who played forthe Cleveland Browns did a double take and said, 'Hey, do you know that you are too tall for football?'
That is a great story.
I am glad that something started, because I had been called so many names. I'm glad that everyone settled for one.
Was Tom Landry your coach your whole career with the Cowboys?
Tom Landry was my couch for 14 years and I played with Jimmy Johnson for one year.
So you did play for Coach Jimmy Johnson?
Yes, I did.
In that one year with Jimmy Johnson, it was with Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Jay Novacek.
You also played with Lee Roy Jordan?
Yes. The best leader I have ever played with, the best j vocal leader. He knew how to get under everybody's skin I in a positive way.
How many years were you with the Dallas Cowboys?
Fifteen years. I hold the record for most years and most games.
You signed directly with the Dallas Cowboys?
The Cowboys traded in 1973 with the Houston Oilers for Toby Smith and Billy Parks, which made me the first overall pick. This blew me away at the time because, during that time, the first overall pick was always the quarterback, running back – the guys that play the glamour positions. To be a lineman, to be the first one chosen, who did not even have a high school career, I thought it was just absolutely amazing.
It is, because you are so outstanding.
Well, I try to be. Either that or I fooled them. □
I can honestly say that Ed possesses a heart the size of Texas. He was hospitable, congenial, courteous and kind. He kept us relaxed and smiling the whole time we were at his house, and afterwards he insisted on taking Catherine "the photographer" and I out for a Texas-size steak dinner. He even gave us his season tickets to the Cowboys game the next day, and incredible seats they were!


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John Hurrell – 9 April, 2020
Of the four artists in the first show, three are abstract painters and one a documentary photographer. An odd uneasy combination.
Amanda Gruenwald, Eemyun Kang, Brendon Leung, Chris Corson-Scott
Future: 4 x 3
March - April 2020
(The above dates were announced before the Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown)
Trish Clark's brand new exhibiting space in Arch Hill is the old Hopkinson Mossman venue, but dramatically expanded to include part of the old adjacent apartment that Sarah Hopkinson used to live in. This gallery is much bigger than the site was previously, with wider entrances for the rooms, more space for stock presentation, and now a small shop and reference library as well. It is a knock-out art display showroom.
Of the four artists in the first show, three are abstract painters and one a documentary photographer. An odd uneasy combination.
Amanda Gruenwald's four moderately sized canvases of thin poured paint and smoky atmospheric blobs allude to (via florid saturated hues) rural landscapes, but with belching (pollutant?) smoke. The transparent but grainy forms sit uneasily within her stretcher edges, interspersed with occasional meandering thick arabesques of white that suggest riverbeds.
One work different from the others is the unnerving Cardinal Green, where the hill forms also appear to be a giant pink head, in profile with eye, nose, gulping mouth and chin. It is strangely compelling—and very subtle—with the light traversing the cheek.
Gruenwald's compositions usually have none of the taut tensions that characterise the paintings of Brendon Leung who appears to be the opposite in sensibility. She likes hovering blurry rotund forms, he straight narrow rectangles and sharp-edged vertical slivers that are anchored firmly to the picture plane, accompanied by moody tonal contrasts. Leung's small Untitled 102, is one of highlights of the show; a gloriously intriguing, precise, composition.
Eemyun Kang's loosely organic painted forms seem to be a wild synthesis of Frances Hodgkins, Tim McGuire and Ken Kiff. Like Gruenwald she is often attracted to hot colours and associative ambiguity, but via scattered brushmarks also bearing fragments of narrative components or symbolism. Floating with Its Wings is particularly successful with its energetic tactility and piecemeal botanical references.
Chris Corson-Scott is more known for his large photographs of historically significant decaying buildings or ecologically-troubled landscapes than portraits, but here he presents eleven comparatively small images of politically-focussed individuals united in their occupation of Ihumātao. These portraits I suspect are more interesting as a statement of Corson-Scott's solidarity than as visual records. Perhaps in ten years that statement will be disputed—due to each decade having (for example) its own particular conventions of clothing, haircuts and tattoos.
Corson-Scott's Scientists Performing Autopsies on Some of the 300 Pilot Whales that Beached and Died, Farewell Spit, Golden Bay (2017) is also displayed. At this time, a shrewd (grim) multileveled inclusion.
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For weeks, the labels have hung over Ted Cruz's presidential campaign like dirty laundry: Deceitful. Cynical. Willing to do anything to win.
The attacks from Mr. Cruz's Republican rivals have challenged his core campaign promises of integrity and conservative purity, cresting on Monday when he dismissed his communications director, Rick Tyler, for spreading a misleading video about Marco Rubio's views on the Bible.
"There is a culture in the Cruz campaign, from top to bottom," a Rubio spokesman, Alex Conant, said, "that no lie is too big and no trick too dirty."
The episode threatened to tarnish Mr. Cruz's brand. But not his campaign manager's.
As Mr. Cruz has elbowed into the top tier of candidates, his campaign has reflected the brand of its principal architect: Jeff Roe, an operative with a reputation for scorching earth, stretching truths and winning elections.
"When you win campaigns," Mr. Cruz said last month of the man he hired, "the people that lose tend to be unhappy about it."
Mr. Roe's home state, Missouri, teems with people who were made unhappy by him.
At 45, with a lumbering swagger and drawling parables culled from the family farm, Mr. Roe has steered Mr. Cruz's onetime long-shot presidential bid into contention.
Mr. Roe's message has been consistent: Mr. Cruz is the most conservative candidate. His turnout operation is perhaps without peer. He all but guaranteed victory in Iowa, boasting to disbelieving reporters that they would be wasting their time to prepare articles on a Cruz loss.
It was Mr. Roe who hired Mr. Tyler to be the Cruz campaign's spokesman. (In an interview this month, Mr. Tyler said he had "learned a lot" from Mr. Roe. "Jeff wins," Mr. Tyler said, adding, "I don't think anything we've done is underhanded or deceptive or anything like that.")
But back home, Mr. Roe's allies and opponents alike have seen a familiar imprint in the Cruz campaign's recent exploits, which have included a Photoshopped image of Mr. Rubio and the misleading suggestion, on the night of the Iowa caucuses, that Ben Carson was leaving the race.
There was the time, in 2006, when Mr. Roe ran an ad flashing "XXX" to highlight the association of a congressional candidate's former employer and Penthouse magazine. Mr. Roe's candidate won.
Long before Mr. Cruz tweaked Mr. Trump's "New York values," Mr. Roe condemned the "San Francisco-style values" of another opponent in a 2008 ad featuring an ostentatiously dressed black man dancing with two women. Some criticized the spot as racist and homophobic. Mr. Roe's candidate won.
He was among the first local operatives to tail opponents with camera-wielding trackers and, a decade ago, to investigate the social media pages of candidates and their children.
He has been known to quote Gandhi and ran a blog that trafficked in sometimes-sourced political gossip.
"Jeff Roe does not know the difference between fact and fiction," said Joe Brazil, a county councilman in Missouri who unsuccessfully sued Mr. Roe for defamation after a 2006 blog post days before Mr. Brazil's primary in a State Senate race.
The item focused on a sad event from Mr. Brazil's youth, when, at 17, he killed a classmate in a dump-truck accident. Mr. Roe's post suggested Mr. Brazil had consumed "quite a few beers." But Mr. Brazil had not been drinking, the police said, and was not charged.
After watching coverage of the Iowa caucuses from his home in Augusta, Mo., Mr. Brazil said, he tried to reach the Carson campaign, hoping to offer a history lesson. "How could they be surprised?" he asked.
In interviews, Mr. Roe's clients and current colleagues vigorously defended his ethics. He has helped elect or re-elect 41 members of Congress, six senators and five governors. Surely, supporters say, hurt feelings are to be expected.
"Jeff Roe likes to win," said Representative Martha McSally of Arizona, who won her seat in 2014 by 167 votes.
"Jeff is very intimidating, and he kind of likes that," said Rod Jetton, a former Missouri House speaker.
"Sometimes he makes people a little bit squeamish," said Representative Sam Graves of Missouri, Mr. Roe's mentor. "It is what it is."
Mr. Cruz's first experience with Mr. Roe came during his Senate run in Texas in 2012. Mr. Roe's firm, working for Mr. Cruz's opponent, produced a flier attacking Mr. Cruz's legal work for a Chinese company. It made an impression, though Mr. Cruz won.
Mr. Roe, who declined to be interviewed, was quick to establish a distinctive culture at Mr. Cruz's headquarters in Houston. Top aides were required to move there. (Mr. Roe brought along his wife, Missy, the 2010 winner of the Mrs. Missouri United States pageant; their baby, Remington, named in part for the gun maker; and Mrs. Roe's parents.)
Meetings begin when he sounds a siren on a bullhorn. They last 10 to 12 minutes, largely because the participants stand. And Roe family wisdom is often heard:
"Get the corn down where the chickens can eat it."
"If you have a bunch of frogs to eat, eat the biggest one first."
"When it's raining soup, put a bowl on your head."
Though Mr. Roe and Mr. Cruz share a conservative vision, there are differences between the candidate and his message maker. Mr. Cruz is a practitioner of the filibuster; Mr. Roe is pithy and profane.
Mr. Cruz was an Ivy League debate champion; Mr. Roe worked on his family's hog farm before joining the National Guard at 17, training with howitzers.
Mr. Cruz tracks his daily exercise habits on a Fitbit; Mr. Roe is built like a baseball umpire, which was once his dream job, and he chews Red Man Golden Blend tobacco, holstering a plastic soda bottle as a spittoon.
Mr. Roe started in politics in 1994, working on Mr. Graves's election to the State Senate. But umpiring remained a passion. He practiced calling third strikes in the office, using a flourish he called "the chain saw." He was once heckled at a high school game by the Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, whose grandson was pitching.
In 1996, Mr. Roe was encouraged to attend major league umpiring school. He declined, reluctantly.
"In the back of his mind, he still wonders, would I have made a great umpire?" Mr. Graves said.
When Mr. Graves reached Congress, Mr. Roe became his chief of staff, occasionally earning the ire of the Bush White House. At one administration briefing for the Missouri delegation around 2002, Mr. Roe took issue with an agricultural proposal.
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"That's just bad politics," he said.
A voice behind Mr. Roe objected. Mr. Roe pressed on, according to several people who recalled the scene, without bothering to face the man.
"That's just completely out of touch with the reality of Missouri politics," he repeated.
He was talking to Karl Rove.
In 2005, Mr. Roe left Washington to start a political consulting firm in Missouri. His first presidential work was for Mike Huckabee in 2008; in 2012, he consulted for Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
But as Mr. Roe prepared to manage his first presidential bid for Mr. Cruz last February, he faced new scrutiny at home. Days after he ran a radio ad mocking the physical appearance of Tom Schweich, a candidate in Missouri's Republican primary for governor, by comparing him to Barney Fife, Mr. Schweich committed suicide.
Peers said Mr. Schweich had faced many demons; he also thought the chairman of the state's Republican Party had falsely spread word that he was Jewish. But some Missouri leaders viewed the ad as a last straw, casting Mr. Roe as the avatar of a toxic campaign culture.
"Politics has gone so hideously wrong," John C. Danforth, the state's former three-term United States senator, said as he eulogized Mr. Schweich.
Mr. Roe has expressed condolences to Mr. Schweich's family and horror at the death, but he betrayed little regret for the ad itself.
"I live in the windshield," he told The New Republic. "I don't live in the rearview mirror."
Such has been his response through the years, more or less, to questions of whether his tactics are fair or foul.
Still, colleagues and even opponents have said Mr. Roe is capable of introspection, of inspiring loyalty and, among competitors, of engendering respect.
Mr. Jetton, the former Missouri House speaker, said he had long since lost touch with Mr. Roe, a friend turned adversary, when Mr. Jetton was arrested on an assault charge in 2009 and placed on probation; a year later, he faced a grand jury investigation over questions of bribery but was not indicted.
Out of the blue, Mr. Jetton received a text from Mr. Roe. "He said, 'Hey, politics is one thing, but this kind of stuff, you don't wish for anybody,' " Mr. Jetton recalled. "I don't know that I would have done that for him."


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Summer at Kresge: Human services fellow makes her way from policy to philanthropy
A unique life journey led Leila Malow to The Kresge Foundation and the human services sector. Born in Somalia, her family eventually immigrated to the U.S., and she was raised mostly in Minnesota, where she received her undergraduate degree in political science at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn.
Now a master's student at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, she is eager to spend her summer as the Fellow for Kresge's Human Services Program.
"My biggest concern," Malow said, "is making sure people with low incomes are able to live in dignity in communities that are healthy and provide opportunites."
Before coming to Kresge, Malow lived in the Twin Cities and worked at the Minnesota Legislature for a state senator. Her primary interest has always been in helping to shape policy that improves people's quality of life. She said she thinks foundations like Kresge can provide the space for reimagining innovative solutions to address these bigger issues.
"I love the public sector and working in government," she said, "however Kresge has opened up the world of philanthropy to me, and I could see myself working at a foundation in the future."
Malow said she is most excited to be working with Kresge because she sees it as a new avenue for working toward providing opportunities in low income and underrepresented communities.
She values the importance of producing economically stable communities but believes there's an even greater need to provide opportunities for true economic mobility in those communities.
"In our current society, people with low incomes, especially people of color, are left behind," Malow said. "And because of that, I care about putting alleviating poverty at the center of racial equity and assuring that as a society we are not marginalizing any group."
During her summer with Kresge, Malow will complete site visits to Minneapolis, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia to meet current Human Services Program grantees and learn more about the sector.
When in Troy, Malow will assist the team with their Next Gen initiative. It's an initiative that supports organizations that are person-centered and performance-based and that represent the future of the human services field.
During this project, she will help the team develop the strategy for the next steps of the initiative and research best practices for upward mobility.
"My greatest goal here," Malow said, "is to work on improving American cities so that they're more equitable in order to reduce poverty and increase opportunity."


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Derek Minor dropped the music video for "Astronaut" featuring Deraj and Byron Juane. This is the first visual for the first single of Derek Minor's upcoming project 'Your Soul Must Fly.' The visuals are crazy! RMG is really going to the next level with the music and now their visuals have as well! According to the description of the video, "The world can be a heavy place. Some of us allow the weight of our problems to hold us down. Others set limits on ourselves and what we can accomplish. "Astronaut" is all about blasting off past those problems and defying the gravitational pull that tries to keep us from reflecting greatness. The astronaut in the song is focused on exploring a new world without limits, he is seeking new destinations, and getting high above the gravitational pull."
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Brrrr!!! I don't know what the weather is like in your corner of the world, but here in the Chicago area it is COLD!!!! Our windchill is currently making it feel like our temperature is 40° BELOW zero! That's just wrong! We were supposed to head back to school this week after Winter Break, but schools have remained closed due to extreme temperatures. The boys and I are all getting a little stir-crazy and ready to get back into a daily routine which include school and work!
So, the card that I'm sharing with you today is perfect! This week is "Snowman" week for the Stampendous design teams! Be sure to check the Stampendous blog to see what all the other girls have to share!
My card features this super adorable Stampendous Snowman Banners clear stamp set. It's such a cute set, and I just love the look on this little guys face. He looks so content to be hanging out with his bird friends. I colored the image with Copics and then added some Stampendous Crystal Embossing Powder for the snowy area. The papers are from the DCWV holiday stack.
Well friends, thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to stop by on Friday when I'll have another snowman card to share with you. Until then, stay warm!
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Quest to Validate and Define Performance for the High Volume Metallic Stator PCP at 250C
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- Shauna G. Noonan (ConocoPhillips Co) | Wayne Klaczek (C-FER Technologies) | Kelly Dean Piers (C-FER Technologies) | Laurent Louis Seince (PCM Pompes) | Sheldon Jahn (KUDU Industries)
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- 4.1.9 Tanks and storage systems, 1.10.1 Drill string components and drilling tools (tubulars, jars, subs, stabilisers, reamers, etc), 3.1 Artificial Lift Systems, 4.1.5 Processing Equipment, 5.3.9 Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage, 4.1.9 Heavy Oil Upgrading, 3.1.7 Progressing Cavity Pumps, 4.1.2 Separation and Treating, 1.14 Casing and Cementing, 5.4 Enhanced Recovery, 4.3.4 Scale
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ConocoPhillips has been on a quest to find a high volume artificial lift system that will operate reliably in a 250°C (482oF) downhole environment, which exists in certain SAGD applications. This presented two problems: 1) there were no commercially available technologies for such a high temperature; and 2) there were no facilities capable of testing these systems.
This paper describes the complexity of building and operating a high temperature flow loop rated for 250°C, and the lessons learned while upgrading an existing flow loop, from the initial design through the final commissioning phases. The paper also describes the issues encountered with the first artificial lift system tested at 250°C, which was a metallic stator progressing cavity pump system, rated for 1100 m3/d (6919 bpd) at 500 rpm.
In the end, the test program not only served to validate and define the pump's performance, but also provided valuable lessons on the completion configuration and operational procedures.
The ConocoPhillips technology group was tasked to find, select, and further develop artificial lift technology with the capability of handling fluid rates up to 1000 m3/d at 250°C (6290 bpd at 482oF) downhole conditions. The goal was not to just find and validate a single system, but to qualify several lift systems, in order to provide the production engineers with a "toolbox?? of solutions.
This challenge was divided and approached as two different projects: 1) find, select and further develop potential lift systems with the needed volumetric capability; and 2) validate these systems through high temperature testing. The latter was considered to be the bigger challenge of the two. ConocoPhillips did not operate any fields with downhole temperatures close to 250°C, so validation via field trial was not possible. A more controlled test facility (whether a well or flow loop) was also preferred, so that a comprehensive suite of performance curves could be collected to define the full operating envelope for each lift candidate. A test facility which was not associated with a specific pump vendor was also preferred, to avoid the legal and confidentiality issues with testing third party equipment.
ConocoPhillips decided that an existing high temperature flow loop located at C-FER Technologies Ltd, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was the best option for the artificial lift validation testing. The loop had been built as part of a Joint Industry Project (JIP)1 in 2004, but needed to be upgraded to allow for testing at 250°C. This was a costly endeavor, and ConocoPhillips and C-FER contacted other Canadian SAGD operators to see if the upgrade could be completed as a JIP, thus sharing the capital cost among several interested parties. However, no other operators were interested in upgrading the loop at the time, so ConocoPhillips proceeded to fund the project entirely.
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Joanie the horse had never really experienced happiness in her life. Born in Illinois in 1999, this mare was bred to be a racehorse and she was pretty good. She competed in loads of raves and won quite a few. But unfortunately, she got too old to race and she was sold by her owner.
Joanie was sold to an Amish family. She worked long hours on their land pulling a buggy. Sadly, the equipment on the buggy tore her face and her fur which left her with big patches and hair loss.
For one reason or another, Joanie's Amish owners didn't want to keep her. So she was sent to an auction house. Joanie was placed in a "direct ship pen" which, unfortunately, means that she would be heading straight to the slaughterhouse after she was sold. She'd spent her whole life working for other people and now she was at risk of slaughter.
Joanie the horse was about to get a new shot at happiness
Thankfully, help was on the way. Jaime Castano, the founder of Freedom Farm Animal Rescue, never planned to adopt any animals when he went to the auction house. He originally planned on taking pictures and videos of the event to raise awareness of the plight of the animals.
But when Castano saw Joanie, he examined the horse and spotted something a little unusual on her. Joanie had the number '25' tattooed on her neck.
"I actually have the number 25 tattooed on my arm as a memorial for my uncle who had passed away. So when I happened to see her, I was like, 'Oh my god."
She was left with a lot of physical marks
Jamie also spotted that Joanie's legs were covered in pinfire markings. These markings are given to racehorses.
"It's pretty much like a shot of acid to freeze the tendon or muscle. So when they have an injury or they're not performing their best, this is supposed to make them not feel that area. My vet had said, 'Maybe four or five pin firing marks is almost normal,' but she had 18 on each leg."
At that moment, Jaime knew he couldn't leave this poor horse at the auction house. He posted on the Freedom Farm Animal Rescue's Instagram page asking for donations so he could buy the horse.
Thanks to all the kind people who shared and donated, the fate of poor Joanie was changed. She was free from the slaughterhouse. Joanie instead got a new home where she has space to run around and roam.
Joanie had finally found a loving home
Once they got Joanie back to their sanctuary, the team uploaded a video to Instagram of Joanie rolling around as a free horse in the field. She's loving her new surroundings.
"If we're in her field, she'll follow us all around. To go from a horse that was on her way to a slaughterhouse to following us around the pasture — that's incredible."
FREEDOM ROLL!!! Don't worry I will take the stickers off her butt in a second, I just wanted her to explore her pen. She is at a boarding facility where she will be seen by a vet immediately and quarantined for the next 21 days. Thank you to everyone who donated so we can save her life however if you did not get a chance to donate it is just as important now more than ever so she can be seen by a vet and we can buy her enough grain and hay for the remainder of her time in quarantine. PayPal: [email protected]
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Moroccan Lentils and Butternut Squash; snowed in
I've been 'snowed in' when I lived in Wisconsin – 24 inches (60cm) of fine, blowing snow followed by temperatures far below zero.
I've been 'snowed in' when I lived in Minnesota – 2 days of wind and snow, piling the drifts over the cars and half way up the windows on the house.
These were proper blizzards, the kind that, after a full day of shoveling to the car, then shoveling out the car, one still couldn't go anywhere because: a. the car wouldn't start because of the cold and b. the snowplows hadn't cleared the roads.
These were proper snowstorms, leaving drifts and snowbanks high enough that kids could dig tunnels under and cars couldn't see over.
Then we moved to Ireland. There was half an inch of snow (1.5cm) and the country came to a screeching halt. I can't say we were snowed in because it was gone by mid-afternoon and we were foolish enough to actually drive in it anyway…. Yes, we are very brave….
We were never snowed in when we lived in Andorra in the mountains. Our neighbor was a 'bomber' (fireman / ambulance driver / medic) and our road was always plowed promptly.
We are snowed in.
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It's not that we have a lot of snow…. 4 inches (10cm) is not a lot.
Well, it's not a lot if you live where snow is the norm; it's a lot when a light dusting every few years is the norm.
I've never seen a snowplow here, although they must have them…. mustn't they?
Our road isn't plowed, nor do we expect it to be.
As there is a sharp turn at the base of a small hill, it's not likely we can simply drive out.
As we no longer live in the mountains or live in snow country we no longer have a 4-wheel drive.
As the temperatures aren't supposed to get above freezing until the weekend, we are snowed in.
The sun may help… if it's ever sunny.
The neighbor may decide to put his chains on and drive up the hill – where he would have to stop and take the chains off since they can't be used on the main roads which are likely cleared now, anyway.
We don't have chains….. Wouldn't use them if we did.
We'll just be snowed in. We have food, firewood and wine.
And still a few butternut squash in the cave…..
This was adapted from a recipe for Lentils and Pumpkin in 'the food of morocco' cook book.
Moroccan Lentils and Butternut Squash
1/2 cup small, green lentils du Puy
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1 1/2 cups small, cubed butternut squash
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tbs parsley
1 tsp oregano
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1 tbs tomato paste
2 tsp olive oil
Rinse lentils, put in a small saucepan with chicken stock. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Sauté onion, garlic, paprika, cumin in olive oil in a medium skillet. Add all remaining ingredients, the lentils and cooking liquid. Cover and simmer until squash and lentils are tender, about 20 minutes longer. Add a bit of water if it starts to dry out.
Mon mari and I both agreed that a few drops of green Tabasco finished this off nicely. The Moroccan cook book called for harissa but we all know my wimpy palate wouldn't handle that.


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