 are unarguably back on-trend in 2019.
Converse sneakers, $120 at The Iconic
Givenchy Urban Street sneakers
Givenchy creative director Clare Waight Keller has made a note of serving exactly the kind of logomania we can get behind. The label's Urban Street sneakers are just as cool as they are elevated, and will make an enduring sneaker choice for 2019.
Givenchy sneakers, $1,050 at Net-a-Porter
Balenciaga Track sneakers
If you thought we were leaving the Balenciaga 'dad sneaker' in 2018, you were sorely mistaken. Enter Balenciaga's Track sneakers, the 2019 iteration of their now-iconic Triple S—and an 'ugly sneaker' cult classic in the making.
Balenciaga sneakers, $1,240 at Balenciaga
Veja Nautico sneakers
Okay, so we know we included Vejas on last year's list, but they really blew up in 2018 (courtesy of one Meghan Markle, AKA the Duchess of Sussex). If you haven't nabbed your pair yet, now's definitely the time.
Veja sneakers, $195 at Moda Operandi
- BeautyThe 8 Best Shampoos For Oily HairJun 30, 2020Q: Java Windows Mobile Application Taking Too Long To Reestablish Network Connectivity We have a Java application running on the JBed JVM on Windows mobile 6.1.
When it loses connectivity the application is taking a long time (8 - 10 minutes) to re-establish VPN network connectivity, despite the fact that other applications can see the VPN far sooner (roughly 2 - 3 minutes).
From our application logs we can see that two network calls (each independent of the other) - one to establish the IP address of the device on the VPN (InetAddress local = InetAddress.getLocalHost), one to open a socket (connection = new Socket(IP address of host, port);)are failing repeatedly during both the period where the connection is completely absent and once the connection has been restored to other applications but both calls seem to regain access to the network at the same time (the first successful attempt to open a socket happens the first time it is attempted after a successful IP address is obtained).
Some other things we've learned / know:
1) The device IP address is not used in opening the socket - they are separate routines running in separate threads.  My feeling is that the failure of one does not cause the other, rather they both succeed / fail based on the same underlying reason.
2) The call to establish the IP address isn't failing during this period, it's just not seeing the VPN connection - the cellular network connection IP address is visible.  When I refer to success/failure it's not an exception being thrown, it's about it seeing a network connection in the right IP range.
3) If you kill the process and restart the application it connects fine, but there's no real code running on start up which could account for that - just the same two calls.
4) The attempt to open the socket uses the IP address of the server to make the connection (as opposed to a name it would need to resolve).
5) Something called Checkpoint is being used to manage the network connectivity - not idea if it may be contributing.
I'm thinking that there could be some sort of caching / pooling going on at the JVM level which is causing this.
Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be contributing and anything we could try to prevent it?  
Oh, and it's Java 1.2.
Wordless Wednesday: Combines are rollin’, rollin’, rollin’!
It rained all spring. Then it rained all fall. Now, finally, farmers in Ohio and Pennsylvania are in the fields to harvest crops and get that wheat planted (way past the Hessian fly-free date). The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in Ohio reports farmers have only 34 percent of the corn off (as of the week ending Nov. 6), and we know the combines were rollin’ since then, too. Soybean harvest in Ohio stands at 67 percent. Nationally, the corn harvest is at 78% done; soybeans, 87 percent.
The USDA’s crop forecast, released today (link opens the Nov. 9, 2011, pdf) predicts total U.S. corn production to be 12.3 billion bushels, the fourth largest total on record. Yields are expected to average 146.7 bushels per acre, down 6.1 bushels from last year’s primo crop season.
Soybean production is forecast at 3.05 billion bushels, down 9 percent from 2010. Yields are expected to average 41.3 bushels per acre, and, if realized, would be the second lowest average yield since 2003.
Enjoy the photos… it’s supposed to rain again today here in Ohio. What’s the harvest been like in your neck of the woods? Post a comment, or join the thread on our Facebook page.
Harvest is nearly done in northwest IL. I’ve heard alot of 190 plus yields on corn and beans around 66 bushels per acre. We had some snow yesterday, but it won’t be around today. I’m sure the farmers in OH will be happy when this year is over.Since the program started in 2002 to reinforce a safety culture, 47 trucks have been given out.
CALABASAS, Calif. – ValleyCrest Landscape Cos. rewarded five of its safest employees with new trucks. ValleyCrest celebrated its 2011 National Safety Awareness Day by presenting new Ford Ranger trucks to recognize superior performance in workplace safety as its more than 9,000 employees gathered at locations across the country.
“Workplace safety is a top priority since ValleyCrest’s workforce is deployed outdoors on thousands of commercial customer job sites every day across the country,” said Richard A. Sperber, president and CEO of ValleyCrest. “In a typical day, our crews are out on the road in more than 4,100 trucks, pulling more than 2,200 trailers to job sites where they’ll operate some 8,000 pieces of equipment including cranes, dozers, loaders, compactors and mowers. That’s a lot of moving parts at a multitude of locations and it requires us to be on our toes every minute.”
This year marks.
Part of a model safety incentive program, the annual Safety Awareness Day truck giveaway reinforces ValleyCrest’s deep commitment to workplace safety by encouraging employees to perform throughout the year accident free. To qualify, full-time field employees must complete one-year of service with no accidents and be employed by a branch that meets or exceeds the company’s threshold safety standards. ValleyCrest’s annual safety incentive program draws winners from a pool of more than 4,000 eligible employees who qualified across five different U.S. regions.
The five new Ford truck winners for 2011 include:
“Despite the challenges of the economy, ValleyCrest continues to reward our safest workers with new trucks,” said Mike Dingman, senior vice president and a 31-year company veteran who oversees ValleyCrest’s safety program. ”Giving away trucks reflects the extreme priority and commitment the company places on safety. It has been a core value and a key component of our success since we were founded more than 62 years ago. At ValleyCrest, safety is not lip service, it is a very important part of everyone’s work habits.”
ValleyCrest’s employees must follow a stringent safety program in order to meet the challenges faced every day on customer’s job sites. The company, which operates in 20 states and several foreign countries, has succeeded in building an industry-leading model that even draws attention from customers who seek to replicate it within their own organizations.
ValleyCrest’s an annual truck giveaway – a tradition that rewards deserving individuals for their role in ValleyCrest’s safety successes..The unforeseen social media response to the first airing of Sharknado gave Syfy an opportunity to capitalize on the movie’s success. Immediately following the news that the first airing of Sharknado was a trending topic on Twitter, Syfy announced that it would re-air the movie on 18 July 2013. According to Deadline, Syfy announced this before the ratings revealed that the premiere was watched by less than the average amount of viewers a Syfy made-for-television movie typically receives. ("Syfy 'Sharknado' Attracts Average of 1.369 Million Viewers—Mostly Journalists and Celebrities”, by Lisa De Morales, Deadline, 12 July 2013) Therefore, if the social media discourse during the first airing of Sharknado didn’t cause more people to watch it, then what exactly did it do?
Rather than contributing to the profitability of Sharknado, the social media discourse highlighted social media’s limitations as a communicative platform. On 12 July, the day after the first airing of Sharknado, professional media outlets began reporting on the movie’s forceful Twitter presence. Ed Payne of CNN, for example, discusses the social media response to the movie as he writes, “Never has social media been so fin-tastic.” ("Oh no, it's 'Sharknado' and it's ravaging Twitter") In the article, Payne reports on several of the celebrity tweets about the movie, including one from actor Josh Gad and another from Red Cross Oklahoma (Ibid.).
In addition to coverage by CNN,