You decided to move off the grid. Yeay! Whether it's to become more self-sufficient, to hide away from the world, to get closer to nature or one of the many other reasons you could have to make the leap - it's a decision that is going to change your life. So you'd better get into it well-prepared!
Last year, I wrote a general article about things you can do before you move off the grid. This time, I'm going over all the different things you can do... one by one. You can also get the printable checklist - click here!
Learn to set up your off-grid solar system: we've got an e-book coming out about this pretty soon!
Learn solar system maintenance. They sometimes have courses on it at Sunseed Desert Technology.
Design your future home! Of course you'll get an architect involved (at least, in most places it's something you can't get around), but you need to know exactly what you want in that house, and not. I'm planning to talk more about this in the future... so you can avoid make the same mistakes we did.
Research the steps to get a permit to do what you want on your property. Do note that it's not allowed to put up a caravan on your property year-round, to circumvent building and safety regulations.
Research composting toilets: they're not hard to build, recycle all your waste (also called humanure), and if you have an outdoors one - nothing beats a loo with a view!
Learn about permaculture design. We might have something fun for you about this in the next few weeks, but for now you could start with watching Geoff Lawton's free videos.
Make a list of herbs and berries growing on your property, as well as any productive trees or gardens already in place (even if they need work / pruning / cleaning up).
Are there signs of animal life?
Where do things grow, and are there any "dead spots"?
If you have terrace walls, do any of them need repairs?
Explore your property after a good rain. How does the water flow? Where could you do some groundworks in order to catch rainwater?
Look into the tools and machinery you'll need on your property. In some cases, it might be cheaper (or you might end up with better quality stuff, or you don't have to drive 3 hours for a shop) to buy machinery before making the move.
Find temporary housing, if you're moving away from home and your house is not built yet. A caravan could do the trick (make sure you've got permits!), but you could also rent something further up - or do as we did, and renovate an old stable or shed that's already on your property.
Research procedures: do you need a visa, residence permit or any other paperwork?
If you're moving to Spain, you will need an NIE (Numero de Identidad de Estranjero). It's usually easiest to apply in your current country of residence, at the Spanish consulate; alternatively, you can get them at the Policia Nacional in Spain.
As long as you don't speak the language (well), you might want somebody by your side who's really on your side. Don't let yourself be tricked into letting the seller of the property or a real estate agent translating contracts for you!
Get rid of stuff! You won't need many office clothes if you spend the years to come on an off-grid farm - and will you really have a use for all those pretty decorations in your brand new but possibly very dusty home?
Organise your paperwork. Scan everything there is to scan, so you can get rid of non-essential papers; it travels so much lighter.
Research the animals you'd want to keep. Read this post about how we went through lots of species and ended up with alpacas!
Learn to milk a goat. You never know when that might come in handy!
Get to know the people at the local town hall. Being on friendly terms with locals will get you far!
Get to know your future neighbours. Do they live on site, or do they sleep in the village and work on their finca during the day? What can they tell you about the land, about the crops they grow, about what's happening around the property?
Get to know fellow off-grid adventurers. Look up others who have made the leap in the same area - or find fellow crazies online. If you're moving to Spain, join the group "Living off the grid in Spain" on Facebook. In any case, the Permies forum is a great place to meet people and exchange information.
Find house sitters. An off-grid property with all its systems (and maybe animals) is not easy to just leave if you need to go away on an emergency, or if you want a vacation... good house sitters are worth their weight in gold.
Visit other off-grid projects - maybe you can even find a few to stay and volunteer at. We host volunteers all the time here at Mas del Encanto - people who write to us directly, or through Workaway.
Decide how you're going to make money when you live off the grid. If you need to start a new career for it (maybe working a virtual job, or becoming an innkeeper?), it's never too early to start learning about that. I'm doing a video about having a virtual job, being a location independent entrepreneur, digital nomadism and the "laptop lifestyle" in a few weeks!
If you decide to start a blog, do it the right way. Don't just write a diary so your friends and family can read what you're doing every week (they could see that on Facebook as well...) - start a blog that could make you some extra money in the long run.
The dream, of course, is to live a completely debt-free life. First step to doing that, is to get rid of the debts in your current life... This article might help.
Start saving seeds - save seeds from (organic) food you eat, exchange seeds with others, maybe you could even get some plants going. If you're moving to this area, you might want to get in touch with the Red de Semillas de Aragon - if you're elsewhere, check out the Seed Savers Exchange.
Find out where you can get good quality seeds, seedlings, plants and trees in your area - so they're adapted to the climate already.
If you want specific trees or plants that are not easy to find in your area, find out where you can buy them - and how to ship them to where they need to be.
Make a list of vegetables that you like to eat and that grow easily where you are - and learn all about growing them. Zucchini (courgette) and tomato would be good ones to start with if you're moving to this area!
Cook, bake and preserve your food (from scratch) - and drinks!
Follow homesteading blogs for more ideas on how to become more self-sufficient, growing your own food, and cooking it from scratch.
Travel. Travel as much as you can, now you still can. See the world, meet people, be inspired. Once you've got a property of your own to worry about, you might not find the time - or the money.
Nope, I'm not at 101 things to do quite yet. The aim is to get there though. Know anything I could or should add to this list? What did you do or are you doing to prepare for your life off the grid? Or what do you wish you had done?


The third generation of C/K line pick up truck by General Motors and Chevrolet lasted almost 15 years. They are also known by enthusiasts as the "Square Body" and quite arguably the best real trucks ever built. There were two types of beds to choose from in a short and long wheel base, the fleetside or step side and a variety of trim options as well.
GR Auto Gallery is pleased to offer another classic American 4X4 Pickup. This 1986 Chevrolet K10 shows very well. We would like to note that the Vin in the glovebox matches the title, but the vin that is on the dash does not match the title. A different front clip was put on the truck at some point. This truck has passed Michign inspection, but before purchase please check with your local DMV branch to confirm registering this vehicle.
The truck is powered by its healthy 350 v8 paired with an automatic transmission. It rides on like new 35x13.5R15 Toyo Open Country tires mounted on aluminum wheels. Highlights include Hedman headers, dual exhaust, shortbed, sliding rear window in the cab, VDO tachometer, Sunpro temperature guage, GT Grant steering wheel, dual gas tanks, power brakes and power steering, Edelbrock intake and carburetor, chrome K&N air cleaner Pioneer AM/FM/Cassette player along with a Sparkomatic equalizer. The interior is in good condition as well as the black exterior. The truck handles well and goes down the road straight.


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A CAKE sale is to be held to raise funds towards the appeal bid made to save a village school.
Pontfadog Post Office and Stores, situated in the Ceiriog Valley, are holding a cake stall this Saturday, March 30 from 10am to 12 noon to raise funds for bill incurred for the appeal for saving Ysgol Pontfadog.
The school which is set to close this summer could be gifted to the community which fought to save it.
It will shut its doors for the final time this summer after a last ditch legal bid to keep it open was unsuccessful.
Campaigners launched an appeal to keep the school open, but despite a four-and-a-half hour court hearing in Cardiff last month, the challenge was unsuccessful.
The decision to consolidate the number of primary schools in the area from three down to two was taken by Wrexham Council in August 2018. The closure is expected to save Wrexham Council almost £100,000.
It came despite more than 1,300 objections against the move to send pupils to the dual language Ysgol Cynddelw two miles away.
Glyntraian Community Council is now looking to explore options for its future use by holding a consultation.
The community council will hold its first consultation event at Ysgol Pontfadog on Thursday, April 11, at 7.30pm.


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by Catherine Plano September 16, 2019 0 comment
Daniel Goleman, who focuses on emotional intelligence, shares with us that if you are tuned out of your own emotions, you will be poor at reading them in other people.
How true is that!
We all have emotions and we can all get a little sensitive at times. The trick is how you remain composed when battling a hurricane of emotions.
One thing that I keep at the forefront of every encounter is to remember that people will always remember how you made them feel.
It's not about the words that you uttered but the experience they had with you.
You project what you feel
Emotions can have a major impact on your business decisions.
When we are stressed, anxious or overwhelmed, the leader that resides in our pre-frontal cortex checks out of the planet. Then, we are left standing there speechless, not being able to focus or control our emotions.
The more intense your emotions, the more clouded your judgement and the more likely you are to make unintended mistakes about a business deal.
There is such a thing called a balanced mindset between the right and left hemispheres of your brain. While the right is the creative, imaginative and emotional side, the left is the logical side of your brain where you can reason and analyse.
By standing in between the two and allowing both sides of the brain to work together, it feels like you are the mediator.
You see both sides of the story.
You are the mentor – giving advice when needed.
It's like you become your own leadership coach. You clarify goals, increase your self-awareness and unlock your true potential.
In others words, you take a step back and watch the magic unfold.
You can't logic your way through emotions
Emotions play a part in all of our decisions. Nevertheless, how aware are we of our emotions, let alone how they play out in business?
One of my favourite quotes from Confucius is, 'to go beyond is as wrong as to fall short'.
Dichotomies always exist in every business. There are successes and there are failures. There are good business partners and there are some pretty shoddy business partners. There are some happy customers and there are some unhappy customers.
The key message is – do not allow your emotions to rise and fall like the waves of the ocean.
It's the 'how' we keep ourselves composed, balanced and able to see both sides. At the same time, it's preventing ourselves from getting trapped into either version of the stories we tell ourselves.
However, if you are anything like me, you have to be careful not to wear rose-coloured glasses all the time.
You may see only the positive in everything that you do, which can influence your decision making in business. Getting psyched up and excited will make you want to jump into every opportunity that comes your way.
This is why self-awareness is the number one muscle that you need to stretch, flex and build if you want to be in control of your emotions when it comes to business.
You can't do good work, if work is all you do
When you involve others in your business decisions, it's a win-win for all.
Be human. Get to know who you are doing business with. This includes your customers. Show them that you have a heart and that you would like to collaborate.
Don't make it all about work. Get to know a little bit about them. Understand what drives them. Find out what gets them motivated.
Be transparent. Ask them what's the best outcome for them. This way, you get valuable insight into the business deal rather than playing a guessing game.
In addition, take lots of notes and share your notes with them, so to make sure you are on the same page. It's essential when there are emotions involved in making a business decision.
Through neuroimaging, neuroscience shows us that when you write your emotions down, you are taking them out of your unconscious mind and bringing them forward into your conscious mind. Therefore, the process removes the intensity of your emotion.
After all, you are a human being
If we were to round up some shiny golden nuggets from this article, there would be four major takeaways.
Be the observer in your business. When you are feeling overexcited and you risk overestimating your chances of success, allow your emotions and thoughts to flow through you, without judgement and without attachment.
Write down the pros and cons. What are the risks? Is this something that you really want to invest in? Even if you have no reservations in moving forward, I would still sleep on it and then see if my excitement is the same a couple of days later.
Do not make a business decision when you are feeling overwhelmed. During these moments, we know that the leadership part of our brain has gone to sleep and that we can't reason at full potential.
Connect, collaborate and be human. Regardless if they're your business partners, customers or team members, show them that you care.
Overall, emotions are an integral part of business. They influence the relationships in our lives, both personal and professional.
Therefore, it's important for us as entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders to acknowledge our emotions and pay attention to how we are thinking and feeling.
Once we do, we will be able to make better decisions, build stronger partnerships and get greater business results than ever before.
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You control Smith, a government agent on his final mission. You need to kill the aliens that landed on earth. Please don't rate the theme unless you've completed the entire game. It's not long or hard.
If you have a bazooka, you can shoot a rocket at your feet to rocket jump. Don't actually jump. Just shoot down.
If you're on win8 or win10 and it doesn't work, try win7 compatibility mode.
If it crashes, please write the log in the tutorial (it can be accessed by running the jar through a bat (windows), sh (linux) or command (OSX).
The sounds are playing and I can interact with the program, but nothing shows up.
On Windows 10 if that information is of any use.
Seems fun to start. But unless I'm missing something, after you get the bazooka, the next ledge is too high to jump on to. And I think I lost all my health but didn't die?
Nice little game. The controls are a bit too twitchy for my tastes, and the camera is quite annoying at times since you can't see what's coming. I like the sprites and the animations!
I got it to run on OpenJDK 8 but there's no graphics.
Interesting concept, it was enjoyable but the controls sometimes felt a little difficult to handle...mainly when rocket jumping.
Sorry, I wasn't able to get this to run.
Soun´ds are working but can't see anything on Windows 7.
The sprites looked nice but the animation could be better.
Sincerelly I didn't enjoy the gameplay very much. The controls were very twitchy, rocket jumping was very hard to do (and I had to come read the description to figure out I needed to rocket jump) and constantly having to manually reload your weapon (specially the rocket launcher) was very fustrating.
Visually it's a decent game. It's just that the gameplay needs some work.
I liked the graphic style.
Sometimes the aliens would fall down a killing chasm, but this would not decrease the "aliens remaining" counter.
The rocket jumping was a bit hard to control.
Didn't work for me either on Mac:( will get back to you maybe it will work later on!
I wasn't able to run it sorry.
I got to the bazooka and it crashed - It was a very neat concept though!
x64 build didn't work for me, but I managed to run the x86 one.
I really liked watch-looking UI. The controls were a bit clunky, and pointing the gun to the left looked odd. The rocket jump thing wasn't communicated well in the game, making it a bit frustrating.
Overall I thought the graphics were nice, but the gameplay could use some work. And even after completing the game I still don't think the game fits the theme too well.
I can't play. It starts for a second and it closes. I think it's an exception of some sort, but I haven't checked to see what the exception could be.
"Could not find or load main class theMonster_mpl-x64_bugfix1.jar"
the game runs really, really, really fast for me. Like WebFreak001 said there's one space that's impossible to jump off of.
I don't like how the pixelart is inconsistently scaled, but the game is good.
@reiknight That bug is not related, I'm not even gonna fix it in this game. Have you tried compatibility mode if you're on win8 or win10?
A neat game but unfortunately it just crashes once you grab the bazooka.
Awesome game, love the cover art.
64 bit version didn't launch at all (on a 64 based system) and the in the x86 version there were no graphics :( . Win8, Java Runtime 1.8 installed.
Didn't run on linux x64.
But I see great potential for this game and I wish I could play more.
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On February 12th of 2019, Prof. Mario Lanza, full Professor at the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials of Soochow University, has been selected as Distinguished Lecturer by the Electron Devices Society (EDS) of the USA, which belongs to the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Prof. Lanza received this distinction for extraordinary contributions in the field of "Two-dimensional materials based electronic devices". The high selectivity of this distinction can be seen by the fact that in Mainland China there are only four scientists who received it, and the other three are: Prof. Ru Huang (Peking University, Academician), Prof. Ming Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician), and Prof. Tian-Lin Ren (Tsinghua University, Chang Jiang Scholar). The complete list can be found here: https://eds.ieee.org/lectures/distinguished-lecturer-listing.html. Congratulations to Prof. Mario Lanza for this achievement!


Investigators in western New York say spontaneous combustion of animal feed started the fire that destroyed a large grain mill and storage facility operated by Minnesota-based Land O' Lakes.
Fire crews from more than two dozen departments battled the fire that broke out Saturday night at Commodity Resource Corp. in the Livingston County town of Caledonia, 15 miles south of Rochester.
The company says the site is the largest dairy feed manufacturing facility and dry fertilizer distribution center in the region. The plant was closed at the time of the fire.
On Tuesday, Caledonia Deputy Chief John Murray told media outlets the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. That's the same thing that sparked a September fire at a Cargill feed plant in Salem near the Vermont border.


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Yesterday in the human existence for the first time the image of the most powerful objects in existence the black hole was captured with the planetwide virtual array called the Event Horizon Telescope was released and the world freaked out.
The black hole is located at the centre of Messier 87, the light is being pulled into the black hole at the centre of M87 the largest galaxy which is about 54 million light-years away.
To capture the image of the black hole several telescopes were placed all around the world which was later combined to boost their power in order to create the most anticipated picture for the first time to understand the path of the universe. It is said the data which went into creating the picture is equivalent to 40,000 selfies people might take throughout their life.
Katie Bouman is the women behind the Black Hole image. The mad coding skills of the PhD student made the impossible into possible.
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The many advantages of modular wall systems extend beyond time saved during the design process and includes money saved on reconfiguration, heating and air conditioning savings and environmental responsibility characterized by their nearly 100% reusability. But the advantages don't stop there as your company may realize significant tax-related benefits as well.
The Importance of Classification – Depreciation, as accountants are well aware, is the process by which wear and tear on assets is determined in order to reflect their relative value at various stages of their lifecycle. Depreciation is driven by classification and drywall construction is classified as a capital improvement to the building itself. As such it is depreciated over the same timespan as the building – 39 years. The result is that, while your tax burden on the drywall construction will decrease each year, that decrease will be miniscule.
Accelerated Depreciation – Unlike standard construction of fixed walls modular wall system components are not considered capital improvements to a building. Instead they are classified as office furniture or equipment. As such they are allowed to depreciate over the much shorter period of 5 years which means the annual tax burden on each component of your modular wall system is reduced in noticeably larger increments relative to drywall.
A Powerful Incentive – When it comes to assessing tax liability then the difference between the two modes of classification is significant. Whereas with I-M-T modular wall system components you can write off up to 60% of their cost in just a few years the write off for drywall over the same time span will be a modest 7-8%. So accelerated depreciation means not only greatly reduced tax liability year-on-year but accelerated return on investment as well. Yet more powerful incentives, if any more were needed, to spur your investigation into adapting modular wall systems for your business.


Dr. Cristina Restuccia, Researcher in Food Microbiology, University of Catania, Italy.
Afshin Babazadeh, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Macquarie University.
Dr. Jeyan Arthur Moses, Assistant Professor, Department of Primary Processing, Storage and Handling, Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Thanjavur, India.
Dr. Jun Tian, Associate professor, Director of food science teaching and research section, College of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, China.
Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Aman, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Dr. Nanik Purwanti, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Biosystem Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.
Dr. Lluis Palou, Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering, Postharvest Technology Center (CTP) Valencian Institute for Agricultural Research (IVIA).
Dr. Dan Liu, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Dr. Muhammad Imlak, Food Scientist, National Institute of Food Science & Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Govind Pandey, Assistant professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.
Dr.Claudia Irene Trainito, Postdoctoral fellow at IBM Research-Zurich, Precision Diagnostics group of the Science & Technology, Switzerland.
Dr. Prasad Jayprakash Rasane, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India.
Dr. Maria Dolores Suarez, Department of Biology and Geology. Animal Production Area, CITE II -B. University of Almería, E - 04120 Almería, Spain.
Dr. Xiaojun Liao, Professor, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University (CAU) 17 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China.
Dr. Maomao Zeng, Associate Professor, Jiangnan University, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, China.
Dr. Proestos Charalampos, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Dr. Adegbola Oladele Dauda, Department of Home Economics and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Dr. Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Engineering, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
Dr. Guillermo Petzold, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Engineering, Uniiversity of Bio-Bio, Chile.
Dr. Jun Wang, Professor, College of Bio-Systems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, PR China.
Dr. Navin K. Rastogi, Scientist F, Department of Food Engineering, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India.
Dr. Eduard Hernandez Yanez, Lecturer, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology / Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering (ESAB), Spain.
Dr. Bin Du, Senior Experimentalist, Analysis and Testing Center, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China.
Dr. Yu-Jie Fu, Director, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University; Director, Engineering Research Center of Forest Bio-preparation, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University.
Dr. Barjinder Pal Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Haryana, India.
Dr. Ana Teresa Sanches Silva, Invited Assistant Researcher at the National Institute of Health, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dr. Dunja Duvnjak, Research Associate, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia.
Dr. Cibele Freitas de Oliveira, Postdoctoral researcher, Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Portugal.
Dr. Romdhane Karoui, Professor at the Artois University and Director of the research team Food Quality and Security Site, Artois of Charles Viollette Institute, France.
Dr. Paras Sharma, Scientist, Food Chemistry Divisio, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR, India).
Dr. Rosario Ramirez, Extremadura Government, Center for Scientific Research and Technology of Extremadura, Spain.
Dr. Xueming Xu, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, PR China.


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The following details of the life of Gretel Dehn were supplied by Stefan Dressler of the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut in Frankfurt in November 2016.
She was born in Karlsruhe on 5 February 1884 as Gretel Schenkel. Her father was Badian minister for the Interior. She was trained at the Karlsruhe Art Academy as a painter. She married Gustav Dehn but divorced him in 1934. Her former husband, who was Jewish, emigrated in 1939 to Ecuador while she emigrated in 1934 to South Africa and lived with her son near Cape Town. She later, (1948?), left South Africa for Rhodesia where she became a planter (farmer?). She died on 19 March 1961 in Resthaven.
Further information can be found online at this link.
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2019). Flora of Mozambique: Person details: Dehn, G.


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Guiding and directing those in need is one definition of leadership. Some are born naturally with leadership skills, and others have to learn traits in order to be a good leader. If you wish to enhance your abilities in this field, read on for tips and hints on how to do just that.
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Focusing on your team is very important as a leader. Learn about how to encourage and inspire people who work with you. Instead of concentrating on just the fact you want tasks getting done, try to focus more into motivating the team to perform at their best.
Don't be a know it all in regards to leadership. Even if you have a lot of great ideas, let other offer their opinions. They may be able to offer advice on how you can make your idea better, go through with it, or tell you flaws they see.
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Q: dplyr summary tables for list of columns I have a data frame:
role <- c("hi", "hi", "lo", "lo", "me", "me")
a <- c("w", "r","w", "r", "w", "r")
b <- c("z", "x","z", "x", "z", "x")
c <- c("o", "o","p", "p", "t", "y")

df <- data.frame(role, a, b, c)

To get a pivot table style summary of which roles have what frequency of factors in column a I use dplyr:
summ <- df %>%
group_by(role, a) %>%
tally() %>%
spread(a, n, fill = 0)

summ

How can I automatically generate separate pivot tables for all columns (a, b and c) using one dplyr pipe?

A: Here is an option using tidyverse
library(tidyverse)
names(df)[-1] %>%
    map(~df %>%
         select(.x, role) %>%
         group_by(!!sym(.x), role) %>%
         tally() %>%
         spread(!!sym(.x), n, fill = 0))
#    [[1]]
# A tibble: 3 x 3
#    role     r     w
#* <fctr> <dbl> <dbl>
#1     hi     1     1
#2     lo     1     1
#3     me     1     1

#[[2]]
# A tibble: 3 x 3
#    role     x     z
#* <fctr> <dbl> <dbl>
#1     hi     1     1
#2     lo     1     1
#3     me     1     1

#[[3]]
# A tibble: 3 x 5
#    role     o     p     t     y
#* <fctr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#1     hi     2     0     0     0
#2     lo     0     2     0     0
#3     me     0     0     1     1

A: One approach, retaining the code you used for a single pivot table:
library(dplyr); library(tidyr)

df %>%
  gather(key, value, -role) %>%
  split(.$key) %>%
  lapply(function(x){x %>% group_by(role, value) %>%
      tally() %>%
      spread(value, n, fill = 0)})

$a
# A tibble: 3 x 3
# Groups:   role [3]
   role     r     w
* <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
1    hi     1     1
2    lo     1     1
3    me     1     1

$b
# A tibble: 3 x 3
# Groups:   role [3]
   role     x     z
* <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
1    hi     1     1
2    lo     1     1
3    me     1     1

$c
# A tibble: 3 x 5
# Groups:   role [3]
   role     o     p     t     y
* <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
1    hi     2     0     0     0
2    lo     0     2     0     0
3    me     0     0     1     1

A: This is pretty straightforward in base R with lapply and table:
lapply(df[-1], function(x) table(df$role, x))
$a
    x
     r w
  hi 1 1
  lo 1 1
  me 1 1

$b
    x
     x z
  hi 1 1
  lo 1 1
  me 1 1

$c
    x
     o p t y
  hi 2 0 0 0
  lo 0 2 0 0
  me 0 0 1 1

This returns a list of table objects. If you want a list of data.frames, you could do
lapply(df[-1], function(x) as.data.frame.matrix(table(df$role, x)))

A: FYI You're also using tidyr for gather, and you can use count in place of the group then tally for a more concise pipe.
If you want a single table outlining all combinations:
library(tidyr)
library(dplyr)

df %>%
  gather(variable, value, -role) %>%
  count(role, variable, value) %>%
  spread(value, n, fill = 0)

    role variable     o     p     r     t     w     x     y     z
* <fctr>    <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
1     hi        a     0     0     1     0     1     0     0     0
2     hi        b     0     0     0     0     0     1     0     1
3     hi        c     2     0     0     0     0     0     0     0
4     lo        a     0     0     1     0     1     0     0     0
5     lo        b     0     0     0     0     0     1     0     1
6     lo        c     0     2     0     0     0     0     0     0
7     me        a     0     0     1     0     1     0     0     0
8     me        b     0     0     0     0     0     1     0     1
9     me        c     0     0     0     1     0     0     1     0

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DCT appointed a representative in Czechia and Slovakia.
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On-site loading and unloading operations in China ports without disruption
A few days ago, in the Chuanshan port area of Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, there were 5 20,000 TEU- class containers of "Mein Maersk", "Mediterranean Diana", "Changzheng", "Meiteng Maersk" and "East Germany". Ships are lined up, and on-site loading and unloading operations are in order.
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The Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku visited the port of Durres, Albania's largest seaport, where work continues largely uninterrupted to handle the incoming cargo ships, as well as the freight carriers shipping export goods and equipment.
Croatian Minister says major infrastructure projects active despite epidemic
Big infrastructure projects in Croatia are continuing despite the COVID-19 epidemic." – said the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Minister, Oleg Butkovic on Friday, while touring a section of the Istrian Y motorway between Pazin and Cerovlje, which is under construction.
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The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Klaipeda State Seaport Authority signed a credit contract for 19 years intended to renew infrastructure in Klaipeda Port.
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Q: Getting Jenkins build time when started I want to get the time when a build was started. I know the build name and number, but trick is the build may not have completed yet. The script can run on the Jenkins server or can be an API call. Any way I can accomplish that?

A: You can install ZenTimestamp Plugin and get the time stamp using BUILD_TIMESTAMP variable added by this plugin.
Note:

*

*You need to specify SimpleDateFormat pattern (e.g. yyyyMMddHHmmss).

*You must activate the Global Property!

A: Under the Jenkins job you will find Polling Log on the left hand side
or you can just use the url like so
jenkinsurl/job/jobName/buildNumber/pollingLog/pollingLog
All the details will be available here and you can find the time it started, by who,which revision ip address...

A: Yes, you can use the Jenkins object to get the start time. For this inside your script.
Jenkins.getInstance().getItemByFullName(<your_job_name>).getBuildByNumber(<your_build_number>).getTime()

A: For local time, try:
java.time.LocalDateTime.now()

For UTC try:
build.getTimestampString2()


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The family of a dead programmer has filed a $USD5 billion dollar ($6.4 billion) lawsuit against a man who claimed to be the creator of bitcoin.
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Kleiman's family alleges that the two men jointly owned roughly 1.1 million bitcoins and a company. When Kleiman died in 2013, Wright allegedly backdated contracts to transfer the ownership of the coins and intellectual property to him.
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55 Chamberlayne Road
NW10 3ND
If you order food from Pomelo then you could enjoy the following offers:
My secret restaurant in NW London. Most Delicious Malay food - Evening Standard
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Example meal-deals from Pomelo
menu a - for 2 persons - �32.00
malaysian set menu c - for 2 persons - �34.00
menu b - for 2 persons - �44.00
Food Categories: Chinese, Malaysian
Here are some other Chinese restaurants and take-aways near Pomelo:
Eat Sushi, (approx. 0 miles)
Flying Elephant, Kensal Rise, (approx. 0.1 miles)
Hana, Kensal Green (approx. 0.2 miles)
Le Ho Fook, (approx. 0.3 miles)
Zing Zing, London (approx. 0.3 miles)
Thai Rice, Harrow (approx. 0.5 miles)
The Cottage, Queens Park (approx. 0.6 miles)
China Palace London, West Kilburn (approx. 0.8 miles)
Fortune Star, (approx. 0.8 miles)
88 Dragons Sushi And Dim Sum, London (approx. 0.8 miles)
Thai Box Express, Maida Vale (approx. 0.9 miles)
Four Faces Thai Kitchen, Paddington (approx. 0.9 miles)
May's Chinese Cuisine, Kilburn (approx. 0.9 miles)
Sunset Bay Restaurant, Westbourne Park,north, (approx. 0.9 miles)
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Transport options near Pomelo in Kensal Rise
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The red marker on the map is the Pomelo in Kensal Rise. The blue markers - you might need to move the map around or zoom out to see them - represent the other Chinese restaurants and takeaways near Pomelo. Click on each marker for the restaurant name and more details.


DO not know, my little friend, if I shall be allowed to see to write to you again. Remember your mother. These few are the best I can say to you.
You have seen me happy through the consciousness of having done my duty and of having been helpful to those who suffer. There is no other way of living. You have seen me resigned in misfortune and captivity because I have no remorse, but the memory and joy which good deeds leave behind them. These are the Only things that help one to bear the evils of life and the vicissitudes of fate.
Perhaps (and I hope so) you are not destined for such experiences as mine, but there are others against which you have no means of defending yourself. A regular and busy life is the chief guard against all perils, and necessity, as well as wisdom, will cause you to work seriously.
Be worthy of your parents : they leave you a fine example, and if you know how to profit by it you will not have lived in vain.
Good-bye, dear child, you whom I have nourished and whom I should like to fill with all my thoughts. A time will come when you will be able to realise how hard it is for me at this moment not to be able to see your sweet face. I press you to my breast.
Madame Roland to her little daughter, written in her last hours in the prison cell.
Madame Roland (1754 – 1793) and her husband were supporters of the French Revolution. She fell out of favour during the Reign of Terror and died on the guillotine. She was tried on trumped-up charges of harbouring royalist sympathies, but it was plain that her death was part of the purge of the opposition. On 22 June 1793, in a letter she writes "The tyrants may well oppress me, but demean me? Never, never!". Madame Roland accepted the guillotine as the only way to clear her name and reputation.
One week after her execution, her husband, committed suicide on a country lane outside Rouen, one can only think of poor Eudora!


Since the building and completion of the Baikal-Amur-Mainline (BAM)1 in 2002, not only cities like Severobaikalsk have been founded but the region has become easily accessible, too. In comparison to the Southern Baikal, this region is not much touristically developed yet. But inexpensive accommodations and first maps already exist. Due to the Great Baikal Trail project, first hiking trails have been built since 2004. Severobaikalsk is the child of the BAM – but the ambitious ideas of the Soviet planers have never been realised. It was the Perestroika which set an end to it and almost every plan was cut short.
Those who could afford to leave moved away. Until now, many citizens of Severobaikalsk still live outside of the city centre in barrack camps which were originally planned as emergency and temporary accommodations.
Trips to the glimmer lakes (20 km from Severobaikalsk), the many hot springs, the Kotelnykovski Cape (with the option to climb the 2588m high Tsherskovo peak), the east coast to the city Chakussy (via boat), the Ayaya bay and the Frolikha lake are some of the many attractive options to spend your free time.
Trains arrive directly from Moscow (about 100 hours) and Irkutsk (about 35 hours) every two days. The railway is the most reliable and easiest way to get to Severobaikalsk. If anything else does not work – the train does.
During the summer months, a hydrofoil (raketa) departs from Irkutsk with destination Severobaikalsk several times a week. The hydrofoil needs about 10 hours for 650 km. But tickets are early sold out and often "mashin kaput" - "machine's broken". Because of the high speed of hydrofoils, passengers can not enjoy the journey on deck but have to "fight" for a spot on the small balcony.
Several times a week, small planes fly from Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude to Nizhneangarsk (NIL) which lies 35 km in the South of Severobaikalsk. To Severobaikalsk you can get easily by bus or marshrutka-minibus. But again, tickets are hard to get and having one does not mean the plane is leaving on the scheduled time and date.


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La cospirazione di Cinq-Mars, dal nome del suo promotore, fu una cospirazione che ebbe luogo nel 1642 in Francia, contro il cardinale di Richelieu, primo ministro di Luigi XIII, e indirettamente contro il re che sosteneva il suo ministro.

Diretta da Enrico di Cinq-Mars, venne smascherata e i cospiratori inviati all'esilio. Fu l'ultima cospirazione contro Richelieu, che morì alla fine dell'anno.

Storia della cospirazione

Origini

Il ministero del cardinale Richelieu diede luogo a una lotta tra i signori feudali, favorevoli ad un governo centrale debole e la politica del cardinale diretta alla creazione finale di una monarchia forte. Molte cospirazioni, guidate dalla nobiltà, vennero ordite contro il ministro, come gli inizi della giornata degl'ingannati o la cospirazione di Chalais. Il fatto che il cardinale era a capo di una guerra contro la Spagna assicurò anche l'ostilità della regina Anna d'Austria d'origine spagnola.

Per garantirsi il mantenimento dei favori del re, Richelieu cercò di indebolire l'influenza di Marie de Hautefort, amica della regina, su Luigi XIII. Favorì pertanto l'introduzione presso il re di Enrico di Cinq-Mars, figlio di un intimo amico del cardinale, nel 1639. Il giovane divenne rapidamente il preferito del re e nominato gran maestro del guardaroba, primo scudiero e  gran scudiero di Francia. Ma questa ricchezza improvvisa aumentò la sua arroganza e le sue funzioni al servizio del re cominciarono a pesargli rapidamente.

Quando cercò di ottenere un ducato, al fine di garantire l'alleanza con Maria Luisa di Gonzaga-Nevers, principessa di Mantova, ben al di sopra del suo rango, Richelieu e il re si opposero al suo desiderio. A seguito di tale rifiuto, Cinq-Mars sviluppò un forte rancore contro il cardinale.

La cospirazione si sviluppò in piena guerra dei trent'anni, guerra in cui le alleanze francesi erano favorevoli alla Svezia e ai principi tedeschi.

Svolgimento
Cinq-Mars si accordò con François Auguste de Thou, consigliere al Parlamento e amico del Marchese, entrambi nemici del cardinale, dopo aver mantenuto una corrispondenza con la duchessa Marie de Rohan-Montbazon. Si unirono anche il marchese Fontrailles e soprattutto Gastone d'Orléans, fratello del re presente in tutte le cospirazioni contro Richelieu. Anche la regina Anna d'Austria e la duchessa di Chevreuse furono probabilmente coinvolte oltre al principe di Sedan, che aveva partecipato, l'anno precedente, alla battaglia della Marfée.

Il marchese prese dei contatti con la Spagna, allo scopo di ottenere una forza armata per supportare la cospirazione. Un trattato firmato con Filippo IV di Spagna, in guerra contro la Francia dal 1635, prevedeva la restituzione al suo paese di tutte le piazzeforti conquistate, in cambio della somma di 400 000 scudi. Inoltre Gastone s'impegnava a firmare una pace con la Spagna promettendo di abbandonare l'alleanza con la Svezia e i principi tedeschi. Gli spagnoli approntarono un'armata di 12 000 fanti e 5 000 cavalieri, nella regione di Sedan, per intervenire a fianco dei congiurati. Il principe di Sedan avrebbe dovuto facilitare l'ingresso in Francia di questo esercito. Fontrailles firmò il trattato per conto di Gastone e Gaspar de Guzmán per la Spagna.

Il 17 febbraio 1642, mentre la Corte sostava a Lione i cospiratori decisero di arrestare Richelieu, come ultima risorsa per ucciderlo. Ma egli apparve prima di Cinq-Mars con il suo capitano delle guardie; il Marchese intimidito abbandonò i cospiratori.

Una corrispondenza segreta del marchese, comprendente una copia del trattato con la Spagna, venne intercettata dalla polizia di Richelieu; egli si arrese ad Arles l'11 giugno. La cospirazione fallì mentre de Thou e Cinq-Mars vennero arrestati a Narbonne il 13 giugno.

Sorte dei congiurati

Traditi nella loro fiducia, Luigi XIII e Richelieu fecero giustiziare Cinq-Mars e De Thou a Lione che vennero condannati a morte per il reato di lesa maestà e decapitati il 12 settembre 1642 sulla piazza dei Terreaux. La madre di Enrico di Cinq-Mars, la marescialla Effiat, venne esiliata in Touraine, suo fratello privato delle rendite di abate e il castello di famiglia raso al suolo "per somma infamia".

Gastone d'Orléans rimase fuori causa, ma il Parlamento di Parigi lo privò dei suoi diritti di reggenza.

Il principe di Sedan, arrestato mentre era al comando dell'armata in Italia, era prossimo ad essere anch'egli decapitato anche tenuto conto della recidività dopo la battaglia della Marfée, ma l'intervento di sua moglie, Éléonore de Bergh, indusse il re a temporeggiare: il principe dovette cedere, con il trattato del 15 septembre 1642, il principato di Sedan e Raucourt.

Il 4 dicembre 1642 morì Richelieu ma Luigi XIII continuò a seguire la politica del Cardinale nominando al suo posto il cardinale Mazzarino, uno dei protetti del precedente ministro.

Note

Bibliografia
 Alfred de Vigny, Cinq-Mars (romanzo storico, 1826).
 Pierre Merville e Jean-Pierre Tournemine, Louis XIII ou La conspiration de Cinq-Mars (drame historique en cinq actes, 1833)
 Charles Gounod, Cinq-Mars (opéra, 1877)
Supplice de Cinq-Mars et de Thou décapités à Lyon, sur la place des Terreaux le 12 septembre 1642 : relation d'un témoin oculaire (pubblicato nel 1878, online su Gallica).

Storia della Francia

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


I was wakened from a very light doze by a gentle blowing sensation on my cheek. I turned my head to see if Keith was awake, and as I looked I saw a shimmery haze (similar to what you might see above a road, on a hot summer day) hover above Keith's sleeping head, and then it gradually rose up to the ceiling and vanished. I had never before felt a draught in that room or experienced any type of draught similar to the one I felt that night in that room, despite trying to find a source. I believe with all my heart that David came to say goodbye and what I saw was his 'spirit', and what I felt was his last kiss. If it is true that we see our loved ones before we die, then I feel there is nothing to fear in death for us, and everything to look forward to.


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"Dumpster Gold" By Murray A. Lightburn
Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of The Dears, is back with a new single/video "Dumpster Gold," to announce his third solo full-length album, Once Upon A Time In Montreal, available March 31st release via Dangerbird Records (Grandaddy, Milly).
Discussing "Dumpster Gold", Lightburn notes, "About a year or so after my old man passed, my mom called and said, 'Murray, I've made a big decision: I'm selling the house'. She'd been there for 50 years. We were the only family that ever lived in it, one of many identical houses in a section of Brossard, Quebec. On our way out, we sifted through everything; most of it was going to the dump. There were many worthless treasures that were meaningful only to us. A couple of things now sit around my house. My father wasn't an expressive man to me. I am left with these fragments to piece together a connection to him."
Despite growing up with the man, Lightburn—the youngest brother of three—says his father "was almost a complete stranger to me. I could almost count the conversations we had, and none of them were very meaningful. I had to deduce that our happy moments were listening to Expos games together. I never knew how he felt about my career or the things I'd achieved—all of which I got from him."
Lightburn's father was a saxophonist who worshipped Coltrane. There's no hard bop on Once Upon A Time in Montreal, but it does feature an array of Montreal jazz players. Like this album's predecessor, 2019's Hear Me Out, Lightburn is in full crooner mode, distilling the passion and intensity of The Dears into gentle arrangements that feature an orchestral section, drawing on late-'60s, early-'70s folk/jazz/pop: Dionne Warwick, Nick Drake, Bill Withers, Serge Gainsbourg, Al Green, etc. While the influences might be obvious, the end result is singular and without peer.
After the patriarch passed, Murray's 86-year-old mother started revealing tender details of their life together. "She painted a portrait of a man that I had never met in my life," says the songwriter. "I then pieced the story together." He didn't yet know he was writing a narrative album. The first batch of songs were written as part of the grieving process—keeping busy, in the way that is most natural for a songwriter with an internationally acclaimed 25-year career. Some other projects intervened—including the original soundtrack for I Like Movies, which debuted to raves at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and will arrive in theaters this March—before Lightburn doubled down and finished.
Once Upon A Time In Montreal was produced by Howard Bilerman (Leonard Cohen, The Weather Station, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), who Lightburn worked with on Hear Me Out. The album features Dears drummer Jeff Luciani along with a number of talented, local jazz players, including Frank Lozano, who delivers a soaring sax solo on the title track, which for Murray conjured the ghost of his father, who—after abandoning music when he became a born-again Christian—had picked up his sax again in the 2000s to play on two Dears songs. As soon as Lozano finished, "I knew it was a 400-foot home run," says Lightburn. "I knew it was something that would hold. I knew also at that moment how much my dad would love this record. Even if he never told me, I know that it would be on repeat in his car if he was still with us and driving around. That was my motivation—to make something I know he would love. It's not indie rock, you know?"
Murray A. Lightburn 2023 Tour Dates
02/03 – Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
02/04 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan's
02/05 – Cork, IE @ Cyprus Avenue
02/07 – Belfast, UK @ Ulster Hall
02/08 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
02/09 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
02/10 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
02/11-12 – London, UK @ Lafayette
All dates with Stars
Pre-order Once Upon A Time In Montreal HERE
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