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Solar Panels in Redfield, NY: Solar Companies, Cost, and Installation
We're here to help you determine whether a solar power system is worth it in Redfield, New York. We'll also answer your questions about how it works and which solar providers and installers are available. See the topics below:
Cost of Solar Panels in Redfield, NY
The figures below show the total cost of solar power in Redfield and the estimated payback or break-even period. The numbers below assumes you want to buy the system outright. You can also get a loan, lease the system, or set up a "power purchase agreement" (PPA). Learn more about payment options.
Solar Power Companies in Redfield, NY
Should You Get Solar in Redfield?
Obviously only you can decide, but we've collected the following pros and cons for getting solar at a Redfield home or business:
Below-average sunshine (12.4% below average)
Is solar worth it in Redfield, NY? Considering all of the above, we think so for most people. Solar is 24.7% more cost effective than the rest of the nation and will pay itself back in around 11 years 2 months for a home buyer. We like to see return times (without state incentives) under 20 years.
Solar Power Savings by Month in Redfield
A 5kW system will save someone in Redfield up to $109.65 on an average month. That's significant given the average New York power bill of $111.32 per month. Here's a monthly breakdown:
Feb 3.52 $85.34
Oct 3.42 $90.88
Data based on 1 zip in Redfield, NY. Data reliability is rated excellent.
For example, May is the highest-sun month in Redfield with an average of 5.43 kW per meter per day. An efficient 5 kW system will cover about 25 square meters depending on the roof. So, the following is the savings calculation for May in Redfield:
24.48 kW * New York average of $0.19 per kW * 30 days = up to $144.21 in savings in an average May.
These assumptions are very good for the average home in Redfield, but nothing beats the accuracy of getting your own quote.
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Q: Snowflake Kafka Connnector Cluster Distributed Connector Services getting disconnected Error: This has disconnected the Server from Cluster and stopped the Distributed-Connector Services. Please help
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The Local Dial Plan property of a Tesira VoIP Control/Status block allows the VoIP interface to determine when you've finished dialing a number, when you're dialing off hook one digit at a time. When the user enters a specific set of digits that matches a pattern, the SVC-2 card will automatically dial the number and start the call.
The SVC-2 cards allows a Digit map based on RFC 3435 to facilitate the dial plan rules.
Right-click on the VoIP Control/Status block, and select Properties.
In the Properties window, select the DSP Properties tab.
Select the Normalization tab of the VoIP Line Properties window.
Any digit from 0 thru 9 is interpreted as a literal digit. The # or * characters can also be used to represent the corresponding DTMF entities.
A range of allowable digits can be represented using square brackets. For example, 11 will match 311, 711, or 911. You can also represent a continuous range of digits using a hyphen. For example, [2-9]11 will match 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, 811 and 911.
The symbol "x" will match any DTMF digit. For example, 4xxxx will match any 5-digit number that starts with a 4.
The symbol "T" matches a timer expiry. This adds a pause, which means that it'll wait for the "Dialing Timeout" time (3 seconds by default) after you've dialed before concluding that you're done dialing. This is useful for preventing the call from starting prematurely on short numbers. For example, 911T will match if you dial 911 and then wait for 3 seconds. However, if you dial 911 and then dial another number before the 3-second timer expires, then the pattern will not match. This would be useful if you want the ability to dial an internal extension of 9114, as well as the US emergency number 911.
A period character (".") allows the previous construct to be repeated any number of times (including zero times). For example, 011xxx.T will match 011 followed by 3 or more digits, followed by a pause.
The Local Dial Plan can (and usually does) consist of multiple strings for different patterns. The different strings must be separated by a pipe character ("|"). The pipe is like an "OR" statement, meaning that only one of the pattern strings must be matched before the VoIP card will assume that's the end of the number you're dialing.
[2-9]11 - any number 2-9, followed by 11. Like 911, 311, etc.
[0-1][2-9]xxxxxxxxx - a 0 or a 1, then any number 2-9, followed by 9 more digits. For instance, 18008261457.
[2-9]xxxT - any number 2-9, followed by 3 more digits, and then pause for the timeout time.
Note that a call to the number 918772426796 would not match any arguments in the default dial plan. If a leading 9 or other number is needed to dial an external number, you can edit the string [2-9]xxxxxxxxx (any number 2-9, followed by nine more digits. For instance, 800-826-1457) and add two x's to it. This will now allow the user to dial a 9 plus eleven digits (for instance 9,1-877-242-6796).
When sending a dial string to a VoIP card from a 3rd party control system, or as part of a speed dial number, inserting a comma "," will create a 1 second pause in a dial string. 5 commas ",,,,," equals a 5 second pause. Reading these comma characters as a pause requires that the phone be dialed while off hook. On hook dialing will result in the entire string being sent as a whole. Commas will not be translated into a 1 second pause then and instead will be sent as part of the dial string.
Consequently, the Redial functionality would fail. Once the example Normalization Rule was added, the user no longer had to dial the leading '9' for outbound calls and the redial functionality performed as expected.


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Where did the name PO-BOY come from and why?
Home/News, Things To Do/Where did the name PO-BOY come from and why?
In the city where the "Po-boy", or as some say "Poor Boy", originated, where did the name of the beloved "Po-boy" come from and why?
These culinary treats can be made with meats and cheeses, or seafood. If the wait staff asks you if you want your sandwich "dressed", they are referring to putting lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise (or another kind of sauce) on your sandwich.
Po-boys were originally made by the Martin Brothers, Bennie and Clovis, who moved to New Orleans from Raceland in the mid-1910s. Both brothers worked as Streetcar Conductors until the early 1920s, when they opened Martin Brothers Coffee Stand and Restaurant in the French Market.
Coffee stands have a long history in the French Market, beginning with free women of color. The Martin Brothers inclusion of a restaurant drew in their fellow street car workers and union members. However, when the carmen went on strike in 1929, Bennie and Clovis pledged to give the Carmen free meals until the strike was resolved. In order to fulfill their pledge, the brothers developed a unique creation that came to be known as the "poor boy" originally. They worked with the bakery that supplied their french bread to create a loaf that had a standard width from end-to-end, eliminating the "nose" or narrow ends that created waste. The crispy bread was the perfect vessel for a large sandwich to feed the hungry strikers. When a striker came buy to get a sandwich, they would call out, "here comes another poor boy," as the striker approached. That's how this New Orleans classic became known as the "poor boy" and was abridged to "po-boy". The "po-boy" lives on at restaurants throughout the Metro New Orleans area.
Mulate's serves up two specialty po-boy platters, the Muffaletta Po-boy and the Mardi Gras Shrimp Po-boy, and a host of traditional Po-boys.
The Muffaletta is another classic New Orleans creation with similar origins. However, Mulate's serves up their version on crispy french bread. Shrimp are a popular filling for these sandwiches, and the Mardi Gras Shrimp Po-boy is no exception. Popcorn shrimp are coated with Cajun Spiced Honey Mustard to create a unique blend. Whether it's seafood, sausage, or chicken breast, Mulate's has a po-boy to satisfy anyone's appetite.
To enjoy a po-boy, join us at Mulate's for authentic Cajun cuisine, music, and dancing.
We're located at 201 Julia Street in the Warehouse District, and laissez les bon temps rouler. For more information, call (504) 522-1492 or contact us by email at chantelle@mulates.com to inquire about accommodating large groups.
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Faith on 411
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Signed, 17×20.5″ – $50
Unsigned, 8.625×10.25″ – $15
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The Tennessee Overhill Heritage Series documents the turn of the century and illustrates the importance placed on heritage and historic preservation by the people of McMinn, Monroe and Polk Counties. The second in Linda Miller's Tennessee Overhill Heritage Series of limited edition lithographic prints depicts the cross erected in Polk County by Henry Harrison Mayes during the 1940's. Linda was drawn to the cross the first time she saw it in the mid 1970's. She recognized its value as American folk art and began asking about the history of the cross. She was inspired by the faith of Henry Harrison Mayes and the divine healing he received.
The large concrete cross was located south of Benton, Tennessee on Highway 411. For half a century, highway travelers passed by this 1,400 pound Christian icon with its two-sided message. The southbound inscription warns mankind that JESUS IS COMING SOON while the other side strongly advises GET RIGHT WITH GOD. This unique piece of religious folk art is the work of Kentucky coal miner Henry Harrison Mayes. When Highway 411 was expanded to four lanes, the cross was removed. This painting is the only reminder of what stood there since the 1940's.
Mr. Mayes was born in 1898 and began his roadside mission in 1917. Feeling that his life had been spared after a mining accident, Mr. Mayes decided to serve God by sharing his prophesy with a mobile society. The small man from Kentucky used money he made as a free-lance sign painter to support his advertising crusade that resulted in crosses being erected in forty-four states.
Mr. Mayes fashioned crosses by using homemade wooden molds and hand mixing and pouring concrete crosses in his backyard. After producing a substantial inventory he hoisted his artwork on his truck and set out for well traveled areas. Without permission, he would dig a hole on property near the highway and set his massive cross in place. Mr. Mayes energetic devotion is much like a 20th century Johnny Appleseed combined with the daring of a See Rock City promoter.
Henry Harrison Mayes constructed and erected concrete crosses for some sixty years. Many of his original crosses no longer exist because of highway expansion programs, traffic accidents, and natural erosion.
Even though this Middlesboro, Kentucky man was quiet and unassuming, his service and artwork have been reported in newspapers and featured in Newsweek, Life, and Foxfire 9.
The life and work of Henry Harrison Mayes ended in 1986. Though his efforts brought about titles like "God's Ad Man" and a "America's Roadside Evangelist," Mr. Mayes remained The Almighty's humble servant all his life. The actions of Henry Harrison Mayes spoke as loud as any sermon and his life testified to the power of one person serving God.
The painting is full of Christian symbolism. Click on various parts of the painting and learn about the symbols Linda Miller has incorporated into this artwork.
This lithographic print is available in two sizes:
Full size prints (signed by artist)
(Image size 17 x 20.5 inches)
Small prints (unsigned)
(Image size 8.625 X 10.25 inches)
Included with the print is the information about the cross and a sheet of the symbolism used in the artwork.
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Rare execution prompts search for hangman
GAUHATI, June 1 (AP): Mahendra Nath Das was convicted of a murder so gruesome India`s courts gave him a rare death sentence and the president rejected his plea for clemency. Only one thing is keeping him from the gallows: There is no hangman.
More than two decades have passed since any convict was executed in Assam, and with no qualified executioners remaining, officials in this northeastern state are scouring the rest of the country for a candidate.
In all of India, where the death penalty is only by hanging and imposed only in the "rarest of rare" cases, there have been only two hangings in the past 15 years.
Das` conviction for publicly decapitating a victim with a machete could make his the third.
"We have started the process of putting up the gallows," said Brojen Das, the jailer of the prison at Jorhat, 190 miles (300 kilometers) east of Gauhati, who shares a common regional surname with the condemned man.
But it is unclear when an executioner will be found to use it.
Prison authorities have written to their counterparts in the states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal searching for a hangman, but have so far gotten no response, said S. Thakuria, Assam`s top prison official.
Qualified executioners `" who know how to prepare the rope and tie the knot so as to cause a swift death `" are scarce in India. The last hanging took place in 2004, when a security guard was hanged in a Kolkata jail for the rape and murder of a teenage girl.
Nata Mullick, India`s most famous hangman, came out of retirement at age 84 to carry out that execution, earning $435 and a job for his grandson as a maintenance worker at the jail.
A third generation hang man, Mullick executed 25 of the 55 people who died on the gallows since India gained independence in 1947.
He would run repeated dry runs, using sandbags the same weight as the condemned prisoner. He waxed the rope with soap and ripe bananas and tied it with five knots, hoping his preparations would keep the pain to a minimum and ensure the prisoner`s head was not severed during the drop from the gallows.
"It`s an art: Your skills need to be honed," Mullick said in a 2007 interview.
But Mullick died in 2009. With the hangman`s job a far from glamorous profession, and the work so sporadic, few have risen to take his place. Local media said there might be one or two hangmen still around nationally, including Mullick`s son, Mahadeb.
The search could have implications for other death row prisoners, including Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, and Afzal Guru, who was convicted in the 2001 attack on parliament that killed 14 people.
Mahendra Das` crime traumatized Assam.
On April 24, 1996, he snuck up behind Hara Kunta as the rival official in the local transporter`s union sipped tea at a shop in a busy market in Assam`s capital, Gauhati.
With a swing of his machete, Das decapitated Kunta. Then he carried the bloody head by the hair to a nearby police station screaming, "I have killed him."
Courts ruled that the public nature of the killing, combined with Das` horrifying walk through the streets, warranted the death penalty.
Last month, President Pratibha Patil agreed, refusing a plea for clemency, and condemning Das to be the first person to be executed in Assam since a prisoner convicted of three murders was hanged in 1990.
Though there are no legal options left, his family continues to appeal for mercy.
"My son has already spent 15 years in jail, why kill him now," Mahendra Das` 75-year-old mother, Kusum Bala, told a local newspaper.
The victim`s family is impatient for the execution.
"There is no point showing sympathy to a killer like him," Hara Kanta`s daughter-in-law Sarada Das said.
If no professional hangman can be found, prison rules would allow a convict to volunteer to carry out the execution, said Brojen Das, the jailer. No one has yet come forward, he said.
For now, Mahendra Das, 45, spends his days in a 6 foot by 12 foot (1.8 meter by 3.7 meter) prison cell, where he will stay until an executioner can be located, Brojen Das said.
"He is hoping against hope that somehow he can be saved," he said.
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Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee (born November 14, 1970) is a Korean American writer, artist, photographer and chef. She works in installation, photography, painting and drawing. She has written for magazines, newspapers and online publications.

Early life
Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. She emigrated to the United States with her family in 1977. They first moved to Reading, Pennsylvania, and  then  to Los Angeles in 1978. She studied Biochemistry and Visual Arts (specifically painting, conceptual art and site-specific installation) at the University of California, San Diego. She decided against a medical career to pursue a life in the arts.

Career
Lee was the owner and chef of Nabi, a fast-casual Korean restaurant in East Hollywood.

Writing
Lee has written cookbooks, travel guides and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Her book, Eating Korean: from Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home was chosen as the Best of the Best by Food and Wine magazine. Her second cookbook, Quick and Easy Korean Cooking, was chosen as the cookbook of the month by the now-defunct Gourmet magazine. The book was reviewed in the Christian Science Monitor noting both the recipes and the photographs. The New York Times reviewed the cookbook and one of her recipes was featured in the Times cooking section. The Los Angeles Times has written about her recipes.

Her cookbook, Quick and Easy Mexican Cooking featured in L.A. Weekly, and was nominated for the Gourmand World Cookbook awards.

Lee has written the first edition Frommer's South Korea travel guide and wrote two successive editions. She also authored the 1st edition of Frommer's Day by Day Seoul.

She has written and photographed for the Los Angeles Times since 1999. She is a freelance restaurant reviewer for the LA Times Daily Dish and contributed to a variety of other publications.

Artwork
She is also a painter, illustrator and a site-specific, conceptual and mixed media artist. She has created public art pieces for Pecan Park in Los Angeles and a memorial for Cesar Chazez at the University of Southern California (USC).

Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, including the musée de l'Elysée Lausanne in Switzerland, Galeria de la Historia de Concepción in Chile, Piazza Risorgimento in Italy, Galería Asociacion de Bancarios del Urugua, Centro Cultural de la Raza in Mexico, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Tacoma Art Museum, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Neuberger Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, Gallery 825, Artspace, Pierce College, Loyola Law School, Rita Dean, the Hatch Gallery and the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall.

Bibliography
 Eating Korean: From Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home (Wiley 2005, )
 Best of the Best Volume 9: The Best Recipes from the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year (Food + Wine 2006)
 Food + Wine Annual Cookbook: An Entire Year of Recipes (Food + Wine 2006)
 Eating Well Serves Two: 150 Healthy in a Hurry Recipes (Countryman 2006)
 Frommer's South Korea (Frommer's 2010, 2008, )
 Quick and Easy Korean Cooking (Chronicle Books 2009, )
 Quick and Easy Mexican Cooking (Chronicle Books 2011, )
 Frommer's Day by Day Seoul (Frommer's 2011, )

Awards
Gourmand World Cookbook Award nominee, 2010
Gourmet cookbook of the month, June 2009
Food & Wine's Best of the Best, 2006
James Beard Award nominee, 2006
President's Call to Service Award from the President's Council on Service and the Beyond the Bell branch of LAUSD 2004
International Visual Artist of the Year Nomination, 2004
Hedgebrook residency, 1999 and 2004
Top 10 Recipes of the Year from Los Angeles Times, 1999 and 2000

References

External links
Cecilia Lee's official site
Korean food site
Zagat-Nabi Korean Restaurant
Korea Society Podcast: Cookbook Author Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee Discusses Quick and Easy Korean Cooking
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Vegetable Noodle Tangle recipe in Food and Wine
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Spicy Udon and Clam recipe in Food and Wine
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's IMDB page

1970 births
Living people
American cookbook writers
American food writers
American travel writers
American women non-fiction writers
American writers of Korean descent
South Korean emigrants to the United States
University of California, San Diego alumni
People from Seoul
21st-century American women

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package expand

import (
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"unicode"
	"unicode/utf8"

	"mvdan.cc/sh/v3/pattern"
	"mvdan.cc/sh/v3/syntax"
)

func nodeLit(node syntax.Node) string {
	if word, ok := node.(*syntax.Word); ok {
		return word.Lit()
	}
	return ""
}

type UnsetParameterError struct {
	Node    *syntax.ParamExp
	Message string
}

func (u UnsetParameterError) Error() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", u.Node.Param.Value, u.Message)
}

func overridingUnset(pe *syntax.ParamExp) bool {
	if pe.Exp == nil {
		return false
	}
	switch pe.Exp.Op {
	case syntax.AlternateUnset, syntax.AlternateUnsetOrNull,
		syntax.DefaultUnset, syntax.DefaultUnsetOrNull,
		syntax.ErrorUnset, syntax.ErrorUnsetOrNull,
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		return true
	}
	return false
}

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	cfg.curParam = pe
	defer func() { cfg.curParam = oldParam }()

	name := pe.Param.Value
	index := pe.Index
	switch name {
	case "@", "*":
		index = &syntax.Word{Parts: []syntax.WordPart{
			&syntax.Lit{Value: name},
		}}
	}
	var vr Variable
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	case "LINENO":
		// This is the only parameter expansion that the environment
		// interface cannot satisfy.
		line := uint64(cfg.curParam.Pos().Line())
		vr = Variable{Kind: String, Str: strconv.FormatUint(line, 10)}
	default:
		vr = cfg.Env.Get(name)
	}
	orig := vr
	_, vr = vr.Resolve(cfg.Env)
	if cfg.NoUnset && vr.Kind == Unset && !overridingUnset(pe) {
		return "", UnsetParameterError{
			Node:    pe,
			Message: "unbound variable",
		}
	}

	var sliceOffset, sliceLen int
	if pe.Slice != nil {
		var err error
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			sliceOffset, err = Arithm(cfg, pe.Slice.Offset)
			if err != nil {
				return "", err
			}
		}
		if pe.Slice.Length != nil {
			sliceLen, err = Arithm(cfg, pe.Slice.Length)
			if err != nil {
				return "", err
			}
		}
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		indexAllElements bool // true if var has been accessed with * or @ index
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	)

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			callVarInd = false
			elems = vr.List
			slicePos := func(n int) int {
				if n < 0 {
					n = len(elems) + n
					if n < 0 {
						n = len(elems)
					}
				} else if n > len(elems) {
					n = len(elems)
				}
				return n
			}
			if pe.Slice != nil && pe.Slice.Offset != nil {
				elems = elems[slicePos(sliceOffset):]
			}
			if pe.Slice != nil && pe.Slice.Length != nil {
				elems = elems[:slicePos(sliceLen)]
			}
			str = strings.Join(elems, " ")
		}
	}
	if callVarInd {
		var err error
		str, err = cfg.varInd(vr, index)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
	}
	if !indexAllElements {
		elems = []string{str}
	}

	switch {
	case pe.Length:
		n := len(elems)
		switch nodeLit(index) {
		case "@", "*":
		default:
			n = utf8.RuneCountInString(str)
		}
		str = strconv.Itoa(n)
	case pe.Excl:
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		switch {
		case pe.Names != 0:
			strs = cfg.namesByPrefix(pe.Param.Value)
		case orig.Kind == NameRef:
			strs = append(strs, orig.Str)
		case pe.Index != nil && vr.Kind == Indexed:
			for i, e := range vr.List {
				if e != "" {
					strs = append(strs, strconv.Itoa(i))
				}
			}
		case pe.Index != nil && vr.Kind == Associative:
			for k := range vr.Map {
				strs = append(strs, k)
			}
		case vr.Kind == Unset:
			return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid indirect expansion")
		case str == "":
			return "", nil
		default:
			vr = cfg.Env.Get(str)
			strs = append(strs, vr.String())
		}
		sort.Strings(strs)
		str = strings.Join(strs, " ")
	case pe.Slice != nil:
		if callVarInd {
			slicePos := func(n int) int {
				if n < 0 {
					n = len(str) + n
					if n < 0 {
						n = len(str)
					}
				} else if n > len(str) {
					n = len(str)
				}
				return n
			}
			if pe.Slice.Offset != nil {
				str = str[slicePos(sliceOffset):]
			}
			if pe.Slice.Length != nil {
				str = str[:slicePos(sliceLen)]
			}
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		}
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		orig, err := Pattern(cfg, pe.Repl.Orig)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		with, err := Literal(cfg, pe.Repl.With)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
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			n = -1
		}
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		}
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		str = buf.String()
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		}
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				break
			}
			fallthrough
		case syntax.AlternateUnset:
			if vr.IsSet() {
				str = arg
			}
		case syntax.DefaultUnset:
			if vr.IsSet() {
				break
			}
			fallthrough
		case syntax.DefaultUnsetOrNull:
			if str == "" {
				str = arg
			}
		case syntax.ErrorUnset:
			if vr.IsSet() {
				break
			}
			fallthrough
		case syntax.ErrorUnsetOrNull:
			if str == "" {
				return "", UnsetParameterError{
					Node:    pe,
					Message: arg,
				}
			}
		case syntax.AssignUnset:
			if vr.IsSet() {
				break
			}
			fallthrough
		case syntax.AssignUnsetOrNull:
			if str == "" {
				if err := cfg.envSet(name, arg); err != nil {
					return "", err
				}
				str = arg
			}
		case syntax.RemSmallPrefix, syntax.RemLargePrefix,
			syntax.RemSmallSuffix, syntax.RemLargeSuffix:
			suffix := op == syntax.RemSmallSuffix || op == syntax.RemLargeSuffix
			small := op == syntax.RemSmallPrefix || op == syntax.RemSmallSuffix
			for i, elem := range elems {
				elems[i] = removePattern(elem, arg, suffix, small)
			}
			str = strings.Join(elems, " ")
		case syntax.UpperFirst, syntax.UpperAll,
			syntax.LowerFirst, syntax.LowerAll:

			caseFunc := unicode.ToLower
			if op == syntax.UpperFirst || op == syntax.UpperAll {
				caseFunc = unicode.ToUpper
			}
			all := op == syntax.UpperAll || op == syntax.LowerAll

			// empty string means '?'; nothing to do there
			expr, err := pattern.Regexp(arg, 0)
			if err != nil {
				return str, nil
			}
			rx := regexp.MustCompile(expr)

			for i, elem := range elems {
				rs := []rune(elem)
				for ri, r := range rs {
					if rx.MatchString(string(r)) {
						rs[ri] = caseFunc(r)
						if !all {
							break
						}
					}
				}
				elems[i] = string(rs)
			}
			str = strings.Join(elems, " ")
		case syntax.OtherParamOps:
			switch arg {
			case "Q":
				str, err = syntax.Quote(str, syntax.LangBash)
				if err != nil {
					// Is this even possible? If a user runs into this panic,
					// it's most likely a bug we need to fix.
					panic(err)
				}
			case "E":
				tail := str
				var rns []rune
				for tail != "" {
					var rn rune
					rn, _, tail, _ = strconv.UnquoteChar(tail, 0)
					rns = append(rns, rn)
				}
				str = string(rns)
			case "P", "A", "a":
				panic(fmt.Sprintf("unhandled @%s param expansion", arg))
			default:
				panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected @%s param expansion", arg))
			}
		}
	}
	return str, nil
}

func removePattern(str, pat string, fromEnd, shortest bool) string {
	var mode pattern.Mode
	if shortest {
		mode |= pattern.Shortest
	}
	expr, err := pattern.Regexp(pat, mode)
	if err != nil {
		return str
	}
	switch {
	case fromEnd && shortest:
		// use .* to get the right-most shortest match
		expr = ".*(" + expr + ")$"
	case fromEnd:
		// simple suffix
		expr = "(" + expr + ")$"
	default:
		// simple prefix
		expr = "^(" + expr + ")"
	}
	// no need to check error as Translate returns one
	rx := regexp.MustCompile(expr)
	if loc := rx.FindStringSubmatchIndex(str); loc != nil {
		// remove the original pattern (the submatch)
		str = str[:loc[2]] + str[loc[3]:]
	}
	return str
}

func (cfg *Config) varInd(vr Variable, idx syntax.ArithmExpr) (string, error) {
	if idx == nil {
		return vr.String(), nil
	}
	switch vr.Kind {
	case String:
		n, err := Arithm(cfg, idx)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		if n == 0 {
			return vr.Str, nil
		}
	case Indexed:
		switch nodeLit(idx) {
		case "*", "@":
			return strings.Join(vr.List, " "), nil
		}
		i, err := Arithm(cfg, idx)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		if i < 0 {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("negative array index")
		}
		if i < len(vr.List) {
			return vr.List[i], nil
		}
	case Associative:
		switch lit := nodeLit(idx); lit {
		case "@", "*":
			strs := make([]string, 0, len(vr.Map))
			for _, val := range vr.Map {
				strs = append(strs, val)
			}
			sort.Strings(strs)
			if lit == "*" {
				return cfg.ifsJoin(strs), nil
			}
			return strings.Join(strs, " "), nil
		}
		val, err := Literal(cfg, idx.(*syntax.Word))
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		return vr.Map[val], nil
	}
	return "", nil
}

func (cfg *Config) namesByPrefix(prefix string) []string {
	var names []string
	cfg.Env.Each(func(name string, vr Variable) bool {
		if strings.HasPrefix(name, prefix) {
			names = append(names, name)
		}
		return true
	})
	return names
}

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package sabina.benchmark;

import static org.apache.http.client.fluent.Request.Get;
import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.*;
import static sabina.Sabina.stop;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Scanner;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

/**
 *
TODO
 * Write article about stress test with TestNG (scenarios, combine different tests in scenarios,
 * adding random pauses...)
 *
 *
TODO Change assert's order
 */
public final class ApplicationTest {
    private static final int THREADS = 1, EXECUTIONS = 1;

    private static final String ENDPOINT = "http://localhost:5050";
    private static final Gson GSON = new Gson ();

    @BeforeClass public static void setup () {
        Application.main (null);
    }

    @AfterClass public static void close () {
        stop ();
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void json () throws IOException {
        HttpResponse response = get (ENDPOINT + "/json");
        String content = getContent (response);

        checkResponse (response, content, "application/json");
        assertEquals ("Hello, World!", GSON.fromJson (content, Map.class).get ("message"));
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void plaintext () throws IOException {
        HttpResponse response = get (ENDPOINT + "/plaintext");
        String content = getContent (response);

        checkResponse (response, content, "text/plain");
        assertEquals ("Hello, World!", content);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void no_query_parameter () throws IOException {
        HttpResponse response = get (ENDPOINT + "/db");
        String content = getContent (response);

        checkResponse (response, content, "application/json");
        Map<?, ?> resultsMap = GSON.fromJson (content, Map.class);
        assertTrue (resultsMap.containsKey ("id") && resultsMap.containsKey ("randomNumber"));
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void empty_query_parameter () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void text_query_parameter () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=text", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void zero_queries () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=0", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void one_thousand_queries () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=1000", 500);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void one_query () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=1", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void ten_queries () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=10", 10);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void one_hundred_queries () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=100", 100);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void five_hundred_queries () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/query?queries=500", 500);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void fortunes () throws IOException {
        HttpResponse response = get (ENDPOINT + "/fortune");
        String content = getContent (response);
        String contentType = response.getEntity ().getContentType ().getValue ();

        assertTrue (response.getFirstHeader ("Server") != null);
        assertTrue (response.getFirstHeader ("Date") != null);
        assertTrue (content.contains ("<script>alert("This should not be displayed"));
        assertTrue (content.contains ("フレームワークのベンチマーク"));
        assertEquals ("text/html; charset=utf-8", contentType.toLowerCase ());
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void no_updates_parameter () throws IOException {
        HttpResponse response = get (ENDPOINT + "/update");
        String content = getContent (response);

        checkResponse (response, content, "application/json");
        Map<?, ?> resultsMap = GSON.fromJson (content, Map.class);
        assertTrue (resultsMap.containsKey ("id") && resultsMap.containsKey ("randomNumber"));
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void empty_updates_parameter () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void text_updates_parameter () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=text", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void zero_updates () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=0", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void one_thousand_updates () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=1000", 500);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void one_update () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=1", 1);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void ten_updates () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=10", 10);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void one_hundred_updates () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=100", 100);
    }

    @Test(threadPoolSize = THREADS, invocationCount = EXECUTIONS)
    public void five_hundred_updates () throws IOException {
        checkDbRequest ("/update?queries=500", 500);
    }

    private void checkDbRequest (String path, int itemsCount) throws IOException {
        HttpResponse response = get (ENDPOINT + path);
        String content = getContent (response);

        checkResponse (response, content, "application/json");
        checkResultItems (content, itemsCount);
    }

    private HttpResponse get (String uri) throws IOException {
        return Get (uri).execute ().returnResponse ();
    }

    private String getContent (HttpResponse response) throws IOException {
        InputStream in = response.getEntity ().getContent ();
        return new Scanner (in).useDelimiter ("\\A").next ();
    }

    private void checkResponse (HttpResponse res, String content, String contentType) {
        assertTrue (res.getFirstHeader ("Server") != null);
        assertTrue (res.getFirstHeader ("Date") != null);
        assertEquals (content.length (), res.getEntity ().getContentLength ());
        assertTrue (res.getEntity ().getContentType ().getValue ().contains (contentType));
    }

    private void checkResultItems (String result, int size) {
        List<?> resultsList = GSON.fromJson (result, List.class);
        assertEquals (size, resultsList.size ());

        for (int ii = 0; ii < size; ii++) {
            Map<?, ?> r = (Map)resultsList.get (ii);
            assertTrue (r.containsKey ("id") && r.containsKey ("randomNumber"));
        }
    }
}


A rice PHD-finger protein OsTITANIA, is a growth regulator that functions through elevating expression of transporter genes for multiple metals.
Essential metal absorption for plant growth is mediated predominantly by metal‐specific transporters, with expression that responds to the environmental or cellular conditions of specific metals. Differing from metal‐specific regulation, we describe a constitutively expressed transcription factor that regulates the transport of several metals in rice. We characterized the rice mutant LOW CADMIUM 5 (LC5), which exhibited reduced growth and accumulation of essential metals (e.g., copper [Cu], zinc [Zn] and manganese [Mn]) in shoots. LC5 was dwarf and developed less tillers than the wild type, but the structure of vasculature was apparently normal. Molecular genetic analysis revealed that the causal gene of LC5 is an ortholog of the transcriptional regulator Arabidopsis thaliana TITANIA (TTA), known as a transcriptional regulator. Expression analyses demonstrated that the OsTTA gene encodes a nucleus‐localized protein containing a plant homeodomain‐finger (PHD‐finger) domain and is expressed ubiquitously in rice plants. RNA sequencing and quantitative PCR analyses revealed that the mRNA accumulation of transporter genes for essential metals, including iron (Fe), Zn, or Mn, were substantially lower in LC5 roots than in the wild type. Unlike known transcription factors of metal transport regulation, OsTTA transcript accumulation was not affected by metal availability. In addition, the growth defect of LC5 was partially rescued by Fe, Zn, or Mn supplementation, respectively. Taken together, OsTTA is a constitutively expressed regulator of multiple metal transporter genes responsible for essential metals delivery to shoots for their normal growth.


The average maximum daily temperature — 27.1°C in August. Average maximum night temperature — 16.4°C in August. The average minimum daily temperature — 5°C in January. The average minimum night temperature — 0.3°C in January.
Maximum precipitation — 179.9 mm It was recorded in May. Minimum precipitation — 44.3 mm It was recorded in January.


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Startseite > Community > Blog > 2021 Ergebnisse der Gehaltsumfrage zu Netzwerk und Verkabelung
April 28, 2021 / General, Industrial Networks
For the third year, Fluke Networks has teamed up with Cabling Installation and Maintenance to survey network and structured cabling professionals about salaries and jobs. This survey gathered data on the areas that impact salary, like education and experience. We also asked about types of jobs, bonuses, job changes, and how COVID-19 impacted the workforce. In addition, this survey includes information on salary by job titles like network technician salary, network engineer salary, cabling general management salary, and network designer or architect salary.
As you'll see below, there are some significant and surprising departures from findings of prior years – it may be that the pandemic disrupted so many businesses and livelihoods also had unpredictable affects on pay.
Salary by job title
Type of compensation
Workforce factors that impact salary
Age vs experience
Regional pay differences
This survey was conducted toward the end of 2020, so at the time questions were answered, we were well into the changes caused by COVID-19. While this survey also covers the same areas asked about in previous years, addressing how the workforce was hit by the pandemic is a large factor in the data for the year's survey.
In 2020, 61% of companies experienced reduced hours, furloughs, layoffs, or reduced contract hours. Breaking that down further, of those companies that had to undergo some cost cutting measures, 34% turned to reduced hours, 27% furloughed employees, 30% saw layoffs, and 34% reduced contract hours.
The share of firms employing cost-cutting measures shows they saw reduced hours, furloughs, layoffs, and reduction in contractors. Many firms saw these cost-cutting measures with distributors at 79%.
The actions companies had to take in order to stay afloat impacted the individual workers throughout the year. 23% of workers experienced those cost-cutting measures. Technicians took the largest share of reduced hours, furloughs, layoffs, or reduction in contractors with 30% being affected.
Furloughs were the most common cost-cutting measure used by network and cabling companies. And during the pandemic, technicians (30%) and project managers (26%) were most impacted by cost-cutting measures.
Compensation by job title
Survey respondents reported a 9% average compensation increase over the previous year.
2021 total compensation by job role
The last survey Fluke Networks conducted only saw a 2.7% salary increase over the first survey conducted.
Network technician salary
The average network technician salary in the United States is $70,777 per year in early 2021. Network technician salary rose from $67,698 to $70,777 in 2020. When surveyed in at the end of 2018, technicians reported they made $68,475. Of the job titles surveyed, technicians were the only group to report a decline in their salary over the past three years. This group saw a dip in 2020, but overall increased about 3.4% over the first year of survey data.
Network technicians includes fiber optic and cable technicians. Their average hourly wage is $29.69. This places technicians at the bottom of the list of compensation by job role. When a technician advances to lead technician, on average their salary will increase $13,430 or 19% to $84,207. The average hourly wage of lead technicians is $33.05.
About 80% of technicians are paid an hourly wage with the remaining 20% paid salary.
About 47% of network technicians earn a bonus. The average bonus is 2% of their pay, or $1,488. About 28% of lead technicians earn a bonus. The average bonus is 16% of their salary or $13,292.
11% of technicians report being likely to leave for a new company, ranking them second by job role, only behind network designers or architects.
Network lead technician salary
Lead technicians made a little bit more than their technician counterparts, clocking in at $84,207. This group has reported a salary increase every year since this survey began. Last year, network lead technicians said their salary was $76,759.
Network project manager salary
Project managers have also reported a salary increase from each year this survey has been conducted. Those with this job title made $96,136 in this 2021 survey. Last year, those with the same job title made $94,604, up from $90,811 the year before that.
Network designer or architect salary
Network designers have seen the largest salary growth over the last three years. Starting at $99,778 in 2019, the most recent survey revealed network designer salary at $118,685.
Network engineer salary
Network engineers reported a salary of $113,360 when surveyed for our 2021 data. In 2020, the respondents said they made $104,262. And in the 2019 survey, the network engineer salary was $100,801.
Cabling general management salary
The salary for general management has increased steadily over the years. Starting at $109,227 in 2019, increasing to $113,965 in 2020, and in our most recent survey, cabling general management salary is at $116,652.
Technician Lead technician Other Project Manager Designer Engineer General Management
2021 $70,777 84,207 98,561 96,136 118,685 113,360 116,652
2020 $67,698 76,759 89,047 94,604 96,328 104,262 113,965
Network and cabling salaries by job role and year
For each of these groups, whether they receive overtime or not can make a large difference in their take home. Take a look at the charts below to see the percent of hourly respondents by job title as well as what the average hourly wage is for each title.
More than half of the general management, engineers, designers, and project managers who responded report being salaried employees.
General management is 94% salaried, but the 6% of hourly employees with this title make an average of $42.87.
Engineers are also mostly salaried employees, the 12% who receive hourly wages make an average of $47.68/hour.
Designers come in at 26% hourly, making the highest average hourly amount at $52.71.
70% of project managers are salaried employees, but the 30% who are hourly make an average of $41.97.
The average tips at the lead technician and technician job titles. 77% of lead technicians are hourly employees making $33.05. While 80% of those with the job title technician are hourly, making $29.69.
Demographic information that impacts salary include areas like experience, age, education, certifications, specialty, union membership, region, and job changes. Diving further into this section of the 2021 survey, we saw a direct correlation between age and increase in pay. Staying in the industry into your 60's can lead to a 176% increase in salary.
Salary increases with age, with more dramatic increases from 20-40. After that, the increases plateau, ending with those 60+ earning 176% of their starting salary.
Experience didn't see the same direct correlation or increase in pay. For the first 20 years of work, there is a small, but steady increase in pay. After you hit that 20-year mark, there's a large percentage increase, a 23% pay increase, but after that milestone, the increases slow and are almost flat through the 30-year mark.
For the first 20 years in the industry, pay increases more drastically, then plateaus and even drops a bit through the next 20 years. Individuals with 20-24 years of experience earn 160% of their starting salary, while those with 35-40 years of experience earn 159%.
The highest education level did see a difference in the amount of pay an individual received, mainly for the designers or engineer roles. If the employee had at least a bachelor's degree, they saw a 5% increase in pay compared to having only a high school diploma or equivalent. If the individual continued on to get a graduate degree, they saw a 7% increase over highs school education.
Roles with titles other than designer or engineers did not see as much of a lift from continued education.
In the 2020 salary survey, respondents' education level versus income completed created a much different chart. Any additional education past the high school level led to an increase in salary, but this year saw a change. That typical increase for a college degree has dropped. While the amount of salary increase has declined since we began this survey, this is the first year the results have shown a decrease. In 2018, the industry saw a 23% increase, in 2019, an 18% increase, and in 2020 a 3% decrease.
In 2021, not all education after high school leads to an increase in salary. Some additional education leads to a decrease.
In 2020, any education past the high school level led to an increase in salary.
Certifications also made a difference in pay. Individuals who completed the BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) eared 24% more than those who hadn't received the certification. And in a similar pay differential, technicians who were Fluke Networks Certified Cabling Test Technicians (CCTT) earn 22% more than non CCTT-certified technicians. Learn more about our CCTT program here.
BICSI RCDD and Fluke Networks CCTT certifications help individuals earn 22-24% more in their careers.
Depending on the specialty, both for the firm an employee is working for, or specialization within their own education, an employee can see a lift in their salary. Certain sectors, like data centers, financial, and healthcare, create a higher demand and can increase average pay. Working in data centers can create a 12% increase in salary over some other areas. However, working in K-12 education or residential sectors see a lower pay than the average.
Some sectors offer the highest pay, like data centers, showing a 12% lift over other sectors.
Individual employees reporting they have a high level of expertise in a specific specialty do see a variance in pay compared to those with no expertise in that specialty. The chart below shows the top paying specialties, Internet of Things (IoT), and data center installations seeing the highest difference with 16% and 10% increases, respectively.
Respondents said having a high expertise level in a specialty shows an increase in salary.
Union membership makes a difference in overall earnings. Union members earn an average of 14% more than non-union members, but the amount varies by job. Below you'll see a comparison chart of pay between the 96 respondents who are union members and those who are not. Unionized engineers saw a 28% increase in pay, lead technicians saw a 27% increase, technicians come in with a 25% increase, project managers get 24% more than their non-union counterparts, and designers see a 5% increase in how much they earn. However, employees in the general management area decrease their salary by 39% when they worked in unionized organizations.
Union members earn 14% more than non-union members. Some job titles, like general manager reported a decrease in salary (-39%) while others reported more than a 24% increase.
Where you live makes a difference in how much you make. The majority of the country remained static in the amount made compared to the national averages. The Midwest and South remained insulated, seeing no change year over year.
Alaska and the West saw the largest changes. Alaska workers were paid 1% above average in the previous survey, but this time around, they were reported at 15% below average. The West went from 8% below average in 2019 to being 3% above average in this survey.
The Northeast and California also saw a decrease in the amount pay as compared to national averages between the years. Both still remain above average, but the amount above average is closing. The Northeast was at 18% above average in 2019 and only 2% above average in 2020. Meanwhile California was 14% above average and respondents reported pay at only 5% above average in 2020.
In 2021, regional pay is above average in the West, California, New York, Northeast and mid- Atlantic. It's below average in Alaska, Midwest, Great Lakes, Texas, South, and Florida.
In 2020, Regional pay is above average in the California, Alaska, New York, Northeast and mid- Atlantic. It's below average in the West, Midwest, Great Lakes, Texas, South, and Florida.
Due to the number of firms affected by the pandemic and cost-saving measures, the number of respondents who changed jobs remained surprisingly similar to previous years. In 2020, more individuals stayed in their current jobs; 9% of respondents changed employers, down from 12% the year before. Respondents who reported changing employers in the 2021 survey, said they were earning 6% less than those not changing. In the previous survey, those individuals reported making 9% more by changing employers.
The job title that saw the opposite response was designers. In this years' survey, designers were the most likely to leave their current job for one with a new company. Those who did leave and begin jobs with new companies were able to increase their pay by 15%.
3% of respondents changed jobs at the same employer, 5% started a new job at a new employer, and 4% took the same job at a new employer in 2021. In 2021, designers were the most likely to leave for a new company at 14%.
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April 7 marks 25 years since the Rwandan genocide. Over the course of 100 days, an estimated 800,000 people were killed — most of them members of the minority Tutsi ethnic group killed by the majority Hutu population.
Almost 20 years on from their first workshop, and 25 years on from the genocide, Gadi, Mussa and Bizimana are embarking on their own journey, telling their story through different means. They are both the subjects and storytellers of a forthcoming documentary, entitled Camera Kids, in partnership with American filmmaker Beth Murphy, Director of Films for the Groundtruth Project, an international non-profit media organization supporting storytelling and freedom of expression in the United States and developing countries around the world.
Bizimana Abdullah stands at the site where he burned dozens of Tutsis to ashes in 1994 – many of whom were his friends. He is haunted by the fact that not even one bone remained.
The original version of this story misstated the start date of the Rwandan genocide. It was April 7, not April 6.


HICKORY, NC (June 12, 2017) – Transportation Insight, a multi-modal Enterprise Logistics Provider recognized for excellence in supply chain and business process improvements, advances its ranking by market-leading third-party logistics consultancy Armstrong and Associates. According to A&A's annual list of largest Global 3PLs, Transportation Insight climbed 12 positions to No. 37. The company's position improved five places to No. 21 on the A&A list of Top 50 Domestic 3PLs. Key components of Transportation Insight's growth to $1.71 billion in gross revenue include client retention and service expansion coupled with strategic acquisitions and organic growth. As set forth in its Vision 20/20 growth strategy, Transportation Insight forecasts revenues to be between $3.5 and $5 billion by January 1, 2020.
Transportation Insight's core and value-added services for the end-to-end supply chain include strategic carrier sourcing across all domestic transportation modes, supply chain and parcel advanced analytics, parcel audit and optimization, e-commerce shipping solutions, freight bill audit and payment, technology, network optimization, warehousing, international logistics management, import/export compliance consulting, LEAN consulting, client training and supply chain sourcing of indirect materials including secondary packaging.
Transportation Insight Executive Vice President of Enterprise Business Solutions Ken Wacker says the need for increasingly flexible supply chain solutions is an integral driver of the company's continuing success.
As a Top 50 3PL for both Domestic and Global Enterprise Logistics services, Transportation Insight was founded in 1999 by industrial engineers with deep domain expertise. The enterprise still focuses on data-centric thinking to architect supply chain solutions and execute with excellence for clients that touch every sector of the North American economy. Armstrong & Associates' 2017 lists of Top 3PLs appear in the June edition of Logistics Management.


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Q: Android share option I have an application of favorite quotes made with flash CS5.5, I want to implement an option which can let the user share any quotes on Facebook, sms, etc..
(Similar to the share intent with java in eclipse)
How can I do that?

A: Sharing text to most apps (email, SMS, dropbox, etc) is easy:
private void share(String text, String windowTitle) {
    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("text/plain");
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, windowTitle));
}

BUT, note this WILL NOT WORK WITH FACEBOOK as their app does not correctly respond to intents. They know about the problem, they clearly cannot be bothered to fix it.
So to implement sharing of text to the Facebook app, you'll need to use another approach, probably using their Android SDK.
https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk

A: Ollie's answer is fine, I just want to clarify based on a post I've read + experience with this solution that posting to facebook DOES work, but likely only for links. Not text. It seems to ignore text altogether.
E.g. 'tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all, www.rickrolls.com -> only the link shows up in the shared post. You can add the text in the facebook window, but the text doesn't carry over from the intent.


Designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993, World Water Day is held annually on March 22. It's a day to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and sustainable management of water resources that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. With over half of the world's population now living in cities, this year's focus is understandably on water and urbanization, under the slogan "Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge."
To observe the day, we'd like to share some sobering (yet mind-boggling) statistics that Charles Fishman, author of the upcoming The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, was kind enough to share with us.
But first, a little background on Fishman. He has been a favorite of ours for years here at 800-CEO-READ. His previous book, The Wal-Mart Effect, was a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller, a finalist for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and a Jack Covert Selects in 2006. And we've used his 2007 article for Fast Company, Message in a Bottle, as an example of superb writing in our writing sessions at past author pow-wows (author gatherings we host every year).
The statistics and factoids below come from his new book, the aforementioned Big Thirst, being released on April 12 by Free Press.
➻ Water is the oldest substance you'll ever come in contact with. The water coming from your kitchen faucet is about 4.3 billion years old.
➻ A typical American uses 99 gallons of actual water a day—for cooking, washing, and the #1 personal use in the U.S., toilet flushing.
➻ The average cost of water at home in the U.S.—for always-on, purified drinking water—is $1.12 per day, less than the cost of a single half liter of Evian at a convenience store.
➻ Americans spend almost as much each year on bottled water ($21 billion) as they do maintaining the nation's entire water infrastructure ($29 billion).
➻ Microchip factories require water that is so clean it is considered dangerous to drink.
➻ The difference in price between home tap water and a half-liter bottle of water at the convenience store is a factor of 3,000—you could take the bottle of Poland Spring that you buy for $1.29 at the local 7-Eleven and refill it every day for 8 years before the cost of the tap water would equal that original price, $1.29.
➻ We often hear that "only" 2 percent of the water on Earth is fresh and available for human use, outside of the polar ice caps.
The "only" 2 percent comes to 1.5 billion liters of fresh water for each person on the planet. It's 400 million gallons for every person alive. That's a cube of fresh water for each us as long as a football field and as tall as a 30 story building.
➻ The U.S. uses more water in a single day than it uses oil in a year.
The U.S. uses more water in four days than the world uses oil in a year.
➻ Enough water leaks from aging water pipes in the U.S. each day to supply all the residents of any of 30 states.
➻ The city of London loses 25 percent of the water it pumps.
➻ Seventy-one percent of earth is covered with water, but water is small compared to earth. If Earth were the size of a minivan, all the water on Earth would fit in a half-liter bottle in a single cup holder.
➻ Not one of the 35 largest cities in India has 24-hour-a-day water service. Even the global brand-name cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai offer water service only an hour or two a day.
➻ Treating diarrhea consumes 2 percent of the GDP of India. The nation spends $20 billion a year on diarrhea—$400 million a week—more than the total economies of half the nations in the world.
➻ A common statistic is the 1 billion people in the world—one in six—don't have access to clean, safe drinking water.
But a less well-known statistic is equally stunning: 1.6 billion people in the world—one in four—have to walk at least 1 km each day to get water and carry it home, or depend on someone who does the water walk.
Just the basic water needs of a family of four—50 gallons total—means carrying (on your head) 400 pounds of water, walking 1 km or more, for as many trips as required, each day.
➻ Between 1900 and 1936, clean water in U.S. cities cut the rate of child deaths in half.
Each hole of golf, for each golfer, requires 139 gallons of irrigation water.
This year's official World Water Day ceremonies are being held in Cape Town, but there are events being held worldwide. To see if there is one in your area, visit the World Water Day website.


The headlines in a recent issue of the Tennessean read: "Teachers, Governor Make Deal." No, No, No, the TEA and the Governor made a deal to tie state test scores to the tenure law. It was all done in the name of "Race To the Top," that is, hoping to get some free money from the money tree in Washington.
My 30 years as a counselor and teacher taught me a number of lessons, and one is that so many negative factors enter into a child's life that influences the outcome of that student's test scores that to held the teacher responsible is the height of folly. This is the wrong way to measure. Come on TEA, I thought you people represented the teachers.
The greatest thing that could happen to the Macon County Schools happened last year when the state took over the operation of the Tri-County Vocational School and placed it under the umbrella of the Hartsville Technical School. This was especially a boom for the Red Boiling Springs High School in that the school was in need of additional classes to offer and this new arrangement met the needs of RBS, thus insuring a stable future for the school. Both adults and students are allowed to attend the new technical school and furthermore it will save thousands of taxpayers dollars as the state will eventually assume the cost of operating the school. Thanks to Darrell Law, the former Director of Macon County Schools, and the Macon County Board of Education for helping to make this change. Students at Macon County High School and RBS High School can now take credits at the Macon Technical Campus and receive dual credit.
The chickens are coming, the chickens are coming, but that may not be the worse??? Right now, I'm just listening and watching. This much I do know, I've never heard so much talk from people in the Lafayette area who seem bent on "throwing out of office" those who are responsible for luring the chicken industry into Macon County. I'm worried that illegal immigrants will be brought in to provide the labor instead of employing local people. I'm concerned that the children of the workers who came with the industry maybe the final straw that breaks the camel's back because our school system is already overcrowded.
However, in all fairness, neighbors must not get mad at neighbors, and a wait and see spirit must prevail.
Unbelievable! I can't remember so many Democrats and Republicans leaving their respective party and becoming independents. However, I don't blame them. This nation is angry at both the Democrats and Republicans. We are in a mess and they are the cause.


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A missed opportunity on IFRS
Dolphy D'Souza | Updated on February 02, 2011 Published on February 02, 2011
Dolphy D'Souza
The Indian IFRS is a diluted version of, and far removed from, the global standards to be of any real benefit to corporates in their global plans.
Finally the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has submitted a set of Indian IFRS to NACAS for notification in the Companies Act. The Indian IFRS are referred to as Ind-AS, and is a substantially diluted version of the IFRS issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. IFRS and Ind-AS differences are caused not only because the standards are diluted, but also because of practice and regulatory environment in India.
There are numerous differences between Ind-AS and IFRS, but the key differences are with regards to accounting of real estate sales, foreign exchange losses, agriculture accounting, investment property, first-time adoption requirements and financial instruments.
Under IFRS real estate sales are accounted using the completed contract method, whereas Ind-AS would require them to be accounted under the percentage of completion method. Foreign exchange losses on long term loans are fully recognised in income statement under IFRS, however, under Ind-AS the losses could be spread over several years on an amortised basis. For investment property, accounting under IFRS is done using either the cost model or the fair value model. Ind-AS does not allow any option and mandates the use of cost model. The first time adoption standard in Ind-AS makes applicability of most critical requirements of IFRS such as leases embedded in service contracts on a prospective basis rather than on a retrospective basis.
Different practices
In addition, practice-related differences are likely to emerge between IFRS and Ind-AS. For example, globally under IFRS, rate regulated assets are not recognised as they do not fulfill the definition of an asset under the IFRS framework. Under current Indian GAAP practice, rate-regulated adjustments is recognised as assets.
It is most likely that this practice under Indian GAAP may be carried forward under Ind-AS. Another example is that of agricultural accounting. Under IFRS biological assets are fair-valued under IAS 41. However, Ind-AS will not contain any standard on agricultural accounting and consequently the practice of measuring biological assets at cost under Indian GAAP most likely would be carried forward under Ind-AS.
Regulatory hurdles
Finally, regulatory hurdles may also widen the gap between Ind-AS and IFRS. The depreciation rates under Schedule XIV of the Companies Act may de facto become the norm though those may not reflect the useful life of an asset for a company and hence may not comply with IFRS. Interpretations and opinions issued by the Expert Advisory Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India may, at times, not reflect global practice.
The Companies Act needs to be amended to disable certain sections which are not aligned to IFRS accounting. India had made a commitment at the G-20 summit as well as to other institutions such as the European Union that it would converge to IFRS. However given that Ind-AS are far removed from IFRS, it is questionable if we have really converged to IFRS and fulfilled our commitments.
The convergence model is relevant when a country makes only one or two departures from IFRS, due to technical reasons or national interest, acceptable only in the rarest of rare situations.
However, in the given instance the differences are so numerous that people are questioning the need to change from the existing Indian GAAP to another form of Indian GAAP.
Given the existing date uncertainty on IFRS implementation, and the substantial dilution of IFRS, global community would question India's ability to push through major reforms.
By adopting IFRS as it were, India could have played a leadership role in the global arena. Unfortunately, this is a missed opportunity, for a nation that is touted to become the third largest economy in the next few decades.
(The author is Partner & National IFRS Leader, Ernst & Young).
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Other than a few levels with my son in Rayman Origins, I'd never played a Rayman game. When I got Legends for Christmas (my brother did good), it seemed like the perfect game to test drive my PSVita on…considering that I also got the Vita for Christmas (my wife did good).
You are Rayman, among other characters. You and your pals have been asleep for a while, but have been awoken by Murfy as the Bubble Dreamers Nightmares have grown in intensity. The magician from Rayman Origins is also back, and has split into five dark Teensies.
Heck if I know. Frankly, I had to pull most of the synopsis above from Wikipedia.
Rayman Legends is a sidescrolling platformer, so it lives and dies by level design. Luckily, for those of us that have played it, it lives far more often than it dies.
Standard platforming levels are much what you'd expect from a sidescroller. You advance from point A to point B, overcoming obstacles along the way. This isn't meant to diminish these levels. They are extremely well designed, even rivaling Nintendo in quality.
Levels involving touch screen control (on the WiiU and PSVita) in which you control Murfy as he manipulates enemies and obstacles allowing Globox to advance. Globox is CPU controlled, and it can be annoying sometimes when he doesn't seem to want to do what you need him to do to pick up collectables or discover secrets.
Rhythm levels that are still platforming levels, but your every move can generally be timed to the music of the level, including jumps and attacks. The songs used are fairly well known. My personal favorite remains Black Betty in the level Castle Rock.
Invasion levels, which are levels that you have finished, but need to revisit as they've been invaded. These are timed levels and, the longer you take, the fewer Teensies you'll save at the end of the level. After completing the game, some Invasion levels include a Dark/Shadow Rayman that mimics your every move on 2 or 3 second delay. Touch him, and you die. Obviously, these levels require you to sometimes double back, forcing you to avoid Dark/Shadow Rayman.
Legends also has plenty of collectables for you to find in each level. Most standard levels have at least two hidden sections with Teensies, along with eight more to find scattered throughout the level. You will also need to pick up Lums, the number of which will determine your trophy at the end of the level. Teensies can be hidden very well, and can many times be easy to miss, meaning that completionists will need to revisit levels from time to time. Legends is so well designed though, that revisiting a level is rarely a hardship and is oftentimes just a chance to have more fun.
Tilting the PSVita was a nice touch to a couple of the Murfy levels.
Complementing the new stages in Legends are about 40 levels from Rayman Origins. These are unlocked by obtaining Lucky Tickets that you scratch off. This sounds like a chore, but I had all the Origin Levels opened up when I decided to start playing through them. So long as you collect a decent number of Lums per level, unlocking the Origin levels is a breeze.
Replayability in Legends is addressed as well, with the game featuring weekly challenges. These range from time trials to infinite levels that challenge you to see how far you can progress. Online leader boards let you see how you stack up against other players. It's a minor addition, but one that spices the game up and continuously adds new tweaks. It is also a reminder of just how mediocre you really are against more dedicated players …moving on.
Rayman Legends is, honestly, one of the best platformers I've ever played. It easily stands among the giants such as Mario and Donkey Kong Country. There are levels that feel a little unbalanced, and a few deaths that are almost unavoidable your first time in a level, and that is annoying and detracts from the fun, but never enough so to make you quit the game or to put you off. And seriously, there are only a handful of games that don't have an annoying portion here or there. At the end of the day, Rayman Legends is a ton of fun and leaves you wanting more. We can only hope that Ubisoft's next Rayman title can come close to the quality that Legends delivered.