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Q: Divergence of $\sum\limits_n1/\max(a_n,b_n)$
Given two positive and (strictly) monotone increasing sequences, $a_n$ and $b_n$ such that $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac1{a_n}$ and $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac1{b_n}$ diverge, does $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac1{\max(a_n,b_n)}$ diverge?

For sequences, where $a_n > b_n$ or $a_n < b_n$ eventually, the result follows immediately. But I am unable to see what happens when $a_n$ and $b_n$ take turns to overtake each other as $n \to \infty$?
Essentially this question stems from the question, Osgood condition , where I wanted to consider the function $F(x) = g(x) + h(x)$ and lower bound $\displaystyle \int\dfrac{dy}{F(y)}$ by $\displaystyle \int \dfrac{dy}{2\max(h(y),g(y))}$ in an attempt to show that $\displaystyle \int\dfrac{dy}{F(y)}$ diverges.

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The divergence of the series $\sum\limits_n1/a_n$ and $\sum\limits_n1/b_n$ does not imply the divergence of the series $\sum\limits_n1/\max\{a_n,b_n\}$.

For a counterexample, consider an increasing sequence $(N_k)$ of positive integers, to be chosen later in the proof, and define the sequences $(a_n)$ and $(b_n)$ on each interval $(N_k,N_{k+1}]$ as follows:

*

*If $N_{2k-1}\lt n\leqslant N_{2k}$ for some $k$, then $$a_n=N_{2k-1}^2+n-N_{2k-1}\qquad b_n=n^2$$

*If $N_{2k}\lt n\leqslant N_{2k+1}$ for some $k$, then $$a_n=n^2\qquad b_n=N_{2k}^2+n-N_{2k}$$

Then the sequences $(a_n)$ and $(b_n)$ are integer valued and increasing, and $$\max\{a_n,b_n\}=n^2$$ for every $n$ hence the series $\sum\limits_n1/\max\{a_n,b_n\}$ converges.
We now look for sufficient conditions on the sequence $(N_k)$ for the series $\sum\limits_n1/a_n$ and $\sum\limits_n1/b_n$ to diverge.
Consider
$$
A_k=\sum\limits_{n=N_{k}+1}^{N_{k+1}}\frac1{a_n},\qquad
B_k=\sum\limits_{n=N_{k}+1}^{N_{k+1}}\frac1{b_n},\qquad
C_k=\frac{N_{k+1}-N_{k}}{N_{k}^2}.
$$
Then
$$
A_{2k-1}=\sum\limits_{n=1}^{N_{2k}-N_{2k-1}}\frac1{N_{2k-1}^2+n},\qquad
B_{2k}=\sum\limits_{n=1}^{N_{2k+1}-N_{2k}}\frac1{N_{2k}^2+n}.
$$
The usual comparison with the integral of the function $x\mapsto1/x$ shows that $$
A_{2k-1}\approx\log(1+C_{2k-1}),\qquad
B_{2k}\approx\log(1+C_{2k}).
$$
Thus, as soon as $\liminf C_k\gt0$, the series $\sum\limits_n1/a_n$ and $\sum\limits_n1/b_n$ diverge. Choosing $$N_k=2^{2^k}$$ for every $k$ yields $C_k\to1$, hence the proof is complete.

A: This question is asked now and then. The answer is that the series with the maxima in the denominators can converge despite both initial series diverge and the reason is exactly as you put it: $a_k$ and $b_k$ can overtake each other infinitely many times and accumulate large sums when at rest from the work as maxima. Formalizing it isn't hard and did did an excellent job in this respect. The question is whether we can make it "obvious", i.e., to see it in our heads without touching pen or paper at all. Of course, we can talk about decreasing sequences $a_k,b_k>0$ and consider $\sum_k\min(a_k,b_k)$. Now just imagine two people walking. The condition is that neither of them is allowed to increase his speed at any time and that the slowest one carries a stick, which is magically teleported to the other person when he becomes slower. The question is whether both people can walk to infinity while the stick will travel only finite distance on foot. Now the strategy should become clear. Fix any upper bound $v$ for speeds and any upper bound $d$ for the distance the stick is allowed to travel on foot. Let the first person walk at speed $v$ until he goes the distance $1$. The second person should crawl slowly (but steadily) all that time at the speed $dv/2$, so he travels only distance $d/2$ with the stick. At that moment, the first person slows down enormously to the speed $d^2v/4$, so while the second person continues to go at the speed $dv/2$ and moves distance $1$, the first person (who now has the stick) goes only $d/2$. By the end of this cycle, both people moved by at least $1$ but the stick traveled only distance $d$ on foot. We also end up with the new bound for the speed, which is $vd^2/4$. Now repeat the cycles making the allowed distances for the stick smaller and smaller so that the corresponding series converges. We do not care how fast the speed bounds decay because no matter what the bound is, we still can cover the unit distance in some finite time. During each cycle, each person moves by distance $1$ or more, so both ultimately walk away. However, the stick goes only finite distance on foot.

A: Here's my brute force example... based on convergence of 1/n versus divergence of 1/n^2.
The fact that $\sum \frac{1}{n}$ diverges, while $\sum \frac{1}{n^2}$ converges, can be used to construct strictly increasing integer sequences $a_n$ and $b_n$ for which each of $\sum \frac{1}{a_n}$ and $\sum \frac{1}{b_n}$ diverges, but nevertheless $\sum \frac{1}{max(a_n,b_n)}$ converges.
To describe these sequences, let the number $k=1.5$ be called the "divergence bound". What we do is alternately put sequential numbers in one of the sequences, while putting squares in the other, making sure to put enough sequential numbers in each block in each case to exceed the divergence bound. Then a sequence of adjacent squares is placed in the other sequence, after which we switch the roles of the two sequences, and iterate. We make sure that in each case the squared number exceeds the corresponding number in the sequence going sequentially, so that when the max is taken one gets only squares; we also take care that we do not repeat squares, so that the resulting sequence of max terms is a subsequence of the sequence $1^2,2^2,3^2,...$, which ends up making the sum of max reciprocals converge.
I'll call $A$ the list of $a_k$  and $B$ the list of $b_k$. We will begin $A$ with a sequential part; since $1/1+1/2=1.5$ we may begin $a$ by $[1,2]$. For corresponding squares in $B$ we begin $B$ by $[1^2,2^2]$.
We now want to switch to making adjacent integers in $B$. So we choose the least integer exceeding the present last term of $B$, which is 5. We find that $1/5+1/6+...+1/20$ is about 1.51 (stopping at 1/19 was too small]. So now we have
$B=[1^2,2^2,5,6,...,20]$
The first square we haven't yet used is $3^2$, and (luckily) $3^2>5$, so we may now put $3^2$ into $A$ in its third position, and continue with $4^2,5^2,...,18^2$. At this point we have "done two blocks" of each sequence for $A$ and $B$, so that the beginnings of these are
$A=[1,2,3^2,4^2,...,18^2],$
$B=[1^2,2^2,5,6,7,...,20].$
Now $18^2=324$, so the next entry of $A$ should be 325, in order to maintain an increasing sequence. And we may begin the squares in the next part of $B$ with $19^2$, since it happens to exceed 325. (In such cases, if the next square not yet used is not large enough, we may simply choose a larger square). For $A$ our next sequence is to be adjacent, and achieve the divergence bound of 1.5; I found we had to go all the way from 325 to 1453 for this. So the next block of adjacent $A$ values is quite long. The corresponding squares to be placed under these in $B$ may be taken to be $19^2,20^2,...,1147^2$.
Note: at the junctures I chose a square to place in one of the sequences, at the beginning of the part of the other which was to run in adjacent increasing form. The first square was say $a^2$ and at that term in the other was say $b$. I did make sure that $a^2>b$, but didn't explicitly say that the sequence of squares starting at $a^2$ automatically should exceed term by term the numbers following $b$. However this is clear, since the differences between succesive squares is always greater than 1, while the other sequence is only going up 1 each time.
It seems clear this construction will give what we want, since the partial sums of reciprocals  for both of $A,B$ will exceed arbitrary multiples of the divergence bound of 1.5, making these series diverge, and yet the series of reciprocal max terms is bounded above by the sum of reciprocals of squares.


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Dec 21, 2022Common Dreams
The recent ouster of the corrupt and autocratic president of the
Maldive Islands, Mahmoud Gayoom, marks another victory in the global
struggle for rights and democracy. Gayoom was defeated in a nationwide
election on 28 October after ruling the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago
as his personal fiefdom for more than thirty years.
There are several reasons why the Gayoom regime finally permitted
free elections and accepted their outcome, which include the efforts of the
newly constituted opposition political parties and independent media, as well as pressure from international non-governmental
organizations, foreign governments and international financial
Perhaps the most significant factor, however, was a campaign of
systematic nonviolent resistance by pro-democracy activists which
shattered the myth of a national consensus around Gayoom's continued
rule, prompted a reduction of foreign support for the regime, empowered
opposition parties and political leaders, and divided pro-government
elites. As a result, the Maldives can be added to the dozens of
countries from the Philippines to Chile to Ukraine whose autocratic
governments have been undercut or capsized by people power.
For the first twenty years of Gayoom's regime, opposition political
parties were effectively banned and political dissent was quickly
suppressed. A little over four years ago, however, the people of
Maldives began to openly defy the regime. In what became known as Black
Friday, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of
the capital of Male in a peaceful protest in August 2004, only to be
attacked by police. More than 200 of the protesters were arrested and
Gayoom declared a state of emergency.
Protests gathered
force in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami in December 2004, in
which poor people fared far worse than the privileged elite. Even
strictly nonviolent protests could lead to severe punishment under
Gayoom's arbitrary rule. For example, in October 2005, Jennifer
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charges of "terrorism," and was adopted by Amnesty International as
prisoner of conscience.
Growing dissidence in 2006 and 2007 forced the regime to release
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restrictions on political freedom continued.
Many disproportionately young civic activists, who had learned
about resistance tactics and strategies from international NGOs, then
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sound trucks in which popular local bands performed anti-Gayoom songs.
Nonviolent protests and government repression was not restricted to
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Starting in August 2007 and throughout this year, a series of
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split within the government and weakening the power base of Gayoom, who had counted on the loyalty of his pampered top officials.
When the elections finally took place, foreign diplomatic missions
and observers from the United Nations ensured international monitoring.
In addition, the Maldivian branch of Transparency International trained local observers to monitor polling stations across the country.
In the run-up to the election, there were still serious doubts
about whether Gayoom would yield power if he lost - since repressive
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pro-democracy activists and local NGOs - teachers, students, lawyers, journalists and others - exposed the ruler's increasingly desperate
efforts and pressured the regime to make the election free and fair.
Public demonstrations grew larger and more dramatic; in one,
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the incumbent ruler had brought his people. Posters sprouted across the islands with a picture of Gayoom's head with the universal "no"
sign of a red circle with diagonal bar across it with the slogan
"Expires 28.10.2008," the date of the election.
Emboldened by this popular outpouring, the once fractious
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41-year old former parliamentarian and political prisoner who had
founded the Maldives Democratic Party in exile. Despite Gayoom's
enormous advantages in resources at his disposal, when the election took place on 28 October, Anni won 54 percent of the vote.
It is likely that Gayoom's decision to accept the results of the
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opposition to engage in massive strikes and other forms of large-scale
civil resistance if he tried to steal it. Such fraudulent efforts by
the rulers of Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine earlier this decade had
resulted in the massive popular outpourings that brought an ignominious end to these corrupt and semi-autocratic regimes.
As a result, though this dictatorship's final demise was not as
spectacular as the recent democratic transitions in and around Europe,
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Minneapolis: On April 21, 2016, Prince was found dead in an elevator at Paisley Park, his studio complex and occasional home. The beloved musician - a seven Grammy Awards and Oscar winner - died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Six months later, Paisley Park opened as a museum - which was far quicker than the five-year turnaround between Elvis Presley's death and the opening of Graceland. The site has since become the must-see attraction for visitors to Minneapolis, the mid-western city where Prince was born and lived for most of his life.
There's money to be made from grief, as the controllers of Prince's estate are well aware. Paisley Park is many things: a museum, a shrine of remembrance and a money-making machine.
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Visitors choose from three options: a general admission tour ($US40, roughly $57), a VIP tour ($US100) or the ultimate experience tour ($US160).
The VIP tour lasts for an hour and 40 minutes, half an hour longer than the general admission, and you get to view more rooms and artefacts. On Thursdays, VIP ticketholders are given an ''unprecedented opportunity'' to record live vocals over a short segment of a Prince song and take a copy home with them.
The three-hour ultimate experience tour allows you to hold one of Prince's guitars, play a game on his table tennis table and eat a vegetarian meal (Prince was a passionate animal rights activist).
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While Little Red Corvette is a fixture on my party playlists, I'm more of a casual fan than a Prince devotee. So I opt for general admission.
A half-hour drive from Minneapolis, Paisley Park feels like it's in the middle of nowhere - which it pretty much is. From the outside, it looks like a storage facility: an unremarkable compound covered in white tiles.
Guests are instructed not to arrive more than 20 minutes early and it's good advice: if you do, you'll have to wait around in a parking lot beside the highway.
Prince banned mobile phones at Paisley Park and the rule holds true today. As soon as you enter, your phone is placed in a pouch and secured with a magnetic lock. It stays locked until you leave. If you want to take a photo inside, you have to take a VIP tour and pay an extra $US10 for a flash drive.
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Our tour guide, Corri, is a blonde-haired woman with purple streaks in her hair. She has a perky demeanour and a penchant for cliches (''If only these walls could talk, right?'' she says).
Thankfully, while Paisley Park's exterior may be banal, inside it is a sensory smorgasbord.
The first thing you see upon entry is a mural of Prince's eyes. The walls in the main lobby are painted sky blue and covered in clouds, signifying his vision of heaven. The sofas are covered in decadent purple velvet and the floor is emblazoned with a giant love symbol (Prince's fusion of the male and female icons).
On the second floor, two pet doves are cooing in a cage, just as they did when Prince was alive. (They don't cry, Corri informs us.)
Paisley Park, the former home and studio of Prince, is open for tours.
At the start of the tour, she asks us to observe a moment's silence. Visitors, apparently, can have an intense emotional reaction when they enter Paisley Park, but on our tour everyone keeps it together.
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Next door is the more intimate ''club room'', with a 200-person capacity, where Prince would host legendary surprise late-night performances. Often they were only advertised through word of mouth.
The tour ends, naturally, in a gift shop, where you can buy Prince-themed umbrellas, shirts, tote bags and ping-pong balls.
While there's clearly a huge demand for Prince-themed tourism, some Minneapolis locals believe the commercialisation of his memory has gone too far.
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In life, Prince was famously private and controlling. In death he remains aloof and enigmatic.
My Paisley Park visit, however, has inspired me to delve into Prince's back catalogue, to watch Purple Rain and his legendary 2006 Super Bowl performance.
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It is not possible to assess the chances of success of a particular case without a thorough understanding of the unique legal issues involved. While the appellate courts will defer to trial judges on certain matters, when a clear (and appealable) error has resulted in an unjust outcome, the appellate courts have a responsibility to use their jurisdiction to right the wrong. Due to the amount of work involved in assessing potential grounds for appeal, it is important for litigants who are contemplating appeals to begin the process as soon as possible. This is particularly true when engaging new appellate counsel.
Q: Should I retain my trial counsel for my appeal or hire a new appellate lawyer?
The answer to this question depends on a variety of different factors. For example, does your trial counsel have appellate experience? Does he or she have the time required to dedicate to your appeal? Could your appeal involve challenging a decision (or oversight) made by your trial lawyer? Your trial counsel should be able to provide an honest assessment of your best option; and if you have any doubts, you should speak with an experienced appellate attorney.
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Simple 3D Lawn (http://www.oxfordcroquet.com/coach/3d/simple.htm) which allows you to rotate and zoom the viewpoint and drag the balls. This can be used as the equivalent of a 'magnetic croquet lawn' for demonstrating manoeuvres to a group.
Coaching 3D Lawn http://www.oxfordcroquet.com/coach/3d/complex.htm) as above but with demonstration sequences of the four-ball-break, triple and sextuple peels.
The old WAV files have been uploaded to YouTube together with a few random photographs from the period.
We wish to thank Scott, he treated us seriously and with sincerity allowing us to explain our passion. 11th April 2019.
Ever wondered how the AC beginner feels when you start to explain a four ball break? Could you be talking a different language? If not try this Gateball video. Worth a look just for the magnificent stadium it is being played in (5:10). See some of the finer points discussed (53:10). Yoiichinichiwo.
Please wait for the map to load fully and change to a view of the car park. Then why not use the controls to drag the map around and zoom in and out a bit. But first put it all into full screen mode. There is a surprising amount of detail to be seen. Alexandra's Palace is not there, but the trees are. The data has just become available although it was captured months ago. Any sign of Philip, Ian or Liz? Surprisingly not.


Drumazepam – drumming to support mental well being, like diazepam but without the side effects.
They are a small African drumming group, formed in 2014 to initially help people with mental issues after one of the founding members realised that the drumming helped her to focus thoughts and relieve anxiety. The original drummers found being part of the group and playing the drums improved their mental health, gaining confidence, self-esteem and learning new skills. It has now been agreed to open up the group to all.
We now have 12 members and will welcome anyone wishing to join us on Tuesday 7:30pm 'til 9:00 pm at the Settlement, Pontypool, Tuesdays. If you don't have your own drums, please contact Larrie on 07770 961165 to book a drum.


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package com.mycompany.readmark;

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;

import com.mycompany.readmark.ui.activity.BaseActivity;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;

/**
 * Created by Lenovo.
 */

public class BaseApplication extends Application{
    private final static String TAG = "BaseApplication";
    private static List<BaseActivity> activities;
    private static BaseApplication application;
    private static int mainTId;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        activities = new LinkedList<>();
        application = this;
        mainTId = android.os.Process.myTid();
    }

    /**
     * 返回Application
     *@return
     */
    public static Context getApplication(){
        return application;
    }

    /**
     * 添加一个activity
     * @param activity
     */
    public void addActivity(BaseActivity activity){
        activities.add(activity);
    }

    /**
     * 删除一个activity
     * @param activity
     */
    public void removeActivity(BaseActivity activity){
        activities.remove(activity);
    }

    /**
     * 删除所有activity
     */
    public static void removeAllActivities(){
        ListIterator<BaseActivity> iterator = activities.listIterator();
        BaseActivity activity;
        while(iterator.hasNext()){
            activity = iterator.next();
            if(activity != null){
                activity.finish();
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * 退出应用
     */
    public static void quiteApplication(){
        removeAllActivities();
        System.exit(0);
    }

}

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Your App Needs a Website Too!
Many an entrepreneur these days is breaking into business not by renting a storefront on Main Street or even by selling products on Amazon, but by launching a hot new mobile app. And that's the amazing thing about the new global marketplace – one can identify a need and build an app (or hire someone to build it) and make it available to the right target market all in a matter of a few short months.
But mobile apps don't just live in Google Play and the iOS App Store. Your offering needs a lead-magnet– a powerful and enticing website to showcase your application's finer points and convince visitors to download the app right now.
Your app marketing efforts MUST start before your app is live! If you want a successful launch you have to come out of the starting gate strongly. App store algorithms seem to take early success into account for where to rank your app against competitors so build your Blockity app site now and start collecting emails from interested future users. Stay in constant contact with that base of leads and let them know once it's time to download. The rush of new users will bring even more!
Apple's App Store and Google Play (as well as other app markets) give you a description page for your app but those are terribly limited. It's very hard to stand out in those formats so you should build a Blockity site that matches your style, colors and branding as well. Your business needs to exist outside of those market pages and this is the way to do that while maintaining full control of your image.
The major mobile app stores try to keep a wall between you and your users. It's frustrating as an app owner, but also understandable – these guys don't want you figuring out a way to cut them out of the blood-sucking 30% commissions they charge just for hosting your apps in their markets!
However, you must stay in close interaction with your users so you can fix bugs and deliver new versions that fit the users' wishes. Your Blockity app website puts you in control and is the right channel for communicating with your app customers.
There are going to be people who don't download your app right away but are still mildly interested in it. If your app has no free version this will definitely be the case. Or maybe you've only released the Android version and iOS is still in production – you want to keep these potential customers engaged so capture their emails and nurture them through the sales funnel until they fully convert.
ASO (app store optimization) is NOT the only way to get an app to rank! Get your SEO-friendly Blockity website to the top of the search engine results by working on its own SEO for targeted keywords. Again this affords you some control not possible on the app market pages.
If your app is still just an idea now is the time to build your own website for it! No need to make this overly complex. Just set up a one-pager using one of the beautiful Blockity themes (or the blank if you're a fancy-pants designer) and incorporate your own branding and succinct, compelling text. Give visitors an ETA on when to expect the launch and capture their emails by promising updates and maybe a newsletter related to information of interest to them.
Here's your challenge: get your one-pager app website live in the next 24 hours! Start here and you'll be blown away how quickly websites come together on the Blockity platform!


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Here's Who Could Be the Most Powerful Player on Trump's Team
© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
By Ciro Scotti
It is probably too early and too strong to say that parallel governments are emerging in Washington – one disturbing, the other reassuring – but in its first week, the Trump administration is showing two faces.
Related: US No Longer a 'Full Democracy,' but It's Not Trump's Fault: Report
On one side of the Potomac, there is the never-ending carnival that took the crazy train from Trump Tower to the White House: Kellyanne Conway spouts "alternative facts" and Sean Spicer plays the calliope as the stream-of-consciousness barker goes on about mounting an investigation into how the "illegals" cost him the election, about crowd size at the inauguration, about going back into Iraq to snatch the oil, about "TheWall" and about whatever else pops into his presidential head.
On the other side, newly installed Defense Secretary James Mattis, the former Marine general whom some conservatives once talked about as a candidate to challenge Donald Trump, has hit the ground running like a gung-ho recruit on Parris Island.
In contrast to a White House said to be beset by back-biting and turf wars, Mattis appears to be thoughtfully assembling a team and making smart strategic moves. That may help offset the show on Pennsylvania Avenue that the wide-eyed world is watching -- sometimes appalled and trembling, sometimes pointing and giggling.
As the Military Times reported on Monday, Mattis has made three key appointments. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, another former Marine officer and a Pentagon professional who served in the Obama administration, has been asked to stay on to smooth the transition and manage the bureaucracy, at least for the short term.
Rear Admiral Craig Faller will be the chief uniformed adviser to Mattis. A combat veteran with deep experience in the Middle East and Asia, Faller once worked for the late Senator Ted Kennedy and has dealt with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as the Navy's chief of legislative affairs.
As his chief of staff, Mattis has appointed retired Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney, who the Military Times said is seen as a manager familiar with the inner workings of the Pentagon.
Related: How an Important NATO Ally Is Dealing With Putin -- and Trump
More important, the Military Times quoted a Pentagon spokesman as saying Mattis had reached out to NATO allies, including the NATO secretary general and the British and Canadian defense ministers. CNN said he reassured them of America's "unshakeable commitment" to the alliance.
That was no doubt intended to counter-balance Trump, who rattled NATO with talk during the campaign about alliance partners not paying their fair share and has repeatedly offered warm words for Russian President Vladimir Putin, NATO's chief antagonist.
When asked about Mattis' outreach, Press Secretary Spicer said on Tuesday: "I think that Secretary Mattis and others have some ideas about how to reform and make organizations like NATO more effective and benefit the amount of money that the United States is putting [in] whether it's NATO or the UN or other organizations like that. But I think [Trump] is not pleased in terms of what he sees in terms of the U.S. contribution and the output it's getting."
Earlier this week, Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership as he promised during the campaign, but as numerous news stories and commentaries have pointed out, one of the goals of TPP was to counter the influence of China. By pulling back from the 12-nation trade deal, the new President gives an opening to Beijing, whom he also repeatedly railed against on his way to the Oval Office.
Almost on cue, it was announced that Mattis will visit Japan and South Korea next month in his first official visit outside the U.S. as Defense Secretary. The purpose, according to The Financial Times, is to reassure America's Asian allies.
In his first memo to the Defense Department, issued on Inauguration Day, Mattis also signaled that he would work closely with the Intelligence Community, which took a beating from Trump both as a candidate and as the president-elect. Even a conciliatory visit by the president to the CIA wound up hitting an off note, with Trump standing in front of a wall commemorating fallen and largely unsung officers to complain about the media distorting attendance figures for the inauguration.
With former Republican congressman Mike Pompeo, a West Point graduate, now confirmed as CIA director and the nomination of former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state moving forward, Mattis may soon have other grown-ups governing, too. But Tillerson has no Washington experience and won't be immediately up to speed.
Related: 9 Things to Know About Trump's Pick for CIA Director, Mike Pompeo
Pompeo, on the other hand, was a member of the House Intelligence Committee and should be more immediately ready to stand with Mattis, who in his memo called the military and the Intelligence Community "the sentinels and guardians of our nation."
At least someone will be watching America's back while Trump and his troupe are careening toward the formation of a government.
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Ciro Scotti
Ciro Scotti, a journalist, editor and media strategist, is a contributing editor to The Fiscal Times. Earlier, he was Deputy Editor, The Americas, at Reuters and Managing Editor at Bloomberg Businessweek.


Truly mouthwatering! This was my mom's favorite especially with lots of bananas!
I love this dish. Mama used to cook thiis.
Love this dish! Love anything with fried egg and fried bananas. The giniling looks so good and I like it the way you made it_with some sauce. Yum!
Although the name of this dish is not familiar, the photo of the food just grab my full attention! This looks so good. I noticed I'm very weak when there is egg on top of food. Do I need to get plantation banana or reg banana is okay if I can't find?
This looks so yummy! I have lately come to love the addition of eggs over so many different things. I will have to try this soon!
Hello Karen: great to see you here. Thanks for the RT too.
Tina: Would love your mom's arroz, but then i ran out of bananas hehe.
Anonymous: Hi there, glad to know that this dish was served by you Mama too. I bet you praised her with your wow!
Adora: Yeah i like it with sauce so with my kids, the only problem is that you would need more rice than usual. hehe.
Nami: Shhh we have a secret, I sometime use regular Dole bananas too hehe. But traditionally it should be plantain. Just be warned though that when you fry regualr banana it tends to be so mushy. So you must use a not so ripe reg banana if you wish. Tell me how that goes ok? thanks!
Hey Sarah: So thrilled to see you. Yeah please try it, I guarantee you that it's going to be so delish!
G, we call this picadillo in our region. Oh, so yummy!
You have been cooking-away, my friend! That is awesome!
I'm not sure how this got to the philippines either but I love the ingredient list! Raisins and plantains? Count me in!
Giniling is a favorite not to mention being so economical.
The fried egg looks like a smile LOL!
This reminds me of picadillo! Isn't it interesting how food menages to travel across the globe and adapt to its new home?
I know that I will make this dish as soon as I come back home (should be in a week or two), as I cannot find plantains here in Serbia, and even if I did, I don't think my parents would go for the combination of savory and sweet, which I love!
I hope you are enjoying STL! Do you miss SoCal weather?
My mom did a variation of this, but I think left out the fried plaintain. Haven't had or even thought about it in ages... what a fantastic flood of memory. I'll have to make this soon.
By the way, that is a gorgeous fried egg. I mean, the whole dish looks delicious, of course, but that is a perfect egg. The whites look like silk.
Hi Malou. Thanks for visiting our site earlier this week. I really like this dish, mainly because the ingredients are so simple and tastes great together. It's a quick and easy meal to prepare. If I cook it right, this might be my go-to meal when I need something quick to prepare and serve. Thanks for the post!!
This looks yummy and I want to make it. The egg certainly helps its appeal. I am a happy egg eater.


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Q: Having trouble getting form_with to pass the :id as required by the path I am using form_with in a rails form.  The invocation of form_with uses both the url: and model: params, using the url to override the controller that would be the default for model.  What is passed in the form does not include the id of the target object, as I would expect from the code below.
<%= form_with(url: admin_ride_path(@ride), model: @ride, local: true) do |form| %>

form_with(url: admin_ride_path(@ride), model: @ride, local: true) do |form|

The form is submitted for an update to an existing record.  I would expect that the path for the submission would be
PATCH /admin_ride/7   (where 7 is the id of the ride)

but it instead sends to
PATCH /admin_ride

For which there is no route.

A:
Make sure, your @ride variable has id attribute which is not nil

form_with works in two ways.
1. When the Model id is not set
For example your model name is User and you have a @user variable in your view which is not saved in database(@user.id is nil).
In this case the form will be submitted to /users/ with POST method.
2. When Model is id set
When the @user.id is set(record exists in database) and id is e.g. 1
In this case, form_with will automatically be submitted at route /users/1 with PATCH request.

A: I just went through this myself.
The ActiveRecord instance provides a persisted? method, which the form_with helper uses to decide if the record has been saved to the database. If @ride is 'new'd without recently being saved or deleted, @ride.persisted? will return false, so the route used will be one without the id and method will be POST instead of PATCH, even if there is an id in the @ride variable.

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Q: List of most popular server side web hosting languages? I am looking for some online resources providing statistics, or at least ranking, of server-side installations based on the language (and maybe version and environment).
We are trying to choose the appropriate language for an upcoming general-purpose framework we are building, and a primary goal is to have  it installable by the most generic web hosting companies possible.
Obviously PHP is on top or close to it today. But what about Node.js or Rust? Can someone link to reliable sources that have conducted such a study recently?

A: W3Techs has Usage of server-side programming languages for websites with reasonable methodology. Based on their survey, PHP currently has 83.5% market share, whereas server side JavaScript like Node.js only has 0,5%. Rust is not even listed.
ASP.NET and Java are the obvious competitors based on market share, but for "generic web hosting companies" PHP is probably the most rational choice for such a new platform.
As creating a whole platform doesn't happen in a day, I'd focus directly on PHP 7 despite the majority of current web sites is running on PHP 5. This is not about popularity but support: active support for PHP 5.6 has ended 19 Jan 2017 and security support will end 31 Dec 2018.


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Gupta joined the company in 2016, which she describes as "Open banking is starting to gain momentum." For her, it was always clear that Finastra was making a very different…
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Finastra's open cloud platform facilitates Finastra innovation in financial services. They've quickly become the third-largest fintech in the world, and CMO, Martin Haering believes open banking is one of the…
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Ian Thomas is a graduate of Oxford and Cambridge and has a formidable career with 20 years of experience in data and analysis at some of the largest technology companies…
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Mike Duffy, director of corporate finance at Menzies, joined the team in mid-2018. With a wide variety of banking and financial services ahead, Duffy believes he's gotten closer to his…
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As the Chief Digital and Innovation Officer for the Agency business unit of Epsilon, I am responsible for brand planning, strategy, research, data design, analytics, experience design, digital and engagement strategy,…
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David finds his work interesting and likes the fact that one day it could make a real difference to the way we use and create energy. Although a PhD student, he is one of a few scientists in the world studying how to make solar energy systems more practical and efficient. He says that his field of science could take him anywhere and in a few years plans on living and working overseas, continuing his research into solar energy.
Job description: Building solar cells, preparing chemical solutions, testing theories, compiling and analysing results, writing papers and journal articles, attending meetings with supervisors and other PhD students, preparing for conferences, giving presentations at conferences.
Subjects studied: Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Specialist Maths, Maths Methods and English.
Further training: David has a double degree from Monash University with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce at Monash University (5 years). David's is currently undertaking his PhD at the School of Physics and Materials Engineering at Monash University, (it will take a total of 3 to 4 years to finish). David has been in the Army Reserve for six years and undertakn numerous Army Reserve training courses.
"When I was at high school, I didn't really want to go to uni. I was more interested in joining the police force or the army", says David Menzies.
David's experience proves that things always don't end up how you think they will. Now only 24 years old, Dave has a Commerce degree and an Engineering degree (with Honours) behind him, and is finishing his PhD.
Always interested in the outdoors, and an avid bushwalker and motorcyclist, Dave never thought he'd end up doing what he's doing now. "I'm researching how we can make solar energy cells more efficient. Instead of using the old glass cells, I'm studying small plastic cells that are more practical than the glass ones and can be used in more situations."
Dave's PhD research is being conducted at Monash University and brings two technologies of the future together - solar energy and nanotechnology. While we're all familiar with solar energy (for instance in our calculators and, sometimes homes), nanotechnology* is cutting edge and real science fiction material!
The solar cells Dave is studying are just 2 centimetres square and use a tiny electrode that is 25 x 10-9 metres. In other words - microscopic! His research involves testing if the solar cells work better under different conditions. His goal is to produce a solar cell that can work more efficiently and in more practical ways than the more traditional types of solar cell we're used to. This means that small, plastic solar cells could be used anywhere - stuck on your jacket to power your discman as you walk to school, recharging your laptop computer as you use it or charging and running appliances like fridges.
Although he is still technically a student, Dave says his research is just like a job. "I start at about 8 each morning. I meet with my supervisor and other PhD students and I work in the lab with a research doctor." He says he likes being able to work by himself on research he finds really interesting. "I'm guided by my supervisors rather than having to drive profits. I can work on my own terms and focus on my own goals." Next year, Dave will be heading off to Paris, Singapore and London where he will be speaking at conferences and meeting with other researchers who work on solar cells.
As well as finishing his undergraduate degrees, Dave has kept himself busy and earnt some handy pocket money by joining the Australian Army Reserve. He says he's spent most summer and winter breaks away with the Army and enjoys being outdoors, which as an infantry soldier, he has had plenty of opportunity to explore.
Nanotechnology describes activities at the level of atoms and molecules (much smaller than the width of a human hair) that have applications in the real world. Devices built on this scale are so tiny there are all sorts of possibilities for their use. While they may still be some time away, sci-fi ideas such as miniature robots that could attack blood clots are more science than fiction. Nanotechnology has the potential to be used in many situations, and is relevant to different types of scientific research. You'll find materials scientists, mechanical and electronic engineers and medical researchers all working on developments using nanotechnology.
Materials engineers investigate the properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and other materials and develop and assess their commercial and engineering applications.
A materials engineer may perform the following tasks:
Study the structure and properties of metals and other materials
Develop methods for processing minerals through to manufactured materials
Investigate methods for shaping and fabricating materials, and study methods for joining materials,
Improving existing materials and evaluating new ones
Participate in the design of products using advanced materials
Investigate material failures
Study ways to extend the life of materials
Establish procedures and methods to protect materials against deterioration and to assess their durability
Study possible improvements to production methods, report on the nature and uses of materials and advise on manufacturing techniques and quality control systems
Enjoy science, technical and engineering activities
Able to identify, analyse and solve problems
Able to work as part of a team
A capacity for creative thinking
Find out more about a career in materials engineering:
Materials Australia (National Office)
Suite 205, 21 Bedford St North Melbourne, VIC 3051
Engineers Australia
Engineering House 11 National Cct Barton, ACT 2600


I suppose you could call PAF the original windows family history creation software, but it is no ,longer available been dropped by it's owner FamilySearch. Rootsmagic offers an upgrage path to their own software.
2. Load the required .paf file.


Want to see the inside of Cassper's house?
Cape Town - We've all noticed a difference in rapper Cassper Nyovest and TV personality, Pearl Thusi's social media pages during July, as these two normally conspicuous spenders showed another side of themselves - A side focused on saving.
After weeks of speculation and debate around why Cassper Nyovest and Pearl Thusi were suddenly mending their own clothes, Airbnb-ing their houses and getting roadside haircuts they have finally revealed that they are not broke. And they don't want anyone else to be either!
In collab with the Sanlam Group for National Savings Month (July), their mutual goal is to set SA on the road to their best possible lives. A future low on debilitating debt and high on savings (even if it is getting the last drop out of your tomato sauce bottle or squeezing your toothpaste tube for its last drop).
Apparently Cassper needed no convincing to collaborate with the Sanlam Group. At his core, he is a man who believes that hard work and 'doing it for yourself' is the way to go. He owns some pretty flashy items now, but he worked for them. "Don't be silly, trying to look rich if you aren't. Be real. Be honest about your situation. If you are in debt, cut back on your lifestyle and get out of debt. It's not just about now, and it's not about what anyone else thinks of you. Make your life happen for yourself,"Nyovest said.
Pearl Thusi remains a humble girl who has had her fair share of hard knocks and who believes strongly in setting up an amazing future for herself and her family. A lot of the 'celebrity lifestyle' she normally reflects to the public is for show. She is successful, but first and foremost she is a mother who is doing everything she does for her daughter, Thando.
Why did Cassper and Pearl do this though? Their mutual goal was clear: to raise the street cred associated with #ConspicuousSaving and to get us to think before we spend.


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Great nations build and invest in great infrastructure. Too many 21st-century U.S. infrastructure systems depend on 20th-century investments. Now in an alarming state of disrepair and in urgent need of new funding, America's infrastructure can no longer wait. Families, communities and manufacturers need modern transportation, energy, broadband and water infrastructure to meet the demands of today's economy. The modern manufacturing economy we are building does not have the kind of infrastructure we need to support our vision for an exceptional America.
For generations, manufacturers have risen to the occasion to meet great challenges, to give more Americans a chance to improve their lives and build our nation for the future. Now, it is time again for our leaders to follow our example and strengthen the foundation that makes our work and our daily lives possible: our nation's infrastructure.


eCampus.com is the internet's leading online destination to help students rent, buy, trade in or trade up their academic textbooks. They desired to go beyond traditional segmentation to understand the behaviors that ultimately drove purchase decisions.
With an expansive shopper base, eCampus.com sought new retargeting strategies and technology that would enable them to increase their sales among all shopper types.
eCampus.com used SteelHouse's data-driven marketing platform to understand the types of shoppers who visit their site and then launched retargeting offers immediately targeting those different shopper segments.
eCampus targeted people with items still left in their cart, resulting in a 114% incremental conversion lift.


A locksmith is someone who will help you when you lose your car key or door key and have problems in opening. It is hard to find people looking for the services of a locksmith today. You might not know what to do when you lose your car keys or lose the key to your door. You can get some help from a locksmith if you find yourself in such a situation at any time of your life. Locating a locksmith is not as easy as you would to any professional since locksmiths most of the time are always moving.
Although we might believe that they are rare to find, you still have a chance of finding one. One can also locate a great locksmith who will offer you the best kind of services that you were looking for in Houston. The best thing for one to do is to make sure that you are working with the right person all the time.
Anytime that someone is looking forward to working with a service provider, then it is always important for you to make sure that you have chosen the right one. Doing this is important because you will be able to avoid receiving the worst services ever. In case you are not keen on what you do, you are likely to end up hiring a person who is not the best in the kind of services that you want to be done. With the right person, the services will be the best and have nothing to lose.
Experience is an important thing for everyone to consider when hiring a locksmith all the time. You are getting someone who can handle some important stuff for you. The car, office or house should always be taken care of whenever you are having something being done to any of them. In this situation, it is good for you to avoid hiring someone who is doing it for the first or the second time because he or she might not have the best experience ever. The best thing that you need to do is choose a person who has been in this situation for not less than two years.
You need to know the place where the locksmith will come from once you call him or her to come and help you. Although most have no specific location, you should know how you can get them. You need someone who will turn to you quickly to come and help you. You could have lost your keys while working and need to have your car for transportation as you get back home. You will have to get someone who will come to help you at once.


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One prominent industry lawyer has expressed serious concern about the state of SMSF documentation as the dominance of new business models grows.
Managing principal of Argyle Lawyers, Peter Bobbin, doubts the ability of online document providers to confidently structure estate planning strategies for an SMSF.
"The two do not match. There is no such thing as a 'standard' non-binding or binding nomination – it just doesn't [exist]," Mr Bobbin told SMSF Adviser.
"The average account balance in an SMSF, as in total assets, now exceeds a million. And yet somebody is promoting the idea that you spend $85 or $120 to run off a nomination document which is going to control up to $1.1 million. I think it's ridiculous, I truly think it's ridiculous. I don't understand it," he said.
DBA Lawyers has voiced similar concerns to SMSF Adviser.
"When you get things over the internet, to put it lightly, there can be difficulties," said director Bryce Figot.
"There's a lot of other things out there where you enter your data into a website that spits the documents right back at you, which raises this very nasty question about, number one, garbage in and garbage out. If the person doesn't know what instructions to enter, they might answer things incorrectly," he said.
Mr Figot particularly takes umbrage at models that have minimal or no input from a qualified lawyer.
"There are time savings; however, people then take it to the next level, saying 'well, why don't we get the documents instantly populated back at us', and that's where you've got no lawyer reviewing it," Mr Figot says.
In a previous conversation with SMSF Adviser, Topdocs director Michael Spakman expressed confidence in the online model of SMSF documentation but warned about the inherent legal risks of incorrectly drafted documents.
"At the end of the day, they're still legal documents, there's still risk associated with that, and we want to be able to protect the client and make sure that what they get is fit for purpose," Mr Spakman said.
"Their responsibility is providing advice for their client; the document provider's responsibility is to give something fit for purpose which also they assume the risk for," he said.


Open a drawing containing some geometry, or start a new drawing and create some.
Turn off running object snap mode by clicking the OSNAP button on the status bar until the button appears to be dimmed and <Osnap off> appears in the command line.
Although you can use object snap overrides while running object snaps are enabled, it is recommended that you turn off running object snaps while you're becoming familiar with object snap overrides. After you get the hang of each feature separately, you can use them together.
Start the Line command by clicking the Line button in the Draw panel on the Ribbon or by typing Line (or L) and pressing Enter.
Hold down the Shift key, right-click anywhere in the drawing area, and release the Shift key.
The Object Snap menu appears.
Choose an Object Snap mode, such as Endpoint, from the Object Snap menu.
When you move the crosshairs near an object with an endpoint, a colored square icon appears at the endpoint, indicating that AutoCAD can snap to that point. If you stop moving the crosshairs for a moment, a tooltip displaying the Object Snap mode (for example, Endpoint) appears, to reinforce the idea.
Click when the ENDpoint object snap square appears on the point you want to snap to.
When you move the crosshairs around the drawing, AutoCAD no longer seeks out endpoints, because object snap overrides last for only a single pick. You can use the Object Snap right-click menu again to snap the other end of the new line segment to another point on an existing object.
Display the Object Snap menu again (refer to Step 4). Then choose another Object Snap mode, such as MIDpoint, from the Object Snap menu.
When you move the crosshairs near the midpoint of an object, a colored triangle appears at the snap point. Each object snap type (such as ENDpoint, MIDpoint, and INTersection) displays a different symbol. If you stop moving the crosshairs, the tooltip text reminds you of what the symbol means.
Draw additional line segments by picking additional points. Use the Object Snap right-click menu to specify a single object snap type before you pick each point.
Try the INTersection, PERpendicular, and NEArest object snaps. If the drawing contains arcs or circles, try Center and Quadrant.
When you finish working with object snap overrides, right-click anywhere in the drawing area and choose Enter from the menu to end the Line command.
You can activate object snap overrides by entering the first three letters of a mode at the command line.
Right-click: Displays menu options for the current command (or common commands and settings when no command is active).
Shift+right-click: Always displays the same Object Snap menu.


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Q: Grouping and renaming based on date I have a working query that produces a table with two columns.
SELECT months, count(user_id) as count
        from
        (
        select u.user_id, u.region_id, u.latest_login, year(u.latest_login),
        period_diff(date_format(now(), '%Y%m'),date_format(u.latest_login, '%Y%m')) as months
        from users u
        where u.date_ended = 0000-00-00
            AND country_id = 1
            AND intRoleId = 3
        )
        t1
        group by months;

It produces this table:

I want to make groups based on the amount of months. I have checked documentation and the below query seems to be what I need, but I get a syntax error. I've tried changing the format of the logic and naming conventions but not sure what is going wrong here.
SELECT months, count(user_id) as count,
        sum(months=<2) as 'Less than 3 months',
        sum(months>2 and months=<5) as '3-6 months',
        sum(months>5 and months=<11) as '6-12 months',
        sum(months>11 and months=<24) as '12-24 months',
        sum(months>24 and months<20000) as 'More than 24 months',
        sum(months>20000) as 'Never'
        from
        (
        select u.user_id, u.region_id, u.latest_login, year(u.latest_login),

        period_diff(date_format(now(), '%Y%m'),date_format(u.latest_login, '%Y%m')) as months

        from users u
        where u.date_ended = 0000-00-00
            AND country_id = 1
            AND intRoleId = 3

        group by months

        )
        t1;

Thanks so much for any help.

A: To escape column names, use double quotes not single quotes.  However, I would recommend names that don't need to be escaped.  Also, convert the boolean values to numbers
 select months, count(user_id) as count,
        sum( (months=<2)) as months_less_than_3_,
        sum( (months>2 and months=<5)) as months_3_6,
        sum( (months>5 and months=<11)) as months_6_12,
        sum( (months>11 and months=<24)) as months_12_24,
        sum( (months>24 and months<20000)) as months_25_plus,
        sum( (months>20000)) as Never

A: Ah I realised the issue! Knew it would be something I just didn't know to google. You can't put the equals sign before the less than/more than sign. Thank you for the reply


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UK online sales in October grew by 12.1%, says BRC- KPMG
Online retail sales of non-food products in the UK increased by 12.1% in October 2013, as compared to the same period last year, according to the latest data released by British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG.
Lat year in October, online sales of non-food increased by 7.3% over the previous year.
In October, online sales represented 18.3% of total non-food sales. Excluding online sales, clothing and footwear registered a decline in October for the third month in a row.
The agency noted that October's double digit online sales growth helped the three-month average reach its highest level since February. Other non-food contributed over two thirds of the growth, which is seen as an encouraging sign for Christmas.
Online sales contributed 1.4% points to the growth of non-food total sales last month. In the last three months, the contribution averaged 1.3% points – over a third of the total non-food growth.
British Retail Consortium director general Helen Dickinson said the share of non-food sales made online hit new heights in October, showing the highest ever penetration rate.
The month saw wide ranges of festive products and gift ideas hitting the shelves as retailers readied themselves for the countdown to Christmas, and many shoppers valued the choice and convenience that came with browsing and buying online, as well as the opportunity to pre-order some of the key releases planned for November.
"It's expected that many of us will 'click into Christmas' more than ever before this year, and retailers have invested significantly in user friendly websites, fast deliveries and convenient ways of buying in-store, at home or on the move. These figures are an encouraging sign that these improvements are striking a chord with customers."


Note that you can can either pass in a reference to an element (e.g. this.form in the above) or the #id of the set of elements to apply the reset to.
Please note that I have closed comments on this post because too many people seem unable to understand the purpose of this post and continue to post comments showing how to reset a form. This post shows how to clear a form, which as explained at the top of this post, is not the same as resetting a form to its default values.
If you want to reset a form refer to my other posts as linked to in the related posts below.


Davian Williams has helped Cavaliers win their first two games.
The race for spots in the semi-finals of the 2017 Cayman Airways Invitational U15 Youth Football Cup is taking shape after two days of group play.
Cavaliers Soccer Club from Jamaica has taken the lead in Group A with two wins in as many games to start the competition, while in a highly-competitive Group B, defending champions Manchester City are ahead. Meantime, La Ceiba F.C. of Honduras and Cuba Federation are in a race for the top spot in Group C.
Cavaliers' Alex Johnson has scored three goals so far.
Cavaliers dominated possession early but appeared comfortable with shooting from distance, as at least a half-dozen shots within the first 15 minutes sailed well high of the goal. After being unsuccessful from shots beyond 20 yards, the Jamaicans adjusted and in the 30th minute, Isaac Scott found Alex Johnson inside five yards, as he knocked the ball past the keeper comfortably for his third goal of the tournament.
After a 1-0 lead at the half, it took two minutes into the second session for Cavaliers to double the advantage with Tyrese Durrant scoring. Although Cavaliers controlled the ball for much of the game, a spirited Alchemy side kept pressing as they were spurred on by vocal supporters who travelled from Minnesota with the team.
However, it was Cavaliers who found ways to score, including substitutes Rojay Nelson in the 60th minute and Kamani Maxwell in the final minute of injury time.
Alchemy returns to Ed Bush Sports Complex Thursday night for a matchup with the Cayman Islands National U15 Team, while Cavaliers, who top the group so far with six points from back-to-back wins, gets a rest day before meeting the hosts Friday night.
With a few hundred people packed into the Ed Bush Sports Complex for the Cayman Islands opening game, both teams started off aggressively, moving the ball with pace. IMG got the breakthrough in the 12th minute with a screamer from Charlie Strine flying past Cayman netminder Finn Milward. Ty Sanchez doubled the lead nine minutes later.
Team Cayman tried to create chances, as forward Gunnar Studenhofft constantly showing his intent. In the 26th minute, the crowd came to life when David Pitcain took the ball from inside the Cayman half and pushed toward the IMG goal in tandem with Studenhofft but the run was stopped by an IMG defender inside the 18-yard box. IMG led 2-0 at the half.
David Pitcairn (10) was one of the bright spots for Cayman.
Five minutes after the re-start, Riley Meagher tripled the lead. Cayman continued to press but IMG keepers, Sam Lee and Brooks Thompson came up with multiple saves, including Thompson in the 66th minute to deny a Cayman penalty kick and multiple rebound efforts. Cole Tetler, who came on from the bench, added a fourth for IMG in the 69th minute, as IMG won 4-0.
Cayman plays Achemy DSC Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at Ed Bush Sports Complex, while IMG Academy has a rest day.
Diego Gonzalez scored twice for Houston.
Manchester City's Charlie McNeil celebrates his goal.
The final game of the evening at Ed Bush saw a competitive affair between Manchester City and Houston Dynamo, both coming in off draws in their opening matches.
Houston dug themselves into a hole after defender Caleb Allen's attempt to clear the ball with a header saw it going into the back of his team's net in the 12th minute. It was not until the half-hour mark that Manchester City scored on their own accord – Charlie McNeil putting the 20016 champions ahead by two goals with his second of the tournament. Houston pulled one back in the 32nd minute thanks to Diego Gonzalez.
With the score 2-1 in favour of Manchester City at the half, the second frame shaped up for an exciting finish. Gonzalez got his second tally for Houston to level the score 2-2 in the 47th minute. Both sides continued to work the ball methodically across the pitch in search of a winner. It was Manchester City who got what they were looking for when James McAtee knocked one home in the 60th minute.
Both teams are back on the field Thursday, with Houston playing Trinidad & Tobago and Manchester City faces D.C. United.


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"Zero economy will be more fair, inclusive and resilient" – Epoca Negucius
by Ursula Curtis
in Economy
Nigel Topping (Photo: Nour Photo via AFP)
Putting diverse actors to work together on the great common cause of climate is the expertise of Bretton Nigel Topping, nominated by the United Nations as one of the high-level climate champions at COP26, the United Nations Climate Summit, which will take place in November in Scotland.
Nigel is one of 100 climate innovators included in the April issue of Época Negócios. Get access to the full list
He previously served as CEO of We Mean Business, a consortium of companies working to accelerate the transition to a carbon-free economy, and CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project, which helps companies and cities publicize their environmental impact. "Our decision in 2021 to go down the zero-carbon path by 2050 will generate about $ 26 trillion additional in economic benefits and another 35 million jobs between 2020 and 2030," he said in an interview with Época Negócios.
How often do companies commit to taking action to combat climate change?
Through our Race for Zero campaign [lançada em 2020]At least 1,400 companies large and small have committed to net zero emissions by 2050. This includes Brazilian companies Natura, Movida, Klabin, Malwee Group, Banco do Brasil, Ambev, Fama Investimentos and the cities of Rio de Janeiro, El Salvador and São Paulo.
What is the role of innovation in combating the climate crisis?
A few years ago, organizations like the International Energy Agency predicted that internal combustion engines would continue to sell in 2070. Now, governments, including the United Kingdom and California, have banned sales since 2030.
See also The Portuguese have already bought more than 70 luxury apartments in Infinity - Imobiliário in Lisbon
Personally, how do you expect the world in 2050?
A carbon-free economy would be profoundly fairer, more inclusive and more resilient than today. The impacts of climate change will be worse in 2050 than they are now – because, unfortunately, part of global warming is already built into our future because of the greenhouse gases that we are still emitting – but I think we will act quickly enough to reduce global warming. This heating.
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A top Holyrood official is embroiled in a conflict of interest row over controversial plans to build a school in an Edinburgh park.
Andrew Mylne, the head of the Parliament's non-executive bills unit (NEBU), advised Edinburgh council about its legislative proposals for Portobello Park and met opponents of the plan.
However, a campaign group has made a formal complaint as Mylne lives in the area and has children in the school catchment.
External bodies and individuals, rather than just MSPs, can introduce legislation to Holyrood.
Edinburgh council's private bill, which will have its final vote at Holyrood this week, seeks to reclassify Portobello Park for education purposes.
The local authority intends to build a new high school on the site, but the Portobello Park Action Group (PPAG) is opposed and believes a school should be built on an alternative location.
A row has now broken out about the role played by Mylne, 48, before the council introduced the legislation to Parliament in April last year.
In October 2012, he and a Holyrood colleague met council representatives to discuss the planned bill and later offered procedural advice to the local authority and also met the PPAG.
However, on the day the council lodged the bill, the PPAG informed the Parliament that Mylne was a Portobello resident.
The chair of the group said she was "not accusing him of any inappropriate dealings but we believe he should have made his connection with the issue clear".
Correspondence between the Parliament and PPAG shows that Mylne informed a senior colleague in December 2012 there was the potential for a perceived conflict of interest.
However, despite flagging up the issue, Mylne met the campaigners four months later without informing them of his link.
Mylne has not advised the Holyrood committee scrutinising the legislation.
However, the PPAG believes Mylne should not have given procedural advice to the council or met campaigners at a pre-legislative level.
The NEBU handles all non-government legislation.
A Scottish Parliament spokesperson said: "Mr Mylne advised his Group Head in writing in December 2012, of the potential for a perceived conflict of interest, that he is a resident of Portobello with children in the school catchment area.
"His role in the pre-introduction stage of this private Bill was to give technical and procedural advice to the promoter and potential objectors. This was consistent with his position as Head of the Non-Government Bill Unit.
"Thereafter, Mr Mylne took no part in advising the committee scrutinising the Bill.
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NCIS Season 19 Episode 6 Release Date and Spoilers
Nishitha Dutta
The latest episode of 'NCIS' season 19 follows the curious case of a suicide bomber who explodes inside a van. Parker takes the lead in the investigation as per orders left behind by Vance. However, the honorable agent refuses to replace Gibbs when Vance asks him to assume the position of the new commander. Episode 5 is replete with such suspenseful and exciting moments, some of which have been enclosed in the recap section. As you're anticipating episode 6, we'd like to share everything that we know about it!
NCIS Season 19 Episode 6 Release Date
'NCIS' season 19 episode 6 will premiere on October 25, 2021, at 9 pm ET on CBS. The show follows a weekly release pattern, with new installments dropping every Monday. Every episode has a runtime of approximately 50-55 minutes each.
Where To Stream NCIS Season 19 Episode 6 Online?
You can watch 'NCIS' season 19 episode 6 on your TV screens as and when it airs on the network at the date and time mentioned above. After the new episode airs on television, it will become available to watch online on CBS' official website and Paramount+. You can also opt to stream the upcoming episode on VOD and Live-TV platforms like iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, YouTube, FuboTV, Amazon Prime Video (with a Paramount+ subscription), DirecTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Spectrum, and Xfinity.
NCIS Season 19 Episode 6 Spoilers
The show is about to change its course now that Gibbs is out of the picture and Parker has replaced him as per his desire. So the sixth episode titled 'False Start' will showcase Parker as the new commander of the NCIS. He will perhaps set an example entirely different from the legacy that Gibbs has left behind. Parker has always been against Gibbs' amoral view on life, so now he would have a chance to redo and reinvent the ethics of the workspace. Apart from that, their next case will revolve around the death of a beloved Navy commander known to have trained impeccable athletes.
NCIS Season 19 Episode 5 Recap
Episode 5, titled 'Face the Strange,' kicks off with an unusual case of a suicide bomber. Before the team is called to investigate, Director Vance offers Gibbs' previous job to Parker, but he rejects it. However, he is still invited by Vance to the next crime scene. When the dead body of Officer Bolton is put inside the van, the vehicle explodes. Ducky and Palmer suspect that it could be a case of suicide bombing gone wrong. They also find a USB drive attached to his foot which reveals that he was a hacker on the dark web and also a part-time coder for the U.S. military.
Torres wants McGee to replace Gibbs, but Vance discloses that the old man wanted Parker to take the position. McGee also seconds that opinion because he doesn't want to follow Gibbs' footsteps. As far as the case is concerned, Hines does a background check on the dead person's finances. It turns out that the man had won the lottery multiple times with the help of a female accomplice who is brought in for questioning. She reveals that he also recruited people to pose as fake winners so as to not raise any suspicions about one person bagging the lot.
The team finds another man, Royman Beesbo, who is associated with Bolton, and Parker senses that the man could be another suicide bomber. Sure enough, they find a freshly implanted explosive in his body. The man behind this turns out to be a mobster who used Bolton to hack Beesbo's medical records. Bolton was used as a dummy before they actually put the bomb inside Beesbo, who had no clue about it. The episode ends with Parker accepting the job.
Read More: What Happened to Jack Sloane on NCIS? Why Did Maria Bello Leave NCIS?


Details of over 30,000 financial accounts worth over $5 billion are being provided to the IRS under the new powers of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
It stated that the information provided on US citizens and tax residents with Australian bank accounts is the first step in a wave of transparency measures being implemented globally by Governments and tax administrations.
Beginning in 2017, close to 100 countries will be sharing non-resident data under the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
In return, the ATO will receive data from the IRS about Australians with financial accounts in the IS, and will use that data to detect cases of undeclared offshore income and tax evasion.
The ATO says that it is committed to ensuring that taxpayers are disclosing their offshore income, and implementing the CRS.
The new transparency initiatives further strengthen Australian's existing network of international treaties and information exchange agreements with over 100 jurisdictions.
During 2014/15, the ATO engaged in 519 exchanges of information resulting in total tax liabilities of $255 million (up from $250 million in 2013/14).
If you believe you may have undeclared foreign income you can find out more about our foreign income services or contact us.


Daily Feeding Amount Up to: Size of Dog: Small Dog, Dog body weight (kg): 7, Daily Feed (pieces/day): 2 pieces Size of Dog: Medium, Dog body weight (kg): 15, Daily Feed (pieces/day): 3 pieces Size of Dog: Large, Dog body weight (kg): 30, Daily Feed (pieces/day): 5 pieces For your dog's health, respect the feeding guide and exercise him daily. Clean, fresh drinking water should always be available. Supervise your dog when giving him/her the treat.


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Review Of Thriller "Nightwatcher" By Wendy Corsi Staub
USA Today and New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub comes back with the new novel Nightwatcher
which is scheduled to be released on August 28, 2012 and is a thriller set around 9/11 period in New York City. The author herself lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband of over twenty years and their two children.
A Brief Summary:
As the city sleeps in the early hours of September 10, 2001, the killer waits and watches, unaware of the cataclysm to come. Even the nightmare of 9/11 will not postpone his private reign of terror.
Allison Taylor adores her adopted city, New York, loving every minute of the invigorating urban hustle. But on a bright and clear September morning, the familiar landscape around her is savagely altered—and in the midst of widespread chaos and fear, a woman living upstairs from her is found, brutally slaughtered and mutilated.
For Allison . . . for her neighbor, James "Mack" MacKenna, desperately searching for news of his missing wife . . . for homicide detective Rocky Manzillo, hunting for a monster called "The Nightwatcher" amid the smoking ruins of a devastated city, this tragic day will hold a special horror. Because a different kind of terror has entered their lives . . . and it's coming to claim Allison Taylor as its next victim.
This is a well written psychological thriller and narrates the lives or several characters in parallel during the 9/11 period: A serial killer, few female characters and some law enforcement officers. The back and forth in the parallel stories at times get confusing but they all seem very real in terms of dialogue and the way they are portrayed.
The story picks up a bit late towards the end of the book and the initial slow pace might turn the reader off. However, with a bit of a patience, the reader can get to the interesting and rewarding ending episode which paves the way for the sequel of the book which is titled Sleepwalker.
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When a patient develops end-stage cancer that is refractory to medical treatments, hospice may be recommended by the doctor.
Hospice care is not about giving up or waiting to die, its sole purpose is to make the most of life, by keeping the patients as comfortable and able as possible, and by helping them to find peace in their relationships and lives. Hospice provides valuable services to the patients and their caregivers when they are needed the most.