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$script:SPDscUtilModulePath = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath '..\..\Modules\SharePointDsc.Util'
Import-Module -Name $script:SPDscUtilModulePath

function Get-TargetResource
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([System.Collections.Hashtable])]
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $Name,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.UInt32]
        $CacheSizeInMB,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $ServiceAccount,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Boolean]
        $CreateFirewallRules,

        [Parameter()]
        [ValidateSet("Present", "Absent")]
        [System.String]
        $Ensure = "Present",

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String[]]
        $ServerProvisionOrder,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $InstallAccount
    )

    Write-Verbose -Message "Getting the cache host information"

    $result = Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount `
        -Arguments $PSBoundParameters `
        -ScriptBlock {
        $params = $args[0]
        $nullReturnValue = @{
            Name   = $params.Name
            Ensure = "Absent"
        }

        try
        {
            Use-CacheCluster -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            $cacheHost = Get-CacheHost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

            if ($null -eq $cacheHost)
            {
                return $nullReturnValue
            }
            $computerName = ([System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName($env:computerName)).HostName
            $cachePort = ($cacheHost | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                    $_.HostName -eq $computerName
                }).PortNo
            $cacheHostConfig = Get-AFCacheHostConfiguration -ComputerName $computerName `
                -CachePort $cachePort `
                -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

            $windowsService = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Name='AppFabricCachingService'"
            $firewallRule = Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SharePoint Distributed Cache" `
                -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

            return @{
                Name                 = $params.Name
                CacheSizeInMB        = $cacheHostConfig.Size
                ServiceAccount       = $windowsService.StartName
                CreateFirewallRules  = ($null -ne $firewallRule)
                Ensure               = "Present"
                ServerProvisionOrder = $params.ServerProvisionOrder
            }
        }
        catch
        {
            return $nullReturnValue
        }
    }
    return $result
}

function Set-TargetResource
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $Name,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.UInt32]
        $CacheSizeInMB,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $ServiceAccount,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Boolean]
        $CreateFirewallRules,

        [Parameter()]
        [ValidateSet("Present", "Absent")]
        [System.String]
        $Ensure = "Present",

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String[]]
        $ServerProvisionOrder,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $InstallAccount
    )

    Write-Verbose -Message "Setting the cache host information"

    $CurrentState = Get-TargetResource @PSBoundParameters

    if ($Ensure -eq "Present")
    {
        Write-Verbose -Message "Adding the distributed cache to the server"
        if ($createFirewallRules -eq $true)
        {
            Write-Verbose -Message "Create a firewall rule for AppFabric"
            Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount -ScriptBlock {
                $icmpRuleName = "File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)"
                $icmpFirewallRule = Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName $icmpRuleName `
                    -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                if ($null -eq $icmpFirewallRule )
                {
                    New-NetFirewallRule -Name Allow_Ping -DisplayName $icmpRuleName `
                        -Description "Allow ICMPv4 ping" `
                        -Protocol ICMPv4 `
                        -IcmpType 8 `
                        -Enabled True `
                        -Profile Any `
                        -Action Allow
                }
                Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName $icmpRuleName

                $spRuleName = "SharePoint Distributed Cache"
                $firewallRule = Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName $spRuleName `
                    -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                if ($null -eq $firewallRule)
                {
                    New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SPDistCache" `
                        -DisplayName $spRuleName `
                        -Protocol TCP `
                        -LocalPort 22233-22236 `
                        -Group "SharePoint"
                }
                Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName $spRuleName
            }
            Write-Verbose -Message "Firewall rule added"
        }

        Write-Verbose -Message ("Current state is '$($CurrentState.Ensure)' " + `
                "and desired state is '$Ensure'")

        if ($CurrentState.Ensure -ne $Ensure)
        {
            Write-Verbose -Message "Enabling distributed cache service"
            Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount `
                -Arguments @($PSBoundParameters, $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Source) `
                -ScriptBlock {
                $params = $args[0]
                $eventSource = $args[1]

                if ($params.ContainsKey("ServerProvisionOrder"))
                {
                    $serverCount = 0
                    $currentServer = $params.ServerProvisionOrder[$serverCount]

                    while ($currentServer -ne $env:COMPUTERNAME)
                    {
                        $count = 0
                        $maxCount = 30

                        # Attempt to see if we can find the service with just the computer
                        # name, or if we need to use the FQDN
                        $si = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $currentServer `
                        | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                            $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
                        }

                        if ($null -eq $si)
                        {
                            $domain = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain
                            $currentServer = "$currentServer.$domain"
                        }

                        Write-Verbose "Waiting for cache on $currentServer"
                        $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $currentServer `
                        | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                            $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                                $_.Status -eq "Online"
                        }

                        while (($count -lt $maxCount) -and ($null -eq $serviceCheck))
                        {
                            Write-Verbose -Message ("$([DateTime]::Now.ToShortTimeString()) - " + `
                                    "Waiting for distributed cache to start " + `
                                    "on $currentServer (waited $count of " + `
                                    "$maxCount minutes)")
                            Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
                            $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $currentServer `
                            | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                                $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                                    $_.Status -eq "Online"
                            }
                            $count++
                        }

                        $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $currentServer `
                        | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                            $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" `
                                -and $_.Status -eq "Online"
                        }

                        if ($null -eq $serviceCheck)
                        {
                            Write-Warning -Message ("Server $currentServer is not running " + `
                                    "distributed cache after waiting 30 " + `
                                    "minutes. No longer waiting for this " + `
                                    "server, progressing to next action")
                        }

                        $serverCount++

                        if ($ServerCount -ge $params.ServerProvisionOrder.Length)
                        {
                            $message = ("The server $($env:COMPUTERNAME) was not found in the " + `
                                    "ServerProvisionOrder array of Distributed Cache server(s).  " + `
                                    "The server must be included in ServerProvisionOrder or Ensure " + `
                                    "equal to Absent.")
                            Add-SPDscEvent -Message $message `
                                -EntryType 'Error' `
                                -EventID 100 `
                                -Source $eventSource
                            throw $message

                        }
                        $currentServer = $params.ServerProvisionOrder[$serverCount]
                    }
                }

                Add-SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance

                try
                {
                    Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
                    } | Stop-SPServiceInstance -Confirm:$false
                }
                catch
                {
                    # In SharePoint 2019, Stop-SPServiceInstance throws an exception if service
                    # is not running on the server, try/catch handles this scenario
                    Write-Verbose -Message ("Cannot stop an already stopped service. Continuing.")
                }

                $count = 0
                $maxCount = 30

                $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                    $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                        $_.Status -ne "Disabled"
                }

                while (($count -lt $maxCount) -and ($null -ne $serviceCheck))
                {
                    Write-Verbose -Message ("$([DateTime]::Now.ToShortTimeString()) - Waiting " + `
                            "for distributed cache to stop on all servers " + `
                            "(waited $count of $maxCount minutes)")
                    Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
                    $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                            $_.Status -ne "Disabled"
                    }
                    $count++
                }

                Update-SPDistributedCacheSize -CacheSizeInMB $params.CacheSizeInMB

                Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                    $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
                } | Start-SPServiceInstance

                $count = 0
                $maxCount = 30

                $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                    $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                        $_.Status -ne "Online"
                }

                while (($count -lt $maxCount) -and ($null -ne $serviceCheck))
                {
                    Write-Verbose -Message ("$([DateTime]::Now.ToShortTimeString()) - Waiting " + `
                            "for distributed cache to start on all servers " + `
                            "(waited $count of $maxCount minutes)")
                    Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
                    $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                            $_.Status -ne "Online"
                    }
                    $count++
                }

                $farm = Get-SPFarm
                $cacheService = $farm.Services | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                    $_.Name -eq "AppFabricCachingService"
                }

                if ($cacheService.ProcessIdentity.ManagedAccount.Username -ne $params.ServiceAccount)
                {
                    $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.CurrentIdentityType = "SpecificUser"
                    $account = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $params.ServiceAccount
                    $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.ManagedAccount = $account
                    $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.Update()
                    try
                    {
                        $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.Deploy()
                    }
                    catch
                    {
                        # In SharePoint 2019, ProcessIdentity.Deploy() may throw an exception
                        Write-Verbose -Message ("An error has occurred while updating the " + `
                                "ServiceAccount. The change will be retried.")
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if ($CurrentState.ServiceAccount -ne $ServiceAccount.UserName)
            {
                Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount `
                    -Arguments $PSBoundParameters `
                    -ScriptBlock {
                    $params = $args[0]
                    $farm = Get-SPFarm
                    $cacheService = $farm.Services | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.Name -eq "AppFabricCachingService"
                    }

                    if ($cacheService.ProcessIdentity.ManagedAccount.Username -ne $params.ServiceAccount)
                    {
                        $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.CurrentIdentityType = "SpecificUser"
                        $account = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $params.ServiceAccount
                        $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.ManagedAccount = $account
                        $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.Update()
                        try
                        {
                            $cacheService.ProcessIdentity.Deploy()
                        }
                        catch
                        {
                            # In SharePoint 2019, ProcessIdentity.Deploy() may throw an exception
                            Write-Verbose -Message ("An error has occurred while updating the " + `
                                    "ServiceAccount. The change will be retried.")
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if ($CurrentState.CacheSizeInMB -ne $CacheSizeInMB)
            {
                Write-Verbose -Message "Updating distributed cache service cache size"
                Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount `
                    -Arguments $PSBoundParameters `
                    -ScriptBlock {
                    $params = $args[0]

                    Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
                    } | Stop-SPServiceInstance -Confirm:$false

                    $count = 0
                    $maxCount = 30

                    $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                            $_.Status -ne "Disabled"
                    }

                    while (($count -lt $maxCount) -and ($null -ne $serviceCheck))
                    {
                        Write-Verbose -Message ("$([DateTime]::Now.ToShortTimeString()) - Waiting " + `
                                "for distributed cache to stop on all servers " + `
                                "(waited $count of $maxCount minutes)")
                        Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
                        $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                            $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                                $_.Status -ne "Disabled"
                        }
                        $count++
                    }

                    Update-SPDistributedCacheSize -CacheSizeInMB $params.CacheSizeInMB

                    Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
                    } | Start-SPServiceInstance

                    $count = 0
                    $maxCount = 30

                    $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                        $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                            $_.Status -ne "Online"
                    }

                    while (($count -lt $maxCount) -and ($null -ne $serviceCheck))
                    {
                        Write-Verbose -Message ("$([DateTime]::Now.ToShortTimeString()) - Waiting " + `
                                "for distributed cache to start on all servers " + `
                                "(waited $count of $maxCount minutes)")
                        Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
                        $serviceCheck = Get-SPServiceInstance | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                            $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance" -and `
                                $_.Status -ne "Online"
                        }
                        $count++
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        Write-Verbose -Message "Removing distributed cache to the server"
        Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount -ScriptBlock {
            Remove-SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance

            $serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $env:computername `
            | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
            }

            if ($null -eq $serviceInstance)
            {
                $domain = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain
                $currentServer = "$($env:computername).$domain"
                $serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $currentServer `
                | Where-Object -FilterScript {
                    $_.GetType().Name -eq "SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance"
                }
            }
            if ($null -ne $serviceInstance)
            {
                $serviceInstance.Delete()
            }
        }
        if ($CreateFirewallRules -eq $true)
        {
            Invoke-SPDscCommand -Credential $InstallAccount -ScriptBlock {
                $firewallRule = Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SharePoint Distribute Cache" `
                    -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                if ($null -ne $firewallRule)
                {
                    Write-Verbose -Message "Disabling firewall rules."
                    Disable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SharePoint Distribute Cache"
                }
            }
        }
        Write-Verbose -Message "Distributed cache removed."
    }
}

function Test-TargetResource
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([System.Boolean])]
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $Name,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.UInt32]
        $CacheSizeInMB,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $ServiceAccount,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Boolean]
        $CreateFirewallRules,

        [Parameter()]
        [ValidateSet("Present", "Absent")]
        [System.String]
        $Ensure = "Present",

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String[]]
        $ServerProvisionOrder,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $InstallAccount
    )

    Write-Verbose -Message "Testing the cache host information"

    $PSBoundParameters.Ensure = $Ensure

    $CurrentValues = Get-TargetResource @PSBoundParameters

    Write-Verbose -Message "Current Values: $(Convert-SPDscHashtableToString -Hashtable $CurrentValues)"
    Write-Verbose -Message "Target Values: $(Convert-SPDscHashtableToString -Hashtable $PSBoundParameters)"

    if ($Ensure -eq "Present")
    {
        if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("ServiceAccount"))
        {
            if ($ServiceAccount -ne $CurrentValues.ServiceAccount)
            {
                $message = ("The parameter ServiceAccount is not in the desired " + `
                        "state. Actual: $($CurrentValues.ServiceAccount), " + `
                        "Desired: $ServiceAccount")
                Write-Verbose -Message $message
                Add-SPDscEvent -Message $message -EntryType 'Error' -EventID 1 -Source $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Source

                Write-Verbose -Message "Test-TargetResource returned false"
                return $false
            }
        }

        $result = Test-SPDscParameterState -CurrentValues $CurrentValues `
            -Source $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Source) `
            -DesiredValues $PSBoundParameters `
            -ValuesToCheck @("Ensure", `
                "CreateFirewallRules", `
                "CacheSizeInMB")
    }
    else
    {
        $result = Test-SPDscParameterState -CurrentValues $CurrentValues `
            -Source $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Source) `
            -DesiredValues $PSBoundParameters `
            -ValuesToCheck @("Ensure")
    }

    Write-Verbose -Message "Test-TargetResource returned $result"

    return $result
}

function Export-TargetResource
{
    $VerbosePreference = "SilentlyContinue"
    $ParentModuleBase = Get-Module "SharePointDsc" -ListAvailable | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Modulebase
    $module = Join-Path -Path $ParentModuleBase -ChildPath  "\DSCResources\MSFT_SPDistributedCacheService\MSFT_SPDistributedCacheService.psm1" -Resolve
    $Content = ''
    $params = Get-DSCFakeParameters -ModulePath $module
    $params.Name = "DistributedCache"
    $results = Get-TargetResource @params
    if ($results.Get_Item("Ensure").ToLower() -eq "present" -and $results.Contains("CacheSizeInMB"))
    {
        $PartialContent = "        SPDistributedCacheService " + [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString() + "`r`n"
        $PartialContent += "        {`r`n"
        $results = Repair-Credentials -results $results
        $results.Remove("ServerProvisionOrder")

        $serviceAccount = Get-Credentials -UserName $results.ServiceAccount
        $convertToVariable = $false
        if ($serviceAccount)
        {
            $convertToVariable = $true
            $results.ServiceAccount = (Resolve-Credentials -UserName $results.ServiceAccount) + ".UserName"
        }
        $currentBlock = Get-DSCBlock -Params $results -ModulePath $module
        $currentBlock = Convert-DSCStringParamToVariable -DSCBlock $currentBlock -ParameterName "PsDscRunAsCredential"
        if ($convertToVariable)
        {
            $currentBlock = Convert-DSCStringParamToVariable -DSCBlock $currentBlock -ParameterName "ServiceAccount"
        }
        $PartialContent += $currentBlock
        $PartialContent += "        }`r`n"
        $Content += $PartialContent
    }
    return $Content
}

Export-ModuleMember -Function *-TargetResource

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In saucepan, stir together rind, sugar, reserved juice and water.
simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until rind is tender and translucent.
rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Note: Do not double recipe, mixture may not set.


Southend-on-Sea quintet Hoodlums are bringing out their second single, 'Dark Horses', in the New Year.
'Dark Horses', backed with 'Ends Of The Earth', is released on January 30 2012 through Blow The Whistle Recordings. Audio streams of both tracks, and the promo video to 'Dark Horses', are available now via the band's website.


School Librarian of the Year shortlist announced!
It's that exciting time of year again when the shortlist for the School Librarian of the Year is announced, and we get to read about our amazing colleagues! This year it is the amazing Helen Cleaves, Liz Millett, and Tracey Needham. Click on this link to find out more about them!


Our latest question of the week is bouncing off some recent discussions we've been having in the Member's Only Mastermind Group on Facebook about implementing pre-paid Online Ordering Deposits. Caitlin created this strategy earlier this year and it's been working really well (particularly for the Tails book sessions), so we wanted to share how you could also use this strategy to encourage action and orders for Online Galleries.
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Mr. Brian Humphrys was present to present the results of the Howe Island Ratepayers Association survey poll regarding the proposed sale of Lot 8 Plan 13M-29 on Howe Island. There were 105 surveys returned of 350 distributed. Results were 41 % in favour of selling the lot and 59 % against the sale of the lot. A letter from Mr. G. Hobbs opposing the sale of the lot was received. Council decided to defer a final decision on whether or not to sell the lot until the next regular meeting of Council at which time strategic priorities could be clarified regarding where Howe was going on recreational land. The new Wolfe Island councillor, Denis Doyle had attended the first meeting along with the Mayor ( and about 20 Islanders ) and had been impressed at the people speaking up for recreational and park land. So this was deferred.
A second meeting on Development Priorities will be held in March.


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Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Man Utd to recall Alexis
Posted Tuesday, January 28, 2020 by Goal.com
Roma in for Pedro
Roma are among the clubs looking to sign Pedro from Chelsea, according to Gianluca Di Marzio.
Pedro has been linked with several sides this month, including Inter Miami and Vissel Kobe. Rather than moving to MLS or the J1 League, however, the former Barcelona winger may decide that he has one last big European move in him.
Southampton confident on Walker-Peters
Southampton are confident that they will finalise a deal for Kyle Walker-Peters this month, reports the Daily Mail.
Walker-Peters, 22, has made only five appearances for Tottenham this season and has failed to establish himself under Jose Mourinho. Southampton look set to sign him on an initial loan, with talks ongoing about whether the deal will also include an option or obligation to buy for a fee of around £12m.
West Ham and Crystal Palace are also interested in Walker-Peters, but Southampton look likeliest to get a deal over the line. Meanwhile, Leicester are interested in signing Jannik Vestergaard but Southampton are holding out for an offer over and above the £18m which they paid to sign him from Borussia Monchengladbach in 2018.
West Ham make offer for Nandez
West Ham have made an offer for Cagliari midfielder Nahitan Nandez, according to Tuttomercatoweb.
Nandez, 24, has made 23 appearances for Cagliari this season and has helped the Sardinians climb to sixth in Serie A. The Hammers have proposed a loan with an obligation to buy which could cost them a total of €40m (£33.8m/$44m), including bonuses.
Though Nandez is not pushing for a move, Cagliari are considering the offer. If they decide to keep him rather than cash in, they could present him with a new contract on improved terms.
Juve mull over De Sciglio-Kurzawa swap deal
Juventus are still mulling over a swap deal which could see them exchange Mattia De Sciglio for Layvin Kurzawa, reports Gianluca Di Marzio.
The Bianconeri are in advanced talks with Paris Saint-Germain over the deal, though they are still considering their options. Maurizio Sarri sees De Sciglio as a versatile squad player, while Kurzawa has become increasinlgy peripheral at PSG and has suffered more than his fair share of injuries.
Man Utd to recall Alexis
Sanchez told to return in the summer
According to the Daily Star, Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward does not want to see Alexis Sanchez sold or loaned to another club and is willing to give him another chance at Old Trafford.
Currently on loan at Inter, Sanchez has made only seven appearances this term after suffering a serious ankle injury earlier in the season. He has featured in their last three games, however, and is being reintegrated back into the team.
Inter's loan deal for Sanchez did not include an option to buy and Woodward could demand a sizeable fee for him in the summer. Sanchez is under contract at Old Trafford until 2022 and, as things stand, he has been told that he will join United on pre-season.
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Michael Londra's "Celtic Yuletide" ~ This Saturday, December 3rd at 8 pm at the Ocean City Performing Arts Center located at the Convention Center at 40th Street on the Bayside.
It will be an evening of "Christmas from Ireland" told in song and dance of the classic stories! Mr. Londra, sings wonderful, traditional Irish carols like "The Wexford Carol" from his home country, Gaelic versions of Christmas songs you will love such as "Oiche Ciuin" (Silent Night) and more carols familiar to international audiences like "O Come Emmanuel" and "The First Noel" but sung in the Celtic traditional style by one of the purest voices from Ireland. Michael's own popular carol "Beyond the Star" has been recorded and performed by choirs all over the world. In addition to first class Irish dancers, an amazing band of fiddles and pipes and Michael's festive warmth, it all encompasses an evening of amazing holiday fun!
Make plans now to enjoy this evening of magical music that is sure to put you in the Holiday Spirit, Saturday, December 3, at 8pm (doors open at 7 pm). For tickets, visit the OC Box Office, located inside the Convention Center on 40th Street. To get more information, visit oceancityconcerts.com. See you there!


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Golden lion tamarin: biodiversity conservation mascot
The Atlantic Forest destruction almost exterminated the entire Golden lion tamarin population.
© David Lawson / WWF-UK
The Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) calls one's attention due to its vibrant hair color, which goes from gold to golden red. Like other tamarins and marmosets from the Callitrichidae family and due to its small size, long tail and agile movements, the Golden lion tamarin is one of the most charismatic species in Brazilian fauna
This animal's lifetime lasts approximately eight years and its habits are in the day time. At night, it sleeps in the hollow of a tree or amidst entangled lianas and bromeliads. The Golden lion tamarin feeds on fruits and on invertebrate and small vertebrate animals. Some studies prove that it eats more than 60 plant species and, after digesting them, it helps disperse the seeds around the environment.
The Golden lion tamarin can reproduce once or twice a year and the reproduction periods are from September to November and from January to March. Males and females do not differ in color or size. When there is a litter, both mother and father help raise the offspring.
Almost extinct
The image of this small primate around 60 centimeters high has been around the world and since the 1970's it is a symbol of the fight for biological diversity conservation. The reason for that is the fact that the Golden lion tamarin has been a threatened species for a long time. The Atlantic Forest destruction almost exterminated the entire Golden lion tamarin population.
Originally, the species was found all along the Rio de Janeiro state coast and reached up to Espírito Santo state. Due to the intense occupation of the state's coastal area, as well as to logging, agriculture and cattle ranching activities, followed by the consequent forest destruction, the tamarins are now confined in some 20 forest remnants.
Although a small animal, the Golden lion tamarin needs a lot of space. The species stays in groups of 8 individuals or so and this number can go up to 14. Each group occupies an average of 110 hectares.
Researchers state that, in order to have the Golden lion tamarin out of the threatened species list, it is necessary to have 2,000 individuals by 2025 living freely in the wild in an area of 25,000 hectares of forest. Today, wild populations of Golden lion tamarin include less than 1,000 individuals and they are spread out in the forest remnants, most of which are no bigger than 1,000 hectares.
Conservation work
The history of Golden lion tamarin population recovery actions is mingled with WWF-Brazil's history. In 1971, when WWF international network began its operation in Brazil, its first institutional project chose to support studies about a still unknown primate in Rio which was threatened with extinction.
This was a pioneer work and it became the Golden lion tamarin Conservation Program, which is one of the most successful ones in the world. The work is being carried out for 30 years by several partner organizations.
Different strategies were adopted to increase the Golden lion tamarin population. During the 80's, a group of marmosets born in captivity began being reinserted in the natural environment. The results were very good. By year 2,000, around 150 animals had been released in the woods.
Besides reproduction in captivity, researches invested in the translocation of Golden lion tamarins -- i.e. they removed the animals from forest fragments which were too small and took them to bigger ones. Both these management techniques are very important to enlarge the species distribution area and to increase its genetic variability, thus reducing its vulnerability to illnesses and decreasing destruction of some specific fragments.
The relevance of protected areas
Protected areas, known by the Portuguese acronym UCs, play a crucial role to keep the Golden lion tamarin from the risk of extinction. Just to have an idea, the largest populations of this species are found in protected areas. The two larger ones are in Poço das Antas Biological Reserve and in the União Biological Reserve, both of them located in Rio de Janeiro state.
This International Year of Biodiversity, it is imperative that Brazil focuses its attention on the Atlantic Forest protection. This forest shelters not only the Golden lion tamarin, but also several other endemic species.
Brazil's commitment to the United Nations Biological Diversity Convention is to protect 10% of the original Atlantic Forest area and ensure that they are within protected areas. Nevertheless, the remnants of this biome are so few and so little that our challenge today is to ensure complete protection to all of the remaining forest fragments.
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The corner in the second photo (a) looks very familiar.
I believe I've seen it in other shows besides PF & Bewitched.
Yes, if you walk past "D" and keep going in the opposite direction of this photo, you would hit the McMann & Tate building.
I enjoyed the Renfrews. I haven't watched any of the other episodes with them in it, that I recall. Seeing this episode reminds me of how much I miss my grandparents.
I didn't know that Ray was the scarecrow! Didn't recognize him. But, yeah, he was great!
On stage just before he performs, Grandpa has his mandolin down in one angle and up in another. Also, when Grandpa performs, are Keith and Shirley holding hands behind him?


Today's rends lead to cutting edge solutions from storage companies and offshoots such as IoT, Big Data and cloud have become widely relevant. Explore more this subject in an exclusive interview with Seagate Technology's top executive.
This is the age of selfie, we click and we share. Consumer's urge to share something using various social media platforms is making a huge demand chain for storage solutions. On the other hand, the business communication has become entirely depended upon factors such as accessing information and collaboration. All such trends lead to cutting edge solutions from storage companies and offshoots such as IoT, Big Data and cloud have become widely relevant.
In an exclusive conversation with Faiz Askari for ReviewStreet.in, Sameer Bhatia, Country Manager, India & SAARC Seagate Technology unleashed some cutting edge trends and consumer behavior changes among Indian consumer IT market.
Faiz Askari: Home buyers are also starting to show an interest in NAS devices, and to some extent, even shifting to them from traditional hard drives. Why this emerging trend?
Sameer Bhatia: Data has become critical to all aspects of human life over the course of the past 30 years; it's changed how we're educated and entertained, and how we perform every task in our daily life. Digital is the new normal, and smart homes are no longer a futuristic dream. Thanks to the pervasive smartphone penetration, emergence of smart technologies and dawn of Internet enabled devices, our homes today are filled with connected products which are loaded with possibilities to make our lives easier, more convenient, and more comfortable. While the advantages they offer are plentiful, they have also made us the most data hungry generation ever and with everything we do getting digitized, the storage needs of an average home user have also skyrocketed.
This is corroborated by a recent report by analyst firm IDC which states that the average rate per capita of data-driven interactions per day is expected to increase twentyfold in the next ten years as our homes, workplaces, appliances, vehicles, wearables and implants become data-enabled. As their world is getting awash with data, home users are turning to NAS to create a centralized media library they can access from anywhere. They can load digital music, movies, photos and video into the NAS system, and can stream it from anywhere in the house to any computer or appropriate media player or remotely using Wi-Fi or Internet connections on their phone, tablet or laptop.
Home users are quickly realizing that while cloud storage services like Dropbox effectively let them rent space on someone else's network-connected drives, enabling them to access their data from anywhere with an Internet connection, a NAS product gives them this same functionality without them handing their data over to a host company, thus alleviating any concerns about privacy or cost.
Faiz Askari: What is Seagate's play in the segment? What are some of the products the company offers and what are their distinctive features?
Sameer Bhatia: Choosing the right tool for the right job is important in any situation. In one of my previous responses, I highlighted the importance of investing in NAS-optimized HDDs while building an efficient and effective NAS system.
A leading player in this segment, Seagate's NAS-optimized HDDs are built to deliver the right performance, reliability and capacity for where your business is today and where it is tomorrow. For everything NAS, SMEs can turn to Seagate's IronWolf and IronWolf Pro.
Built to help small-to-midsize enterprises better manage the massive amounts of data they create and consume, IronWolf and IronWolf Pro empower SMEs to keep the right data ready for use with extreme workload rates of up to 300TB, and blistering fast access, so they can quickly discover and capitalize on new business opportunities. We also offer Seagate Rescue Data Recovery Service Plan, meaning they are covered when disaster strikes – such as a flood, fire or accidental damage.
IronWolf is optimized for NAS with AgileArray™ to help businesses enhance performance for file-sharing, backup and private cloud environments. AgileArray delivers drive balancing by using dual-plane balance and rotational vibration sensors, RAID optimization for increased performance and advanced power management. IronWolf and IronWolf Pro give businesses greater durability and agility to run their heaviest workloads in large, multi-user NAS environments, and with the added peace of mind of Seagate Rescue, businesses can know their data is safe.


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Ри́гель — многозначный термин, означающий:

Известные носители
 Ригель, Герман (1834—1900) — немецкий историк искусства.
  (известен также как Анри Жозеф Рижель, ); 1741—1799) — французский композитор классической эпохи.
 Ригель, Зоя Васильевна (род. 1952) — советская легкоатлетка, тренер.
 Ригель, Кристина (род. 1965) — фигуристка из ФРГ (одиночный и парный разряд).
 Ригель, Иден (род. 1981) — американская актриса и певица.
 Ригель, Сэм (род. 1976) — американский актёр и сценарист.
 Ригель, Фридрих Самуэль (1825—1907) — немецкий органист и композитор.
 Ригель, Ханс (старший) (1893—1945) — немецкий предприниматель, основатель кондитерской компании «Haribo».
 Ригель, Ханс (младший) (1923—2013) — немецкий предприниматель, миллиардер, владелец и руководитель кондитерской компании «Haribo».

Прочее
 Ригель — опорная балка, на которую опираются другие несущие элементы строительного сооружения (балки, стойки, колонны, стены).
 Ригель — часть засова, вступающая в контакт с ответной частью замка.
 Ригель — инструмент для изготовления звеньев цепей, колец и т. д.
 Ригель — выступающий участок дна или склона ледниковой долины.
 Ригель — яркая околоэкваториальная звезда,  Ориона.
 Ригель Кентавра — тройная звёздная система, более известная как Альфа Центавра.
 Ригель — коммуна в Германии, в федеральной земле Баден-Вюртемберг.
 Ригель — деревня в Верхней Лужице, коммуна Лоза района Баутцен, земля Саксония
 Ригель — норвежское и германское судно.
 Ригель (род) — род осы семейства megalyridae из Чили.
 en:Ригель — чипсет микропроцессора VAX разработанный и изготовленный корпорацией Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
  — аргентинская метеорологическая ракета.

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Accessibility and trust in Fintech
19th Sep 2019 at Facebook
TTC labs has been hosting a series of Design Jams in India under the theme "Design for Bharat" and this was the third design jam in this series.
In this Jam, our goal was to work with Fintech startups in India and help them solve problems in making their products accessible for diverse set of users with various demographics, socio-economic backgrounds and behavioural patterns. We partnered with D91 Labs which is an open source initiative towards financial inclusion in India and has been doing extensive research in this space. Designed by the Labs, the jam was facilitated by our partners at Parallel, a product design and innovation agency in India.
India is going through a data revolution and is set to soon pass a dedicated data privacy law with detailed obligations for companies. As more people come online in India, there is an explosion of the consumer behavior data that is being generated and this is expected to be a $1 trillion opportunity. With such a huge opportunity also comes the responsibility to handle data with care.
Startups in India, especially the ones that are not only building for the urban/metropolitan audience, have the additional challenge of educating before innovating. While innovation is necessary for creating compelling and valuable services we cannot ignore the benefits of educating the user on how their data is being used so that they can make informed choices which further encourages trust between them and the business.
How can we create digital experiences that build trust and make financial services accessible and simpler in an Indian context?
Design innovative yet practical experiences that explain data use and offer control over data collection & usage to bring trust and accessibility in fintech products, thereby contributing to financial inclusion.
Who participated
People from a variety of disciplines including designers, product managers, researchers, policy & legal experts from Fintech organisations in India like ZestMoney, PhonePe, Scripbox, Razorpay, Cleartax, Flipkart, etc., non-profits like Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and think tanks like Takshashila.
Below is an outline of the stages and exercises that took place at this Design Jam. For everything that you need to facilitate your own workshop, please follow the links to the relevant part of our Toolkit.
Since the Jam was focused on Fintech products and we had people attending from different segments of the Indian Fintech ecosystem, we wanted to make sure they find this workshop helpful as well as it leaves them with practical and applicable takeaways for problems they might be facing with their own product.
On the morning of the Jam, Charu Chadha (Policy Programs Manager for Facebook India) welcomed the participants and introduced Design Jamming.
The participants then took part in discovery exercises around stations: Analyze data transparency in context, Understand People and Design with words.
The exercises were designed to re-frame the audience's mindset to think in terms of privacy trust & transparency as well as understand the target audience for whom they will be solving the challenge statement later.
Participants heard from subject matter experts Praneeth Bodduluri, Founder at Base Account and Rohan Gupta, CTO of Smallcase.
All participants worked to Identify opportunities by writing How Might We's on Post-Its during these presentations, and these notes were collected by the facilitation team who placed them on the Wall of the day, grouping them into key thematic areas.
Some of the unique groupings of questions that emerged from this Design Jam included ideas on how might we:
How might we address financial anxiety and design features that tie in with the need of addressing financial anxiety in a country like India?
How might we educate and address different people and their needs to ensure accurate interpretation and maintain transparency?
How might we build trust with users who might not be comfortable with online interactions or data sharing?
After the expert session, the participants Split into teams of 8 with a mix of various startups along with experts from the policy side.
The participants were given fictional apps with data use briefs and two personas to choose between. A lot of research went into creating these fictional apps to ensure the apps and the challenge statements are applicable in an Indian context. These are the apps and respective challenge statements we worked on:
Oink - a money manager app that helps users automatically track monthly spends and categorises them. The challenge was to design an experience that explains to a user why the app needs access to their messages and build trust and confidence through that experience.
Money Box - an investing platform that intends to make investing in mutual funds simple and safe. The challenge was to design an experience that helps a novice user build trust by understanding why and how they are being given recommendations so they feel confident about making investments.
Instafin - a digital-first lender that provides loans to individuals. The challenge here was to design an experience for Instafin that ensures users feel confident in sharing their sensitive data and provide the service with the data it needs.
Finwizr - an investing platform that helps users compare, analyse, and invest in mutual funds. The challenge statement; design an innovative trust-building experience for Finwizr, where the product provides context and understanding to its users about fluctuations in value- without misleading them.
The participants then had to refine the challenge and narrow down on a specific problem that they would solve and prototype, coompleting Challenge statements.
The facilitators Set brainstorming rules and introduced the teams to Sketching ideas. Teams moved from sketching ideas and receiving Feedback from other teams to Building digital prototypes of a single idea.
Each team worked on a presentation to Create a pitch, telling the story of their design patterns back to the whole group and receiving Feedback from experts at the end of the day.


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SOUTHAMPTON, PA (July 2004) – Schiller-Pfeiffer, Inc., manufacturer of Little Wonder and Mantis Landscaping & Gardening Power Equipment, has entered the power vacuum market with the introduction of the Little Wonder 6-HP High Performance Vac (HPV). The new Little Wonder HPV is more than a lawn vacuum – it's a heavy-duty "all-debris" collection system. The HPV features an advanced impeller and housing design for superior suction and reduced noise levels, an exclusive five-bladed, reverse inclined fan for increased debris reduction, heavy-duty tubular steel frame and an 8 bushel (or 90 lb.) capacity debris bag. The HPV is powerful and rugged enough to collect and reduce rocks, bottles, cans, glass, paper, leaves and wet debris quickly and completely. The HPV also features a unique floating nozzle that adjusts to the terrain – if the nozzle comes in contact with an obstacle or bump it automatically floats over the obstruction without interrupting suction. The HPV is no lightweight! The unit weighs 182 lbs., but the unit's weight works in unison with the tubular steel frame and pneumatic four-wheel design to maintain precision balance – even when the debris bag is full. Little Wonder has also cleared the air with its unique dust direction system that reduces clouding and redirects dust particles to ground level and away from the users face.
The new Little Wonder HPV certainly has many advantages over competitive models and is sure to catch the attention of landscapers, contractors and grounds maintenance professionals. The HPV will be available through over 3,000 Little Wonder & Mantis dealers nationwide in time for fall.


The need to innovate within the auto recycling industry has never been higher. Unfortunately, there are many reasons to resist change; especially if you have been successful. It is too easy to look at your business and fall into the comfort of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." At that point, inertia becomes a powerful force. If you do not actively seek to grow and improve, you run the very real risk of letting your competitors get ahead of us.
Have you changed the way you run your business in the past few years? Or, are you using the same ideas that have been in place forever? It's important to realize that if you do not try to grow your business; you are at risk of losing your business.
Think about how the industry has changed. Years ago, parts were found through phone calls and walking around yards. Today, a quick Internet search provides all the information needed regarding the location, price and condition of parts. This is true for commercial customers as well as individual retail customers.
Has the level of competition increased or decreased?
Have the expectations of customers increased or decreased?
Are market pressures pushing price increases or price decreases?
Clearly, the level of competition has increased. The ability to locate and transport parts has turned local businesses into regional businesses and regional businesses into national businesses.
Speed and quality really do matter. Customers' expectations have greatly increased. Regardless of the product or where we shop; we expect to have our needs satisfied today, not tomorrow.
The market continues to put downward pressure on prices, and always will. Customers want to believe anything can be delivered the same or next day. They won't wait for three to five day shipping / delivery times.
It is important to realize that when strategy is based on pricing competition can respond very easily. How many businesses do you know with a "price match guarantee"? Price is the easiest and most over-used tactic to win business. Think about the businesses that are able to succeed without focusing on price? What do they do? The answer is not as elusive as you might think. These businesses have found a way to change their policies in a way their competition would never consider.
For example, it was not that long ago that a leading luggage company found a way to increase its sales in small boutiques. Its sales policies caused the small boutiques to order in quantities larger than they could sell before the styles changed and new inventory was offered. Consequently, the boutiques would have to try to sell the old inventory for large discounts. This resulted in hurting the shops' cash flow and it also caused that particular brand of luggage to be seen as second-rate merchandise. Instead of offering discounts and waving shipping fees for larger orders, the luggage company moved to selling on a consignment basis while it still offered free or discounted delivery of merchandise. This change in tactic pushed it far ahead of its competitors in sales. The competitors could not find a way to alter their strategy to reclaim their market share for several years.
Another key in running a business is to learn to see the business "holistically." Too many business owners see their operation as a series of departments, each with its own responsibilities. Unfortunately, this is one of the easiest ways to fool ourselves into thinking we are making progress while we are actually losing ground. Let me give you a simple example.
Several years ago I met someone from a business working in the electronics industry. The business designed and manufactured sophisticated devices that were custom-built for various clients. The business was having a difficult time and actually was losing money. However, at the exact same time, its marketing department staff was getting bonuses because they had met certain goals that had been set a year earlier. Ironically, their goals were not connected to overall sales or profitability of the company - rather, they were set only to the sale of a few individual services. So, while the company as a whole was struggling for profitability and individual department was seen as very successful. The fact that it was the marketing department simply adds to the irony of the situation.
Sadly, this situation is not unique. How often do we provide incentives to an individual or a department? Are their goals linked to their success or the success of the entire business? If we do not keep the goals of individuals or teams aligned with the success of the business as whole, we run the risk of what is "local optimization." Local optimization is what happens when one or two parts of business succeed but the company as a whole fails. We all know the importance of setting goals and encouraging people and departments to be successful. However, goals need to stay aligned with the success of the whole business.
Let's remember, the goal of a business is to make money now and in the future. How does your view of your business need to change?
Jim Hayward has is an accomplished professional in process improvement and talent development. For over 15 years Jim led the process improvement initiative for a leading magazine and product fulfillment company based in Des Moines, Iowa. He has also worked as a consultant for many organizations in and around the central Iowa. He has taught and studied various process improvement methodologies including the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Six Sigma and Lean. Jim also has extensive experience with the development and evaluation of adult education.


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package com.ogamelib.building.producer;

import com.ogamelib.resource.ResourceSet;

public class CrystalMine extends Producer {

	@Override
	public Long getProductionBaseForMetal() {
		return 0L;
	}

	@Override
	public Long getProductionBaseForCrystal() {
		return (long) Math.floor((double) 20 * getLevel()
				* Math.pow(1.1, getLevel()));
	}

	@Override
	public Long getProductionBaseForDeuterium() {
		return 0L;
	}

	@Override
	public Long getProductionBaseForAntimatter() {
		return 0L;
	}

	@Override
	public Long getProductionBaseForEnergy() {
		return (long) Math.floor(-10 * getLevel() * Math.pow(1.1, getLevel()));
	}

	@Override
	public ResourceSet getNextLevelCost() {
		ResourceSet cost = new ResourceSet();
		cost.metal.setAmount((long) Math.floor(48 * Math.pow(1.6,
				getLevel())));
		cost.crystal.setAmount((long) Math.floor(24 * Math.pow(1.6,
				getLevel())));
		return cost;
	}

	@Override
	public ResourceSet getInitialCost() {
		return new CrystalMine().getNextLevelCost();
	}
}


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The font and thread color for this unique monogrammed baby bodysuit is shown in the photos. The monogram on the personalized baby item is red.
Note: The applique on each unique monogrammed baby bodysuit is handmade individually, and so there will be slight variations from the photos. The brands of white bodysuits used with this appliqued bodysuit can vary.


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New Political/Public Governance (2015)
in: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Jarvis, Mark
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This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.The New Political Governance (NPG)—or alternatively the New Public Governance—is best understood as a heuristic model that allows us to empirically consider, compare, and contrast the evolution of democratic governance and public administration beyond the reforms associated with New Public Management. Contributors have focused on NPG as both a product of and a response to the challenges of a complex, pluralist state. Key pressures said to spur NPG include aggressive, 24/7 media; greater demands for transparency; an expansion in government oversight and accountability; an expansion of the advocacy industry; and, an increasingly polarized and volatile electorate. While these pressures are not, unto themselves, new, what is new is the response to them. Four primary elements characterize NPG as a response to these forces: the onset of the permanent campaign; full, or nearly full, integration of the range of activities associated with governing with constant concerns and tactics historically associated with campaigning; the expansion and elevation of the role of partisan political staff; politicization through the personalization of appointments to senior public service positions; and the shift in norms from a neutral, non-partisan public service to an expectation of promiscuous partisanship that demands enthusiasm for the agenda of the government of the day.The NPG framework has not been without criticism. Theoretically, some have argued for greater precision in the core concepts of NPG (e.g., politicization). Others have questioned whether it is so much the behaviors themselves—expected or undertaken—or the more public context in which they occur that marks the real shift. Finally some have pointed out the lack of integration of exogenous influences in the NPG model. A number of commenters have pointed out the limited empirical evidence that has been provided to support the NPG model.