We've written about CompStak, the CRE data provider, several times in the past, for good reasons. CompStak has a unique crowdsourcing model: brokers, appraisers and researchers join the service at no cost and trade commercial real estate lease comps on the platform. Landlords, lenders and investors can access the data through a paid subscription. CompStak started in NYC, and now covers 14 US markets offering valuable information that is difficult to get anywhere else, such as tenant names, the dates they signed leases, and the actual rent and square footage of the leased properties. CompStak's model has received lots of attention in the US, and it seems that Europe is paying attention as well. The company recently won the MIPIM 2015 Open Stage competition, and will host a panel about the power of the crowd in front of the MIPIM audience this Thursday.
We spoke with Michael Mandel, a former CRE broker and the CEO of CompStak about the significance of the award and the company's future plans.
Q - CompStak won the Open Stage competition at MIPIM 2015 in Cannes. Whats the significance of this award to you?
We are very excited to have been selected to present at MIPIM this year, and the award is significant for several reasons.
First, MIPIM is one of the world's largest property conferences, and being selected to speak there is a very strong endorsement from that organization. More impressive is that our proposal was voted up by the MIPIM audience, and we won by a large margin, which further proves that our model and message is interesting to commercial real estate industry participants not only in the US, but also in Europe.
Second, it is significant because we get significant visibility to the the MIPIM audience, which I expect to generate a lot of opportunities both in the US and in Europe.
Q - Can you tell us about MIPIM? Does CompStak have a significant pretense at this event and who attends it?
It is a huge real estate conference and expo that takes place every year in Cannes, France. MIPIM is attended by 21,000 property professionals, and all the significant players go there to exhibit, network, and learn about industry trends. This is the first time we're attending, and we will be participating in two sessions. The Power of the Crowd is an hour-long program that we've put together with Realty Mogul and Fundrise, where we get to showcase how companies like CompStak are able to gather resources and data faster and at lower costs by leveraging crowds. I will also be doing a 4-minute pitch of CompStak at an event dedicated to disruption in real estate.
Q - Is international expansion part of your overall business strategy at CompStak?
Yes. We have our eye on several European markets, starting with London. If that goes well, we'd like to offer CompStak in other cities. Canada is another international target on our radar.
Q - How does Compstak differentiate itself from the other data providers in the marketplace?
Hiring an army of researchers to call CRE brokers for data, or 2. Scraping public sources. Both ways are far from perfect. Brokers do not like to share data if they don't see a direct benefit, and the cost of a large research team makes data very expensive. Data gathered this way also has questionable accuracy.
Scraping public sources does not provide data that is not recorded publicly or data that only exists in the collective knowledge of the CRE community. For example, lease transaction data.
On the other hand, CompStak, using crowdsourcing, is able to create and maintain a large database with a small team of high-level data scientists. Each one of our members is really a researcher. We're able to gather a massive amount of data at very low cost, and and incredibly high level of accuracy.
Another difference between CompStak and other data services is that we treat our members as partners. The relationship is not purely transactional – it is a database that they create, and they know that the more they contribute, the better it will be for everyone. This collaborative community is a breath of fresh air in the highly competitive CRE industry, and we've got some very big fans out there.
Q - What are some of the new tech initiatives you are working on?
We just relaunched our Enterprise product for lenders, landlords and investors. The new version increases usability tenfold and is loaded with new features. We are also working on a set of analytical tools for underwriters and asset managers to be released in Q2. So far, our beta tests have proven that our customers really need those tools that allow them to benchmark their assets against their competitors' and underwrite new acquisitions. Internally, we keep improving our ability to sort through, validate and load a massive amount of data into the system.
Q - How is business these days?
Business is great! We expanded our roster of customers to include most of the large money center banks - JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, etc., and the world's largest real estate investors like Equity Office Properties, Carlyle Group, Tishman Speyer and many others. We are working on expanding into several new US markets and increasing our sales accordingly. We've set big goals for 2015, and we're on track to hit our targets.


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Q: Find which view is breaking constraints I am having issues with Auto Layout, getting "Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints." error.
Now I have added identifiers to all my constraints, however, the conflicting constraints seem not to be created by me since I only see my identifiers in couple of the conflicting constraints.
My question is, if I have such a description of the constraint:
<NSLayoutConstraint:0x7f8dca498410 V:[UIView:0x7f8dca493010]-(0)-[UILabel:0x7f8dca493610]>
how can I find out which UIView this is and which UILabel this is. I know I can do po 0x7f8dca493010, but how can I print the properties of my view, best would be to print e.g. the name I give to the view in IB?

A: Use this command to print all view
(lldb) po [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] recursiveDescription]

Then command + F to find the address

Then,with the help of View Debugging left side and the log to locate the View

Also,
If you are familiar with LLDB,you can execute any code you want
lldb) e UIView *$view = (UIView *)0x7fb3b248d860
(lldb) po [$view superview]
<UIView: 0x7fb3b248d4e0; frame = (0 0; 414 736); autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb3b248cca0>>

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This module aims to provide learners with a focused understanding of the marketing function within a services context. Given the significant rise of services to become a dominant sector of many developed economies, and its increasing importance in developing and emerging economies, a specific focus on the services context was deemed appropriate, given that many learners on this programme are highly likely to gain employment in this broad sector. Thus, this modules aims to enable learners to apply services marketing concepts, to the services sector.


Go bananas at this adorable Curious George themed kid's party! We've included great ideas & tips for decorating and food, perfect for a little one's birthday or baby shower.
LEGOs and ninjas go together almost as well as peanut butter and chocolate, and Ninjago is a popular birthday party theme for tons of kids. These great party ideas will help you plan a super fun birthday for your little ninja!
When we were creating our baby registry for our first child we went a little crazy. Let's face it — we didn't know what we were doing, and now that Baby #2 is on its way, these particular baby products have caught our eye.
Wehelp busy parents find the answers to party planning questions and more in our series, "It's My Party", where we invite real, local parents to share their great party planning experiences with other readers. Today's post? How to plan a Ninja Turtle birthday!
Our Parent's Guide to Athens, AL will be handy for newcomers. Just consider us like a new neighbor who wants to share all the best places to play, eat, and shop!
Thinking about adding a furry family member? If you have children and other pets, you might want to consider adopting from a local rescue group who has pets in foster homes. Then, it will be easier to find a pet that is accustomed to a home with children and/or other dogs and/or other cats, and hopefully less likely that you'll get the pet home with you only to find out a couple of weeks later that the pet isn't a good fit for your household.


The TEEP-headset is a custom open source and low-cost EEG acquisition system exploiting the open source acquisition board Cyton (plus Daisy module) by OpenBCI. It includes the design and development of both passive and active semi-dry sensors for EEG recordings, based on the coupling between golden cup electrodes and felt pads to be humidified to ensure a good electorde-skin contact. A specific electronic module compatible with the Cyton+Daisy system was developed, to allow the connection of both customized passive and active electrodes. All project files and material are made available open-source.


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The two days of summer rain we've had here in the Pacific Northwest has got me in the mood to bake, curl up with a favorite book, pour a hot cup of tea and listen to the thunder and rainfall. I'm no where near ready for summer to end, but the break of cooler weather has been nice. I found a recipe on Food52.com for Chamomile Cupcakes and had to give in to the urge to start up the oven and bake something delicious. I have a lot of dried chamomile on hand and have been looking for creative ways to use it and this recipe was just the type of treat I was looking for.
Whisk together ¾ cup of white sugar and the lemon zest. Allow to rest for about 30 minutes to infuse the lemon flavor.
Melt 1 cup of butter in a saucepan. Stir in tea leaves and heat on low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes, then strain through a fine mesh sieve. Let cool completely.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together lemon sugar and tea-infused butter. Whisk in egg yolks until completely incorporated, reserving the egg whites in a small bowl.
Alternate beating in the flour and milk until you have a smooth batter. In another clean and dry bowl, whisk egg whites until foamy. Add ¼ cup of sugar and whisk until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold egg whites into the batter in 3 additions. Fill cupcake liners ⅔ full and bake for 20 minutes, or until a skewer poked into the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
To make the frosting, cream 1 cup of butter and ¼ cup of confectioner's sugar until smooth. Add honey and beat until smooth. Pipe icing over cupcakes. Eat right away or refrigerate until ready to serve.
I know what you mean. This weather is bringing on the cozy bug, and suddenly I'm feeling very fall. I'm not quite ready for summer to end yet, but the change in pace has been most welcome.
Your cupcakes look amazing! I bet they taste delicious. I love the tiny chamomile flower garnish on top.


Boyd's foster mom sent in this handsome new photo of him. Although he was initially shy, he's really starting to come into his own and seek out affection from his foster home. He's clearly pretty happy – his tail is wagging so fast it's just a blur!


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MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa
Chamisa Faces Mass Defections – Zanu PF
1st March 2021 Top Story
By Staff Reporter
ZANU PF has made sensationally claims that the majority of high-ranking officials in the MDC Alliance-led by Nelson Chamisa are set to defect the biggest opposition and join the ruling party by the end of 2021.
Last week, a senior official in Chamisa's camp Lilian Timevos, an ardent follower of the outspoken opposition leader, made news headlines when she crossed the floor and joined Zanu PF.
Timevos was the MDC Alliance deputy treasurer and Senator for Zvishavane before she was last year recalled from Parliament after the MDC-T said the lawmaker was no longer part of the opposition party.
Another MDC-T senior official Blessing Chebundo has also left opposition politics and was last week with Timevos as the two were welcomed into Zanu PF by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House in Harare.
Chebundo is a former MP for Kwekwe Central and MDC secretary for local government. Last November, former MDC Masvingo Urban MP Tongai Matutu, was the first senior member of the opposition to desert the party and join Zanu PF. He is reported to be undergoing reorientation at the Zanu PF's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.
At the weekend, an excited Zanu PF communications director Tafadzwa Mugwadi confirmed that more senior MDC Alliance officials were also expected to dump Chamisa soon and join the former liberation movement. He predicted that two thirds of MDC Alliance were set to cross the floor by the end of 2021 have joined Zanu PF.
"Staying positive, focused and clear! By end of year, we expect to have received two thirds of the MDC Alliance standing committee and NEC (national executive committee) members to Zanu PF," he said.
"You are all welcome. Remember only Zanu PF is the permanent home to all. See you at HQ!"
However, the MDC Alliance secretary general, Charlton Hwende said the opposition party was a natural target of the ruling party's attack as its candidate, Chamisa, won the 2018 presidential election against Zanu PF's nominee Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The MDC Alliance has not accepted Mnangagwa as the 2018 presidential winner accusing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of rigging the election in his favour.
"Zanu PF has continued with its protracted war of attrition against the MDC Alliance and its leadership," Hwende said.
"The regime is using our erstwhile colleagues who have left us and their moribund regime to attack and destablise the MDC Alliance through peddling malicious falsehoods and scurrilous allegations.
"For the record, those who have left the MDC Alliance have done so voluntarily without any undue pressure from any quarter. No one was pushed out of the MDC Alliance."

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Grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 sq feet.
Thanks to TeeRiddle for this link. I think I saw this last year but went with the pool instead. I think I will definitely try this next year. How to grow 100 lbs of potatoes in 4 sq feet.
Recycle Your Pop Boxes ~ In the Garden!


Kota Jakarta is located on the northwest coast of Java. Prior to colonisation, ancient Jakarta was part of one of the oldest Hindu empires in Indonesia, Kingdom of Sunda. A city known by many names, the port of today's North Jakarta flourished as Southeast Asia's major trading post on the spice route for centuries, attracting foreign powers.
After years of racial tolerance, a fight broke off in the early 17th century, and the Dutch colony Batavia was born. Today, Jakarta has gone through decades of infrastructure rehabilitation, with most of its landmarks built during the Suharto-era in the 60s. Jakarta's modern nationalist monuments towering over old colonial architecture is a symbol of the Islamic city's rise to independence.
Wayang kulit is a prominent aspect of the Indonesian art and culture. Wayang, in this context refers to the theatrical performance of puppet shadows, is generally accompanied by the rhythms of gamelan. The puppets are made of leather, giving them the name kulit. Museum Wayang has one of the best collections of puppets in Java, showcasing a multitude of characters from across Indonesia, as well as Asia and Europe. Be sure to head there on a Sunday morning to catch a free wayang performance.
Delve into the rich history and pre-history of Indonesia before it turned into an Islamic country, at Museum Nasional. The museum has some serious collection of idolise statues, charming textiles, and royal artefacts as well as a section dedicated to the origin of mankind in Indonesia. This is the one museum in the city that's an essential visit – the impressively enormous collection of antiquities will wow you for hours.
Indonesians are known for their traditional urut techniques and therapeutic jamu treatments, so take a break from sightseeing and visit an elegant spa in South Jakarta for a relaxing Javanese massage, and an Indonesian herb body treatment.
Many, especially from neighbouring countries, flock to Jakarta to SHOP! Join the hustle and bustle at Jakarta's famous flea market in Mentang. This is the place to show your haggling skills. Let's put it this way, if haggling is a sport, this market is the arena. Stuff your shopping bags with bargain buys including artworks, jewellery, textiles as well as woodcarvings.
You can choose to get around the city by bus, taxi or car, though most would opt for car. For NZD50 a day, you can hire a car with a driver, and NZD40 without a driver. As roads in Jakarta can be confusing and congested, the latter is a less popular option. Buses are cheaper, you can choose from regular city buses or big air-con buses.
Garuda Indonesia, AirAsia, Qantas, Cathay Pacific, and Singapore Airlines operate connecting flights from cities in Australia and Southeast Asia to Jakarta. From New Zealand to Jakarta, you'll have to fly via either Australia, Singapore, Bangkok, Malaysia or Denpasar.
Jakarta Soekarno Hatta Airport is located 20km west of Kota Jakarta, and journey to the city will take approximately 1.5 hours. Catching a taxi will cost you about NZD16 one way, which is reasonably price for convenience and comfort. Note, only go with registered taxis.


We rely heavily upon our vehicles and we soon appreciate how important they are once we experience not having them available to us.
If your vehicle is in for lengthy repairs due to general maintenance or the result of an accident, consider hiring a car to help eliminate too much disruption to your everyday lifestyle.
From a car accident perspective, review your car insurance details to see if you are covered for a car hire vehicle during the duration of repairs. If not, consider contacting your insurance provider to find out what options are available.
It is important to determine whether it is a worthwhile venture to include such cover in your insurance, so take some time to work out your personal requirements to ensure you can be prepared should such problems emerge.


March, E952 D. R. sQUlER ZSS'LLQ@ HEAT DETECTING CABLE Filed Sept. 14. 1949 IN VEN TOR.
The present invention relates to electrical resistance elements having a negative temperature coeflicient, and, more particularly, relates to improved heat detecting cables of the type illustrated in United States Patent No. 2,413,125.
Heat detecting cables of the foregoing typegenerally comprise a pair of electrically conductive elements adjacently disposed along the length of the cable and a material or composition separating the elements which is non-conductive at normal temperatures and is rendered conductive at abnormal temperatures to permit current to now between the elements. to be utilized for detecting heat caused, for example, by flame or nre or lother conditions which produce abnormally high temperatures, whereby, upon the ow of current, an alarm, indicator, re extinguishing system or other apparatus is operated. The materials or compositions utilized in such cables have the general characteristics of thermistors, that is, the resistance thereof varies appreciably with changes in temperature.
It has been found that heat or flame detecting cables of this type heretofore utilized were not adapted for repeated use, primarily because the material or composition used therein decomposed or Was altered upon being subjected to the heat of a flame, whereby the material or composition did not return to its initial non-conductive condi*- tion at normal temperatures or its ltemperature coeicient or resistivity was materially altered. Consequently, the cable, after once being heated to a high temperature, became unreliable for further use and had to be replaced. Such replacement required installing practically an entire detecting system.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an improved heat or flame detecting cable which is not subject to the foregoing diiculties and disadvantages and which can be economically manufactured.
Another object is to provide a cable of the foregoing type which can withstand flame and/or temperatures in the neighborhood o'f about 2000" F'. and is adapted for repeated use.
A further object is to provide such a 'cable which responds quickly at a predetermined temperature, which will not give false alarm indications, and which quickly returns to its non-conductive condition without substantial variation in its temperature coeiiicient when again 'sub- `iected to normal temperatures.
Other and further objects of the invention will be obvious upon an understanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be described, orwill be indicated in the appended claims, and various Such cables are adapted.
advantages not referred to herein will occur to one skilled in the art upon employment of the invention in practice.
In accordance with the invention, it has been found that the foregoing objects may be accomplished by providing a heat or flame detecting cable of the aforementioned type wherein the conductive elements are separated by a glass composition containing barium oxide and/or boron oxide, characterized in that it can withstand temperatures in the neighborhood or" about 2000 F., is non-conductive at normal temperatures and is rendere-d conductive at abnormal temperatures. These characteristics of the glass composition may be improved by incorporating therein one or more suitable materials providing the composition with a desired negative temperature coelcient or resistivity and/or conditioning the composition to withstand the temperatures to which it may be subjected.
In a preferred embodiment about to be described, the conductive elements are separated by ber glass of a suitable composition which may be in the form of a covering surrounding at least one of the elements and having distributed therein, for example by impregnation, a finely divided material which aids the ber glass in withstanding heat or flame. If desired, the covering may be a liber glass fabric suitably applied to the conductor element.
It has been found that glass compositions of the borosilicate type and of the barium type are suitable in practicing the present invention. Such compositions have relatively high softening point temperatures and have good thermal endurance, that is, they can withstand sudden changes in temperature Without material variation in physical or chemical characteristics. Also, repeated changes in temperature from normal temperature to flame 'temperature and return to normal temperature, do not materially alter the temperature coeflicient or resistivity of such compositions, thereby facilitating repeated use thereof in heat or flame detecting cable.
Such glass compositions may include between about 2 and 8% aluminum oxide, between 10 and 48% barium oxide, and/or between 10 and 12% boron oxide, the percentages ugiven being by weight. Barium oxide makes the glass stable and heat resistant; boron oxide increases toughness and thermal endurance; and aluminum oxide raises the softening point temperaturey and makesv melting more dilcult. Ifdesired, zinc oxides in quantities up to 14% by weight may be added to vfurther enhance thermal endurance and to raise the 4softening point temperature.
In addition to the foregoing materials, these glass compositions may contain oxides of metals which give the compositions a low conductivity at normal temperatures and slightly above normal temperatures or in some cases up to temperatures just below high heat or ame temperatures, and which apparently further the ionization of the compositions to provide for sudden increases in conductivity thereof upon being subjected to ame or high heat, of which an indication is desired. One or more of the following oxides may be utilized for this purpose: beryllium oxide, cadmium oxide, calcium oxide, cerium oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, lead oxide, magnesium oxide, manganese oxide, nickel oxide, strontium oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, and tungsten oxide. Barium oxide also produces the foregoing effect. Calcium oxide is particularly effective vfor this purpose. Large percentages of lead oxide preferl ably should be avoided because of the tendency to lower the softening point temperature thereof.
It has been found that it is suitable to utilize fiber glass which has been leached, for example, by treating the same in a 15% hydrochloric acid solution at about 150 F. It is believed that this treatment removes lead oxide andthe like in the glass composition and provides an ultimate composition which has a higher softening point temperature and is thereby adapted to withstand temperatures approaching 2000" F.
The use of ilber glass is preferred because of its flexibility, which enables cables containing such glass composition to be bent into most any desired shape and form.
Fiber glass also has an additional advantage in that it may have distributed therein finely divided material which enhances the ability of the composition to withstand high temperature without adversely affecting the temperature coefficient thereof and its thermal endurance. Such materials may be compounds or complexes of the refractory or high heat resisting type which contain aluminum, calcium, chromium, magnesium, silicon, titanium or zirconium as elements thereof, for example, such compounds may be aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate, calcium oxide, chromite, magnesium oxide, magnesium silicate, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide and zirconium carbide. Silicon dioxide, in colloidal form, has been found to be particularly effective for this purpose.
These materials may be used separately or in mixtures of two or more, and need not necessarily be in substantially pure form, it being contemplated that high heat withstanding carbonates may be utilized without materially affecting the refractory properties of such materials or mixtures. For example, various commercially available mixtures sold as refractory type cements may be used togood advantage.
the same in the composition in amounts up td about 50% by weight.
Where such additive materials are utilized, the composition of the glass fibers is not as critical, because the high heat resisting material cooperates with the glass fibers, whereby the overall composition or mixture can withstand high heat or flame without adverse affect on the temperature coefficient thereof. In some cases it was found that a composition of flber glass and, for example, silicon dioxide, when subjected to temperatures approaching 2000 F., tends to sinter and results in a composition which thereafter may be repeatedly and alternately subjected to temperatures varying between about 70 F. and about 2000" F. without any material change in the temperature coefficient of resistivity of this material, thereby enabling the same to be advantageously utilized in practicing the present invention.
Figure 1 is an enlarged sectional view"`of a cable in accordancewith the invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a cable of modified construction.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, illustrating another modification of the invention.
Figure 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view, of still another form of cable construction. Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a cable in accordance with the invention which comprises a multiplicity of conductors.
Referring to the drawing in detail and particularly to Figure l thereof, there is shown a cable comprising an outer electrically conductive element, such as a metallic tube or sheath i0, an inner electrically conductive element, such as a metallic wire il substantially centrally disposed in the tube l0, and a glass composition I2, in accordance with the invention, surrounding the Wire Il and separating the same from thetube. The glass composition l2 may be a solid mass or may be composed of glass fibers with or without additive high heat resisting or refractory material.
While the tube, wire and glass filler may have any desired cross-sectional dimensions, a practical embodiment of the invention comprises a tube having an outer diameter of about fifty thousandths of an inch and a Wall thickness of about five thousandths of an inch, and a wire having a diameter of about six thousandths of an inch, whereby the glass composition separates the tube and wire at least about seventeen thousandths of an inch.
In Figure 2, the glass composition separating the conductive elements lil and il is shown as being in the form of a fabric covering i4 provided by weaving or braiding on the wire strands or threads spun from glass fibers. Additive ma'- terials may be incorporated in the covering by impregnating the covering or the thread from which the covering is formed with such materials in powder, paste or slurry form, or by distributing such materials in the bers in powder form prior to forming the fibers into threads or strands.
In Figure 3, the covering is shown as being in the form of a fiber glass thread or tape l5 spirally wound on the wire l I.
In Figure 4, the glass composition separating the conductive elements l0 and Il is shown as being in the form of spherical beads Iii having may be in the form of a mass of solid glass or may be formed, for example by molding the same from glass bers having additive heat resisting material and a binder distributed therein.
In Figure 5, a multiple conductor type cable is illustrated wherein two or more, for example three, wires Il are housed in a tubular sheath il which need not be utilized as a conductive element. The wires each may have a covering thereon in the form of a solid mass, a molded ber glass mass, ber glass threads or fabric (Figures 2 and 3) or beads as described in connection with Figure 4. If desired, wires having a covering thereon composed of fiber glass thread or fabric may be twisted or braided together.
From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the present invention provides an improved heat or name detecting cable adapted to withstand high temperature repeatedly without chemical or physical deterioration or breakdown of resistivity. The cable and component parts thereof are simple and economical in construction and can readily withstand such rough usuage to which they may be subjected.
1. A heat or iiame detecting cable of indefinite continuous length responsive to abnormal temperature conditions at any location adjacently along its length, comprising a pair of electrically conductive elements adjacently disposed along the length of the cable, and a fiber glass composition separating said elements from each other, said glass composition containing an oxide selected from the group consisting of barium oxide and boron oxide and being characterized in that it can withstand temperatures in the neighborhood of about 2000 F. and that it is nonconductive at normal temperatures and is rendered conductive at abnormal temperatures.
2. A heat or flame detecting cable according to claim 1, wherein said fiber glass has distributed therein a finely divided refractory material to improve its heat withstanding characteris- 3. A heat or flame detecting cable according to claim 1, wherein said fiber glass has distributed therein at least one nely divided refractory material selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate, calcium oxide, chromite, graphite, magnesium oxide, magnesium silicate, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium carbide and zirconium oxide.
4. A heat or ame detecting cable of indenite l continuous length responsive to abnormal temperature conditions at any location adjacently along its length comprising a pair of electrically conductive elements adjacently disposed along the length of the cable, and a continuous ber glass covering applied on and surrounding at least one of said elements and separating said elements from each other throughout the length of the cable, said glass containing an oxide selected from the group consisting of barium oxide and boron oxide and being adapted to withstand temperatures in the neighborhood of about 2000o F. and being non-conductive at normal temperatures and is rendered conductive at abnormal temperatures.
5. A heat or name detecting cable according to claim 4, wherein said covering is in the form of a fabric.
6. A heat or flame detecting cable according to claim 4, wherein said covering is a fiber glass fabric impregnated with colloidal silicon dioxide.
7. A heat or flame detecting cable according to claim 4, wherein said covering is composed of fiber glass yarn.
8. A heat or flame detecting cable according to claim 4, wherein said covering is impregnated with finely divided refractory material.


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Q: Basic Flask app not running (TypeError: required field "type_ignores" missing from Module) I have a very basic flask app with dependencies installed from my requirements.txt. All of these dependencies are installed in my virtual environment.
requirements.txt given below,
aniso8601==6.0.0
Click==7.0
Flask==1.0.3
Flask-Cors==3.0.7
Flask-RESTful==0.3.7
Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.0
itsdangerous==1.1.0
Jinja2==2.10.1
MarkupSafe==1.1.1
# psycopg2-binary==2.8.2
pytz==2019.1
six==1.12.0
# SQLAlchemy==1.3.4
Werkzeug==0.15.4
python-dotenv
requests
authlib

My code in NewTest.py file,
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, abort, url_for

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return jsonify({
        'success': True,
        'index': 'Test Pass'
    })

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

When I run the app through,
export FLASK_APP=NewTest.py
export FLASK_ENV=development
export FLASK_DEBUG=true

    flask run
or flask run --reload

I get the following error,
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Can anyone please point out what am I missing or doing wrong and how can I fix it? Thanks.

A: werkzeug library can have issues with different python versions.
First of all, upgrade the werkzeug library to be the latest, then try again.
pip3 install --upgrade werkzeug

If that didn't work, I presume you may be using python version which kind of creates the whole issue.
You can always create a virtualenv [Install, Create, and Activate] with a specific python version where werkzeug won't cause you this issue.

A: The bug was fixed in werkzeug 0.15.5. Upgrade from 0.15.4 to to a later version.

A: I solved the error by simply executing the following line of code on the terminal:
sudo pip3 install --upgrade ipython

A: try
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A: I had the error in django shell, it seems there is a bug in ipython. finally, I decided to remove ipython temporary until bug fix
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* Nation Party of Iran *
حزب ملت ایران
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Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran
''حزب ملت ایران''
Leader Khosrow Seif
Founder Dariush Forouhar
Split from Pan-Iranist Party
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Ideology Iranian nationalism Liberal nationalism Liberalism Secularism
Political position Centre-right
Official Site (in Persian)
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Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran (Persian حزب ملت ایران, properly translated as Party of the Iranian Nation) also known as Nation Party of Iran or Iran Nation Party (INP) is a liberal nationalist political party seeking secular democracy and separation of religion and state in Iran.
2 Current legal status
The group was founded by Dariush Forouhar in 1951, which he continued to lead up until his unsolved murder in 1998. Though sharing the same political foundation and similar ideologies, Mellat Iran differed greatly from the Pan-Iranist Party, which he had originally co-founded with Mohsen Pezeshkpour. Unlike the latter group, Mellat Iran was against the Shah and strongly supported the nationalist Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Mellat Iran also operated from a grass roots foundation, and was active during and immediately after the Iranian Revolution. After the rise to power of Khomeini, Mellat Iran, the Pan-Iranist Party, and other nationalist groups such as the National Front and National Alliance were outlawed and their supporters ostracized and persecuted. Since Forouhar''s assassination in November 1998, the party has been led by Khosrow Seif.
Current legal status
The party is officially banned by the Iranian government; their members are constantly harassed and often jailed. The former Foruhar residence which has been a focal point for party members since his death, is kept under surveillance. Persons attending meetings there are sometimes arrested and taken in for questioning. In 2003, Amnesty International issued a memo expressing that organization''s concern for three men who "...reportedly were tortured while being held incommunicado."
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What to expect from the State Theatre when it reopens
Art films? First-run features? The State Theatre is open to all options.
What to expect from the State Theatre when it reopens Art films? First-run features? The State Theatre is open to all options. Check out this story on argusleader.com: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2019/06/27/what-expect-state-theatre-when-reopens-sioux-falls-downtown/1586865001/
Trevor Mitchell, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Published 3:34 p.m. CT June 27, 2019 | Updated 3:37 p.m. CT June 27, 2019
T. Denny Sanford is donating $3.5 million and the city $1.5 million to get the State Theatre in downtown Sioux Falls open by the spring of 2020. Sioux Falls Argus Leader
With the State Theatre set to open in spring 2020, Sioux Falls citizens will be able to catch a movie downtown for the first time since 1990.
But Sioux Falls — and cinema — has changed a lot since then. When you step through the State Theatre's doors, what should you expect?
More: T. Denny Sanford, city of Sioux Falls give $5 million to reopen State Theatre
We spoke with Allison Weiland, the executive director of the Sioux Falls State Theatre Company to find out.
What movies will you be showing?
Weiland said there were tons of options for what to play at the State Theatre — first-run movies, classics, art films, foreign films and more.
The plan, Weiland said, is to give everything a shot and see what there's a demand for.
"Really what we need to do is bring what the community wants," she said.
Weiland mentioned the importance of the experience of coming to the State Theatre and how that could transfer to the movies there as well, giving the example of a sing-along show or a Christmas movie that ends with snow falling in the theater.
The State Theatre plans to open in spring of 2020, announcing the opening with a marquee reading "the show will go on!" on Wednesday, June 26, in Sioux Falls. (Photo: Erin Bormett / Argus Leader)
What'll you be snacking on?
Weiland said the concession stand will have your standard movie theater fare, although she said they'd like to "elevate it a little bit."
While the current opening date is focused on the main floor, Weiland said in the future a secondary concession area is planned on the second floor, serving beer and wine with a potential gathering area.
But you won't be getting a full meal, Weiland said — the State Theatre wants to complement downtown bars and restaurants, not compete with them.
That depends, Weiland said — they're looking at $12 tickets on average, but specialty shows and other programs they put on could be more expensive.
Where will you sit?
Seating at the State Theatre will be reserved, Weiland said — and the theater will be equipped with recliner-style seats that have become popular in movie theaters but have yet to make it to Sioux Falls.
Mayor Paul TenHaken and T. Denny Sanford at the press conference announcing donations to reopen the State Theatre in downtown Sioux Falls. (Photo: Trevor Mitchell / Argus Leader)
Weiland said comfortable seating was T. Denny Sanford's "hot issue" he brought up often during discussions, and they're in the process of choosing between several types of chair available.
Is the name going to change?
No. The State Theatre will remain the State Theatre, Weiland said.
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The Magic of Disney
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When people ask me what is so special about Walt Disney World, the answer is very simple. It's the magic.
When you park your car, for example, in the car park at Disney World, you don't park in "Car Park A", row 31, you park In Mickey, row 31 or Pluto, row 31. It is these small attentions to detail that make everything so special and different from any where else in the world.
The tram drivers who take you from the car park to the entrance are all dressed in cartoon style uniforms, even the ticket sellers in the booths and assistants in the shops are all dressed in a Disney style uniform, as are the servers in the restaurants and cafes. Each uniform is relevant to the area they are working in; in the Pinnochio restaurant, the staff all wear Tyrolean outfits . In Disney World, denim is a dirty word!
At each of the rides there are many staff guiding you through from the people keeping the queues moving to the staff helping you on and of the moving cars, all of them are dressed in the character of the ride. On the Haunted Mansion ride, they are made up to look like Victorian dead house servants. Very creepy! They stare at you in a really scary way and never speak. An announcer in the ride asks people to move to the "dead centre of the room".
All around the park, staff are interacting with guests, talking to them, asking the children if they are having fun and generally adding to the atmosphere. It really is like walking into a cartoon film.
The Disney characters are either, signing autographs for the children, having their picture taken with them, cuddling them or just tapping them on the shoulder from behind and then waving to them. Their little faces are a picture! To be taken by surprise by a life size character that they have only ever seen in films or seen pictures of in books, is just so perfect for them. Most of them are struck dumb when they first see one; they just stare at them in awe.
During the parades, which happen during the morning, the afternoon and at night (the electric parade) the characters appear on huge floats passing down all the main streets of the park. Some of them walk or dance past and shake hands with the children and adults and then they interact together, like Chip and Dale the chipmunks, dancing together or The Wicked Stepmother from Snow White chasing her with a poisoned apple. It is no coincidence that the staff at Disney World are not called staff but "Cast Members" as they really do all act a part.
So come along, enjoy the experience for yourselves.
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Pacific Telecommunications Council Announces Its PTC Awards 2023 Recipients
HONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#awardrecipients–Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) celebrated outstanding achievements in the information and communication technologies (ICT) industry, to improve the ability of people and firms in the Pacific region, at last night's PTC Awards 2023 event, which was held during PTC'23 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
"Now in its fifth year, the PTC Awards program continues to excel from the number of entries received to the high caliber work being done in the industry," commented Joe Weinman, founder and principal, XFORMA LLC and chair of the PTC Awards 2023 Committee. "It was incredible to celebrate the individual and organizational achievements and particularly those that support the non-profit mission of PTC, to advance the ethical development and use of ICT for collaboration, knowledge, and outreach."
The PTC Awards 2023 recipients are:
Networking and Network-Centric Solutions Awards
Outstanding Satellite or Submarine Company: Southern Cross Cable Network
Outstanding Wireline and/or Wireless Company: TELUS
Outstanding Applications Company: Swarmio Media
Outstanding Cloud/Edge Company: AWS
Outstanding Data Center/Colo/Interconnection Company: Equinix
Outstanding Innovation or Transformation: CITIC Telecom CPC
Outstanding Start-up: AdaniConneX
PTC Vision and Mission Award
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Outstanding C-level Executive: Joe Zhu, CEO, Zenlayer
Outstanding Female Executive: Keri Gilder, CEO, Colt
Outstanding Diversity and Inclusion Champion: Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, EdgeConneX
Outstanding Up-and-Coming Leader: Nicky Peshwani, Vice President, Bankai Group
In addition, William "Bill" Barney, chairman of Asian Century Equity, received the Richard J. Barber PTC Distinguished Service Award for his exceptional service to PTC for more than 25 years.
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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Premiering Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m.
Conceived by Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winner John Mauceri, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" is a delightful re-imagining of Tchaikovsky's perennial holiday favorite, "The Nutcracker." Based on the original E.T.A. Hoffmann novella published in 1816, this new musical production features Alan Cumming recounting the three-part tale: the Nutcracker's origin story, the well-known events on Christmas Eve, and what happens to the girl and the prince after the beloved ballet ends. Music from Tchaikovsky's tone poems, orchestral suites and the magical score for "The Nutcracker" ballet, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the musical direction of Mauceri, help tell this cherished tale.
Commentary from Mauceri provides additional context for the history behind this classic, pointing out that Hoffmann's original narrative is about a young girl who saves a prince — the opposite of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. Carved wooden nutcrackers dressed as soldiers first appeared in Germany in the early 1800s, providing inspiration for Hoffmann. Alexander Dumas, the most successful French author of the 19th century, translated Hoffmann's work in 1845. Mauceri believes that Dumas, the grandson of a French aristocrat and an African Haitian slave, was drawn to a story where the young girl grows up to become the queen of a land of tolerance and imagination. It was the version by Dumas that was adapted by Tchaikovsky in 1892. The composer was actually writing the score when he traveled to New York City to conduct the grand opening concert of Carnegie Hall in 1891.
"It makes for a great tale, one that is both familiar and unknown," said Mauceri. "Perhaps it can do what Hoffmann intended: encourage children to follow their dreams and never stop believing in the power of imagination and the possibility that we can all live together in raucous harmony and understanding."
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Warmer Arctic Waters Forcing Animals North
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A New Study Finds a Declining Food Supply
for Large Marine Animals in Bering Sea
The Bering Sea – which lies just south of the Arctic Circle between Russia and Alaska – is getting warmer, and the heat is already having a huge impact on marine wildlife there, say scientists in a study published today in the journal Science.
Among the findings is a declining food supply for populations of walrus, gray whales and sea ducks in this northern sea.
It appears that these animals now have to compete with fish populations that have pushed into their territory, said the study's lead author, Jacqueline Grebmeier of the University of Tennessee.
Near-freezing water in the northern Bering Sea has traditionally kept bottom-feeding fish like halibut and flounder farther south in warmer waters. But as temperatures have risen – as much as 6 degrees Fahrenheit at the sea floor – the fish have moved farther north, where they eat the food favored by the larger marine mammals.
Because the Bering Sea is relatively shallow – less than 200 feet deep – researchers said that that marine life balances can be easily upset by minor changes.
"This demonstrates the biological effect in an area so shallow that it doesn't take much to fundamentally change the system," said Lee Cooper, chemical oceanographer at the University of Tennessee and co-author of the study. "It's a little sobering."
Whales Moving North
But it also looks as if the animals are trying to adapt to the changes.
The report presents evidence that "gray whales have responded by moving their primary foraging area northward," and cites a "surprising detection" of gray whale calls in the winter of 2003-2004 near Barrow, Alaska, a place where local hunters report "more numerous gray whales than in any time previously."
But there is a limit to how far north the whales and other mammals can go.
"You eventually fall off the continental shelf," Grebmeier said. "They don't have to go very far north of Barrow and they're into that much deeper water basin. And they can't find food that deep."
In addition, the report finds walruses have suffered from a lack of pack ice, where they rest while hunting for clams and shellfish. As the ice retreats, the walruses have to swim farther for food.
The end result, say scientists, is that an Arctic ecosystem is being transformed into a sub-Arctic ecosystem, part of a well-documented warming trend in the Arctic region.
The annual average Arctic temperature has "increased at almost twice the rate as that of the rest of the world over the past few decades," according to the multination Arctic Climate Impact Assessment released in late 2004.
The report also found that "increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, are projected to contribute to additional Arctic warming" of about 7.2 degrees to 12.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Science report was released on the same day that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released figures showing the 2005-2006 winter season was the fifth-warmest on record for the contiguous United States.
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Volatility in digital technologies and consumer appetites, combined with the proliferation of broadband and smart devices is driving significant change for players in the Media, Entertainment and Publishing industries.
HawksCode Softwares Pvt. Ltd.' Media and Information Services help you understand the impact of disruptive technologies and profit from the boom in digital consumption.
The Infosys Media and Entertainment practice helps companies cross over from legacy technology to digital offerings, while rebooting enterprises with new processes and systems.
Global advertising media revenues were estimated to be $503 billion in 2015, according to Magna Global, a unit of advertising agency leader Interpublic Group.Viewers are no longer willing to watch TV Shows or Films on a single screen at a set time of day or sit down and read an entire newspaper. On top of that, a new type of media, user generated content (UGC) has now come into it's own and commands a growing share of viewing time.
Media and information services firms need to capitalize on the evolving product distribution channels while maintaining the current revenue streams, reducing costs and increasing flexibility.Reaching the right audience with the right content requires a deep understanding of customer preferences and conduct. In order to remain competitive, companies of all sizes must rapidly adopt new technologies. These new technologies must deliver an improved consumer experience while simultaneously driving down cost per transaction and increasing revenue.
A new class of viewer is selecting Mobile, Web and over-the-top (OTT) connected TV to access premium and social video and other types of content. Mass-marketing paradigms are no longer effective in reaching this emerging class of viewer.
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Thread: Nature stuns us all once again.
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I don't believe what I'm seeing?!?!?!
EDIT: Damn it, I'm a fool.
Yeah, Noe, shame on you for ruining the joke on the first post.
If you hadn't ruined it, I could've gone to school tomorrow and told all my friends about flying penguins.
does the uk even "do" april fools?
Too bad I can't watch the video.
that vid got me. I was just trying to cover myself up.
Yeah, It would be hard to think that no one ever saw a flock of penguins flying to the amazon of all places, until now. That would freak the natives out.
I know I'm really stupid sometimes..
Haha, I read the whole thread before I watched it (i've already been tricked once today), but that was great. It's an awesome little vid, just by itself!
Ok, that did cheer me up. I thought the link of all the april fools stories was funny, such as Gordon Ramsey putting a ban on cussing in his restaurants.
Okay, I'll let you off, most of you have probably never seen this over on the other side of the pond, but he's branched off into writing books and making documentaries.
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Instagram for Android Now Available for Download
By Lauren Indvik 2012-04-03 11:54:02 UTC
Since Instagram's iPhone app hit the App Store in October 2010, Android users have been patiently — and in some cases, not so patiently — awaiting a version for their phones. That day has finally come: Instagram for Android is now available for free download over at Google Play, Google's store for apps, ebooks and other media.
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom announced at SXSW in March that the long-awaited Android version of Instagram was on the way. He teased the version on stage, but didn't provide a demo. A signup page allowing Android users to be notified when the app went live was posted later in the month.
SEE ALSO: Instagram for Android: Advanced Camera, But No Tilt Shift [HANDS ON]
Download the app for yourself — it works with Android version 2.2 and higher — and let us know what you think.
Instagram for Android: First Look
This is what appears when you first open the app.
The feed, which shows your photos alongside the photos of everyone you're following, looks identical to the one available in the iPhone version.
Like Instagram for iPhone, Instagram for Android comes with a range of different filters. This one is "X-Pro."
A "popular" tab allows you to see what's trending across Instagram.
Get updates about what people are doing on Instagram beyond photo uploads, i.e. commenting and liking.
Search by tag.
See how people are interacting with your photos.
Your profile showcases all of your photos in a grid or vertical/list layout.
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Sitting on an elevated position above an almost private beach, between Skiathos town and Koukounaries beach, this elegant summer villa is tucked inside a beautiful garden with pool area, gazing at the soothing blue of the Aegean. With warm inviting living areas and a completely stunning beachside setting, here you can experience summer at its best.
This wonderful property will instantly introduce you to the essence of the island, which is a mixture of the omnipresent large pines you will see everywhere and blue in all its shades. It sets new standards of comfort, with all its inviting places for gatherings, offering views of the sea, pool and garden.
The interior is bringing together modern elegance with a country house flair, as it harmoniously integrates elements of nature into the design. The comfortable living area, along with the well-equipped kitchen will give you the feeling of warm hospitality, while the immaculate bedrooms, all en suite, function as lavish private quarters.
Spacious outdoor areas surround the property with lush gardens and a pristine swimming pool shaded by local flora and tall trees. Ample lounging areas and hammocks ensure ultimate relaxation as the amazing view creates an enchanting setting for outdoor dining. This property, offering a warm yet luxurious living ambience on an amazing beachfront setting, is an ideal summer retreat for a family or group of friends, eager to make the most out of their precious summer break.
Large veranda comprising of two dining areas, shaded seating area, sunbathing areas, large garden surrounding the property, swimming pool with pergola shaded sitting area and fully equipped bar. Path leading down to a secluded sandy beach with private sun tent and sunloungers.


Africa is experiencing galloping urbanization and population explosion. How is architecture attempting to answer the resultant social challenges? Phill co-founded Mashabane Rose Associates in 1995, a dynamic design and architecture studio based in South Africa. He is an external examiner at several tertiary institutions in South Africa and across the rest of the African continent covering areas of Professional Practice.
How would you describe African architecture?
African architecture uses a broad array of materials that vary from region to region: stone, cob (lump clay) and rammed earth, "wet" and dry stone, mud and adobe, and even flexible materials like animal skins. Other forms of architecture involve structures carved into rock and speos.
If I had to name an underlying constant, I'd say that African architecture is defined not only by the materials used, but also by the shape of the spaces filling a variety of functions to the point of becoming key components, such as, internal courtyards with their walls decorated in adobe reliefs painted in bright colors.
The ways in which African architecture is constructed cannot be summed up in a single point of view. Attempting to give a definition is a highly complex exercise because of the many regional and cultural influences at play.
We are also witnessing the emergence of religious architecture which, in some cases, is personified by Islamic architecture that has developed across several regions of Africa.
In short, African architecture melds diverse approaches focused on making sure things work. Africans have always worked collectively.
Understanding how people live helps gain an overview of African architecture.
How is African architecture adapting to the socio-economic challenges thrown up by rapid urbanization and the population explosion?
In Africa, as elsewhere, challenges are created by exponential population growth and climate change.
Traditional habitat is under threat from socio-economic factors resulting in a concentration of people in limited spaces with all the attendant problems of comfort and durability.
This is the situation that all habitat stakeholders must deal with at all stages in their involvement: from discussing, through to manufacturing and implementing solutions.
To build a sustainable future, companies and trade professionals must focus on short circuits for the supply of materials.
How do you see the future of architecture in Africa?
Tomorrow's architecture will start to borrow the cultural codes of those who have the resources and the means to infl uence living spaces and lifestyles in Africa.
It is increasingly adopting forms from other regions of the world, with the exception of coastal regions that already bore the stamp of this infl uence. Africa has often been considered – wrongly so – the world's poorest continent.
Yet, it is a continent with great wealth. Problems only arose when non-local materials started to be used.
What is the turning point in African architecture that Saint-Gobain must not miss?
In its quest for new solutions, Saint-Gobain must absolutely focus its attention on cultures and beliefs. Understanding them is crucial for Saint-Gobain if it is provide spatial solutions that improve on what already exists but without altering the dimension deemed indigenous by the local populations. We will be of no service if we impose readymade solutions in response to the pressing issues of space and identity specific to the African context.
In terms of comfort, Saint-Gobain is clearly on the right track. Take acoustics, which is nothing new for Africans. The difference lies in the fact that their methods do not use machines.
The priority for Saint-Gobain will be to assess the current situation and, quite simply, improve on the methods leading to the same result. Your company will also have to supply materials that are easy to use and in tune with its market's cultural beliefs and convictions. - Phill Mashabane, Architect.
In the 1960s and 1970s, as their nations were decolonized, the governments of Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Zambia wanted to symbolically mark their newly regained independence by erecting buildings as signs of their newfound freedom.


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Imagining Homeland: Identity and Repertories of a Greek Labour-immigrant Musician in Germany
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-7.3.141
Keywords: diaspora, transculturation, Greek music, emic/etic interpretation
Migration has always played an important and determinative role in the formation of the Greek life-cycle, since the existence of a Greek Diaspora originates back to the institution of the Greek nation. However, whether the migration phenomenon represents a typical and integral part of the Greek cultural tradition or mentality, or appears as a forced consequence of specific economic or political circumstances, it should be pointed out that it has proved to be a transformative factor for the lives of people involved in it. The fate of "metanastes" (immigrants) and the life in "xenitia" (foreign host land) appear to be a very common and prominent topic elaborated in the poetic texts of the Greek "dimotika tragoudia" (traditional songs) and "laika tragoudia" (folk-popular songs). Through these repertoires, music reveals its power in conveying and symbolically communicating and expressing public notions, feelings and cultural messages that acquire a particular significance for immigrant communities. Furthermore, diasporic music—along with dance—constitutes one of the basic components of the immigrant's cultural heritage, representing: an expressive way of maintaining cultural identity; a fixed, however metaphorical, conjunctional link between the mother country and the host land; and, a fundamental context through which the migratory community identifies or reconstitutes itself in relation to the majority and other surrounding groups. The author uses fieldwork from a year spent amongst Greek immigrant communities in the Stuttgart region of Germany to address and reflect on issues around the role of music in identity construction and the way in which this connects with processes of integration, assimilation and transnationalism. Specifically, the paper explores the multiple identities and repertories of a Greek musician in Germany, by focusing on several aspects of the musician's life-portrait and providing both emic and etic interpretations. This single case study is used to highlight broader relations between migration, settlement and minority-majority identity dynamics. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0603109
Smaragdi BOURA was born in 1977 in Chalkida, Greece. She studied "musicology" and "ethnomusicology" in the Department of Musical Studies of the University of Athens, Greece (1996-2001) and attended postgraduate courses in "ethnomusicology" in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London, UK. She worked at the Institute of Research in Music and Acoustics (IEMA), Athens and held a lecturer post in "ethnomusicology" in the Department of Traditional Music, at the Technological and Educational University of Epirus (ATEI of Epirus) Arta, Greece. In 2004 she moved to Germany where she began to conduct research among the Greek community living within the region of Stuttgart. Since April 2005, she is a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at the University of Bamberg, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Max-Peter BAUMANN. Her special research interest is focused on the "Music and Musical Life of the Greek Diaspora in Germany".
Boura, S. (2006). Imagining Homeland: Identity and Repertories of a Greek Labour-immigrant Musician in Germany. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-7.3.141
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2006): Qualitative Migration Research in Contemporary Europe
Copyright (c) 2006 Smaragdi Boura
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L – SN Lakshmi | A-Z Challenge | Actors Series
A-Z Challenge Actors Series
By Gopalakrishnan Krishnasamy April 13, 2018
L for SN Lakshmi in the series of Actors we are seeing.
Lakshmi who debuted as a part of a group dance in 1948 Magnum Opus Chandralekha has starred in more than 1500 films and nearly 6000 dramas in Tamil. She is one of the very few actors who has been performing until their death. When she passed away at the age of 84 she was doing a role in Vijay TV hit serial Saravana Meenakshi.
SN Lakshmi came to prominence after her brilliant performance in K. Balachandar's drama Server Sundaram. She is the only other person apart from Nagesh to be retained and reprised their roles in the movie adaptation. This performance was so brilliant that she went on to play the mother role for nearly all leading actors in Tamil Cinema. She played Mother to MGR who is older than her in many movies and in she plays grandmother to Sivaji Ganesan who is just a year younger to her. Many of us will definitely remember her face but we fail to remember her name.
Among the humongous number of roles she played, I am going to talk about a couple of roles that made a mark and shows her in different shades. First of that is from Nadu Iravil directed by S. Balachandar. Inspired by the Agatha Christie classic And then there were none, this movie is a murder mystery and made beautifully. SN Lakshmi plays as Vadivambal, sister to the lead character Dayanandam whose sudden demise creates a problem and all of his relatives gather at his house. This role is different from her typical suffering mother who oozes out nothing but love. She plays the role with an ease and showcases her panic in the best way possible. You can watch the movie below.
The second role which is brilliant is her role as Thirupurasundari's kleptomaniac grandmother in Michael Madhana Kamarajan(1990). Her role is totally hilarious and not only stands as a comedy extra but it moves the story at a crucial stage. Her performance at the climax elevates the already hilarious sequence. Another great sequence is how she manipulates Kameshwaran to accept the switching role for money from Avinashi. This role is just a treat to watch and remains one of the best ever written comedy roles. You can watch the full movie below.
The final role I wish to talk is the role of Noorjahan in Kadhala Kadhala. She plays the landlady who owns the place Kamal Hassan hires to convince Rambha's Parents. Her sequence is hilarious and well crafted. She casually plays the role and her reactions to the stories of Kamal Hassan will definitely tickle your bones.
Before entering films she had around 2000 stage plays to her credit. She worked extensively with N.S. Krishnan's troupe then joined S. V. Sahasranamam's troupe before joining K. Balachandar's troupe.
She played the role of a Queen in a 1960 movie titled Baghdad Thirudan starring M. G. Ramachandran. In that, she performed a stunt with a leopard without a dupe.
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December 18, 2017 | Kamaron Leach
Weekly wrap: Gilead, KPS, Thoma Bravo
Gilead invests in Tizona. KPS acquires AM General. Thoma Bravo backs Majesco.
M&A wrap: Middle Market Information, Mergers & Acquisitions, Ann Taylor, Unilever, KPS, Incline, IOP, Shamrock
Middle Market information buys Mergers & Acquisitions Arizent. Retailer Ann Taylor goes bankrupt. Ben & Jerry's maker Unilever is seeking acquisitions. PE news from KPS, Incline and IOP. Entertainment-focused Shamrock raises new fund.
Weekly wrap: Franklin Templeton, KPS, Microsoft
Franklin Templeton buys AdvisorEngine. KPS acquires Lufkin Rod. Microsoft is reportedly planning on buying CyberX.
In 1994, at the age of 21, Raquel Palmer joined KPS Capital Partners' predecessor firm at a time when the staff consisted of only a few professionals., Working hand in hand with the founding partners, she was present when KPS raised its first institutional private equity fund. Since then, Palmer has worked to build KPS into a global firm that has completed over 60 controlling investments through four institutional investment funds.
Palmer has had a big hand in many of those investments. She currently sits on the board of directors of several KPS portfolio companies, including American & Efird, C&D Technologies, Chassis Brakes International Group, DexKo Global, Electrical Components International, Expera Specialty Solutions, Heritage Home Group, International Equipment Solutions, TaylorMade Golf and Winoa. She has also sat on the board of 23 other companies that were previously part of the KPS portfolio.
But the middle-market manufacturing specialist denies that her work at KPS is just about key deals. As important as they are, Palmer says she is proudest of her role in helping to build the firm from the ground up.
Palmer earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Stanford University. She was also on Mergers & Acquisition's Most Influential Women in Middle Market M&A list in 2017.
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"A bunch of people poking their little sticks into the marijuana zoo to see what funny stuff the Maoris got up to on the coast"
Steve Braunias | Books Editor
We conclude our week-long coverage of the Angus Gillies trilogy Ngati Dread in unhappy circumstances.
Here endeth the Spinoff Review of Books' week-long coverage of the Ngati Dread books about the Rasta uprising in Ruatoria in the late 1980s, and it endeth badly, kind of bitterly. Thus the headline, taken from an angry email. Don't you love the smell of racial tension in the morning? Every day in New Zealand is Waitangi Day.
Actually it endeth the way it starteth. A few weeks ago I knocked together a list of the 100 greatest ever works of New Zealand non-fiction, and ran it over two days on the Spinoff Review of Books.
I found room for such masterpieces as Best Bets, A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand and Outlying Islands, and The Telephone Directory. "Facetious," grumped Victoria University Press publisher Fergus Barrowman, but he's always moaning about something. Another response was taken seriously.
A number of people felt the list was more or less really insulting to Maori, that it failed to properly represent great works by and about Maori in the non-fiction field. Spinoff editor Duncan Greive opened the door to an alternative list of 50 works.
Frankly I thought it read like a course syllabus for some university course or other, but it brought an important balance, and included numerous works which shaped the New Zealand mind.
And then Scott Hamilton wandered along, and published his own alternative list on his blog Reading the Maps.
It was lively and exciting, and there was one title which really grabbed my attention – the Ngati Dread trilogy by Angus Gillies. Hamilton wrote, "Thirty years ago a young employee of the Gisborne Herald began to hear stories about a series of strange events in the rough country north of town. Farmhouses and barns were being burned; an independent Maori state had been declared; a headless body had been found on a sacred hill; dreadlocked men were proclaiming a new religion, and citing Te Kooti and Bob Marley as its prophets. Angus Gillies' investigation of the Rastafarian movement of the East Coast and the Pakeha landowners, Ngati Porou elders, and police that opposed it took him through pubs and courtrooms into prisons and mental hospitals."
Fascinating. On a sudden whim I decided to devote all of this week to this overlooked classic. I got hold of Gillies, and arranged for an excerpt to run on Monday – it was pretty far-out, an account of a murder and that "headless body found on a sacred hill". I interviewed him in the revolutionary new journalistic practice of the live email interview, and that ran on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Talia Marshall contributed an incredible piece of writing in her personal essay about the books. Murray Cammick provided a memoir of his strange visit to Ruatoria in 1987, at the height of the Rasta Troubles.
Awesome, all good, except it wasn't. A lot of people were upset. I should have seen it coming.
Very many interviews – very many interviews that I conduct, anyway – are exercises in politely asking the subject to hang themselves with their own rope. Gillies duly found a nice snug spot for his neck and jumped off the scaffold, thus: "It makes me feel good that I got that stuff down in time. My argument to people in Ruatoria who thought I should butt out was, you might resent me, but trust me, there's an amazing piece of history here and your children and their children and the generations to come are going to thank me. And I'm not being a blowhard, I believe that."
I do believe the word "hubris" might apply. Kiri Dell of Auckland sent me an email after the interview was posted. She wrote, "I think what you are doing with this Spinoff series lacks integrity and takes no accountability for the pain and the suffering of the families involved.
"Clearly this whole thing lacks a concern about people and is a focus on book sales.
"Why do white people write about it? Honestly, why? We are not objects who are to be observed like animal experiments, we are living breathing communities.
"This is not your story to tell. It is our story, it is our narrative and we should be able to tell it in our words, from our eyes and hearts.
When cornered, my instinct is always to take the buck and pass it. I replied, "Kia ora Kiri. Mind if I forward your email to Angus?"
She replied, "Yes please."
She also gave permission for us to publish her email.
Gillies replied, "Hi Kiri, I couldn't agree more.
"I wanted to interview Chris Campbell when he was alive to find out what made him tick, because all I'd read were the court reports, but I was advised against it and before I got a chance he was killed. I wanted to write the story of Ruatoria after that but my father advised me against it, saying don't open up those wounds. I listened. Then, nine years after the death of Chris Campbell, Dick Maxwell was killed. The people accused in both cases got off on self-defence. There were numerous policemen who were accused of kidnapping and beating up Rastas at different times and they all were found not guilty. After Dick Maxwell's death I couldn't wait any more. I thought someone has to tell this story. When I talked to the Maori establishment, they didn't seem interested in anyone telling the story of the Ruatoria Rastas. I got the impression the Rastas were an embarrassment to them. So I thought, bugger it, I'm going to have a go.
"Also, I know this piece of history opens up wounds. I hate that. But I believe it's a story worth telling, even if it opens up wounds. We're not alive for very long and sometimes you just need to get stuff down before it's lost. I said at the launch of volume three that I didn't consider my books to be the definitive story about the Ruatoria Troubles. I hoped that they would just be a useful reference that someone from Ruatoria could use to tell this story much better than I have. Kath Akuhata Brown is working on something right now. She is closely related to the Rastas and I'm sure she can tell a much superior story to my attempt and I really hope she does.
"Sarah Sykes, a very wise woman from Ruatoria, told me that the tipuna were in the room standing next to her while I was talking to her at her home next to Te Poho o Te Aowera Marae near the base of Mt Hikurangi. She was crying and told me that the tipuna were telling her that it was okay that I tell this story. There was a very powerful vibe in the room. Late in the piece I rang Sarah and said, I want to hold a public meeting in Ruatoria where people can hit me with there concerns. She told me, don't worry about that. She said, I can tell you if you get the go-ahead from Paetene Kupenga (Paetene's son Lance was killed horrifically by a fellow Rasta) you will get the go-ahead from the community, if you don't get the go-ahead from Paetene, your books won't happen. I met Paetene and he told me his side of the story and he gave me the start of a book he'd tried to write about his experiences. I included his writing in its entirety in volume one of Ngati Dread.
"When people talk about the books, they often comment that they like the way I just quote people telling their stories and that I let those stories run. That's true. The books are mostly people just telling their stories. Some of them are Maori. Some of them are Pakeha. It's not just a Maori story. It's a story about the friction between Maori and Pakeha. My role in this has been to collate all the stories and join them all together where needed.
"When I was alerted to your comment, Kiri, I was sitting in Angel's cafe in Papatoetoe, South Auckland (wearing my Blackcaps shirt emblazoned with the word Aotearoa) with my wife Tui Emma Gillies, the Tongan European tapa artist. I asked Tui to take a photo of everyone in the cafe. I stood up and said, 'Excuse me everyone, can I get my wife to take a photo of all of us?'
"They said, 'What?'
"I said, 'I wrote a book about the Ruatoria Rastafarians and she says I shouldn't have because I'm white. I don't know what world she lives in but I want to show her the world I live in. As you can see, I'm the only white person in the room.'
"They said, 'Okay.'
"The lady with her back to us and the New Zealand rugby tee-shirt said, 'My daughter's in-laws are from the Coast. They're the Walkers.'
"I said, 'Is that Kate Walker's family?'
"She said, 'Yes.'
"I said, 'The Walkers are related to the Rastas, but they've also been a victim to the Rastas.'
"She said, 'Is that right?' We carried on talking."
So there's that, but there were other responses to the Spinoff coverage, on Facebook and elsewhere, and much of it was angry, and pretty much of it was along the lines of: WTF was whitey doing, thinking they could tell Maori stories?
It's hardly a new dissatisfaction – the historian Michael King dealt with that exact same issue 20, 30 years ago; it drove him close to despair – but that doesn't mean it's invalid. Matters of cultural sensitivity are real and ongoing. Does the pursuit of a good yarn count more than "a concern about people", as Kiri Dell wrote in her email?
Thus the beautifully written headline, taken from another angry email from another bitter correspondent – "the marijuana zoo"! The writer was Talia Marshall. (Who the hell else in New Zealand is capable of writing, "A bunch of people poking their little sticks into the marijuana zoo to see what funny stuff the Maoris got up to on the coast"? She's some kind of genius.) She had reservations and felt genuine discomfort about the whole thing; it wasn't an easy decision for Talia (Rangitane ki Wairau, Ngati Kuia) to write her amazing piece on Wednesday, and for it to be published.
There's probably some truth in her "marijuana zoo" observation. The excerpt, in particular, was a horror show. The books are, in part, a spectacle, a history of extreme behaviour.
Many felt it shouldn't have been told. An irony – I think it's an irony – is that today's scheduled story was a portrait of Ruatoria as it is now, a considered, positive portrait, which let a little light back in after the darkness of Gillies's books, but it's a story which can't be told. The author changed his mind. He emailed, "Apologies for the inconvenience Steve, but I've decided I'm not the right person to write about Ruatoria – not following on from your interview with Angus at least. It should come from someone who has been here longer than me and who is from here."
Fair call. But it was too late to commission another piece.
The writer made an interesting remark in a subsequent email. I said the Spinoff series this week may well have been culturally insensitive. He replied, "I've seen a range of reactions from locals to the Angus interview, mostly negative but some less so.
"I'm not sure it's culturally insensitive – just basic human dignity insensitive and unethical, it's really no one else's story to tell, so if the community doesn't want to tell it, then leave it alone until they are ready to share it – or not."
But whose story was it, anyway? Is that the heart of this whole thing, is that the crux of it?
Much of the story of the five terrible years of the Rasta movement in Ruatoria involved a guy called John Heeney, often described as a Rasta leader. He went to jail for his crimes. He spoke with Gillies after his release. The interview concludes the third book of the trilogy. He told him a story to do with Luke Donnelly, who shot and killed another Rasta, Heeney's friend Chris Campbell, and was found not guilty at his murder trial.
Heeney said to Gillies, "I end up getting a two-year trespass notice from Bella's Dairy, which is Luke Donnelly's shop in Childers Road, in Gisborne. I get it because I'm walking past there one day when I'm drunk. I've been drinking down the road with the brothers. I'm not pissed but I've had a couple. And I know where he stays. And I just write a note and leave it at the shop for him. It just says, 'The End.'"
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Q: Unhandled exception at 0x6FEB1F62 (libstdc++-6.dll) in Octave Stand-alone program I've created an Octave Stand-alone program that crashes after successfully running with the following error:
Unhandled exception at 0x6FEB1F62 (libstdc++-6.dll) in PDetection.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000007.
Here is my code:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <octave/oct.h>
#include <octave/octave.h>
#include <octave/parse.h>
#include <octave/builtin-defun-decls.h>

int
main(void)
{
    string_vector argv(2);
    argv(0) = "PDetection";
    argv(1) = "-q";

    // 1. Initialize Octave interpreter
    octave_main(2, argv.c_str_vec(), 1);

    // 2. Read frame data from CSV into matrix
    Matrix a_matrix = Matrix(118, 48);
    std::ifstream file("framedata2.csv");

    for (int row = 0; row < 118; ++row)
    {
        std::string line;
        std::getline(file, line);
        if (!file.good())
            break;

        std::stringstream iss(line);

        for (int col = 0; col < 48; ++col)
        {
            std::string val;
            std::getline(iss, val, ',');
            if (!iss.good())
                break;

            std::stringstream convertor(val);
            convertor >> a_matrix(row, col);
        }
    }

    //// Print the matrix
    //std::cout << "Frame data:" << std::endl
    //<< a_matrix << std::endl;

    // 3. Pass frame data into Octave Algorithm
    octave_value_list in;
    in(0) = a_matrix;

    octave_value_list out = feval("pDetection", in, 1);
    double posture = out(0).double_value();

    // 4. Print out prediction
    if (!error_state && out.length() > 0)
    {

        std::cout << "Prediction:" << std::endl
            << posture << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "invalid\n";
    }

    return 0;
}

I'm brand new to C++, can anyone point me to a resource/help me figure out this bug?  Thanks,
Melissa


英文摘要 The purpose of this essay is to study on the relationship among integration、competitiveness and performance。Recent decades, power tools industries have been faced severe competition, with worldwide competitors taking sufficient integration strategy to enlarge market share. In view of this, a firm should take various strategies to sustain competitiveness advantage as well as outstanding performance.
After research three key variables and its sub-variables, this study has found that there is no obvious relationship between integration and competitiveness. However, there is obvious relationship between integration and l performance. Moreover, there is relationship between competitiveness and performance. The research has shown that Europe power tools brand-Bosch, founded more than a century, with growth strategy not only focus on internal development, but also externally to broadening business scope at emerging countries, like China as so on. On the other hand, in 2004 American Power tools corporate Black & Decker, spending exceeding price to acquire Pentair Power tools to strength its corporate strategy and secure first market position of power tool from his ambitious competitor- TTI. Located in Hong Kong, TTI group was established as an OEM. However, less than 10 years time, by taking quick integration strategies M&A and alliances with other OEMs, TTI has become a big competitor of international power tools corporate. In contrary, Japan power tools firms-Makita and Hitachi, as conservative business style as other Japanese firm, with corporate expanding strategy mainly focused on internal expansion, merely on external M&A.
Moreover, through the research of multinational power tools corporate integration, this study has also found Taiwan OEM firms, have been produced power tools for multinational firm long term and did not establish their own brand. As a result, their performance inevitably to be effected after the M&A of international power tools firm. In addition, multinational firms established their own manufacturing at Emerging countries, for example Mexico and China on the one hand, and getting mature of China OEM's production and market on the other, has significantly shared certain market share from Taiwan. In 2008 particular, global financial and sub-prime mortgage crisis has caused weak of house and motors consumption. Multinational power tools firms secure their own manufacturing capacity as a priority, deducted Taiwan outsourcing. As a result, Taiwan OEM's revenue have been dramatically decreased in 2008~2009.
1.While the multinational firms take quick integration to enlarge market share to compete with competitors, firm should more considered, follow by the M&A, high debt leverage and low interest guarantee ratio will bring corporate into financial and operation risks. Therefore, firm should take thorough evaluation of integration strategy, not only the benefit of synergy, but also the business cycle of industry and world wide economic.
2.Taiwan domestic power tools OEM firms should understand the risk of being an OEM and build own brand name as a long term strategy, preventing corporate is dominated by multinational firm at all time. According to research,next wave of power tool integration will be dominated by Chinese firms. By then, Taiwan OEM firms will be less chance to compete with China firms.