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Q: Wrong line in exel file I have a problem with an exel file.
I work in a company and we use a file to analyze employee performance. When I open the file and enter the parameters of the day and time to see the productivity, exel reworks the file (connecting to an internet page of the company system) returning me the error Run-time error 13 type mismatch. The string code is:
NumRows = UBound(DataRange).

I have analized the string in "Watch Windows" and the result is:
Expression                      Value                    Type
NumRows                           0                       Long
UBound(DataRange)               type mismatch            Integer

What is the problem? My colleagues don't have this problem. Thanks so much.

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package org.apache.flink.table.planner.functions.inference;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
import org.apache.flink.table.catalog.DataTypeFactory;
import org.apache.flink.table.expressions.ValueLiteralExpression;
import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionDefinition;
import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;

import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding;
import org.apache.calcite.util.DateString;
import org.apache.calcite.util.TimeString;
import org.apache.calcite.util.TimestampString;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.time.Period;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

/**
 * A {@link CallContext} backed by {@link SqlOperatorBinding}.
 */
@Internal
public abstract class AbstractSqlCallContext implements CallContext {

	private final DataTypeFactory dataTypeFactory;

	private final FunctionDefinition definition;

	private final String name;

	protected AbstractSqlCallContext(
			DataTypeFactory dataTypeFactory,
			FunctionDefinition definition,
			String name) {
		this.dataTypeFactory = dataTypeFactory;
		this.definition = definition;
		this.name = name;
	}

	@Override
	public DataTypeFactory getDataTypeFactory() {
		return dataTypeFactory;
	}

	@Override
	public FunctionDefinition getFunctionDefinition() {
		return definition;
	}

	@Override
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Helper interface for abstracting accessing literals.
	 */
	protected interface LiteralValueAccessor {
		<T> T getValueAs(Class<T> clazz);
	}

	/**
	 * Bridges to {@link ValueLiteralExpression#getValueAs(Class)}.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	protected static <T> T getLiteralValueAs(LiteralValueAccessor accessor, Class<T> clazz) {
		Object convertedValue = null;

		if (clazz == Duration.class) {
			final long longVal = accessor.getValueAs(Long.class);
			convertedValue = Duration.ofMillis(longVal);
		}

		else if (clazz == Period.class) {
			final long longVal = accessor.getValueAs(Long.class);
			if (longVal <= Integer.MAX_VALUE && longVal >= Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
				convertedValue = Period.ofMonths((int) longVal);
			}
		}

		else if (clazz == java.time.LocalDate.class) {
			final DateString dateString = accessor.getValueAs(DateString.class);
			convertedValue = java.time.LocalDate.parse(dateString.toString());
		}

		else if (clazz == java.time.LocalTime.class) {
			final TimeString timeString = accessor.getValueAs(TimeString.class);
			convertedValue = java.time.LocalTime.parse(timeString.toString());
		}

		else if (clazz == java.time.LocalDateTime.class) {
			final TimestampString timestampString = accessor.getValueAs(TimestampString.class);
			convertedValue = java.time.LocalDateTime.parse(timestampString.toString().replace(' ', 'T'));
		}

		else if (clazz == java.time.Instant.class) {
			// timestamp string is in UTC, convert back to an instant
			final TimestampString timestampString = accessor.getValueAs(TimestampString.class);
			convertedValue = java.time.LocalDateTime.parse(timestampString.toString().replace(' ', 'T'))
				.atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC)
				.toInstant();
		}

		if (convertedValue != null) {
			return (T) convertedValue;
		}

		return accessor.getValueAs(clazz);
	}
}

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SIJ Acroni Jesenice-SZ Olimpija, Alps League, Jesenice
in action during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Acroni Jesenice fans in action during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Gaber Glavic during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Andrej Tavzelj in action during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Clarke Saunders during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Jure Vnuk during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Luka Kalan in action during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018
Miha Zajc in action during Alps League ice-hockey match between Acroni Jesenice and SZ Olimpija in Podmezakla Hall, Jesenice, Slovenia on October 27, 2018

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Doggone Funny
On John Oliver's Last Week Tonight show on HBO, he had a hilarious segment about covering the Supreme Court on TV. But as funny as it was, and as good points as it makes, it's the last minute-and-a-half or so when it ratchets up.
It's not that this last part is so funny, it's what he's describing the staff did and explains how they've made it available online for everyone. Take a look at the report -- with a bonus after.
And as a bonus, here are two minutes of what he's describing at the end.
They really, actually did go to the lengths of doing this all and put this additional footage online. There's about 10 minutes of it -- no sound, it's just raw footage for TV stations or websites to use under the real audio from the Supreme Court, with different actions to use from each of the justices, along with shots from the courtroom and the oral arguments.
This is their sequence on Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Stephen Breyer and just the beginning of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It all goes on for another eight minutes, and though without a hint of sound, is just bizarre and at times laugh-to-tears funny.


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African wetlands and shallow water bodies : Directory = Zones humides et lacs peu profonds d'Afrique : Repertoire / edited by M. J. Burgis, J. J. Symoens.
by Burgis, Mary J [editor] | Symoens, Jean-Jacques, 1927-2014 [editor].
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Inmigración laboral africana en la Península Ibérica / Cristóbal Mendoza.
Edition: 1a ed.Material type: Book Publisher: México : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2009Availability: Items available for loan: [Call number: Progeo 314.745(46) G00337] (1).
Los anuros cretácicos de Puente Morales (Salta) : y sus vinculaciones con Shelania Pascuali Casamiquela (Chubut) y E. Reuningi Haughton de Africa del Sur / Rodolfo Parodi Bustos.
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L'incohérente endogamie des sociétés peul : une analyse comparative / Marguerite Dupire.
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Peasantization and Rural Political Movements in Western Africa / Ken Post.
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La femme du tiers-monde : sa situation dans six pays / Office Central Suédois pour l'Aide au Developpement, Service d'études.
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Las relaciones sino-africanas en el naciente siglo XXI : los casos de Angola y Nigeria. 2000-2012 / José María Resiale Viano ; director de tesis Gustavo E. Santillán, co-directora Marina Gusmao de Mendonca.
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À la croisèe des parcours : pasteurs, éleveurs, cultivateurs / coordination Chantal Blanc-Pamard et Jean Boutrais.
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Des vivres ou du thé? : l'alimentation et les conditions de vie de familles rwandaises / Joseph Laure.
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Réflexions sur l'économie de l'Afrique Noire / Mamadou Dia.
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Kevin Ed Steele
Kevin Ed Steele Kevin Ed Steele was born the son of Ed and Sherry (Jones) Steele on Tuesday, February 14, 1961 in Longview, Washington. Kevin grew up and went to school in Beaverton and Sherwood. He graduated from Sherwood High School. In his younger years he was a goalie on the soccer field and also was on the track team. Kevin attended Portland State University for three years. He worked at Shari's in Sherwood for a time as well as the Old Town Saloon. Going to Spirit Mountain Casino and spending time on his computer were some of his favorite pastimes. On Monday, April 30, 2012, Kevin Ed Steele died at his residence when he was fifty-one years, two months, and sixteen days of age. Surviving and left to honor his life are: his father, Ed Steele of Sherwood; his sister, Laurie Steele of Lafayette; his nephew, Christopher Steele; and those who have come to know and appreciate him where he has lived and worked. He was preceded in death by his mother Sherry. Arrangements are in the care of Attrell's Sherwood Funeral Chapel, a Golden Rule Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.attrells.com.
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Unions And Their Complicated Relationship With President Trump Union leaders may not like President Trump's pick for labor secretary, but they do like the way he has gone after companies for sending jobs overseas and his criticism on NAFTA and other trade deals.
Unions And Their Complicated Relationship With President Trump
Unions And Their Complicated Relationship With President Trump 3:20
February 15, 20174:59 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
Yuki Noguchi
Union leaders may not like President Trump's pick for labor secretary, but they do like the way he has gone after companies for sending jobs overseas and his criticism on NAFTA and other trade deals.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Now let's ask what labor unions really think of the new president. They plan to protest Andrew Puzder, the pick for labor secretary, when he faces a confirmation hearing this week. But unions also like some of the new president's policies. NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports.
YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: President Trump won a sizable share of union votes, 37 percent of AFL-CIO members according to the union. In his first week in office, Trump and the leaders of the building and construction unions showed off their cozy relationship. That same week, James Hoffa Jr., the longtime president of the Teamsters Union, told CNBC this.
JAMES HOFFA JR: He's basically doing things that are not Republican.
NOGUCHI: One of those things is Trump's repeated promise to boost investment in roads, bridges and airports, projects congressional Republicans didn't support under President Obama. Another is his protectionist stance, including his pledge to renegotiate trade agreements and his use of his Twitter account to shame companies moving jobs overseas. Richard Yeselson is a former union campaign strategist and writer for Dissent Magazine. He says over the decades, unions have lost a lot of their political power. They could lose more if big labor is divided on the president's policies.
RICHARD YESELSON: President Hoffa, the Teamsters talked about - oh, we can work with this guy. The sense of, like, undiminished, unqualified opposition is obviously undermined.
NOGUCHI: But in order to maintain support, Trump has to, for example, shepherd an infrastructure spending bill through a tight-fisted Congress and rework trade deals in a manner that workers like.
YESELSON: That's a lot of thresholds he has to cross in order to get to the point when these guys would keep singing his praises and saying - oh, man, he's great.
NOGUCHI: And in fact, some union leaders are already saying they're disappointed. Richard Trumka is president of the AFL-CIO.
RICHARD TRUMKA: The biggest refrain we hear is, this isn't what we voted for when we said we wanted the rules of the economy rewritten. He said that he wouldn't let Wall Street get away with murder and that the American economy works best when it works for American workers. Unfortunately, that's not what we've seen so far.
NOGUCHI: Trumka points to his appointments of Andrew Puzder for labor secretary and former Wall Street banker Steven Mnuchin to head Treasury. Puzder, he argues, isn't likely to actively enforce worker safety and wage theft violations. Under Trump, the National Labor Relations Board, a separate agency, will likely make it harder to organize workers. Still, he says, there may be some common ground.
TRUMKA: What we're doing is just playing it issue by issue.
NOGUCHI: But playing it issue by issue makes party politics more complex for the unions. Michael Strain, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, says in recent decades, unions came to identify almost exclusively with the Democratic Party and against Republicans.
MICHAEL STRAIN: American politics has gotten comfortable with that arrangement. This administration is kind of throwing a curveball into that relationship.
NOGUCHI: Harry Holzer teaches public policy at Georgetown. He says the tenor of the relationship between the unions and Trump will depend on specifics.
HARRY HOLZER: My guess is that in that mix of things the unions like versus the things they don't like, they will see less of what they like and more of what they don't like over time. And I think this will be a short-lived honeymoon.
NOGUCHI: Yuki Noguchi, NPR News, Washington.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Monday Britain was looking at how regulatory checks on some goods could be used as part of a solution to move Brexit talks, notably a "backstop deal" for the Irish border, forward.
But he repeated that any such deal to prevent the return of a hard border between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland could not split the United Kingdom and would have to be time-limited.
Raab described a media report that had said the government was preparing to back down on customs checks between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland as "overspeculating".
London has indicated that it may consider options on regulations on the island of Ireland, noting that there are already some different rules for agriculture and food products between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
But it was not clear whether the government would tolerate such a difference for manufactured goods.
Raab told an event on the sidelines of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham: "Our number one priority is making sure we don't see a border down the Irish sea that will carve up economically the United Kingdom," Raab said.
He also said he welcomed EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier's suggestion that technology could help resolve the border issue.


Online reviews can go one of two ways: either the customer is thoroughly pleased with your work, or the customer is so unsatisfied to the point that they feel the need to write about it on the internet. It's natural to go into damage control and strictly respond to the negative reviews to maintain credibility as a company. Unfortunately, this isn't always the best course of action. Don't worry, we're here to explain and let you in on how to constructively respond to both the negative and positive reviews.
Before any prospective clients do business with you, they do their research and consider every little thing about your company - the good, the bad and the ugly. So, not only should you address bad reviews, but also reach out to positive ones to create strong customer relationships. It's a big deal for your future partners to see that you're active online and taking the extra step to ensure all of your clients are happy and remain that way.
We've all seen the bad review responses that go viral on twitter, but have you ever seen a positive review and response go viral? Here's your chance to be a trendsetter with awesome reviews and awesome responses. You'll be on the forefront of positive reviews that have the chance of going viral.
We all know that in order to respond to a negative review we should put ourselves in the customer's shoes...mentally that is. There has to be a real reason they're upset and it's likely that in the situation, we would also get upset. Take a step back, think about what's going on and respond with a full understanding. A defensive reaction to negative feedback is absolutely not in the cards as it'll only hurt the image of your business.
Respond with grace and try turning the negative feedback into a positive outcome.
Explain that the problem at hand is not the standard your company upholds, and that this slip-up is by no means acceptable.
Don't ramble for too long. Keep it simple by apologizing and making effort to make it up to the customer.
Address your customers by name such as, "Hey, Gary…" or "Good Morning, Chelsea." Getting personal creates a bond between you and your customer.
Show them some gratitude with a sincere thank you. Don't be generic with it. Personalize your thank you and change it up for each review.
Mirror the highlights they included in the review to show your customer that you're reading everything they have to say.
In person, your response to awesome compliments would be raving gratitude and extremely thankful. Make sure your online presence is also reflecting that same attitude of exuberance for your company's praise. Respond to reviews in a timely manner and your future customers or partners will be impressed and excited to get into business with you and your awesome team! Keep the gratitude coming and be thankful people are willing to reach out and let you know how you're doing. Now, we know this blog rocks, but get going and start responding to those reviews, even the positive ones.


TSMC this week said that it has completed development of tools required for design of SoCs that are made using its 5 nm (CLN5FF, N5) fabrication technology. The company indicated that some of its alpha customers (which use pre-production tools and custom designs) had already started risk production of their chips using its N5 manufacturing process, which essentially means that the technology is on-track for high-volume manufacturing (HVM) in 2020.
TSMC's N5 is the company's 2nd generation fabrication technology that uses both deep ultraviolet (DUV) as well as extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. The process can use EUVL on up to 14 layers (a tangible progress from N7+, which uses EUVL on four non-critical layers) to enable significant improvements in terms of density. TSMC says that when compared to N7 (1st Gen 7 nm, DUV-only), N5 technology will allow chip developers to shrink die area of their designs by ~45%, making transistor density ~1.8x higher. It will also increase frequency by 15% (at the same complexity and power) or reduce power consumption by 20% power reduction (at the same frequency and complexity).
TSMC finished development of N5 some time ago and its alpha customers with access to pre-production tools are already risk producing chips using the technology. Meanwhile, TSMC has finalized its 5 nm design rule manual (DRM), process design kits (PDKs), and SPICE (simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis) model for those clients who prefer to work with a stable version of design infrastructure.
Besides TSMC's tools, chip developers can also use a comprehensive set of EDA (electronic design automation) tools from ANSYS, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, and Synopsys. TSMC says that EDA programs from the said companies fully support N5 DRM to ensure necessary accuracy, routability for optimized power, and other aspects of the technology. Obviously, all the tools have been certified by the contract maker of semiconductors.
Finally, TSMC and its partners have also developeda comprehensive N5 IP portfolio that is currently focused primarily on HPC and mobile SoCs. TSMC's Foundation IP includes high-density and high-performance sets of standard cell libraries and memory compilers. Meanwhile, the company's partners offer a variety of IP cores for N5 SoCs, including DDR, LPDDR, MIPI, PCIe, and USB PHYs.
All the tools required for development of chips to be made using N5 fabrication technology are available from TSMC and its partners right now.


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Data Privacy Week 2022: Proofpoint Named a Data Privacy Champion (Plus: 3 Tips to Protect PII)
January 26, 2022 Itir Clarke
The National Cybersecurity Alliance describes Data Privacy Week as "an international effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust." So, this week is an ideal time for organizations to consider whether they're doing enough to protect sensitive data—even though data privacy should be a high priority for businesses every day of the year.
Proofpoint supports the principle that all organizations share the responsibility of being conscientious stewards of personal information. And we're proud to be recognized by the National Cybersecurity Alliance as a Data Privacy Champion for 2022. Proofpoint stands with many other corporations, nonprofits, academic institutions, government entities, municipalities, and individuals who are committed to helping amplify the important role that data privacy plays in today's digital society.
For the past several years, we've seen U.S. states and countries around the world adopting or tightening data privacy laws. Accelerating digitization is one factor for this heightened focus on data privacy. But laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are also governments' response to their citizens' concerns about information protection.
More than ever, people want to know how their data is being collected—by whom and why—and how and if that information is being safeguarded appropriately. And now, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, even more sensitive data about individuals is being generated and tracked, raising questions about the balance between personal privacy and efforts to maintain public health and economic activity.
People do have reason to worry about the risk of malicious actors targeting their personally identifiable information (PII). According to the Ponemon Institute Cost of Insider Threats Report, 44% of data breaches involve the compromise of customer PII, and 26% of breaches include employee PII. And malicious attacks are at the root of more than 50% of data breaches.
These incidents have bottom-line impacts for businesses to consider as well: Data breaches involving customer PII are the costliest for organizations at $180 per record, according to Ponemon's research. And data breaches due to malicious attacks cost businesses more than $4 million, on average.
Enhance information protection by adhering to security best practices
Organizations are under constant—and intensifying—pressure to ensure data privacy, maintain proper governance, and achieve compliance with relevant data privacy laws like the GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and other mandates, without undermining their business success.
Information protection is a delicate balance to achieve, as both the security and privacy sides of the business overlap. Focusing on one cannot come at the expense of the other. With that in mind, we offer three tips for organizations to help ensure their data privacy and governance efforts for protecting PII are effective:
1. Use appropriate security safeguards for PII
While some PII is more sensitive than others, it's important to think about the ramifications in the event this kind of information is lost or breached. The more sensitive the data, the more powerful the protections need to be.
For example, a list of customer names and email addresses doesn't require the same security protections as a list of customer names and credit card numbers. That said, both sets of PII need to remain very secure and only shared on an as-needed basis. It's certainly not information you'd like to have openly distributed, especially within competitive organizations.
2. Only collect PII your organization truly needs—and ensure proper data handling and storage
Organizations often need to collect different kinds of data to provide customers with effective service. This information might include mailing lists, medical records, payment details, and unique ID numbers. That said, the best practice is to limit PII collection to business-critical items only. Think hard about the information you're requesting because your business will be responsible for safeguarding it.
The same thoughtful approach to data collection can also be applied to the issue of PII processing and storage. An organization's risk exposure level increases as the volume of PII rises. So, before you store this data, consider if it's business-critical. If not, dispose of it securely and document every touchpoint when processing PII to be able to assess all the risks.
If storing the PII is essential to the business, be sure to apply the appropriate safeguards, such as physical security measures for paper files, and an encrypted, secure server for electronic files. Also, take care to examine your stored data frequently and purge anything that's out of date or no longer needed.
3. Apply security best practices to PII when appropriate
Combine information security with data governance programs that identify, classify, and protect critical and sensitive data assets. Organizations can reduce the risk of data exposure by using technical controls and making data privacy a business priority.
Encrypt customers' PII and store it on internal servers, or within properly vetted cloud environments that are separate from any external-facing servers. Those barriers will slow down any threat actor who might make it through your "front door." Place a firewall between the servers to add obstacles and limit attackers' lateral movement.
Adhering to basic security measures, such as protecting secure systems with hard-to-crack passwords, is essential. So, too, is keeping those passwords secure. Don't let unauthorized individuals access secure areas or systems. Apply access controls such as multi-factor authentication to systems that house personal data.Similarly, don't be too quick to disclose personal data about your customers, coworkers, or yourself over the phone or on social media.
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Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society is once again hosting its Dinner Auction fundraiser in the Grand Hall at Tsa-Kwa-Luten Lodge. As in the past, we are offering an evening of fun and delicious food—as well as an opportunity to part with some cash and pick up an auction item or two in support of the Society's projects. The raffle, live and silent auction items include a range of original artwork, giftware, and local goods & services. Other fabulous choices include golfing, kayaking, and fishing experiences that are not to be missed!
Proceeds from the evening help fund our watershed and salmon education programs through the Eco-Centre, as well as salmon habitat and watershed restoration programs here on Quadra. We thank you—and all of our amazing volunteers and donors—for your continued support!
You never know what folk might get up to!


iRiver is well known in MP3 player production and Portable video players, but as we see on the World Mobile Congress they want to participate in other markets too. In Barcelona they represent it's first cellphone, but they want to be mysterious, so this phone don't have it's own name yet.
It remind us to iRiver W7, portable video player. This phone had 3 inch touchscreen display, and is is based on Linux operating system. iRiver added GPS capabilities into this device. iRiver is well know MP3 player maker, so this cellphone had multimedia features. Some people who had this phone in their hands said it's software wasn't intuitive and they wasn't impressed with its interface.
This phone is made for Europe users, and we don't know yet is is going to be produced for USA buyers.


Rocky Ripple, IN, population 715, is located in Indiana's Marion county, about 5.6 miles from Indianapolis and 103.1 miles from Cincinnati.
Through the 90's Rocky Ripple's population has declined by about 5%. It is estimated that in the first 5 years of the past decade the population of Rocky Ripple has declined by about 2%. Since 2005 Rocky Ripple's population has grown by about 2%.


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Posts published in "Day: May 6, 2007"
A smell beyond the metaphorical
Minidoka internment camp/National Park Service
You could call it the final indignity, if it come to pass. Which it may, cattle feedlot applications in the Magic Valley having the pull they have. But maybe not.
The location of this issue is the Hunt area north of Eden, Idaho, which is east of Jerome, near the middle of the Magic Valley. This is where, during World War II, a camp was built to house Americans of Japanese ancestry, citizens who were uprooted from their homes and packed off to the desert. It now is the site of the Minidoka Internment National Monument, a memorial to one of the sadder incidents in our national life, and an invitation to think more wisely in the future.
So going there would be a good thing for Americans to do. But Big Sky Farms LLP is proposing to launch a powerful disincentive to visitors: A cattle feed lot which would service more than 13,000 head of cattle. That many head of cattle will create smell, and the smell is almost certain to drift regularly across the mile and a half separating the feed lot and the memorial.
Other neighbors have issue with the feed lot, too. (Is there anyone who would want one across the street?) But the memorial ought to have a special call here: A national facility intended to redress with some dignity a wrong done to some of the people of this country, possibly being done in - as a tourist attraction - by cow excrement. We'll check back on this.
Doing the job, or else
Compared to a lot of jobs, there aren't many strict requirements for state legislators. There are a lot of things any legislator worth respecting should do, from attending regularly floor and committee sessions to working with constituents and researching legislation at hand. But, item by item, not many of these things are absolutely required, at least not all the time. Meetings can be missed (and, since conflicts develop, sometimes have to be). No lawmaker can become expert on all legislation. On most of these things, you're talking matters of degree.
In the Oregon Legislature, one of the few things the rules say you must do, if you are a legislator, is this: If you are on the floor and a vote is called, you have to vote.
We (along with others) noted just a few days ago a case of a legislator who opted not to vote. The bill in question concerned a cigarette tax increase, and the legislator who said from the floor, "Mr. Speaker, I am not going to vote on this issue," was Representative John Lim, R-Gresham. Speaker Jeff Merkley advised him that he had to vote; Lim said he would vote later. Which, according to the rules, he also wasn't allowed to do.
Merkley seems to have had time to think this over, and now he has a proposal. The Salem Statesman-Journal's legislative blog is reporting that Merkley is proposing an amendment in House rules to impose a $5,000 fine on any legislator who refuses to vote when on the House floor. "At that rate, lawmakers would plow through their entire salary after four violations," the blog noted.
You wouldn't think this would be necessary. Evidently, however.


We have seen a number of videos featuring the HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 under different tests, although a new video landing on YouTube within the last couple of days attempts to showcase the performance of both Android phones in low light conditions.
The video hasn't been viewed by a lot of people just yet, but the feedback so far is pretty positive. There's been some diverse opinion about the sound and video results within this quick review, which viewers seem split on the better handset in these conditions.
In the video, embedded below this article, it takes a look at low light conditions and records while driving. One YouTube viewer points to the HTC One sound being "more natural" and this was more noticeable when the lights were on, although those that support Samsung's Galaxy S4 point to the video review revealing not only better sound, but also a much brighter experience.
HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4: in your opinion, what smartphone performed better in this low light test? If you want to see a camera review comparing the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5, then you can see something a lot more professional from one of the most trusted names in camera tests (DxOMark). You can see the Galaxy S4 vs. iPhone 5 results after deep analysis via our article published yesterday.
We also looked at the Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. HTC One for business users, gamers and battery life in previous articles. Again, feel free to visit these articles for further insight and then share a comment. In regard to the video on this page, our opinion is the Galaxy S4 certainly looks a lot brighter but the HTC One has a nice natural look. We will leave our readers to debate that better result in low light.
The natural One wins this.
Brighter does not mean better. Exposure compensation on S4's photo and video is too high. HTC One looks darker, but colors look much more natural, especially if you look at the sky.
I pick the One because while the audio could be a little better, you can actually easily tell the headlights are on and it's just overall more accurate to "the sun just coming up". The Samsung looks too artificially bright and it's stabilization isn't as good, plus, the One has a wider picture. The audio on the S4 is louder, but I feel the One singles out the voice a little better, even if it is a bit quiter and almost muffled sounding.


Colleagues from across the state may post examples of student learning objectives and/or student outcome objectives by sending them to sharon.rilink@cox.net.
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Given that the engines i have have not been run in nearly a decade, I think I'm going to re-build them. I've seen the great info on the web that is a precis of a rotax rebuild but was wondering if there is any actual published maintenance or overhaul manual for the 185??
Wildfire sells an operations and maintenance manual ( for the Mark 3 fire pump) but there is no step by step rebuild manual for the whole rebuild process.
Have a look at the ultralight news website. www.ultralightnews.com. You will find a couple of very helpful rebuild documents there for the 185 Rotax. There's a lot of interesting information on a variety of things there, and the manuals are pretty easy to find. I used them when I rebuilt my engines and found that all of the information required, torque values etc., was there.
While at www.ultralightnews.com. do a right click on any info there and read. Nice !
Smart Move : Man, the things you can do with a right click when allowed.
Guess you guys not know any decent ski doo dealers huh ?


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Q: how to display database data using javascript

<script type="text/javascript">
    var data = {
        labels: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April'],
        datasets: [
            {
         fillColor: "rgba(220,220,220,0.2)",
         strokeColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
            pointColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
         pointStrokeColor: "#fff",
         pointHighlightFill: "#fff",
         pointHighlightStroke: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
         data: [30, 50, 75, 59]
     },
        ]
    };

    var context = document.querySelector('#graph').getContext('2d');

    new Chart(context).Line(data);
</script>
<canvas id="graph" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/1.0.2/Chart.min.js"></script>

public function tracker()
  {
    $statistics = DiraStatistics::all();
    return view('AltHr.Chatbot.tracker', compact('statistics'));
  }

Hi guys so im new to javascript i would like to know how can i view the data replacing "labels(jan,feb,march)" and "data(30,50,75)".
im doing this in laravel but so in my controller ive called the database values as:
i need the labels from column : date_access
and data from column : question_asked
I would appreciate your help thanks
id  |   date_access   |   question_asked
1   |  2017-09-25      |           9
2   |  2017-09-26      |           5
..

A: Using the fetch api your code can look something like this:
fetch("someurl")//assuming get request, you need post then you need to pass a config object
.then(response => response.json())
.then(
  json => ({
    labels: json.months,//this depends on your json data

    datasets: [
      {
        fillColor: "rgba(220,220,220,0.2)",
        strokeColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
        pointColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
        pointStrokeColor: "#fff",
        pointHighlightFill: "#fff",
        pointHighlightStroke: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
        data: json.data//this depends on your json data
      }
    ]
  })
)
.then(
  data => {
    var context = document.querySelector('#graph').getContext('2d');
    new Chart(context).Line(data);
  }
)

If you want to support older browsers you need a polyfill
Examples of fetch api can be found here.
Your data can come from laravel restfull resource controllers

A: Can you Try this one buddy.
Controller
    public function tracker()
      {
        $statistics = DiraStatistics::all();
        labels = [];
        data =[];
        foreach ($statistics as $key => $statistic) {
            labels=  $statistic->date_access;
            data =  $statistic->question_asked;
        }
         return view('AltHr.Chatbot.tracker', compact('labels','data'));
      }

js in blade.
<script type="text/javascript">

      var data = {
      labels: ['{{ $labels[0] }}', '{{ $labels[1] }}', '{{ $labels[2] }}', '{{ $labels[3] }}'],

      datasets: [
        {
          fillColor: "rgba(220,220,220,0.2)",
          strokeColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
          pointColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
          pointStrokeColor: "#fff",
          pointHighlightFill: "#fff",
          pointHighlightStroke: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
          data: ['{{ $data[0] }}', '{{ $data[0] }}', '{{ $data[0] }}', '{{ $data[0] }}']
        },
      ]
    };

    var context = document.querySelector('#graph').getContext('2d');

    new Chart(context).Line(data);

</script>


Been battling with my A1200 and Roadshow for a while. This is the furthest I've managed so far.
This seems to prevent Roadshow from ever being able to get online in any way.
Anyone else that has battled this?


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Ein Abdichtpropfen dient zum Verschließen kleiner Lecks in Flüssigkeitsbehältern. Abdichtpropfen werden meistens von der Feuerwehr eingesetzt.

Materialien

Meistens bestehen Abdichtpropfen aus Holz oder Gummi, allerdings sind auch solche aus Teflon erhältlich.

Anwendung

Abdichtpfropfen sind leicht konisch, und werden mit der spitzen Seite zuerst in die beschädigte Stelle eingetrieben. Da diese Beschädigungen nicht immer komplett rund sind, ist die Kombination mit Abdichtpaste sinnvoll.

Einzelnachweise

Gerät zur Technischen Hilfeleistung
Feuerwehrausrüstung

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Die Gacka [] ist ein Fluss in der Gespanschaft Lika-Senj in Kroatien, am Rande des Nationalparks Plitvicer Seen. Der Fluss gilt als bekanntes Forellengewässer.

Verlauf

Die Gacka ist ein "Schlundfluss", der kurvenreich von der Quelle im Südosten auf einer Länge von 11 km durch die Gacka-Ebene zwischen dem Velebit-Gebirge und der Mala Kapela fließt. Sie entspringt im südöstlichen Teil des Karstfelds von Gacka (kroatisch Gacko polje) 457 Meter ü. d. M. in einer Felsschlucht im Hinterland des Velebit-Massivs bei Tonković vrilo (dt. Tonković-Quelle). Danach wird bereits die Wasserkraft zum Betrieb mehrerer Wassermühlen bei Sinac genutzt. In ihrem Oberlauf wird sie von mehreren Zuflüssen (Knjapovac, Begovac und Malinišće) verstärkt und mäandriert dann durch die Gacka-Ebene und durch die Stadt Otočac nach Nordwesten. Die wichtigsten Zuläufe flussabwärts sind die Sinačka pučina und die Kostelka.

Eindämmung
Von ihrem ursprünglichen Flusslauf sind nur noch elf Kilometer von Sinac bis Vivoze geblieben. Danach fließt der Fluss in Kanälen und wird durch einen Tunnel in einen See nach Gusić polje geleitet, von wo er wieder durch einen Tunnel die Turbinen in Sv. Juraj antreibt und danach im Meer endet.

Alter Verlauf
Zuvor floss die Gacka in ihrem südlichen Nebenfluss nach Švica, zuerst in den Oberen See (Gornje švičko jezero), um schließlich in einem Wasserfall in den Unteren See (Donje švičko jezero) zu stürzen. Danach floss sie durch Kompolje und versiegte bei Hrvatsko Polje.

Fischfang
Die Gacka ist bei Anglern bekannt für ihre großen Bachforellen. Daneben gibt es Regenbogenforellen sowie Äschen, Karpfen, Aal und Döbel. Die Bachforelle wächst in der Gacka vier- bis fünfmal schneller als in manchen anderen Flüssen in den Karstgebieten, wozu vor allem die optimale Wassertemperatur mit nur geringen Jahresoszillationen, der Sauerstoffgehalt und das leicht alkalische Milieu beitragen. Die Angelsaison dauert von Anfang April bis Ende September. Der ganzjährige Fang beträgt um die 1000 bis 1200 kg Fisch von der Quelle an bis zur Orisković-Brücke in Prozor und 450 kg von der Orisković-Brücke bis Vivoze. Die Gacka ist in ihrem ganzen Lauf natürliches Brutgebiet. Außerdem wird der Fluss jedes Jahr mit jungen Forellen angereichert.

Galerie

Weblinks
 Website der Gespanschaft Lika-Senj
 Gacka als Fischfangrevier (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Fluss in Kroatien
Fluss in Europa


Jean-Baptise Alphonse Karr opined in one of his epigrams that "plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose", which when translated means "the more things change, the more they stay the same". This witticism has gained undesirable significance in Kenya. The salient features introduced in the Kenyan Constitution 2010 cannot be overemphasised. It is trite knowledge that the promulgation of the Constitution was meant to usher Kenya into an era of change. However, it is scandalous to note that this has proved hopelessly elusive. Far-reaching changes formed the cornerstone of the new constitutional dispensation.
Unfortunately, the status quo still lingers tenaciously. The independence of the Judiciary, as envisaged under Article 160, appears unattainable. The ignominious nature of the members of the National Assembly is clearly immutable despite the significant provisions of Chapter Six on Leadership and Integrity. The executive is desperate to rediscover the archaic way of running the government, and most of its members are engulfed by kleptomaniac proclivities. The executive has gone ahead and formed a strong partnership with the legislature where draconian laws that stifle the independence of constitutionally established commissions have been passed and at times even sneaked in. Detailing how there has been systematic mutilation of the constitution and the preservation of old habits cannot be exhaustive. The vetting of judges, however, which was a new and endearing provision in the 2010 Constitution, is what I seek to discuss.
Popular political columnist William Safire in his "On Language" column in the current New York Times elucidated the term vet in the following manner; "Now, the verb to vet means 'to search for weaknesses or flaws'; the noun 'vet' continues to mean 'animal doctor,' but the noun for the person who does the vetting preparatory to clearance of a nominee for public office or candidate for any job is a vetter." One can therefore reasonably decipher from the foregoing that vetting entails the examination of a judge to determine their suitability for the job by a person bequeathed with that responsibility.
Vetting of judges in Kenya is predicated upon Article 23 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, which vests Parliament with the responsibility of enacting legislation which shall establish mechanisms and procedures for vetting judges. This provision was faithfully implemented when the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Act, 2011 ("the Act") came into force on March 22, 2011. The Act, under Section 6, established the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board ("the Board"), which was conferred with the task of vetting judges and magistrates in accordance to the provisions of the Constitution and the Act.
The board was expected to be a panacea to all the maladies that had inhabited the Judiciary that had even led to the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission in its report titled, "The People's Choice: The Report of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission" to state that the Judiciary rivalled politicians and the police in receiving public criticism. This was not the first attempt to sanctify the Judiciary. The Government had established the "Integrity and Anti-corruption Committee of the Judiciary in Kenya, 2003" chaired by Justice Aaron Ringera, which was tasked with implementing the policy popularly known as "radical surgery".
The outcome of the process was anything but spectacular. The Committee identified cases of corruption and judicially-unacceptable practices in the conduct of 56 per cent of the Court of Appeal judges, 50pc of the High Court judges and 32pc of the magistrates. Those found culpable were required to resign or face suspension without pay or privileges.
Despite coming up with the findings and novel recommendations, the Committee was criticised for failing to give the judges and magistrates appropriate notice before they were publicly named. It was also not surprising that the requirement that they had to resign was not received well. It is against this backdrop that the modus operandi of the board was documented with utmost precision and clarity in the Act.
The concern of lack of notice as addressed in Section 21 of the Act explicitly provided that the determination of the board shall be notified to the judge or magistrate within thirty days. However, the condition that a judge or magistrate found unsuitable had to be removed from service was retained with the only reprieve being, they could seek a review from the board. However, the epitome of precision and clarity in the Act manifests itself under Section 18 where relevant consideration of the board when vetting, are enumerated.
The board envisaged that adherence to these considerations would, among other things, restore public confidence in the courts as well as secure a fair and impartial Judiciary. There has been utter failure in actualising this if the current grotesque state of the Judiciary is anything to go by.
The Act made it imperative that a suitable judge should meet the constitutional criteria for appointment as a judge or a magistrate. The Constitution of Kenya succinctly stipulates under Article 166(2) (c) that a judge should have a high moral character, integrity and impartiality. The great importance attached to the integrity of the judge is also evident under Section 18(2) (c) of the Act. A vital element of integrity under this section is the demonstration of consistent history of honesty, as well as high moral character in the judge's professional and personal life.
The question of integrity was unsurprisingly ubiquitous during the vetting process. For instance, Justice Joseph Sergon was faced with damning allegation of financial impropriety both while on the Bench and during his stint as an advocate. He was accused of engaging in corrupt dealings and failure to timely inform one of his clients that judgement had been entered in her favour. In its first determination, the board found the judge unsuitable for lacking fiscal integrity. He was, however, reinstated upon review where he indicated that the client's money he was accused of hoarding was being remitted to the law firm in instalments. Despite its decision, the pertinent of issue of integrity of a judge was not sufficiently appreciated and still remains rife in the Judiciary.
There was the creation of the Judicial Service Commission under Article 171 of the Constitution, which was mandated with appointing, discipline and removing of judicial officers. The conduct of affairs of the Commission is regulated by the Judicial Service Act, 2012 ("JSC Act"). It is of immense significance to note that the criteria for evaluation of qualifications of judges in the Act mirrors the provisions of Section 18 of the Judges and Magistrates Act, 2011. These qualifications are enlisted under Section 13 in the 1st Schedule of the JSC Act. The relevance of the abovementioned is that both the board and the Act embraced a universal approach in determining the suitability of judges and magistrates. The yardstick entrusted by the board in deciding the aptness of judges and magistrates is the same adopted by the Commission in appointing judicial officers. There is a justified temptation therefore to conclude that the level of integrity expected from judges and magistrates who have undergone vetting either under the board or the commission, is not subject to eclectic interpretations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the recent revelations that Honourable Justice Philip Tonui of the Supreme Court allegedly received a bribe to the tune of Sh200 million, demonstrates how integrity of our judges, or lack of it thereof, remains a serious concern. The fact that the accusations involve a judge of the Highest Court in the land is not only sordid but also brings to the fore questions concerning the integrity of all the judges as a whole. There is a general consensus that the Supreme Court should be beyond reproach, like Caesar's wife, to the extent that inquests into its integrity should never arise even on an imaginative level. There is, however, a melancholy state of affairs, not just at the Supreme Court but in the Judiciary as a whole.
The sanctity of the Judiciary as a subject for debate has arisen at every available platform. Lawyers have been at the forefront in spelling out the ills that have grasped the Judiciary. The Mombasa Law Society branch even resolved to embark on an audacious plan to collect signatures so as to petition the removal of the Chief Justice on the grounds that "…he had chosen to demonstrate gross impunity and autocracy in leadership…and making the situations in the court worse". An array of complaints have been raised by lawyers that bring into question the moral standing of the court, with some even calling for the dissolution of the Supreme Court.
The situation at the Judiciary is not good and the Chief Justice admits as much. During a yearly colloquium at Mombasa last year, the Chief Justice admitted that corruption had crept back to the institution and even stated that he would introduce a vicious vetting process to disqualify corrupt judges and magistrates. He further asserted this position in an interview with Dutch newspaper, "NRC Handelsblad". He quipped: "…you are taking these people into a corrupt investigating system, through a corrupt anti-corruption system, and a corrupt Judiciary." This admission by the Chief Justice clearly diminishes all doubts about how the Judiciary has been devoured by corruption, and affirms the massive derogation of integrity among the judges and magistrates.
These sentiments ought to be treated with profound seriousness since the legal trajectory repeatedly adopted in an attempt to purify the Judiciary has always ended up in spectacular failure.
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Losorion or Lysiris (), was a Byzantine (Roman) fortification on the eastern Black Sea coast, in Lazica in what is now Batumi, western Georgia. In the 6th century, it was constructed by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, and due to its strategic location became a battleground of the 541–562 Lazic War between Rome and Sasanian Persia (Iran). It was identified with the Medieval fortress of Batumi, known as Tamaris Tsikhe, i.e. Queen Tamar's Castle.

References

External links
 The fortress Tamara or Tamaris-tsikhe

Lazica
Buildings of Justinian I
History of Adjara
Roman–Sasanian Wars
Roman fortifications in Georgia (country)


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Over these past few months, I've been all over the North East of England delivering talks on staying safe online, protecting yourself against phishing and keeping your passwords safe. My latest talk over at Jackson's Law Firm in Stockton saw attendees raise a few more excellent questions, particularly regarding password reuse, and how to keep your passwords both secure and memorable.
This follows up my last post on password hashing, which you should definitely read if you haven't already (it gives this article a lot of context).
Password reuse is a huge, huge problem. If you use the same password for a website belonging to a not-so-security-savvy company who stores it in plain text (something no website should ever do) as you do for your PayPal account, for example, the attacker that gets a hold of it will be able to compromise your account and steal your money. This is called credential stuffing, where an attacker finds as many passwords as they can that might belong to you and uses them to try to log in to your accounts across the web. If you use the same passwords everywhere, all it takes is one security breach for someone to lay complete siege to your entire online presence.
"But it's so hard to remember a different password for every website!"
Absolutely it is, and even harder to remember a secure password for every website. The fact is that human beings are nothing short of awful at coming up with secure, memorable passwords; it's just not how our brains work. A solution is at hand though. Enter the password manager.
It will generate random, secure passwords for you to use. It is mathematically impossible with today's technology, within the next million years, to guess a password like GVOk45LAbNe5loRF. This is exactly the kind of password a password manager will generate.
It will organise and safeguard these randomly generated passwords for you. All your randomly generated passwords will be securely encrypted under a master password that you choose and remember. Unless you have the master password, those passwords will be completely unreadable. Yes, even to the company that created your password manager!
It will automatically fill these passwords in for you on websites you visit. If I set up my password manager for facebook.com, next time I visit that website I'll use my master password to log in to my password manager, which will then log in to Facebook for me using the secure password it generated (which will look something like XoR41TIvo47L1mWn; secure and unguessable).
Password managers represent the state of the art when it comes to password security online. I use one, all my security-minded colleagues use one, and I'll always, always advocate for their use to anyone that will listen. People joke about using the same password for everything (some will even quip "Yeah, I just use my dog's name and birthday for all my stuff, never been hacked yet!") but it's far less funny when you're on the phone to your bank, your e-mail provider, your mobile phone company etc. because someone has taken complete control of your online identity and is having the time of their lives with it. The time to act on this is before it happens.
"But I can't put all my passwords in one place! What if the password manager itself is breached?"
Yes, all your passwords are stored in one place, but the company behind your password manager is just that: a password manager vendor. For them, it makes business sense to hire the best security experts and implement the most thorough procedures to keep your data safe. After all, that's their whole business model. Your average company with a website is much less likely to be so security-minded.
All good password managers will use state-of-the-art encryption such that only you are ever able to read your passwords. Encryption is complicated, but all you need to know is that without your master password (known only to you) nobody (including employees of the company that created your password manager) can see your passwords.
Dashlane - This is my personal choice. Why? It works across most devices, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android etc. and supports a multitude of features that just make things easier. These include signing in on compatible mobile devices using your fingerprint and two-factor authentication (if you don't know what that is, don't worry, I'm covering it in part 3) for greater peace of mind. The free version supports one device only, but if you sign up using this link you can get 6 months of premium for free which keeps all your passwords in sync across all your devices. Full disclosure, signing up using that link also gives me 6 months of premium for free, but I certainly wouldn't be recommending it unless I really did think it was an excellent choice.
LastPass - Another excellent choice of password manager, and one that was put to the test when it was breached back in 2015. Despite the breach, only e-mail addresses and a few other minor pieces of information were stolen. The security measures in place over at LastPass worked as designed and kept user data safe; no passwords were stolen. I've used this one myself in the past, and couldn't have been happier with it. It has a generous free plan and a premium plan if you need the extra features.
1Password - Not one I've tried myself, but I hear good things about it. It integrates some of the latest features, including detection of whether or not a password you use has been breached previously (very exciting technology, which I write more about in part 3). It has a 30-day free trial, and it only $2.99 per month for the basic package after this (there are business and enterprise packages available too, with features to match).
To wrap up, if you're not using a password manager, you should be, whether it's for personal use, business use or ideally both. From my perspective, it's the most important step you can take today towards staying safe online. What if you've already been the victim of a breach, and how can you check? We'll cover that in part 3.


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Q: Typecasting String to Error is unpredictable This I a strange one. In a project I'm working on I have the following code
let stuff = "stuff" as Error
This seems to compile with out any problems but looks somewhat stange to me.
I created an empty project with same swift version (4.2). In this test project the same line gives me

'String' is not convertible to 'Error'; did you mean to use 'as!' to
  force downcast?

which is kind of what I expected in the first place. This made me believe that the code compiles in the original project because some dependency is doing som kind of magic, so added all the dependencies to my test project, but this changed nothing - it still won't compile.
I'm trying hard to wrap my head around what's going on here, but I'm stuck and need your help to figure it out. Could it be some kind of compiler flag? or is there a dependency that does som kind of magic with the as keyword? How can I figure out what's going on here?

A: You should add below code in your new project.
extension String: Error {}

It allows throwing a string as an Error
func someFunction() throws {
    throw "some message"
}
do {
    try someFunction()
} catch let errorMessage {
    print(errorMessage)
}


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The execution style shooting of two NYPD police officers has shaken the fragile situation in New York City, where Mayor Bill de Blasio is attempting to get a handle of the events.
On Saturday night, two NYPD police officers, identified as Wenjin Liu and Raphael Ramos were shot "execution style," in broad daylight in Brooklyn, according to authorities. The shooter was identified as 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley by NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.
Additionally, embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio is attempting to bring the situation under control. The city has seen weeks of disruptions in the form of mostly peaceful protests, following the controversial grand jury decision not to indict a white NYPD officer for the death of Eric Garner — who was black — back in July.
In a video, officer Daniel Pantaleo is seen applying a chokehold on Garner — which is not allowed by the NYPD — which results in the death of the man. However, it is also clear that Garner was resisting arrest and police commands at the time. The grand jury decision has created much controversy and sparked protests not only in New York City, but around the nation and also in some countries abroad.
Following the grand jury decision, de Blasio seemed to throw the NYPD under the bus, when he appeared to take the side of the protesters. Now, the mayor is in hot water and cops in his city are turning against him.
According to a report on Pix11, when de Blasio walked into a press conference about the NYPD shooting, officers turned their back on him. De Blasio walked through the officers on his way to answer reporters questions with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton at Woodhull Hospital.
Later on de Blasio took to Twitter to post this statement and didn't fare any better with users, who are slamming the official.
Here are some of the dozens of responses de Blasio is getting and people are not happy in what they see is his part in the NYPD shooting Saturday night.
@BilldeBlasio you are a disgrace.
@billdeblasio This blood is on YOUR hands. YOU did this. YOU built this racial division.
.@BilldeBlasio No it wasn't, you intentionally divided that #NYC w/ ur response. Apologize.
Below is the video of Bill de Blasio's entrance to the press conference and NYPD is seen turning around as the mayor walks by.


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One of the fascinating characters in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath is Jim Casy, a sort of washed-up itinerant preacher. Just Jim Casy now. Ain't got the call no more…. I ain't preachin' no more much. The sperit ain't in the people much
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This time of year is a time when pop culture awards begin to make the news – Grammy nominations, Golden Globe nominations, Oscar nominations. So I thought I would begin this morning with a little pop culture – music and movies. Last week's song
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THE MEANING OF SISU
Sisu Defined: A Unique Finnish Concept
Sisu is a unique Finnish concept. It stands for the philosophy that what must be done will be done, regardless of what it takes. Sisu is a special strength and persistent determination and resolve to continue and overcome in the moment of adversity… an almost magical quality, a combination of stamina, perseverance, courage, and determination held in reserve for hard times.
In the past Finns were obliged to struggle against nature and against foreign intruders. Despite all of the drawbacks along the way, the struggle produced much strength. The early settlers found inspiration in the Finnish landscape, sky and in mythological heroes who taught them that it was possible to overcome obstacles. In more recent times, the same sources have been the basic source of inspiration for athletes, artists, designers and architects who have made Finland known to the world.
In Finland almost everyone knows the meaning of this word as a psychological characteristic. Despite this popularity, this Finnish trademark in sports has no direct translation in any other foreign language.
The author Aini Rajanen, in a book entitled "Of Finnish Ways" states this about Sisu:
"It is not surprising that sisu is a word that can't be translated. No other language has a word which quite conveys the meaning, possibly because no other country has ever had a need of this quality. Sisu refers not to the courage of optimism, but to a concept of life that says, I may not win, but I will give up my life gladly for what I believe. ... This feeling has sustained the Finns in fighting forty-two wars with Russia and losing every one. It's the quality that lets them laugh at themselves in the face of disaster. It's the hard-jawed integrity that makes them pay their war debts when wealthier nations repudiate their obligations. In short, it's the indomitable will that sets Finns apart and explains many of the incredible things they do. Sisu is the only word for the Finns' strongest national characteristic."
Yet, words, regardless of quantity, quality or descriptiveness, do not replace what a Finn feels. Somewhere deep within an inherited psyche, the Finn knows exactly what Sisu is. It is not definable in words, it can only be experienced.
Sisu and the Martial Arts
Sisu has two sides to it: one that seems positive and one that is negative, even dangerous. Apparently these two sides are in opposition in the same way that good and evil are. The Chinese philosophy of yin and yang can help us beyond this apparent opposition. For Taoists, life is a dynamic interplay between the polar opposites of yin and yang. They believe that each pair of opposites constitutes a polar relationship where the two poles are extremely linked. This concept of life is not very common in western countries, where all things and especially social phenomena are divided and separated into different spheres that increasingly more difficult to link. A concrete example can be taken from medicine. In western countries, doctors are more and more specialized in a little parts of the body. In China, one medical professional takes care of the whole person. One can not separate mind and body because many physical illnesses have got their origins in the subconscious.
Indeed, in opposition with this segmentation of reality, Chinese people consider things as a whole phenomenon that is part of the universe. In other words, the martial artist tries to find equilibrium, or a dynamic balance between the two opposite poles. Moreover, this equilibrium is never fixed; it moves and fluctuates because of time and conditions: what was dangerous or unnecessary the day before may be inevitable the day after. The "way" is relative and in perpetual movement. This concept of dynamic flow or "aiki" embodies Sisu in the practice and study of jujitsu. Sisu is the ideal representation in the philosophy and practice of martial arts, and more specifically, jujitsu and Kodokan Judo. The "pliant or yielding art" has developed into a daily practice or a "yielding way". In life's struggles and adversities, to have Sisu is to survive and to maintain one's inner core of peace, harmony and truth. This is the foundation to Sisu Judo and Jiu Jitsu, and its guiding principle in all aspects of practice.
Sisu Judo and Jiu Jitsu studies, teaches and practices the arts and styles of Kodokan Judo, Chokushin Aiki Jujutsu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Kanji for "Do" (The Way)
Kanji for "Ki" (Energy)
Kanji for "Hara" (Heart, Mind, Guts)


Budget Insurance Services is challenging new statistics on motor premium rates from the AA.
The statistics, part of the AA's British insurance premium index, show that motor premiums have risen by 1% over the past quarter. But Budget's figures, which are based on a pool of 10,000 risks, making it 20 times larger than the AA's index, show a 0.25% drop in motor premiums, confirming fears the cycle is heading down.
Budget head of insurance services Simon Jackson said: "We believe that by using 10,000 risks from over 110 insurers' products, we are very well placed to accurately reflect movements in the marketplace.
"We certainly plan to continue to monitor this monthly and report top line findings on a quarterly basis."
The Budget figures show a highly competitive market where insurers are fighting to get the best risks in order to keep claims costs down. There is evidence that some insurers are turning away 50% of inquiries, Budget said.
Jackson said: "Surprisingly it is some of the big name insurers who are doing the 'cherry-picking', not the customers.
"Many of these big names promote what appear to be competitive rates when, in fact, in a larger proportion of cases they are declining to quote, because the profile of the customer does not suit them."
But speaking at the launch of the upgraded AA British insurance premium index, managing director Andrew Briscoe had a conflicting message.
"We are predicting a slow rise in motor premiums," he said. "We hope this will be the start of sensible price rises by the industry." But Briscoe added: "We may be facing a deflationary motor market."
In the property market, the AA's figures showed premiums unchanged, continuing a 10-year trend.
But Briscoe said an increase was likely. "Very few insurers are making the returns they want," he said.
Budget's statistics do not include household insurance.


Work Permit for foreign worker Home Related questionsWork Permit for foreign workerCan employers pass on the foreign worker levy costs to their foreign workers?
No. The foreign worker (FW) levy is a pricing mechanism to regulate the number of FWs in Singapore. As employers benefit directly from hiring FWs, they must pay the monthly FW levy for each work pass holder they employ, and must not pass the levy cost on to their workers.
The Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA) states that employers must not recover the FW levy or other employment-related costs from their workers.
MOM will take action against employers who attempt to recover the levy from their FWs. If convicted, employers may be fined or jailed, or both. In addition, employers may also be barred from hiring FWs.
If your employer insist on deducting the cost of levy from your salary, you can contact MOM at 6438 5122 for help.


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Q: How to connect to multiple bluetooth sensors to a device I have multiple bluetooth sensors (20+) that I need to connect to whatever central device(PC, Phone, ...) via Bluetooth to collect the transmitted data.
I need to keep the connections active with the sensors because it is broadcasting data 20 times/second.
I already thought about using RaspberryPi to setup a Master-Slave pattern and enable multi Bluetooth connections, but I was wondering if there is a more elegant and simple way to do this.
The only objective is to collect the data simultaneously from the sensors. I have a no limitation for the "collector device" for the technology.
Thanks


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