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namespace Gedmo\Tree\Document\MongoDB\Repository;

use Gedmo\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
use Gedmo\Tree\Strategy;
use Gedmo\Tool\Wrapper\MongoDocumentWrapper;

/**
 * The MaterializedPathRepository has some useful functions
 * to interact with MaterializedPath tree. Repository uses
 * the strategy used by listener
 *
 * @author Gustavo Falco <comfortablynumb84@gmail.com>
 * @author Gediminas Morkevicius <gediminas.morkevicius@gmail.com>
 * @license MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
 */
class MaterializedPathRepository extends AbstractTreeRepository
{
    /**
     * Get tree query builder
     *
     * @param object $rootNode
     *
     * @return \Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Query\Builder
     */
    public function getTreeQueryBuilder($rootNode = null)
    {
        return $this->getChildrenQueryBuilder($rootNode, false, null, 'asc', true);
    }

    /**
     * Get tree query
     *
     * @param object $rootNode
     *
     * @return \Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Query\Query
     */
    public function getTreeQuery($rootNode = null)
    {
        return $this->getTreeQueryBuilder($rootNode)->getQuery();
    }

    /**
     * Get tree
     *
     * @param object $rootNode
     *
     * @return \Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Cursor
     */
    public function getTree($rootNode = null)
    {
        return $this->getTreeQuery($rootNode)->execute();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getRootNodesQueryBuilder($sortByField = null, $direction = 'asc')
    {
        return $this->getChildrenQueryBuilder(null, true, $sortByField, $direction);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getRootNodesQuery($sortByField = null, $direction = 'asc')
    {
        return $this->getRootNodesQueryBuilder($sortByField, $direction)->getQuery();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getRootNodes($sortByField = null, $direction = 'asc')
    {
        return $this->getRootNodesQuery($sortByField, $direction)->execute();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function childCount($node = null, $direct = false)
    {
        $meta = $this->getClassMetadata();

        if (is_object($node)) {
            if (!($node instanceof $meta->name)) {
                throw new InvalidArgumentException("Node is not related to this repository");
            }

            $wrapped = new MongoDocumentWrapper($node, $this->dm);

            if (!$wrapped->hasValidIdentifier()) {
                throw new InvalidArgumentException("Node is not managed by UnitOfWork");
            }
        }

        $qb = $this->getChildrenQueryBuilder($node, $direct);

        $qb->count();

        return (int) $qb->getQuery()->execute();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getChildrenQueryBuilder($node = null, $direct = false, $sortByField = null, $direction = 'asc', $includeNode = false)
    {
        $meta = $this->getClassMetadata();
        $config = $this->listener->getConfiguration($this->dm, $meta->name);
        $separator = preg_quote($config['path_separator']);
        $qb = $this->dm->createQueryBuilder()
            ->find($meta->name);
        $regex = false;

        if (is_object($node) && $node instanceof $meta->name) {
            $node = new MongoDocumentWrapper($node, $this->dm);
            $nodePath = preg_quote($node->getPropertyValue($config['path']));

            if ($direct) {
                $regex = sprintf(($config['path_ends_with_separator'] ? '/^%s([^%s]+%s)' : '/^%s(%s[^%s]+)').($includeNode ? '?' : '').'$/',
                     $nodePath,
                     $separator,
                     $separator);
            } else {
                $regex = sprintf('/^%s(.+)'.($includeNode ? '?' : '').'/',
                     $nodePath);
            }
        } elseif ($direct) {
            $regex = sprintf('/^([^%s]+)'.($includeNode ? '?' : '').($config['path_ends_with_separator'] ? '%s' : '').'$/',
                $separator,
                $separator);
        }

        if ($regex) {
            $qb->field($config['path'])->equals(new \MongoRegex($regex));
        }

        $qb->sort(is_null($sortByField) ? $config['path'] : $sortByField, $direction === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc');

        return $qb;
    }

    /**
     * G{@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getChildrenQuery($node = null, $direct = false, $sortByField = null, $direction = 'asc', $includeNode = false)
    {
        return $this->getChildrenQueryBuilder($node, $direct, $sortByField, $direction, $includeNode)->getQuery();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getChildren($node = null, $direct = false, $sortByField = null, $direction = 'asc', $includeNode = false)
    {
        return $this->getChildrenQuery($node, $direct, $sortByField, $direction, $includeNode)->execute();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getNodesHierarchyQueryBuilder($node = null, $direct = false, array $options = array(), $includeNode = false)
    {
        $sortBy = array(
            'field'     => null,
            'dir'       => 'asc',
        );

        if (isset($options['childSort'])) {
            $sortBy = array_merge($sortBy, $options['childSort']);
        }

        return $this->getChildrenQueryBuilder($node, $direct, $sortBy['field'], $sortBy['dir'], $includeNode);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getNodesHierarchyQuery($node = null, $direct = false, array $options = array(), $includeNode = false)
    {
        return $this->getNodesHierarchyQueryBuilder($node, $direct, $options, $includeNode)->getQuery();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getNodesHierarchy($node = null, $direct = false, array $options = array(), $includeNode = false)
    {
        $query = $this->getNodesHierarchyQuery($node, $direct, $options, $includeNode);
        $query->setHydrate(false);

        return $query->toArray();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    protected function validate()
    {
        return $this->listener->getStrategy($this->dm, $this->getClassMetadata()->name)->getName() === Strategy::MATERIALIZED_PATH;
    }
}

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I tried to use audio books as a way to "read" more about a year ago. It went well for a short time and I was able to get a few long-awaited books under my belt including "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. But, alas, listening at home proved too much to continue. Sitting by the computer was too much of a distraction, and, inevitably, I slowly incorporated browsing a few websites in with my book-listening routine. Gradually, the websites I allowed myself browse grew more engaging. And all was lost.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago. For the past few months I've had a longer commute to work – ~40 minutes instead of ~40 seconds. At first this was a stressful transition. But I've become accustomed to the traffic patterns between "A" and "B" and found the best times to set out from either "point". As such, I'm now presented with over an hour, during every weekday, of relaxing, practically empty time – with NO computer!
To fill this void, which for a month or two was occupied by NPR (NPR is great, but with giant, world-visible stories like the gulf oil spill, it's hard to stay engaged day after day after day…), I turned back to audio books. A quick stop at Border's for some CDs and I was on my way with "Always Looking Up" by Michael J. Fox. I flew through it and started right on "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman. I'm cruising through this right now and I'm hopeful for the future.
After a few weeks of long days, CDIS refactorization is nearing completion. That is, the website portion at least; in order to best serve the most used portion of the project I have pushed the PDA code to the side since it is much smaller and will (hopefully) be quick to complete using the new CDIS class library that the new website employs.
Unfortunately my hard work comes at a price: I already have and will continue to tussle with Miami???s payroll department. Apparently there are a number of rules that I was unaware of and have ruthlessly broken. The first being a maximum of 12 hours in one day, which may seem reasonable except when I am on a coding binge as I have been for the last couple of weeks. The second rule is a maximum of a 40-hour work week; 2 weeks ago I did over 44 (I got an email notifying me of this rule today) and last week I did about 70 . . . nice.
On Saturday I participated in a DINO (Do INdiana Offroad) Mission Adventure race. The main idea of the competition is to navigate to as many "checkpoints" as possible in 18 hours (6am-midnight). Participants are given only a map of the area and a list of UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinates, which consist of two 6-digit numbers, corresponding to map locations. There were several divisions for the competition including male solo, female solo, 2 man, 2 co-ed, 3 man, and 3 co-ed. I was in the 3-man division with the two other Devastators: Nick Alexander and Greg Ernest, both friends from Rose-Hulman.
We arrived at the camp site on Friday afternoon giving us time to set up camp and figure out how the competition would work, as well as getting a simple crash course in proper rope safety and techniques for possible climbing segments of the competition. The other participants drizzled in slowly throughout the day and were altogether a very pleasant group of people who were excited to participate and friendly to talk to. To our knowledge we were the only team with no previous Adventure-race experience, a fact which prompted several past participants to mention that an 18-hour race is rather long for the first time (although we talked to one man who had done a 24-hour in 5 degree weather for his first).
The first segment of the race consisted of 7 checkpoints, was primarily concerned with orienteering on foot since bikes were prohibited, and took us 6.5 hours to complete and return to camp. This segment was spent almost exclusively in thickly wooded areas with some very intense vegetation that practically shredded our legs off (a bit of advice we recieved in the first moments of the race was to wear long pants which none of us had packed…). The second segment traced out a loop around the entire map and was the primary contributor to our 38.86 mile biking distance for the day. This segment led directly into another bikeless orienteering segment and eventually led us back to camp, arriving at about 10:30 pm to face the last special challenge which Nick alone quickly finished, ending the competition for The Devastators at 10:55 pm.
The end result of the day was 17 points for the Devastators as well as a 3rd place finish in the 3-man division. We were quite surprised by our finish; the best picture of the day would have been of Nick's face when our team was announced at the awards ceremony. This is definitely something that I would like to participate in again, and with the knowledge we now have and some very trivial preparation, the Devastators are confident of a significant improvement next time around.
Today I started working on refactoring the CDIS codebase. The aim is to clean the system and separate the core functionality from the user interface (toward MVC architecture). The hope is that the resulting system could be quickly and easily used as the basis for the website, the PDA, and a standalone application.
So far the process is going smoothly. With 3 instances of Visual Studio 2005 open, I am moving code from the website VS instance and the PDA VS instance to the refactored instance, cleaning, and sending it back out to the website and PDA via a single DLL. For a significant portion of the system, this should be effective and relatively simple, but some of the deep website code will probably require more massaging.


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Evidence of aliens? What to make of research and reporting on 'Oumuamua, our visitor from space
by Steven Tingay, The Conversation
An artist's impression of 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the solar system. ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser, CC BY
As an astrophysicist, probably the most common question I get asked is: "Are we alone in the universe and do aliens exist?"
There is no doubt: people love to think and talk about aliens. Hence, stories about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence get picked up and reported with gusto in the media.
But what really lies at the heart of this complicated and popular topic is evidence – the nature of any evidence of alien life, how we view and respect this evidence, and how this is communicated to the public.
Nowhere is this more important than in the coverage of scientific studies of a mystery object – 'Oumuamua – that was recently discovered passing through our solar system. For example, two publications in two respected peer-reviewed journals prompted very different reactions.
Hello 'Oumuamua
'Oumuamua, meaning scout or messenger in Hawaiian, is the name given to the first detected interstellar object to visit our solar system. On discovery last year, 'Oumuamua was classified as a comet, but this was later withdrawn when no evidence for cometary activity was detected.
'Oumuamua was quickly found to have an orbit that does not belong to our solar system. It has an origin elsewhere in our galaxy, and a trajectory that saw it traverse the inner solar system over the course of a few months.
It passed close to the sun and to Earth, and was found to have an unusual geometry, about 200 metres long and some 35 metres wide, rotating every seven hours.
The discovery of 'Oumuamua generated a lot of attention in the scientific community, and in the media. Given its unusual geometry and its origin outside the solar system, questions were soon asked as to whether 'Oumuamua could be a spacecraft.
Observations were made with radio telescopes to search for any direct evidence of transmissions indicating intelligent life, including by a team led by me using an Australian telescope (the Murchison Widefield Array). We listened around FM radio frequencies, on the basis that any intelligent life on 'Oumuamua may recognise FM frequencies popular on Earth.
No direct evidence of intelligent life was ever found in these searches.
Observations with ESO's Very Large Telescope and others have shown that this unique object is dark, reddish in colour, and highly elongated. Credit: ESO
More hard data on 'Oumuamua
Extensive and impressive observations with a range of telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope, were made to accurately determine 'Oumuamua's trajectory. Results of the study, by a team of astronomers led by the European Space Agency's Marco Micheli, were published in Nature in June.
These very careful observations showed that 'Oumuamua accelerated as it left the solar system, revealing the existence of "non-gravitational forces". This means that the trajectory of the object could not be explained just by the gravity of the sun and other major objects in our solar system.
A range of possible explanations for the acceleration exist. One is that heated gas escaping from 'Oumuamua (outgassing) could produce a force that caused the observed acceleration. This is commonly seen in normal comets.
But 'Oumuamua still shows no evidence for cometary activity. Micheli's team ran through six possible explanations and concluded that outgassing is the most likely option, even though there is no direct evidence that this is the case.
They showed that the acceleration of 'Oumuamua is unusual, but within the bounds of what has been seen previously for solar system comets.
One of the explanations discounted by the study team is that 'Oumuamua was accelerated by radiation pressure from our sun. Radiation from the sun can push objects away from it.
But they concluded that this explanation is not preferred, because it means that the density of 'Oumuamua would have to be very low. An object needs have a large surface area and low mass (low density) to be accelerated by radiation pressure.
Could it be aliens?
Another study by postdoctoral researcher Shmuel Bialy and distinguished astronomer Avi Loeb, from Harvard University, took a different approach.
Details of the study have just been published in November's The Astrophysical Journal Letters, but were available online earlier.
The authors chose to assume solar radiation pressure to be the cause of the acceleration, and then determined the properties of 'Oumuamua required to make this work. They require an object with thickness less than 1mm, an areal mass density of 1 to 2 grams per square centimetre, and a large area.
Data from the Murchison Widefield Array, showing no detection of radio signals from 'Oumuamua in the frequency range 70-105MHz (containing the FM band). Credit: Steven Tingay and co-authors, Author provided
It is unlikely that nature would produce such an extreme geometry. The authors quickly mention this, before moving to a discussion that, under the assumption that solar radiation is the cause for the acceleration, 'Oumuamua is artificial—that means the product of an alien civilisation.
The properties the authors derive under their assumptions are similar to those of solar sails being designed and built by humans as a possible way to travel interstellar distances.
Bialy and Loeb spend half of their article discussion section on the idea that 'Oumuamua could be a defunct or active solar sail belonging to an alien civilisation.
The nature and communication of evidence
Bialy and Loeb did not issue a press release about their study, but the media picked up the paper once it was accepted and available online, prior to this week's journal publication.
(This is something that happened to me in 2012, leading to my published non-detection of aliens being run on the front page of the BBC news website.)
Bialy and Loeb's publication attracted headlines such as this, for example: "Harvard astronomers claim Oumuamua is ALIEN PROBE - 'Nothing like we've ever seen!'". Most other reporting was more balanced.
This is pretty normal. A lot of the media jump to aliens in the reporting of space and astronomy, even when the original reported studies have never mentioned aliens. Recent reporting of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is an example.
What surprised me was the reaction of some of my colleagues to Bialy and Loeb's paper. On social media, there have been some pretty personal attacks by scientists – on Loeb in particular – for being in the media for this work.
Both new studies lay out their assumptions, cite substantial evidence, and undertake rigorous calculations. Both were accepted by top-quality journals after independent peer review.
Both finish with bottom lines that the studies of 'Oumuamua are inconclusive and we will need to examine more such objects that come through the solar system in the future.
Both sets of authors also come up with different perspectives and motivate different questions. But Loeb has ended up in the media, talking about his paper, and is being panned by some colleagues for it.
Artist's impression of the IKAROS mission using a solar sail. Credit: Wikimedia/Andrzej Mirecki, CC BY-SA
Since the pre-journal paper was picked up he told me he has been swamped by media interest. "I use the discussions with the media as a platform for highlighting the standard scientific methodology: an anomaly is observed in data, the standard explanation fails to explain it, and so an alternative interpretation is proposed. I encourage anyone with a better explanation to write a paper about it and publish it. Wrong interpretations can be ruled out when more data will be released on 'Oumuamua or other members of its population in the future."
As for the negative reactions he has received, he referred to an article he recently published where he paraphrased another scientist known for his once-controversial theories. "As Galileo reasoned after looking through his telescope, 'in the sciences, the authority of a thousand is not worth as much as the humble reasoning of a single individual.'"
Let's talk about evidence
Given my work on observations of 'Oumuamua, a few journalists have contacted me for comment.
These have been great opportunities to discuss in depth with journalists the nature of evidence, the difference between something being consistent with observations and direct evidence for a conclusion, and the need for evidence to be commensurate with the impact of a claim.
If aliens are claimed, direct and robust evidence is required – not a conclusion based on a few observations that are difficult to explain, plus a bunch of assumptions.
But no scientist has claimed 'Oumuamua is alien in this discussion – they have just raised questions and explored answers.
There is no point in shying away from a proper discussion on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or in being personally critical of colleagues.
Scientists should take every opportunity to engage with the public and the media on the topic, given the public's interest and the media's willingness to report.
It is interesting, fun, and scientific, and a great opportunity to discuss the scientific method and science in an engaging manner. The media reporting of 'Oumuamua shows that (aside from a few headlines), the content of reports is generally pretty good and responsible.
Whatever 'Oumuamua is (almost certainly not made by aliens, in my view), it is a fascinating object and presents lots of interesting scientific questions that will trigger further studies and observations.
We will never see 'Oumuamua again, and we may never know exactly what it is. But seeing 'Oumuamua in the news is likely to inspire some kids to take up a career in science.
Scientists push back against Harvard 'alien spacecraft' theory
Journal information: Astrophysical Journal Letters
Citation: Evidence of aliens? What to make of research and reporting on 'Oumuamua, our visitor from space (2018, November 16) retrieved 18 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2018-11-evidence-aliens-oumuamua-visitor-space.html
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MaxwellSmith
I have an issue with NASA's conclusion of the latest news that Oumuamua is no longer visible at the location it should be. They conclude that the object is smaller than originally estimated, therefore they cannot see it. Excuse me? Perhaps they aren't seeing it because it is not where it should be. Isn't that the more concerning possibility?
For being scientists they certainly are not approaching the issue in a logical manner.
Quite right! And then they wonder why conspiracy theories start. Why didn't NASA just say they couldn't see it anymore? No, they had to create an ambiguous situation...it's not where we think it should be. Maybe Zeus just got fed up playing marbles, eh?
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For all the self-puffery of confusing using technology with being civilized. Symbolic of our claims of cultural superiority.
All this alien woo vividly displays that all too many people are as primitive as any prehistoric peoples. This controversy is just a variation of cargo-cult superstitions.
xponen
It's kind of 'elitist' mindset that when a Harvard astronomer claim it's (possible) aliens then there's a loud sceptics ridiculing the idea, but when a nobody claimed something was 'alien' then a majority is silent and this nobody even have a loyal followers.
A lot of people have a 'diseased' mind.

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Home Blog What You Need to Know About Airbnb's IPO
What You Need to Know About Airbnb's IPO
You might be asking the question, "when is Airbnb going public?"?
Airbnb announced on September 19th, 2019 (in a concise statement) that they would file for an initial public offering in 2020, following a long string of hot tech IPOs from Zoom, Uber, and Pinterest. This was following the unfortunate WeWork IPO fail, which has resorted to WeWork exec exits, massive layoffs, and more.
Airbnb, which is a marketplace that allows lenders to rent their homes to vacationers, has been one of the most anticipated IPOs behind Uber.
Boasting a substantial expected valuation of $31 billion (since this article got published in 2019, its valuations have since been lowered due to COVID-19) after their latest financing round in September 2017, it's one that many won't look to miss.
But a valuation can mean very little to the public market, as seen in WeWork's example.
In the end, the financial figures, including how much money they are burning, profitability, revenue, and many more statistics determine if a company is actually in a healthy state or in fact losing too much money. Although COVID-19 may have impacted Airbnb's performance, it is still one of the most looked towards IPOs. Even if you take a look at their 2019 figures, it will still be in a healthy state to jump back once the coronavirus subsidizes.
So how are Airbnb statistics looking compared to Lyft, Uber, and WeWork?
Airbnb is in a great position compared to its peers in similar marketplaces.
Source: https://www.ig.com/au/shares/airbnb-ipo
Although Uber's revenue is much higher, they are still burning cash like paper. Lyft has also struggled to turn profitable since its IPO earlier this year in 2019. Some investors have even gone far out and said companies like Uber and Lyft would never see profitability with their current models. Although 2020 has caused some uneasiness, Airbnb's revenue in 2019 has been solid.
One of the most exciting things is Airbnb is actually profitable and has been cash-flow positive in recent years, which is rare for any tech startup, even unicorns that have IPOed. This makes Airbnb's stock much more appealing and valuable.
What is even more amazing is its growth rate is above WeWork and Uber while still maintaining its cash flow positive growth. This has made its valuation much more inflated as investors have been much more receptive due to this.
Even more recently, some of Airbnb's stock has been sold in private markets, some as high as $144, which easily puts their valuation above $100 billion.
IPO or DPO?
IPOs have been a standard way of dealing with public offerings where the company would hire an investment bank or their own syndicate to underwrite their offerings. This would mean paying a large sum of fees + the need to give up more equity to effectively raise more money.
But as seen in the figures, Airbnb is already cash-flow positive and reporting profits. It most likely has enough money in the bank from recent raises and isn't strapped for cash.
This might mean they might look for a Direct Public Offering instead.
DPOs have started to become a thing ever since Spotify and Slack went this route recently.
But what is it exactly?
According to Investopedia: A direct public offering (DPO) is a type of offering in which a company offers its securities directly to the public to raise capital.
In lament terms, it allows employees and executives to sell their stock without needing to provide new capital, which means they would not do a capital raise (as you would in a typical IPO).
By going this method, it is substantially reducing the money spent needing to go public, which includes paying investment banks in underwriting fees and more.
Many speculate that this is a potential route Airbnb will take but there has been no direct confirmation from Airbnb on what they will do.
Is there a chance that Airbnb won't IPO in 2020?
Source: One of the most recognizable brands in the tech business
Airbnb executives have been talking about an IPO since at least 2018 with Nathan Blecharcyk stating that they were taking steps to go public this year already.
"We have already said that we are taking the steps to be ready to go public in 2019. That doesn't mean we will go public in 2019," Nathan Blecharczyk, an Airbnb cofounder, told Business Insider in a March email interview.
Airbnb so far has not needed to go public due to their unique position, but the extended timeline has caused much tension inside the company.
This is because a handful of former employees sent a letter to Airbnb's founders pleading for a public offering so they could sell their stock options. Some of these were expiring quite soon in 2020, which meant unless they could buy it with their own money, they would have lost the ability to redeem their stock options.
In another example, earlier last year, Chief Financial Officer Laurence Tosi left the company after clashes heads with Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky, in part over the timing of the IPO.
This has, however, not stopped Airbnb in delaying its official IPO.
Since Airbnb has already teased that it's looking to go public over a few years now, it certainly would not hurt them to delay it further.
What other problems does Airbnb currently have?
Source: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/07/airbnb-invites-charities-to-run-social-impact-experiences-to-fundraise/
We've seen financially that Airbnb has achieved milestones that many tech companies would dream of reaching.
Airbnb has managed to capitalize on a massive market within the rental space in less than ten years. It has now started to advance its portfolio into boutique hotels, 'experiences', and has even considered entering the transport space, especially flights.
Airbnb understands that it needs to diversify its portfolio to stay relevant and grow steadily. There have been initial concerns around experiences, with slow adoption and take off.
Airbnb is pretty adamant that there is a vast room (pun intended) to grow with the number of experiences listed on Airbnb, increasing by 295 percent, year-over-year, from early 2018 to early 2019. This doesn't mean that it's out of the water, yet with huge growth targets needed to demonstrate this is a viable part of its business.
Additionally, Uber has recently launched 'Uber Moments' which looks to compete with Airbnb's Experiences segment. With competition rising, these could cause potential problems moving forward in 2020.
On the other side of the coin, as Airbnb prepares for its entrance into the public markets, one of the biggest concerns that it has to address is around its outstanding regulatory issues, especially within some big markets like Paris and New York. Investors want Airbnb to solve its regulatory battles before going public since failure to do so could cast doubt on their ability to continue its profitability and expand its offering worldwide.
Airbnb is already banned in many markets and competition is increasing, especially in non-western countries along with their standard traditional competition in the rental space.
So what does this all mean?
As much as we can investigate and narrow down Airbnb's problems, it still will be one of the talked up IPOs (or direct public offering) in the current decade.
There is no doubt it will be one of the most prominent tech startups to go public in 2020 (if they do), and stocks will be highly sought after, especially with its stable financial position and growth.
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2. When did you last clean the filter?
If your filter is dirty then this could be restricting the flow of the water around the hot tub. You need to be cleaned and soaked overnight a minimum of every 10 weeks. It is better to 'rinse' the large debris out of your filter on a weekly bases.
3. When did you last get a new filter?
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Spencer, Cornelia Phillips
by Phillips Russell, 1994
20 Mar. 1825–11 Mar. 1908
Cornelia Phillips Spencer, author and friend of education, although during a long life was closely identified with North Carolina and was the author of its first school history, was not born in the state but in Harlem, then a part of New York where her father conducted a boys' school. She was the youngest of three children: Charles became professor of mathematics and engineering at The University of North Carolina, and Samuel Field was U.S. solicitor general under President Ulysses S. Grant.
Her father, James Phillips, an Englishman, migrated to America in the late eighteenth century and took his family in 1826 to Chapel Hill, where for many years he occupied the chair of mathematics and wrote two textbooks. Her mother, who was Judith Vermeule, belonged to an old Dutch family living in the Raritan valley of New Jersey. Cornelia had no formal schooling and drew her education from wide reading, an interest in people, and contact with personages such as David Lowry Swain, former governor of North Carolina and president of the university during Cornelia's formative years.
In 1851, at age twenty-six, Cornelia met twenty-two-year-old James Munroe Spencer, a law student from Alabama, and they were married in 1855. The couple lived in Alabama, where their only child, Julia James, was born in 1859. Magnus, as her husband was called, was not strong, and his health declined until his death in 1861. In the next year Cornelia returned to her father's home in Chapel Hill. By then the Civil War was in progress, and she could scarcely maintain her occupation of tutoring young people due to the feverish interest in the conflict. On Easter Sunday 1865 Chapel Hill was occupied by Federal cavalry whose commander, Brigadier General Smith Atkins, married Eleanor Swain, daughter of the university president, in an August 1865 ceremony attended by Cornelia. To relieve her frequent depression during this period, Cornelia began collecting material for The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina, a project suggested by Governor Zebulon B. Vance. In 1868 this book was published by Charles F. Deems, editor of The Watchman in New York.
Finding that writing relieved her depression due to her fear for the impoverished university, she began composing articles for various publications, including the North Carolina Presbyterian and the Raleigh Sentinel in which her series of "Pen and Ink Sketches of The University of North Carolina" appeared in 1869. She also wrote a number of biographies for Samuel A. Ashe's Biographical History of North Carolina. Her pieces appeared in the University of North Carolina Magazine in every decade from 1853 to 1900. This work early proved that she had gifts as a historian. In 1870 the university, which had been steadily losing students, was closed and its faculty was dispersed.
To Cornelia this represented a challenge, and she rose to meet it. Day after day she wrote letters to the leading men of the state propounding one question: Are you going to allow the university, one of the state's chief assets, to remain closed? No definite answer came until 20 Mar 1875, which happened to be Cornelia's fiftieth birthday. A telegram from Raleigh announced that the legislature had passed a bill allowing the university to reorganize and assuring it of some financial support. For the reopening, on 15 Sept. 1875, Cornelia wrote a triumphant hymn. She also seized the rope to the campus bell, which she rang in joy. During this time she assisted the North Carolina Geological Survey by making maps and diagrams, preparing computations, and arranging, labeling, and cataloguing cabinets of specimens.
In 1879 she was editor of the Chapel Hill Ledger, a newspaper. The extra leisure now available to her she used in the research and writing of her second book, First Steps in North Carolina History, published in 1888 with subsequent editions in 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892. She was also interested in the environment, especially trees and wildflowers, and she was active in protecting Battle Park from development. Cornelia painted china as gifts for friends and helped other widows and harried mothers with their household chores. In 1894 she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. James Lee Love, the wife of a Harvard instructor, and this closed her life in North Carolina. In 1895 the university awarded her the honorary LL.D. degree.
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Chapman, John K. "Seeking Historical Truth at UNC: Taking the Next Step Toward Becoming the University of the People." lecture prepared for "Remembering Reconstruction at Carolina: A Community Conversation," a conference sponsored by the Chancellor"s Steering Committee for Remembering Reconstruction at Carolina and the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, October 2, 2004. http://www.uncsouth.org/site_images/csas-more/Seeking_Historical_Truth_by_Dr._Chapman_.pdf (accessed February 6, 2013).
Russell, Phillips. The woman who rang the bell: the story of Cornelia Phillips Spencer. Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1949 - Biography & Autobiography - 293 pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=uskbAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed February 6, 2013).
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Gwin, Pamela Blair. "'Poisoned arrows' from a tar heel journalist : the public career of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, 1865-1890." Ph. D. History Thesis. Duke University. 1983.
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Greetings. First post, but have been lurking for months.
Here's my first stab at trying Dashware using the telemetry data from the SD card on the ST16 controller. Since the Typhoon H is so new, I'm still using the Q500 V2 import setting in Dashware. There is a field mismatch and some data is incorrect. This accounts for the blank spaces where data usually is displayed on this set of gauges. The flight lasted 19 minutes, but I only used the first 10 for this video.
If you skip to around 7:16, you'll see the dreaded panning problems I've seen some others complain about.
I didn't use ST2Dash to fix the data for Dashware.
Quit complaining and go fly something.
I see no products @ dashware.com relating to your video Ted...??
Maybe for effect only it would be nice to use the Dashware overlay. It would seem that you have to have an SD card in the ST16 to retrieve the telemetry data . Correct?
Yes, the ST16 should come with a 16 GB SD card pre-installed.
Ted, nice video. I am curious what SD card you used. Was it the one that came with it? I am wondering if that stutter is because of slower SD cards.
I don't think the one that ships with it is all that great.
Also I thought when the H lost connection it was to auto RTH. Weird it just hovered there. Or would it just hover until the battery warning then RTH?
I am new so am asking.
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Thanks Paladin. Yes, it was the one included in the ST16. The card on the H needs to be fast since you're writing 4K video to it. The card on the ST16 I don't believe has to be that fast since only data. My ST16 does not record the video stream in a low res file like my ST10+ did.
I also assumed it would return home. I was a little nervous and perhaps I jumped the gun to go after it in my truck. I'd never lost both signals before in my other birds, only video. I would always return when the video went out.
I have been into this for a year and I can tell you everyone is new when it comes to a just released aircraft.
I plan on doing the test again, maybe even later today to see the results. I may station my wife where it stopped last time and have her be my spotter.
Regarding your latest video where you lost connection, I am glad that it did hover I guess, better than just trying to land right away or worse. I still thought that it was supposed to go into RTH mode if it lost connection with the transmitter. Someone who knows will chime in I am sure.
I assume since the above video was posted a few days earlier that you had no connection issues that day?
I just wish we could raise the RTH height, 30' is way too low. It should go to 150' IMHO at least then return above you then come down.
They may add that in the future hopefully.
If you follow the link in the first post of this thread, there is a step by step how-to. There, there is a link to an Excel file from which you can run a macro that will add the columns you need to your telemetry file.
I had the same problem. You MUST open the column add on file first in Excel, then open the telemetry data file. If you open the data file first, you always have that column problem.
I tried everything also; no results. The ST2Dash keeps giving me "wrong # of columns on Flightlog in Line 2".
Using the macro conversion method, Dashware gives me the error "<Required> \Date Running TIme, Seconds" data type when I try to import the modified csv file.
Oooh, I like the flight path in the upper left corner. That's neat!
I don't use ST2dash, that could be the problem.


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Q: How to send express-session to client not in same url? Can I please get some help, I have been searching all over the internet for this and I cannot seem to find the answer that I am looking for.
So I would love to implement expression-session and mongoDB as the store, so session creation I managed to get that done and also saving the session within the store i.e MongoDB managed to get that done.
The problem now comes to when I have to send the session cookie to the client, so I have my server(NodeJS) running on port 5000 and I have the client(ReactJS) running on port 3000, so now how can I send that cookie to the client and flag it as httpOnly cookie?
This is how I tried to setup express-session
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});
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    store: mongoDBstore,
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According to a report by Manager Magazin, BMW are set to buy out Audi and enter into a partnership with Bayern Munich by 2025 at the latest. Talks have emerged in 2018 and the two parties are said to be close to an agreement.
At the moment, Audi owns 8.33 percent of Bayern, with another 16.67 percent spit evenly between financial services giant Allianz and Adidas. The remaining 75 percent of the shares belong to the club members, in keeping with the Bundesliga's 50+1 rule.
The report says that the Bayern Supervisory Board member Edmund Stoiber already confirmed that the two parties had signed a letter of intent the year before. The 800M euros paid by BMW will serve to buy out Audi's stake in the club, as well as sponsorship over the period remaining on Audi's contract.
Audi's contract is set to expire in 2025.
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delightful and wonderful Maya! Not rusty at all- that orange is gorgeous!
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Malaysia's Faiz Kamaludin is keen to prove he is more than just a space cadet. The former trainee astronaut has come back to earth in readiness for the 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42.2km marathon run at Busselton.
The mental and physical test should not prove such a challenge for Kamaludin, who was in line for selection to become Malaysia's first astronaut to space. Ten years ago he was one of 11,000 candidates for the opportunity to be launched into space. He lasted through nine grueling training stages to be one of four candidates to advance to Moscow for the final spaceflight medical evaluation.
"The hardest physical test was the human centrifuge which tested us up to 9Gs. We were also tested in the altitude chamber and various other medical examinations," says Kamaludin.
While he was not selected as the final candidate, Kamaludin has played a role in the space race. He established the Astronautical Association of Malaysia with the objective of promoting the knowledge of aerospace and science to the public, especially school children.
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His efforts were recognised when he was awarded the 2011 Alumni Award for Regional Leadership by the University of Newcastle in Australia.
The would-be spaceman came back to earth with a thump when he suffered a knee injury after running back-to-back marathons, which eventually led him to his triathlon challenge.
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How is Technology Changing Democracy? Post 1/3: Democracy Now
26th August 2016 Posted by: Sam Firman
This is the first of three articles that explores the increasing role of technology in supporting a new kind of democracy. Over the next three weeks we will survey the state of Western democracy as it stands, introduce the term 'digital democracy', look at the key threads of current digital-democracy work and ultimately outline the key challenges going forward.
Western democracy now
Western democracy is in crisis. Voter turnout rates have fallen steadily for around 50 years, but recently a more pronounced disillusionment has taken hold. A range of political, economic and social developments have pushed more and more voters to lose faith in representative democracy's central tenet: the politicians elected by the people represent the people's interests.
As a result, the political centre has imploded in favour of support for more radical politicians on both the left – Corbyn in the UK and Podemos in Spain – and right – UKIP, The National Front, in France, and a certain Mr. Trump.
Brexit, too, was widely interpreted as a protest vote.
The financial crisis is one reason for this. Given the crisis was partly triggered by (knowingly!) reckless mis-selling of financial products, many have interpreted its aftermath as proof that politicians prioritise corporate power over public interest.
Almost none of those reckless financiers were convicted. Many have argued that the true punishment came in the form of austerity policies that hit the taxpayer, and disproportionately affected those least able to take the strain – through rising prices, falling wages/employment and a stripped-back welfare state.
Other factors abound. To name just three: concerns over corporate power have also manifested in opposition to the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Edward Snowden's surveillance leaks heightened fears that personal privacy is under threat (only last week a review upheld bulk-interception powers in the UK); and political scandals have also played their part, such as the MP's expenses scandal, which hit the UK immediately after the crash.
The shape of democracy going forward
Improving democratic processes and structures is only part of the solution here, but it is essential if we want to restore faith and health in our political system.
Technology is part of this hope.
Across society, including in the realm of democracy, new technology is exponentially changing processes, expanding possibilities, and spawning new ethical conundrums. Social media is now central to political strategies, for example. Politicians' voting behaviour is readily monitorable thanks to databases like My Society's TheyWorkForYou. And we are faced with new questions, such as what happens to politics when AI becomes better at making decisions than humans. Democracy is being reshaped, reignited and redefined, and we are excited that tech for good has a part to play in that.
Although technology's impact on democratic structures and procedures has been less pronounced than in other areas of society so far, people are working hard to use technology to improve those processes and structures.
What do we call these efforts?
One possibility is 'civic tech', which the Omidyar Network defines as tech that "empowers citizens to make government more accessible, efficient and effective." However, others see civic tech as something broader. Matt Stempeck, writing for Civicist, argues that civic tech "encompasses the application of tech in previously distinct fields like government, development, democratic elections, journalism, policy, urban planning, education, youth engagement, humanitarian response, healthy communities, social services, the nonprofit sector, and political campaigns, to name more than a few. Civic tech will remain a maddeningly broad term."
Perhaps a better term is 'digital democracy' - the term used at May's DCENT conference, in Madrid. Although democracy is explicitly political, changing democratic processes and structures means transcending what we typically consider the technical political sphere and entering the civic sphere.
Labels and definitions may seem pedantic, but they are essential to map landscapes and ensure clear communication: both fundamental tools if nebulous fields like digital democracy, civic tech and tech for good are to be properly understood and developed.
But what does digital democracy really look like? Next week, we will answer this question by concretely outlining the key threads of digital-democracy work currently being undertaken around the world. This work is incredibly exciting. It promises new forms of political engagement, new currencies, new democratic structures and more. In short, it offers a better way to distribute power.


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Always be careful of your life's pathways you are lead.
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Home News Sam Henry inspires a new generation of storytellers
Sam Henry inspires a new generation of storytellers
Wed, December 05, 2018
The Causeway Yarnspinners explored the Sam Henry collection through stories, songs and poetry at a recent event held in Kilrea Town Hall.
The event is part of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council's Museums Service 'Connecting with the Past, Collecting for the Future' project.
The Yarnspinners, who are a local story-telling group, revealed new information about people in Sam's photograph's, recited new poetry about local places of interest and sang songs from the prestigious collection. Gordon Craig, Sam Henry's grandson, was among those in attendance.
Sam was born in 1878 in Coleraine. He was an avid folklorist, historian, photographer, ornithologist, naturalist, genealogist and musician. Through his work he formed relationships with an older generation and recorded aspects of their lives that are now all but forgotten. "In my contact with the old, who have all now passed away," he wrote, "I had the rare privilege of sharing their folk lore and their old songs."
He is perhaps best known for his 'Songs of the People' series which ran in the Northern Constitution between 1923 and 1938. It published songs known, plaid and sung by people across Northern Ireland.
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What Is The Relationship Between Linguistics And Literature
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Relationship Between Linguistics And Literature.The nature of language is of vital concern to the students of literature, because language is the medium in which literature is written. A creative writer is never wholly free from linguistic and cultural considerations or limitations howsoever unconscious of these he may he literally. He has to choose his structures and sounds according to the kind of aesthetic effect he wants to create.
His creation is determined by the structure of the language. The structure determines what can and cannot be said in the language, just as his cultural background determines the semantic content of his work.-
All linguistic levels exert an influence on his creativity and on what he creates. All these factors influence his style. Words-formation can often be used as a source for particular literary effect. It is linguistics which can scientifically explain the difficulties of translating a literary, text, especially a poem.
In return, it is the literary artist who enriches a language enormously, and refines it. It is he who also sets direction of language change by his distinct use and coinages and word- formations.. Stylistics' is another testimony of the closeness between linguistics and literature. Among "other fine arts music is much' closer to linguistics than any other branch of fine art.
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Can Exercise Dislodge an IUD? A Gyno Weighs In | Well+Good
Does Getting an IUD Mean You Have To Ease Up on Your Workouts? Here's What a Gynecologist Says
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Getting an intrauterine device—or IUD—is becoming an ever-more popular birth control option. More than six million people in the U.S. use one today. Which makes sense: These small, T-shaped devices placed in the uterus are shown to be 99 percent effective, and many can be left in for up to eight years. No need to take a pill every morning, or interrupt foreplay to roll on a condom.
But friends might tell you that your IUD could fall out during intense exercise, particularly right after it's put in. Does getting one mean you'll have to skip your favorite HIIT classes or interval runs? Can exercise dislodge an IUD?
The 411 on exercise immediately after having an IUD put in
The first thing to point out is that it's extremely unlikely an IUD will accidentally fall out. Rates can vary between 2 and 10 percent, depending on your age, pregnancy history, the heaviness of your periods, how long the IUD's been in, and how well it was fitted. Exercise is not one of the contributing factors.
"The rate of an IUD falling out is actually very low, but it is higher in the first few months after it's placed," says board-certified gynecologist Shaghayegh DeNoble, MD.
That said, it is totally safe to exercise straight after an IUD is inserted. "It's not going to dislodge," says Dr. DeNoble. "I know people get very nervous that any little thing is going to move it. But you have to remember that the IUD is inserted inside the uterus. It's not in the vaginal canal. It's very difficult to move." In the same way that exercising during early pregnancy wouldn't dislodge the embryo, doing physical activity with an IUD won't push that out, either.
Still, some women may choose to wait a couple of days. "That's not because it might fall out, but just because they are going to be crampy and have a bit of bleeding—it's probably going to be uncomfortable to strenuously exercise," says Dr. DeNoble.
The one caveat: If you're a swimmer, it's best to wait 24 to 48 hours before swimming in open water to reduce the risk of infection. Same goes for using a hot tub and having sex.
What should I do if I think my IUD has fallen out?
Heavy or abnormal bleeding and severe pain can be a sign that an IUD is dislodged or come out completely. You can check that it's still in place by inserting your finger inside your vaginal canal and trying to feel the cervix. "It'll feel like the tip of your nose and the string will be around there," says Dr. DeNoble. "Once you learn to feel it, then you can check if you're ever concerned that it might have fallen out."
While exercising won't cause an IUD to dislodge, the suction from menstrual cups can sometimes cause issues. "You want to make sure when you reach in to remove the menstrual cup that you release the suction first, and then pull out the cup, otherwise you could potentially pull out the IUD," says Dr. DeNoble.
Another rare incident is perforation, when the IUD pierces through the uterus into the pelvic cavity. "It's less than one percent, one in a 1000 or so. It's very uncommon, and it's not going to happen with any kind of exercise, either. But things you can watch out for are severe pain, or very heavy bleeding," says Dr. DeNoble.
If anything feels off, call the doctor who originally inserted your IUD. Complications are rare—and won't be caused by your workout. So don't let anyone scare you from getting your sweat on.
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License.
// Code generated by Microsoft (R) AutoRest Code Generator.

package com.azure.resourcemanager.eventgrid.generated;

import com.azure.core.util.Context;

/** Samples for PartnerNamespaces ListByResourceGroup. */
public final class PartnerNamespacesListByResourceGroupSamples {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file: specification/eventgrid/resource-manager/Microsoft.EventGrid/stable/2022-06-15/examples/PartnerNamespaces_ListByResourceGroup.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: PartnerNamespaces_ListByResourceGroup.
     *
     * @param manager Entry point to EventGridManager.
     */
    public static void partnerNamespacesListByResourceGroup(
        com.azure.resourcemanager.eventgrid.EventGridManager manager) {
        manager.partnerNamespaces().listByResourceGroup("examplerg", null, null, Context.NONE);
    }
}


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package v1

import (
	"time"

	"github.com/google/knative-gcp/pkg/reconciler/testing"

	gcpauthtesthelper "github.com/google/knative-gcp/pkg/apis/configs/gcpauth/testhelper"

	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
	duckv1 "knative.dev/pkg/apis/duck/v1"

	v1 "github.com/google/knative-gcp/pkg/apis/events/v1"
)

// CloudBuildSourceOption enables further configuration of a CloudBuildSource.
type CloudBuildSourceOption func(*v1.CloudBuildSource)

// NewCloudBuildSource creates a CloudBuildSource with CloudBuildSourceOptions
func NewCloudBuildSource(name, namespace string, so ...CloudBuildSourceOption) *v1.CloudBuildSource {
	bs := &v1.CloudBuildSource{
		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
			Name:      name,
			Namespace: namespace,
			UID:       "test-build-uid",
		},
	}
	for _, opt := range so {
		opt(bs)
	}
	return bs
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceSink(gvk metav1.GroupVersionKind, name string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Spec.Sink = duckv1.Destination{
			Ref: &duckv1.KReference{
				APIVersion: testing.ApiVersion(gvk),
				Kind:       gvk.Kind,
				Name:       name,
			},
		}
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceDeletionTimestamp(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
	t := metav1.NewTime(time.Unix(1e9, 0))
	bs.ObjectMeta.SetDeletionTimestamp(&t)
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceProject(project string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Spec.Project = project
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceServiceAccount(kServiceAccount string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Spec.ServiceAccountName = kServiceAccount
	}
}

// WithInitCloudBuildSourceConditions initializes the CloudBuildSource's conditions.
func WithInitCloudBuildSourceConditions(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
	bs.Status.InitializeConditions()
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceWorkloadIdentityFailed(reason, message string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.MarkWorkloadIdentityFailed(bs.ConditionSet(), reason, message)
	}
}

// WithCloudBuildSourcePullSubscriptionFailed marks the condition that the
// status of PullSubscription is False
func WithCloudBuildSourcePullSubscriptionFailed(reason, message string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionFailed(bs.ConditionSet(), reason, message)
	}
}

// WithCloudBuildSourcePullSubscriptionUnknown marks the condition that the
// topic is Unknown
func WithCloudBuildSourcePullSubscriptionUnknown(reason, message string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionUnknown(bs.ConditionSet(), reason, message)
	}
}

// WithCloudBuildSourcePullSubscriptionReady marks the condition that the
// topic is not ready
func WithCloudBuildSourcePullSubscriptionReady() CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.MarkPullSubscriptionReady(bs.ConditionSet())
	}
}

// WithCloudBuildSourceSinkURI sets the status for sink URI
func WithCloudBuildSourceSinkURI(url *apis.URL) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.SinkURI = url
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceSubscriptionID(subscriptionID string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.SubscriptionID = subscriptionID
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceFinalizers(finalizers ...string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Finalizers = finalizers
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceStatusObservedGeneration(generation int64) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.Status.Status.ObservedGeneration = generation
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceObjectMetaGeneration(generation int64) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.ObjectMeta.Generation = generation
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceAnnotations(Annotations map[string]string) CloudBuildSourceOption {
	return func(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
		bs.ObjectMeta.Annotations = Annotations
	}
}

func WithCloudBuildSourceSetDefault(bs *v1.CloudBuildSource) {
	bs.SetDefaults(gcpauthtesthelper.ContextWithDefaults())
}


Theboros is a NPC in Torment: Tides of Numenera. He appears in The Fifth Eye.
4XP, persuade Theboros you are better custodian than him.
Theboros is related to quest Eye of the Adversary and A Call to War.
4XP, convince Theboros to tell the Last Castoff a Word of Qra.
Theboros appears in The Fifth Eye.
The last castoff - "Ziobie says one of you veterans is a psychic projection. Is it you?"
Theboros - "A psychic projection. That's an interesting way to word it, Z" He tilits his head toward Ziobie. "Couldn't you say that we're all psychic projections, in one way or another?"
He leans in. "Put it this way. Are you always how I picture you? Does your behavior change based on my thoughts?"
The last castoff - "Yes. Depending on that image, anyway, I might change my behavior to improve your opinion."
Theboros - "So you're influenced by my thoughts, but are my thoughts the whole of you? If they are, then you're my imagination, and the converse. You'd say we're one consciousness subjectively experiencing itself, and that means we're all each others' - and out own - psychic projections." He takes a slow reflective breath.
"But we're also autonomous, eh? At least to some degree. You exist when I'm not paying attention to you - pretty sure I've no need to imagine someone like you."
"We might as well say that we're all interconnected at a fundamental level, that our thoughts and actions have effects on each other. It might not be reality - that is the truth, but we each have a perception of a truth. It's a guiding star that we use to live our lives. It's not reality for everyone, but it's reality for us. It's our story."
Dharma of the Bloom - He rolls his eyes. "Oh no Ziobe, Theboros is getting started again."
Theboros - "Hush, you. I'm lecturing."
He turns back to you. "Even if we don't understand reality, we understand stories. So maybe our best gauge for how we experience each other is through the stories we know and the words we use then we tell those stories."
He laughs. "What I'm really telling you is that I'm not Ziobe's projection. Maybe learn some of our tales and you'll get to the truth. A truth, anyway."


In 2018 and the coming years, the digital marketing industry will follow the trend of globalization we see across the business world. As the eCommerce boom continues to make consumers more comfortable buying internationally, marketers are also expanding across borders. Global affiliates will keep expanding their social media marketing to include more localized platforms, and connect to consumers outside of their domestic market.
For the international affiliate, few regions are more promising than China. China has long been known to be a leader in eCommerce, but its strength was previously tied to manufacturing and production. Today, Chinese consumers have more disposable income than ever, and an increase appetite for Western brands. In fact, eMarketer reported that the average annual eCommerce spend per buyer in China was up 14% from 2014 to 2015. As a result, advertisers are flocking to get their products in front of Chinese consumers, and affiliates who can help them make that connection are in increasingly high demand.
With global growth, the task of localization becomes the most important obstacle for the digital marketing industry to overcome.
First, advertisers must pave the way by ensuring they are equipped for international growth. Brands have to be set up to sell in the regions they want to reach, which ranges from legal to logistical concerns. Affiliate programs need to be translated into a variety of languages, and creative must match local preferences.
Next, affiliates and publishers need a way to connect to international brands. Here, ad networks like ShareASale build an invaluable bridge, facilitating global activity. In addition, by working with payment providers like Payoneer, ad networks also allow for an easy exchange of payments between advertiser and affiliate. Affiliates get more ways to spend their earnings, such as having the option to keep funds in USD to reinvest in advertising costs without paying conversion fees. These tools make it easy to work with international brands, and pave the way for global growth.
In a market that is more digital and more connected than ever before, ad networks and their ecosystem of partners are an increasingly important connection between local brands and global affiliates and publishers. For digital marketers who are ready to take advantage of the international opportunity, and are prepared to tackle the related challenges, 2018 holds the promise of massive growth.


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February 25, 2019 Comments Off on Dow Jones' watchlist of 2.4 million high-risk individuals has leaked news, Security Like
Dow Jones' watchlist of 2.4 million high-risk individuals has leaked
A watchlist of risky individuals and corporate entities owned by Dow Jones has been exposed, after a company with access to the database left it on a server without a password.
Bob Diachenko, an independent security researcher, found the Amazon Web Services-hosted Elasticsearch database exposing more than 2.4 million records of individuals or business entities.
The data, since secured, is the financial giant's Watchlist database, which companies use as part of their risk and compliance efforts. Other financial companies, like Thomson Reuters, have their own databases of high-risk clients, politically exposed persons and terrorists — but have also been exposed over the years through separate security lapses.
A 2010-dated brochure billed the Dow Jones Watchlist as allowing customers to "easily and accurately identify high-risk clients with detailed, up-to-date profiles" on any individual or company in the database. At the time, the database had 650,000 entries, the brochure said.
That includes current and former politicians, individuals or companies under sanctions or convicted of high-profile financial crimes such as fraud, or anyone with links to terrorism. Many of those on the list include "special interest persons," according to the records in the exposed database seen by TechCrunch.
Diachenko, who wrote up his findings, said the database was "indexed, tagged and searchable."
From a 2010-dated brochure of Dow Jones' Watchlist, which at the time had 650,000 names of individuals and entities. The exposed database had 2.4 million records. (Screenshot: TechCrunch)
The data is all collected from public sources, such as news articles and government filings. Many of the individual records were sourced from Dow Jones' Factiva news archive, which ingests data from many news sources — including the Dow Jones-owned The Wall Street Journal. But the very inclusion of a person or company's name, or the reason why a name exists in the database, is proprietary and closely guarded.
Many financial institutions and government agencies use the database to approve or deny financing, or even in the shuttering of bank accounts, the BBC previously reported. Others have reported that it can take little or weak evidence to land someone on the watchlists.
The records we saw vary wildly, but can include names, addresses, cities and their location, whether they are deceased or not and, in some cases, photographs. Diachenko also found dates of birth and genders. Each profile had extensive notes collected from Factiva and other sources.
One name found at random was Badruddin Haqqani, a commander in the Haqqani guerilla insurgent network in Afghanistan affiliated with the Taliban. In 2012, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Haqqani and others for their involvement in financing terrorism. He was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan months later.
The database record on Haqqani, who was categorized under "sanctions list" and terror," included (and condensed for clarity):
DOW JONES NOTES:
Killed in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area on 21-Aug-2012.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL (OFAC) NOTES:
Eye Color Brown; Hair Color Brown; Individual's Primary Language Pashto; Operational Commander of the Haqqani Network
EU NOTES:
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Badruddin Haqqani is the operational commander for the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates from North Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The Haqqani Network has been at the forefront of insurgent activity in Afghanistan, responsible for many high-profile attacks. The Haqqani Network's leadership consists of the three eldest sons of its founder Jalaluddin Haqqani, who joined Mullah Mohammed Omar's Taliban regime in the mid-1990s. Badruddin is the son of Jalaluddin and brother to Nasiruddin Haqqani and Sirajuddin Haqqani, as well as nephew of Khalil Ahmed Haqqani.
Badruddin helps lead Taliban associated insurgents and foreign fighters in attacks against targets in south- eastern Afghanistan. Badruddin sits on the Miram Shah shura of the Taliban, which has authority over Haqqani Network activities.
Badruddin is also believed to be in charge of kidnappings for the Haqqani Network. He has been responsible for the kidnapping of numerous Afghans and foreign nationals in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.
UN NOTES:
Other information: Operational commander of the Haqqani Network and member of the Taliban shura in Miram Shah. Has helped lead attacks against targets in southeastern Afghanistan. Son of Jalaluddin Haqqani (TI.H.40.01.). Brother of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani (TI.H.144.07.) and Nasiruddin Haqqani (TI.H.146.10.). Nephew of Khalil Ahmed Haqqani (TI.H.150.11.). Reportedly deceased in late August 2012.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL MONITORING SERVICES NOTES:
Entities and individuals against whom there is evidence of involvement in terrorism.
Dow Jones spokesperson Sophie Bent said: "This dataset is part of our risk and compliance feed product, which is entirely derived from publicly available sources." The spokepserson said an "authorized third party" was to blame for the exposure, but did not name the alleged company or provide evidence for the claim.
We asked Dow Jones specific questions, such as who the source of the data leak was and if the exposure would be reported to U.S. regulators and European data protection authorities, but the company would not comment on the record.
Two years ago, Dow Jones admitted a similar cloud storage misconfiguration exposed the names and contact information of 2.2 million customers, including subscribers of The Wall Street Journal. The company described the event as an "error."
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