include opportunities for students to ask questions on the issues covered and engage in the discussion.
Release Date: There will be two online quizzes each worth 5%. The first will be on the Australian Legal System and will be made available in week 3 (week beginning Monday 7th August) with the second available from 9:00am on Monday 4th September 2017 via the relevant link on MyUni.
Due Date:The Assignment must be submitted by 2:00pm on Monday 9th October 2017.
Details: This exercise will require students to answer a legal problem question similar to the kind that will be encountered in the exam. The Assignment must be submitted via the Turnitin submission box on MyUni. Further instructions regarding the Assignment will be contained in the question paper.The assignment is redeemable by the exam but only if a bona fide effort is achieved, evidenced by a grade in the assignment of at least 35%.


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Q: Entity 'Task' is not supported for semi join inner selects I want add a default task to an opportunity when this one is close won and the opportunity hasn't any task.
I get the error compiling the below code:
Entity 'Task' is not supported for semi join inner selects
trigger ClosedOpportunityTrigger on Opportunity (after insert, after update) {
List<Task> taskList = new List<Task>();
    for (Opportunity opp : [Select Id, Name from Opportunity
                           Where Id IN :Trigger.New AND
                                Id NOT IN (Select WhatId from Task)]) {
    // Add a default task for this Opportunity
        If (opp.StageName == 'Closed Won') {
            taskList.add(New Task(Subject ='Follow Up Test Task',
                                  WhatId = opp.Id));
           }

    } //end for loop
}

A: You need to split out a separate query. As the error states, you can't use this join:
Id NOT IN (Select WhatId from Task)

One possible approach to splitting out the query:
Set<Id> opportunityIdsWithTask = new Map<Id, AggregateResult>([
    SELECT WhatId Id FROM Task
    WHERE WhatId IN :trigger.new
    GROUP BY WhatId
]).keySet();

Then just add add that as your filter instead of a join:
Id NOT IN :opportunityIdsWithTask

A: This was a solid post and ultimately helped me clean up my code.
My final code looked like this
trigger ClosedOpportunityTrigger on Opportunity(after insert, after update) {
    List<Task> taskList = new List<Task>();

    // Create a set of Opportunities with no Tasks
    Set<Id> opportunityIdsWithTask = new Map<Id, AggregateResult>([
    SELECT WhatId Id FROM Task
    WHERE WhatId IN :trigger.new
    GROUP BY WhatId
]).keySet();

    // Add an Task for each Opportunity if it doesn't already have one.
    // Iterate over Opportunities that are in this trigger but that don't have Tasks.
  for (Opportunity a : [SELECT Id,Name FROM Opportunity
                     WHERE Id IN :Trigger.New AND
                     Id NOT IN :opportunityIdsWithTask]) {

       taskList.add(new Task(Subject = 'Follow Up Test Task',
                             whatId  = a.Id));

   }

    if (taskList.size() > 0) {
        insert taskList;

   }
}

The only way I would have ever learned that tasks can't be used in inner joins is by finding this thread. I thought it was awesome because I had the same shell as OP. I added the recommended and voila!

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Sprint Nextel 'Powers Up' Wireless Coverage, Capacity to Its Networks in Kentucky
WEBWIRE – Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Significant network enhancements are part of a $19 million state-wide investment.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) wireless customers in Kentucky who already take advantage of the company's powerful networks, recent local network enhancements should result in even better wireless service. Sprint added 55 wireless cell sites during 2006 to its Sprint National Network(SM) and Nextel National Network(SM) in Kentucky.
"Sprint continues to make significant investments to increase coverage and capacity in its wireless networks in Kentucky and throughout the country," said Kevin Gleason, area vice president, Sprint. "Customer satisfaction and network quality are two of Sprint's top priorities as we further strengthen our powerful networks where our customers live, work, play and travel."
Last year, Sprint invested more than $19 million in its wireless networks in Kentucky. The following is a detailed list of the local areas benefiting from these enhancements:
Sprint National Network
* Downtown Louisville in the area of I-65, Highway 150, and Logan St.
* I-64 between state Hwy. 53 and 395
* Interstate Hwy. 65 and the town of Henryville, Indiana
* West of Fort Knox
* Georgetown
* North Radcliff
* Danville
* Shepherdsville
Nextel National Network
* Fisherville, in the area of SR-148 and SR-155
* Starlight, Indiana near Huber Winery
* Shelbyville
* Taylorsville
* SR-362, SR-1848, and Todd's Point
* I-65 between Upton and Elizabethtown
* Hwy. 27 between Bryantsville and Lancaster
* Hwy. 34 between Danville and the Hwy. 27 intersection
* SR-79 and Rough River State Park
* US-68 between Campbellsville and Lebanon
* US-150 between Perryville and Springfield
* Stanton and the Mountain Parkway east of Stanton
* Berea and I-75
* Hwy. 150 between Danville and Gravel Switch
* Perryville
* Clay City
In 2006, Sprint added more than 3,400 cell sites across the country to strengthen performance in both of its wireless networks and this year expects to add approximately 4,000 sites.
Increased Network Investment in 2007
Sprint spent more than $7 billion in capital expenditures in 2006, most of which was invested to enhance its wireless and wireline networks nationwide. Across the country, thousands of markets – large and small – received the benefit of this major investment. This year, Sprint will invest more than $7 billion to further enhance its powerful networks and expand mobile broadband coverage.
Power Network Coverage Tool and Sprint Plan Advisor
To help current and prospective customers view coverage information, Sprint provides the Power Network Coverage Tool, which provides detailed coverage maps down to the street address level. By entering an address or ZIP code, customers can check the availability of wireless coverage, recently added cell sites and the network signal strength on the Sprint National Network, Nextel National Network or Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. The tool is available at www.sprint.com/coverage and at self-service touch-screen kiosks at hundreds of Sprint and Nextel retail stores. Once coverage is determined, customers can either change or purchase a new service plan using the new Sprint Plan Advisor. This tool, which helps customers make educated decisions about which wireless plan is right for them based on the criteria they provide, is available at www.sprint.com/planadvisor.
The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network and EV-DO Rev. A
Sprint offers the largest wireless broadband network of any carrier through the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network, which reaches more than 206 million people across the country and covers more than 11,000 cities and 1,000 airports. In many major cities, Sprint has upgraded the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network with higher-speed EV-DO (Evolution – Data Optimized) Revision A technology. Sprint's industry-leading EV-DO Rev. A coverage now reaches more than 193 million people in over 9,600 cities and covers 880 airports. With EV-DO Rev. A, users should experience significantly faster average data upload speeds of 350 to 500 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps on current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should increase to 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps (from 400-700 kbps). Sprint expects that the vast majority of its wireless network will be upgraded to faster EV-DO Rev. A technology by year-end.

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As I was approaching fifty years old I sought the wisdom of my elders. I sought out men and women older than I was to learn lessons on life that they had been learning.
2. Take Care Of Your Health.
7. Everyone Splashes. Splash Blessings.
I want to offer a relationship that feels safe.
I wanted positively influence someone's life.
I wanted a way to invest in someone.
I wanted to take my eyes off of myself.
I believe mentoring will benefit both of us.
I think everyone needs a compassionate listener.
I want to provide authentic and genuine relationships.
I want to give away what someone gave me.
I want to offer a no-judgment relationship.
I wanted to develop a more emotionally and spiritually intimate relationships.
I appreciate my mentor and I want to offer what I was offered.
I believe that we were made to be interdependent.
What should I consider before becoming a mentor?
Perhaps someone has asked you to become a mentor. Or, the idea could come from you. Before you agree to a mentoring relationship, consider your chances of success.
How are you being intentional about becoming that kind of person?
What can you teach someone else about how you dealt with the obstacles?
And, how you coped with your failures?
And, how you accomplished your goals?
A – Do you ask questions and listen for others' answers?
B – Or, do you just wait for your turn to talk?
C – Or, do you interrupt with solutions before someone has finished explaining?
If your answer is A, perhaps the time is right.
If your answer is B, perhaps it will help to assess your motives.
If your answer is C, wait. Get some coaching first.
A – Do you like to listen to others when they are vulnerable?
B – Do you tell people what to do rather than asking questions to help people to discover their own answers?
C – Do you believe it's not appropriate to give advice, or that there's only one way to handle a situation?
Do you feel annoyed when you have to go over an issue again and again?
Wait. Get some coaching first.
Do you feel angry or betrayed when someone you believed in "lets you down"?


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Diversity Pledge Institute launches pilot program with the Hub
The News Revenue Hub has partnered with The Diversity Pledge Institute to launch a pilot program that will actively increase diversity and test and modify DPI's Inclusive Journalism Survey through a collaborative process within the journalism industry — starting with our newsroom clients.
The Diversity Pledge Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving hiring practices and retention rates associated with diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in newsrooms and supporting journalists' career growth.
In addition to helping newsrooms recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds, DPI provides the guidance and tools organizations need to improve internal policies and processes. This approach helps ensure people from diverse backgrounds are not only included, but empowered, in the workplace.
"To change the fabric of how the journalism industry has historically approached diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA), our very foundations need to be transformed. This can be a slow process for many newsrooms — and that's where DPI comes in. They provide the knowledge and accountability for news leaders to do the work in earnest at a consistent pace."
Tristan Loper, News Revenue Hub's Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
We know the quality of DPI's work firsthand. Earlier this year — before launching this partnership — we worked with DPI to find a project coordinator for our consulting team. We hired Nikki Taylor from a stellar pool of DPI applicants. She seamlessly stepped into the role, eagerly jumping in to help our newsrooms and build out our internal infrastructure.
"Across the industry, many newsrooms say they want their staff to be more diverse and represent the audiences they serve, but they don't tend to walk the walk very well. That's why the work of the Diversity Pledge Institute is so important — and why we're so happy to partner with them to help our clients lead in this area," said Tristan Loper, the Hub's co-founder and Chief Operating Officer.
Transforming a newsroom's culture isn't just about identifying diverse talent and bringing them on board. "To change the fabric of how the journalism industry has historically approached diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA), our very foundations need to be transformed. This can be a slow process for many newsrooms — and that's where DPI comes in. They provide the knowledge and accountability for news leaders to do the work in earnest at a consistent pace," Loper said.
DPI was founded by Larry Graham, a veteran journalist who spent more than a decade of his career as a sports writer and editor before becoming a director at the American Press Institute, an adjunct professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and now, a nonprofit entrepreneur.
"Once we were introduced to the News Revenue Hub team, it seemed like a natural fit for us to introduce our changes to the hiring process to a small group of Hub newsrooms," Graham said. "By tapping into the Hub community, we won't be working with just anyone, we know that the candidates we share will end up going to equitable and inclusive newsrooms."
Hub newsrooms that opt into the pilot program will be connected to a pool of vetted candidates from the DPI network. To help create lasting change within the industry, pilot participants will have to make three commitments: pledge to diversify their newsroom, participate in DPI wraparound services — which include 360 check-ins for both hired journalists and hiring managers and help creating inclusive job listings — and complete DPI's inclusive journalism survey.
DPI's inclusive journalism survey is a product of internal and external conversations with newsrooms, journalists and experts within the field. Through these conversations, DPI noted an information gap around navigating diversity and the impact of DEIA initiatives within newsrooms and has developed its own inclusion survey instrument that will capture and analyze this data.
"We're not recruiters; we focus on creating a more inclusive hiring process, while also stressing the importance of retention because just bringing in people isn't good enough. They need to want to stay. We're trying to help create those types of environments that make folks want to stick around and grow in a healthy newsroom."
Larry Graham, Diversity Pledge Institute Founder
The results of this study will benefit the journalism industry by establishing a common language and understanding of DEIA. It will also allow for the development of necessary tools and strategies needed to eliminate the barriers to diversifying newsrooms and move beyond good intentions and toward meaningful, positive change.
"We're not recruiters; we focus on creating a more inclusive hiring process, while also stressing the importance of retention because just bringing in people isn't good enough," Graham said. "They need to want to stay. We're trying to help create those types of environments that make folks want to stick around and grow in a healthy newsroom."
As part of this partnership, Hub newsrooms in the pilot will get access to DPI's services at a nominal rate.
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module Google
  module Protobuf
    # +Any+ contains an arbitrary serialized protocol buffer message along with a
    # URL that describes the type of the serialized message.
    #
    # Protobuf library provides support to pack/unpack Any values in the form
    # of utility functions or additional generated methods of the Any type.
    #
    # Example 1: Pack and unpack a message in C++.
    #
    #     Foo foo = ...;
    #     Any any;
    #     any.PackFrom(foo);
    #     ...
    #     if (any.UnpackTo(&foo)) {
    #       ...
    #     }
    #
    # Example 2: Pack and unpack a message in Java.
    #
    #     Foo foo = ...;
    #     Any any = Any.pack(foo);
    #     ...
    #     if (any.is(Foo.class)) {
    #       foo = any.unpack(Foo.class);
    #     }
    #
    #  Example 3: Pack and unpack a message in Python.
    #
    #     foo = Foo(...)
    #     any = Any()
    #     any.Pack(foo)
    #     ...
    #     if any.Is(Foo.DESCRIPTOR):
    #       any.Unpack(foo)
    #       ...
    #
    # The pack methods provided by protobuf library will by default use
    # 'type.googleapis.com/full.type.name' as the type URL and the unpack
    # methods only use the fully qualified type name after the last '/'
    # in the type URL, for example "foo.bar.com/x/y.z" will yield type
    # name "y.z".
    #
    #
    # = JSON
    #
    # The JSON representation of an +Any+ value uses the regular
    # representation of the deserialized, embedded message, with an
    # additional field +@type+ which contains the type URL. Example:
    #
    #     package google.profile;
    #     message Person {
    #       string first_name = 1;
    #       string last_name = 2;
    #     }
    #
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    #       "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.profile.Person",
    #       "firstName": <string>,
    #       "lastName": <string>
    #     }
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    # representation, that representation will be embedded adding a field
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    # field. Example (for message {Google::Protobuf::Duration}):
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    #       "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Duration",
    #       "value": "1.212s"
    #     }
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    #       qualified name of the type (as in +path/google.protobuf.Duration+).
    #       The name should be in a canonical form (e.g., leading "." is
    #       not accepted).
    #     * An HTTP GET on the URL must yield a {Google::Protobuf::Type}
    #       value in binary format, or produce an error.
    #     * Applications are allowed to cache lookup results based on the
    #       URL, or have them precompiled into a binary to avoid any
    #       lookup. Therefore, binary compatibility needs to be preserved
    #       on changes to types. (Use versioned type names to manage
    #       breaking changes.)
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    #     Schemes other than +http+, +https+ (or the empty scheme) might be
    #     used with implementation specific semantics.
    # @!attribute [rw] value
    #   @return [String]
    #     Must be a valid serialized protocol buffer of the above specified type.
    class Any; end
  end
end

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As the general election approaches NHS staff are more concerned than ever that they are not being listened to. As the campaign hots up to get politicians of all parties to stop 'playing games' with the NHS and to put the needs of patients first hundreds of senior hospital doctors from across the UK are gathering in London today for the BMA's annual consultant conference.
Consultants will discuss key issues affecting the NHS including funding pressures, privatisation, the Health and Social Care Act and the challenges facing the profession from increasing workload, burnout and a recruitment and retention crisis in areas such as emergency medicine.
"Consultants have played a vital role in not just protecting, but improving the quality of patient care in the face of NHS budgets cuts. Many consultants, especially those working in emergency medicine, are working flat-out to keep up with rising patient demand, often in high pressured and challenging environments.
"While workloads are rising, doctors' pay has been steadily chipped away at in recent years, leaving consultant pay, in real terms, back at 2003 levels. This is because billions of the Government's so called 'efficiency savings' in the NHS have in fact come from cuts to front-line staff pay, leaving doctors feeling devalued and demoralised.
"With only weeks until the General Election, consultants are calling on politicians to stop playing games with the NHS and put patient care first, by listening to the concerns of senior doctors about NHS funding, creeping commercialisation of services and rising workload pressures on staff which lead to burnout.
The BMA have warned repeatedly during the last five years of the stress staff in the NHS are working under as 'efficiency cuts' bite into front line services. You cannot take £20 billion out of the NHS without consequences. The government promised there would be no reorganisation of the NHS, yet we have had one of the most disruptive organisation in the NHS history. The government promised that the NHS would be ring-fenced from cuts, yet £20 billion has been taken out of the budget in 'efficiency savings'. The idea that this would not affect the front-line was always absurd. Now NHS staff are under more pressure.
Consultants are working harder than ever before to keep up with rising demand from an ageing population with more complex medical needs. While demand on services is greater than ever before, investment is falling, leaving staff and services worryingly overstretched. Despite claims that the NHS budget has been protected, the NHS has in fact just undergone its toughest settlement in 50 years and the second toughest in its history.
The effect of rising pressure on services was laid bare in recent BMA surveys in which half of consultants described their workload as unmanageable, and identified excessive workloads as the greatest barrier to delivering the care they wanted to for patients4. Almost half of consultants reported working outside of their regular hours and satisfaction with work life balance had fallen more amongst consultants than any other group of doctors. Many consultants routinely work across seven days, with nine in 10 working evenings and weekends as part of an on call rota with a worrying seven in 10 reporting that they don't have adequate rest periods between shifts.
Excessive workloads and stressful working environments are leading to burnout and a recruitment and retention crisis in some specialities, such as emergency medicine8, as junior doctors chose to train in other areas of medicine or existing doctors leave the NHS and work abroad.
This provides the backdrop against which more than 18 months of discussions between the BMA and NHS Employers on possible changes to consultant contracts had been taking place9. Talks stalled in October 2014 because the BMA could not accept a Heads of Agreement that didn't provide adequate contractual protections against excessive workload and burnout, which affect patient safety and care as much as consultants' health and wellbeing. The Government has since asked the DDRB to consider evidence relating to consultant contracts and make recommendations in the coming months.
"Let me make this clear: if the Government wants change, they will have to offer us something in return. Consultants are not superhuman; we deserve time to rest and time with our families. Patients not only understand this, they want it. How many here would like to be treated by an exhausted consultant? Seven out of 10 consultants already report that they don't get enough rest between duties.
Neither could we commit to accepting the blank cheque that the Department of Health offered, a blank cheque that they would fill in, and probably with a minus number for many consultants. Despite our many requests for it, no data to support realistic modelling was provided so we could not even have told consultants what they could expect to earn - or to lose - from the proposals. I say to you now, politicians cannot continue to devalue the vital role of consultants in the NHS through a relentless chipping away at pay."
Talking of he pressure on NHS staff, he calls for 'No More Games over the NHS'.
"But this pressure cannot be borne indefinitely and we have seen in some specialties like Emergency Medicine what the consequences of such a strain can be. Consultants in these specialties know that the problem will not be fixed by one-off injections of funding, funding that politicians often announce several times over. These are the people who crying out for No More Games. They know that the NHS needs more than empty gestures and posturing in the media. They don't want the Punch and Judy of politicians bickering for our votes – they know the NHS is far too important for that. For us, the most important thing about this election campaign is not which of the parties will form the next government, but that all of them hear our call for No More Games over the NHS – No More Games with the public's health, No More Games with NHS funding, No More Games with who provides NHS care."
He also refers to the destabilising effect of the Health and Social Care Act 'diverting money away from frontline care'.
"The NHS is emerging from, but also facing a period of further change. The Health and Social Care Act has had a destabilising effect on patients, doctors and services, diverting money away from frontline care and creating a distraction from what we know are the real challenges facing the NHS: those of rising demand and chronic underfunding. The Five Year Forward View proposes important changes to the model of care, focusing on greater integration of health and social care which will, no doubt, affect how we work. Only last week the Government announced that £6bn of healthcare spending would be devolved to local authorities in Manchester. The challenges posed by these changes are considerable, we must ensure that an already overstretched NHS budget isn't used to prop up a woefully underfunded social care budget, and we must also ensure that, where appropriate, consultants are put back in the driving seat when it comes to decisions about changes to how care is delivered. We are on the frontline, day in day out, that makes us better placed than any politician or manager to identify how and where improvements can be made in the best interests of patients."


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Akshay Kumar Biography
Akshay Kumar, the handsome man out of nowhere suddenly entered Bollywood's film industry. He studied martial arts in Hong Kong. It was a student that suggested that he try modelling. Because of his success as model, he was offered films. Along with his good looks and excellent martial art skills, Akshay was always the first choice to do adventurous movies. He did his own death defying stunts.
Akshay Kumar's breakthrough performance was in Saugandh (1991). He was well known for his Khiladi series, an Indian version of James Bond, such as _Mr.Bond (1992)_ , Khiladi (1992), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997) and Khiladi 420 (2000).
Akshay Kumar has been romantically linked with several of his co-stars including Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty, Pooja Batra and Rekha. But his marriage to Twinkle Khanna, his two time love lady changed his playboy attitudes.
Akshay Kumar Trivia
Studied martial arts in Hong Kong before becoming an actor.
Dated most of his co-stars including Pooja Batra, Raveena Tandon and Rekha (before his marriage to Twinkle Khanna).
Was a martial arts teacher. One of his students suggested he model and he was soon offered films after his success as a model.
Dated Shilpa Shetty twice before his marriage to Twinkle Khanna.
Has a son with wife Twinkle Khanna named Araav born 15th September 2002. Became an uncle when sister-in-law Rinke Saran gave birth to a baby girl on 19 October 2004.
Won Best Villain award for 'Ajnabee (2001)' as it was his first ever award since his career started in 1991.
He is the son-in-law of Bollywood mega-star, Rajesh Khanna and actress, Dimple Kapadia, as well as the brother-in-law of actress Rinke Khanna.
Akshay Kumar Filmography
Tees Maar Khan Dec 24 2010
Action Replay Apr 9 2010
Patiala House Mar 19 2010
De Dana Dan Nov 27 2009
Blue Oct 16 2009
Kambakkht Ishq Jul 3 2009


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The 10 Best Tablets on Today's Market, According to Consumer Reports
By: Don Reisinger | February 01, 2018
In the tablet market today there's Samsung, Apple, and every other vendor. That's the main takeaway from Consumer Reports' list of the top-rated tablets. Consumer Reports tested the current crop of tablets and assessed them based on display quality, camera quality, and performance, among other metrics. The company then rated the tablets on a scale of 0 to 100. In the latest data, which was released on Jan. 31, Samsung's Galaxy Tab was the market leader. It was closely followed by Apple's iPad Pro. Although Apple and Samsung dominated the list, they were joined by Lenovo and Asus, which were both able to capture spots in the top ten. This slide show will look at the 10 best tablets, according to Consumer Reports' study. Note that some iPad models were combined for clarity.
With a score of 84 out of a possible 100, Samsung's Galaxy Tab S3 is the highest-rated tablet in Consumer Reports' study. The tablet earned scores of "excellent" in a variety of categories, including performance, display quality, convenience, and camera image quality. It could only muster a "very good," however, in Consumer Reports' evaluation of its "versatility"—a measure of how easy it is to use it for a variety of activities. Both the WiFi-only and 4G versions earned marks of 84.
Not far behind was Samsung's Galaxy Tab S2, the predecessor to the Tab S3. Samsung's Tab S2 had similarly "excellent" ratings for its performance and convenience, but only earned a "very good" rating for its display quality. The Tab S2 also had a "good" rating for its camera video quality. It scored 81 out of 100 in the study.
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro version featuring 4G connectivity also scored 81 in the Consumer Reports study. The tablet earned "excellent" ratings for a variety of features, including its display and camera quality, but its "versatility" was only "good," according to Consumer Reports.
Both the 32GB and 128GB versions of Apple's iPad were earned a score of 81 in the Consumer Reports study. While they scored "excellent" ratings for performance and display quality, they were slightly behind the iPad Pro with a "very good" rating in camera video quality. The iPad's "versatility" was also rated as "good."
Apple's 10.5-inch iPad Pro line tallied a score of 80 in the Consumer Reports study. The tablets all earned "excellent" ratings for their performance, display quality, and convenience of use, but had "very good" ratings for their camera quality. Versatility was rated as "good."
Apple's line of WiFi-only 12.9-inch iPad Pro versions scored 80 in the study. The devices earned "excellent" ratings for convenience, display quality, and performance, but could only tally "good" scores for camera video quality and versatility. The 12.9-inch 4G iPad Pro models earned scores of 79.
Breaking from Apple and Samsung dominance, the Lenovo Tab 4 10 Plus was able to secure a score of 77 out of a possible 100. The device earned an "excellent" rating for its "convenience" factor but only a "good" score for camera photo quality. Lenovo's slate earned a "fair" rating for its video quality, which hurt its score.
With a score of 77, Apple's iPad Mini 4 is tops among tablets with screen sizes of 8 inches or smaller. The device had "excellent" ratings for performance, display quality, and camera quality. However, on the versatility front, the iPad Mini 4 tallied a score of "good."
The Asus ZenPad 3S 10 tied the iPad Mini 4 with a score of 77. The tablet, which has a 9.7-inch screen, earned high marks for its performance and convenience factor, and tallied "very good" grades on other features, including camera and display quality.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A
At a score of 76, Samsung's Galaxy Tab A was among the top performers in the Consumer Reports study. Although it earned an "excellent" rating for "convenience," it had "very good" ratings for performance and display quality. The Galaxy Tab A's video quality was rated "good" by Consumer Reports.
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What a wonderful experience and so good to share it with you!!!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful happy story, Wendy, Vusi, Nkulu and Qiniso. If some of us are unable to get out into Nature as you have just done, then such a story and the gorgeous photographs bring your expeirence right into our own homes. How lucky we also are to receive your joys in this way.
Now you know why one of our cultures has a saying "Thank your lucky stars!".
Loved reading this amazing diary of your adventure. What a blessing and privilege to be able to influence young lives in such a positive and motivating way. Their lives have not only been touched but influenced for a lifetime. Thank you for being such a special, unique and amazing individual.
Thanks very much NIkki for a wonderful report of a really great trip.


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Fabio Novembre Reimagines Scavolini's Best-Selling Kitchen of the '80s for an "Amazon Generation"
Rosario Spagnolello
1 dicembre 2020, 1:19 PM ·4 minuto per la lettura
Photo credit: Courtesy Photo
From ELLE Decor
A "speaking" and connected kitchen with a pop aesthetic is conceived for new generations in Dandy Plus, emerging from a creative collaboration between Scavolini and Fabio Novembre, who reinterprets the historic model and best seller dating back to the '80s. As the offspring of Scavolini's celebrated Dandy kitchen, this updated version is a clear homage to a more expressive Italian design distinguished by soft curves, decorative textures and vibrant, colorful accents.
"My work is similar to what Ettore Sottsass did with Olivetti: thoughts on colors, surfaces, and contrasts. In the Dandy Plus furnishing systems, we find 60% background color, 30% contrasting color, and 10% chromatic details, with which you end up interacting," explains Fabio Novembre. "We worked on the kitchen like it was a computing machine whose commands were to reorder, reorganize, and simplify. What is technology if not simplification?! I think of Steve Jobs with the iPhone, where all functions were integrated and incorporated in a single device."
Meanwhile, the company's CEO, Fabiana Scavolini, spoke to the experience of witnessing a hit from the '80s transformed and adapted for the needs of millennials: "very often, the myth and the success of products entering the collective imaginary become elements to redefine spaces for everyday life. It's happened with countless design masterpieces and even in the world of motors, including the 500, the Vespa, and the Mini. With Dandy Plus, we started from our heritage, from Dandy — a best-selling model from the '80s — to evolve it in a new interpretation that reflects the spirit of the times. Together with Fabio Novembre, we reflected on the increasingly pervasive role of technology in everyday activities and we created a project conceived for those who, even at home, want to live an all-over digital experience. It's a process rereading the historic Dandy collection and celebrating its evolution as furniture design applicable to the living area and bathroom as well."
Dandy Plus is not only a kitchen, but a furnishing system for the entire home. According to Novembre, "today we experience domestic spaces much more fluidly and without differentiation. The Dandy Plus pieces then re-examine the entire home, creating connections between the kitchen, living area and bathroom, although the kitchen remains the central environment of our homes, because the animal-man continues to feed three times per day. For the Italian culture, meals are a fundamental moment of sociality. We are still very connected to food, its preparation, and the care of ingredients. What's more, all the most beautiful stories have been written around a table."
Updating the kitchen with avant-garde technological solutions is perhaps the most relevant innovation brought forward by Scavolini and Novembre. Dandy Plus is the first system of furnishings integrated with Alexa, the voice-activated personal assistant developed by Amazon which, built into the BTicino Living Now controls, allows for a total command of all smart appliances in the home.
"I might be 54 years old, but I'm hyper-sensitive to the emerging dynamics linked to the digital world. I almost consider myself a digital native. To bring this world to Scavolini, for me, has been like opening the window and allowing everything new and contemporary in. In the Eighties, Raffaella Carrà was on TV talking about 'Italy's most adored kitchen'. Today the equivalent would be Chiara Ferragni. The years pass, the medium changes and the habits change, but the kitchen remains the core of the home," says Novembre.
"Imbuing the kitchen with technology was fundamental to close the circle. To tradition, we've added innovations that simplify everyday acts and respond to the new needs of contemporary life. The presence of Alexa is paradigmatic in this sense. What's more simplifying than a voice? 'Alexa, turn on the light', 'Alexa, turn the oven on to 200°', 'Alexa, call my son'. Using vocal commands means going to the root of everything. The most advanced technological point is that which can help the widest possible range of people, even the elderly."
The relationship between Scavolini and Amazon goes beyond the integration of new technologies in furnishings, adding new sales channels. "When it comes to the shopping experience, we wanted to adopt an approach that could integrate the online channel to its more traditional counterpart. Through a landing page realized and promoted in collaboration with Amazon, you can see the project and its main specifications before finalizing the purchase on the Scavolini Shop. In this field, we're the first Italian company in the world of kitchens to approach that of the e-commerce, which, with Dandy Plus, opens up for the first time to the online sale of bathrooms and living rooms. The design is also available in stores, which will always be involved for the delivery and assembly, even in the case of online purchases," explains Fabiana Scavolini.
Novembre is also enthusiastic about the new innovation that broadens and integrates the retail channel, however fundamental: "now we all buy online, so why not get your kitchen there too? This perfectly represents the transgenerational design that I want to present in my projects."
www.novembre.it
www.scavolini.com


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This is a beach soccer game of four players. You can choose to play a single game or a tournaument game.
Use the arrow keys on your keyboarad to navigate your team players. Use the Z key to kick the ball and choose another player. Use the X key to pass the ball and tackle.


Would HP Workstations with configurations like these be able to edit realtime 4K video and visual effects as well? I hear that LightIron, a company working with digital cinema footage, has mobile carts equipped with older Mac Pros with 12 cores of processing power.
If you want to talk more about this stuff, then shoot. I fix computers for a living. It's Mac Pro vs. HP Z820. Take your pick.
For what the Mac Pro 2013 is you get a lot of bang for the buck I'd say. I would however suggest looking at the 6-core machine with dual D700's and at least 16GB of RAM as a "base" 4K system if looking at realtime performance.
BMD recommends this but the 8-core system as a base. More RAM and fast I/O would also be a bonus of course given the internal drive is blazing fast (950 MB/s give or take).
12-core MacPro if working with RAW formats, or HP Z820, both are 4K capable, especially with DaVinci 11's new caching. CPU grunt is still important for RAW formats and encoding.
I would also wore for 12 cored machine.
I'm assuming you already fast storage of some sort?
You also didn't mention what type of 4K you'll be dealing with? Blackmagic 4K ProRes? Blackmagic 4K RAW? RED? Canon C500? Arri Alexa? Panasonic GH4?
Actually, all of the cameras you mentioned would be what my 4K would be dealing with. $7,000 is a lot to spend on one computer. Computer stuff was never really cheap in the first place. A decent system for home use, my Dad says, would cost around $2,500 or less, so yes, this computer stuff is not cheap, and neither is the Mac Pro or the HP Z820. It would be hard just to save $7,000 for one computer, mind you.
[Jordan White] "A decent system for home use, my Dad says, would cost around $2,500 or less, so yes, this computer stuff is not cheap"
A decent system that runs 4K in realtime for $2.5K or less...?!! If you find it sign me up. You also haven't mentioned how you plan to store all your data? The internal drive on a Mac Pro is fast, but it won't store much 4K footage. The reason the Mac Pro's and Z820's cost so much is because they're built to move data and move a lot of it. Yes, the base system will probably work for 4K provided you have fast storage (RAID). But next year there will be new cameras with new formats, and the year after that, and the year after that and on and on....So my advice is to always buy the most computer you can possibly afford.....even if that means waiting a little longer while you save. That will serve you better in the long run.
If you have clients today that are demanding this, then do what you have to do. But it sounds like from this post and other posts you've made that you're thinking about building something up. Save your money up and get a system that will last you for several years, not just a couple.
Jordan, you might wish to consider the top of he line iMac as I listed in the config guide. Its a lot less expensive than the MacPro or HP configs and while performance for 4K is not stellar it sounds like its more in your budget. Have a look at the guide for details in our new support page.
$2500 to $4000 puts you in the budget range for 2 platforms on PC that would handle the 4K media atleast at /12 resolution preview with those applications. The 4790K with 32GB of ram, 770GTX 4GB card, with a raid 0 media drive would be the solution in the $2500 range. Clocked at 4.5 to 4.7GHz this configuration can playback 4K full res with the GPU accelerated debayering. Adobe has that now but Davinci doesn't yet.
The workstation X79 system with the 4930K, 32GB to 64GB of ram, SSD OS, 770GTX 4GB card and a raid 0 media drive would put you in the upper range of the budget listed. However with the Asus boards or Asrock Extreme 9, you have the ability to upgrade to a E5 V2 Xeon CPU such as the 10 or 12 Core without changing the board out. This configuration at 4.4GHz can easily playback 4K at full resolution preview and even 6K with the GPU accelerated debayer. It will also handle Davinci along with the other apps better than the Quad Core Desktop listed above.
The others are correct though regarding the nMPro. The budget needs to be higher to get the config required for the same performance with 4K media as what I listed above. That is the trade off for Mac and OSX.
What Eric is proposing is a build-your-own system approach or DIY (do-it-yourself). That has it's pros and cons. You can typically purchase the components you want, but support/troubleshooting is entirely on your own. You'll need to consider your chassis, power requirements, and cooling needs if you go this route. Additionally, raw clock speed isn't the only measure of performance when dealing with a CPU. Things to also look at are cache size, QPI links, QPI speed, etc.
The benefits of a pre-configured system from HP or Apple is typically time and ease of use (i.e. support). But you're also getting components in those computers that are geared specifically at audio, video, and graphics professionals. The 4790K and the 4930K, while theoretically capable, are not technically designed for heavy lifting. In fact HP still uses older chipsets in the Z-series specifically because of how they were engineered for heavy lifting applications - Avid, FCPX, Nuke, Premiere, After Effects, Resolve, etc.
I'm not against building your own system, because it is fun and you can learn quite a bit. But it's not just a walk in the park either. I think you should investigate further if that's a route you want to go down.
[Peter Chamberlain] "Jordan, you might wish to consider the top of he line iMac as I listed in the config guide."
All of you. I would like for you to hear me out. I know how to build my own computer. I'm majoring in Computer Science at Kennesaw State University. I fix computers for a living. I've extracted hard drives from other computers before. I often keep up with the latest news regarding computers. My computer works well. Turns out that when you convert a 4K RAW file to a DPX or an image sequence, and then import it into Adobe Premiere Pro, and then render the timeline, it plays quite well. I have the ability to upgrade my own system. What I need to do would be to extract both the hard drive and the optical DVD and Blu-ray drives and place them in a new system. Heck, my system is a tower, and that's the beauty of towers, they can be easily customizable and upgradable because of their modular components. I can replace the motherboard. I can definite go from 1 GB graphics to 4 GB graphics from AMD Radeon to NVidia GeForce. I had a computer hardware class in high school where I examined internal computer components. I even graduated with honors in high school because I took every technical course the school had to offer. Adobe Premiere Pro, if you may have forgotten, is starting to add file format support for so many digital cinema cameras, including the top cameras in use, Red Epic and Arri Alexa. Also, Intel is going to have like 8 or 10 core desktop processors in early 2015. Reports show that they may be working on an 18 core processor. Of course, DaVinci Resolve runs on my system, but it's a true combination of hardware and software that helps the footage to play back realtime. What I would usually do would be to take the files off of the camera, put them on the hard drive, and play them in the editor. In case you were wondering, my computer is a Dell Studio XPS 435T/9000 system from 2009 with Intel 1st gen i7 3.2 Ghz Quad Core processors, 12 GB RAM, AMD Radeon 5800 1GB graphics, 2 TB hard drive, and is all in a tower for easy customization. I also hear that Intel is starting to integrate graphics capabilities in their processors. Combine this with the graphics cards from NVidia or AMD, then you have a great combination. I hear Intel Iris Pro graphics has the ability to handle 4K displays, but according to my theories, not necessarily able to handle realtime digital cinema camera footage playback. One more thing. I don't work in visual effects or post production yet. I'm just starting to experiment with this stuff on a personal level and not a business level.
HP and Apple use those same processors. The CPU's are the same whether you get them in a Apple, HP, Dell or other system configurator or e-tailer. The is nothing different to Xeons over I7 CPU's that allow for any "any heavier lifting" than the I7 or workstation chips. The Xeons only have specific firmware for security and Server operations. Beyond that the CPU's are the same and zero difference. You can also install those exact same Xeons in many X79 boards if you want. I personally run a 2697 V2 12 Core in an x79 board. That has even better performance than the equivalent Apple due to the hardware options available on the PC including NVidia cards which work better with Davinci currently. No amount of testing or benchmarks will show any performance or reliability advantage with Tier 1 oems versus other hardware.
I would not expect HP or Apple to know what you need or what works best with those applications either. Their support wont cover those applications and their functionality either. It ends at the hardware. There are other system configurators that do use standard hardware that can be upgraded with any standard hardware available online or at retail. Those configurators often know far better what hardware you need and support far more than just the hardware. Keep that in mind before you assume the Tier 1 oems are the only viable option.
BTW The Tier 1 oems purchase hardware from the same companies you find available in the channel/retail. They may have certain OEM done but the majority is industry wide hardware available in retail.
Created a 4K Ultra HD config setup.
I am getting about 21fps (no extra nodes) with RED ROCKET on and 19.5fps without.
Use Display GPU For Compute off.
This was my last kick at the can for the Mac Pro at work.
They have been replaced by the new Mac Pro's and it looks like the CUBIX is not supported in Resolve 11 (I could be wrong).
[EricBowen] "The is nothing different to Xeons over I7 CPU's that allow for any "any heavier lifting" than the I7 or workstation chips. The Xeons only have specific firmware for security and Server operations. Beyond that the CPU's are the same and zero difference"
There is a difference between the processors you listed and the ones used by Apple, HP, Dell, etc in their more expensive computers. Besides server class processors, you have more L3 cache on the Xeon's, QPI hooks to replace the front side bus, ability to address more system RAM, ability to address ECC memory-types, etc.
I'm not saying you can't use the i7 consumer-grade processors to do 4K work. You could. What I am saying is there is a difference between what processor you listed and what Apple, HP, etc spec in their high-end workstations. There is a reason for the price tag associated with those computers. The processors are different and are capable of faster access to data provided the computer is built to take advantage of that...and that is what I mean by "heavy lifting."
I wasn't referring to the spec differences of the CPU such as cores, GHz, cache and such. I was referring to the actual architecture of Xeon versus I7. What you mention beyond that are simply platform differences between desktop and workstation/server platforms. Both the Server ie Xeon platforms and the workstation ie socket 2011 platform have QPI. There is no difference there. The Server platform has a QPI bus between the 2 CPU's for syncing data between then. Beyond that they both use the QPI instead of the front side bus. The Cache in the CPU's is dependent on the cores. The more cores, the greater the cache since the cores need cache to run optimally and they share. A 6 Core CPU doesn't require 25 Meg cache. However a 8 or 10 core will. The 12 core has 30 meg cache and Apple, HP, Dell, and all other system configurators use the same 12 core Xeons. Incase you didn't know Apple uses the 1600 series V2 Xeons which are the same as the 2600 Xeons other than they don't support more than 1 chip on a board. Other than that it's the same Xeon.
ECC ram has zero bearing on performance or reliability with media applications. ECC is meant for server operations that have an operational time of 24/7 365. It has zero bearing on media applications so I am not sure why you bring it up. Yes the Server chips support more then 64GB of ram but most don't need more than that. If the editor does then a Dual Xeon system whether from HP, Dell, or custom configurator all have the same ram options available. Once again T1's have no advantage there. They are using the same core hardware. All are using the same Intel chips if their Xeons. All are using the same desktop or mobile chips if their those. Intel doesn't ship special CPU's to anyone.
As to performance, the higher clock speeds available for the workstation chips are outperforming the greater cores of the Xeon chips with GPU acceleration for most codecs. Once the system has the ideal cpu threads for decoding the data then GHz becomes far more important than extra cores or cache. You can reference benchmarks I posted here reflecting that has not changed for example with Adobe CC 2014.
Just like to add that the CUBIX XPANDER does not work with any Thunderbolt enclosure to date.
The Xpander you have is operating at data transfer speeds of 80Gbps bi-directional. A Thunderbolt 2 port is only capable of operating at 20Gbps bi-directional. Neither Intel or Apple currently support discrete graphics cards residing in an external PCIe slot expansion chassis connected to the host via Thunderbolt.
Cubix had planned to release its own line of Xpanders using Intel Thunderbolt 2 technology during the late June timeframe. Due to a variety of factors, not the least of which is the current lack of Intel and Apple support for discrete GPUs hosted in an external slot expansion chassis or the 20Gbps data transfer speed limitation, Cubix has opted to focus its development efforts on its new PCIe Gen3 x16 (128Gbps data transfer rate) Xpander models plus its HostEngine dual Xeon-based workstations.


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Response to the proposed Copyright Directive
12 October 2018 11 September 2018 by Media
A response to those concerned about the new Copyright Directive, which will be voted on by the European Parliament this week.
Over the last months, I have received thousands of emails about the Copyright Directive, as have my fellow Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Discussions about this file have been extremely controversial and MEPs have been the target of massive lobbying efforts from two distinct camps: those who oppose particular elements of the Copyright Directive, especially Articles 11 and 13, and those who emphasise that content creators must receive fair remuneration for their work, also when it is used online.
Throughout the negotiation process on this file, the Greens/EFA Group has fought to defend the rights of creators to get their fair share of the profits their work generates. We remain committed to this goal. However, the current text of the Directive comes with a whole host of weaknesses that will have far-ranging consequences for how we use the internet. That is why our Group voted for sending the text back to Committee for further discussion and amendment in July.
On 12th September, we will vote on the final version of the text. Unfortunately, no breakthrough has been made yet to eliminate the worst problems that our Group objects to. In my opinion, a clash of two very important principles lies at the core of this conflict. On the one hand, there is an undeniable right for creators to be compensated appropriately and fairly for their work. On the other hand, we must remember that the internet is not a space populated only by rights holders and platforms, but also the public. And the public must have a right to free expression online. So far, we lack a good legal framework that balances these two principles.
However, the mechanisms suggested in the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) text, which are meant to ensure that this finally happens, are extremely heavy-handed and represent a clear departure from anything we have seen before in Copyright law. Especially the obligation on platforms to use upload filters as implied by Article 13, which is in my view, not a measured and appropriate response to this problem. That is because in order to comply with the law and avoid liability, a platform would have to use a filter that only allows the upload of works that have been identified to the platform by those rightsholders or collecting societies for which the platform has conducted a license agreement (whitelist). Every other work, for example all works by amateurs, would have to be blocked by default, because the platform cannot be certain that the work does not constitute a copyright infringement.
I agree with our Shadow, Julia Reda, that this approach fails to strike a fair balance between the interests of creative industries and the public, and would close down many online platforms to new and emerging artists who are not (yet) licensing their works professionally. Julia has written extensively on these issues on her website, but many academics and internet experts have also warned against the (largely unintended) negative impact of Article 13. Instead, the alternative proposal we introduced focuses on fair remuneration of authors, but rejects upload filters as an unacceptable measure.
Beyond the immediate effects this would have on internet culture, I also believe that lawmakers should apply caution to incentivising the development of technologies such as upload filters. If we push for such technologies now and become accustomed to their widespread use, there is no telling what they may be used for in future. At the very least, we must remember that such technology would be a powerful weapon in the hands of those who seek to abuse it, for example to suppress dissident political opinions. I believe this is also a crucial socio-political element, which we must weigh very carefully in this debate.
Of course, the Greens also share the goal of preventing free-riding of online services on the work of journalists and photographers. Indeed, these works are already protected by copyright today, so when a platform uses this content without a license, this already constitutes copyright infringement. But we equally oppose the introduction of a "neighbouring right" as included in Article 11, which would force anyone who wishes to use parts of journalistic content for link-sharing to first get a license form the publisher (e.g. to display link previews using headlines of articles, excerpts etc.).
Years of experience with the neighbouring right for press publishers in Germany have shown that this new right does not generate any profits. Therefore, we do not believe that the neighbouring right will do anything to improve the economic situation of journalists. In fact, pressing ahead with this would needlessly limit access to online information and discourage the use of hyperlinks.
Instead, the Greens/EFA Group is suggesting the introduction of a "presumption rule", which would simplify how press publishers handle copyright issues. These can be very complex nowadays, because individual authors of articles hold the copyright. This rule establishes the default legal assumption that publishers have the right to license and enforce the copyright of articles they publish. Unless an online service can prove that it has independently acquired a license for the article directly from the journalist, it will have to conduct a license agreement with the publisher.
In contrast to the proposed neighbouring right for press publishers, the presumption rule does not create a parallel legal regime to the existing copyright of journalists, which we value deeply. The neighbouring right would give press publishers control over individual sentences that are currently not protected by copyright. They would therefore enjoy more control over articles than even journalists. It is true that the latest version of the neighbouring right now includes an exception for hyperlinks, but these hyperlinks are only supposed to be accompanied by "individual words". So even a link accompanied by the headline of the news article a user is linking to would require permission from the press publisher.
These are two of the main issues with the text, but of course there are several others. Unfortunately, it goes beyond the scope of this email to discuss all of these. However, Julia has provided some very succinct summaries of these issues (e.g. relating to text and data mining), so I recommend having a look at her website.
All in all, I believe we must approach complex legislation like the Copyright Directive with caution and it is not easy to weigh the different principles and issues it raises against each other. So far, the parliament's Rapporteur has, in my view, failed to establish a good balance in the text, which could attract the support of a solid majority in this House. But I remain optimistic that the plenary vote can introduce the much-needed changes to finally achieve this.
Lastly, I would like to thank you for raising this issue with me. It is good to see that so many people addressed their concerns about the Directive (regardless of whether they were in favour of it or against it) to their elected representatives.
Molly Scott Cato
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Detection and serotypi...
Detection and serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes in some food products from North-East of Romania
Cătălin Carp-Cărarecatalincarp@yahoo.fr1, Alina Vlad-Sabie1 and Viorel-Cezar Floriştean1
1 University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Iasi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Public Health Department
https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2013-0025
Article Recommendations
Listeria monocytogenes represents an important hazard to human health because it is capable of causing listeriosis, an atypical foodborne disease with a high fatality rate.The aim of this study was to detect and serotype Listeria monocytogenes in some food products (of animal and vegetable origin), collected during the 2011 period. The detection of Listeria monocytogenes was performed by ISO 11290- 1-A1/2004 standard method and verified by real-time PCR. Numerous subtyping strategies have been developed to characterize Listeria monocytogenes isolates. Serotyping, the traditional method for the subtype characterization of Listeria monocytogenes is not very discriminatory, but it is a universal method which gives important information on prevalence of specific serotypes. The confirmation of Listeria monocytogenes isolated strains was performed by a TaqMan real-time PCR assay, using TaqMan Pathogen Detection Kits (Applied Biosystems). The assay use specific primers and a probe for Listeria monocytogenes. In this study on a total number of 260 samples, 25 (9.61%) gave positive results for Listeria monocytogenes by conventional method and only 22 (8.46%) of them were confirmed by real-time PCR. These results indicate a high efficiency of the real-time PCR method in a short time, compared with classical methods which can provide false positive results. Four different Listeria monocytogenes serotypes were found in nine varieties of food products: 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c and 4b
detection; serotyping; Listeria monocytogenes; food safety; detecţie; serotipizare; Listeria monocytogenes; produse alimentare
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Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator
Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Volume: 27 (2019)
Issue Journal
First Published:
Life Sciences > Molecular Biology
Life Sciences > Biochemistry
Life Sciences > Human Biology
Life Sciences > Microbiology and Virology
IMPACT FACTOR 2018: 0,800
5-year IMPACT FACTOR: 0,655


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Broad gets ammo in push to expand L.A. charter schools
Chris Reed January 1, 2016
As a huge fight draws near over charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District between the California Teachers Association and billionaire philanthropist and school reformer Eli Broad, a massive new study by UC Berkeley researchers gives Broad ammunition
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Signed, Numbered Ansel Adams Photos, Gold Rush-Era Tokens do well in Holabird's Dec. 17-19 Auction
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Rare First Folio Fragment of Shakespeare's Henry IV from 1623 will Hit The Auction Block October 29
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Q: ./src/App.js Attempted import error: 'Switch' is not exported from 'react-router-dom' I can't figure it out why doesn't work. I have uninstalled the react-router-dom package and reinstalled it, but I always have the same error.
The error I'm getting: ./src/App.js
Attempted import error: 'Switch' is not exported from 'react-router-dom'.
This is my code.
I hope that someone could give me a hand,
Thanks in advance
import './App.css';
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Switch, Route } from "react-router-dom";
import NavBar from '../src/Components/UI/NavBar/NavBar';
import Footer from '../src/Components/UI/Footer/Footer';
import Home from './Components/Views/Home/Home';

function App() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <NavBar/>
      <Switch>
        <Route path="/">
          <Home/>
        </Route>
      </Switch>
      <Footer/>
    </Router>
  );
}

export default App;

A: If you accidentally updated react-router-dom to version 6 it no longer exports a Switch component. It was replaced by a Routes component that must directly wrap/render the Route components.

*

*Swap the Switch for the Routes component.
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Routes, Route } from "react-router-dom";
...

function App() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <NavBar/>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/" element={<Home/>} />
      </Routes>
      <Footer/>
    </Router>
  );
}

Follow the Upgrading from v5 to migrate your project from v5 to v6 across your app as there were quite a few breaking component API changes.

*Revert back to react-router-dom v5.

*

*Run npm un -s react-router-dom

*Run npm i -s react-router-dom@5.3.0

A: I had the same problem and took me forever.
but mainly as you have asked recently the React-router-dom has been updated and they have removed Switch So try installing below code again. its version 5.

npm install react-router-dom@5

A: I have also faced the same problem. I had version 6 installed. Then I have found out that Switch was replaced by Routes. But changing to Routes was messing with my front-end. So I uninstall the version and went back to previous version by these commands:

npm uninstall react-router-dom

npm install react-router-dom@5.2.0

This has solved my problem with 'Switch is not exported error'.


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Artist Spotlight #9: Lau.ra
Alternative Power List winner, Lau.ra is one of the rising stars of house music. Based in the UK, her dominant basslines and infectious melodies saw her awarded 'Self Producing Artist of The Year' by the UK MPG last month (an accolade previously won by Four Tet and Jon Hopkins). Growing up in a small town in the midlands she talks to shesaid.so about finding a home in dance music, juggling parenting, support from the BBC and putting in the graft.
Lau.ra: I've been a self-producing artist from day 1 but I entered the music industry making pop music as growing up in a small town in the midlands the only successful women I'd ever seen in the music industry were pop stars so I naturally gravitated towards that world. I was in my mid-twenties before I met other women producers and women in technical roles in the industry. I remember that Mandy Parnell, the mastering engineer in fact, was the first woman I worked with who was successfully dominating and taking up a lot of space in her field. I found that very inspiring. It's only in the last few years that I've realised my home is in dance and electronic music. Feeling supported and celebrated as a self-producing artist in this scene has been a game changer for me. I'm no longer met with confusing looks when I tell people in the industry that it's me producing all the tunes, instead people are impressed and excited by it. I feel believed, finally! Thank fuck.
shesaid.so: 2022 has been such an exciting year for you so far! What have been your personal highlights?
Lau.ra: Playing Radio 1's Big Weekend recently was a real buzz and in fact all the BBC radio support that DJs have shown my music this year has been unreal. I started the year DJing at Circoloco at DC-10, Ibiza on New Years Day — the absolute best way to kick off the year. I think that lit a rocket up my ass for the rest of the year ahead. And then just recently I won a UK MPG award for 'Self Producing Artist of The Year' — an accolade previously won by Four Tet and Jon Hopkins. To win that award knowing it's voted for by peers and alongside the absolute best in the UK music industry feels very validating.
shesaid.so: On your Reprezent takeover you spoke about the barriers you faced getting into music production. Could you share how you've overcome some of those?
Lau.ra: I've just quietly kept on going. Actually not even that quietly most of the time. The beats have gotten bigger and better and I've just grafted away. Mastered my craft but still learning all the time. I've just put the hours in and surrounded myself with people who absolutely know my truth and story and will speak up if they hear anyone twisting that or making assumptions that aren't true.
shesaid.so: We have a brilliant, active, parenthood committee. As a parent, are there ways you'd like the music industry to evolve to support parents more?
Lau.ra: Visibility is important and goes a long way to making people feel supported. It's been refreshing seeing some other women in the scene share their parenting journeys and open up a little more about the challenges that come with young children and a career in music. It's only very recently (post pandemic?) that I feel people have been talking about this. Up until the past few years it's still been very taboo or just not done. Or maybe I just wasn't looking for it? Not sure.
Following Annie Mac, Anna Lunoe, Logic1000 and Jamz Supernova have been very inspiring to me and made me believe that I could do this. More support for self-employed parents in the industry would be great.
One thing that's become apparent since becoming a mum is that blocks of creative time are going to be very hard to come by during these early years. I barely manage to record an hour's live mix without being interrupted! Perhaps a fund where parents could use the money to cover childcare costs and book themselves into a residential studio for a week? That would be dreamy. When your babies are small you don't want to be seperated from them but equally there is a pull to 'get back to it' and a need to be creative and keep those juices flowing so you don't touch out and lose yourself completely. A fund or support that might enable parents to do both these things alongside each other in those early days would be brilliant.
shesaid.so: shesaid.so is a community guided by intersectionality. In your opinion, how could the music industry do better in terms of inclusivity?
Lau.ra: I'm seeing more women and gender minorities coming through and rising the ranks but still very few black people taking up the space they deserve. Both on the artist side but particularly on the technical side and executive roles in the industry. I don't think I've ever had a label or publishing meeting with a black woman sitting on the other side of the table, which is absurd when dance music is black music. House/Techno/Garage/DnB, all of it comes from black culture and creators, we owe everything to the black and queer scenes that the sounds evolved from.
shesaid.so: Has community played a role in your evolution as a creative?
Lau.ra: To some extent. I produce and create most of my music alone or remotely from the artists that I work with and my studio is at my house so I don't get to experience community in my work environment but it plays a big role in everything else. Artist communities like The FAC and PRSFoundation have been so important to me as I've been navigating my way through and carving a career for myself in music. Also Instagram! I have some fans that have followed me from day one, from project to project and grown up with me. Even though we aren't close IRL there's a sense of community that's very supportive knowing some people have chosen to take an interest and stick with you as you've been developing and evolving as an artist over the years.
shesaid.so: And finally, could you share three bullet-point top tips for artists just starting out? What would you have loved to hear?
Lau.ra:
"Keep going. If you can afford to ride out the lows and it's still bringing you joy. Keep going."
Trust your gut, if it feels too good to be true it usually is. Don't be afraid to ask stupid questions. A lot of people in the music industry rely on artists not asking the obvious questions. Transparency is everything. A few awkward moments may save you a lot of money/sanity.
Don't over-promise and under-deliver. It's frustrating for everyone. Better to be the person that says they'll have something done in a couple of weeks and deliver it in one rather than be the person everyone needs to chase. This is not always easy or possible, as I've discovered since becoming a parent. But it's always something to aim for!
Keep up to date with Lau.ra via her website and Instagram.
Click here for more information about how to become a shesaid.so member or ally.
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A triplet of stars, cut free hand with the plasma-cutter, add extra light and whimsy to this simple square, patinaed steel light sconce. Patina may vary slightly from photos.
The sconce is 9" x 9" and 4" deep, open top and bottom. The stars glisten through silver mica.


Is your retail business offering a seamless service?
The retailer of today and tomorrow will have a seamless blend between online, in-store, mobile - to rely on one channel only to a customer wont be enough to survive. Paul mentions, Amazon, and local player The Iconic is another example of a pure-play online retailer looking to bridge to pop-up locations to gain that customer experience and connectivity. Expect to see this from online players.


getting our house ready for sale is more than I can cope with... not just right now but ever. at least that's how it feels today. the task seems so huge and overwhelming and I crumble at the thought rather than take things on one job at a time like I know I should.
we've had some help, which we're eternally grateful for and still the job seems so big.
if I had the dollars I'd get professionals in to sort it out for me, seriously I am no good at this type of thing.
Christmas is not the time of year to be taking on this sort of crazy, what were we thinking????


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Cunard Line: QE2's Final Departure From Southampton,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM Nov 5, 2008
Cunard Line has unveiled plans to mark QE2's final departure from her home port of Southampton on Tuesday 11 November 2008. After 39 years of service, which have seen QE2 sail 5.9 million nautical miles, complete 806 transatlantic crossings, carry over 2.5 million guests, undertake 25 World Cruises and answer her country's call during the Falklands Campaign, QE2 will leave Cunard service following this final voyage from Southampton to Dubai where she will become a first class hotel and
entertainment centre.
The highlight of 11 November will be a farewell visit by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, who will be making his seventh visit to the most famous ship in the world. During the visit, His Royal Highness will observe the two-minutes' silence at 1100 hours prior to meeting crew members who went down to the Falklands on the ship. His Royal Highness will then undertake a tour of the vessel, including visits to the Wardroom, Bridge, Engine Control Room and Hospital before attending a Reception in the Queens Room. There he will present a painting of QE2, which was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen during her farewell visit to the ship on 2 June 2008, to the Mayor of Southampton, who will accept it on behalf of the city. At the Reception he will meet long-serving staff, as well as the former Captains of HMS Ardent, Antelope and Coventry whose ships were lost in the Falklands Campaign and who returned to the UK on QE2. After lunch His Royal Highness will watch a flypast by a Harrier jet from the aft decks of QE2.
People from all over the country are expected to travel to Southampton to say goodbye to QE2.
She will arrive alongside her berth at the Queen Elizabeth II Terminal at just after 0630 hours where she will remain until her departure at 1915 hours.
At 1100 hours a million poppies will be dropped over the ship from a Tiger Moth to commemorate Remembrance Day, mark QE2's role in the Falklands, and note the fact that her final departure is on 11 November.
This will be followed at 1340 hours by a flypast of a Harrier which will hover and bow to QE2 approximately 500-feet off her stern.
QE2 is planned to leave her berth at 1915 hours and proceed astern to be off Mayflower Park where she will remain for a period. A pre-recorded message from her Master, Captain Ian McNaught, will be broadcast on a specially-erected screen in the Park. Immediately after this there will be a brief, spectacular firework display. QE2 will then proceed downriver with her whistle blasting and she is expected to be accompanied by a large flotilla. She will pass the Queen Elizabeth II Terminal just before 2000 hours for the final time and then make her way down Southampton Water en route to Dubai.
For those wishing to see QE2 sail in or sail out of Southampton the vessel is planned to be visible at the following points:
ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
Nab Tower Pilot Station 0400 hours 2145 hours
Portsmouth 0445 hours 2115 hours
Cowes 0515 hours 2045 hours
Calshot 0530 hours 2025 hours
Fawley 0540 hours 2015 hours
Hythe 0550 hours 2000 hours
Passing Berth 0600 hours 1950 hours
Swinging off Ocean Dock 0615 hours
Off Mayflower Park 1930 hours
Approaching Berth 0630 hours
Let go from Berth 1915 hours
As QE2 leaves the Cunard fleet, the company's flagship Queen Mary 2 - the largest and grandest ocean liner in the world - spearheads the revival of the Golden Age of Ocean Travel by continuing to offer the regular transatlantic service that the company started in 1840. While Queen Victoria, which entered service in December 1997, is a vessel that has redefined 'style' on the high seas, and offers Cunard's historic European routes. In addition, along with Queen Mary 2, she continues the tradition of World Cruises started by Cunard in1922. And the company will not have to wait long for a new 'Elizabeth' for Queen Elizabeth will enter service in autumn 2010. Then Cunard will offer the youngest - and most famous - fleet afloat.


1Source Office and Facility Supply is pleased to announce several key developments that underscore the strength of our team, the breadth of our product offering, our vision for geographic expansion, and our ongoing commitment to our customers.
First, Laurita Jackson, President of 1Source, has been promoted to the position of Managing Partner for 1Source, while proven industry veteran Gregory S. McLeod has joined our leadership team as a co-Managing Partner.
Second, we have developed new strategic relationships with key manufacturers and wholesalers to provide you, our customers, with an even broader array of products, services and value-added technologies.
Third, we are proud and excited to announce the opening of a new office/distribution center in Minneapolis, MN.
Together, these strategic changes allow 1Source to provide our customers a true, one-stop shopping experience, expanded purchasing leveraged across multiple product categories, outstanding (local) customer service, and nationwide distribution capabilities.
Here is additional information about this exciting news.
We are expanding geographically, and this includes the opening of our new office/distribution center in Minnesota.
Our growth has also included the May 2011 addition of office supplies, furniture, and industrial/safety supplies as products that complement our core janitorial and facility supply offering.
To continue to usher our geographic and product category expansion, 1Source is proud to have Greg McLeod join our management team. Greg is a highly respected industry leader who has an excellent reputation in the business communities in Minneapolis, Memphis and across the country.
1Source is a B2B company. We have greatly benefited from the logistical hub and concentration of B2B opportunities in Memphis. The Minneapolis-area business community offers similar characteristics that are aligned with our growth plan.
Geographically, both Memphis and Minneapolis are key strategic locations that serve as doorways to doing business across the rest of the country.
Are you offering new products?
Yes. We continually evaluate our customers' needs and explore new opportunities to add value to those relationships.
We know you increasingly look to 1Source to provide products and services that allow you to leverage your expenditures across multiple product categories and streamline your procurement processes.
We work strategically to develop and nurture relationships with key manufacturers and distributors in product categories including Janitorial, Office Products, Furniture, and MRO/Industrial/Safety Supplies. Our goal is to provide our clients with a true, one-stop shopping experience.
Our robust product mixture is backed by a significant financial investment in a state-of-the-art ERP/online ordering platform. The DDMS Business Management System from ECI Software Solutions allows you to streamline your procurement processes and reduce/control expenditures while allowing your end-users to quickly and easily find the products and services they're looking for. When you would rather ask questions of one of our team members by phone, just call us toll free at 800-561-1612. We are still available to answer every question and any concern promptly.
Who do I call now about an order?
If you are already a 1Source customer, thank you! Nothing has to change for you. If you currently place your orders via phone, fax, or mail and you're happy with that process, then please continue to do so.
However, if you are interested in using our new online/e-commerce ordering system we will gladly conduct a short training session to get you up and running as soon as you're ready. The new system can help you streamline your procurement processes by allowing you to customize shopping lists, check available inventory, track expenditures, manage budgets, establish online approval procedures, automate your order entry process, identify lower-cost alternative products, track shipments, and much more. Please contact our ERP/Systems Manager, Delorce Smith at dsmith [at] call1source [dot] com or 901-521-1612, for more information or to get started.
My organization is in the Memphis area and we are an existing 1Source customer. What does the business expansion mean for me?
Our business expansion provides exciting opportunities for our existing and prospective clients in the Mid-South. Our headquarters will remain in Memphis. Our financial strength and commitment to our customers, combined with our increased purchasing power, put us in an ideal position to meet your needs now and the months and years ahead.
We can now offer the best combination of local customer service, outstanding product selection, world-class technologies, and nationwide distribution capabilities.
Beyond the personal touch you have felt by doing business with 1Source in Memphis, the business expansion means we will continue to offer highly competitive pricing on an even larger assortment of products. Our world-class systems, technologies and distribution networks will help you reduce expenses, consolidate your vendor base, and streamline your ordering and inventory processes.
You made the right choice to be with 1Source. As always, we are committed to making your experience with us personal and unparalleled.
Are you hiring more people as part of this expansion?
Yes. We have recently added a number of key positions in both Memphis and Minneapolis. Over the coming year our growth projections require the addition of talented team members in all functional areas.
We will have additional positions available in both Memphis and Minneapolis and the openings will be posted on our website. The 1Source family is always looking for highly-talented, experienced industry professionals. Interested individuals are encouraged to reach out to our team at any time.
On March 28, 2013, Memphis Chemical Janitorial & Supply became 1Source Office and Facility Supply. The name 1Source reflects our expanded product portfolio and geographic presence. It captures our commitment to being a one-stop shop for our customers' business needs.
Since acquiring Memphis Chemical in 2000, our legacy management team expanded our client list from Memphis-area churches to include a number of flagship organizations, including FedEx, the VA Hospital, MLG&W, and the Memphis International Airport, among others.
Laurita Jackson, who served as President of Memphis Chemical, has been promoted to the position of Managing Partner of 1Source. Greg McLeod has also joined the leadership team as a co-Managing Partner of 1Source, based out of Minnesota.
Read more about our Management Team on our website.