Ginge wrote: Can we have one thread for all this?
Great! Thanks for this Chris, much appreciated!
For those interested, read my take on how Raymond van Barneveld defied a 115.80 average from Phil Taylor to keep his Premier League hopes alive! What an incredible night of darts yesterday!
Something a little bit different! I've made 10 darting predictions for 2015!
NEW POST: I talk to 5-Time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld!!!
Raymond was a complete gent and very generous with his time!
Here's my review of a dramatic Judgement Night in Manchester!
Here's my Premier League Week 10 preview, as Taylor-van Barneveld renew their classic rivalry!
Darts fans will be very sad to hear that James Wade is currently suffering with his mental health. Get well soon James!
To celebrate Raymond's birthday, I give my opinion on his best 10 wins in the PDC!
NB: Includes video clips of every match!
NEW POST: Record-Breaking MvG, Brilliant Barney, Enigmatic Anderson! What a night of Darts in Cardiff!
What a write-up! Courageous Chisnall indeed!
I see folks bin watchin the prem league.
I agree, ifm's trolling is getting worse.
But what do you think about those students in Sheffield.
Can we get this thread deleted?


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Emily Sonnett, Caitlin Foord, and Midge Purce Are Leaving the Portland Thorns
The soccer team announces some major trades.
By Margaret Seiler 1/8/2020 at 2:47pm
Emily Sonnett with the US National Team vs. Spain in January 2019
Image: Courtesy Jose Breton-Pics Action/Shutterstock
Portland soccer Twitter was a sea of crying-face emojis today after two big trade announcements clarified several days' worth of swirling rumors: This morning, the Thorns' front office shared that US national team player and four-year Thorn Emily Sonnett and the rights to Australian national team player Caitlin Foord are being traded to Orlando in a move that gives the Thorns the no. 1 pick in next week's National Women's Soccer League College Draft. Hours later, the other shoe dropped with the news that Midge Purce, who had her first cap for the US national team in November, is headed to New Jersey–based Sky Blue FC in exchange for Costa Rica native and Penn State alum Rocky Rodríguez and a first-round draft pick for 2021.
Sonnett, the no. 1 draft pick in 2016 out of the University of Virginia, has spent the past four seasons with the club, racking up nearly 80 games in a Thorns kit. She appeared in one game for the US at the World Cup in June, became legend for comically picking her nose on the bench on national TV in October (the natural goofball always seems to know just where the camera is, as well as where the nearest Waffle House is, and Portland—nay, the world—loves her for it), and shone on the pitch in a pair of friendlies for the US in November.
Foord, who's currently in her home country playing for the W-League's Sydney FC squad, joined the Thorns in 2018, part of a trade that sent longtime Portland player Allie Long to Seattle. She played in nearly a dozen games total for the Thorns, with a long absence in 2019 for Australia's World Cup run.
Arriving in Portland on short notice after the Boston Breakers suddenly dissolved at the start of 2018, Purce had a strong first season with the Thorns but really caught fire in 2019 while many of her teammates were in France for the World Cup. Last summer she was also in the news talking about her experience as a black athlete in what's still a very white sport in this country. Her first appearance for the US national team came in November against Costa Rica (with Rodríguez also starting for her home country—born Margaret and Raquel, they also share two of the league's best nicknames).
Sonnett arrived in Portland in 2016 amid a sea of new faces, including national team vet Meghan Klingenberg, Danish international Nadia Nadim, future NWSL goalkeeper of the year Adrianna Franch, and head coach Mark Parsons. As more roster updates are sure to come with next week's NWSL College Draft, 2020 appears to be a similar year of big moves for the team.
"Coming into the offseason we knew we would have to make several bold moves that strengthen the team with the objective of getting back to the NWSL Final," Thorns and Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson said in a news release. "Acquiring the first pick in the draft was essential for us and we believe the player we select will not only help in the short term, but will be someone that will grow with the club and become a fixture in this team for years to come."
Orlando "earned" the top draft pick this year by having the worst record in the NWSL last season. The Thorns led the league midseason but finished third in the standings, eventually falling to the no. 2 Chicago Red Stars in the league semifinals in October.
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December 17, 2014, New York – ONO, Spain's leading fiber optic communications company, and Fashion One LLC, the international network for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle television, jointly announce the launch of FO HD to the platform's HD TV channel line-up. Broadcasted through the network's dedicated Spanish feed for the country, the channel will be available to ONO's more than seven million cable subscribers on Channel 114 starting December, 2014.
FO HD caters to the fashionable and stylish female audience with content covering the very latest fashion, entertainment, lifestyle news, A-list celebrity profiles, luxury brands, holiday destinations and red carpet events. Showcasing all the international fashion weeks from around the world, it also delivers a strong line-up of original programmes, from reality shows to documentaries, beauty tips, and street styling. With the network's exclusive incorporation with ONO, FO HD is the 50th HD channel of the cable provider, the biggest high definition offer in the market.
After the successful release of Elite Model Look Spain 2013 early this year, the localized Spanish channel continues the endeavour with another instalment of the annual competition with Elite Model Look Spain 2014. This 2-part series, produced entirely in Spanish, follows aspiring models from the cities of Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Malaga and Santander, as they strive to become the next Elite model to represent Spain in the Elite Model Look World Finals in China. Among the channel's most sought-after special programming are our annual year-end countdown specials, Top 10 Most Stylish Celebrities 2014 and Top 10 Designers 2014, which unveils the top fashion personalities who made headlines in 2014. Viewers can also keep up to date with the latest fashion news with Fashion Frontline.


The Hague (Somalilandsun) – Following detailed briefing by the foreign minister the Dutch government promised to look into both the volume and the format for aid delivery to Somaliland.
This development came after meeting between foreign minister Dr. Mohamed Abdilahi Omar held in Copenhagen with the Dutch Minister for security and the Director General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International cooperation Service in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Dr. Omar who is currently on transit back home In the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa told Somalilandsun his briefing to the Dutch authorities which first of such deep discussions between the two countries revolved around Somaliland's achievements, security and future aspirations.
Prior to Arrival in the Netherlands the foreign minister met and held discussions in Rortterdam where he briefed Diaspora Somalilanders on prevalent situation in Somaliland especially as pertains to security and multi-sectored developments.
The two institutions of KfW Development Bank and GIZ are set to visit the country in the first half of this year thus undertake feasibility studies for the promised interventions in the investment and development sectors through funding by the German central coffers.
The briefing by Dr. Omar to the German foreign ministry which dwelt on prevalent security status in Somaliland as well as her active participation in the fight against piracy and Terrorism in the turbulent Horn of Africa region and the need for Germany's direct support to the yet unrecognized republic of Somaliland the Berlin authorities pledging substantial support and cooperation immediately after the assessment mission by KfW Development Bank and GIZ.


Even though fans still have the rest of 2015's impressive release schedule to appease their appetites, this weekend saw a new teaser-trailer for next year's highly anticipated Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) and starring Henry Cavill (Immortals, Man of Steel) as Superman and Oscar-winner Ben Affleck (Argo, Gone Girl) as Batman, the film will act as both a follow-up to 2013's Man of Steel and a pre-cursor for DC Comic's upcoming Justice League movie(s), due out in 2017 and 2019. Screenwriters David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel) and Chris Terrio (Heights, Argo) penned the script for the film, which will also feature Amy Adams (The Fighter, American Hustle) as Lois Lane, Gal Gadot (Knight and Day, Fast & Furious 6) as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa (Conan the Barbarian, Bullet in the Head) as Aquaman, Jessie Eisenberg (The Social Network, Now You See Me) as Lex Luther, Jeremy Irons (The Lion King, Die Hard With A Vengeance) as Alfred, and Diane Lane (The Perfect Storm, Unfaithful) as Martha Kent. The trailer includes a glimpse of Affleck's Batman suit but doesn't give any solid hints as to why Batman ends up facing off with Superman (although fans of the comics will probably have more knowledge about that!). Enjoy!
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The teacher who has turned into a high flyer
Posted on August 5, 2007 by johnreynolds	· Leave a comment
By JOHN REYNOLDS
Sunday August 05 2007
It's not often that my notes are made even more illegible by occasional turbulence during an interview, but there's a first time for everything. Owner of Aer Arann Padraig O Ceidigh is a former teacher, and if he's dismayed at my handwriting, then he's keeping it to himself as we take off from Dublin on one of his airline's 48-seater turbo-prop planes.
Two girls from Los Angeles are sitting in front of us on the 45-minute flight to Galway and at first they don't believe me when I point out our fellow passenger is actually the owner of the airline. "I try to chat to my passengers whenever I get the chance," says O Ceidigh with a cheeky smile as he helpfully recommends what to see and do on their visit.
On the bus across the runway to the plane, O Ceidigh has been chatting with various airport staff as well as regular passengers, two year-old Rory and his mother, who attend Dublin's Temple Street Children's Hospital for treatment for a heart and kidney condition.
"Over the past five years I've helped to raise €1m for the hospital," says O Ceidigh, before asking me if I'd like to run a half-marathon in the Aran Islands for the latest fundraiser he's helping to organise.
After training as a chartered accountant with KPMG came an 11-year stint as a teacher, which he decided wasn't for him. "It was like being in a strait jacket and the curriculum is quite rigid and only tests a small part of a person's intellect. There were more issues in the staffroom than the classroom," he says.
The same thing happened again when he tried his hand at another frustrating, largely desk-bound job as a solicitor. Nonetheless, the legal practice grew steadily and led to his meeting a local business acquaintance, Eugene O'Kelly, from whom he bought Aer Arann — with the proceeds from selling the law practice. Back then, in 1994, it had just two small planes which served the Aran Islands.
Press reports that the airline will float on the stock market next year are not true, says O Ceidigh. "But we've been approached on several occasions by various investment houses or large firms of accountants. Usually we don't know who's behind these approaches and we haven't yet got into serious talks with anyone," he says.
UK regional airline FlyBe would perhaps be the most obvious buyer, I point out. "We haven't got the company in the shop window at the moment, but it doesn't stop buyers approaching us," he adds. "When I bought it we had 8,000 passengers a year and turned over €250,000. Now we fly over 1.2m passengers a year, with a turnover of €100m and we're the second largest regional airline in the British Isles," he says.
Aer Arann's key markets for growth are the UK and France, but it takes a big marketing effort and at the moment the focus is on "doing what we're doing better and better." Is O Ceidigh about to cash in any of his shares? "It would benefit the company as well as me personally and it's something I'd look at seriously. I'd have to run it past my board of directors, because I run the airline as if it was a public company," he admits.
Is the airline still heavily dependent on subsidies from Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes here? "Four years ago, 85 per cent of our income came from them, but it's now about 12 per cent. It's still important though, and we'll bid for them when they're out to tender again.,How is the airline doing on its Dublin to Cork route where it's competing with Ryanair? "They've been competing with us now for two years and targeted us with negative advertising campaigns, which is par for the course, but our load factors (the percentage of seats occupied by paying passengers) are around 60 per cent, whereas I hear theirs is 40 per cent. It doesn't make sense to fly 737s with 180 seats on that route.
"It's a David and Goliath battle, but we've got a lot of the Cork business community behind us, thanks to the Cork Chamber of Commerce for example. No other airline has competed on a route with Ryanair for two years, and a lot of people in Cork are supportive of us — the David in the battle — because of that.,Did he have an airline mogul or a business tycoon as a role model when he was younger? "No, genuinely I didn't. I never saw myself as a businessman and I had no real plans to run an airline. It does nothing for me whatsoever; it's just a great big bus with wings and it flies. It's a tough, uncompromising business where small mistakes can be fatal. You can't be complacent or take anything for granted. It's about the relentless pursuit of excellence, but you'll never get there. We're successful because our staff are passionate about the company and their jobs. They're supported and helped to learn to be entrepreneurs in their own way.,One thing every airline can't be complacent about is the oil price. Is he worried by Goldman Sachs recent report that it could hit $95 a barrel before the end of the year? "We hedge our oil requirements, but to some degree it's only a short-term benefit. The key is having enough passengers paying enough to cover the costs of running an efficient, safe and well-run airline.
Has Aer Arann tried to copy Ryanair at all on any of its routes, by negotiating financial incentives such as marketing support or discounted landing fees and passenger charges? "No, we work with airports as a partner, so that every passenger is looked after on the ground and in the air. Anything like that doesn't feature in our business process. Airports have to make money and I don't believe in screwing people, like Michael O'Leary.,As we're somewhere over the midlands on our Galway-bound flight, O Ceidigh somewhat unexpectedly adds : "I'd like to write about Aer Arann from a personal and a business perspective.
"I'd like to write the history of it, because you can only join the dots going back and not going forward. I'd be able to reflect on the decisions I've made and why I took them. At the moment I'm not sure what I'll be doing in the next few months, let alone the next few years.,It sounds as if O Ceidigh is getting restless again. Perhaps he's had enough of the daily commute between Dublin and Galway on his planes. Does he fly overseas very often? "At least once a fortnight for routine meetings about aircraft leases, maintenance, supplies and what have you. I'm also vice-president of the European Regions Airline Association.,With airlines coming under fire, particularly in Britain for their environmental impact, Aer Arann's "green" or fuel-efficient planes don't seem to be foremost on the green lobby's radar when compared to the gas-guzzling jets of most other airlines. What are O Ceidigh's thoughts on climate change's rising importance on the political agenda? "It's a serious issue and although the widely-quoted figure from the British Treasury's Stern Report is that aviation is responsible for about three per cent of the world's carbon emissions. We all have to take responsibility and we're never doing enough. Some airlines aren't doing more about it because it would cost them money." he adds.
O Ceidigh has a 25 per cent stake in Mayo-based Surface Power, a company which supplies and develops wind turbines and solar panels for the Irish domestic and commercial market. Perhaps the former teacher from Spiddal could give Michael O'Leary some lessons in being green.
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Wednesday 01 August Annual Camp 2018 Germany.
Cadet's Celebrate the Battle of Minden with Brigadier Dominic Biddick MBE MC.
Brigadier Biddick presented Minden Rose's to Royal Anglian Cadet's and staff in a annual tradition that goes back to the Battle of Minden in 1759, after the parade the Cadet's had Breakfast with the Brigadier, during Breakfast the Cadets gave a short presentation on the history of the famous Battle, Brigadier Biddick closed the event with a short speech.


Welcome to my very basic Defcon 11 presentation page!
The slides are in MagicPoint format here. If your UNIX box already has the 'mgp' binary installed, just download the tarball, uncompress it, and type 'mgp -o Defcon11.mgp'. Otherwise, you can just read the .mgp file directly from the web page -- it is just plain text with simple formatting directives.
The CD content (including tools used in the presentation, Idle scanning paper, etc.) are available in this tarball. Before using the 3.30 version of Nmap provided, you might want to check the Nmap page in case a newer version is now available.
Any questions? Feel free to write me at fyodor@insecure.org.


What Really Happened to the Grand Duchess Anastasia? Her fate was not fully revealed until 2007.
Animals That Changed History. And they still have an influence.
How Beige Took Over American Homes. It wasn't for our pleasure; it was for the resale value.
Surprise! More women than men think there's gender inequality in the workplace. Oh, you're not surprised at all, are you?
What we know as "curry" has a long and curious history. The only place that doesn't have a curry tradition is India.
What It Feels Like to Be the "Fat Person" Nobody Wants to Sit Next To. It's particularly bad on airplanes.
The 1995 Hubble photo that changed astronomy. It encompasses the history of the universe.
33 Grocery Store Staples Named After Real People. And a look at the real people behind them.


The United States is experiencing an opioid crisis and one of the most popular forms of opioids doesn't come from a doctor but a dealer – heroin. When many users lose access to prescription opioids or prescription users want something more powerful they turn to heroin. It's cheap, it's powerful, and it's available.
There isn't such thing as a casual or social heroin user – heroin is simply too addictive and powerful to be used 'in moderation.' Most heroin addicts will develop several physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms that come with this powerful addiction, signs, and symptoms you should be on the lookout for if you fear someone close to you has a problem. By exploring seven signs of heroin addiction we can help you piece together what addiction looks like – and how to get help.
Euphoria – A user who has just consumed heroin will often experience extreme euphoria.
Scratching and Itching – A hallmark sign of an opioid high. Users will scratch all over.
Overall Droopiness – Does the person seem to sink into the furniture or slouch around?
Heroin can be consumed in many ways, but most utilize paraphernalia to help the user get to the drug more effectively. If you've noticed suspicious items in a loved one's room it could be a sign of heroin addiction. Items associated with heroin include light bulbs, syringes, tourniquets (often belts), spoons, foil, small baggies, lighters, pipes, and more. It's not uncommon to see a spoon and lighter in a room but if you find these items together it's clear what they're being utilized for.
Is your previously successful and driven college student now having trouble passing their classes? Is your normally loving spouse putting distance between the two of you or otherwise avoiding you? Heroin impacts every part of a person's life including their mood and personality. Heroin often comes with sudden shifts in personality including higher highs and lower lows, changes in goals and motivation, loss of enthusiasm, an influx of deceit or lies, and mood swings.
In most circumstances, a heroin addict will be high on heroin or experiencing withdrawal. Someone who is only concerned with being high or getting high again will not be the same person they were before. Heroin can take your personality along with your life. A sudden personality change isn't an immediate sign of heroin addiction but almost all addicts display this extreme shift.
It is not normal for someone with a clean past to suddenly engage in criminal behavior. Sudden criminal problems and behavior are often caused by drug abuse and addiction. Theft, breaking and entering, possession, trespassing, and more crimes are associated with heroin use. People don't suddenly become criminals overnight because they just want to, they turn to crime out of necessity. Unfortunately, that's how addictive the drug can be.
Most of the crimes that come with a heroin addiction are rooted in the next sign of addiction.
Like sudden criminal problems, sudden financial problems are normally a sign that something has gone wrong. Heroin isn't the most expensive drug but it's not free. A user with a chronic addiction will do everything they can to get their fix. Most addicts will start by selling their own possessions – even cherished items. It doesn't matter if it can help get you high. After the user has run out of items of their own to sell they will turn to friends and family members. Once they've been found out by friends and family an addict may turn their addictive behavior to the world at large, leading to criminal problems.
Heroin addiction may be difficult to recognize at first, but the addict will only decline. After continued abuse, all addicts will show signs of health decline in unhealthy weight gain or loss, changes in sleep patterns, a decline in physical appearance and self-care, and other health declines. Repeated intravenous use can collapse veins and can cause track marks. If you suspect someone is addicted to heroin and experiencing a sudden health decline its best to reach out before it's too late.
Heroin addiction never ends well. The two most common final destinations for untreated heroin addiction are prison and in the cemetery. If you or someone you love is addicted to heroin you must reach out before the inevitable happens.
Modern heroin addiction treatment facilities attack the addiction in a safe and comfortable environment. Treatment facilities both help the user flush heroin from their body in a safe way and teach them the best ways to remain heroin free. To get this treatment started it only takes one phone call.


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The rise of human enhancement in sport
Bartólome Martín of CMS Spain considers the issue of human enhancement in professional sport and the challenges of holding perpetrators to account.
Since the beginning of time, athletes have tried to gain a competitive advantage over their opponents. The motivator isn't just making money - it's also about the glory and praise that comes from being the champion. This mentality, of course, not limited to the world of sports.
Meticulously planned diets, perfectly controlled workouts, carefully selected nutritional supplements, and the latest high-tech sports equipment are the new best friends of any professional athlete seeking to gain any possible advantage.
Unfortunately, the combination of fast progress in scientific research with the constant pressure placed on athletes (from various sources) to win has, in some cases, had negative effects. Notably, we observe, across almost all sporting disciplines, the abuse of chemical substances which artificially improve the condition of athletes. Thanks to the evolution of testing systems and their sophistication, and increased media coverage of athletes' personal and professional lives, doping is now dramatically more visible and demands to hold perpetrators to account are louder.
There have been four phases in the history of doping: (i) natural doping; (ii) single or first generation chemical doping; (iii) systematic and second generation chemical doping; and (iv) biotechnological doping. You may be surprised to read that it was not until 2003 that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) clarified that genetic doping was included within the list of prohibited practices.
Prosecuting an athlete for doping (particularly, genetic doping) can be extremely technically challenging. The main problem lies in the fact that proteins expressed by the introduced transgenes are essentially the same as their endogenous counterparts. Distinguishing between the two comes with great difficulty, although there are now some new techniques that allow detection of genetic manipulation.
From a legal standpoint, there are also several hot topics in discussion.
Firstly, what is the right channel for prosecution of these bad behaviours? Some jurisdictions, such as Spain, have incorporated a specific doping category to their criminal codes. However, there are voices who loudly assert that anti-doping administrative proceedings are more than adequate to hold those accused of doping to account. They argue that doping specific categories are unnecessary in a criminal code since they already include specific categories which cover the issue (prosecuting 'regular' genetic manipulation, for instance).
The second legal challenge is how to create systems that are simultaneously legally effective and rigorous (ensuring that tests and their results are useful from a legal point of view) whilst affording the necessary respect to the fundamental rights of athletes as human beings. The continued geo-localization of athletes and the level of intrusion in their private lives by the authorities (and now media) has long been fiercely criticised by athletes. With the General Data Protection Regulation now in full force since 25 May 2018, privacy will play an even more relevant role and become a driver when designing these types of control systems.
As in many other fields, technology, fundamental rights and ethical values are fighting to prevail.
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so that when i exit my app or lock enables the music should continue playing.It works fine on simulator bot not on device. My ipod version is 4.0(8A293) and i think it supports multitasking so can anyone tel me what the problem is??? Or there is some problem in my device...
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http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/multitasking-in-ipod-touch-2g-ios-4-confirmed-video/

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Each local variable (§14.4) and every blank final (§4.12.4) field (§8.3.1.2) must have a definitely assigned value when any access of its value occurs. An access to its value consists of the simple name of the variable occurring anywhere in an expression except as the left-hand operand of the simple assignment operator =. A Java compiler must carry out a specific conservative flow analysis to make sure that, for every access of a local variable or blank final field f, f is definitely assigned before the access; otherwise a compile-time error must occur.
Similarly, every blank final variable must be assigned at most once; it must be definitely unassigned when an assignment to it occurs. Such an assignment is defined to occur if and only if either the simple name of the variable, or its simple name qualified by this, occurs on the left hand side of an assignment operator. A Java compiler must carry out a specific conservative flow analysis to make sure that, for every assignment to a blank final variable, the variable is definitely unassigned before the assignment; otherwise a compile-time error must occur.
The definite unassignment analysis of loop statements raises a special problem. Consider the statement while (e) S. In order to determine whether V is definitely unassigned within some subexpression of e, we need to determine whether V is definitely unassigned before e. One might argue, by analogy with the rule for definite assignment (§16.2.10), that V is definitely unassigned before e iff it is definitely unassigned before the while statement. However, such a rule is inadequate for our purposes. If e evaluates to true, the statement S will be executed. Later, if V is assigned by S, then in the following iteration(s) V will have already been assigned when e is evaluated. Under the rule suggested above, it would be possible to assign V multiple times, which is exactly what we have sought to avoid by introducing these rules.
Throughout the rest of this chapter, we will, unless explicitly stated otherwise, write V to represent a local variable or a blank final field (for rules of definite assignment) or a blank final variable (for rules of definite unassignment). Likewise, we will use a, b, c, and e to represent expressions, and S and T to represent statements. We will use the phrase a is V to mean that a is either the simple name of the variable V , or V `s simple name qualified by this (ignoring parentheses). We will use the phrase a is not V to mean the negation of a is V .
Suppose that e is a an expression of type boolean and is not a boolean constant expression, logical complement expression !a, conditional-and expression a && b, conditional-or expression a || b, or conditional expression a ? b : c.
V is [un]assigned after e when true iff V is [un]assigned after e.
V is [un]assigned after e when false iff V is [un]assigned after e.
V is definitely assigned after b.
V is [un]assigned before b iff V is [un]assigned after a.
Note that if a is V and V is not definitely assigned before a compound assignment such as a &= b, then a compile-time error will necessarily occur. The first rule for definite assignment stated above includes the disjunct "a is V" even for compound assignment expressions, not just simple assignments, so that V will be considered to have been definitely assigned at later points in the code. Including the disjunct "a is V" does not affect the binary decision as to whether a program is acceptable or will result in a compile-time error, but it affects how many different points in the code may be regarded as erroneous, and so in practice it can improve the quality of error reporting. A similar remark applies to the inclusion of the conjunct "a is not V" in the first rule for definite unassignment stated above.
There is a piece of subtle reasoning behind the assertion that a variable V can be known to be definitely unassigned after a method invocation. Taken by itself, at face value and without qualification, such an assertion is not always true, because an invoked method can perform assignments. But it must be remembered that, for the purposes of the Java programming language, the concept of definite unassignment is applied only to blank final variables. If V is a blank final local variable, then only the method to which its declaration belongs can perform assignments to V . If V is a blank final field, then only a constructor or an initializer for the class containing the declaration for V can perform assignments to V ; no method can perform assignments to V . Finally, explicit constructor invocations (§8.8.7.1) are handled specially (§16.9); although they are syntactically similar to expression statements containing method invocations, they are not expression statements and therefore the rules of this section do not apply to explicit constructor invocations.
A blank final member field V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) before the block that is the body of any method in the scope of V .
A local variable V is definitely unassigned (and moreover is not definitely assigned) before the block that is the body of the constructor, method, instance initializer or static initializer that declares V .
V is definitely assigned before the block that is the body of any constructor, method, instance initializer or static initializer declared in C iff V is definitely assigned before the declaration of C .
Note that there are no rules that would allow us to conclude that V is definitely unassigned before the block that is the body of any constructor, method, instance initializer or static initializer declared in C . We can informally conclude that V is not definitely unassigned before the block that is the body of any constructor, method, instance initializer or static initializer declared in C , but there is no need for such a rule to be stated explicitly.
C [un]assigned after an empty block iff it is [un]assigned before the empty block.
V is definitely unassigned before B.
V is definitely assigned after e in every assignment expression V = e, V += e, V -= e, V *= e, V /= e, V %= e, V <<= e, V >>= e, V >>>= e, V &= e, V |= e, or V ^= e that occurs in B.
V is definitely assigned before before every expression ++V , --V , V++, or V--. that occurs in B.
The assignment occurs in dead code, and V is vacouusly definitely assigned. In this case, the assignment will not actually take place, and we can assume that V is not being assigned by the assignment expression.
V was already assigned by an earlier expression prior to e. In this case the current assignment will cause a compile-time error.
So, we can conclude that if the conditions are met by a program that causes no compile time error, then any assignments to V in B will not actually take place at run time.
V is [un]assigned before the first variable initializer in a local variable declaration statement iff it is [un]assigned before the local variable declaration statement.
V is [un]assigned after a labeled statement L:S (where L is a label) iff V is [un]assigned after S and V is [un]assigned before every break statement that may exit the labeled statement L:S .
V is [un]assigned before S iff V is [un]assigned before L:S .
V is [un]assigned before e iff V is [un]assigned before if (e) S .
V is definitely [un]assigned before e1 iff V is definitely [un]assigned before the assert statement.
V is definitely assigned after the assert statement iff V is definitely assigned before the assert statement.
V is definitely unassigned after the assert statement iff V is definitely unassigned before the assert statement and V is definitely unassigned after e1 when true.
V is definitely [un]assigned before e2 iff V is definitely [un]assigned after e1 when false.
V is [un]assigned before the first block-statement of any block-statement-group other than the first iff V is [un]assigned after the switch expression and V is [un]assigned after the preceding block-statement.
Assuming V is definitely unassigned before e, V is definitely unassigned after S .
Assuming V is definitely unassigned before S , V is definitely unassigned after e when true.
The rules herein cover the basic for statement (§14.14.1). Since the enhanced for (§14.14.2) statement is defined by traslation to a basic for statement, no special rules need to be provided for it.
V is [un]assigned after synchronized (e) S iff V is [un]assigned after S .
V is [un]assigned before e iff V is [un]assigned before the statement synchronized (e) S .
V is definitely unassigned after the try block.
V is definitely unassigned before every return statement that belongs to the try block.
V is definitely unassigned after e in every statement of the form throw e that belongs to the try block.
V is definitely unassigned after e1 for every statement of the form assert e1, that occurs in the try block.
V is definitely unassigned after e2 in every statement of the form assert e1 : e2 that occurs in the try block.
V is definitely unassigned before every break statement that belongs to the try block and whose break target contains (or is) the try statement.
V is definitely unassigned before every continue statement that belongs to the try block and whose continue target contains the try statement.
V is definitely unassigned after e in before every statement of the form throw e that belongs to the try block.
V is definitely unassigned after every catch block of the try statement.
The rules determining when a variable is definitely assigned or definitely unassigned before an enum constant are given §16.8.
V is definitely assigned before the declaration of a class body of an enum constant with no arguments that is declared within the scope of V iff V is definitely assigned before the enum constant.
The definite assignment/unassignment status of any construct within the class body of an enum constant is governed by the usual rules for classes.
It should be clear that if an anonymous class is implicitly defined by an enum constant, the rules of section §16.5 apply.
V is definitely assigned (and moreover, not definitely unassigned) before the declaration of any member type of C .
V is definitely assigned before a member type (§8.5, §9.5) declaration of C iff V is definitely assigned before the declaration of C .
V is definitely assigned before an enum constant or static variable initializer of C iff V is definitely assigned before the declaration of C.
Note that there are no rules that would allow us to conclude that V is definitely unassigned before a static variable initializer or enum constant. We can informally conclude that V is not definitely unassigned before any static variable initializer of C , but there is no need for such a rule to be stated explicitly.
V is definitely unassigned (and moreover is not definitely assigned) before the leftmost enum constant, static initializer or static variable initializer of C .
V is [un]assigned before an enum constant, static initializer or static variable initializer of C other than the leftmost iff V is [un]assigned after the preceding enum constant, static initializer or static variable initializer of C .
V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) before every enum constant of C .
V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) before the block that is the body of a static initializer of C .
V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) before every static variable initializer of C .
V is definitely assigned before an instance variable initializer of C iff V is definitely assigned before the declaration of C.
Note that there are no rules that would allow us to conclude that V is definitely unassigned before an instance variable initializer. We can informally conclude that V is not definitely unassigned before any instance variable initializer of C , but there is no need for such a rule to be stated explicitly.
V is definitely unassigned (and moreover is not definitely assigned) before the leftmost instance initializer or instance variable initializer of C .
V is [un]assigned before an instance initializer or instance variable initializer of C other than the leftmost iff V is [un]assigned after the preceding instance initializer or instance variable initializer of C .
V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) after an alternate constructor invocation (§8.8.7.1).
V is definitely unassigned (and moreover is not definitely assigned) before an explicit or implicit superclass constructor invocation (§8.8.7.1).
If C has at least one instance initializer or instance variable initializer then V is [un]assigned after an explicit or implicit superclass constructor invocation iff V is [un]assigned after the rightmost instance initializer or instance variable initializer of C .
V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) before the block that is the body of a constructor, or instance initializer of C .
V is definitely assigned (and moreover is not definitely unassigned) before every instance variable initializer of C .


*Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-03.
Administration of azaserine (250 micrograms) to day-4 chick embryos in ovo was shown to induce micromelial limbs. In the present study, biosynthesis of cartilage-characteristic proteoglycan H (PG-H) as an index of limb chondrogenesis was examined in normal and micromelial hind limbs from day-7 chick embryos by biochemical and immunological methods. (1) Metabolic labelling of the micromelial limbs with [6-3H]-glucose and [35S]sulphate, followed by analysis of labelled proteoglycans by glycerol-density-gradient centrifugation under dissociative conditions, showed a marked reduction in PG-H synthesis. (2) PG-H synthesized by micromelial limbs differed from that synthesized by normal limbs in possessing a slower sedimenting velocity and much lower amounts of chondroitin sulphates. (3) The amount of PG-H core protein in micromelial limbs was significantly decreased to about 19% on a per limb basis and about 42% on a per DNA basis of that in normal limbs, as determined by e.l.i.s.a. (4) The transition from PG-M to PG-H during limb formation was retarded in micromelial limbs as judged by an indirect immunofluorescence technique using antibodies against PG-M and PG-H. (5) The deficiency of incorporation of labelled glucose into chondroitin sulphate chains of PG-H in micromelial limbs was partially restored by using [6-3H]-glucosamine as a precursor, suggesting that the synthesis of UDP-N-acetylhexosamine, required for chondroitin sulphate chain synthesis of PG-H in micromelial limbs, was decreased. These results suggest that the reduction in the synthesis of PG-H as well as the production of an abnormal form of PG-H during a critical period of limb morphogenesis may be important factors in explaining the micromelia induced by azaserine.


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Ankara-Berlin ties hit low amid war of words
July 20 2017 12:35:00
The relationship between Turkey and Germany is experiencing a new low after strong-worded accusatory statements from Germany's senior officials threatened to revise Ankara's already halted accession process to the European Union and urged its citizens not to visit Turkey due to security concerns. Turkey condemned the German government's travel warning and strongly criticized officials' remarks on the Turkish justice system.
"We need our policies towards Turkey to go in a new direction. We can't continue as we have done until now. We need to be clearer than we have been until now so those responsible in Ankara understand that such policies are not without consequences," German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters on July 20.
Gabriel said the new steps Berlin would take in reshaping ties with Turkey had been agreed on with Chancellor Angela Merkel, indicating it had become a joint stance rather than the social democrat's personal stance.
The ties between the two NATO allies have been further strained after Turkey arrested a German human rights activist Peter Steudtner last week on charges of attending a meeting on one of Istanbul's island where plots to put Turkey in chaos had been planned. The arrest followed after Germany had to withdraw its troops from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to Jordan because the Turkish government did not allow German lawmakers' to visit their soldiers.
Germany responded to the move by not allowing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to meet with the Turkish community in Hamburg where he had attended the G20 Summit, which obviously pushed Ankara to nix a group of German lawmakers' visit to the Konya Base where around 20 German troops had been deployed as part of a NATO mission.
Earlier this year, Turkey arrested a Turkish-German journalist, Deniz Yücel, on terror-related charges and did not allow Turkish ministers' pre-referendum campaign in Germany. President Erdoğan had compared Germany's actions to Nazi-era implementations and strongly accused Germany of harboring members of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).
Germany mulling steps
Gabriel, who broke off his holiday to return to Berlin and deal with the crisis with Turkey, said the situation also affected how the EU dealt with programs for Turkey's accession and said Germany would speak to European colleagues about that in the coming days and weeks. He also said he could not envisage talks on expanding the customs union to Turkey.
In the meantime, the German Foreign Ministry warned its citizens to be more careful in traveling to Turkey on July 20, citing recent detentions of people there and Ankara's refusal to grant consular access in some cases, in violation of international law.
"People who are traveling to Turkey for private or business reasons are urged to exercise increased caution and should register with German consulates and the embassy, even for shorter visits," the ministry said in its revised travel guidance.
"Until now, there was guidance for certain groups but we're saying it now applies to all German citizens, not just for those with certain jobs. Everyone can be affected. The most absurd things are possible," said Sigmar Gabriel.
Ankara condemns Gabriel's words
In Ankara, İbrahim Kalın, President Erdoğan's spokesman, replied to German officials' remarks and announced measures on Turkey through a press conference. "We are strongly condemning suggestions that German nationals visiting Turkey would not be secure," Kalın told reporters.
Recalling that millions of Germans are fully safe visiting Turkey and those who are under judicial prosecution are only a handful of German nationals, Kalın stressed, informing that scores of Turkish nationals and civil society organizations have been investigated and even charged with espionage.
"We think that those unfortunate statements are an investment for internal politics aimed at the approaching elections in Germany," Kalın said at the press conference.
Berlin should respect Turkish justice
"How come Germany tolerates this? When we talk about them, they respond 'We have justice and independence.' Well, why don't they respect Turkish justice? This is disrespectful to Turkey. They will respect our justice," stated Kalın, categorizing Germany as the European country hosting the most FETÖ members who fled Turkey after the July 15 coup attempt.
In the meantime, the Turkish Foreign Ministry criticized comments by German officials regarding the arrest of six human rights activists, including a German citizen, saying these were unacceptable and amounted to interference in the judiciary.
"There was direct interference in the Turkish judiciary and the comments used overstepped the mark," said the Turkish Foreign Ministry, referring to the comments by the German government and the foreign ministry spokesmen. "The comments again show the double standards in their approach to the law of those who prevent terrorists from being brought to justice while embracing members of terrorist groups who target our country," the ministry said.


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Q: Java method for resolving placeholder values against system properties and environmental variables What is the appropriate, known Java method which helps us to resolve placeholder values such as ${catalina.base}/keystore.jks against system properties and environmental variables? For example they detect ${catalina.base} within ${catalina.base}/keystore.jks value and replace it with the appropriate value.

A: I found a good library which supports the intended puprose in org.apache.commons.lang3. You can use its StrSubstitutor class for the purposes I have mentioned earlier.

A: Java does not provide built-in method to resolve placeholders.
You have to use some additional code.
Spring
You can use a PropertyResolver, for example:

*

*PropertyResolver.resolvePlaceholders
or

*PropertyResolver.resolveRequiredPlaceholders
As an example, the following code will resolve your system properties automatically:
String resolvedString = new StandardEnvironment().resolvePlaceholders("${catalina.base}/keystore.jks");

Alternatively, if your program uses Spring application context (or plan to use it), you can configure a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer to resolve placeholder in configuration files automaticaly.
typesafehub config
As suggested by @Thilo, this library seem to do what you need.
See https://github.com/typesafehub/config#uses-of-substitutions
DIY
If you don't need Spring or typesafehub config (both will introduce complexity if you don't need them), I'd recommend that you develop a simple class to do it for you.
IMHO ~10-20 lines of code using regex or even a more basic parser could do the job for a simple case (i.e: without recursive evaluation / dependency resolution).

A: This is how you read environment variables in Java:
    final Map<String, String> envMap = System.getenv();
    for (Map.Entry entry : envMap.entrySet())
    {
        System.out.println(entry.getKey() + " = " + entry.getValue());
    }

    final String path = System.getenv("PATH");
    System.out.println("PATH = " + path);

    final String catalinaBase = System.getenv("catalina.base");


The Long Dark is about to end its long journey through Xbox's Game Preview program. As one of the first games to take part in Microsoft's early access program for Xbox One games, The Long Dark has been in development and available to preview since E3 2015. Now it's ready to leave its preview mode and launch version 1.0 in August.
Wintermute is the story of bush pilot Will Mackenzie, and Dr. Astrid Greenwood, whose plane crashes in the middle of the Northern Canadian wilderness, in the aftermath of a mysterious geomagnetic event. Separated in the crash, Mackenzie and Astrid must find each other, while avoiding the hazards of a savage winter wilderness, and seeking explanations to this new "quiet apocalypse" they find themselves in. Who can they trust? How far will they go to survive? These are questions that you, the player, will help answer.
So far, those taking part in the Game Preview early access program have only been able to try out The Long Dark's survival mode, which will, of course, continue to be available once version 1.0 ships. In it, you'll be able to take a shot at surviving in the wilderness of The Long Dark's sandbox, hunting, trapping, gathering and more while trying not to die at the hands of predators or mother nature.
If you enjoy the challenge presented by open-ended survival games, then The Long Dark might be worth a look. While it's still in Game Preview, you can try The Long Dark for free or pick it up for $20. Also be sure to check out our beginner's guide to The Long Dark for a closer look at what the game offers.


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Losing Sayreville mayoral candidate demands new election due to irregularities
A defeated Sayreville mayoral candidate is demanding a new election due to what he is calling a series of irregularities in the process.
Sayreville's mayoral election was one of the tightest in the state. Out of over 7,600 votes cast, Republican Arthur Rittenhouse lost to Democratic Councilwoman Victoria Kilpatrick by three votes. A recount Rittenhouse asked for earlier this month increased Kilpatrick's lead to six votes.
But Rittenhouse says that there were many issues with the election. He says that vote-by-mail scanners jammed, there were potential conflicts of interest and that a bag of 41 provisional ballots went uncounted. But those ballots were not secured in the right bags, so a judge ordered they not be tallied.
"Those votes could go either way, but it's a matter of principle at this point in time," says Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse says that if those ballots are not counted, then a new election should be held.
Kilpatrick's attorney says that she has been certified as Sayreville's mayor-elect.
"If we were in the position of Mr. Rittenhouse, we would probably feel the same way. The fact is, however, that every time Mr. Rittenhouse has asked for the ballots to be rechecked or recounted my client's margin of victory has increased," says attorney Michael Baker.
Baker and Kilpatrick took no position on if the 41 provisional ballots should be counted. Baker says he wants to find out more.
"What was the chain of custody? How were the bags sealed? Were they observed the entire way? Before we make a determination as to what position to take," Baker says.
Rittenhouse wants Kilpatrick's scheduled Jan. 1 swearing-in to be delayed. And he says that if it means Sayreville is without a mayor until the issue is resolved, so be it.
The delay would also allow for a new election, likely in January. But none of this will happen without a judge signing off on Rittenhouse's legal arguments.
"Do you think Victoria has the argument that you're raining on her parade?" News 12 reporter Alex Zdan asked Rittenhouse.
"It's possible. But it also could be an argument that due to all the irregularities, it could be raining on mine," Rittenhouse answered.
Republican Mayor Kennedy O'Brien has served five terms as mayor but opted not to run for re-election this year.


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The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton
Imprint: Penguin
Catherine Alliott
Leap into the unknown with Evie Hamilton in this heart-warming story of a life turned upside-down, from the bestselling author of A Cornish Summer
Evie Hamilton has a secret. One she doesn't even know about . . . Yet.
Evie's an Oxfordshire wife and mum whose biggest worry in life is whether or not she can fit in a manicure on her way to fetch her daughter from clarinet lessons. But she's blissfully unaware that her charmed and happy life is about to be turned upside-down.
For one sunny morning a letter lands on Evie's immaculate doormat. It's a bombshell, knocking her carefully arranged and managed world completely askew and it threatens to sabotage all she holds dear.
What will be left and what will change forever?
Is Evie strong enough to fight for what she loves?
Can her entire world really be as fragile as her best china?
Praise for Catherine Alliott:
'Classy, wonderfully gossipy and breathless' Red
'We defy you not to get caught up in Alliott's life-changing tale' Heat
'Alliott at her best' Daily Telegraph
Praise for Catherine Alliott
Frothy, perceptive and a lot of fun
Chick-lit at its finest . . . a real winner
You're in for a treat
Intelligent and sparkling
An addictive cocktail of wit, frivolity and madcap romance
Compulsively readable
Hilarious yet poignant
Warm, witty and wise
Hilarious and full of surprises
A Cornish Summer
About Last Night . . .
My Husband Next Door
Rosie Meadows Regrets...
Olivia's Luck
The Old-Girl Network
Going Too Far
Not That Kind of Girl
A Crowded Marriage
A Rural Affair
One Day in May
Catherine Alliott is the author of fifteen bestselling novels including About Last Night, My Husband Next Door, A Rural Affair, One Day in May, The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton, and Wish You Were Here. She lives with her family in Hertfordshire.
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Favola is a beautiful restaurant located on the 8th floor of Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur. Blessed with a rustic Italian setting complete with Venetian face masks, plush red chairs, patterned floor tiles, this restaurant is perfect for a romantic date in the evenings. During the day it's much more relaxed as the restaurant is blessed with plenty of natural light and a pool view. There are private rooms to accommodate small groups too.
The menu here is extensive with strong focus on Seafood dishes. No molecular gastronomy to be found, but skillful execution of Italian classics with plenty of innovation while letting the quality ingredients speak for themselves. "Patron's satisfaction is the measurement of my success and a passion for the culinary industry drives me to create greater meals." Chef Mustafana is expressive in his cooking and leadership of the kitchen where he always aims to make every guest experience a favourable memory.
The bread at Favola is well-known and comes in several varieties, but it's the spicy chili laced focaccia that is the most interesting. The condiments for the bread: Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, White bean dip and Mixed Vegetable Aioli; it's hard to pick a favourite.
Blue cheese lovers should try the Rucola e Salsiccia Anatra, a beautiful mountain constructed with Arugula, Sliced Pear, Gorgonzola Cheese, Duck Sausage, and Toasted Walnuts. It's a beautiful sweet and savoury combination.
Check out the size of those asparagi, imagine how tender they are.
Burrata means "buttered" in Italian, and Burrata cheese is an Italian Cheese made from mozzarella and cream. It has gained popularity recently in the Klang Valley and Favola serves a generous ball along with Pine nuts and Frisée and a drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Cutting through the thin 'coat', a soft and creamy curd spills out gloriously. Taste wise, it has delicate flavour with slightly sour finish, making it a decadent treat.
Favola has a Wood-fired oven to cook the perfect pizza crust. For a vegetarian meal, try the Favola Pizza with tomato, mozzarella, parmesan cheese, olive oil and basil pesto. The pizza crust is thin with puffy sides and some charred bits, while the toppings are fresh and simple, with the basil pesto infusing that extra herbaceous note. Frank was a very happy boy after devouring almost the whole thing.
Conchiglioni Marinara al Cartoccio refers to shell pasta baked in parcel with seafood in tangy tomato sauce, extra virgin olive oil, fresh herbs and Parmesan Cheese. Breathe in the lovely aroma before indulging in fresh pieces of calamari, mussels, prawns and fish. Be sure to fill each shell with the delicious sauce because it's too tasty to waste. I certainly couldn't stop myself and instantly regret it when the next dish came.
Do not miss out on the Risotto con Carne di Wagyu Manzo Saltati, an Italian rice dish cooked in stock and Wincon Wine (non alcoholic), flavoured with garlic, basil, chili and served with tender sautéed Wagyu beef strips. Rich, meaty, creamy with a nice kick of spice, it's nothing short of amazing. I will admit I cleaned that bowl edned up passing out at home for a couple of hours before my show. Food coma is worth it when it's this good.
Meat lovers can go for the Charcoal Grilled Grass Fed Angus Rib Eye Florentina with grilled lemon halves, balsamic vinegar, grey salt and your choice of sides. The truffle mashed potato of course, is highly recommended. The steak is cooked to desired doneness and has just sufficient amount of fat for that extra juiciness. I could only manage 2 strips, what a shame.
If you still have enough space for desserts, make sure you give the Illy Coffee Inspired Tiramisu a go. Presented in a glass, their modern take of Tiramisu is creamy with layers of soft sponge soaked in freshly brewed Illy coffee, panna cotta, mascarpone foam and topped with cookie croutons. But the best bits are the popping candy for the surprise element.
Their Warm Chocolate Pudding is almost pure black and will satisfy all chocolate lovers.
The Chocolate Mousse here is paired with a fresh orange salad, a match made in heaven.
No matter how great the food is at a restaurant, the hospitality is another important factor for the complete dining experience. Favola excels in this department, with friendly and knowledgeable staff who will put a smile on your face. Look out for the giant pepper grinder for extra amusement too.
Level 8, Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur, 2 Jalan Stesen Sentral, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Running a restaurant can be really hectic because it doesn't only require you to be efficient but you also have to be creative with your dishes. Here are a few mistakes you need to avoid if you want your restaurant to be successful.
A restaurant requires a heavy capital, to begin with, you need to choose a spot which is centre of the city. This is because if your restaurant is located away from the main city then consumers might not go an extra mile to go there unless your food tastes amazing. So such locations have high rent and also have more taxes. Apart from that, you will have to invest in tables, chairs and kitchen items and all this require a lot of money. Once all the necessities have been supplied you will have to invest in the interior and keep a sufficient working capital to run the day to day expenses. So keep in mind that you cannot open up a fancy restaurant with a low investment. Even if you do there are very few chances for it to turn into a profitable business.
The biggest mistake any restaurant could make is not having a grand opening. This is because a grand opening will make more people aware of consumers and since this is a competitive industry it is highly essential to have a good opening ceremony. However, don't be in a rush to open up the restaurant make sure it is fully settled that is your chefs are ready to handle a big crowd and the service is super-fast. To do this make sure your restaurant has a couple of chefs and waiters, don't simply rely on one chef. You could also invest in drink making machines, to be different from the rest of the restaurants. Think about investing inslayer coffee machines for sale. You could also invite a couple of famous bloggers for the opening and ask them to write a review about their experience at your restaurant. Apart from this, you could also give live updates to your viewers on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, all these would create great hype and encourage more people to try out your restaurant.
Most of us start up a business to make profits. However, the problem arises when it is solely about money. In a restaurant business, you need to pay a lot of attention to the prices you charge. Most of the owners would be tempted to charge a high price because they will be able to make more money. However, if you overcharge your customers then they might not return. So start with focusing on the quality of the food and try to serve them the best dish in town. If they like what you serve, then they are likely to return and then you could gradually push your prices up. Same way makes sure you hire an experienced cook who knows this field really well. This will be expensive at first but will help you to make more money in the long term.
So if you plan on opening your own restaurant make sure you avoid the above-mentioned mistakes!


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\section{Introduction}
In relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the most important goal is to study the properties of nuclear matter at high baryon density or temperature. The phase transition between the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) and the hadronic matter is currently a topic of great interest~\cite{Fukushima:2013rx}. Light nuclei are sensitive small binding energy, they are sensitive to the local nucleon density. Light nuclei production is described by coalescence~\cite{Csernai:1986qf} and thermodynamic models~\cite{Mekjian:1978zz}.  In the coalescence picture, the density of the cluster is proportional to the proton density times the probability of finding a neutron within a small sphere of radius around the proton momentum. Nucleon coalescence mechanism can be described as:

\begin{equation}
	{E_A}\frac{{{d^3}{N_A}}}{{{d^3}{p_A}}} = {B_A}{\left( {{E_p}\frac{{{d^3}{N_p}}}{{{d^3}{p_p}}}} \right)^Z}{\left( {{E_n}\frac{{{d^3}{N_n}}}{{{d^3}{p_n}}}} \right)^{A - Z}} \approx {B_A}{\left( {{E_p}\frac{{{d^3}{N_p}}}{{{d^3}{p_p}}}} \right)^A},
\end{equation}
where ${E_p}\frac{{{d^3}{N_p}}}{{{d^3}{p_p}}}$ is the Lorentz-invariant momentum distribution of proton, $A$ is the mass number, $Z$ is the proton number, $p_A = Ap_p$. The coalescence parameter, $B_A$, reflects the probability of nucleon coalescence, which is related to the local nucleon density~\cite{Adam:2019wnb}.

Based on the coalescence picture, the yield ratio, $N(t)$$\cdot$$N(p)$/$N^2(d)$, is sensitive to the neutron density fluctuation, $\Delta n$=$\langle(\delta n)^2\rangle/\langle n\rangle^2$, at kinetic freeze-out in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, where $\langle n\rangle$ denotes the average value over space and $\delta n$ denotes the fluctuation of neutron density from its average value $\langle n\rangle$~\cite{Sun:2018jhg}. In this case, the yield ratio of light nuclei can be approximated as:
\begin{equation}
	N(t) \cdot N(p)/N^2(d)=g(1+\Delta n), with\ g = 0.29.
\end{equation}

In heavy-ion collisions, the created matter is expected to develop strong baryon density fluctuation~\cite{Stephanov:1998dy}. When its evolution trajectory in the QCD phase diagram passes across the first-order phase transition line,  a rapid increase of correlation length in the critical region has emerged as a results of the spinodal instability or approaches the CEP~\cite{Sun:2018jhg}. Therefore, light nuclei production at kinetic freeze-out in relativistic heavy-ion collisions may provide a unique probe to the critical endpoint in the QCD phase diagram.
\section{Results and discussions}
\subsection{Transverse momentum spectra}
\begin{figure}[htpb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=1.\textwidth]{spectra.eps}
\caption{\label{spectra}Transverse momentum spectra of $d$ (left), $\bar d$ (middle), and $t$ (right) measured at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$7.7-200 GeV for different collision centralities. The dashed lines are the individual fits to the data with blast-wave functions. Both the statistical and systematic error are shown.}
\end{figure}
The results are based on RHIC Beam Energy Scan I (BES-I) and are obtained for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$7.7-200 GeV at midrapidity. The main detectors used to obtain the results are the Time Projection Chamber (TPC)~\cite{Anderson:2003ur} and Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detectors~\cite{Llope:2005yw}. The transverse momentum spectra of identified $d$ (left panel), $\bar d$ (middle panel), and $t$ (right panel) are shown in Fig.~\ref{spectra}. Due to limited statistics, there are not enough candidates to show the $\bar d$ spectra at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$  = 7.7 GeV~\cite{Adam:2019wnb}. The spectra are fitted with individual blast-wave functions and show a hardening with increasing multiplicity/centrality~\cite{Schnedermann:1993ws}. The blast-wave fits are shown as dashed lines in Fig.~\ref{spectra}.
\subsection{Coalescence parameters}
In the coalescence picture, the coalescence parameter, $B_A$, reflects the probability of nucleon coalescence, which is related to the local nucleon density. The reference proton spectra for coalescence parameter extraction are from previous measurements by STAR~\cite{Adamczyk:2017nof}. In the left panel of Fig.~\ref{coal}, the $p_T/A$ dependence of $B_3$ is shown at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$ 7.7 and 200 GeV for different collision centralities. It is found that $B_3$ increases with increasing $p_T/A$, which might suggest an expanding collision system. The value of $B_3$ decreases from peripheral to central collisions, which can be explained by a decreasing source volume.
In the right panel of Fig.~\ref{coal}, we compare the results of $B_2$ and $\sqrt{B_3}$ in the 0-10\% collision centrality at $p_T/A=$0.65 GeV/c. It is found that $B_2$ and $\sqrt{B_3}$ are consistent within uncertainties except for $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$ 200 GeV. Below 20 GeV, the coalescence parameters $B_2$ and $\sqrt{B_3}$ decrease with collision energy implied that particle-emitting source increase. When $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}$ $>$ 20 GeV, the decreasing trend seems to change and saturate at BES energy, which might imply a dramatic change of the equation of states of the medium in the collision. At $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$ 200 GeV, $B_2$ and $\sqrt{B_3}$ are different, which might due to the production mechanism for $d$ and $t$ are different.

\begin{figure}[!htp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.78\textwidth]{b2b3.eps}
\caption{\label{coal}(Left panel) Coalescence parameter $B_3$ as a function of $p_T/A$ for triton from 7.7 and 200 GeV in 0-10\%, 10-20\%, 20-40\% and 40-80\% central Au+Au collisions. (Right panel) Coalescence parameter $B_2$ (open star) and $\sqrt{B_3}$ (red dot) as a function of collision energy in 0-10\% central Au+Au collisions. The vertical lines and square brackets show the statistical and systematic errors, respectively.}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Integral yields and particle ratios}
The yields of triton and deuteron are obtained by measured $p_T$ range and extrapolated to the unmeasured $p_T$ regions with various parameterizations. The extrapolation is done by the individual blast-wave fits~\cite{Schnedermann:1993ws}. We also show the yield ratios of $d/p$, $t/p$, and $t/d$ as a function of collisions energy in 0-10\% central Au+Au collision in Fig.~\ref{ratios}. The proton yields are corrected for the feed-down contribution~\cite{Adamczyk:2017nof}. The dashed lines are the thermal model calculations, which employ parameters established from the analysis of light hadron production in relativistic nuclear collisions. The thermal model describes the ratios of $d/p$ very well but overestimate the $t/p$ and $t/d$ particle ratios~\cite{Andronic:2010qu, Yu:2018ijt}.
\begin{figure}[!htp]
\centering
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=1.\textwidth]{ratio.eps}}
\caption{\label{ratios} $d/p$ (left panel), $t/p$ (middle panel), and $t/d$ (right panel) ratios for 0-10\% central Au+Au collisions at BES-I energies. The dotted lines are thermal model predictions. The errors combined the systematic and statistical uncertainties.}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Neutron density fluctuation}
The neutron density fluctuation, $\Delta n$, extracted from yield of light nuclei is presented in Fig.~\ref{deltan}. A maximum around $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$ 20 GeV is found. This non-monotonic behavior indicates that the density fluctuations become the largest in collisions at this energy. When the evolution trajectory approaches the critical endpoint, the correlation length increases dramatically~\cite{Berdnikov:1999ph}, and the density fluctuation enhances accordingly and reaches its maximum. The baryon density fluctuations are expected to be negligible if the phase transition from QGP to the hadronic matter is a crossover. Therefore, nucleon density fluctuations at kinetic freeze-out in relativistic heavy-ion collisions may provide a unique probe to the critical endpoint in the QCD phase diagram, which need further studies, especially the precise measurements and theoretical understanding.
\begin{figure}[tbh]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{delta.eps}
\caption{\label{deltan}The neutron density fluctuation, $\Delta$n, shows a non-monotonic behavior on collision energy and peaks at around 20 GeV. The vertical lines and square brackets show the statistical and systematic errors, respectively.}
\end{figure}
\section{Conclusions}
We present systematic studies of $d$ and $t$ production in heavy-ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=$7.7-200 GeV. The extracted coalescence parameter $B_3$ decreases with increasing collision energy and increases with increasing transverse momentum. The values of $B_{2}$ for deuteron and $B_{3}$ for triton decrease as collision energy increases and seem to reach a minimum around 20 GeV, indicating a change in the equation of state. The values of $B_{2}$ and $\sqrt{B_3}$ from central collision shows the same trends excepted at 200 GeV, which might imply a different formation mechanism for triton and deuteron at the top RHIC energy. The $d/p$ ratio can be reproduced by the thermal model but it cannot describe the triton production. We also measured the collision-energy dependence of neutron density fluctuation and a non-monotonic energy dependence with a peak at around 20 GeV was found, which may indicate that the thermodynamic evolution trajectories of the system pass through the critical region.

\section*{Acknowledgement}
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants
(No. 11890711, 11575069, 11828501 and 11861131009), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities No. CCNU19QN054.

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Karen David's practice researches how mysticism is disseminated into current day pop-culture. As a starting point, she responds to the activities of the Cult of the Viable Essence; a fictional group based in South West America. With this proposition in mind, David borrows aesthetics from the vocabulary of New Age paraphernalia such as crystals, dreamcatchers and tie dye fabrics; she juxtaposes these aesthetics with painting styles sourced from Post Painterly Abstraction. In doing so, she is able to explore the relationship between high and low culture, questioning our belief systems in these hierarchies and highlighting the slippage that exists between them.
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Evendine Spring
Location: at Brand Green, in the `V' of the junction of Jubilee Drive and Evendine Lane.
Description: a low lying spout and trough with water flowing.
Connoisseurs of Malvern Waters often consider that the delicate softness of this source make it the finest water in the hills. Extended sampling during the celebrated Springs and Wells coach tours tend to confirm this.
For several decades, from the 1920s until his death from leukemia in 1961, Sir Barry Jackson (1879-1861), the founder of Malvern Theatre Festival, lived at Blackhills, a large house on the Malvern Hills between the British Camp Hotel and Evendine Lane. In January 1934 Sir Barry applied 'to place a shallow trough near the Spring Brand Lodge'[1] and in March 1934 a concrete basin was fixed at this spot at a cost of 1 pound by the Malvern Hills Conservators.
The source, which emerges at a height of 800 feet, is referred to as Brand Green/Lodge Spring in the 1848 Geological Survey. The water collects in a wooded dell on the east side of Jubilee Drive and then flows beneath the road to the spout. From there it flows into a small brook running off to the west. The Dell is most likely an old road stone quarry. The Dell is most likely an old road stone quarry and according to Richardson (1935) the water emerges from a fault in the Pre-Cambrian.
Richardson records several wells in the area which are worth noting. Perrycroft, designed by Voysey, has three shallow wells. One is near the Lodge, the second about 100 yards south west of the house and the third about 400 yards south south east of the house close to the west side of the road. The third well feeds the second by gravity from whence it either formerly supplied the house or runs to the first source. Brand Lodge also has two wells. One, which is about 8 feet deep in the Llandovery Beds, is located on the west side of the road about one fifth of a mile north of the house. The second is about 3 feet deep and draws water from the same wooded dell as the Evendine Spring. This second source once fed the fountain and garden at Brand Lodge.[2] Evendine Spring was the sole water supply to Brand Lodge until the 1980s, when the elderly owner died and mains water was introduced.
Today the spout and trough is a popular fill up point for the public bringing their own containers.
2. The legendary conducted coach tour stops at Evendine in 2008.
[1] MHC minutes 8 Jan 1934.
[2] Richardson, L. (1935) The Springs and Wells of Herefordshire, p.72.
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Accumulating evidence shows that high sodium chloride intake increases urinary calcium excretion and may be a risk factor for osteoporosis. However, the effect of oral sodium chloride intake on bone mineral density (BMD) and risk of osteoporosis has been inadequately researched. The aim of the present study was to determine whether urinary sodium excretion (reflecting oral sodium chloride intake) associates with BMD and prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. This cross-sectional study involved a nationally representative sample consisting of 2,779 postmenopausal women who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys in 2008–2011. The association of urinary sodium/creatinine ratio with BMD and other osteoporosis risk factors was assessed. In addition, the prevalence of osteoporosis was assessed in four groups with different urinary sodium/creatinine ratios. Participants with osteoporosis had significantly higher urinary sodium/creatinine ratios than the participants without osteoporosis. After adjusting for multiple confounding factors, urinary sodium/creatinine ratio correlated inversely with lumbar spine BMD (P = 0.001). Similarly, when participants were divided into quartile groups according to urinary sodium/creatinine ratio, the average BMD dropped as the urinary sodium/creatinine ratio increased. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that compared to quartile 1, quartile 4 had a significantly increased prevalence of lumbar spine osteoporosis (odds ratios 1.346, P for trend = 0.044).
High urinary sodium excretion was significantly associated with low BMD and high prevalence of osteoporosis in lumbar spine. These results suggest that high sodium chloride intake decreases lumbar spine BMD and increases the risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.