I acquired this machine from my cousin. I was at her house helping her decorate & she kept using this, even though it kept cutting out, after about the 6th time it cut out I offered to have a look at it.. to discover that it was still on the original bag which had burst, the brush-bar was wrapped with hair & carpet threads and didn't even spin despite both belts being intact.
My grandmother was getting rid of a vax power 4 that she couldn't get on with to go back to a hoover purepower so my cousin took that and I got the panasonic. It has cleaned up really well even though it still smells of shake and vac no matter how many times I clean the filters.
It has not became my everyday cleaner with the DC14 origin being used once/twice every two weeks.
I really like this cleaner and after a good clean, new belts & a new bag I am thrilled with how good it is, it can be bought for £76.50 from amazon & comes with 6 free bags! However it lacks a variety of tools but I have found that the new Dyson click fit style tools fit.


When it comes to cloud deployments, many enterprises are electing to take a hybrid approach that leverages on-site server infrastructure. It's an approach that HP is further enabling with the announcement at this week's HP Discover 2012 conference of an update for its converged cloud services portfolio.
HP's own Cloud is based on the open source OpenStack project, although that is only one component of the company's converged cloud strategy.
HP's CloudSystem is now being expanded such that burstable cloud demand can be delivered via Amazon, Saavis or HP's own cloud services infrastructure. With CloudSystem, enterprises can manage demand for their workloads and move them to a public or private cloud infrastructure as needed.
The new HP CloudSystem Matrix software is the orchestration layer, providing a graphical user interface for server admins to set up, deploy and manage cloud workloads.
"The HP Converged Cloud is all about making available a set of choices for our customers," Magdy Assem, Vice President Horizontal Solutions at HP, told InternetNews.com . "I have yet to find a customer that is going all private or all public in the cloud."
While HP's CloudSystem is about developing a hybrid cloud approach, it is however somewhat limited from a virtualization approach. Currently HP is only supporting a pair of virtualization technologies.
"If the server within your own cloud has VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V, you are supported as part of our Cloud System Matrix software," Assem said.
Neither the open source Xen nor KVM virtualization technologies — both of which are technically supported by OpenStack — are part of HP's converged cloud offering with CloudSystem. Assem noted, though, that additional support is possible in the future as the CloudSystem evolves.
HP first began to offer the initial version of its Converged Cloud platform publicly in April, and to date Assem said that they have had around 650 converged cloud deployments. In most of those deployments the cloud deployment is supplemented by traditional IT server infrastructure.
There is still a skills and understanding gap when it comes to deploying cloud technologies. In an effort to narrow that gap, HP is now rolling out a pair of new cloud certifications for IT professionals: the HP Accredited Technical Professional for the cloud administrator and the HP Accredited Solution Expert for the cloud integrator.
"The biggest challenge is where and how to start," Assem said. "There is a lack of confidence when it comes to understanding an overall cloud roadmap and which applications should be public or private cloud versus traditional IT."


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Biden's Science Advisor Calls For Immediate Nationwide Lockdown
Posted By: Tyler Durden via ZeroHedge November 12, 2020
If Joe Biden is ultimately inaugurated in 2021, the odds are increasing that one of his first acts will be to invoke a national lockdown that will make previous lockdown seem trivial. This would amount to medical martial law. ⁃ TN Editor
Meet the esteemed Dr. Michael Osterholm, who serves as director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, and is the latest "scientist" to join Joe Biden's "special coronavirus transition advisory team."
We have to do something, Osterholm argues, or – echoing the exact same words Dr. Fauci has fearmongered America with – the U.S. is headed for dark days before a vaccine becomes available.
The 'casedemic' does look terrifying.
So what is his suggestion?
A nationwide lockdown would drive the number of new cases and hospitalizations down to manageable levels while the world awaits a vaccine, Osterholm told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.
"We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individual workers for losses to small companies to medium-sized companies or city, state, county governments. We could do all of that," he said. "If we did that, then we could lockdown for four-to-six weeks."
So a massive bailout for state and local governments… oh and "we, the people" while we all suffer locked-down like a dementia-ridden presidential candidate in our basements through Thanksgiving and Christmas… with depression and suicide rates soaring ever higher?
As a reminder, we note that this is the same 'scientist' who co-wrote an op-ed with Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari in which the two argued for more restrictive and uniform lockdowns across the nation.
"The problem with the March-to-May lockdown was that it was not uniformly stringent across the country. For example, Minnesota deemed 78 percent of its workers essential," they wrote in the New York Times.
"To be effective, the lockdown has to be as comprehensive and strict as possible."
In other words – Obey! Or the economy gets it… Again!
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Stick your lock downs, vaccines and useless masks this is not about health! It's about CONTROL and the roll out of the Global Reset.
Sapere Audete
A cry for help from Germany, which is still occupied by the Allies.
On November 18, 2020, the Merkel regime wants to pass a legislative proposal that equates to self-empowerment. Adolf Hitler also empowered himself at the time, and the result was millions of deaths. This time there could be a multiple number of dead and injured / sick.
Anyone in Berlin on November 18, 2020 should come to the Bundestag and join in the protest.
"Berlin 11/18/2020: the most important event of your life! Go there!" – https://coronistan.blogspot.com/2020/11/berlin-18112020-der-wichtigste-termin.html
This is absolutely nuts and infuriating that we're allowing this small group of people to do this to us billions of people. Enough is enough.
laura ann
People esp men, need to rise up and revolt, take back their freedoms.

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Jammu, Apr 14: Months after jointly staking claim over the government formation, PDP and NC are out to expose each other, desperate to tell to the world who was more close to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past.
On Sunday, PM Modi hit out at NC and PDP, stating that the BJP will not allow the two parties to divide the country. He also accused Jammu and Kashmir's political families, the Abdullahs and the Muftis, of ruining three generations of the state and trying to divide India.
Addressing a rally in Kathua, Modi said, "The bright future of J&K can be ensured only after their departure."
Referring to National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's demand for a separate PM for Jammu and Kashmir, Modi said, "They can bring their entire clan into field, can abuse Modi as much as they want but they won't be able to divide this nation."
However, Omar Abdullah reacted to the statement on his twitter handle and shared a picture of PDP founder Mufti Sayeed and PM Modi hugging each other. Beneath the picture, Omar wrote caption: "This is how Modiji believes what he says. Look how happy he is to seal an alliance with one of the families he was to ride J&K of."
Merely 45 minutes later, PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti replied to Omar's tweet and shared another picture in which Omar Abdullah is seen welcoming PM Modi at the airport. As a caption to the pic, Mehbooba wrote: "Exhibit B. Modiji looks thrilled to be greeted by a dynast."
Such a mudslinging between NC and PDP leaders is to new but on twitter this has taken a new form. According to a tech savvy NC leader, there are photo banks kept by both the party leaders in their phones so that same could be used against each other. According to him, same happened in case of PM Modi's speech and its subsequent reaction by Omar and Mehbooba.
Moreover, the chances of any new bonhomie between the two parties look bleak at present as they have stepped up the campaign against each other more rigorously.
PDP's senior leader and Mehbooba's trusted lieutenant Naeem Akhtar on Sunday launched a fresh salvo at NC patriarch Farooq Abdullah and Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad, accusing both of them of "facilitating BJP's policies in Jammu and Kashmir."
The PDP leader accused Farooq Abdullah of wanting MPship to save his skin and Ghulam Nabi Azad of ensuring that he gets his permanent seat in the Rajya Sabha.
"BJP would draw a blank from the state if NC and Congress had continued the spirit of the initiative by the three parties last time to form a government. If it was good then, why was it changed now?" Akhtar asked.


The #SweatworkingWeek Fit Fest originally scheduled for 1/19 is now rescheduled for Saturday, February 2nd! See below for updated information.
Twice a year, we put our heads together to create a schedule that entices Chicagoans to try new things and meet new people, all while working out across the city. Each time we host #SweatworkingWeek, it changes, it evolves. This – the sixth edition – is no different. January 14-19, you'll experience a true celebration of Chicago's culture through the lens of sweat.
This time around, we worked with some gems within the city – museums, attractions, monuments, and, yes, studios – to create a schedule that will make it easy to try new things and meet new people. And each workout will have a special reminder of why we live here and what's here to to explore.
Plus, our friends at Michelob ULTRA will be there throughout the week to give you a post-workout refreshment to celebrate your amazing effort. ULTRA strives to celebrate the individuals that live an active and balanced lifestyle — those who live a full life, filled with friends, good health and fun.
Mon. Jan. 14 Tues. Jan 15 Wed. Jan. 16 Thurs.
This group LIFT is circuit based training with both compound strength elements and interval conditioning while having a functional approach. You'll concentrate on performing exercises correctly and while working hard in a safe environment. This elevated strength-training gym makes sure you're COACHED during your LIFT!
And the best part? You'll be some of the very first people to try this spot while being coached by Josh Siroko, Chad Driscoll, and Pete Tamulewicz.
At aSweatLife, we believe that wellness is for everyone and that wellness should be WELCOMING for everyone. And so, we think inclusion is a behavior that we can learn from each other in a lot of ways – from making new friends as adults to teaching people, and from leaving our neighborhoods to showcasing the wellness brands that are doing INTERESTING things.
On this panel, we'll talk about statistics re: where most studios are vs. where communities need wellness the most. We'll talk about race/gender/affluence. We'll talk about actionable solutions on the macro level vs. on the micro level.
How do I act more inclusively in a fitness environment every day?
How do I try new things and meet new people more frequently?
How can gyms/studio owners create businesses in places where they're NEEDED and wanted?
This panel will be moderated by Nikki Desai from aSweatLife's team.
How much does it cost: it will be TOTALLY FREE thanks to sponsorship from CLIF Bar.
Take on feats on monumental strength! CPG's signature Primal Strength classes focus on lifting heavy things and developing full-body stability and power. This 60-minute combo class includes a thorough joint-mobility warm-up, hands-on skill development, and an expert blend of kettlebell strength exercises. Don't let the name fool you, this class still delivers plenty of endurance to ensure maximum fat-burning, muscle-building results. You'll also hone two keystone exercises: the swing and the getup. CPG will show you the exact technique to maximize safety AND results in our training program. You'll be exposed to a variety of mobility and core exercises to build a strong foundation. The goal is for you to feel totally confident before advancing to Primal Strength and KB Flow classes!
In their signature Alive class, you'll experience a candlelit, vinyasa-inspired flow set to an expertly crafted playlist, turned up loud to help you feel all the feels. Expect strong poses, long holds, and thoughtfully slow transitions. Each class will include intentional breathwork and soulful guidance to help you go beyond the mind and come alive within. Alive is designed to awaken your soul while also challenging your body. Class is heated to a warm 80-85 degrees unless noted in the schedule.
On the evening of Tuesday January 15, we'll combine a local group we love with a museum you'll want to run back to. We'll take on a run with Despite the Dark that starts and finishes at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. You'll have access to tour the exhibits at the museum and your gear will be safely checked in a private room at the museum. And to kick off your run, Free Mvmt Shop gets you ready and on your feet with a quick Love & Hip Hop dance break.
At this special #SweatworkingWeek breakfast-and-learn, we'll teach you how to start your day off on the right foot: by creating a morning routine that's infused with optimism. We'll share the power of a morning routine and how you can practice optimism as a tool to fight against stress, bad news, and tough times. We'll put it all together by breaking down the morning routines of team aSweatLife and leading a fun mix-and-match activity to help you have the best morning ever. This inspirational morning will take place at evolveHer, and we'll fill your bellies with nutritious breakfasts and coffee to power your day.
Known for its diverse training philosophy, focusing on athletic performance, lifestyle, and personal training, On Your Mark Coaching + Training opened its newest gorgeous training space on the West Side. This class will be an OYM mash-up; Kickboxing, performance and strength (20 minutes of each).
On Thursday, you'll see a takeover from RUNAWAY Fitness, the new entrant to the Chicago Fitness scene that will fuse all of the things you'll see throughout the week: art, music, and – of course – sweat. You'll be able to try out this new studio built for you, runners. And remember, whether you're considering running your first mile or you've run an ultramarathon, YOU are a runner.
6 am and 7:10 am: You'll get a taste of this brand new gym and its proprietary training style, AMP (Adaptive Musculoskeletal Periodization), created to help you reach running goals while still being able to mix and match your classes.
2 pm-4 pm, #TrainersConnect: For this mid-day break, trainers will take over RUNAWAY for our monthly trainer-focused event, #TrainersConnect. Not only will trainers get to try this new gym's proprietary training style AMP, they'll also get their own workshop! Erin Conroy, Doctor of Physical Therapy and owner of West Town PT will be on-site with injury prevention tips and tricks and to answer any questions you might have.
5:30 pm and 6:40 pm: You'll get a taste of this brand new gym and its proprietary training style AMP, (Adaptive Musculoskeletal Periodization), created to help you reach running goals while still being able to mix and match your classes.
On Friday Morning, we're bringing our friends from the Vixen Workout all the way from Miami to SPiN Chicago for a morning dance party followed by some light ping pong action.
The Vixen Workout is a dance fitness format that uses commercial choreography, killer music remixes, and stage lighting so you can experience yourself as a performer. (Basically, you get to pretend you're opening for the VMA's, and perform the moves you see by your favorite artists.) The mission is to give a new edge to pop culture by merging dance, fashion, music, and fitness. The classes create an environment where you can experience an emotional release, mind-body connection, and a sense of community while getting an insanely fun workout.
We'll host this workout at THE home for ping pong, SPiN.
Join us at the iconic building on the Chicago river where the World of Whirlpool makes its home for sharing its vast stores of knowledge. You can expect to learn life hacks for cooking quickly and eating healthier. You'll also eat delicious food from the World of Whirlpool's Culinary team including the beloved Chef Alia Dalal (plant-based options will be available, and please let us know any dietary restrictions in advance!).
Join us at the house that creativity built – The iO Theater. We'll take on a workout with SHRED415, followed by a totally approachable improv workshop. No experience is necessary for either.
From SHRED415, you'll take on a workout that fuses their studio style with movements you can do anywhere. We'll use resistance bands to amp it up and you can count on music from the DJ Firm to make it even better.
From The iO Theater, you can expect an improv workshop that pushes you just comfortably outside of your comfort zone. This will be approachable for beginners, but fun for anyone who has taken an class in the past and wants to expose a friend to it!
We're taking out Thalia Hall for a fitness festival to wrap up the week.
The hall was deemed a historical landmark in 1989 and today you can find comedy shows, The Pilsen Yoga Tribe, concerts, weddings and so much more in the great hall. Within the same walls, top-rated restaurants like Dusek's, Tack Room and Punch House all call it home.
Let the music amp you up as the DJ Firm performs alongside a live drummer for this boxing and conditioning session led by Midtown Athletic Club's Julian Collins Sr. You'll be challenged with combos or jab, cross, hook, and uppercut, but you'll also find yourself sweating as you get your heart rate WAY UP with conditioning drills. And because Julian is an athlete who treats boxing like a sport, you'll get a chance to feel like the undisputed champ too. This is the perfect session to kick off the festival.
Tanya Lozano: You'll feel your hips come to life with a a combo from Tanya. This mini class will make you want to dance at HealthyHood every day.
More about Ballet Burn: Hold the classical music in this fist pumping, turned out twist on a traditional ballet/floor barre technique that combines cardio with grace and grit.
MVFitness will have you leaving class feeling like a true Pop Star, without needing to be a dancer. Come as you are and be ready to flip that hair like Britney.
We'll end the day with an upbeat yoga flow paired up with a band that has roots in Chicago and wings in fun – the Lowdown Brass Band (which you should book for your parties, events and honestly, your Friday nights). You'll be led by Jenny Finkel, one of the most upbeat (and hilarious) yogis we know; she'll bring her sense of whimsy and rhythm to a flow like you've never done before. Don't know how yoga fits with an eight-piece band? Guess you'll have to be there to see it happen.


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Turvey Avenue, Donabate, Co. Dublin
Superb Development Opportunity
Ready-To-Go with F.P.P for 155 Apartments
Turvey Avenue, Donabate, Co. Dublin is a superb residential development with the benefit of full planning permission with a guide price in excess €8.5 million exclusive.
In August 2020, An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for an SHD development on the subject site, which was subsequently amended to provide for 155 no. apartment units (25 no. 1 beds, 112 no. 2 beds and 18 no. 3 beds) in 3 no. apartment blocks, all units with private terraces/balconies. The proposed development provides for a crèche facility, a commercial gym and a significant community amenity space. The proposed scheme is envisaged to be operated as a rental scheme but as it has been designed to build-to-sell apartment standards it provides excellent flexibility for purchasers.
The apartments are well designed and are ideally suited to a range of lifestyles and demographics, supported by the scheme's excellent transport links. The 3 blocks are arranged around a central courtyard, with a pocket park and surrounding landscaped grounds. The interaction of the apartments with the landscaped areas is also enhanced as each apartment benefits from private balconies or terraces. Parking is provided for at basement level which allows these green areas and public realm within the scheme to be pedestrian and cycle friendly.
The site extends to approximately 2.87 acres and is superbly served by public transport with the Irish Rail and DART line running adjacent to the site. Donabate Train station is within 50m from Turvey Avenue which offers daily and regular train services to and from Dublin City Centre southbound and services facing North bound towards Dundalk, Drogheda and Belfast. The M1 Motorway Junction 4 is easily accessible providing direct access to Dublin Airport, M50 Motorway and the City Centre via the Port Tunnel. Furthermore, the proposed walkway and cycleway greenway across Broadmeadow Estuary which will link Donabate and Malahide is expected to open in 2023.
Donabate is a lively, family-friendly coastal town with plenty of local amenities to serve a wide range of demographics. The village gate of Newbridge Park is within a 350m walk of the site providing direct access to the lush, green parkland surrounding Newbridge House and Farm. Newbridge House Demesne opened as a regional park in 1986, with approximately 370 acres of gently undulating pastureland, woodland walks, a deer park, lime kiln, the ruins of Lanistown Castle, watercourses and pleasure grounds. The stately Georgian Mansion is set against the gently undulating wildflower meadows of the Park with the 18th century working Farm, Courtyard Tearooms and state of the art Adventure Playground perfect for families. A SuperValu supermarket, post office, medical centre and pharmacy are within walking distance, while eight local restaurants and bars cater for a lively and varied lifestyle offering in additional to the local leisure and community centre.
Under the Fingal County Development Plan 2017-2023 the subject site is zoned Objective 'TC – Town and District Centre', that is to "Protect and enhance the special physical and social character of town and district centres and provide and/or improve urban facilities."
Knight Frank commented 'the site represents a significant PRS or private sale opportunity with the planning risk removed in a stunning costal location ideally primed to meet the recent shift in lifestyle requirements of tenants and home buyers. Donabate train station is within 50 meters combined with the proximity to the M1 motorway provides easy access to city centre amenities and employment hubs. We would expect to see strong interest from the market given the 'ready to go' attractive residential scheme.'
For more information talk to James Meagher or Robert Wilson in our Development Land team on 01 634 2466.
Simon Hollywood recently joined the Knight Frank team as a Property & Asset Manager.


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David Youngs
Percussive Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar And More..
Tunings
In addition to acoustic guitar, one of the other instruments that David plays is the Halo steel hand pan, manufactured by Pantheon Steel in Missouri, US.
A chance meeting on the street with musician Ravid Goldschmidt in Barcelona back in 2006 was the event which started David on a long journey to becoming a hand pan player. But before becoming a player, it was necessary to work out just how to become an owner of such an instrument…
Seeing and hearing Ravid's original Hang Drum played for that first time inspired David to seek out the Hang Makers Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of Panart directly. Well-known for their pride and attention to detail regarding the manufacture of their sound sculptures and also for their love of traditional, non-electronic communication, it was with both delight and sadness to receive a handwritten reply letter from the factory in Bern stating that there would be many years to wait while the next steps for Panart were decided upon. No more Hang drums would be imminently available for purchase.
In short – the Hang trail went cold for David around the end of 2008, but his continued research into the burgeoning hand pan scene paid off, revealing that a company called Pantheon Steel were in the process of preparing for an initial manufacturing run of a steel hand pan. In their words the instrument would be a 'marriage of art and technology' – and would become known as the Halo.
The discovery was very timely indeed, with David joining a waiting list of only a couple of hundred similarly interested parties (as opposed to the tens of thousands today, necessitating a 'lottery' system for new models). The initial down-payment was made in early 2009, and after a two-year wait David became the proud owner of Halo serial number #156 – having selected the 'Xiao Xiong Diao (XXD) scale for the instrument.
The notes of the XXD Scale Halo are:
(C) F G Ab C D Eb F G
Since then, David has recorded a 4-track EP already on the instrument (available in the Shop) and continues to write new compositions and collaborate with other musicians – please check this web site for the latest updates and/or sign up to David's mailing list.
'Glitch 156' (Taken from the CD EP 'Halo156' (ASANACD002)
'Amygdala (Part One)' (with Chris Woods Groove)
Cover art images from the artwork for the 'Halo 156' CD
29/01/20	David Youngs in Cambridge, Cambs at The Mumford Theatre Buy Tickets
Copyright © 2020 David Youngs All Rights Reserved.


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Perth Mint releases bullion coins honoring pivotal WWII battle
By Joe O'Donnell
Published: May 6, 2014, 8 AM
The Perth Mint's newest pair of commemorative bullion coins honoring a turning-point battle of World War II are now available for purchase.
Gold and silver coins paying tribute to the allied effort at the Battle of the Coral Sea are being dealt exclusively by Goldline, according to a release from the dealer posted to BusinessWire.
The coins feature a World War II battleship on their reverse and the bust of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
"These coins are Australian legal tender and, due to their purity, may be included in precious metals IRAs," Goldline's release states. "The Perth Mint, the official mint of the Western Australian government, enjoys a reputation for innovation and superb quality."
The gold Battle of the Coral Sea coins carry a face value of $15 and contain a tenth of an ounce of .9999 fine gold, while the silver Battle of the Coral Sea coins carry a face value of 50 cents and contain a half ounce of .9999 fine silver.
The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought between allied forces and Japanese forces May 7 and 8, 1942, according to Naval History & Heritage Command. It took place in the waters southwest of the Solomon Islands and east of New Guinea.
"The Coral Sea action resulted from a Japanese amphibious operation intended to capture Port Moresby, located on New Guinea's southeastern coast," Naval History & Heritage Command's breakdown of the battle reads. "A Japanese air base there would threaten northeastern Australia and support plans for further expansion into the South Pacific, possibly helping to drive Australia out of the war and certainly enhancing the strategic defenses of Japan's newly-enlarged oceanic empire."
While the Japanese can claim they technically won the battle, it came at a major cost, both in terms of resources and momentum, Naval History & Heritage Command notes, as it was "the first major check on the great offensive [the Japanese] had begun five months earlier at Pearl Harbor."
Contact Goldline for details about acquiring the coins.


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Launched in the Alley: Urban Future Lab Flipping the Switch on Tomorrow
There's a new energy in Brooklyn and soon, hopefully, the world. The Urban Future Lab opened last week, providing 10,000 square feet of space to clean energy and sustainability startups.
Makes sense to focus on smart buildings in one of the real estate capitals of the world.
Located at NYU School of Engineering's downtown Brooklyn campus in the heart of Brooklyn's Tech Triangle, UFL is a partnership between NYCEDC and NYU School of Engineering and will provide incubation space for up to 20 start-up companies of NYC ACRE (New York City Accelerator for a Clean and Resilient Economy), an internationally recognized hub for entrepreneurs working in the areas of clean energy and sustainability.
The Lab also provides an exhibition space for emerging technologies, and serves as a destination for educational programs, job training seminars and workshops supporting a sustainable infrastructure and urban resilience.
The big plan: new tech creation – and job creation.
David Gilford, Director of Clean Technology & Energy at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, is here tell us about the new space – and how startups can become part of it.
Tell us about the program.
A partnership between NYCEDC and NYU School of Engineering, the Urban Future Lab is New York City's first dedicated facility for sustainable infrastructure and urban resilience. Located in downtown Brooklyn, the Urban Future Lab is a business incubator that supports startup companies, showcases innovation, and provides educational and workforce training focused on sustainable infrastructure and urban resilience.
The Urban Future Lab combines a business incubation program with a product demonstration and exhibition space, while also offering crucial educational programming and job training workshops. NYU School of Engineering's K-12 STEM education program provides New York City public school teachers with the skills to teach students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and Green City Force's Clean Energy Corps prepares young adults from low-income backgrounds for careers related to sustainability. The creation and ongoing operation of the Urban Future Lab is expected to generate over 9,000 new jobs by 2025.
The Urban Future Lab is unique in 1) focusing on the specific needs of cleantech, sustainability and resiliency companies, 2) bringing together new and existing resources to create a focal point for the industry, and 3) linking these activities to educational and training opportunities for the broader community.
How do startups and companies apply?
Interested individuals or companies can apply through an application process on the Urban Future Lab website. Applications for new tenants at the Urban Future Lab incubator will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the incubator is at capacity. Upon reaching that stage, submitted application(s) for new tenant(s) will be reviewed on a periodic basis.
The Urban Future Lab is seeking seed stage or growth stage companies (or growth stage internationally-based company looking to enter the U.S. market) that are technology-enabled businesses (product and/or service) with a focus on efficiency, sustainability and urban challenges. These could include, but are not limited to:
Energy storage, transmission, and distribution
Building systems and home automation
Supply chain efficiency
Advanced metering infrastructure
Efficiency products and services
Sustainable architecture and design
transportation and power systems
Urban food systems, sustainable agriculture and food safety
Asset recovery including reuse and recycling energy/environmental markets
Technology-enhanced business and financial services
Why did you choose Brooklyn?
The heart of New York University's School of Engineering lies in Downtown Brooklyn, in the BK Tech Triangle. It makes sense for the Urban Future Lab to call this area its home.
Located in 10,000 square feet on the 19th floor of 15 MetroTech Center, the Urban Future Lab will house over 20 companies and 60 employees. NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering has a 5-year lease from Forest City Ratner, the property's owner, who provides lease support.
The facility is within walking distance from the buzzing tech startup scene and research institutes such as the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress.
What is the affiliation with NYU? How did this consortium come together?
Seeking to create new economic opportunity through solving challenges of sustainable infrastructure and urban resilience, NYCEDC and the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering opened the Urban Future Lab.
The Urban Future Lab was conceived as part of NYCEDC's comprehensive study of the green industry, including interviews with over 80 stakeholders, identifying a big economic opportunity that needed action to maximize its value to the city.
In 2013, NYCEDC selected the NYU School of Engineering through a competitive RFP process. The Urban Future Lab is managed through the NYU School of Engineering, under contract with NYCEDC.
National Grid and ADT Security Systems are major corporate sponsors, and NYSERDA indirectly provides funding through its support of the NYC ACRE and PowerBridgeNY programs.
In-kind support is also provided by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Urban Green Council, Canadian Technology Accelerator, NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress, the Confederation of Danish Industry and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, including programmatic support, mentors and staff time.
Tell us about your mentoring program.
The Urban Future Lab incorporates incubator mentorship from an advisory board composed of leading practitioners from NYU and across New York City. Additionally, tenants will receive mentorship and support through many of the Urban Future Lab programs:
Programming will establish it as the cultural center of the Clean and Resilient Technology industry in New York City. Programming at the Urban Future Lab will encompass all facets of the clean and resilient technology industry:
Training and Classes through Green City Force
K-12 STEM Education programming
Cleantech to Market workshops
PowerBridgeNY
Demo Days and Agency Mixers
Cleantech Open Northeast
Future Energy Event Series
Cleantech Perspectives from Global companies and executives
Tell us about some of the current startups that are in the space.
Bandwagon helps cost conscious travelers purchase seats in shared taxis and car services, at discounts of up to 60%.
BlocPower is focused on aggregating micro-portfolios of churches, synagogues, non-profits, small businesses and multifamily properties in financially underserved communities that have high energy costs, and connecting them to individual and institutional investors via an online platform.
DG Energy Partners (DGEP) is a solar industry focused financial advisory firm.
Energex Technologies is an environmental monitoring and management company with a mission to transform data center management.
Energy Solutions Forum is an energy policy research and data company.
Enertiv designs, manufactures, markets and installs real-time energy monitoring systems and software for commercial and institutional facilities.
HEVO Power is developing a wireless EV charging network for commercial fleets
Keen Home develops home automation products and services that are smartly designed, easy to use, and environmentally sustainable.
KW Energy is developing an analytic layer which takes the daily/hourly power forecasts, historic data, actual supply data and provides optimized Day Ahead bid information.
Lumiode is developing a brand new microdisplay platform that is 30 times brighter and 5-10 times more efficient than other technologies.
Radiator Labs is an early-stage start-up out of Columbia University developing a radiator retrofit for steam heating systems
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Q: Inconsistent rendering of nested react-redux-connected components I think we've been bitten by this issue (Strategy for avoiding cascading renders), but I don't know quite what to do about it.
In short, a child component is receiving property updates and executing a parent's bound render callback before the parent has received its prop updates. The result is that the callback uses stale properties and we get inconsistent rendering.
Here's a rough representation:
class Parent extends React.Component {
  renderHeader = () => {
    return <<uses this.props to render a header>>
  }

  render () {
    return ( <Child renderHeader={this.renderHeader}/> )
  }
}

function mapStateToProps(state) {
  return Object.assign({}, state.tree.branch)
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Parent);

...

class Child extends React.Component {
  render () {
    return (
      ...
        this.props.renderHeader()
      ...
    )
  }
}

function mapStateToProps(state) {
  return Object.assign({}, state.tree.branch)
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Child);

I can make this work by passing props to the callback explicitly or by just avoid this pattern, but I feel like there's a larger concept/pattern/anti-pattern going on here that I'm failing to understand. Questions:

*

*Is it actually invalid to connect both components to the state tree?

*Is there clear logic for whether parents or children receive props first?

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For acoustic signals, analyzing the frequency domain is more effective than the time domain because the more important characteristics are mainly reflected in the power spectrum, and the spectrum is not easily affected by external interference, and the acoustic characteristics are relatively stable.
This article mainly analyzes the low frequency signal of the engine. Based on multi-resolution analysis and band energy analysis, combined with the strong ability of neural network in nonlinear mapping processing, this paper presents a method of engine fault diagnosis using dual-microphone measurement combined with wavelet multi-resolution analysis.
2. Signal processing and pattern recognition method
2.1. Wavelet multiresolution analysis
According to the characteristics of engine noise signal, this paper uses wavelet multi-resolution analysis method to deal with engine noise signal. The time-frequency resolution of the wavelet transform varies with the time decomposed scale. For the low-frequency component of the signal, the time resolution is higher, and the frequency resolution is lower. For the high-frequency component of the signal, the time resolution is lower, and the frequency resolution is higher. S. Mallat proposed the concept of multi-resolution analysis when constructing orthogonal wavelet bases, and was first applied to wavelet analysis. Wavelet analysis is also mature in the field of fault diagnosis at the present stage [6-8]. The multiresolution analysis wavelet decomposition tree is shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Four-layer multiresolution analysis tree structure
(X is the signal to be analyzed; L1-L4 is the low-frequency part of 1-4 layers in sequence; H1-H4 is the high-frequency part of 1-4 layers in sequence)
If the highest frequency is f, the frequency range for the high-frequency H1 signal is [f/2, f], and the low-frequency L1 frequency range is [0, f/2]. When the second layer is decomposed, the high frequency portion H1 obtained by the decomposition of the original first layer is not decomposed, only the low frequency portion L1 is decomposed, and so on, the signal is decomposed layer by layer. After the signal X is decomposed by the four-layer multiresolution shown in the figure, the signal coefficients (i= 1, 2, 3, 4) can be obtained, and the corresponding frequency ranges are [0, f/16), [f/16, f/8), [f/8, f/4), [f/4, f/2), [f/2, f]. That is, signal X has the following equation:
X=ϕ1+ϕ2+ϕ3+ϕ4,
Ei=||ϕi||2=∫-∞+∞ϕit2dt.
Since the energy of the time-domain calculation signal is equal to the energy value calculated in the frequency domain, each band energy is Ei, and the feature vector is constructed:
P=E1,E2,E3,E4.
If E=∑Ei, then normalized eigenvector is:
T=E1E,E2E,E3E,E4E.
Fig. 2. 4-layer wavelet decomposition results
a) Engine duty cycle signal
b) After 4-layert wavelet decomposition
As shown in Fig. 2, the amplitude of the frequency band coefficient of the acoustic signal of the engine after multi-resolution analysis is obviously different, and five waveform segments with different amplitudes can be clearly seen.
2.2. Band energy accumulation feature extraction
According to the wavelet decomposition results, characteristic parameters are obtained by calculating the band energy accumulation. The wavelet-band energy accumulating method mainly analyzes the time-frequency transform of the signal and decomposes it into different frequency bands, performs statistical analysis on the total energy in each frequency band, judges the change of the fault signal with the change of the energy in the band, and uses these characteristic changes to establish the signal. The mapping relationship between frequency band energy and engine abnormal noise status.
The preliminary analysis of the acoustic signal of the engine shows that the Daubechies family of wavelet basis functions db4 or db5 and the number of decomposition layers 3, 4, and 5 (energy bands 4, 5, and 6) can achieve better results. Comprehensive analysis of normal conditions, normal oil leakage, slight oil leakage, moderate oil leakage, and complete oil breakage (misfire failure), as shown in Fig. 4. The length shown in each band is the proportion of the corresponding band to the total band energy. The abscissa is the percentage of the total energy in each frequency band, and the ordinate is the four fault conditions after wavelet decomposition. From the figure, it can be found that when the number of decomposition layers is 3, the energy characteristics of the frequency band of slight oil leakage failure and moderate oil leakage failure are completely indistinguishable, and when the number of decomposition layers is 5, the stability of the band energy characteristics is poor. From the comparison of (a)-(f) in Fig. 4, when the number of decomposition layers is 4 and the wavelet basis function is db4, the fault condition is better differentiated and the stability of the same state feature is better. In this paper, the fault eigenvectors are established by the wavelet basis function db4 on the 10 frequency bands obtained by performing 4-layer wavelet decomposition on the two microphone acoustic signals.
Fig. 3. Analysis diagram of different wavelet decomposition layers and basis function bands: (s1: Complete oil failure, s2: Moderate oil leakage, s3: Light oil leakage, s4: Normal operating conditions)
a) Wavelet decomposition layer4(db5)
b) Wavelet decomposition layer3(db5)
c) Wavelet decomposition layer5(db5)
d) Wavelet decomposition layer3(db4)
e) Wavelet decomposition layer4(db4)
f) Wavelet decomposition layer4(db5)
2.3. Constructing BP neural network
BP neural network has powerful nonlinear mapping, self-learning and self-adaption, generalization and fault-tolerant capabilities, mainly composed of input layer, hidden layer and output layer. If the sample output goes to S=[s1,s2,s3,s4], and the training result vector is R=[r1,r2,r3,r4], then the square error between the network training results and the target output of a single sample is:
dk=12∑i=14(si-ri)2.
Thus, training system error mean:
D=1k∑k=1kdk,
where k is the number of samples, we can obtain the weight correction amount ∆Vij and ∆Wjk of the hidden layer and the output layer by the value of D, and then obtain the network weight correction relationship:
Wjkt+1=Wjkt+∆Wjkt,
Vijt+1=Vijt+∆Vijt.
The structure of the BP algorithm is shown in Fig. 4, where X(1), X(2), ..., Xn are the input values of the network, and Y(1), Y(2), ..., Yn are the predicted values of the network. The input values of the network propagate from the input layer through the hidden layer to the output layer, and the input responses of the network are obtained by each neuron in the output layer. Then, in order to reduce the direction of the target output and the actual error, each connection weight value is corrected layer by layer from the output layer through each intermediate layer, and finally returns to the input layer. Within a certain range, with the back propagation of the error, the accuracy of the feedback of the network test also increases. Through the two processes of forward propagation and backward propagation, the algorithm advances and the error is constantly corrected, and the output value approaches the ideal value.
Fig. 4. BP neural network structure
The eigenvectors composed of the normalized frequency band coefficients are the input values of the BP neural network, and the network outputs correspond to the four working condition setting codes. The failure type (V) is set as the normal oil (1000), slight oil leakage (0100), moderate oil leakage (0010) and complete oil cut (0001), which supply according to the severity of "oil leakage".
3. Fault diagnosis experiment
3.1. Data collection and processing
The experiment used a 40 PH type microphone from GRAS, and its operating frequency was 10-20 kHz. Integrated error intensity measurement mechanism, combined with experimental conditions, take the microphone measurement position from the noise source about 0.8 m, the specific location shown in Fig. 6, 1 for the single sound pressure measurement microphone, numbered 1 and 2 The microphone is a microphone set for measuring double sound pressure. The experimental sampling frequency is 25.6 kHz. We take the Weichai WD615 six-cylinder engine as the experimental object, set the high-pressure tubing oil leakage fault, and use the NI data acquisition system to collect acoustic signals. The engine speed is 710 r•min-1.
Fig. 5. Microphone measurement position
By adjusting the amount of fuel injected into the cylinder by the high pressure fuel pipe of the sixth cylinder to simulate the oil leakage fault, which included the high pressure fuel pipe, the normal working condition, slight leaking condition, moderate leaking condition and completely broken condition. Fixed sound signal acquisition device (microphone), two microphones simultaneously measure the acoustic signal of the engine under four operating conditions, the sampling time for each working condition is 5 s, 5 sets for each sample.
The wavelet base function db4 is used to decompose the acoustic signal into four layers to obtain five frequency band coefficient values, namely the wavelet coefficient S1 of the high frequency signal and the low frequency wavelet coefficients S2, S3, S4, S5. After summing the wavelet coefficients of the signals of the five frequency bands obtained by decomposing the acoustic signal, they are summed and further normalized to obtain e1,e2,e3,e4,e5 as a characteristic parameter of the signal. Therefore, for a single microphone feature vector, there are:
T1=e1,e2,e3,e4,e5.
For dual microphone feature vectors:
T2=e1,e2,e3,e4,e5,e'1,e'2,e'3,e'4,e'5.
Pattern recognition of the energy band characteristic parameters of four different working conditions, 500 working cycles (feature vectors) collected by the microphone under each working condition are divided into sample data and test data, among which 400 groups are randomly selected for BP neural network samples Training, another 100 groups as test samples.
3.2. BP network structure training and results
When the BP neural network is used for experimental analysis, since the experiment includes four conditions of normal engine oil supply, slight oil leakage, moderate oil leakage, and complete oil cutoff, the type of sample to be classified is 4, and the number of nodes corresponding to the output layer is also It is determined as 4 accordingly. According to the Kolmogorov theorem, the number of neurons in the hidden layer m and the number of neurons in the input layer n and the optimal range of the output layer nodes q are: where a is in the range of 1 to 10. After repeated experiments, the number of neurons in the hidden layer is set to 9 to obtain better results. The neuron transfer function selects the tangent S-shaped transfer function, the training function selects the LM algorithm, the learning function selects the gradient descent momentum learning function, and the network performance function is the mean squared error function. After many experiments, the learning rate is set to 0.001 for better training. The effect is that the maximum number of iterations is 600.
Under the same conditions, using BP to extend into the network and fuzzy clustering for pattern recognition, the results are shown in Table 2. From the Table, it can be found that with the same algorithm, dual microphones are superior to single microphones in terms of diagnostic accuracy. After many experiments, the average training time of the BP neural network is about 2 seconds, and the fuzzy clustering training time is about 10 seconds. Therefore, the BP neural network is selected as the fault identification method.
Table 1. Comprehensive analysis of network training
Number of microphones
Pattern recognition method
Average accuracy/%
Wrong distribution area
Training time/s
BP neural network
Mild5, Moderate3
Fuzzy clustering
Mild3, Moderate5, Severe1
normal3, Mild11, Moderate12, Severe1
normal12, Mild12, Moderate9, Severe1
By selecting the wavelet basis function and the number of decomposition layers, using two microphones to collect engine acoustic signals, and adopting the method of wavelet multi-resolution analysis combined with BP neural network to diagnose diesel engine faults, good results are obtained, as follows:
(1) For engine acoustic signals, the wavelet basis function db4 can well decompose the low-frequency part of the acoustic signal and can extract obvious fault features.
(2) Using dual microphones to collect sound pressure signals, combined with BP neural network to diagnose abnormal engine noise, compared with a single microphone, can greatly improve the diagnostic accuracy and diagnostic efficiency, provided a reference for engine abnormal noise diagnosis.
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Q: How to add a PatternLayout to the root logger at runtime? I am using logback as the backend for Slf4j. Currently, I configure the logger using a logback.xml file. My issue is that sensitive information is being logged (outside of my control) and I want to mask this sensitive information. To mask the information, I have wrote a custom PatternLayout class that essentially does:
@Override
public String doLayout(ILoggingEvent event) {
    String message = super.doLayout(event);
    Matcher matcher = sesnsitiveInfoPattern.matcher(message);
    if (matcher.find()) {
        message = matcher.replaceAll("XXX");
    }
    return message;
}

My issue is that I need to tell logback to use this custom pattern layout. I don't want to add this to the XML configuration however. My current configuration looks like this:
<configuration>
  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <encoder>
      <layout class="com.my.MaskingPatternLayout"> <!-- here -->
        <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
      </layout>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <root level="info">
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
  </root>
</configuration>

In XML, my desired configuration would look like this (but I don't want to use XML):

A: Hello Max I hope you are using Log4j 2.x because this solution uses the plugins approache introduced in log4j 2.x . first you should create a package where you are going to put your plugins classes and you put there these two classes :
my.log4j.pluggins.CustomConfigurationFactory :
@Plugin(name = "CustomConfigurationFactory", category = ConfigurationFactory.CATEGORY)
    @Order(value = 0)
    public class CustomConfigurationFactory extends ConfigurationFactory {

        private Configuration createConfiguration(final String name,
                ConfigurationBuilder<BuiltConfiguration> builder) {
            System.out.println("init logger");
            builder.setConfigurationName(name);
            builder.setStatusLevel(Level.INFO);
            builder.setPackages("my.log4j.pluggins");
            AppenderComponentBuilder appenderBuilder = builder.newAppender(
                    "Stdout", "CONSOLE").addAttribute("target",
                    ConsoleAppender.Target.SYSTEM_OUT);
            appenderBuilder
                    .add(builder
                            .newLayout("PatternLayout")
                            .addAttribute("pattern", "%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %myMsg%n"));
            builder.add(appenderBuilder);
            builder.add(builder.newRootLogger(Level.TRACE).add(
                    builder.newAppenderRef("Stdout")));
            return builder.build();
        }

        @Override
        protected String[] getSupportedTypes() {
            String[] supportedExt = { "*" };
            return supportedExt;

        }

        @Override
        public Configuration getConfiguration(ConfigurationSource source) {
            ConfigurationBuilder<BuiltConfiguration> builder = newConfigurationBuilder();
            return createConfiguration(source.toString(), builder);
        }

        @Override
        public Configuration getConfiguration(String name, URI configLocation) {
            ConfigurationBuilder<BuiltConfiguration> builder = newConfigurationBuilder();
            return createConfiguration(name, builder);
        }

    }

my.log4j.pluggins.SampleLayout  :
    @Plugin(name = "CustomConverter", category = "Converter")
    @ConverterKeys({"myMsg"})
    public class SampleLayout extends LogEventPatternConverter {

        protected SampleLayout(String name, String style) {
            super(name, style);
        }
        public static SampleLayout newInstance(){
            return new SampleLayout("custConv", "custConv");
        }

        @Override
        public void format(LogEvent event, StringBuilder stringBuilder) {
           //replace the %myMsg by XXXXX if sensitive
           if (sensitive()){
               stringBuilder.append("XXXX");}
           else {
            stringBuilder.append(event.getMessage().getFormattedMessage());}
        }
    }

the CustomConfiguration class is responsable for creating the configuration of log4j and the line 9 where 'builder.setPackages("my.log4j.pluggins")' is important in order to scan that package and pick up the converter pluggin wich is SampleLayout.
the second class will be responsible for formatting the new key '%myMsg' in the pattern that contains my sensitive message, this Converter class checks if that message is sensitive and actes accordingly.
Before you start logging you should configure your log4j like this
ConfigurationFactory.setConfigurationFactory(new CustomConfigurationFactory());


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One problem, though. I don't do Christmas. We don't do the x-mas shopping thing. The music that fills the air is not "ours." And covering one's home in blinking lights is a bit strange, but it is pretty most of the time. I really don't like the gaudy stuff, but that is a matter of taste and everyone's definition of "gaudy" is unique to them. Soooo . . . what about this Christmas "season" stuff. There is a big effort afoot (has been for years now) to make this a politically correct "Happy Holiday" season. Folks are astir that President Obama lit the "holiday tree" this year rather than the "Christmas tree." Imagine that. Many are suggesting that he is eliminating religion from the holiday. Really? I didn't know that the religious aspects of this holiday were dependent on having "Christmas" trees. Hmmm…. Learn something new every day. But that is to be expected. Christmas is not my holiday.
Having said all of that, I for one, am not offended about the ubiquitous "Christmas" holiday cheer and well wishes. Nor am I offended with the "Happy Holiday" greetings and trees. Personally, I enjoy watching the hustle and bustle, driving around to see the many colorful and cheerful lights, and watching the "happy" part of these holidays. After all, my holiday is coming up, too. Chanukah is a holiday commemorating miracles and light. (I will be writing about that more as the days draw near.) But I happen to live in a country that is predominantly Christian (or claims to be), so seeing what y'all do to celebrate your holidays is rather fun. It does not detract from my observance of Chanukah. Come to Jewish enclaves in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, and yes, even Cleveland, and you will see menorahs in a window or doorway of every home. It is truly beautiful. I hope you have opportunity at some point in your life to observe a Chanukah-kind-of-neighborhood. Or, visit Jerusalem during Chanukah. I hear it is magical. Someday I will be there and see for myself. This year we will light a simple, inexpensive chanukiah (menorah) that can be picked up in our nearby Kosher market because our beautiful menorahs are still packed in some box in a storage unit miles from where we live. But that is ok. The lights will still be beautiful, and it is the miracle of the lights that we celebrate, not the menorah itself.
So why this discourse about Christmas and Chanukah? Because the closer we get to Christmas and Chanukah, the questions for Five Question Friday will include more and more questions about Christmas. It makes sense since the vast majority of readers celebrate Christmas. For me however, that means I will share more and more about Chanukah. I will leave the Christmas questions in the post for those of you who read this blog and respond with your answers. It is fun to compare our answers, and it gives me the opportunity to learn about you, too. With all of this in mind, consider this part of the blog as my answer to questions one and two below. I look forward to seeing how you answer the questions.
As to question number five, it is another one of those that I will slash to insert one of my own. You will see why.
Now, on to the questions! Enjoy.
1. What is your favorite Christmas decoration in your house?
2. Do you finish your Christmas shopping early or are you a last minute type?
3. When do you turn on your heat?
4. Do you ever wish your blog was private?
No. I am one who believes that nothing we post on the internet, either private or public, is truly private. So, I watch what I post. If I wish to write about something so private I don't want anyone to see, or only certain people at most, then I use the old-fashioned method of putting pen to paper. Actually, that method is oftentimes quite cathartic, and I still keep a leather-bound journal where I record my private thoughts. I don't write in it nearly as often since I began blogging, but I continue to keep it close at hand should I need to hand write my musings.
5. Do you put your deodorant on before of after you put on your shirt?
C's choice: 5. What is the first thing you do every morning when you get up?


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My cardinal rule over almost five decades of drinking is to seek out different wines; Alsace Rieslings will secure this aim for the future. My definition of a complete cellar is 'the right wine for every occasion and mood' and the horizontal spread of winemaker and crus across the region, combined with the vertical spread of vintages, would ensure this. The youngest dry Riesling as an aperitif, more vineyard specification and maturity throughout the meal, ending with a vendange tardive or sélection de grains nobles.There is even Riesling Crémant d'Alsace for the times I desire fizz. Since I don't expect to abandon my profession, I'd continue to taste a vast range of wines (as long as I did not swallow). BYO would be a part of life. I might even drink beer, something I do only in our former colonies and Asia. Restriction will bring a daily regime of new experience.
The full article can be found in the April issue of Decanter (out 4 March).


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require "chef/http/authenticator"
require "chef/http/decompressor"
require "chef/http/cookie_manager"
require "chef/http/validate_content_length"

class Chef
  class HTTP

    class Simple < HTTP

      use Decompressor
      use CookieManager

      # ValidateContentLength should come after Decompressor
      # because the order of middlewares is reversed when handling
      # responses.
      use ValidateContentLength

    end
  end
end


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Such infringements of intellectual property rights cause massive losses to publishing industries throughout Asia, to authors, in some cases to governments, and, in this case, to the parents and pupils who have been cheated into buying sub-standard pirated textbooks.


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Thank you for your reply. I think I posted in the wrong place, so apologies if you get this twice.
Re: Descendants of Inetts-email address.
Many earlier e-mail systems had different formats for e-mail addresses, and because modern e-mail systems are partially based on and compatible with these older systems, the exact format of an e-mail address is complicated and frequently misunderstood.


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Q: Why is this date sum not being displayed correctly in react? I have the following component which simply gets the current date, adds a year to it, and should render it. But its rendering a weird number
    import React from 'react'

class Calendario extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            birth_date : new Date(),
            years_to_live: 10,
            death_date: ""
        };

    }

    componentDidMount() {
        var death_date = this.state.birth_date.setFullYear(this.state.birth_date.getFullYear() + 1) //this is should result in the current date +1
        this.setState({ death_date : death_date});
    }

    render() {
        return (

Hello world!

{this.state.death_date}

        )
    }
}

export default Calendario;

It for some reason renders
1610227797517

Instead of
Sat Jan 09 2021 22:21:12 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)

Whats the issue?

A: You are getting back a date as an integer, since you are using a javascript Date object for birth_date.
You can parse it back to a date to do what you need to (format, etc.)
var dt = new Date(1610227797517);
console.log(dt);
// output: Sat Jan 09 2021 16:29:57 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

But, you should be able to use a format on the object itself
console.log(this.state.death_date.toDateString());
// output: Sat Jan 09 2021


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New York lawmakers plan abortion fund to help cover access and expenses
Anti-Abortion and Pro Choice Demonstration Outside Dr Emily Women's Health Center in Bronx, NY (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
ALBANY — State lawmakers want to create a public fund to assist low-income New Yorkers cover abortion care expenses.
Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx) and Assemblymember Karines Reyes (D-Bronx) unveiled the measure Wednesday, the 47th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade.
Under the proposal, taxpayers would be able to voluntarily contribute to the fund on their personal income tax returns.
The money would go to support entities that provide financial and logistical assistance to those facing barriers accessing abortion care.
"It's not enough to have a right to an abortion in name, if you do not have the resources to access it," Biaggi said. "Far too many low-income New Yorkers, young people, and people of color face financial and logistical barriers to accessing abortion care, and are unable to exercise their right to choose."
State Sen. Alessandria Biaggi, left, and Assemblywoman Karines Reyes. (AP; New York Daily News)
The proposal comes a year after lawmakers passed the Reproductive Health Act, which codified the abortion rights in the Roe v. Wade decision into New York law.
New York is one of a handful of states where Medicaid covers abortion, even though the procedure is currently prohibited on the federal level due to the Hyde Amendment.
Proponents of the state-run fund argue that there are women who are uninsured, undocumented, or don't qualify for Medicaid, who would benefit from the fund.
"The ability to control one's own body is a fundamental human right, but that right is not a reality if care is inaccessible or unaffordable," said Robin Chappelle Golston, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts. "Giving New Yorkers the option to contribute to an abortion fund can help ensure that cost and other hurdles do not stand in the way of their right to obtain care."
Last year, the city made history by allocating $250,000 of the city's 2020 budget to the New York Abortion Access Fund, a non-profit fund that provides resources to patients who have limited resources.
Reyes said a woman's right to choose is under attack as states across the country attempt to roll back access to abortion services.
"All across America, states are creating obstacles to deter women from exercising their right to safe, legal terminations," she said. "This is why the creation of an abortion access fund is monumentally important. New Yorkers can make charitable contributions to support those who cannot afford reproductive services. New York will not sit idly by during this assault on women's bodily autonomy and right to choose their own fate."


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Q: struts2 and jaxb for versions of struts2 higher than 2.0.x Is there some kind of plugin like the struts2-jaxb-plugin that works for versions of struts2 higher than version 2.0.x?
The newer versions of struts2 no longer have the get(Object o) on the Class com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext .
If there is a better way of accomplishing an xml result with struts2, feel free to point me in the right direction.
Otherwise, i'm thinking along the way of writing my own marshalling interceptor and jaxb result-type like what happened in the struts2-jaxb-plugin.
current versions:

*

*struts2 :  2.3.14

*jaxb-api : 2.2.9

A: Just wrote my own jaxb result-type. It was easier than i thought it would be.
leaving it below for those looking for something similar:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import org.apache.struts2.ServletActionContext;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionInvocation;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Result;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ValueStack;

public class JaxbResult implements Result {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5195778806711911088L;
    public static final String DEFAULT_PARAM = "jaxbObjectName";

    private String jaxbObjectName;

    public void execute(ActionInvocation invocation) throws Exception {
        Object jaxbObject = getJaxbObject(invocation);
        Marshaller jaxbMarshaller = getJaxbMarshaller(jaxbObject);
        Writer responseWriter = getWriter();

        setContentType();
        jaxbMarshaller.marshal(jaxbObject, responseWriter);
    }

    private Writer getWriter() throws IOException {
        return ServletActionContext.getResponse().getWriter();
    }

    private Marshaller getJaxbMarshaller(Object jaxbObject) throws JAXBException {
        JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(jaxbObject.getClass());
        Marshaller jaxbMarshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
        jaxbMarshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);

        return jaxbMarshaller;
    }

    private Object getJaxbObject(ActionInvocation invocation) {
        ValueStack valueStack = invocation.getStack();

        return valueStack.findValue(getJaxbObjectName());
    }

    private void setContentType() {
        ServletActionContext.getResponse().setContentType("text/xml");
    }

    public String getJaxbObjectName() {
        return jaxbObjectName;
    }

    public void setJaxbObjectName(String jaxbObjectName) {
        this.jaxbObjectName = jaxbObjectName;
    }
}

The configuration in the struts-xml looks something like this:
<result-types>
    <result-type name="jaxb" class="JaxbResult" />
</result-types>

<action name="testaction" class="TestAction">
    <result name="success" type="jaxb" >jaxbObject</result>
</action>


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Gretchen Bleiler: Protecting winters
U.S. Olympian Gretchen Bleiler discusses her environmentalism and protecting winters from climate change.
Published October 24, 2015 at 9:13 PM
Updated August 1, 2016 at 1:57 PM
Professional snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler is one of the most successful and decorated athletes in the sport. She's won numerous awards, including a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and four gold medals at the Winter X Games.
Follow Gretchen Bleiler on Twitter @GretchenBleiler
Having spent the last 15 years traveling the colder regions of the world, Gretchen has witnessed the impact of climate change first-hand.
"Now, it's not even a question of: Is it happening? But it's: Now what do we do?" says Gretchen.
U.S. Olympian Gretchen Bleiler discusses environmental activism and the importance of protecting winters in the fight against climate change.
She's now committed to a number of environmental causes and to keeping snow on the world's mountaintops. She serves on the board of Protect Our Winters, a non-profit organization that's engaging the snow sports community in the fight against climate change. The group uses the appeal of winter sports athletes, like Gretchen, to bring their message to members of Congress.
"I never would've imagined myself lobbying on Capitol Hill for our environment," recalls Gretchen.
Gretchen is also an entrepreneur. In 2010, she and her husband created a stainless steel reusable bottle designed for people on the go.
"The whole concept is about living a conscious and a sustainable lifestyle," Gretchen explains. "We were seeing a huge problem in the sustainable marketplace, and it's these inefficient reusable water bottles."
Mike Walter met up with Gretchen Bleiler at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival where they discussed her environmental activism and the importance of "getting into the flow".
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Last week was potentially big for the bulls, not only in the short-term, but for the big picture as well.
We saw something happen which hasn't happened since April – a dip was bought! After a nice rally from the July 1st low, a pullback had set in. But given the magnitude of that rally, there was a fair chance a higher low could be established on the dip…and it was.
The bulls now have an excellent opportunity to build on, but the key will be follow through and resolve on their part. They've struggled this year, but there's lots of time left for stocks to recover.


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Q: Runnable JAR file export I have a java project . I want to export it to runnable jar file.
I use eclipse to do it.
But when i run created jar file i receive Error ~ file not found : config\file.xml (the system cannot find the path specified).
How can I  export a folder to run success jar file at any where ?

A: Sounds like your application is looking for a configuration file using a relative path in the file system. In order to make the jar totally self-sufficient, the code would have to be modified to look for the config file in the classpath, and the file would have to be included in the jar.
To do this, the code that opens the file must be changed to use  Class#getResourceAsStream() instead of using a File object.

A: If you don't need your config to be configured outside of jar, just include it in there and access with something like getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("config.xml") if it's located at the level of "root" package in jar

A: I'd suggest you use ant or another build system. Here is a short tutorial on ant:
http://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
Its pretty easy to create an jar file using xml in your ant build script. I have done it many times:
<target name="jar" depends="compile">
    <mkdir dir="${jar.dir}"/>
    <jar destfile="${jar.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}">
        <manifest>
            <attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main-class}"/>
        </manifest>
    </jar>
</target>

Others may suggest maven and the like, but in reality they are all good choices. Exporting from an IDE such as eclipse really isn't a viable long term solution.

A: if you have a config-folder in your projects directory, and there is a file you want to read from, you have to copy this folder to the directory of your jar-file too


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How Does Papi's Retirement Effect the Sox Beyond 2016?
Well, that's it everybody. The show is almost over.
Through Derek Jeter's The Player Tribune, Red Sox legend David Ortiz announced his retirement following the conclusion of the upcoming 2016 season. In his career, Ortiz has amassed 503 home runs, 1641 RBI, 2303 hits, and a .284 batting average, while being elected to 9 All Star games.
The Large Father will be sorely missed in the heart of the Red Sox order. For the past 13 years, Big Papi has graced us with his supreme confidence, loving personality, and solid performance in the batter's box.
Beyond his regular season numbers, there is a reason he has dubbed the nickname Señor October. In his 3 World Series appearances, all of which the Red Sox won by the way (2004, 2007, 2013), Ortiz has hit a blistering .455, with 3 home runs and 14 RBI in 14 games.
Simply put, no one has had a bigger impact on the Red Sox organization. Ever.
Ted Williams and others were better players, but there has never been someone that dawns a Red Sox uniform that has meant as much to the team and maybe the city of Boston (we all remember his speech following the 2013 Marathon Bombing. If that doesn't give you chills, you aren't a true Bostonian.) . Without Ortiz, chances are the Red Sox don't win their three World Series.
But what does the move mean for the Red Sox in the long term?
The obvious issue, and possible need that they will need to address sooner rather than later, for the Red Sox is his offensive production. Ortiz consistently hit 30+ home runs and racked in 100+ RBI in an era where the designated hitter is not usually utilized by most teams.
Fortunately (and possibly unfortunately) for the Red Sox, Hanley Ramirez is still on their roster. While Ramirez was limited to 105 games in 2015, he also had to play the field. If Ramirez doesn't have to play the field, there is a chance that he could make an actual impact on this team. Imagine Ramirez being able to play 140 games at DH, and we could see the Hanley that appeared in April of last year.
Similarly, if the Red Sox choose that they still want to trade Ramirez, they now have some leverage with other teams. While most teams know that the Red Sox want to get rid of Ramirez, Boston can now give the impression that they are okay with keeping the talented, yet troubled, slugger. Instead of eating 60+% of his contract, maybe now they can lower than number, and possibly throw in a mid-level prospect.
The move impacts other players, and other questions will arise. Instead of Hanley Ramirez getting the nod at DH in 2017 (if he is still here), could Pablo Sandoval make the move? Are the Red Sox now in the market for a power hitter, like Chis Davis? Does the money now saved in 2017 and beyond bring in a player like David Price?
All of these questions could and should be addressed before Spring Training.
I'm sad to see Big Papi go, but this should now be an even more interesting offseason.
By Pete Packowski


May 13, 2013 This article courtesy of Nature News.
The gut is home to innumerable different bacteria — a complex ecosystem that has an active role in a variety of bodily functions. In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers finds that in mice, just one of those bacterial species plays a major part in controlling obesity and metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes.
The bacterium, Akkermansia muciniphila, digests mucus and makes up 3–5% of the microbes in a healthy mammalian gut. But the intestines of obese humans and mice, and those with type 2 diabetes, have much lower levels. A team led by Patrice Cani, who studies the interaction between gut bacteria and metabolism at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, decided to investigate the link.
Mice that were fed a high-fat diet, the researchers found, had 100 times less A. muciniphila in their guts than mice fed normal diets. The researchers were able to restore normal levels of the bacterium by feeding the mice live A. muciniphila, as well as 'prebiotic' foods that encourage the growth of gut microbes.
The effects of this treatment were dramatic. Compared with untreated animals, the mice lost weight and had a better ratio of fat to body mass, as well as reduced insulin resistance and a thicker layer of intestinal mucus. They also showed improvements in a host of other indicators related to obesity and metabolic disorders.
"We found one specific common factor between all the different parameters that we have been investigating over the past ten years," says Cani.
Cani's team has started unravelling the complicated mechanisms through which the bacterium may influence metabolism. Restoring normal levels of A. muciniphila led to increased intestinal levels of endocannabinoids, signalling molecules that help to control blood-glucose levels and maintain the gut's defenses against harmful microbes.
A. muciniphila also seems to have a 'dialogue' with the cells of the intestinal lining and with the immune system, says Cani, sending a signal that affects the production of anti-microbial molecules, while increasing the production of mucus. It seems as if the bacterium is telling the host that it will take care of any invading harmful microbes in exchange for more food, he adds.
Cani "strongly believes" that A. muciniphila could one day be used to treat disorders such as obesity, diabetes and colitis in humans. "There is so much evidence in the literature that links this bacterium to human conditions," he says.
The fact that the immune system may be involved in the interaction between A. muciniphila and the body, Seeley adds, offers an intriguing possibility for another way to manipulate bacteria in the gut. "There will be drug targets that come out of that," he says.


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