Historic structures dot Johnson County's landscape, and over the years, a number of efforts have been made to document their existence and preserve the county's architectural resources.
From 1991-2008, the Johnson County Museum surveyed a large percentage of the pre-1950 architectural resources in the county. The survey and resulting data provides a basis for comprehensive preservation planning and for education about the county's historic resources. An executive summary details the highlights, and the full 150-plus page report is available by request. Photographs of each individual property surveyed – all 9,213 of them -- are also accessible via theonline database. For more information about the Johnson County Museum's historic building survey project email or call 913-715-2550.


Everyone who goes on vacation is looking to have fun. Of course everyone's idea of fun is different. Which is why Rhode Island just might be the perfect vacation destination. Because we pack almost every type of fun you can imagine into the smallest state in the union. That's what makes us Fun-Sized; you can experience all that fun in just one visit.


When I was in high school, I had dreams of someday being a writer. I wrote poems, was on the high school newspaper staff, wrote in my diary and wrote other musings that have thankfully long since been destroyed.
My college admissions application listed journalism as my intended major. My first semester classes were all heavy in writing assignments and my grades suffered for it along with my dreams.
I abruptly changed my major to business administration and accounting with career aspirations of becoming a CPA. I turned from a creative left-brained career path to a "safe" analytical right-brained one.
Even though my career was spent mostly in the accounting departments of various organizations, I can see that writing played a big part in many of my positions. At work my writing was very logical and methodical. Through the years I wrote training materials, documented procedures or wrote detailed system specifications.
Outside of work, my writing was more creative in nature. I served as the editor of our neighborhood newsletter for a few years. When I scrapbook, I love to tell the stories behind the photos and not just caption them. At Christmas time, I take great effort and pride in publishing our annual family newsletter.
Why is this significant? Because it was one year ago today that I made my desire known to be a writer by vocalizing it in a support group meeting. I know because I accepted a plastic coin as a marker for this date. I've been carrying it with me ever since and marking each month that passed until today's anniversary.
Tonight at my own church's Celebrate Recovery meeting (whose program didn't exist a year ago), I will get to come forward and celebrate this milestone with other Believers who are working through life's challenges too.
So how or why is my writing a struggle? That's because despite the various writing I did for my jobs, I still don't have any professional training or credentials to back up my claim to be a writer. And I certainly didn't think I was capable of writing for God.
It's only been since that night that God has reminded me how this was His plan all along. When I voiced my desire on that night a year ago, I started to believe that I was a writer. That sudden shift led to a cascading effect of writing related confirmations in my life.
My writing is not something I do for career aspirations or fame and fortune (ask any Christian writer and most will agree). I write because God has given me a message to share. It has taken my 12th Step (carrying the message to others) in a totally new direction where I have to rely on Him in even bigger ways. Like my blog title claims, He is "making me bold".
The story that led me down this writing path will be published in a book later this summer called "Journeys to Mother Love". I'm excited to see how God wants to use it and where my left-brained writing journey will continue to lead me.
Is there someplace in your life that God is making you bold? Where or how is He calling you to share your story?
I was a journalism turned business major in college also.
My writing dreams were forgotten until the sublte tickling of reminders began surfacing a couple years ago. I tried to ignore them, but they would not be denied a second time!
I believe the how or where of telling my story may one day result in my memoir. For now, however, my newly birthed blog will have to suffice.
Now devourved by the writing bug, without any concrete idea where God will take me with it. I have decided to buckle up and just enjoy the ride since His plans always turn out better than mine.
The lack of faith in myself or my writing pales in comparison to the desire I have to plod onward, eager to see what He has in mind.
May we both be blessed by answering HIs call and may others be blessed through it as well -as only He can arrange.


Essen Systemhaus (ESH) is the central IT and telephone service provider for the City of Essen in the western region of Germany. Essen, the ninth-largest city in Germany houses a population of almost 600,000, making Essen Systemhaus's work of critical importance. ESH also manages and advises more than 40 different departments, institutes, and in-house operations, making its work vital to the city's functionality.
The City of Essen needed an SAP-based process for city administrators to electronically file and share important documents, turning to ESH to make that happen. However, ESH knew very well that directly uploading files into SAP could result in major cybersecurity threats. They searched for a solution that would safeguard the City's vital SAP system without impairing the end-user experience.
After reviewing the offerings of multiple providers and getting recommendations from other SAP users, ESH chose bowbridge's Anti-Virus for SAP Solutions.
Cautious by nature, ESH decided to give Anti-Virus for SAP Solutions a 40-day trial. Then, they put it through rigorous testing, throwing multiple, often hidden, file types at the solution's filters to see if they could be fooled.
The result? bowbridge passed the test with flying colors, with absolutely no adjustments needed to the application. And now the City of Essen has an easy SAP system-based administrative process that is also 100% secure.
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Kevin was born in Upstate New York and grew up in the Greater Boston area. After graduating from Yale University, he taught computer science and mathematics at Phillips Academy. Besides reading books, he enjoys playing board games, laughing out loud, and talking to other humans. To get to know him better, we've asked Kevin a few questions below.
Ruth Ozeki! She wrote A Tale for the Time Being, which is one of my favorite books. She's also a Zen Buddhist priest. I want to hear more about how her Buddhist practice influences her writing and vice versa.
However, given the opportunity, not resurrecting someone feels pretty irresponsible, so maybe I could get dessert with Dostoevsky, who has, through the few things of his I've read, probably impacted me far more than I will ever know.
I'm currently in the middle of Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee and The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. I just started Yiyun Li's Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life. I also recently reread the first thirty or so pages of The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, which made me want to read the whole thing again.
It's always rough when I think something is hilarious and nobody else does. I also think it's hard to receive criticism from friends, especially if you trust their opinions.
That's tricky for me. I'm not sure I've ever felt much like one. I think I still secretly hope more approval will help, even though it hasn't really yet. I'm probably at my best when I'm not so worried about it, when I'm engaged with something I'm actually reading or writing instead.
Anything sweet and straightforward. Vanilla milkshakes. Strawberry banana smoothies. Sprite.
A huge congratulations to Kevin!


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Q: MySQL query consuming 5-6x normal CPU usage When I run the query in phpMyAdmin it returns results within 0.3s at the most. Usually 0.19s ish is normal. It doesn't seem like the query is using much CPU but my hosting provider informs me that it's consuming quite a bit.
I'm wondering if the UNION ALL is the culprit for this or just the complexity of the query in general. Any insight would be appreciated.
Here's the query:
SELECT unitId, unitName, createDate
FROM (
    (SELECT game_player.unitId as unitId, unit.name as unitName, game.createDate as createDate
        FROM  `game_player`
        LEFT JOIN `game` ON game_player.gameId = game.id
        LEFT JOIN `unit` ON game_player.unitId = unit.id
        WHERE game_player.playerId = 123
        AND game.createDate > 1390953600000
        AND game_player.unitId NOT IN (SELECT unitId FROM unit_free))

    UNION ALL

    (SELECT game_player.unitId as unitId, unit.name as unitName, game.createDate as createDate
        FROM  `game_player`
        LEFT JOIN `game` ON game_player.gameId = game.id
        LEFT JOIN `unit` ON game_player.unitId = unit.id
        WHERE game_player.playerId = 123
        AND game.type = '5')
)
AS results
WHERE unitId NOT IN (SELECT unitId FROM player_units WHERE playerId = 123)
GROUP BY unitName

game is a list of games
game_player is a list of the players in a particular game
unit is a list of units that a player can use
unit_free is a list of free units that players can play
player_units is a list of known units that the player owns

A: Firstly your 2 sub queries are very similar. They might both return the same rows (hence the union all), but you use GROUP_BY to eliminate one of the duplicates.
Your first sub query is checking a field from the game table (createDate) in the WHERE clause. For this to be true a match much have been found, hence an INNER JOIN could be used rather than a LEFT OUTER JOIN. Your second sub query does the same for the type field.
Lastly you are using field IN (sub query) type syntax which is poorly optimised in MySQL. A LEFT OUTER JOIN then checking for NULL will likely be faster.
Note that which value of unitName and createDate are returned for a final unitName is not defined. Might be any of them.
Ignoring this last point (if you can define which values you want I can attempt a further solution) then I would tweak the query as follows
SELECT unitId, unitName, createDate
FROM (
    (SELECT game_player.unitId as unitId, unit.name as unitName, game.createDate as createDate
        FROM  `game_player`
        INNER JOIN `game` ON game_player.gameId = game.id AND game.createDate > 1390953600000
        LEFT OUTER JOIN `unit` ON game_player.unitId = unit.id
        LEFT OUTER JOIN unit_free ON game_player.unitId = unit_free.unitId
        LEFT OUTER JOIN player_units ON game_player.unitId = player_units.unitId AND playerId = game_player.playerId
        WHERE game_player.playerId = 123
        AND unit_free.unitId IS NULL
        AND player_units.unitId IS NULL)

    UNION ALL

    (SELECT game_player.unitId as unitId, unit.name as unitName, game.createDate as createDate
        FROM  `game_player`
        INNER JOIN `game` ON game_player.gameId = game.id AND game.type = '5'
        LEFT OUTER JOIN `unit` ON game_player.unitId = unit.id
        LEFT OUTER JOIN player_units ON game_player.unitId = player_units.unitId AND playerId = game_player.playerId
        WHERE game_player.playerId = 123
        AND player_units.unitId IS NULL
        )
)
AS results
GROUP BY unitName

If a game_player unitId MUST appear in the unit table I would change those to inner joins as well.
Depending on the possible requirements of the value of createDate (ie, if more than one returned, which one to use) then it might well be possible to reduce this to either a single query, or a pair of unioned queries and remove the need for any sub queries.
EDIT
Following your comments, this can probably be simplified as:-
SELECT unit.id as unitId, unit.name as unitName, MAX(game.createDate) as createDate
FROM  `game_player`
INNER JOIN `game` ON game_player.gameId = game.id
INNER JOIN `unit` ON game_player.unitId = unit.id
LEFT OUTER JOIN unit_free ON game_player.unitId = unit_free.unitId
LEFT OUTER JOIN player_units ON game_player.unitId = player_units.unitId AND playerId = game_player.playerId
WHERE game_player.playerId = 123
AND ((unit_free.unitId IS NULL
AND game.createDate > 1390953600000)
OR AND game.type = '5')
AND player_units.unitId IS NULL)
GROUP BY unitName, unitId

As game_player.unitId will always appear in unit.id we can use an INNER JOIN, and also rely using the id from the unit table directly (which will match the unit name - otherwise grouping by unit name could cause issues when 2 different units have the same name). As you just want a create date you can just use MAX() to get the latest one.
While it might be possible to get multiple rows returned due to unit_free the group by will remove these. As you are not summing up or counting the rows this shouldn't matter.
Assuming appropriate indexes this should be fairly fast.

A: Note that first of your inner subselects is perfect subset of another. With this in mind, why do you need UNION ALL in first place? Your query should be equivalent to this (except for removing possible duplicates):
SELECT unitId, unitName, createDate
FROM (
    SELECT game_player.unitId as unitId, unit.name as unitName, game.createDate as createDate
    FROM  `game_player`
    LEFT JOIN `game` ON game_player.gameId = game.id
    LEFT JOIN `unit` ON game_player.unitId = unit.id
    WHERE game_player.playerId = 123
) AS results
WHERE unitId NOT IN (SELECT unitId FROM player_units WHERE playerId = 123)
GROUP BY unitName

Then, when you GROUP BY unitName, you should use some aggregate function on other fields in your outer SELECT, like sum(), count(), avg() or similar - otherwise it makes no sense at all.
After you fix these issues, run your query wrapped in EXPLAIN ANALYZE VERBOSE, and make sure that query is using indexes. If it is using sequential scan or filesort, make sure to add missing indexes, most likely multi-column ones.

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Complete sets of maundy money (4d, 3d, 2d, 1d) did not come about until the year 1800. It was from 1822 that sets were distributed solely for use in the maundy ceremonies.
The first time that "coins" only were given out at the maundy ceremony was at the start of Queen Victoria's reign on the 12th April 1838.
Until 1909 maundy sets could be purchased through the banks by the general public. Edward VII stopped this happening as he felt this reduced the value of the coins to the recipients.
Mintage numbers from 1909 onwards reduced substantially. No more than 2000 sets have been struck in any one year since then. In 2002 for example there were 1,678 sets issued.
In 1932 the monarch King George V distributed the coins personally at the maundy ceremony. This was the first time that this had happened since the 17th century.
In 1920 the silver content of the maundy coins was reduced from 0.925 to 0.5000. The coins reverted back again to 0.925 silver from 1947.
In the latter part of King George V reign green and white purses were introduced (with short strings) for distributing maundy coins in. This tradition lasted until 1979 when the short string purses were withdrawn.
For centuries the maundy service was held in London. Westminster Abbey had held the service for some 60 years. Nowdays it is held in a different city each year.
Maundy money is now distributed to recipients in a small white leather bag (actual size 7cm x 10cm) with a green leather drawstring. The coins are sealed in individual plastic envelopes to stop scratching.
Since 1979 a small red bag (again 7cm x 10cm) with white drawstrings is also given to the recipients. This additionally contains a £5 note and a fifty pence piece in place of clothing and other provisions given in earlier times.
Most recipients these days are selected for their service to the church and community. Ages are always checked to ensure they are pensioners. By tradition their incomes are usually modest.


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By: Claire Trevett
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claire.trevett@nzherald.co.nz @CTrevettNZH
International students doing "low-level" courses and who want to work and stay in New Zealand after their study will bear the main brunt of Labour's immigration policy as it tries to slash net migration by 20,000 - 30,000 a year.
Labour leader Andrew Little released Labour's new immigration policy in Auckland today, saying an "industry" of low-value courses had developed in New Zealand as a back door for immigration and it was damaging the country's reputation.
The policy includes halting student visas for courses considered to be "low value" - a step Little said was to clamp down on "sham" courses which were a back door to residency.
It will also restrict the ability to work while studying to students doing bachelor-level degrees or higher unless the work is a course requirement. It will also remove the rights to the post-study work visa for graduates from courses below university level unless they have a job offer.
That visa gives many graduates a one year visa regardless of whether they have a job or not, which Labour says has become a loophole to secure a longer term work visa and lead to residency.
Labour has estimated the two measures combined will result in a drop of up to 22,000 migrants. It says the first measure will result in a drop of 6000- 10,000 migrants and the second 9000-12,000.
The third prong involves a stricter Labour Market Test to ensure employers were not simply paying it lip service before recruiting from overseas and were offering market rates of pay. It would also allow regions to draw up their own lists of skills shortages - and require skilled migrants to stay and work in the region their visa was issued for.
Labour has estimated those changes will result in a drop of 5000 - 8000 migrants a year - as well as further flow-on reductions in family and partner visas as fewer migrants are accepted.
While Labour is aiming to cut the numbers of young, unskilled or inexperienced workers, it is also making changes to bring in highly skilled or experienced workers - including a new 'Exceptional Skills Visa" for up to 1000 people a year.
That is for those with significant experience or qualifications, or who were internationally renowned for their talents - in any field, not simply those who will contribute to the economy.
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Those migrants would not have to undergo the usual points test for skilled migrants and could bring immediate family with them. The aim was to grown high-tech new industries and "enrich society".
Labour is also proposing a "Kiwibuild Visa" for residential construction firms who agree to pay the living wage to an overseas worker and take on an apprentice for every foreign worker they employ - it has estimated that would bring in a further 1000 construction workers on top of current levels (about 7000 a year).
The bonus points given to skilled migrants who had studied or worked in New Zealand would no longer be given and points for age (which currently favours younger migrants) would be standardised to 30 for everyone under 45 - a measure Labour said would ensure older, more experienced workers from overseas were not at a disadvantage to recent graduates or temporary workers already in New Zealand.
Little said the reforms were "moderate and sensible" and aimed at reducing pressure on the cities while ensuring skilled workers continued to come. He said National's policies had created a back door to residency through low-value study and work.
"These have had the perverse effect that a 23-year-old with a New Zealand diploma and three years' experience in retail can get more points towards residency than a 45-year-old oncologist who wants to migrate here."
He said number of low-skill work visas issued had increased from 14,000 in 2011/12 to 22,000 for jobs such as retail and it was time industry and the Government took responsibility for training a local workforce rather than relying on overseas workers.
"A developed nation should be able to train enough retail staff to meet its own needs. Immigration should be a stop-gap to meet skills shortages, not a permanent crutch."
Little said it was time for "a breather" on immigration to allow the country to play catch-up on infrastructure.
The new policies will not affect the visa status of those already in New Zealand and current students who came to New Zealand on the basis of the post-study work visa being available would be able to get it - but any subsequent visa applications would be under the new rules.
The test of whether a course is "low-level" will be whether it has been assessed as high quality by the Tertiary Education Commission and NZQA - and Little said it was not expected to affect universities, polytechnics or schools.
THE REACTION:
Labour's policy was given a mixed review by Business NZ chief executive Kirk Hope, who said it would help channel skilled migrants to the regions and ensure employers were not misusing the Labour Market Test - but could mean businesses in sectors such as hospitality, horticulture and IT struggled to find workers.
"It would be particularly useful to get the regions' skill needs more comprehensively represented in the occupational shortages list, to have visas issued for work in specific regions, and to involve regional businesses and business organisations in those decisions. For regional economic growth, businesses rely on a mix of skills - some provided by migrants - and it is important to give regional economies the best chance of success," Hope said.
However, he said on top of the current Government's recent restrictions to low-skilled workers, it would make it harder to fill jobs.
He said it was logical for Labour to focus on the number of students coming to New Zealand given international students made up a large part of overall applications for residency. However, it would have to be done with care given export education was a big revenue earner for New Zealand.
"Private Training Enterprises offering lower-level courses and schools and colleges and local communities hosting international students in all parts of New Zealand could be significantly impacted by this policy."
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Had an excellent stay last week. Convenient location, good amenities, friendly staff, clean and quiet, and very spacious room. It is not ultra modern but has a classic, luxury feel. Mall (smallish) next door has many food options. Will definitely stay again when i visit next.
Nice hotel in the most busiest part of Jakarta , the hotel room is quite dated but still very comfortable . The hotel has a nice new kintamani lounge but at the outside you may get mosquitoes bites.
It's one of the best hotels I have ever stayed.


Sisters Jessica and Ivana Nwokike, also known as VanJess, make music that lives at intersections: Sometimes they channel traditional '90s R&B, sometimes they venture into ethereal electronic, but it all harmonizes into a singular, boundary-expanding sound.
After moving from Nigeria to the United States as children, Jessica and Ivana used their vocal talents to assimilate into their new home. Singing in church and high school choirs, the two began to realize just how seamlessly their voices melded together. By 2010, all the praise they received from the talent shows and holiday concerts they performed at triggered the transition to their next move: YouTube. They'd get home from school and pour their hearts into singing covers of popular songs behind their keyboard. Back then, the online platform wasn't yet a potential source of revenue, but the increased attention they received there gave them the fuel to carry on.
"At that time it was hard to think about it as more than just a website; there were no ads, and you weren't able to monetize things. So it wasn't even a feasible thing to do as a career then," Jessica says. "But it helped us continue to foster our talents and abilities because we were seeing the positive feedback we were getting. It gave us confidence to continue building our craft and pursue that, fully." It wasn't long before the world caught onto the whimsy of their sisterhood and buoyant synergy that is VanJess.
A few years later, with their mother dealing with health issues, the two found refuge in composing their own music, a creative cauldron into which they could pour their emotions and channel their energy. The resulting sound—a unique combination of R&B, soul, and electronic—is the product of days spent listening to their mother's eclectic record collection and nights consumed watching endless music videos on MTV.
"We wanted to do something a bit more energetic to remind ourselves to celebrate life. But we were overthinking too much, worrying about what other people expected from us," Jessica says. After years of being recognized for its YouTube covers, the duo worried that doing a cappella versions is all they would ever be known for.
"We wanted to let go of that feeling, so that's when we decided maybe we should just be creating based off whatever we were feeling rather than restraining ourselves," Ivana says. "We wanted to control our own narrative."
Fast-forward to 2018 and the release of their debut album Silk Canvas, where VanJess are doing just that. "Silk is known for its smooth, lustrous texture, which is how we hope our voices feel when you hear us sing," Jessica says of the album's title. "And the canvas represents that stage of our lives: We were starting over and wanted a blank slate to create something completely new".
The record is equal parts sensual and spiritual, ample and intimate; these are songs ready for crying or dancing. Their soft and poised ways of addressing vulnerability, nostalgia, and romantic relationships while exploring futuristic sonics position the sisters in both a hybrid and radical context.
As equal parts students and artists, VanJess operate from a position of respect for those who came before them and their contemporaries alike. From Little Simz's stage presence to Diana Ross's pen, VanJess have no shortage of women influencing their work. On Silk Canvas, the sisters called on producers IAMNOBODI and Kaytranada, as well as recording artists like Masego and Goldlink to add a fresh touch to its underlying '90s R&B base. With their contributions, the album acquires a rare ability to embrace modernity while still remaining familiar. But the sisters' technical growth cannot be ignored; "Cool Off the Rain" and "'Til Morning," in particular, flaunt just how much their voices have matured since their YouTube days. VanJess are playing with their sound, pushing themselves to be greater and more ambitious—not just better, but more layered.
Ivana, a Sagittarius, and Jessica, a Taurus, balance each other effortlessly. When I ask them whether the featured acts played a role in challenging the sisters out of their comfort zone, they answer with an inspiring deliberateness. "I'd say it was mostly coming from between us, to be honest. While one of us was in the booth, the other was suggesting different ideas for the producers to experiment with," Ivana replies. "That's one of the perks of working with your sibling; if something sounds whack, they'll let you know!" The foundation of Silk Canvas lies in the sisters' shared desire to treat this album as a source of therapy and healing, but it is their uniquely profound bond that makes it so special.
VanJess also cite their sisterhood as the reason they manage to remain grounded amidst the glamour and pressures of the music industry. "We give each other the courage to stay humble and strive for progress," Ivana explains. In an industry that is so keen to fit artists into marketable boxes and genre categories, women in the industry tend to fall victim to being pigeonholed and sexualized, women of color even more so. "It's easy to feel like you need to look or act a certain way," Jessica admits.
It would be presumptuous to assume that VanJess have successfully dodged these categorizations, but it is precisely by being so transparent that they are able to take ownership of that. Rather than comparing themselves to their peers, the sisters found inspiration in other black, female vocalists. "Sza is a great example, she's unapologetically herself and her attitude gave us the courage to show the world a more realistic picture of our experiences navigating life," Ivana says.
Both through their music and in everyday engagements with fans, VanJess make a point not to create a false sense of ease or effortlessness when dealing with life's adversities. "It's important for us to be open in admitting that our confidence comes through being able to not feel perfect," Jessica says. "But that we're still gonna go on stage and face the public." Part of the desire to be brutally honest stems from an awareness of the power they have to influence younger generations. "We want to use our platform to talk about these different experiences of love and healing and vulnerability in the most genuine way we can," Ivana explains. "We want young women to feel comfortable with being their own authentic selves, too." And the sisters' honeyed voices, at once tender and taunting, sincere and defiant, is their vehicle to do just that.


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Q: does vmware server needs bare metal or can be installed on an existing OS I am new to virtual stuff on Vmware sort of environment.I am basically testing Vmware and its various things for our needs.I have a linux 64 bit laptop.I want to know
1) The Vmware server can it be installed in this existing OS or I need to have baremetal installation for this?
2) What is the advantage of using Vmware Server on Vmware workstation ?
3) What is the use of ESX server of vmware?
I have seen some alternatives like Xen which one is better Xen or Vmware might be a debatable issue but my questions for Xen are also same I checked Citrix website.
1) I see similar products for Xen What is the advantage of using  Xen Server on Xen desktop ?

A: VMWare Server requires a host OS (e.g. Windows 64-bit) and will not run on bare metal.
VMWare ESX requires bare metal and will not run on a host OS.
The benefit of one over the other is that the host OS (e.g. Windows) requires extra machine resources to run itself.  If you want the fastest possible experience, you can cut out as much as possible by running on bare metal (i.e. ESX).

A: VMware Workstation (or even the free VMware Player) is a viable option if you want to run virtual machines on your existing Linux or Windows desktop/laptop. You can then move your VMs to a ESXi server later.
You can run ESX/ESXi/vSphere on bare metal, although (unsupported) you can also actually run ESXi in a virtual machine, for testing purposes. You shouldn't do this unless you already know your way around VMs. I'm a bit overwhelmed with four ESXi instances under ESXi myself. But it's a viable use of a 4 core 16 gig "desktop" for me.
"Which is better" isn't really a viable question to answer based on the existing information in your question.
Pros for XenServer:

*

*Commercial XenServer (i.e. "Essentials") is less expensive (or was when I deployed it a couple of years ago) than the commercial VMware product suite.

*XenServer integrates with higher-end features of the Citrix Netscaler load balancer (for dynamic provisioning)

*The free XenCenter will let you manage multiple XenServer hosts from a "single pane of glass" as it were (with some limitations). VMware's multiple-host manager requires a paid license as I understand it.

Pros for VMware:

*

*Expertise in VMware is more common, among both consultants and candidates for hiring. If you need to bring in outside expertise, you can find both, but VMware experts are easier to find.

*More third-party virtualization products integrate with VMware already (Arista's vmtracer, various management and storage platforms, etc)

Common details:

*

*Both have a free version. It can be used in "production" but you will likely need to upgrade to a commercial feature if you want high availability, VM migration (XenMotion/VMotion), storage migration, and other high-end features.

*At a very basic level, either will probably do what you need, but you may want more or different features.

As an aside, Xen Desktop probably isn't applicable to this discussion... it's a virtual desktop platform, so you can effectively use a thin client and your applications/OS can run on a server. It's analogous to VMware View and ACE.


 Desktops vs. laptops: Which is right for you?
Desktops vs. laptops: Which is right for you?
You've decided it's time for a new computer, but you're not sure whether a laptop or a desktop PC would be the better fit. There are good reasons for both. Ultimately, it comes down to which will best meet your specific needs. Here's some information to help you make the right choice when it's time to buy.
Desktop PCs are a good choice if you frequently work with large graphics, video or other demanding applications because they typically have more powerful components.
A stationary computer may also work best for your family if you have children who require monitoring while on the PC. So, if you have no difficulty using the computer in a dedicated space and have the room, a desktop PC should work well for your needs.
With more powerful processors and compact components, laptop PCs are now more full-featured than ever before. But their main selling point remains their portability. Laptops are a great choice if you want the flexibility to move from room to room—without wires—or if you need to travel with your PC.
How do desktop PCs and laptop PCs measure up?
Use the chart below to quickly compare some of the major factors before purchasing a new PC.
Price—You often can get a desktop PC for less than a laptop because laptops' smaller components are more complex and costly to manufacture. However, with laptops' all-in-one design, you won't have to buy components like a monitor and keyboard separately. If you plan to use your PC for everyday computing tasks like e-mail and watching videos, there are affordable options for desktop PCs (starting around $300) and laptop PCs (starting around $400).
Portability—Laptops are made to be portable and allow you to take your digital life with you wherever you go.1 They come in a wide range of sizes—with displays ranging from 12 inches to 18 inches or more—and in thin and light or ultra-portable models.
Upgrades and repair—Desktop PCs often give you more flexibility to modify components, such as adding more RAM or upgrading your processor. A laptop's all-in-one design makes it harder to upgrade or repair components.
Ergonomics—In general, desktop PCs lend themselves to a more ergonomically correct workspace. A desktop PC's adjustable monitor, full-size keyboard and position on dedicated desk space help minimize strain on the eyes, neck, back, wrists and hands. Laptops can also be set up with ergonomics in mind using a docking station, external monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Space—When space is limited, a laptop can fit almost anywhere in your home. In contrast, the size and wire connections of a desktop PC require it to remain stationary. If you have a small work area but don't mind keeping the PC in one place, there are several space-saving desktop PCs, like the HP Slimline PC, that are specifically designed for compact spaces.


The potential American buyers of the former Marathon Pulp mill have missed a critical deadline to close the sale of the contaminated property from Tembec. A final Jan.
Bankruptcy forced the closure of the Marathon Pulp mill in 2009. Plans by an American brownfield redeveloper to clean up and revitalize the contaminated property remains in limbo.
The potential American buyers of the former Marathon Pulp mill have missed a critical deadline to close the sale of the contaminated property from Tembec.
A final Jan. 22 deadline, imposed by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), to complete the transaction and transfer of the industrial land to Green Investment Group Inc. (GIGI) has come and gone.
Ministry spokeswoman Lisa Brygidyr said GIGI, an Illinois-based brownfield redeveloper, was unable to commit to fulfilling the necessary environmental requirements to clean up the mill property for the long term.
Brygidyr said all the parties signed off on a sale agreement last year and a final closure date this month after repeated extensions were granted by the ministry.
That doesn't mean the sale of the property won't proceed, she said, but Tembec and GIGI will have to come back to the ministry with a new sale agreement with terms and conditions requiring MOE approval.
How long that process will take to work through is unknown.
Because the property on the northeast shore of Lake Superior was heavily contaminated, the MOE had final say on its transfer to any potential new owner who had the means and track record to carry out the cleanup work.
Ministry oversight was a condition outlined in a 2011 settlement agreement between the province and Tembec, the mill's former owner, which operated the mill until bankruptcy forced its closure in 2009.
Brygidyr would not comment on the details of the business arrangement, but said certain financial requirements needed to be in place in order for the ministry's approval of the sale.
Both companies agreed to set aside a combined $6.8 million as financial assurance for the cleanup; $4.8 million from Tembec and $2 million from GIGI.
Brygidyr said Tembec has posted its money, GIGI has not.
Established in 2005, GIGI has acquired other brownfield properties across North America, including some former Smurfit-Stone paper mills in New Brunswick and Quebec.
The company portrays itself as performing environmental site cleanups on vacated and heavily contaminated industrial properties, then marketing to and attracting small companies engaged in green business manufacturing.
GIGI president Ray Stillwell did not respond to requests for an interview, but Gerry Philippe, his vice-president of Canadian operations, responded by email that the company remains in play.
Tembec, through its vice-president of corporate affairs, Linda Coates, offered no response.
Cleaning up the Marathon Pulp mill has been a long and drawn-out process. The property was identified as an environmental hotspot due to industrial sewage system leakages that caused a number of spills into Marathon harbour between 2009 and 2011.
Tembec, a co-owner of the mill, had disputed a provincial order requiring the Montreal forest products giant to be in care and control of the property.
Under a potential new arrangement, GIGI would be responsible for any current environmental issues, while Tembec remains on the hook for any unforeseen future problems.
The ministry signed off on the sale to GIGI last May, subject to those terms and conditions being met.
The original closing date was scheduled for the end of last August, but the parties involved asked for, and received, three extensions from the ministry in order to carry out some due diligence work.
She said both Tembec and GIGI knew of their obligations.
The onus is now on Tembec to finish the cleanup work which includes demolition and decommissioning of mill buildings, a sewage basin, a pipeline, plus putting the appropriate safeguards in place for long-term monitoring of the site.
She said Tembec could potentially produce another interested purchaser.
She said the ministry is not aware of what Tembec's plans are to market or find a new buyer.


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The Drama of Celebrity
Sharon Marcus
Hardcover ISBN: 9780691177595 $29.95/£25.00 Paperback ISBN: 9780691210186 $18.95/£15.99 ebook ISBN: 9780691189789 Available as EPUB or PDF $13.27/£11.19 $18.95/£15.99 Audio ISBN: 9780691193564 $13.27/£11.19 $18.95/£15.99
A bold new account of how celebrity works
104 b/w illustrations
Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive?
In this fascinating and deeply researched book, Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Icons are not merely famous for being famous; the media alone cannot make or break stars; fans are not simply passive dupes. Instead, journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete, passionately and expertly, to shape the stories we tell about celebrities and fans. The result: a high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable.
Drawing on scrapbooks, personal diaries, and vintage fan mail, Marcus traces celebrity culture back to its nineteenth-century roots, when people the world over found themselves captivated by celebrity chefs, bad-boy poets, and actors such as the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923), as famous in her day as the Beatles in theirs. Known in her youth for sleeping in a coffin, hailed in maturity as a woman of genius, Bernhardt became a global superstar thanks to savvy engagement with her era's most innovative media and technologies: the popular press, commercial photography, and speedy new forms of travel.
Whether you love celebrity culture or hate it, The Drama of Celebrity will change how you think about one of the most important phenomena of modern times.
Q&A with Sharon Marcus
Sharon Marcus is the Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is a founding editor of Public Books and the author of the award-winning Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England (Princeton) and Apartment Stories: City and Home in Nineteenth-Century Paris and London. Twitter @MarcusSharon
"[An] inventive, stimulating book. . . . [Sharon] Marcus is a brilliant theorist and analyst of theater history."—Elaine Showalter, New York Times
"[An] insightful and often entertaining take on celebrity. . . . The linchpin of the author's study is French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, a master of self-promotion. To the shelves of works about Bernhardt, Marcus brings a singular take—richly illustrated throughout by reproduced drawings, paintings, and photographs—that fascinates as it explains her concepts of celebrity."—Kirkus
"Marcus's study of Bernhardt, a Jewish actress, is remarkable. Even though this is an academic text, it reads so well. And wow, could we read a bajillion more books on Sarah Bernhardt!!!"—Emily Burack, Alma
"Marcus's great achievement here is that she leads us on a journey of understanding celebrity and stardom with a richer history than we are often want to take."—D. Gilson, Lambda Literary
"The Drama of Celebrity by Sharon Marcus is a hybrid of biography and sociological treatise on one of the most important phenomena of modern times . . . why we are attracted to — or, conversely, repulsed by — celebrity culture."—Kitty Kelley, Washington Independent Review of Books
"[An] insightful and engaging examination of celebrity culture . . . Marcus augments her analysis by drawing on types of sources that are rarely used, such as scrapbooks, letters and life writing produced by fans of celebrities. The inclusion of normally neglected voices adds richness and depth to this work, ensuring it is more comprehensive than most earlier studies of this intriguing subject."—Eleanor Fitzsimons, Literary Review
"You don't have to be into celebrity culture to appreciate this readable study."—Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald
"I love the book."—Radhika Jones
"In lucid prose, [Marcus] describes celebrity as a drama with three main characters: celebrities, the public that adores and judges them, and the media producers who exalt, criticize and satirize . . . The star of the book is Sarah Bernhardt . . . The book reproduces a rich trove of archival material which, if it does not bring Bernhardt back to life, at least reveals the scintillating liveliness of her image a century ago . . . Spend 200 pages with Sarah Bernhardt, and Kim Kardashian's provocations come to seem less shocking."—Irina Dumitrescu, Times Literary Supplement
"[An] excellent new book . . . Marcus [has] performed a great service by illuminating the extraordinary gift possessed by [Sarah Bernhardt]."—Joseph Roach, Los Angeles Review of Books
"The Drama of Celebrity is premised on a fundamental continuity between Bernhardt's era and our own, and Marcus is surely right to contend that the star did much to invent what we now recognize as celebrity culture."—Ruth Bernard Yeazell, New York Review of Books
"[S]parky, feisty and compelling . . . . Sharon Marcus's book is tour de force and the author a total star."—Jonathan Margolis, Jewish Chronicle
"Olivia Vinall delivers an engaging narration of Marcus's exhaustive research on the origins of modern celebrity culture . . . [her] pace and tone are just right for this fascinating investigation of celebrity in our media-driven world."—Audiofile Magazine
"The book will hold readers' interest and change their understanding of the triangular interaction involving celebrities, media producers and the public."—Richard Weigel, Bowling Green Daily News
"[In The Drama of Celebrity], Marcus challenges everything that has been thought about the obsession with fame. Icons are not merely famous for being famous; the media alone cannot make or break stars; fans are not simply passive dupes. Instead, journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete, passionately and expertly, to shape the stories told about celebrities and fans. The result: A high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable."—Society's Books of Note
"One of the most widely researched and acutely conceptualized books that I have had the pleasure to read in recent years."—Nicholas White, Modern Language Review
"[In The Drama of Celebrity,] Marcus traces a long history of modern celebrity culture, which she triangulates in negotiations among stars, fans, and the media. The book is elegantly organized, with each chapter turning around a key 'configuration' of celebrity culture—defiance, sensation, intimacy, multiplication, judgment, and merit—and a key celebrity, the actress Sarah Bernhardt."—Lauren Eriks Cline, Victorian Literature and Culture
"Marcus' core thesis—that celebrity is a process rather than an individual—is a compelling one in that it challenges the reader to view fame as a social relationship, one in which we all play a role, regardless of whether or not we choose to engage with particular stars."—Andrea McDonnell, Journal of British Studies
"Marcus's book is necessary reading for anyone wishing to understand the workings of celebrity."—Kelly Boyd, Journal of Victorian Culture
"A serious, sophisticated, and potentially game changing study of celebrity."—Mary Lynn Stewart, American Historical Review
"With prismatic clarity based on authoritative scholarship, The Drama of Celebrity refracts the dazzling light of star power into its constituent colors. Scores of celebrities, past and present, share the limelight, but the exemplary Sarah Bernhardt, golden-voiced queen of the unforgettable gesture, commands center stage throughout Sharon Marcus's field-defining and compellingly readable book."—Joseph Roach, author of The Player's Passion: Studies in the Science of Acting and It
"A landmark book for the history of popular culture. Combining a rigorous analytical intelligence with deep, meticulous research into neglected sources such as fan scrapbooks, Marcus demonstrates how the nineteenth-century theater set the mold for celebrity culture today. A brilliant, transformative account of the way that celebrity works."—Deborah Cohen, author of Family Secrets: Shame and Privacy in Modern Britain
"Utterly brilliant. Marcus travels back to the nineteenth century and returns bearing a high-definition mirror for our own celebrity-driven era. She maps the dynamics of fame, reveals their consistency through time, and teaches us how to better inhabit our mediated world today. No fan could ask for more."—Fred Turner, author of The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties
"How did present-day ideas about celebrity come into being? What—and who—makes a celebrity? Excavating a cornucopia of unlikely sources, from dreams about celebrities to scrapbooks kept by ordinary fans, Sharon Marcus reveals the origins of celebrity culture to lie in dramatic negotiations between publics, media, and celebrities themselves. The resulting book is itself dramatic: a deeply researched story that manages to provide a long history of this timeliest of phenomena."—Leah Price, Harvard University
"The Drama of Celebrity is a stunning work of cultural history and social theory about what creates stars on the stage, the screen, and all platforms in between. Sharon Marcus has written both a brilliant account of the different actors whose work can make or break a celebrity, and a fascinating investigation into why so many people care. The result is a memorable book that will engage readers across the academy and beyond."—Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"One of the great strengths of The Drama of Celebrity is its insistence—and proof—that the forms of celebrity and fandom we consider so modern go back at least to the middle of the nineteenth century. It is the fans who emerge as the stars of this book."—Eric Smoodin, University of California, Davis
"I have not read such a stimulating and original book for a long time. Marcus brings the experience and thrill of nineteenth-century theater to life, but that is only the start of it. With extraordinary elegance, she manages to think about the historical and the theoretical together, and this book will swiftly establish itself as one of enduring value and importance."—Clare Pettitt, King's College London
Byzantine Intersectionality
Roland Betancourt
Karen Levy
Data Analysis for Social Science
Elena Llaudet and Kosuke Imai
Close Up at a Distance
Laura Kurgan
The Economy of Promises
Bruce G. Carruthers


Titre : State of the world's birds : taking the pulse of the planet.
Résumé : The 2018 State of the World's Birds report, which provides a comprehensive look at the health of bird populations globally, has found that the extinction crisis has spread so far that even some well-known species are now in danger.
Overall, it shows that 40 percent of the world's 11,000 bird species are in decline, and one in eight bird species is threatened with global extinction.
The threats driving the avian extinction crisis are many and varied, but invariably of humanity's making.
One of the greatest of those threats, according to the report, is agriculture. The expansion of agriculture, as well as its intensification, impacts 1,091 (74 percent) of globally threatened birds. One example of how agriculture is negatively impacting birds can be found in the neurotoxic insecticides known as neonicotinoids or 'neonics'.
In addition to these worrying trends, though, the report also contains numerous findings that encourage hope. It finds that at least 25 bird species would have gone extinct in recent decades were it not for conservation interventions. The report outlines actions and changes that need to occur for birds and biodiversity to be better conserved. This includes restoration of habitats key to birds, eradicating and controlling invasive species, and targeting the most vulnerable bird species in order to protect them.


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The HP Deskjet D2660 is one of the most affordable units in its class of single-function inkjet printers. Experts tested the D2660 to print quickly despite its low price tag, with speeds of up to 28 pages per minute for monochrome documents, 21 pages per minute for color and a snappy rate of 32 seconds for each 4x6-inch photo. As the market has been overrun by all-in-one devices, the D2660 is a simple and user-friendly option for buyers that need a basic printer to tackle jobs such as school papers, personal photos and airline tickets.
The unit has a size of only 17x8x6 inches that will make it easy to transport from storage to desktop space. Such a compact size limits the D2660's on-board set of features, omitting such typical front panel elements as an LCD screen for status updates and memory slots for direct photo printing from compatible media cards. Instead, the device incorporates a single USB port for flash drive and PC connectivity, as well as a basic control panel that includes an LED for alerts on Deskjet D2660 printer ink levels, and a button for canceling a print job.
The machine is best fit to handle light-duty use due to its low total paper capacity of 80 pages and a maximum monthly print volume of 1,000 pages. Expert reviews cite that the machine can handle both text and graphics with the same quality of more expensive units, printing with a maximum resolution of 600 dpi for monochrome documents and 1200 dpi using color HP D2660 ink. Photos did not perform as well against quality tests, which revealed output with under-saturated images and a resolution of 4800x1200 dpi using color Deskjet D2660 ink.
The device uses a tricolor supply that contains cyan, magenta and yellow printer ink and a separate black HP D2660 ink cartridge. The standard replacements can last for 165 pages for each tricolor supply and 200 pages for the black supply. Optional high-capacity replacements boost yield to a maximum of 440 pages for the tricolor supply and 600 pages for the black HP D2660 ink cartridge.
There is not a lot of flair or extravagant features incorporated into this basic inkjet device, but the D2660 offers both quality text and graphics printing and quick speeds for an inexpensive price. Buyers that need nothing more than basic connectivity and control features will benefit from this single-function printer.


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Q: Web app administration console We have a web app that has so far been used by a single organization. We would now like to provide it as a service to more customers.
An administration system is now needed, to manage the setup for new customers.
I believe I have the app itself pretty much covered (that is, I can see what features need to be made customizable, etc) — I'm more concerned with back-end stuff for our own use, to quickly identify problems, and be able to easily offer support for common problems (whatever they might be).
Would very much appreciate hearing about any related experiences.

Basic/example features:

*

*signup (creates new account, sends activation email, etc)

*track billing status

*log login problems

*usage stats

A: *

*If your web app has any access control feature, then I think it would be good to include a role management and user access control module along with the account management module.

*If your billing module makes use of any constant values or factors (like tax or exchange rates or something like that) you could also have a module that would allow maintenance of such changeable values, since other organizations may be using different values.

Since you're porting your web app from catering to a specific organization into an SAAS app, I think you could just start with identifying which parts of your app are specifically or statically set and creating a way to make it customizable for use in other organizations.

A: You seem to have the obvious bases covered - @Stellaire's additions included. Billing/renewal, client login for feature additions/removals, usage logs, signups, etc. - I think you've pretty much got the boilerplate set of admin tools covered. --- a user forum or bug-tracking-type forum may benefit you AND your customers (at least they'll be able to see you're addressing various issues, etc.)
Your customers are going to be your best (and most profitable) source for a conclusive answer.
Before pushing it out into the wild, do some research with an organization (or 3) that you believe will be your bread-n-butter demographic. Things are sure to change when a variety of people/business models start using your product. You may get lucky right out of the gate. Or your app may seem lame in your new customer's eyes - as what IS missing is critical for whatever reason THEY deem.
Not knowing what the app does, makes it hard to say what you're going to need (or wish you had) until you've got some real client feedback. Huge difference between enterprise calendar/planning software versus a project management application.

A: I've been developing web applications for 13 years.  The most common immediate administrative requirements that my clients have asked for have been:
 1. Content Management:
Businesses do not want to wait on a developer to make simple updates to their web application content.  They don't want to pay recurring maintenance fees or have to waste the time and effort on communication.  This will also save you a lot of time, because you won't have to interrupt your larger tasks with  menial web page updates.  Also, people who don't develop think its really cool when they get to edit their web page with a WYSIWYG interface that looks like the Desktop office applications they use everyday.
2. File Uploading and Easy Linking:
Whatever CMS you implement should be equipped to allow easy uploading of files, and insertion of links to the files and images on the pages.  A lot of businesses have PDF documents that need to be made available to their clients and business associates.
3. Contact Forms and Email Lists:
This is the minimum requirement for user interaction.  Businesses want to engage interested clients, because that's how they make money.  It should always be very easy for clients to initialize correspondence from the website.  In addition, automated email responses can provide some leeway with regards to their responsiveness, so they will appreciate this functionality as well.  Finally, I have been asked countless times for newsletter/mailing-list type functionality.  When businesses get a new product or are introducing a special bargain to drive sales, they want to tell everyone about it.  The ability to manage user groups that receive newsletters and automatically send out email will definitely come up sooner than later.
4. Social Media Integration:
Facebook has over half a billion users.  Businesses want their money.  This requirement follows the same principle as the previous: Anything that makes it easier for businesses to engage their existing clients and potential customers will add value to your product.
The list could continue for quite a while, but these are the most common areas.  User management is also a big one, and you did mention it, but one note I would like to add is that a web application will often need to be restricted.  It would be helpful to integrate some sort of role management functionality up front, that allows the website administrators
to specify what groups of people can do what and go where.  I've also found the need to create password protected pages on top of an existing membership infrastructure, so is this something you should take into account when you are working in this area.
The question was a little unclear as to what your application intends to do, but all of the points I have listed here are pretty generic and universally applicable.  I hope this helps.
One more VERY IMPORTANT point:
When you are implementing generic administrative functionality, you can be assured that someone has done it before.  Nowadays, you can be assured that a lot of people have done it before, and you have a very good chance that someone has done it before and made it open source.  So, I highly suggest that you do some research on the open source solutions for whatever functionalities you decide to integrate into your app.  It might save you a whole lot of time.


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They were kept up by the tightness of the trousers or pantaloons. Ribbed tops started to be made for men's socks in the 1840s. Marked 'A' below the welt. Exhibited by J R Allen of Allen & Solly at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the International Exhibition of 1862.


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Q: How to use .Net TPL DataFlow or reactive extensions to concurrently process dynamic messages published to RabbitMQ? For my application architecture I've an API which publish messages to RabbitMQ based on requests received. A windows service acts as consumer for RabbitMQ which process messages and updates the DB or in certain cases uses SignalR callbacks.
Once a message is received with the service there are multiple files being generated, couple of DB updates and process and finally an external API is called once data is ready.
I was thinking to use Semaphore Slim library to parallel process the messages with control over thread throttling. But as I read through couple of articles I got to know that .NET TPL DataFlow or Reactive Extensions can very well handle this scenario. But I'm confused, What to choose?
All the guide and references I find online, discuss about process a list of message which is already available and to be executed. But for my case the messages are dynamic, which should be process as EventHanlder delegate of RabbitMQ .Net client is invoked.
This is the code snippet where I consume the message
var consumer = new EventingBasicConsumer(channel);
            consumer.Received += (model, ea) =>
            {
                var body = ea.Body.ToArray();
                var message = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(body);

                ProcessMessage(message);

                channel.BasicAck(ea.DeliveryTag, true);
            };

Could you guide me to whether this scenario can be accomplished or is it over complicating my entire model?

A: IMHO RX promotes a purist/functional/side-effect-free approach to things, while TPL Dataflow allows more freedom to use "dirty" workarounds. So although you could use either to solve the problem at hand, with RX you'll end up with a prettier solution, while with TPL Dataflow you'll end up with a working solution faster. Also, if you know nothing about these libraries, the TPL Dataflow has a smoother learning curve and its documentation is familiar and maintained by Microsoft, while RX has an unfamiliar centralized documentation, unified for all platforms and languages.


We have all heard the saying "New Year, New Me" when it comes to bringing in a new year. While this is a great time to make changes that you believe will be beneficial to your life going forward, there are a lot of times when sticking to your resolutions becomes harder than expected. The sky is the limit when it comes to these resolutions but making them realistic gives you the greatest chance of sticking to them. Below are some tips to help you stick to your New Year Resolution.
Start Small- If you have a resolution to exercise more in the New Year, it can be hard to go from 0-100. Help yourself by starting small and working up to your expected goal as you move along. This will increase your chances of sticking to the goal and creating a routine/habit.
Change One Behavior at a Time- If you have more than one resolution, focus on one at a time. Unhealthy behaviors develop over the course of time so replacing them will take times as well.
Make It Personal- While you are making your goals for the year, think of why it is important to you. By determining your inner motivation, and writing your goals down, you will be personally inspired to stick to it and keep progressing.
Focus on Progress, Not Perfection- Perfection is unattainable so making small steps towards your goals are normal and okay. Don't let the image of perfection stop you from seeing all the progress you are making day in and day out.
Accountability- Share your goals with others and ask them to hold you accountable. Think of this as the 'buddy system'. People who tell others about their goals are more likely to accomplish them because they're afraid of failing in front of other people. Use this as motivation!


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Q: Network icon on unity panel gone in Ubuntu 15.10 I recently noticed that the Network / Wifi icon is missing in Ubuntu 15.10 unity panel. The network is working perfect, the only problem is that I cant see if I'm connected or not, and if I want to change networks I have to do it through the system settings. (unnecessary long procedure)
I've tried all the troubleshooting steps I found on Google, but nothing worked. Then I tried reinstalling Ubuntu which initially solved the problem, but after doing some updates it disappeared again.
Anyone with the same problem?
Anyone with a solution?
note:
if i post nm-applet in terminal i get this feedback:
**nm-applet-Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon
(nm-applet:15724): nm-applet-WARNING **: Could not find ShellVersion property on org.gnome.Shell after 5 tries
(nm-applet:15724): nm-applet-WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (32) An agent with this ID is already registered for this user.
^Cnm-applet-Message: PID 0 (we are 15724) sent signal 2, shutting down...
(nm-applet:15724): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 220 was not found when attempting to remove it**

Extra info-> my network adapter
network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:24:00.0
       logical name: wlo1
       version: 01
       serial: 20:10:7a:39:71:70
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.248 (r487574) ip=192.168.0.212 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
       resources: irq:19 memory:d4400000-d4403fff

A: Update
Problem seems to be solved due to updates or something
(i woke up this morning ans all the icons are back)


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Q: How to Increase TableCell Height When Content Added Programmatically? I am Developing an app. I have some data which is coming from server.
Now I Have no Idea about the data count for rows. I only Know the name of Fields.
I want To show these data in UITableViewCell.
I have a custom TableCell. I have taken a ContentView inside it.
I have set the following constraint:
     - Leading
     - Trailing
     - Top
     - Bottom

In My ViewController's DidLoad Method I have this Code:
    UINib *nib = [UINib nibWithNibName:cellName bundle:nil];
   [[self mTableView] registerNib:nib forCellReuseIdentifier:cellName];

     self.mTableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
    self.mTableView.estimatedRowHeight = 100.0;

I am creating UILabel Like this
      - (void)awakeFromNib {
[super awakeFromNib];

CGFloat ypos = 0;

for(int i=0;i<6;i++)
{
    UILabel *lbl  = [[UILabel alloc]init];
    lbl.backgroundColor= [UIColor redColor];
    lbl.frame = CGRectMake(0,ypos,30,10);

    [self addSubview:lbl];
    ypos += 16;
}

[self setNeedsLayout];
[self layoutIfNeeded];

// Initialization code
}

This is my CustomCell.But my TableCell Hegiht is not Increasing.
Please anyone suggest me what is i am missing ?

A: - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    NSDictionary *dict1 = (NSDictionary*)[array objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    NSString *cellText = [dict1 valueForKey:@"test"];
    UIFont *cellFont = [UIFont fontWithName:FONT_NAME_GOTHAM_4 size:11.0];
    CGSize constraintSize = CGSizeMake(280.0f, MAXFLOAT);
    CGSize labelSize = [cellText sizeWithFont:cellFont constrainedToSize:constraintSize lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];

    return labelSize.height + 80;
}

A: You are doing right, so far. But do not forget to use the delegate/data source of your tableView - cellForRowHeight.
Also, as Lion have mentioned, you need to add constraints to your labels. If you do your label programmatically, then do the autolayout programmatically as well.


text:
require "nokogiri"

module ActiveMerchant #:nodoc:
  module Billing #:nodoc:
    class BorgunGateway < Gateway
      self.display_name = "Borgun"
      self.homepage_url = 'http://www.borgun.com'

      self.test_url = 'https://gatewaytest.borgun.is/ws/Heimir.pub.ws:Authorization'
      self.live_url = 'https://gateway01.borgun.is/ws/Heimir.pub.ws:Authorization'

      self.supported_countries = ['IS', 'GB', 'HU', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'SE' ]
      self.default_currency = 'ISK'
      self.money_format = :cents
      self.supported_cardtypes = [:visa, :master, :american_express, :diners_club, :discover, :jcb]

      self.homepage_url = 'https://www.borgun.is/'

      def initialize(options={})
        requires!(options, :processor, :merchant_id, :username, :password)
        super
      end

      def purchase(money, payment, options={})
        post = {}
        post[:TransType] = '1'
        add_invoice(post, money, options)
        add_payment_method(post, payment)
        commit('sale', post)
      end

      def authorize(money, payment, options={})
        post = {}
        post[:TransType] = '5'
        add_invoice(post, money, options)
        add_payment_method(post, payment)
        commit('authonly', post)
      end

      def capture(money, authorization, options={})
        post = {}
        post[:TransType] = '1'
        add_invoice(post, money, options)
        add_reference(post, authorization)
        commit('capture', post)
      end

      def refund(money, authorization, options={})
        post = {}
        post[:TransType] = '3'
        add_invoice(post, money, options)
        add_reference(post, authorization)
        commit('refund', post)
      end

      def void(authorization, options={})
        post = {}
        # TransType, TrAmount, and currency must match original values from auth or purchase.
        _, _, _, _, _, transtype, tramount, currency = split_authorization(authorization)
        post[:TransType] = transtype
        options[:currency] = options[:currency] || CURRENCY_CODES.key(currency)
        add_invoice(post, tramount.to_i, options)
        add_reference(post, authorization)
        commit('void', post)
      end

      def supports_scrubbing
        true
      end

      def scrub(transcript)
        transcript.gsub(%r((<PAN>)[^&]*(</PAN>))i, '\1[FILTERED]\2').
          gsub(%r((<CVC2>)[^&]*(</CVC2>))i, '\1[FILTERED]\2').
          gsub(%r(((?:\r\n)?Authorization: Basic )[^\r\n]+(\r\n)?), '\1[FILTERED]\2')
      end

      private

      CURRENCY_CODES = Hash.new{|h,k| raise ArgumentError.new("Unsupported currency for HDFC: #{k}")}
      CURRENCY_CODES["ISK"] = "352"
      CURRENCY_CODES["EUR"] = "978"
      CURRENCY_CODES["USD"] = "840"

      def add_invoice(post, money, options)
        post[:TrAmount] = amount(money)
        post[:TrCurrency] = CURRENCY_CODES[options[:currency] || currency(money)]
        post[:TerminalID] = options[:terminal_id] || '1'
      end

      def add_payment_method(post, payment_method)
        post[:PAN] = payment_method.number
        post[:ExpDate] = format(payment_method.year, :two_digits) + format(payment_method.month, :two_digits)
        post[:CVC2] = payment_method.verification_value
        post[:DateAndTime] = Time.now.strftime("%y%m%d%H%M%S")
        post[:RRN] = 'AMRCNT' + six_random_digits
      end

      def add_reference(post, authorization)
        dateandtime, _batch, transaction, rrn, authcode, _, _, _ = split_authorization(authorization)
        post[:DateAndTime] = dateandtime
        post[:Transaction] = transaction
        post[:RRN] = rrn
        post[:AuthCode] = authcode
      end

      def parse(xml)
        response = {}

        doc = Nokogiri::XML(CGI.unescapeHTML(xml))
        body = doc.xpath('//getAuthorizationReply')
        body = doc.xpath('//cancelAuthorizationReply') if body.length == 0
        body.children.each do |node|
          if node.text?
            next
          elsif (node.elements.size == 0)
            response[node.name.downcase.to_sym] = node.text
          else
            node.elements.each do |childnode|
              name = "#{node.name.downcase}_#{childnode.name.downcase}"
              response[name.to_sym] = childnode.text
            end
          end
        end

        response
      end

      def commit(action, post)
        post[:Version] = '1000'
        post[:Processor] = @options[:processor]
        post[:MerchantID] = @options[:merchant_id]

        url = (test? ? test_url : live_url)
        request = build_request(action, post)
        raw = ssl_post(url(action), request, headers)
        pairs = parse(raw)
        success = success_from(pairs)

        Response.new(
          success,
          message_from(success, pairs),
          pairs,
          authorization: authorization_from(pairs),
          test: test?
        )
      end

      def success_from(response)
        (response[:actioncode] == '000')
      end

      def message_from(succeeded, response)
        if succeeded
          "Succeeded"
        else
          response[:message] || "Error with ActionCode=#{response[:actioncode]}"
        end
      end

      def authorization_from(response)
        [
          response[:dateandtime],
          response[:batch],
          response[:transaction],
          response[:rrn],
          response[:authcode],
          response[:transtype],
          response[:tramount],
          response[:trcurrency]
        ].join("|")
      end

      def split_authorization(authorization)
        dateandtime, batch, transaction, rrn, authcode, transtype, tramount, currency = authorization.split("|")
        [dateandtime, batch, transaction, rrn, authcode, transtype, tramount, currency]
      end

      def headers
        {
          'Authorization' => 'Basic ' + Base64.strict_encode64(@options[:username].to_s + ':' + @options[:password].to_s),
        }
      end

      def build_request(action, post)
        mode = (action == 'void') ? 'cancel' : 'get'
        xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new :indent => 18
        xml.instruct!(:xml, :version => '1.0', :encoding => 'utf-8')
        xml.tag!("#{mode}Authorization") do
          post.each do |field, value|
            xml.tag!(field, value)
          end
        end
        inner = CGI.escapeHTML(xml.target!)
        envelope(mode).sub(/{{ :body }}/,inner)
      end

      def envelope(mode)
        <<-EOS
          <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:aut="http://Borgun/Heimir/pub/ws/Authorization">
            <soapenv:Header/>
            <soapenv:Body>
              <aut:#{mode}AuthorizationInput>
                <#{mode}AuthReqXml>
                {{ :body }}
                </#{mode}AuthReqXml>
              </aut:#{mode}AuthorizationInput>
            </soapenv:Body>
          </soapenv:Envelope>
        EOS
      end

      def url(action)
        (test? ? test_url : live_url)
      end

      def six_random_digits
        (0...6).map { (48 + rand(10)).chr }.join
      end
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
<?php declare(strict_types=1);

namespace de\codenamephp\platform\di\definitionsProvider\collection;

use de\codenamephp\platform\di\definitionsProvider\dependency\CircularDependencyException;
use de\codenamephp\platform\di\definitionsProvider\dependency\MissingDependencyException;
use de\codenamephp\platform\di\definitionsProvider\iDefinitionsProvider;

/**
 * Interface to collect providers. Implementations can choose to e.g. sort, modify or whatever other steps needed for the collection.
 */
interface iCollection {

  /**
   * Gets the collection of providers
   *
   * @return iDefinitionsProvider[]
   * @throws MissingDependencyException if one or more dependencies are missing
   * @throws CircularDependencyException if a circular dependency was detected
   */
  public function get() : array;

  /**
   * Adds the given provider to the collection
   *
   * @param iDefinitionsProvider $provider The provider to add to the collection
   * @return $this
   * @throws MissingDependencyException if one or more dependencies are missing
   * @throws CircularDependencyException if a circular dependency was detected
   */
  public function add(iDefinitionsProvider $provider) : self;
}


text:
body {
	background-color: #d5dfe8;
}
h1.intro {
	background-image: url(../images/quote1-blue.png);
}
h1.intro span {
	background-image: url(../images/quote2-blue.png);
}
h3.intro {
	background-image: url(../images/quote1-blue.png);
}
h3.intro span {
	background-image: url(../images/quote2-blue.png);
}
.ticker ul li .message {
	background: transparent url(../images/miniquote-blue.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
.ticker2 ul li .message {
	background: transparent url(../images/miniquote-blue.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
.divider {
	border-top:1px solid #b8c5d0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #e9eef2;
}
.divider2 {
	border-top:1px solid #b8c5d0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #e9eef2;
}
.divider3 {
	border-top:1px solid #b8c5d0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #e9eef2;
}


ScottishPower has bought a 10 MW wind project in County Antrim to bring the company's capacity in Northern Ireland to 37 MW, making it the province's biggest wind energy generator. It bought the five-turbine Wolf Bog project for over £10 million from Renewable Energy Systems (RES). Construction started on site last month, with the wind farm expected to be operational in spring 2008. From ScottishPower, Keith Anderson says that Wolf Bog will take the company's UK wind generation to 355 MW. "We look forward to developing other opportunities in the future," he adds. RES, meantime, has two wind farms under construction in Northern Ireland with a number of further projects in development.


How did you come up with the name "Trees Will Tell"?
How do you describe your style of music? Rock? Hard-Rock?
People who are willing to make a change in a fucked up world. Our parents, some of them who are still working hard everyday, our friends fighting for their dreams, our girlfriends and wives, mothers and sisters for all the inspiration. Real artists doing real things in a generic world, like Jacob Banon. People who gather the courage to escape from a destroyed country to start a living from 0, like our grandparents did, back in the war, and like most of my generation is doing right now. People who stand up for their own rights and don't shut up.
What is your songwriting process? What goes into making and performing one of your pieces?
We don't have one single way to make a song. Every song comes up from a different approach. Usually all starts with an idea been put in the table and, we take that idea home and work it by ourselves and, days later meet again to give shape to that original idea with all the things we have worked on our own. We take things out, discard others, give a form to others and that way the songs starts to have soul on its own. I usually work in my voice and lyrics on my own and then show the idea to the others. Recording this album was super heavy, we were all going through really hard times in our personal lives and its all reflected on the album. Also, we had the opportunity to work with a producer like Txosse Ruiz, at WheelSound Studio who is a really good and experienced producer, so obviously is also really demanding and and is always looking to take things to another level. So he really pushed our boundaries and pulled out the best of us. If you look at it, The songs are very organic and are free from a lot of compulsory ideas or social pressure of how it is supposed to sound a band like us. we did what we wanted in every way. There's nothing behind us that would make us betray what we feel. We only do this because we love making music.
What inspired the name, L'appel Du Vide and what does it mean?
Everything on this record is about trying to stay alive, About breathing under the storm. And about having the ability to see those rays of lights even when we are surrounded by death. I came across the term "L'appel Du Vide" and it was, automatically the perfect name to sum up the album.It doesn't have a literal translation, its more of a phenomenon or a unconscious sensation or feeling. if you translate it literally it would be something like "the call of the void" but what goes behind that its what's fascinating; that quick sensation when you're in the top of the highest building, at the edge of the rooftop, and look down, and while contemplating the immensity of everything you ask yourself "what If I jump?"maybe don't even asking it but just feeling it.Just for one second. automatically you think about something else, and, most of the times, you don't even remember you thought about that, later on the day. That's why I don't relate it to an actual suicidal thought. Because its not like you're actually thinking about jumping for the need of ending your life. Its a natural and really very primitive sensation that, if you look at it, can show us how much we really want to be alive. Is recognizing we could jump in the blink of an eye and not doing it, that shows us we are alive and we have a instinct of surviving. Of protecting ourselves. Is to recognize for a second that we are alive. and that fascinated me in the first place. How death can be at the services of life and actually help us seek the light.
What was the inspiration/reason behind this album? Was it for anyone or someone specifically?
What was the message that "Tendrils of Corruption" was attempting to portray?
"Tendrils" was a recreation of an actual phone call I received years ago by someone who was in my life for a brief period of time, and I rather not talk about it.
Why use French for "Tendrils of Corruption" when the rest of the album is in English?
The actual phone call was in french. She had French parents and lived for many years in France.
What was your favorite track in L'appel Du Vide, both to listen to afterwards and to perform?
Every track on "l'appel du vide" means something so personal and relevant in my life that it's so hard to pick just one. But, If I have to choose, I think it would be "find me, fix me" it was the more challenging song to record because of whats behind the song and, also, its really fun to play live for its aggressiveness and that sensation of rapture. It gives me closure and I think it gives the audience a feeling of closure as well. I think if you follow the whole story behind the album, "find me, fix me" helps you to finish understanding everything.
What is the plan for Tress Will Tell in the future?
Play as many shows as we can. We're now on tour, and would like to finish this tour, rest for few weeks and then go back on the road again to keep showing our music to as many people as possible. Bands like us are alive by contact. The only way we can exist on a world so full of constant information its to go straight into peoples faces, by playing shows or doing interviews with meaningful content and expressing as much as we can. is that or get lost in an ocean of audiovisual information smashed in our faces every second.
My name is Dexter, though I go by D.J. I'm from Dayton, Ohio and, as an aspiring novelist, I love writing. I have a passion for music, hence what drew me to Amped Sound, and I enjoy researching the lesser known sciences and myths revolving around music. I recently graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from Ohio Wesleyan University and I hope to further my writing ability alongside my fellow journalists. When I am not researching topics for my articles, I write works of fiction in hopes to one day become a published author. I enjoy the rock and metal genres, my favorite bands being Skillet, From Ashes to New, and Bring Me the Horizon.


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'Saved' By State Terror: Gendered Violence And Propaganda In Xinjiang
Published by Yi Xiaocuo
The ongoing atrocities targeting Turkic Muslim peoples in Xinjiang are, in many forms, gendered violence. As the "People's War on Terror" campaign escalates, Han officials and settlers are removing Turkic Muslim men who they perceive as threats to "security" and "safety," emptying out a clear path for Han settlers to insert their presence onto Uyghur and Kazakh homelands. This comes at the expense of the women who remain. In the state-initiated "Becoming Families" campaign, Han cadres enter native peoples' homes and scan for any signs of Islamic piety, or wield scissors to cut off women's long dresses on the streets. Since 2017, the state has begun to attack Muslim-Han marriage taboos as well as Muslim halal practices as forms of "religious extremism." Interethnic marriage was forced upon many Uyghur women, an approach that went even further than simply encouraging them with money and other incentives in 2014. Several female survivors from the camps recounted experiences of being forced to take unknown medication that stopped their menstrual cycles. The mass-incarceration has also led to a large population of children, whose parents were detained, being taken into orphanages, where …
Making the Xinjiang authorities dance: 40 examples of publicized cases
Published by Gene A. Bunin
For the past half-year and probably longer, I've admittedly been a broken record in replaying the same mantra when talking of what works in getting the oh-so-scary Xinjiang authorities to somehow curb their seemingly unbridled madness. China's Achilles heel, I've continued to say, is its image, and as an insidious system that pretends to do everything "by the law" what it fears more than anything is loud, outspoken transparency. Speak out, document, and bring as much attention to the issues they want to keep hidden even when they threaten the worst and you will see results… I've said over and over and over. And the louder they threaten, the stronger the sign that you're doing something correctly. That belief came to me on an instinctive level from my first-hand experience of being kicked out without ever officially being kicked out, and would for many months remain an instinct, coupled with some abstract theory and probably some wishful thinking – as a grassroots person, I needed to believe that I was not powerless against this behemoth, …
Social Analysis / Uncategorized
Responses to Unanswered Questions at UC Berkeley
Editorial Note: Below is a letter written to Chinese international students at UC Berkeley following an event concerning the mass internment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims that was held in March 2019. The author of the letter sent it to me after The Daily Californian declined to publish it. Following the letter I have replied to the letter in the hopes that we can open a dialogue regarding what is happening in Xinjiang. I hope readers will feel free to respond below in the comments section. A Question Unanswered On Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, a shouting match took place at UC Berkeley. The Berkeley Law Human Rights Center was hosting Rushan Abbas and Dr. Darren Byler to talk about the Uyghur crisis in China's far-western region of Xinjiang. The lecture hall at Boalt 110, which seats 166, had people sitting in the aisles and standing against the walls. Organizers said it was the best-attended talk in the Human Rights Center's history. Nevertheless, for fear of surveillance on attendees cell-phone use was forbidden within the room. Rushan Abbas, a thin, middle-aged …
A Road to Forgetting: Friendship and Memory in China's Belt and Road Initiative
In the midst of the mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz in the so-called 'reeducation camps' in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, a Sino-Kazakh coproduction based on the life of Chinese musician Xian Xinghai is close to release. The Composer portrays the friendship between Xian—the mind behind the Yellow River Cantata and On the Taihang Mountains, classic patriotic 'red' songs that every middle school student in China learns to sing—and a Kazakh composer named Bakhitzhan Baykadamov. It is not the first time that the life of Xian has been depicted on the silver screen. Previous iterations include a film directed by Wang Hengli in 1994 and a TV drama directed by Duan Guoping in 2005, both of which were entitled Xian Xinghai and mostly depicted his years studying in Paris and his transformation into a 'people's musician' (人民音乐家). Now that Kazakhstan is one of the most strategic partners of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), it is not surprising that The Composer focuses instead on Xian's life in Kazakhstan. The film was originally inspired by Xi Jinping's 2013 keynote speech at Nazarbayev …
Hong Qi, the Uyghur Folksinger who grew up Han


College and university - what's the difference?
Home | School Students | S5Hub | College and university - what's the difference?
Hopefully by now you're starting to think a bit more about what your options will be after you leave school either this year or after S6. In terms of Higher Education, there are a couple of different routes to consider with college or university. In this S5Hub post, we'll explain a bit more about how college and university are different but also how the route from college to university works and might be the best option for you.
Below on the left, you can see some of the key differences between the courses available at college and university. You can also see how the application process differs as well. A key thing to remember is that SAAS will fund both university and college courses. Even if you go to college before progressing to a university degree, SAAS can fund you all the way through.
In the right hand diagram, you can also see some of the possible routes from college to university. People choose to go to college before university for a number of reasons: it could be that you don't have enough Highers to go straight to uni; or that the course you want to do at university only starts in 3rd year and you have to complete an HND before you can apply; perhaps you prefer the kind of environment at college compared to uni. All of these reasons for wanting to go to college first are perfectly valid; the point is that you choose the route that works best for you.
The routes from college to university are often supported by the universities through linking or associate programmes. This is where the university that you aim to enter after you leave college gives you extra support and access to their resources while you're still at college. You may also hear people talk about progression and articulation routes. These are shown in the diagram by the horizontal (progression) and diagonal (articulation) lines between college and university.
LEAPS will also recommend you apply to college even if you're applying to university as Plan A. This is due to the brilliant routes available from college to university and the fact that you can apply separately, and with lower grades and fewer Highers.
We've also got a short clip for you explaining routes and options available to move from college to university. Check it out!
1. There are key differences between college and university, particularly in the courses available and how you apply.
2. There are lots of routes and options available to move from college to university.
3. Whichever route you choose to take, make sure you do plenty of research so you know that it's the best fit for you.


Class fees are paid at the time of registration. You will choose your kit and pay for it, plus tax, at the time of the class. Thank you!
Sponsored by Toho Beads, the Fan and Feather Bracelet resembles the knitting classic of the Eyelet and Lace knit family. So named due to the resemblance of the stitches to the fanned feathers of a peacock. The base of the bracelet is worked in the designers adaptation of Ndebele (herringbone) stitch with 6 & 8 Japanese Demi Round beads. The base is embellished with size 8 & 11 Japanese Demi Round beads. Soft, supple and a delight to wear. You will enjoy stitching this bracelet.
Kit Includes: 12 grams Demi Round size 6 Color A, 4 grams Demi Round size 8 Color B, 2.5 grams Demi Round size 11 Color A, 3 grams Demi Round Size 11 Color B, Three strand slide clasp, size 10 beading needles, Fireline 8 lb strength or thread to match bead colors & micro-crystalline wax.
You will learn the Japanese technique of braiding on a foam disk using rattail cords. The Wreath will be about 2".
A great way to learn how to do the Peyote Bead Stitch. You will be making a Heart Ring.
Kit Includes: Swarovski Pear fancy stone and 6mm round crystals, size 11o and 15o Japanese seed beads, clasp, snaps, Fireline, needle, wax and PRAW perfect tool.
Taught by: April Stevenson of Lincoln Nebraska.
Create this stunning silver pendant accented with a Czech glass pearl bead! Students will learn wire weaving basics such as two different types of weaves, proper wire tension and compression of weaving patterns. Students will also learn how to create beautiful and elegant spirals to tuck away wire ends and add interest to the piece.
Taught by: Michele Michaelsen of Elements by Michele Omaha Nebraska.
Prerequisites Needed: Students should have previous experience with wire jewelry making.


In January-September 2018, Ukrainian production of most groats continued following a downward trend compared to the same period in 2017.
The greatest drop over the first nine months of the current year is seen in production of wheat groats. At the same time, oat groats production grew considerably during the reporting period. Output of hulled, half-hulled or crushed rice is comparable to last year, reports UkrAgroConsult.


text:
namespace LinuxPackages.Services.Data
{
    using System.IO;
    using System.Linq;

    using Contracts;
    using Contracts.Savers;

    using LinuxPackages.Data.Models;
    using LinuxPackages.Data.Repositories;

    public class UsersService : IUsersService
    {
        private readonly IRepository<User> users;
        private readonly IRepository<Avatar> avatars;
        private readonly IAvatarSaver avatarSaver;

        public UsersService(IRepository<User> users, IRepository<Avatar> avatars, IAvatarSaver avatarSaver)
        {
            this.users = users;
            this.avatars = avatars;
            this.avatarSaver = avatarSaver;
        }

        public IQueryable<User> GetAll()
        {
            return this.users.All();
        }

        public IQueryable<User> GetById(string userId)
        {
            return this.users.All().Where(u => u.Id == userId);
        }

        public Avatar CreateAvatar(string fileName, byte[] contents, User user)
        {
            var newAvatar = new Avatar()
            {
                FileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName),
                FileExtension = Path.GetExtension(fileName),
                Size = contents.Length,
                UserId = user.Id
            };

            this.avatars.Add(newAvatar);
            user.AvatarId = newAvatar.Id;
            this.users.SaveChanges();
            this.avatars.SaveChanges();
            this.avatarSaver.Save(user.Id, fileName, contents);

            return newAvatar;
        }

        public IQueryable<User> GetTopMaintainers(int n)
        {
            return this.users
                .All()
                .OrderByDescending(u => u.Packages.Count)
                .Take(n);
        }

        public IQueryable<Avatar> GetAvatarById(int avatarId)
        {
            return this.avatars.All().Where(a => a.Id == avatarId);
        }

        public string GetAvatarFileNameById(int avatarId)
        {
            return this.avatars
                .All()
                .Where(a => a.Id == avatarId)
                .Select(a => string.Concat(a.FileName, a.FileExtension))
                .FirstOrDefault();
        }
    }
}


1.44 MB diskette, ideal for users of desktop, laptop and mobile computer.
Get the energy directly from the USB port, no external power is needed most.
case high quality hard, durable plastic and very pleasant to look at.