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Snapchat's plan to reinvent TV may actually be working
Snap says people like shows, so it's launching a dozen more.
By Kurt Wagner Oct 10, 2018, 6:00am EDT
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Snapchat's experiment to create the future of television with vertical shows for mobile phones isn't a failure. It may even be a success. Or at least enough of one to keep going.
That's the general takeaway from Snap's announcement on Wednesday that the company is launching a new slate of 12 original, "serialized" shows for its Discover section — what it's calling "Snap Originals."
Think of these shows like a television series, with scripts and storylines that carry through episode by episode. Unlike TV, though, Snapchat's new shows are filmed for Snapchat — vertically, for your phone, with episodes lasting four or five minutes.
Snapchat already has shows: Partners like NBC, ESPN and E! have been making short TV-like episodes for Snapchat's Discover section for a few years. Most of those, though, were unscripted or news-focused. (Snapchat also experimented with a comedy in 2014.) Now Snapchat wants to bring serialized dramas into the mix, and is working with outside production companies to create them.
Why? Because a lot of people are watching the shows Snapchat already has, says Snap's VP of Original Content Sean Mills — enough that the company sees value in creating even more of them.
"It's become a daily habit in terms of how people watch [shows]," Mills said. "It's the loyalty in terms of how people watch shows and come back every day for them that I think looks a lot like the way people watch television and sets us up for some new opportunities.
"I feel like we've been the leader in this and we're now pouring even more gas on it," he added.
Mills says the amount of time people spend watching shows each month has tripled since January, though Snap declined to share how much time that actually is. That makes it hard to determine just how valuable shows are to the company. Snap shares audience numbers for some of its most popular shows — ESPN's SportsCenter remake on Snapchat has 17 million unique viewers a month and NBC's Stay Tuned news show has five million unique viewers per day, Snap says. But those metrics aren't comparable to traditional television ratings which, again, makes them hard to value.
Still, Snapchat's decision to add more shows certainly implies that the shows are working. Or at least they're not flopping. The company will present the new slate of shows to advertisers at the Newfronts West on Wednesday, though Snap and its media partners will produce the shows regardless of whether or not they get advertising commitments for them.
The new serialized slate of shows will include ads, what Snapchat is simply calling "commercials" — six-second, unskippable video spots that will appear a few times during each episode. Snap will split ad revenue with media partners that pay for the show's production costs. In cases where Snap is paying for production, the company will keep all the ad revenue.
If Snapchat is going to reinvent television but for your phone — something that Facebook and Instagram are also trying to do — then its experiment with shows is an important one. Social apps like Facebook have been trying for years to lure television ad dollars with minimal success.
Maybe something that looks somewhat like traditional TV but also looks like it actually belongs on your phone can work.


Can anyone recommend a cleaner who would be able to do 2 hours a fortnight in the Shad Thames area?
I'd much prefer a personal recommendation than to go through an agency.
I have a fab cleaner in the area - sent you a private message with her details.
Seems to be a problem with private messages, mine won't go through to you.
Anyway I am happy to recommend my cleaner Sisi. She or one of her team come to me for 3 hours every fortnight, and have done so for a couple of years. I have recommended her to friends, neighbours and also to strangers here, and people seem pleased with her work.
Her number is 07916 143279. Tell her you got her number here from Andrew from Elephant and Castle.


Sea, Sand & Sky: I say C - H, you say V!
This week I have been officially moved to my new site, an island where Camp Harbor View runs it's programs! At this site, I was able to show some of the expertise I've acquired over the years of fishing with my father: crab hunting! To save on bait costs, whenever my father and I went out to fish, we would scavenge the rocky shoreline for Asian shore crabs as bait! Our director of strategy Chris had told my site leader Kristen that we needed some Asian shore crabs for crab chips! You can imagine what happened next if you've been following my Steve Irwin like attitude of getting up and close with animals!
Figure 1. In this photo, everyone is looking about for some invasive species (periwinkles and Asian shore crabs)!
Figure 2. From this aerial view, you can get an overview of what it was like scavenging for these critters!
Whenever a new batch of kids came around, they would always be scared of being pinched. I got into a habit of telling them, "they can't pinch you, if you pinch them first!" Which worked well enough to convince some kids to attempt it! After about an hour of working solo, when the next batch of kids arrived, they started banding together with bottles to temporarily hold crabs. With the teamwork of a staff to flip giant rocks and the nimble, agile reflexes of the youth, magic was being made as a container was quickly filling up!
Figure 3. This bottle of crabs could not have been achieved without the cooperation and teamwork of everyone in this photo!
So far, we have yet to break the streak where we catch no fish at CHV. But soon enough, I can imagine the rods to be wrangling stripers one after another!


The Magnitax.com team is spread across the United States so that we are able to address business needs on the East coast.
We will be adding digital products so that we can reach many types of entrepreneurs and business owners.
We were founded in Miami, Florida.
Added Hospitality & Tourism Services. We began working with small to large multinational hotels. In addition to hotels, we focused on restaurants with more than one location.
Expanded to Fort Lauderdale/Broward county area.
Expanded to Tampa/St. Petersburg metropolitan area. Their growing startup business environment was ripe for our services.
Expanded to Orlando/Orange county area. This market had a significant amount of foreign activity which prompted more focus on the region.
Expanded our client offerings to the Jacksonville and North Florida market. Where there are many ex-military entrepreneurs who are starting businesses.
Added payroll services for our clients. This provided us with the ability to provide a streamlined experience for small business owners.
We are highly rated on all social networks!
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Here is another testimonial on Patong – Phuket, Thailand. Read what Carline Garin (Australia/France) has to say about getting dental crowns and root canal treatment in Patong, a beautiful resort city in the Thai province of Phuket.
We work with one of the top dental clinics of Patong which boasts of state-of-the-art dental and sterilization equipment. The clinic has an on-site lab which helps cut treatment time. Another highlight of the facility is ISO 9001:2008 certification for both its office and lab.
The positive feedback on the clinic is complemented by this review of dental crowns by an Australian.


Whenever I ask, "What would you like for dinner?", nine times out of ten the answer will be, "Spaghetti".
Whether it's marinara, arrabiata, meat sauce, ratatouille, garlic & oil or creamy clam sauce, spaghetti is always a favorite.
We had some clams left over from our shabu shabu dinner, so tonight it was garlic & oil clam sauce with spinach served along with a mushroom red sauce.
For the red sauce, I simply added some sauteed onions, garlic, wine, mushrooms & chili flakes to the last of a jar of spaghetti sauce.
If you don't have sake, use any dry white wine.
To a hot pan, add about 2 T olive oil and 2 T butter.
Add the minced garlic and onions. Saute until onions are soft. Do not brown them. Add some chili flakes if you like some heat.
When the onions are soft, add the broth from the two cans of chopped clams and the sake. Boil for a few minutes and let the liquid reduce a little.
Then add the spinach and the canned clams.
The clams will start to pop open when they're done.
Gently move the mixture around until the spinach is just wilted. This will only take a minute or two.
Ready to spoon over hot pasta.
My favorite used to be eating this spaghetti with clam sauce in a bowl, soupy. The girls like(d) it that way.
The guys here like it dry on a plate.
That's a little bit of mizithra cheese on top of the mushroom red sauce.
Serve it with a green salad, and you'll please the vegetarians too!
If you need a gluten-free alternative to the noodles, you can spiral cut a raw, fresh zucchini to make noodles, just use the tool featured in the Sashimi post. They're healthy, too!
Gosh, your food looks so amazing, you almost make me wish I wasn't vegan!


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We used to be friends: Veronica Mars is back in the first full season 4 trailer
Bombings, guns, Spring Break, and mysterious new characters—it's a lot to take in.
Samuel Axon - Jun 14, 2019 10:15 pm UTC
Enlarge / Hulu also distributed this poster for the new season.
As the premiere for a new season of fan-darling-TV-series-brought-back-from-the-dead Veronica Mars draws closer, Hulu has released the first full trailer for the show.
Previous clips were just teasers, but this one really fleshes out what viewers can expect. In general, it looks like it will retain the original series' wit and darkness, just without the heavy 2000s-ness of it all. Since Veronica is a grown-up, working private investigator now, it looks a bit edgier in some ways, with guns and the like playing a more prominent role than they did in the original series. (Previously, Veronica usually relied on her dog Backup or her taser to do her dirtiest work.)
The Veronica Mars season 4 trailer from Hulu
In this reboot, the small seaside town of Neptune, California has seen a rash of bombings of late, and Veronica and her father are hired by the family of one of the victims to figure out what's going on.
Cult classic TV show Veronica Mars is Hulu's latest resurrection
Various people in the trailer speculate about what's happening. Could it be a serial killer? Could it be someone trying to destroy the town's community? Hulu's synopsis for the season alludes to a conflict between the wealthy residents of Neptune, who want to end the noisy Spring Break culture, and the working class, mostly Hispanic residents who are dependent on the tourism income.
Given that the tension between those two social circles has often been at the heart of the show, we wouldn't be surprised to see that it's at least somehow related to bombings, too.
It seems longtime Veronica Mars love interest Logan Echolls has returned from some time away, and he's shirtless and smoldering as ever—moreso than ever, really. The trailer also included some glimpses of Eli "Weevil" Navarro, another key character from the original series, plus there's a plethora of new people. Oh, and Dick is up to all his old bro-y antics, per a couple of moments in this footage.
It's too bad we haven't seen much of fan favorites Wallace or Mac so far, but here's hoping they'll return in a big way. Veronica Mars season four will premiere on Hulu on July 26, and the streaming platform will soon add all three original seasons (plus the 2013 movie) to its library in the leadup.
Here's the full synopsis from Hulu:
Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town's lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the family of one of the victims to find their son's killer, Veronica is drawn into an epic eight-episode mystery that pits the enclave's wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast's answer to Daytona Beach.
Many cancelled TV series from the 90s, 2000s, and even early 2010s have been revived by streaming platforms in an effort to win over viewers dissatisfied with cable and over-the-air-programming. Veronica Mars is one of the most high-profile ones yet, thanks in no small part to its famously successful Kickstarter push to produce a movie that was released six years ago. Since then, the series has continued with two novels, but not much else.
Samuel Axon Based in Los Angeles, Samuel is the Senior Reviews Editor at Ars Technica, where he covers Apple products, display technology, internal PC hardware, and more. He is a reformed media executive who has been writing about technology for 10 years at Ars Technica, Engadget, Mashable, PC World, and many others.
Email samuel.axon@arstechnica.com // Twitter @SamuelAxon

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Harris Corporation Awarded $96 Million IDIQ Contract to Supply Precision Approach Radars to US Navy, Air Force and Army
Harris Corporation has received an eight-year, $96 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to supply precision approach radars (PAR) to the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Army. The contract was awarded during the fourth quarter of Harris' fiscal 2016.
Under the contract, Harris will supply high-performance PAR systems to help the three services upgrade their precision approach and military air traffic management capabilities.
"Harris military precision approach radars combine considerable technical capability with high levels of reliability and affordability," said Ed Zoiss, president, Harris Electronic Systems. "This blend of cutting-edge technology and dependable performance makes Harris the leading supplier of PAR systems to U.S. and international military customers."
Harris has produced sophisticated radar technology for more than 70 years, pioneering the development of air traffic control and 3-D air defense radars for tactical applications. Harris PAR systems are used extensively today by the U.S. military and more than 20 international allies.
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Bill Espy is the current 14 U commissioner at OGSA and is looking forward to the upcoming season. Bill has had 4 daughters play softball at OGSA, and witnessed the growth of the organization first hand.
Bill's goals are to continue helping OGSA grow and stay the premiere place for girls of all ages to play softball. Bill along with the rest of the OGSA board, wants every girl to have an opportunity to grow in a great environment while having fun playing the sport of softball.


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Serious Games Plug Into The Smart Grid
By Eliane Alhadeff Friday, March 06, 2009
Via: GridEcon 2009 - Smart Grid and the Future Energy Economy
There is a great deal of interest in the Smart Grid today.
Legislators, regulators, utilities, consumers, vendors, R&D organizations and others are working hard to learn what the Smart Grid is and to understand how it will impact them.
At the federal level, the fight to legitimize the Smart Grid is over. It has been recognized in several key pieces of legislation – mostly recently the stimulus package – as an essential national asset.
Some are looking at the Smart Grid as a "transactive agent" that will enable resources, assets, and consumers to create new markets that otherwise might not be possible with today's grid. With the increasing awareness of the need of an information network to help manage the electric grid and make renewable energy a reality, by the creation of a Smart Grid (SG), there is a critical need to explore the economic realities and opportunities of this complex system.
The recent KEMA/GridWise Alliance report outlines projects implementing the Smart Grid over the next four years to the value of $64b.
A Smart Grid for Intelligent Energy Use
The Smart Grid involves the use of communications and computing technology to transmit and distribute energy more efficiently. The Youtube video describes the smart grid and how it will reduce our carbon footprint through energy efficiency and the integration of renewable sources of energy.
GE, Google and IBM Push Renewable Energy, Grid Technology
GE's new website, called The Smart Grid, is inviting people to come and Plug Into the Smart Grid to start using their new eco-friendly technology.
The site has an Augmented Reality feature, where users can literally have the website jump into their hands by watching a new eco-friendly wind or solar plant unfold into a 3D hologram onscreen via their web-cam.
The Smart Grid got a $3 million jump start from GE early February, in its 30-second Super Bowl ad The promo kicks off GE's "NOW" advertising campaign, highlighting "innovation you don't have to wait for".
At GE's Ecomagination Advertising page, which includes Ecomagination Online, Television and Print, you may also find Ecomagination Entertainment where you can play The World Water Tour Challenge, GE Flight School, Cleaner Coal: The Journey to Power and Geoterra.
Google Jumps into Smart Grid
Earlier last month, Google unveiled Google PowerMeter, a prototype Web application that displays home energy consumption broken down by appliance.
Google wants to build the platform for collecting, managing, and analyzing home energy information for… well, if they have their way, for everybody on earth.
The Stimulus bill and other factors are bringing key conversations to a head. Google doesn't want standards laid down by others before it has a chance to add its voice; it doesn't want key vendors building partnerships that lock out Google; and it doesn't want utilities launching big rollouts without considering Google as a partner. Pivotal choices will be made for the Smart Grid in 2009 and Google wants a place at the table
Google PowerMeter will ultimately become an open platform for home energy information. The initiative is led by Ed Lu, a former astronaut with a background in electrical engineering and astrophysics.
PowerMeter is currently in internal beta testing. About four dozen Google employees have home energy monitors to record their power usage.
The software requires "smart" meters, which provide real-time information to both the utility and the customer. The idea with the PowerMeter is that if people knew how much electricity they were using to run individual electric appliances, they'd cut down use.
The PowerMeter will work on an iGoogle home page when it becomes available to the public sometime later this year.
According to The New York Times:
"Google plans to enhance PowerMeter with "social" tools that will allow users to compare their electricity consumption with that of their neighbors or friends. And it plans to allow third parties to develop their own applications that would enhance its usefulness. A programmer, for instance, could create a tool that normalizes the data for variations in weather."
IBM's Welcome to Smart Grid Island
Granted, it's not particularly big geographically, and its population is smaller than most major cities, but the small island nation of Malta will be the first country to boost a nationwide Smart Grid. Courtesy of a $90 million deal between IBM and the nation's utility providers, the entire island of Malta -- population 400,000 -- will get hooked up with the most sophisticated energy management system that Big Blue has to offer, hopefully conserving tons of energy for the Maltese.
Officials say the switch will require at least 250,000 new smart meters and the new grid should be up and running sometime in 2012. The smart grid will allow the nation's utility provider Enemalta to monitor energy use in real time, as well as give them the possibility to reprice energy based on peak hours. For the Maltese, the new meters will allow them to track their energy use online, like the eco smart thermostats that are beginning to hit the market.
IBM has spent the past couple of years developing a variety of software to make the power grid smarter. In 2007 IBM created the Intelligent Utility Network Coalition, which includes a group of utilities that are interested in bringing computing to the electricity network. For startups, IBM can be a very important partner, as it can connect meter makers, energy management firms, and wireless sensor distributors with utilities.


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Can the National Nursing Faculty Shortage be Solved?
The sun hasn't even risen yet, but Katie Notch '16, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) graduate, has already started her work day. An associate instructor in an associate degree in nursing program in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Notch is on her way to the clinical site where she'll oversee the care, assessments, and care planning her students provide to the residents of a long-term care facility.
For the past three academic quarters, Notch, who previously worked as a nurse in medical/surgical and intensive care units, has been working time and a half as a nursing faculty member. She's been teaching lecture sections of about 30 students each, two to four lab sections of up to 16 students each, and four sections of clinicals. Her intense workload is the result of both the college's no-waitlist policy—which means the institution has a large and growing number of nursing students—and the pressing national nursing faculty shortage.
What does the shortage mean for faculty, nurses, and patients?
That shortage not only affects current nursing faculty, but it also has a significant impact on the continuing shortage of nursing professionals across the country, the workload nurses face in hospitals and other clinical settings, and the quality of care patients receive.
"In my experience, for every 3% to 4% vacancy in nursing positions, there's a 20% to 25% increase in overtime hours required by the current nursing staff," says Dr. Robert McWhirt '13, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate and School of Nursing contributing faculty member. McWhirt is a former chief nursing officer with more than 25 years' experience in nursing operations at hospitals in Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.
Many people probably don't think that this shortage of nurses stems from a shortage of nursing educators, but that's exactly the problem. And it touches everyone who could potentially need medical care.
How do we find the cure?
Much like the care of patients with complicated medical histories, the nursing faculty shortage won't be solved with a single strategy. Nursing schools, faculty members, healthcare organizations, and other stakeholders need to come together to develop a range of tactics that address the different causes of the shortage.
Lindell, McWhirt, and Notch note four key areas that are contributing to this crisis—and the strategies that could help solve those issues.
ISSUE: Working as a clinical nurse leaves little time for furthering your education.
A critical shortage of nursing professionals leaves many nurses working overtime and burning out sooner. Add families and personal lives into the mix, and how are they to find time for an advanced degree?
STRATEGY: Take education out of the traditional classroom.
Online graduate nursing programs are the future, according to Lindell. Walden's MSN students who specialize in education learn to design, implement, evaluate, and revise educational programs. The online curriculum is supplemented by fieldwork experience, which gives students an opportunity to apply learning in a real-world environment. Those in the PhD in Nursing program who specialize in education focus on distance learning principles and the use of multimedia technology to facilitate learning—topics that will improve access to nursing education for those who cannot find time to report to a classroom a couple times a week.
ISSUE: There is a lack of diversity in the profession.
Diversity in the nursing profession and among nursing faculty can be a challenging obstacle—or a key differentiator. In many places, nurses and nursing faculty all look the same. But that doesn't have to be the case.
STRATEGY: Look beyond traditional candidates.
Students benefit from diverse faculty members who prepare them to serve all populations. Nursing schools should be focusing on recruitment and retention of groups that are underrepresented in nursing education—including men, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Native Americans—through mentoring and targeted recruitment programs.
Walden's master's and doctoral programs—in fields including public health, health professions, nursing, health services, mental health and social services, psychology, management, and education—were ranked among the top five in multiple categories in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education's 2016 Top 100 Producers of Minority Graduate Degrees. Walden's MSN program ranked No. 1 among African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and total minorities‡.
ISSUE: Nursing faculty positions often pay less than clinical nurse positions.
STRATEGY: Offer help with graduate school costs and recruitment incentives.
Statewide initiatives to lower or offset the cost of the graduate education needed to teach in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), MSN, or doctoral nursing education program are increasing in number. The University of Wisconsin, for example, provides $3.2 million to fund fellowships and loan forgiveness for future nurse faculty who agree to teach in the state after graduation.
Walden offers a Higher Education Professional Development Program, which provides a 10% tuition reduction on degree programs to faculty or staff employed at a U.S. institution of higher education, as well as scholarship opportunities for new students and returning alumni who are registered nurses.
As for healthcare organizations, McWhirt says it's not uncommon for them to dedicate as much as 33% of their budgets to recruiting and retaining nurses through scholarships, signing bonuses, or professional development opportunities.
STRATEGY: Emphasize the benefits of working in academia.
"We're very fortunate that we have all of our nursing faculty positions filled at Walden," Lindell says. She believes more people would consider teaching positions if they were aware of the many benefits that are available at educational institutions.
ISSUE: An increasing number of nurses and nursing faculty are reaching retirement age.
Lindell's note about the "graying" of the profession is supported by the article "The Shortage of Doctorally Prepared Nursing Faculty: A Dire Situation." The authors projected a wave of nursing faculty retirements, with up to 300 doctorally prepared faculty members eligible for retirement annually from 2003 to 2012.
STRATEGY: Take steps to retain faculty and nurses near retirement.
As nursing faculty approach retirement age, nursing schools need to develop creative approaches that will encourage them to continue teaching or sharing their expertise. Some options include creating opportunities to help develop new programs, offering a phased approach to retirement that allows faculty to lower the number of hours they teach or switch to a mentoring role for junior faculty, and providing the option to increase their focus on research while teaching one or two classes in their area of expertise per year.
Nursing is a physically and emotionally demanding career, which can get even more challenging as the years progress. Traditionally, nurses look to move from bedside to desk jobs, but there's no reason they shouldn't be looking at classrooms, too. "Many in the industry don't want to lose the collegial interaction and want to continue to advance the profession," Lindell says.
Because these seasoned nurses have seen successes and failures throughout many transitions in models of care delivery, McWhirt says they are well suited to prepare students for constantly evolving healthcare environments. "They are in a great position to coach, mentor, and educate future leaders," he says.
STRATEGY: Attract younger nurses to faculty positions.
Helping students who are interested in pursuing an MSN, PhD in Nursing, or DNP explore the wide range of career options possible with those degrees is an effective way of getting a teaching career on their radar. Despite the urgent clinical need, there is also a need for faculty members to help groom those traditional bedside nurses.
As Notch wraps up her day and thinks about her alarm going off at 4 a.m. yet again, she fights with herself about the reality of getting up so early. But she is reminded of why she's doing it.
With Walden having so many students depending on it to get their degrees, Lindell hopes the university won't be facing a widespread shortage anytime soon. But she knows the problem is not being overhyped, and she's still engaging in discussions to create strategies to address it.
Sometimes tasked with covering eight chapters in a week, Notch faces a daunting task, but it's a worthy one. Dedicated nursing faculty leads to dedicated nurses, and dedicated nurses benefit us all.
† Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) IPEDS database. Retrieved July 2017, using CIP codes 51.3801 (Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse), 51.3808 (Nursing Science), and 51.3818 (Nursing Practice). Includes 2016 preliminary data.
‡Source: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education analysis of U.S. Department of Education reports submitted by institutions, on the internet at http://diverseeducation.com/top100/.


'… a unit of time, a highly effective comfort blanket, a social glue, and a kind of magical fuel that in the morning helps bridge the gap between sleep-in-your-eyes muddle-headedness and wide awake getting on, then throughout the day provides restorative solace'.
– Victoria Moore, author of How to Drink.
Whether you're seeking some timeout at home, a moment shared with friends, or simply craving your caffeine fix, there's always time for tea.
A bad brew can break your day, so follow these tips from London's Postcard Teas to brew the perfect loose-leaf cup.
1. Use a high quality leaf tea … and don't forget the strainer.
Your cup of tea will release a much better flavour if the leaves have room to move around.
2. Water quality makes a huge difference.
Where possible use filtered tap water, (however readers in London will know that water quality does vary throughout the city). The best substitute for hard tap water is a good basic mineral water – it doesn't have to be anything fancy, a supermarket brand will do the job.
3. Make sure you pay attention to the water temperature.
Water on a rolling boil doesn't make a nice cup of tea. For black tea, water just off the boil is idea. When it comes to green, use water that's a slightly lower temperature.
4. Taste your tea while you brew, and brew to taste.
Sip your tea as you brew it. If it needs to brew for longer, then let it.
What are your tips for avoiding a bad cuppa? Tell us in the comments below.
Read an interview with a master brewer, or find out more about the most picturesque tea shop in London.


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    public async Task<JsonResult> GetParsedApplicationsAsync(string className, string actionName)
    {
        var userRoles = Users.Profile.GetCurrentOrNew().Roles.Select(x => x.Id);
        var sss = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();
        var assemblies = sss
            .SelectMany(x => x.GetTypes())
            .Where(x => typeof(IAppSearch).IsAssignableFrom(x));

        var l = new List<decimal?>();
        foreach (var userRole in userRoles)
        {
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        }
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        {
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            var type = assemblies.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == className);
            var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type, apps);
            return type.GetMethod(actionName).Invoke(instance, BindingFlags.IgnoreCase, null, null, null);

        });
        return await Task.FromResult(Json(action, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));

    }

And I tried also var action = await Task.Run(() =>
Instead of await Task.Factory.StartNew
What can i do ?

A: It looks like your long running method is being dynamically invoked, and you are awaiting the result in your async method, which will the thread back to the thread pool.
However because you are using Task.Factory.StartNew, you are starting work on a new thread, and running the work synchronously there which is blocking a thread (this is a little bit worse than invoking the blocking code directly from GetParsedApplicationsAsync).
The bottom line is if your response requires the results of this long running method, you should make this method async, then when you dynamically invoke it, cast the result to Task<T> and await the result.
Final tip, you can just return the result instead of await Task.FromResult(...), so your last line should read:
return Json(action, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

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Former Michigan State OL Devontae Dobbs, DB Julian Barnett transfer to Memphis football
Memphis football is getting two additions from Michigan via the transfer portal.
Michigan State offensive lineman Devontae Dobbs and cornerback Julian Barnett both announced Monday via Twitter they're transferring to the Tigers. Both were four-star recruits who signed with the Spartans in 2019 out of Belleville High School.
Dobbs, who is 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds, played four games in 2019, including one start at left tackle. He didn't play this season as Spartans offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic told reporters that Dobbs was hurt but also needed to improve in some areas.
Barnett played wide receiver in 2019 and appeared in every game with 13 catches for 182 yards. He returned to defensive back this season but while he appeared in six games, he was used on defense in just two games and mostly played on special teams.
Both Dobbs and Barnett were top-60 national recruits according to 247Sports. Dobbs was ranked No. 51 overall and Barnett was No. 57the two highest-rated recruits in the Spartans' 2019 class.
Dobbs was also the No. 1-rated offensive guard in the country
The two will see a familiar face at Memphis as former Michigan State offensive coordinator Brad Salem is a senior offensive consultant with the Tigers.
If the NCAA votes in January to approve athletes getting a one-time transfer exception without sitting out a season, both bring immediate help to critical positions.
Dobbs could improve an offensive line that struggled this season, especially in run blocking, but was tied for fourth in the AAC with two sacks allowed per game. The offensive line is expected to return four starters next season if center Manual Orona-Lopez elects not to use his final year of eligibility.
Barnett could fill a void in the secondary if cornerbacks TJ Carter and Jacobi Francis, both seniors, decide not to return. Memphis ranked 122nd out of 127 teams in passing defense.
The Tigers, who face Florida Atlantic in the Montgomery Bowl on Wednesday (6 p.m., ESPN), signed 15 players during the early signing period last week. They expect to sign more on National Signing Day on Feb. 3 to complete a class that is ranked the highest in program history at No. 48, according to 247Sports
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Saying you met your boyfriend online is becoming more and more common, but that doesn't mean the horror stories and jokes about the subject are going away anytime soon. Some of my favorite content is when people share their dating horror stories, and boy do I have a lot, so I thought I'd make it fun and share some with y'all.
I sent out a tweet a few weeks ago about wanting to join a bunch of dating sites just to see what happens and then blog about it. The positive feedback to that tweet was so immense that not going through with it would have been a crime.
So here we are, about to talk about Bumble.
Bumble is a dating app that tries to focus more on relationships than hook-ups. So a more adult Tinder.
Side note: I actually have used Tinder before. I had an active profile over a year and a half ago and actually got two dates out of it, but eventually deleted it. Of course, I'll share those stories eventually.
The profiles on Bumble are actually hidden until you pull them up. I find this sad sometimes because some guys may have really funny bios but I will never know because I never took the time to check them out. I'm a chronic left swiper. (I'm really picky.) But luckily, with Bumble you have the ability to backtrack. If you shake your phone, Bumble asks if you want to go back to the last person. However, you can only do this four times a day.
I really like how the pictures are vertical and take up the whole screen as well. Much easier to make someone out when they're not crammed into a tiny square in the upper half of the screen.
Bumble is known for its "girls message first" policy. After you have a connection with someone, you only have 24 hours to send a message. The connection disappears forever if you don't send a message within that time frame. This made me sad a first, but then I realized it weeds out all the boys you don't care too much about actually getting to know me.
I mean, if I really liked someone I would send them a message as soon as possible, right? And Bumble even takes it one step further! After you send your first message, the guy has 24 hours to respond. So again, if he doesn't respond in that window he wasn't all too interested in you anyway. No losses there.
I'm pretty dang disappointed with my Bumble experience.
First off, the boys were nowhere near as cute as they were on Tinder. (Yeah I said it.) They were also mostly older than I wanted to chance. Boys 23 and upwards. This makes sense though, as I said before, Bumble is supposed to be more relationship based.
Which would have been nice had any of the boys I swiped right and connected with actually wanted to talk to me.
Unlike on Tinder, I got no inappropriate messages. Which also meant I had no horror stories to share. But there was one really funny message I got. I remember I loved it so much I literally ran upstairs screaming at my friend.
Because I can tell you're dying to know, he stopped responding after he realized I wasn't going to meet up with him. How very Tinder of him.
If you're looking for an app where you can just look through hot guys, this is probably not the app for you. However, if you're tired of apps known for hookups and want to go through the extra effort to weed out the bad seeds and message first this app is for you. Or if you just get bored and need some hand exercise, this would work as well.
Have you ever used Bumble?


Finland's Social Democrats are in a strong position to take power in Sunday's parliamentary election, after a campaign centered on welfare provision.
The campaign has in many ways been a traditional right-left battle. The Social Democrats have sought to portray themselves as reliable custodians of Finland's extensive welfare state, making clear they are willing to raise taxes to maintain public services.
The Social Democrats are ahead with 19 percent support, a poll by Yle published on Thursday showed, with the Center Party back in fourth on 14.5 percent. The far-right Finns Party were in second with 16.3 percent, and in third was the center-right National Coalition Party (NCP) — the Center Party's junior government partner — on 15.9 percent.
As such their ability to govern will hinge on the strength of the coalition they might need to form, possibly with the nationalist Finns Party.


This this is my one hundredth plus two post.
I think we should have some kind of party.
A very popular blogger that I follow recently hit her 1000th post..she was smart enough to remember to note that she was getting close to that marker, she waited till the time was right and she wrote a post about it.
She probably doesn't have ADD.
Or a husband, or kids.
Maybe she just blogs all day long and forgets to even comb her hair?
When I read her post, I thought to myself...hmmm, I should write a post about my 100th post and the sense of accomplishment I feel at writing 100 times on this blog.
I'd gush on to my thousands of loyal readers just how much fun I've had and I'd tell them how much I appreciate the gift of their time and attention that they've given to this blog and to me.
And to my numerous commenters (Mom, LD and Nicola, Kelly, Lauren, Jessi, Kim :-) I would say, thanks, thanks for your comments...it helps me to feel not so nuts (as in she is talking to herself nuts).
I was so giddy with thankfulness that I wanted to rush back and write that post.
I wanted to package up some luv and boxes of really expensive virtual chocolate and mail it right off to all those who stop by regularly.
When I hurried back to my own blog home, I discovered that I missed my mark...too late to do a 100th post post.
Missed it by 2. (damnitalltohell).
A day late Two days late and a dollar short. (Even my cliché is a day off).
Thanks for reading, if you read one, or one hundred and one two of my literary masterpieces...thanks.
I do so appreciate you.
Who wants to be a sheep and follow the crowd with a typical 100th post celebration? 102 has a much more creative ring to it! Congratulations, long may she wave and God bless all who sail in her. (I think I mixed a few cliches of my own, there).
I recently proposed to another blogger that blogiversaries should come with registries, showers and new towels. Mainly because my wedding towels are really wearing thin.
Congrats! 102 is a great place to be. Also, my word verification is Rulem, as in You Rulem!
Would it be in poor taste to register for perfume?
Sigh... I thought it probably was. But then no one has ever accused me of being tasteful, now have they?


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by Janice Lamattina
There are places we have been in our lives that our hearts return to in the quiet moments. A place we visualize and retreat to - maybe for only a few seconds - a place we remember as peaceful, calming, re-energizing. This blog is about finding such a place.
"Searching for Abegweit" (pronounced AB-a-gwit) was the name of a show Larry & I saw in PEI starring Lennie Gallant, an island native and award-winning singer-songwriter. His music celebrates the island's roots with the legends and poignant tales of love, loss and struggle (the closing of a mine, ships lost at sea, overfishing by commercial fleets) on this tiny island so close to the North Atlantic. Lennie performs with four other musicians, two of whom are nephews. His sound is part folk, part blue grass (Acadian's modern cousin), part blues.
The show also utilizes film and visual works from Lennie's well-known painter sister, Karen Gallant. Larry and I both were taken by her style (see attached) and wished we'd had time to visit her gallery.
"Abegweit " is the Mi'kmaq (a First Nations People) word for PEI meaning "cradled on the waves." "Searching for Abegweit" is about the search for that elusive thing that makes a place so special, that makes it your haven.
Our visit to Prince Edward Island was a trip highlight. A simple description is that it is somewhat reminiscent of Cape Cod without the crowds.
The main town, Charlottetown, is small and walkable with pedestrian-only zones tucked among the several hundred year old buildings. That a quarter of the population in the late 1700s was Irish is still evident in the local accents, the pubs, the sound of Irish music spilling out on to nighttime sidewalks, and the vast assortment of beer. My difficulty in getting a decent glass of wine will be saved for a future foodie blog.
An aside for a small world story: in a Chinese restaurant one evening (where we OD'd on seafood!), we were chatting with some local university students when a man spoke up: "You must be from St. Simons Island." Kinda shocking to hear this in a very out- of-the-way, NOT touristy, restaurant on PEI! Turns out he had gotten married at our SSI lighthouse back in the 90s!!!
Outside of town, the wide rolling hillsides are covered with fields of flowering potatoes that stretch to the horizon, hay fields sloping down to the chilly Gulf of St. Lawrence and acres of yellow canola flowers so bright they're like fields of sunshine. What roads there are are either narrow two lane roads weaving along the shore line or roads of the distinctive PEI bright red clay that cut across farmland.
All, eventually, lead to some small fishing village like Rustico... Or North Rustico ... or Anglo Rustico. The main industry in these tiny villages where the Acadian flag is prominently displayed outside the few homes is clearly family-run lobster, mussel, and oyster fishing.
We enjoyed a terrific bike ride along a deserted shore line surrounded by spruce covered sand dunes, past a wind surfer on a lake who told us how he continues his hobby on land in the winter using a snow board (!!!!!!), stopped to chat with Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, at the magnificent & historic Dalvay By The Sea (see photo). She & her Prince hubby had also swung through in 2011 on a grand tour.
We loved the natural, peaceful beauty of this island, its fresh sea air and the vast well-tended farms. A little sorry to be leaving, we drove our car onto a ferry for the 75 minute trip to Cape Breton.
Cape Breton is an island at the northern tip of the island of Nova Scotia. It is where the Gulf of St. Lawrence meets the North Atlantic, where five foot winter snows last into May and moose warning signs line the roadsides.
Again Larry and I were stunned by the dramatic beauty of the coastline. Parts are like the coast of Maine; parts like the coast of Northern California. Hiking trails led out to rocky coastlines where we could sit for hours looking toward England, hoping to spot a passing whale. But just inland you find "highlands" like Scotland...scrubby, windswept, vegetation stunted by the winter winds.
And, in fact, there is a strong Scottish heritage on the northern and eastern sides of the Cape. The few shops promote tartans, road signs are in both English and Gaelic. (See photo). Only national Canadian signs (like park entrances) have the English/French combo. There is even a Gaelic university!!
But drive two hours to the western side of the Cape and Acadian flags are flying and, when entering a shop, you're greeted with a cheery "Bonjour!"
Like PEI, fishing villages dot the shoreline every 15 miles or so, far enough apart and made further by the harsh winters, each has its own character. As one local young man told us, "I can tell what town people are from by their accent." And everyone seems to know everyone!
It was now time to head for Quebec City. But on PEI and Cape Breton, Larry and I found Abegweit...beautiful, special places that will stay with us long after the vacation.
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Disruption and innovation are shaping the future of every industry. Sparklink shows entrepreneurs and organizations how they too can do smarter work.
We develop solutions for companies like deSingel, Orange, HCI, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Foodcareplus, Smartmat, and the European Climate Foundation. We're set up in a funky loft office, with a cafeteria and a view of the MAS museum, at "Het Eilandje" in Antwerp.
You'll be working for a large part of your life. Wouldn't it be nice to be doing something relevant and challenging? In an inspiring place with passionate colleagues?
At Sparklink, we think large-scale, fundamental improvements can be made in how people work and live by cleverly employing innovative technology. That way, people can return to dealing with the heart of the matter. With these things computers and software will never be able to take over. To be able to collaborate on that does really matter.
When people know full well what they're making and why they're making it, they make something better. That's why at Sparklink, people are really involved in the project they're working on. That way we can make better applications.
When we trust competent people and give them full responsibility, we find we don't need quite so many rules and micromanagement. We'd rather invest our time and energy in personal development, training, and coaching.
We are organized wisely around humans instead of around structures and procedures. We treat adults as adults, put people above organizational modes, and see freedom and self-interest as the basis for collective alignment.
We do this because we wish for everyone to have a fulfilling and productive working life and a healthy work life balance, while allowing Sparklink to generate healthy, sustainable profits.
Sparklink is organized around some of the insights Ricardo Semler brought to the business world. If you want to read more about how he is changing the workplace, check out his book "Maverick" (EN) or "Semco Stijl" (NL).
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Fashion collides with an environmental conscience for AW17.
Never simply about trends, Vanessa Gounden's AW17 collection is a love letter to the world's most stunning yet vulnerable species. Employing the label's trademark 3D prints, the Endangered Collection is a strikingly elegant warning against the rising destruction of the planet that employs a kaleidoscope of rare and exquisite florals and animals, highlighting the threat of deforestation. "It's something people aren't really talking about," says Gounden, the brand's South African born founder and Creative Director. "The Ghost Orchid – no-one knows about it. Bringing these species to the fore is a great opportunity," she continues.
Alongside the hauntingly gorgeous Ghost Orchid, other icons include the Silverback Gorilla and African Daisy, set here against ethereal aquamarine, rich pinks and dramatic blacks; fluid and luxurious silks, delicate crepes and sumo satins likewise navigate the silhouette of both Ready-to-Wear and signature couture pieces.
Since the brand's star-studded launch back in 2011 – Poppy Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Jade Jagger all attended – Artivism, (the combining of social, environmental and political concerns with art) has been one of the brand's central tenets. Gounden explains, "I want to grow into a bespoke, niche brand with a global footprint. Also, extending the life of each concept – making them talking points beyond just one season." Powerfully accentuating the female form, this layest range then is designed for the informed and confident woman to wear as an embodiment of the urgency for change – très punk, if you ask us.


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Installing a scanning application on your company's Android devices enables your employees and coworkers to scan anything ranging from important business documents to receipts for lunch. By combining the app's rating and popularity on the Google Play Store, it's possible to compile a list of the best scanners available for your company's Android devices.
CamScanner is billed by its developer as an intelligent document scanning and management tool for your business. With more than 10 million downloads and a 4.5-star rating out of a possible 5 on the Google Play Store, the Android community has declared CamScanner far and away one of the best scanners available. Its features include scan quality adjustments, a document search tool, password protection and a synchronization tool that allows you to seamlessly sync documents across multiple devices. CamScanner is a free application that's 10MB in size. It requires Android 2.0 or higher.
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Handy Scanner Free turns your company's Android devices into multipurpose scanners capable of scanning documents, whiteboards, business cards and more. It has a 4.5-star rating and has been downloaded more than 500,000 times from the Google Play Store. Its features include batch scanning, a document management tool with search functionality, contrast and brightness adjustments and PDF watermark support. As its name implies, Handy Scanner Free is a free application. A paid version with expanded functionality is also available. Handy Scanner Free is a 1.7MB download that requires Android 2.2 or later.
Document Scanner has a 4.5-star rating and has been downloaded upwards of 100,000 times from the Google Play Store. The app has also been recommended by the New York Times, Financial Times and PCWorld. Features of Document Scanner include PDF output, cloud printing, unlimited pages, image insertion, page size and compression configuration, page reordering, image quality adjustments and the ability to share scans via email, Dropbox, Google Docs, Evernote and more. Document Scanner is 3.2MB and costs around $4. It requires Android 1.5 or higher.
Genius Scan
Genius Scan is an Android scanning app compatible with smartphones and tablets. It has a 4.5-star rating and has been downloaded upwards of 50,000 times from the Google Play Store. It has more than 8 million users across all mobile platforms and received five-star reviews from the AppSafari and AppPicker websites. Features of Genius Scan include perspective correction, image post-processing, PDF document and JPG image creation, smart page detection and the ability to share scans email, Evernote, Dropbox and a host of cloud-based services. Genius Scan is 6.7MB and costs around $1. It requires Android 2.2 or later.
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Andrew Tennyson has been writing about culture, technology, health and a variety of other subjects since 2003. He has been published in The Gazette, DTR and ZCom. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Fine Arts in writing.
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About Evan Young
Evan Young is originally from Little Rock, Ark. He graduated basic training in 1989, transitioned from a sergeant to lieutenant in 1998, and rose to the rank of Major before retiring. In 1998, Evan graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a B.A. in English. From there, he continued his studies while on Active Duty and graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Florida with a M.S. in Management Information Systems. He earned his public affairs credentials in 2004 and broadcasting management credentials in 2007. He served in the Reserves, Guard, and Active Duty. He was the Hawaii National Guard as a Public Affairs officer and a Media Officer at NORAD and US NORTHCOM. Evan began transition in 2011. He retired from the Army as a Major in 2013. Since then he began his own web development company, EF Young, has written for OutServe magazine as a blogger, is the former president of the Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition, and currently serves as the national president of the Transgender American Veterans Association. Evan currently lives in Dover, AR. with his two children.
Here are my most recent posts
Congratulations to President Elect Biden and Vice President Elect Harris
The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) congratulates President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris. We urge the new administration, as we have urged the current administration, to immediately reverse discriminatory policies against military service by qualified transgender…
TAVA's Policy Proposal for the Democratic National Committee Has Been Adopted
Thanks to the vision and hard work of TAVA co-founder and vice president Angela Brightfeather, TAVA was successful in persuading the Democratic National Committee to adopt policy that aims to remove discriminatory barriers to medically necessary healthcare for Veterans, service…
TAVA VP Promotion & New Board Members
Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) is pleased to announce our new national Vice President and national board additions. Our long serving VP Gene Silvestri has retired after years of tireless outstanding service. TAVA's newly elected Vice President is Zander Keig.…
2020 Transgender Military Retreat
Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transgender American Veterans Military Retreat - a Conference for Building Community and Self Advocacy Atlanta, September 25 – 27, 2020. Transgender American Veterans Association announces its second conference of Advocacy, Empowerment and…
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Joint Press release re: SCOTUS lifts injunctions banning Transgender military service
A full 25 years after our allied countries lifted their bans on gay and transgender service, the US Administration is still determined to enforce discrimination. While three courts have filed injunctions against the administration banning Transgender Service, and one court…
Transgender Service Amicus Brief
Washington, D.C. Yesterday, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) joined eight other U.S. veterans organizations on a powerful brief submitted to the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in opposition to the proposed ban on military service…
POTUS Tweet regarding Transgender Service
TRANSGENDER AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION (TAVA) July 26, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Re: POTUS Tweet regarding Transgender Service The proud patriotic veterans and service members of Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) are deeply disappointed by President Trump's heartless tweet this morning prohibiting transgender military service. Understandably, the nation is in shock and disbelief that…
TAVA & AVER Statement on House Amendment to Deny Transgender Care for Military Members and Their Families
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Transgender American Educational Rights Involving Restroom Use
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friend day operator+=(day& dy, product& prod)
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    dy.ygl+= prod.Yglevod;
    dy.bel+= prod.Belok;
    dy.gur+= prod.Gur;
    dy.kkal+= prod.Kkal;
    return dy;
}

это действие в классе day
product - это другой класс

A: У вас оператор описан как свободная функция; по-моему, вы хотели не этого. Как я понимаю, это оператор для day - тогда он должен быть в классе day и иметь вид примерно такой -
day& operator+=(const product& prod)
{
    ygl+= prod.Yglevod;
    bel+= prod.Belok;
    gur+= prod.Gur;
    kkal+= prod.Kkal;
    return *this;
}

Для такого обращения к закрытым членам product ваш класс day должен быть объявлен его другом; ну, или другом можно объявить только оператор += из класса day.
P.S. Оператор может быть объявлен и как свободная функция, но, по-моему, для оператора += логичнее быть объявленным в пределах класса, как функция-член.
P.P.S. Вот простенький пример, где операторы объявлены и в классе, и вне.
class A;

class B
{
public:
    B& operator +=(const A& a);
    int y;
};

class A
{
private:
    int x;

    friend B& B::operator +=(const A& a);
    friend B& operator -=(B& b, A& a);
};

B& B::operator +=(const A& a)
{
    y += a.x;
    return *this;
}

B& operator -=(B& b, A& a)
{
    b.y -= a.x;
    return b;
}

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    B b;
    A a;
    b += a;
    B c = b -= a;
}

A: Объявите оператор дружественной функцией для обоих классов. Ниже показано, как это можно сделать
#include <iostream>

class B;

class A
{
public:
    friend A & operator +=(A &a, const B &b);

    explicit A(int x = 0) : x(x) {}

    std::ostream & out(std::ostream &os = std::cout) const
    {
        return os << x;
    }

private:
    int x;
};

class B
{
public:
    friend A & operator +=(A &a, const B &b);

    explicit B(int y = 0) : y(y) {}

    std::ostream & out(std::ostream &os = std::cout) const
    {
        return os << y;
    }

private:
    int y;
};

A & operator +=(A &a, const B &b)
{
    a.x += b.y;

    return a;
}

int main()
{
    A a(10);

    (a += B(20)).out() << std::endl;
}

Можете также включить оператор для rvalue правого операнда
friend A & operator +=(A &a, B &&b);

Альтернативный подход - это объявить этот оператор в одном классе членом класса, а в другом классе дружественной функцией.


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For many players, the dark adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence from the modest studio Asobo came as a big surprise, but the development of the project was far from easy.
As the game director of the now dilogy, Kevin Shoto, told Eurogamer, the very first version of the original game showed very poor results during internal review, when the game was offered to be evaluated by people from outside. The developers had to redo a lot to bring the project to the state in which Innocence was presented at release.
According to Shoto, "fake" reviews showed that the game would receive a score in the region of 55-60%, and this greatly demoralized the developers - the studio even suspended the production of the project.
Changes had to be made to each chapter, and some of them were radically reworked.
Fortunately, despite the emergence of the need for additional funding for the game, the publisher in the person of Focus Entertainment believed in the team and provided the necessary resources - the project was delayed for another nine months.
A Plague Tale: Innocence made it to release on May 14, 2019, receiving very positive feedback from both the players and the specialized press. In 2022, the game received a direct sequel. A Plague Tale: Requiem's ratings were slightly higher, and the adventure itself took fourth place in the top of the best games of the year according to Igromania.
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On Sunday, Feral Fixers brought in 14 more cats to the PAWS-Chicago Spay/Neuter clinic to have the 'Neuter' portion of the 'Trap-Neuter-Return' process performed. Super-volunteer Jennifer brought them in (Thanks Jennifer!) while I picked them up and brought them back to Tammy's to start the 'Return' part of the process.
12 of the cats were true ferals while 2 were 'friendly ferals'. The great majority of the ferals were females, so we have surely stopped several litters of outdoor kittens which would have been occurring in the next couple of months.
The picture thumbnail is of the 14 cats as I picked them up on Sunday. If you click on the thumbnail, you'll see a full-size version of the picture.
With these 14 cats, Feral Fixers has now processed 54 for this month, 309 for the year and 1,788 overall.


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So I did not post much last week. You can blame "those darn kids." They have not been sleeping as well as they should in the places that they should during the times that they should. In effect, they are sleeping like kids.
anywhoo... 3 things to chat about since last I posted.
Things have changed with Little Man. He asked us to pack up his trains and put them in the basement so that he could have room for his air plane toys. He now is trainless with 2 airports and 8 airplanes. It is amazing that the trains have been usurped. He has been devotedly playing with trains since he was 1.5 years old. He is now six so for 75% of his life he has been all about the trains and now he has moved on. I am not sure what to think of this. My thoughts or not, it shows that the Little Man is growing up whether we want him to or not.
It seems that most of the jobs that would be in my experience range and pay scale in the GIS community now require one to have a security clearance prior to applying for the position. The catch 22 of this is that to get a security clearance one must already have a job that requires a security clearance. Damn catch 22's.
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About noon today... another terrible murder... those which recently horrified the community had been perpetrated in Miller's court, Dorset street, Spitalfields. It will be remembered that the news of the other murders was very early made known, and consequently the late hour of the day in which the present intelligence came to us seemed to argue against the truth of the rumour. We at once sent a reporter to the spot, who, on applying to the inspector at the Commercial street Station, was informed that orders had been received not to give any information beyond the bare fact that a woman had been murdered, all official information being forwarded to Scotland yard.
Consequently the details of the crime are difficult to obtain, but inquiry in the neighbourhood elicited the information that the victim's head was nearly, or quite severed from the body, and that, as in the other terrible cases, the abdomen was ripped open.
The Press Association says: At half past ten this morning, the dead body of a woman with her head almost severed from her body was found in an untenanted outhouse or shed in Dorset court, Dorset street, Commercial street, Spitalfields. It had evidently lain there for some hours, but several scavengers who were in the court at nine o'clock this morning declare the body was not there then. They might, however, have been mistaken, as the place is very dark. An alarm was immediately raised, and an inspector of police and a number of constables were soon on the spot. It is remarkable that Dorset court is exactly opposite the house in Dorset street in which the unfortunate woman, Annie Chapman, used to lodge. The discovery created the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood, and crowds quickly gathered at the scene.
The City Police have made an official report that a woman was found cut to pieces at a house in Dorset street, at 10.45 this morning.
It is stated that Mr. Gent-Davis proposes today to move the adjournment of the House of Commons in order to call attention to the circumstances under which Mr. Monro resigned his post as Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Colonel Howard Vincent, some time head of the Criminal Investigation Department, is preparing a reply to Sir Charles Warren's article on the London police which appeared in Murray's Magazine, and was made the subject of a question in the House of Commons last night.


This spring, Georgia's 3.8 million people mark a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union — and 98 years since their forefathers established the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Georgian soldiers join U.S. Marines during a patrol near Helmand province in Afghanistan on Nov. 7, 2013. Georgia, a strong U.S. military ally, recently participated in a joint U.S. training exercise under the auspices of NATO, which Tbilisi is pushing to join despite Russia's objections.
In fact, the Georgian Embassy in Washington has a lavish "Regaining Georgia's Independence" reception planned for June 8.
But not everyone back home is in the mood to party.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and while the violence in Ukraine has died down, the former Soviet satellite remains bitterly divided. Fighting also recently flared anew between two of Georgia's neighbors — Armenia and Azerbaijan — threatening the stability of the entire Caucasus region. And Russia, which invaded Georgia in 2008 and still occupies two of its provinces, continues a barrage of propaganda against its tiny neighbor, raising alarms that history might at some point repeat itself.
Within Georgia itself, human rights organizations claim that the government now in power tries to silence its critics through intimidation, censorship and harassment of opposition politicians and media outlets. Voters are also increasingly dissatisfied with the governing party and the direction of the country.
Meanwhile, even though Georgia saw its GDP grow by 3.5 percent last year, the drop in oil prices draining Russia's once-booming economy has hurt the Georgian economy as well. And as if all that's not enough, Georgia's currency, the lari, has lost 30 percent of its value relative to the dollar since November 2014.
Archil Gegeshidze, Georgia's ambassador to the United States, said adversity is nothing new for his country.
In 1989, massive pro-independence demonstrations rocked the streets of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. Soviet troops fired on the protesters, and 20 people died in the ensuing violence. Anti-Moscow sentiment then spread to the three Baltic states, with similar protests breaking out in Lithuania in early 1990.
"Gorbachev's perestroika couldn't hide it," said Gegeshidze, referring to Mikhail Gorbachev, the reform-minded leader who presided over his country's eventual collapse. "The Soviet elite was very angry at the Georgians, who had started this independence movement, and that's why post-Soviet Russia — run by the same elite — began to punish Georgia.
Gegeshidze, 59, was an academic before replacing his predecessor, Temuri Yakobashvili, in Washington. He worked at a Tbilisi think tank, the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, and notes that he's never belonged to a political party.
By coincidence, Gegeshidze presented his White House credentials along with four other ambassadors on April 15, 2013 — the same day Chechen terrorists attacked the Boston Marathon with pressure-cooker bombs, killing three people and injuring over 260.
Gegeshidze spoke to The Washington Diplomat at length during a recent interview at the Georgian Embassy, housed in an R Street mansion off Dupont Circle.
The country Gegeshidze represents traces its history back nearly 3,000 years and is less than half as big or populous as the U.S. state that shares its name.
Gegeshidze is also understandably proud of his country's rich tradition of winemaking — the country boasts 500 varieties of grapes and its own unique way of crushing them — as well as Georgia's distinctive polyphonic folk music and its unique alphabet, which is unlike any other in the world.
Less admirable is another Georgian legacy: Joseph Stalin, the communist dictator who ruled the U.S.S.R. from the mid-1920s until 1953, and whose brutal purges and forced industrialization of Soviet agriculture led to the starvation of millions of people.
Yet it was another native son, Eduard Shevardnadze, who as Soviet foreign minister during the Gorbachev era helped negotiate détente with the United States as well as several landmark nuclear arms treaties. He also opposed the 1989 Soviet crackdown in Georgia and resigned the following year with a warning that "dictatorship is coming." In November 1995, Shevardnadze became the first president of Georgia five years after the Soviet Union's formal dissolution.
From Tbilisi's point of view, the brutality continues to this day. Only eight years ago, Georgia fought a brief but bloody war with Russia, losing control over two disputed territories in the process: Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia received $4 billion in postwar assistance, including $1 billion from the U.S. government.
Besides Russia, only three countries now recognize the two breakaway republics: Venezuela, Nicaragua and Nauru.
"We are constantly spending our diplomatic resources and urging our friends here in the U.S. to prevent other countries from recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia," said Gegeshidze, noting that his country has yet to restore diplomatic ties with Russia that were broken in 2008.
However, Yakobashvili, the man Gegeshidze replaced as ambassador, counters that Georgia's ruling government hasn't done enough to raise the alarm about Abkhazia and South Ossetia — and he isn't happy about the way things have gone back home since he gave up his post following the last elections.
Yakobashvili, who now runs his own Washington-based think tank — the New International Leadership Institute — says he wishes the current government in Tbilisi would be "more pro-active" than it is now.
The current Georgian government, however, must spend its time explaining what Yakobashvili sees as "selective justice" and the lack of press freedoms, specifically "the very open attempts to shut down independent media, especially Rustavi 2" — a reference to Georgia's most popular TV channel, whose owners are close friends of the former president, Mikheil Saakashvili. Rustavi 2 is the primary media outlet for pro-Western forces in Georgia, including Saakashvili's opposition party.
In 2012, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream coalition defeated Saakashvili's party in parliamentary elections. Since then, the brash, Western-educated Saakashvili — who spearheaded a series of reforms but was criticized for authoritarian tendencies and antagonizing Moscow — has moved to Ukraine, where he was appointed governor of Odessa in a bid to rid the region of corruption.
Meanwhile, Tbilisi has revoked Saakashvili's Georgian citizenship and pursued charges against the former president for abuse of power. Human rights groups accuse the ruling Georgian Dream coalition of a political witch-hunt.
Despite the criticism, Georgia continues to enjoy support inside the Beltway, especially given the anti-Russia climate on Capitol Hill.
Tourism is a growing economic driver for Georgia, which is home to scenic landscapes such as the Tusheti region in the northeastern part of the country, seen above.
On March 23, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), co-chair of the Georgian Caucus with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), introduced a nonbinding resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support Georgia's territorial integrity.
In late April, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili came to Washington, where he spoke at the U.S. Institute of Peace on current events in the Caucasus.
"Georgia has many friends in Congress, and I'm proud to place myself at the top of that list," he said, urging his audience to keep lobbying for the country's eventual admission to NATO.
Before Georgia's 2008 war with Georgia, Abkhazia was home to 550,000 people, while much smaller South Ossetia had 60,000 inhabitants.
He worries that Moscow may be gearing up for another attack on his country.
The result, he said, is that some countries in the 28-member NATO alliance have been intimidated by an increasingly assertive Russia.
In fact, Georgia has an economy of $35 billion (adjusted for purchasing power parity) and per-capita GDP of $9,500. In 2014, its economy grew by 4.8 percent in 2014 and is expected to grow 3 percent in 2016. The country also fares well on many economic freedom and transparency ratings.
In 2014, Georgia signed an association agreement with the European Union, which was unanimously ratified by the bloc's 28 members — much to the consternation of Russia, which has suffered as prices for crude oil have tumbled.
From left, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, Georgian Minister of Defense Tinatin Khidasheli and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg talk at an October 2015 meeting of NATO defense ministers. Georgia would like to formally join the security bloc, a move that would provoke the ire of Russia.
While the U.S. has beefed up NATO military resources to the Baltics in the wake of Russian saber-rattling in the region, admitting Georgia into the security bloc isn't high on the totem pole of priorities.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has derided NATO as "obsolete," saying the Cold War-era alliance siphons off American taxpayer money while subsidizing European nations.
Many experts also say that admitting Georgia as a NATO member would needlessly provoke Moscow, especially at a time when tensions in Ukraine have simmered down. Russia, which would see the move as a Western encroachment on its backyard, could possibly retaliate. And because an attack against one NATO member is considered an attack on all, the bloc would be forced to come to Georgia's defense — an obligation some in Europe, and the U.S., aren't willing to shoulder.
Of more immediate concern is a recent flare-up in the sporadic border war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Up until a 1994 ceasefire, the Armenians and Azeris fought a war over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, resulting in the region's de facto independence despite being internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan. The fighting left anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 people dead on both sides, including as many as 200 so far this year.


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Choosing a new pub EPOS system is a big decision that it is important to get right. It is also hard to find the time to research systems whilst running a busy pub.
It helps to focus first on the most important factors. Being operators ourselves, and having developed an EPOS system for pubs & bars we have a good understanding of what these are. In this article, we look at one key aspect to look for – flexibility.
There should be a good number of customisable options which will allow you to tweak the EPOS set up, making sure it's right for you and the way you operate.
Do staff taking orders prepare their own drinks? Do you need to queue these orders to another terminal or printer? Do you always give receipts or only on request?
These are just a few examples of options that will be different site by site.
Of course, not everything you need will necessarily be a configurable option – which leads into the next point.
The design of the system should be flexible enough to allow for reasonably quick and easy changes. You're unlikely to think of everything you need from your POS until you're up and running, and your needs and wants will change over time.
Not all of your requests may be possible, but if not you at least want your EPOS provider to help you achieve them as best as they can – this leads onto the final aspect to look for in a flexible pub EPOS system.
Of equal, if not higher importance to a flexible design, is a flexible approach.
With some time and effort spent understanding your needs, there will be a solution for most requests. When you choose a pub EPOS system, you should not just be assessing the product but the people behind it. You are selecting people who will be instrumental in delivering your current and future needs. Make sure they have both the know-how and willingness to work with you on solutions to the challenges you will face.
An EPOS should be a long-term purchase that will grow and adapt with you and your business. If your needs and requirements are not being listened to and worked on, look elsewhere. Remember you are looking for a long-term partner, not just a supplier.
If you're looking for a new EPOS for your pub or bar contact us to let us know your requirements and see if we can help meet them.


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Apple and Samsung agree to more mediation ahead of next court date
By Kate Solomon 2014-01-09T10:15:00.8Z
Like a couple of warring parents
Enough of that, Judge Judy
New court documents reveal that Apple and Samsung are set to sit down and talk rationally in a mediation session before they head back to court in March.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and his Samsung equivalent, Oh-Hyun Kwon, will attend a private session before February 19, with only their in-house legal teams in tow.
After a year of explosive court clashes in 2012, 2013 saw Apple and Samsung settle down a bit and 2014 may even see them behave like adults.
The quiet talks could result in a court-less settlement over Apple's claims that Samsung has copied its ideas and infringed on its patents relating to the iPhone and iPad.
Mediate this
Reuters says that the court documents that mention the mediation session also reveal that while the tech world's eye was on CES 2014, the two companies' legal eagles met to talk about a possible settlement on January 6.
The signs for a settlement seem good, given that word also surfaced at the end of 2013 that talks about a deal were ongoing.
That said, the two companies have danced this dance before and still ended up in court so, like children of a broken home, we'll just have to go back up to our rooms, turn the music up loud and drown out the sounds of shouting from below.
Tech's highs and lows in 2013


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Veinticinco de Mayo is a  department of Chaco Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 28,000 inhabitants in an area of  2,576 km², and its capital city is Machagai, which is located around 1,140 km from the Capital federal.

Settlements
 Colonia Agricola Aborigen Chaco
 Colonia La Tambora
 Machagai
 Napalpi

References

Departments of Chaco Province

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Q: How might i add a watermark in a capture video in android/Kotlin Here is my simple code basically I want to capture a video using the watermark without FFmpeg I want to do it in a simple way, please help
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        Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE).also { takeVideoIntent ->
            takeVideoIntent.resolveActivity(packageManager)?.also {
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Single foster mum urges others to step up and become carers
22 Sep Single foster mum urges others to step up and become carers
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Growing up Felicity was surrounded by foster children in her parent's home and knew she always wanted to become a carer herself too.
But she always thought she would do it after she had married and had her own biological children. When she reached her 30s and was still single she asked herself the question: "why wait?" Since then she has fostered two children through Uniting as a single parent and has had ten respite and emergency placements. Following on from Foster Carers Week (10-16 Sept) Uniting are asking those who are interested in becoming foster carers to come forward and help other children in need of care.
"I always worried that I wouldn't be enough just by myself but the truth is I can offer these children something that others cannot – my full attention," says Felicity, of Coffs Harbour.
"I love being a foster mum and it's been the best decision I've ever made in my life."
It was four years ago that Felicity was given a five year old girl to care for. Two years later an 11-week-old baby came too.
Down the track when I would love to think we could add another little person to our family. There is a huge need for great families for these treasures, and I would love to be a part of meeting that need."
If Felicity could offer advice to those thinking of becoming foster carers it would be this:
"Parenting is really hard work, single parenting is crazy hard work, single parenting of children with trauma in their lives is the hardest work there is – but it's the most rewarding too."
In NSW there are almost 20,000 children and young people unable to live safely at home. Uniting currently has 59 children in Coffs Harbour placed in its foster program. Foster carers are desperately in demand. People can foster if they are single, married, with or without children, in a de-facto or same-sex relationship, or divorced.
If you'd like to chat to Uniting further you can contact us on 1800 864 846 or you can find out more about foster care.