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Andrus Rannaääre
music / muusika
Andrus
The sunlit music of Andrus Rannaääre
3.11.2011 Maria Palts
The timid and genial Andrus is a happy man, because his work and hobby are one and the same. He has dedicated his life to creating and performing music. "I have never had to work nine to five as many people do who work at the office," confesses Andrus. "I am probably even not capable of that. I enjoy the life of a musician, full of surprises and the unexpected, and without any set temporal boundaries." Andrus says that he can be invited to perform at any place in Estonia and sometimes it is only at the destination that he finds out which songs to perform. The pianist is luckily able to play by ear and from memory, and he can also improvise if necessary, which has happened on numerous occasions when he had forgotten to take sheet music or been asked to play a song he had never even heard of before. "There was an open air concert at the Old Town Days together with Tanel Padar and Koit Toome. The songs were new and gusts of wind blew the sheet music into the crowd. The rest of the concert had to be played from memory. I was still able to pull it off," recalls Andrus one of many extreme situations.
In music circles, Andrus is known primarily as a pianist and an arranger. He has performed with Estonian singers like Gerli Padar, Ivo Linna, Marvi Vallaste, Tõnis Mägi, and many others, accompanying them on piano and keyboards. Andrus does project-based work at the Vanemuine theatre, playing with the orchestra in various musicals. "Even though I sit in the orchestra and therefore cannot see what happens on stage during those musicals, I do know what happens backstage and what the spectators never see. While playing with the orchestra, the most important thing is co-operation and breathing as one. On the other hand, it is also an exercise in awareness. One must simultaneously observe the conductor and also listen to the singers and other instruments playing so that harmony and wholeness can arise," explains Andrus.
Andrus also writes arrangements for choirs and orchestras. Few people know that he is also a composer.
The musician has already released four albums of his own music. The songs on the first three albums were recorded with synthesisers only and the music is meditative and calming. Andrus says that his music has been suitable for masseurs who have provided feedback that compositions like that have a relaxing and healing effect on their customers. Laughing, Andres adds that one of his good friends suffered from insomnia and listening to his album made it a lot easier to fall asleep. A couple of people have used his music as a backdrop for childbirth, which helped the participants relax and feel safe.
He emphasises that the existence of a preceding desire or ambition to make music is also crucial, and notes that if one tunes themselves through the heart, then music is born that also touches the listeners' hearts. In that respect, Andrus has received positive feedback from many people. In addition to the calmness and well-being they experienced, people have also called the music therapeutic. Andrus himself does not yet have any such ambitions, but he believes that calmness and lightness may have a way of helping people get better.
As for how his creation is born, Andrus says, "I like freedom – music is not forced into some pre-set framework, I have an opportunity to create it on the spot." The pianist recalls, "My erstwhile teacher Raimo Kangro conveyed very well how a composer should regard their oeuvre. Drop everything superfluous if at all possible, it is better to do less and well."
In addition to his musical endeavours, Andrus is also interested in a healthy lifestyle and yoga. "Everything began in fact with practical necessity," he asserts. Playing the piano is a demanding profession – practice sessions take many hours, and one needs to be focused and alert. Should one be overly tense while doing that, several problems arise – one of them is a forced position that forces the player to hump their back and there will be issues with hands. Particularly problematic is stage fright, which even the most skilful musician can experience the moment they walk onto the stage. Sensing the severity of such problematic issues, the young man began looking for solutions and turned to yoga and other spiritual practices for assistance. The Lilleoru courses known as "The art of changing oneself" have also been of great assistance, for they help notice emotions that hinder living, and to rid oneself of those emotions.
"I used to be easily irritable and sometimes said things in the heat of the moment that I would later come to regret," admits Andrus. "It is different now. I am better at maintaining a calm and level head even in difficult situations. I no longer get upset so easily," the young man says cheerfully.
Andrus also pays attention to eating right. "I prefer vegetarian food, because it is easier to digest and it does not make you feel heavy in the stomach. Having said that, I think the middle of the road is the right way to go. When I visit somebody, I'll devour a piece of meat and not make a fuss out of it," admits the musician. He thinks that one should listen to their body in order to understand what it needs at the moment instead of subscribing to the latest diet trends that are being advertised.
Andrus is able to see the bright side in any situation. "Everybody is the creator of their own life. What people focus on, they draw into their lives. That is why I prefer to turn my attention to the things that bring joy and content." His recent album "Hommikupäike" ("Morning Sun") exudes that optimism.
The young man celebrates the start of every day. "Imagine the sun rising above the horizon and gilding the entire world with its rays. Nature is awakening. One can sense the morning freshness in the air. A new day is dawning. Anything is possible." It is nature which is the source of the pianist's inspiration. In Andrus's opinion, it is important to be active and spend time outdoors. "I often take a walk in the park and I try to spend as much time in nature as possible." The pianist has learnt such an outlook on life from his grandfather, who lived in the village of Treiman and taught him to respect country life and self-made things. Grandfather took Andrus to the sea and in forest and taught him that nature is alive and it is possible to speak with it. Thus it is important for the young man to spend time in the forest and on the seaside in order to relieve stress and recharge his batteries.
One of Andrus' dreams is to use his creation to heal people. Every sound carries a vibration, and vibrations can influence the listener's state of mind and health, and relieve stress. Frequencies of various sounds influence the body's energy centres. Andrus wishes to create a particular kind of music that balances them.
Another of his dreams is to write film scores. "I have in fact already done it once," he says. "Margus Aru commissioned me to write music for his film. The film "Vastus" ("Answer") tells the story about how the director lost both himself and the world around him, and then found his way again." Andrus thinks that his music is well suited to films and it would be one opportunity for his creation to reach the wider world.
To Andrus, music is the universal language – people can understand it even without words. The pianist considers it important that people feel joy when listening to his music. Andrus says, "Music flows through me, I share it with other people and sharing is what happiness is all about."
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Aituaje Iruobe (born September 1), known as Waje (an acronym for "Words aren't just enough"), is a Nigerian singer whose vocal range covers three octaves. Waje was born in Akure, Ondo State in Nigeria then moved to Benin City, Edo State and was raised by her parents. She was the first child and the first daughter in her family. Her parents got divorced when she was young, and had to overcome difficult situations. Waje attended the Word of Faith Group of Schools and joined the choir. As a young singer she once sang gospel tunes to the delight of the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa of Church of God mission int. Archbishop Benson was quite impressed by her singing and decided to help her throughout her whole secondary school days. She then moved to Nsukka to receive a degree in social work at University of Nigeria. During her school years, Waje focused on her musical works such as school concerts and fellowships. She listened and learned from her mentors such as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin to improve her music.
She has participated in the remake of P-Square's "Omoge Mi" and featured as the female voice in the duo's 2008 hit track "Do Me". She was also featured on Banky W's "Thief My Kele" and M.I's "One Naira". In 2016, she was one of the four judges in the inaugural season of The Voice Nigeria. Waje's vocal range covers three octaves. She was found singing in church as a young lady whose love for humanity led her to study social work at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
Being very productive whilst in school, Waje worked part-time in tourism. She however still believed she could touch a lot more with her singing talent. This gave her the drive to stay focused in her first love, music. In 2007, Waje decided to take the next step and fully launch her music career. She was still a student at the time and paid her dues by doing lots of free shows and gigs, singing at every given opportunity.
The first major spotlight she received was in 2008, when she featured in the P-Square hit track titled "Do Me". This track was critically acclaimed across and was widely known across Africa and some parts of Europe. This helped boost her career a little further, after which she participated in Advanced Warning (a reality TV show which featured artists that are on the verge of a breakthrough). The reality show was organised by MTV Base South Africa and Zain Nigeria, where she came out as the first runner up. In 2010, 360nobs.com did a special spotlight on Waje with the emphasis "Words Aren't Just Enough….I'm Speechless".
Waje has shared the stage with various international artists such as Wyclef Jean in South Africa, opening for Kerry Hilson during a show organised in Calabar, and has also worked with a lot of artists who had hit singles, including "One Naira" with M.I, "Do Me" with P-Square and more. She also collaborated with Dencia on "True Love" and has a list of songs that have received a number of award nominations and winnings. She released her self-titled debut studio album in 2013.
After her November 2014 video success with "Coco Baby", in August 2015, she released single titled "Left For Good" featuring Patoranking and Godwin Strings.
Waje headlined the song 'Strong girl' which is the theme song for ONE Campaign's 'Poverty is Sexist' in 2015 and also joined Bono in Lagos, Nigeria for the Lagos campaign in 2015. Waje is among the judges for The Voice Nigeria alongside Tuface (2face Idibia), Timi Dakolo and Patoranking.
Waje has also made an acting debut on the movie called Tunnel, with Femi Jacobs, Patrick Doyle, Nse- Etm, Lepacious Bose, and others. This is a 2014 Nigerian drama film directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare which is a story about a young pastor's life, journey and his fulfillments.
Waje is a single mother. Waje worked with the youths of her community through an organisation "Waje's Safe House", where she teams up with other NGOs quarterly to help fight for their cause. The first project supported under Waje's Safe House was the Mental and Environmental Development Initiative for Children, assisting the Project HELP (Help Educate the Less Privileged) which the goal of raising funds for allowing children to continue their studies in the school in Makoko, through Ring Back Tones with her hit singles "Oko Mi" and "I Wish".


Here are the ten Oscar nominees for the best Animated Shorts. We've featured two of these beautiful shorts and over the next month, we will feature all of them, alphabetically by title, with a bit of background on each.
Age of Sail is a VR animated short film adventure set in 1900 that was featured at Google Spotlight Stories. It's the story of a cranky, hopeless sailboat captain named William Avery, voiced by Ian McShane, who is on a mission to die adrift at sea in the North Atlantic. He rescues a young girl named Lara, voiced by Cathy Ang, who fell overboard from a cruise ship and with her help, and he realizes that he has a reason to live.
Age of Sail was directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Kahrs, who directed Paperman, and was part of the Animation Department on Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc, and Toy Story 2, among others.
The VR version and the versions for mobile viewing let you look around the ship as the action takes place.
"Animal Behaviour" comes from the Vancouver, Canada-based Oscar-winning team of Alison Snowden and David Fine, who met in art school in the 1980s. It's a comedy about five animals of different species in a group therapy session, with very human problems and quirks, who are trying to get rid of some socially unacceptable behaviors. The session is overseen by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist. The webpage about the film has some humorous confidential files of each patient at the bottom of the page.
This short was created with digital hand-drawn 2D animation using TVPaint software.
Alison Snowden and Paul Fine talk about Animal Behavior in the video below.
Bao is a beautifully animated short from Disney-Pixar is about a Chinese-born woman, living in Canada, who is feeling the loneliness of having an empty mess after her children have moved out. Suddenly, one of her dumplings comes to life as she's ready to take a bite, and she has a second chance at motherhood. Little Bao grows up quickly and gains independence though and the mother has a tough time with letting him go.
Bao was written and directed by Domee Shi, a Chinese immigrant to Canada, and the first ever woman to direct an Oscar-nominated piece for Pixar. She started at Pixar in 2011 as a storyboard artist and has worked on storyboards for Inside Out, Toy Story 4, and The Incredibles 2. Bao played before Incredibles 2 and rumor is that the short is being developed into a feature-length film of its own!
That's it for this week. Next week we'll feature "Bilby", "Bird Karma", and "Late Afternoon".


text: February, 1941 SUN SPOTS, Page 39 SAMPLINGS By "The Sampler" "The Sampler" will review only stories he likes personally. No claim of "objective" ratings is made The "Warner 1 to 10 system" is used. Not over ten stories rated "10" in 1940. Some which did are "Slan" by Van Vogt; "Final Blackout," by Hubbard; "Half Breeds" by I Asimov; "The Ultimate Salient", by Bond and "The Stars Look Down" by del Ray. "1" is reserved for a story which unintentionally has as many "flaws" as appear in Kaletsky's "Planet of Errors", and which is equally lacking in other respects. No such "story" has appeared in recent years. In general, no story falls between "3". No reprints are reviewed or rated. Reprint mags are rated, however. Ratings given to an entire magazine involve both the length and the rating of each individual story. Failure to review any story does not indicate that it is inferior to those reviewed. Space is limited. ASTOUNDING S.F., Jan. 41. Rating 7.8 . High 8. Low 6. "Doom Ship" Novelette by Harry Walton This story has a double barreled plot. Against the background of an insurance plot to send a worn-out freighter and all its crew except the cpatain and second mate into the sun, runs a tale of Gale Girth, esspace Shup Commander, and now a despised dewlog addict. When the villainous Captain and Mate leave the ship, Garth devises a way to save the crew. The escaping officers leave some dewlog which they have been attempting to smuggle into Mercury. Garth forgets it in the battle to escape the fall into the sun, and then turns it over to the loyal first mate to use as additional evidence against the Captain. He thus makes the second big step on his way to regain on his lost place in the world. Opinion:-- very good. Excellent plot, fine characterization. Rating - 8. "The Mechanical Mice," Novelette by Maurice G. Hugi. A mildly humorous, deftly-told tale. Dan Burman, by means of a time travelling device gets the plans for an incredibly complex mechanical what-is-it, which, after twelve years he completes. He can find no use for it. But the completed mechanism apparently knows what it is for. It proceeds to turn out a swarm of mechanical mice-like devices, some of them workers, and some of them soldiers. These proceed to steal all the watches and similarly delicate mechanisms they can find. Burman and a pal smash the "queen" mechanism. stopping most of the mice, but discover that another, younger "queen" is in existence. They locate this one, smash it, and end the depredations. Opinion:- light, but interesting. Pleasing style. Rating-8. The New serial, "Sixth Column," gives promise of developing into an excellent story, comparable to other recent ASF serials. Ansob MacDonald seems to combine some of the qualities of Heinlein, van Vogt, Hubbard, and de Camp. That may mean something. ASTONISHING STORIES, Feb., 1941. Rating 6.2. High 8, Low 3. "Quicksands of Youthwardness" three part serial, concluded in this issue, written by Malcolm Jameson. The Space-ship Thuben, disabled, drifts into the dark nebula, Amnesion, which has the property of causing amnesia, and lands on the planet Athanata, "Where age is immortal, and youth cannot survive" Athan

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Unicode and Code Page Support
Unicode and Code Page Support in the Natural Programming Language
This document covers the following topics:
Natural Data Format U for Unicode-Based Data
Logical Condition Criteria
System Variables
Large and Dynamic Variables
Sample Programs
In Natural, you can specify Unicode strings with the format U and U constants.
Format U
With format U, you can define data which holds Unicode strings. The Natural data format U is internally UTF-16.
See also Format and Length of User-Defined Variables in the Programming Guide .
U Constants
You can define Unicode constants with the prefix "U". For example:
U'Äpfel'
The prefix "UH" can be used for defining Unicode constants in hexadecimal format. Four hexadecimal digits represent one UTF-16 code unit as defined by the Unicode Standard. So the overall length must be a multiple of four. For example, if you need the hexadecimal form of
you need the UTF-16 code units for "Ä", "p", "f", "e" and "l" (which are "U+00C4", "U+0070", "U+0066", "U+0065" and "U+006C") and you have to combine them to the following hexadecimal string:
UH'00C4007000660065006C'
See also Unicode Constants in the Programming Guide .
The data format U is endian-dependent. This has to be considered when moving between the formats B and U.
U versus A
The advantage of the U format (as compared with the A format) is, that it can hold any combinations of characters from different languages and that it does not depend on the default code page (value of the system variable *CODEPAGE). Moreover, the U format makes it easier to share data between different platforms; no more conversions (for example, from EBCDIC to ASCII) are necessary.
On the other hand, U format data consumes more memory than A format data. For languages in which most strings can be represented by single-byte encoding, U format will result in strings occupying twice the space that was previously required. However, for East Asian languages, the memory consumption will often not be higher.
Basically, U format can be used in most statements which allow A format. However, if a Natural object name is given as an operand of a statement (for example, in the CALLNAT statement), U cannot be used because Natural object names have A format. For information on a specific statement, see the Statements documentation.
Basically, A and U format can be used together in one statement, for example:
EXAMINE S FOR P WITH DELIMITER D REPLACE R
where S is U format, and P, D and R are A format.
In the above example, the variables P, D and R are temporarily converted into the target format U before the actual execution of the EXAMINE statement. The conversion from Unicode to code page or vice versa requires calling an ICU function. The conversion requires additional computing time and additional memory. This disadvantage is even greater with very large variables. To avoid frequent conversions, it is recommended that you use only one format within one statement. When all operands in the above example are specified in either U format or A format, a conversion is not necessary. However, if you choose to specify only U operands, this variant will be slower since (due to its nature) this operand type consumes more resources; one character is then coded with 2 bytes (instead of 1 byte which is used with A format).
With a conversion (especially from U format to A format), there is always the risk that characters cannot be represented in the target code page. For example, you want to convert the Unicode character "U+05D0" (Hebrew letter Alef) into the code page IBM01140 (English). Since this character is not contained in the code page IBM01140, either the substitution character for this code page is used, or the placeholder which was specified when defining the code page in NATCONFG. When the parameter CPCVERR is set to ON, an error message will be issued in this case, indicating a conversion error. In any case, the original information will be lost.
The following statements are particularly affected when using Unicode:
MOVE NORMALIZED
MOVE ENCODED
DEFINE PRINTER
CALLNAT (RPC)
Normalization in Unicode: A process of removing alternate representations of equivalent sequences from textual data in order to convert the data into a form that can be binary-compared for equivalence. The Unicode Standard defines different normalization forms. The normalization form that results from the canonical decomposition of a Unicode string, followed by the replacement of all decomposed sequences by primary composites where possible, is called "Normalization Form Composed" (NFC).
Natural assumes that all Unicode data is in NFC format to assure that string operations can be performed without partial truncation of a Unicode character. Natural conversion operations assure that the resulting Unicode string is in NFC. If Unicode data is received from outside of Natural and it is not guaranteed that the data has NFC format, the MOVE NORMALIZED statement can be applied.
Character Sequence
ê (U+00EA) ê (U+00EA)
e (U+0065) + ^ (U+0302) ê (U+00EA)
Concatenating two or more strings in NFC format can result in not-NFC format.
An implicit conversion between Unicode and the default code page (value of the system variable *CODEPAGE) is performed when moving strings from U to A or vice versa with the MOVE statement.
Furthermore, the MOVE ENCODED statement can be used for conversion between different code pages or from any available code page to Unicode and vice versa. This can be helpful if data is coming from outside of Natural and this data is coded in a code page which differs from the default code page. But even for conversions between the default code page and Unicode, this statement can be used if you want to obtain a potential conversion error with the GIVING clause; if CPCVERR is set to ON, the MOVE statement will stop with a runtime error in this case.
If a character cannot be converted, it depends on the setting of the CPCVERR parameter whether a substitution character is used for this character or whether the conversion fails.
This statement can also be used for conversion from U data into UTF-8 format.
If you convert data to a code page which differs from the default code page, it is recommended not to use this data in I/O. I/O is only meaningful with the default code page.
A "grapheme" is what a user normally thinks of as a character. In most cases, a Unicode code point is a grapheme, however, a grapheme can also consist of several Unicode code points. For example, a sequence of one base character and one or more combining characters is a grapheme.
Example: "a" (U+0061) + "." (U+0323) + "^" (U+0302) defines one grapheme which is displayed as follows:
If a base/combining character sequence is normalized, this does not mean that the sequence is always replaced by a pre-composed character, because not all characters are available in a pre-composed format.
A "supplementary code point" is a Unicode code point between "U+10000" and "U+10FFFF". A supplementary code point is in UTF-16, represented by a surrogate pair which consists of two code units where the first value of the pair is a "high-surrogate code unit", and the second is a "low-surrogate code unit". Such characters are generally rare, but some are used, for example, as part of Chinese and Japanese personal names, and therefore support for these characters is commonly required for government applications in East Asian countries.
The string handling statements such as EXAMINE and its SUBSTRING option work on UTF-16 code units. It is the user's responsibility that the code does not separate graphemes or surrogate pairs.
However, the clauses CHARPOSITION and CHARLENGTH of the EXAMINE statement (see Syntax 3 - EXAMINE for Unicode Graphemes) can be used to ask for the start and length (in UTF-16 code units) of graphemes. The result values can be used for SUBSTRING calls. With these clauses, it is possible to scan a string grapheme by grapheme.
1 #UNICODE-STRING    (U15)
1 #CODE-UNIT-INDEX   (N4)
1 #CODE-UNIT-LEN     (N4)
1 #GRAPHEME-NUMBER   (N4)
MOVE U' ' TO #UNICODE-STRING
#GRAPHEME-NUMBER := 1
FULL VALUE OF #UNICODE-STRING
FOR CHARPOSITION #GRAPHEME-NUMBER
GIVING POSITION IN #CODE-UNIT-INDEX
GIVING LENGTH IN #CODE-UNIT-LEN
DISPLAY #UNICODE-STRING #GRAPHEME-NUMBER #CODE-UNIT-INDEX #CODE-UNIT-LEN
#GRAPHEME-NUMBER := #GRAPHEME-NUMBER + 1
WHILE #CODE-UNIT-INDEX NE 0
END-REPEAT
The above example program provides the following output:
Page     1                                                   05-12-15  09:33:49
#UNICODE-STRING #GRAPHEME-NUMBER #CODE-UNIT-INDEX #CODE-UNIT-LEN
--------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------
1                1                1
7               12                1
The document to be parsed is always internally converted to UTF-16 (if the document is not already encoded in UTF-16).
See the description of the PARSE XML statement for further information.
See also Statements for Internet and XML Access in the Programming Guide .
See the description of the REQUEST DOCUMENT statement for further information.
The DEFINE PRINTER statement provides a CODEPAGE clause to provide for conversion of print report data into a code page different from the default code page (value of the system variable *CODEPAGE).
Data exchange in Unicode format via RPC is supported. See the description of the CALLNAT statement.
If U data is sent from a platform with big endian encoding to a platform with little endian encoding or vice versa, the encoding is adapted so that it conforms with the encoding on the receiving platform. For example, when U data in little endian encoding arrives on a big endian platform, this data is converted to big endian encoding before it is handed over to the program. When this data is sent back, it is converted back to little endian encoding.
In a logical condition criterion, Unicode operands can be used together with alphanumeric and binary operands. If not all operands are Unicode operands (format U), the second and all following operands are converted to the format of the first operand. If a binary operand (format B) is specified as the second or a following operand, the length of the binary operand must be even; the binary operand is assumed to contain Unicode code points.
If the first operand is a Unicode operand (format U) and the comparison is therefore performed as a Unicode comparison, the ICU collation algorithm is used. The ICU algorithm does not perform a plain binary comparison. For example,
some code points such as "U+0000" are ignored during the comparison process,
combined characters are considered as being equal to the equivalent single code point (for example, the German character "ä" represented by "U+00E4" and the combination of the code points "U+0061" and "U+0308" are considered as being equal by ICU).
Comparing an alphanumeric and a Unicode operand can deliver different results, depending on the sequence of the fields.
See also Logical Condition Criteria in the Programming Guide .
*CODEPAGE
The system variable *CODEPAGE is used to return the IANA name of the default code page, that is, the code page used for conversions between Unicode and code page format.
*LOCALE
The system variable *LOCALE contains the language and country of the current locale.
U format can be used for large and dynamic variables. For dynamic U variables, *LENGTH returns the number of UTF-16 code units.
See also Introduction to Dynamic Variables and Fields in the Programming Guide .
The following session parameters are available:
DL Specifies the display length for a field of format A or U. See also Display Length for Output - DL Parameter in the Programming Guide .
EMU Edit mask in Unicode.
ICU Insertion character in Unicode.
LCU Leading characters in Unicode.
TCU Trailing characters in Unicode.
DL versus AL
As long as Natural was not Unicode-enabled, the length of an alphanumeric field was always identical to the number of columns needed for displaying the field (called number of display columns). This was even true for the East Asian languages which use DBCS code pages: an A format field can hold only half the characters (for example, A10 results in A5).
1  #A8 (A8)
#A8 := 'computer'
WRITE #A8
#A8 := ' '
The above code results in the following output:
Page      1 ...
With U format fields, the length of a field and the number of display columns is no longer identical. U characters can have narrow width (for example, Latin characters), wide width (for example, Chinese characters) or no width (for example, combining characters). Therefore, it is totally unknown how many display columns a U field needs; this depends on the contents of the field. Natural cannot automatically decide how many columns are to be reserved on the screen: if the maximum size is assumed, Latin output will have large gaps, and if the minimum size is assumed, Chinese output cannot be displayed totally. Therefore, the Natural programmer has to define the display width of a field; this is done with the DL parameter. The AL parameter cannot be used for this purpose, because it cuts away the part of the field which exceeds the defined length. But we do not want to cut any characters from the U field; we only want to define the start position of the following field.
1  #U8 (U8)
#U8 := 'computer'
WRITE #U8
#U4 := U' '
WRITE #U4 (DL=8)
The above code results in the same output as above:
On Windows, in a remote development environment with the Natural Web I/O Interface client, it is possible to scroll in a field where the defined value for the DL parameter is smaller than the real display width of the field.
EMU, ICU, LCU, TCU versus EM, IC, LC, TC
The parameters EMU, ICU, LCU and TCU allow using characters which are not included in the default code page. They are stored in Unicode format in the generated program. These parameters can be used with all field formats.
The parameters EM, IC, LC and TC can also be used with U format fields. These parameters may also be useful if characters which are contained in the default code page have different encodings in other code pages. For example, the Euro sign (€) has the code point "0x80" in the "windows-1252" (Latin 1) code page, but the code point "0x88" in the "windows-1251" (Cyrillic) code page. Thus, using a Unicode parameter (EMU, ICU, LCU or TCU) will assure that the Euro sign is always displayed correctly, no matter what code page is installed on the PC.
Example for EMU:
01 EMPLOYEES-VIEW VIEW OF EMPLOYEES
02 FIRST-NAME
02 NAME
02 SALARY (1)
READ (6) EMPLOYEES-VIEW
DISPLAY NAME FIRST-NAME SALARY(1) (EMU=999,999 )
END-READ
NAME              FIRST-NAME       ANNUAL
-------------------- -------------------- --------
ADAM                 SIMONE               159,980
MORENO               HUMBERTO             165,810
BLOND                ALEXANDRE            172,000
MAIZIERE             ELISABETH            166,900
CAOUDAL              ALBERT               167,350
VERDIE               BERNARD              170,100
The library SYSEXPG contains sample programs for Unicode and code page support in Natural:
UNICOX01 lists all Unicode characters.
UNICOX02 converts Unicode characters to code points and vice versa.
CODEPX01 lists all code pages, whether the code page is supported in Natural and which encoding it uses. For all supported code pages, it offers services to list the characters of the code page and to convert a string from the code page into its hexadecimal representation and vice versa.
CODEPXL1 lists all characters of any 1-byte code page.
CODEPXC1 converts a string from any code page into its hexadecimal representation and vice versa.


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Q: Tensorflow on Raspberry Pi Error I have a python script that works without any errors on my desktop. When I try to run it on my raspberry pi, I encounter an error.
To install tensorflow on the raspberry pi for python 3.5, I followed this tutorial: https://petewarden.com/2017/08/20/cross-compiling-tensorflow-for-the-raspberry-pi/ There is no offical binary for tensorflow and python 3.5 and I had errors when I tried to compile it myself. The tutorial suggest to just install tensorflow from the Python 3.4 binary.

If you're running Python 3.5, you can use the Python 3.4 wheel but with a
  slight change to the file name, since that encodes the version. You
  will see a couple of warnings every time you import tensorflow, but it
  should work correctly.

Here is the error I am encountering:
/usr/lib/python3.5/importlib/_bootstrap.py:222: RuntimeWarning: compiletime version 3.4 of module 'tensorflow.python.framework.fast_tensor_util' does not match runtime version 3.5
  return f(*args, **kwds)
/usr/lib/python3.5/importlib/_bootstrap.py:222: RuntimeWarning: builtins.type size changed, may indicate binary incompatibility. Expected 432, got 412
  return f(*args, **kwds)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "run.py", line 93, in <module>
    model = FastPredict(tf.contrib.learn.Estimator(model_fn=convolutional_neural_network, model_dir="tmp"))
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/python/util/lazy_loader.py", line 53, in __getattr__
    module = self._load()
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/python/util/lazy_loader.py", line 42, in _load
    module = importlib.import_module(self.__name__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 673, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/__init__.py", line 82, in <module>
    from tensorflow.contrib.eager.python import tfe as eager
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/eager/python/tfe.py", line 76, in <module>
    from tensorflow.contrib.eager.python.datasets import Iterator
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/eager/python/datasets.py", line 23, in <module>
    from tensorflow.contrib.data.python.ops import prefetching_ops
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/data/python/ops/prefetching_ops.py", line 25, in <module>
    resource_loader.get_path_to_datafile("../../_prefetching_ops.so"))
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/util/loader.py", line 55, in load_op_library
    ret = load_library.load_op_library(path)
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/load_library.py", line 56, in load_op_library
    lib_handle = py_tf.TF_LoadLibrary(library_filename, status)
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/errors_impl.py", line 473, in __exit__
    c_api.TF_GetCode(self.status.status))
tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.NotFoundError: /home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/tensorflow/contrib/data/python/ops/../../_prefetching_ops.so: undefined symbol: _ZN6google8protobuf8internal26fixed_address_empty_stringE

Line 93 attempts to create an Estimator which causes the error.
tf.contrib.learn.Estimator(model_fn=convolutional_neural_network, model_dir="tmp")

I found a similar error on github but it was no help: https://github.com/tensorflow/serving/issues/684

A: I installed an older build. It doesn't cause this error. http://ci.tensorflow.org/view/Nightly/job/nightly-pi/78/artifact/output-artifacts/tensorflow-1.3.0-cp27-none-any.whl

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We're delighted to welcome author / illustrator Jim Smith to Story Snug today. Jim's book, Barry Loser and the birthday billions, is shortlisted in The 2018 Laugh Out Loud Awards (Lollies) which were created by publisher Scholastic. The Lollies celebrate the funniest children's books in three age categories, Barry Loser and the birthday billions has been shortlisted in the Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year olds category.
Hi Jim. Thank you for joining us on Story Snug and congratulations on being shortlisted for The Lollies. How / where did you find out that you had been shortlisted?
I'd been stuck in a lift with twelve strangers for a week when the ceiling hatch flipped open and a dog's head poked through. He was holding a rolled-up A4 sheet in his mouth. 'Drop!' shouted one of the lift people (up until this point he hadn't said a word), and the piece of paper fluttered to the ground. It unfurled and the old lady to my left (Maureen or Doreen, can't remember now), started reading out loud what was printed on it – which was that I'd been shortlisted for The Lollies – it was an email from my agent! 'How does your agent know you're stuck in a lift?' said a voice. I couldn't tell who it was because we were all so squiggled together and it hard to look around. I explained that I'd emailed everyone I knew a week ago, asking for help and dropping a pin so they knew where I was. 'We're saved!' cried another voice, but we weren't. It'd be another month until we were rescued.
You have written several Barry Loser stories. Is the character of Barry Loser based on anybody you know or have met?
I've never met him, but Barry Loser is based on me. I'm sort of a combination of thinking I'm the coolest person ever but also the most loserish. I can get very upset if my friends don't take enough notice of me, and like coming up with stupid little ideas. Which are all things Barry Loser has about him too.
In Barry Loser and the birthday billions Barry comes up with some extremely bizarre ideas to make money to buy a SHNOZINATOR 9000. Where did you get the inspiration for his inventions? Did you invent anything when you were younger?
I've never really invented anything for the real world, but I've always liked coming up with stupid ideas. They just pop into my head, like with everyone. The difference is, I take my stupid ideas very seriously and write them down in a notebook which has my name and phone number in the front of it in case I lose it. That's one of my biggest fears – losing one of my books full of stupid little ideas.
A notebook is a great idea, often our ideas come to us when we're least expecting them!
We're huge fans of illustrated children's fiction and enjoy reading diary style stories. How do you create the Barry Loser stories? Do the words come before the pictures?
Yeah, I write the story first on my computer, although before that I make lots of notes in my sketchbook and sometimes draw little drawings next to them to picture what I'm thinking better. Then once I think the story works ok, and my editors have gone over it and told me which bits are rubbish, I lay it all out in the pages of the book and add about one drawing per page. This is supposed to be the fun bit, because you can listen to music and podcasts while you're drawing, whereas that's nigh-on impossible when you're writing something because your brain needs every bit of spare RAM it can get to concentrate. But drawing ends up being as much hard work as writing, because I usually have about two weeks to do around 250 drawings, which if you do the maths is seventy-nine thousand drawings per day.
I like sitting outside a cafe and writing. Or just inside but near the window. Sometimes I'll sit right inside a cafe – but only if I'm really into the writing and can disappear inside the story. Mostly I like to be able to see people walking past me though. You hardly ever see the same one twice, no matter how long you live.
Are there any particular authors and / or illustrators who have influenced your work?
I always wanted to write like Roald Dahl when I was a kid, the trouble being that every time I started trying to write something, it'd come out sounding like a rubbish Roald Dahl. But over the years I wrote more and more stuff (mostly just little paragraphs for the backs of coffee cups, because that's another job I do), and gradually I developed my own style. Illustrator-wise, I've had loads of heroes over the years, starting with Quentin Blake, then Ronald Searle and Ralph Steadman, then onto Picasso and Saul Steinberg and Jean-Jacques Sempe. They all have a comic quality to their line, I spose.
We always like to know how our guests became authors / illustrators. What was the title of your first book and how did it come to be published?
My first published book was with my sister, Alice. I wrote a very short thing about someone who hated fairies (Ali was always drawing fairies, and this seemed like a way for her to make a book out of it). It was originally called 'God I hate fairies', but the publishers made me take God out of it so in the end it was called 'I'm so over fairies'. Ali sent it out to publishers and someone at Orion spotted it on the 'slush pile', which is a pile of letters that've been sent in from people who haven't got agents and haven't been published before. They liked the idea of it and it got published. Then years went past before I wrote my first Barry Loser book, which I sent out to a few agents, and Caroline Sheldon picked it up and worked her magic on it, which led to now!
We would love to know which book(s) you would nominate for a Lollies Award. Do you have a favourite book (or books) that make you laugh out loud?
I recently read 'Holes' by Louis Sachar for the first time and thought it was so brilliant – funny and sad and written in such a snappy restrained way. I would skip nominating it for a Lollies and go straight to awarding it one.
Why are the publisher's details written upside down?
Well spotted! I like doing thing like that. It probably comes from reading Mad Magazine when I was a kid – they never took anything seriously and were always messing around with stuff. I also like the idea that it might annoy a few people.
Why do all your characters have big noses?
I wanted my characters to stand out from other cartoon characters, and my drawings already had big noses, so I just decided to super-size them. I also just like noses in general. I like smelling everything I pick up, plus I have quite a big nose myself.
Thank you so much for answering our questions Jim. We wish you and Barry Loser lots of luck in The Lollies!
Jim Smith is the keelest kids' book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series: I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am sort of a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom, Barry Loser and the Case of the Crumpled Carton, Barry Loser hates half term, Barry Loser and the birthday billions, Barry Loser: Worst school trip ever and Barry Loser is the Best at Football NOT.
He is also the author of the Laugh Out Loud Book Award-winning FUTURE RATBOY series: Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies, Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms and Future Ratboy and the Quest for the Missing Thingy. He lives in London. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.
October 7th – Library Girl and Book Boy talks about being a Lollies judge.
The Lollies 2018 shortlist has been announced today!
This is a very interesting read. I'm in awe of the number of drawings he has to do in a short space of time! I totally get where he's coming from about listening to music too – I love listening to music when I work, apart from that I can't actually think to work!
I will have to look Barry Loser up for my niece and nephew.


The purpose of the project was to hold an Environmental Consensus Conference and a review conference in 2010. The question, "Do you support the expert meeting system, which is carried out in the environmental impact assessment for the Central Taiwan Science Park" was put forth and discussed in the conference. Ninety-seven individuals applied to attend the conference and 21 were selected according to the selecting rules set up by the Conference Advisory Committee.
The conference was held on four successive Sundays from November 11th to December 5th. On the first day, lectures were arranged to provide members with relevant background. On the following two days, a forum for experts was held to provide experience exchange. On the third day, two sub-issues were discussed in the group discussion, i.e.(I) Do you support the expert meeting system, which is carried out in the environmental impact assessment? Will it need further legalization process? (II) How to strengthen the expert meeting system and enhance public participation? The diverse comments gradually converged into a consensus during the panel discussion.
After consensus results were checked by the panel of members, the "Environmental Consensus Conference Conclusion Report for the 2010" was accomplished and announced to the public on December 5th. According to the conclusion report, members proposed suggestions for the environmental protection administration:(I) Revise the expert meeting system for the further legalization process (II) Build up the expert resource pool and environmental issues pool, (III) Strengthen the public participation by holding the Consideration democracy operation. In order to evaluate the outcome of the consensus conference, the conference advisory committee members, panel representatives and the EPA representatives were invited to join the review conference held on December 20th. The conference has concluded suggestions for "setting the conference issue", "setting the agenda" and "forming a consensus", which are good references for future conferences.
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Alright, Janne525 got the ''fix'' after working back and forth for a few weeks.
Do this AFTER you save the map, then extract the package in worldbuilder and still without saving the map you leave the worldbuilder.
Load up your map and you can proceed to play it without units being able to garrisson buildings.
Hope this was clear enough!
Hi everyone...I tried 1 search but I did not find anything.
As a title, I would like to make buildings not conquerable by the infantry.
You want to edit the INTERACTIVITY STAGE. It is on the tool bar (middle right) looks like a dotted line. You want at least 32 meters of interactivity area so you are not playing directly on the black stuff.
You paint areas you do not want units to go into. Set the value to 0 or 50 and paint away. Your camera will not move past the interactive areas.
Hi guys... it's been a long time dont use editor map and i have a 2 question.
I do not remember how to delimit the perimeter of the game ... I do not speak of the playable area, but I remember that there was the possibility to create the shape I wanted, and not just square or rectangular.
I have not spoken to remove it, I just said that if you stand still.
What? Raketen needs durability, it being countered so easily by the very things it's suppose to counter after all.
I do not understand what has this to do.
Perhaps, using google translate, did not translate well my or your message.
what I mean you can read it in the post above.
Well, the Raketenwerfer right now needs it. Sure, you can take the cloak away, but then it has to gain massively in some other way to make it even worth the cost. And don't come with the "IT CAN ALREADY OCCUPY BUILDINGS!!!111" non-argument, because we all know that without tank-focus, this ability could as well be patched out without making a difference.
you are doing the fanboys? now to bring up the costs and all the other things, when the usual speech it could apply to all units from all factions.
re-read the whole post and maybe you draw better your conclusions.
but it seems normal that a tank disappear before my eyes while I'm shooting?
or an AT Gun go unnoticed in the midst of it all then appear to 2 meters from the target?


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England's Storybook Villages, Part III: East Lulworth and West Lulworth
The two villages of East Lulworth and West Lulworth, situated along Dorset's coast, are home to 17th century thatched cottages, stunning views of the Jurassic Coast, and some of the county's most recognisable natural landmarks. These include Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove, popular among both casual visitors and serious walkers. The villages swell with tourists in the summer months, but even in other seasons, they retain their charming seaside charm.
Photo credit: cannuckrunningamuck
While public transit is available, visitors will find cars the most convenient method by which to get around. Take the A35 towards Wareham/Wool. Brown signposts indicate the way to both East Lulworth and West Lulworth. Pay and Display parking is available, and tickets purchased at Lulworth Cove are also valid for Durdle Door- useful if you're not planning to climb the moderately arduous South West Coast Path that connects the two together.
First Buses also provide limited service to these areas; take the X54, running from Weymouth to Poole. There is also the Purbeck Breezer 30, which travels between Weymouth and Swanage.
The nearest train stations are in the towns of Wool and Wareham, along the South Western Railway, from which you will need to book a taxi or rideshare to get to the villages of East Lulworth and West Lulworth.
No visit to this area of Dorset is complete without a stop at Durdle Door. This fascinating geologic formation, situated at the base of chalky cliffs along a pebble beach, draws its name from an old English word for "to pierce or bore"- which seems fitting when you appreciate its shape. Be prepared for a steep, heart-thumping descent (and subsequent ascent) to and from the beach area; trainers or hiking books are highly advised!
For more spectacular views of the Dorset coastline, walk the stretch of the South West Coast Path that links Durdle Door to nearby Lulworth Cove, another stunning geological formation near the town of West Lulworth. On your approach, make sure to note other unique formations including the Lulworth Crumple and the Stair Hole. You can literally see the layers of geological time embedded in the rock.
Luckily, in both villages, there are a variety of pubs, ice cream shops, and cafes at which you can slake your thirst and hunger after the moderately-intense walk. It's also lovely to take your time to stroll through the streets and admire the rows of cute, whitewashed thatched cottages. They're a lovely nod to the villages' enduring links to the sea, and many of them now are holiday lets if you've ever envisioned yourself staying in one.
Have you ever been to East Lulworth and West Lulworth? Dorset is full of quaint villages, but these two have to be in the running for most charming. Do you agree?
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Top Service Lawyers: Commanders Crucial to Attacking Sexual Assault, Harassment
April 4, 2019 | BY Jim Garamone , Defense.gov
The armed services are relentless in attacking the problem of sexual assault and sexual harassment, and experience shows that commanders must be part of that attack, the service judge advocates general told the House Armed Services Committee's military personnel subcommittee April 2.
Commanders will be key to getting after this affliction, said Army Lt. Gen. Charles N. Pede, who told lawmakers that commanders must be responsible for getting after the problem, protecting the victims and guarding the rights of the accused.
He called commanders "the fulcrum to any solution" in the Army.
"The notion that stripping commanders of authority over serious crimes will reduce crime [and] results in more or better prosecutions or higher conviction rates is simply not supported by any empirical evidence," Pede said. "In the multitude of congressionally mandated studies, where diverse panels of experts have exhaustively examined the military justice system, hearing from hundreds of witnesses who gave thousands of hours of testimony, they reported back to you one critical consistent conclusion: that commanders should not be removed from the justice system."
Commanders are responsible for discipline in their units, the Army's top lawyer noted. "In my professional view, taking away a commander's decision over discipline -- including the decision to prosecute at court-martial -- will fundamentally compromise ... the readiness and lethality of our Army today and on the next battlefield," he said.
Convening Authority
The Navy's JAG, Vice Adm. John G. Hannink, asked three questions: Would removing commanders' convening authority decrease the prevalence of sexual assault? Would it increase the reporting of sexual assault incidents? Would it improve case disposition decisions?
A study released in 2014 showed the answer to the first two questions was no, he said. "The evidence does not support a conclusion that removing convening authority from senior commanders will reduce the incidence of sexual assault or increased reporting of sexual assault.," Hannink said.
On the third question, he added, a panel concluded that the disposition decision in 184 cases found the commanders were reasonable in 95 percent of them.
"I am grateful for these studies that have been conducted," Hannink said. "The military justice system might be the most studied criminal justice system over the past decade. And we welcome the scrutiny. That scrutiny benefits everyone who serves in the armed forces -- those who are victims, those who are accused of crimes, and those who work within the system to achieve its objectives to be a system of justice and a system that enables commanders to maintain good order and discipline."
Air Force JAG Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Rockwell stressed that discipline lies at the heart of command and control. "Commanders command and control airmen armed with the best training and equipment to execute our national defense missions," he said. "Discipline is a commander's business, since they have the ultimate responsibility to build, maintain and lead the discipline force necessary to succeed in combat across multiple domains. Discipline makes us ready. Discipline makes us lethal."
The military justice system works to strike a careful constitutional balance, Rockwell said.
"That balance is best struck when, at every critical junction of the process, a commander is armed with the relevant facts, including victim input, and advised by a staff judge advocate before making a decision on the next critical step in the process," he added. "We also know that good order and discipline is best when command operates and executes a discipline across the entire continuum of discipline."
This runs from prevention efforts and setting standards all the way to courts-martial. "This disciplinary continuum embodies the concepts of unity at command, unity of effort, and command and control needed to build a ready lethal and discipline force to execute the missions the nation asks of us," he said.


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Table of Contents » Title 64.2. Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries » Subtitle IV. Fiduciaries and Guardians » Part A. Fiduciaries » Chapter 15. Investments » § 64.2-1502. In what securities fiduciaries may invest; definitions
Title 64.2. Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 15. Investments
§ 64.2-1502. In what securities fiduciaries may invest; definitions.
"Fiduciary" has the same meaning as provided in § 8.01-2 and also includes an attorney-in-fact or agent acting for a principal under a written power of attorney, a custodian under § 64.2-1911, and a custodial trustee under § 64.2-906.
"National rating service" means Standard & Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Duff and Phelps, Inc., Fitch Investors Corporation, and any successor to the rating business of any of them.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law designating as legal investments for fiduciaries the bonds, notes, obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a governmental entity or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, including but not limited to agencies, authorities, commissions, districts, boards, or local governments, and except as specifically provided in § 2.2-4519, fiduciaries, whether individual or corporate, shall, except as limited in subsection E, be conclusively presumed to have been prudent in investing the funds held by them in a fiduciary capacity in only the following securities:
1. Obligations of the Commonwealth, its agencies and political subdivisions. The following obligations:
a. Bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the Commonwealth and securities unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the Commonwealth;
b. Revenue bonds, revenue notes, or other evidences of revenue indebtedness issued by agencies or authorities of the Commonwealth upon which there is no default; and
c. Bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of any county, city, town, district, authority, or other public body in the Commonwealth upon which there is no default provided that such bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness are (i) direct legal obligations of the public body, for the payment of which the public body has pledged its full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power, or (ii) unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the public body.
In every case referred to in this subdivision, such bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness shall be rated in one of the two highest rating categories of at least one national rating service and not rated in a category lower than the two highest rating categories of any national rating service. Determination of an obligation's rating in one of the two highest rating categories shall be made without regard to any refinement or gradation of such rating category by numerical or other modifier. In addition, the remaining maturity of such bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be greater than five years.
2. Obligations of the United States. Bonds, notes, and other obligations of the United States and securities unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the United States with a remaining maturity not greater than five years, except in the case of savings bonds, which may have a longer maturity. The obligations enumerated in this subdivision may be held directly or in the form of repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations or in the form of securities of any open-end or closed-end management type investment company or investment trust registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, provided that the portfolio of such investment company or investment trust is limited to such obligations or repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations, or securities of other such investment companies or investment trusts whose portfolios are so restricted.
3. Savings accounts, time deposits, or certificates of deposit. Savings accounts, time deposits, or certificates of deposit in any bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, or credit union authorized to do business in the Commonwealth, but only to the extent that such accounts, deposits, or certificates are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor federal agency or by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or any successor to it.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, investments listed in § 2.2-4519 as in effect prior to July 1, 1992, which continue to be held on July 1, 1992, shall be subject to § 64.2-781, and any reference to the Virginia "legal list" or to § 2.2-4519 or any predecessor statute contained in a will, trust, or other instrument that was irrevocable on June 30, 1992, shall be construed to refer to such section as in effect on June 30, 1992, or at such earlier time as may be specified in the controlling document, absent an expression of intent to the contrary contained in such document.
D. The permissible investments specified in subsection B are not exclusive and shall not be construed to limit a fiduciary's investments as permitted pursuant to the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (§ 64.2-780 et seq.).
E. The presumption under subsection B shall apply to (i) a fiduciary only for a calendar year in which the value of the intangible personal property under the fiduciary's control or management does not exceed $100,000 at the beginning of such year or (ii) a fiduciary who, on motion for good cause shown, has obtained express authorization from the court having jurisdiction over the fiduciary for the presumption under subsection B to apply.
1992, c. 810, § 26-40.01; 1996, c. 508; 1999, c. 772; 2005, c. 62; 2007, c. 517; 2012, c. 614.


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What Does Kappa Mean? The Twitch Emote Explained
Written by Kieran Benson in Articles
As a long-time Twitch user, it's easy to forget that there are many things people who don't regularly watch, just won't understand. This got me thinking about the different Twitch emotes and how it's almost formed into a new language! So people are probably thinking? 'What does Kappa mean?'
Kappa is an emote on Twitch, usually used to show sarcasm, irony, trolling or a joke. Placed at the end of a sentence, it can help you differentiate between criticism and sarcasm on Twitch.
'You may be the best player in the world but I'd still beat you Kappa'
Who is the face of Kappa?
The face of Kappa is Josh DeSeno, a former employee of Justin.tv (A sister company of Twitch.tv that closed down in 2014). DeSeno was hired as a programmer for the platform and was tasked with working on the chatting feature. All the employees from Justin.tv created emojis of their faces as hidden easter eggs for users to find, and it was here that DeSeno used a greyscale version of his photo ID as his easter egg.
So you may be wondering how the emote got its name? It is said DeSeno was a big fan of Japanese pop culture and mythology and therefore he chose the "Kappa" a strong turtle-like trickster. The perfect name to pair with the smug-looking face.
How did Kappa become so popular?
Kappa quickly caught on as an emote that represented the smug look. In a time where meme culture wasn't so popular, it was easy to type which was useful for filling up a chat with emote spam. This lead to it being used in the sarcastic and joking way it is now, making it popular among streamers and viewers.
How popular is Kappa now?
Kappa was once the most popular emote on Twitch and as of writing this article it has been used more than 526,725,026 times. However the rise of other emotes such as LUL, TriHard and PogChamp mean that its usage may no longer be the most common. You can visit Streamelements to get a live count on how many people are using the emote.
The different variations of Kappa
Since the Kappa emote has gained popularity on Twitch.tv there have been many different variations created and deployed that are now used regularly as well.
KappaPride
This is a rainbow version of the original Kappa, often used when confirming someone's sexuality.
KappaRoss
The KappaRoss emote was implemented as a gesture towards Bob Ross, an American painter and television host, who's show 'The Joy of Painting' was re-popularized on Twitch. Here the emote features Bobs' signature afro.
KappaClaus
Released in December 2015 the KappaClaus emote features a greyscale Santa hat and is often used during the holiday season.
KappaWealth
The KappaWealth emote features a red hat with two coins sticking out of the sides. Its usage is mostly in European languages and it's origins remain a mystery.
Keepo
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Henry Philip Hope (8 June 1774, Amsterdam – 5 December 1839, Kent) was a collector of Dutch origin based in London. He was one of the heirs of the bank Hope & Co. without having been a banker himself but rather a famous collector of the arts and more particularly precious gems.

Origins
He was the son of Jan Hope and Philippina Barbara van der Hoeven and the youngest brother of Thomas Hope (designer) and Adrian Elias Hope.

He inherited a grand home on Duchess Street, Cavendish Square, London, that he kept from when his father died in 1831 until he sold it for demolition in 1851.

Collector

He was a prominent collector of gems, including the Hope Diamond (a blue diamond of ) and a large pearl of 1,800 grains (or 90 g) which still bear the name of Hope.  The catalogue of his collection was published by Bram Hertz shortly after his death.

The conditions for the acquisition of the blue diamond remain uncertain. The archives found at the National Museum of Natural History leave no room for certainty.  It may be possible that Henry Philip Hope acquired the French blue diamond after his flight in 1792.  Records reveal that Henry Philip Hope also bought a 137-carat sapphire that had previously belonged to the Ruspoli family of Rome which was confused until 2013 with Louis XIV's "Grand Saphir".  The Grand was of comparable weight, but has different facets (rhomboid instead of cushion).

Inheritance
When his brother, Adrian Elias Hope, died in 1834 with no wife or children, he inherited £500,000 (or £ in  currency).

In his book on precious stones, the French mineralogist René Just Haüy cites Henry Philip Hope as one of the most distinguished patrons of the arts of his time. When he died in 1839, his collection was viewed as "...one of most perfect collections of diamonds and precious stones that has, perhaps, ever been possessed by a private individual..."

See also

List of pearls by size

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Chrenkoff writes a letter to George Lucas, and in doing so really exposes the power of Orwellian culture, how newspeak creates facts on the ground in the form of communication that tongue ties and hamstrings opponents to widespread cultural visions.
But if in your mind, it's the United States that has slowly transformed itself into an evil Empire, and therefore, logically all those who stand up to it are our story's true heroes, than I have to say that the Dark Side is very strong indeed, and I have crossed over a long time ago. If America is the Empire, then please prepare a black helmet and uniform for me too.
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If anything, George Lucas has provided a message that you don't always know who the good guys and who the bad guys are. Sometimes both sides are the bad guys and are either fighting to see who will be on top or are in secret alliance. There are enough real world examples for this vision to be compelling. But there is no guarantee that George Lucas himself is a white hat.
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Q: How to keep kazoo connected to zookeeper? I am trying to use Zookeeper to manager distributed cluster in sync.
Right now I am using ec2 spot instances and I want each ec2 spot instance to connect & create znode on zookeeper with some metadata like instance id, private hostname, instance type.
So far I am manage to make each spot instance to create znode on zookeeper with respective metadata. but I want to make it such a way that when the instance(spot instance) is taken away then that znode to be disappear itself.
Or is there any better way to do this ?

A: use the ephemeral nodes of zookeeper. For kazzoo just use the create with the ephemeral parameter set:
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I used to be a business broker, so what do you think my answer is? May surprise you. But please, please, please, don't do the dumb mistake I tell you about in the video.
Hello everyone, it's David Barnett once again and this time I've got a viewer question from Yan and Yan wants to know, should a business buyer always be represented by a broker? Honestly, no. They don't need to be always represented by a broker. What I always advise is that business buyers should surround themselves with several capable advisers. So, people who know what they are doing. An accountant that help people buy businesses before and is familiar with due diligence. A lawyer who has done transactions before and knows what to do.
Now as far as deal making and negotiation; if you have a good friend who is an experienced business owner, who maybe has bought businesses before, that kind of person can help you out. So, no, you don't always have to be represented by a broker, but having someone who is an experienced business broker to be one of your advisors can certainly be useful.
I'll tell you what's really foolish though and I have seen this happen several times is when people actually engage someone who is completely unqualified to help them buy a business when they could have the help of a business broker for free, basically.
Let me tell you a story, happen a few years ago and it was before I was a business broker, it was when I was strictly doing finance brokerage for small businesses and I was approached by some new Canadians who had arrived from Korea. They were looking for help in financing a convenience store purchase. Now, the convenience store was for sale with a business broker who had been around for a long time. I knew of him, many people had known of him. He was experienced, had done lots of transactions and business brokerage is usually done in dual agency, meaning that the broker represents both the buyer and seller and has certain obligations and duties to both of them.
They had become aware of a certain convenience store that was for sale by their realtor who helped them buy a house, and the realtor said to these new Korean people that arrived in Canada; I know of a convenience store that is for sale and then the realtor went to the business broker and said, we are going to represent these buyers in this transaction. The business broker spoke to the buyers and said, these guys are real estate agents, they don't know what they are doing, if you want to work with them I will split my commission with them but I won't represent you. I won't have any duties to you and in my experience, you should be getting advice directly from me.
So being very trusting and the fact that they had already bought a house with the real estate agent, they thought that it would be a good idea to use their realtor to help them buy a business. The problem is of course, the real estate agent didn't know anything about businesses or how to buy them.
They came to me looking for advice on how to do the financing and I showed them how to structure the deal and it was going to require some vendor financing on the part of the sellers. So the real estate agent promptly wrote up an offer for the price of the business and didn't put in any detail whatsoever of the vendor take back note. So, the offer was presented and closing day arrived and the lawyer said, where is all the money? The realtor said, well we were going to go through with David's suggestion about the vendor take back note, but of course, the seller had never been presented that offer, and the seller had never agreed to do the vendor financing.
So, the deal didn't close and the Korean couple had spend money on their accountant, they had spent money on their lawyer, money on an engineer to look at the structure of the building. They spent close to $20,000 and at the end of the day, didn't have a business because they chose to go with someone who had absolutely no idea how to buy a business.
When I say you don't need to be represented by a broker, I mean that honestly, you don't have to and there are plenty of experienced business people out there who certainly go and negotiate and buy businesses without the help of a broker. If you are able to get an experienced person to help you and in the case of a dual agency arrangement, they are being paid by the seller anyway. You would be foolish not to take advantage of them and sign on as a buyer and be in an agency relationship. It doesn't bar you from having other advisers around you such as your accountant, lawyer or other business people or people that you know to help you and give opinions on what you are doing.
You should not say no to a qualified adviser because you want to use someone who may be much less than qualified. In my business buyer course which is available at www.businessbuyeradvantage.com. I actually go through at length, there is an entire module about building your team and intermediaries. What to look for in an intermediary, what to look for in an advisor, how to vet them and make sure they really know what they are talking about and they know what they are doing.
The worst thing that can happen if for you to have faith and trust in an advisor and then discover later that they don't know what they are talking about. There is a funny thing that I see sometime and it's a mean one on facebook. It says, if you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur and I think this is one of those cases. I work with business buyers all the time and end up charging people in the hundreds to low thousands of dollars for advice and help and consulting.
Often times that's for businesses that are going to cost $200,000; $300,000; $400,000; $500,000. It certainly makes sense in my opinion to spend a few hundred or a couple thousand dollars to get good advice to help you avoid a potentially huge mistake that you might never recover from in your life.
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