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Q: How to integrate JQGrid with Django/Python Anybody out there who have tried to use JQGrid a Jquery plugin with django?
Please share your knowledge/code samples
Gath

A: I've find a project that has already implemented integration
look at Google code http://code.google.com/p/django-jqgrid/

A: Is there any latest info on this? Looks like django-jqgrid not updated in a year

A: take a look at django-jquery-grid-admin

A: i implement jqgrid on django using JavaScript:
1.- Create a function in views.py for query(raw sql):
   def dictfetchall(cursor):
    # Returns all rows from a cursor as a dict"
    desc = cursor.description
    return [
        dict(zip([col[0] for col in desc], row))
        for row in cursor.fetchall()
    ]

    def ExampleGrid(request):
      cursor = connection.cursor()
      query = " SELECT name, email FROM personal_personal ";
      cursor.execute(query)
      result = dictfechtall(cursor)

      retur JsonResponse(result, safe=False)

2.- Create a url for Example function:
url(r'^grid_personal', ExampleGrid, name='grid_personal'),

3.- define the grid and pager on your template:

Don't forget include in your template all JS and CSS required for JQGRID:
Reference Jqgrid version JS
4.- Code Javascript i prefer use a external file js:
function getCookie(name) {

  var cookieValue = null;
  if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
      var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
      for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
          var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
          // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
          if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
          cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
              break;
          }
      }
  }
  //RETURN TOKEN
  return cookieValue;

}//end function getCookie

var csrftoken = getCookie('csrftoken');
$("#gridPersonal").jqGrid({
    url:'grid_personal',
    postData: {
        csrfmiddlewaretoken : csrftoken,
    },
    datatype: "json",
    colNames:['Name', 'Email'],
    colModel: [
        {name: 'name', width: 40, sorttype:"string", align:'center'}},
        {name: 'email', width: 40, sorttype:"string", align:'center'}},
    ],
    loadonce: true,
    viewrecords: true,
    width: 900,
    height: 400,
    rowNum:100,
    pager: '#pagerPersonal',
    rownumbers: true,
    caption: "PERSONAL",
    shrinkToFit: true,
});

that is all, for this case i use the JqGrid version JavaScript.
Good Luck..!!

A: I'm trying to use it for the first day today.  Right now I have imported an existing jquery app into a django project/app and now trying to get jqgrid to work with it.  The thing I'm running into is having the javascript file actually call the python script for the json call for jgrid.
I have no idea if this is working or not...I watch the apache logs and I don't see the file being served.  I can reach the python script fine in the browser directly.
Right now I'm just trying to go around django and get it to work with straight html/python/javascript.  In the example they just have the javascript file call a php file like this.
url:'server.php?q=1',
well mine is located at like http://localhost/pythonScripts/server.py with mod_python running.  I would love to get this working, but it is going to take alot of trial and error.  Hopefully I can eventually get it all the way to django.


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Manuel Ossa Ruiz (born Freirina, 24 September 1854 – died Viña del Mar, 5 September 1929), was a Chilean businessman and liberal politician.

He was the son of José Santos Ossa Vega and Melchora Ruiz Correa. He was married to Blanca Sainte-Marie Echazarreta.

Business career
He studied his first letters in the city of Cobija, then in Bolivia. In 1867 he was sent to Spain and England, where he studied industrial engineering techniques. On his return, his father asked him to dedicate himself to the family's agricultural activities, on his farm  "El Porvenir"  in Parral. Here he carried out engineering projects such as the construction of the Longaví irrigation canal and did social and charitable work, such as the construction of the Parral hospital, a workers' club, and a night school.

In 1876 he returned north and after an exploration phase decided to invest in mineral extraction in Caracoles. He went to Peru (1877), where he invested in the Taltal nitrate company and operated the silver mines in Caldera.

In Tocopilla he built the Toco railway. In the south, he built the railway from Osorno to Pichiropulli. But without a doubt, one of his most important works was the construction of the Arica–La Paz railway, a public project commissioned by the government of Chile.

Parliamentary career
He was a member of the Liberal Party of Chile. He was elected Senator by Linares (1897–1903). He was a member of the permanent Finance and Industry Commission, which in August 1900 was renamed the Industry and Public Works Commission.

During his parliamentary work he was concerned with improving the conditions of workers, especially of the working class.

He contributed to the foundation of other railroads in the plains and to new towns in different parts of the national territory; in Valparaíso he also founded a night school for workers.

Bibliography
 Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973); Armando de Ramón Folch; Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 1999, volumen 2 (in Spanish).

References

Chilean businesspeople
Chilean politicians
1854 births
1929 deaths

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Pro Bono Net, Inc., a national nonprofit organization based in New York City and San Francisco, filed a complaint at the National Arbitration Forum for the domain name lawhelpny.org on May 26, 2012. Pro Bono Net, Inc. claims to work in close partnership with nonprofit legal organizations across the United States and Canada, to increase access to justice for the millions of poor people who face legal problems every year without help from a lawyer.
Ironically Vietnamese Respondent Nhut Pham Dinh was not represented by a lawyer in these proceedings. The domain name lawhelpny.org was registered on August 2006.
Pro Bono Net, Inc. owns a trademark registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the mark "LAWHELP" (Registration No. 3597774 filed on July 2, 2008; registered on 31 March 2009.) Pro Bono Net, Inc. claims first use in commerce on March 2001. Please notice the lack of space between the two words that comprise the mark. There are no other live marks for "LAWHELP" or "LAW HELP" registered in USPTO or in the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union (OHIM) and there is reason for that…
The mark "LAWHELP" is registered with USPTO for "providing law related information, namely, providing information relating to legal affairs, court information, and information about social service agencies, legal aid programs and non-profit legal service providers via an on-line global computer network". One could only guess how such a descriptive mark with no secondary meaning was allowed a USPTO registration. A descriptive mark is a term with a dictionary meaning which is used in connection with products or services directly related to that meaning. Such terms are not registrable unless it can be shown that distinctive character has been established in the term through extensive use in the marketplace. Descriptive marks are not inherently distinctive and the mark's owner must show that the mark acquired secondary meaning in order to be entitled to protection of that mark. No trademark rights are granted to merely descriptive marks.
Pro Bono Net, Inc. owns several domain names such as: lawhelp.org (registration date: 1998) probono.net (registration date: 1998) probono.org (registration date: 1999) lawhelpny.com (registration date: 2011) So Complainant's lawhelpny.com was registered 5 years after Respondent registered his disputed domain name lawhelpny.org.
Panel found that the Complainant did not establish an obvious case to support his argument that the Respondent lacked rights and legitimate interests. Respondent argued that the terms of the domain name lawhelpny.org are popular and common names, and thus, everyone is free to use these terms on the Internet. As such, the Panel found that Respondent established rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name under the second element of the UDRP. Panel also found that the Respondent did not register or use the domain name lawhelpny.org in bad faith. So the complaint for the domain name lawhelpny.org was denied.
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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs.webapp;

import static org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.AMParams.APP_ID;
import static org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.AMParams.ATTEMPT_STATE;
import static org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.AMParams.JOB_ID;
import static org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.AMParams.TASK_TYPE;
import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.YarnWebParams.APP_OWNER;
import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.YarnWebParams.CONTAINER_ID;
import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.YarnWebParams.CONTAINER_LOG_TYPE;
import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.YarnWebParams.ENTITY_STRING;
import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.YarnWebParams.NM_NODENAME;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobId;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.AppContext;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.MRApp;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.MockAppContext;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.MockJobs;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.TestAMWebApp;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.View;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.log.AggregatedLogsPage;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.test.WebAppTests;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
import com.google.inject.Injector;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class TestHSWebApp {
  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestHSWebApp.class);

  @Test public void testAppControllerIndex() {
    MockAppContext ctx = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Injector injector = WebAppTests.createMockInjector(AppContext.class, ctx);
    HsController controller = injector.getInstance(HsController.class);
    controller.index();
    assertEquals(ctx.getApplicationID().toString(), controller.get(APP_ID,""));
  }

  @Test public void testJobView() {
    LOG.info("HsJobPage");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getJobParams(appContext);
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsJobPage.class, AppContext.class, appContext, params);
  }

  @Test
  public void testTasksView() {
    LOG.info("HsTasksPage");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getTaskParams(appContext);
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsTasksPage.class, AppContext.class, appContext,
        params);
  }

  @Test
  public void testTasksViewNaturalSortType() {
    LOG.info("HsTasksPage");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getTaskParams(appContext);
    Injector testPage = WebAppTests.testPage(HsTasksPage.class, AppContext.class, appContext, params);
    View viewInstance = testPage.getInstance(HsTasksPage.class);
    Map<String, String> moreParams = viewInstance.context().requestContext().moreParams();
    String appTableColumnsMeta = moreParams.get("ui.dataTables.selector.init");
    Assert.assertTrue(appTableColumnsMeta.indexOf("natural") != -1);
  }

  @Test
  public void testTaskView() {
    LOG.info("HsTaskPage");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getTaskParams(appContext);
    WebAppTests
        .testPage(HsTaskPage.class, AppContext.class, appContext, params);
  }

  @Test
  public void testTaskViewNaturalSortType() {
    LOG.info("HsTaskPage");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getTaskParams(appContext);
    Injector testPage = WebAppTests.testPage(HsTaskPage.class, AppContext.class, appContext, params);
    View viewInstance = testPage.getInstance(HsTaskPage.class);
    Map<String, String> moreParams = viewInstance.context().requestContext().moreParams();
    String appTableColumnsMeta = moreParams.get("ui.dataTables.attempts.init");
    Assert.assertTrue(appTableColumnsMeta.indexOf("natural") != -1);
  }

  @Test public void testAttemptsWithJobView() {
    LOG.info("HsAttemptsPage with data");
    MockAppContext ctx = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    JobId id = ctx.getAllJobs().keySet().iterator().next();
    Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String,String>();
    params.put(JOB_ID, id.toString());
    params.put(TASK_TYPE, "m");
    params.put(ATTEMPT_STATE, "SUCCESSFUL");
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsAttemptsPage.class, AppContext.class,
        ctx, params);
  }

  @Test public void testAttemptsView() {
    LOG.info("HsAttemptsPage");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getTaskParams(appContext);
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsAttemptsPage.class, AppContext.class,
                         appContext, params);
  }

  @Test public void testConfView() {
    LOG.info("HsConfPage");
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsConfPage.class, AppContext.class,
                         new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1));
  }

  @Test public void testAboutView() {
    LOG.info("HsAboutPage");
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsAboutPage.class, AppContext.class,
                         new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1));
  }

  @Test public void testJobCounterView() {
    LOG.info("JobCounterView");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getJobParams(appContext);
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsCountersPage.class, AppContext.class,
                         appContext, params);
  }

  @Test public void testJobCounterViewForKilledJob() {
    LOG.info("JobCounterViewForKilledJob");
    AppContext appContext = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1, true);
    Map<String, String> params = TestAMWebApp.getJobParams(appContext);
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsCountersPage.class, AppContext.class,
        appContext, params);
  }

  @Test public void testSingleCounterView() {
    LOG.info("HsSingleCounterPage");
    WebAppTests.testPage(HsSingleCounterPage.class, AppContext.class,
                         new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1));
  }

  @Test
  public void testLogsView1() throws IOException {
    LOG.info("HsLogsPage");
    Injector injector =
        WebAppTests.testPage(AggregatedLogsPage.class, AppContext.class,
            new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1));
    PrintWriter spyPw = WebAppTests.getPrintWriter(injector);
    verify(spyPw).write("Cannot get container logs without a ContainerId");
    verify(spyPw).write("Cannot get container logs without a NodeId");
    verify(spyPw).write("Cannot get container logs without an app owner");
  }

  @Test
  public void testLogsView2() throws IOException {
    LOG.info("HsLogsPage with data");
    MockAppContext ctx = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();

    params.put(CONTAINER_ID, MRApp.newContainerId(1, 1, 333, 1)
        .toString());
    params.put(NM_NODENAME,
        NodeId.newInstance(MockJobs.NM_HOST, MockJobs.NM_PORT).toString());
    params.put(ENTITY_STRING, "container_10_0001_01_000001");
    params.put(APP_OWNER, "owner");

    Injector injector =
        WebAppTests.testPage(AggregatedLogsPage.class, AppContext.class, ctx,
            params);
    PrintWriter spyPw = WebAppTests.getPrintWriter(injector);
    verify(spyPw).write(
        "Aggregation is not enabled. Try the nodemanager at "
            + MockJobs.NM_HOST + ":" + MockJobs.NM_PORT);
  }

  @Test
  public void testLogsViewSingle() throws IOException {
    LOG.info("HsLogsPage with params for single log and data limits");
    MockAppContext ctx = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();

    final Configuration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
    conf.setBoolean(YarnConfiguration.LOG_AGGREGATION_ENABLED, true);

    params.put("start", "-2048");
    params.put("end", "-1024");
    params.put(CONTAINER_LOG_TYPE, "syslog");
    params.put(CONTAINER_ID, MRApp.newContainerId(1, 1, 333, 1)
        .toString());
    params.put(NM_NODENAME,
        NodeId.newInstance(MockJobs.NM_HOST, MockJobs.NM_PORT).toString());
    params.put(ENTITY_STRING, "container_10_0001_01_000001");
    params.put(APP_OWNER, "owner");

    Injector injector =
        WebAppTests.testPage(AggregatedLogsPage.class, AppContext.class, ctx,
            params, new AbstractModule() {
          @Override
          protected void configure() {
            bind(Configuration.class).toInstance(conf);
          }
        });
    PrintWriter spyPw = WebAppTests.getPrintWriter(injector);
    verify(spyPw).write(
        "Logs not available for container_10_0001_01_000001."
            + " Aggregation may not be complete, "
            + "Check back later or try the nodemanager at "
            + MockJobs.NM_HOST + ":" + MockJobs.NM_PORT);
  }

  @Test
  public void testLogsViewBadStartEnd() throws IOException {
    LOG.info("HsLogsPage with bad start/end params");
    MockAppContext ctx = new MockAppContext(0, 1, 1, 1);
    Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();

    params.put("start", "foo");
    params.put("end", "bar");
    params.put(CONTAINER_ID, MRApp.newContainerId(1, 1, 333, 1)
        .toString());
    params.put(NM_NODENAME,
        NodeId.newInstance(MockJobs.NM_HOST, MockJobs.NM_PORT).toString());
    params.put(ENTITY_STRING, "container_10_0001_01_000001");
    params.put(APP_OWNER, "owner");

    Injector injector =
        WebAppTests.testPage(AggregatedLogsPage.class, AppContext.class, ctx,
            params);
    PrintWriter spyPw = WebAppTests.getPrintWriter(injector);
    verify(spyPw).write("Invalid log start value: foo");
    verify(spyPw).write("Invalid log end value: bar");
  }
}

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A recent report by the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) has identified that many business owners are uncertain of the differences between business names, trade marks, company names and domain names and the potential consequences.
As the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, recently observed: "Under the current arrangements, people can set up a business and commence trading under a registered business name and be unaware that they are infringing an existing trade mark. This can lead to expensive legal disputes, loss of reputation, and in some circumstances, may even result in a business closing down".
The recent report identified common and widespread confusion as to the purposes served by registration under the differing systems and the legal effect of those registrations.
Recent difficulties experienced by holders of registered business names highlight the issues involved in identifying those rights that lead to exclusive rights to use a name and those that, initailly, simply meet mandatory registration requirements. For example, individuals are required to register as a business so that consumers and other businesses may identify exactly who they are dealing with and in particular to identify the individual owners of that business.
The registration of a business name does not of itself convey any proprietary right upon the owner, contrary to the expectations of a significant number of business name registrants.
As ACIP observed, the common misconceptions are that a business name registration provides immunity from infringement of others rights and gives exclusivity to that name. Consequently there are inadequate checks at the point of formation of the entity both in so far as concerns registered trade marks and common law trade marks.
In a case study quoted in the ACIP report, a Brisbane woman was about to start a new business. The entrant was advised that by spending $100 to register a business name she could achieve protection for her name, rather than registering a trade mark. After several months of conducting business she received a letter threatening her with legal action for infringement of a trade mark made up of the same words. Left with a decision whether to fight the claim or adopt a new name, this entrant adopted a new name at considerable cost.
If a business name, company or domain name is substantially identical with or deceptively similar to a registered trade mark there may exist an infringement of the trade mark under Section 120 of the Trade Marks Act. Alternatively, use of the name may give rise to an action for passing off under common law or a breach of the Trade Practices Act/relevant Fair Trading Act.
With the increasing proliferation of names and businesses, any new entrant into business should conduct a comprehensive search of trade mark databases to ensure they minimize the prospect of infringing registered trade marks. If the entrant intends to deal overseas, similar searches should be conducted where the goods and services are to be marketed.
Entrants should not only seek to deconflict their names with others but should consider their market and the need for a registered trade mark, at an early time.
In another example submitted to ACIP, a business named Housemart was registered in Western Australia in 2001. By 2003, the business had prospered and was advised to register their name and logo to prevent others from 'stealing' the name and thus potentially undoing all their effort in establishing their name. The owners found there was already another business with a similar name registered as a trade mark and Housemart's application for a trade mark was opposed and considerable costs were incurred. For Housemart to be forced to start again from scratch with a new name would have been disastrous.
The latter case illustrates the need for forward consideration of markets and branding issues. Later success may be held back or defeated by the inability to protect the intellectual property built up by the hard work of the firm over many years. Protection by way of trade marks is not the exclusive preserve of multi-nationals and soft drink firms.
What can be registered as a trade mark? Section 17 of the Trade Marks Act identifies that as a 'sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person'.
A non exhaustive variety of features may qualify for registration as a 'sign', including a letter, word, name, signature, label, ticket, shape, colour, sound, scent, numeral, device, brand or heading.
Existing and new entrants should closely consider and review on an ongoing basis the intellectual property they seek to preserve in their name and branding. Each situation should be reviewed on its individual merits and appropriate registrations and searches undertaken. The trade mark can become a very valuable asset capable of valuation in the balance sheet. Trade mark registration should be given careful consideration from the outset of an enterprise and be the subject of ongoing review.
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Teresa Giudice has an estimated net worth of $11 million. She is an American television personality, author, and businesswoman.
Teresa Giudice is an American reality television personality and businesswoman. She rose to prominence after appearing on the Bravo reality show The Real Housewives of New Jersey from 2009-2010, and has since appeared on various other reality shows, including Celebrity Apprentice and the Italian version of I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!. Giudice has also published several books, including her best-selling memoir, Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again.
Giudice's net worth is estimated to be $11 million dollars.
Teresa Giudice is an American reality television personality, author, and businesswoman. She is best known for starring on the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New Jersey from 2009 to 2020.
Giudice has also published four bestselling cookbooks and three works of fiction. In addition, she has a line of specialty foods called Skinny Italian. Teresa also launched a successful furniture line called TG Fabulicious in 2014.
So, how did Teresa Giudice make her money? Primarily through her work on reality television and as an author and entrepreneur. Let's take a closer look at each of these income streams.
Teresa Giudice has been in the public eye for over a decade, thanks to her starring role on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey. But now that the show is entering its 10th season, fans are wondering how much Teresa is really worth.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Teresa's net worth is $11 million. Most of Teresa's earnings come from her salary as a reality TV star and from endorsements and sponsorships. She also earns money from her various businesses, including her book sales and her skin care line.
Teresa has had some financial struggles in recent years, including filing for bankruptcy in 2009 and being sentenced to prison in 2014 for fraud charges. However, she has managed to rebound financially and is now living a much more comfortable lifestyle.
As of 2020, Teresa Giudice has a net worth of $12 million. She spends her money on a lavish lifestyle, including designer clothes, cars, and houses. Giudice also enjoys costly vacations and has a penchant for expensive jewelry. Despite her love of luxury, Giudice is also known for being generous with her money, donating to various charities over the years.
Teresa Giudice is best known for her appearances on the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Teresa and her husband Joe Giudice rose to prominence on the show, which documented their lives as wealthy residents of New Jersey.
Since appearing on the show, Teresa has become known for her love of luxury items and lavish spending. She has been known to buy expensive jewelry, designer clothes, and even a $6000 crystal-studded toilet seat.
While Teresa's net worth is not publicly known, it is estimated to be in the millions. This allows her to afford her luxurious lifestyle, which includes regular trips to the salon and spa, as well as shopping sprees at high-end stores.
Teresa Guidice is an American reality television personality and businesswoman. She has appeared on The Real Housewives of New Jersey since its debut in 2009, and is currently one of the show's main cast members. She is also a bestselling author, having published four books since 2012.
Giudice has had a number of highly-publicized legal problems in recent years, including a fraud conviction and a prison sentence. as a result, her net worth has declined significantly from its peak. In 2016, her lifestyle was the subject of much public scrutiny when it was revealed that she was living in a rented house and driving a leased car.
Despite her reduced circumstances, Giudice continues to live a relatively lavish lifestyle. She frequently posts pictures of herself enjoying expensive meals and vacations, and is often seen wearing designer clothes and jewelry. It is unclear how she pays for all of this, but it is possible that she receives financial assistance from her family or friends.
Teresa Giudice's family is well-known for their love of spending money. From fancy cars and jewelry to luxurious vacations, the Giudice family seems to have it all. But where does all their money come from? And how do they manage to keep spending it?
Teresa and her husband, Joe, have a combined net worth of $11 million dollars. The majority of their wealth comes from Joe's successful career in real estate. Teresa also has a successful career as a reality television star, author, and entrepreneur. In addition to their individual incomes, the couple also earns money through various business ventures, including a line of branded products and appearances at events.
The Giudice family's spending habits have often been called into question, especially during Joe's stint in prison for fraud. However, they continue to live a lavish lifestyle, which includes regular trips to Italy and expensive shopping sprees. While some people may criticize their spending habits, there's no doubt that the Giudice family enjoys the finer things in life!
The Giudice family's net worth is $11 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. But living a lavish lifestyle doesn't come cheap — the family has some expensive taste.
Here are some of the biggest expenses Teresa, Joe, and their four daughters have:
-A private jet: In 2013, the family reportedly spent $600,000 on a used Gulfstream aircraft.
-A mansion: The Giudices' New Jersey home is worth $2 million and includes seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a wine cellar, and a saltwater swimming pool.
-Cars: The family owns several high-end cars, including a Bentley Continental GT and a Range Rover.
-Clothes: Teresa has admitted to spending upwards of $100,000 per year on clothes for herself and her daughters.
-Vacations: The Giudices love to travel and have been known to take several luxurious vacations each year.
Teresa Giudice's net worth is an estimated $11 million dollars. This is a significant amount of money, but it pales in comparison to her husband Joe Giudice's net worth, which is an estimated $20 million dollars.
Teresa Giudice has had a long and successful career in reality television. She is best known for her time on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, but she has also appeared on other shows like Celebrity Apprentice and Watch What Happens Live. In addition to her tv work, Teresa has written several books, including an autobiography and a cookbook. She has also launched a line of fashion and beauty products.
All of this work has made Teresa quite wealthy. Her net worth is estimated to be $11 million. But Teresa's wealth may be in jeopardy in the near future. In 2013, she and her husband were indicted on multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion. They both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison time. Teresa served 11 months in prison, while her husband Joe served 3 years.
Now that they are both out of prison, it is unclear what the future holds for Teresa and her money. She has reportedly been working on a new television show about her life post-prison, but it is not clear if this will actually come to fruition. Additionally, it is not clear if she will continue to work on her other business ventures or if she will scale back her work in order to focus on her family. Only time will tell what Teresa Giudice's future plans are for her money.
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When he calls AT&T to complain about it, he alleges that they told him to call back on Sunday and speak to a supervisor. Surprise surprise, AT&T's customer service apparently closed on Sundays.
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After graduating from one of the finest schools of photography in the world, the Brooks Institute of Photography, I worked for many years honing my skills as an assistant for top architectural and interior photographers. They include Erhard Pfeiffer and Mary Nichols. I also had the very good fortune to work briefly assisting East Coast-based Robert Miller. From him I learned my art.
Now I'm working exclusively on my own projects. Please look at my portfolio to see samples of my images captured for my clients from the Four Seasons Resorts and Hotels, the Pan Pacific Hotels, HBA Design, and many other talented designers, arcitectects, and restaurant owners.
My photography reflects my philosophy of lighting. Lighting techniques have to capture the tiny nuances of textures in all the architectural spaces before me. Lighting has to balance the mystery of light and shadow to create a powerful image. With every picture I compose, I want the viewer to walk away with a deep emotional response. Lighting is like a symphony. Each object has its own unique tone and reflects in harmony and blends into a treasure that is the final image. Lighting is the creative driving force in my heart and work. The dramatic use of light and composition ultimately becomes the foremost intrinsic element in achieving my goals and satisfying the needs of clients.
The main point is all about me putting my true feelings into every picture I create. If my photographs inspire you, I would love to meet with you and talk. It would be my pleasure and privilege. I see my work as a collaborative effort in spirit between the client and myself "the photographer"


Kiribati is one of those countries you never hear anything about yet has some very unique and interesting geographic anomalies. These 3 maps created by reddit user evening_raga show a few facts about this overlooked part of the world.
The map above shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas. Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.
With the New Horizons probe putting Pluto back in the news, just how big is it?
The map above shows a rather surprising and counterintuitive fact, Europe's population is not only relatively further north than America's, but even further north than Canada's!
Most people go through life perfectly happy in the knowledge that the real earth looks like it does on a standard Mercator projection map. Cartographers, map nerds and those that have seen this scene from the West Wing know that this is not really the case.
Tourists and locals experience cities in strikingly different ways. For example, in London most tourists will visit Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul's Cathedral, Oxford Street, etc. but will probably not end up visiting East Croydon, Hendon, Dagenham or any of the other parts of London outside of Zone 1.
Conversely, Londoners can go years without ever visiting the tourist traps of central London. To see just how different these two worlds are, have a look at the map of London above based on where people take photos.
With newly released figures showing that net immigration to the UK increased to a near record 318,000 people last year, it may seem to some that the UK is overcrowded.


As the massive public rejection of the ill-conceived, deceptively greenwashed, wireless 'smart grid' idea spreads across the country to the consternation of industry observers, Wellington, the company charged with installing PG&E's so-called 'smart' meters in California, vacated its headquarters in Rohnert Park, CA in the dead of night rather than face outraged citizens protesting the violations of democratic process, property rights and public health and safety which the plan commits.
For the third straight morning, outraged Santa Cruz County residents gathered at the gates of Wellington Energy at 38th and Portola in Capitola, successfully blocking what they say is a forced installation of radiating 'smart' meters against the will of residents and nearly two dozen local governments throughout the Greater Bay Area. This morning, about two dozen protesters gathered at the gates of Wellington Energy, peacefully blocking the driveway as trucks started to drive out to install the 'smart' meters. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff showed up and asked the protesters to step aside. Once it was clear that protesters were willing to risk arrest, PG&E backed down in order to avoid any additional negative publicity that is increasingly plaguing their 'smart' meter program.


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Конверсацио́нный ана́лиз — это эмпирический метод научного познания, который основывается на установлении взаимосвязей между структурами разговора, социальными практиками и ожиданиями коммуникантов, на основании которых последние выбирают определенную модель поведения и интерпретируют поведение других.

Конверсационный анализ представляет собой анализ эпизодов вербальной коммуникации в естественной ситуации. Объектом анализа в данном случае представляется не коммуникация как таковая, а связь между разговором и социальным контекстом.

История изучения
Произошел в результате переосмысления этнометодологического подхода, разработанного Г. Гарфинкелем в рамках социодраматической концепции Э. Гоффмана. Теоретическая основа конверсационного анализа была подготовлена в 1960-х годах в университете штата Калифорния Г. Саксом.

Эмпирической основой конверсационного анализа стало изучение звонков в центр предотвращения самоубийств Лос-Анджелеса. Гипотезой исследования Г. Сакса стало предположение о том, что обычные разговоры имеют структурную организацию, и их возможно изучать с помощью многократного наблюдения и анализа записанных ситуаций естественного общения по телефону. Постепенно акцент в исследовании начал смещаться на изучение механизмов и правил распределения коммуникативных ролей и особенностей линейной организации разговора в разрезе социальных условий коммуникации. В ходе эксперимента также уточнялись теоретические положения, расширялся методологический инструментарий, а также расширен круг анализируемого речевого материала.

Целью разработок Г. Сакса было создание метода, который было бы невозможно идеализировать. Конверсационный анализ нацелен на анализ конкретной ситуации в конкретном контексте, а не на обобщение и генерализацию. Сторонники конверсационного анализа работают исключительно с первичными, «сырыми» данными, которые позволяют изучить каждый случай в отдельности.

Впоследствии наработки Г. Сакса были развиты Э. Щегловым и Г. Джефферсон, которые, в частности, более углубленно изучили вопрос мены коммуникативных ролей, а также расширили объем и характеристики эмпирического материала для исследований.
США остаются флагманом исследований в рамках конверсационного анализа и по сей день, но также они проводились в Германии, Италии, а с 1990-х годов — во Франции.

Ключевые аспекты метода
В рамках конверсационного анализа нашли свое отражение две ключевые идеи этнометодологии: индексальность и рефлективность.
Индексальность предполагает, что смысл и значение действия, а именно произнесенные в ходе разговора слова и высказывания, звуки и паузы, в первую очередь определяется контекстом. Рефлективность — это понятие, которое отражает то, что произнесенные слова и выражения конституируют социальный мир, в котором находятся коммуниканты.

К основным понятиям конверсационного анализа, помимо перечисленных выше, относятся практика, объясняемость и членство. Все эти понятия были заимствованы из этнометодологии.

Практика — это постоянное воссоздание социальной реальности, процесс повседневной деятельности людей по производству и обработке информации в рамках языкового взаимодействия.

Объясняемость — это совокупность способов, которые используются коммуникантами для того, чтобы сделать свою повседневную деятельность рациональной по видимости и поддающейся описанию для любых практических целей с целью сделать эту деятельность более организованной.

Членство — включенность в коммуникационный процесс постоянного воссоздания естественного языка и придания нового смысла привычным словам и выражениям. Особенный интерес для представителей этого направления является процесс овладения языковых навыков детьми для последующего обретения Членства в коммуникационном пространстве.

Целью конверсационного анализа является описание различных практик, принятых в обществе, а также ожиданий, на основе которых коммуниканты принимают определенные решения. Вклад каждого коммуниканта в разговор индивидуален и определен совокупностью факторов, а также контекстом. Контекст в данном случае разделяется на два измерения: локальный контекст представляет собой конфигурацию слов и высказываний, предшествующих исследуемому, институциональный контекст — ситуация, в которой происходит коммуникация (например, экзамен в университете, прием у врача).

Наиболее детальными и локализованными исследованиями в конверсационном анализе являются труды по организации естественной речи, посвященные так называемым адъяцентным, или соседствующим парам. К этим парам, согласно Саксу, относятся примыкающие друг другу вопрос и ответ, если они связаны друг с другом единственно возможным образом.

Соседствующие пары как феномен основываются на основании парных действий, так как с помощью реплик коммуниканты выполняют некоторые действия, организованные в некоторой последовательности. В таком случае именно последовательность произнесенных реплик станет первичной единицей анализа.

Адъяцентная пара имеет несколько характеристик:
 последовательность из двух действий;
 примыкание действий;
 осуществление действий разными людьми;
 действия упорядочены;
 действия типологизированы так, что первая часть пары задает вторую часть определенного вида.

Дж. Херитэдж выделяет три ключевых постулата конверсационного анализа:
 вербальное взаимодействие структурно организованно;
 вклад каждого участника определен контекстом;
 особенности естественной речи актуализированы в каждой детали интеракции.

Организованность каждого эпизода вербальной коммуникации предполагает, что каждая интеракция может подвергнуться формальному описанию.
К особенностям конверсационного анализа как метода возможно отнести следующие:
 анализ производится на основе первичных данных без привлечения заранее сформулированных гипотез;
 детали текста и обстоятельств эпизода коммуникации имеют решающее значение;
 порядок организаций деталей повседневной речи существует прежде всего для людей, которые эту речь конструируют.

Критика
Конверсационный анализ на данный момент остается одним из самых дискуссионных методов в этнометодологических кругах. Некоторые представители этой дисциплины утверждают, что конверсационный анализ не в полной мере использует потенциал для исследований, созданный этнометодологией, а также то, что этот метод имеет неоднозначные допущения.

Так, Пол Аткинсон полагает, что конверсационный анализ слишком сильно подвержен влиянию бихевиористской и эмпирической социологии, в связи с чем ограничиваются перспективы этнометодологии. Смысл и значение беседы в таком случае ограничиваются изучением лишь одной конкретной ситуации, сильно модифицированной контекстом.

М. Хаммерсли также указывает, что конверсационный анализ игнорирует такой аспект, как анализ характеристик участников взаимодействия. Особую линию критики конверсационного анализа составляют замечания аналитиков и практиков дискурс-анализа. По мнению М. Биллига, конверсационный анализ неявно транслирует искаженную картину мира, в которой предполагается наличие равенства и партнерства. Такой вывод Биллиг делает, основываясь на используемых в КА категориях членства, а также исходя из того, что независимость взаимодействия от внешних условий контекста и минимальный учет характеристик участников формирует тождественность и взаимозаменяемость реплик говорящих.

Также Дж. Коултер показывает, что зафиксированная с помощью конверсационного анализа структурная организация разговора априори искусственна в эпистемологическом плане: не существует такой суммы доказательств, которая бы могла нас убедить в том, что, например, ответы с необходимостью не следуют за вопросами.

См. также
 Дискурс-анализ
 Этнометодология

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New AMEC AIS products join Mantsbrite's portfolio
Mantsbrite has added three new Amec products to its already wide-ranging portfolio. The first of these is the Amec Cypho-150S AIS receiver. This features a built-in antenna splitter which allows the Cypho-150S to receive AIS data using the vessel's existing VHF antenna. The Cypho-150S can be connected to chartplotters, PCs etc. via NMEA-0183, USB or RS232. The remaining two are the Amec Camino-108 Class B AIS and the Amec Camino-108W B Class AIS with WIFI interface, both of which are supplied with GPS antenna, have an optional silent mode switch, NMEA 0183 / 2000 / USB connectivity and SD card data logging. Full details of all AMEC products can be found on the company website www.mantsbrite.com
Mantsbrite hosts Koden Dealer Training Day
As a UK Koden distributor of many years standing, Mantsbrite hosted a Koden Dealer Training Day at the Holiday Inn at Glasgow Airport. Brian and David Ash were joined by 13 of Mantsbrite's dealers from across the British Isles from Southampton to the Shetland Isles.
Keiji Nishipa and Tomoya Aoke from Koden led the course which covered the current radar range, the new sonar products and the enhanced service support that Mantsbrite is offering its dealers.
David commented: "As a company, we have the highest regard for Koden products, and the range we offer includes radar and sonar equipment, echo sounders, GPS compass & GPS receivers. The latest Koden product to be included in Mantsbrite's portfolio is the Koden ERS-S1BB Sonar, which is aimed at the smaller fishing boat where it was not previously possible to fit a sonar."
He went on to say: "The training day was both interesting and informative, and was appreciated by everyone who attended."
Mantsbrite celebrates 50 successful years
Mantsbrite is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2014. Established in 1964 by Brian Ash, the company has grown to become one of the UK's leading suppliers of electronic equipment to the marine market.
Over the 50 years, Manstbrite has been appointed as the UK and Ireland distributor for many of the world's leading marine electronic equipment manufacturers, and through its 175-strong dealer network now supplies leading brands, including Koden, David Clark, Scan Antenna A/S and LCJ Capteurs, to name a few, to both the commercial and leisure sectors of the marine industry.
To mark this half century milestone, Brian and David Ash are planning a series of celebrations, one of which was a dinner at the recent Koden Dealer Day. Further events and dates will be uploaded to www.mantsbrite.com on a regular basis throughout the year. David and Brian are very much looking forward to welcoming clients and friends to events in celebration of this significant anniversary over the course of the year.
Introducing the new Koden ERS S1BB Sonar
The latest Koden product to be included in Mantsbrite's portfolio is the ESR-S1BB 360° scanning sonar, the unique design of which renders it suitable for installation on small fishing boats.
The Koden ESR-S1BB sonar transducer is installed on a pole over the side of the boat which both minimises installation costs, and maximises suitability for even the smallest boat. It comprises the sonar transducer, the sonar processor, keyboard and a hand held remote control, giving a maximum range of 300m and a 360° scan from an adjustable beam. The sonar can also act as a conventional echo sounder if required.
Cost and full technical details of the Koden ESR-S1BB can be found on the website and is available through Mantsbrite's dealer network.
Visit Mantsbrite at Skipper Expo International Bournemouth – October 10th & 11th 2014
Come and see us on Stand Number 26 at Skipper Expo which will be held at the Bournemouth International Centre on 10th and 11th October. We shall be pleased to welcome both longstanding and future friends and clients to see the latest products and join us in our 50th Anniversary celebrations.
Police Patrol Vessel Fits New Koden Radar
with Fineman Full Dimming Monitor
Essex Police Marine have specified a Koden MDC-2510BB radar with Fineman 17" full dimming monitor to be installed to their patrol vessel ALERT IV, a 40ft Halmatic. The radar with C-Map chart overlay has a remotely mounted black box processor with keyboard and Fineman Full Dimming monitor. The radar is connected to the vessel's AIS and electronic compass to provide target tracking and with the 4ft/12kW open array antenna the radar has a maximum range of 72NM.
Mantsbrite will be launching the Koden Digital Broadband Sonar (KDS-6000 BB) shortly in the UK. This will be the first broadband sonar on the market where the user can vary the operating frequency from 130kHz to 210kHz to suit the type of fishing they are undertaking. Power output will be 1kW and the maximum range will be 1000m. More details will follow shortly.


Like a Mother: Recent breakup? Don't miss an opportunity of a lifetime — to be single!
Recent breakup? Don't miss an opportunity of a lifetime — to be single!
Nothing breaks my heart more than a woman who cannot be without a man. That personality is always rife with desperation, bad decisions and alienating others who love her best. Never a good look.
In this episode I share why being single is such an incredible opportunity you should not squander. It doesn't have to be forever, but if you couple-up right away, you miss out on so many opportunities for personal growth, new adventure, learning so much about yourself, others around you, and what your next relationship might be.


We made some fresh traditional pizzelle so you can come and try some and/or bring some home! These are made with anise. When we were making them at the caffe in the morning, people would come in and say, "Did I smell black licorice?" It's yummy.
P.S. Pizelle: The word pizzella (singular, pizzelle is plural) literally means "small round and flat bread" and in this case, a thin, pretty, round and yummy cookie!


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Chapter 710 - War Emperor
"A will to live, hundred worlds wither away. A glance from the eyes, and the world has already greatly changed."
At heaven and earth's extremity, that blurry and enormous figure spoke as it sat there. It was as if it lived in the past. It was overlooking all three thousand provinces of the higher realms.
This was a War Emperor!
He established his reputation in the archaic legend, creating a legend and forming the base of the Emperor Clan legend. This was an unmatched ancient existence.
No one expected him to still be alive. Based on the bone book's records, he should have passed away a long time ago from the endless passage of time, becoming one with the earth. How could he appear again?
This was an inconceivable scene. It was hard for others to believe what they were seeing!
The War Emperor overlooked the skies. He had previously shaken up all three thousand provinces and overlooked the nine heavens and tenth earth. He had bathed in the blood of countless giants and established itself as an unmatched existence.
There were many glorious figures in the past, but when any one of them was brought up, there wasn't a single clan who wouldn't tremble. This was a living taboo and legend, now that he appeared, who could contend against him?
Everyone was saying that he died, and this had long become the final conclusion. However, now, he unexpectedly appeared again in the higher realms
"A great dream and millions of autumns passed, who could have foreseen this?"
On this side, the sky was covered in resplendent symbols. The old celestial sat in the void, illuminating the skies. The three thousand great worlds revolved around him, and countless deities and gods emerged, chanting scriptures as they did so, setting him off as the highest god.
This was a taboo as well, one that underwent man to heaven, established a higher realm Emperor Clan and ruled over the world. This individual bathed in the blood of countless deities and established an archaic glory!
The two individuals formed a stark contrast. One was dim and indistinct, while the other illuminated the past and present.
These two's encounter could still be considered peaceful. There was no great battle that immediately erupted. They were like two archaic copper bells that were unearthed. They shook off their dust and were releasing dao sounds.
"Your road has deviated, forgotten how to cultivate. The old celestial spoke, his words carrying sorrow, but was extremely great. It was as if the entire Blood Plains was ringing with his voice, perhaps even the entire Demon Province.
In that instant, countless powerful existences between heaven and earth were alarmed. There were even more people who were horrified in the direction of the Demon Province. There were heavenly deities who felt chills run down their backs.
"The old celestial has revived." There was a sect master who said softly. His expression was grave, and his voice was trembling. The entire Demon Province seemed to be trembling.
The figure of the old celestial in the Blood Plains seemed to have crossed time and place. Everyone became aware of its existence. Countless eyes were cast in this direction, and there wasn't anyone who wasn't experiencing great fear.
"Life and cultivation should be a never-ending journey of self-improvement. What forgetting and what deviation?" The War Emperor spoke. His indistinct figure became more majestic and grand, occupying heaven and earth.
His voice was extremely calm, but it tore through the air like lightning. It spanned across mountain and rivers, shaking up the boundless great earth and making all living things shiver with fear.
The War Emperor appeared! He hadn't entered the Blood Plains yet, and that indistinct figure was just a magical projection. His true body was still in the Demon Province. When he spoke like this, it was naturally even more world shaking.
The countless ancient sects of the Demon Province all heard these words. There wasn't a single creature that didn't feel terrified.
"He… is still alive!"
"The War Emperor is still in this world!"
Heavenly deities spoke with trembling voices. When these words sounded, it confirmed everything. The War Emperor's grandeur was incomparable, even if he hadn't emerged for hundreds or thousands of eras. Everyone had believed that he had long died. Now that they appeared again, it immediately terrified the world.
"The cause of suffering is the pursuit of the wrong." The old celestial's voice was downcast.
"A wrong path might not be a mistake. Believing that a path already established is best is what is most pitiful." The War Emperor replied.
"Those who are filled with their own thoughts and opinions will forever be unable to hear the voices of others," said the old celestial.
The two faced each other sharply. Their dao were different, and their paths were different. What they believed was even more so conflicting.
Hong!
In that instant, the world trembled. The Blood Plains were shaken, and everything in a range of several dozen li rumbled. A large black crack appeared. Mountains and seas moved, and the sun and moon were about to fall.
This was an intangible pressure between the two. Through the air, they encountered each other and made a slight contact, yet this type of terrifying result was brought forth.
At this moment, forget about Shi Hao and Yun Xi, even the white bone true deity inside the ancient battlefield, the Vajra Demons, and others were all shivering in fear. They all hid themselves, not willing to display the slightest bit of arrogance.
What kind of existence was this? Just a will alone, a fluctuation of their auras would produce such a terrifying scene. If they displayed their power, it would be unimaginable!
The War Emperor was unmatched in battle, becoming an emperor through war. He had pressed forward unhindered his entire life, sweeping before everything in front of him!
The old celestial created an undefeated legend that connected the past and present. It was hard for him to meet an opponent in this world.
Now that these two faced each other, this was the battle of an era, an extremely rare confrontation between existences at the peak since the ancient times. Every movement they made would be forever recorded in the higher realms' history.
"Someone who thinks he possessed the dao, but is actually being controlled by the dao," the War Emperor spoke. His voice was like thunder, shaking through the boundless wilderness and oppressing the heavens, making the sun and moon tremble.
He already moved. His true body moved through the demon province and closed in on the Blood Plains. It was also because of this that the Demon Province that was incomparably vast and stretched across who knew how many tens of thousands of li was lightly trembling.
An oppressive aura surrounded everyone's minds. They were all horrified, and many people couldn't help but kneel down towards the heavens!
This was the War Emperor. Once he appeared and his body moved, the world would shake in response. Countless existences of the Demon Province began to kowtow before him.
"You and me both seek the dao, so what purpose is there in talking about possessing it." The old celestial replied.
His entire body shone. Strand after strand of blood energy surged, seeping out from his pores. His aura trembled the heavens above and earth below.
"Heavens!"
The deities all trembled in fear. They felt a powerful pressure moving through the Blood Plains and then sweep towards the Demon and Heaven Provinces. Seas from all directions surged.
Many people found this hard to believe. A few giants sucked in cold breaths of air, and their expressions went rigid. They couldn't help but back up, their chests rising and falling violently.
Through the secret treasure, through the enormous heaven connecting formations, they saw this scene, and then all of them felt a tremble that reached down to their souls.
In the skies above the Blood Plains, the old celestial released strand after strand of blood energy. It distorted space and isolated the heavens, making the air itself appear unstable.
One could clearly see that from him at the center, streak after streak of cracks appeared in the void. He seemed to not exist in this world, but instead in hundreds and thousands of worlds past, tearing through space to descend here.
That type of scene was too terrifying. Everyone felt as if they saw a great stream of time pierce through the void, and he was seated right by it.
He… where exactly was he? Is he alive, or is he releasing his divine might from the ancient past, displaying his power in this world?
This was the question quite a few people were thinking in their minds. They could feel a rumbling, a weng weng sounding in their ears. The great dao sounds entered their sea of consciousness, making them feel great fear and tremble uncontrollably.
Heavenly power! This was the true supreme heavenly power!
From man to heaven, this was not just a saying. There really was this type of power.
"How could this be? It's just too terrifying! Who can contend against this?"
"This is the Celestial Race's unrivaled taboo existence? It is terrifying after all. No wonder he could roam unhindered through the three thousand realms in the archaic era. It is hard for him to meet an opponent."
Forget about others, even when a few sect masters saw this scene, they all shivered inwardly as well, their souls even shaking. This might be the peak of human dao.
Perhaps if one evolved a step further, it would be a different type of creature, one that didn't belong to the higher realms!
The blood energy seeped out from the old celestial's pores strand after strand, creating countless great cracks in the void that extended outwards several tens of thousands of li. It surrounded the entire Blood Plains.
This scene made everyone feel great fear.
"War Emperor, come! A battle it is!" The old celestial spoke, his voice like a great bell that rang through the heavens above and earth below. This area of the void became unstable, as if it was going to split apart.
In that instant, the great restriction formation across the Blood Plains and the symbols covering every inch of the great earth were completely wiped out, shattered under a single thought from the old celestial.
Meanwhile, the rulers of this prairie, the twelve cities of crime simultaneous collapsed. The twelve most powerful devil kings were immediately blasted apart, turning into bloody mists.
"Heavens! The lord has died!"
"Sea Turtle Devil King has fallen!"
"Great Might Devil King's body and soul were destroyed!"
In that instant, great cries of alarms sounded from the twelve, now collapsed, cities of crime across the Blood Plains. People were panicking. What kind of power was this?
The twelve devil kings that had controlled this area of the great earth for countless years all died, killed by a single being's will. The great formation that several sect masters laid in the past was all destroyed as well.
This was a world-shaking divine might!
What unmatched expert, what taboo existence? Right now, everything was perfectly displayed. The old celestial was recreating the undefeated legend!
"If you move again, I will also take action. There won't be many people from the Celestial Race left on these plains." An indifferent voice sounded. The War Emperor had arrived!His true body appeared, crossing through the Demon Province into the Blood Plains. It was still a massive image that was indistinct, towering between heaven and earth.
Along with his advance, the great cracks in the void seemed to have disappeared, merging again. He was like a the highest ancestor of all deities that overlooked mountains and rivers, observing the world below the heavens.
Within a scope of several tens of thousands of li, in the boundless blood colored battlefield, there were Celestial Race experts, mercenaries, as well as War Race people. It was extremely complicated.
Yin energy surrounded the ancient land. Shi Hao shivered inwardly. His expression became grave as he watched silently.
Yun Xi opened her mouth, wishing to say something, but she stopped herself. This type of power brought her a great shock. She found it difficult to calm down. Was this the pinnacle of level?
"Will the ancient ancestor discover us?" She said softly.
"Don't think too much. With the War Emperor here, he cannot act too rashly. Otherwise, this entire place will be destroyed, and the consequences of that are unfathomable," Shi Hao said.
The War Emperor's voice rang over, rumbling like thunder. The world seemed to be on the verge of being flipped around. Heaven Province and Demon Province seemed to both be trembling lightly. Violent earthquakes shook through the Blood Plains.
"Great seas will turn to dust after a million autumns, the divine paths wandered rugged. The two of us are already at this age without many years left to live, so from here on out, a battle it is. I want to see what kind of comprehension you have attained!"
"A battle beyond the skies!" The old celestial spoke. His figures swayed, and then he disappeared from the Blood Plains. A great crack remained in his original spot.
"Fine!" The War Emperor replied. A streak of lightning hacked over. He also disappeared.
Peace was restored to the Blood Plains, as if nothing had happened. However, that type of oppressive atmosphere didn't scatter for a long time.
The momentary silence and stillness were shattered. As if comets tore through the sky, a silver-robed individual appeared, in his hands a spear. He traveled through the air and stood in the heavens above, pointing his finger towards the battlefield.
"Celestial Race, come! Fight me! Otherwise, your people cannot leave!"
Then, dazzling radiance appeared in the sky. Other experts traveled through the air. The Heavenly deity sealed off the battlefield, not willing to let any prey leave.
"Do you think my Celestial Race is scared of you?" A woman moved through the sky with a golden bone bell in her hands. She exuded the pressure of a heavenly deity.
This battle was unavoidable.
The old celestial was facing the War Emperor, and experts of other levels were also competing. This was a grudge that had existed between the two clans for an extremely long time.
Apart from this, Heaven Province and Demon Province had a few top level mercenary groups that were dragged in as well, for example, Reincarnation Mercenary Group, Demon Blood Mercenary Group, and Heavenly Wings Mercenary Group. They might have Heavenly deities commanding them as well. It was an absolutely terrifying scene.


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COO Stephen Wiens Joins Spire as Company Prepares for Pivotal Growth
Spire Development Corp
Spire continues an ambitious expansion into new asset classes and markets
VANCOUVER, March 20, 2019 /CNW/ - Spire Development Corporation has come a long way since its inception in 2007. The real estate firm began with the sole purpose to construct industrial warehouses, and 12 years later its business has evolved into the acquisition, financing, development, management, and construction of unique and boutique projects.
"Our desire to be different drives us, which has carved a rewarding niche for Spire," says Lawrence Green, co-owner of Spire. "Creativity takes courage, and we continue to lead with our mission to Create What Matters ™.
This mantra translates into architecturally charming, one-of-a-kind projects that optimally perform and stand the test of time. Most recently, Spire has pioneered the design and construction of their second Passive House apartment building on a 33,700 square foot site directly north of their first Passive House project in Vancouver. Additionally, a bespoke five-storey condominium building designed by award-winning Francl Architects is in development in South Granville. This project features four luxury homes, including a two-storey penthouse. On the commercial side, Spire is developing three high-end self-storage and car wash facilities for Storguard Self Storage and Shine Auto Wash. With the first two facilities in Burnaby and Coquitlam now complete, a third is in the planning stage in Richmond. Beyond Metro Vancouver, the company is also delving into projects in Kamloops, Calgary, and Kelowna.
Spire's expansion has led to the hiring of key team members to further drive the company forward – namely, Stephen Wiens as Chief Operating Officer. With an industry track record surpassing 20 years, Wiens will oversee all aspects of Spire's finances, staffing, accounting, IT, and communications.
"We're at a new peak, and the need to stay on top of the hiring game during such a pivotal point for Spire has led us to a series of new hires – specialists who are passionate about their fields," says Pete Rackow, co-owner of Spire. "As Spire's projects diversify and more complex projects require resilient financing, we are thrilled to onboard Stephen as COO."
Wiens will be instrumental in strengthening current internal systems and creating new ones to meet the evolving needs of Spire's massive growth, while maintaining business consistency, transparency, and agility.
ABOUT SPIRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Spire Development Corporation is a fully integrated real estate company offering a comprehensive package of development & construction services for residential, office, retail, and industrial projects. Founded by Lawrence Green and Pete Rackow in 2007, Spire has grown to be a multi-sectored developer in Western Canada. The company's success is attributed to maintaining the highest level of ethical building practices, offering competitive pricing, and truly valuing relationships with clients and partners.
Main Office: Unit 106 – 7088 Venture Street, Delta BC, V4G 1H5 | T 604 432 6650
www.spiredevelopment.ca
SOURCE Spire Development Corp
For further information: Rose Choi, Marketing Manager, [email protected], C 604 318 4024


Miami, FL --- Choosing to go where no boat company has gone before, MasterCraft � the world leader in luxury performance inboards -- announces it is unveiling the CSX � a bold, new direction for boating � at the 2006 Miami International Boat Show. The CSX, or Cross Sport Xtreme, is a center console tour de force designed for the active, versatile boater and is aimed to successfully merge the diverse lifestyles of outdoor enthusiasts.
To that end, the 22-foot pickle fork CSX is ready for whatever is thrown its way. Equipped with Yakima racks for mountain bikes, wakeboards, skis, fishing gear and even a kayak, the CSX embodies versatility and durability. A direct-drive propulsion system means the engine is set amidship, much like MasterCraft�s tournament-bred ProStar series of boats, allowing for supreme pulling power, better balance and enhanced visibility due to lower bow-rise. As such, the CSX features a unique hull engineered to deliver a comfortable ride in big water while providing the superior wake characteristics watersports enthusiasts have come to expect and demand from MasterCraft.
Drivers are positioned in front of the engine in a center console environment, allowing for full walk-around to the elevated bow, where additional gear can be stored � snap in the bow cushion and the walk around quickly becomes the ultimate tanning bed.
In the center is a captain�s utopia. The dash has easy-to-read gauges and a large standard compass to help anyone navigate large water. Add in the optional, flush-mounted GPS system and �lost� will soon drop out most people�s vocabulary. Behind the driver and passenger sits an island that contains a convenient, teak-covered ice box and a generous sized sink with pullout sprayer. In the back, the rear seat flips forward for easy access from the water-level swimming platform.
As for its toughness, it is constructed in the same meticulous world record-setting heritage of every all-fiberglass MasterCraft, using an internal system of aluminum and high-density polyethylene backing plates for structural and cosmetic longevity � with a lifetime warranty. With its heavy-duty rubber hull guard and self-bailing cockpit with surrounding gutter system, the CSX can be taken anyplace at anytime --a favorite coastal beach for lunch or bike trailhead with limited road access. With its modified vee hull bottom and low-profile inboard drive train, the CSX can navigate both open water and shallows where I/Os fear to tread. And with its stain-proof upholstery and snap-on carpeting, cleanup is made simple�just one pass with a hose.
This breakthrough in boating will definitely raise eyebrows, but MasterCraft is unwavering. This is the same company that debuted a 22-foot pickle-fork wakeboard boat, which replaced its best-selling model of all time. It�s not a company afraid of innovation and leadership.


Home » Blog of Ink » What does your letterhead say about you?
These days it's not unusual as business owners to get so caught up with the online branding of our business that we can forget to invest in physical marketing materials, such as business cards, bookmarks or presentation folders.
The truth is that every single interaction with your business is helping customers and prospects form an impression of your brand – stationery included. In fact, even in our increasingly digital world you will still find that 'real life' marketing materials and stationery options often carry more weight when it comes to overall brand image.
So what does your letterhead say about you?
First of all you need to look at your paper choice. Before your customers even see the message in your letter, they are receiving valuable information about your business based only on the weight and feel of your paper.
What message do you want to portray? If you're a business that prides itself on being a budget conscious company you probably don't want to send out the heaviest weight paper you can find, and if you're a luxury brand it will go against your image to send out a lightweight paper option, likewise if your business is well-known for its eco-friendly policies then a recycled option will work best.
Once your paper choice is sorted, you need to start thinking about your design options. The additional space on a letterhead compared with a business card format allows you incorporate a little more creative flair in your design, but it's important to create a sense of professionalism to ensure that you portray your business in the best possible light.
It's important to work with a company who can offer you the best quality design and printing without putting pressure on your budget. That's where the team at oceanprintdirect.co.uk can help so get in touch today for an obligation free consultation.


Last week Russell and I was invited to Hunter 486, located in The Arch Hotel just behind Marble Arch station.
Promising a 'best of British' menu in a relaxed atmosphere, we were pretty impressed with the menu before our visit as it seemed to have a dish for everyone (making it very hard to choose what to order). We also noticed it was VERY reasonably priced for central London.
The restaurant has an open plan kitchen, allowing you to watch the chefs at work, whilst large windows offer a view of a residential mews lined with pots of flowers. It's a rather romantic setting, which we wasn't expecting at all.
To start I ordered the dressed Dorset crab, avocado and pink grapefruit (£9.50), which was the perfect choice on a hot summer's evening. It was fresh, light and delicate; the grapefruit cut through the creaminess of the avocado whilst the Dorset crab added sweetness to the dish.
Russell opted for the pan fried chicken livers, bacon, pea and mint which was rich, robust and hearty - the complete opposite of my dish. He lapped it up without much feedback, so it must have been good. The next time we visit I will be ordering this dish for myself.
For main course I chose off the stone oven section of the menu and selected the rack of lamb, crushed Jersey Royals, spring vegetables and a herb broth (£20). I was impressed with the freshness of the dish - it's vibrant colours and herbaceous smell instantly transported me to the British countryside. The lamb was cooked to perfection and the sweet onions and carrots gave a great contrast to the white sauce.
We were both impressed to see Flat Iron steak (19.50) on the menu, which surprisingly is our favourite cut. Served with sweet potato fries and a peppercorn sauce, unfortunately the meat was rather overcooked and the sauce wasn't to our taste (which I hate to say as we really wanted to love this dish!).
We both tucked into a side of tomato and onion salad which was drizzled with a sweet yet sharp balsamic. It's slightly addictive... you have been warned.
We finished the meal with an indulgent chocolate fondant and a cocktail - the perfect end to a very good meal.
If you're looking for somewhere with good food but in a relaxed atmosphere, then this is your place! Perfect for an after-work meal, the staff instantly put you at ease and the final bill will be a very pleasant surprise.


In an attempt to be a social butterfly (instead of one of those irritating moths that gets trapped flying around in the lampshade when the light's been on too long), I recently re-downloaded Tinder.
For those of you in-the-know, Tinder has been around since 2012 as an alternate to other cold sweat and anxiety-inducing online dating platforms like OkCupid. It's much simpler and less work to manage. It hooks into your Facebook profile and let's you choose one main photo, five extra photos and add a short "about me" paragraph. In addition to the photos and paragraph, other users see your age, how many miles away you're located, any Facebook friends you have in common, and any mutual interests you identified on Facebook (although, I haven't bothered to add any new Facebook interests since approximately 2007—has anyone?).
Aside from one super creepy message from someone who is apparently known for sending creepy messages (Dude. You know who you are. Stop being a creep.), it's been fun to see who's around. It's really, really, really (really) easy to tell which Tinderers are looking for—erm—"short-term experiences," and which ones are actually interested in meeting interesting people. And the ability to cross reference potential matches with mutual Facebook friends is a huge benefit.
Since Tinder users have to make most of their initial assumptions about each other based on six photos and not much text, the photography becomes extremely important. And telling. In keeping with my habit of offering unsolicited online dating feedback, I have some advice for folks (specifically guys) about how to make the most of Tinder photos.
1. You can only use six photos, so don't use the same one twice. Or worse, three times. This app is super easy to figure out, so it's not a good expression of your intelligence if you don't get how to use it.
3. Pick at least one photo in which you're identifiable as the subject. You're virtually invisible when all of your photos are of groups of people. Which guy are you? Trying to figure it out is like a weird Where's Waldo game, only everyone is Waldo and they all wear sports jerseys.
4. Keep the close-up mustache shots and fishing photos to a minimum. For more information, see Day 115: Advice for Dudes.
5. Be yourself, and represent yourself as such. Per the number 2 parenthetical, don't bother trying to trick people into liking you. This applies to more than just your images. There are so many different types of people in the world, all looking for different types of relationships. Be honest about what you're looking for—odds are, someone else out there is looking for the same thing.


Amateur mangaka grab your styli! Columbia Music Entertainment has a manga drawing game for the Nintendo DS.
It's called Let's Mangaka DS Style and the genre is "becoming a manga artist adventure". In this game players are a manga assistant at a comic publishing house and actually draw manga on the touch screen to move forward. Let's Mangaka DS Style has 550 things for you to draw and an option to make original works. These can be shared wirelessly with up to four players.
You can unlock accessories and clothes to customize your manga artist avatar as you progress. Dress stylishly and you might get a cool boyfriend – the product description actually mentions that.
Let's Mangaka DS Style comes out in Japan on July 29.


Dr. Paul Dougherty performed cataract surgery on this Haitian man in 2012. While Dougherty met with hundreds of Haitians, only a few dozen qualified for surgery. Photo courtesy of Andrew Dougherty Foundation.
Before I go on expounding on how great Dougherty Laser Vision is, I need to be frank. In 2004, Dr. Paul Dougherty changed my life.
For those of you who have had the bad fortune to have poor eyesight, you know the struggle. Many people with poor eyesight have had to wear glasses and contacts since childhood. If you were born at really any time before, perhaps, the 1990s, glasses were rather awful. Mine were pink. Thick. Always scratched as I was always playing rough. Then came the contacts. In third grade, my mom taught me how to wear gas-permeable lenses, aka sand in your eyes that make you see clearly if you can get past the pain. Life was rough, with poor eyesight. But as I made my way through college, Dougherty Laser Vision offered a scholarship for free LASIK to students at Oxnard College. Not only did I qualify, I won. Once the surgery took place, my life changed. I was finally freed from the limitations of vision correction. Even more so, to speak of his character, he is compelled to share his gift with the less fortunate, from local veterans and the homeless to traveling to Third World countries working with impoverished people who rarely see doctors, nevertheless a LASIK surgeon. His greatest inspiration that supercharged his charity work is his son Andrew Dougherty who died from the flu in early 2004, the same day I was to get corrective surgery. In honor of his son, he created the Andrew Dougherty Foundation (www.advfoundation.com).
If there was one person I would trust with such sensitive issues as my eyesight and restoring my vision permanently, it is Dr. Dougherty.
Ella Marie Wigs shop owner Cindy Wiles styles a wig for Marissa Holzer of Ventura.
You feel a lump. You feel the surge of sadness. You feel the anxiety waiting for the results. Then you feel everything flash before your eyes as the doctor tells that you have cancer. For those who have had cancer, the stage doesn't matter. All that matters is your life is about to change dramatically in your fight to save it. And while it's just as challenging for a man to go through the life changes of fighting cancer as a woman, women in particular have one big hurdle that is rather commonplace for men: losing their hair.
If chemo treatment isn't bad enough, when a woman loses her hair, her eyebrows, even her eyelashes, now the whole world sees she is sick, she is in some process of treatment, of healing, and for most cancer patients, from what I have seen, cancer patients tire from all the sympathy. They just want to live as normal as possible. And this is where Ventura's only wig shop comes in.
Cindy Wiles, owner of Ella Marie Wigs in Midtown Ventura who runs it with her husband, has a special touch, a certain sort of sympathy, or perhaps empathy, for those who come into her shop, just looking for some sense of normalcy again.
In her shop, she offers synthetic and human hair wigs, extensions, even fake eye lashes and eye brows. She and her husband will also go to bat to with insurance companies to cover the cost of the wigs.
At the end of the day, however, Ella Marie Wigs doesn't feel like a shop. It feels like a home, a place where you can bring your friends and family and treat yourself to a bit of femininity, a bit of confidence, a bit of feeling like one's self again in the midst of one of the hardest times in life.
The store will be hosting an after-party for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Oct. 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m, featuring wine and chocolate.
A typical seasonal box of local produce from Rio Gozo.
With as much farmland used within Ventura County limits, there's bound to be a bountiful source for farm-to-table fair.
Thanks to Rio Gozo Farm, there is, and there's no reason to even leave the house for your organic, locally-grown produce — it all comes neat in a box, delivered once a week or more — from the farm to your table.
The Rio Gozo Farm community sponsored agriculture box is a subscription service, like Netflix for eggplant. With each delivery, a plethora of vegetables, fruits and herbs will be delivered to one of two locations in Ventura and Ojai, ripe and ready for the dinner table.
In a recent box, a Technicolor dream coat of carrots arrived, all bright green tops and purple, yellow and orange flesh that, when roasted with brown sugar and butter, became little lumps of golden goodness.
Other items packed away in the late August box included a beautiful array of peppers including Anaheim, jalapeño and padron, as well as a bouquet of sunflowers, a grab bag of summer squash and lemon basil. Throw it all in a pot with some potatoes and beef, and baby, you've got a stew goin'!
The Rio Gozo CSA is a seasonal service, running 12 weeks at a time, or you can subscribe for the whole year.
For those of us who can't function without their hit of coffee in the morning, Rio Gozo also gives you the option to add a bag of locally roasted Beacon Coffee beans to your box. Need eggs? The farm also delivers pasture raised eggs. Both of these are extra but worth it for the convenience and peace of mind that comes with buying local, organic food.
Of course, with CSA's come a bit of risk – you're basically buying a share in the farm. When Rio Gozo succeeds, you benefit, or at least your stomach does. Is it worth it? Are dandelion greens edible? (Yes).


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Q: How to completely scrub an raid disk? I have started working on raid devices related project. And I would like to be able to test my changes easily.
The problem is whenever I need to create or remove a new raid device, I have to go through troubleshooting lots of silly problems. For example, when I need create a new device, I sometimes get this error message:
mdadm: failed to set array info for /dev/md0: Inappropriate ioctl for device

There are many other example of such silly issues.
Now, I do not have a problem with getting rid of raid device completely. This is a test system after all. So, what would be a good procedure to always follow so that I can reliably delete a raid device and start a new one whenever I need to do so?
I need something a long the lines of : 1. Delete raid devices config files, 2. format devices to delete superblock, and 3. reboot.
I am using CentOS Linux.

A: Well, to deleted the "raid config files" you simply need to remove your md mount from /etc/fstab. Then after unmounting the md device, just use mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sd#. This should be all that is required to remove a raid configuration entirely.

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