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Le transport ferroviaire aux États-Unis, principalement dédié au transport de marchandises sur de grandes distances, est très développé. Il s'est déployé dans le contexte de la conquête de l'Ouest et a connu son apogée en 1916 pour être progressivement délaissé au profit du transport routier puis aérien. Plus récemment, des projets ferroviaires émergent dans le domaine de la grande vitesse afin de relier des villes importantes et suffisamment proches pour proposer des temps de parcours compétitifs face au transport aérien.

Les premiers chemins de fer sont construits dans les années 1820 et 1830 en Nouvelle-Angleterre et dans la région d'Atlantique centrale. À partir de 1850, un réseau dense commence à prendre forme sous l'impulsion de l'industrialisation rapide du Nord et et du Nord-Est du pays. Pendant et après la guerre de Sécession (1861-1865), le premier chemin de fer transcontinental est construit pour connecter la Californie avec le reste du réseau national. Le 10 mai 1869, la ligne est achevée à Promontory Summit dans l'Utah, point de jonction des voies posées par l'Union Pacific et la Central Pacific, les deux compagnies travaillant à partir de chacune des extrémités de la ligne. L'histoire du développement du réseau explique qu'aujourd'hui encore une grande disparité existe entre l'est et l'ouest du pays en termes de densité ferroviaire.

Le réseau ferroviaire des États-Unis est le plus vaste du monde. Les voies sont à l'écartement standard et sont extrêmement peu électrifiées. Des interconnexions avec le Canada et le Mexique voisins sont possibles car ils disposent également d'un réseau ferroviaire à écartement standard.

Le transport de marchandises par rail aux États-Unis est particulièrement efficace et transporte 38 % du volume total de marchandises. Les compagnies de classe I possèdent et exploitent plus de  de lignes et réalisent un chiffre d'affaires de plus de  de dollars.

Le transport de passagers par rail a joué un rôle essentiel dans le développement du pays et dans son unification mais il est aujourd'hui largement limité en comparaison des pays européens. Amtrak est la société de fonds publics chargée d'assurer une offre ferroviaire de transport intercité. La ligne la plus emprunté pour le transport de passagers est l'Acela Express, qui relie Washington et Boston dans le Nord-Est du pays. C'est aussi la ligne la plus rapide du pays.

Malgré la faible électrification du réseau ferré des États-Unis, le transport ferroviaire est le moyen le plus efficace du point de vue énergétique pour le transport des marchandises. C'est aussi l'un des moyens les plus sûrs.

Histoire

Infrastructures

Réseau ferré
En 2021, le réseau ferroviaire états-unien est constitué de  de voies détenues par les compagnies ferroviaires de classes I, II et III . Cela en fait le réseau ferroviaire national le plus vaste du monde . Sur ces ,  sont parcourus par des trains de passagers d'Amtrak, qui est pour autant propriétaire de seulement 30% des voies empruntées .

Aux États-Unis, le réseau ferré est détenu par des compagnies ferroviaires privées qui exploitent généralement leurs propres voies. Le développement du réseau est donc le résultat d'initiatives privées pouvant être ponctuellement soutenues par la puissance publique . En effet, le réseau ferré n'est pas considéré comme un monopole naturel, contrairement à la logique prévalant dans les pays européens .

Ce réseau important est le résultat d'un développement effréné lors de la révolution industrielle puis d'une réduction importante de la longueur du réseau au  . Ainsi, le réseau atteint son apogée en 1916 avec  de lignes.

Connexions avec les pays frontaliers
Le réseau ferroviaire des États-Unis est intégré au réseau nord-américain. Des connexions sont ainsi assurées avec le Mexique et le Canada. Les trois pays disposent d'un réseau développé à voie normale, ce qui permet une bonne interopérabilité .

Postes frontières mexicains  :
 En Basse Californie : Tijuana, Tecate, Mexicali
 Au Sonora : Heroica Nogales
 Au Chihuahua : Ciudad Juarez, Ojinaga
 Au Coahuila : Piedras Negras
 Au Tamaulipas : Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros

Postes frontières canadiens  :
 En Colombie Britannique : White Rock, Abbotsford, Grand Forks, Montrose, Yahk
 En Alberta : Coutts
 En Saskatchewan : North Portal
 Au Manitoba : Emerson, Middlebro
 En Ontario : Rainy River, Fort Frances, Sault-Sainte-Marie, Sarnia, Windsor, Fort Érié, Niagara Falls
 Au Québec : Dundee, Lacolle, Abercorn, Stanhope, Lac-Mégantic
 Au Nouveau-Brunswick : Saint-Leonard, McAdam, Saint-Stephen

La totalité de ces passages de frontières concernent les États-Unis contigus. En effet, il n'existe aucune liaison ferroviaire entre le Canada et l'Alaska.

Grande vitesse

En 2022, les États-Unis ne possèdent aucune ligne ferroviaire à grande vitesse, au sens de l'Union internationale des chemins de fer. Selon l'UIC, la grande vitesse ferroviaire commence à . Or la ligne la plus rapide en activité aux États-Unis est l'Acela Express qui atteint au plus  sur une partie de son parcours ( sur ) . En moyenne, l'Acela parcourt le trajet de Washington à Boston à  . Un projet de  de dollars est en cours de réalisation pour augmenter sa vitesse jusqu'à  sur certaines portions. Ce projet consiste notamment à remplacer le matériel roulant existant par des rames Avelia Liberty, un train pendulaire produit par Alstom, et à modifier sensiblement l'infrastructure pour permettre des pointes plus élevées.

À la suite de l'élection de Barack Obama en 2008, le gouvernement fédéral souhaite développer la grande vitesse ferroviaire en réalisant les investissements qui manquaient jusqu'alors au secteur .

Le projet californien de lignes ferroviaires à grande vitesse permettant de relier notamment San Francisco et Los Angeles est considéré comme un des plus crédibles. Le projet de  de dollars prévoit de relier jusqu'à 24 gares par  de lignes à grande vitesse. Il devrait permettre de réduire la saturation du couloir aérien entre les deux plus grandes villes de l'État. Le chantier a commencé en 2014 entre Merced et Fresno. En 2019, le gouverneur nouvellement élu Gavin Newsom a annoncé que faute de financements suffisants, la California High-Speed Rail Authority allait se concentrer sur la mise en service de la section de la Vallée Centrale entre Merced et Bakersfield. Le but est de sécuriser la réalisation du projet, au moins en partie, plutôt que de l'abandonner.

Le Texas est en train de concrétiser son projet de ligne à grande vitesse entre Houston et Dallas. Un contrat de  de dollars a été passé avec l'entreprise de construction italienne Webuild. La future ligne de  permettra aux trains de rouler à , une vitesse encore jamais atteinte pour un train aux États-Unis.

Transport de marchandises

Le transport de marchandises par train joue un rôle essentiel dans l'économie des États-Unis, particulièrement en transportant des produits d'imports ou d'exports en utilisant des conteneurs et pour le transport de charbon et de pétrole. D'après le magazine britannique The Economist, les entreprises de fret ferroviaires américaines « sont unanimement reconnues dans le secteur comme les meilleures du monde ». Entre 1980, année du Staggers Act, et 2020, les coûts de transport de marchandises par rail (corrigés de l'inflation) ont chuté de 44 %. En 2018, 91 % des conteneurs du pays ont été en partie transportés par le train.

Les compagnies ferroviaires américaines continuent de jouer un rôle majeur dans le transport de marchandises dans le pays. Elles transportaient  de tonnes.kilomètre dans les années 1920 contre  en 2000. Dans les années 1950, la part de marchandises transportées par rail aux États-Unis et en Europe est semblable, alors qu'en 2000, 38 % du transport de marchandise est effectué par rail aux États-Unis contre 8 % en Europe. En 2020, le secteur ferroviaire américain a une efficacité énergétique de  par litre de fuel.

En 2013, le pétrole extrait de Dakota du Nord a davantage été transporté par train que par l'oléoduc Trans-Alaska. Cette tendance, multipliée par dix en deux ans et par 40 en cinq ans devrait encore prendre de l'ampleur.

Classes de compagnies de fret ferroviaire

Il existe trois différentes classes de compagnies de fret ferroviaire, la classe I, la classe régionale et la classe locale.

La classe I regroupe l'ensemble des compagnies réalisant un chiffre d'affaires annuel d'au moins  de dollars. Ce type de compagnies représentent une part très faible des compagnies ferroviaires en service mais concentrent 69 % des voies, 90 % des employés du secteur et 94 % du chiffre d'affaires.

La classe II ou classe régionale recouvre les compagnies ayant un chiffre d'affaires annuel situé entre  et  de dollars ou disposant d'au moins  (soit environ ).

La classe III regroupe les compagnies réalisant moins de  de chiffre d'affaires annuel et ayant moins de 350 milles de longueur de ligne. Ces petites lignes sont souvent regroupées dans des conglomérats pour des raisons économiques.

En 2021, 603 compagnies de classe II et III opéraient aux États-Unis. Elles contrôlaient  de lignes et employaient .

Trafic et impacts économiques

D'après l'enquête nationale sur le transport de marchandises de 2017, les compagnies ferroviaires opèrent  des tonnes.kilomètre contre  pour le mode routier et  pour le transport par bateau (fluvial, côtier ou sur les grands lacs). Depuis plusieurs décennies, le secteur connaît une concurrence importante du transport routier qui progresse de plus de 50% entre 2000 et 2020 alors que le transport ferroviaire connaît une récession de près de 30 % sur la même période.

Toutefois, le transport intermodal rail-route se développe en parallèle, ce qui laisse le secteur en bonne position. Le développement du transport par conteneur a généré une refonte du transport des marchandises par rail en permettant de transférer facilement les biens d'un mode à un autre. En particulier, le transport à double étage, inventé dans les années 1980 , s'est généralisé progressivement aux États-Unis jusqu'à représenter 70 % du trafic ferroviaire intermodal.

Le secteur du fret ferroviaire aux États-Unis réalise un chiffre d'affaires de près de  de dollars et embauche plus de  dans le pays. Les retombés économiques indirectes sont jugées considérables. Au total, le transport ferroviaire génère  de dollars d'activités économiques (dont  de dollars de taxes) et ce sont  d'emplois qui dépendent du secteur.

Transport interurbain de passagers

Historique
Avant la mise en service d'Amtrak en 1971, le service ferroviaire de transport de passagers était assuré par des compagnies fournissant également des services de transport de marchandises, ce qui était une obligation donnée aux compagnies par le gouvernement. Mais l'activité est largement déficitaire (hormis certaines années exceptionnelles) et les pertes sont compensées par les bénéfices engrangés sur l'activité de transport de marchandises.

Le Rail Passenger Service Act de 1970, qui entérine la création d'Amtrak prévoit que les compagnies ferroviaires peuvent se retirer du marché du transport de passagers, mais doivent participer à la fourniture en capital d'Amtrak selon une des trois règles suivantes (la compagnie peut choisir celle qui lui est la plus profitable) :
 50% des pertes liées au trafic passagers de la compagnie sur l'année 1969 ;
 100% des pertes liées au trafic passagers sur les lignes interurbaines sur l'année 1969 ;
 200% des pertes liées au trafic passagers sur les lignes du schéma prévisionnel d'Amtrak sur l'année 1969.
Ce montant pouvait être réglé en liquidités, en équipement ou en obligations, en échange de quoi la compagnie devenait actionnaire d'Amtrak ou considérait son investissement comme une perte fiscale. Seules quatre compagnies ont choisi de devenir actionnaires.

L'intérêt pour les compagnies est important car elles peuvent se retirer d'un marché déficitaire en échange d'équipements qui ne leur seront plus utiles, c'est pourquoi la plupart des compagnies acceptent ces conditions et payent la participation en équipement (principalement des voitures voyageurs).

Amtrak

Amtrak est née le  de la fusion des services voyageurs de 20 compagnies ferroviaires opérant précédemment individuellement . Amtrak a le statut d'entreprise commerciale mais est principalement détenue par le gouvernement fédéral des États-Unis . Amtrak a pour mandat de « fournir une mobilité ferroviaire interurbaine efficiente et efficace, consistant en un service de grande qualité, compétitif en temps avec les autres options de transport interurbain ».

Elle assure le transport de passagers de longue distance entre 500 gares dans 46 États des États-Unis, le district de Columbia, ainsi que dans trois provinces canadiennes. Les seuls États américains à ne pas être desservies par Amtrak sont l'Alaska, où le transport de passagers est assuré par Alaska Railroad, Hawaï, où le transport ferroviaire interurbain n'existe pas, le Dakota du Sud et le Wyoming.

Encore en 2021, Amtrak n'est propriétaire que d'une petite partie de l'infrastructure qu'elle utilise, ainsi 72 % de la distance parcourue par les trains d'Amtrak est réalisée sur des voies appartenant à des compagnies de fret. En échange, Amtrak verse un dédommagement aux propriétaires pour compenser la hausse des coûts d'entretien des voies. Ce fonctionnement, semblable à ce qui se fait en Europe n'est pas courant aux États-Unis où les compagnies sont traditionnellement à la fois gestionnaire d'infrastructure et exploitant ferroviaire.

Trafic et résultats économiques
Le transport interurbain de passagers par rail est très peu développé aux États-Unis. En 2019, Amtrak réalise  de voyageurs-kilomètre. La même année, la SNCF en réalise , soit environ dix fois plus que son homologue américain. Toutefois, depuis sa création, Amtrak connaît une hausse régulière de la fréquentation.

Bien qu'ayant le statut d'entreprise commerciale, Amtrak n'est pas rentable, elle bénéficie de subventions de la part de 17 États pour assurer 28 lignes de courte distance (moins de ). Depuis sa création en 1971, Amtrak n'a pas connu une seule année avec des résultats financiers positifs.

Lignes

En 2022, Amtrak opère 41 lignes ferroviaires interurbaines aux États-Unis et au Canada pour le transport de passagers, dont certaines sont saisonnières ou temporairement suspendues.

Les lignes d'Amtrak sont divisées en trois catégories:
 Les lignes du corridor nord-est ;
 Les lignes faisant l'objet de subventions de la part des États (ne traversant généralement pas de frontière entre États) ;
 Les lignes de longue distance.

Certaines lignes sont orientées vers des usages réguliers, c'est notamment le cas des lignes du corridor nord-est qui maillent le territoire du BosWash, la plus grande mégalopole des États-Unis et qui cible principalement des navetteurs. Ainsi, les fréquences des lignes du corridor nord-est sont bien plus élevées que sur de nombreuses autres lignes d'Amtrak. Ces fréquences importantes font du réseau de cette région ferroviaire, le réseau le plus emprunté d'Amérique du Nord.

D'autres trains sont réputés pour leur attrait touristique car ils permettent de se déplacer tout en traversant des paysages parfois sauvages.

Autres exploitants
Outre Amtrak, d'autres exploitants ferroviaires proposent des services interurbains aux États-Unis. C'est notamment le cas d'Alaska Railroad et de Brightline.

Alaska Railroad

Alaska Railroad est une entreprise publique détenue par l'État d'Alaska depuis 1985. Elle a été détenue et gérée par le gouvernement fédéral entre 1914 et 1985 pour faciliter le développement économique de la région notamment par le transport de minerai.

Elle opère un service de fret et un service passager.

Le réseau de l'Alaska Railroad est composé de  de lignes entre Seward au sud de l'État et Fairbanks au centre. La ligne dessert notamment Anchorage, la plus grande ville de l'État.

Brightline

Brightline est une compagnie ferroviaire privée opérant en Floride. Le service de Brightline en 2022 permet de relier Miami, Fort Lauderdale et West Palm Beach. Un projet est actuellement en cours de construction pour relier l'existant à Orlando, au centre de l'État. La phase 1 du projet devrait être opérationnelle en 2023. La dernière phase du projet prévoit de relier Orlando à Tampa avec une mise en service prévue en 2028. Les trains de Brightline reliant Miami à West Palm Beach empruntent une ligne de 108 kilomètres, dans sa version finale, le réseau de Brightline en Floride devrait être de 515 kilomètres.

Brightline développe également un projet de ligne à grande vitesse entre Los Angeles et Las Vegas à l'Ouest du pays. La ligne, telle que prévue, fait  et devrait être parcourue à une vitesse moyenne de  avec des pointes à . Le service prévu est de 25 aller-retours quotidiens.

Aspects sociétaux

Énergie et environnement
Malgré la faible électrification du réseau ferroviaire aux États-Unis, le transport ferroviaire est en moyenne entre trois et quatre fois plus efficace énergétiquement que le transport par camion. Ainsi, en 2019, un litre de fuel permettait de déplacer une tonne de marchandise sur 167 kilomètres par rail aux États-Unis.

Cette efficacité énergétique permet également de transporter des marchandises en limitant les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Le mode ferroviaire, qui transporte un tiers du volume de marchandises, ne représente que 2% des émissions de gaz à effet de serre du secteur des transports aux États-Unis .

Sécurité
Le transport ferroviaire est considéré comme un des moyens de transport les plus sûrs au regard du volume de marchandises transportés aux États-Unis. Des investissements récurrents ont permis des progrès substantiels et une réduction du nombre de décès liés au trafic ferroviaire, dont une part importante est liée aux accidents aux passages à niveau.

Notes et références

Articles connexes
 Acela
 Liste des chemins de fer américains
 Liste d'entreprises ferroviaires
 Liste des gares d'Amtrak

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Selenium2Library Developer Information
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Directory Layout
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MANIFEST.in
	File that controls what gets included in a distribution

setup.py
	Setup script (uses setuptools)

demo/
    Demo web app, acceptance tests, and scripts

doc/
    Scripts to build keyword and readme documentation

src/
    Library source code

test/
    Unit and acceptance tests for Selenium2Library

Unit and Acceptance Tests
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The test directory contains everything needed to run Selenium2Library
tests with Robot Framework. This includes:

- Unit tests under `unit` directory.
- Acceptance tests written with Robot Framework under `acceptance`
  directory
- A very simple httpserver.py which is used to serve the html for tests in
  `resources/testserver`
- A collection of simple html files under 'resources/html' directory
- Start-up scripts for executing the tests

To run unit and acceptance tests, run::

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The first argument to the script defines the interpreter to be used
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	python test/run_tests.py python ff
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	python test/run_tests.py jython ie -s javascript

To run just the unit tests, run::

	python test/run_unit_tests.py

Building a Distribution
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To build a distribution, run::

	python build_dist.py

This script will:

- Generate source distribution packages in .tar.gz and .zip formats
- Generate build distribution packages for Windows x86 and x64
- Generate a demo distribution package in .zip format.
- Re-generate keyword documentation in doc folder

Publishing to PyPi
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To publish to PyPi use the following steps.

1.  Update the version number in src/Selenium2Library/version.py is updated
2.  Run the following commands to create the source and egg distributables::

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    python2.7 setup.py bdist_egg upload --sign
    python2.7 setup.py sdist upload --sign

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    C:\python2.7 setup.py bdist_wininst --target-version=2.7 register upload

The above 2 commands can also include the --sign option if you have gnupgp setup
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Building Keyword Documentation
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The keyword documentation will get built automatically by build_dist.py,
but if you need to generate it apart from a distribution build, run::

	python doc/generate.py

Building Readme Files
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The readme files get distributed in reStructuredText format (.rst),
so there isn't any reason to build them except to verify how they
are parsed by the reStructuredText parser. To build them, run::

	python doc/generate_readmes.py

Pushing Code to GitHub
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Assuming the remote has been setup and named `origin` (it is
setup and named `origin` automatically if you cloned the existing
GitHub repo), run::

	git push origin master

Pushing Keyword Documentation
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The keyword documentation is hosted using GitHub Pages. There is a branch
in the repo called `gh-pages` that contains nothing but the keyword documentation.

First, switch to the `gh-pages` branch::

	git checkout gh-pages

Next, pull the keyword documentation you generated in the master branch and commit it::

	git checkout master doc/Selenium2Library.html
	git add .
	git commit

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	git push origin gh-pages

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In 2016, Federer couldn't take part due to his knee injury. So, his decision to take part in the 2020 Olympics is pretty exciting. Until then, fans are hoping that he'll remain injury-free to finally get a medal. Of course, anything can happen, so we're a bit sceptical.
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Friday Night Chili is brought to you this week with an abundance of duck fat.
Then add a few cups of stock and let that baby simmer.
You can add beans, but I don't because beans, beans they're a musical fruit.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Data;
public partial class check_userfees : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
    Datacon dacon = new Datacon();
    static int num_of_data;
    static bool tag = false;//设置判断按钮标志
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {

            string sqlstr = "select* from userFees where ClientName='"+Session["username"]+"'";
            DataSet myds = dacon.getds(sqlstr);

            rate.DataSource = myds.Tables[0].DefaultView;

            rate.PageSize = 10;
            rate.DataBind();

            this.mhbind(0);
            jq_current.Text = "1";
            jq_all.Text = Convert.ToString(num_of_data);
            if (num_of_data == 1)
            {

                jq_First.Enabled = false;
                jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
                jq_Last.Enabled = false;
                jq_Next.Enabled = false;
            }
            else
            {
                jq_First.Enabled = false;
                jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
                jq_Last.Enabled = true;
                jq_Next.Enabled = true;
            }

        }

    }
    protected void First_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (tag)
            this.jqbind(0);
        else
            this.mhbind(0);
        jq_current.Text = "1";
        jq_First.Enabled = false;
        jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
        jq_Last.Enabled = true;
        jq_Next.Enabled = true;
    }
    protected void Previous_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int a = Convert.ToInt32(jq_current.Text) - 1;
        if (tag)
            this.jqbind(a - 1);
        else
            this.mhbind(a - 1);
        if (a == 1)
        {
            jq_current.Text = "1";
            jq_First.Enabled = false;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
            jq_Last.Enabled = true;
            jq_Next.Enabled = true;
        }
        else
        {
            jq_current.Text = Convert.ToString(a);
            jq_First.Enabled = true;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = true;
            jq_Last.Enabled = true;
            jq_Next.Enabled = true;
        }
    }
    protected void Next_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int a = Convert.ToInt32(jq_current.Text) - 1;
        if (tag)
            this.jqbind(a + 1);
        else
            this.mhbind(a + 1);
        if (a == num_of_data - 2)
        {
            jq_current.Text = Convert.ToString(num_of_data);
            jq_First.Enabled = true;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = true;
            jq_Last.Enabled = false;
            jq_Next.Enabled = false;
        }
        else
        {
            jq_current.Text = Convert.ToString(a + 2);
            jq_First.Enabled = true;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = true;
            jq_Last.Enabled = true;
            jq_Next.Enabled = true;
        }
    }
    protected void Last_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (tag)
            this.jqbind(num_of_data - 1);
        else
            this.mhbind(num_of_data - 1);
        jq_current.Text = Convert.ToString(num_of_data);
        jq_First.Enabled = true;
        jq_Previous.Enabled = true;
        jq_Last.Enabled = false;
        jq_Next.Enabled = false;
    }
    protected void btnjq_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        tag = true;
        this.jqbind(0);
        jq_current.Text = "1";
        jq_all.Text = Convert.ToString(num_of_data);
        if (num_of_data <= 1)
        {
            jq_Next.Enabled = false;
            jq_Last.Enabled = false;
            jq_First.Enabled = false;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
        }
        else
        {
            jq_First.Enabled = false;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
            jq_Last.Enabled = true;
            jq_Next.Enabled = true;
        }
    }
    protected void jqbind(int pageindex)
    {

        string sqlwhere = "";

        if (month.Text.Trim() != "") sqlwhere = sqlwhere + " and month='" + month.Text.Trim() + "'";
        datadeal(pageindex, sqlwhere);
    }
    protected void datadeal(int pageindex, string sqlwhere)//处理语句
    {
        int a;//当前页
        string sqlstr, sqlstr1 = "select count(*) from  userFees where ClientName='" + Session["username"] + "'";
        if (pageindex > 0)//翻页了
        {

            a = pageindex * 10;
            sqlstr = "select top 10 * from userFees where id not in (select top  "
            + a.ToString() + " id from userFees where " + sqlwhere + " and ClientName='" + Session["username"] + "' order by id desc) and ClientName='" + Session["username"] + "'";
        }
        else//第一次加载
            sqlstr = "select top 10 * from userFees where ClientName='"+Session["username"]+"'";

        sqlstr = sqlstr + sqlwhere + " order by id desc;" + sqlstr1 + sqlwhere;
        DataSet ds = dacon.getds(sqlstr);
        //为空时显示默认值

        rate.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
        rate.DataBind();
        int s = (int)ds.Tables[1].Rows[0][0];
        Label1.Text = "共查到记录" + s.ToString() + "条";
        int zh = s / 10;
        int yu = s - zh * 10;
        if (yu == 0) num_of_data = zh;
        else num_of_data = zh + 1;
        rate.Visible = true;
        Panel_jq.Visible = true;

    }

    protected void btnmh_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        tag = false;
        this.mhbind(0);
        jq_current.Text = "1";
        jq_all.Text = Convert.ToString(num_of_data);
        if (num_of_data <= 1)
        {
            jq_Next.Enabled = false;
            jq_Last.Enabled = false;
            jq_First.Enabled = false;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
        }
        else
        {
            jq_First.Enabled = false;
            jq_Previous.Enabled = false;
            jq_Last.Enabled = true;
            jq_Next.Enabled = true;
        }

    }

    protected void mhbind(int pageindex)
    {
        string sqlwhere = "";

        if (month.Text.Trim() != "") sqlwhere = sqlwhere + " and month like '%" + month.Text.Trim() + "%'";
        datadeal(pageindex, sqlwhere);
    }

    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        //SqlConnection conn = dacon.getcon();

        ////string sqlstr = "select top 1 * from rateSet order by id desc";
        ////DataSet myds = dacon.getds(sqlstr);
        ////float SI = float.Parse(myds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["SIRate"].ToString());
        ////float BI = float.Parse(myds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["BIRate"].ToString());
        //SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT id as '序号',month as '统计月份',	count1	as '查询统计数', Cost as '应付金额',pay as '实际支付',remain as '未结算',OpTime	as '更新日期' FROM userFees where ClientName='" + Session["username"] + "' ORDER BY id", conn);
        //DataSet ds = new DataSet();
        //da.Fill(ds, "table1");
        //if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count < 1)
        //{
        //    Response.Write("<script>alert('您的费用记录为空,暂时不能下载。')</script>");
        //    return;
        //}
        //System.Data.DataTable dt = ds.Tables["table1"]; //获取数据集
        //DataView dv = ds.Tables["table1"].DefaultView;

        if (this.rate.Rows.Count <= 0)
        {
            Response.Write("<script>alert('您当前表格的记录为空,暂时不能下载。请重新搜索')</script>");
            return;
        }
        if (Session["username"] == null)
        {
            Response.Write("<script>alert('用户名失效,请重新登录')</script>");
            return;
        }
        //Gridview转datable
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        dt.Columns.Add("序号", typeof(string));
        dt.Columns.Add("统计月份", typeof(string));
        dt.Columns.Add("用户名", typeof(string));
        dt.Columns.Add("查询统计数", typeof(int));
        dt.Columns.Add("应付金额", typeof(float));
        dt.Columns.Add("实际支付", typeof(float));
        dt.Columns.Add("未结算", typeof(float));
        dt.Columns.Add("更新日期", typeof(string));

        for (int i = 0; i < this.rate.Rows.Count; i++)
        {
            //dt.Rows.Add(rate.Rows[i]);
            DataRow newrow = dt.NewRow();
            for (int j = 0; j < rate.Columns.Count; j++)
                newrow[j] = rate.Rows[i].Cells[j].Text.Trim();
            dt.Rows.Add(newrow);
        }
        DataView dv = dt.DefaultView;

        string str1 = "用户" + Session["username"].ToString() +DateTime.Now.ToString("D")+"的账单";
        string str2 = "用户" + Session["username"].ToString() + "的账单统计";
        if (str1 == "")
        {
            Response.Write("<script>alert('导出的Excel表文件的名称不能为空。')</script>");
            return;
        }
        if (str2 == "")
        {
            Response.Write("<script>alert('该表的标题不能为空。')</script>");
            return;
        }
        try
        {
            SQLtoExcel se = new SQLtoExcel();

            String filepath = Server.MapPath("用户报表/" + "" + str1 + ".xls");
            se.OutputExcel(dv, str1, str2, filepath);
            //在服务器上产生excel的方法,dv为要输出到Excel的数据,str1为文件名称 ,str2为标题名称 ,path是路径
            string path = Server.MapPath("用户报表/" + str1 + ".xls");

            System.IO.FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(path);
            Response.Clear();
            Response.Charset = "GB2312";
            Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
            // 添加头信息,为"文件下载/另存为"对话框指定默认文件名
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + Server.UrlEncode(file.Name));
            // 添加头信息,指定文件大小,让浏览器能够显示下载进度
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", file.Length.ToString());

            // 指定返回的是一个不能被客户端读取的流,必须被下载
            Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";

            // 把文件流发送到客户端
            Response.WriteFile(file.FullName);
            // 停止页面的执行

            Response.End();
        }
        catch (Exception e1)
        {
            Response.Write("<script>alert('生成excel过程出现错误,错误原因:"+e1.Message+"。')</script>");
            return;
        }
    }
}


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Official Trailer for Netflix's Doc Film 'Pelé' About the Football Legend
"At that moment, I didn't want to be Pelé." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for the documentary film Pelé, a brand new sports profile doc about the legendary football player known around the world simply as Pelé. There was also a narrative film called Pele: Birth of a Legend a few years ago, but that one's different from this film. Pelé, the new Netflix documentary, chronicles the life of the Brazilian football player, Edson Arantes do Nascimento - better known as Pelé. The documentary looks back at the extraordinary period when Pelé, the only player to win three World Cup titles, went from a young superstar in 1958 to a national hero, amidst a radical and turbulent era in Brazilian history - telling a story of Brazil's political history as connected to Pele. The film features tons of interviews and old footage, as well as testimonials from family members, journalists, artists, and others who witnessed the golden age of Brazilian football. Give this a look.
Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for David Tryhorn & Ben Nicholas' doc Pelé, direct from YouTube:
The film charts Pelé's remarkable journey to becoming the 'King of Football' and leading his nation's team to their historic win at the 1970 World Cup. With rare and exclusive filmed access to Pelé himself, the film emotionally showcases the star reflecting upon his impressive career. The documentary also includes rare archival footage and interviews from former legendary team-mates at Santos Futebol Clube and also the Brazilian national team, including Zagallo, Amarildo and Jairzinho, as well as extraordinary testimonials from family members, journalists, artists, & other personalities who witnessed the golden age of Brazilian football. Pelé is co-directed by filmmakers David Tryhorn & Ben Nicholas, both of whom made the doc film Crossing the Line about athlete Danny Harris previously. It's produced by Pitch Productions; executive produced by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald. This hasn't premiered at any festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Netflix will debut this Pelé doc streaming starting on February 23rd, 2021 this month.
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The onset can be fast and shocking or slow and insidious. It can happen to anyone at any age. A flu, a vaccination, or an infection can be the innocent beginnings to the potentially life-long and disabling illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), which is more commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME/CFS in North America.
In the mid 1980s, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was called in by concerned doctors who were witnessing an influx of patients with a mysterious illness. Eventually the CDC labeled the condition "chronic fatigue syndrome" which turned out to be very misleading. Decades later, in 2016, health agencies are finally beginning to agree with international experts that ME/CFS is a serious, chronic, multi-system illness.
Through artwork, poetry, story-telling, and meticulous research, Lighting Up a Hidden World: CFS and ME takes readers into the fascinating, yet frightening, landscape of ME/CFS. Author Valerie Free shares her personal experiences and delivers illuminating first-hand perspectives from patients, caregivers, journalists, and medical professionals from within the global community in short easy-to-read segments. These stories reveal the disgrace, controversy, and tragedy of worldwide neglect by political and health care systems, leaving ME/CFS research underfunded and millions of people marginalized, sick, and socially unsupported.


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Biografia
Dinah Manoff è figlia d'arte. Suo padre Arnold Manoff (morto quando Dinah aveva 7 anni) fu uno sceneggiatore cinematografico di successo negli anni quaranta, che fu messo nell'impossibilità di lavorare nel cinema all'epoca del Maccartismo per le sue opinioni politiche di sinistra. Sua madre è l'attrice Lee Grant, la quale fu anch'essa messa al bando da Hollywood all'epoca del Maccartismo e vincerà nel 1976 l'Oscar alla miglior attrice non protagonista. I genitori divorziarono quando aveva 3 anni e l'anno successivo la madre sposò il produttore Joseph Feury il quale divenne così il patrigno di Dinah Manoff. Nel 1975, all'età di 17 anni, Dinah Manoff fu accettata all'Actors Studio.

Il primo ruolo cinematografico di Dinah Manoff è stata la parte di Marty Maraschino nella versione cinematografica di Grease, girato nell'estate del 1977. Nel 1979 Dinah Manoff fu Libby Tucker nella commedia di Neil Simon Quel giardino di aranci fatti in casa, interpretazione che le fece vincere il prestigioso Tony Award come migliore attrice. Ottenne lo stesso ruolo nella versione cinematografica della commedia, con Walter Matthau e Ann-Margret (1982); è questo uno dei rari film in cui Dinah Manoff ha avuto un ruolo da protagonista.

Dinah Manoff ha lavorato molto per il teatro e la televisione, con un lungo periodo di assenza dalle scene negli anni novanta. Ha svolto anche attività di regista televisiva, sceneggiatrice e produttrice cinematografica.

Vita privata
È stata sposata dal 1980 al 1985 con Jean-Marc Joubert e dal 1997 è sposata con Arthur Mortell; da quest'ultimo ha avuto tre figli: Dashiell (1997) e i gemelli Oliver e Desi (2002).

Filmografia parziale

Cinema
 Grease, regia di Randal Kleiser (1978)
 Gente comune  (Ordinary People), regia di Robert Redford (1980)
 Quel giardino di aranci fatti in casa (Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures), regia di Herbert Ross (1982)
 Congiure parallele (Backfire), regia di Gilbert Cates (1988)
 La bambola assassina (Child's Play), regia di Tom Holland (1988)
 I maledetti di Broadway (Bloodhounds of Broadway), regia di Howard Brookner (1989)
 Scelta di vita (Staying Together), regia di Lee Grant (1989)
 Roxy - Il ritorno di una stella (Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael), regia di Jim Abrahams (1990)
 The Amati Girls, regia di Anne De Salvo (2000)
 Zigs, regia di Mars Callahan (2001)
 Bart Got a Room, regia di Brian Hecker (2008)

Televisione
 Bolle di sapone (Soap) – serie TV, 16 episodi (1978)
 La signora in giallo (Murder, She Wrote) – serie TV, episodio 3x14 (1987)
 Il cane di papà (Empty Nest) – serie TV, 170 episodi (1988-1995)

Doppiatrici italiane
 Francesca Guadagno in Grease
 Emanuela Rossi in Gente comune
 Liliana Sorrentino in La bambola assassina
 Stefanella Marrama in Roxy - Il ritorno di una stella

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Tony Award alla miglior attrice non protagonista in uno spettacolo


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          package="com.rosshambrick.covert"
          android:versionCode="1"
          android:versionName="1.0">
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Last week I had the opportunity to fish the new Scott S4 four weight in RMNP. It was an outstanding day, and I couldn't have asked for a more scenic place to break in the rod. I only had a couple of hours to fish, but caught browns and brookies on a royal wulff. The creek was a bit lower than the last time I fished it, but still held trout in the pools.
The rod is fantastic. Fast action, yet sensitive enough to cast small dry flies. The day was slightly breezy, and it was easy to cast the size 18 royal wulff to the various pools that held trout. I'm looking forward to fishing it on some bigger water soon.
I hope that you are able to enjoy some fine water soon!
Every year a group of us go to the Gunnison area for a flyfishing trip. We stay in Almont, and fish the Taylor, Gunnison, and other surronding rivers. It is a great time in a beautiful part of the state, and we generally catch a lot of trout! Here a just a couple of photos of the trip.
Selection of proper flies is vital to success!
The Taylor River is a very peaceful place...full of trout!
It rained every afternoon, but as long as there was no lightning, we kept catching fish!
We stayed at a great cabin right on the river. It was nice having a place to hang the fishing gear after a long day of being on the water.
A few well placed stonefly nymphs seemed to intrigue the rainbows.
We stopped on the Arkansas River on the way back home. We caught more brown trout fishing pocket water. A great finish to the trip!
A good friend invited me to join him and another friend on a guided fly fishing trip to RMNP. On Friday, we met the guide in the early morning, and headed up to the park. Our first stop was a nice stretch of the Fall River. We hiked a way through the marsh, and fished hoppers for a couple of hours.
We later moved to a stretch of Cub Creek, which produced a nice brown and brookie, both caught on a parachute adams...sized 12.
We had a great time..the scenery was outstanding, and I enjoyed fishing new water that was previously unknown to me. This trip was a great way to get ready for the annual Gunnison trip next week.
The name Big Dry Fly really reflects how I prefer to fly fish. If the fish are looking up...then you might as well tie on a size 12 Parachute Adams!


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Q: In iOS how do I output my sqlite3 database table structure? I am adding columns to my sqlite3 database table and I need to verify that they are being added. Is there a way to output the table structure nicely somewhere, like a NSLog or something?
Edit:
Do to the answers I received so far I feel that I need to elaborate on my question some more for you. I am using xCode for development and my database file is made at the first loading of the iPhone application. It is then populated by a CSV file. After the CSV file is loaded into the database I then geocode the addresses to get the latitude and longitude. So far everything works, until I try and add a columns for latitude and longitude to the table. When I try to insert data into those columns I get a database error stating "no such column latitude". I am trying to trouble shoot this myself and I was just hoping someone might be able to tell me how to see what the table structure looks like after I add the columns.

A: You can list your table columns using terminal.
Open terminal, open your database file using below command
$ sqlite3 path_of_your_database

use below query
sqlite> PRAGMA table_info("your_table_name");

This query will give you all details related to your_table_name.
Also you can use this query in your code.

A: Install sqlitemanager plugin for firefox and then open firefox click on Tools option and open sqlitemanager and it will show one window to open a sqlite database and select the file to open.

A: Found an alternate route that is very easy. No logging involved.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5424674/2433381
Also you can download the apple application "Base" to display the database file.

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Q: What port is a given program using? I want to be able to figure out what port a particular program is using.  Are there any programs available online or that come with windows that will tell me which processes are using which ports on my computer?
PS - before you downmod this for not being a programming question, I'm looking for the program to test some networking code.

A: If your prefer a GUI interface CurrPorts is free and works with all versions of windows. Shows ports and what process has them open.

A: "netstat -natp" is what I always use.

A: TCPView can do what you asked for.

A: Windows 8 (and likely 7 + Vista) also provide a view in Resource Monitor. If you select the Network tab, there's a section called 'Listening Ports'. Can sort by port number, and see which process is using it.

A: Windows comes with the netstat utility, which should do exactly what you want.

A: On Vista, you do need elevated privileges to use the -b option with netstat.  To get around that, you could run "netstat -ano" which will show all open ports along with the associated process id.  You could then use tasklist to lookup which process has the corresponding id.
C:\>netstat -ano

Active Connections

  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State           PID
  ...
  TCP    [::]:49335             [::]:0                 LISTENING       1056
  ...

C:\>tasklist /fi "pid eq 1056"

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
sqlservr.exe                  1056 Services                   0     66,192 K

A: netstat -b -a lists the ports in use and gives you the executable that's using each one. I believe you need to be in the administrator group to do this, and I don't know what security implications there are on Vista.
I usually add -n as well to make it a little faster, but adding -b can make it quite slow.
Edit: If you need more functionality than netstat provides, vasac suggests that you try TCPView.

A: You may already have Process Explorer (from Sysinternals, now part of Microsoft) installed.  If not, go ahead and install it now -- it's just that cool.
In Process Explorer: locate the process in question, right-click and select the TCP/IP tab.  It will even show you, for each socket, a stack trace representing the code that opened that socket.

A: At a command line, netstat -a will give you lots o' info.

A: You can use the 'netstat' command for this.  There's a description of doing this sort of thing here.

A: Open Ports Scanner works for me.

A: most decent firewall programs should allow you to access this information. I know that Agnitum OutpostPro Firewall does.


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La teoria del signe o doctrina de les signatures en medicina antiga, fa referència a la creença o convicció sobre que les plantes, els animals o els minerals porten sovint els signes que permeten conèixer les seves virtuts. Va ser un element important en la medicina medieval i més enllà fins a ser substituïda per la medicina científica. La teoria de les signatures és un mètode d'observació del món, principalment de les plantes medicinals i la seva lliure associació per analogia amb una part del cos humà que assenyala. Respon al principi, no considerat científic, de similia similibus curantur: els similars són guarits pels seus semblants. La interpretació que les plantes i altres objectes porten el signe de les seves virtuts terapèutiques o màgiques inscrites en el seu propi aspecte és una característica de moltes cultures pretecnològiques, i té una llarga tradició en la cultura europea. En la doctrina de les signatures no calia equivalència, homologia o identitat de funció, entre l'òrgan a tractar i el remei, sinó només algun senyal indicatiu. Aquesta convicció queda reflectida en el noms populars de moltes plantes (herba fetgera, escurçonera, sanguinària blava, pulmonària, etc.)

Un fonament teològic d'aquesta creença sobre una concordança entre la forma de les plantes i les seves propietats guaridores va ser tingut molt en compte durant segles. Per exemple Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), suggerí que Déu havia marcat els objectes amb un signe, segons per a què servien.

El concepte va ser desenvolupat per Paracels però ja en temps de Galè i Dioscòrides s'estava aplicant.

Reconeixement científic
En general per a la ciència la doctrina de les signatures és una simple superstició. Els lligams no són causals i es consideren purament coincidentals. En molts casos no s'han confirmat les propietats guaridores atribuïdes en altres casos per exemple la sanguinària blava) no serveix per rebaixar la sang (concepte a més obscur) sinó que té efectes comprovats antipirètics (abaixar la febre). La consolda per tenir aparentment soldades tija i fulles per la teoria del signe serviria per cicatritzar ferides i certament el seu rizoma conté la substància lantoïna que es fa servir per cicatritzant.

En l'homeopatia actual es va escollir plantes del gènere Impatiens per a combatre la impaciència seguint la teoria del signe, en aquest cas el signe és el nom.

Exemples botànics

 El trèvol pratenc (Trifolium pratense), contra les cataractes, per la taca blanca de les seves fulles.
 Los dàtils (fruits de Phoenix dactylifera) per al cor, por la secció en forma de cor del pinyol.
 Les escurçoneres (Echium spp.) contra la mossegada de l'escurçó, per la forma del fruit, similar al cap d'un escurçó. Él gènere scorzonera prové del català "escurçó" (segons P. Font i Quer).
 Els bulbs bessons de les orquídies, (Orchis és testicle en grec).servirien com afrodisíacs i generadores de descendència masculina o femenina (segons quin bulb es mengi).
 La decocció del roser silvestre (Rosa canina), contra la mossegada del gos rabiós. El senyal és la forma que tenen els agullons d'aquest roser d'ullals de gos.
 Ledelweiss, com que és tot blanc serviria per a la lactància.
 Hyoscyamus niger contra el deteriorament de la dentició, ja que es creia que la càries era formada per cuquets que saltarien amb el fum d'aquesta planta. El signe era la forma dels calzes, similar a un queixal.
 Aspleniun trichomanes) contra caiguda i emblanquiment dels cabells per la forma de la fulla.
 L'herba fetgera (Hepatica nobilis=Hepatica triloba)), contra mals del fetge, per la forma de les fulles i el seu tint sanguini.
 L'interior comestible d'una nou, s'assembla al cervell humà i es considerava bona per a guarir-lo.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Font Quer, P. (1962).Plantas medicinales : el Dioscórides renovado. Labor, Barcelona.

Enllaços externs
 http://ichn.iec.cat/bages/hemeroteca/2009-06.pdf
 Tamarra S. James, "An Introduction to the Doctrine of Signatures"

Història de la medicina


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By Ryan Whitwam 07.10.2014 :: 9:30AM EST 07.10.2014
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When you buy an Android phone or tablet, it's the expectation that Google will be deeply integrated. However, what if you don't want to use Google's services or apps because of privacy or ethical concerns? Android is open source, so there's nothing stopping you from doing just that. Leaving the relative safety of the Google ecosystem means you're cut off from all the usual apps and tools, but it's quite possible to leave Mountain View behind as you take your Android experience to the expert level.
So what's it like to use Android without Google? It's a jungle out there.
A tale of two Androids
The Google bits of Android — like Gmail, Google Play, Google Now, and Maps — aren't technically part of Android. The platform itself is open source, and is maintained by the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), to which Google is the largest contributor. Unlike AOSP, Google's apps and services are proprietary and closed source. Some people aren't comfortable with that, which could be one reason someone might want to use Google-free Android.
An AOSP version of Android is different from "stock" Android. Any discussion of a stock build you hear is probably referring to the version of the platform the way Google prefers it — what's installed on Nexus and Google Play Edition devices. That is basically AOSP with a few small tweaks and the full Google apps package included. If you install a plain AOSP ROM, you'll get things like the dialer, browser, calendar, keyboard, and messaging app. Many of these are a bit older than what you'd get direct from Google, but make no mistake — AOSP contains a full-featured mobile operating system.
Anyone can download and build the basic open source version of Android, but OEMs have to pass the Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) in order to get access to the Google apps. A custom ROM developer can't do that because they don't make a device, which is why many of them require you to install Google's software package on top of the ROM — that process is a bit of a legal gray area. We're not doing that, though. This is a zero-Google experiment.
Going Google-free
Getting out from under Google's thumb is easier for some devices than others. You need to be able to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery, which is sometimes frowned upon by US carriers. A Nexus device, like the Nexus 5, can be prepped in a few minutes but a Samsung Galaxy S5 on Verizon or AT&T, for example, is a bit of a pain. Those GS5 models also come with the unpleasant potential that you could brick your phone.
The end goal is to replace the Googley software on your device with something free of Mountain View's influence. Sometimes there are clean AOSP ROMs built for a device, but installing something like CyanogenMod and skipping the Google app installation step is probably a better option due to wider support. I used a Nexus 5 for my Google-free experiment, so I used a version of Android 4.4 straight from AOSP with no modifications whatsoever.
It's a bit jarring to boot into a pure AOSP ROM after using Android for a long time. The things you've become accustomed to are missing, but some old friends are there to greet you. Google has slowly migrated to delivering apps via the Play Store, so the open source versions haven't been keeping up with the design language. For example, the AOSP browser looks pretty much like it did in Android 4.0 (Google has since moved to Chrome, and Chromium for Android isn't really a user-facing solution). And the music player? Forget about it — you don't want to even bother. You need apps, and lots of them.
My first stop was F-Droid, which is an open source repository of free apps. It installs like an app, then lets you grab your choice of free stuff. You'll find software like K9 Mail, a powerful (but somewhat ugly) email client, the Apollo music player, and the super-useful Dashclock widget. You can even grab the pro-privacy Duck Duck Go search client as a solid Google alternative. There isn't a ton of content here, but it's a start. One thing to watch out for is the increasing reliance on Google Play Services. This is one of the core components of Google's Android package that includes features like malware scanning, device location, and more. Some apps assume you'll have that, and they just won't work without it.
You can scrounge around the internet for APKs, but you need to be cautious where you're downloading things from. You know better than to install strange EXEs on a Windows machine, right? The same wisdom holds true for Android. Remember, Google's anti-malware scanner is part of Play Services, which you don't have. Malware is less common than the scaremongering would have you believe, but it is a concern. Just because a page says an APK is the Netflix client pulled from Google Play, that doesn't mean it really is. Make sure you're only direct downloading APKs from trusted sources like Mozilla. On a related note, Firefox makes a great browser for Google-free Android.
There are a few other third-party app stores like SlideMe and Getjar, but the selection is fairly bad. If you really want to have good apps, you'll need to install the Amazon Appstore. Yes, you're moving from one big company's sandbox to another, but Amazon's Appstore client is really just an app store, and you're free to toil in the wilds of the internet if you want to fend for yourself. When it comes down to it, Amazon's store is light years ahead of the other alternative app stores.
Through Amazon you'll be able to plug into services like Dropbox, Netflix, and Amazon's own cloud player. Google Play still has an order of magnitude more worthwhile apps, but frankly, the Appstore makes AOSP usable as a modern smartphone platform without all the risky app sideloading.
Should you do it?
Oh, goodness no. Google has crafted an excellent set of apps and services for Android, and there's more than you know going on in the constantly evolving Google Play Services client. This is the stuff that makes Android a mobile operating system you actually want to use. It's possible to get by with just Amazon's ecosystem, but it's definitely a step down. Scrounging for apps on your own works too, but it's nearly impossible to find everything you'd want.
This is an interesting experiment for anyone who digs Android, but I can only imagine the most vehemently anti-Google Android fans (is that a thing?) going to the trouble of using Android without Google. Android works fine without Google, it's just not nearly as good.
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An employee uses a magnetic key to access his workplace. The management decided to change the magnetic access control with a biometric control (iris scanner or hand geometry and fingerprints). They announced this change to the personnel.
An employee then phoned a trade union who explained that it is "completely illegal" and that the staff should "refuse to partake" and that dismissal on this ground would be "highly abusive." The employee informed his superior that he did not intend to be subjected to the collection of fingerprints.
Informed of the intention of the employee, the management let it be understood that they would consider this lack of collaboration as an unacceptable violation of the employment contract. The supervisor, now worried about this situation, called upon the advisor (or person in charge) for data protection and organized a meeting with a representative of the management office to assess the situation.
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The data collected to allow a biometric check can be used for purposes unrelated to the stated goal. The employee was pleased that his fears had been heard.
The biometric data usually includes some delicate data (particularly health). When this is the case, a formal legal basis is required and the persons concerned must be clearly informed and must consent to the processing of this data. The goal must be clear, and the most adequate and less intrusive measures must be chosen. These measures must be adequately communicated. In addition to this, the employer must also consult the employees or their representatives and, in the absence of a formal legal basis, obtain their free and informed consent prior to the introduction of an automated system for the processing of personal data.


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Bharavi
Indian poet
Alternative Title: Bhāravi
Bharavi, (flourished 6th century ad), Sanskrit poet who was the author of Kiratarjuniya ("Arjuna and the Mountain Man"), one of the classical Sanskrit epics classified as a mahakavya ("great poem"). His poetry, characterized by its lofty expression and intricate style, may have influenced the 8th-century poet Magha.
Bharavi probably hailed from southern India and flourished during the reigns of King Durvinita of the Western Ganga dynasty and King Simhavishnu of the Pallava dynasty. His Kiratarjuniya was based on an episode from the third parvan, or section, of the long Sanskrit poem Mahabharata ("Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty"). In 18 cantos, Bharavi described the Pandava prince Arjuna's encounter and ensuing combat with a kirata, or wild mountaineer, who in the end proves to be the god Shiva. For his valour and penance, Shiva awards the ascetic hero with a coveted weapon of the Pashupata Hindu sect. The 15th chitrakavya, or canto, is known for its verbal complexity; the 14th stanza contains elaborate rhythmic consonance and the 25th features anagrammatic internal rhyme.
mahakavya
Mahakavya, a particular form of the Sanskrit literary style known as kavya. It is a short epic similar to the epyllion and is characterized by elaborate figures of speech. In its classical form, a mahakavya consists of a variable number of comparatively short cantos, each composed in a metre appropriate to…
Magha
Magha, Sanskrit poet whose only recorded work is Shishupalavadha ("The Slaying of King Shishupala"), an influential mahakavya ("great poem"), a type of classical epic that consists of a variable number of comparatively short cantos. Magha is a master of technique in the strict Sanskrit sense of…
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"Kirātārjunīya"


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The Coming Generational Conflict: It's Our Fault Again!
August 1, 2012Rabbi Richard AddressD'vrei Torah, Reflections on Aging1
Written by: Rabbi Richard Address on August 1, 2012.
For some reason, in recent months there has been a rise of articles detailing the fact that Boomers are now a major factor in the decline of our economic well being.
Rabbi Richard F. Address, D. Min.
We have the "chutzpah" to be living longer and will be tapping into Social Security and Medicare at an alarming rate. Of course, the government and politicians love to talk about "doing something", but no one seems to have the courage to address the issue head on. I mentioned on our Facebook page a few weeks ago the statistics that baby boomers will not have enough money saved for our retirement. That was frightening enough. Now we are also dealing with the fact that our demographics will force hard choices to be made for legislators. We can either pay for war or pay for health care.
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman really put this in perspective in a recent NYTimes piece (July 29, 2012) entitled "Coming Soon: The Big Trade-Off". He writes that we have "a new strategic doctrine coming: "US foreign policy in the age of Alzheimer's. We do what we can afford and forget the rest."
Friedman notes studies done by Jewish Federations of North America which reflect the challenges of our longevity. We are living longer, we have little savings to carry us through this aging; our health care costs and demands are outstripping our ability to pay for them; care-giving costs and demands (financial, emotional and spiritual) will only continue to grow and strap existing institutions. Friedman challenges the status quo: Nursing homes, nursery schools or nursing Afghanistan–these are the trade-offs we'll have to make in this decade, unless we have a real growth spurt".
One of the issues for our generation is realizing that these economic issue are very real and will impact each of us and our families. After all, it will be children and our grandchildren who will be "paying" for these programs — we hope. This also raises the need for our generation, in the institutions with which we are involved, to create opportunities for discussions on these issues. The price of ignoring these trends may be catastrophic, on many levels.
That we cannot afford.
Rabbi Richard F. Address. D.Min
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Rabbi Richard F. Address, D.Min, is the Founder and Director of www.jewishsacredaging.com. Rabbi Address served for over three decades on staff of the Union for Reform Judaism; first as a Regional Director and then, beginning in 1997, as Founder and Director of the URJ's Department of Jewish Family Concerns and served as a specialist and consultant for the North American Reform Movement in the areas of family related programming. Rabbi Address was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1972 and began his rabbinic career in Los Angeles congregations. He also served as a part time rabbi for Beth Hillel in Carmel, NJ while regional director and, after his URJ tenure, served as senior rabbi of Congregation M'kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ from 2011-2014.
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Every week I get inquires from people regarding their job search. And, no matter how much I emphasize the need to invest in building relationships and targeting companies that are a fit, many resort to reviewing job boards as their only means for conducting a search. The end result is that they stay unemployed and continue to bemoan the "lack of jobs"".
Being unemployed is really not a fun condition when you have bills or overhead not being met, or rapidly depleting savings. It makes me wonder why then, people will continue a fruitless pursuit of employment, doing the same things over and over with no result, and refuse to change methods. I have heard "I make ten contacts a week, and I am not getting any response." Ok, then, maybe you need to make 20, or maybe the method of contact you choose or what you say needs to change. (You think?). Or, "There aren't any jobs posted." (No kidding?).
Contrary to what some people would want you to believe, there ARE jobs out there. Promises for deliverables have been made and work is carrying on. Perhaps at a lower rate of production and perhaps each role is being scrutinized more carefully for ROI, but work is still getting done. Food is being delivered to grocery stores; people are still wearing clothes and driving cars that require tires, and using computers or phones to communicate. They are still getting sick and being treated. In every instance, there are support systems behind every deliverable. So, perhaps the needs are not heavily ADVERTISED, but work is getting done and somebody is doing it. If there aren't any jobs posted, but people are still accepting offers for employment, then there is probably another way of learning about the opportunities that you haven't tried.
In the past month, six of my clients have accepted offers for roles that were on target with their goals. (Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that in order to know what to look for, goals need to be established.) Each had done due diligence to know where they would like to work, what they wanted to do, where they are likely to find work and what they could do. Knowing what you can do, how competitive you are, and what is available are all critical to getting started. When a connection isn't built between where a person is, what is available and where they want to be, it is impossible to move forward. The result is that a person can stay stuck on the thing that isn't likely to happen in this market, and they get nowhere.
Each of the clients I referenced has a strong awareness of the steps they will take in these new roles to move toward their long term goals. Nobody 'settled' for something untenable. They developed their networks, asked questions, researched, made choices and have plans for moving forward. We're ecstatic. To be on track with what you want to do and what is important to you is a huge accomplishment in any market. In our current economy, this is simply thrilling. Kudos goes out to those of you that rolled up your sleeves, did the research, started the conversations, and carried through on clues and leads. Well done!!
If you want to claim your fame, please add a comment and let people know it really can be done.
Sherri is right on with her advice and recommendations. I am a senior recruiter with over 10 years exp. I have known Sherri for many years both professionally and personally. I have heard her speak at events, have taken her networking workshop and have attended her client networking events. Her advice on employment topics are right on and when folks listen and follow her advice, they get work that fits their background and career needs. We are truly blessed to have her expertise. Read her blog advise and you will not be disappointed. If and when you need employment or career advice, definitely talk with Sherri, whom I recommend 100% plus. She is truly the BEST in my opinion.
I was reading your article Sherri and thinking that this totally relates to the job I have in sales. Let me repeat. I have a job and I still need to do what you are suggesting. Not only building internal relationships, but relationships with my peers, with my prospects, with my clients. It just never stops and I pray it never will.
Relationships make the world go round. To the degree we nurture and cultivate them they thrive, to the degree we only care for them when we need something the roots are pretty shallow and it puts any past investment of time and money, heart and soul in jeopardy. This is also where a problem stems. Lots of superficial contacts that don't have any stake because you don't either.
I just won a $200k project from a company I prospected almost 2 years ago. We met and I paid attention. I sent relevant industry articles, ideas that I thought might be helpful, dropped off home baked cookies, called on her birthday card, and sent a get well kit to her sick 6 year old. We know each other pretty well by now and she has appreciated my attentiveness. If I do well on this project it could turn into a $1m account for my firm.
So there is work out there for the diligent, persistent, genuine believers that contacts aren't relationships and America is still the land of opportunity for those willing to produce.
I think I hold the honor of being 1 of the 6 clients Sherri spoke about. Yes I have a job! And YES it took a focused effort….
Know yourself: What are your goals? What value do you offer? What industry do you want to work in? What companies in that industry do you know or can learn about?
Know your target industry and target companies: Study the industry. Find people you know in the industry and met with them. Get introduced to people in the industry and network!
Make a plan. Work your plan! Have an objective for and script every conversation and interview you have. Learn how to talk about your experience and capabilities in terms that present value.
I completely agree there are jobs out there, I saw new postings everyday! Knowing myself helped me focus on those that were good fits. Having a network helped me find those that were a good fit. Having Goals, Plans and Objectives help me find a good fit. If you don't have goals that can be put into objectives and actionable tasks, then finding work might happen only by accident, with the same potential results.
Know your target industry and target companies: Study the industry. Find people you know in the industry and meet with them. Get introduced to people in the industry and network!
I completely agree that there are jobs out there. I saw new postings every day! Knowing myself helped me focus on those jobs that were a good fit. Having Goals, Plans and Objectives help me find a good fit. Having a network helped me find those that were a good fit. If you don't have goals that can be put into objectives and actionable tasks, then finding work might happen only by accident.
I agree. I am glad to have made the decision to hire Sherrie as my career coach. Working with her has made my career/job search more deliberate and focus driven. I was using the job boards without much success because I was applying for many jobs I really didn't want but, felt the need to try it. With your assistance I have been able to see value in networking with peers, asking for informational interviews…believe me it works. Not only does it build your confidence, you get a chance to clearly identify the direction you want to focus on. It brings clarity to how your past experience can apply. In addition, you're able to determine the " A,B or C"jobs. Which before I had not identified as being important to know.
You have to create the PLAN, work the PLAN for the PLAN to come to light! There is not hard it just requires doing the activity. I am still trying. Thank you Sherrie for your support.
Well, I can admit I am NOT one of the six Sherri refers to. I know the industry, the value I bring, my goals and companies to target. So, that leads to me "WHY" nobody has scooped me out of the unemployment pot and into their welcoming arms! After reading this article, I realize even though Sherri has counseled me in the past (eons ago) when I was unemployed, I STILL need guidance and coaching. And, dang it, I thought I knew it all! But… and here's the catch… nobody knows it all (well, except maybe Sherri, because she's darn good!).
I gotta say, to anyone who's reading this: LISTEN TO HER PEOPLE!! SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING! If you have been unemployed for a short time or a long time (and I know you're out there, God bless you!), scrape up the money to do this. It's important. It's your future, it's your life, it will save your sanity!!


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Handeni District is one of the 11 districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the west by the Kilindi District and the Handeni Urban District, to the north by the Korogwe District, to the east by the Pangani District, and to the south by the Pwani Region. In 2002 Kilindi District was formed out of the district. The administrative capital of the district is Mkata town. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Handeni District was 248,633. According to the 2012 census, the population had increased to: 276,646.

Administrative subdivisions
As of 2012, Handeni District Council was administratively divided into 20 wards.

Wards

In pop culture
The dramatic open area to the north of Handeni was the setting for Ernest Hemingway's classic hunting book, Green Hills of Africa.

References

Districts of Tanga Region


How do I install the Humon Garmin Data Field?
How do I see the Hex data on my Garmin?
Can I record data on both my smartphone and Garmin device simultaneously?
What is the difference between the interval and endurance data fields?
Can I record data on both the interval and endurance data fields at the same time?
How do I view my data on Garmin Connect?
If I only use Garmin, can I still get the colored training zones after the workout?
How do I pair a different Hex to my Garmin device?
The g/dL value in Garmin is the hemoglobin concentration in the blood, as opposed to what the Hex really measures (in the muscle). Garmin requires that this data/units give the concentration in the blood, so we have to make an approximation to do this conversion. What is more important when looking at this hemoglobin concentration data is the directional change during a workout.
What gives our muscles energy?
Assume that tHB going up through a workout is a good thing?
Increasing total hemoglobin concentration during a workout indicates that there is an increasing about of blood delivered to the tissue providing the needed fuel for your muscles. If during your workout you see a plateau or decrease in hemoglobin concentration, that typically indicates that the source of energy (the O2 in the blood) is starting to taper off. This can be seen in high intensity bursts or when you've pushed yourself beyond your limit for a sustained period of time.