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Q: How do I know at runtime which implementing classes are set for my Spring beans? In hybris, is there an easy way to know which implementing class is being used for a certain Spring bean?
I mean, I can override a Bean by doing something like this:
<alias name="myCheckoutFacade" alias="checkoutFacade"/>
<bean id="myCheckoutFacade" class="com.pedra.facades.checkout.impl.MyCheckoutFacadeImpl" scope="tenant" parent="defaultCheckoutFacade">
    <property name="commerceCheckoutService" ref="myCommerceCheckoutService"/>
</bean>

... so now when Spring needs to create a bean with the alias checkoutFacade the implementing class will be MyCheckoutFacadeImpl as opposed to the overridden defaultCheckoutFacade which was defined in some other xml configuration file.
So is there a way to know at runtime which implementing class is being used for a certain Spring bean definition? Without having to debug the code, I mean.

A: Beanshell or Groovy :-)
Checking the implementing class of a bean is just one of the many cool things you can do at runtime with Beanshell or Groovy.
Disclaimer: Be careful running Beanshell or Groovy code on a production machine!

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*Log in to the HAC and go to Console > Beanshell or Groovy

*Execute the following code in either Beanshell or Groovy to get your implementing class:
de.hybris.platform.core.Registry.getApplicationContext().getBean("checkoutFacade");
Both consoles will show the result of the last expression in the Result tab.
In the Groovy console for Hybris 5.x, simple execute the following:
checkoutFacade

As you can see, each bean is automatically def-ed into each Groovy script.
As for Beanshell, you could create a bean function in Beanshell:
import de.hybris.platform.core.Registry;
import de.hybris.platform.commercefacades.order.CheckoutFacade;

Object bean(String beanName)
{
    return Registry.getApplicationContext().getBean(beanName);
}

CheckoutFacade checkoutFacade = (CheckoutFacade) bean("checkoutFacade");
print(checkoutFacade);

I ended up using Beanshell so much that I created my own wrapper application that allows me to develop Beanshell in Eclipse, and use Eclipse as the Beanshell console. But that's a whole other post!
Resources:

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*Beanshell User Manual

*Beanshell Commands Documentation (Built-in functions like print())


One issue that arises with cost allocation in global organizations is that T&E does not allow to bill across different controlling areas. The cost center of the sender and the receiver have to reside within the same controlling area if you want to use the standard T&E cost allocation functionality. In addition, you might have a separate SAP HR system from your FI/CO SAP system, which presents another challenge. In any case, you will have to develop a custom solution to overcome this issue, which will involve some ALE if you have multiple SAP systems. If your inter-company financial system is not on SAP or only partially, then you will need to develop an interface to your billing system - if you are carrying out internal cost allocation.
While T&E has a number of standard reports that are very useful when it comes to extract training data, it does not provide a lot of information on the students and their organizational assignment. In addition, there is not much statistical reporting. In a global rollout you will gather many different requests for custom reports but many of these requests are going to be similar in nature. You will have to consolidate the information requirements before submitting a custom design document to the developers.
Most reporting deficiencies can be solved by simply granting your users access to ABAP query, which allows combining training data with personal data. Depending on how large your organization is, it would be almost an impossible task to ask each training site to submit their current reports in order to identify the gaps in regards to SAP. The better solution is to send out an outline of all standard SAP reports and what they can do to a chosen user community and let them identify possible needs for enhancement.
Once you reach the point where you have loaded all legacy data, finished configuration and tested all functionality, you will need to involve a selected group of individuals who will test the system.
In a global rollout it might be a difficult task to select your user acceptance group. What is essential though is that these users have to be trained beforehand, ideally they should have taken part in the implementation but because of geographical distances, this is often difficult. Ideally the group should be composed of both administrators and managers because you need the approval of both.
And once their approval obtained, you are ready to go live!
I have interview on Time Management functional with ABAP. Can you please suggest what type of questions can I expect in ABAP point of view in Time Management?
During these days, the clients are expecting with ABAP knowledge apart from functional. I would like to request to kindly give some brief about how to debug the ABAP programs and how to test the ABAP reports.. that will be so greatful..


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Canadians are seeing mixed benefits from a lower loonie.
The dollar closed at around $0.76 against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday.
That's better than where it was a year ago, but still down from a five-year high of $1.03 in September 2012.
A lower dollar has yet to translate to stronger merchandise trade. Real exports hardly grew last year, National Bank noted in a Tuesday commentary.
But its benefits are readily apparent in Canada's tourism industry, which is reaching its greatest heights since 2009.
Data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed that 30,142,291 non-resident travellers came to Canada last year, up almost 10 per cent from the year before.
The growth was driven by an 8.3 per cent increase in travellers from the U.S. and a 13.6 per cent jump in travellers from overseas.
The 6.2 million overseas visitors represented a record for Canada, and the strongest annual gain since 2004.
Meanwhile, Canadian travel to the United States declined for a third straight year, dropping by 7.7 per cent from 2015.
Such a trend "reflect[s] the decline in the Canadian dollar over this period," Statistics Canada said.
Nevertheless, the U.S. remains Canadians' top international destination, making up three-quarters of trips to other countries.
The trends also mean that Canada now has its smallest travel deficit since 2009 — a measure of outbound travels by non-resident travellers versus outbound travels by Canadians.
"Last year's tourism boom was felt in all of the four large provinces, each seeing higher inbound travels and lower outbound travels compared to the prior year," said National Bank economist Krishen Rangasamy.
So trade may be slow to respond to a lower dollar. But clearly it has more people interested in visiting Canada from around the world.


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Its easy to think of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1957 Little Rock 9 integrating public schools, 1960 Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in, 1960s Birmingham Bombings, 1963 Medgar Evers assassination in Jackson and the March on Washington, 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Marches, and 1968 MLK assassination in Memphis as geographic milestones of the Civil Rights Movement, but many other cities made equally significant contributions. Through lower in national profile, some cities contributed guiding philosophy, organizational manpower, huge amounts of money to bail people out of jail, hosted conferences to recruit activists and win support from mainstream media. Nashville is such a city.
Few people realize that one of the smartest aspects of the Nashville Civil Rights Movement impacted America. Religious and student leaders met in Nashville to formalize the "Ten Rules of Conduct for Civil Rights Movement Sit-ins." These were standards of behavior for effective sit-ins, such as being polite and courteous at all times, regardless of how you are treated. Well-groomed protesters were trained in and carried documents of these rules with them during demonstrations and sit-ins. These rules of conduct were important because they marketed the Civil Rights Movement as a positive brand image that attracted national media coverage, money and empathy for the cause.
On 19 April 1960, nearly 4,000 people marched in silence to Nashville City Hall to protest the early morning bombing that partially destroyed the home of black attorney and councilman Z. Alexander Looby. He defended many of the sit-in demonstrators.
The following day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Fisk University, "I came to Nashville not to bring inspiration, but to gain inspiration from the great movement that has taken place in this community." This quote is featured as the lunch counter backdrop here. Dr. King found inspiration here because Nashville desegregated public places, sooner and with fewer incidents than all other Southern cities. In 1959 and 1960, activists launched the Nashville sit-ins to challenge segregation in downtown stores. Where did Nashville draw such moral and intellectual leadership years before other American cities.
The best evidence acknowledges and praises the brave intellectual, Rev. James Lawson (born 1922). While a freshman at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, Lawson joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), an organization founded by A.J. Muste, and he joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Both FOR and CORE advocated nonviolent resistance to racism in America. A larger organization, CORE conducted sit-ins and freedom rides in several northern cities in the late 1940s, preceeding the segregated southern cities.
Consistent with those principles of nonviolence, James Lawson declared himself a conscientious objector for the draft in 1951. He served fourteen months in prison for refusing to take either a student or ministerial deferment. After his release from prison, Lawson went as a Methodist missionary to Nagpur, India, where he studied the principles of nonviolence resistance that Mohandas Gandhi and his followers developed. He returned to the United States in 1955, entering the Graduate School of Theology at Oberlin College in Ohio.
One of Lawson's Oberlin professors introduced him to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and also embraced Gandhi's principles of nonviolent resistance. Dr. King urged Lawson to come South. History records that Lawson quickly heeded the call, moving to Nashville and enrolling at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. There he became the southern director for CORE conducting nonviolence training for Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Lawson mentored students at Vanderbilt University, Fisk University and other colleges in the tactics of nonviolent direct action. Lawson trained many of the future leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including John Lewis, Diane Nash, James Bevel and Marion Barry. Along with other activists in the South, they formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960.
Rev. Lawson's students played a leading role in the Open Theater Movement, 1960s Freedom Rides, 1963 March on Washington, 1960s Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade, 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement, and 1966 Chicago Open Housing Movement. In 1962, Rev. Lawson brought Rev. Dr. King and James Bevel together in Nashville as equal leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Bevel was then named SCLC's Director of Direct Action and Director of Nonviolent Education. Thus, Rev. Lawson became an anchor contributor and mentor to CORE, SCLC, SNCC and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Feeling pressure from unenlightened faculty and alumni supporters, Vanderbilt University expelled Rev. Lawson as a result of these activities. That expulsion ultimately became an embarrassment to the university, one of the celebrated incidents of the Civil Rights Movement and elevated Rev. Lawson to a national profile.
Unbowed by Vanderbilt's rejection in 1962, Rev. Lawson became pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Memphis. In 1968, when black sanitation workers went on strike for higher wages, union recognition and safer work conditions, Rev. Lawson served as chairman of their strike committee. Once again he played a pivotal role in the legacy of Dr. King. He invited Dr. King to Memphis in March-April 1968 to dramatize the sanitation worker's struggle, which had adopted the slogan I Am A Man. Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis on 4 April 1968.
During the 2006 graduation ceremony, Vanderbilt University apologized for its treatment of Rev. Lawson. He also became a member of Vanderbilt faculty.
To remind the world that Nashville has progressed and made major civil rights contributions, the Ten Rules of Conduct are engraved on the ten glass countertop surfaces on the table of the Civil Rights Collection of the Nashville Public Library. Several large-format photographs are displayed on walls surrounding the lunch counter illuminate the integration of public schools in 1957, the lunch counter sit-ins and the events of 19 April 1960, when nearly 4,000 people marched in silence to Nashville City Hall to protest the early morning bombing. Nashville Public Library is located a block below Church Street, the epicenter of 1960 Nashville Sit-ins.


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In praise of Ros Atkins
Facial recognition firm faces possible £17m privacy fine
' 'Robodebt 2.0': NSW government unlawfully took money from financially vulnerable people, report finds
Debt recovery agency used automated technology to issue garnishee orders on bank accounts of thousands of people
Cross-border access to electronic evidence: update and impact of the pandemic on data requests
Europol, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network publish today the third annual edition of the SIRIUS European Union Digital Evidence Situation Report. This year, the report goes beyond a comprehensive status update by including an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the access of EU authorities to electronic evidence held by foreign-based online service providers (OSPs) in 2020.
Energy efficiency funds fraudsters deactivated in Italy
The criminal network allegedly laundered more than €14 million through bank accounts in several European countries
Digitized Data as a Political Object
"Digitized data is used as a powerful tool: national security actors see it as a surveillance tool, and the Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) sector treats it as an economic commodity with great financial value. Fundamental to the findings in this book, data is now tied to your personal identity, and is therefore worthy of state protection as a fundamental human right. This chapter poses the main question of the book: Why and How Did Digital Human Rights First Emerge in the European Union? To begin answering this question, I start with a summary of existing literature on internet and data governance, as well as taking a look at data freedom as a public good. Finally, the chapter concludes with a brief overview of the incredible pathway data legislation took to create the new phenomenon of digital human rights (DHR)."
How is Europol keeping online spaces safe?
Published on: 24 Nov 2021
Terrorism is a constant threat to societies all over the world and terrorists' use of the internet and social media has increased enormously in recent years. Jihadist groups, in particular, have demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of how social networks operate and have launched well-organised, concerted social media campaigns to recruit followers. These campaigns promote or glorify acts of terrorism and violent extremism and have led to viral online content in the past.
As a response to this, in 2015 the Justice and Home Affairs Council mandated Europol to create the EU Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU), as part of the wider EU Internet Forum, to reduce the impact of internet content promoting terrorism or violent extremism.
In praise of Ros Atkins – the best journalist on the BBC
It is commonly said that the BBC has lost its way, journalistically. It is an accusation I sometimes share. But there are exceptions. As always…
My old friend, Professor Prem Sikka, who is now a member of the House of Lords, spoke in a debate on quantitative easing in that place a few days ago. This is what he had to say:
Much of the money released by QE has been used to shore up bank balance sheets. A large part has also escaped into shadow banks, such as private equity and hedge funds—a sector that is now as big as retail banking, if not bigger, and is posing new dangers, especially as it is not regulated. There are no capital adequacy requirements or stress tests on their balance sheets.
Banks have not used the QE money to support businesses or hard-pressed households. Pre-Covid statistics show that lending to businesses has remained stagnant. In the post-Covid world of government loans, a recent survey—barely three weeks ago—showed that more than half of small and medium-sized enterprises say that they are holding back from investing to grow for the future as funds are taken up by debt repayments. Banks are not stepping up to support SMEs at all. In the era of QE, low interest rates, low corporate tax rates and low inflation, we have not seen any great investment in productive assets in the UK, either. The UK invests around 16.9% of its GDP in productive assets, compared to the average of 20.1% in the EU countries. Among major European countries, only Greece and Portugal have invested less.
My Scottish maid could do better!"
MarketPlace: "It's been 30 years since the start of the Federal Reserve Economic Data, or FRED, an online database within the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The site contains more than 800,000 data series from over 100 different sources, making it something of a one-stop shop for people trying to understand the economy. "We can take the data from multiple sources and put them all on our website, so users can go and see what the latest unemployment rate looks like or what inflation is doing nowadays," said Yvetta Fortova, the FRED manager and its "data champion." Originally existing as a dial-in electronic bulletin board, FRED went online in 1995 — paving the way for the platform as it stands today. Fortova spoke with "Marketplace" host Amy Scott about the database. The following is a transcript of the interview. To listen to their conversation, use the media play above…"
Can we tax multi-millionaires?
The video in this post is the third in a series on how to tax multimillionaires. The first and second are here. In this video

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Dragon's Crown (Vanillaware RPG, now 2013 all regions) announced for PS3/Vita
Author Topic: Dragon's Crown (Vanillaware RPG, now 2013 all regions) announced for PS3/Vita
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/08/dragons_crown_ps3_and_vita/
Dragon's Crown is a new 2D Action RPG from Vanillaware, the developer that's also working on PSP's Grand Knights History for Marvelous Entertainment. Ignition is handling the worldwide publishing on this one. The official site says that it's the second Japan-produced title from Ignition (the first was El Shaddai).
Although the game appeared in Sony's PS Vita trailer reel, the official site reveals it to be in development for both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. The game will see release in Spring 2012 and features support for 1 to 4 players.
George Kamitani is directing the game. Ignition's Kashow Oda is serving as producer.
As detailed at the official site, Dragon's Crown offers "red-hot multiplayer 2D action." Up to four players can team up via online play to work through dungeons, clearing quests and progressing through the game's story.
The lets players build up their character as they collect items, treasure and weapons from the dungeons. You'll need to build up your character to face off agains the screen-filling dragons.
The official site isn't totally clear about this, but it seems that the game's PS3 and Vita version will have cross console play. The official site says "Up to four players work together via PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita."
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzVg6UdMkvM&feature=player_embedded
« Last Edit: April 20, 2012, 02:37:09 AM by Eusis »
"I feel ugly, I need a hard drink" - Maribel of Dragon Quest VII
Eusis
Re: Dragon's Crown (Vanillaware RPG, Spring 2012 all regions) announced for PS3/Vita
Nice that it's coming to both. Now Vita for portability or PS3 for HD graphics? Would be nice if you could get them bundled together with some smart save syncing.
Dragon's Crown is a 4-player online cooperative game
God DAMMIT. Even the Japanese are throwing in bullshit online now.
Jonathan Ingram
Quote from: Lard on June 08, 2011, 02:15:13 AM
Having more than one player in a sidescroller beat`em up is not exactly unheard of. Games of this genre have been like this since forever. And it`s not like it`s co-op only, so I don`t see the problem.
Quote from: Jonathan Ingram on June 08, 2011, 03:11:42 AM
Is single player announced yet?
I get a feeling it'll be something Frontier Gate.
I dislike even that idea.
Jeez, some people are a little too eager to hate. This looks awesome.
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Jesus that's some "dwarf". And there's nothing new I can say about the others.
Given their game design (and the fact it's not adhoc-only) I'd say it might actually be a great fit, an improvement possibly! Kind of like how Diablo's kind of repetitive and monotonous alone but is a blast with other people.
I like how the skeleton's face is smothered at the Sorceress' breasts.
That Amazon is ridiculous- pretty much crossed the line into Rob Liefeld awfulness with that one.
Despite the absolutely retarded characters and unreadable logo, i dig this
Vanillaware loves the sort of outlandish logos. Anyways. I will have and I will want this game for these reasons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwiCnpufn1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M1IYwrvtnkM#t=18s
I'm not too crazy about the stupidly-portioned characters though. Cute with giant-muscle-bearded-man, but the sorceress' tits are just embarassing haha
I like how she's grinding her staff.
Mickeymac92
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of the character designs either, but other than that, I'm excited for it big time.
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Lion dance, lunch to celebrate company's new premises
Ritma Prestasi's celebration at its new and bigger premises at Taman Perindustrian Meranti Jaya in Puchong.
RITMA Prestasi Sdn Bhd has moved to a bigger home in Taman Perindustrian Meranti Jaya in Puchong to accommodate its growing business, which started in 2003.
Measuring about 1,115sq m, the new premises — consisting of a three-storey office building and a warehouse – is twice the size of their previous home in Taman Perindustrian Puchong 5.
Ritma Prestasi managing director Nam Hiok Joo said the company needed a bigger place to house its stock.
"We foresee that in five years' time, we may need to move to a bigger location based on our annual turnover."
Some of the products sold by Ritma Prestasi.
To mark the momentous occasion, the company celebrated with an open house where customers and other guests were invited for lunch and even some fun games.
There was also a lion dance performance to bless the premises and usher in prosperity.Ritma Prestasi's previous warehouse was only about 595sq m. The company, which sells animal healthcare products, is a subsidiary of Teo Seng Capital Bhd.
"We supply animal healthcare products, including vaccines to veterinarians, pet shops and animal farms, " said Nam.
Among the products sold by Ritma are anti-parasitics, anti-microbials, pet food, pet treats, biosecurity products for farm animals, diagnostic kits and pesticides.


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Dries Buytaert
Founder and Project Lead, Drupal Co-founder, Board Chair & CTO, Acquia, Acquia
Licentiate in Computer Science (MSc), University of Antwerp; PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, Ghent University. Founder and Project Lead, Drupal, a pioneer in the open source web publishing and collaboration platform space. President, Drupal Association, a non-profit organization formed to help Drupal flourish. Drupal is an open source content management platform powering 2% of all websites on the internet. It is built, used and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world. While the Drupal community generates the most sophisticated software for free, profitability is generated through its commercial arm, the venture-backed Acquia, which provides products, services and technical support for Drupal users. 2007, co-founded Acquia, which was ranked by Inc. magazine in 2012 as the first among software companies, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Interests: technology innovation, social media and photography.
Davos 2016
Could the Fourth Industrial Revolution help us reach the Global Goals?
The world's innovation system is powerful and has generally worked well. But it could use a guiding hand to nudge it in a direction that will benefit humanity as a whole.
The Digital Economy
从B2C到B2One的未来互联网
What does the future of the internet look like?


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South WestNewsAustraliaWA News
Vigilance queried in Bunbury baby case
RHIANNA KINGThe West Australian
Mon, 17 March 2014 6:01PM
Camera IconVigilance queried in Bunbury baby case Credit: The West Australian
A preliminary review of the Department of Child Protection's involvement in the case of a Bunbury baby who died after he was allegedly assaulted by his teenage father has found no negligence by the department's staff.
But the Department has come under fire from the Opposition after director general Terry Murphy was unable to provide details of the DCP's contact with the teenage boy – who is a ward of the State - in the lead up to the baby's death.
The baby died last month after receiving critical head injuries in Bunbury Hospital on February 15.
The boy's father, 15, is facing a charge of aggravated grievous bodily harm, which police have said might be upgraded.
At a public agency review hearing before the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee today, Mr Murphy and the DCP's executive director of country services Emma White were questioned about the DCP's history with the teenage boy.
Mr Murphy revealed the boy's case worker remained based in Cannington, despite the teenager moving to Bunbury to live with his pregnant partner and her family several months ago.
He said while this living situation was not endorsed by the DPC, the teenager was transient and "one of that very small group of teenagers who are very difficult to care for."
"We actively pursued him, and looked to support him at every opportunity we could but we did not have as strong a level of engagement with him as we would have preferred… it was not for want of trying."
Mr Murphy said the teenager was a "seriously disturbed young man" and had a number of problems.
However, he stressed that there was nothing in his behaviour that could have predicted the baby's death.
Mr Murphy and Ms White will travel to Bunbury next week for the first time since the incident. When asked to provide details of the case worker's contact with the boy leading up to the incident, Mr Murphy said while he could not provide exact details, regular, multiple attempts were made to make contact with the teen.
He said an initial review into the case had not shown any breach of policy or procedures, or any negligence or culpability within the DCP.
Outside the hearing, committee chair and Labor MP Margaret Quirk raised questions about the level of vigilance by the DCP.
"How someone can declare that the department did everything it could when we don't have the basic information is somewhat perplexing," she said.
"I think there is a level of complacency there. The desire not to blame individuals I can see why that's commendable but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be looking at lessons learned and how things could be done better."


Last of my blogs today is as usual fruit gift baskets. As they are made up last cause of the fresh fruit.
So here is my first fruit basket that is being dispatched today, it's 5 Star fruit basket. Very popular basket for all occasions, we have 32 of these baskets on a list today. One of them is leaving us to New Market for Sylvia's birthday. And another one is leaving us to Andrew in Oxtend with very best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Another two Fruit & Chocolate gift basket are being dispatched today to county Waterford in Ireland for Claudia who is celebrating her birthday tomorrow. Other one is a get well gift to Susan who is at the hospital in Dublin at the minute.
Here is another get well gift. Truffley Fruit Get well gift basket is leaving us today to Halesworth with very best wishes for a speedy recovery from work friends and colleagues.


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Technology demonstration
ESA /	Science & Exploration /	Human and Robotic Exploration /	Volare
Vessel ID System
Large marine vessels continuously send information on their speed, location and direction. The Automatic Identification System has been around for decades to help harbour authorities direct ships near ports and avoid collisions. The system uses basic VHF radio signals and was designed before satellites existed, so it is only used near land.
One ship tracked over four months
This means that ships are on their own in open waters. Ships can receive signals from each other but in the middle of the Pacific Ocean no-one is monitoring their location.
Vessel ID is an ESA satellite receiver that is the marine equivalent of air traffic control systems. By capturing the radio waves in space from the Automatic Identification System, it tracks ships on the open seas. The system itself does not need to be adapted but as it was not designed for global coverage from space a technology demonstration is needed to test receiving and processing the signals.
On a good day, around 400 000 position reports are received from more than 22 000 ships. If all goes well, global maritime surveillance using dedicated satellites could be in sight, much like there is for air traffic.
With global tracking of ships, collisions could be avoided, piracy and smuggling would be easier to combat, protected areas such as coral reefs could be enforced, and less-polluting shipping lanes could be defined.
For this experiment, Luca did not actively take part. The receiver is outside of the Columbus module and data are automatically collected and transmitted to Earth for analysis.
Installing Vessel-ID antenna
European space laboratory Columbus
Experiment archive
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Watch the launch replay


The traditional style of the Rosina Set of 3 Candle Holders is a classic addition to your home décor with resin construction and acanthus leaf carvings. Sold by set only.
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MEDIUM: W6" x D6" x H19"
LARGE: W6" X D6" x H22"


Pongal celebrations in Samathur are one of the grandest in the Pollachi region. On the 3rd day of Pongal, the agrarian community comes together, to offer thanks to their Cattle and celebrate the good harvest for the year.
As the live beats of thaara thappatai infused with the rhythms of Pongal O Pongal fill the air, come sink in a festive fervor with Thadam as we take you on a unique experience to partake of the Patti Pongal (Maatu Pongal) celebrations and the International Hot Air Balloon festival, in Pollachi.
The trip starts with a delicious lunch served at a private farm house in Sethumadai (your accommodation for the trip), on 15th of January. Unwind and relax for a while after lunch and then we go for a Nature walk with our Naturalist Lingesh. Soak in the pristine atmosphere as we walk along the feeder canal road that is engulfed by the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on one side and tall, green coconut plantations on the other.
After the Nature walk, we come back to the farm house for tea and snacks.
Celebrate the night with BBQ, campfire, music and dinner before winding up the day.
We start early, the next morning and travel to Pollachi for the Hot Air Balloon ride (tethered). Fly up and soak yourselves in the spectacular scenery as you fly above the sea of lush green coconut trees.
The Balloon ride is offered as part of the Tamilnadu International Hot Air Balloon festival – a yearly carnival organized by Global Media Box and Camping Retreats of India in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Tourism Department.
This truly global event adds color to the Pongal festivity in the town with creatively-designed balloons like the giant bee and the red hot angry bird adorning the blue skies of Pollachi.
After the balloon ride and breakfast, we return to Sethumadai for lunch. We relax and unwind for a while before we proceed to Samathur to partake of the Patti Pongal (Maatu Pongal) celebrations.
These mini processions are led by dancing farm hands, sometimes in costumes and accompanied by music from local instruments such as the thaarai thapattai.
You'll get to see the cattle that are washed, with their horns covered in a fresh coat of paint, a nice dab of sandal and vermillion, applied on their foreheads with a finishing touch of new ropes and bells wound around their necks.
After the proceedings at the Patti (corales), authentic, traditional spread of meals will be served to a horde of guests. There is an array of food prepared that includes freshly husked rice, pumpkins and mochai and a host of other vegetables.
You'll return back to the farm stay for the night's stay. The trip ends the next day after the breakfast is served. The itinerary and cost is as follows.
12:00 pm – Return to the farm stay for lunch. Relax and unwind till tea and snacks.
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Cultural performances and Patti Pongal processions.
Leave home after breakfast, with wonderful holiday memories.


Having Difficulty Collecting On A Long-Term Care Insurance Policy?
Perhaps I can assist. Most policies that cover LTC are very similar in how one qualifies for benefits, either needing help with 2 activities of daily living, or having a cognitive impairment.
Lets start with the activities of daily living (ADL's) trigger. Typically the requirement is that you need help with two out of six; eating, bathing, dressing, toileting , transferring, or continence. In most cases the care need not be hands on, simply "stand by" assistance is sufficient. Bear in mind that it is quite difficult to bathe or use the toilet without removing some clothing first, and putting it back on afterwards, so often two of these are the first to require assistance.
The cognitive impairment trigger is a bit more complicated, you must require monitoring or cueing to do things that you would otherwise do on your own. Being told to take medications, being confused on your medications, wandering off, leaving the stove on all day are some examples of cognitive impairments.
Typically, if you are having difficulty in shaking loose benefits from a LTC insurance policy, it is because you only need assistance with one ADL. As I mentioned above, some ADL's require a second one, so you are not soggy from showering with your clothes on, or forgetting to remove trousers before using the toilet. If your care provider or coordinator simply stated that you need help bathing, without mentioning the help to undress and redress, a claim could be denied. Getting the claim information to mention both ADL's will often fix this denial quickly.
Some LTC insurance policies cover all setting; nursing home, assisted living type facilities, adult day care, and home care. Others may have been purchased covering only a nursing home. Since today, less than 20% of LTC is done in a nursing home, such a policy could be less than useful. Nobody wants to go to the expensive nursing home if they do not have to.
There were also a few policies sold that only covered home care. These were bought by optimists that thought they would never need a LTC facility, wishful thinking. If they only cover home care, and home care does not work for you, then the policy will be of little value.
So, if you are questioning what your LTC insurance policy will cover, read the declaration page to see the requirements. Then be sure to point out all the care that is needed.
One more hint that can save you money at claim time. Some people want to wait until they are in a facility before claiming. If you have a 90 day elimination (deductible) you must pay for the first 90 days of care yourself before the policy kicks in. Most policies do not care how much or how little those 90 days cost. Thus, if family is providing care, and able to do so, consider hiring help to come into the home, even if family can do it, to meet the deductible at a lower cost per day, versus waiting until the more expensive facility care is needed.


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Le Ch'ti Bike Tour est un événement de vélo organisé annuellement le dernier week-end du mois d'août en France, à Armentières (Nord).

Il a été créé en 2005 par l'association Actions Vélo avec pour finalité majeure de promouvoir la pratique du vélo sous toutes ses formes.
Il bénéficie du soutien de collectivités territoriales (Conseil régional et Conseil général, Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine, la ville d'Armentières) et d'institutions (Direction régionale de la jeunesse et des sports, Fédération française de cyclisme, UFOLEP…).

Présentation
Le Ch'ti Bike Tour est composé de quatre épreuves :
 Une course cyclosportive, la Laurent Desbiens (550 participants en 2009), sur les routes des monts des Flandres et de Gand-Wevelgem.
 Une rando cyclo, la Route des monts cyclo (plus de 1100 participants en 2009) sur les routes des monts des Flandres.
 Une rando VTT, la Route des monts VTT (plus de 600 participants en 2009) sur les routes des monts des Flandres
 Les randos familles (une rando famille Ch'ti Bike Tour et des randos familles 59 -communes associées-), balades champêtres de  environ.

L'événement fait partie depuis 2009 du « club prestige FFC », regroupant les six principales cyclosportives du calendrier de la fédération française de cyclisme (FFC).

La Laurent Desbiens fait partie depuis 2005 du trophée label d'or qui établit un classement sur la base des points attribués lors des 19 cyclosportives du calendrier FFC.

Le Ch'ti Bike Tour est également engagé dans le programme Ecocyclo de la FFC.
Le village du Ch'ti Bike Tour, qui se trouve dans la base de loisirs des prés du Hem à Armentières, accueille depuis 2009 un « Pôle santé ».

L'événement soutient des associations et fondations dans leurs œuvres caritatives.

Notes et références

Lien externe

Compétition cycliste dans le département du Nord
Armentières

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Titan Gilroy takes us behind the scenes, to explain what TITANS of CNC Academy is really about. How can this training be offered for free? Titan walks us through his shop, introduces us to his team, and explains his vision exactly!


Add a few comments (my comments are italicized.
Any changes for next child or next year?
Like. I liked the consistency of one whole book per term, rather than jumping between bits of OT and NT narratives. She drew illustrations to narrate Joshua and Judges, and narrated Romans orally.
Neutral. It's boring but I like looking at the pictures.
Neutral. A bit dry, some theology I disagree with, but some interesting discussions.
Like. It's fun to listen and to think of things to say.
Like. Love how the kids (usually) respond to DH reading a Psalm with them in the evening.
Dislike. Boring—it doesn't have stories. I don't like telling things back to you.
Like. Kid Uno doesn't like narrative history, but I think these three books (Builders, Medieval, Americas) are very well done, interesting, and similar to CHOW but good for independent reading. They would be awesome spines for a more in-depth study of history. I just wanted to her to do an independent survey of world history, so that's how we used them this year.
Neutral. Some of it was dislike. Most of the parts told about interesting things, but some were boring, just telling about things like churches and where they were found and stuff.
Dislike. It didn't tell about anything I'm interested in.
Like. Sometimes it had stories, most of the time it didn't. I liked writing narrations in the book.
Like. I still haven't read more than the first several chapters, but I think having Kid Uno reading it to herself in YR 3 and 4 was more appropriate than me reading it in YR 1. Will continue with future kids.
Neutral. I didn't really like thinking of people I'd read, but some of the people I googled were interesting, more interesting than in the stories I'd read about them.
Like. I actually didn't even look at her timeline till the end of the year…she had nice entries and seemed to enjoy looking up people on Wikipedia.
Neutral reading them. Dislike mapping them.
Like. These are all good biographies. Kid Uno is more familiar with the globe now, although she focused on the storyline and paid minimal attention to the geographical aspects of the books and had to do some re-dos.
Like. It was fun hearing about the little stories of what her grandma did, living there, especially the lightning part.
Like. Easy reading about Cuban culture.
Dislike. Boring to read about, nothing interesting, and I dislike mapping them very much. I hate mapping stuff!
Like. Maya Quest is mostly pictures. I think she was more interested in these two books than she sounds in this evaluation, although she does dislike mapping.
Dislike reading it. Like doing the projects.
Neutral. Some lessons were interesting to learn about; most of them weren't.
Like. Good overview of anatomy, nutrition, and health.
Dislike. It was boring and I didn't like learning about it.
Neutral. Good, but dated (written in the 50s), so newer electrical stuff isn't covered, but still covers basic info.
Neutral. Ugh. I put a lot of time into using BFSU to organize science themes, and it's such a good resource, but I just don't get around to the discussions, projects, or even videos…Maybe next year. Or I may just use it to organize all the science books we have and which years we read them. Or just to brush up on my own science knowledge for Q and A with the kids.
Neutral. Sometimes I liked the projects, sometimes I wished I could do other projects (that weren't listed).
Like. I liked making a list of options at the beginning of the year. She is old enough to do longer projects now, too.
Neutral. I could barely figure out the story, and it was basically just people talking. I liked Midsummer Night Dream because there was a story to it. I liked the videos much better, like the Romeo and Juliet we watched.
Neutral. I haven't listened to any of them so I can't comment on quality. I didn't want to emphasize Shakespeare this year, so I think they were a good, quick way to cover a play each term. I meant to have her watch the plays after listening, but never got around to it. Maybe over the summer.
Neutral. It was fun hearing how he lived but some parts were a little bit boring.
Neutral. I read the first 2/3 and need to finish it. It was better than I thought it would be.
Like. Good picture book mythology. Wish I'd had them for one of my college anthropology classes!
Like. I love it. Because it has awesome stories in it and I got to hear you read it…you almost never read books to me anymore because I'm not a little kid.
Like. Kid Uno knows the myths better than I do (maybe from Hawthorne and Magic Treehouse?); I enjoy reading these aloud with her. We skip Bullfinch's commentary and poetry references at the end of the chapters.
Dislike. It was sort of hard to understand; I didn't really like the way the story went. Didn't bring the characters to life the way other books do.
Neutral. I liked the beginning but it was kinda anti-climactic. I agree about flat characters.
Like. Most of the stories were fun.
Like. I've read about half the book so far–another one I need to finish.
Like. They were all different. And I liked guessing which door in "The Lady or the Tiger". Those were fun.
Like. I had fun picking 12 famous short stories, and it was a nice switch from a novel for a term.
Neutral. I don't really like poetry. I only half do and I half don't.
Neutral. I liked the Australian poets better than Dickinson and Tennyson, but Tennyson was better than I anticipated.
Dislike. Hate. It's so hard and boring, and it doesn't have good problems and I hate it so badly.
Neutral. I still think Ray's is effective and so good for mental math. But she hates it. I'm considering making SU the main curriculum, or switching to Singapore. Or keep it…dunno yet.
Like. It often has very fun things, except when I have to do all those boring non-word problems and I don't get to do a test.
Like. Although I think it's a bit below grade level, it's really perfect for Kid Uno to do independently since it's written to the student.
Dislike. It's so hard and I don't like doing it. I like SU.
Like. And I'm glad she finished it after 3.5 years!
Like. Loved it, love it, love it. I love doing cursive, and seeing the pretty ways it loops and twists.
Like. She will be moving into typing for YR 5, and I will probably just have her do some cursive copywork once a week or so to maintain good handwriting skills.
Dislike. Most of the time doesn't have stories and it's really boring to read.
Dislike. This is the worst of the four readers as far as subject matter and quality writing. But I will have her finish it because it's excellent for pronunciation and vocabulary. She only reads 2x per week.
Neutral. Most of the time it's fun. I like doing stuff orally but not written.
Like. Solid and super easy for me to use with the teacher's guide. We do a lot of it orally to save time. She's about halfway through after doing 2-3 lessons per week.
Dislike. Time consuming and Kid Uno always has tons of mistakes. I'm not sure if I'm doing it the most effective way possible. Need to read up/video up over the summer.
Like. It's very fun because I get to learn a new language [Spanish], but I'm thinking about doing a different language now.
Neutral. It's fun to watch it, but it's hard to understand because I don't know that much Spanish yet. I'm only 39% fluent.
Like. Short and fun once in a while.
Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing Workbook, Drawing the Head & Figure, Fashion, Fourth Year Drawing.
Dislike. I don't like drawing. They're boring and I don't get to draw what I want. But I like the fashion book.
Like. But I don't think she is being challenged enough.
Like. They're fun to do.
Like. Plenty to pick from!
Dislike. I didn't really do anything, and couldn't figure out how to put in color.
Neutral. They were good ideas, but I didn't execute them well, except for Nature Art since we have some good books for that.
Like. Fun to do. Especially watercolors and origami.
Dislike. All of them. They're not exactly the pictures I'd like to study. I'd like to study the covers of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty [illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft].
Like. I'm surprised she disliked Rubens, since Craft reminds me of Rubens.
Dislike. I'd like to have more exciting, fun songs.
Like. Good for us all.
Neutral. I can listen to them while I'm doing stuff. I'd like to have one each week and be able to pick which ones.
Like. She actually liked some of these (Wagner, Arabic) more than she remembers.
Like. I've grown to like it more and more. I think I'd like to continue. I think practicing in the basement helps.
Like. We are at a natural break, so we'll need to see about continuing.
Dislike. I don't like memorizing Bible.
Like. And she is capable of more.
Neutral. Sometimes it's fun. I'd like to do something really long through all three terms.
Like. And I think her idea for next year is great.
Like. Cuz they're fun—except for move concrete!
Like. A lot of variety this year.
Like. They're fun, and it's interesting, especially Cecret Lake.
Neutral. I'd like something higher technique, and harder and more advanced. But it was fun being with my friends and dancing.
Like. Mainly for the relationships this year.
Like. Especially kayaking, swimming, boogie boarding.
Like. Love, love, love. It's so fun, and I make new friends, and it's hard, and I love performing and huge performances, and dancing there.
Like. She loves it, and it seems to be the best studio for her right now.
Like. Love, love. They were very fun, especially the ballet, state fair, wedding, Grand America tea.
Like. These were all good.
Like. It's fun, especially helping Grammy and decorating the church.
Like. I think we could do more, but we were more intentional than last year, so that was an improvement.
Kid Uno's suggestions for next year: Doing that big poetry I suggested, more ballet classes, going on pointe, private ballet lessons, drawing videos online.
This year, Kid Uno did most of her work independently. We did poetry, mythology, My Path to Heaven, grammar, dictation, and a lot of math together. The rest she did on her own, and I heard narrations and checked written work in the evening or the next day. She's very good about following her assignment list, especially when motivated by ballet classes in the afternoon. I increased her reading volume quite a bit this year. Duolingo has been surprisingly useful for language learning—and it's free!. I started her in 5th grade grammar, and she did just fine without previous grammar instruction. I'm not sure what to do for drawing and art next year…I feel like she needs something challenging and interesting, but what? I think she also needs something for geometry. Maybe Khan Academy? Or switch to Singapore? We started strong with everything I scheduled for this year, but it got hard for me to keep up in the middle with my unexpected surgery, and toward the end with basement construction. Kid Uno was very consistent throughout the year. We had so much travel and so many activities—it's been a very full year! There's not a lot I would change for future children; I feel like the book choices and all our activities are enjoyable and well-rounded…it's just a matter of fitting in so much good stuff.
This entry was posted in Year 4 and tagged AO, Charlotte Mason, curriculum, Education, homeschool, tweaks on June 17, 2017 by marisolstice.


Fort McMurray, Alberta (December 18, 2007) — Suncor Energy is taking steps to comply with an environmental protection order issued today by Alberta Environment. The order relates to emissions at Suncor's oil sands plant that have exceeded air quality standards and which are resulting in increased odours from the operation.
"We take this situation very seriously and are committed to getting it resolved as quickly as possible. We're focused on generating safe, reliable production and that includes resolving issues that contribute to odours," said Kirk Bailey, Suncor's executive vice president, oil sands.
The cause of the odours is primarily being attributed to reliability issues with emission control equipment, as well as increased emissions from Suncor's tailings ponds.
To correct the problem, Suncor is upgrading its emission control equipment and reducing discharges to the tailings ponds. The company has also introduced processing changes and is undertaking a more comprehensive air monitoring program.
The work to control emissions is expected to occur without impacting production.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that address expectations about the future. These statements are based on Suncor's current goals, expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, as well as its current budgets and plans for capital expenditures.These statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially, as a result of factors, risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, to which Suncor's business is subject. Further discussion of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that could affect these plans, and any actual results, is included in Suncor's annual report to shareholders and other documents filed with regulatory authorities.


Detail showing Bethnal Green from Bowles' folding map of London of 1731. This is a later edition of the map first issued by Bowles in 1719 extended to include Stepney and the Isle of Dogs. Bowles based this part of the map on Gascoigne's Survey of Stepney of 1703.


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Last week, I attended and spoke at the Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis (MCCT). This is not your standard, run-of-the-mill, conference where people share their most recent research. The MCCT is different, and focuses on the larger picture, by giving faculty the (plenary) stage to share their thoughts on opportunities and challenges in the field. Then, with the help of a team of PhD students, these thoughts are than further discussed in a break out session. All was wrapped up by a plenary discussion of what was discussed in the workshops. Interesting format, right?
It was my first MCCT, and I had difficulty envisioning how exactly this format will work out beforehand. Now that I have experienced it all, I can tell you that it really depends on the speaker and the people attending the workshops. When it comes to the 20 minute introductions by the faculty, I think that just an overview of the current state of the art is not enough. The best presentations were all about the bigger picture, and had either an open question, a controversial statement or some form of "crystal ball" vision of the future. It really is difficult to "find consensus" when there is no controversy as was the case in some plenary talks. Given the break-out nature of the workshops, my observations are limited in number. But from what I saw, some controversy (if need be only constructed for the workshop) really did foster discussion amongst the workshop participants.
Two specific activities stand out for me. The first is the lecture and workshop on post PE syndrome and how we should able to monitor the functional outcome of PE. Given my recent plea in RPTH for more ordinal analyses in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis – learning from stroke research with its mRS- we not only had a great academic discussion, but made immediately plans for a couple of projects where we actually could implement this. The second activity I really enjoyed is my own workshop, where I not only gave a general introduction into stroke (prehospital treatment and triage, clinical and etiological heterogeneity etc) but also focused on the role of FXI and NETS. We discussed the role of DNase as a potential for co-treatment for tPA in the acute setting (talking about "crystal ball" type of discussions!). Slides from my lecture can be found here (PDF). An honorable mention has to go out to the PhD students P and V who did a great job in supporting me during the prep for the lecture and workshop. Their smart questions and shared insights really shaped my contribution.
Now, I said it was not always easy to find consensus, which means that it isn't impossible. In fact, I am sure that themes that were discussed all boil down to a couple opportunities and challenges. A first step was made by HtC and HS from the MCCT leadership team in the closing session on Friday which will proof to be a great jumping board for the consensus paper that will help set the stage for future research in our field of arterial thrombosis.
I wrote about this in an earlier topic: JLR and I published a paper in which we explain that a single relative risk, irrespective of its form, is jus5t not enough. Some crucial elements go missing in this dimensionless ratio. The RR could allow us to forget about the size of the denominator, the clinical context, the crude binary nature of the outcome. So we have provided some methods and ways of thinking to go beyond the RR in an tutorial published in RPTH (now in early view). The content and message are nothing new for those trained in clinical research (one would hope). Even for those without a formal training most concepts will have heard the concepts discussed in a talk or poster . But with all these concepts in one place, with an explanation why they provide a tad more insight than the RR alone, we hope that we will trigger young (and older) researchers to think whether one of these measures would be useful. Not for them, but for the readers of their papers. The paper is open access CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, and can be downloaded from the website of RPTH, or from my mendeley profile.
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Q: show image loader but not using ajax here is the project page: http://blog.papermusepress.com/s7/tabs/ it's all html so feel free to view source for code.
basically, as you type in fields on the form the image is dynamically getting generated on adobe's servers via a URL string and then rendered on the page via javascript updating the image src to the URL string.
i'm trying to get a simple image loader every time the image is being regenerated.  the image generation really happens so fast that it is probably not necessary (but my company wants to include it so customers know the product is actually getting updated).
all the answers I find talk about ajax (How to show loading spinner in jQuery?) .  but the problem is that I am not using ajax in the project at all. maybe i should be using ajax?
the only jquery i am using is to do the tabs hiding/displaying the appropriate div.  the image generation is an onclick js function.  i'm new to js so my stuff is really basic.  could definitely use suggestions to "clean up" my code.  i'm sure its ugly!

A: ajax in jquery is easy.
jQuery.ajax('url which contains code or ready flag.').done(function(htmldata){
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#include "proto/google/fhir/proto/stu3/datatypes.pb.h"
#include "proto/google/fhir/proto/stu3/fhirproto_extensions.pb.h"

namespace google {
namespace fhir {
namespace stu3 {

using ::absl::InvalidArgumentError;
using primitives_internal::PrimitiveWrapper;
using ::google::protobuf::Descriptor;

absl::StatusOr<std::unique_ptr<PrimitiveWrapper>>
Stu3PrimitiveHandler::GetWrapper(const Descriptor* target_descriptor) const {
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          proto::Extension, proto::Xhtml,
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  if (wrapper.has_value()) {
    return std::move(wrapper.value());
  }
  return InvalidArgumentError(absl::StrCat(
      "Unexpected STU3 primitive FHIR type: ", target_descriptor->full_name()));
}

const Stu3PrimitiveHandler* Stu3PrimitiveHandler::GetInstance() {
  static Stu3PrimitiveHandler* instance = new Stu3PrimitiveHandler;
  return instance;
}

absl::Status Stu3PrimitiveHandler::CopyCodeableConcept(
    const google::protobuf::Message& source, google::protobuf::Message* target) const {
  return stu3::CopyCodeableConcept(source, target);
}

}  // namespace stu3
}  // namespace fhir
}  // namespace google


Discussion in 'General' started by gore, Oct 18, 2007.
No matter what the format, this is a Code Red release I'll be picking up on day one. Now I'm just waiting on Shakma.
Now I'm just waiting on Shakma.
The movie does look cool. I'm interested in buying it. Especially if it gets a blu release.
I definitely won't buy the Butcher DVD (he wouldn't have sold it to me anyways, since I live in Europe). In the end many of the collectors who have been supporting Code Red for years will be shortchanged by ebay sellers.
I am neither supporting the DVD only approach nor the restricted shipping on these titles. Both unnecessary Bill moonshine. The HD master is there, so the movie will show up on Blu, it might take some time but it will. After all these years of waiting I don't care about one or two more.
I am also really disappointed by his business integrity. I recently bought 2 Code Red Blus from his online store. He actually charged 17$ for international shipping. When the parcel arrived the postal sticker only showed a price of 12.75$. You can do the maths. And this comes from someone who is constantly moaning about being ripped off by international customers.
I usually buy DVDs or Blus from DVDPacific. They charge 5.50$ for internatinal shipping. I am not familiar with the US postal system, but I don't get why the prices differ so drastically (5.50 vs. 12.75).
I'd get it on DVD. I love this movie and anything is better than the VHS rips out there now. They're virtually unwatchable.
Down for maintenance. Update coming soon.
Down for a month; Bill's on holiday.
There Ordered Savage Streets and Redeemer from Diabolik, hope they live up to expectations.
Both movies are big fav's of mine.
Weird, I just ordered the same two Blus. Also grabbed the Scorpion Blus of Monster Club and Dogs, both of which were blind buys (I'm a huge fan of anthology horror flicks as well as nature-run-amok from the 70's so I'm assuming I did okay).
EQUALIZER 2000 restoration: there is a bug running up the camera!!
WHEELS OF FIRE SCREENSHOT! HI-DEF MASTER!
Bill put Nightmare up on ebay. he said he will put it up on his store when he gets home.
I'm assuming this will be cheaper on his site?
I mean, none of his other blu's have been this expensive.
Judging by the active ebay listings for Savage Streets and Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary, I think that's a fairly safe assumption.
This thread is way too long to keep up with.
His eBay listing shows " Ships to: United States "
I see he is still being a douche when it comes to his shipping practices. A few years ago he would happily ship anything anywhere, now, unless you live in the good old US of A you may as well not even bother looking at this stuff.
Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker has been pushed to August. No reason given but I hope it's because they want to release it on Blu. Can't think of another reason.
Pisses me off that he won´t ship outside the US, just because of that German incident.
I mean, a copy from the US could just end up in Germany as easy as one from Sweden.
"NIGHTMARE Blu Ray for sale over at eBay - will be more reasonably priced when Big Cartel is back up around July 7th"
Anyone who would be kind enough to include me in a group buy when the store is back up? If so I can pay for the movie+shipping with Paypal.
I really need this one in my collection.


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Keep Confederate monuments, but put their horrific history on center stage
While Trump is far from right, he is not totally wrong. We must confront our past, not whitewash it.
Keep Confederate monuments, but put their horrific history on center stage While Trump is far from right, he is not totally wrong. We must confront our past, not whitewash it. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2wnSZBU
Ellis Cose, Opinion columnist Published 3:15 a.m. ET Aug. 21, 2017 | Updated 3:36 p.m. ET Aug. 21, 2017
Confederate statues come down, Confederate memorials covered up and public debates over Confederate symbols rage across the country in the wake of deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. (Aug. 16) AP
A statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va.(Photo: Steve Helber, AP)
As last week made obvious, America still has a race problem on its hands. And that problem is much larger than President Trump and whether he ultimately repudiates groups he doesn't want to repudiate. When it comes to race in America and the way we let it drive us crazy, our problem, in a word, is us.
Dismissing Trump's most ridiculous claim is relatively easy. A mob with torches, spoiling for a fight, shouting, "Jews will not replace us," is simply not in the same moral universe as terrified protesters, arms linked, trying to fend off vicious attacks. Thank God the deadly violence did not carry over to the demonstrations in Boston on Saturday.
More: Charlottesville unmasks Trump. Stop expecting him to denounce white supremacists.
More: Other countries have healed, and so will we: Ellis Cose
Nonetheless, Trump's claim that destroying Confederate monuments somehow crosses a line, that it somehow rips apart the nation's culture and history, takes a bit more reflection. For while Trump is far from right, he is not totally wrong. Valuable lessons can indeed be learned from studying the history of these monuments, but they are not lessons Trump would welcome.
Contrary to what the president and Ku Klux Klan sympathizers seem to believe, the Confederate monuments are not honoring great patriots or even great soldiering. Most of those monuments did not go up in the wake of the Civil War but much later, "as Southerners put Jim Crow in place — and Northerners gave up on racial justice," notes W. Fitzhugh Brundage, a historian at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
In order to make commemorating symbols of racial hatred and oppression palatable, champions of the Confederacy had to rewrite history. Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led a war that killed more than 600,000 Americans for the patently immoral purpose of extending slavery, "became a convenient icon of reconciliation who was depicted as having reluctantly fought to protect his native state … and then after the war devoted himself to … binding the nation's wounds," Brundage writes.
That image of Lee is false in every important aspect. It makes a joke of the history Trump supposedly wishes to rescue. That would-be Nazis and KKK sympathizers attach such importance to the Confederacy should tell you all you need to know about Confederate heroes. Even so, most Americans seem unconvinced that their statues should be taken down.
In an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll released last week that asked Americans whether the monuments should "remain as a historical symbol" or "be removed because they are offensive to some people," 67% of white respondents thought they should stay, as did 75% of whites who were not college graduates; 65% of Latinos were fine with keeping the statues, as were 44% of blacks.
In short, a majority of Americans — even many blacks — are fine with leaving the statutes alone, or at least they see no reason to remove them just because some folks are offended.
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I'm curious how poll respondents would have answered if given more compelling reasons for statue removal than them offending people. Even so, I understand why so many Americans of all races might be fine with keeping Confederate figures in place. Why spend so much energy trying to topple statues, offensive and ugly as they might be, when the statues are not really the problem, and when their removal riles up so many people — some of whom are pathologically violent?
Also, there is likely a feeling among many Americans that, as Trump suggests, the statues do, in fact, tell us something important about our past — and that it might be better to keep them than to simply wash history away. But that is only true if we can be honest about why those monuments exist and what they were meant to promote, which is racial oppression.
If we are prepared to face what those statues really are, perhaps we can more capably tackle the question of why appeals to prejudice still resonate so strongly, and why so many people eagerly voted for a presidential candidate of questionable competence who made bigotry the central plank of his campaign.
Americans find it difficult to deal with such questions in part because we are not ready to own the full weight of our history — much of which is noble and beautiful, but some of which is sickeningly ugly. And we certainly are loath to seriously contemplate how much that history still shapes who we are today.
Under pressure to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from certain structures on Princeton's campus, the trustees named a committee that proposed the following: Keep Wilson's name on the buildings, but publicly and widely acknowledge that Wilson "held and acted on racist views." They resolved to recognize "Wilson's failings and shortcomings as well as (his) visions and achievements."
Perhaps, given the apparently widespread sentiment to keep Confederate monuments, we should consider doing something similar with these symbols littering America's landscape. Wherever such monuments remain, we should put plaques and other material in place that point out that these men were traitors, not American heroes, and that their ugly legacy haunts us still.
In illuminating how vulnerable Americans have long been to ugly racial appeals, and how willfully blind we have been to racial injustice, those statues could remind us of the catastrophic consequences of not putting bigotry aside.
What other useful purpose could those monuments to evil possibly serve?
Ellis Cose, senior fellow and writer in residence at the American Civil Liberties Union, is a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors. He's author of The End of Anger, The Rage of a Privileged Class and other books. Follow him on Twitter: @EllisCose.
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Travis Tritt Calls on Americans To Stand Up for Freedom and Against Discrimination
(Nashville, Tenn. – August 17, 2021) Multi-platinum selling and award-winning artist, Travis Tritt, is using his voice and has released a statement, calling on Americans to stand up for freedom and against discrimination.
In a statement released today, Travis comments:
In light of recently announced policies and mandates from some entertainment companies, promoters and local municipalities which would discriminate against specific concert attendees who are not vaccinated, I feel compelled to make a statement.
I have always been a huge defender of basic human rights and liberty for all. No government, employer or private entity should ever be allowed to infringe on those rights and liberties.
I'm also very much against discrimination of any kind. All forms of discrimination need to be called out and condemned in the strongest terms possible.
For these reasons, let me say that I fully support anyone who is willing to publicly stand against discrimination and the squelching of any specific freedoms and basic human rights around the world. If you agree that any form of discrimination should be condemned and that basic human rights are worth defending, I urge you to stand up with me and let your voices be heard. The only way these injustices can be defeated is with a unified front against them. Use your voice to stand for what is right and against what is wrong. Long live freedom!
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
-M.L. King, Jr.
Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt is committed to standing with the American people to protect and defend civil liberties and basic human rights for all across the country, and encourages everyone to use their voice to promote and preserve all freedoms.


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Financial Times website is hacked
by Chris Roush · May 17, 2013
The Financial Times is the latest news outlet to be hacked by supporters of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, following a phishing attack on the company's email accounts.
Henry Mance of The Financial Times writes, "Twelve posts entitled 'Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army' appeared on the FT's tech blog between 12.38pm and 12.42pm on Friday, with official Twitter feeds also disrupted.
"'We have now locked those accounts and are grateful for Twitter's help on this,' said Robert Shrimsley, the managing editor of FT.com.
"The Syrian Electronic Army, a group of anonymous hackers who claim that Arab and western media have presented a biased view of the country's civil war, has previously compromised news organisations including the Associated Press, the BBC and Al Jazeera.
"Last month a fake AP tweet announcing an attack on the White House caused the Dow Jones to fall nearly 1 per cent within two minutes.
"An individual who said he was with the group interviewed on email by the FT last month said they would target the media of 'all the countries who support the terrorists groups in Syria.'"
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