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"It was such a rush to hear my song and know that I had contributed something meaningful."
When he was asked to write and perform a song for a company-wide conference, musician and poet Jerome Collins discovered a powerful way to connect with and inspire his colleagues.
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The opening drumbeats of my song kicked off a Microsoft conference. I felt the anticipation build and knew it was from my music. It felt great to know I could share my passion for music by writing a song for my Microsoft community.
I thought back to the unlikely path that led to this moment. Some colleagues saw my music video, Generosity, which is about how we can lift each other up and succeed together. They emailed me and said, "we'd love to use your music for a video at Microsoft Ready." Microsoft Ready is a company-wide conference where employees can network and attend a variety of sessions that help them do their jobs better. A lot of the videos that are used at the conference contain music.
I was so excited that I got busy over that weekend and wrote an original song, called Are You Ready, which ended up being used in the video at the conference to motivate everyone for the coming year. It was such a rush to hear my song and know that I had contributed something meaningful. Afterward, so many people sent me notes saying how much they liked the song. It was a great way to connect with colleagues I hadn't met.
I love to inspire people, whether it's through my music or my work as vice chair of the Charlotte chapter of the Blacks at Microsoft (BAM) Employee Resource Group. BAM holds events like a summer coding academy where volunteer Microsoft engineers teach engineering skills to students. We've also partnered with the local Charlotte YWCA to provide fun and educational programming to students. That has been a very rewarding experience for me, and I love to pay it forward by mentoring others.
I grew up on the south side of Chicago, where I learned to get up quickly after falling down. Now, I believe anything is possible if you dream big. Don't be afraid to fail fast. And when you fall, get back up quickly because you can achieve more than you ever hoped or dreamed.
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Thе silk thаt is mаdе іntо a thrеаd іѕ аѕ thin as a ріесе of humаn hair. Weavers muѕt uѕе a magnifying glаѕѕ to knоt ѕuсh thіn thrеаd. It іѕ another rеаѕоn whу weavers are not mаkіng handmade саrреtѕ аѕ much thеѕе dауѕ because it is straining to the еуеѕ. If уоu аrе lucky enough tо hаvе a silken Chіnеѕе саrреt, mаkе ѕurе you trеаt it аѕ a rare trеаѕurе bесаuѕе they аrе bесоmіng uncommon. Tаkе gооd саrе оf the саrреt аѕ іt is аn іnvеѕtmеnt аnd will оnlу gаіn vаluе іf іt іѕ tаkеn саrе оf.


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National Gallery extends opening hours to combat decreased visitor capacity
Article: David Styles | Image: © National Gallery, London
Due to high demand for tickets since reopening post-lockdown, the National Gallery has taken the decision to extend its opening hours.
From Wednesday 22nd July the National Gallery will open until 6pm every day except Friday, when the venue will remain open to 9pm. This extension to its previous schedule comes in response heightened interest in pre-booked tickets, particularly for the Titian: Love, Desire, Death exhibition.
"We started welcoming visitors again on Wednesday 8th July after an unprecedented 111 days with the doors closed. We wanted to use these early days of reopening to make sure we were offering the very best visitor experience in the very safest way, before increasing the number of visitors we can let in," explains Dr Gabriele Finaldi, director of the National Gallery.
"Having successfully reopened and with huge demand from the public for our once in a lifetime Titian exhibition, we are delighted to now extend our opening hours by two hours daily."
All visits still need to be booked in advance online as the Gallery works to limit queueing and keep unnecessary contact to a minimum. Two metre social distancing measures remain in place throughout the venue, and three one-way art routes have been introduced to guide visitors safely through exhibition spaces. These are accessible via a free-to-download smartphone app.
The National Gallery has also introduced enhanced cleaning regimes and installed higher efficiency filters in its air conditioning system. All staff have been issued with PPE, Perspex screens are in place at all counters and hand sanitiser is available at regular intervals throughout the building – all to maximise visitor confidence in returning.
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Title Caboolture State School
Start Date 25/11/1889
1384 Admission Registers - State School 25/11/1889 13/5/1997
18693 Admission Registers - State High School 1/2/1955 29/8/1960
20026 Corporal Punishment Registers 13/7/1960 4/11/1992
32 Department of Public Instruction 25/11/1889 12/8/1957
Queensland Votes and Proceedings, Session of 1890, Vol II, p 1366[56]
Public Instruction Department, "Statistical Returns Furnished by Head Teachers of Provisional and State Schools", "Caboolture", 1889 - 1967; QSA: Item ID 10368
Education Department "Returns of All Teachers Employed in State Schools (by Region)" "South Eastern Region" 1968-1969 ("Caboolture"); QSA Item ID 823011
Education Acts & Amendment Acts 1964-1988
Education (General Provisions) Act & Amendment Act 1989
Caboolture North State School opened on 25 November 1889. In June 1912 the school was renamed Caboolture State School but from 1940 until 1960 the school was Caboolture Rural State School. From 1955 until 1960 the school included a secondary department. Opportunity classes commenced in 1967 and continued until a separate Special School opened in 1980.
Queensland State Archives Agency ID5042, Caboolture State School


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Q: Facebook: "URL could not be liked because it has been blocked" error in iOS app I'm working on an iOS app that allows the user to like a Facebook page within the app. I've implemented this using FacebookLikeView. During the course of testing this functionality, I've liked and unliked the same page multiple times. Unfortunately, this seems to have triggered Facebook's spam detection. Now, when trying to like a page using the like button displayed by FacebookLikeView, the following error is presented: "URL could not be liked because it has been blocked".
Based on reports of the same problem found by searching the web, I've filled out this form to request that Facebook remove the block. However, I've received no response from them. I'm not sure how to proceed. Has anyone else run into this issue and successfully solved it?

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Ankit Sharma says India's shipping industry is on a new level of growth
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Shipping has been one of the many reasons that are responsible for successful and profitable relations between the nations in the international market. Recently, the shipping industry has been in high demand. It has seen a surge in profit in the last few years. Ankit Sharma is one of the most promising and prominent shipping leaders and has learned a lot after working in this industry for years.
Ankit Sharma is the CEO and the managing director of KCS Quality Inspections Pvt. Ltd. He did his B. Sc. in Nautical Science from Glasgow College of Nautical Sciences in England and completed his B.E. from Manav Rachna University. In addition, he has a 2nd mate-FG/OOW license issued by the MCA U.K. He has been in charge of executive leadership, industry training, and brand management, as well as developing solid business plans and company objectives for both short and long-term targets.
Ankit has over eight years of experience leading and growing small and medium enterprises and is a goal-oriented CEO who has expanded the company's sales by more than 250 percent in three years. Under his capable leadership, he has been credited with taking over numerous weak and ineffective departments and turning them into successful and efficient ones. He is one of the best in the company because of his measured risk management skills. It is a leading independent inspection and testing corporation that offers a wide range of services to buyers and suppliers of its products.
Ankit's company, KCS Group has made its name in the shipping industry because of the efforts and skills of its CEO. KCS has clients from all over the world and from both private and government sectors. This shows that the company is a great asset to the country as it takes all the legal regulations seriously. The company provides a complete inspection of buyer's and suppliers' products like minerals, metals, etc. The company's headquarters is in New Delhi and operates in 8 countries, including India. The other 7 are – Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, and South Africa. Their workplace has an employee count of more than 3000+.
Their primary goal is to achieve success through client happiness. Moreover, the company is driven solely by the desire to deliver complete client satisfaction, and their definition of success is happy and smiling consumers. Ankit Sharma is a name to be remembered in the shipping industry.
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King of Stuff #67
Comedian Dave Smith
Hosted by Jon Gabriel, Stephen Miller
With guest Dave Smith
Jon Gabriel (@ExJon) and Stephen Miller (aka @RedSteeze) welcome Dave Smith — a stand-up comedian, radio personality, and political commentator. He's a frequent guest on "The Greg Gutfeld Show" and "Kennedy" and also hosts the podcasts "Part of the Problem" and "The Legion of Skanks." Dave just released a new comedy special called "Libertas" which you can watch on the GaS Digital Network.
The intro song is "It's On" by BRONCHO. Stephen's song of the week is "Seasons (Waiting on You)" by Future Islands and Jon's is "Spent the Day in Bed" by Morrissey. To listen to all the music featured on The Conservatarians, subscribe to our Spotify playlist.


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Persona 5 Maniax User Handbook to be Released in Japan in Summer 2017
In the "Persona 20th!" issue of Persona Magazine, a book by the name of "Persona 5 Maniax (Provisional)" was announced, to give fans a deeper look into the game. Persona 5 Maniax has now been announced for a Summer 2017 release in Japan.
Dengeki Online has released a Japanese survey, with a deadline of May 26 at 11:69 PM JST, where fans can vote on different aspects of Persona 5. The results will be aggregated and announced in the upcoming user handbook.
The following are the questions in the survey:
Q1: Who is your favorite character among the Phantom Thieves?
Q2: Who is your favorite Co-op character?
Q3: Who is your favorite character excluding the above categories?
Q4: What is your favorite persona among the Phantom Thieves' dedicated personas?
Q5: What is your favorite persona among other personas?
Q6: What is your favorite scene? (Example) Scene in which the hero awakens to his persona.
Q7: How many times have you played through "Persona 5"?
Q8: Comments about "Persona 5"
Previously released sample pictures of Persona 5 Maniax:
Persona 5 was released for the PS3 and PS4 in Japan on September 15, 2016. It was released for the PS4 in Traditional Chinese on March 23, 2017. It released in North America and Europe on April 4th, 2017, and will release in Korean in 2017.
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This was brought to my attention by a friend. So a character (or one letter) is about 8 bits. 8 bits make 1 byte and 1024 bytes make 1 kilobyte. So 1 character is 1 byte. A text, message is 160 characters of body. There must be 22 characters (+12345678910) for the number sending and the number receiving (probably in a header of some kind) so thats 182 characters, at least in Barbados. Call it 190 to be safe. 190 characters or 190 bytes is 20c bds (whether you use 25 or all 190). That's about $1 a kilobyte vs 1c per 1kb for data. Therefore an email that contains 200 characters (including the header) costs 1c since thats not one whole kilobyte but a text message which is of comparable size is 20c so text messaging is about 20 times as expensive as sending an email AND the charge is flat not per kb. wtf!


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Kentucky safety agency to review tornado deaths at factory

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Kentucky's workplace safety agency will look into the deaths of eight people who were killed at a candle factory during the violent weather that spawned tornadoes in five states, the governor said Tuesday.

Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters that the Kentucky Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance would undertake a monthslong review of the deaths, which happened at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory as storms raked the area starting Friday night.

The governor said that such reviews are done whenever workers are killed on the job.

"So it shouldn't suggest that there was any wrongdoing. But what it should give people confidence in, is that we'll get to the bottom of what happened," he said.

State and local officials say the company told them that all other workers have been accounted for. Initially, authorities feared a much higher death toll at the factory because dozens of employees were working late to make candles for holiday orders. But Louisville Emergency Management Director E.J. Meiman said late Monday that authorities now "have a high level of confidence that nobody is left in this building."

Mayfield, home to 10,000 residents and the candle factory, suffered some of the worst damage in the country.

Beshear's comments come as workers, volunteers and members of the National Guard fanned out in Kentucky to start the long recovery process. The tornado outbreak that killed at least 88 people — 74 of them in Kentucky — cut a path of devastation that stretched from Arkansas, where a nursing home was destroyed, to Illinois, where an Amazon distribution center was heavily damaged.

Across Kentucky, about 24,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity Tuesday, down slightly from the day before, according to poweroutage.us.

The tornadoes also killed at least six people in Illinois; four in Tennessee; two in Arkansas, where the governor said nursing home workers shielded residents with their own bodies; and two in Missouri.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday that it had opened an investigation into the collapse of the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois.

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Q: strange mdadm behavior - on failing to create, md127 appears with "Device or resource busy" on freshly created partially zeroed partition Problem:
# ls /dev/md*
/dev/md0  /dev/md1

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb3 bs=1M count=1
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd3 bs=1M count=1
# mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb3
# mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdd3

# mdadm --create -l 1 -n 2 /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdd3
mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdb3: Device or resource busy

# ls /dev/md*
/dev/md0  /dev/md1  /dev/md127  /dev/md2

# mdadm -D /dev/md127
mdadm: md device /dev/md127 does not appear to be active.

I did not ask it to auto detect and assemble anything. I didn't reboot either.
I moved around partitions many times on these disks to try different setups. So there are probably traces of those experiments things everywhere.
sdb3 is not busy. I just created it seconds before like this:
swapoff -a
parted /dev/sdb rm 4        (my old raid10 + lvm)
parted /dev/sdb rm 3        (my old swap)
parted /dev/sdd unit s mkpart root4 503808 5860533118 (start here is same as swap start, and end is same as raid10+lvm end)
parted /dev/sdd set 3 raid on

Also, if I created a device that had only /dev/sdd3, the --create command would also print this:
mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
    may not be suitable as a boot device.  If you plan to
    store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
    your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
    --metadata=0.90
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md2 started.

But it also prints that now, after "-l 1" works again, without the "device or resource busy" message. (and that disk has a bios_grub and boot raid1 partition that has metadata 0.90, but this sdd3 is not related to boot).
I can't reproduce this now though... I tried several times and reproduced it fine, but after trying with "-l 0" instead, it works. "-l 10" has the same effect as "-l 1".
Questions:
Why does md127 appear?
Why also md2 if it failed to create it?
In the future, other than using:

*

*dd to zero the start of the block device

*mdadm --zero-superblock

*and creating with "-l 0" (which is a nonsense solution)

what else can I do to clean up the disk to prepare it for "--create"?

A: It is hard to explain why md127 appeared from just the output you have posted on the screen. But what you can do next time is check what cat /proc/mdstat says - it will tell you if md127 is really a kernel device or not. If it is not there, you can just delete /dev/md127.
Related to that, and to answer the second question, the mdadm tool would try to create the device nodes under /dev but it will not clean them up if it fails for some reason.
To answer the third question - make sure the disk is really not in use. cat /proc/mdstat, stop any md devices with mdadm --stop, run mdadm --zero-superblock, and then make sure that there is no md metadata by running mdadm --examine /dev/sd....

A: md127 is what results when you "split brain" a RAID1 array.  The kernel starts numbering them in reverse to avoid conflicts with existing configured devices.  It is counting that spare disk as a member of an unknown RAID1 array.  I don't know why it assigned the other one as md2.  That's a mystery.


Authors so often find films of their books a mixed blessing. My novel Madame Doubtfire had been under option for more than 10 years when Robin Williams finally closed the deal. I heard on the grapevine that a child's easy access to the noncustodial parent was an issue close to his heart. He certainly put a vast amount of feeling and energy into the film.
Children of separation and divorce find it easy to identify with the three youngsters on screen. My guess is that that's a large part of why the film became such a family favourite. So often over the last 20 years I've been told that Mrs Doubtfire is the film someone watched a thousand times for comfort throughout childhood.
Williams's performance is a hypnotising whirlwind of manic energy. But that was the man. Once I was asked to join him on Michael Parkinson's chatshow. I did explain, with some relief, that I'd been booked for almost a year to give a talk that night to 200 librarians, so couldn't go. But I reached home in time to watch the programme. There Williams sat, so wired with energy he'd almost levitated from the sofa. He talked in such a blue streak that Parkinson could scarcely get a word in. If I'd been there, I would have sat like a stuffed pudding, saying nothing, idiotic with laughter. I was glad to be so far from all the hype and fuss.
I owe the man the most tremendous debt. Because of Mrs Doubtfire's success, my novel – and plenty of others I've written – can now be read in more than 40 languages. The film paid off my mortgage, and gave me the freedom to write what I want at my own speed. But I still avoid watching Mrs Doubtfire. Too much of what I put such effort into writing was junked or twisted round to make it work on screen. But everyone knows that the author is the last person who should be asked to judge an adaptation.
It's such a tragedy that someone who lifted other people's spirits so successfully, and gave so much pleasure, should lose his own hopes in the way Williams clearly did.
• Madame Doubtfire is published by Puffin.


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Intuit Releases Quicken Essentials on Mac App Store
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Intuit has begun offering its entry-level financial management software Quicken Essentials for Mac on the Mac App Store. This is the standard edition of Essentials that has been on sale for quite a while, not a new version -- something Intuit is quick to point out in the description for the software. It's merely a new distribution point.
Quicken Essentials for Mac, a basic starter edition, helps you manage all of your personal finance in one place, so you can see where you're spending and where you can save. Quicken automatically categorizes your financial transactions, stay on top of bills and helps you set goals so you can save more.
**For Quicken Essentials for Mac users: Please note, this is not a new release of Quicken Essentials for Mac. **
Quicken Essentials does work under OS X Lion, but it is a far cry from Quicken for Mac 2007, which was the last fully-featured version of Quicken released for the Mac platform. Intuit promised last month that a Lion-compatible version of Quicken 2007 would be available for customers by "early spring."
Quicken Essentials for Mac is available for $49.99 on the Mac App Store. [Direct Link]
Thanks Ahan!
Article Link: Intuit Releases Quicken Essentials on Mac App Store
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/27/intuit-releases-quicken-essentials-on-mac-app-store/
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I have been using this since the day it came out and it was rough at first over time and many patches it's a stable descent product.
Fivepac
Quicken User for 20 years. Trust me, wait. Quicken 2007 on Pre-Lion Mac good enough for now. Essentials not up to par. No other consumer product is as good as 2007. I tried but none better. Quickbooks for biz, Settle for no less than quicken for Lion.
cybrhippy
Tried to convert my parents from the Windows version to the Mac. Aside from the whole convoluted conversion process, which is useless if your PC had died and are restoring from backup files, It is just about impossible for a "normal" user to go thru. Not to mention just about all fields are lost other than date, amount and description.
My mom had a lot of categories and sub-categories. In the end, After paying for QE I ended up just buying Parallel's and an updated version of Quicken for Windows just so she could use that. And the import worked mostly this time.
This was only 3 months ago, So unless there was a magic patch, The software is still useless if you used the older and/or PC version of this software. I am willing to bet there will be nothing but bad reviews w/ an occasional company troll saying something good about it.
awinn233
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Just use Mint.com or iBank it's not worth waiting for a company that can't keep it's products up to date. 2007 was 5 years ago and they haven't updated since. They obviously don't care about their customers.
orytek
If you need anything substantial like bill pay or investment tracking,
try MoneyDance or else use the Windows version of Quicken with Parallels or one of the other virtual emulators. There is nothing else out there and Intuit is not going to improve the Mac version. They are barely maintaining the same features on their Windows version.
I use the 2012 for Windows and it works fine but has barely changed since 2009. There is a huge talent void at Intuit and they are not focused on much.
Certainly not Mac users.
driftmr2
Mint.com works for me
talmy
I'll chime in as well as to Quicken Essentials being too basic. I've been using Quicken for Windows under Parallels on a server system (so my wife and I can access the program from multiple systems). Used Microsoft Money before that until they left the market. Looked at other applications on the Mac -- none come close to Quicken (or the former Money), unfortunately.
I bought Quicken Essentials the day it came out. After about a week of seeing how much it lacked I got a refund. Seems it is still at it's very basic state and missing much of what Quicken offered, while offering not much more than what the free mint.com has. I wonder if a refund is possible through the Mac App Store for this? I know they gave refunds for FCP X, as I got one of those as well for many of the same reasons. I should probably stop trusting software companies to have their **** together on upgrades, no matter how much their website hypes it up to be an acceptable replacement.
johncrab
I bailed three years ago but I am glad to see Intuit finally starting to pay some attention to the Mac market again. Simple economics would tell them that those who can afford a MacBook Pro probably have more assets to manage than a Costco Netbook user and I am stunned it took them so long to figure this out.
I've been using it for a while. I was sick of 2007's crummy interface. Essentials' is generally better. Now after a lot of patches, it's good enough to keep track of all your account balances and does a good job getting transactions from banks. It doesn't have much in the way of historical reporting and of course doesn't have any advanced features like Bill Pay, but I doubt I'd be able to use that anyway. I just have all my utility accounts set to autopay and that works well enough. I miss the net worth graph from Quicken 2007, and it is somewhat annoying that it won't keep track of transactions in investment accounts. I wanted to be able to give it a three-star rating on the App store and complain about some of its shortcomings but of course you can't rate an app if you haven't bought it from the store.
I've checked out all of the competitors. None of them are very good in my opinion. Moneydance 2011 will import transactions from QEM directly and it's powerful, but the interface is absolutely cringeworthy. I especially dislike how the charts get all stretched out if you resize the window.
Pro Tip: if you want to get your transactions out of QEM to use in say, iBank, you can download the free trial of Moneydance, import your QEM file and export to QIF.
Promostyle
I used Quicken 2007 Mac for 5 years until it was obsoleted by Lion. Quicken Essentials is a terrible waste of time and a DOWNGRADE from Quicken 2007 Mac. I strongly urge anyone considering Quicken Essentials, to look elsewhere. All you will see is negative comments like this - here and everywhere you look. It's TRASH.
YMark
Intuit can pound sand. They've crapped on Mac users for years. I'm done with them.
aristobrat
I've got pretty basic "financial management" needs. I've got two checkings, one savings, and a few credit card accounts. I want an app that can automatically connect and download new transactions, help me categorize them, and then let me run some reports to see where my money's going.
I love love LOVE Quicken Essentials. It does everything that I need it to, it's been rock solid for me, and unlike Quicken 2007, it looks/acts like a real Mac application.
Sorry Intuit, you can't just bail on me during my key money making years. I need the history and usability of just 1 app. I can't keep switching financial apps every few years. You failed me. I've gone to mint.com for a few years now, and it's not perfect, but better than you are.
awinn233 said:
Quicken owns mint FYI.
John.B
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MacRumors said:
"Entry level" != "feature parity".
William V. Campbell is an embarrassment to the Apple board of directors.
eawmp1
Intuit is Apple's Adobe of financial software. Both companies treat Mac users like fools.
KPOM
Diode said:
That's part of the issue. They want to move people over to Mint, which would be fine, except they don't make it easy to move over historical records from any version of Quicken (Windows or Mac). Plus, with financial information, some people are less likely to trust the cloud.
The same is happening to tax preparation. They are making the CD/download versions more expensive (although at least TurboTax still runs natively on the Mac - its update routine is bad, though), attempting to get everyone onto the online version.
Chupa Chupa
All I can say is Intuit is lucky Apple never banned fart apps because this one is a real stinker.
Digitalclips
cybrhippy said:
I experienced the exact same nightmare. Why on earth Inuit stopped updating their full products for Mac is a mystery to me especially when the boss is so close to Apple! Isn't he a director ... or was?
eawmp1 said:
I so totally agree with you and it is so nice to see them left as entrenched monoliths in the rapidly declining PC market ... come on other companies... bring out really awesome iOS and OS X product, the future of computing, to replace Adobe and Inuit.
Chupa Chupa said:
ymark said:
Macbmw
For $79.99 I better use account edge from the Mac App store. Account edge is an full flaged accounting software suitable for small business and household. iBank is a good software but lack the flexibility of reports.
mjohn1223
Moneydance?
Has anyone tried Moneydance? It's rated #1 here: http://personal-finance-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-personal-finance-software/
However, please note, that Quicken's Essentials is rated #2 here, and, as far as average rating goes, is about the same as MD. 3.5 Stars.
I, too, have long been forced to use a PC, "parallels" type program, in my case, VMWare, because I gave up on the Mac version YEARS ago, like mid-2000s, if my memory serves me correct. I need the feature & functionality robustness that is only available in Qucken's PC version.
kytiger
Quicken Essentials is Poor
What I don't understand is Intuit's refusal to just port Quicken for Windows straight over to the Mac. With all the people converting to Mac, they are absolutely blowing an opportunity to keep those customers. Essentials is horrible if you're used to the Windows version.
I work for a Fortune 500 company and we spend endless hours trying to figure out how to keep customers and get new ones. Intuit has the answer right in front of them and can't see it.
Usually when this happens it's a great short opportunity for a stock as it shows the company has no clue. Last one that was this obvious was RIM, and you know how that turned out.
mjohn1223 said:
That review site seems to be pretty cursory -- they downgraded Quicken Essentials solely because it doesn't have a corresponding iPad/iPhone app. We all know it has more serious problems than that!
I did look at Moneydance and while it has all the features I need I thought it was very clumsy to use. I spend several hours a week in Quicken and any replacement that would take me twice as long to maneuver in is a "no go". FYI, the late Microsoft Money was by far the easiest to use for a full featured program. IMHO it was the best application program Microsoft ever made.


Let's put a few things in perspective. The once "little school that could" has turned into a very well recognized basketball power. We've become the major mid-major. Many discussions and threads have come forth about getting the best shots from the opposition. It use to be getting the best shots from the WCC, now all teams circle the dates when the Zags take the floor. Not to mention the fans come out in droves for the contests.
The WCC games see near sell outs, although many are Zag faithful and many want to see the traveling road show – Gonzaga Basketball. Usually, the only sell out for the WCC teams all year. Special pricing and ticket options revolve around the Zag visit to their confines. This "cult" program, from a once unheard of school from Spokane, has risen to the forefront of the college hoop arena.
Last week was a shining example of all the above.
The SCU game proved to be the "community bonding game" for the Broncos. Fans, alumni, sponsors and the school united and cherished their day in the spotlight on ESPNU for taking the Zags to task. They stormed the court after a victory over an un-rated second place team in the WCC. Good for SCU, enjoy the moment.
The USF game - the event of the year at War Memorial. A smallish student section, some empty overpriced reserved seats untaken due to a foolish sales strategy and the GA stuffed with Zag faithful and local SF folk taking in the Zag road show. It was a very entertaining game, ups, downs, technical fouls, back and forth.
I found it very interesting; as I looked at the past history for the Dons on banners hanging above. The Dons with two NCAA titles, another Final Four, a WCC Championship in 1998 and a NIT Championship. I witnessed another storming of the court for the second year in a row. This is very ironic for a team with a stellar history, although long ago, taking down the second place, unrated Zags. Again, hats off to USF for their moment in the sun.
The SCU game was within reach, however, hacked by a pace of call after call and a player having his way with a career game. A basic train wreck in the making from about the 8 minute left mark in the second half.
The USF game was not played with lack of hustle nor intensity. I saw the Zags fighting to the finish with clutch shots to keep our chances alive. The players along with Few and staff were doing all they could to pull it off.
So, here we are; a young team with immense talent. A team that is just does not quite understanding the pressure of holding up to the status created by our recent history. It's not simply taking the best shots anymore; it's taking a full throttle assault and desire to take down the "cult hoops show" of Gonzaga.
Let's just see what we become. I suspect they will do us proud in the balance of the WCC schedule. Las Vegas is going to be the first WCC Tournament in some time that will have meaning beyond winning the WCC Tournament.
One of the better posts of the year.
Gotta play harder and with greater focus. No wasted possessions on offense. Contest every shot on defense. Rebound as hard as possible. Value the ball. Hopefully this last weekend proves to be a galvanizing experience for the team rather than irreparable burst in the wall of the dam.
Look forward to seeing you both in Vegas.
Zags have had the 'bulls-eye' on their backs for a long while; this year the opposing marksmen are better than ever.
Good thoughts, 77. Balance of the year should be exciting.
I'll be ready when you are -- send me a PM and I'll be happy to hook up at one of the MANY bars at the Orleans, or better yet, visit our hospitality room!
The hospitality room is the best in LV - off or on the strip. Great post, 77.


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Q: Virutalbox USB Linux Host Windows 10 Guest For the life of me I can't access USB from a Windows 10 guest, hosted on Pop OS 22.04.

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*Virtual Box 6.1.36_Ubuntu r152435

*Host Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

*Guest Windows 10 21H1

I am in vboxusers group:
$ groups $USER
myname : myname adm sudo lpadmin vboxusers

I have installed guest additions to Windows 10:

I have installed the virtual box extension pack:

I can't see any USB devices to add in settings:
When I try to add USB devices,

If I try to add a new filter,

<no devices available>

I add the empty string filter, and still can't see anything.
I've tried USB 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.
How do I access my USB ports?

A: Looks like you've got most of the bases covered, however VirtualBox in your post is v6.36.x, whereas Guest Additions is v6.32.x.
Reinstall Guest Additions using the same version as your VirtualBox installation.
You also need to restart (maybe only log in/out) after adding yourself to group vboxusers (though you've probably done this already).


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AVCP is a community-based child safeguarding network that focuses on prevention measures such as awareness & capacity building (notably through schools) as well as response (case management). This work aims to be endorsed through the development of a policy which is in process.
Currently the core team consists of Angela R., Honor, and Leela. The local support group includes Bridget, Davaselvy, Marion and Kalsang, and the international advisory group includes professionals in the field of child protection as well as educators, and legal experts.
AVCP aims to work towards ensuring both safety and wellbeing for Auroville children. Our work focuses primarily on:
● Child protection policy
● Awareness and sensitisation (teacher training, children's curriculum and parent support)
● Facilitating response to abuse (case management)
Why do we need 'child protection' in Auroville
Children are our future; ensuring that they are safe and nurtured in their growth is crucial to the realisation of their full potential.
"The aim of education in Auroville is to offer an integral education centered around the awakening of the psychic being, the perfecting of the mental, vital and physical natures, and an opening to spiritual consciousness, so that people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds can grow together in an atmosphere of protected freedom and harmony, and feel that we are citizens of one world, aspiring to manifest a truer and higher life on earth." excerpt from the SAIIER Code of Conduct, 2019.
Despite these ambitions, like everywhere in the world, children in Auroville can face situations that threaten their safety, wellbeing and development. Addressing these cases is a shared responsibility of concerned parties (child, perpetrator, services such as AVSST and Mattram, Safeguarding Leads in schools, working groups, outside authorities (where required)) and the community as a whole. AVCP plays a role of facilitating and coordinating this response.
What does AVCP do?
AVCP works towards preventing and responding to cases that threaten the development, safety and wellbeing of children in Auroville.
Primarily by working with schools, AVCP engages with capacity building and teacher training to foster an environment where information on child protection is part of school culture and personal safety education is incorporated into school curriculums.
Additionally, AVCP facilitates and coordinates response to cases of child abuse and exploitation. AVCP forms an 'ad hoc' Case Management Team grouping relevant resource people to make carefully considered, child-centered decisions for required action. This may involve referral to appropriate services (such as therapy, mediation, working groups), reporting a case to outside authorities, and ensuring follow up.
Finally, AVCP is working towards developing child protection policy in schools, to outline a safeguarding framework for the protection of children in Auroville. By setting out values, principles, responsibilities and procedures, policy brings clarity and guidance for teachers on their duty of safeguarding the children in their care.
AVCP takes a child-friendly and child-centered approach, ensuring that the best interest of the child is always the priority.
What about the law?
India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992 and thereby, 'shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child' (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Article 19).
By living in Auroville, we fall under Indian law. India has an increasingly comprehensive legal framework addressing rights and protection for children.
National child protection legislation notably includes:
● the Child Marriage Prohibition Act (2006);
● Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act, 2009)
● The Juvenile Justice Act (JJAct, 2015)
● Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO Act, 2012). See the helpful POCSO handbook by (NCPRC, 2017) for simplified guidance.
More recently, the POCSO rules (2020) stipulate that state governments implement:
● Requirement of a police verification and background check for all school staff.
● Requirement of provision of training for teachers and all persons coming in contact with children to sensitise them about child safety and protection and educate them regarding their responsibility under the act.
● Each state shall formulate a Child Protection Policy which shall be adopted by all institutions, organizations, or any other agencies working with or coming in contact with children (POCSO,2020: Art.3 (5)). See the Tamil Nadu State Child Policy draft (2019) drafted by the Tamil Nadu Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Why do we need to get involved?
It takes a community to raise and protect a child! Child safety and wellbeing is everybody's responsibility. Research shows that community based child protection mechanisms can be most effective at ensuring child protection. This is particularly important because despite the increasingly comprehensive legal framework in India, poor implementation due to inadequate human resource capacity and quality prevention and rehabilitation services remains a key challenge.
Email: avcp@auroville.org.in
Some practical info
Joining Auroville: an introduction
Accessible Auroville Bus
Auroville Community Transport (ACT)
SAIIER Transport Service
Integrated Animal Care Centre - IACC


Scientists believe the genes of virus-resistant and long-living wild bats might hold clues to treating cancer and infectious diseases in humans. The theory is that when bats started flying millions of years ago, something changed in their DNA that provides resistance to viruses and helps give them a relatively long life. The researchers hope a better understanding of bat evolution could lead to new treatments for disease and aging in humans.
An international team led by researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Beijing Genome Institute sequenced the genomes of two bat species – an Australian mega bat, the black flying fox, and a Chinese micro bat, David's myotis. The team compared the genomes of these bats to the genomes of all other mammals, including humans, to examine similarities and differences. They found that bats can harbor deadly human viruses, such as Hendra, Nipah, Ebola and SARS, but they often don't succumb to disease from these viruses.
Dr Chris Cowled, post-doctoral fellow at the CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory said the findings might shed light on the genetic changes associated with the evolution of flight. He said wild bats have unusual genes like P53, which is implicated in the suppression of human cancer tumors and the detection and repair of damaged DNA.
However, the scientists found that the P53 gene in bats, along with an accompanying gene, MDM2, had a unique mutation that could determine where the genes would be located in the cell. No other species had that.
"It's extraordinary that only bats have these unique changes out of all the animals we looked at and these particular genes are so important in pathways we know are really relevant in aging and a large range of viruses," Cowled said.
Bats are the only mammals that fly and they live a long time compared to other mammals of similar size. According to a study (PDF) from the University of Maryland, on average, the maximum recorded life span of a bat is 3.5 times greater than a non-flying placental mammal of roughly the same size.
Some fruit bats can fly hundreds of miles a night, expending vast amounts of energy. The energy generated can create free radicals which damage DNA. But Cowled said the scientists found that the bats had a unique ability to repair the damage. "They're either repairing the damage or blocking the worst case consequences,'' he said. The researchers believe this DNA-repairing capability relates to the bats evolving into flying creatures.
"Flying is a very energy intensive activity that produces toxic by-products but we can see that bats have some novel genes to deal with these toxins," he said. "What we found intriguing was that some of these genes also have secondary roles in the immune system. We're proposing that the evolution of flight led to a sort of spill over effect, influencing not only the immune system, but also things like aging and cancer."
Cowled pointed out that bats had evolved over millions of years. "They've been around since the time of the dinosaurs, at least 65 million years, and they're among the most abundant and widespread mammals on the earth. The bat genome holds over two billion pieces of information. Looking at it one piece at a time could take decades to find the right piece. By looking at the whole genome at once, we were able to focus on things that could one day give us new ways to combat infectious diseases, aging and cancer."
"We know they are producing high levels of toxic metabolic by-products, so when we discovered a concentration of evolutionary changes in the main pathway that deals with DNA damage, that to us was very suggestive of the types of adaptation that must have happened during the evolution of flight. The fact that those same genes are also involved in aging, anti-viral immunity and tumor genesis was really important."
The next step for the researchers would be to develop a greater genetic understanding of the animal. That in turn could lead to more targeted research and treatment of human diseases. Cowled said the scientists would be looking at the function of the genes to see whether they behave differently.
He said the "ground-level research" could lead to further insights in the treatment of cancer, aging and infectious disease.
"The majority of new diseases in humans come from animals and the viruses that come from bats are the most deadly of all,'' Dr Cowled said. "The more we can learn about bats, the better chance we have of protecting humans from disease. Medical science is always looking for new ways to treat cancer and infectious diseases and we think bats may be able to show us completely new ways of tackling human disease."


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Q: Wondering how to get this analytical solution of $\text{E}\big(\log(f)\big)$, $f\sim$ Normal Distribution I am reading variational inference for gaussian process modulated poisson processes and find the result (19) is unclear about its source. I am wondering how they get that. The equation is shown here
\begin{align}
f &\sim N(\mu,\sigma^2)\\[1em]
\text{E}_{q(f)}[\log(f^2)] &= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \log(f^2)N(f,\mu,\sigma^2) df\\[1em]
&=-\tilde{G}\Big(-\dfrac{\mu^2}{2\sigma^2}\Big)+\log\Big(\dfrac{\sigma^2}{2}\Big)-C
\end{align}
where $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. More details can be found in the paper. Thanks for any help.
Updated 19/11/2017:
I almost got the same result. I am going to share my results if I have time to write them here; otherwise I may put a document here explaining what I did, which will be done after I summarize my project.

A: The problem boils down to computing
$$ f(\lambda)=\int_{0}^{+\infty}\log(x)e^{-\lambda x^2}\,dx \stackrel{x\mapsto\frac{z}{\sqrt{\lambda}}}{=}\frac{1}{\sqrt{\lambda}}\left[-\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{4}\log\lambda+\int_{0}^{+\infty}\log(x)e^{-x^2}\,dx\right]$$
where by Feynman's trick
$$ \int_{0}^{+\infty}\log(x)e^{-x^2}\,dx = \left.\frac{d}{d\alpha}\int_{0}^{+\infty}x^\alpha e^{-x^2}\,dx\right|_{\alpha=0^+}=\frac{1}{4}\Gamma'\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{4}\psi\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) $$
and by the series definition of $\psi=\frac{\Gamma'}{\Gamma}=\frac{d}{dx}\log\Gamma$
$$\psi\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=-\gamma-\sum_{n\geq 0}\frac{1}{(n+1)(2n+1)}=-\gamma-\log 4. $$


It's interesting to me that we said those words many times, believing those harsh, hurtful things people said wouldn't make a difference 5, 10, or even 20 years down the road. Well I beg to differ, I believe there is tremendous power in the words we say to one another and I see the effects of it on a daily basis.
For those reading that don't know, I have a very interesting, challenging, and rewarding job. I work at the county jail completing mental health assessments on inmates as they are booked into the jail. There are many questions on the assessment I complete but one of the sections we spend a lot of time on, is the history of abuse they endured growing up.
As you can image, most of the inmates I work with have suffered severe and traumatic abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse. I hear horrible stories of things that happened to my clients when they were younger and I've noticed a theme while I've been working at the jail. No matter what level of abuse they've experienced, they always, ALWAYS remember the verbal abuse. The words we say are powerful, they can hurt us or build us up. Scripture tells us that death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). The harmful things people say stick with us forever, we believe them to be true and we have a difficult time erasing it from our minds.
I know sometimes we don't intentionally say things that hurt people but it is important to remember that even our tone of voice makes a difference. I recently had a disagreement with someone and I thought to myself "I can't apologize for how you reacted to what I said." While I believe a small part of that to be accurate I realize now that it doesn't matter if I delivered it well or if I didn't intend to hurt them, if they received it in a way that hurt I still need to seek forgiveness for that.
I hope we continue to remind ourselves of the importance of the words we speak and don't forget the consequences.
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered (Proverbs 11:9).
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but perversion in it crushes the spirit (Proverbs 15:4).
surely she's not walking toward me… to talk to me!!
Nope, that's not an excerpt from a book, those are the thoughts going through my head as a 13 year old, when a bubbly, bright eyed, energetic red head was walking toward me at church one morning. I was so painfully shy at the time and so completely controlled by anxiety that when the words "Hi, I'm Jackie" came out of her mouth I just began to cry. I had no clue why this girl wanted to be my friend. I couldn't understand why this social butterfly, who could so easily make friends with anyone, would want to be friends with the awkward girl sitting by herself. But oh how thankful I am that she befriended me, I love her to pieces!!
I don't share that story with everyone but I am choosing to share it today because today I got a text that said "That's so awesome! You HAD to be a leader. That's one of your many gifts!" As I read that text to myself God struck me with overwhelming joy. Never in a million years did I think the word "leader" would be used to describe the shy, bashful, anxiety driven teenager that cried when people talked to her. Never in a million years did I think the word "leader" would be used to describe the girl who had to get special permission from teachers not to do oral presentations because she would have a panic attack and hyperventilate in front of the entire class. NEVER did I think this was the path God was taking me on.
Over the last 2 weeks the Lord again has been speaking to my heart and I had been prayerfully considering speaking to WM staff about leading a small group at the upcoming Launch retreat. Without any knowledge whatsoever this had been on my heart, a girlfriend said to me "Are you going to lead a small group at launch?" Those words trampled all over the doubt Satan had been once again placing in my mind and gave me the ability to clearly hear the Lord saying "Get up and go Brandy." So I did and today I received confirmation that the Lord will be using me in that way. The Lord continues to prove his faithfulness, and continues to reassure me that He has a far better plan for my life than I could ever have imagined and I am so excited to see where He will be taking me next.
I hope as you read this blog you will carefully listen to what God is trying to say to you and find the courage and strength to follow where He is leading. Remember, God does not call the equipped, but he equips the called!
1 Corinthians 1: 25-29 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being[b] might boast in the presence of God.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Recently a girlfriend and I were talking and she asked me if insecurity is a sin?" I immediately spouted out my answer, YES, and told her insecurity is not from the Lord. I reminded her that the Lord created us perfectly in His image and scripture tells us the hairs on our head are numbered (Matthew 10:30) and He knit us in our mother's womb (Psalm 139:13).
The definition many of us have of beauty come from the world, not from scripture. Scripture tells us that a woman who fears the lord is to be praised (Psalm 31:30), that woman should adorn themselves with modesty and self-control (1 Timothy 2:9), beauty is having a gentle and quiet spirit (1 Peter 3:3-6). I encouraged her to equip herself with scripture that will help her get rid of those thoughts of insecurity that Satan so proudly places in her head so often.
As I thought about how much she struggles with this I was reminded that many of us have things we are holding onto that we haven't been able to give over to God. Pride, selfishness, people pleasing, jealousy, envy, insecurity… The list goes on. I hope as you read this blog, you will find comfort in knowing that God is greater than any struggle you are going through and He has the ability to help give you the strength to overcome your struggles.
About a year and a half ago, I made the decision to stop drinking alcohol. I did so after meditating on a conversation I had with my beautiful friend Julie. Julie was talking about how anything we choose to turn to, to comfort ourselves in times of distress instead of turning to the Lord is a sin. This really hit me hard. At the time, I was turning to other things in additional to alcohol to seek comfort but I was particularly convicted by the consumption of alcohol in my life. Looking back now, I realize I just wasn't ready to surrender the other things I was struggling with. I slowly started telling people "I don't drink anymore" and drinking several drinks then became 2 drinks, 2 drinks became 1 and soon I wasn't drinking at all and I didn't even miss it! A couple weeks ago, I was having dinner with my friend Kristin and I realized although I was no longer comforting myself by turning to alcohol, I still hadn't been able to let go of comforting myself with food and emotionally eating. While Kristin was sharing her past struggles with me and explaining how she overcame these similar challenges, she said to me, "I was standing in front of the cupboard, staring at what I wanted and I just began to quote scripture, guess what, Satan doesn't like that very much, and he leaves you alone!" DING! The light bulb went off. That's the thing I was missing, I wasn't turning to God when I was being tempted.
Going through equipped disciple taught me the importance of memorizing scripture and one of the verses we memorized was 1 Corinthians 10:13. Digging into the word I found 2 other scriptures I have recently memorized; Romans 12:1, Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship (Yes, as I type this it is from memory) and 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. I recognize that this battle is far bigger than I and I will never be able to do it on my own. So as I drive to the drive through to get Chic Fil A and the yummy chocolate chip cookie on the dessert menu is calling my name, I will quote these scriptures. If I have a bad day at work and want to reach for greasy food to comfort me, I will ask the Lord to help me find strength and I will fight the battle I have been fighting for 5 years with new armor and weapons. I have faith that after giving control to God, He will help me over come this struggle that has been weighing me down.
So friends, I challenge you to identify the thing or things in your life that you are giving into that are not honoring the Lord and search God's word and equip yourselves with scripture to help you fight the battle. Titus 2: 11-12 tells us "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say NO to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age." Don't be a fool as I was and think you can do it on your own, God is the only one who can pull you out of the mess you have created for yourself.


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Dubai Investment News Mar 16, 2014 Posted by Neil King
Dubai's JW Marriott Marquis opens second tower
The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai has opened its second tower to guests.
Once fully operational at the end of the year, the new building will comprise of 804 suites and rooms. This will bring the total number of bedrooms to 1,608.
The development means the emirate is now home to the two tallest hotels in the world, as the second tower is completely identical to the first. Its sister building first opened in November 2012. They stand at an impressive 255 metres in height, just 26 metres short of the Empire State Building in New York.
In addition to the extra rooms, Tower 2 will have a new two-tier function space situated on the 72nd floor. Bosses believed it would attract a wide variety of clientele, thanks to the stunning view of Dubai's skyline. This new addition brings the hotel's total number of lounges and restaurants to 14. It also boasts a spa and 8,500 sqm of event space, including two ballrooms.
The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai is intended to cater for the luxury business traveller, as both the suites and rooms are decorated in a contemporary fashion and are extremely spacious.
Hotel manager Bill Keffer stated the new addition has come at an important time for Dubai, being that recent reports have predicted the emirate will welcome 20 million tourists each year by 2020. He added: 'In light of this we are confident our hotel is in a strong position to cater for the increased number of visitors, particularly because our conference and event facilities are equipped to host over 1,000 people to meet, dine and stay."
He added Dubai's enhanced place on the world stage will continue to draw in holidaymakers and also cited the emirate's Expo 2020 win as an important milestone for tourism.
Last year, the hotel won a total of 16 international industry and media awards, including accolades for its architecture, business and convention features, and restaurants.
Why miss the opportunity to join some of the most successful investors in the world? Investments in Dubai have never been more rewarding. Explore more here! .


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package net.finmath.analytic.products;

import net.finmath.analytic.model.AnalyticModelInterface;
import net.finmath.modelling.ProductInterface;
import net.finmath.stochastic.RandomVariableInterface;

/**
 * The interface which has to be implemented by a product which may
 * be evaluated using an AnalyticModel.
 *
 * @author Christian Fries
 */
public interface AnalyticProductInterface extends ProductInterface {

	/**
	 * Return the valuation of the product using the given model.
	 * The model has to implement the modes of AnalyticModelInterface.
	 *
     * @param evaluationTime The evaluation time as double. Cash flows prior and including this time are not considered.
	 * @param model The model under which the product is valued.
	 * @return The value of the product using the given model.
     */
    RandomVariableInterface getValue(double evaluationTime, AnalyticModelInterface model);
}

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