Two recent experiences have led me to conclude that we need to go further in analyzing the effect of neighborhood-level institutions on racial segregation across urban neighborhoods. As a board member for the University District Development Corporation (UDDC) in Little Rock, I participated in a decision last year to extend the UDDC's boundaries to include a neighborhood with significantly lower income and a larger nonwhite population compared to that of the University District. By including this neighborhood within the University District, the UDDC is in a position to organize responses to physical blight and crime that spillover into the University District, improving confidence of homeowners in both communities.
Three months after the UDDC expansion, I was approached by the Little Rock planning department to provide analysis that would help resolve a controversy about new apartment development along South Bowman Road, a fast-developing area on the western edge of Little Rock. Concerned that additional apartment development would increase traffic and crime and lower property values, neighborhood and homeowner associations in this area had successfully persuaded the Little Rock city council to adopt a one-year moratorium on new apartment development in this community. A permanent moratorium might make single family homeowners feel more secure, but also make housing less affordable in this area of the city.
These examples illustrate the contradictory effects that neighborhood organizations might have on racial and income segregation within a city. By including a mostly Black and low income neighborhood, the UDDC is in a position to boost quality of life and confidence among homeowners in both the District and its adjoining neighborhood. The decision further promotes racial integration by providing a way for the UDDC to better manage physical and social disorder that White homeowners associate with neighborhood racial change. On the other hand, the exclusionary response of the South Bowman Road neighborhoods illustrates the ways in which neighborhood organizations might reinforce racial segregation by limiting new housing development and raising housing costs in the neighborhood.
In a recent research project described in Urban Affairs Review ("Exit, Voice and Neighborhood Change: Evaluating the Effect of Sub-Local Governance"), I make a first cut at answering these questions. My strategy in this project is to measure differences across Little Rock neighborhoods in the effect of neighborhood race on property values. I analyzed sales prices for 41,500 single family homes in the city of Little Rock from 2000 through 2014. In this analysis, I used data from the American Community Survey at the block-group level to measure the racial composition of the neighborhood in which each sale occurred. And I used boundaries provided by the City of Little Rock's Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs to determine whether each sale occurred in a voluntary neighborhood association, homeowner association, or neither. The analysis controls for the way other neighborhood characteristics like median income, vacancy rate, and proximity to downtown affect property values.
What I find is somewhat surprising: race has a smaller effect on property values in Little Rock neighborhoods served by homeowner associations compared to unorganized neighborhoods. This might be the case if homeowner associations increase confidence of White homeowners that the neighborhood will control issues of physical and social disorder that Whites perceive to be associated with racial integration. Contrary, then, to perceptions that homeowner associations are exclusionary, this research suggests that they may play an important role in reducing White homeowner fears about physical and social disorder following racial change, making them more likely to stay in a neighborhood with Black and Latino residents.
This research also finds that race has a larger effect on property values in neighborhoods served by voluntary neighborhood associations. This could be the case if neighborhood associations provide a way for White and higher income residents to limit the supply of more affordable housing by making it easier to organize not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) activity. In this way, neighborhood associations have added value in neighborhoods that are mostly White.
These results are far from telling the whole story about how neighborhood-level institutions affect urban racial segregation. This study examines a single city and focuses on only two sorts of neighborhood organization. But the results do matter in two important ways. First, they establish that neighborhood organizations mediate the relationship between neighborhood race and property values. In turn, this is strong (if indirect) evidence that neighborhood institutions shape patterns of racial segregation across urban neighborhoods. Second, the results suggest that we should avoid two assumptions that seem to be common in community development practice: 1) that homeowner associations by their very nature are exclusionary and 2) that neighborhood associations bring residents together to mutual benefit. The data from this project suggest that homeowner associations might, at least in some cases, reduce the effect of race on property values, perhaps by reducing concerns of White households that racial change might produce physical or social disorder. At the same time, neighborhood associations, at least in some cases, might reinforce racial exclusion, perhaps by providing a means to carry out NIMBY-style collective action. What is most clear is that a significant gap exists concerning the effects neighborhood organizations have on patterns of racial and income segregation within major U.S. cities.


Chef Dion Sprenkle Restaurant is located in the old small quiet town of Welcome, North Carolina. The mailing address is Lexington, but they are in the middle of Welcome on Old RT 52. This is somewhat of an odd location for a more upscale restaurant with a very creative Italian-inspired menu. It is located in a dry county, but you can bring your own wine and beer. It is also located well outside of a metro area in a small town well outside of Winston-Salem. The area has plenty of wineries that maybe a draw for foodies, but I would expect a restaurant serving this style of food to be more in a metro area.
Chef Dion Sprenkle's restaurant stands out from the other very small restaurants in the area. Most of the local restaurants around Chef Dion's are an old run down diners and sub shops. Chef Dion's is located in what looks like an old BBQ or other fast food restaurant that has been partially converted. The interior is a bit dated with old tables and chairs and it has some new artwork that brightens things up a bit. It is far from meeting the decor standards of an upscale restaurant in downtown Winston-Salem, but it is far above the standards of the local restaurants in Welcome and Lexington.
This was our second dinner at Chef Dion's. The service on our first night as average to slightly above average for a mid range restaurant. Tonight was a let down with rather poor service. While we are still reading our menus a very young server brought a bowl to our table and asked us "who was getting the mussels?" It obviously was not us as were just seated and everyone had their noses in the menu. After this our server was no where to be found. After 15 minutes, we had to get up to ask where our server was.
The food is why you come to Chef Dion Sprenkle. Chef Dion was trained at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. America's top Chef's come from this school. Chef Dion's restaurant serves Italian inspired food that is very creative and different than you typical Italian restaurant. It is refreshing to see an Italian menu with original or lesser seen dishes. There are lots of interesting dishes to choose from.
Tonight I had the Jumbo Shrimp Pasta. Jumbo shrimp, tomatoes, pepper flake, white wine, basil, garlic, olive oil over linguini. The flavors of the sauce was fantastic. Wine sauce with lots of garlic, basil and a touch of red pepper. This is not a red sauce but a wine sauce with a few whole cherry tomatoes for accent. Excellent dish. What was a major let down was the side of bread that came with the dish. It was dry, crumbly and somewhat stale. It had the texture of a lean bread that was under mixed and baked much earlier in the day. It was stuffed with cheese and if this was properly mixed and baked fresh, it could have been fantastic.


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The Empty Pint is the taproom at our state-of-the-art production brewery in Lakewood, New York. Since our founding in the early 2000s, The Empty Pint has poured fresh beers and served as the launching point for Saturday brewery tours. Our expansive outdoor beer garden is open seasonally. We offer a wide selection of cold packaged beer to go, along with growlers and crowlers of 14 draught beers, a gift shop, and killer pub fare. We're here for beer, but our lunch and dinner menu is widely known for pairing perfectly with your beverage of choice. Our sandwiches and tacos are piled high with meats from a hickory fired in-house smoker. Call us with questions 716-763-5479 ext. 204. Click here to take a look at our food menu, or click here to see what beers are currently on tap.
JOIN US AT PUBLIC DAY!
Public Day is our annual celebration of all STBC beers, in conjunction with American Craft Beer week. It is a great showcase of the hard work and amazing beers produced by Southern Tier Brewing Company. Southern Tier Distilling Company also on site for sampling.
$15 | 12:15, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15 & 4:00 – Purchase tickets at The Empty Pint beginning each Saturday at noon. Visitors enjoy a guided walk through the brewery that ends with beer samples in our Brewhouse Tasting Room overlooking our primary production vessels.
NOTE: Must be 21 years old to take the tour, no reservations, limit 18 people per tour. Arrive early for your best chance to reserve a spot. Tours sell out quickly. CLOSED TOE FOOTWEAR IS REQUIRED (no exposed toes, exposed feet, high heels, flip flops or sandals).
Located above gleaming steel vessels, The Brewhouse Tasting Room is open to the public on Saturdays (serving beer flights) from 12-6pm and is the endpoint of our Saturday tours. Featuring gorgeous views of the brewhouse and picturesque woodlands, the Brewhouse Tasting Room also offers visitors a small gift shop and growlers to go.
Looking for a place to host your next private event? The Brewhouse Tasting Room can accommodate up to 50 people and is available most Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays. Reservations are made by contacting us at 716.763.5479 x 204 or email bmacintyre@southerntierbrewing.com . For more details, please View our policy.
Not only do we have a great beer garden, but we also have a beautiful "Stones" course. What is Stones? Imagine the game of bocce crossed with golf, complete with obstacles and hazards. It's fun, and open during the same daylight hours as The Empty Pint Pub at the Brewery. More on Stones.


Your neighborhood Tires Plus Total Car Care store carries a wide selection of 1997 Lotus Esprit tires, all affordably priced and ready for installation. Shop the full catalog of 1997 Esprit tires and sort your tire selection by size, type, price, and more. Whether you're looking for tires made for speed, stability, or fuel-efficiency, you can trust our team of tire professionals to help you choose the right tires, and to install each for maximum performance and control. Come to Tires Plus Total Car Care, where we make it simple for you to fit a tire repair or replacement into your schedule. Ready? Choose a day that's most convenient for you and save time by booking an appointment online! We're even open on the weekends and on some holidays!


Martin learned to program as a kid on his Commodore 64, but turned to economics for his studies before starting a career as a teacher. He then shifted to software development, which he has been doing for the past 15 years, experiencing most of the roles in the sector: programmer, architect, customer contact, team leader, technical coach, startup founder and technical mentor.As a developer in the social security sector, Martin learned the joy and complexity of team work, coordinating with more than 250 people working together at M-Team, working his way from junior developer to team leader of the architecture team — help other to better develop software.
This is the exact reason that pushed him to found his own company, PullReview — the realisation that as an individual he could not scale, but that it was possible to impact hundreds or thousands of people by putting his knowledge into a software. Co-founding a company was the opportunity to learn (often the hard way) about the business side of software: sales, marketing, legal and others. It was also a situation where decisions has to be taken fast and software delivered in terms of days, requiring a laser-level focus on only the things that really matters.
Since then, Martin has used his experience and expertise to work with various companies, from multinationals, such as Swift, to one person ideas with the same mindset: ensuring the timely delivery of good software by applying best practices — but also by the merciless slaughter of everything not directly improving the end user's life.
Inspired by BlueSquare's mission and vision, Martin is excited to get started and move the company forward.
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Q: Help me understand this MySQL code $query = "SELECT posts.*
    FROM map, posts, tags
    WHERE map.tag_id = tags.id
    AND (tags.name IN ('mysql', 'database'))
    AND map.post_id = posts.id
    GROUP BY posts.id
    HAVING COUNT( posts.id ) = 2";

I don't understand the last row. Can someone please explain it for me? What is the difference if I don't have it there?

A: The last row says that you leave only those groups having exactly 2 post ids. If you remove it, all groups will be selected.

A: The "HAVING" predicate acts as a filter, which selects only rows with two (2) of the same post.id.
It looks like the query is looking for rows with duplicate IDs.
HAVING COUNT( posts.id ) > 1

would probably be better for this purpose.

A: From the docs:
The HAVING clause is applied nearly last, just before items are sent to the client, with no optimization. (LIMIT is applied after HAVING.)
So the where clause gets applied, then group by, then having..  Having can apply to values caluclated after your group by has rolled up all your aggregates like SUM or MAX.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/select.html

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Company Update (NASDAQ:ACHN): Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Updated Interim Results From Janssen's Phase 2 Trial in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naïve HCV
Corey Williams- September 23, 2016, 12:01 PM EDT
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN) announced that updated interim results were presented today in an ePoster describing a phase 2 study being conducted by Alios BioPharma Inc., part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies (Janssen) at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Special Conference in Paris, France.
These results, updated to include expanded safety and efficacy data, were presented in the ePoster entitled "Short duration treatment with AL-335 and odalasvir (ODV), with or without simeprevir (SMV), in treatment-naïve patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype (GT) 1 infection." It reports that 100 percent of patients receiving treatment for as short as six weeks with a triple combination of once-daily (QD) AL-335 800mg and simeprevir (SMV) 75mg with 50mg every other day (QOD) of ODV achieved a sustained viral response 12 weeks after the completion of treatment (SVR12).
"Odalasvir has continued to show that it has the potential to shorten the treatment duration to as little as six weeks in combination with other direct acting antivirals for the treatment of HCV," commented Dr. Milind Deshpande, president and chief executive officer of Achillion. "We now look forward to seeing confirmation of these impressive data in Janssen's global development program."
Summary of Phase 2 Study Design and Interim Results
This study was designed to determine the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of different dosing regimens containing ODV and AL-335, with or without SMV, in treatment-naïve patients with GT1 HCV infection for treatment durations of eight or six weeks.
Of the GT1 non-cirrhotic patients that received the triple combination of ODV, AL-335, and simeprevir 100 percent remained HCV RNA undetectable at SVR12 and all patients in cohort 1 achieved SVR24 (i.e., cohorts 1, 3, and 4; N=60, 20/cohort). Cohort 1 evaluated the triple combination of ODV (50mg QD), AL-335 (400mg QD) and simeprevir (100mg QD) for eight weeks, while cohorts 3 & 4 assessed ODV (50 mg QOD), AL-335 (800 mg QD), and SMV (75 mg QD) for eight and six weeks, respectively. In cohort 2, which assessed the dual combination of ODV (50mg QOD) and AL-335 (800mg QD) for eight weeks, 90 percent of subjects achieved SVR12 (N=20).
In all of these cohorts, the dosing regimens were generally well-tolerated. The majority of adverse events (AEs) were mild and the most commonly reported events were headache, fatigue, and upper respiratory tract infection. As previously reported in the abstract, there was one serious adverse event (SAE) in cohort 1 that resulted in premature discontinuation of all study drugs. This consisted of a Mobitz Type 1 2nd degree atrioventricular block and was deemed probably related to ODV and possibly related to AL-335 and simeprevir. The event was not associated with clinical or echocardiographic abnormalities, did not require any therapeutic intervention, resolved following treatment discontinuation, and the patient went on to achieve SVR24. No clinically significant laboratory, echocardiography, or ECG abnormalities (except the SAE) were reported.
Ongoing Phase 2 Triple Combination Development Program
The interim results from this phase 2 study confirmed the treatment duration and dose for each component of the triple combination (i.e., once-daily ODV 25mg, AL-335 800mg, and SMV 75mg for treatment durations of six and eight weeks). The development program will include a multi-center, randomized, open-label study that will enroll treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced non-cirrhotic patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. In addition, the ongoing phase 2a study is assessing the triple combination in patients with or without compensated cirrhosis, and with HCV genotype 3 infection. (Original Source)
Shares of Achillion are currently trading at $8.56, up $0.12 or 1.36%. ACHN has a 1-year high of $10.95 and a 1-year low of $5.57. The stock's 50-day moving average is $8.48 and its 200-day moving average is $8.40.
On the ratings front, ACHN stock has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. In a report released today, Wedbush analyst Heather Behanna initiated coverage with a Buy rating on ACHN and a price target of $13, which implies an upside of 49.3% from current levels. Separately, on September 14, FBR's Christopher James initiated coverage with a Buy rating on the stock and has a price target of $16.
According to TipRanks.com, which ranks over 7,500 financial analysts and bloggers to gauge the performance of their past recommendations, Heather Behanna and Christopher James have a total average return of 15.1% and -9.6% respectively. Behanna has a success rate of 49% and is ranked #514 out of 4189 analysts, while James has a success rate of 44% and is ranked #4007.
The street is mostly Bullish on ACHN stock. Out of 6 analysts who cover the stock, 3 suggest a Buy rating , 2 suggest a Hold and one recommends to Sell the stock. The 12-month average price target assigned to the stock is $11.00, which implies an upside of 26.3% from current levels.
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative treatments for infectious diseases. The company is currently engaged in the development of antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection and resistant bacterial infections. Its products include ACH-3102, ACH-2684, Sovaprevir and ACH-3422.
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Ah, chivalry! When knighthood was in flower! King Arthur, the Round Table, and...what? They pretend to ride horses (while a squire clops coconuts), they sing a song about fish in Finland, and they confront flying cows, monster rabbits, and an abusive French watchman? Toto, I don't think we're in Camelot any more.
Saturday, June 30, 2018, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Summer is pickling season. Learn fermentation and benefits of making and eating fermenting foods. Demonstration of simple fermented pickle recipes with cucumbers, peppers, carrots, and other vegetables loaded with healthy "probiotic" bacteria. Taste samples of pickle styles. Make your own batch of seasonal pickles to take home and ferment.
Saturday, June 30, 2018, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
As of June 15, the Poway Sportsplex has been hosting lacrosse pick-up games on Fridays, 6 pm to 8 pm for high school varsity players 18 and over. You can bring your own team (up to 15 players), or they will put you on a team. Helmets, elbow pads, and gloves mandatory. This Saturday, there will be a full tournament, with 18-minute halves and five-minute halftimes. Each team will play three to five games. Music, snack bar, and vendors for spectators.
Saturday, June 30, 2018, 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Part rock show. Part comedy act. Part spectacle. US Air Guitar allows ordinary people to become ridiculous rock stars. Come watch San Diegans battle it out for air guitar supremacy. Competition rules: Each performance is played to 1 minute (60 sec.) of a song. The 60 seconds can start anywhere in the song. The instrument must be invisible and must be a guitar. Air roadies are allowed, but must leave the stage before the performance. Back-up bands (air or real) are not allowed. Contests each consist of two rounds: Round 1 (freestyle): each competitor performs to a song of their choice. Round 2 (compulsory): top competitors from round 1 perform surprise song.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Go full retro patriotic by coming early to the Julian Fourth of July parade. Salute the Marine Color Guard, and carry a giant American Flag down the thoroughfare. Bands include the Emerald Society Bag Pipe Band, Euphoria Brass Band, Gold Drum and Bugle Corps. Flyover of four Stearman Biplanes used in WW2. Patriotic music will be played at three different stages along the route.


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Match Preview: Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Rangers Prediction and Betting Tips | Europa League
Bayer Leverkusen – Rangers betting tips for today, August 6, 2020
Football: Europa League – Play Offs – 1/8-finals
Kick-off: 17:55 Bayer Leverkusen – Rangers
Tip: Under 3.5 Goals
Match Result: 1:0 WON!!!
Bayer Leverkusen scored in both halves as they defeated Rangers 3-1 in the first leg, making it three H2H games in a row where both teams scored (W1, D1, L1). Eight of their last ten competitive victories have now seen Leverkusen score 3+ goals and win despite a -1 handicap.
The hosts are unbeaten in 13 of their last-16 European home matches (W6, D7, L3), and have only ever lost twice in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) at home (W10, D5, L2). A quick start could be on the cards here though considering the last three matches at the BayArena saw the opener netted by the tenth minute.
Rangers opened their new Scottish Premiership campaign with a 1-0 win, and now their last three competitive wins have come via that same scoreline, all on the road. However, four of their last five UEL games saw both teams score and goals in both halves.
The omens don't look good for the visitors to overturn the first-leg deficit though, with just one win from their last nine UEL away games (W1, D5, L3 – excluding qualifying). Furthermore, Rangers have never progressed from the five previous UEFA ties in which they lost a first leg at home.
Players to watch: Kai Havertz has scored in Leverkusen's last three UEL games, twice between the 55th-60th minute. Meanwhile, Ryan Kent scored the game's only goal in Rangers' last match, and their previous UEL away fixture.
Stat attack: Eleven of Leverkusen's last 12 games that didn't end in a draw, saw the eventual winner lead at HT.
Rangers' last ten competitive matches featured under 1.5 first-half goals.
Leverkusen have progressed in eight of the previous nine UEFA ties in which they won an away first leg.
Head-to-head matches: BAYER LEVERKUSEN – RANGERS
12.03.20 EL Rangers Bayer Leverkusen 1 : 3
13.07.11 CF Bayer Leverkusen Rangers 2 : 0
22.10.98 EL Bayer Leverkusen Rangers 1 : 2


If you are traveling to any destination, a hotel is an important part of that experience. But sometimes it's not only about the hotel itself but also about the destination.
Each of these unusual hotels around the world is making every effort to ensure that guests get a unique and unforgettable experience.
There are many different ways to make a hotel unique. For some of them, location is key. For others, the very architecture is the attraction – I'm sure I was not in a floating hotel or a hotel made of ice!


Naughty Letters to Ms. Mac: The Book, The Book, THE BOOK!
The Book is called How To Be A Great Lover, written by Lou Paget. You can read some excerpts from it and reviews here.
It is more than just a collection of useful tips and techniques. The aspect I find extremely helpful, in my slightly pretentious, fascinated-by-the-scientific-explanations way, is that it describes some of the sensations men can experience in reaction to a certain movement or flicker of the tongue, lips, fingers, etc. It helps me to understand or guess at what certain things might feel like, if I had the necessary equipment. Gosh, now wouldn't that be fun?!
More importantly, it gives an indication of certain movements and techniques best avoided. I'm really shocked and dismayed to learn that I have been doing some things wrong all these years!
For girls whose partners do not express themselves verbally EVER, beyond the occasional grunt, this book will be enormously helpful.
The tone and language are surprisingly refined. We are always referred to as ladies, and our partners as gentlemen. But it's definitely not prissy!
Judging by the reactions the author gets from her seminars, the Number One most popular - ahem - manual technique is a two-handed, continuous upward motion with a twist, enhanced with copious amounts of slippery stuff, and christened Ode to Bryan.
If one partner is feeling frisky and the other is suffering a migraine and homicidal PMT, the Ode to Bryan can restore good humour to the entire household in a deeply satisfying, yet pleasantly rapid fashion.
The Lovely Ms. Mac and The Delightful Heather have been promised a demonstration on a cucumber during my forthcoming trip to Switzerland. Perhaps we should YouTube it?
I don't know if I have a cucumber big enough.
Never read that book. I saw the film!
Yes yes yes - YouTube it!
Oh, this must be recorded and broadcast. Please keep us updated on this up coming event!
Did this demo/youtubing ever happen?
If I wasn't the Kevin who left that last comment, that's exactly what I came here to say as well.


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Key NHS IT project falls short of Gateway goals
A health service IT project that was highlighted by the prime minister at last week's E-summit has run into trouble with the...
Mike Simons
Published: 28 Nov 2002 0:00
A health service IT project that was highlighted by the prime minister at last week's E-summit has run into trouble with the Government's own Gateway review process, which is designed to eliminate procurement and project failures.
Listing the Government's determination to put IT at the heart of its modernising agenda, Tony Blair told the E-summit, "In the NHS we will be investing to create a national Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS)."
The service is intended to create an integrated record system across health and social services that focuses on the patient. This makes it one of the key components of the NHS IT modernisation strategy.
Yet an Office of Government Commerce stage one Gateway review, which examined the detailed business case for the project, found significant problems, although the Department of Health said the project had not failed the review.
"The first stage of the Gateway review of the ICRS pointed out areas that needed further work and development. These recommendations are welcomed and are being acted upon as the project proceeds to Gateway two," the department said.
Earlier this month health minister Hazel Blears said in a parliamentary written answer, "The Gateway review process is not an audit and the key stages of the review process are not, in the strict sense, pass or fail."
The ICRS review raised concern about resourcing and whether the NHS would be able to manage and deliver such a large undertaking on time and to budget.
Uncertainty surrounds core areas of the ICRS project. Funding will not be made available until next April and NHS IT professionals are still unsure how much cash chancellor Gordon Brown will ring-fence for it and other NHS IT projects.
Richard Granger, director-general of NHS IT who took up office at the end of September, is reviewing the modernisation programme.
This could lead to further delays or changes. One public sector IT director said, "No one taking up a job like that could come in and be told, 'This is what you are doing and this is how you will do it'. They have to make their own evaluation."
There is also a question about whether procurement of the ICRS will be done centrally or at NHS trust level.
Jeremy Thorpe, director of development at the NHS Information Authority, has suggested that procurement may be done at a local level, though the authority insisted that no decision on procurement has yet been made.
Local delivery of a national programme would raise a series of organisational and governance issues, said Alistair Maughan, partner in the technology group at law firm Shaw Pittman.
"If you have multiple procurement and multiple suppliers, how do you ensure efficiency in the procurement process - that the contracts looks the same and that the systems work together? How do you avoid the NHS taking back risk from the contractor," he asked.
Maughan said corporate governance would require close review by any local NHS IT director or finance director asked to procure components of a national ICRS system.
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    using Newtonsoft.Json;
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    // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
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    /// <summary>
    /// The values of Cache Level setting.
    /// </summary>
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        "StyleCop.CSharp.DocumentationRules",
        "SA1602:EnumerationItemsMustBeDocumented",
        Justification = "Names are self-explanatory.")]
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        "StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules",
        "SA1300:ConstFieldNamesMustBeginWithUpperCaseLetter",
        Justification = "Named to match serialized values.")]
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        aggressive,
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After Eluding Detection for 40 Years, The "Golden State Killer" -- the Most Prolific Unsolved Serial Killer Case in America -- Is in Custody
The suspect in custody is an ex-cop who was fired some time ago for stealing a can of dog repellent.
Which is suspicious -- cops would have access to free dog repellent when they need it. All that they could want or need.
Criminals trying to get by watch dogs would have to get it from other means.
Two years ago there was an effort to bring together the detectives from all the various jurisidictions where crimes had been committed by the serial rapist and killer. That effort at heating up a cold case seems to have worked.
He was (is) a serial rapist and serial killer, active from 1976 to 1986.
Joseph James DeAngelo has been identified as the so-called Golden State Killer believed to have committed 12 killings and 48 rapes across California from 1976 to 1986, authorities said. The 72-year-old suspect is being held without bail in Sacramento on two murder counts. "The answer has always been in Sacramento," Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said.
DeAngelo was arrested after police matched discarded DNA evidence from his Sacramento area home with genetic evidence from the crimes, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten said.
The suspect has been charged with capital murder and other counts in connection with the 1980 slayings of Lyman and Charlene Smith, Totten said at a news conference outside the Sacramento crime lab where authorities matched DeAngelo to the crimes.
Bell would not identify the suspect but authorities in Sacramento are expected to release more information at a news conference scheduled for noon PT (3 p.m. ET).
The suspect was also known as the "East Area Rapist" and "the Original Night Stalker."
The detectives and cops responsible for identifying the killer are giving a press conference, already in (deep) progress.
So... Can we get a similar working group together to re-open the Zodiac cold case?
How frightened is Ted Cruz right about now?
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In the study course "Unterwegs" led by Prof. Ralph Ammer at the University of Applied Sciences Munich we dedicated ourselves to several questions that occur when you are abroad. My approach was a concept for a mobile augmented reality application. In short I wanted the user to be able to see how old the buildings around him are. This simple information gives the user a large set of possibilities to explore the development of a city. To make this concept become manifested I built different prototypes of which one suddenly was more interesting than the whole concept itself. The City Explorer is an interactive 1:500 physical city model which is connected to a computer. On the computer screen the user can see the same city but as virtual 3D model. In the example the buildings on the screen are color coded in relation to their date of construction: old buildings are green, new buildings are red. Now the user can start to explore the city model by moving a tiny figure between the physical buildings. The figure has a red and a green LED attached to its bottom. The houses of the model are mounted to a semi transparent acrylic glass board. Underneath the board there is a camera which "sees" the red and green LEDs shining through the board. Software on the computer tracks the position of the figure and moves the camera inside the 3D model analog to the movement of the figure. So in the end the user sees on the screen what the figure sees inside the model. But on the screen the buildings can be enriched with informational layers like the color coding.


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Leverate, a major provider of Forex and Binary Options technology solutions, has been working hard to enhance its innovative automation system, SIRIXActive.
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"I Fought the Law" is a song written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and became popularized by a cover by the Bobby Fuller Four, which went on to become a top-ten hit for the band in 1966 and was also recorded by the Clash in 1979. The Bobby Fuller Four version of this song was ranked No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500 "Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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After The TV Bloodbath, Part 4 – NBC Is Powerless and Timeless…
Out of the 4 big US networks, NBC is seen as the one that struggles most finding an audience for it's shows. Can this year's crop improve that perception, or will we see them cut down on the battlefield next year? Only time will tell, but here's what they have to offer.
Kristen Bell (House Of Lies, Frozen) & Ted Danson (CSI, Cheers) take the lead in Good Place, a comedy from Mike Schur, the co-creator of Parks & Rec & Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The story follow Eleanor (Bell) who dies and ends up in 'The Good Place', not because of her good work in life, but because of an administration error. Not wishing to end up in 'The Bad Place' for being such a horrible person in life, Michael (Danson) becomes a sort of guide to her, as Eleanor tries to work out what it means to be 'good' or 'bad' and make up for past behaviour.
From good to great, we have Great News, starring Briga Heelan (Undateable, Cougar Town) as an ambitious go-getting news reporter, who's star is on the rise. All that could be compromised when her over-bearing mother (Andrea Martin) rejoins the workforce as an intern at her cable news station. Written by Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock), and Tina Fey is an EP.
Next is Marlon, starring Marlon Wayans in a comedy about a loving, but immature father trying to co-parent his kids with his ex-wife.
Powerless on NBC
The show we've talked about a lot on Geektown Radio, Powerless will be coming next season. Based in the world of DC Comics, it's a comedy set in insurance company, which has to insure people against the damage done by the world's super-powered heroes. Star Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical), as Emily, a plucky young insurance adjuster who becomes a cult 'hero' after standing up to one of the meat-headed 'do gooders' over his wanton destruction. Also stars Alan Tudyk (Firefly), Danny Pudi (Community) and Christina Kirk.
Trial & Error is described as a 'documentary-style procedural comedy'. Stars Nicholas D'Agosto (Harvey Dent in Gotham) as a big-city lawyer who gets sent to small Southern town to win his first big case. He has to defend an eccentric 'rollercising' poetry professor (John Lithgow – Dexter, 3rd Rock from the Sun) who is accused of murdering his beloved wife.
This is Us is a 'dramedy' from the writer and directors of Crazy, Stupid, Love. Featuring an ensemble cast including Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), Mandy Moore (Red Band Society, Tangled), & Sterling K. Brown (People vs O.J.), it follows various characters as their life stories intertwine in curious ways.
First of the full dramas is Chicago Justice, the fourth show in Dick Wolf's Chicago franchise which was backdoor piloted through Chicago P.D. Set in the Chicago State's Attorney's office, it follow the team as they 'take on the city's high stakes and often media-frenzied cases, they must balance public opinion, power struggles within the system and their unwavering passion for the law'. Stars Strike Back's Philip Winchester.
Another spin off coming to NBC will be The Blacklist: Redemption starring Famke Janssen & Ryan Eggold (Tom Keen in The Blacklist), as part of a covert mercenary organisation that solves problems governments don't dare touch.
Not wanting FOX and CBS to be the only networks dredging through film franchises for new shows, NBC picked up Taken, based on the Liam Neeson movie franchise. The show stars Clive Standen (Vikings, Camelot) as a younger version of CIA operative Bryan Mills developing those particular set of skills…
Sticking with adaptations, Emerald City is a new take on Wizard of Oz, where Oz is less the brightly coloured world of the film, and rather more a Game of Thrones style realm of waring factions. Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona – True Detective), along with her K9 police dog, and Lucas – aka Scarecrow (Oliver Jackson-Cohen – Dracula) must become headstrong warriors to do battle in this mystical land.
Midnight, Texas is an adaptation of the books by True Blood author Charlaine Harris. Set in a small Texas town, where no one is quite what they seem… Your neighbours could be a vampires, witches, a werewolf and even an angel. The town must band together like a somewhat disfunction family to fend of outsiders, such as biker gangs and over-zealous police.
Finally Timeless, from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke & The Shield's Shawn Ryan. A mysterious criminal steals (Goran Visnjic – ER), steals a secret, state-of-the-art time machine, seemingly with intention of changing the past to alter the future. The organisation behind the device assemble a trio consisting of a scientist (Malcolm Barrett, Law & Order, Better Off Ted), a soldier (Matt Lanter – 90210, and voice of Anakin in the Clone Wars cartoons!) and a history professor (Abigail Spencer – Suits) to use their prototype to chase through time after him. They must stay one step ahead of the criminal, but also avoid effecting them timeline themselves.
From DC Comics comedies, to more time travel shows, it's actually not a bad mix from NBC this year. To see which ones make it to this side of the ocean, keep an eye on the UK Air Dates page of the site.
← After The TV Bloodbath, Part 3 – Fox Brings back 24, Prison Break, and… Lethal Weapon?
Trailers For 24: Legacy, Prison Break, Lethal Weapon, Star, Making History and other new FOX shows! →


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"THOMSON" and "COGNIZANCE": Fests that creates long lasting bonds between the students. One simply cannot miss them.
"CONFLUENCE": One of the biggest fests of the country that unites the college students. Clearly it is an event to confluence talents,brains and hearts.
"MONTAGE": The annual cultural festival that provides a high adrenaline rush through its crowd engaging performances.
"TECHNOZION": The annual technical extravaganza. A event where the brilliant minds of the engineers are put to work to generate new ideas.
"CULRAV": The annual cultural extravaganza and "AVISHKAR": Event to ignite the inquisitive minds. These fests are highly enthralling.
"REVERIE": A grand fiesta having performances of famous celebs, tremendous participation from various colleges and an event to create ever lasting bonds.
"VERVE" : Annual festival that invites famous celebs to perform. A stunning experience to give a break from the laborious college life.
"EXPLORE" : The annual cultural fest and "RANGREZZ" : A platform for theatre enthusiasts. Some breathtaking performances that engage the crowd completely.
"AMITY YOUTH FESTIVAL": An event that makes the time memorable for the youth. One eagerly awaits the festival throughout the year.
"ANUGOONJ": A fest that not only attracts the crowd from the college, but from the complete city as well. Talents are explored in this captivating event.
"EUPHORIA": The annual cultural festival showcasing some stellar performances and unique talents.
"ASPIRE": The annual management fest that gives the opportunity to showcase your hidden talents and aspire others.
"NOVA FEST": The annual fest that gives the world a glimpse of the extremely talented NOVA students.
"ADSOPHOS": An amalgamation of technology, talent and hardwork. A fest that creates opportunities for new talents to flourish.
"RAZZMATAZZ" : The annual cultural fest that the RDIASians eagerly await for. A fest that creates long lasting friendships and unbreakable bonds.
"MANTHAN": An inter college fest that displays some overwhelming performances and "SRAJAN": An event to highlight student achievements. Both of these are eagerly awaited throughout the year.
"UTSAV": An annual fest which is surely an "utsav" comprising of some outstanding performances and engaging events.
"TECHNO CULTURAL FEST", "SPORTS FESTIVAL", "INNOVACION", "IEMCO", "FOOD FEST", etc., the list of the astounding mega events of this college never ends.
"PRISMA" The annual festival offering a unique opportunity to showcase your brilliant talent to the world.
"ACHARYA HABBA": The annual techno-cultural festival that attracts more than 25000 students from over 300 colleges. An event you cannot miss.
"FALAK": The annual cultural festival that embarks an occasion of the confluence of talents, hard work and enthusiasm.
"SYMPHONY": The annual cultural festival that hosts some startling performances and engaging yet enjoyable events.
"PHOENIX": As the name suggests this fests allows the birth of new talents through its extravagant events and astounding performances.
"UDAAN": A fest that provides wings to the creative for letting their talents flourish and prosper.
"TRYST": The annual cultural festival which acts as a rendezvous between students and celebs of the country.
"ECSTACY" : The annual fest that organises a plethora of events to promote the unique talents of RGSETians.
"CHRYSALIS" : An event that showcases the unique talents of the creative participants.
"AALEKHYA": The annual cultural, IT and Media festival that brings together the best colleges of the city to compete.
"ANUBHUTI": An event that celebrates the coming together of talented individuals by providing them amazing opportunities.
"PEARL UTSAV": A fest where energies are skyrocketed through brilliant performances of celebs and students.


In part two of my series on the Isle of Thanet, situated on the East Kent coast, I visit the charming seaside town of Broadstairs.
Whilst many of Britain's seaside towns have suffered the blows of a dying tourism industry over the last four decades, Broadstairs remains untouched, the quintessential British seaside town, with one foot dipped in the past. The town's main beach, Viking Bay, forms a sweeping curve, embracing a tidal pool and children's amusement rides on one side, and a picturesque harbour with bobbing fishing boats on the other. The bay is overlooked by a promenade, lined with gorgeous Georgian and Victorian buildings, now housing apartments, restaurants, bars and cafés.
Take a leisurely stroll through the picturesque town and experience some of its Victorian charm. Dickens was a regular visitor, adopting it as 'our English watering place', and writing some of his greatest works there. You can visit the Dickens House museum, where objects, letters and illustrations show the author's association with Broadstairs.
Follow the cobbled streets to Bleak House, used by Dickens as a holiday home, and you will come across Union Square, an area steeped in smuggling legend, and Church Square, where the extremely rare surviving wash houses are a reminder of the practice of washing dirty linen in public.
Wander along the promenade, stop off for a drink on the terrace of the Albion Hotel and take in the panoramic view of this charming seaside resort. For a nostalgic return to the heyday of the British seaside, make your way to the bandstand in Victoria Gardens, overlooking the sea, take a seat and catch one of the regular concerts that take place there.
Meet the Rock Doc at one of Broadstairs' glorious bays for a free one-hour walk of historical and geological discovery. The true gems of Thanet, these wide sandy beaches and flint layered chalk cliffs tell the story of our ancestral environment and hold clues to what the future might hold. Interpreting these for you, the charismatic Rock Doc, geological consultant to Hollywood, also pulls out magical items from his rock bag collection, and even shows you how to do your own coastal foraging.
Even if guided tours are not your thing, this award-winning – and free – tour of St Peter's village in Broadstairs is an experience not to be missed. Costumed characters from the past emerge from buildings, gardens and hidden corners and take you back in time: a black-robed monk greets you in the gloomy porch of the Saxon church, soldiers from the Napoleonic wars challenge you, Victorian workhouse masters tell you about life for the poor and the infamous smuggler, Joss Snelling boasts about his exploits. You'll be taken to hidden lanes and squares, and historic buildings that you'd otherwise not find.
St Peter's Village tours take place from April to September on every Thursday and some Saturdays. For more information: Call 07546 514948 or visit: www.villagetour.co.uk Though free, booking is essential.
A year-round calendar of events celebrates the town's diversity. The biggest of these is Folk Week in August. Now over 40 years old, this music festival brings people in from all over the world, giving the town a veritable party atmosphere.
At the end of September, food lovers can indulge their taste buds at a three-day food festival, which takes place on the cliff top overlooking the sea. You'll be able to wander from stall to stall, tasting specialities cooked up by local chefs and sampling regional produce.
During Dickens Week in June, the town pays homage to its most famous visitor with costumed parades, plays and readings.
There is lots more besides – a programme of live music on the bandstand, art on the beach, weekly fireworks over the bay through the summer and a water gala.
There are plenty of restaurants, bars and coffee shops from which to choose. For lunch, try Osteria Pizzeria Posillipo with its outdoor terrace overlooking Viking Bay. It is worth going to this popular Italian for the view alone, but be sure to book if you want an alfresco table. The classic Italian fare is standard, with the usual pizza, pasta, veal and chicken dishes on the predominantly Neapolitan menu, but the fish and seafood, mostly local, can be excellent. The daily specials bring a touch of flair and creativity to the table, and there is a good choice of Italian wines. It is a great spot for people watching too, and on a bright sunny day, you could be forgiven for thinking you're on the Italian Riviera.
For dinner, or any time of day, Peen's is a great place for good gastro grub. Sit at the splendid continental-style bar, and choose from the menu of modern British dishes large tiger prawns, garlic, chilli & lemon; char‐grilled 100% Kentish beef burger, caramelised onions, tomato relish, and fries), with the odd nod to Europe (marinated pork kebab, baba ganoush, tzatziki, homemade flatbread; fish stew with tiger prawns, mussels, squid, saffron and local seasonal white fish). The cuisine uses local produce, including seafood from the local crab man just two minutes down the road. The wine list may not be the most adventurous but is probably one of the most extensive in Broadstairs and you might even find yourself tempted by the cocktails.
Not to be missed is Morelli's, a seafront stalwart and a rare example of the Italian ice cream parlours that appeared all over the British seaside in the 1930s and 40s. Its retro interior, which dates back to the 50s, has been preserved. You can sit on the pink Lloyd Loom chairs surrounded by pink formica, leatherette booths, a soda fountain and a juke box, and enjoy delicious fresh gelato, home-made to a signature family recipe using natural ingredients, at a fraction of the cost of its sister parlour in Harrod's.
For a unique experience, spend the night at Belvidere Place, a quirky and stylish boutique hotel, and enjoy the charming personal service of its owner Jilly Sharpe, who will also serve you a delicious breakfast of your choosing.
If you prefer the anonymity of a hotel, try The Royal Albion Hotel, which has rooms with sea views. Charles Dickens stayed and wrote at the hotel on his many visits to the town.
Broadstairs based Shop On Your Doorstep is an award winning retail website offering "gorgeous gifts, inspired interiors and terrific toys".
Don't forget Helter Skelter Children's Indoor Play Centre an alternative to the beach or an escape from the rain. Named as Broadstairs' No 1 attraction by Trip Advisor.


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NIL – A Breakthrough Or Breaking the Game?
In the not so distant past, college athletes receiving compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL) was prohibited. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) frequently desired to bust coaches, players and programs making...
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2022 College Football Playoff Championship Preview: #1 Alabama Crimson Tide Vs. #3 Georgia Bulldogs
It's an all SEC affair with a rematch of the SEC Championship game but this time the stakes are higher. We know what happened then: an Alabama rout. Will we see a repeat or...
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On Alabama Crimson Tide's opening play of the game, wide receiver Jerry Jeudy found open space and caught a Citrus Bowl record 85-yard touchdown pass from Mac Jones. That play sparked his most valuable...
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Alabama And Michigan Get Set For A New Years Battle In Orlando
On Sunday, the College Football Bowl Schedule was released and potentially the best game that is not one of the Playoff Semifinals will take place in Orlando with the Alabama Crimson Tide taking on...
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A Windup Rant: Nick Saban's A Genius
Imagine Nick Saban's frustrating first half in the college football National Title game. His team couldn't move the ball and they were giving up big plays to the University of Georgia. The Bulldog defense...
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Final Exam: UGA's Big Test Versus Alabama
Kirby Smart had turned the UGA program around in just his second season. He now has one more huge obstacle to overcome to finish an improbable season as the National Champions. In his way:...
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During a recent Baseball Beer BBQ Show (very recent, as it was the World Series pregame episode) my good friend Mr. Fabulous (aka Ted Hicks, @RealTedHicks) mentioned there is far too much talk leaking...
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In the not so distant past, college athletes receiving compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL) was prohibited. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) frequently desired to bust coaches, players and programs making it seem like their sole operating purpose was punishment. Some of those punishments have been...
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It's an all SEC affair with a rematch of the SEC Championship game but this time the stakes are higher. We know what happened then: an Alabama rout. Will we see a repeat or will Georgia exact some revenge? Coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide seem to be...
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On Alabama Crimson Tide's opening play of the game, wide receiver Jerry Jeudy found open space and caught a Citrus Bowl record 85-yard touchdown pass from Mac Jones. That play sparked his most valuable game performance as the Crimson Tide (11-2) defeated the Michigan Wolverines (9-4) 35-16 in the...
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Imagine Nick Saban's frustrating first half in the college football National Title game. His team couldn't move the ball and they were giving up big plays to the University of Georgia. The Bulldog defense was undaunted from the beginning. They all but shut down the run gane for Alabama,...
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Kirby Smart had turned the UGA program around in just his second season. He now has one more huge obstacle to overcome to finish an improbable season as the National Champions. In his way: his mentor and former boss Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide. The classic teacher...
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During a recent Baseball Beer BBQ Show (very recent, as it was the World Series pregame episode) my good friend Mr. Fabulous (aka Ted Hicks, @RealTedHicks) mentioned there is far too much talk leaking from the front office regarding off-season moves, whether it's Cespedes, Harvey, Murphy, whoever. I don't...


The Board of Directors of SUEZ met today to review estimated results for 2017 and the outlook for 2018. It concluded that SUEZ should meet its 2017 guidance for organic revenue growth, free cash flow generation and leverage. However, EBIT was impacted in the fourth-quarter by €45 million of specific expenses. They were caused mainly by the particular circumstances in Spain, and costs associated with the decision to terminate two services contracts, in Morocco and India, due to operational difficulties. This indicator therefore declined by 2% on an organic basis.
Excluding these items, annual organic growth in EBIT would have been in line with the 1.4% trend reported at the earnings presentation at end-September 2017.
2017 dividend of €0.65 per share3.
The pursuit of an attractive dividend policy: ≥ €0.65 per share in respect of 2018 results6.
A few specific items had a negative impact on the Group's operating results at year-end 2017. I have therefore decided to implement a plan providing for firm actions to support our profitable growth. It includes not only a specific plan to cut costs in Spain, but also to step up the Group's transformation through increased pooling and digitalization efforts, with the aim of ensuring that this far-reaching corporate transformation has positive impacts. At the same time, we are strengthening our sales teams to monitor and win major projects, with priority given to international markets, and we are capitalizing on the new dimension to our Key Account Management organization, which is focused on large industrial customers. In 2018, we will benefit from the first full-year contribution from Water Technologies & Solutions and from its growth momentum, which is in line with our expectations. Organic EBIT growth at the three other divisions is also expected to accelerate to reach about 3% due to the momentum in the International and Recycling & Recovery Europe divisions. At a time of low inflation and inaction on public investment decisions, the contribution from the Water Europe division is expected to be stable. These estimates confirm the relevance of our strategy, which is based in particular on a balance between contributions from the different divisions. That is why I am confident in SUEZ's growth path, as the Group will capitalize fully on its profitable growth potential.


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Q: nanoseconds cause date_time_parse_exception in elastic search we are using an elastic search service connector connected to kafka topics.
In some kafka topic messages the field time contains unix time in nanoseconds in the form '1646302527.329244000'. The ElasticSearch Service Sink Connector passes the message to ElasticSearch but apparently changes the representation from '1646302527.329244000' to '1.646302527329244E9'.
Which throws a date_time_parse_exception when trying to parse the value for the associated date_nanos field.
    [2022-03-03 10:15:27,705] ERROR Error encountered in task simple-elasticsearch-connector-0. Executing stage 'TASK_PUT' with class 'org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkTask'. (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.errors.LogReporter)
io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClient$ReportingException: Indexing failed: ElasticsearchException[Elasticsearch exception [type=mapper_parsing_exception, reason=failed to parse field [time] of type [date_nanos] in document with id 'indexName+1+2517991'. Preview of field's value: '1.646302527329244E9']]; nested: ElasticsearchException[Elasticsearch exception [type=illegal_argument_exception, reason=failed to parse date field [1.646302527329244E9] with format [strict_date_optional_time_nanos||epoch_millis]]]; nested: ElasticsearchException[Elasticsearch exception [type=date_time_parse_exception, reason=date_time_parse_exception: Failed to parse with all enclosed parsers]]

Probably the error is caused by a wrong configuration of the converter of the connector. Does anyone know which converters are most useful for this scenario? Please note that the other messages in the time field use the ISO 8601 format '2022-03-03T11:08:57+00:00'.
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*ElasticSearch 7.14

*ElasticSearch Service Sink Connector 11.1.8

*Kafka Confluent Community edition: 7.0.1, Scala 2.13

*Java 11

ElasticSearch Service Connector Configuration
{
    "connector.class": "io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnector",
    "connection.url": "localhost:8081",
    "tasks.max": "1",
    "topics":  "topic1,topic2,topic3,topic3",
    "type.name": "_doc",
    "connection.password": "password",
    "connection.username": "username",
    "key.ignore": true,
    "schema.ignore": true,
    "key.converter": "org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter",
    "value.converter.schemas.enable": false,
    "value.converter": "org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter",
    "behavior.on.malformed.documents": "IGNORE",
    "behavior.on.null.values": "ignore",
    "errors.tolerance": "all",
    "errors.log.enable": true
 }'

A: In the error logs of the ElasticSearchConnector the error suggests that the scientific notation e.g. '1.64630003428232E9'
comes from the Kafka messages. Instead, the representation is generated by the Jackson parser during the mapping from ElasticSearch. In Kafka the value is originally represented as double '164630.003428232'.
The solution is an ingest pipeline that checks if the value is a double when indexing all messages, if yes the value is cast to integer to discard the comma part.
if (ctx['time'] instanceof Double){ ctx['time'] = (int)ctx['time']}

The id of the ingest pipeline was then entered in the index and index template settings
"index.default_pipeline": "transform_date"

Using the integer, ElasticSearch can parse the date format epoch time in seconds

A: here is the proof of the previously only speculated cause

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Double eventTime = 1645081544.728914000;
        SimpleDateFormat SDFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/ dd/ yy");
        try {
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            System.out.println("The unparsed" + " value is: " + eventTime);
            cal.setTime(SDFormat.parse(eventTime.toString()));
            System.out.println("Time parsed: "
                    + cal.getTime());
        } catch (ParseException except) {
            except.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

when you run the java code, the following exception occurs
The unparsed value is: 1.645081544728914E9
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "1.645081544728914E9"
    at java.base/java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:396)
    at com.company.Main.main(Main.java:31)

Process finished with exit code 0


text:
Touch and Go Time for Business Events
The Business Events Industry need to keep moving forward even as we redraw our map.
Author: Sherrif Karamat
Studies show that people are most anxious when their odds of being successful —like making a meeting despite traffic — approach 50 percent.
Sherrif Karamat, CAE,
President & CEO, PCMA and CEMA
Soccer players "try hardest when they have a chance of scoring, not when it's an easy shot and not when it's an almost impossible shot," writes the author of an article in The Guardian on the neuroscience of uncertainty. "The energy directed to uncertain positive consequences makes football exciting and fun."
The same, unfortunately, can't be said for the business of planning events — energy directed toward uncertain and potentially negative consequences is called "stress" (see October's Convene cover story for insights about that). As The Guardian article points out, studies show that it's when our odds of being successful approach 50 percent that we feel most anxious.
For example, if traffic is going well and you're likely to get to your meeting on time, there's no need to worry. And the opposite is also true: If you're in a bumper-to-bumper jam and it's highly unlikely you'll make the meeting on time, you relax, knowing there is nothing you can do. It's that space in between — when it's touch and go — that we feel the most stressed. Although the article was written before the pandemic, "touch and go" is an apt description for the environment we've found ourselves in for the past few years. Even now, as in-person events resume, it's difficult to forecast with certainty our stakeholders' participation — and therefore our organization's potential revenue — because of economic headwinds, budgetary constraints, a greater ease with virtual events, and, the latest wild card, whether attendees will travel to a meeting in destinations that restrict or ban access to abortion, for political and health reasons.
We can only control the things that we can and work at minimizing the impact of those things we can't. Disruption is not an exception, and the world only continues to grow more uncertain. The World Uncertainty Index — a measure that tracks uncertainty across the globe by mining the country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit — has been rising steadily over the past few decades. Not surprisingly, the index shot up in 2020 during the height of the pandemic.
We must prepare our business so we are ready for the next crisis. How do we prepare? By noticing trends and movements that are potentially disruptive. We need to develop our ability to see the larger shift coming at us that is not readily in view. An iceberg makes a handy analogy: We tend to see what's above the water line and that's what we react to, making short-term decisions. Imagining what may lie beneath prepares us as an organization to respond appropriately and to minimize the negative impacts of environmental factors that are beyond our immediate control.
In life, nothing good comes easy. I believe our industry has an important role to play for the common good — for society's good, as we convene people to address our biggest challenges. It's an incredible responsibility. Let's not let uncertainty derail us.
No Longer Optional
"Environmental factors" can also be taken to mean the larger crisis of climate change. We have to stop thinking of sustainability initiatives at our events as optional and take a much more proactive approach. It's not unimaginable that there will come a time when those decisions will be made for us — when governments impose limitations on how often we can travel because of air travel's carbon footprint, for example.
In the October issue, Convene Deputy Editor Barbara Palmer identifies three post-pandemic trends that are making sustainability more of an imperative for our industry.


text:
/**\page Clocks configuration
 * \section Clock tree configuration
   *
   * Crystal 8 MHz (HSE input)
   * PLL prescaler /1 ; PLL Multiplier x9 ==> PLLCLK = 72 MHz
   * USB prescaler /1.5 ==> USB clock = 48 MHz (also modified in USB init functions)
   * ==> SYSCLK = 72MHz
   * AHB Prescaler /1 ; ==> HCLK = 72MHz
   * APB2 prescaler /1 ; ==> PCLK2 = 72 MHz
   * ADC Prescaler /6 ==> ADC clock = 12 MHz
   * APB1 prescaler /2 ==> Timer clocks = 36 MHz
   *
   */

#ifndef __CLOCK_CONF_H__
#define __CLOCK_CONF_H__

#if !defined(STM32F10X_MD) && !defined(STM32F10X_CL)
#error "Aucune cible definie, selectionnez soit STM32F10X_CL, soit STM32F10X_MD "
#endif

#define RCC_PLLSRC (1 << 16) // PLL entry clock source
#define RCC_PLLSRC_IS_HSI (0 << 16)
#define RCC_PLLSRC_IS_HSE (1 << 16)
#define RCC_PLLSRC_IS_PREDIV_1 (1 << 16)

#define RCC_PLLMUL_SHIFT (18)
#define RCC_PLLMUL_VAL(mult) (((mult - 2) & 0xF) << RCC_PLLMUL_SHIFT)

#define RCC_ADCPRE_SHIFT (14)
#define RCC_ADCPRE_VAL(pres) ((((pres / 2) - 1) & 0x3) << RCC_ADCPRE_SHIFT)

#define RCC_PPRE1_SHIFT (8)
#define RCC_PPRE1_VAL(pre) ((pre == 1) ? 0 : ((pre / 2) - (pre / 8) - 2 * (pre / 16) + 3) << RCC_PPRE1_SHIFT)

#define RCC_PPRE2_SHIFT (11)
#define RCC_PPRE2_VAL(pre) ((pre == 1) ? 0 : ((pre / 2) - (pre / 8) - 2 * (pre / 16) + 3) << RCC_PPRE2_SHIFT)

#define RCC_HPRE_SHIFT (4)
#define RCC_HPRE_VAL(pre)                                                                                \
    ((pre == 1) ? 0 : (7 + (pre > 256) + (pre > 128) + (pre > 64) + (pre > 16) + (pre > 8) + (pre > 4) + (pre > 2) + (pre > 1)) \
                          << RCC_HPRE_SHIFT)

/** @addtogroup conf_CLOCK Configuration du pilote CLOCK
 * @{
 */

#define IS_HSI 1      /**< Indique l'utilisation de l'horloge HSI */
#define IS_HSE 2      /**< Indique l'utilisation de l'horloge HSE */
#define IS_PREDIV_1 7 /**< Indique l'utilisation du prediviseur 1 */
#define IS_PLL 3      /**< Indique l'utilisation de la PLL 1 */
#define IS_PLL2 4     /**< Indique l'utilisation du la PLL 2 (uniquement sur STM32F107) */
#define IS_HSE_DIV_2 \
    5 /**< Indique l'utilisation de l'entrée HSE divisée par 2 (uniquement sur STM32F103 pour _PLLXTPRE) */
#define _PLLMUL_6_5 (65 / 10)
#define _USB_PRE_1_5 (15 / 10)

/**
 * \brief Constante fixant la vitesse de l'horloge interne
 */
#define __HSI 8000000UL // High Speed Internal RC clock (8MHz) on STM32F103xx

/**
 * \def __HSE
 * \brief Constante fixant la vitesse du quartz externe
 *
 * \note Normalement, le quartz externe (__HSE) vaut:
 * - 8000000L (8Mhz) pour STM32F10X_MD
 * - 25000000L (25Mhz) pour STM32F10X_CL
 */
#ifdef STM32F10X_MD
#define __HSE 8000000UL
#endif
#ifdef STM32F10X_CL
#define __HSE 25000000UL
#endif

/**
 * \def _SYSCLK_SOURCE
 * \brief Configure SYSCLK
 *
 * Configure la source d'horloge à utilise pour SYSCLK.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _SYSCLK_SOURCE sont:
 * - IS_HSI: Utilisation de l'horloge interne (High Speed)
 * - IS_HSE: Utilisation de l'horloge externe (High Speed)
 * - IS_PLL: Utilisation de la PLL pour augmenter la frequence d'horloge
 */

#define _SYSCLK_SOURCE IS_PLL

/**
 * \def _PLL_SOURCE
 * \brief Configure la PLL
 *
 * Configure la source d'horloge à utilise en entrée de la PLL.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PLL_SOURCE sont:
 * - IS_HSI: Utilisation de l'horloge interne (High Speed)
 * - IS_HSE: Utilisation de l'horloge externe (High Speed) (si STM32F10X_MD est défini)
 * - IS_PREDIV_1: Utilisation de la sortie du prediviseur 1 (si STM32F10X_CL est défini)
 *
 * \note Si l'USB doit être utilisé, il faut obligatoirement sélectionner comme source IS_HSE,
 * la HSI n'etant pas assez stable pour pouvoir utiliser l'USB.
 */
#ifdef STM32F10X_CL
#define _PLL_SOURCE IS_PREDIV_1
#else
#define _PLL_SOURCE IS_HSE
#endif

#ifndef STM32F10X_CL
/**
 * \def _PLLXTPRE
 * \brief Configure le prescaler en entrée de la PLL
 *
 * Configure le prescaler en entrée de la PLL.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PLLXTPRE sont:
 * - IS_HSE: L'horloge HSE est directement envoyé en entrée de la PLL
 * - IS_HSE_DIV_2: L'horloge HSE est divisé par 2 avant d'etre fournie à la PLL
 * \note Uniquement disponible si la cible est STM32F10X_MD
 */
#define _PLLXTPRE IS_HSE
#else
/**
 * \def _PREDIV_1
 * \brief Configure le prescaler en entrée de la PLL 1
 *
 * Configure le prescaler en entrée de la PLL 1.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PREDIV_1 vont de 1 à 16.
 *
 * \note Uniquement disponible si la cible est STM32F10X_CL
 */
#define _PREDIV_1 5

/**
 * \def _PREDIV_1_SOURCE
 * \brief Configure la source du prescaler en entrée de la PLL1
 *
 * Configure la source du prescaler en entrée de la PLL1.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PREDIV_1_SOURCE sont:
 * - IS_PLL2 : La source du prescaler de la PLL1 est la sortie de la PLL2
 * - IS_HSE : La source du prescaler de la PLL1 est le quartz externe HSE
 *
 * \note Uniquement disponible si la cible est STM32F10X_CL
 */
#define _PREDIV_1_SOURCE IS_PLL2

/**
 * \def _PLL2MUL
 * \brief Configure la multiplication de la PLL2
 *
 * La PLL2 sert à fournir une horloge en entrée du prescaler de la PLL1. On peut régler ici le
 * facteur multiplicateur entre la source de la PLL2 (PREDIV2) et le prescaler de la PLL1 (PREDIV1).
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PLL2MUL vont de 8 à 20.
 *
 * \note Uniquement disponible si la cible est STM32F10X_CL
 */
#define _PLL2MUL 8

/**
 * \def _PREDIV_2
 * \brief Configure le prescaler en entrée de la PLL2
 *
 * Configure le prescaler en entrée de la PLL2.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PREDIV_2 vont de 1 à 16.
 *
 * \note Uniquement disponible si la cible est STM32F10X_CL
 */
#define _PREDIV_2 5
#endif /* STM32F10X_CL */

/**
 * \def _USB_PRE
 * \brief Configure le prescaler de l'USB.
 *
 * Configure le prescaler en entrée l'horloge USB.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _USB_PRE sont:
 * - 1 ou _USB_PRE_1_5 sur STM32F103
 * - 2 ou 3 sur STM32F107.
 */
#ifdef STM32F10X_CL
#define _USB_PRE 3
#else
#define _USB_PRE _USB_PRE_1_5
#endif

/**
 * \def _PLLMUL
 * \brief Configure la multiplication de la PLL
 *
 * La PLL sert à fournir l'horloge SYSCLK. On peut régler ici le facteur multiplicateur
 * entre la source de la PLL (HSE ou HSI) et SYSCLK fourni par la PLL.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PLLMUL vont:
 * - De 2 à 16 pour STM32F10X_MD
 * - De 4 à 9, ainsi que _PLLMUL_6_5 pour STM32F10X_CL
 *
 * \attention SYSCLK ne peut pas dépasser 72 Mhz.
 */
#define _PLLMUL 9

/**
 * \def _HPRE
 * \brief Configure le prescaler pour AHB
 *
 * Configure le prescaler entre SYSCLK et HCLK.
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _HPRE sont {1,2,4,8,16,64,128,256,512}.
 * \attention Une division de 32 n'est pas possible.
 */
#define _HPRE 1

/**
 * \def _PPRE1
 * \brief Configure le prescaler pour APB1
 *
 * Configure le prescaler entre HCLK et PCLK1 (bus APB1, low speed).
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PPRE1 sont {1,2,4,8,16}.
 */
#define _PPRE1 2

/**
 * \def _PPRE2
 * \brief Configure le prescaler pour APB2
 *
 * Configure le prescaler entre HCLK et PCLK2 (bus APB2, high speed).
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PPRE2 sont {1,2,4,8,16}.
 */
#define _PPRE2 1

/**
 * \def _ADCPRE
 * \brief Configure le prescaler pour l'horloge ADC
 *
 * Configure le prescaler entre HCLK et ADCCLK (bus ADC).
 * Les valeurs possibles que peut prendre _PPRE2 sont {2,4,6,8}.
 *
 *\attention ADCCLK ne peut pas dépasser 14 Mhz.
 */
#define _ADCPRE 6

/**
 * @}
 */

#endif /* __CLOCK_CONF_H__ */


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text:
Kim Man Lui (雷剑文), also known as Kimman Lui, is an author of software engineering, and financial speculation books. He is the Chief Operations Officer of Marvel Web Services and a lecturer with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has authored over 20 publications and written content for over 30 journals.

Lui performed an experiment in pair programming which confirmed that "novice–novice pairs against novice solos" show greater productivity gains than "expert–expert pairs against expert solos" (i.e., novices have more to learn that experts).  His books challenge the status quo regarding the development of software and financial speculation.

Personal background
Kim Man Lui was born in Hong Kong and studied in Taiwan and South Africa. In 1992, Lui earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from Tamkang University and in 1995, he earned his master's degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2006, he earned his doctorate from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Professional background
Lui is the Chief Operations Officer of Marvel Web Services. He has additionally held a number of IT positions in the commercial sector of Hong Kong and China. He was involved in the setup of a software center that adopts agile development in China. In 2004, he was involved in the open source development of Miranda IM.
 From 2006 to 2008, he served as Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2007, he developed a metasearch engine, in which the results are displayed on a China map.

Lui's research interests include software engineering and finance. He has published five software engineering books, including one focusing on Agile software development. While his books are generally written in Chinese, his book Software Development Rhythms was initially printed in English and later translated for Chinese readers. He provided translation for author Kent Beck and the second edition of his book, Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change.

, Lui latest publication is Truth Among Lies: Positive and Negative Cases of Technical Analysis, which focuses on stock market speculation in China. In this publication, he criticised other Chinese authors about their investment books, stating that they have misled the public in China. His criticism was ill-received and considered unprofessional, due to unspoken agreements not to challenge other authors.

Published works
Books
 CMM: Software Development Process Management and Improvement, (CMM: ) Tsinghua University Press, 2002.
 Facts and Fictions in Extreme Programming Practices, (Chinese Title: ) Electronics Industry Publishing Company, 2005.
 Software Development Rhythms, Wiley-Interscience, 2008.
 Software Development Rhythms, (Chinese Title:) (Translated In Chinese by Yangyan et al.) Electronics Industry Publishing Company, 2010.
 Truth Among Lies: Positive and Negative Cases of Technical Analysis, (Chinese Title:) China Economic Publishing House, 2012.

Translations
 Beck, Kent. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) (Chinese Title: ), China Machine Press, 2011.
 Beck, Kent. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) (Chinese Title: ), Electronics Industry Publishing Company, 2006.

References

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