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Wow, this sounds like such a sad story.
I'm reading this soon and now I really can't wait!
Wow. Such a heavy topic, but such an important one. It's sad to see disasters turn from bad to worse because of people.
This sounds really good, actually! I will have to keep my eyes open for it.
Just finished this book last night. Wow. It really moved me.
I was so glad I stuck with this one. I thought the first part was so slow and it didn't seem to grip me like I thought it should. But that last, part, with the people's stories, was so sad!


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The LU postcode area, also known as the Luton postcode area, is a group of seven postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of three post towns. These postcode districts cover south Bedfordshire, as well as small parts of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
The Luton post town forms a group of four postcode districts in the east, occupying approximately a third of the total area. The Dunstable post town forms a central strip of two postcode districts, extending from north to south. Leighton Buzzard forms the largest post town in the west, corresponding to a single postcode district.
Previously, Perry Green was used as the locality in the LU2 postal addresses of some properties in Peters Green. Old Linslade was used in the LU7 addresses of Old Linslade, but these now include the words Heath and Reach.
LU postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby AL, HP, MK and SG postcode areas.
^ Placenames as listed in Royal Mail, Postal Address Book: Anglia 2, Edition H, 2003.
^ Royal Mail, 'Postcodes', The Thomson Directory: Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard Area, 1992.


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Q: I'm having an issue implementing an API into a bukkit plugin I'm trying to set up this API so that I can update player scoreboards and things when they buy items.
The plugin I'm using is called SignShop and can be found here:
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/signshop/pages/sign-shop-api/
That's not my issue though, the issue is that none of the events are firing from the looks of it.
Here is my class where I was trying some debugging.
package me.galaxywarrior6.minecraftgta.events;

import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.wargamer2010.signshop.events.SSMoneyTransactionEvent;
import org.wargamer2010.signshop.events.SSPostTransactionEvent;
import org.wargamer2010.signshop.events.SSPreTransactionEvent;
import org.wargamer2010.signshop.events.SSTouchShopEvent;

public class SignBuyEvent implements Listener{

    public void onSignBuy(SSMoneyTransactionEvent event){
        Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("one!");
    }
    public void onSignBuy(SSPreTransactionEvent event){
        Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("two!");
    }
    public void onSignBuy(SSPostTransactionEvent event){
        Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("three!");
    }
    public void onSignBuy(SSTouchShopEvent event){
        Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("four!");
    }
}

Can someone please help me in implementing this API, I haven't done anything besides set up the events because that's all it really tells you to do.

A: That's because you need @EventHandler right above all of your events:
@EventHandler //this must be before ALL events
public void onSignBuy(SSMoneyTransactionEvent event){
    Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("one!");
}

also, you may not be registering events. In your main file (the one that extends JavaPlugin), make sure you have this in your onEnable():
this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new SignBuyEvent(), this);

So, your SignBuyEvent class should look like this:
public class SignBuyEvent implements Listener{
  @EventHandler
  public void onSignBuy(SSMoneyTransactionEvent event){
    Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("one!");
  }

  @EventHandler
  public void onSignBuy(SSPreTransactionEvent event){
    Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("two!");
  }

  @EventHandler
  public void onSignBuy(SSPostTransactionEvent event){
    Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("three!");
  }

  @EventHandler
  public void onSignBuy(SSTouchShopEvent event){
    Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage("four!");
  }
}

and your onEnable() method in your Main class should look like this:
@Override
public void onEnable(){
  this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new SignBuyEvent(), this);

  //other things that you have in your onEnable here
}

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{{Info/Órgão legislativo
 |nome            = Assembleia Nacional da República da BulgáriaНародното събрание на Република България
 |coa-pic         = Coat of arms of Bulgaria.svg
 |tipo_câmara     = Unicameral
 |câmaras         =
 |líder1          = Tsveta Karayancheva, GERB
 |eleição1        =
 |líder2_type     = Deputados do Presidente
 |líder2          =
 |eleição2        =
 |membros         = 240 membros
 |estrutura1      = National_Assembly_(Bulgaria)_diagram.svg
 |estrutura1_res  = 200px
 |estrutura1_alt  =
 |estrutura2      =
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 |estrutura2_alt  =
 |sede_assembleia = Sófia,
 |sede_pic        = National Assembly of Bulgaria.jpg
 |site            =
|líder1_tipo=Presidente|última_eleição1=26 de Março de 2017|grupos_políticos1=Governo (122)
  GERB (95)
  Patriotas Unidos (27)
Apoio parlamentar (12)
  Volya (12)
Oposição (107)
  Partido Socialista Búlgaro (79)
  Movimento pelos Direitos e Liberdades (25)
  Independentes (2)}}

A Assembleia Nacional da República da Bulgária' (Народното събрание на Република България'') é a sede do poder legislativo da Bulgária, o parlamento foi criado em 1979 pela Constituição de Tarnovo, é no formato unicameral e contém atualmente 240 membros eleitos em 32 círculos eleitorais para mandatos de 4 anos por representação proporcional.

Grupos parlamentares

Ver também
 Constituição da Bulgária de 1991
 Projeto de Constituição da Bulgária de 2020

Ligações externas

Site oficial

Política da Bulgária
Bulgaria

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February 6, 20133:05 am 0 Comments
Is HSUS Backstabbing the Buckeye Compromise?
Ohio has been a battleground between farmers and the anti-farmer Humane Society of the United States. In 2009, farmers and ranchers backed a successful ballot initiative to create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board (OLCSB), which would govern animal agriculture practices in the state. HSUS didn't like that people who are outside the professional animal-rights industry could have a say on what "humane" means, so it threatened its own ballot campaign to overturn the measure. The Ohio Farm Bureau, then-Governor Ted Strickland, and HSUS then cut a deal, the "Buckeye Compromise." Instead of abolishing the OLCSB, HSUS and the Ohio Farm Bureau agreed to give HSUS what it wanted in the standards — like a ban on individual maternity pens that reputable veterinarians find provide for the welfare of pregnant pigs – while keeping the board.
The board kept up its end of the bargain, which you can read here. (The only HSUS demand that it hasn't gotten yet is a law increasing penalties for animal fighting.) But is that good enough for HSUS? Of course not. Now, HSUS has appointed a new state director for outreach and engagement in Ohio, John Dinon. He's no animal fighting specialist brought in to help shepherd a tougher anti-cockfighting law. The Toledo Blade reports:
John Dinon, who left the Maumee-based group in September, will be Ohio director of outreach and engagement, a new position for the groups. He will be based in Toledo and will focus on a variety of animal protection issues with an emphasis on supporting humane and sustainable animal agriculture in the state.
"Humane and sustainable" agriculture is code for "attacking regular farmers" through a campaign resting on the false premise that mainstream farmers are treating their animals inhumanely or degrading the environment. Even though HSUS has already received timelines for the achievement of its stated "Buckeye Compromise" demands, HSUS will not leave Buckeye State farmers alone.
It's just another case of HSUS being a dishonest broker. Even as HSUS and the United Egg Producers advance a "deal" on enriched-cage hen housing, HSUS is pushing companies to a cage-free standard. Not that "cage-free" is good enough for a group of vegan zealots– HSUS really wants to get rid of eggs altogether. Of course, a then-HSUS VP vowed to "get rid of the entire [animal agriculture] industry," and HSUS's current farm animal VP has said that "eating meat causes animal cruelty," so it was really only a matter of time before HSUS made a move.
Maybe it seemed sensible in 2010 to deal with HSUS and avoid a battle. But HSUS can be beaten, as evidenced by three high-profile political flops performed by HSUS just three months ago. These guys will take a mile if you give them an inch, and sometimes the best antidote for a schoolyard bully is to just stand up to them.
As Winston Churchill said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." We will soon find out just how hungry a crocodile HSUS's Ohio division is. In the meantime, it's more evidence to anyone considering a "deal" with HSUS that these guys are as trustworthy as Benedict Arnold.

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Looking back, there are two distinct events that ignited my love of cooking when I was 18 -- I made fajitas (complete with McCormicks seasoning) for Ted and I bought Susan Branch's Heart of the Home cookbook. Her cookbook introduced me to pesto, eggs in tomatoes, pasta with smoked salmon and peas (recipe here), and this recipe for a green bean salad.
Ted and I used to l live in Lowertown in St Paul and every Saturday morning during the summer started with a trip to the Farmer's Market. This green bean salad was in heavy rotation during those days and even now, when I make it, I think of our little kitchen in apartment 306, listening to Everything But The Girl's Come on Home with our Basset Hound Lucy underfoot. It never ceases to amaze me how food can conjure feelings, smells, and memories from the past -- even something as simple as a green bean salad.
Cook the beans in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, until crisp-tender. Drain and immediately place in a bowl with ice-cold water, to stop the cooking. Set aside, Combine all remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour over beans, mix to combine, and place in refrigerator for about an hour. Serve cool, but not cold.


Edible decorations for romantic holiday tables, heart-shaped food, sparkling glitters and heart sprinkles are charming and inspiring. Heart-shaped food and edible decorations are great Valentines Days gifts that delight people and make them smile, saving money and time on preparing for the day of love.
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As a part of a new blog series, Talk Shop has been 'talking shop' with local movers and shakers. Today, we are profiling Sarita Mann of Sarita Mann Design Studio. Sarita recently designed an impressive large vinyl window display for Talk Shop seen below. View Sarita's portfolio on her website: saritamann.com.
What did you think you were going to be when you were a kid? When I was in grade 2, I wanted to be a shoe designer, no joke! At the time, my Father wasn't very impressed with my adolescent choice for my future profession. You could often find doodles of clothes and shoes in almost all of my notebooks throughout my education. Anyone that knows me, can attest to the fact that I still have an ongoing love affair for shoes. Maybe one day, I'll take up designing a pair, who knows. For now, I'm enjoying my current work in the graphic design and print world.
What do you do now? Currently I work for myself and I'm loving it. In November 2012, I started Sarita Mann Design Studio as a platform to showcase my point of view as a graphic designer. I provide graphic solutions from logo design, personalized stationery, packaging solutions, to specialty work. My most successful endeavor to date is my line of greeting cards which capture a youthful spirit paired with a simple aesethetic.
Describe a typical day in 50 words or less. You'll find me glued to my Macbook Pro designing something! But I haven't really started my day until I've posted something on Instagram. For me it's important to engage with my online community. Anything from new designs to what's happening right now. That way, I'm a reflection of my work!
What is your best design tip/piece of advice? As far as advice goes… make sure you cover all aspects of a new design project with a new client in your first meeting. Make sure to have a 'major revision' scheduled in your design agreement just in case. This way, your project won't fall behind your final deadline keeping you the designer and your client happy. Happy client! Happy designer!
What is the best part of your job? I would have to say seeing the look on peoples faces when they see my work whether it's a greeting card or something designed specifically for them. As corny as it sounds, I love when people laugh and smile after seeing my work because I put that expression on their face at that time. And that's special!
What is the hardest part? Trying to do EVERYTHING! As a young entrepreneur and new to business, I'm having to learn the balance between the creative and the business side of things. I can't stress how important social media is. You have to be your own PR to get people to notice you and your work. I know if I work hard now, it'll pay off in a years time. So I'm often juggling my product design, client work, social media, emails, new leads, invoicing and events all by myself. I'm looking forward to hiring an intern in the near future. Exciting!
Where can we find you at 5:02 on a Friday? That's a tough one because it's different every week. Sometimes I'm wrapping up a design meeting or putting the finishing touches on a logo for someone. Fit Instagram posts! Other times I may be catching up on email correspondence or following up on new leads for stockists opportunities. I might even be drawing up someones wedding invitations! I love weddings!


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Bone grafting is a surgical procedure by which new bone or a replacement material is placed into spaces between or around broken bone (fractures) or holesin bone. Bone grafting is used to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose significant risk to the patient, or fail to heal properly. Bonegrafts are also used to help fusion between vertebrae, correct deformities, or provide structural support for fractures of the spine. In addition to fracture repair, bone grafts are used to repair defects in bone caused by birth defects, traumatic injury, or surgery for bone cancer.
Bone is composed of a matrix, mainly made up of a protein called collagen. Itis strengthened by deposits of calcium and phosphate salts, called hydroxyapatite. Within and around this matrix are four types of bone cells. Osteoblasts produce the bone matrix. Osteocytes are mature osteoblasts and maintain thebone. Osteoclasts break down and remove bone tissue. Bone lining cells coverbone surfaces. Together, these four types of cells are responsible for building the bone matrix, maintaining it, and remodeling the bone as needed.
There are three ways in which a bone graft can help repair a defect. The first is called osteogenesis, the formation of new bone by the cells contained within the graft. The second is osteoinduction, a chemical process in which molecules contained within the graft convert the patient's cells into cells thatare capable of forming bone. The third is osteoconduction, a physical effectby which the matrix of the graft forms a scaffold on which cells in the recipient are able to form new bone.
New bone for grafting can be obtained from other bones in the patient's own body (an autograft) or from bone taken from other people that is frozen and stored in tissue banks (an allograft). Natural and synthetic replacement materials are also used instead of bone, including natural collagen protein, polymers such as silicone, some acrylics, hydroxyapatite, calcium sulfate, and ceramics. A new material, called resorbable polymeric grafts is also being studied. These resorbable grafts provide a structure for new bone to grow on, thenslowly dissolve, leaving only the new bone behind.
To place the graft, the surgeon makes an incision in the skin over the bone defect and shapes the bone graft or replacement material to fit into the defect. After the graft is in place, it is held in place with pins, plates, or screws. The incision is closed with stitches and a splint or cast is used to prevent movement of the bones while healing. The time required for convalescencefor fractures or spinal fusion may vary from 1-10 days, and vigorous exercise may be limited for up to three months.
Most bone grafts are successful in helping the bone defect to heal. The extent of recovery depends on the size of the defect and the condition of the bonesurrounding the graft at the time of surgery. Severe defects take longer toheal and may require additional attention after the initial graft. Less severe bone defects usually heal completely without serious complications.
The drawbacks of autografts include the additional surgical and anesthesia time to obtain the bone for grafting, the added costs of the additional surgery, pain and infection that might occur at the site from which the graft is taken, and the relatively small amount of bone that is available for grafting.
The drawbacks of allografts include variability between lots, since the boneis harvested from a variety of donors. The bone may take longer to incorporate with the host bone than an autograft would, and the graft may be less effective than an autograft. There is the possibility of transferring diseases from the donor to the patient. Other complications may result from the immune response mounted by the patient's immune system against the grafted bone tissue. With the use anti-rejection agents (drugs to combat rejection of grafted bone tissue) immune rejection is less of a problem.


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Q: Deserialize a Json object with a Dictionary inside a list inside an object I have a set of data inside a Json file that represents the GPD evolution for each country every year. I'm trying to extract this data inside a list where every year would be a dictionary inside the list.
This is a part of the Json I'm trying to work with :
{
    "Name": "GPD per capita",
    "Description": "Real GDP per capita in 2011US$, 2011 benchmark (suitable for cross-country growth comparisons)",
    "Suffix": "$",
    "Multiplier": "1",
    "Data": [
        {
            "year": "1",
            "Belgium": "1050",
            "Switzerland": "1050",
            "Egypt": "1225",
            "Spain": "973",
            "France": "1050",
            "Greece": "1400",
            "Iran (Islamic Republic of)": "1225",
            "Iraq": "1225",
            "Israel": "1225",
            "Italy": "1546",
            "Jordan": "1225",
            "Portugal": "1050",
            "Tunisia": "1225",
            "Turkey": "984"
        },
        {
            "year": "730",
            "Egypt": "1278",
            "Iraq": "1610",
            "Japan": "633"
        },
        ...

And this is the class where the Json file should be deserialized :
[Serializable]
public class Collection
{
    public string Name;
    public string Description;
    public string Suffix;
    public ulong Multiplier;

    public List<IDictionary<string, ulong>> Data;
}

When I do Collection collection = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Collection>(jsonFile.ToString()); all the attributes show on the console but not the Data list.
How can I deserialize such structure correctly ?

A: interfaces are not (De)Serializable since the Deserializer can not know as which final actual type it should Deserialize it.
Instead of an IDictionary simply rather use an actual Dictionary
public List<Dictionary<string, ulong> Data;

Alternatively you would need to add to the JSON the actual type in order to tell the Deserializer which type shall be used for the Deserialization.
See How to automatically select a concrete type when deserializing an interface using Json.NET


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Arnold Clark to 'adapt and embrace the opportunities' after 2017 profit decline
24/09/2018 in Car Dealer News
Arnold Clark grew its used car sales volumes by 10.3% to contribute towards a 7.3% rise in turnover but suffered a 15% decline in profit before tax during its financial year to December 31, 2017.
Eddie Hawthorne, chief executive of the Glasgow-based AM100 car retail group said that the business would "continue to adapt and embrace the opportunities" after its annual financial results showed an increase in turnover to £3.93bn (2016: £3.66bn) for the period, but a decline in pre-tax profits to £106.6m (2016: £125.3m).
Arnold Clark said in its accounts that the effect of the weakened pound against the Euro – following the Brexit vote – had resulted in a reduced availability of new cars during the period and had also impacted margins.
The group sold 70,167 new cars during 2017, compared to 80,203 in 2016, a decrease of 12.5%, but managed to increase its used car volumes by 10.3% to 218,188 (2016: 197,842) to offset the effects.
An increase in property rates across the year cost the business £3.06m, the statement said, while the reduction of debit card interchange fees cost the group £1.3m and the apprenticeship levy added a further £1.2m to its outgoings.
Chief executive Eddie Hawthorne said in a statement accompanying the results that he expected continued "modest" growth in used car sales within the business, which has continued to develop its Motorstore used car sales concept, opening four new sites last year, including expansion into Yorkshire, with sites in York and Wakefield.
The Motorstore in Perth was moved to a more prominent site.
Hawthorne said: "We expect that the new car market will continue to decline and anticipate a decrease in the number of new car registrations."
He added: "The current political and economic landscape is changing the dynamics of the motor industry, both at manufacturer and retail levels.
"We do not expect these challenges to lessen in 2018 but, as in the past, the group continues to adapt and embrace the opportunities that present themselves in such times.
"The group's financial strength and resilience positions it well to succeed."
Network developments at Arnold Clark during the 2017 financial period saw it acquire a Mitsubishi franchise in Stirling, marking out the group's first activity with the Japanese manufacturer and taking its number of OEM partners to 25.
Moving the group's Perth Motorstore allowed the creation of a new Renault and Dacia dealership on the city's Dunkeld Road.
As well as its Motorstore used car operation, the group also invested in aftersales during the period, creating a new Volkswagen aftersales service centre on South Street, Glasgow, allowing a refurbishment and expansion operation at its Crow Road dealership.
Aftersales did generate growth for Arnold Clark in 2017. The accounts showed that revenues from servicing activities had risen from £92m to £95m.
Supporting the group's growing used car operation, it also invested heavily in its eight-acre PDI and distribution centre at Kidsgrove, Staffordshire and added an 11-acre facility at Duffshill, Aberdeen, which was completed in July last year.
Arnold Clark's 2017 trading period marked the last with group founder and chairman Arnold Clark at the helm.
The iconic car retailer, dubbed an "inspirational leader" by former colleagues, died at the age of 89 in April last year.
In its financial statement for 2017, the group said that Clark had been "passionate" about investing in people and set out its stall to continue his legacy.
Last year saw the AM100 retail group employ 861 apprentices and a further 300 are expected to take up posts in 2018, a number which could be bolstered by the effects of its interactive 'apprentice bus', which is currently touring school and colleges across the UK.
The number of employees was up from 10,672 in the average month of 2016 to 11,477 during last year.
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Are newspapers still the most influential and reliable news medium around? Did not the emergence of new media sound the death knell for the print industry? And are people really reading newspapers anymore?
These are questions whose answers smack of not one but many confirmation biases. While the notion that newspapers are dying a pitiable death eggs on, reality debunks the myth and potrays a different picture.
No, the presses have not been cursed to extinction by random online clicks, not all beat reporters are losing their jobs to amateur, click-happy citizen reporters and no, the emergence of internet has not spelt an apocalyptic doom for newspapers. Newspapers, on the contrary, are surviving and doing quite alright. They are progressing to a new era of embracing innovations and digital engagement.
It is well known in the world of media that information is paramount and access to it, supremely empowering. The winners are clearly those who provide an easy doorway to reliable and irrefutable information. We are talking about those who do not yo-yo back and forth with multiple apologies over erroneous reports or cover-up tales.
There's a fair chance that some of us would remember at least one instance of a television news channel apologizing for a never-happened erroneous report or finding an online story to be a hoax, moments after it went viral. A phenomenon analysts blame on the fast pace of news and the 'need for speed' broadcast newsrooms for.
But despite the juggernaut of broadcast journalism, new media, news apps and podcasts cropping left and right, over half of the world's population turns to a newspaper for credible information, every day.
That's a neat 2.2 billion people reading a newspaper in the print format and another 600 million in the digital form. WAN-IFRA stats point out that this figure would rise remarkably if Sunday and weekly newspapers are included in the count as well.
Right from the docks of a shipyard in Denmark to the countryside farmlands of Myanmar, a newspaper finds a pair of eyes to browse through it, everyday. According to Comscore, and World Press Trends, newspaper readers outnumber the total number of Internet users (2.3 billion) around the world. And, there are twice as many newspaper content consumers as mobile phone users in the world.
Add to it a legacy of 400 years of print publishing and it will be a piece of cake to understand why even digital media platforms piggyback on traditional print media for content aggregation.
Thomas Jacob is a man who has witnessed this unique phenomenon from a vantage point. As the Chief Operating Officer of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, Jacob is privy to global media trends and has an interesting story to tell.
"The global circulations rose slightly in 2011 after a dip in 2010. Circulation saw an upward swing of 4.2 percent higher than what was in 2007. Asia has seen the fastest growth in newspaper circulation with China and India leading from the front," says Jacob.
Further, to assume that newspapers are collapsing due to an onslaught of digital media innovations might not be realistic at all. Newspapers, on the contrary, are integrating technological innovations to amplify their content distribution and outreach. The distribution process now relies not just on the door-to-door vendor but a few clicks here and there as well.
Norway, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria remain the world's most popular newspaper markets, although Asian markets are quickly catching up with Hong Kong, for example, attracting investors who believe there is still an opportunity in printed newspapers. China and India are teeming with a market potential of unprecedented numbers. Asia is increasingly emerging as the epicentre of the newspaper industry growth.
Though, the situation is not as bright in the Western world. Newspaper circulations fell by around 17 percent over a five-year period from 2007-2011 and some newspapers are still struggling to spring back.
How does all this augur for the cash registers of the newspaper publishers? Well, if one goes by Jacob and the World Press Trends statistics, circulation revenue still accounts for nearly 50 percent of global newspaper revenues, which is mostly a positive trend to note. And since the circulation of a newspaper depends principally on its core content, it points one back to the thumb rule of the media business: "Content is king."
"It is, therefore, extremely important that as publishers focus on their digital ambitions, they continue investing in content and leverage the brand of their print products into the digital realm," adds Jacob.
Jacob's opinions are befittingly matched by statistical evidence. ComScore statistics reveal that over 40 percent of the global digital audience reads a newspaper online.
However, not all is hunky dory for the newspaper industry. Despite exhibiting global growth patterns, it has suffered a sharp decline in advertising revenues.
As of 2012, newspapers accounted for 19 percent of global advertising revenues, television 40 percent, Internet 18 percent and other mediums accounted for 23 percent. Figures released by Zenith Optimedia suggest that newspapers account for almost $100 billion of global advertising, though this number has been dipping downwards. North America itself accounted for 72 percent of the decline in the total value of global advertising revenues.
Figures available from Zenith Optimedia and advertising associations also show that the combined value of digital media advertising is only 2.2 percent of all press advertising. Digital does not eat into the advertising earnings of the print.
However, e-innovations and newsreading apps have definitely cut a dent in the readership of newspapers. Amazon has already reported that over half of their book sales are for the tablet versions. French eveninger, Le Monde, has also reported that the reading times of eReader applications are as high as that of printed newspapers.
According to the Pew Research Centre and The Economist, 11% of American adults own a tablet of some sort and 53% of tablet users consume news on their tablets daily. Three out of ten tablet users say they spend more time reading news on their tablets than they did before purchasing the tablet.
The above numbers indicate statistics for the consumption of news by audiences in a digital format. Most of this digitized news, however, still rides on the back of content created by the parent newspaper or organization.
Newspapers are now proactively incorporating cutting-edge innovations and user-friendly models for online content, be it paywall, freemium, metered or free in order to keep the audiences engaged. The dynamics of engagement might have changed but the driving principle of the industry has not budged a bit. Content remains king, context, queen and customer, the absolute kingmaker.
Thomas Jacob has his eyes set on the industry and his breath held tight. He knows newspapers are gearing up for the next round of revamp. And as he puts it, transforming from a mono media to multimedia, multichannel, and multiplatform approach is no longer good enough. Newspapers have to make the strategic transformation into a smart media company that understands its customers and creates a portfolio of products that will in turn address the changing needs of the customers.
These are the next generation newspapers that will survive and probably create another 400 years of incredible history.


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UN official: Iran, Israel could ratify nuke test ban treaty (AP)
VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear test ban treaty organization says arch-enemies Iran and Israel are "the closest" of the eight holdout nations to ratifying the treaty and assuring the world they will never conduct a nuclear test explosion.
Lassina Zerbo said this week that having Iran and Israel ratify together would "certainly" lead to Egypt's ratification, and pave the way for a nuclear test-free zone in the Middle East.
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, known as the CTBT, has 196 member states — 183 that have signed the treaty and 164 that have ratified it. But the treaty has not entered into force because it still needs ratification by eight countries that had nuclear power reactors or research reactors when the U.N. General Assembly adopted the treaty in 1996: the United States, China, Iran, Israel, Egypt, India, Pakistan and North Korea.
Zerbo, speaking during a week-long conference marking the 20th anniversary of the treaty being opened for signing, said he doesn't expect immediate results on ratification, but is hoping to visit both Iran and Israel and talk to their leaders because "I think that they're the ones who can unlock what is stopping the CTBT from moving."
In a briefing and an interview, he said that implementation of last summer's deal to rein in Iran's nuclear program — and confirmation from Israeli and international scientists that Tehran can't produce nuclear weapons — would mean "the biggest threat for Israel is gone and over."
Zerbo said the next step should then be to ratify the CTBT, which both Iran and Israel signed in 1996. He called this "a low-hanging fruit," toward the goal of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.
"Israel and Iran can make a huge difference for this treaty, and they have nothing to lose … absolutely nothing," Zerbo said. "Both of them can take leadership and show carte blanche to the world to say we have together decided to ratify the CTBT."
He said ratification by Iran and Israel would help defuse tensions between the countries, build trust, and provide momentum — first for Egypt to ratify the CTBT and then to start negotiations for a nuclear test-free zone in the Middle East.
Zerbo said a nuclear test-free zone is an achievable step toward the much more difficult goal of establishing a nuclear-weapons-free-zone in the Middle East.
"You can't jump and get a weapon-free zone in the Middle East if the CTBT isn't ratified," he said.
Arab nations have been calling for a nuclear-free zone since the mid-1990s but efforts to hold a conference to discuss the possibility have failed. One key issue has been differences with Israel, which is widely believed to have an arsenal of hundreds of nuclear weapons but has avoided confirming or denying their existence.
But if Israel, Iran and Egypt ratify the CTBT, Zerbo said this will put pressure on the United States to ratify as well.
President Barack Obama wants to ratify the treaty, he said, but his hands are tied by the Republican-controlled Senate.
Zerbo said ratification by the three Mideast countries should convince conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate to reconsider their opposition and support the treaty.
Looking at the current world situation and the other holdouts, Zerbo said, China won't ratify before the United States, India won't ratify before China, and Pakistan won't ratify before India — which means U.S. action is also crucial.
North Korea, the only country to test nuclear weapons in the 21st century, is least likely of the eight key countries to ratify the CTBT, he said.
Zerbo said the international community needs to change the way it engages with North Korea, which earlier this month said it exploded a hydrogen bomb in its fourth nuclear test, which has not been confirmed.
"What they need at this point in time is … maybe a bit of respect and dignity in the dialogue we have with them," he said. "Instead of bang, bang on their head, maybe we have to come to sit with them around the table and say: 'Hey guys, if this is confirmed that it's the fourth test, we don't want this to happen again. How can we work?'"
Zerbo said this should have happened after North Korea's first test in 2006.
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It is well-known that China is a huge and difficult market to enter due to political factors together with cultural and language barriers. Previously, it was also challenging for foreign enterprises to understand the potential business opportunities in the Chinese market and how to access them in the best ways.
Thanks to the advanced development of mobile apps in China, a well-prepared marketing strategy can get a foreign brand on board to China market through vibrant social media scenes. One good reason for China digital marketing strategy is that the number of digital shoppers in China is estimated to reach over 700 million in 2019.
In fact, China stands out as a country where the society is highly digital-advanced and exhibit a strong social network presence within the country. Roughly 98 % of the population have access to social media accounts and spend an average of 67 minutes on these social networks every day.
Yet, unlike the west, China has top-level strict censorship regime and often blocks access to foreign sites violating China's laws and regulations. Practically, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp or some social media platforms have been cutting off to use in China.
Instead, China has its own social media system and platforms that are accessible both for the locals and the rest of the world. The Chinese versions offer similar functions and features like western social medias, such as WeChat or QQ (similar to Facebook), Youku (YouTube), Twitter (Weibo), Google (Baidu) and Meipai (Instagram).
But how to reach out Chinese customers? First of all, you should probably get familiar with the king of mobile in China – WeChat. In recent years WeChat has become the most powerful app ahead of Weibo, QQ, and Taobao. WeChat brings a shortcut to present a strong influence to consumers by combining the social platforms and commercial ads on brands and products.
WeChat is an app primarily designed to be a "social e-commerce platform". WeChat is enhancing social media and e-commerce activities to work together as a way to advertise, increase online presence, and deliver high-quality customer service. In 2019, it is expected that the role of these social media platforms in e-commerce will be continuously growing.
Over the past few years, the number of Chinese short-video platforms have been constantly shaping the e-commerce market. This is because Chinese users tend to spend their spare times on these short types of videos and live streaming through the smartphone. The content of videos normally includes jokes, food, cosmetics, travel, news and latest trends on the web.
As for the companies that struggle with marketing presence and brand awareness among Chinese consumers, one of possible options is to be endorsed by Key Opinion Leaders (KOL). KOLs are online celebrities and earning huge amount of revenues directly through the content that they generate.
These KOLs are also known as top-ranking short video makers. The most popular KOLs have millions of followers, and they have been gradually influencing the taste and the shopping behaviours of millions of Chinese consumers of all classes. The list of most popular short-video platforms that have been downloaded more than 500 million times are Douyin, Meipai, Little Red Book (XiaoHongshu), as well as Huoshan.
Need a digital marketing agency for China market?
For guidance on how to boost your visibility in the China market and to sell goods into China, please contact us at Flying Lynx. Our experts will be glad to speak with you and formulate a digital marketing strategy to reach your desired audience in the Chinese market.


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Colman Domingo knows the power of having a Black woman at the helm. The actor, who starred in Janicza Bravo's Zola and Nia DaCosta's Candyman, says there's something special about having a Black woman behind the lens.
"As we know in our experiences in this entertainment industry…it's hard to get any job, especially if you're a Black woman in this industry," Colman shares. "And by the time you get to the plate, to get your opportunity, you were ready to meet it."
Colman says that that readiness is what made Bravo "the perfect director for Zola" and DaCosta the "perfect director for Candyman."
"They were ready," he emphasizes. "They're young, they're smart, they're innovative, they are willing, they're game. They are great collaborators."
Domingo says getting to work with all that talent actually helped to make him a better actor.
"When I tell you I feel like I've done some of my best work in both of these films, it's because there was such a level of care and love and grace," he says. "And also interrogation and intelligence. And also saying, 'Colman, do the thing that you do. Go forward and try that thing.'"
He continues, "But then I listened and I'm guided as well. So there's an ease, honestly, working with both of them. They didn't come in with some bravado and something else. They came in with strict talent. And they came in with grace and love, and appreciation for the moment. And I think that's why they're two of my favorite directors that I've worked with recently."
Candyman is in theaters now. Zola is available on Video on Demand.
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Is there scientific evidence connecting the current climate in India with global warming?
Experts say up to 40 % of India might witness drought this year.
Is there scientific evidence that this is due to the global warming and climate changes?
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If you look at this link - Climate Of India there are four seasons affecting different regions of India
1) Pre monsoon showers 2) Indian Summer Monsoon 3) Post monsoonal rain. 4) Winter rain
Each of them have their own patterns and dynamics. From the perspective of the second and biggest impact on the country i.e. Indian Summer Monsoon it would be hard to find a single year where rainfall distribution has been completely well distributed i.e. all regions of the country had experienced surplus rainfall. But this unequal distribution would be made up in subsequent years mitigating drought. Or so it was thought.
For the monsoon to bring bountiful rainfall oceans must remain cool(relative to landmass) and land must warm during the crucial months of April and May. But this recent study published in Nature shows that there has been a weakening of the land sea thermal gradient and drying up of Indian subcontinent/Drying up of Indian subcontinent due to weakening land sea thermal gradient. So according to that paper human influenced climate change causes the Indian landmass to cool because increasing concentration of aerosols suppress the surface warming.
Secondly there is an asymmetry in the El Nino forcing.
Meanwhile, a recent study demonstrates that apart from the warming due to greenhouse gas forcing, the long-term warming trend in the western Indian Ocean is significantly associated with the asymmetry in the ENSO forcing. That is, while the quasi-periodic El Niño events induce a warming over the Indian Ocean via the Walker circulation, the La Niña events fail to do the inverse. Along with this, an increase in the magnitude and frequency of El Niños in the recent decades has accelerated this warming. The heat pile-up due to this ENSO forcing persists in the land-locked Indian Ocean that has a restricted thermohaline circulation, sustained by a feedback from the local air-sea interaction and ocean dynamics.
What this means is that the traditional monsoon dynamics i.e. cool Indian ocean and warm continental land mass has been disturbed by human influenced climate change as well as the natural geography of the land and ocean mass. One significant ISM phenomenon the tropical easterly jet stream has shown a weakening trend over the last few decades. A significant fall out of this could be mid latitude atmospheric dynamics could come into play during the ISM(one can think of this as the weather during a break in monsoons where upper level subtropical westerlies come into play) and a disturbing trend has been noted in recent times with increasing frequency of hail storms.
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Chicago Blackhawks defeat the salary cap menace
By Z P October 4, 2017 2 Mins Read
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The NHL has made the decision to allow the Chicago Blackhawks to place Marian Hossa on long-term injured reserve.
The 12-year contract that Hossa signed with the Blackhawks became a problem when the 2013 CBA attached a salary cap recapture penalty to his contract. The 2013 CBA wanted to punish teams that circumvented the salary cap by signing long deals such as Hossa's 12-year, $63 million deal.
If Hossa retired this year the Blackhawks would be hit with a $4.275 million penalty over the next 4 years.
The 2013 CBA essentially backed the Blackhawks into a corner with Hossa and the only realistic way around it is placing him on long-term injured reserve.
It turns out Hossa has been dealing with a skin condition that was starting to affect his health and playing ability. Now the Blackhawks can avoid cap recapture penalties by placing Hossa on LTIR.
I'll make it clear that the last thing the Blackhawks want to do is play a full season without Hossa, he's a player that is near impossible to replace. The only good thing about Hossa hitting LTIR is the Blackhawks will finally be able to escape a suffocating salary cap.
This is how the Blackhawks will become salary cap compliant:
Tootoo and Rozsival will be placed on the season-opening LTIR to bring cap overages down to $0.
The Blackhawks will put forth a league minimum, salary cap compliant roster.
Hossa will be placed on LTIR and the Blackhawks will free up roughly $3 million in cap space.
Now the Blackhawks will have the flexibility to add Alex DeBrincat and Gustav Forsling back to the roster and sign Cody Franson.
Franson's deal is reported to be 1 year, $1 million.
At the expense of Marian Hossa's career, the Blackhawks will have some cap space to work with. This is a problem that the NHL shouldn't have let happen and it's something other teams will have to deal with until the NHL fixes it.
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RainDelay on October 4, 2017 8:22 am
Good research, very informative. Hoss will be missed but we need some young fresh legs and size to avoid a repeat of that Preds series.


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CasperJS is a navigation scripting & testing utility for [PhantomJS](http://www.phantomjs.org/).
It eases the process of defining a full navigation scenario and provides useful
high-level functions, methods & syntaxic sugar for doing common tasks such as:

- defining & ordering [navigation steps](http://casperjs.org/quickstart.html)
- [filling forms](http://casperjs.org/api.html#casper.fill)
- [clicking links](http://casperjs.org/api.html#casper.click)
- [capturing screenshots](http://casperjs.org/api.html#casper.captureSelector) of a page (or an area)
- [making assertions on remote DOM](http://casperjs.org/api.html#tester)
- [logging](http://casperjs.org/logging.html) & [events](http://casperjs.org/events-filters.html)
- [downloading base64](http://casperjs.org/api.html#casper.download) encoded resources, even binary ones
- catching errors and react accordingly
- writing [functional test suites](http://casperjs.org/testing.html), exporting results as JUnit XML (xUnit)

Browse the [sample examples repository](https://github.com/n1k0/casperjs/tree/master/samples).
Don't hesitate to pull request for any cool example of yours as well!

**Read the [full documentation](http://casperjs.org/) on casperjs dedicated website.**

Subscribe to the [project mailing-list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/casperjs)

Follow the CasperJS project [on twitter](https://twitter.com/casperjs_org) and [Google+](https://plus.google.com/b/106641872690063476159/).

## Show me some code!

Sample test to see if some dropdown can be opened:

```javascript
casper.start('http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#dropdowns', function() {
    this.test.assertExists('#navbar-example');
    this.click('#dropdowns .nav-pills .dropdown:last-of-type a.dropdown-toggle');
    this.waitUntilVisible('#dropdowns .nav-pills .open', function() {
        this.test.pass('Dropdown is open');
    });
});

casper.run(function() {
    this.test.done();
});
```

Run the script:

![](http://cl.ly/image/112m0F2n162i/Capture%20d%E2%80%99%C3%A9cran%202012-10-19%20%C3%A0%2016.37.15.png)

## Contributing

### Contributing code

Please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/n1k0/casperjs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) file contents.

### Contributing documentation

CasperJS's documentation is written using the [Markdown format](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/), and hosted on Github thanks to the [Github Pages Feature](http://pages.github.com/).

To view the source files on github, head to [the gh-pages branch](https://github.com/n1k0/casperjs/tree/gh-pages), and check the [documentation's README](https://github.com/n1k0/casperjs/tree/gh-pages#readme) for further instructions.

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Q: HtmlAgilityPack and Authentication I have a method to get ids and xpaths if given a particular url. How do I pass in the username and password with the request so that I can scrape a url that requires a username and password?
using HtmlAgilityPack;

_web = new HtmlWeb();

internal Dictionary<string, string> GetidsAndXPaths(string url)
{
    var webidsAndXPaths = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    var doc = _web.Load(url);
    var nodes = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//*[@id]");
    if (nodes == null) return webidsAndXPaths;
    // code to get all the xpaths and ids

Should I use a web request to get the page source and then pass that file into the method above?
var wc = new WebClient();
wc.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("UserName", "Password");
wc.DownloadFile("http://somewebsite.com/page.aspx", @"C:\localfile.html");

A: HtmlWeb.Load has a number of overloads, these accept either an instance of NetworkCredential or you can pass in a username and password directly.
Name // Description
Public method Load(String) //Gets an HTML document from an Internet resource.
Public method Load(String, String) //Loads an HTML document from an Internet resource.
Public method Load(String, String, WebProxy, NetworkCredential) //Loads an HTML document from an Internet resource.
Public method Load(String, String, Int32, String, String) //Loads an HTML document from an Internet resource.

You do not need to pass in a WebProxy instance, or you can pass in the system default one.
Alternatively you can wire up the HtmlWeb.PreRequest and setup the credentials for the request.
htmlWeb.PreRequest += (request) => {
    request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(...);
    return true;
};


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Shelbourne FC Match Programmes
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Match day sponsor
Commercial Partners
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Duff turns attention to FAI Cup
Shelbourne FC Head Coach Damien Duff says the players will show Bonagee United the respect they deserve ahead of the Reds trip north for the FAI Cup clash on Friday.
A strong travelling support will make the trip to Dry Arch Park for the game with Bonagee United.
The Donegal side will be buoyed having secured their first ever win in the competition in the first round.
Tony McNamee hit the net twice as Bonagee United sent Pike Rovers packing with a comfortable 6-0 win in the FAI Cup.
The former Finn Harps man scored either side of half-time as the Ulster Senior League side secured safe passage to the next round to set up a date with Shels.
Duff told Shelbournefc.ie he is wary of underestimating the opposition: "We've watched the footage of them, they're still an unknown quantity. We'll treat this the same way go into every league game, I'm not one to disrespect opposition, the beauty of the cup is matches like these, we know the expectation is on us, and we will be ready for a very difficult game.
"I know it's a big occasion for both clubs, and we're looking forward to it, it's a great competition and we just have to focus on our job and what we have to do, and try not to get caught up on the occasion."
The Reds head into this one off the back of the 1-1 draw with Bohs in the Dublin Derby, Duff was pleased with the performance and praised the character shown by the players to overcome the obstacles thrown at them, Duff said: "It was a great point, our best of the season. In those circumstances, to lose Aaron O'Driscoll and Luke Byrne early on, to concede a poor goal, to go a man down with JR's red card, and to still produce a performance and get a result, it was a very good response to the Drogheda loss."
The Shels boss also spoke of the special atmosphere created by the fans at Tolka Park a week ago, and paid tribute to the supporters involved in creating the incredible display pre-game. Duff told Shelbournefc.ie: "It was a special night, the atmosphere at Tolka is something that will stick with me, the supporters display was very moving. That message, it's simple but so important and it touches so many people: 'Mind yourself, mind your mates, mind your family'."
"There was an amazing picture of the fans display in the Riverside stand, Eoin Smith took the photo. It's a powerful message and the picture sums up what this club is about. I got Eoin's picture blown up and printed, it's going to hang pride of place on the office wall."
"It was an emotional occasion, we honoured people who passed away from Shels, and for Bohs, they are mourning the sad loss of Derek 'Mono' Monaghan. A person who was such an important part of their club and culture, I want to pass on my condolences to his family and everyone involved at his club. "
Shels will be without Dan Hawkins and Mark Coyle who remain sidelined with injury, the game will come too soon for Luke Byrne and Aaron O'Driscoll who are also unavailable due to injury.
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I recently experienced some issues with the cabin solar system due to a few weeks of mostly cloudy days combined with low temps. Due to the holidays I was unable to visit the cabin for a three week period and the batteries reached the system's low voltage disconnect state on Tuesday of the third week. I was also having a problem with the compressor on the refrigerator not able to start when it is cold. While these circumstances are atypical, I took the opportunity to perform a few upgrades to the cabin electrical system.
The biggest change was to transition the system from 12V to 24V which will cut the current draw of loads in half and greatly reduce voltage drop in wiring. Ideally this will allow the compressor in the refrigerator to start more easily (it will run on 12 or 24V).
Rewiring the batteries to 24V was simple. Instead of four 6V batteries in a serial/parallel arrangement, I now have four 6V batteries all wired in series for 24V. An added benefit is that only having one battery bank eliminates any potential for uneven charging.
So I went from a 12V 440AH bank to a 24V 220AH bank, which is obviously an identical amount of stored energy but more efficient overall.
Most of the current system components run fine on 12 or 24V, such as the cabin control system, power supply for the security cameras, etc. The two items that were specific to 12V were the inverter and water pump.
I've replaced the inverter with a new Exeltech XP600 24-volt 600 watt sine wave inverter which seems to be working great so far. I haven't yet replaced the water pump.
I also added an IOTA battery charger to the system so I can charge the batteries with the genset if/when the solar panels are unable to charge the batteries.
For additional monitoring of the system I installed a "Whiz Bang Jr" which is an add on device for my charge controller which measures all current going in or out of the batteries. It uses the same current shunt and essentially performs the same function as my existing Trimetric monitor but by being integrated with the charge controller I'm able to remotely monitor the data via the modbus/network interface. I've updated the cabin controller software to report on this data.
Another slight improvement was to wire the router/3G modem to run directly from the batteries (via the 12V power supply) so that the cabin controller can function remotely with the inverter powered off. This will allow me to power the inverter on and off remotely. For this I used a "power over ethernet" dongle that uses two of the unused ethernet cable wires for power so that I didn't need to run any additional wires.
I also made a couple of bus bars from copper rods and added a couple of switches so I can disconnect the battery charger and control system when needed.
Finally, I installed the remaining two solar panels I had originally purchased for the cabin. This brings the total to six panels and 870W.
Everything is mounted on din rails with a plywood backing.
The web application operates in two modes, local and remote.
In local mode, the web app runs on the Odroid and communicates directly with the motion capture service, also on the odroid, and a web service on the Udoo to control the inputs/output. The web service on the Udoo talks to the onboard Arduino Due via serial. There are also two services on the odroid which upload the camera snapshots and sensor data to the remote version of the web application (via 3G modem).
The remote web application stores the snapshots and sensor data in a database so has access to time series data. Otherwise it functions the same as the local app other than it uses the MQTT protocol to send commands to the local application so it can control everything remotely.
The only feature the local application has that the remote application doesn't is a live feed from all the security cameras.
Here are photos of the controller being constructed and installed in the cabin.
Here are screenshots of the remote web application.
A couple of weeks ago I added a 5 cubic ft. refrigerator to the cabin. It runs on 12V directly from the battery bank and stays on all the time. It has a small freezer section that will make ice. It's nice that I no longer have to lug a cooler full of ice and food/drinks every trip.
I've been using the propane range and propane tankless water heater regularly. I especially like the water heater as I set it at a specific temperature and it will maintain that temperature. I currently have it set at 109 degrees and when showering I only need to turn on the hot water, no fiddling to get the correct mix of hot and cold. So far it's worked flawlessly.
Last weekend I stained the stairs but it didn't really turn out like I wanted so I'm probably going to install actual stair treads. The stairs are douglas fir and the stain didn't turn out splotchy like I feared but the color is a lot darker than it should be. I used a red oak stain but the result is more of a mahogany color.
I also re-stained the porch because it was starting to look fairly worn. They didn't have the color I use originally so I bought a "redwood" stain so the color turned out quite a bit different. I also didn't like the brand of stain I used (Cabot) in spite of good reviews, but it may have been more due to absence of any kind of preparation of the surface on my part. In any case, next time I'll use the Messmer's stain I used originally. Primarily I just wanted to get something down to protect the wood from any further degradation.
This weekend I added some cedar trim around the doors and front windows so they finally look decent.
For a long while I've been pondering what to do with the area under the stairs. I've been using it for random storage bit it's also where I installed the refrigerator (no room in the small kitchen). I finally made a plan and closed in that area with a full height partition wall and some sliding doors that give full access to the under stair area. I covered the exposed back side with some pine T&G siding (normally used for wainscotting I think) which matches the look of the siding upstairs. I used a similar T&G siding for the front, but in white mdf. There is not to much wall area on the front.
I was concerned adding the closet wall would make the room seem smaller but it actually seems to have the opposite effect. I guess hiding the stuff under the stairs makes the room seem less cluttered. Also having the stairs enclosed makes them feel a bit safer. I'm really happy with the result. I still need to add some corner moulding around the beam and door opening but I'll do that when I trim everything else, hopefully in a few weeks.
The down side to projects like this is that I have to load and haul a lot of equipment out including the big generator, air compressor, chop saw, and table saw.
It's been a few months since my last post due to a combination of factors but largely because of the despicable actions of thieves and vandals. The cabin was burglarized twice over the span of a few weeks. Nothing of great value was taken but both cabin doors were damaged and these incidents prompted a re-examination of cabin security. It's a cliche, but it really is the feeling of violation that's more traumatic than the loss of property, although having to clean up all the shattered glass from the front door was not that fun either.
Adapting the security cameras and recording system for 12V low power operation was the biggest challenge but was ultimately very successful. All four cameras constantly detect and record motion and the entire system uses about 25W.
Here's a video where I stitched together images from three of the cameras taken on a day I was at the cabin.
One other project I've completed recently is the refinement of my water supply system and the installation of a propane tankless water heater. I replaced the large water tank with a smaller tank that I can easily drain and refill in the winter. The large tank contained an 80 gallon block of ice from January to May despite my efforts to keep it from freezing.
I recently purchased a 12V DC refrigerator for the cabin which I will be installing in a few weeks. Because I now have several items running directly from the battery bank I also installed a dedicated DC breaker panel, replacing the marine switch/fuse panel I was using previously.


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Q: How to restart a VM on GCP from another server? Is there any way to restart a VM on GCP from Internet using python, bash or php?
I need to restart when I get some notification.
Thanks!

A: You need 2 things to do this:

*

*Being authenticated

*Use API to communicate with Compute Engine Google APIs (or client libraries that embed the API call)

Authentication
The easiest way is to use gcloud sdk CLI. If you use your personal computer, you can use your personal user account, else, you can use a service account with a service account key file.
If you use a client library, you don't need to have gcloud sdk installed, only the service account key file is enough. One good practice is to define an environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/path/to/serviceAccountKeyFile.json.
It's a good practice because you don't hardcode the way of authenticating your code. The library search by itself the credential in several location and you can run the same code seamlessly in your local environment and on GCP. No hack, do dirty code, no different entry point.
API Call
If you use gcloud, you can reset your VM by using the REST API
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" -X POST \
  https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/<MyProjectId>/zones/<ComputeZone>/instances/<InstanceName>/reset

You can also use the stop (wait 90s) and then restart your VM. Same authentication, juste the URL are different. It's important to wait at least the max stop grace period of 90s before triggering a start
Sadly, there isn't Compute Engine client libraries. You can only use the discovery API. Not as handful as the other existing libraries. You have an example here. To reset, you have to call this method in Python
  compute = googleapiclient.discovery.build('compute', 'v1')
  result = compute.instances().reset(project=<MyProjectId>, zone=<ComputeZone>, instance=<InstanceName>).execute()


Moka is a smart city in the making right at the heart of the island. It is fast growing into a place of choice to live, work and play.
Modern residences, eco-friendly infrastructure, economic opportunities, a vibrant cultural scene and an integrative approach to municipal administration. Such is the promise of the smart city of Moka which we are currently developing across 1600 acres in one of the most central location in Mauritius.
The development is in fact a continuation of the integrated urbanisation of the Moka region undertaken by ENL about a decade ago. As such, the smart city of Moka already boasts numerous residential, business and leisure facilities which form a dynamic core around which we continue to create sustainable urban infrastructure.
Moka'Mwad, an initiative aimed at integrating existing neighbourhoods.


Title: "Slow". Acrylic on canvas. 30x 30 cm.
Title: "Silent landscape". Acrylic on canvas. 40x40cm.
Title: "Free". Acrylic on linen.80x70 cm.
Title: "free 2" Acrylic on canvas50x50 cm.
Title: "Connected" Acrylic on canvas' 60x30 cm.
Movement acrylic on canvas 70x40l.


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Authors: Brenda Cooper
Wings of Creation
BOOK: Wings of Creation
WINGS OF
TOR BOOKS BY BRENDA COOPER
The Silver Ship and the Sea
Reading the Wind
Building Harlequin's Moon
(with Larry Niven)
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Copyright © 2009 by Brenda Cooper
A Tor Book
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Cooper, Brenda, 1960–
Wings of creation / Brenda Cooper. — 1st ed.
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"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
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First Edition: November 2009
Printed in the United States of America
To Mary Cooper
Thanks to all the readers in the Pacific Northwest who saw fit to grant the Endeavour Award to the first book in this series,
The Silver Ship and the Sea.
It means a lot to win an award from readers.
My agent, Eleanor Wood, is supportive and insightful, and I appreciate her very much.
Thanks to Tom Doherty, Bob Gleason, and the support staff from Tor. Without you, this book wouldn't have become real.
My friend Linda read through the whole draft and made excellent comments. Her sons, A.J. and Nick, both said nice things, too!
Thanks to my writing friends. The locals—John Pitts, Jay Lake, Patrick Swenson—and the Redmond Writers, who are most commonly Louise Marley, Melissa Shaw, and Cat Rambo. Thanks to my fellow researchers in the Big Books reading group, and to everyone from the Oregon Writers Network.
My partner, Toni, and her daughter, Katie, are infinitely patient and supportive. Last book, I had two dogs to thank. This time I have three. (Although I'm not sure the puppy deserves thanks—she hasn't been patient at all. But then, she's a border collie.)
My parents and my son and his family are wonderful. My futurist mentor, Glen Hiemstra, says nice things about my writing and gives me interesting ideas to think about.
There are many other people who have offered support and help of one kind or another and, although there are too many to thank individually, I am grateful for each of them. I am truly lucky in the people I work and play with.
A CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF CHELO LEE, DATED SEPTEMBER 17, YEAR 222, FREMONT STANDARD, AS BROUGHT TO THE ACADEMY OF NEW WORLD HISTORIANS. . . .
War leaves fear and loss worse than bitterlace in the hearts of everyone associated with it. There are no winners. Only scars, and for the lucky, the time to heal them. We were not lucky.
The first tale I told you detailed how I separated from my brother, Joseph, and three of the other six people that made up my heart. The second tells of the events before an even bigger sundering, after Joseph came back. He saved my life, and the life of my world, the colony planet Fremont. He won the second war fought on her soil. Not single-handedly, but he made the difference.
Joseph almost died. My children almost died. Some parts of me died.
So now I'll tell you about war, since my life is built on its bones. Then I'll tell you about the actual sundering, since you asked how I felt when we left Fremont for the Five Worlds. But since it's an old memory, I'm going to creep up on it so I can tell it fresh.
I was born during the first war of my life. That happened on Fremont, a planet big enough and empty enough and challenging enough that everyone involved could have lived there in peace. That war cost me my parents and many who might have been my friends, all gone, fleeing or killed by the first settlers, who refused to give up their claim. And who could blame them? They were, after all, on Fremont first. They went there to escape people like my parents. They lived through paw-cats and yellow snakes and earthquakes and meteors rather than face a world of shifting genetics.
At the end of the war, my parents' people had to leave seven of us behind: six children and an injured adult. The colony raised us, but made us pay for being different.
So you see, even before the Star Mercenaries came, I knew the sharp pain of war. We were beginning to lose our scars when my own father caused the second war. He sent mercenaries from Islas to kill everyone on Fremont. I cannot feel guilty for that, since he and I were separated when I was six. I didn't even see him, or know he lived, until the day he died. But I feel tainted anyway. How could I not? You see, my decisions helped further the war he started. I chose the first deaths. I helped until the day the Star Mercenaries fled my brother's strength, leaving Fremont free. That's a story I've already told, and it hurts to think about it.
So on to the sundering.
I remember how my body felt trapped. I lay strapped to an unfamiliar chair aboard the space ship
, watching the only home I'd ever known grow small in a viewscreen that hung above my head. Already the people I loved were too far away to see; their absence a sharp twintree fruit thorn thrust deep into my heart.
Akashi, Sasha, Mayah, Sky. The hot breath of my riding animal, the hebra named Stripes. The dead: Nava and Stile and Eric and a few hundred more. They might as well all be dead now, at least to me. I had no illusions I would see any of them again.
Fremont was warm, wet, and wild. The space ship,
, was cold, dry, and followed my brother's commands like a well-trained house-dog. Far more metal than life filled the hull.
Kayleen and her mother, Paloma, watched over the two children. For the takeoff, they occupied our new, tiny home—a section of sleeping compartments that shared a common room, which included four ugly benches that could each be turned into something full of restraints and support that Joseph called acceleration chairs.
Liam and I lay strapped into similar chairs in a different set of rooms, unblinking eyes fastened to the last sight we would ever have of home. We were close enough that I felt his warmth as we watched the single city, Artistos, grow so small that the view included the cliffs and the Grass Plains and the Lace River and the High Road and then even the volcano Blaze. The force of flight kept me from turning
my head, so surely Liam didn't see that a tear fell unbidden down my cheek. Even though the people of Fremont had hated us, how could they live without us to help them? Who would stop the paw-cats and tend the electronics?
My own family had cast me out. I could never know how their tales ended, and they could not know how mine ended.
My eyes stuck to the viewscreen until Fremont was only a speck around a sun and the thrust had fallen off enough for Liam and I to look at each other. He was beautiful, with honey-colored hair that fell around his broad shoulders, and his face, in profile now, showing his high cheekbones. "Is it safe?" I asked.
"To get up? I guess."
My brother, the pilot, had told us we could move around when we were no longer forced down by acceleration. Joseph had warned me, so I didn't stumble when I felt too light. I clutched Liam for balance, and he pulled near too easily, as if I were drawing a child to my chest. A reminder a ship is not a planet. At least he still smelled like himself, and still, faintly, of the Grass Plains and of hebra. For that smell, I clutched him to me, breathing deeply while I massaged the stiff muscles in the small of his back. He leaned down and kissed me, and then we stared at each other for a long time, as if breaking away would be the final movement away from home.
But of course, we eventually slid from each other's arms. There were no words for our loss. It was as great as the gulf between us and home, widening into forever.
Thirst and hunger drove us to the nearby galley for bread and goat's milk cheese and water. After, I returned to the viewing room and Liam went to check on the others. By the time I sat back down and focused on the screen, we must have turned or gone farther than I thought, and I couldn't find Fremont in the vast starfield. Just darkness and points of light that were whole suns.
So many stars. It made Fremont so small. Me so small.
Joseph had warned me of the vastness of space and how
would be a small speck of dust traveling between grains of sand on a beach of stars.
I had been made to find the positive, to see opportunity in difficulty, to lead through hope. And what better place to feel the hope of
worlds than the incredible beauty of space? I had expected to live and die on a single grain of sand. And now, now I was going off to a new future in a faraway place.
This is the loss and awe that frames this part of our story, writ large: leaving everything we knew behind, and moving through the vastness of space with our tiny, fragile family. We didn't yet know we flew toward beings more beautiful and complicated than I'd ever imagined, and so my worries were diffuse. Under the awe that filled my very bones, I knew there would be humans in space and, thus, there would be war.
I swallowed and saluted the viewscreen, then got up and went to find my family. Among humans, there would also be love. This moment was good for love.
JOSEPH: THE SHIP'S NURSERY
pace is full of stark beauty and darkness, and largely empty. But there are still surprises in it. The day our plans changed started with only the small chaos of children and a dog.
I leaned against the warm wall of the simulated sun in the nursery, hearing Chelo, my beloved sister, my best support in the whole world, laugh as she watched her son. Two modified maintenance bots trailed after one-and-a-half-year-old Jherrel as he toddled from Chelo's arms toward me. The bots looked like a cross between dogs and spiders, scuttling on four feet and holding two up, ready to save Jherrel from any emergency, including himself. It amazed me that he hadn't figured out how to wreck the whole ship yet. If he were older, he might have.
Certainly, the nursery floors and walls showed evidence of the reasons we kept the two children mostly contained; the walls were scratched and even, occasionally, slightly dented. The room smelled like bot-grease and the sweet sweat of children. "Un-cle Jo-seph!" Jherrel exclaimed at me, his mouth twisted in a huge grin. He always came to me right away when I entered the room, as if I were his favorite toy or perhaps his pet dog.
Speaking of dogs, Sasha, the black-and-white stray I'd taken from Fremont, stood by my feet. Her ribs no longer showed and her coat had grown glossy. She bent her forelegs and head down in a play bow and wagged her tail at Jherrel.
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Stranded with the Cajun (Captured by a Dragon-Shifter Book 3) by Michelle M. Pillow
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Kassie's Service by Silvestri, Elliot
Downriver by Iain Sinclair
Don't Ask Alice by Judi Curtin
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Im trying to install ALM 12.60 on a new server. On the Site Admin Database Schema page I have the following configuration.
When I click next I get the error "Error: User td exists and has a different password"
You wrote you are installing a new ALM server. Are you also using a new database server - or are you perhaps re-using a database which already contains an ALM database schema?
Do you have a Micro Focus support contract? Then please just open a case - the support team is very experienced in solving issues like this.