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By L.	Music Reviews
A$AP ROCKY – LONG.LIVE.A$AP
This is a long one, folks, so let me summarize it for you here: if you work anywhere like I work, you know that A$AP's a bit of an institution these days in popular hip-hop, and there's a reason for that. The production work on his latest album is out of this world (frequently fairly literally), and makes up for any boredom you might get from his lyrical stylings, which are mostly par-for-the course. When it's good, it's Really Cool, and that's a function of some masterful production work and A$AP Rocky's frequently surprising ability to push that musical ambition to his rhythmic advantage. Read on, and see what the heck I mean!
To the uninitiated (and really, are there any of us left?), A$AP Rocky's appeal can be difficult to articulate. "Is he a great rapper?" is inevitably the first question we want answered and, well, no. Not specifically; he talks liking his clothes, his women, his 'A$AP killers', and on very rare occasion a couple of other things – albeit with a great sense of rhythm. "Is he a fascinating man? Is he one of rap's new weirdos?" we ask as well, because of course sheer weirdness can be redemptive. Again, uh, nope, at least not lyrically. On an album that also features Kendrick Lamar (hyperventilating), Danny Brown (doing his best Muppet-on-Adderall) and Action Bronson (…"my shawty gallop in the morning on the beach like a Chilean horse"), Rocky's hardly the strangest or most intriguing figure, and we have to hope he knows it: he features those three on the same damn track. At least on a vocal and lyrical level – and this is before we confront Clams Casino and Spaceghost Purrp, the elephants in the room – Rocky can come off as more of a tour guide than a rapper. And while he did co-executive-produce the album, and he is a talented curator, Professional Sideliner isn't a promising statement for his actual rap career. So let's ask Rocky why he's cool:
"I said it must be cause a n– got dough/Extraordinary swag an' a mouth full of gold" – "Goldies"
A-ha! Mystery solved! He's rich! …And of course there's much more to it than that, but that's where any discussion of Rocky is doomed to start, if not end. A$AP Rocky (keeping in mind that this is par for the course in breakout hip-hop) is a rapper whose fame and hyper precede him to an absurd extent. To an early–career-defining extent. Come on, if you know hip-hop you have an opinion on the 24 year-old named Rakim Meyers: either you think he's a ridiculous, overhyped combination of Tyler the Creator's production palette (and pitch-tuned growls) and Kanye's obsession with fashion, or you think he's the harbinger of a new and brave sort of hip-hop, as quirkily fashion-conscious as it is concerned with repping the hood with minimalist beats. Listening through Long.Live.A$AP, and its predecessor for that matter, it's difficult not to be drawn to extremes: the initial listen is inevitably a polarizing one. Which is one way of saying that I Hated It At First, or rather maybe I hated Rocky, or perhaps his hype machine. And so the truth of the matter and the man behind the 3-million dollar mixtape – which remains an irredeemably heavy-handed marketing ploy – lies, as it always does, in an an open-minded absorption of his album. So let's drop the paper-bag-princess high-fashion and the worldwide sold-out shows and the hyperbolic interviews for now. This is marketing nonsense. Beyond A$AP Rocky's name-calling and fashion-repping, what's Long.Live.A$AP actually sound like?
Truth of the matter is, provided you're the one person that slept on Live.Love.A$AP, it sounds like nothing you've quite heard before. While Rocky's actual lyricism is your standard fashion-rapper excess ("PMW" not meaning Professional Motorsport World, apparently), the production here is absolutely out of this world. Openers "Long.Live.A$AP" and "Goldies" cleave close to Live.Love.A$AP's comfort zone, delivering hazy and disorienting beats that wouldn't have seemed out of place on Live.Love.A$AP (or Goblin for that matter), but the album absolutely explodes from there. "Lvl" and "Hell" reunite listeners with Clams Casino, the minimalist-savant producer recently hailed by Brian Eno, with back-to-back production the likes of which almost seem ill-suited to rap music to begin with – and certainly mainstream rap music, which is of course Rocky's sphere. That said, aside from "PMW", which cleaves a little too close to lounge-commercial music, the effect is completely impressive. The beat on "Lvl" washes over like rolling waves of white static, with clipped vocal samples dropping between phasing synths and a dead-slow snare hit. To his credit – and the slow realization of this reviewer – Rocky drops in single and double-time verses, halting his flow and reversing it into seemingly every vocal cadence he can, turning what could easily have been a funeral dirge of a purple-drank track into a hazily engaging stunner of a single. This all occurs before Clams closes the track with an apparently wordless and utterly haunting choral sample that is both eery, surprising and utterly appropriate. It's a fascinating beat, and unlike anything you've likely heard before. With Spaceghost Purrp out of the picture the extent to which the other producers complement – and occasionally ape – Clams Casino's bizarre production style is Long.Live.A$AP's greatest virtue, and man do they do it well. "Hell" gives us Santigold delivering "Me I want everything, it won't take me long" with a sort of detached confidence that comes off more eerily prophetic than boastful over Clams' second beat. There's a frankness to her delivery thats powerful, as there is in Rocky's when he delivers the surprisingly able "N-'s call me prophecy/swaggin' in philosophy/white on white waggin' call that mothafucka Socrates". The beat marches trenchantly forward: again it's dead slow and dusty, echoing and intentionally granular. It works beautifully. So much of the album functions this way that the hazy, detached two-step quickly becomes its M.O.: "Pain" is a slow-motion nova of synths, pulsing and swelling. The Hector Delgado, Friendzone and LORD FLACKO-produced "Fashion Killa" is absolutely gorgeous and rests two-step, snapping snares over a sunny, looping vocal sample that would do Clams Casino proud. It's likely the coolest beat I've yet heard in 2013's 14 days, and it's followed by Danger Mouse's utterly sobering "Phoenix", Long.Live.A$AP's major comedown (on an album filled with, arguably, nothing but comedowns). "Phoenix" drops uncut piano and drum samples onto Rocky's now-signature vocal echoes, concisely bringing the album back to earth in time for "Suddenly"'s last-minute centerpiece. Describing in-depth any more of the production tricks feels like a spoiler alert: if you're a fan of 'producers' albums', you can stop reading here and just buy it. Long.Live.A$AP is, for two-thirds of its running time, a masterpiece of spooky, nearly-ambient hip-hop minimalism, and a much more concise one than its predecessor. Under a good set of headphones, tracks like "Phoenix" are staggeringly cool and make a compelling argument all their own for Long.Live.A$AP's lasting contribution to pop-rap production.
That said, if you're reading along with the track listing in mind, you know I've skipped the middle third of the album, as well as Rocky's lyricism. There was a reason for that. Through all the blurriness of Long.Live.A$AP's first fix tracks, the listener is meant to sink deep into the cuts. It's relaxing and empowering all at once – that'd be the effect of dropping what's effectively a swag-rapper over such cushioned, airy beats. Track seven, "Fuckin' Problems", produced by Hit-Boy and C. Papi (Drake, weirdly, because they all need aliases), aims to change all that. In fact, for that track and the two that follow it, Long.Live.A$AP changes completely into a very weird party album. This is a tad jarring. "Fuckin' Problems" gives us 2 Chainz yelling about two sentences on repeat, Drake rapping in his surprisingly capable autotune-timbre and Kendrick Lamar warming up for "1Train" by rapping about his dick a lot. The subject matter is par for the album, but Drake, Kendrick and 2 Chainz's delivery isn't – like the astounding and preposterous "Wild For The Night" and "1Train" that follow, this is your wakeup call, and all three artists sound fully energized. If you're a hip-hop traditionalist or looking to party, these are the three tracks that could be safely hauled out and called and EP or a particularly potent workout mix. They've opted for a strange sort of pacing, but nowhere near as strange as hearing Rocky go toe-to-toe with Skrillex on "Wild For The Night"… and having it work. There's something to be said for Rocky's consistency, or at least his dead-set determination as a rapper: he might not have a whole lot going on creatively in his lyrics (and he doesn't), but I'll be damned if anyone else can keep up quite as well with Skrillex's now hilariously-familiar laser assaults. As he does with every other beat on the album, Rocky keeps Skrillex under his thumb, and this is impressive – it's easy to take for granted the way his delivery sinks into the production here, and it's easy to forget that no one else is making popular, non-underground hip-hop quite this out-there in terms of production. It's somewhat of a system-shock, then, when he brings in every other weirdo for what amounts to a drug-soaked free-for-all on the jaw-dropping "1Train". Featuring Rocky himself, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big K.R.I.T. over a string-quartet beat opulent enough that you feel Rick Ross might drop through a wall at any moment, it's astounding and astoundingly out of place in an album otherwise so locked into its spiritual center of floaty synths and ghostly snare hits. And, just as surprisingly as Rocky's safely-ignored lyricism interlocks perfectly with his delivery and the beats he chooses for himself, so does "1Train" carve out a queer niche for itself on what is definitely a deeply strange album. Not everyone could deliver words as cheap as "A$AP, get like me/never met a mothafucka fresh like me" and have them sink so deep, and so this is both Rakim's blessing and curse.
At the end of your listen, like me you'll probably note that you can't quote many of A$AP Rocky's actual lyrics, and that's fair, but the sonic presentation of the album is transfixing. Long.Live.A$AP is a very pretty thing lacking in lyrical depth, and that's perfectly alright – so long as its intentional, or at least self-aware. There's reason to believe this is the case. Throughout the album, up until "Phoenix", Rocky is flagrantly hedonistic, even approaching nihilism in the name of materialism. It's an aesthetic we've experienced before, but never over beats so isolating and eery. This isn't music to feel good to, necessarily – it's music that can evoke bleariness, disorientation and intense isolation. At times it can seem that Rocky exists in a closed universe, parallel to our own, where this sort of rampant, hollow materialism is recognized for what it is. Only production of a high calibre can draw this sort of gut reaction out of lyricism as straightforward as Rocky's – and thankfully, he has it. And only a wink and nod from the man himself can lock this sort of presentation into place – and thankfully he has that too, on the final two tracks: the strange and show-stopping "Pheonix", and the successfully autobiographical "Suddenly", which ranks both technically and lyrically as his finest track yet. Quoting the tracks here won't prove anything – go listen and see. Long.Live.A$AP's odd, personal third act begins very, very late, but there's no denying that it arrives.
So is A$AP Rocky more than that a tour guide and an event planner? Well, yes and no. The man with the 3 million dollar dreads still isn't an amazing rapper, at least not on an album scale, and his subject matter isn't going to surprise you. What will impress, and what surprised me, was the care with which Long.Live.A$AP's architecture has been constructed. Unlike Live.Love.A$AP, this one's an album, and the stakes have been raised accordingly. By turns fresh, surprising, sleepy and even hilarious, repeated listens turn Long.Live.A$AP into a pleasant surprise for 2013, and an extremely strong start for hip-hop's most mainstream angle. Too repetitive to be perfect, and lyrically non-stimulating enough to avoid becoming a classic, A$AP Rocky has nevertheless dropped a second impressive album worthy of his hype, and that's much more than can be said of many of his predecessors.
Published right here, January 2013. It's good to be back.
Tagged 2013, A$AP Mob, A$AP Rocky, Clams Casino, Fashionista Rap, Hip-Hop, Live.Love.A$AP, Long.Live.A$AP, Music Reviews, Rap, Skrillex, Swag


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The Future Of VR Explained
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Jun 26, 2018 gythaGeneral Article, technology current events
Virtual Reality is a new thing, and every big name is on this hype train. From Facebook to indie video games' companies, VR is a major factor when it comes to development and planning. What is the future of VR then, is it that big or just a passing trend?
VR Could Be Our Next Computing Platform
The majority of VR's success is currently related to gaming platforms such as HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but many big business' names (Mark Zuckerberg, for example) think that VR will be more than just a "gaming thing". He also said that VR could be "the next major computing platform", in an interview with Bloomberg last year. For now, all the social media interactions via VR are limited to VR chat, which is still related to the gaming world, but having Facebook in VR soon could definitely be possible.
Many different startups have recently opened their realms to VR when it comes to development. With mobile app development, for example, it looks like it's becoming something that important to have. UX (User Experience) could be next level if put in a VR environment.
Also, it looks like many companies are actually investing in the VR technology for training purposes (the first example that comes to my mind is of course medical-related). This is very exciting, as it brings a whole new level of possibilities.
Live Your Moments
Recently Google opened a VR division in which they are studying different applications for this technology. A particular one is related to Home Video Recording: Jessica Brillhart (a filmmaker for VR at Google) said during an interview that in the near future it will be possible to record videos in VR so you will be able to see your best moments via their headset. We will be able to never forget a single moment of our lives. That's exciting and, at the same time, a bit frightening.
The Impact On The Marketplace
VR is a huge bet on the market, or better, it was. Let me clarify: 5 years ago this was seen as a "dead-end technology", with "pointless investment potentials". Matter of fact, IDC currently states that more than 99 million AR and VR headsets will be shipped this year. We are talking about 22.4 Billion $ by 2020. Not only that, combine it with all the investments that I included in the previous paragraphs and you will see how big this technology will impact on the market. Calling out all the investors here!
Limitless Technology
VR is so cool, but it is still at its early stage of progression. Even Elon Musk said that "VR is still a new thing, give her some time and it will be part of our lifestyle". The applications are still limited, due to the hardware, which is still new and could be optimised (as the experts are saying). If you are a developer and you are passionate about Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, then you should embrace this technology, as it will be super big in no time.

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Home News Briefs Clear Channel to Offer $1.25 Bln In Notes Via Private Offering
Clear Channel to Offer $1.25 Bln In Notes Via Private Offering
Luisa Beltran
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings said late Monday that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings is selling about $1.25 billion in notes via a private offering. Clear Channel Worldwide plans to loan proceeds of the nets to another unit, Clear Channel Outdoor (CCOI), which will make a special cash dividend to Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. They, in turn, will make a pay a special cash dividend to all holders of Class A and Class B common stock, including Clear Channel Holdings and CC Finco. Clear Channel Holdings will use the proceeds to pay a dividend to its parent company, Clear Channel Communications, which will use the proceedds, as well as cash on hand, to repay debt. Clear Channel is backed by Thomas H. Lee and Bain Capital.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. CCO -0.18% (the "Company") announced today that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. ("Clear Channel Worldwide"), will offer, subject to market and customary conditions, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the "Series A Notes") and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the "Series B Notes" and, together with the Series A Notes, the "Notes") in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
The Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. ("CCOI"), and certain of the Company's other domestic subsidiaries will guarantee the Notes. The Notes will be unsecured senior subordinated obligations that will rank junior to all of Clear Channel Worldwide's existing and future senior debt, equally with any of Clear Channel Worldwide's existing and future senior subordinated debt and ahead of all of Clear Channel Worldwide's existing and future debt that expressly provides that it is subordinated to the Notes. The guarantees of the Notes will rank junior to all of the guarantors' existing and future senior debt, equally with any of the guarantors' existing and future senior subordinated debt and ahead of all of the guarantors' existing and future debt that expressly provides that it is subordinated to the guarantees of the Notes.
Clear Channel Worldwide intends to loan the proceeds of the Notes, net of the initial purchasers' discount, to CCOI. CCOI will pay all other fees and expenses of the offering using cash on hand and, with the proceeds of the loans, make a special cash dividend to the Company, which will in turn make a special cash dividend (in the same aggregate amount) to all holders of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock, including Clear Channel Holdings, Inc. ("Clear Channel Holdings") and CC Finco, LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Holdings ("CC Finco").
The Company has been informed by Clear Channel Holdings that it intends to use the proceeds of the dividend it receives to pay a dividend to its parent company, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., which will in turn use the proceeds, together with cash on hand in an amount equal to the amount of dividend proceeds distributed to CC Finco, to repay indebtedness under its senior secured credit facilities.
The Notes and related guarantees will be offered only to "qualified institutional buyers" in reliance on the exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside of the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the Securities Act and applicable state securities and foreign securities laws.
This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities. The Notes offering is not being made to any person in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
About Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is one of the world's largest outdoor advertising companies, with more than 750,000 displays in over 40 countries across five continents, including 48 of the 50 largest markets in the United States. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. offers many types of displays across its global platform to meet the advertising needs of its customers. This includes a growing digital platform that now offers over 850 digital displays across 37 U.S. markets. Clear Channel International operates in 30 countries across Asia, Australia and Europe in a wide variety of formats.


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Q: Evaluate:$\int_{l}(4z^2-2iz)dz$
Evaluate:
  $\displaystyle=\int_{l}(4z^2-2iz)dz\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,l:y=x^3+2x^2-2x$ between the points $(0,0)$ to $(1,1)$

My try:
$$\int_{l}(4z^2-2iz)dz=\int_{0}^{1+i}(4z^2-2iz)dz=\frac{4z^3}{3}-\frac{2iz^2}{2}\bigg|_0^{1+i}=\frac{8i}3-\frac 2 3$$

correct?

A: Remember that, given that your function is holomorphic everywhere, you can choose your contour to be anything you want it to be. For example, you might find a straight line between the two points easiest, or maybe go along the $x$-axis then vertically. This is because any closed contour will give $0$ integral when the integrand is holomorphic.
I'd probably try first of all just setting $z = r e^{i\pi/4}$, ie the straight line between $(0,0)$ and $(1,1)$. If this gives then same result as what you've done, then this will verify what you have done holds (in this case at least). (I'm pretty sure that what you've done is fine, just for some reason I'm slightly uneasy about it, so don't want to confirm/deny completely!)

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Sida prolifica är en malvaväxtart som beskrevs av P.A. Fryxell och S.D. Koch. Sida prolifica ingår i släktet sammetsmalvor, och familjen malvaväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Ah recruiters. If you understand their motivations and find a good one, they can work wonders. But the average and bad ones can be worse than searching yourself.
When looking for a job, you should definitely search on your own through websites like indeed.com and simplyhired.com. But you should also work with a recruiter. They can find jobs that you wouldn't find, that aren't even listed. And what's more, they can help you understand how employers will view your resume, and when talking to companies they can help explain away any red flags. They can sometimes even give good career advice, if you know how to filter what they say.
The key to working with recruiters is to understand their motives. They're middle men who are paid by commission, like used car salesmen and real estate agents. They're paid by the company that hires you, and are paid 1 – 3 months of your salary, as far as I can tell in Boston.
You might think that, because their commission will go up if your starting salary goes up, they'll negotiate a good one for you. But even if they negotiate a $5k/yr increase, they'll only see ~ $1k of that. If they spend that time finding someone else a job, they'll get a whole other commission, ~ $10k+.
The good ones will want to cultivate a long term relationship with both you and the companies they work for. But keep in mind, even good recruiters are generally non technical and don't understand any of those acronyms. And both good and bad recruiters will only get you an offer from a single company, which really reduces your ability to negotiate.
Plus, each recruiter only represents a fraction of companies in your city. Google, for example, doesn't work with any recruiters. So you always want to search on your own, even if you're using a recruiter.
When you first talk to a recruiter, describe what you liked and didn't like about past jobs. Then ask them for career advice: what sort of job do you think I'd enjoy? At what sort of company? What's a possible career track for me for the next 10-20 years? Why? Listen to their thought process. The bad (including average) recruiters won't have thought about such things, so they'll say something generic. Treat them like another job web site: they'll send you job ads and that's about it.
How do you find a good recruiter? The best way is probably to ask your friends and co-workers. If you post your resume on job web sites, they'll contact you, and you can try the test above to see if they're any good.
In the end, the best strategy is to look for jobs yourself and work with a good recruiter. Just make sure that you do a thorough search on your own before you talk to a recruiter. One of the first thing's they'll ask you is what companies you've applied to. Once you give them that list, if you discover a company they work with, you need to go through them.
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Recruiters for entry level – mid level positions are usually the types you want to shy away from. They're new to the gig and are not trusted to handle the larger accounts. If you're going for the Sr. level position – management then a recruiter is a good choice for you. Especially when it comes to relocation. A good recruitment company will help out, they usually already have connections with realtors in the area because they've relocated others before.
Sure a used car salesman can sell you a car. But you will most likely get ripped off if you do not know what you are doing. You will also feel a bit slimy working with the used car salesman.
Recruiters are just the same. You know you can get a car with dealing with used car salesmen. Why not do the same and skip the recruiters?
I'm a Software Architect at Infinio, a startup I joined in March 2012. I have also worked at Endeca on the core algorithms for their search engine, been the Artificial Intelligence Lead at Rockstar Games New England, and worked at Panjiva, ITA Software and Icosystem. Before that I was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, first at the Artificial Intelligence Lab, then at the Media Lab. And before that I was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.
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Montgomery, Ala. (Aug. 18, 2015) – Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer today announced statewide winners of the CollegeCounts Alabama's 529 Plan promotion, held in honor of 5/29 Day (May 29). A total of $16,399 in starter funds were given to parents of 31 babies, with each receiving $529 to open their child's own CollegeCounts Alabama's 529 savings account.
As part of the promotion, families of children born from May 1-31, 2015 had until July 1 to visit AL529Day.com and enter their contact information and date of their child's birth. Winners were selected statewide at random and notified in mid-July. Birth certificates/commemorative birth announcements for each child had to be submitted in order for parents to receive funds.
FinAid.org reports that the cost of college doubles every nine years, with a 2014 College Savings Indicator Study finding that – although parents surveyed initially planned to cover 64 percent of their child's college costs – most are on track to save only 28 percent of their original goal.
CollegeCounts has no minimum contribution requirements, allowing families to open accounts and save a little each month. Quality investment funds – including Vanguard, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, PIMCO, Dodge and Cox, MainStay and DFA – are available. Additionally, Alabama taxpayers may receive a generous state income tax deduction of up to $5,000 ($10,000 for married couples filing jointly) on contributions to CollegeCounts accounts each year.
CollegeCounts funds may be withdrawn and used at colleges, universities, trade schools and graduate schools at one-, two- and four-year schools in Alabama and across the U.S. – including vocational, technical, community, public and private colleges and universities – for qualified expenses like tuition, fees, room and board, books, and supplies required for enrollment.
"We hope the starter funds we provided to these 31 families spurs them to continue to invest – and help to lessen the burden of college costs for them and their children in the future," said Boozer.
For more information or to learn how to invest in your own account, please visit CollegeCounts529.com.


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Is Western Digital a Buy?
Is the beaten-down tech stock ready to rebound after being cut in half this year?
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Dec 23, 2018 at 4:22PM
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) lost about half its market value this year due to concerns about its declining HDD (hard disk drive) shipments and exposure to peaking NAND (flash memory) prices. Yet the steep sell-off reduced Western Digital's forward price to earnings (PE) ratio to 5 and boosted its forward dividend yield to 5.2%. Should investors consider WD to be an undervalued income stock at these levels, or is it headed lower?
What happened to Western Digital?
WD is the world's largest manufacturer of traditional platter-based HDDs. Its main rival in that market is Seagate (NASDAQ:STX). Over the past few years, the HDD market was disrupted by the rise of flash-based SSDs (solid-state drives), which were faster, smaller, more power efficient, and less prone to damage than HDDs.
To stay ahead of that curve, WD acquired SanDisk, one of the world's leading makers of flash memory chips and SSDs, in 2016. The move was a double-edged sword: It boosted WD's revenue and made it a leader in the SSD market but greatly increased its exposure to the cyclical NAND prices, which peaked earlier this year.
Meanwhile, decelerating demand in WD's core data center, client computing, and non-computing markets caused its total HDD shipments to fall 19% year over year (and 13% sequentially) to 34.1 million in its fiscal 2019 first quarter. WD's total exabytes sold fell 3% sequentially, as a 28% jump in flash exabytes sold failed to offset a 6% drop in HDD exabytes sold.
WD's non-GAAP gross margin of 38% during the quarter also marked a steep drop from 41% in the fourth quarter and 42.3% a year earlier. The company's HDD gross margin grew from 31% to 32%, but lower NAND prices caused its flash gross margin to drop from 53% to 44%. That's ironic, since lower NAND prices would have become a tailwind if WD still bought its chips from third-party suppliers.
These challenges clearly caught up to WD over the past year, as its revenue and earnings growth decelerated and its free cash flow (FCF) levels plunged:
Source: WD quarterly reports. EPS = Earnings per share. All percentages represent year-over-year change.
Those cyclical pressures won't ease up anytime soon. B2B trading platform DRAMeXchange expects NAND prices to continue falling for the first half of 2019 as the market faces a glut of chips amid slowing sales of smartphones, PCs, and other consumer electronics. Data center spending is also expected to decelerate worldwide, and tariffs could exacerbate the pain.
For the full year, analysts expect WD's revenue and earnings to decline 16% and 52%, against fiscal 2018, respectively. Seagate, which isn't as heavily exposed to declining NAND prices, is expected to post a milder 5% drop in sales and a 6% dip in earnings this year. That's why Seagate is only down about 10% for the year.
What's Western Digital's battle plan?
Western Digital plans to reduce its wafer output by 10% to 15% in calendar 2019, which could shield its gross margin and FCF from further declines. However, the move will also cause WD to incur a GAAP charge of $250 million to $300 million throughout the remaining quarters of fiscal 2019.
WD still sees growth opportunities in higher-growth niche markets like high-capacity enterprise drives, surveillance hard drives, and embedded flash solutions -- which each generated more than 30% year-over-year sales growth last quarter. Seagate is also focusing heavily on the enterprise storage market, which prefers cheaper drives with higher capacities to pricier SSDs with lower capacities.
WD plans to continue launching new hard drives optimized for cloud computing -- like the 15-terabyte SMR (shingled magnetic recording) -based hard drive and its new SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) -based client SSDs -- as well as embedded flash drives for higher-end smartphones.
WD bought back $563 million in stock last quarter and plans to spend up to $1.5 billion on buybacks (equivalent to 13% of its current market cap) during fiscal 2019. That's an encouraging sign of a near-term bottom, but WD's ability to keep buying back shares and hiking its dividend could eventually be hampered by its declining FCF levels, as the following chart indicates:
WDC Free Cash Flow (Quarterly) data by YCharts.
The key takeaways
WD's stock is cheap right now because it's firmly pegged to the cyclical NAND market. The situation might improve once NAND prices bottom out and trade tensions wane, but there simply aren't enough near-term catalysts for this stock yet. Therefore, I'd stick to the sidelines until the company shows more flickers of life.
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Q: Android Framework Wpa_Supplicant wpa_debug_timestamp value I need to print the timestamp value for wpa_cli log_level debug.
First I set the debug in log_level:
$ sudo wpa_cli log_level debug
 Selected interface 'wlan0'
 OK
$

After that I check the log_level:
$ sudo wpa_cli log_level
  Selected interface 'wlan0'
  Current level: DEBUG
  Timestamp: 0
$

Here always I get 0 value for Timestamp. How to get non 0 value for Timestamp?.


Landward came to film the flock at Valais Blacknose Sheep Scotland.
Prendwick Farm were present for the Northumberland county show along with some of their flock. Youngest member of the Society Olivia Wood gained a prize for young handlers. Well done Olivia!
Highland Valais Blacknose Scotland attended the Highland Sheep event in Nairn last week. A very productive day and the stand proved to be very popular as the interest in this breed continues at a high.


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Income from legacies tipped to pass £3bn by 2021, according to Legacy Foresight
Income from legacies and gifts in wills are expected to rise by 2.7 per cent per annum over the next five years to over £3bn, according to Legacy Foresight's latest market forecast. According to the latest market modelling from Legacy Foresight, the income raised through legacies is set to be worth £3.26bn to the charity sector a year, an increase of 2.7 per cent per year, by 2021.
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Postcards from Calcutta in the late 19th and early 20th century are widely regarded as belonging to the golden age of postcards. They were dominated by photographs taken by companies like Johnston and Hoffman, prints by Thacker, Spink & Co., or oleographs by Raphael Tuck and Sons – which were also based on photographs. Take for example this series of six postcards of Calcutta. The pastel shades and dramatic skies mark significant deviations from the standard images of the city that were in circulation. The artist may or may not have used photographs as reference, but unlike most photographs that depict churches, public buildings or trams, these drawings recall a city that is bustling with people. Indians and Europeans seem to share space on his vibrant canvases without indication of social hierarchy. But who is this Frank Clinger Scallan whose name appears in each one of these paintings.


Everyone appreciates a gift of sterling silver and because of its relatively low price sterling silver is a very popular gift for people to give. Sterling silver jewelry is everywhere and people will usually rely on the beauty of sterling silver to help create a memorable and long lasting gift.
But what kinds of gifts can you sell using wholesale sterling silver jewelry and what kinds of skills will you need to cash in on this very popular gift item? The uses of wholesale sterling silver jewelry are many and the options to make a profit are high if you just know what the consumer really wants in their sterling silver jewelry.
Everyone has seen the stores and kiosks in the mall with people selling sterling silver jewelry. At some point it occurs to some people that if they could find a wholesale sterling silver jewelry supplier then they too could start selling sterling silver jewelry for a living. Going into business for yourself is everyone's dream and if you find the right wholesale sterling silver jewelry supplier, and you can find an affordable location to set up shop where no one else is currently selling sterling silver jewelry, then you just may be able to go into business for yourself and become your own boss.
But there is more to it than just finding the right wholesale sterling silver jewelry supplier. You also have to know what basic pieces of sterling silver jewelry are popular and what kinds of services and extras you need to offer in order to be successful. There are reasons why you see the same kiosk in the mall year after year selling sterling silver jewelry and that reason is that they are making a profit. Here is how they are doing it.
For a minimal investment in an engraving machine you can find yourself on your way to making a good living selling sterling silver pendants with customized messages and creating memories for people. The key to sterling silver pendants is to get them thin enough where they are cost effective but yet you can still engrave safely on them. You also need to make sure you get a wide assortment of pendants that have plenty of room to engrave on them. People are not going to buy your pendants if they do not see anyplace to put a message on them.
Usually there is an engrave picture or image on the front of the pendant and then the back is left wide open for engraving. This is done on purpose. If you know someone that loves cats then get them a cat pendant with an engraved image of a cat on the front and then maybe their cat's name on the back or anything that will make the pendant a keepsake. Many sterling silver retailers make a nice living selling engraved pendants and if you have the right wholesaler then you can charge a price that is fair but gives you a nice profit.
Other sterling silver jewelry that sells well, and people like having engraved, are earrings and rings. Sterling silver is known for the ability to engrave a personal message on it and anything you can get to offer through a wholesale sterling silver distributor will be a hit as long as it shines in the light and can have a personal message engraved on it.
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Hi i used to own the faith, hope, love necklace and i t was my absolute favorite. I unfortunately left it overseas after a holiday and have never seen it since.


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Q: Lagrange method does not work $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is given by $f(x,y) = -x^2 - y^2$. Calculate $\max[f]$ subject to $x + y \leq 1$.
Define $\mathcal{L}(x,y,\lambda) = -x^2 - y^2 - \lambda (x + y - 1)$. We need to calculate $\nabla (x,y,\lambda) = 0 \implies (x,y,\lambda) = \left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}, 1\right)$.
This neither solves for $\max[f] \text{ subject to } x + y \leq 1$ nor for $\min[f] \text{ subject to } x + y \leq 1$. Why is that the case and how to calculate the two (specifically) using Lagrange multipliers?

A: The original problem cannot be solved with the Lagrange method. The constraint needs to be an equality, not an inequality.
You've actually solved a different problem, where the constraint is
$$x+y=1$$
You've obtained the maximum of the original function, constrained to the set $\{x,y\in\mathbb{R}|x+y=1\}$, which is
$$f\left(\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right) = -\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{4}=-\frac{1}{2}$$

Generally you'll need stronger methods to solve problems like your original one. Problems that include $\le$ and $\ge$ conditions are usually solved by the Simplex Method or other Linear Programming Techniques (Interior Point Algorithms, Active Set Methods, etc.). See more on the Linear Programming Wikipedia page.

Of course, this is just a toy example, and with the $x+y \le 1$ condition, the solution is clearly $f(0,0)=0$; so you don't need to apply the Simplex Method or anything complicated here.

A: A more basic approach to solve a problem like this is to check for local maxima for our function in three general areas:

*

*Interior to the domain.

*Along the smooth boundary.

*At the corners of the boundary.

We then compare values of $f$ at corners and at critical points on boundary/interior.  The largest of these will be global maximum.
A numerical approach like simplex method might be applicable to larger variety of problems, but for your example, because your function is differentiable and the boundary of the domain is smooth and easy to parameterize, we can solve it completely by basic calculus techniques.
Along boundary: $y = 1-x$.  Substituting,
$$f(x,1-x) = -x^2-(1-x)^2 = -2x^2+2x-1.$$
This function has critical point at $x = 1/2$.  Now,
$$f(1/2,1-1/2) = f(1/2,1/2) = -1/2.$$
There is no other boundary to the domain, so now we look at interior of the domain, asking when gradient of $f$ is zero.
$$f_x = -2x = 0,\quad f_y = -2y = 0,$$
which gives us a critical point of $(0,0)$ (you should verify that (0,0) is in the interior of the domain) and $f(0,0) = 0 > -1/2.$
So, the solution is $\max[f] = f(0,0) = 0.$

A: The Lagrange method requires that the involved manifolds be continuously derivable. As the restriction $x+1\le 1$ does not fulfill this requirement, we can apply the method after transforming the inequality into an equivalent equation. So we consider instead $x+y-1+s^2=0$, with $s$ a so called slack variable. The Lagrangian now is
$$
L(x,y,\lambda,s) = -x^2-y^2+\lambda(x+y-1+s^2)
$$
now the stationary points are the solutions for
$$
\nabla L = 0 = \left\{
\begin{array}{l}
 \lambda -2 x \\
 \lambda -2 y \\
 s^2+x+y-1 \\
 2 \lambda  s \\
\end{array}
\right.
$$
etc.


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Got a wave from a red zed earlier in Telford, saw you quite late but waved back.
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Guitariste et chanteur Country US né Thomas Charles Bresh, le 23 Février 1948 à Hollywood (Californie).
The versatile Thom Bresh played no less than nine instruments, including the tuba and the steel guitar; he also sang, acted, and did impressions of celebrities. Although involved in country music since the early '70s, with many hits, Bresh never made it to the loftiest heights of superstardom. The son of country hero Merle Travis, Bresh was born in Hollywood, where he debuted at the age three singing "Your Cheatin' Heart" at the Carriganville Movie Ranch. He made his feature film debut at age seven and was already learning to play guitar. At age 15, he replaced Roy Clark in Hank Penny's band and eventually replaced Hank when he retired. Bresh then became an actor/stuntman for about ten years, also playing with the Crescents in the mid-'60s.
In 1970, he formed his own road band, toured, and eventually returned to L.A., appearing in musicals such as The Music Man. He next moved to Seattle to run Merilee Rush's recording studio and co-hosted the Canadian television show Nashville Swings. He cut the single "D.B. Cooper, Where Are You" in 1972 for Kapp, recorded two singles for MGM three years later, and moved to the Farr label in 1976. There he recorded the album Homemade Love, whose title cut became a Top Ten hit and was followed by a string of Top 40 hits. In late 1977, Bresh began a four-year association with ABC/Dot Records, where he cut two albums, Kicked Back (1977) and Portrait (1978). Bresh signed to Liberty in 1983 and released a minor hit duo with Lane Brody, "When It Comes to Love." He and Brody continued working and touring together, even starring in their own TV special.
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COMMITTED: Francisco Ramirez Cruz waters Oyamel fir saplings maturing in a greenhouse on his family's ranch in La Mesa, Estado de Mexico.
On one of the scientists' early scouting trips to the region several years ago, locals suggested they meet Ramirez, a respected farmer with graying sideburns and a thin moustache who lives on a windswept hillside in Ejido La Mesa, a community that overlaps with the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve — a national park 70 miles west of Mexico City.
Scientists fear that climate change may kill off these firs altogether. A 2012 research paper co-authored by Saenz-Romero and published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management found that the area suitable for the oyamel is likely to diminish by 96 percent by 2090, and disappear completely within the reserve.
In the middle of Ramirez's orchard of apple and plum trees, the scientists helped him construct a small greenhouse, where he tends to several dozen saplings that were taken from the forest and will eventually be replanted.
On a recent blustery morning, he watered the trees with a hose while listening to the sentimental ranchera songs drifting from the house of a nearby neighbour. Then he slowly folded himself into the passenger seat of Saenz-Romero's silver pickup truck, and they headed up the mountain to check on the trees that had already been planted.
Over the last couple of decades, the area's agriculture industry suffered, partly because of warming and partly because of competition brought about by the North American Free Trade Agreement. Family-run corn and potato farms, which used to blanket the hillsides, couldn't compete with US agribusiness. Ramirez stopped planting corn because it became cheaper to buy it. For many years, he lived in Mexico City and worked in construction.


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Does Digital Storefronts Program Work – Digital Storefronts Program Review
By Cory Long
Does Digital Storefronts Program "work"?
This is one of the questions I get asked all the time.
Especially with people on the fence and looking for a Digital Storefronts Program review.
Look, I'd love it if this was a magic bullet solution.
That anyone could join our Digital Tentmaking community, achieve their dreams…
And make a bigger impact on the Kingdom than ever before.
But here's the reality.
Digital Storefronts, or any program for that matter…
Only 'works' if you do!
And with that being said…
The next question asked is…
How to succeed with Cory Long Digital Storefronts?
Here's the one big "key" behind success that I've learned over the years.
Consistency.
Because the truth behind running a business, or going into the marketplace in general…
Is that everything's on you!
It's up to you to learn. To try new things.
To grow and reach more people.
And most importantly…
To keep going, even when things get tough!
Because let's face it…
There will be days where our emotions get all outta wack.
Where life throws a million things at us, and pushes us past our limits.
And days where we feel defeated, like what we're not sure where to go next.
There's no way around it…
We have to assume that life's gonna throw the whole kitchen sink at us!
But here's the good news:
Despite all the hard times we might face…
The only way to fail in this business…
Is if you gave up completely!
See, the main difference I've seen over the years, between those who succeed and those who "fail"…
Is the ones who succeed are the ones who show up every single day.
Even after making 200 calls and getting rejected…
They still show up with a smile for the 201st.
And even if they've plugged away at building sites for weeks, only to discover they're not producing…
They ask for help or dive back into the program — whatever it takes to get them working!
And you'll hear this from all of our students who gave a Digital Storefronts Program review: to just consistently do the work – doesn't matter how fast or slow you go as long as there's progress.
Like I said, there are gonna be plenty of days where things don't go how we want.
Days where we're feeling tired and beaten up.
Where all we wanna do is relax and take a break.
Happens to me all the time too!
But however you "feel" today… it doesn't really matter.
The real question is…
Are you going to show up anyway?
Instead of asking "Does Digital Storefronts Program work?"
Ask yourself, "How can I make DSF Program work?"
If you asked me…
Consistency beats all the skills, talent and know-how in the world.
Every single time.
So next time you're feeling down…
Or you're feeling like motivation is low…
Just remember:
Showing up anyway, even if it's just 15 minutes, makes all the difference in the world.
And it will also make all the difference with how to succeed with Cory Long Digital Storefronts
Maybe it's just human nature…
But it seems like these days, we all went everything as FAST as possible.
We get frustrated when a website doesn't load in less than 5 seconds.
We're angry when the food we ordered takes longer than 30 minutes to deliver.
Heck, you can get basically anything you'd ever want shipped to your front door in 2 days or less.
Point is, we live in a world where we want everything…
And we want it NOW.
Unfortunately though…
This need for speed has carried over into all the wrong areas of life.
It's especially bad when it comes to learning a new skillset, or starting a business.
So many of us want the big changes in life to happen overnight.
Anything longer than that…
And we feel like it won't be worth the effort.
Which is a shame.
Because 99% of the time, all it takes to be successful…
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You don't even have to be the greatest at what you do.
Chances are, everyone else is going to quit after a few months.
Meaning if you're the last guy standing…
You're the big winner by default!
And this holds true as to how to succeed with the Digital Storefronts Program.
Digital Storefronts Program Review: How to Succeed in Cory Long Digital Storefronts
This video is about Nate Callen's thoughts and experience with the Digital Storefronts Program.
In this video, Nate gives advice on how to succeed with Cory Long Digital Storefronts.
He also gives a peak on how does Digital Storefronts Program work.
He believes that God led him to the right path. He was an employee for a while, then he saw our video and took his chance.
Most of 2020, he averaged 10 hours a week. When you get to the point where he's at, you can pick and choose what work you want to take on.
He said that at some point, you know your timeslots. You can add 50 hours this week if you need to. But if you're in ministry work and you don't have to do that, then stick to your 10 hours a week.
Once you build everything, it's not a time suck at all.
This process is not super difficult. If you're not technological minded, you're gonna have to learn it.
You're gonna have to put the work in.
The fact that he puts 50 hours a week in his full-time job and then add another 50 hours a week working in this business for a while, you have to expect that initially.
This isn't a get-rich quick.
This is a real business. You can actually get your time back after you build the business here.
It took him 6 months to say goodbye to his JOB. And he admits it's a little bit premature in terms of making sure we get paid all our bills and everything. He got it done, though but that gave him a push.
He advises to "keep your head down and do the work". That's how to succeed in the Digital Storefronts Program.
You'll see a lot of people asking questions.
Asking questions is fine. He learned a lot of business himself. He hasn't been a business owner BUT he was business minded.
He said that "doing it is not the same as just reading about it."
You've got to figure it out yourself. Give yourself a little patience BUT DO THE WORK.
And you'll get there.
Technologically wise, it's not super difficult. And you'll be providing a huge value to a lot of people.
So, does Digital Storefronts Program "work?"
It will only "work" if YOU put in the work.
Read more Digital Storefronts Program Review here.
Join the other Christians in the Program learn a valuable Tentmaking skill that will pay off for your family in the years to come.
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Cory Long is the owner and CEO of Yroc Consulting, a local digital marketing company based in San Angelo, TX that specializes in online marketing, SEO, web design, and social media. He has worked full time in ministry for 17 years. Bought several products teaching how to make money online but never found success until he found this model. Five years later, he has a 7-figure Digital Storefront business and has taught hundreds of people how to do this successfully for themselves.
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Is the Prisoner Swap Hysteria a sign of GOP War withdrawal Symptoms?
By Juan Cole
The United States has been continually at war since October of 2001. In many of the succeeding years, until Dec. 31 2011, The US was at war in both Iraq and and in Afghanistan.
Wars fulfill multiple functions for the US elite. They justify vast expenditures that benefit the political clients of the president. They throw tax-payer money to a small group of arms manufacturers. They can revive faded fortunes. In the last decade the Republican Party, more cautious about shooting wars in the 1950s and 1960s, became the war party.
The problem for the happy warriors among the conservatives is that they can't stop Obama from winding down America's decade of war. They continually carp that Obama should have kept troops in Iraq past 2011, while carefully avoiding any admission that it was George W. Bush who failed to achieve a Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi parliament, which was unlikely to grant one to Obama, either. Without a UN authorization, and without a SOFA, US forces fighting in Iraq would have been open to prosecution both abroad and in Iraq.
They are further unhappy that Obama has announced that as of January, 2017, there will be no US troops in Afghanistan. For the first time in over a decade and a half, the US will not be at war.
The end of the Afghanistan War makes it impossible for the US to go on holding prisoners from that country's Taliban regime of the 1990s, like the five former officials released on Sunday to Qatar. These individuals faced no trials either in the US or internationally. There were no grounds on which to continue to hold them. Letting them go 18 months early to retrieve the last US soldier held in enemy hands was not a difficult decision, given their imminent release in any case.
The five former officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were not terrorists. They were state actors. The US civil code defines terrorists as non-state actors. State actors can be war criminals, in which case the US could refer them through the UN Security Council to the International Criminal Court. But it makes nonsense of language and law to brand them 'terrorists.' After World War II, tens of thousands of German Nazis and Japanese militarists taken prisoner during the war were repatriated by the allies. Where they dragged their feet, using the POWs for slave labor, the Red Cross complained that they were violating their 1929 Red Cross obligations. The US released many persons initially held as Class A war criminals, such as Nobusuke Kishi (the "Showa-era Devil"), without trial. He later became prime minister of post-war Japan.
Now we have the Geneva Conventions, which Obama argued apply to the prisoners at Guantanamo. The Geneva Conventions require that POWs be promptly released at the end of hostilities.
Obama clearly saw this prisoner swap in the light of the imminent end of hostilities in Afghanistan, as an early implementation of steps that would have to be taken swiftly in 2017 anyway, to meet US treaty obligations under international law. Those politicians demanding that officials of the former Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan remain in Guantanamo forever with no charges filed against them and after hostilities have ceased are asking for a Star Chamber, for something that is un-American and which is illegal in US law.
The Republican Party, with the exception of its Libertarian wing, has become so wedded to perpetual war that it has been thrown into a fit of hysteria by this release of former Afghan officials. The hysteria has even led to the ridiculing of Bergdahl's father for having a beard, which its anchor likened to Taliban beards. Categorizing American critics of a war as the enemy is the most wretched sort of demagoguery; Henry David Thoreau went to jail rather than pay a poll tax for Polk's Mexican War; was Thoreau a stealth Mexican? GOP leaders are having war withdrawal. That is the real reason for the firestorm of protest they have raised, none of it based on law or high-minded principles. Indeed, one of the functions of war for the GOP has been to allow them to sidestep that pesky rule of law thing (admittedly, not a temptation the Obama administration has entirely avoided, either).
We have been treated to fearmongering and alarmism of the sort the Bush-Cheney administration routinely engaged in throughout their 8 years, in an attempt to reduce the courageous American public to a quivering mass of submissive fear. If terrorism is the attempt to terrify people into submission for political purposes, it was Bush-Cheney who engaged in it.
The former Afghanistan government officials who have been released are not exactly spring chickens. The idea of them on the battlefield, while not impossible, is not a foregone conclusion. They are hated in Afghanistan itself. Releasing them to Qatar's supervision is better than simply letting them go, as the president in office in 2017 would have to do.
The GOP has to get over it. We won't be at war much longer. And if their platform is again in 2016, as it was in 2012, that the US should have retained a division each in Iraq and Afghanistan and should intervene militarily in Syria and other conflicts as well, I think they will find that the public is just as unenthusiastic about that platform two and a half years from now as it was a year and a half ago.
Fox News: POW Bergdahl's Dad Looks Like a Taliban Member
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — In 1831, a 25-year-old Alexis de Tocqueville left France to study prisons in the United States and, by turn, to search for America's essence. He interviewed presidents, lawyers, bankers, settlers, and even the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The book that resulted from his nine-month journey, Democracy in America, professed wonder at the young nation's civic institutions but also fear that American democratic culture might contain the seeds of its own demise. "America is great because she is good," de Tocqueville wrote, "and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great."
In 2013, twelfth graders at Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia took up the French historian's warning with "half-closed, half-open eyes," as a student named Imani put it. They had spent the first quarter of their American Government class reading about the evolution of U.S. democracy in the United States. In the second quarter, they used Democracy in America as a model for researching and presenting their own observations about the state of democracy in 21st century America.
Every student (48 in all) would produce a mini-book of three chapters on topics of their choosing, explained Joshua Block, their teacher, in his assignment overview. Each chapter was to include a 750-word narrative, multimedia, quotes, and citations. Finished books would appear online, accessible to the public. Students would publish under a "Utopia" (imaginary) name—"Imani So Poetic," "Daniel from Two Street," "Martez from Uptown."
Civic education as active inquiry
In a school where inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection are core values, these twelfth graders understood the challenges Block's assignment posed. Launched in 2006 as a partnership between The Franklin Institute and the School District of Philadelphia, the 450-student Science Leadership Academy has won national recognition for its "one-to-one project-based laptop" instruction and its deep commitment to inquiry.
"Asking questions, learning by doing, presenting—these are built into everything we do at SLA," explained Kristi ("de UCity"). "Inquiry and reflection literally happen 24/7 here."
Joshua Block's assignment also reflected his personal beliefs about civic education. "Civics education should not merely be students learning 'how the system works,'" the award-winning teacher said. "Democratic education needs to teach citizens the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze, organize, mobilize, and have their voices heard. Teaching history and teaching about society as if they are static entities fails to acknowledge the world we live in."
Money and power. Immigration. Media bias. Incarceration. Failing schools. Racism. Violence against women. Unresponsive government. As they began identifying "social constructs" to observe, students summoned examples like these from their lived experience.
Consistent with the SLA teaching philosophy, Block assumed the role of facilitator. He provided students with links to more than 70 articles, books, and websites to inform and push their thinking. The starter prompts he tossed out might have shown up on a college exam: What are the results and impacts of inequality in the U.S.? What does the U.S. government prioritize? What should it prioritize? How do people gain power in U.S. society?
On such subjects and more, these Philadelphia high school seniors had a lot to say.
"Henry from West Philly" argued in his first chapter that America's long struggle with race was joining with a new struggle "where wealth trumps all." His second chapter, an analysis of money and politics, began: "America is corrupt. There, I said it. Money in America has corrupted politics in America." As evidence he pointed to the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, the surge (and scourge) of Super PACs, and the self-interested donations of billionaires. In the third chapter, "Pretty Things," he argued that the American citizen's lust for material things has made the once-attainable American Dream near impossible.
"Kristi de UCity" began by questioning patriotic allegiance to a government that often treats its citizens with disrespect—citing sexual assaults against women in the military as one of the most flagrant abuses. Then she examined gender differences in incarceration: since pregnancy and depression make female inmates especially vulnerable, they need more institutional supports than men, she argued. In her third chapter, Kristi looked at the collusion between government and elite corporations in repressing "democratizing media." If those in power accept "the filtering done by elite and local media, [the] lack of transparency," she asked, what did that say about the government?
In one of her chapters, Imani examined what she calls the "war on brown boys." "America picks and choose who they give democracy to and African Americans are one of the groups [left out]," she wrote. "White America fears African American men and they use their skin complexion as a reason to commit violent acts against them."
"Jasmin de Philadelphia" stepped back to dissect how American's views on immigration have changed over time. Later, when analyzing how difference and change are viewed in the U.S. and why it matters, she quoted Noam Chomsky: "Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so."
To fulfill the assignment's multimedia requirement, students tracked down video clips, strong images, political cartoons, and posters that would add punch to their words. "It was the best kind of hunt," one said. Some also produced their own short videos or gathered and taped the opinions of other students. When Jasmin asked classmates for their views on federalism vs. states' rights in relation to minimum wage laws, she found that most had given the subject little thought, but they became "passionate about what they were saying" when she explained what was at stake.
What do students at SLA think about state vs. federalism and minimum wage?
Summing up their two-month investigation, these modern-day de Tocquevilles concluded that the troubles of today's democracy run deep. "It's hard to know where to start," said Imani. "The ties between money and politics are so overpowering." They were hopeful about democracy's future, the students agreed—but "if and only if we raise our voices," as one declared.
"I've learned that it is the feisty people who get things done," said Jasmin. When proposed cuts to the Philadelphia school budget threatened to "strip what's left of education in this city," she and other students across the city rose in protest. "The more our generation speaks out, the more hope I feel for democracy and change," she said.
"I started this unit close-minded," Imani confessed. "I didn't believe democracy in America existed." Her mind opened, she said, when as part of her investigation she watched a video in which members of the Young Lords Party stood up for Puerto Rican rights. "Oh! Okay. I get it now," she remembered thinking. "Whatever the odds, you got to speak up." Now she realizes why it matters to vote in local, not just presidential, elections, she said.
Have these students' views changed on what democracy means? Democracy itself has changed, they replied. "We can't really sit here and say 'Democracy is this,' when it's gonna change over time," said Henry. Whatever the era or political context, he reasoned, the challenge is to realize that "we too have power in the face of powerful people."
"I feel like we're at a point of inflection when it comes to democracy," Victoria explained. "We aren't where we used to be and we're not where we might need to be." What matters, she said, is to act on the belief that democracy means "for the people and by the people."
For Kristi, the chance to be 21st century de Tocquevilles had itself provided an exercise in democracy. "It may seem like a little thing, but we wrote our chapters as if our voices mattered," she said. "And they do. We made our voices heard. Like Mother Teresa says, we are all drops in the ocean."
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the weirdest food people actually eat!
Separate one hog's head into halves. Remove eyes and brains. Scrape head and clean thoroughly. Place in large kettle and cover with 4-5 quarts of cold water. Simmer gently for 2 to 3 hours, or until meat falls from the bones. Skimm grease carefully from the surface; remove meat. chop fine, and turn liquor. Season with salt, pepper, and sage to taste. Sift in corn meal, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened to the consistency of mush. Cook slowly for 1 hour over low heat. When sufficiently cooked, pour into greased oblong pans and store in a cool place until ready to use. Cut in thin slices and fry until crisp and brown. Makes 6 pounds.
Clean and scrape hog's head and wash thoroughly. Wash and trim tongue. Cover head and tongue with slightly salted water and simmer until meat falls from the bone. Drain meat, shred, and season. Pack tightly in bowl, cover, and weigh it down. Let stand 3 days in a cold place. Slice. Makes 6-8 pounds.
My friend's Dad used to keep a huge jar of liquid in the refrigerator, and just take pulls off it all day. He would pour whatever was leftover liquid in there after every meal. So, "THE JUG" could contain any kind of juice, leftover coffee, tea, beer, wine, soda, soup, sauces, gravies, literally anything liquid. He added and added to it for YEARS. He said it was always a new taste experience and surprise, because the proportions of ingredients were always changing.
We would joke that, because he never let "THE JUG" go completely empty, potentially there could be one molecule left in there from the original coffee that started it off, but that it was highly unlikely after so many years.
My friend's sister has been known to dip raw hot dogs into chocolate shell and eat them after they have been refrigerated.
My own sister loves icing and will eat it plain and warm. At one point we caught her with a tub of icing she had been keeping under her bed for four monthes and was still eating out of!
When I was a kid I had a friend that ate mustard on everything: ice cream, jello and other oddities. But the grossest thing was waterbugs... she'd dip um in the mustard and crunch um... yuck! Thats how I remember her name.
My husband used to eat this as a snack all of the time. He would take unhulled sunflower seeds, drench them in Worcestershire sause and then sprinkle garlic salt on it for some added flavoring. He had to eat it up before his mom found out, though, she thought it was too gross.
My friends mom has always been "unique" in general, so it didn't surpise me that she enjoys putting slices of chedder cheese in her morning coffee. When the coffee is gone, she slurps down the glob of melted cheese.
Mix together all ingredients. Bake in greased loaf pan at 350 for about 1 hour.
I'm a born-n-bred Southerner and had the gall to haul off and marry a Northerner! I was raised on chocolate gravy and biscuits which is my most favorite food of all time. This stuff is the greatest! My husband won't even stay in the house when I make it or eat it though!
Biscuits: 1 or 2 cans of "whop" biscuits (these are the ones that come in the little tube at the store and you have to "whop" them on the counter to open the tube.) Bake as directed.
Mix dry ingredients in shallow pan on stovetop until they're completely combined. Add milk and stir. Cook on medium to medium high heat until it bubbles and thickens. Add butter and vanilla. Stir. Chunk up biscuits and pour chocolate gravy over the top. Enjoy!
Oh....and you'll need a bucket....if you like it as much as I do, then you'll eat till you explode!!!
I was really interested in reading those recipes and must add my own. Being Pennsylvania Dutch, I grew up on pigs stomach, pickled pigs feet and some disgusting concoction called head cheese, which looks exactly like a combination of snot mixed with rubber cement. I don't have the head cheese recipe, but I do know how you make pig stomach, which by the way I absolutely love.
The problem is that although it's not a one person meal, no one will taste it to see if they like it. I was a little reticent myself, but it is sssoooo good. By the way, to the Pennsylvania Dutch (for which this dish is a norm) it is called "hog mawl" You order the pig stomach from the butcher. He has to soak it to kill off the enzymes. You chop up equal parts of potatoes, onions and country sausage (not breakfast links or Italian, it's a main dish sausage). Stuff the stomach and bake until it is brown and crispy on the outside. To serve, you slice it just like roast. Hmmm... Good.
When I was a child, I sometimes spent the night with my Mamow (Grandmother) and Papow (Grandfather). We always had fried chicken for supper. My job was to decide how brown to let the gravy get. Light brown gravy was called "pooting gravy" and dark brown gravy was called "farting gravy" (My grandparents were from the country).
For breakfast, we ate biscuits with melted butter and sugar inside or we mixed butter with Kayro syrup and spread it on white bread. My Mamow also fried Treet Meat (it's like SPAM).
The best part was when my Papow poured coffee out into his saucer and let me sip it. He would sip it too and say" Aaahmmmm - that's good!"
I grew up in Wyoming. We were at a restaurant one day ( I was like 10) and my father orders a plate of Rocky Mountain Oysters. Now, ladies and gentlemen, these are NOT real oysters. Of course, I didn't know what they were, so when the plate of deep-fried things came out (they look kind of like chicken tenders) I dug right in. After I'd eaten like 5 of them (they do taste kind of like chicken) my father tells me what they really are. This could only happen in Wyoming. Rocky Mountain Oysters are deep-fried bull testicles. Ew. Even though I like the way they taste, I can never quite get passed that.
I've only had this once or twice as a child, but my favorite soup was Progresso lentil with chocolate pudding mixed in. It was a result of an an accident while eating, and actually tasted pretty good at the time. This next one isn't so weird, a nice kaiser roll spread with mayo, lots of garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, thinly sliced sweet pickles, and cold deli roast beef. Finally, I absolutely LOVE warm cornbread with butter and ketchup. No one else who has tried it has liked it, alas.
Blend first 3 ingredients. Add remaining ingredients and chill.
A really great dish, actually: Make a couple of pancakes with Bisquick or whatever. Put a slice of any cheese in between (make sure it melts well) -- then cover the whole deal with a decent spaghetti sauce.
Like a lot of the stuff on the list, it's really not as weird as it seems.
Dissolve Jell-O in hot water. Add cold water and vinegar; stir. Add Cayenne pepper and the salt. Stir til all dissolved. Chill until slightly thickened. Whip with a beater until fluffy and light. Mix in cottage cheese and mayonnaise. Drain pineapple and fold into Jell-O mixture. Chill until firm.
Directions: Stir boiling water into gelatin. Dissolve completely. Stir in dry-roasted leafhoppers. Pour mixture slowly into 13 x 9 inch pan. Chill at least 3 hours. BLOX will be firm after 1 hour, but may be difficult to remove from pan.
Cutting blox: dip bottom pan in warm water 15 seconds to loosen gelatin. Cut shapes with cookie cutters all the way through gelatin. Lift with index finger or metal spatula. If blox stick, dip pan again for a few seconds.
I first tasted this unique dish when I was about 10 years old. It is Moose Nose Soup. It's considered a delicacy for the elders in my nation. First you need a moose nose and its tongue. Burn and scrape the hair off the nose on a open camp fire or use a blow torch. Cut the nose and tongue into cubes and boil for about an hour. Add onions if you wish. I enjoyed this soup, but people find it gross. Well you're missing out.
Two slices of dense, crusty plain bread. Butter them. Cover one slice with thinly sliced Mars Bar (slightly warmed is better). Add chopped chunks of sweet & tart green apple (in UK Granny Smiths are good). Cover with second slice of bread.
Enjoy with mug of warm tea.
I have known several Dutch families who eat white sugar sprinkled on buttered white bread. The other things I've seen them eat are chocolate or coloured sprinkles (the type you would use for decorating cakes) or sliced strawberries on buttered white bread.
3. Put ingedients in blender until smooth.
Preheat oven to 375. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture and insects, mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Loved the page... Now I don't feel so alone in the food world anymore. My favorite comfort food comes from when I was so broke in college it was all I could afford to eat. A couple slices of the cheapest bread you can find, Lays potato chips (the flat one, not the rippled ones), Miracle Whip, and tons of pepper. Assemble and squash together so the chips don't fall out. Yum! I also like a sandwich with mashed potaotes mixed with canned corn topped with cottage cheese on bread spread with hot sauce and cracked pepper. Can't beat it!!!
Neat page. Differences can be the keys to understanding. So anyway. Fried calms and a hot fudge sundae, clams, sundae; clams, sundae. It still sounds strange, even to me and I've been enjoying it for years.
My Dad demands to eat his cherry cobbler mixed with his Pinto beans.
He says it's delicious. He grosses us OUT!
Take a waffle or pancake, butter it, pour maple syrup on it. Fry up some eggs so the yolks are runny, and pile it on top of the waffle, then put ketchup, bacon, sausage, grape jelly, another waffle or pancake and more syrup.
Another one of his favorites when he has the munchies, he makes a chip sandwich of white bread, miracle whip and Doritos chips. When he eats ramen noodles, he crushes up saltine crackers in them. He also likes grilled cheese sandwiches with miracle whip melted with the cheese. And sometimes he hase grilled tuna and cheese sandwiches.
He is also known for putting Ketchup on EVERYTHING. He puts it on a plain piece of bread or tortilla or scone and eats it. He mixes it in his mac and cheese. He even eats it on his pancakes when we run out of syrup. But i guess that is not as bad as putting it on ice cream like I have heard a few people doing.
Of course I have some strange eating habbits myself. I like to eat apples, peanut butter, and cheese, all put together. I also like the peanut butter and banana sandwich. When I was pregnant with my first child, I craved like crazy: old soggy mushy tacos from burger king...the ones they are supposed to throw out cuz they're too old to sell them...my husband used to work there and I made him save some for me when he got off work. Now they make me sick. Another pregnancy craving I had was for Baby formula, but of course I didn't eat it.
A pack of 30 kids lived in our neighborhood in the 1950s. At Erv's we'd have vanilla ice cream with plain Saltine crackers crumbled into it.
At grandma's we'd have jello made double strength & frozen into popsicles (especially elegant in lime on a hot sunny day eaten directly after swimming in the river).
At our house, we'd take wonderbread, butter it, put about 1/4 inch of brown sugar and some sliced bananas on it, and flatten another piece of bread on top of that (you must flatten this thing).
At sam's, we had graham crackers with chocolate frosting on them. Sometimes we took rose petals from a garden and put them in lettuce salads. One time, we made wintergreen berry cookies: very, very bad.
My favorite sandwich is any trad thanksgiving leftovers stuffed into a hard roll: turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, olives, sweet potatoes WITH the marshmallow madness still attached all glommed together. Mmm...mmmmm GOOD.
When I was a kid, my mother would boil Polish sausage, and serve it with saurkraut and mashed potatoes. The ingredients never had enough color to suit me, so I would add about 2 ounces of ketchup right in the center of the three items, then mix them all together with my fork into a pink mass before eating it.
This had several advantages. Any extra heat was soaked up by the cooler ingredients and by the mixing. The spiciness of the Polish sausage and the sourness of the saurkraut were made milder by the mashed potatoes. The uniform pink color was broken only occasionally by the brown disks of sliced sausage. And the flaky, stringy saurkraut added a proper level of interesting texture.
In a large skillet or wok, heat the oil. Then lightly fry the hornworms, about 4 minutes, taking care not to rupture the cuticles of each insect under high heat. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Season tomato rounds with salt and pepper, then coat with cornmeal on both sides. In a large skillet, fry tomatoes until lightly browned on both sides. Top each round with 2 fried tomato hornworms. Garnish the paired hornworms with a single basil leaf.
I get cravings for peanut butter, mayonnaise and bacon sandwiches every now and again. I also enjoy going to Wendy's and ordering french-fries and a chocolate milkshake, and dipping the fries into the drink. When I get in this kind of mood, my friends ask me if I'm pregnant!!
Mix and serve with Ritz crackers.
- Either spread the ice cream on the bread, or dip it: delish.
Fry the onions & peppers in the butter. Remove from pan and set aside. Add oyster liqor to pan over medium heat. Add oysters and cook 2-3 minutes. Add peppers and onions. Cook until heated through. Pour in eggs. Cook until set. This goes great with potatoes fried 'til crispy in bacon grease!
Really enjoyed your page, Kell.
Cut the meat from one side of a pig's head in one piece. Soak it in cold water overnight and boil it (15 minutes per pound) with a head of cabbage. Score the skin and bake the face, skin side up, at 350 F. until the cracklings are crisp and well browned. Chop the drained cabbage and arrange on a platter about the face. Serve with a sauce made from the pan drippings.
2 tablespoon minced fresh herbs -- parsley, mint, thyme and/or tarragon.
Directions: Mix all ingredients for the marinade in a nonreactive baking dish. Add the Orthoptera, cover, and marinate overnight. When ready to cook, remove the insects from the marinade. Pat them dry, for ease of handling. Assemble each kabob, alternately skewering the insects, tomatoes, and onion wedges to create a visually interesting lineup. Cook the kabobs two or three inches above the fire, turning them every two or three minutes and basting them with additional olive oil as required. The exact cooking time will vary, depending on the kind of grill and types of insects used; however, the kabobs should cook for no longer than 8 or 9 minutes.
I have a Language Arts teacher who will eat ketchup with anything and everything. She pours it on her ice-cream cake, her pancakes, her coffee (ew,ew,ew!), and many other rancid combinations. My classmates and I are still revolted by the things she eats!!
P.S. Don't eat what you cannot comprehend.
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Topic: yet another fan problem.
Re: yet another fan problem.
a very kind chap said that to me when the fans were stuck on. but is it the same now there not on? and would that effect any other part of the system like that?
Topic: not your adverage fan problme...somone please help!
Re: not your adverage fan problme...somone please help!
ah great thanks for that...is it somthing that i can buy seperate or am i going to need to replace the whole fan?
not your adverage fan problme...somone please help!


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Q: How to get shipping price with Woocomerce API? I am developing an application allowing customers of an online store to purchase products.
I have to base myself on the already existing Wordpress site, which uses the Woocommerce plugin.
I use the API REST of Woocomerce and I want to recover the delivery methods. For this we can use the endpoint "shipping/zones/1/methods" of API.
The problem:
I recover the different delivery methods well but on some methods, I do not recover the delivery costs (I need it to display it to the customer).
In the result of the API request, we see that for the "Colissimo avec signature" method, I have the costs but not for "Mondial Relay":
[
{
        "id": 5,
        "instance_id": 5,
        "title": "Colissimo avec signature",
        "order": 4,
        "enabled": true,
        "method_id": "lpc_sign",
        "method_title": "Colissimo avec signature",
        "method_description": "
Une signature sera nécessaire à la livraison
\n",
        "settings": {
            "title": {
                "id": "title",
                "label": "Titre",
                "description": "Nom de la méthode de livraison que le client verra sur le tunnel de commande.",
                "type": "text",
                "value": "Colissimo avec signature",
                "default": "Colissimo avec signature",
                "tip": "Nom de la méthode de livraison que le client verra sur le tunnel de commande.",
                "placeholder": ""
            },
            "title_free": {
                "id": "title_free",
                "label": "Titre si gratuit",
                "description": "Nom de la méthode de livraison que le client verra sur le tunnel de commande si la méthode est gratuite. Laissez vide pour garder toujours le titre standard.",
                "type": "text",
                "value": null,
                "default": "",
                "tip": "Nom de la méthode de livraison que le client verra sur le tunnel de commande si la méthode est gratuite. Laissez vide pour garder toujours le titre standard.",
                "placeholder": ""
            },
            "shipping_rates": {
                "id": "shipping_rates",
                "label": "Frais",
                "description": "Frais selon le poids",
                "type": "shipping_rates",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0,
                        "max_weight": 0.25,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 6.7
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.25,
                        "max_weight": 0.5,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 7.4
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.5,
                        "max_weight": 0.75,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 8.2
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.75,
                        "max_weight": 0.75,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 8.75
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.1,
                        "max_weight": 0.2,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 9.6
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.2,
                        "max_weight": 0.3,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 10.44
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.3,
                        "max_weight": 0.4,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 11.29
                    },
                    {
                        "min_weight": 0.4,
                        "max_weight": 0.5,
                        "min_price": 0,
                        "max_price": 10000,
                        "shipping_class": [
                            "all"
                        ],
                        "price": 12.13
                    }
                ],
                "default": "",
                "tip": "Frais selon le poids",
                "placeholder": ""
            }
        },

    },
 {
        "id": 11,
        "instance_id": 11,
        "title": "Mondial relay",
        "order": 4,
        "enabled": true,
        "method_id": "flexible_shipping",
        "method_title": "Flexible Shipping",
        "method_description": "
Flexible Shipping
\n",
        "settings": {
            "0": {
                "id": 0,
                "label": "Flexible Shipping",
                "description": "See how to configure Flexible Shipping.",
                "type": "title",
                "value": "",
                "default": "",
                "tip": "See how to configure Flexible Shipping.",
                "placeholder": ""
            },
            "title": {
                "id": "title",
                "label": "Shipping title",
                "description": "Visible only to admin in WooCommerce settings.",
                "type": "text",
                "value": "Mondial relay",
                "default": "Flexible Shipping",
                "tip": "Visible only to admin in WooCommerce settings.",
                "placeholder": ""
            },
            "tax_status": {
                "id": "tax_status",
                "label": "Tax Status",
                "description": "",
                "type": "select",
                "value": "none",
                "default": "taxable",
                "tip": "",
                "placeholder": "",
                "options": {
                    "taxable": "Taxable",
                    "none": "Aucune"
                }
            },
            "title_shipping_methods": {
                "id": "title_shipping_methods",
                "label": "Shipping Methods",
                "description": "",
                "type": "title_shipping_methods",
                "value": "",
                "default": "",
                "tip": "",
                "placeholder": ""
            },
            "shipping_methods": {
                "id": "shipping_methods",
                "label": "Shipping Methods",
                "description": "",
                "type": "shipping_methods",
                "value": "",
                "default": "",
                "tip": "",
                "placeholder": ""
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I want to clarify that Woocomerce is well configured and on the website it works correctly.
Do you have a solution ?
If not, do you have any other alternative?
Otherwise, I intend to mark the delivery costs in hard, in the application. I know, it's not good but I count on your help to offer me a better solution.
Thank you in advance !PI


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