05 | November | 2014 | GameXcess.net - Gaming News, Videos and Editorials!
You're in a stadium watching your favorite team. They're behind by several points and everyone is worried. Then "We Will Rock You" starts to play and the crowd unifies in cheering. You should hear comedian Robert Whul talk about this song. There's no other way to describe its effect on a crowd. Hearing it makes a crowd ready to follow anyone. Well, who are we going to follow? We're going to follow Freddy Mercury. Then we're going to follow the Master Chief.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming November 11, 2014 exclusively to the Xbox One.
We're less than a week away from the launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on the Xbox One and to celebrate that release, Microsoft has released this trailer. If you had any question about picking up this game collection, you need to watch this.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming November 11th, 2014 exclusively on the Xbox One.
Nintendo Directs are a great way for Nintendo to provide a special connection between themselves and their customers. They're great for product announcements, previews and more. Today, Nintendo has just released an all new one, detailing some of their plans for the next year. If you've been hoping for a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, you might want to play extra attention to the beginning of the video.
Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Iwata.
The seventh downloadable clothing pack for the quirky Xbox One exclusive adventure title D4 has been released on the Xbox Games Store and it will be free of charge for just two weeks before it is removed forever.
The seventh downloadable content pack is made up of two exclusive pieces of DLC, a "Happy Wars" costume pack and facial hairstyle set. You can download both of them free of charge right now.
If you haven't downloaded the 6th DLC pack, it is still up for download as well. Comprised of two pieces of DLC, the third facial hairstyle set and a "Wind-up Knight" Costume Pack. Get it now before it is taken down in a week. That content is also free of charge.
D4 is out now exclusively on the Xbox One.
A highly anticipated system update for the Playstation 4 was just released. Version 2.01 includes all of the new features brought in by 2.00, but promises fixes a serious issue the PS4 was having with Rest Mode.
The software's official documentation merely mentions that the new system software "improves system stability" but users that were having issues with the PS4 while it was in Rest Mode say the problem appears to have been addressed.
The new system update is not currently required to use the Playstation Network but if you happen to have version 2.00 installed on your PS4 I would recommend updating it immediately anyways.
We're less than a month away from the release of Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX, which will contain no less than two full games from the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and the remastered cinematics from one other, so what better time to talk about it?
The Kingdom Hearts series has had a very clear timeline, but unlike some series, the games have had a tendency to interweave their stories across games, making it difficult to determine just what was happening at some points, or where a scene would place along the overall timeline of the franchise. Well, worry no longer as GameTrailers.com has released one hell of a well researched hour long video on the official Kingdom Hearts timeline. For fans of the franchise, it's a great trip down memory lane and for newcomers it can help set the stage on just what the stakes are when Kingdom Hearts III is released for the Xbox One and Playstation 4.


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The Burden of Proof: Who's Responsible For Bed Bug Lawsuits?
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Jury verdicts are now over hundreds of thousands of dollars.
All based on theory that the hotel did nothing to protect it's guest.
These verdicts and many more settlements are all based on the law that a hotel has to have the highest standard of care for its guests, yet did nothing to prevent bed bugs.
You Must Do Something To Protect Your Guests.
For $25.00 per room, you can now, not only kill bed bugs and their eggs for one year ($0.07/day), but you can prove that your property was effectively protected using our Bed Bug Killer solution.
First, management may at any time go into any treated room with the lights off and using a black light see the exact areas which have been sprayed. That allows management to verify that all rooms and all necessary areas in all rooms have been treated.
Second: One can also show a guest (or their attorney) that the room had been previously treated by showing them the written record and then seeing for themselves with the black light. Remember, any area after shampooing after a spill or illness will have to be retreated.
Each room is given a numbered "Record of Application" which is signed and dated by the employee applying the product for each numbered room. Applied Science Labs will then issue a written "Certificate" for that room number or area such as lobby, break room, child care room, etc.
These documents demonstrate the owner's reasonable efforts to prevent bed bugs. They further establish that it is highly unlikely that the guest was first bitten by bed bugs in this room given the scientific testing behind the product and proof of room treatment.
1. Protection against bed bugs for one year.
2. Able to be applied by your in-house personnel without any respirator or protective clothing.
3. Application takes about 10 minutes for small hotel room. Not necessary to move large furniture.
4. Application may be made by a clean hand pump sprayer of backpack.
5. Dries fast. Invisible. Odorless. Very safe for employee spraying room.
6. Safe for humans, infants, immune compromised individuals, pets, plants, furniture, and fabrics.
7. Works on fleas and other small insects.
8. Room can be rented in less than one hour.
9. Able to vacuum room. Shampooing will remove product and it will have to be reapplied.
10. Ultraviolet marker in product to prove it was applied.
11. We work with you to provide written certification that each individual room was treated.
12. We work with you and your employees in the application process.
13. When confronted with the written documentation that the claimant or guest's room was treated with a one year preventative, attorneys will not risk pursuing a contingent fee case.
14. Delivered by US Mail as a concentrate or ready to use.
A one year scientific field trial of our bed bug preventative completed by Dr. Jeffrey Brown and his team at the American Academy of Entomological Services proved there were no live bugs during monthly inspections despite evidence of bed bug carcasses. In the 13th month, bed bugs were released into a treated room and they died quickly.
Contamination Prevention Technologies, Inc., and our team of scientists, have for over seven years been providing technologies and products to major pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Amgen to eliminate and prevent mold, bacteria, viruses and biofilm. We are extremely pleased to partner with a group of scientists from Applied Science Labs who have created, tested and perfected the only known all-natural product that will guarantee bed bug prevention for one year.
Our solution is an all-natural protein which, when it comes into contact with a bed bug, melts the exoskeleton (skin) of the insect causing it to die almost immediately. This protein is mixed with a very porous silica sand. The final solution is harmless to humans, infants, pets, immune compromised individuals, furniture, plants, fabrics and the environment.
After a room (carpet, baseboards, mattress, furniture, drawers and closet) is sprayed, the room is now protected from any bed bug brought in by a guest or their luggage. The room can be rented within one hour. There is no odor.
When a bed bug attempts to crawl across the treated carpet, it bumps into a piece of the silica sand causing the liquid protein to spill onto the bug's exoskeleton causing immediate bleeding out of the bugs insides and death. Such a mechanical kill means the bed bug will never become resistant or immune.
Preventing bed bugs means preventing lawsuits, legal claims and a loss of business. Bed bug lawsuits have been successful, because plaintiffs' lawyers have been able to prove that the hotel did nothing to prevent bed bugs. Before, you couldn't do anything to prevent bed bugs.
Now, you can conclusively show that you have been proactive and "more than reasonably careful" (ie. exceeded the reasonable standard of care) to protect your guests and hotel rooms, other hotel common areas such as restaurants, waiting areas, lobby areas and furniture etc. from bed bugs for at least one year with a reasonable cost, 100% nontoxic, non-allergenic product.
The purpose of this prevention program is to "prevent a guest from being able to find a lawyer that would take their bed bug claim on the basis of a contingency fee arrangement". You can now overcome allegations of negligence at the beginning, making it highly unlikely that any lawyer will pursue a claim.
Click on the image below to view the testing certification from the American Academy of Entomological Sciences (AAOES).
This testing certifies our bug killing product is "non-toxic according to EPA GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) standards and qualifies for 25 (b) rule exemption" and is "effective in the elimination and prevention as to the insect pests indicated on the label".
The American Academy of Entomological Science (AAOES) is considered the "Gold Standard" for bug testing laboratories and any findings and certification attributable to this facility would be considered to be accurate, without question.
to achieve their pest control product objectives, and to provide third party independent testing services for new products entering the marketplace.
The Managing Director of the AAOES was Dr. Jeffrey Brown, who has since retired and who was considered to be one of the foremost forensic entomologists in the world.
Before his retirement, Dr. Brown also served as the Bureau Director and State Medical Entomologist for the State of Mississippi, had an extensive career in private industry and served with distinction in the military where he received a tri-service commendation medal from the Department of Defense for his work on creating Disease Vector Ecology Profiles.
The military found Dr. Brown's DVEP's to have a major impact on the health of military personnel worldwide, due to diseases of public health importance.


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So Jan killed Alouette and now Prairie has a vendetta against Jan.
Let's hope Jan gets his head ripped off, part of the spine along with it would be a bonus.
Prairie had chased Jan toward the Battle Arena... only to find herself now within the arena.
"So I lead you here." Jan said,having a experimental assault rifle.
"Let's see what you got..." He aims the rifle at Prairie.
"..." Prairie remained silent, tightly gripping the beam rapier that once belonged to her sister.
"FIRE!" The rifle opened fire as bullets stopped in mid-air a few feet in front of Jan.
Prairie kept the beam rapier in a guarding position.
Jan released the trigger and all the bullets were flying right at Prairie.
Prairie tried deflecting the bullets with the beam rapier, trying to keep evasive by moving her body around to dodge shots.
Jan unleashed another volley of bullets at Prairie with the assault rifle...without the bullets pausing.
Prairie strafed to the side, blocking any shots coming at her along the way. She rushed at Jan.
Jan kept firing at Prairie with the gun.
Prairie slid, using the rapier to block any incoming shots. She jumped up, delivering an uppercut with the rapier.
Jan spun to the side and stuck a pistol at Prairie's left torso,about to fire.
Prairie reacted quickly, forcing her torso parallel to the pistol whilst making a stab.
Jan spun again,having the pistol on her right torso,firing again.
Prairie pulled her torso back, placing her rapier in front of the pistol.
"Hrm..." Jan fired at her hand holding the rapier,planning to disarm her.
Prairie had already drawn her hand to the side, preparing for a strike.
Jan ran backwards,having many bullets fired to pause in the air.
Prairie delivered a heavy slash, sending a wave of energy at Jan before going on the defensive again.
Jan fell to the ground,hurt..he released the trigger,making all the bullets go to Prairie which were surrounding her.
Prairie spun, trying to deflect the bullets... only to have two impact with her leg.
She gripped her leg as it began to bleed.
"Hehehehehe....I love to see your blood." Jan said and fired the rifle which does not need to be reloaded.
"Muahahahaha! I am unstoppable." He boasted.
Prairie limped while trying to strafe, still deflecting the shots with her beam rapier.


European Journal of Mineralogy (2015) 27 (4): 511-520.
Sphalerite from Carlin–type gold deposits in Zhaishang, western Qinling, China, exhibits colour banding ranging from light to dark brown. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron-probe microanalysis show that such sphalerite banding is caused by variable Fe incorporation. A linear relationship exists between grey-scale level in photomicrographs and Fe content, thus allowing the extraction of Fe compositional length scales from high spatial resolution banding. Hurst exponents and Lyaponov exponents were measured using this technique. In the outer banding region, the measured Hurst exponents range from 0.20 to 0.41 with an average of 0.32, indicating fractal scaling and anti-persistent behaviour. The values of the Lyaponov exponent range from 0.0254 to 0.0757, with an average of 0.0468, revealing weakly chaotic behaviour in the oscillatory banding pattern. Analysis of the multifractal spectrum from the inner to outer bandings indicates that, compared with the inner and outer areas in the bandings of sphalerite crystals, the middle area exhibits a greater degree of fractal behaviour. The fractal dimensions can be taken as a quantitative indicator of temperature. Furthermore, zoning patterns may reflect chaotic behaviour in a nonlinear non-equilibrium system.
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Pia Sundhage on Hope Solo comments: 'I'm going to Rio, she's going home'
Sweden coach Pia Sundhage fired back after Hope Solo's controversial postgame comments at the Olympics.
SI Wire
Following United States goalkeeper Hope Solo's controversial postgame comments after losing to Sweden at the Olympics, Sweden coach Pia Sundhage had some words of her own.
Sundhage coached the U.S. from 2008–2012, including a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, and piloted her native Sweden to a win on penalty kicks Friday. Team USA was knocked out of the tournament with the loss and Solo called the Swedish team "a bunch of cowards," citing their defensive-minded tactics. Her comments instantly caused controversy, and when asked, Sundhage didn't mince words.
"I don't give a crap," she told reporters. "I'm going to Rio, she's going home."
Solo followed her initial comments with a statement to SI's Grant Wahl.
Solo, 35, helped lead the United States to the 2015 World Cup title and also started in goal for the 2012 Olympic team that won gold.
Sweden will play the winner of Brazil and Australia on Tuesday in a semifinal match.
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What is the first thing that attracts you when you visit a retail store? The door of course! To make businesses shine, retail stores install storefront doors at the entrance. Commercial storefront doors can boost your business and can play a great role in making your retail store successful. Always remember, the entrance of any business or commercial building is a reflection of you and your business.
Storefront doors come in different styles and can be difficult to choose at times. So, before you choose your store's front doors, let us first understand the different types of commercial storefront doors.
Metal storefront doors are made of either steel or aluminum. Commercial steel doors can withstand a lot of abuse and traffic and are best for loading areas or entry points which require a high level of security check. They are long-lasting and affordable, but they are not as stylish as other doors. Aluminum doors, on the other hand, are most commonly used in entrances. They offer a sleek and modern look and are a cost-efficient way to have a good-looking entryway. Both metal and aluminum storefront doors offer plenty of security.
Glass storefront doors are the most commonly used entry doors for most businesses. Glass doors can help your building look big and modern. Glass storefront doors come with a single door or double glass doors which lets customers sneak a quick look at what is inside the building. It is, in fact, a wonderful way to showcase the interior of your store to the customers. Glass sliding doors are best for larger stores and offices, as it helps to make entry and exit easier. Adding a glass door can increase sales and attract new customers to your store.
Here are some of the benefits of having a glass storefront door for your business.
Provides Security-Glass doors can offer extra security to your business. Since it is more exposed to outsiders, it discourages unwanted intruders.
Increases Traffic-People usually like to enter a store once they know what products they offer. Glass storefront doors allow you to showcase your product and in turn increase customer traffic. Your business can make huge profits if customers are given enough reasons to come inside your retail store. Glass storefront doors will give you the opportunity to showcase your products and services in exciting ways.
Improves energy efficiency- In addition to all the benefits, commercial storefront doors made of glass also help to reduce the cost of businesses as well. This is possible because of using insulated glass which increases energy efficiency and reduces utility bills, apart from giving a modern look to the building.
Increases sales- Commercial storefront doors made of glass will help customers to see what goods and services you offer, and this entices them to come inside and view your products.
Versatile- Commercial storefront doors made of glass are extremely versatile, as it allows you to showcase products or signage or any promotions that you are offering to your customers. Signages look very attractive on a glass storefront door, so you can use them to attract potential customers and also announce promotions, discounts, and sales.


Jose María del Nido, president of Sevilla football club, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for embezzlement and perverting the course of justice, the club said on Thursday.
A lawyer by trade, Del Nido was accused of charging the local authority in Marbella millions of euros for work that was either unnecessary or never even carried out between 1999 and 2003.
The 56-year-old was first sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for the crimes by a provincial court in Malaga back in 2011.
Sevilla confirmed on Thursday that his appeal to the Supreme Court had only been succesful in reducing that sentence by six months.
"The criminal chamber of the Supreme Court has sentenced the lawyer and president of Sevilla FC, Jose Maria del Nido, in the so-called 'fees case', relating to services rendered to the local authority in Marbella," said a statement on the club's website.
"The High Court has only reduced the sentence imposed on Del Nido by the Provincial Court in Malaga that ruled on the subject in 2011 by half a year."
Del Nido has been in charge of the Andalusian club since 2002 and oversaw one of the most successful spells in its history as it won back-to-back UEFA Cups in 2006 and 2007.
Sevilla did not comment any further regarding Del Nido's future, but Spanish media reported that he will not step down to concentrate on his legal battle.


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Q: Bounds on Maclaurin series of $e^{-x^2}$ This is a problem from a textbook:

By taking the 4th degree Maclaurin polynomial for $e^{-x^2}$ find an approximation to $\int^1_0 e^{-x^2} \,dx$. Place bounds on the error in this approximation.

The first part is done by substituting $-x^2$ in series
$$ e^{x}  =  1 + x + \frac{x^2}{2!} + \frac{x^3}{3!} + \cdots $$
yielding
$$e^{-x^2} = 1 - x^2 + \frac{x^4}{2!} + \cdots $$
Integrating gives
$$ \int^1_0 e^{-x^2}\,dx \approx x - \frac{x^3}{3} + \frac{x^5}{10} \bigg|^1_0 = \frac{23}{30}$$
Which is correct according the answer. However, I do not know how they have computed the bound,

error < $2.38 \times 10$

May someone explain? Thank you so much!

A: The reason is that your sequence
$$1 - x^2 + \frac{x^4}{2!}- \frac{x^6}{3!} + .... = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^k x^{2k}}{k!}$$
is alternating. In this case, if you use the first $n$-th term to approximate the value, then the error will be bounded by the $n+1$- term. (I hope this is proved in your textbook). In your case, the next term will be (forgetting the negative sign)
$$\frac{x^7}{7\cdot  3!}\bigg|_0^1 = \frac{1}{42} \sim 0.0238095....$$

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Supreme Court Hears Case that Could Undermine Protections for LGBTQ, Minority Faith Communities
By BTL Staff|2020-11-04T12:57:36-05:00November 4th, 2020|National, News|
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today held arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case involving a taxpayer-funded agency seeking a ruling that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services — such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more — to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim or Mormon.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania, representing the Support Center for Child Advocates and Philadelphia Family Pride, intervened in support of the city, which is being sued by Catholic Social Services, a taxpayer-funded foster care agency that will not accept same-sex couples in violation of the city's non-discrimination requirement. CSS has asked the court for a constitutional right to discriminate that would allow taxpayer-funded foster care agencies to turn away qualified families who don't meet their religious test because they are LGBTQ, of a different religion, don't go to church or any other reason.
"We already have a shortage of foster families. Allowing agencies to turn away families for reasons that have nothing to do with their ability to care for a child would only make it worse," said Leslie Cooper, deputy director of the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project. "When an organization chooses to accept taxpayer dollars to provide a government service, it doesn't have a right to pick and choose who it will serve. The stakes in this case couldn't be higher for LGBTQ people, who face the possibility of the Supreme Court creating a constitutional right to discriminate against us in every aspect of our lives. And the court could open the door to discrimination in any taxpayer-funded program."
"For the families in Philadelphia Family Pride, this case is first and foremost about kids. We work with the City of Philadelphia, private agencies that work with children in our foster care system and LGBTQ parents," said Stephanie Haynes, executive director of Philadelphia Family Pride. "We work together to find members of the LGBTQ community who want to become foster parents to help meet the need. When a foster care agency says no to families based on the agency's religious beliefs, it denies children families who are willing and able to care for them. When agencies are getting tax dollars to find families for children in foster care, religious beliefs should not come before the needs of the children."
Some foster care agencies have religious objections to accepting people of different faiths, including the largest taxpayer-funded foster care agency in South Carolina, which accepts only evangelical Protestant Christians and has turned away Jewish and Catholic families. Over 1,000 people and organizations joined friend-of-the-court briefs in opposition to CSS's claims, including all of the major child welfare groups, clergy and religious organizations representing diverse religious communities, former foster youth, and nearly half of the states and dozens of cities and mayors.
About the Author: BTL Staff
Between The Lines has been publishing LGBTQ-related content in Southeast Michigan since the early '90s. This year marks the publication's 27th anniversary.


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Q: How to check if sp_rename is done successfully? I am running the following query:
SELECT * INTO dbo.2015_10_2_cs FROM dbo.2015_10_2

IF NOT EXISTS
(SELECT type FROM sys.indexes WHERE object_id = object_id('dbo.2015_10_2_cs')
AND NAME ='cci' AND type = 5)
BEGIN
    CREATE CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX cci
    ON dbo.2015_10_2_cs
    DROP TABLE dbo.2015_10_2
    EXEC sp_rename "dbo.2015_10_2_cs" , "dbo.2015_10_2"
END

and I want to make sure that the part where I am renaming the table dbo.2015_10_2_cs to dbo.2015_10_2 is done successfully (without losing any data).
The step inside the loop should be surrounded with SQL transaction to keep the process safe and reliable (in case if any step will fail).
Could anyone help with this? Thanks in advance.

A:
EXEC sp_rename "dbo.2015_10_2_cs" , "dbo.2015_10_2"

This will not do what you expect. The new table will be named [dbo].[dbo.2015_10_2] if you specify the schema name in the new table name. Renamed tables are implicitly in the existing table's schema since one must use ALTER SCHEMA instead of sp_rename to move an object between schemas.
There are a number of other problems with your script. Because the table name starts with a number, it doesn't conform to regular identifier naming rules and must be enclosed in square brackets or double quotes. The literal parameters passed to sp_rename should be single quotes. You can also check to stored procedure return code to ascertain success or failure. The example below performs these tasks in a transaction with structured error handling.
DECLARE @rc int;
BEGIN TRY
    BEGIN TRAN;
    IF NOT EXISTS
        (SELECT type FROM sys.indexes WHERE object_id = object_id(N'dbo.2015_10_2_cs')
        AND NAME ='cci' AND type = 5)
    BEGIN
        CREATE CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX cci
        ON dbo.[2015_10_2_cs];
        DROP TABLE dbo.[2015_10_2];
        EXEC @rc = sp_rename 'dbo.[2015_10_2_cs]' , '2015_10_2';
        IF @rc <> 0
        BEGIN
            RAISERROR('sp_rename returned return code %d',16,1);
        END;
    END;
    COMMIT;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
    IF @@TRANCOUNT > 0 ROLLBACK;
    THROW;
END CATCH;

A: You can use an EXISTS checking for the tablename and schema.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 'table does not exist' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'2015_10_2'AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'dbo')
BEGIN

    RAISERROR('The table doesn''t exist!!!!', 16, 1)

END

sp_rename won't make you lose table contents, it will just change the table reference name and update all it's contraints and indexes references. It will also raise an error if the table to rename does not exist. Maybe what you want is to wrap your process in a transaction and rollback if something fails.
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For basic transaction handling you can use the following. Please read the documentation for using transaction, it might take a while to know how it works correctly.
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Test') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE #Test

CREATE TABLE #Test (Number INT)

SELECT AmountRecords = COUNT(1) FROM #Test -- AmountRecords = 0

BEGIN TRY

    BEGIN TRANSACTION

    -- Do your statements here

    INSERT INTO #Test (Number)
    VALUES (1)

    DECLARE @errorVariable INT = CONVERT(INT, 'NotAnInteger!!') -- Example of error: can't convert

    COMMIT

END TRY

BEGIN CATCH -- If something goes wrong

    IF @@TRANCOUNT > 0 -- ... and transaction is still open
        ROLLBACK -- Revert statements from the BEGIN TRANSACTION onwards

END CATCH

SELECT AmountRecords = COUNT(1) FROM #Test -- AmountRecords = 0 (the transaction was rolled back and the INSERT reverted)

Basically you use BEGIN TRANSACTION to initiate a restore point to go back to if something fails. Then use a COMMIT once you know everything is OK (from that point onwards, other users will see the changes and modifications will be persisted). If something fails (you need TRY/CATCH block to handle errors) you can issue a ROLLBACK to revert your changes.


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Q: How to get Azure Service Bus message id when sending a message to a topic using Spring Integration After I send a message to a topic on Azure Service Bus using Spring Integration I would like to get the message id Azure generates. I can do this using JMS. Is there a way to do this using Spring Integration? The code I'm working with:
@Service
public class ServiceBusDemo {
    private static final String OUTPUT_CHANNEL = "topic.output";
    private static final String TOPIC_NAME = "my_topic";

    @Autowired
    TopicOutboundGateway messagingGateway;

    public String send(String message) {
        // How can I get the Azure message id after sending here?
        this.messagingGateway.send(message);
        return message;
    }

    @Bean
    @ServiceActivator(inputChannel = OUTPUT_CHANNEL)
    public MessageHandler topicMessageSender(ServiceBusTopicOperation topicOperation) {
        DefaultMessageHandler handler = new DefaultMessageHandler(TOPIC_NAME, topicOperation);
        handler.setSendCallback(new ListenableFutureCallback<>() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess(Void result) {
                System.out.println("Message was sent successfully to service bus.");
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Throwable ex) {
                System.out.println("There was an error sending the message to service bus.");
            }
        });

        return handler;
    }

    @MessagingGateway(defaultRequestChannel = OUTPUT_CHANNEL)
    public interface TopicOutboundGateway {
        void send(String text);
    }
}

A: You could use ChannelInterceptor to get message headers:
public class CustomChannelInterceptor implements ChannelInterceptor {

    @Override
    public Message<?> preSend(Message<?> message, MessageChannel channel) {
        //key of the message-id header is not stable, you should add logic here to check which header key should be used here.
        //ref: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/tree/main/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-starter-servicebus#support-for-service-bus-message-headers-and-properties
        String messageId = message.getHeaders().get("message-id-header-key").toString();

        return ChannelInterceptor.super.preSend(message, channel);
    }

}

Then in the configuration, set this interceptor to your channel
    @Bean(name = OUTPUT_CHANNEL)
    public BroadcastCapableChannel pubSubChannel() {
        PublishSubscribeChannel channel = new PublishSubscribeChannel();
        channel.setInterceptors(Arrays.asList(new CustomChannelInterceptor()));
        return channel;
    }


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Have you ever wondered what you're houseplants are thinking? Well, thanks to this cool gadget, your houseplant can now tweet. By using Twitter, your houseplant will communicate with you via the Internet. The Botanicalls DIY Plant Twitter Kit easily translates all dialect of 'houseplant' to English.
So how does it work? The original breakthrough was made when the chief scientist at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) was trying to communicate with a patch of catnip by using a super computer.
"I CAN HAZ TWITTER?" said the plant. This confused the scientist, but his granddaughter was able to figure out that the plant wanted to Tweet! Plant who tweet don't have much to say, but they do request that you water them and thank you once you have.
Fact or fiction? Who knows, but this fun toy is perfect for a techie gardener who is feeling stir crazy during the long winter months!
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Geography of Madagascar
The Big Island of Madagascar is cuted from north to south by a mountain range with an altitude ranging from 1000m to 1500m in the malagasy highlands. From the highland to the west of Madagascar on the Mozambique Channel side is the largest, occupied by low-lying plains.
On the other hand, from the highland towards the East of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean side, occupied by cliffs abruptly flattened on the coasts.
Indeed, the Highland altitude towards the East and the West has created a catchment basin of Madagascar and almost all the rivers and streams of Madagascar flow either in the east coast part or the west coast part.
The north of Madagascar is volcanic from a culminating point on Tsaratanàna to 2876 m altitude which is the highest peak of Madagascar.
The south of Madagascar semi-arid is divided into three parts such as the Southwest, occupied by uplands of limestones, the South point, occupied by the dry plains and the Southeast, by the Anosyan chains.
All these geographical characteristics condition a wide choice of theme travel in Madagascar.
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Seventh, China and ASEAN need to rev up exchanges in culture, technology, environmental protection and other areas so as to consolidate the foundation for bilateral friendly cooperation, added the Chinese premier.
These proposals, said Li, is a policy declaration of a new generation of Chinese leadership on the development of China-ASEAN relations over the next 10 years.
China will continue to work with ASEAN to cement strategic mutual trust, deepen all-dimensional cooperation, achieve common development and open a new chapter in bilateral ties, added the premier.
Li noted that since China and ASEAN established a strategic partnership 10 years ago, they have seen their political mutual trust deepening steadily, practical cooperation advancing rapidly and people-to-people exchanges expanding consistently.
In addition, the two sides helped each other to deal with the international financial crisis and fight against major natural disasters, he said, pointing out that the record has demonstrated that advancing China-ASEAN cooperation accords with the interests of both sides.
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ASEAN leaders spoke highly of China's adherence to good-neighborliness, commitment to assisting its neighbors through self-development, and contribution to regional prosperity and stability.
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During the meeting, the two sides released a joint statement to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN strategic partnership.
Li arrived here earlier in the day to attend the ongoing series of East Asian leaders' meetings and visit the country, the first leg of his first Southeast Asia tour since assuming premiership in March.
The trip will also take him to Thailand and Vietnam.
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This question is legitimate, but off the mark.
In fact, the data tells us that we should not be worried about going into recession.
What we should worry about instead is how to get out of the recession. Because, like it or not, the recession is already here and the sooner we acknowledge the problem, the sooner we can start the recovery.
According to ABS, trend Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in Australia in the second quarter of 2015 was 0.5%.
This was only marginally below the rate observed in the first quarter of the year (0.6%).
The implied annual growth rate of GDP is therefore around 2%.
While considerably below the long-term average of 3.25% a year, trend growth is still positive, which means that Australia is not technically in a recession.
Economists technically define a recession as a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.
This occurs rarely in an advanced economy like Australia.
The last time Australia was technically in recession was 24 years ago, when trend growth turned negative in the third quarter of 1990 and did not go back to positive until quarter four of 1991.
Before then, trend growth was negative for five quarters between 1982 and 1983, for two quarters in the middle of 1974, and for four quarters between 1960 and 1961.
However, while not being technically in a recession, Australia today shows most of the symptoms of recession.
Reload: what does the data say?
First of all, trend GDP is by construction smoothed.
However, recessions (and expansions) are cyclical phenomena that are better represented by seasonally adjusted GDP.
In the second quarter of 2015, seasonally adjusted GDP in Australia grew by a mere 0.2%, sharply down from the first quarter when it grew by 0.9%.
That is, seasonally adjusted data suggests that the country is much closer to the beginning of a technical recession.
Second, seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Income (GDI) showed negative growth of -0.4%.
This is particularly worrying because GDI is statistically more reliable than GDP as a predictor of the cyclical fluctuations of the economy.
Third, and probably even more importantly, indicators of an individual's welfare are taking a turn for the worse.
The second quarter of the year saw a negative growth in GDP per capita (-0.2%) and net national disposable income per capita (-1.2%).
These negative income dynamics add to persistently weak labour market performance.
The ABS labour force survey shows that in July 2015, seasonally adjusted unemployment reached 795,500 units.
This is the highest level since November 1994 and approximately 125,000 units higher than at the peak of the global financial crisis (June 2009). The corresponding unemployment rate was 6.3%.
In the same month of July 2015, youth unemployment increased to 13.8%. This was the first monthly increase since the beginning of the year.
Perhaps this is not technically a recession, but certainly it looks, smells, and feels a lot like one.
The government, however, seems to be in denial.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann is reportedly "very optimistic about the outlook moving forward".
Unfortunately, the fact that Canada is in a technical recession and other resource intensive countries are suffering from falls in commodity prices does not make the situation of Australia any better.
Conversely, the business sector seems to have understood the reality of the situation.
This is evident, for instance, in the declining levels of business confidence and conditions reported by the NAB Monthly Business Survey of July 2015.
The good thing about recessions is that, generally, they end.
The bad thing, instead, is that their effects are felt proportionally more by households at the bottom end of income distribution.
Another bad thing is that the consequences of a recession (in terms of unemployment, reduced welfare for instance) tend to outlive the recession itself.
For all these reasons, some form of intervention would be desirable; but how?
In Australia's case, the empirical evidence clearly indicates that fiscal stimulus works: for each dollar spent by the government, GDP increases by more than one dollar.
In fact, already now, what has prevented the country from recording negative GDP growth is good old Keynesian spending.
Government final consumption grew by 2.2% in the second quarter of the year and 4% since the beginning of the year.
Public gross fixed capital formation increased by 4% in the second quarter.
Without this extra public spending Australia would have probably experienced its first quarter of negative growth.
Certainly, Australia also has structural problems that condition its longer-term performance and that a fiscal stimulus will not solve.
But the stimulus will improve the short-term outlook, restore confidence, and create favourable socioeconomic conditions to undertake structural reforms.
To get there, however, an initial step is required: the government must get past its denial of the problem. Let's hope that this happens sooner rather than later.
Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School , Griffith University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.


In the hospitality industry, cleanliness is of the utmost importance to keep up a favourable reputation. However, being an around-the-clock business means that cleaning efforts have to be carried out swiftly and discreetly so as not to interfere with a hotel guest's stay in any way.
When it comes to carpet cleaning, heavy traffic and exposure to high levels of dirt, spills and stains make this a high priority area for hotel cleanliness. But it's not just about vacuuming here and there – a proper carpet cleaning service will ensure a job that is thorough without interrupting the daily activities of the establishment.
Here are just some of the priorities that hospitality cleaning programmes need to consider in order to ensure clean, well-maintained carpets at all times.
Above all areas in a hotel, these see the most action. In guest rooms, carpets are constantly exposed to a wide range of dirt and potential for stains, including coffee, cosmetics, hair products, lotion, blood and ink. During guest changeovers or scheduled cleaning times, these stains need to be identified and tackled immediately with the right cleaning action that will not only remove the stain, but also take care not to damage the fabrics.
When hosting weddings, parties, conferences, meetings or training sessions, special cleaning considerations need to be taken into account to ensure a thorough clean-up of carpets that may be soiled with anything from alcohol and food, to candle wax and confetti.
These areas receive a high amount of foot traffic requiring frequent cleaning, however, cleaning hotel corridor carpets needs to be done in a way that is unobtrusive to guests who may need to access these areas at any given time. Planned cleaning schedules should therefore not intersect with floors that have a high volume of guests and need to take advantage of low peak traffic hours.
These are the areas that your guests don't necessarily see such as service hallways and stairways. But just because they don't see them, it doesn't mean they should be neglected. Just as much as any other area in a hotel, back-of-house carpets see a lot of action too, if not more, and therefore require regular up-keep to maintain its overall cleanliness, appearance and longevity.
Besides carpeting, hotels and motels also have a number of other floor surfaces to consider in their cleaning regime, including tiles, hardwood or laminate flooring and stone. Upholstery is another consideration to keep benches, lounge chairs, bar stools and all furniture in guest rooms in good condition. Regular deep cleaning of these surfaces is absolutely necessary to keep guests as comfortable and satisfied as possible.
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The Slovakian National Security Authority on Thursday warned that PyPI, the repository for Python software packages, has been hosting malicious software libraries.
The group's cybersecurity division, SK-CSIRT, identified 10 fake libraries designed to dupe developers through typosquatting. The names of the malicious libraries are almost identical to legitimate libraries, in the hope that fat-fingered command-line typing will summon the compromised code.
Typosquatting sounds like an unlikely method to spread much malware, but the effectiveness of the technique was demonstrated in 2016 by Nikolai Tschacher, who was an undergraduate student at the University of Hamburg at the time.
For his bachelor's thesis, Tschacher explored the feasibility of typosquatting attacks on programming language package registries, specifically Python's PyPI, Node.JS's npm and Ruby's gem.
By creating 214 versions of popular packages with misspelled names (eg, "reqeusts" instead of Python's "requests"), he was able to distribute thousands of fake code libraries.
Malware creators have taken the lesson to heart. For two weeks in July, npm hosted about 40 malicious Node.js packages. And in a similarly developer-focused attack, a Chrome extension developer's account was hijacked, which allowed the attacker to poison trusted code.
The risk of compromised software package registries has been known for several years, but efforts to reduce this risk have been lackluster.
These packages have been downloaded multiple times since they were first uploaded in June 2017, SK-CSIRT said.
The cybersecurity group said the attack's success depends upon developers or system administrators failing to thoroughly check the names of the packages they're installing. The group also blamed it on the "pip" tool, which does not require any cryptographic signature and is designed to execute arbitrary code during package installation.


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Q: a-b trees reason for requirement of a <= (b+1)/2 The definition of a-b trees says

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*2 ≤ a ≤ (b+1)/2

*Each internal node except the root has at least a children and at most b children.

*The root has at most b children.

Now can anyone explain the reason for the requirement a ≤ (b+1)/2 ?.

A: Well a≤(b+1)/2 is equivalent to 2a≤b+1 or 2a-1≤b.
The interval from a to 2a-1 is the smallest interval for which the rebalancing algorithm used for (a,b) trees actually work. Picking actual value for b greater than the minimum can affect the space utilization in the nodes and the complexity of the actual rebalancing part in the delete/insert operations but the algorithm will still work.
Lets say for example a=k and k>=2. If we pick value for b less than 2a-1say 2a-2=2k-2.
The Insert rebalancing part says :
If the node you are inserting into already has b keys and they become b+1.
If the overflowing node is the tree root :
    create two new nodes, copy into each half the root entries
    put into the root pointers to these two new  nodes with the key that separates them.

Else
    create a new node
    move half of the entries of the overflowing node into the new node
    insert a pointer to the new node in the upper neighbor

Now if b=2a-2 overflow occurs when you need to add one entry in node with 2a-2 entries leaving you with 2a-1 entries total. If you split the node one of the nodes will be left with less than a entries creating an underflow in the node which is a problem. If b was the minimum possible value for b which is 2a-1 then overflowing node will have "total" 2a entries which you can split into two nodes which have exactly the minimum a.
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For more concrete example lets say you could make a (a,b) tree with a=3 and b=4 which is less than 2a-1. Then If you want to store exactly 5 values in your tree how are you going to do it? You cant put all the values in one node because they are more than 4. But you cant split into two nodes either because only one of the two nodes will have 3 entries and the other will be underflowing(2 entries only which is prohibited).
Another simple example is if a=2, then the minimum value of b is 3. If b was 2 this means that the node must have always 2 entries which is not achievable.


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  # Logs in the given user.
  def log_in(user)
    session[:user_id] = user.id
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  # Returns the current logged-in user (if any).
  def current_user
    @current_user ||= User.find_by(id: session[:user_id])
  end

  # Returns true if the user is logged in, false otherwise.
  def logged_in?
    !current_user.nil?
  end

end


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Darcie Mead and Max Baggio. - Credit: Archant
HARPENDEN'S Max Baggio walked away from the Delancey British Alpine Championships in Meribel, France having retained and added to his collection of titles.
The 18-year-old British Junior Team skier won the British Under-18 Super-G and Downhill titles finishing ahead of numerous senior athletes in a field containing several members of the French World Cup team.
Baggio said: "This year for me has been really tough, with a lot of cancelled competitions due to poor weather conditions.
"We have had to work really hard to get the right amount of training and racing in throughout the winter, but I have accomplished what I set out to do at the start of the year by representing Team GB at the European Youth Olympics, improving my rankings and defending my national titles.
"The fact that I've added a couple of new ones is an added bonus and largely thanks to the support team I have around me and the equipment I've had from my sponsors this year, especially my speed skis from Atomic, which have been amazing.
"I am looking forward to next year already and pre-season where I have a lot of work to do as the challenge is even greater, but more exciting."
Finishing off a highly successful National Championships, Baggio also won the Under-18 Giant Slalom Title, finishing ahead of close friend and British team-mate Billy Major.
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Henri Bourgeois - La Porte De L'Abbaye Pouilly-Fume 2018
Producer Domaine Henri Bourgeois
Blend 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Region Loire Valley
Appellation Pouilly Fume
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This wine is concentrated and very fruity while also being stylish and elegant. It displays its elegance, fruitiness, white fruits, light citrus and is very persistent on the palate. Utterly clean, crisp, minerally and thirst-quenching, this is a perfect example of classic Pouilly-Fume. Made of 100% Sauvignon Blanc, Pouilly-Fume is the direct neighbor of Sancerre, typically with more clay in the soil but the same climate and riverside influences.
After a gentle pressing and 24 hour settling of the juice, the wine ferments in thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks at 15-18 C. These long fermentations give more intense and delicate aromas. The wine then needs five months of maturation on its fine lees at cool temperature before bottling.
This Pouilly-Fume comes from the chalky-clay hills of Saint-Andelain, peak of the appellation where grape growing dates back to the Roman era. Its terroir is made of hard calcareous rock which gives Pouilly-Fume its minerality, finesse and fresh and lively character.
For ten generations now the Bourgeois family has devoted its passion and values to Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, becoming Sancerre's most well-known producer. The company is now led by the current generation of the family – Jean-Marie and Remi Bourgeois. The winery and family base is the village of Chavignol, and Domaine holdings can be found on a mosaic of plots throughout Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. Each plot is isolated and worked in respect of its origin to reveal, in the most precise and true way, the expression of its terroir, whether we are talking Kimmeridgian marls, flint, or limestone clay soils. We see this expressed in a dizzying array of bottlings, many of which are amongst the most sought after of their kind in the Loire each year.
This wine is a marvelous match with shellfish, fish, white meats and goat cheese. For example, turbot with spinach and feta cheese or goat cheese with toasted sesame seeds.


Hear new music from Culture Abuse, Stand Atlantic and Nothing More—plus, don't miss Code Orange, Quicksand and more on tour. Check out the news you might have missed today below!
1. Culture Abuse announced their signing to Epitaph Records, and shared their new track "So Busted." Give it a listen below!
"So Busted" is a rock and roll love song about "all the stuff you are told you need in life but when it all boils down all you really want is to feel loved and cared for" frontman David Kelling explains.
2. MUSE announced a special concert to benefit The Coalition for the Homeless.
Tickets for the show, set to take place July 24 at City Parks Foundation's SummerStage in Central Park, go on sale for the band's fanclub Wednesday, June 28th at 10 a.m. local time, SummerStage presale at noon and the public on sale for the benefit will begin Friday, June 30th, 2017 at 10 a.m. Get your tickets here.
3. Nothing More premiered the music video for their new single, "Go To War." Give it a watch below!
"Go To War" is the lead single off the band's forthcoming album The Stories We Tell Ourselves, set for release September 15 via Better Noise Records. It's available for preorder now.
4. Rock duo '68 announced a handful of headlining shows with support from Whores. Check out the list of cities and dates below!
'68 will kick off the short run solo on August 1st at Backbooth in Orlando, FL and share the stage with Whores. for the remainder of the dates, wrapping up on August 6th at Masquerade in Atlanta, GA.
5. Stand Atlantic debuted their new music video for "Coffee At Midnight." Give it a watch below!
The track is taken off their forthcoming EP, Sidewinder, which you can preorder here.
6. Code Orange, Eternal Sleep, Jesus Piece and Trail Of Lies have announced tour dates for September. Check out the cities and dates below!
Tickets go on sale this Wednesday here!
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The song is taken from the band's 2016 record, Honor Is Dead.
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It's the band's first U.S. tour in roughly five years!
10. Metal Blade Records and BMG announced the upcoming release of For The Sake Of Heaviness: The History Of Metal Blade Records.
Metal Blade Records and BMG are proud to announce the upcoming release of For the Sake of Heaviness: the History of Metal Blade Records on August 29th. written by label founder and CEO Brian Slagel with Mark Eglinton, the book features a foreword by Metallica's Lars Ulrich and celebrates the storied label's 35th anniversary.
The book, written by label founder and CEO Brian Slagel with Mark Eglinton, features a foreword by Metallica's Lars Ulrich and celebrates the label's 35th anniversary.
"I have been asked many times about doing a book about the history of Metal Blade and it just seemed like a cool thing to do to document the 35th anniversary. You never really stop to think about a lot of this stuff, so doing the book is a great way of looking back at how many awesome things have happened to me and Metal Blade," Slagel says. Preorder options will be coming soon!


Reema wanted to go back and see how things were proceeding but she knew that would only complicate. This was the first time she had gone out free from her house. Left the baby with the sitter and walked down all by herself to the nearby coffee shop. It must have been three years she last did such a thing. Yes three years and it had been the same reason of course as today. Kamlesh was only fifteen when she met him first. How time flies, she is thirty and he must be now thirty one.
"Only a year! Why do you always insist on calling me bhaiya?" and teenage he would always say this annoyingly.
"Why do you care what I call you?" Reema made sure she pulled his leg over this. They both knew the nuances of their relationship. It was a secret only they shared without of course saying it. Adolescence is full of such things.
Three years back he was in Boston and now he was talking about some island near Australia. He had to be a nomad, always the first one to plan a picnic and the last one to support indoor games.
"Did the flight reach on time?" her most banal conversation starter for him. She could remember saying it three years back sitting on the same chair.
"Nahh. How is Roohie now? Must be five right?" he asked softly.
She simply nodded and smiled.
"Something to eat?" he asked again with the same courtesy.
"But then are you still on medicines? Didn't you tell me the doctor asked you to quit coffee?" he spoke rapidly.
She didn't speak for a while. He remembers. I guess then he must also be remembering that coffee is something I cannot quit, she thought.
"This is the second time in three years that I am having it," she replied, clearing indicating her firm stand on the issue.
"How are maa baba?" he asked, the final sip of the coffee done and the mug placed back on the table.
"They are good. They miss you. I hope you are going to meet them this time," she replied still maintaining a low voice.
"Yes. I have a longer plan this time. Something I need to tell them," he spoke, lowering his tone to match hers.
She of course could sense that something was privy only to their ears and not to hers. She didn't bother to ask thereby.
"I am planning to come to India for good this time.No more flying once in three years. I miss home now," he replied softly while maintaining a very direct eye contact with Reema.
"They say once its over one shouldn't try to open the coffin. Only skeletons walk out of it. I prefer this arrangement. It suits me," she replied, lowering her eyes to break the line of fire on her.
He didn't say much after that.He knew his case was over long back. He had been trying for a while now and of course moving back was his last option.
"I must leave now. Its getting late. Roohie would begin to miss me and create a ruckus," she suddenly got up with a jerk.
"Can I drop you back?" he asked pleadingly. He wanted to see her as much as he could and then there was also the child.
"Its a walking distance I will go myself thank you. See you on 15th its the final date for the divorce case, I hope we can now return to our lives peacefully and amicably," she replied, evading all forms of visual contact.
He again remained quiet. He knew that this would probably be the last few times he gets to see her.
"And yes we can be friends. Like we always were from the age of fifteen. This divorce has sapped us of out better terms. If for nothing else then for Roohie, she needs a father in her life as much as I would want to deny," she spoke looking distraught for the first time in an hour.
"If only I hadn't had that one night stand, things would be different," he spoke almost in a whisper.
"No Kamlesh things were long gone. If it wasn't your one night stand who knows the end could have perhaps been brought by mine. Don't kill yourself. At least we are now better people to each other," Reema replied smilingly.
But inside of course she knew she was going to miss him, if not as a husband then as a companion and someone she always knew would be her first love.
complicated are human emotions ..
Well narrated .. I was actually considering Kamlesh guilty till I read the last sentence from Reema.
Explains for itself..it was in a way mutual.
At the end, even though Reema told Kamlesh not to feel guilty, did she really mean it?
yes she did… somewhere I feel she had let gone of him completely..


Young Bella is taking a bit of time to get used to being at home alone with Poppie all day. She continues to surprise us every couple of days with some new level of destruction.
For no reason, a photograph taken from the top of the Torre del Mangia in Siena looking towards the Duomo and the countryside beyond. The view, after climbing the tower's 400 steps is absolutely wonderful.
This shot was taken 12 years ago and has survived a transfer from film to print to scanned image. The scan was state-of-the-art for 2002 (for that read low res, and full of noise) but, with a little Photoshopping, it can be brought back to life.


We spotted some stools we really liked the look of on Rob's website and got in contact.
Rob was quick to respond, helpful and friendly. He came to measure us up to make sure the stools were as comfortable as possible for us, which we loved. The stools have just been delivered and they look absolutely fantastic and are really comfortable – we love them!! We would definitely recommend One Off Oak and have no doubt that we will be coming back to Rob in the future for more beautiful furniture!
Bespoke stools with a custom fitted foot rest and back for each person.
Rob's craftsmanship is a testament to the care and attentiveness that he gives each client and product.
The table he made for me is unique, fits the space in my home perfectly and will last a lifetime.
I am continually impressed and pleased by the design and quality of Rob's craftsmanship and standard of service.
From communicating the drawing to finished furniture items Rob has an ability to be friendly informative and very conscientious on style.
I highly recommend his work, he's a real master of carpentry and I will (and have) involved him in many residential projects and will continue to do so.
We LOVE the desks Rob made for our studio.
They look and feel great and with their steel legs and warm, natural wooden tops they combine a homely kitchen table feel with industrial style.
Everyone who comes visits comments on how gorgeous they are.
And we recommend them to everyone.
'One Off Oak' came up on an online search.
So far, Rob's made us two bespoke units: a hallway clothes rack and a coffee table. Must say we're really pleased with them both.
We asked Rob to work around or modify existing designs from the website gallery – a process made all the easier via email. The end product was precisely what we wanted.
That style works well in our home.
There's something about oak and steel – even more so in combination – that feels solid, substantial and enduring. Rob's work is exactly that: quality, precision and craftsmanship.
Rob clearly has an eye for the aesthetic and incorporates this into designs that are safe and practical.
Having spent a couple of years looking for something just right for our home we decided enough time wasted.
I'd picked up flyer from Rob's stall in a small market in Cambridge ages ago and love the style of his work.
Rob took time to understand our ideas and showed his commitment to designing to meet our needs by visiting our home and seeing everything in action.
After sharing his his first designs, Rob encouraged our feedback and suggestions – it really feels lovely to have had input into the design.
As for the furniture, well all the pieces are truly unique and absolutely beautiful and really work well with the original features of our victorian house.
From Rob's first visit to installation he completely understood our ideas, brought his own and delivered beyond expectation through his craftsmanship, professionalism and generally being an all round great guy.
Here's to many more pieces in the future!
We had just moved into our house and needed an attractive yet functional set of cupboards in our hallway.
Someone recommended I speak to Rob and I knew instantly from meeting him and looking at pictures of his craftsmanship that I wanted to work with him.
He was unbelievably detailed about the process. The space was around a chimney breast and in typical Victorian house fashion – not at all straight and a bit awkward to fit.
Rob was very thoughtful about how he was going to manage this and came up with a clever solution. He sent mock up drawings of how everything would look and described in detail how he was going to make it work.
Once we agreed on everything, he dropped the most beautiful pieces of wood off at the house where he left them to acclimatise for 4 weeks. This, he assured me, was so that the wood adjusted to the temperature and humidity of the house and would ultimately minimise if not eliminate further movement once the cupboards had been fitted.
At that point I knew this man was serious about his oak 🙂 the fitting of the cupboards took a few days as Rob poured over the detail and made sure everything was totally perfect.
The cupboards are a total delight to look at and I constantly have people comment on them when they come round. Rob is a fabulous person and was such a pleasure to have in the house.
I could not give him a higher recommendation.
It was my best friend's wedding and I wanted something special that she and her husband-to-be would cherish for a long time.
Because of our insatiable love of food, I wanted it to be themed as such and so I homed in on the solid oak carving board I had seen on the website and immediately called to chat about it.
Rob was totally professional yet laid back and so easy to talk to about the quirks I wanted adding. He was able to send me a mock-up of the carving design via email, he sent me progress updates throughout and then we agreed on a completion date, on which Rob kindly dropped the finished piece to my home – a lovely touch.
The beautifully impressive (and rather heavy!) carving board is everything I was looking for and the fact that it is unique, a one-off piece, only adds to its charm.
We searched high and low for a unique coffee table that would fit our challenging space at our studios on The South Bank.
Given it was to be a centre piece in our reception area it had to be complimentary our existing design and be special.
Rob at One Of Oak totally understood our brief, and tailor made our unique coffee table that has daily praise from our visitors.
Needless to say we are delighted with Rob's work, and at a fair price too.
Jason Tomkins, Managing Director, Silverglade Post Production.
I'd been searching tirelessly for a coat rack to go in our hallway.
We wanted something a bit different, a little bit nostalgic, beautiful but industrial, to sit on and hang things on and something that we'd own for a life time. We searched high and low but found absolutely nothing that came close.
I contacted Rob, who knew exactly what I was after and within two weeks, he visited us, measured, discussed the finer details and our stunning piece was installed. Your service was fantastic from start to finish, the care you put into your work is above and beyond. We absolutely love this coat rack, thank you so much. Every visitor has commented that they love it and I know (I did the research) that you wont find anything like this in the shops.
I approached One Off Oak last summer for a custom made console table for my boyfriend's birthday.
My boyfriend admires fine wood pieces in non-conventional forms, so the choice to approach One Off Oak was an obvious match given the stunning pieces I had seen produced by them.
The console was tailor made to fit our hallway, with the craftwork done to schedule.
And to top this off, Rob personally delivered the piece with no issues.
Very happy with the finished product and service!
After seeing Rob's craftsmanship I asked him to create a bespoke plinth for a bronze cast sculpture for a client in California.
The beautifully finished English oak was the perfect match for the bronze and Rob put every care into making it fit perfectly.
It was a joy to work with One off Oak and I hope to work together on many projects in the future.


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Evidence provided by striae, ice-moulded rock, erratics and perched boulders indicates that the last (Late Devensian) ice-sheet reached an altitude exceeding 760 m on Mull and 660 m on Jura. The highest summits on both islands support periglacial blockfields, suggesting that they remained as nunataks above the ice surface. This interpretation is supported by analyses of clay-fraction mineralogy, which shows that gibbsite (a pre-Late Devensian weathering product) is widespread in blockfield samples but rare in samples below the inferred limit of glaciation, implying removal by Late Devensian glacial erosion. Maximum ice-sheet altitudes of 760–840 m and 660–700 m are inferred for the Ben More massif on Mull and Paps of Jura respectively. Reconstruction of ice-sheet configuration in the Inner Hebrides area suggests that the 900 m ice-surface contour followed the west coast of the mainland, but the altitude evidence is insufficient to constrain the westwards extent of the ice sheet. Inferred ice-surface altitudes and directions of ice movement are incompatible with most theoretical models, and even the 'best fit' model of ice dimensions in this area underestimates maximum ice thickness by ≥ 60 m.


It's a toss-up between beach or pool at the Occidental Cala Vinas – it's right by a snug bay, plus it lines up two pools.
This place has a handy-for-sunbathers setting. It's next to a cosy cove, which comes with a dinky snack bar. You're a five-minute cab ride from Magaluf for fast food and high-turbo nightlife.
You've got two pools to pick from here – plus a kid-ready one with slides. There are a tonne of other activities to keep you wide-eyed, too. Think water polo, aqua aerobics, ping pong and treasure hunts.
Nice place where to stay!
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'Oh okay,' said Moses, and he started chiselling what God had said onto a nearby stone tablet.
'So, we can have other gods as long as you're first?' asked Moses.
'Why not worship idols?' barked God.
'Who exactly are you jealous of?' asked Moses.
'But they should be worshipping me!' screamed God.
'But we have no control over what our ancestors did!' objected Moses.
'Then punish us for our own sins!' growled Moses.
'Wait, we can own slaves?' interrupted Moses.
'We were enslaved by the Egyptians!' yelled Moses.
'Well, I can get behind people having a rest,' said Moses.
'Finally, some good ones!' cheered Moses.
'What's wrong with wanting things?' asked Moses.
'Oh, I forgot one commandment,' replied God.


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Red Jacket es un lugar designado por el censo ubicado en el condado de Mingo en el estado estadounidense de Virginia Occidental. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 581 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 42,69 personas por km².

Geografía
Red Jacket se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Red Jacket tiene una superficie total de 13.61 km², de la cual 13.61 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0%) 0 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 581 personas residiendo en Red Jacket. La densidad de población era de 42,69 hab./km². De los 581 habitantes, Red Jacket estaba compuesto por el 88.81% blancos, el 8.78% eran afroamericanos, el 0.52% eran amerindios, el 0% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0% eran de otras razas y el 1.89% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 0.34% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Lugares designados por el censo en Virginia Occidental
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Fed slows bond buying further but provides no clear signal on timing of first rate hike
Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press July 30, 2014
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is further slowing the pace of its bond purchases because it thinks an improving U.S. economy needs less help. But it's offering no clearer hint of when it will start raising its benchmark short-term interest rate.
The Fed on Wednesday reiterated its plan to keep short-term rates low "for a considerable time" after its bond purchases end. Most economists think a rate increase is about a year away despite a strengthening economy. The government estimated Wednesday that the economy grew at a fast 4 per cent annual rate last quarter.
In a statement after a two-day policy meeting, the Fed revised the wording of its previous statement to acknowledge that while the unemployment rate has fallen steadily, the job market remains subpar in other ways. The Fed didn't specify what it meant. But Chair Janet Yellen expressed concern to Congress this month about stagnant wage growth, a high number of part-time workers who can't find full-time jobs and the proportion of the unemployed who have been out of work for more than six months.
The Fed also tweaked its statement to say inflation had risen closer to its 2 per cent target. The statement said concerns that inflation would persistently run below the Fed's 2 per cent target had "diminished somewhat." But it expressed no concerns about the slight acceleration in prices.
The Fed announced, as expected, that it's paring its monthly purchases by another $10 billion to $25 billion. The bond purchases have been intended to keep long-term borrowing rates low and are set to end in October.
The Fed's decision was approved on a 9-1 vote with Charles Plosser, president of the Fed's Philadelphia regional bank, dissenting. The statement said Plosser objected to continuing to include language that the Fed's key short-term interest rate was likely to remain at record low near zero "for a considerable time" after the end of its bond purchases. Plosser felt that language did not "reflect the considerable economic progress that has been made."