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Convergence trade is a trading strategy consisting of two positions: buying one asset forward—i.e., for delivery in future (going long the asset)—and selling a similar asset forward (going short the asset) for a higher price, in the expectation that by the time the assets must be delivered, the prices will have become closer to equal (will have converged), and thus one profits by the amount of convergence.

Convergence trades are often referred to as arbitrage, though in careful use arbitrage only refers to trading in the same or identical assets or cash flows, rather than in similar assets.

Examples

On the run/off the run
On the run bonds (the most recently issued) generally trade at a premium over otherwise similar bonds, because they are more liquid—there is a liquidity premium. Once a newer bond is issued, this liquidity premium will generally decrease or disappear.

For example, the 30-year US treasury bond generally trades at a premium relative to the 29½-year bond, even though these are otherwise quite similar. Once a few months pass (so the 30-year has aged to a 29½-year and the 29½-year has aged to a 29-year, say), and a new 30-year is issued, the old bonds are now both off-the run and the liquidity premium will in general decrease. Thus, if one had sold the 30-year short, bought the 29½-year, and waits a few months, one profits from the change in the liquidity premium.

Junk Bond/Treasury convergence
Typically junk bonds, given their speculative grade, are undervalued as people avoid them. Therefore the spread over treasuries is more than the risk of default, by buying junk bonds and selling treasuries, to hedge interest rate risk. Often profits can be achieved by buying junk bonds and selling treasuries, unless the junk bond defaults.

Cash and Carry
This is when a trader notices a difference in the price of a futures contract (for delivery in the future) and the underlying asset (purchased immediately). For example, if gold is trading at  $1000/oz, and there is a futures contract for $1200/oz, the trader would go long (buy) the gold and short (sell) the futures contract. They would make money as the prices converged together, and the profit would be $200 dollars in this example, as the gold price equaled the futures price.

Reverse
A reverse version of this strategy also exists. This is when a trader believes that the futures contract is undervalued and the underlying asset overvalued. Instead of shorting the futures contract the trader would long this, and short the underlying asset.

Related concepts
Formally, convergence trades refer to trading in similar assets in the expectation that they will converge in value. Arbitrage is a stricter notion, referring to trading in identical assets or cash flows, while relative value is a looser notion, referring to using valuation methods (value investing) to take long-short positions in similar assets without necessarily assuming convergence, and is more associated with equities. For example, in relative value investing one may believe that the stock of one mining company is undervalued relative to some valuation, while another stock is overvalued (relative to this or another valuation), and thus one will expect the undervalued stock to outperform the overvalued stock, even if these are quite different companies.

Risks

The risk of a convergence trade is that the expected convergence does not happen, or that it takes too long, possibly diverging before converging. Price divergence is particularly dangerous because convergence trades are necessarily synthetic, leveraged trades, as they involve a short position. Thus if prices diverge so that the trade temporarily loses money, and the trader is accordingly required to post margin (faces a margin call), the trader may run out of capital (if they run out of cash and cannot borrow more) and go bankrupt even though the trades may be expected to ultimately make money. In effect, convergence traders synthesize a put option on their ability to finance themselves. Prices may diverge during a financial crisis, often termed a "flight to quality"; these are precisely the times when it is hardest for leveraged investors to raise capital (due to overall capital constraints), and thus they will lack capital precisely when they need it most. Further, if other market participants are aware of the positions, they can engineer such price divergences, driving the convergence trader into bankruptcy – compare short squeeze.

As with arbitrage, convergence trading has negative skew in return distributions it produces, resulting from the concave payoff characteristic of most such high-probability low-return strategies. Operators engaging in such trades will usually make consistent but relatively small profits, occasionally offset by significant losses, consuming previous profits earned over a long period of time. The low probability of encountering a loss in such strategies can lead inexperienced traders to underestimate the severity of such a loss, and assume excessive levels of leverage, potentially leading to bankruptcy as in the LTCM case.

See also
Pairs trade

References

Arbitrage
Financial markets


Have you ever wondered why I started this blog? Well, I was the first of my friends to have a baby and the only one in our group who lived in the burbs and didn't go back to work full time after our baby was born. To say that my first year of motherhood was isolated would truly be the understatement of a lifetime. When I started writing about my journey as a mom in Chicagoland, not only did I find my voice, but I also found a squad of supportive and encouraging moms in Chicago and beyond. I'm so grateful for this outlet, but know that blogging isn't for everyone. So how can you support a new mom so she doesn't feel as isolated as I did? Through these simple actions.
I received complimentary products from OhBases. All opinions are my own.
Yes, I know it can be hard to connect with someone who is starting out on her journey of motherhood when you aren't even a mom yourself, so rely on what made you two friends in the first place. Yes, your friend has changed since becoming a mom, but she is still the same person. So don't be afraid to text her about the newest Real Housewives of New York gossip or simply check in to see how she is doing and request a new baby photo. Your friend might take a while to respond (I mean, when the baby naps, YOU NAP) but she will feel so loved to see your message waiting for her.
One of the most important rules of visiting a new mom. Don't visit if you are sick (duh) and don't visit without a meal. It can simply be a Starbucks latte or a gift card to Giordano's, but whatever route you take, show up with some type of food. You see, everything takes so much longer when you are juggling a newborn and a post partum body, so if someone can swoop in and bring you delicious nourishment, you will never EVER forget it (I'm talking about that delicious raspberry banana bread, Miss T).
If you want to go the homemade route (bless your heart), here are some great slow cooker and heartwarming meals that reheat well and are filled with all of the healthy nourishment that new moms need. Bonus points if you bring one warm meal and one frozen one to help your sleep deprived friend stock her freezer.
Does your friend still look pregnant even after her baby is two months old? Keep that comment to yourself. Honestly, keep any comment about her body to yourself. Ignore the dark under eye circles and don't ask about the last time she took a shower. You see, a woman's body not only grows a human, but it also creates a drastic change in hormones that can make her post partum body seem foreign to her. I'm not going to lie, the adjustment period can be pretty rough.
If you are looking for something specific to help your friend indulge in some much needed self care, I highly recommend OhBases products. The OhBases brand makes effective and unpretentious products for the entire family. Their skin care products not only moisturize skin after all of the dishes and washing that new parents have to do, but also soothe ailments such as diaper rash and provide newborn skin with the natural and safe nourishment that it needs. Their soothing botanical based lotions and creams also help moms who are nursing, one of the most physically demanding roles a mom may choose to take on. You can check out all of their mom friendly products here.
Babies come with a TON of things, but not with an instructional manual. No matter how many books you read or what type of instincts kick in, every single mom doubts herself. How can you help to make sure that doesn't lead to disaster? By being as encouraging as possible. Sometimes it simply involves listening, other times it might involve babysitting so she can get a break…or it can be something as powerful as "You are doing a great job" or "Your baby is so lucky to have you as a mom." Those comments might seem like nothing to you, but I guarantee that they will mean EVERYTHING to her. And if worst comes to worst, put her in a time out. She won't be mad. Promise.
For other resources for moms, check out this page.
I couldn't love this post more! Supporting new moms is vital for their mental health and well-being. I think reaching out to a new mom is so key in making sure that they know they're not alone in any of what they're going through.
Exactly. Especially with how connected our society is, there is no excuse to reach out!
Nothing like showing off your sweet bundle of joy!
Love these tips! So true. We are about to welcome #8 on the weekend and would love someone to consider any of these for us! So helpful.
I love that you're sharing these tips. New moms need all the support and help that they can get and sometimes they don't ask for it. It would be nice to do these things for them.
It's so hard to ask for help sometimes, isn't it?
I felt that way for sure with a new baby and really it wasn't until my second baby was 8 months old that I found a wonderful group of mom friends at a playgroup. Since then, I've moved, so its back to square one with making friends.
Oh I love this so much! New moms need the most support they can get. I remember being completely in the dark when my son came along and so thankful to my friends that offered tips!
I think this is such an enlightening post. It is sometimes difficult to understand what a new mom goes through, especially by people who have not been there. This is invaluable especially for them.
Wow I love the sound and look of this brand's skincare products! I am glad you were able to find a supportive community of mothers through joining the blogosphere.
It's funny how Internet strangers can turn into real life friends.
Yes! Definitely come for a visit with food!! Something that doesn't sound like a big deal is such a huge help when you have a newborn. Great tips.


01. This standard aims to prescribe and guide the principles and methods of accounting intangible fixed assets, including: criteria of intangible fixed assets, time of recognition and determination of the initial value, costs incurred after initial recognition, determination of the value after initial recognition, depreciation, liquidation of intangible fixed assets and some other regulations serving as basis for recording accounting books and making financial statements.
02. This standard applies to the accounting of intangible fixed assets, except where other standards permit the application of other accounting principles and methods to intangible fixed assets.
03. A number of intangible fixed assets may be contained within or on physical objects like compact discs (in cases where computer software is recorded in compact discs), legal documents (in cases of licenses or invention patents). In order to determine whether or not an asset containing both intangible and tangible elements is accounted according to the regulations of the tangible fixed asset standard or intangible fixed asset standard, the enterprises must base themselves on the determination of which elements being important. For example, if computer software is an integral part of the hardware of a computer, without it the computer cannot operate, such software is a part of the computer and thus it is considered a part of tangible fixed asset. In cases where software is a part detachable from the related hardware, it is an intangible fixed asset.
04. This standard prescribes the expenses related to the advertisement, personnel training, enterprise establishment, research and development. Research and development activities oriented at the knowledge development may create an asset in a physical form (i.e. models) but the physical element only plays a secondary role as compared with the intangible component being knowledge embedded in such asset.
05. Once the financial-leasing intangible fixed assets have been initially recognized, the lessees must account them in the finance-leasing contracts according to this standard. The rights under licensing contracts to films, video programs, plays, manuscripts, patents and copyright shall fall within the scope of this standard.
b/ expected to yield future economic benefits for the enterprise.
Intangible fixed assets mean assets which have no physical form but the value of which can be determined and which are held and used by the enterprises in their production, business, service provision or leased to other subjects in conformity with the recognition criteria of intangible fixed assets.
Research means a planned initial survey activity carried out to obtain new scientific or technical understanding and knowledge.
Development means an activity of applying research results or scientific knowledge to a plan or design so as to make products of a new kind or to substantially renovate materials, tools, products, processes, systems or new services before their commercial production or use.
Historical cost means all costs incurred by the enterprises to acquire intangible fixed assets as of the time of putting these assets into use as expected.
Depreciation means the systematic allocation of the depreciable value of intangible asset throughout their useful life.
Depreciable value means the historical cost of an intangible asset recorded in the financial statement minus (-) the estimated liquidation value of the asset.
b/ The quantity of products, or similar calculating units which the enterprise expects to obtain from the use of the assets.
Liquidation value means the value estimated to be acquired upon the expiry of the useful life of an asset, after subtracting (-) the estimated liquidation cost.
Residual value means the historical value of an intangible fixed asset after subtracting (-) the accumulated depreciation of the asset.
Reasonable value means the value of assets which may be exchanged between the knowledgeable parties in the par value exchange.
c/ Prices are made public.
08. In order to determine whether or not intangible resources specified in paragraph 07 meet the definition of an intangible fixed asset, the following factors shall be considered: Identifiability, resource controllability and certainty of future economic benefits. If an intangible resource fails to satisfy the intangible fixed asset definition, the costs incurred in the formation of such intangible resource must be recognized as production and business expenses in the period or as pre-paid expenses. Particularly for those intangible resources the enterprises have acquired through enterprise merger of re-purchase character, they shall be recognized as goodwill on the date of arising of the purchase operation (under the regulations in paragraph 46).
09. Intangible fixed assets must be separately identifiable so that they can be clearly distinguished from goodwill. Goodwill arising from the enterprise merger of re-purchase character is shown with a payment made by the asset purchaser in order so as to possibly obtain future economic benefits.
10. An intangible fixed asset is considered identifiable when the enterprises may lease, sell or exchange it or acquire concrete future economic benefits therefrom. Those assets which can only generate future economic benefits when combined with other assets shall be still seen as separately identifiable if the enterprises can determine with certainty future economic benefits to be brought about by such assets.
11. An enterprise is in control of an asset if it has the right to acquire future economic benefits yielded by such asset and, at the same time, is able to limit other subjects' access to these benefits. The enterprise's controllability of future economic benefits from intangible fixed assets, often derives from legal rights.
12. Market knowledge and expertise may bring about future economic benefits. The enterprise may control these benefits if they have legal right, for example: Copyright, aquatic resource exploitation permit.
13. If an enterprise has a contingent of skilled employees and through training, it may ascertain that improvement of their employees' knowledge would bring about future economic benefits, but it is unable to control these economic benefits, therefore the enterprise cannot recognize such as an intangible fixed asset. Leadership talent and professional techniques shall not be recognized as intangible fixed assets except where these assets are secured with legal rights to use them and acquire future economic benefits and, at the same time, meet all the requirements of the intangible fixed asset definition and recognition criteria.
14. For enterprises which have customers' name lists or market shares, if they have neither legal rights nor other measures to protect or control economic benefits from the relations with customers and their loyalty, they must not recognize these as intangible fixed assets.
15. Future economic benefits yielded by intangible fixed assets for the enterprises may include: Turnover increase, saved costs, or other benefits originating from the use of intangible fixed assets.
All value criteria prescribed by current regulations are met.
17. The enterprises must determine the degree of certainty to acquire future economic benefits through using reasonable and grounded assumptions on the economic conditions which will exist throughout the useful life of the assets.
18. Intangible fixed assets must have their initial value determined according to their historical cost.
19. The historical cost of a separately-purchased intangible fixed asset consists of the buying price (minus (-) trade discounts or price reductions), taxes (excluding reimbursed tax amounts) and expenses directly related to the putting of the asset into use as planned.
20. Where the land use right is purchased together with houses and architectural objects affixed on the land, its value must be separately determined and recognized as intangible fixed asset.
22. If an intangible fixed asset is formed from the exchange involving payment accompanied with vouchers related to the capital ownership of the establishment, its historical cost is the reasonable value of vouchers issued in relation to capital ownership.
23. The historical cost of an intangible fixed asset formed from the process of enterprise merger of re-purchase character is the reasonable value of such asset on the date of purchase (the date of enterprise merger).
24. The enterprises must determine the historical cost of intangible fixed assets in a reliable way for separate recognition of these assets.
- The price of the operation of trading in similar intangible fixed assets.
25. If the operating market for assets does not exist, the historical costs of intangible fixed assets shall be equal to the amounts the enterprises should have paid on the date of purchase of the fixed assets under the condition that such operation is carried out objectively on the basis of available reliable information. In this case, the enterprises should consider carefully the results of these operations in correlation with similar assets.
b/ If an intangible asset is purchased through enterprise merger of re-purchase character but its historical cost cannot be determined reliably, the asset shall not be recognized as a separate intangible fixed asset but accounted as goodwill (under the regulations in paragraph 46).
27. Where no operating market exists for intangible fixed assets purchased through enterprise merger of re-purchase character, the historical cost of intangible fixed assets shall be the value at which they do not create negative-value goodwill which arises on the date of enterprise merger.
28. The historical cost of an intangible fixed asset is the right to use land for a definite term when the land is allocated or the payment made when receiving the land use right lawfully transferred from other persons, or the land use right value contributed to joint-venture capital.
29. Where the land use right is transferred together with the purchase of houses and/or architectural objects on the land, the value of houses and/or architectural objects must be determined separately and recognized as tangible fixed assets.
30. The historical cost of an intangible fixed asset which is allocated by the State, donated or presented, is determined according to the initial reasonable value plus (+) the expenses directly related to the putting of the assets into use as planned.
31. The historical cost of an intangible fixed asset purchased in the form of exchange for a dissimilar intangible or another asset is determined according to the reasonable value of the received intangible fixed asset or equal to the reasonable value of the exchanged asset, after adjusting the cash amounts or cash equivalents additionally received or paid.
32. The historical cost of an intangible fixed asset purchased in the form of exchange for a similar intangible fixed one, or possibly formed through its sale in exchange for the right to own a similar assets (similar asset are those with similar utilities, in the same business field and of equivalent value). In both cases, no profit or loss is recognized in the exchange process. The historical cost of the received intangible fixed asset is equal to the residual value of the exchanged intangible fixed asset.
33. Goodwill created from within the enterprises shall not be recognized as assets.
34. Costs incurred to generate future economic benefits but not form intangible fixed assets because they fail to satisfy the definition and recognition criteria in this standard but to create goodwill within the enterprises. The goodwill created within the enterprises shall not be recognized as assets since they are not identifiable resources, nor appraisable in a reliable way nor controllable by the enterprises.
35. The difference between the market value of an enterprise and the value of its net asset value recorded on the financial statement, which is determined at a certain point of time, shall not be recognized as an intangible fixed asset controlled by the enterprise.
37. If the enterprise cannot distinguish the research stage from the development stage of an internal intangible asset-creating project, it must account all incurred costs related to such project as expenses so as to determine the business results in the period.
38. All costs incurred in the research stage shall not be recognized as intangible fixed assets but as production and business expenses in the period.
d/ Formulas, designs, evaluation and final selection of alternative methods for materials, tools, products, processes, systems, services, new or further improved.
g/ They are estimated to meet all criteria for use duration and value prescribed for intangible fixed assets.
d/ Designing, developing and manufacturing on a trial basis substitute materials, tools, products, processes, systems and services, new or improved.
42. Trademarks, distribution right, customers' name list and similar items formed from within the enterprises shall not be recognized as intangible fixed assets.
43. Intangible fixed assets created from within the enterprises shall be initially appraised according to their historical costs consisting of all costs incurred from the time the intangible assets satisfy the intangible fixed asset definition and recognition criteria prescribed in paragraphs 16, 17 and 40 until they are put into use. The costs incurred before this point of time must be included in production and business expenses in the period.
44. The historical cost of an intangible fixed asset created from within an enterprise consists of all directly related expenses or allocated according to rational and consistent norms at all stages from designing, construction, trial production to preparation for putting the asset into use as planned.
d/ General production costs allocated into the asset according to rational and consistent norms (for example: allocation of the depreciation of workshops, machinery, equipment, insurance premiums, and rents of workshops and equipment).
c/ Cost of training of employees to operate the assets.
a/ Costs of creating part of the historical cost of an intangible fixed asset satisfying the intangible fixed asset definition and recognition criteria (prescribed from paragraph 16 to 44).
b/ Intangible assets formed from the process of enterprise merger of re-purchase character, which fail to satisfy the intangible fixed asset definition and recognition criteria, these costs (included in the asset re-purchase expenses) shall form part of the goodwill (including cases where goodwill bear a negative value) on the date of decision of enterprise merger.
47. Those costs incurred to yield future economic benefits for the enterprises but not recognized as intangible fixed assets, shall be recognized as production and business expenses in the period, excluding those costs specified in paragraph 48.
48. Those costs incurred to generate future economic benefits for the enterprises, including enterprise establishment cost, personnel-training cost and advertising cost incurred before the newly-set up enterprises start to operate, costs for the research stage, relocation cost, shall be recognized as production and business expenses in the period or gradually allocated into production and business expenses in the maximum period of three years.
49. Costs related to intangible assets, which have been recognized by the enterprises as costs of determining the business operation results in the previous period, shall not be re-recognized as part of the historical cost of intangible fixed assets.
b/ These costs are appraised in a certain way and associated with a specific intangible asset.
51. Those costs which are related to intangible fixed assets and incurred after initial recognition shall be recognized as production and business expenses in the period, except when these costs are associated with a specific intangible fixed asset and help increase economic benefits from such asset.
52. Those costs which are incurred after the initial recognition and related to trademarks, distribution right, customers' name list and items of similar nature (including those purchased from outside or created from within the enterprise) shall be always recognized as production and business expenses in the period.
53. After initial recognition, in their use process, the intangible fixed assets shall be determined according to their historical cost, accumulated depreciation and residual value.
54. The depreciable value of an intangible fixed asset must be systematically allocated throughout its estimated reasonable useful life. The depreciation period of an intangible asset shall not exceed 20 years. Depreciation shall start from the time the intangible fixed asset is put into use.
b/ The life circle of products and general information on the estimates related to the useful life of identical types of fixed assets which are used under similar conditions.
h/ The dependence of the useful life of the intangible fixed asset on other assets in the enterprise.
56. For computer software and other intangible fixed assets which may become technically obsolete rapidly, their useful life is often shorter.
b/ Justify the reasons for the estimation of the assets' useful life in the financial statements.
58. If the control of future economic benefits from intangible fixed assets is made possible by virtue of legal rights granted within a given period, the useful life of the intangible fixed assets shall not exceed the effective time of the legal rights, except when such rights are extended.
59. Economic and legal factors affecting the useful life of intangible fixed assets include: (1) Economic factors decisive to the period in which future economic benefits are obtained; (2) Legal factors restricting the period during which the enterprise controls these economic benefits. The useful life is a period shorter than the above-said periods.
60. The depreciation methods applicable to intangible fixed assets must reflect the mode of recovering economic benefits from such intangible fixed assets of the enterprises. The depreciation method used for each intangible fixed asset shall apply uniformly in many periods and may be changed when there appears a significant change in the enterprise's mode of recovering economic benefits. The depreciation cost for each period must be recognized as a production and business expense, unless it is included in the value of other assets.
By to the straight-line depreciation method, the annual depreciated amount is kept unchanged throughout the intangible fixed asset's useful life.
According to the declining-balance method, the annual depreciated amount gradually declines throughout the asset's useful life.
The units-of-output method is based on the estimated total quantity of products the asset will create.
b/ There is an operating market at the end of the asset's useful life and the liquidation value may be identified through the market price.
When none of the above-mentioned two conditions exists, the liquidation value of an intangible fixed asset is determined as zero (0).
63. The depreciable value is determined as equal to the historical cost minus (-) the estimated liquidation value of the asset.
64. The liquidation value is estimated when an intangible fixed asset is created and put into use on the basis of the prevailing selling price at the end of the useful life of a similar asset which has been operating under similar conditions. The estimated liquidation value shall not rise when there appear changes in price or value.
65. The period and methods of depreciation of intangible fixed assets must be reconsidered at least at the end of every fiscal year. If the estimated useful life of an asset sees a big difference from the previous estimates, the depreciation period must be modified accordingly. The method of depreciation of intangible fixed assets may be changed when there emerges a significant change in the way of estimating the economic benefits recoverable for the enterprises. In this case, the depreciation cost in the current year and subsequent years must be adjusted, which must be justified in the financial statements.
66. Throughout the time of using intangible fixed assets when it is deemed that the estimated useful life of an asset is no longer suitable, the depreciation period must be adjusted. For example, the useful life may prolong as a result of more investment in raising the asset's capability as compared with the original operating capability appraisal.
67. Throughout the useful life of intangible fixed assets, the way of estimating future economic benefits which the enterprises expect to obtain may be changed, and so the method of depreciation need to be changed accordingly. For example, the declining balance depreciation method proves more suitable than the straight-line depreciation method.
68. Intangible fixed assets shall be recorded as decrease when they are liquidated, sold or deemed to generate no economic benefits in subsequent use.
69. Profits or losses arising from the liquidation or sale of intangible fixed assets shall be the difference between incomes and liquidation or sale costs plus (+) the residual value of the intangible assets. Such profits or losses shall be recognized as an income or a cost on the in the business result report in the period.
Reasons for an intangible fixed asset to be depreciated in over 20 years (when giving these reasons, the enterprises must point out the important factors in the determination of the useful life of the asset).
Other changes concerning intangible fixed assets.
h/ Intangible fixed assets being developed.


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Q: XML Namespaces are confounding me I have an XML document which is confounding me.  I'd like to (to start) pull all of the document nodes (/database/document), but it only works if I remove all of the attributes on the database element.  Specifically the xmlns tag causes an xpath query for /database/document to return nothing - remove it, and it works.
xmlns="http://www.lotus.com/dxl"

I take it this has to do with XML namespaces.  What is it doing, and more to the point, how do I make it stop?  I just want to parse the document for data.
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    <item name="Name">
      <text>julie</text>
    </item>
    <item name="OtherName">
      <text>mccarthy</text>
    </item>
    <item name="Address">
      <text>the pen</text>
    </item>
    <item name="PictureHere">
      <richtext>
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A: The xmlns="http://www.lotus.com/dxl" sets a default namespace for contained nodes. It means that /database/document is really /{http://www.lotus.com/dxl}:database/{http://www.lotus.com/dxl}:document. Your XPath query will need to include the namespace:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(fileName);
XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
ns.AddNamespace("tns", "http://www.lotus.com/dxl");
var documents = doc.SelectNodes("/tns:database/tns:document", ns);

A: When there is an XML namespace defined, each element needs to preceded by it for it to be correctly recognized.
If you were to use LINQ to XML to read in this data it would look something like this:
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("file.xml");
XNamespace ns = "http://www.lotus.com/dxl";
var documents = xdoc.Descendants(ns + "document");

XML namespaces are similar in concept to C# namespaces (or any other language that supports it). If you define a class inside a namespace, you wouldn't be able to access it without first specifying the namespace (this is what using statements do for you).

A: You need to specify the element by their full name, including the namespace. The easy way to do this is to define the appropriate XNamespace and prepend it to the element name.
XDocument myDoc;
XNamespace ns = "http://www.lotus.com/dxl";
XElement myElem = myDoc.Element(ns + "ElementName");

See MSDN for more information.

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Car Insurance Deductible Liberty Mutual
The state is barring insurance companies from charging more for drivers based. in a low-paying job to charge more for auto insurance, according to DFS Superintendent Maria Vullo. Two major insurers.
Blue-collar workers without college degrees may pay as much as 21 percent more for car insurance in Chicago than a more highly. It found that five — GEICO, Progressive, Liberty Mutual, Farmers and.
Higher deductible means more affordable car insurance. Raising a $250 deductible on collision and comprehensive car insurance to $1,000 can cut the premium by 40 percent or more, according to the Insurance Information Institute (III). Keep in mind, though, Zero Deductible pays out only for claims above the deductible.
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Top London insurer Aspen fell prey to a $2.6 billion (£2 billion) takeover on Tuesday amid a growing stampede to sell underpe.
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Q: How do I remove all the nonunique key value pairs after inverting a dictionary? So I have a dictionary that contains nonunique key value pairs, I want to return a new dictionary where the key value pairs are reversed and all the non unique pair are removed from the new dictionary without modifying the original dictionary.
pls help :(
Input:
>>> invert({'one':1, 'two':2, 'uno':1, 'dos':2, 'three':3, 'un':1})

Expected result {3: 'three'}
This is my attempt at solving the problem:
inverted_dict = {}

for key,value in d.items(): #iterate throught a dict
    nonu = value
    if nonu in inverted_dict:
        del inverted_dict[nonu]
    else:
        inverted_dict[value] = key

return inverted_dict

It returns: {3: 'three', 1: 'un'}

A: You need a way to keep track of keys you've seen other that the inverted dict because when you delete those keys from the dict, it is not longer effective. This has the effect of only saving keys with odd number of occurrences. Here's one way using a set to keep track of what you've seen:
def invert(d):
    seen = set()
    ret = {}
    for k, v in d.items():
        if v not in seen:
            seen.add(v)
            ret[v] = k
        elif v in ret:
            del ret[v]

    return ret

invert({'one':1, 'two':2, 'uno':1, 'dos':2, 'three':3, 'un':1})
# {3: 'three'}

Here's how you might do it by counting using Python's built-in Collections.Counter:
from collections import Counter

def invert(d):
    counts = Counter(d.values())
    return {v:k for k, v in d.items() if counts[v] == 1}

invert({'one':1, 'two':2, 'uno':1, 'dos':2, 'three':3, 'un':1})
# {3: 'three'}


This is the third incarnation of the X5 and BMW have made a real success of blending luxury, design and comfort with driving enjoyment, safety and efficiency. In terms of styling, it is one of the best looking in its class and has almost established itself as the cornerstone for all luxury SUVs. It commands huge road presence and thanks to its large dimensions, is instantly recognisable. The interior oozes refinement and comfort, and there's tons of room for passengers to stretch their legs. There is also an impressively large boot for added practicality. In terms of engines, there are some fantastic, powerful and robust choices available. Each one is surprisingly efficient and economical. In terms of driving, it is one of the most dynamic SUVs you are likely to see, and, like the outgoing model, the X5 performs like a high-end saloon.


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Q: How to do a "performance-test" for a Dedicated-Server/CDN-Providers? It would be very kind if you can explain me in brief what are the steps necessary to do a "performance Test" for a Root/Dedicated-Server or a CDN provider?
What tools (maybe someone knows this by seeing the stats) did Ryan use to do his test:
http://blog.ryankearney.com/2009/12/comparing-cdn-performance-part-2/comment-page-1/#comments
What are the "Key Peformance Indicators (KPI)" I should take into consideration and meassure:

*

*Response Time (Latency??)

*Troughput

*What else?

What are the best and easiest tools to meassure these KPIs?
=>The motivation for my question is, I have to choose a CDN/Dedicated-Server-Provider and one of my absolute favourite companies does not have a Datacenter in the country I live but in a neighbour country. And I want and have to compare the impact this has on the "network-performance" to see if they are nevertheless "as fast and as good" as the providers in my own country.
Thank you very much!!!
Jan

A: For a performance comparison you're on the right track. You'll want to determine the response time under average and peak loads. If you are interested in the comparison between a dedicated and a global CDN you'll need to setup 'virtual users' in various geographical locations and use these throughout all of your tests.
If you already have an outcome in mind, it might be easier to just look non-performance related factors to convince yourself either way... price, availability, service terms/conditions.
The screenshots in the blog you reference look like Pingdom. It gets a mention in the comments.
Lastly, it might be worth pointing out that the key attribute of a CDN is that they serve content from multiple, geographically dispersed locations. So your desire to compare between a local data-center and one that resides in a neighbouring country is a bit curious.


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Local Govt Elections: GECOM Chairman discards concerns by PPP Commissioners
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Monday debunked claims by the three ruling party-nominated commissioners that the local government elections machinery was rusty and could lead to disenfranchisement. Surujbally insisted that the commission was "fully prepared and committed" to move into election mode with "immediacy" whenever the Local Government Minister issues an order after consulting with ...
Guyana hosts U.S. Military Cadets to foster cultural understanding
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Venezuela's aggression a setback to some offshore oil exploration
Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud on Monday said offshore exploration in areas being contested by neighbouring Venezuela is facing "some setback." In apparent reference to the expulsion and temporary seizure of the Malaysian seismic research vessel, RV Teknik Perdana, by Venezuela's Navy last year, he told a bipartisan House Committee on Natural Resources that Guyana was depending on ...
Bandit shot dead outside auto spare parts store
A bandit was shot dead and a handgun recovered during an armed robbery at an auto spares store on Sheriff and Duncan Streets, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Leslie James said. Police said in a statement that the unidentified man was shot by a businessman who was robbed of GUY$1.7 million while at Ramchand Auto Spares to transact business. ...
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CAIRO — With reports swirling that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on the verge of resigning, military and ruling party officials issued a cryptic statement saying the embattled leader would meet protesters' demands. Their key demand has been for him to resign immediately.
NBC News is quoting sources close to the president as saying that he will announce his resignation tonight.
Military officials said the armed forces' supreme council has been meeting all day long and will issue a communique shortly that they say will meet the protesters' demands.
The ruling party chief, Hossan Badrawy, tells The Associated Press he expects Mubarak to make a announcement that will satisfy their demands.
The statements come as doctors in white lab coats and lawyers in black robes streamed into Cairo's Tahrir Square Thursday, linking striking workers with anti-government protesters to create powerful new momentum for calls to oust President Hosni Mubarak. With its efforts to manage the crisis failing, the government threatened the army could crack down by imposing martial law.
The protests in their 17th day, which have focused on discontent with Mubarak's 29-year monopoly on power, now have tapped into the even deeper well of anger over economic woes, including inflation, unemployment, corruption, low wages and wide economic disparities between rich and poor.
A crowd of 4,000 angry over lack of housing rioted in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Thursday for a second straight day. They marched on the local state security headquarters, demanded those inside leave, then stormed the building, set fire to part of it and six police cars. Police did not intervene. A day earlier they torched the governor's home and offices.
The spread of labor unrest was in part in direct response to calls from protesters as strikers joined in the movement. But there also seemed to be another element — locals unleashing long pent-up resentment at specific symbols of the state, whether it was an unpopular local police commander, a state factory seen as stiffing workers or a governor failing to follow through on promises.
The government warnings raised the prospect that the energized protests could bring a new crackdown despite repeated army and government promises not to try to clear protesters from their camp in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Speaking to the Arab news network Al-Arabiya on Thursday, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that if "adventurers" take over the process of reform the military "will be compelled to defend the constitution and national security ... and we'll find ourselves in a very grave situation."
The night earlier, he was more explicit, saying in an interview with "PBS NewsHour" that there would be chaos if Mubarak stepped down immediately. "Do we want the armed forces to assume the responsibility of stabilizing the nation thru imposing martial law, and army in the streets?" he said. It was the second coup warning this week, with Vice President Omar Suleiman making similar threats Tuesday.
The warnings reflect growing government impatience as its own attempts to manage the crisis have failed. Mubarak has refused to step down immediately, saying he will serve out the rest of his term until September elections.
Suleiman has put forward a gradual program for reform in the meantime: Discussions with the opposition over constitutional amendments to be approved by referendum by June, paving the way to the election, in which Mubarak would not run.
But his plan preserves a heavy regime hand in directing the reform process, so protesters have rejected it on suspicion it will not bring real democracy. Youth activists organizing the Tahrir protests have refused any negotiations on reform or halt to demonstrations until Mubarak goes. Not only have they fended off government attempts to fragment their ranks and draw some into talks, their protests have spread.
One of the few groups that did enter talks with Suleiman — the leftist Tagammu Party — announced Thursday it had broken off contacts in anger over the coup threats. Tagammu is one of the official, government-sanctioned opposition parties that have little public support and no role in the protests, and are seen by protesters as little more than extensions of the regime.
Youth activists organizing the protests planned to up the pressure on the streets even further, calling for an expanded rally on Friday, hoping to repeat a showing earlier this week that drew about a quarter-million people. Friday's protest was to be expanded, with six separate rallies planned around Cairo, all to eventually march on Tahrir, said Khaled Abdel-Hamid, speaking for a coalition of groups behind the protests.
Thousands were packing the square on Thursday, vowing not to give up until the longtime leader steps down despite a host of sweeping government concessions. At the same time, protest organizers have made a concerted effort to bring labor movements into the protests.
The labor unrest unleashed this week was flaring so quickly that protesters sent out messages to railroad workers not to go on strike and halt trains because people in the provinces wanted to come to Cairo to join the Tahrir rallies.
Strikes have erupted in a wide breadth of sectors — postal workers, electricity staff and service technicians at the Suez Canal, in factories manufacturing textiles, steel and beverages and hospitals.
A bus strike launched Thursday snarled traffic in Cairo, a city of 18 million where many of its impoverished residents rely on public transport. Few buses were seen on the streets, which were jammed and slow moving because of the extra reliance on cars.
Around 800 public transport workers blocked a main Cairo thoroughfare with a protest, demanding salary increases, and they said at least 3,000 of their co-workers were rallying in other parts of the city.
If demands are not met, "we will join Tahrir and camp there," said one bus driver, Mustafa Mohammed, who said he has been working since 1997 and only earns 550 Egyptian pounds a month, about $93. "We are immersed in debt," he said.
On Thursday, hundreds of doctors in white coats marched down a street from one of the biggest state hospitals, Qasr el-Aini, to Tahrir Sqaure, chanting "Join us, O Egyptian," witnesses said.
From another direction, crowds of lawyers in black robes marched from their union to the square, waving Egyptian flags and circling Tahrir's rounabout with chants of "Mubarak, you pilot, how did you get $70 billion?" — referring to the president's past as the air force commander.
Egyptians have been infuriated by newspaper reports that the Mubarak family has amassed billions, and perhaps tens of billions of dollars in wealth while, according to the World Bank, about 40 percent of the country's 80 million people live below or near the poverty line of $2 a day. The family's true net worth is not known.
"We demand a trial of Mubarak and his regime; we are protesting corruption," said Mohammed Zarie, one of the lawyers, who said hundreds of lawyers arrived from provinces and planned to spend the night at the square.
Another, Said Bakri, said the pro-government head of the lawyers' union had been keeping them from joining the protests, but that the group of several hundred decided to come anyway. "The head of the union didn't want to," he said. "And now we're united in one goal. The sun of the people has risen and it will not set again."
In the face of a revolt by journalists over anti-protest propoganda in state media, the pro-government head of the journalists' union, Makram Mohammed Ahmed, said he was going on indefinite leave. The state prosecutor summoned him over lawsuits filed by journalists accusing him of "negligence" in defending journalists' rights.
Employees demonstrated outside the Environment Ministry in a southern Cairo suburb. Some 1500 workers held a strike at the Media City, a center for television and movie production in a satellite city in the desert outside the capital.
The labor strikes come despite a warning by Vice President Suleiman that calls for civil disobedience are "very dangerous for society and we can't put up with this at all."
The protesters filling streets of Cairo and other cities since Jan. 25 have already posed the greatest challenge to the president's authoritarian rule since he came to power 30 years ago. They have wrought promises of sweeping concessions and reforms, a new Cabinet and a purge of the ruling party leadership, but Mubarak refuses their demands that he step down before September elections.
In a gesture to protesters' complaints about corruption, the state prosecutor on Thursday announced a formal investigation of corruption allegations against three former ministers and former senior figure in the ruling party, all purged from their posts since the protests began.
According to state TV, the investigation is targeting former Commerce Minister Rachid Mohammed Rachid, former Tourism Minister Zuhair Garana, and former Housing Minister Ahmed Maghrabi, state TV. Also under investigation is Ahmed Ezz, a steel tycoon and former senior figure in the ruling party who was a close confidant of Mubarak's son Gamal. All are wealthy businessmen who were unpopular among many Egyptians.
The criminal court upheld an order by the state prosecutor to freeze their assets.
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch has said about 300 people have been killed since the protests began, but it is still compiling a final toll.
The White House warned Egypt's leaders to expect unrelenting protests unless they start to show real reforms and a transition to a freer society, dismissing governmental concessions so far as not having met even the minimum threshold of what people want.
Obama administration officials were also increasingly blunt in describing the limits of their leverage, reasserting that the United States is not seeking to dictate events in Egypt — and that it cannot.
"We're not going to be able to force them do anything," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday.
Still, Gibbs and other officials called on Egypt's leaders to end the harassment of activists, to broaden the makeup of their negotiations with opposition leaders, to lift a repressive emergency law, and to take up a series of other moves the Obama government has requested for days.


That's the answer Stephen King gave when he was asked how he writes. And that's the answer to the question: How to write a book?
So if you are looking for a quick answer, I'll just say there it is and will rest my case.
But I presume you're looking for a detailed answer. If so, read on.
You've long felt that you have a book in you—you have a message to convey, something important to say, perhaps a brilliant story to tell—but you don't get the time to write. Life keeps getting in.
You have a day job to maintain, look after your family, catch-up with friends, watch the latest movies, and hence writing that book keeps getting pushed down in your To-do list.
You think you'll write the book when you get some time but you never get that time.
I know, I know. I've been there.
One fine day I sat down to write my book but didn't finish the work. I couldn't.
I was working as a full time content writer then and the job was very demanding. The weekends were spent resting.
Although I wrote whenever I could find time, it wasn't sufficient.
It took me around one and a half year of intermittent work just to finish the first draft! Then a further three months of full time work to redraft, re-edit, and refine it.
You can download my book Concision's PDF version for free to see how it looks.
Although I wrote non-fiction, a lot of the lessons I learned in the process and which I've written below, apply to fiction as well.
I understand how much work goes into the writing of a book. And if you don't have a burning passion for it within you then you won't finish writing it.
So before telling you how to write a book let me first give you some motivational reasons on why you should write a book in the first place.
Yes that is a motivation.
So you want to write a bestseller? Then learn from the master of the trade. In case you don't know, Jeffrey Archer is a writer based in England who has written several novels, short stories, autobiographical books, plays, and screenplays. He is best known for his novel Kane and Abel which sold more than 34 million copies and is under its 94th reprint.
I'm his fan and when I came across the following interview, I found some good tips in it for writers which I'm sharing below. Although this interview is not entirely about writing–he is speaking about other things too like movies and cricket–I have extracted only those points which will help writers.
Also because he's mainly a fiction author, he's mainly talking about fiction writing. However I feel most of this advice will apply to all sorts of writers.
The complete interview ran to three videos. The first one is embedded below.
After loosing all his investments in a Canadian company, he was left with a debt of £427,727 and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
So he sat down to write his first novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less but managed to sell only 3,000 copies. But he didn't give up. He kept writing and his fourth novel, Kane and Abel became a huge success.
After this success his first book too picked up on sales and sold 27 million copies!
A version of this article was originally published in Lifehacker India.
I say in all seriousness this is a big lie repeated by people who have no idea what they're talking about.
Once upon a time, in 1999, an ordinary guy challenged a professional fighter for the Chinese Kickboxing National Championships. This guy himself admits he wasn't good at kickboxing and had only four weeks to prepare.
He won not only that match but all the subsequent matches of the series and walked away as a gold medalist and as the national champion!
What was the reason for his success?
It is the same reason why some students who study day and night manage to score only mediocre grades while some others who study only an hour or two a day top the exams.
It is the same reason why some employees have to stay late in the office to complete the day's work while some others manage to finish hours before the closing time.
Now that I have your attention, a definition is in order.
A version of this article was originally published in Indian Freelance Writers.
Thou shalt now be pronounced author—ever wanted to hear that about you?
Of course you have. As a freelance writer you've written a lot for your clients, written a lot for your blog, and you have plans to write an e-book someday but life keeps getting in.
You have to acquire more clients, moderate comments, reply to e-mails, look after your family, go to the market, and hence writing that e-book keeps getting pushed down in your To-do list.
You think you'll write the book when you'll get some time but you never get that time.
I know, I know. That has happened to me.
One fine day I sat down to write my book but didn't complete the work. I couldn't.
I was working on a full time job of content writer which was quite demanding and the weekends were spent resting. Though I did work whenever I could find time, it wasn't enough.
It took me about one and a half year of intermittent work just to complete the first draft! And a further three months to refine, redraft, and re-edit it.
You can download the final version of my book Concision for free to see how it looks now.
To cut the long story short, I understand how long and tedious a book writing process is. And if you don't have a strong reason or a good motivation to pursue it, you will lose heart and won't complete the book.
In this article I intend to give you some reasons and motivations to complete that draft which is collecting dust in your hard drive.
I know at least six dozen ways how blogs make money. And I'm no expert.
Yes there are at least six dozen ways how your blog can make money.
A complete list with descriptions of each method will run to the length of a book. So in this article I'll discuss only five ways how you can start generating money from your blog.
If you are curious about other methods or have any questions, just drop in a comment below. I'll make sure to reply.
Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way first.
None of the methods of monetizing a blog will work if you have no traffic.
The advice many amateur bloggers give is keep building your blog and one day an audience will come. That's wrong. Build an audience and opportunity will come. That's the correct advice.
How can I ignore freelance writing when I'm writing for a freelance writing blog? You can use your blog to 1) showcase your writing skills; and 2) get increased visibility thus acquiring more clients for freelance writing.
Besides, when applying for a freelance writing gig, it looks far more professional to send the potential client links to articles you've published on your blog instead of sending Word files as attachments.
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Did Gordon give you something?
Was Nhan in on it?
How many young people do you know that own as many cars as Murph does?
Darren asked Milo to give a speech at his school.
I'm not sure I want to give this to Peggy.
I invited Daryl to the party.
Ariel never forgave himself for hurting Sergio the way he did.
I know you don't know Derek.
John and Grant differed in opinion as to that important matter.
Mario stayed out all night.
Raul caught a glimpse of Donn.
Mikael told me he was planning to go to Boston.
It'll take Sehyo some time, but eventually he'll get over Ravindranath.
If Wolfgang escapes, it'll be your fault.
Sundar celebrates New Year's Day with her family.
I'm taking Laurie with me.
Dylan is afraid he'll get fired.
Morris put on his coat and left.
You remember Serdar, don't you?
How do I know you haven't already harmed Kristen?
Dominick starts every sentence with "and".
I asked Arlene to stay out of it.
You say you want to visit Those? Why in the world would you want to do that?
Jem apparently believed what Pierette said.
Hotta is studying at Harvard.
Alberto has been pretty busy.
Everyone except Kathy ate pizza.
Gordon didn't feel like waiting.
Tandy helped here as well.
I thought you'd be out searching for Jeannie.


Oberthur Technologies is partnering with Mobeewave to launch a solution able to turn any properly equipped NFC device into a payment terminal.
Any NFC device equipped with the Oberthur Technologies PEARL eSE will be able to accept secure contactless payments, the company says.
While the number of NFC-enabled phones and contactless cards issued around the globe is rising substantially, mobile payment acceptance remains insufficient. In the US, for example, the ratio of issued contactless cards to terminals is only 600 to 1, an ratio that the two companies hope to balance.


A claimant can file for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits three ways.
Apply online by visiting the Social Security Administration's (SSA) website at www.ssa.gov. Follow the steps on the SSA's website to properly complete the application. If you need assistance with the online application, call toll-free 1-800-772-1213.
You may apply in person at your local Social Security Administration (SSA) office. Call 1-800-772-1213 to set up an appointment to file a disability claim at your local SSA office. A Disability Starter Kit may be mailed to you prior to your appointment. Disability Starter Kits may be accessed on the SSA's website.
Applications may be completed by phone. Call toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 to submit your claim by phone. Be prepared for about an hour phone interview with the SSA. If you are a claimant that is deaf or hard of hearing, call toll-free 1-800-325-0778 between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, Monday-Friday.


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Q: Bootstrap Button Hyperlink I do not want to use  element to convert a button into a hyperlink.
I have the following buttons:
<button class="btn btn-success"> First button</button>
<button class="btn btn-success"> Second button</button>

How do I specify a hyperlink (without using ) and browse to a page when I click on the buttons

A: You can use JavaScript for your solution. window.location.href sets the URL for the button.

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<button class="btn btn-success" onclick="window.location.href='http://cdnjs.com/libraries/twitter-bootstrap'">First button</button>

A: can we know why you want the button to be button not link  tag?
would you consider this code helpful to achieve what you want ?

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
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Neo-Griot
Kalamu ya Salaam's information blog
ESSAY + INTERVIEW: Edward Kamau Brathwaite
When a star dies, the light emanating from the firmament is diminished. Especially dimmed are our abilities to determine, to distinguish, to discern what is really important; important in our physical and social environment; important in our workplaces, residencies, and recreational spaces; and, especially, important in our relationships and kindred responsibilities.
Edward Kamau Brathwaite (11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020) was truly a shinning star. Despite his physical transition to the after world, we can continue to be bathed in the illumination of his insightful body of literary work. Here is a short but comprehensive overview of Brathwaite's career.
To me, he was a big brother, distant in location but always warm when we were in each other's presence. Kamau was personally introduced to me by my "homie", big brother Tom Dent.
The closer I became to Kamau, the more I admired him, learned from him, was amazed by him as a writer, a scholar, and a friend.
His theories about the caribbean were critical to my intellectual growth. The caribbean is an archipelago of fecund islands from which have issued many of our most valued intellectuals and warriors: think of Marcus Garvey, of Arturo Schomburg, of C.L.R. James, of Nicolas Guillien, of Raoul Peck, and so many more; not to mention all the revolutionaries and activists (most of whom are nameless to us but no less revered by us). Through their life long work, these people completely changed the social realities of Black life in the western hemisphere. Kamau dealt with all of that and more of that in his valuable work.
Although I am intrigued by his poetry and by the images and the intelligence that pour forth from the pages of his books, two of his books stand out for me as exemplar of critical contributions. One, History of the Voice, is about language and the other, Zea Mexican Diary is about relationships.
History of the Voice: The Development of Nation Language (New Beacon Books – 1984)) is a major statement. Brathwaite investigates and projects the Anglo-Caribbean use of English as the basis for a distinctive linguistic development. Brathwaite dubs the new language "Nation Language".
Nation Language is English but with a difference, analogous to, but even greater than, the difference between English in the United Kingdom, with its various subcategories, and the use of English in the United States. Brathwaite goes far beyond the vernacular and dialects, arguing that there is actually a philosophical difference.
Filled with numerous linguistic examples and quotes, the book is far from a dry read. Indeed, History of the Voice implicitly challenges African Americans to make a similar investigation of our culture. And notice that the emphasis is on "the voice" (i.e. on "sound/ing"–both the noun and the verb). Reading Brathwaite makes clear the importance of rhythm in the use of sound. Nation Language is an extremely important exegesis
Zea Mexican Diary: 7 September 1926 – 7 September 1986 (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography – 2003) is a literary tour de force. There is no other work comparable to this book that is a combination diary/memoir/treatise exploring in detail and depth the meaning and impact of life choices in the face of death. When Kamau's wife was dying of cancer, he could not pass up the opportunity, indeed, could not forgo his obligation as a serious writer to reflect on the conflicts, contradictions, and the unresolved feelings he experienced during an ordeal that required him to recognize, confront, and ultimately, to accept the finality of death.
In one sense, through Zea Mexican Diary, both husband and wife transcend death. Zea is co-joined with the thoughts and feelings of her beloved husband; together they will live, will survive, as long as Brathwaite's words find readers.
In the eighties I was blessed with opportunities to visit and talk with Kamau Brathwaite. He was a humble genius filled with a deep knowing concerning Afro-heritage origins as well as contemporary Caribbean expressions. The mature Kamau, although highly learned, seldom costumed himself in formal suit and tie, nor did he ostentatiously display his education. He favored the common tongue of his people.
Kamau was acutely aware that he was on to something both unique and valuable in his literary work, much of which was far, far beyond most of us mere mortal wordsmiths. I've known writers, lots of writers, more than a few of whom were certifiably literary giants, but I've never encountered anyone who was as deep in text, talk and intellect.
Fortunately there is a scholarly study that will help readers embrace and understand the work of Kamau Brathwaite: The Art of Kamau Brathwaite edited by Stuart Brown. Actually, this study is a veritable map to begin the journey through the thicket of words to get to the fruit of Brathwaite's great body of work. Brown and cohorts are akin to expert guides who insure that we find our way, that we fully grasp and understand Kamau Brathwaite, that we marvel at Brathwaite's massive and critical genius. Edward Kamau Brathwaite is a titan, a literary savant whom I consider the greatest poet/thinker of the new world (i.e. the western hemisphere).
I consider Barbadian poet/historian Edward Kamau Brathwaite the greatest living poet in the western hemisphere. Period. In the early eighties I did a brief interview with Brathwaite. — Kalamu ya Salaam
KALAMU YA SALAAM: What are you
trying to do with your poetry now?
KAMAU BRATHWAITE: My poetry has been concerned, for a long time now, with the attempt to reconstruct, in verse, in metric and in rhythms, the nature of the culture of the people of the Caribbean. This involves not only discovering what I would call "new poetic forms" — a breakaway from the English pentameter — but also, and more importantly, discovering the nature of our folk culture, the myths, the legends, the speech rhythms, the way we express ourselves in words, the way we express ourselves in song. That has been my concern for about ten years and is increasingly so. One has to develop technical resources of a very complex nature and at the same time one has to get an increasing knowledge of who our people are, where they come from and the nature of their soul.
SALAAM: What's so important about that?
BRATHWAITE: Well, what's important is that until we can do that we remain "ex-selves," we remain nobodies, we remain just imitations of those who had colonized us. Considering that the man in the street, our own people, the common man has always been himself, it is ridiculous that the artists have remained a shadow of that self. What we have to do now is to increasingly bring the artist and the people together.
SALAAM: Do you prefer working on the page or would you like to do more recordings?
BRATHWAITE: Both. I wouldn't separate them. My poems start off as rhythms in my head, as patterns of songs which also have an objective. The patterns of songs have to say something, address themselves to some problems or go through some dialectical process. From my head they have to be transferred onto the page, because that's how I started, but then from the page I instinctively transfer it on to song. In other words, every time I write a poem I have to either have it read or read it myself to some kind of audience before I'm satisfied that it's a real poem. The recordings are a necessary part of the whole process.
SALAAM: What's the importance of the audience in that process?
BRATHWAITE: The audience gives me feedback. The audience completes the circle. The audience are the people I'm writing about and for, and therefore, if they can't understand what I'm saying it means that it might be that I've failed. There are some cases where I think I'm ahead of the audience but then I would know that and they would know it too, but you've got to start from a base that the audience and yourself agree on and move from there.
SALAAM: Who is this audience that you speak of, obviously you don't just mean people in general?
BRATHWAITE: I start off with a Caribbean audience which is representative of the people who have been down-pressed. The audience is usually a mixed audience, moving in terms of class from college educated to middle class right up to the laboring class because that is how our society is composed.
SALAAM: What immediate reactions do you find valuable as verification and what long range reactions do you find valuable as verification?
BRATHWAITE: The immediate reactions are one of ascent or descent. You can tell from face and feeling, body movement, if you are saying the right thing. That is clear. but the long range reaction is very interesting. I'll give you an example: I'm starting to use a lot of possession (religious) sequences in my work. Because the work is culturally accurate, instinctively when people come to it they want to perform it, they don't just want to read it, nearly all my work in the Caribbean is done as a performance with groups. Now, a young group of actors recently came into contact with my latest poem which was essentially involved with religion, native religion, Afro-Caribbean religion. They were not themselves fully aware of what I was talking about but they could tell from the descriptions, the external aspects of the descriptions, the kinds of churches I was talking about. They went to those churches in order to experience for themselves what was happening and many of them have now become members of those churches. As artists they find themselves now being fulfilled as members of those people's churches. I think that's a very significant long term effect because it is really motivating people not just to talk about their culture but to become participants in its root basis. The Haitians have done it too. The Haitians are increasingly returning to vodun as a central experience. With the African person the religion is the center of the culture, therefore every artist, at some stage, must become rootedly involved in a religious complexity.
SALAAM: How do you deal with the mystification inherent in much of the religion?
BRATHWAITE: It is not mystification at all, that's the thing about it. The religion is so natural, it is so vital, it is so socially oriented, so people oriented that there is no mysticism — mental mystification — in it al all. That is really the difference between an African oriented religion and a European one. Theirs is very mystified because they are not dealing with a living god, they're not dealing with man in relation to god in relation to community.
SALAAM: They're not people centered.
BRATHWAITE: Right. In the African sense the religion is medicine, it is philosophy, it is martial arts, it is everything, holistic.
SALAAM: In that sense the work you are doing is people centered work as opposed to idea centered?
BRATHWAITE: Right. As opposed to art centered work, art for art's sake.
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Kalamu ya Salaam
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Q: Attach click-event to element in .select2-result I'm looking for a way to attach a click-event to a select2-result-item.
I've gone ahead and formatted both result and selection via
function format(state) {
    if (!state.id) return state.text; // optgroup
    return state.text + " link";
}

to add an "info"-icon
I'm now trying to attach a simple click-event to the .info-element but can't get this to work:
$('.info').on('click', function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
    alert("CLICK");
    $('#log').text( "clicked" );
});

Any help?
Anyone with a similar problem?
Is this possible at all?
I prepared a jsFiddle at: http://jsfiddle.net/s2dqh/3/

A: use default select2select event trigger instead of using other jquery events
$('#mySelect2').on('select2:select', function (e) {
    var data = e.params.data;
    console.log(data);
});

for more details refer below link
https://select2.org/programmatic-control/events

A: None of the answers above worked for me for select2 4.0.0, so here's what I ended up doing:
$(document).on('mouseup', '.select2-container--open .select2-results__option', function (e) {
    // Act on the element
}

Specifically, I wanted to only act on the previously-selected item:
$(document).on('mouseup', '.select2-container--open .select2-results__option[aria-selected=true]', function (e) {
    // Do something on the previously-selected item
}

A: A simpler approach according to docs.
$('#mySelect2').on('select2:select', function (e) {
    var data = e.params.data;
    console.log(data);
});

Surprised not to see any answer for this.

A: Because Select2 lib prevent any click events on popover list you can't bind events to .info directly. But you can redefine onSelect method and place there any code you want.
See example: http://jsfiddle.net/f8q2by55/
Update for multiple selects: http://jsfiddle.net/6jaodjzq/

A: Just add 'open' listener and set up another 'mouseup' listener for the '' tag:
$("#select").on('open', function() {
    $('.select2-results i').on('mouseup', function() {
       alert('aaa');
    });
});

Here is the link to my solution: http://jsfiddle.net/EW8t7/

A: I think Select2's handling of the mouseup event prevents the .info element from getting a click event. Having the .info element capture the mouseup event and prevent it from propagating seems to fix that.
function format(state, container) {
    if (!state.id) return state.text; // optgroup
    container.append(state.text);
    $('link')
        .appendTo(container)
        .mouseup(function(e) {
            e.stopPropagation();
        })
        .click(function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            alert('CLICK');
        });
}

This can also be done to support a link in the selected item, but there it is the mousedown event that needs to be captured.
jsfiddle

A: Just ran into this problem with select2 v4.0.3 and ended up using the 'select2:selecting' event. Here's essentially how I did it:

var $select2 = $savedReportsList.select2({ [stuff] });

$select2.on('select2:selecting', function(e) {
  var args = e.params.args;
  if ($(args.originalEvent.target).hasClass('[something]')) {
    if (confirm('Are you sure?')) {
       window.location = '[somewhere]' + '/' + args.data.id;
    }
    return false; // stops propogation (so select2:select never fires)
  });
});

A: For versions of Select2 before 4.0.0 (so 3.5.x and below), you should refer to this answer about binding to onSelect.
In newer versions of Select2, events are no longer killed within the results so you can just bind to the mouseup/mousedown events like you normally would. You should avoid binding to the click event because by default browsers will not trigger it.

$(".select2").select2({
  templateResult: function (data) {
    if (data.id == null) {
      return data.text;
    }

    var $option = $("<spam>");
    var $preview = $(" (preview)");
    $preview.prop("href", data.id);
    $preview.on('mouseup', function (evt) {
      // Select2 will remove the dropdown on `mouseup`, which will prevent any `click` events from being triggered
      // So we need to block the propagation of the `mouseup` event
      evt.stopPropagation();
    });

    $preview.on('click', function (evt) {
      console.log('the link was clicked');
    });

    $option.text(data.text);
    $option.append($preview);

    return $option;
  }
});
<link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.0/css/select2.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<select class="select2" style="width: 200px;">
  <option value="https://google.com">Google</option>
  <option value="https://mail.google.com">GMail</option>
</select>

In this example we stop the propagation of the mouseup event so the browser will trigger the click event. If you are not working with actual links, but instead need to just catch a click event, you should just hook into the mouseup event.

A: This is similar in concept to netme's but the select2 event is wrong(maybe version difference), and you need to use stopPropagation to prevent item from being selected:
http://jsfiddle.net/ZhfMg/
$('#mySelect2').on('select2-open', function() {
    $('.select2-results .info').on('mouseup', function(e) {
        e.stopPropagation();
        console.log('clicked');
    });
});

If used with x-editable.  What this does is when the x-editable goes into edit mode(shown event), that's when a select2 exists and you can wire to it's open function.
$('#myXEditable').on('shown', function () {
    $(this).data('editable').input.$input.on('select2-open', function() {
        $('.select2-results .info').on('mouseup', function(e) {
            e.stopPropagation();
            console.log('clicked');
        });
    });
});

A: the thing seems to be that the tgas will be deleted right after the box is closed. Therefore the click event cannot be fired.
I've changed a few things + the event that will be listened on. It's now a mousedown...

function format(state) {
    if (!state.id) return state.text; // optgroup
    return state.text + " link";
}

$("select").select2({
    formatResult: format,
    formatSelection: format,
    escapeMarkup: function(m) { return m; }
}).on('select2-open',function(){
    console.log($('.info'))
    $('.info').on('mousedown', function(event){
        console.log("click")
        $('#log').text( "clicked" );
        event.preventDefault();
    });
});
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/3.5.2/select2.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<select>
  <option>red</option>
  <option>green</option>
  <option>blue</option>
</select>

A: You need to unbind the mouseup event from the .select2-results__options element. I'm doing it in my templateResult function:
function templateResult(location) {

    var $location = $([html with links]);

    $('.select2-results__options').unbind('mouseup');

    return $location;
}

If you want to keep select2's default behavior of selecting the option and closing the dropdown, you'll need manually trigger those events:
$('.select2-results__options').unbind('mouseup');

$('a', $location).on('click', function (e) {
    $('#locations_dropdown').select2('val', location.id);
    $('#locations_dropdown').select2('close');
});

return $location;

A: Simple onchange event like this also would help to solve the problem
<select id="GetClientAccounts" class="default-select2 form-control col-md-4" onchange="GetClientAccounts();">
    <option disabled selected value="-1">Select a customer from here</option>
    @{
        if (ViewBag.customers != null)
        {
            foreach (CustomerTBL customer in ((List<CustomerTBL>)ViewBag.customers).OrderBy(c => c.cusCustomerName))
            {
                <option value="@customer.cusCustomerID">@customer.cusCustomerName</option>
            }
        }
    }
</select>


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BIOGRAPHICAL AND FAMILY INFORMATION
Guide to the Jean Minish Stoner papers
Creator: Stoner, Jean Minish (1920-)
Extent: 2.50 linear inches.
Summary: Farmwoman, writer, and community volunteer near Mt. Vernon, Iowa.
Use: Copyright has been retained by the donor.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 676) were donated by Jean Minish Stoner in 1999.
Preferred Citation: Jean Minish Stoner papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Jean Minish Stoner, farm woman, 4-H leader, writer, and community volunteer, was born on a Blackhawk County farm in north central Iowa. Her parents Elva Vorhees and Archie Minish had attended college. Her mother was an accomplished violinist and teacher while her father had a degree in animal science from Iowa State College, now Iowa State University. After marrying, they bought a farm not far from his parents' farm near Hudson, Iowa. Archie Minish raised purebred sheep, showing them as far away as Chicago. Archie and Elva Minish lost that farm during the harsh economic conditions of the 1920s. They moved to northern Minnesota and back in the 1930s as their children were growing up. Eventually, they rented a farm near Mt. Vernon in Linn County, Iowa. There, the lack of money to buy gas kept them from driving to church on Sundays, but they managed to send their daughter, Jean, to high school in Mt. Vernon and then to Cornell College, where she graduated in 1941. Minish had met Virgil Stoner through a church group. They dated for a year and married three days after her graduation from Cornell College.
The Stoners had three sons in the next three years and two more sons by 1952. They bought fifteen acres and farmed the farm of Virgil Stoner's parents. Jean Stoner cared for five children, sold chickens and eggs, canned, helped with field chores, and was active with 4-H. The Stoner farm that began with fifteen acres in 1954 became a corporation with over 5000 acres by 1984. Jean Stoner kept the corporate books, as well as serving in various leadership roles in the church, community, and local schools. After her children left the farm, she became interested in Linn County history, serving as president of Dillon's Furrow, a local historical organization. Perceiving a need, she began a second-hand store in Mt. Vernon in 1990 and volunteered in local schools. Additional biographical details are listed in the Iowa Mother of the Year Portfolio.
The Jean Minish Stoner papers measure 2.5 linear inches and date from 1957 to 1997. The collection is divided into three series: Biographical and family information; Writings; and Scrapbook. The Biographical and family information series contains her reminiscences and those of her sister as well as an award portfolio describing her many activities.
The Writings series includes a complete set of photocopies of Christmas letters from 1957 to1996 and her essays. Stoner's writings about her childhood reflect in clear prose the experience of struggle and loss that many Iowa farmers faced during the 1920s and 1930s, while the Christmas letters describe a prosperous farm family of the second half of the twentieth century.
The Scrapbook series contains photographs and newsclippings photocopied from a family scrapbook.
Series 1: BIOGRAPHICAL AND FAMILY INFORMATION
Series 2: WRITINGS
Series 3: SCRAPBOOK
"Back Then," by Jean Minish Stoner, undated
"Early Recollections," by Ruth Minish Meeker, undated
Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame - 1991
Iowa Mother of the Year portfolio - 1997
Christmas letters - 1957-1996
Correspondence - 1958
Articles and essays - 1960-1997
Newsclippings (photocopies) - 1984-1993
Photographs (photocopies) - 1961
Stoner, Jean Minish, 1920-
Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame
Iowa Mother of the Year
Rural girls
Rural families
Great Depression, 1929
United States -- Iowa -- Mount Vernon
Rural and Farm Women