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Q: Invalid Record User Must exist - Rspec I'm making some unit testing with rspec to Active Campaign and on the response I encounter this error:
Failures:

  1) Create Token for Active Campaign updates a contact
     Failure/Error: expect(response_body).to eq(200)

       expected: 200
            got: "\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"reason\\\":\\\"Invalid Record\\\",\\\"message\\\":{\\\"user\\\":[\\\"must exist\\\"]}},\\\"meta\\\":{\\\"message\\\":\\\"Invalid Record\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"error\\\",\\\"code\\\":422,\\\

       (compared using ==)

This is my spec:
require 'rails_helper'

RSpec.describe 'Create Token for Active Campaign', type: :request do
  let(:user) { create(:user) }
  let(:create_active_params) do
    {
      contact: {
        id: '100',
        email: 'john@sample.com',
        app_user_id: 12,
        first_name: 'john',
        last_name: 'Doe',
        tags: 'form-step-1'
      }
    }
  end

  it 'updates a contact' do
    VCR.use_cassette('update_contact') do
      post '/api/v1/active_campaign_contacts', params: create_active_params.to_json, headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' }
      response_body = JSON.dump(response.body)
      expect(response_body).to eq(200)
    end
  end
end

This is my controller I am testing: (which works perfectly fine without rspec)
class API::V1::ActiveCampaignContactsController < API::V1::ApiController
  BASE_URL = Rails.application.credentials.dig(:active_campaign, :url)
  private_constant :BASE_URL
  API_KEY = Rails.application.credentials.dig(:active_campaign, :key)
  private_constant :API_KEY

  def create
    update_contact
  end

  def update_contact
    contact = create_token
    url = URI("#{BASE_URL}/api/3/contacts/#{contact.active_campaign_id}")
    http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
    http.use_ssl = true

    request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
    request['Accept'] = 'application/json'
    request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
    request['api-token'] = API_KEY
    data = { contact: { fieldValues: [{ field: '1', value: token.email_token }] } }
    request.body = JSON.dump(data)
    response = http.request(request)
    response.code == '200' ? render(json: { success: true }) : render(json: { success: false })
  end

  def create_token
    Token.create_with(
      email_token: SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(12),
      active_campaign_id: params.dig(:contact, :id)&.to_i
    ).find_or_create_by!(
      user_id: params.dig(:contact, :app_user_id)&.to_i
    )
  end
end

The controller above works perfectly fine without running the specs. So I'm really not sure what could be failing.
In details, my model Tokens has a t.references :user so whenever I save a Tokenit looks for a user_id
My Tokensmodel:
class Token < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :user
end

And this is what is being saved or the actual columns when a token is saved:
[#<Token:0x00007f9cdce64080
  id: 16,
  email_token: "K287IeBkuA9fdjAr",
  active_campaign_id: 100,
  user_id: 12,
  created_at: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:12:28.119304000 UTC +00:00,
  updated_at: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:12:28.119304000 UTC +00:00>]

So, it does not nag for a user, but somehow my spec does.
What could I be missing here?


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Rhode Island is marshalling all of its assets, including a burgeoning Knowledge District in the heart of Providence, to put the state in a prime position to meet the challenges of 21st century economic development. From the March/April 2012 issue
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Gov. Lincoln Chafee
By Jack Rogers
From the March/April 2012 issue
Like many small states, Rhode Island was hit hard by the Great Recession. Sandwiched in the middle of the Boston-New York axis, the Ocean State faces the dual challenge of laying the foundation for 21st century growth, while retaining and stabilizing its traditional industrial base. Gov. Lincoln Chafee is meeting that challenge by focusing on the building blocks of the new economy: education, transportation and the skillsets needed to lure emerging high-growth industries.
Since taking office last year, Gov. Chafee has led delegations of Rhode Island leaders—including representatives of business and higher education—on visits to Baltimore, Houston and Pittsburgh to tour the University of Maryland Medical Center & BioPark, the Texas Medical Center, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. These visits made clear to the delegation that the medical, research, and educational fields—the so-called "meds and eds"—are sectors primed for high growth.
Chafee has worked to maximize the opportunity to create a "med and ed" hub in the heart of Providence presented by the relocation of I-195, better known as the I-Way in the state's capital.
"[The highway relocation] has given the city and state an historic opportunity to build on valuable, newly-opened land in the heart of the capital city and create quality jobs," Gov. Chafee told Business Facilities in a recent interview.
In addition to the highway relocation, Brown University recently opened its new $45 million medical school, The Warren Alpert Medical School, in the heart of what is now known in Providence as the Knowledge District. Located about one mile away from the central campus, this was Brown's first major teaching facility to be located off its College Hill site. Housed in a 1928 converted jewelry factory, the four-story, 134,000-square-foot facility represents a catalytic moment for Rhode Island's life-sciences industry. With the new medical school, the Knowledge District already is a thriving business hub that we will continue to build on as the development of the approximately 19 acres of I-195 land progresses.
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FILE – A person walks by the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on April 27, 2018, in Seattle. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has published its annual letter Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, that outlines the organization's priorities and announced its $8.3 billion budget for 2023. CEO Mark Suzman, who authored the letter, raised the question of whether the foundation has too much power and influence. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Gates Foundation takes up question of its own power
by: THALIA BEATY, Associated Press
Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence?
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When asked in an interview with The Associated Press what he thought the answer to that question was, Suzman said, "No."
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"We try to use our tools, our skills, our resources, sometimes our technical skills, sometimes our voice in advocacy to help advance and drive those forward," Suzman said.
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Bill Gates, in his most recent public letter in December, described the foundation's mission as reducing inequity and helping "people in poor countries who shouldn't die, not die. Especially children." Suzman said its mission is to help "ensure that every person has the chance to lead a healthy, productive life."
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The foundation announced in October a new education initiative funded by $1.1 billion over four years to try to improve math scores through developing new curricula and digital tools. For Alex Molnar, of the National Education Policy Center, the plan demonstrates the power billionaires like Bill Gates have — experimenting with the education of the poorest children, despite past missteps.
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When asked about previous criticism that its education work had ignored issues that arise from poverty and that hurt learning, Suzman said he doesn't see that as philanthropy's role. He says it should support programs governments or business can't or won't fund.
"If we had great tools to address poverty, we would tackle it," he said, of the foundation.
Molnar disagreed, saying that diminishing the number of poor people would mean stopping the wealthiest people from amassing their fortunes in the first place.
"It requires taking money from people like Mr. Gates — taxing the bejesus out of them," he said. "Nobody should have that much money. Nobody should have that much influence."
The Gates Foundation has recently taken steps to decentralize its decision-making. In the last two years, it expanded its top leadership, appointing five new members to its board of trustees, with 2023 marking the first time the larger board approved the foundation budget.
New members have already pushed the foundation to be more transparent, Suzman said. The board also recommended the foundation set aside some of the $20 billion that Bill Gates committed to the organization in 2022 for future work and gradually raise its annual budget to $9 billion by 2026.
That the new board members have deep experience in philanthropy "is a recognition that giving money away well is a sophisticated enterprise and something that takes experience and learning and expertise," said Kathleen Enright, who leads the Council on Foundations.
Bill Gates has reiterated that all his wealth eventually will go to the foundation, which will close 20 years after he, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett have all died. Buffett has entrusted the foundation with $36 billion from his fortune.
"It's thankfully not a burning platform," said Suzman.
In 2021, when Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates announced their divorce, they said she would evaluate her participation in the foundation after two years. She remains fully committed to the foundation's work, Suzman said, when asked.
In 2021, in its first report on the inclusiveness and equity of its work, the foundation learned many of its grantees and partners wanted to be consulted more and have their input incorporated into the foundation's strategy.
Suzman said every team at the foundation now has a mandate to deepen their relationships with partners and its entire leadership team is participating in a year-long inclusion training.
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Colin Trevorrow to Close Out Jurassic World Trilogy
Colin Trevorrow directed Jurassic World to an outstanding $1.67 Billion at the World Wide Box Office! With Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom on it's way to theaters this summer, Universal is beginning to look a head to the third installment in the Dino Franchise. Steven Spielberg let it be known that Trevarrow would be returning to write and direct next film.
Spielberg made the announcement while speaking with EW, as he will once again serve as executive producer the franchise. Trevarrow will write along with Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising) on a script based off a story by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. Connolly co-wrote World and Fallen Kingdom with Trevarrow and the pair now look to continue the franchise together with Carmichael. The final film in the trilogy is set to hit theaters on June 11, 2021.
Speaking about the upcoming project as well as Fallen Kingdom, Trevarrow said:
"It's important to this franchise that we welcome new creative voices to keep our storytelling fresh and alive, I'm thrilled with the tension and beauty J.A. has brought to Fallen Kingdom, and I know Emily will add another layer of emotion to the concluding chapter of our trilogy."
Trevarrow was recently taken off of directing duties for the final installment of the new Star Wars trilogy Episode IX and replaced by JJ Abrams. It is fitting that he would return to Jurassic World, a trilogy he started and handed off, and is now returning. Much like JJ Abrams and the new Star Wars trilogy.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will once again star Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and B. D. Wong. Joining the cast is James Cromwell, Ted Levine, Justice Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall, and Isabella Sermon, with Jeff Goldblum reprising his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm from the original film and its 1997 sequel. It hits theaters this summer, on June 22.
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Jason Pomeroy is an award-winning architect, academic, author and TV personality, regarded as one of the World's thought leaders in sustainable design. His career has spanned Europe, The Middle East and Asia and includes a number of notable projects, including the first zero carbon house and zero carbon community in Asia, and Indonesia's 'Silicon Valley'. He relocated from London to Singapore in 2008 and is the Founder of sustainable urbanism, architecture, design and research firm, Pomeroy Studio .
He gained his Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees from the Canterbury School of Architecture, a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD from the University of Westminster. He holds professorships at the University of Nottingham (UK), Universita IUAV di Venezia (Italy) and James Cook University (Australia). He lectures globally, and is the author of: Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today; The Skycourt and skygarden: greening the urban habitat; Pod Off-Grid: Explorations into Low Energy Waterborne Communities. He is also the Founder of sustainable education provider, Pomeroy Academy.
Jason also works to raise awareness of the cultural role architecture plays in society. He was both consultant and host of the popular architecture / travel TV series' Smart Cities 2.0, City Time Traveller (Series 1 & 2) City Redesign and Futuropolis, which has aired throughout Asia and the Middle East. Jason continues to be a keynote speaker on all aspects of urbanism and sustainability at global conferences and events, including TEDx and the World Architecture Festival.
POMEROY STUDIO
POMEROY ACADEMY


LMA stands for Laryngeal Mask and it was historically used in the operating room setting however, the LMA has more recently come into use in the emergency setting as an important device for assisting in the management of a difficult airway.
The Mercury Disposable Laryngeal Mask enables the user to channel and administer anaesthesia gas or oxygen into a patient's lungs. It is inserted blindly into the pharynx, forming a low-pressure seal around the laryngeal inlet and permitting gentle positive pressure ventilation.
It consists of an inflatable silicone mask and rubber connecting tube. All parts are latex-free.
In these types there are also different versions of the LMA.
air-Q® Self-Pressurising (sp) LMA Disposable.
Developed and designed by an anaesthesiologist following 8 years of clinician research...for use with confidence.
The newly designed air-Q Blocker Tubes are designed to allow suction, vent and block the upper esophagus.
Passing specific medical devices through the air-Q Blocker, the guide tube acts as a multi-orifice conduit for placing medical devices such as Nasogastric (NG) or Blocker Tubes external to the breathing tube and into the upper pharyngeal space or esophagus (which allows managing potential gastric fluids).
The channel / guide allows the clinician to provide suction, vent, and block the upper esophagus during the use of the air-Q Blocker airway when such interventions are desirable.
The Disposable Self-Pressurising (SP) Laryngeal Mask (LMA) eliminates the extra step and guesswork for mask cuff inflation and the potential for over-inflation.
With the new Self-Pressurising air-Q® sp, Disposable, Masked Laryngeal Airways, there is no need to inflate the mask; it self-pressurises to the proper inflation pressure automatically during Positive Pressure Ventilation.
The increase in cuff seal pressure occurs at the exact time you need it, during the upstroke of ventilation. On exhalation, the cuff decompresses to the level of the PEEP.
The intra-cuff pressure cycles between the Peak Airway Pressure usually 15 - 30 cm H2O and the level of PEEP < 10 cm H2O. Seal Pressure on exhalation averages 17 - 20 cm H2O.
Mucosal and nerve trauma that result from over-inflating traditional peripheral laryngeal mask cuffs.
It also allows for intubation like the regular air-Q®.
The new disposable infant air-Q sizes 1.0 (< 7 kg), 1.5 (7 – 17 kg) and 2.0 (17 – 30 kg) to complete the entire line: 2.5 (30 – 50 kg), 3.5 (50 – 70kg) and 4.5 (70 - 100 kg).


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Ramanujan machine automatically generates conjectures for fundamental constants
July 15, 2019 by Bob Yirka, Phys.org
A team of researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology has built what they describe as a Ramanujan machine—a device that automatically generates conjectures (mathematical statements that are proposed as true statements) for fundamental constants. They have written a paper describing their device and have uploaded it to the arXiv preprint server. They have also created a webpage for people who wish to allow the network to use their computer's process cycles, suggest a proof or develop code toward new mathematical structures.
The Ramanujan machine is named for famed Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught mathematician who grew up in India and was "discovered" by fellow mathematician G.H. Hardy. After moving to England, he became a fixture at Cambridge, where he shook up the math world with his unorthodox mathematics—instead of pounding away at math proofs, he obtained results to famous problems through intuition and then let others find the proofs for them. Because of this, he was sometimes described as a conjecture machine, pulling formulas out of thin air as if they received from a higher being—sometimes in dreams. In this new effort, the researchers in Israel have sought to replicate this approach using computing power.
The Ramanujan machine is more of a concept than an actual machine—it exists as a network of computers running algorithms dedicated to finding conjectures about fundamental constants in the form of continued fractions—these are defined as fractions of infinite length where the denominator is a certain quantity plus a fraction, where a latter fraction has a similar denominator, etc.) The purpose of the machine is to come up with conjectures (in the form of mathematical formulas) that humans can analyze, and hopefully prove to be true mathematically. The team that created the machine is hoping that their idea will inspire future generations of mathematicians—to that end, they note that any new algorithms, proofs or conjectures developed by a participant will be named after them. The researchers note that their machine has already discovered dozens of new conjectures.
More information: Gal Raayoni et al. The Ramanujan Machine: Automatically Generated Conjectures on Fundamental Constants arXiv:1907.00205v1 [cs.LG]: arxiv.org/abs/1907.00205
Journal information: arXiv
© 2019 Science X Network
Celebrating the mathematical genius Ramanujan
Mathematicians trace source of Rogers-Ramanujan identities, find algebraic gold
A mathematical proof isn't just an intellectual exercise
Mathematicians find 'magic key' to drive Ramanujan's taxi-cab number
Math formula gives new glimpse into the magical mind of Ramanujan
Computer generated math proof is too large for humans to check
Feb 19, 2014 report


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package org.apache.polygene.api.injection.scope;

import org.apache.polygene.test.AbstractPolygeneTest;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.apache.polygene.api.association.Association;
import org.apache.polygene.api.association.ManyAssociation;
import org.apache.polygene.api.common.Optional;
import org.apache.polygene.api.common.UseDefaults;
import org.apache.polygene.api.entity.EntityComposite;
import org.apache.polygene.api.mixin.Mixins;
import org.apache.polygene.api.property.Property;
import org.apache.polygene.api.unitofwork.UnitOfWork;
import org.apache.polygene.bootstrap.AssemblyException;
import org.apache.polygene.bootstrap.ModuleAssembly;
import org.apache.polygene.test.EntityTestAssembler;

/**
 * Define a field to be a Property
 */
public class StateFieldTest
    extends AbstractPolygeneTest
{
    public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
        throws AssemblyException
    {
        new EntityTestAssembler().assemble( module );
        module.entities( PersonEntity.class );
    }

    @Test
    public void givenEntityWithFieldPropertiesWhenUpdatedThenReturnCorrect()
        throws Exception
    {
        UnitOfWork unitOfWork = unitOfWorkFactory.newUnitOfWork();
        try
        {
            PersonEntity charles = unitOfWork.newEntity( PersonEntity.class );
            charles.changeName( "Charles" );
            Assert.assertEquals( charles.getName(), "Charles" );

            PersonEntity daniel = unitOfWork.newEntity( PersonEntity.class );
            daniel.changeName( "Daniel" );
            Assert.assertEquals( daniel.getName(), "Daniel" );

            PersonEntity lisa = unitOfWork.newEntity( PersonEntity.class );
            lisa.changeName( "Lisa" );
            Assert.assertEquals( lisa.getName(), "Lisa" );

            charles.befriend( daniel );
            charles.befriend( lisa );
            charles.marry( lisa );

            unitOfWork.complete();

            unitOfWork = unitOfWorkFactory.newUnitOfWork();

            charles = unitOfWork.get( charles );
            daniel = unitOfWork.get( daniel );
            Assert.assertTrue( charles.isFriend( daniel ) );

            unitOfWork.complete();
        }
        finally
        {
            unitOfWork.discard();
        }
    }

    @Mixins( PersonEntity.Mixin.class )
    public interface PersonEntity
        extends EntityComposite
    {
        void changeName( String newName );

        void marry( PersonEntity entity );

        void befriend( PersonEntity entity );

        boolean isFriend( PersonEntity entity );

        String getName();

        abstract class Mixin
            implements PersonEntity
        {
            @State
            @UseDefaults
            public Property<String> name;

            @State
            @Optional
            public Association<PersonEntity> spouse;

            @State
            public ManyAssociation<PersonEntity> friends;

            @Override
            public void changeName( String newName )
            {
                name.set( newName );
            }

            @Override
            public void marry( PersonEntity entity )
            {
                spouse.set( entity );
            }

            @Override
            public void befriend( PersonEntity entity )
            {
                friends.add( entity );
            }

            @Override
            public String getName()
            {
                return name.get();
            }

            @Override
            public boolean isFriend( PersonEntity entity )
            {
                return friends.contains( entity );
            }
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I tend to not use tablets to do my writing. I am more comfortable using my Alphasmart Neo as a digital typewriter, keeping my iPod Touch nearby for research, serve as a dictionary, or to provide music if I don't like what is playing at the coffeehouse. However, I am discovering that more writers are turning to their Apple iPads as full flung writing devices, forgoing even their laptops in favor of the lighter weight, smaller tablets.
The following is a personal review of iPad apps that family and friends have recommended to me. These apps are all focused on creative writing: some favor markdown language, others are great PDF annotative apps or additions to your favorite note taking apps and one is a great companion to blog writing. I have not been asked to review the app by the developer nor do I have any financial stake in their product.
If you love iOS apps, please also click over to an earlier post: iPad Writing Apps that Authors Love.
Many writers are used to jotting research notes in a Moleskine notebook with a favorite pen, but with the advent of the iPad, many are turning their offices paperless. The Penultimate app for iPad has been purchased by Evernote and now seamlessly integrates with their note based system. Handwrite notes in the classroom, on the go, or in your office and your sketches will automatically be saved in Evernote. If you have Evernote premium, your handwritten notes will be searchable. Penultimate imitates different paper and pen options to make your writing experience on the iPad more comfortable. If you already use Evernote, this is a no-brainer addition to your already robust note taking system.
Save your manuscript to PDF and use this app to read and annotate it in your iPad. You can choose different types of text to write with from pens, highlighters, stamps, straight-line, typewriter, underlines, strikeouts and more. Copy and paste your annotations from one document to another. You can connect iAnnotate with Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive, iTunes, or open PDFs from emails and the Internet. The PDF reader aids in the editing and revising process by taking your manuscript from one source and allowing you to view it as if it was a printed work, giving you the ability to see your words in a new light. If you are looking for a way to removing printing your novel and using a red pen to mark it up, this might be the solution you are looking for.
I found this PDF note taking app to be interesting because it integrated audio and video capabilities along with your note writing. It reminds me a little of the Livescribe pens that were very popular a few years ago. It allows a little more customization of the screen, is compatible with Pogo Connect and iPen Styli, one touch access to your notes, the ability to easily timestamp notes, and it can switch the touch screen to make it more left hand compatible. However, I find that the import/export is not as robust as the previous reviewed iAnnotate.
This PDF reader has won many favorable reviews for its robust features and integration with many online systems. You can read pretty much anything on it: books, maps, text, and photos. You can even view movies with it. Goodreader can be used for manuscript annotation since you can write on the PDF as if they were printed pages and can even handwrite in the margins. It has all the annotation goodies that you would expect in an app. Exporting is a breeze due to the numerous methods you can utilize. You can import/export via USB cable or a wifi connection, from email attachments and set the app so that it auto syncs with your favorite cloud server. Goodreader connects with Dropbox, Skydrive, Google Drive, SugarSync and many other online servers. Of all the PDF readers I'm reviewing in this article, I feel that this one is my personal favorite.
If you love to write with Markdown, this is a minimal app to do that comfortably with on your iPad. With a simple swipe to the left, you can switch from an in-line markdown preview to full HTML preview of your document. The smart keyboard is designed for writing markdown and includes all the special characters you will need. The app comes with 50 pre-configured actions, but you can add to them with your own python scripts to make it even more customized. Your documents sync with DropBox.
While I would not use this app to work on a novel or short story, it is helpful when writing blog posts, something I do almost every day for my writing platform! One of the reasons people buy iPads is so that they can get work done on the go. You can maintain several different blogs at the same time with Blogsy on the following platforms: WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, MoveableType, Drupal, Joomla, Tumblr, Squarespace and MetaWeblog. Use the built-in web browser to drag and drop videos from YouTube, photos from Flicker, Picasa, Facebook, Instagram and Google image search at the touch of a button. Style your blog posts with bold, italics, text alignment and more. Easily change the image and video properties and alignment via menus, write and edit in HTML, toggle comments on and off, and much more. You can also schedule your posts, create online drafts and pending-review posts right inside the app. It also has markdown support. It is no wonder that this app has received so many rave reviews all over the internet.
As a writer, many of us are used to working in the Microsoft Office environment. CloudOn allows you to use your iOS device to access your Word, Powerpoint, Excel files easy to access and use on the go. You can edit documents, spreadsheet and your presentations from anywhere you travel, be it an editor's office or the local coffeehouse. Transport or store your MS Office files via Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive. The app version of Office is minimalist and streamlined, but it is fully compatible with your computer Office programs.
Cymbol gives a unique functionality to your iPad's keyboard. This is an app designed by writers for writers and provides a fast access to those special characters not available on the iPad's onscreen keyboard. On Cymbol's ready scratch pad, you can save a variety of enhanced character sequences, symbols and other snippets to then be cut and pasted into your written document. Cymbol provides common symbols such as the pilcrow (¶) and section symbol (§), copyright (©), trademark (™), text glyphs such as the number abbreviation (№) and other typography. The application includes full sets of subscript and superscript numbers used in math, chemistry, and physics documentation.
This is a very helpful post from Wendy Van Camp. I have been sharing her posts on Twitter for months: she is a goldmine! Follow Wendy and you won't be disappointed.
I do not use an Apple iPad, but I certainly see the advantages to these apps. I wonder if MS tablets have similar apps?
I'm not sure. I have an android and will likely do a review of android writing apps sometime in the future. I'll add MS tablets to the list. One of the wrimos in my region was using a Windows Surface tablet to do her writing on this year and it worked quite well for her.
I am still using my old lap top but have watched the tablets advance with envy. I am not sure I am ready to jump into a tablet just yet. I am a late adopter, and just got my first net book which I find difficult to type upon because it is so small. I love the net book's light weight.
They do look fun. I love my little iPod Touch. I can use most of the iOS apps on it and find that in addition to the music, it is a great research tool. The more I research the apps and talk to my friends that do use their tablets as a writing tool, the more I lean toward getting one, although I doubt any of them would have a more comfortable keyboard than my Neo.
I can't do it. I can't write on my iPad. Ok, I can, but I don't unless I absolutely have to. I love reading on my iPad, but my favorite device to use for writing is my desktop. I just love that big screen!
I have written on my iPhone when I get a great idea and it's all I have, but it certainly isn't my preference. I even bought a keyboard for my iPad, thinking that might make it more functional. It didn't. I ended up just giving it to my husband.
I did not believe anyone was still using older style word processing machines such as the Neo. I thought those had died out a while back in the early, dark days of Macintosh hell. I am not hating – if it works for you run with it. I understand the Neos have a long battery life, and the schools love them for their durability. With net books now slightly more costly than a Neo I do not see the advantage of owning such a limited device unless you already have one or absolutely need the full size keyboard. One of the major drawbacks of my tiny net book is that the keyboard is minuscule and difficult to type on – for me at least.
The Alphasmart Neo is very popular with the Nanowrimo crowd. It's limitations is what makes it the perfect drafting machine. No wifi, no distractions and because it is hard to edit (not impossible) it helps to turn off your inner editor. The battery life of 700 hours doesn't hurt either. I don't think of it as a word processor, but instead a digital typewriter. You can buy a Neo used for around $50 on the bay. It is simply one of the tools in my writing kit. I don't use it for editing or printing. Just for drafting.
I love the idea of the iAnnotate PDF app. Will have to check it out!
Thanks for the great list of apps!
Thank you for the great list! If Santa gives me an iPad I will be looking into these!
A Novel Idea is an iPad app I find useful for organizing stylesheet notes. There are four divisions: scenes, characters, locations and ideas. The app syncs with Dropbox, so it's easy to back up your info and keep it accessible for use with other devices.


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package jconst;

import java.io.*;
//import checkers.inference.ownership.quals.*;
import util.*;

/**

   The constRef object represents CONSTANT_FieldRef,
   CONSTANT_MethodRef and CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodRef.
   The format is

     CONSTANT_<>ref_info {
       u1 tag;
       u2 index;
       u2 name_and_type_index
     }

     index must be a an index in the constant table for a
     constClass_or_String object.

     The name_and_type_index must be an index in the constant
     table for a constName_and_type_info object.

     Note that this class is not derived from the constClass_or_String
     since the reference pointers do not point to constUtf8 classes.

 */
public class constRef extends constBase {
  int index;
  int name_and_type_index;
  constClass_or_String class_ref;
  constName_and_Type_info name_ref;

  public void read( DataInputStream dStream ) {
    index = readU2( dStream );
    name_and_type_index = readU2( dStream );
  }

  public void set_ref(constBase objAry[] ) {
    constBase tmp = objAry[ index ];

    if (tmp instanceof constClass_or_String) {
      class_ref = (constClass_or_String)tmp;
    }
    else {
      System.out.println("object at const. pool index " + index +
			 " is not a constClass_or_String");
    }

    tmp = objAry[ name_and_type_index ];
    if (tmp instanceof constName_and_Type_info) {
      name_ref = (constName_and_Type_info)tmp;
    }
    else {
      System.out.println("object at const. pool index " + index +
			 " is not a constName_and_Type_info");
    }
  } // set_ref

  public String getString() {
    StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer();

    str.append( super.getString() );
    str.append(": ");
    if (class_ref != null) {
      str.append( class_ref.getString() );
    }
    else
      str.append("null ref");

    str.append(", ");

    if (name_ref != null) {
      str.append( name_ref.getString() );
    }
    else
      str.append("null ref");
    return str.toString();
  } // getString

  public void pr() {
    System.out.print( getString() );
  } // pr

} // constRef


Even the most beautiful person in the world can make you do a double take if they open their mouth to reveal a bad smile. One of the first things people notice is your teeth – for better or for worse. Everyone knows that they have to brush twice a day and visit the dentist twice a year at least to keep their teeth in tiptop shape. But there are some things that you may be doing that could damage your teeth.
Whether it is the eating the wrong foods or skipping some necessary tooth maintenance, these are some bad habits that could compromise your bright white smile.
Normally a bad childhood habit that is thought only to be off-putting, thumb sucking can actually cause your teeth to become misaligned. The misalignment of teeth could cause issues chewing and breathing down the road. If your child is a chronic thumb sucker, take steps to wean them off the bad habit.
When life gives you lemons, it may also give you bad teeth. Lemons are extremely acidic, so sucking on lemons or drinking lemon water too often will cause the enamel of your teeth to erode. The surface of your teeth will become increasingly rough and look unbecoming. Cut back on consumption of raw lemon if you want to avoid dental problems.
Sometimes, your teeth feel so dirty that you feel like you need to scrub with all your might to get them clean again. Well, that it mostly mental and brushing too hard can actually lead to some dental problems. You can wear down your enamel by brushing too hard, irritate your gums, and even increase your likelihood of cavities. Brush thoroughly and often, but don't brush too hard. You can get just as good of a cleaning by being gentle. You can even get a brush with softer bristles to help prevent damage from over brushing.
People will often use their teeth to break through a difficult wrapper, open a tight bottle cap, or untie a frustrating knot. This is never good for your teeth – they are meant for chewing and talking, not as a replacement for your toolbox. YOU can easily crack a tooth by trying to bite something that is too hard. Think twice before using your teeth as a tool.
A nervous habit of many, nail biting can be very bad for your teeth. Those who consistently bite their finger nails can cause your teeth to misalign and even break a tooth and harm enamel. While many bite their nails as a nervous habit, it is not worth messing up your mouth.
There are many ways you can mess up your teeth, but most bad teeth habits are very avoidable. Take a second to think before you act and you'll be able to keep that pearly white smile for a long time.


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Why We Don't Want to See a Total Solar-Panel Eclipse Over Nevada
Image credit: Shutterstock.com | Enhanced by Entrepreneur
Peter Gasca
Management and Entrepreneur Consultant
Every entrepreneur understands that overhead costs can sink a business, which leads many to find creative ways -- such as bootstrapping to outright living in squalor conditions -- to reduce them.
One utility, electricity (power), is an essential part of running an office, warehouse or manufacturing plant. Unfortunately, power is expensive, and with few exceptions is one expense over which entrepreneurs have very little control.
So how would you feel if you knew that your competition had access to incredibly cheap and reliable power? Moreover, you knew their power was being subsidized by you -- through your power rates and taxes?
I imagine you would be hard pressed not to be a little miffed.
Related: Why SolarCity Plans to Ditch Nevada
This about describes the situation currently unfolding in Nevada. Over the past few years, solar panels have been widely adopted by residential and commercial consumers, thanks in large part to sinking solar panel costs, friendly net-metering rules (a process whereby customers who generate their own electricity from solar power feed electricity they do not use back into the grid for credit) and competitive pricing by solar-panel installers (in some cases, with zero money down initially).
All these factors have created a perfect storm for consumers in Nevada, with over 18,000 customers proudly adorning solar panels on their roofs and saving a tremendous amount of money in the process. In one case, a Nevada residential consumer reported his energy costs falling from $330 to $80.
Everyone was happy, including solar-panel companies like SolarCity, a $350 million venture owned in part by billionaire Elon Musk, which even opened its main service center in Nevada, employing over 1,000 people.
There were a couple of problems, however, with this solar utopia.
First, the solar energy produced by customers still travels through the power grid, which is maintained by the power company, NV Energy. How does NV Energy pay for maintenance of the grid? Through subscriber rates and fees, of course. Logically, when you reduce these sources of revenues -- even issuing checks to those generating and selling back solar energy -- you reduce the resources necessary to maintain the power grid, which the vast majority of the public uses and relies on.
Second, not all customers can afford or have access to solar panels. Only a few companies offer leasing options with no money down, and even then the equipment still has a cost for service and maintenance. Many families simply do not have the resources necessary to install and benefit from them. And if you rent or lease your property, solar panels are only available to you if your landlord or property manager front the expense for installation.
This leaves everyone without access to solar panels paying the higher utility rates that ultimately subsidize the maintenance of the public power grid.
For these reasons and more, Nevada legislators stepped in and passed new rules in December of 2015 that raised rates on those households with solar panels, essentially making solar energy completely uneconomical. A day after the ruling, SolarCity announced the company would cease all operations in Nevada and layoff 550 employees. Other solar companies quickly followed.
The ruling predictably prompted outrage among homeowners and business owners alike, many of whom had made significant investments in their solar-panel systems hoping that the cost savings would eventually pay for the expense. And, of course, there is the environmental concern that this ruling would undercut continued efforts to develop cheaper and cleaner renewable energy, which would help wean the U.S. of its reliance off of fossil fuels.
Protests ensued this past January, with community members and business owners pleading to legislators to change the ruling. Even Mark Ruffalo, the recognizable actor who recently portrayed Hulk in The Avengers movie series, was on the scene to pronounce his support of the solar-energy customers and industry. All of this was to no avail, as legislators unanimously agreed to stick with the ruling.
Related: This Elon Musk-Backed Startup's Rocky Road to Solar 'Grand Slam'
Fueling (pardon the pun) the outrage further was the fact that NV Energy had only recently been purchased by Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, for $5.6 billion. Many speculate that Berkshire leveraged powerful and influential lobbyists who were pulling the strings to get the ruling passed. Like so many before, this became a story of a billionaire's influence and putting profits ahead of the community.
In the end, this story epitomizes the ultimate business ethical dilemma, one not unlike those faced by entrepreneurs every day -- just not to this scale, perhaps.
For instance, if you fall on the side of environment and community, you would be completely right supporting SolarCity and other companies trying desperately to manage the cost of innovation and bring solar energy to the masses. This type of legislation undermines this effort and sets a dangerous precedent, one in which could hinder the tremendous progress already made in the industry.
And, if you fall on the environment and community, you also would be completely right to support Berkshire. The company has already committed $15 billion in investments in renewable energy, and it is doubling that pledge for the coming years as part of the Obama administration climate pledge. If Berkshire's energy holdings do not continue to create value for its shareholders now, much of this valuable research and development may never get accomplished.
Moreover, should we continue to ask those who cannot afford or do not have access to solar energy to subsidize the expansion and adoption of the technology and ultimately foot the bill for maintenance of the power grid, which is essential for our country and economy to survive.
Lastly, consider the fact that Berkshire has an obligation to their shareholders -- which includes everyone from shareholders to the families of employees -- to step in and influence decisions like these if they directly affect the welfare and value of the business, which the solar energy sector was clearly doing. The number-one rule of business, after all, is increase shareholder value.
What would you do as the entrepreneur on either side?
I do not pretend to have the answers to this complicated ethical dilemma. But one thing is certain -- that the products and services that will shape our future, including energy, will come from the ambitions and innovations of entrepreneurs, not legislators. We just need to understand and embrace the fact that many of the most challenging issues we face in business cannot be resolved now, tomorrow or even in the next 10 years. It requires, however, working together toward solutions that benefit stakeholders on both sides.
On this issue of solar energy, we are forced to leave it to Musk and Buffett -- the battle of billionaires -- to settle. Personally, I am okay with this. Renewable energy, including solar, is a frontier that will be pioneered by the most innovative and creative thinkers, but it will not be cheap. Musk and Buffett ultimately are pioneers and philanthropists, so while it may not happen tomorrow, I believe they have the resources, desire and the shared values to get the right thing done.
And, if things get sticky, perhaps we can put more pressure on Mark Ruffalo to intervene. Someone will have to push a little harder to aggravate him, because it is not so much Ruffalo we need, but rather his green, alter ego.
Related: Google Is Launching a Tool That Will Tell You if Solar Panels Are Right for You
Sustainability and Roofing Expert Mike Feazel Predicts a Bright Future for Solar Technology
California to Require Solar Panels on Most New Homes
A New Yorker's Guide to Using Solar In Your Business
You Could Fly to France on Solar Powered Plane Then Drive on a Solar Panel Road
Solar Energy Has Big Apple Potential But New York Real Estate Entrepreneurs Haven't Seen the Light


The government shutdown has gone on for over a month now; yet Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats still will not agree to the president's request of $5 billion to build the wall on the Mexican-U.S. border. Every day the wall is not built, there is more illegal mass migration into our United States of America. It is quite clear that something has to be done — specifically, President Trump needs to fulfill his campaign promise to Build the Wall.


It's been a busy time lately at NTES, particularly on the telecoms side. We are delighted to announce that we are now a 3CX Gold Partner in Ireland. This has come about from a number of recent installations, more of which we'll publish shortly, and also our engineer teams attainment Advanced Certified Engineer status from 3CX.
3CX are a global force in VoIP PBX software. The functionality and features are unrivalled, and all on a solid and supported platform. More and more clients are enjoying the ability to take their desk phone with them on their mobile devices, reducing costs and improving work practices through effective features such as call recording.
Not only can NTES install a VoIP phone software system for clients, delivering significant cost savings and unrivalled features and functionality such as mobile desk phone app, we have recently launched the NTES GoVoip Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) billing platform. This is available to NTES clients and of course we can wholesale to ISP service providers and PBX resellers.


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Q: AWK set values in variables I've a csv file with some fields with values and I want to print a combination of this values (in the end it will be a sql script).
I'm trying to use AWK with no results:
Part of my csv file:

ATTR_A,2,,
ATTR_B,2,,
ATTR_C,2.5

I want to print all the values of the attributes (there are more then the ones listed) in a single string
My final result should be something like:

The value of attribute a is 2, the value of attribute b is 2, the value of attribute c is 2.5

So that I can easily  transform it in a SQL script something like:
 INSERT INTO `db`.`table` (`attribute_a`, `attribute_b`, `attribute_c`) VALUES ('2', '2', '2.5');

I've tried with this script:

BEGIN {FS=",";}
{

if($1 ~ "ATTR_A")
    $va=$2;

if($1 ~ "ATTR_B")
    $vb=$2;
}

END { print $va $vb}

But I get only the print of the last line. What I'm doing wrong?

A: awk -F'[,_]' '{ attrs[$2]=$3; };
END{ printf "INSERT INTO db.table (";
     for(attr in attrs) { printf ("%s\047attribute_%s\047", sep, attr); sep=", "; };
     printf ") VALUES ("; sep="";
     for(attr in attrs) { printf ("%s\047%s\047", sep, attrs[attr]); sep=", "; };
    print ")";
}' infile
INSERT INTO db.table ('attribute_A', 'attribute_B', 'attribute_C') VALUES ('2', '2', '2.5')

A: awk -F "," 'ORS=","{gsub(/.*_/,"",$1);print "The value of attribute "$1" is "$2}' filename| sed "s/,$//g"

output
The value of attribute A is 2,The value of attribute B is 2,The value of attribute C is 2.5

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Happy birthday to Lemsford Springs
As Lemsford Springs Nature Reserve celebrates its 40th anniversary Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust takes a look at its past, present and future
LEMSFORD Springs is a hidden gem in the heart of Hertfordshire just a mile from the A1(M) but packed with wildlife. The site has long been popular with visitors, particularly in winter when the observation hides give close views of birds.
The reserve is made up of watercress beds, a stretch of the River Lee, marsh, scrub and hedgerow. The watercress beds are the central focus of the reserve and are managed to attract a variety of wetland birds lured by the large populations of freshwater shrimps, sticklebacks and bullheads. The water at Lemsford is clean, fast running and never freezes, which means that its teeming with fish and a paradise for many birds and mammals.
Watercress beds have been present on the site from as early as the 1860s but were at their most productive at the turn of the last century when watercress was regarded as a great substitute for green vegetables in winter. In the 19th century workmen dug out the floodplain of the river by hand and spread gravel where they found springs seeping out of the chalk. The spring water flowed over it and the watercress beds were cultivated. A cart took the watercress to Londons Covent Garden where it was sold.
The Lemsford Watercress Beds were acquired by the Wildlife Trust in June 1970 for 2,500, thanks to the support of World Wildlife Fund, the Cadbury Foundation and a number of generous private gifts. A management committee was immediately formed to look after the reserve and improve it ecologically and with regards to conservation. Over the years thousands of visitors have visited the reserve to get closer to wildlife.
The reserve is managed with the support of a network of volunteers including Reserve Warden Barry Trevis, monthly work parties and local residents.
Lemsford Springs today
Today the watercress is no longer farmed at Lemsford but the spring-fed lagoons have been maintained and are brilliant for wildlife. The shallow lagoons are good for wildlife because they are full of invertebrates such as freshwater shrimps.
The shrimps can only survive in very clean water and they feed on the watercress from underneath and, in turn, birds and some small mammals feast on the shrimps.
Lemsford Springs Nature Reserve boasts a new hide, classroom, information boards, a boardwalk and a circular walk making it a great place to get closer to nature.
Taming of the Shrew
The reserve is one of the best places in the country for small mammals such as Shrews, as the BBC One Show discovered in March. Look out for the Water Shrew, the Common Shrew, and our smallest mammal, the Pygmy Shrew which lives along hedgerows by the side of the reserve. These amazing animals have been at Lemsford for millions of years. The Water Shrew love this area because it is rich in their favourite food, shrimps, and there are easy pickings.
Access to the reserve is via key by arrangement with voluntary warden or Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Open at all times, unless work parties or group visits in progress. Please keep to paths and all dogs must be kept on leads. Disabled access via ramp to main hide.


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Q: Magento, default layout for the custom module I want to add a block in left column of only my module, not whole website.
If I place it in <default> tag it will be shown in whole website, but I want to do something like <mymodule_default>, is it possible ?
I know I can place my block in every layout_handler like
 <mymodule_controllername_actionname>
    <reference name="left">
        <block type="mymodule/block" name="left_navigation" before="-" template="mymodule/left-nav.phtml" />
    </reference>
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but this is not what I want, I want to do it as
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    <reference name="left">
        <block type="mymodule/block" name="left_navigation" before="-" template="mymodule/left-nav.phtml" />
    </reference>
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Or it is not preferable ??
Thanks

A: You can only add layout update handle in each controller
public function preDispatch()
{
    parent::preDispatch();
    $this
        ->getLayout()
        ->getUpdate()
        ->addHandle('mymodule_default');
}

Or with instruction <update handle="mymodule_default"/> in all <mymodule_controllername_actionname> handles
Example:
<mymodule_controllername_actionname>
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Q: Best and efficient way to find non duplicate items on a list and save it on another list Class encargo
Property idEncargo as int
Property listEncargoCollege As IList(Of encargoCollege)

Class encargoCollege
Property idEncargo as int
Property rate as Decimal
Property college as College

Class college
Property idCollege as int
Property name as String
Property serial as int

So I Have a list(Of Encargo) with 1000 Encargos.
Each Encargo has at least 50 EncargoCollege.
Each college is unique by his idCollege.
On a Encargo all encargoColleges must be differents (differents idCollege)
What I need is iterate list(of Encargo) and for each different idCollege found on the list; show the sum of Tax and Sum of Rate.
Ex:
Encargo (idEncargo=1)
EncargoCollege (idCollege=55, rate=100);  EncargoCollege(idCollege=56, rate=200)
Encargo 2 (idEncargo=2)
EncargoCollege (idCollege=56, rate=500);  EncargoCollege(idCollege=57, rate=800); EncargoCollege(idCollege=58, rate=1200)
I have to show:
EncargoCollege 1(idCollege is 55; college.name is Paul; rate is 100)
EncargoCollege 2(idCollege is 56; college.name is Peter; rate is 700)
EncargoCollege 3(idCollege is 57; college.name is Mike; rate is 800)
EncargoCollege 4(idCollege is 58; college.name is Jack; rate is 1200)
What is the best way on terms of speed and efficiency to achieve this?
Thanks in advance.

A: Since you're not looking for a specific value or subset of the information in the data collection, nor have a way to short circuit the iterations I try to accomplish that task with a nested 'for' cycle, when you say:

What I need is iterate list(of Encargo) and for each different idCollege found on the list; show the sum of Tax and Sum of Rate.

having in pseudocode something like:
  foreach (var e in Encargo)
  {
    decimal taxSum = 0, rateSum = 0;
    foreach (var eC in e.listEncargoCollege)
    {
      rateSum += eC.rate;
      taxSum += eC.Tax; //though I didn't see where the tax field was declared/defined.
    }
    Console.WriteLine(string.Format("EncargoCollege {0}: rate Sum = {1} , tax Sum = {2} ", e.idEncargo, rateSum, taxSum));
  }

for the second part do not sumarize, just print the values inside the second foreach statement.
I didn't understood where duplicates could exist, specially at encargoCollege (the id makes them unique, doesn't it?), if that's not possible maybe this helps!


Cockroach is the best enemy of human specially in kitchen, believing it spread bacteria that cannot be seen by the naked eye.But while many people hate to get close to these insects, scientists at the International Union of Crystallography believe cockroaches have more to offer.
They found out that the Pacific Beetle Cockroach feeds its bug babies a formula which is remarkably rich in protein, fat and sugar—everything we humans need!
"The protein crystals are milk for the cockroach infant. It is important for its growth and development," said Leonard Chavas, one of the scientists behind the research.
He further explained that this 'cockroach milk' have a whopping three times the energy of an equivalent mass of buffalo milk, about four times the equivalent of cow's milk.It is what one would need: protein, essential amino acids, lipids and sugars.
The 'milk crystals' are currently extracted from the midgut of cockroach embryos, but they are working on producing bio engineered cockroach milk in the near future.


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==Notes and References==
<references>

<references>
<ref name=evville>[http://www.evanescencewebsite.com/SITE/?page_id=214 "An Interview With Amy Lee"]. ''EvanescenceVille''. Retrieved October 28, 2007.</ref>

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{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:The Open Door songs]]
Across the Universe **
All That I'm Living For
Ascension of the Spirit
Away from Me
Before the Dawn
Breathe No More
Dirty Diana **
Even in Death
Field of Innocence
Fourth of July **
Give Unto Me
Heart-Shaped Box **
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) **
If You Don't Mind
Instrumental 1
Lacrymosa
Like You
Listen to the Rain
My Last Breath
Orestes **
People Are Strange **
Purple Rain **
Self Esteem **
Sex Type Thing **
Snow White Queen
Sweet Sacrifice
The Chain *
The Dolphin's Cry **
The Last Song I'm Wasting on You
Thoughtless **
Unraveling
You Got a Lot to Learn
Your Star
Zero **
* Cover versions
** Live cover versions
Sweet Sacrifice está disponible en español. Ver el artículo
Το άρθρο Sweet Sacrifice είναι διαθέσιμο στα ελληνικά. Δείτε το άρθρο
Sweet Sacrifice è disponibile in italiano. Vedi l'articolo
Sweet Sacrifice está disponível em português. Ver o artigo
5 Commercial Release
6 Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music
Written by: A. Lee and T. Balsamo
Described as a song about "a post-relationship catharsis that head-dives from an otherworldly intro into a hard-driving thrash of hard rock guitars and soaring rock vocals" by Evanescence.com.
The listener is captivated by Amy's universe as the very first notes start off. Amy repeatedly takes a deep breath in order to absorb us for an hour. Terry's guitar part flirts with high notes, as Amy's voice follows the same tonality path.
In an interview with EvanescenceVille, Amy was asked: "Which was the song on 'The Open Door' that gave more trouble to you? Which was the song that needed more adjustments to obtain 'the final cut'?"
Sweet Sacrifice took the longest to write. Terry and I began tracking it at the beginning of 2005, got stuck on it and sort of abandoned it, half-baked, for months. Then in September we pulled it out and finally had a breakthrough with it and it became one of our favorite songs on the album. Usually when I get stuck on a song like that it dies. If I can't get the idea out when its fresh and urgent, the feeling just goes away- but Sweet Sacrifice came back to life.[1]
Additionally, Amy made known to the fans through EvThreads that John LeCompt didn't take part in the production of the song and he should not be given credit:
You all know that Terry suffered a stroke right after tracking the guitars for The Open Door, and how much strength he's had to have to overcome the effects its had on his performance. This is part of the reason the nomination was so touching to us. This award is for those who performed on the track, and I want to give credit where credit is due. Terry composed and performed ALL of the guitars on this song, Will played bass, Rocky played drums, and I sang vocals. Wind-up records made an error when they listed the performers on the album back in 2006, and now that error is being taken advantage of. You are the fans, you deserve to know who you're listening to, and Terry deserves full recognition for his performance.[2]
Amy's description of the song:
It's the one song on The Open Door that's about the same abusive relationship which was the source of all the songs on Fallen. It was appropriate to put this song at the beginning, but it comes from a much stronger standpoint than Fallen. It's not saying, 'I'm trapped in fear and somebody save me.' It's saying, 'Fear is only in our minds ... I'm not afraid anymore.'[3]
Amy has said that she is the "sweet sacrifice" in the song. She said the song is about the time when Ben was still in the band, and that she hopes a similar situation won't happen again.[4]
Officially chosen as the third single from The Open Door after requests from the band and fan reactions prompted the label to rethink ideas of releasing All That I'm Living For as the single.[5]
The song was nominated for the Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy Award of 2008.
Studio versions:
Recording date: September 2005 - March 2006
Released on:
The Open Door (track #1) - the third single off the album
All Sweet Sacrifice Singles
Sweet Sacrifice [Radio Mix]
Recording date: September 2005 - March 2006, processed during April 2007
Released on: Sweet Sacrifice Single (track #3) - Premium Maxi CD Single
Live versions:
Sweet Sacrifice [2006-2007 Live]
Performing period: October 5, 2006 - December 7, 2007
Status: Unreleased
Example: Live @ KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2006
Sweet Sacrifice [2012 Live]
Performing Period: March 28 - March 31; August 6, 2012
Example: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
It's true, we're all a little insane
But it's so clear
Now that I'm unchained
Fear is only in our minds
Taking over all the time
but it's taking over all the time
You poor sweet innocent thing
Dry your eyes and testify
You know you live to break me - don't deny
One day I'm gonna forget your name
And one sweet day,
You're gonna drown in my lost pain
And oh, you love to hate me
Don't you, honey?
I'm your sacrifice
I dream in darkness
I sleep to die
Erase the silence
Erase my life
Do you wonder [Our burning ashes]
Why you hate? [Blacken the day]
Are you still so weak [A world of nothingness]
To survive your mistakes? [Blow me away]
Sweet Sacrifice Video
The video was filmed on March 9 and March 10, 2007 and was directed by Paul Brown. For each day of production, one lucky EvClub member was given the chance to visit the set and take pictures while they watched the video being made (see Contest Details).
CNN broadcast a segment featuring some behind-the-scenes footage of the video on March 16, 2007 (video).
"It's mostly live performance," singer Amy Lee said recently on the set of their "Sweet Sacrifice" video. "It's not so much fluff and flying and tricks and wolves and stuff. It's more really just about the song, and that is unique for us. We usually do crazy stuff." The video does have a "cool twist," which Lee refused to reveal, but it will mainly feature the band performing on a set inspired by 2000's psychotherapist thriller "The Cell." "Like we're in the walls of our minds, sort of," Lee said.
Paul Brown, who has directed videos for Audioslave and Matisyahu, helmed the project, which will feature scenes of the live footage projected onto a wall. "It's gonna be sort of like a video within the video," Lee said. "Since the song is our heaviest single, we really wanted to focus on mostly performance but still have something about it that's really unique. And I think [Paul] really hit the nail on the head." [6]
The video was officially released at launch.yahoo.com on April 5th, however iTunes North America had accidentally made it briefly available for purchase the day before.
Watch the video on YouTube.com
Commercial Release
Main Article: Sweet Sacrifice Single
The Sweet Sacrifice single was commercially released in Germany on May 25, 2007.
Tracks released with the single include:
Sweet Sacrifice [Album Version]
Weight Of The World [Live in Tokyo]
Sweet Sacrifice [Radio Version]
Interview with Amy Lee and John LeCompt [Enhanced video]
Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music
↑ "An Interview With Amy Lee". EvanescenceVille. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
↑ Lee, Amy. See the post by her here. EvThreads.com.[dead link]
↑ Bottomley, C. (September 18, 2006). "Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs". VH1.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
↑ "Tre Metri Sopra il Cielo" (in Italian). Rock Sound. September 2006. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Lee, Amy (January 29, 2007). "Change of heart". EvThreads.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Rertieved January 29, 2007.
↑ Moss, Corey (March 26, 2007). "Evanescence's Lee Laughs At 'Idol,' Promises Less Fluff In 'Sweet' Clip". MTV News. Retrieved March 27, 2007.
Jen Majura
Tim McCord
Troy McLawhorn
Former members:
David Hodges
Ben Moody
John LeCompt
Rocky Gray
Terry Balsamo
Mystary
Anywhere but Home
Synthesis Live
Lost Whispers
Promotional singles
Bring Me to Life (Synthesis)
Lacrymosa (Synthesis)
Evanescence stuff
Fonts and Logos
Retrieved from "https://evanescencereference.info/wiki/index.php?title=Sweet_Sacrifice&oldid=23443"
The Open Door songs


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Q: Accessing EJBs deployed in WildFly from an application running in Jboss5 I am running an application in integration with another team's application.
My application is running on JBoss5 and jdk6
Other Application is running on Wildfly8 with jdk8
My application calls an EJB Bean deployed as part of other application but this look up fails.
I am not willing to migrate to wildfly as it could be little time taking task but I am not even getting rid of it.
Any suggestions guys so I can avoid this migration.

A: See the below links which describes to configure an EJB client in JBoss:
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https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS71/EJB+invocations+from+a+remote+server+instance


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Less absorbed solar energy and more internal heat for Jupiter
Li, Liming and Jiang, X. and West, R. A. and Gierasch, P. J. and Perez-Hoyos, S. and Sanchez-Lavega, A. and Fletcher, L. N. and Fortney, J. J. and Knowles, B. and Porco, C. C. and Baines, K. H. and Fry, P. M. and Mallama, A. and Achterberg, R. K. and Simon, A. A. and Nixon, C. A. and Orton, G. S. and Dyudina, U. A. and Ewald, S. P. and Schmude, R. W., Jr. (2018) Less absorbed solar energy and more internal heat for Jupiter. Nature Communications, 9 . Art. No. 3709. ISSN 2041-1723. PMCID PMC6137063. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180917-125104391
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The radiant energy budget and internal heat are fundamental properties of giant planets, but precise determination of these properties remains a challenge. Here, we report measurements of Jupiter's radiant energy budget and internal heat based on Cassini multi-instrument observations. Our findings reveal that Jupiter's Bond albedo and internal heat, 0.503 ± 0.012 and 7.485 ± 0.160 W m^(−2) respectively, are significantly larger than 0.343 ± 0.032 and 5.444 ± 0.425 Wm^(−2), the previous best estimates. The new results help constrain and improve the current evolutionary theories and models for Jupiter. Furthermore, the significant wavelength dependency of Jupiter's albedo implies that the radiant energy budgets and internal heat of the other giant planets in our solar system should be re-examined. Finally, the data sets of Jupiter's characteristics of reflective solar spectral irradiance provide an observational basis for the models of giant exoplanets.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06107-2 DOI Article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137063 PubMed Central Article
Li, Liming 0000-0002-5257-9849
Jiang, X. 0000-0001-8932-3807
West, R. A. 0000-0002-4320-2599
Fortney, J. J. 0000-0002-9843-4354
Fry, P. M. 0000-0002-7367-6541
Orton, G. S. 0000-0001-7871-2823
© The Author(s) 2018. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Received: 6 December 2017. Accepted: 20 July 2018. Published online: 13 September 2018. The leading author (Liming Li) wants to thank one of his postdoc advisors, Dr. Barney J. Conrath, who encouraged him to conduct the studies of the radiant energy budgets of giant planets. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the Cassini CIRS, ISS, and VIMS teams for recording the raw data sets. L.L. acknowledges the support from the NASA ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program and Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program. X.J. is supported by NASA grants NNX13AC04G, NNX13AK34G, and NNX16AG46G. S.P.-H. and A.S.-L. are supported by MINECO project AYA2015-65041-P (FEDER/EU) and Grupos Gobierno Vasco IT-765-13. Author Contributions: L.L. performed the computations/analyses of Jupiter's radiant energy budget/internal heat and wrote the manuscript. X.J. processed the Cassini ISS data set and contributed to the computation. R.A.W., S.P.E., U.A.D., B.K. and C.C.P. contributed to the Cassini ISS data processing and calibrating. P.M.F. and K.H.B contributed to the Cassini VIMS data processing and calibrating. A.M. and R.W.S. Jr. provided long-term data sets of Jupiter's albedo. X.J., R.A.W., P.J.G., S.P.-H., A.S.-L., L.N.F., J.J.F., B.K., C.C.P., K.H.B., P.M.F., A.M., R.K.A., A.A.S., C.A.N., G.S.O., U.A.D., S.P.E. and R.W.S. Jr. contributed to the data analysis. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript. Data availability: The original data recorded by the three Cassini instruments (CIRS, ISS, and VIMS) are publicly available and can be freely downloaded from the NASA Planetary Data System (https://pds.nasa.gov/). The data for the most important scientific results are presented in the article and the Supplementary Information. The processed data sets and the corresponding codes of Jupiter's radiant energy budget are available from L.L. upon reasonable request. The authors declare no competing interests.
NASA NNX13AC04G
NASA NNX13AK34G
NASA NNX16AG46G
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO) AYA2015-65041-P
Grupos Gobierno Vasco IT-765-13
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