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Q: UML. How to illustatrate usage of external libraries? How to illustrate in UML dependency on external libraries, like Hibernate, Apache POI etc?

A: You would normally represent this in an implementation diagram that shows the module (component) structure.  Simply put the external libraries on the diagram and stereotype them appropriately to make it clear that they are external dependencies.  Then use a "uses" dependency relation to indicate the parts of the system that depend on them.
For example, to use a trivially simple case ...

This shows two system modules (JAR files) with one dependent on the other, and one of them dependent on an external JAR file.   The stereotypes used to make the nature of the modules clear are custom stereotypes that I've created for this model (as UML doesn't come with such specific stereotypes in its meta-model).


Tiramisu (literally "Pick me up" in Italian, or "Bring me to the sky") is a world-famous dessert: deliciously creamy, it is a symbol of Italian indulgence and culinary know-how. The origins of this dessert are not really clear, but mentions of tiramisu appear in Italy in the XVIth century. The recipe, quite simple, combines tastes of biscuit, coffee, cocoa, marsala liqueur and mascarpone, for a rich and creamy result, full of flavours. MONIN Tiramisu syrup offers you the taste of a real tiramisu, with a blend of subtle and mouth-watering aromas for unequalled exquisite drinks.


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Federico Chentrens (* ~ 1938) ist ein italienischer Filmregisseur.

Chentrens war Regieassistent und gelegentlicher Schauspieler in Genrefilmen zwischen 1959 und 1968. Im Anschluss daran inszenierte er drei Filme, davon zwei unter dem Pseudonym Richard Owens. Anschließend ging Chentrens nach Australien, wo er für das Fernsehen inszenierte. So war er dort etwa Regisseur des TV-Dramas The Bushranger aus dem Jahr 1976.

Filmografie
 1965: Uccidete Johnny Ringo (Schauspieler)
 1968: Auf die Knie, Django (Blackjack) (Schauspieler)
 1968: Zucker für den Mörder (Un killer per sua maestà)
 1969: Playgirl '70
 1971: Le juge
 1973: Una colt in mano al diavolo (Schauspieler)
 1976: The Bushranger

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Filmregisseur
Filmschauspieler
Italiener
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
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Food - Cumbria - Most people put those two words together and come up with either Cumberland Sausage or Kendal Mint Cake.
No-one is quite sure why the Cumberland Sausage is a coil rather than links. But it is thought that this distinctive sausage may have been made thicker than normal sausages to suit the taste of German miners who were in Cumbria during the reign of Elizabeth I. Whitehaven was one of England's major ports during this time and the sausages being spiced may have been influenced by the availability of exotic spices into Cumberland.
So this is what you get if you take your eye of the cooking pot! It is thought that Joseph Wiper invented Mint Cake entirely by accident. He was actually trying to make a clear glacier mint, but took his eye off the pot and ended up with a cloudy mint of a different consistency.
There are three main brands still in production in Kendal today. My own weakness is for Romneys brown mint cake. Whether you prefer white, brown or chocolate coated, the high glucose content make this a great energy boost on a rainy day walking up one of the many local fells. Indeed the famous Kendal Mint cake was taken on the 1953 Everest expedition and eaten on the summit by Sir Edmund Hilary and Sirdar Tensing.
If you are going to be visiting southern Cumbria during April then try to take a detour through the Lyth Valley. The white blossom on the damson trees is absolutely spectacular. Damsons have been part of the history of the Lyth Valley for centuries. They have had many uses including using their skins to dye textiles. These days usage is mainly restricted to jams, puddings and of course my personal winter favourite Damson Gin. Most local pubs stock damson gin if you want to try a glass.
Lyth Valley Damson Day is a family day and takes place during April. Read more about the 2011 Damson Day.
Who would have thought that the Post Office in Cartmel would bring such fame to the Sticky Toffee Pudding? Although both Cartmel and Sharrow Bay in Ullswater both lay claim to having invented this wonderfully moreish desert, there is no doubt that it is now a national favourite. The Cartmel pudding is made form the finest natural ingredients and although this quaint priory village is well worth visiting. Shop hours: Monday - Saturday: 9.00 - 5.00 Sunday: 10.30 - 4.30. Don't despair if you can't get to Cartmel..this pudding is so good that many farm shops and quality stores are now stocking it too!
Grasmere Gingerbread is unique. I don't think that I have ever tasted anything else remotely similar. I have to admit I do have a real weakness for it. It is still made to the same secret Sarah Nelson recipe and available from Sarah Nelson's original cottage tucked away by St. Oswald's church in Grasmere.
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Wedding, Birthday or Celebration in Cumbria?
Christine at Cake Events is a Cupcake entrepreneur with breathtaking designs that will leave you spoilt for choice!
She is based in the small Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness. You can see more of her magnificent creations here.
Farm shops in Cumbria are a great way to buy local, good quality produce.
Why not learn how to smoke that next batch of fish that you catch?
If you like the idea of being in control of what happens to your food before it hits your table then don't miss these great venues in Cumbria where you can learn how to smoke food.
Whenever we find a really great little cafe that offers you something out of the ordinary, we will post it here.


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Q: D3js v4. How to determine custom event? I want to remove svg elements by custom "click + delete" event. I know how to determine click event, and events like ctrlKey, shiftKey, altKey, metaKey. But I want to use other keys. What is the right way to do it?

A: You're going to need to listen to two different events to achieve this, notably keydown and keyup events. Let's pretend we've got a circle:
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Now realistically you probably want keyup to be a bit more intelligent, in case they pressed several keys and didn't keyup the delete! But I'll let you work that bit out.

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Citizens bring ideas as city budget discussions begin
City Hall bigwigs joined a pool man and parks enthusiast on Monday to discuss the 2010 municipal budget.
With nine months to go before formal budget discussions, city administration and politicians invited residents to say what Red Deer's priorities should be next year.
Jack Cuthbertson of the Central Alberta Aquatic Society would like to see a new aquatic centre become a critical issue next year, with the intent of it becoming Red Deer's centennial project for 2013. By doing so, provincial grants would flood in for the 50-metre swimming pool.
"Opportunities for aquatics are very limited," said Cuthbertson during the open house at Westerner Park's Harvest Centre
Lois Hornung said the city must keep parks a top priority.
She'd also like bylaw enforcement patrols in the dog off-leash park of Three Mile Bend.
Hornung also said it's vital the city be sensitive to the impacts that infrastructure or road changes have on existing neighbourhoods, like Bower.
Jack Kofin encouraged the city to use the former civic yards for extra office space, rather than renting more space downtown.
"Use existing facilities," he said.
Another woman said she'd like to see day passes for Red Deer Transit, and closed shelters with heating and air-conditioning at the downtown transit terminal.
"I believe we should have a commercial tax rate that is attractive," said Toby Lampard. "I don't want to see the city overtax and chase investment away."
Lloyd Dickson frowned on the extravagant entrance into Red Deer's civic yards.
"When you build your new extension to City Hall, make sure it's a working place. It's not a display case."
Councillor Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer was glad to be reminded of being sensitive to changes affecting older neighbourhoods.
She also liked hearing new ideas, including having temperature changes for bus shelters although she didn't think that idea was feasible.
About 20 people turned up at the meeting.
"We have not traditionally involved the public at the outset of the budget," Curtis said.
People were invited to give written comments as well.
Mayor Morris Flewwelling said he expects a lot of "the meat" will be gleaned from those questionnaires.
He said council will begin having workshops in the next couple of weeks to outline priorities for next year.
The same questions will be asked through a telephone survey to be conducted in May, Curtis added.
Hornung said this meeting was a good idea.
"I think it's a privilege to be invited and to have the opportunity to speak to your council," Hornung said. "It's forward thinking."
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The Dimmy Debate
Although I promised not to dwell on speculation with regards to Demarai Gray, I wanted to touch on what I think is the heart of the debate: to paraphrase the Clash "should he stay or should he go?"
I asked the question on Twitter and Facebook if Blues should sell Gray provided the money is reinvested in the team. I added that caveat for the simple reason that if the money isn't going to go back into the team then I think the question becomes a bit moot; after all, who wants to sell players without getting something from it?
You can read the resultant debates here and here. As you can see, Blues fans are very split on this one.
My personal belief is that the time has come for Blues to cash in on Dimmy – but not for the reasons many have given.
Firstly, let's be serious about his value. It's been oft-reported that there is a transfer release clause which has been given a figure of £3.75m. I'm led to believe that while not 100% accurate – it's more complicated than a straight fee – it's in the right ballpark. This means that anyone who thinks we're going to get much more than that in cash is going to be disappointed. It's also been oft-reported that Liverpool have some sort of clause with respect to Dimmy; again, I think that has been over-simplified and slightly misreported but that is a moot point as I also understand that clause is no longer in effect.
I can already hear people moaning about that but I think people need to think past direct monetary terms. £3.75million in one hit is much more valuable to Blues right now than say £5-6million over two or three years (which is the normal way transfers work). Yes, other young players have gone for more money but their teams haven't been in the sort of stricken position Blues have been in – and thus Blues have been in a poorer position to negotiate from.
The plus side though is that with the £7.2million from TTA being used to ensure Blues can actually have a half-decent wage bill Blues aren't having to sell players to survive – any transfer profits should be able to be reinvested into the team. Obviously, if Blues don't replace Gray with other players then questions should and will be asked of Panos, EY and TTA.
That doesn't mean a direct transfer fee spending of £3.75million will happen – especially if more than one player comes in. Any player who comes in will have to be paid wages – and while Dimmy is one of the better earners in the squad his wages aren't anywhere near high for the Championship. If we pay a player £20,000 per week (and there are players in this division on far more), it's £1million per year that needs to be added to the wage budget.
All that being said, I believe Dimmy's actual value (as opposed to monetary value) to the team has peaked. At this moment he's still learning but he's getting double-teamed every game as opposition sides know he's one of our few creative outlets. It's a lot of weight to be borne on 19 year old shoulders and Blues might be better off letting him go and bringing in a few players to strengthen the squad as a whole rather than having to rely on one wunderkind winger.
I wouldn't loan Dimmy back either. I don't see the point in developing him further for another team once he's been sold; I believe in a clean break.
If you asked my opinion, I do think Dimmy will leave us sooner rather than later. It hurts to have to sell young talent but it's ever been thus; bigger clubs will pick off smaller clubs for their best players. The good news is that in players like Viv Solomon-Otabor for example there are other young players ready to take on the mantle as the new Blues wonderkid. If selling Dimmy can help stabilise the team further to allow youth to develop and flourish, it can only be a good thing.
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47 Responses to "The Dimmy Debate"
atko says:
I have to agree with everything there although I don't see us needing a direct replacement rather than strengthen other areas. Personally I think we need a creative midfielder who is proven. We have enough strikers on the books for playing one up front and we can buy all the strikers out there but it's no good if we can't create chances. For me, this is the one area we need to move mountains for. We can't rely on Cotts all the time, even he proved he had off days. The more creative we can be the more chances our striker(s) have. We can't be getting on their backs for not taking their one or two only chances in a game when the rest of the game. What did we sing "feed the Hors and he will score"? It's about time we started feeding the Don or Vaughan more.
Your completely contradicting yourself, so you say sell him but don't replace him, that leaves us with cotts, maghoma and soloman, soloman, none of them are exactly ripping defences apart and supplying decent balls into the box to feed Donaldson or Vaughan, so you've weakened the side, gray is a 19 year old kid coming on leaps and bounds, selling him now would be ridiculous, keep him and allow him to develop a while longer then make good money on him, he's head and shoulders above everything at the club right now which basically shows why we go through stages of over performing then looking like relegation fodder, until we have money to build a decent side with decent players we have to accept that we are not in the market to compete with promotion chasing sides, and selling your best players for nothing is only the actions of a small club
Mark mac says:
Lee you cant being cotteril into the equation in regards to your first comment because he has been out injured. In fact i would say judging by how we have missed his goals and his assists that cotteril may have more worth to the team than dimmy.
I can, because if we didn't have gray right now whilst cotterill is injured our creativity would actually be zero, both players are important to the side particularly as we only play 1 up front, plus you need competition for places to keep players motivated, we all dreaded the situation if Donaldson was to get injured and now we've seen it it makes us realise just how much we depend on every aspect of his game when we play the system we do, when we have everyone fit and a bit of competition for places we look a decent side, couple of injuries and we're in trouble, which is why we need to add to what we have, not take away
Sorry that should read when they're watching the rest of the game. One or two chances in a game simply isn't enough in this league.
Texas Pete says:
NO. It makes no sense to sell him. We would cash in to get two players of less value gains nothing. He isnt scoring and neither are any other players and that is the issue. So get rid of all of them and bring in others. Removing one of a team is destructive and desparate. We are not in that state. The availability of cash as hinted at by GR is not connected to the sale of Dimmy. How about we bring in players on the basis that Dimmy has value and cash in at season's end if we need money. We must add value to the squad not dilute it.
No, do not sell one of the best, especially mid-season.
Just one clarification – if GR has a plan that can only be completed if Dimmi is sold then ok. Otherwise NO NO NO NO NO.
alex hurley says:
Spot on atko. Been saying for ages gleeson/davis/kieftenbeld are too similar & too limited. Look at the difference tesche & fabrinni made – shinie wont ever be in thier league & Toral has much to learn.
Waycoolblue says:
Kieftenbeld is completely different type of player to Davis and Gleeson and the strongest midfielder we have.
StaffsBlue says:
I'm really not that bothered whether we let him go or not, but personally, I would get what we can for him now. Yes, he might have potential, but at the moment, I fail to see his value to the team. One goal and a couple of assists doesn't earn you a nailed on place in the team as far as I'm concerned. Yes, he can frighten defenders with his pace, at first. But once they realise he doesn't really hurt you, they tend to relax a bit. If in fact teams are doubling up on him, why aren't we exploiting the space that's being created by them doing that? That's where we're coming up short. I think that, also, with Gray out of the picture, Viv Solomon-Otabor will have more chance to develop… so it could be a win-win for us.
Dave Mann says:
Flatters to deceive and always as done up to now so if he goes then as long as the money is used for the positions that need strengthening then no problem as far as Ime concerned …. it's ashame that over the last four years or so we've had to sell our assets but until we get owners in with money to burn that will always be the case so we shouldn't be supprised what so ever , there's more youngsters ready to step in and take up the mantle , that's the world of Birmingham City and we should be use to it by now . Kro
One problem I've always noticed about blues fans is we have always been quick to want to sell our youngsters, they're over rated or not doing it, not pulling their weight, it's a sign of desperation to bring in new blood but has never paid off, Redmond and but land both doing well whilst we have a squad full of mediocre players that we feel now need to kick on, selling youngsters at 19 years old for peanuts simply can't be a good thing, it all sounds very desperate for a change for the sake of change, but lands value right now must be at least 10m, Redmond easily double what we sold him for in the space of a couple of years, villa sold two of their best players and replaced them with 7-8 foreign players that are nothing more than average, look at them now, the money you will get for gray will not replace him with a player of any calibre, you'd have to take a punt on a lower league player or spend massive wages on a premiership journey man, whilst blues fans have this mentality of a small club we'll always be a small club, hounding out everything good that comes along, bit embarrassing really
Simple question- what does Gray currently bring to our team?
Youth and pace only , skill, dribbling, beating defenders and getting to the bye line and scoring enough goals NO, but he's 19 and will improve with age ..finding a positive amongst negatives is always good for the soul so that's what I always try to do .:-) kro
BhamCityJulian says:
Plenty of negativs to sift through Dave, so give us your list of positives when it is available
I thought I mentioned is youth is pace and is age and that he will get better .. There's your list of positives Julian or did you just care to ignore them ! Kro
Bluesfan says:
It makes laugh some of our fans saying he's ripping defences apart when was that oh the reading game last season he got noticed after that and he's done nothing since good at running with the ball but no end product. I want to keep all our better players but if it's the only way Rowett can bring in players then they need to sell him.
Another positive comment from a 'fan'…….
If he's ripping defences apart ii must be in some fans dreams because in reality he certainly is not … Fulham and Leeds away he played well but that's it for me but on a positive note he has got the above qualities I mentioned on my last post but that's it !! .. Agree with what you say Bluesfan , spot on . Kro
He's a 19 year old kid, I'd understand the criticism if he were at least in his 20'sand was bought in and we'd paid a fee, but like I say, blues fans seem happy to slag our youngsters off and put them down, want them sold Asap so we can sign better players, it makes me cringe, no ones saying he's tearing defences apart, but the lad is born and bred, he could have left for bigger money but wants to stay and develop at his home town club, something you don't see very often in football nowadays,I notice you say he should be sold to bring in other players, when you say players, what exactly are you expecting more players to be like on 3-4m fee and wages, I've no doubt if he does go, and he will be successful, you'll be ripping into the cheap players that replace him in no time, but you be happy ripping into a 19 year old kid, it's your prerogative
I agree Lee that he's only 19 an home town boy and as bags of potential but unfortunetly because of our position off the pitch we ain't gonna keep him …. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than him having a barn stormer of a game today and banging in a couple of goals , absolutely fantastic if that happened .. if we were premier league it wouldn't be a problem but were according to a lot of fans a mediocre championship team and if that don't change then we will carry on loosing our young talent . Kro
It's inevitable he'll leave one day, but remember it's him that wanted to stay, he's not the one that wanted to walk when everyone said he'd gone, what will change that quicker will be when he reads some of the comments on here and other social media basically kicking him in the knackers for showing some loyalty, I'm sick of hearing negative comments on our youngsters then 2 years down the line seeing them flourish in the premier league, our off field problems may not be helping but when we start laying into our players on social media it's not exactly helping the situation neither, when the going gets tough that's what we're here to do, support the lads and get behind them
I do that every game Lee and support every player in a Blues shirt , I never boo, never get personal when supporting the lads and never single any one out for abuse , not my style .. Gray is a good talent but I can only go on what ive seen over the last two seasons and that's the way it is , sorry if others don't see it that way . Kro
Bang on Lee – fully agree and sick of seeing so many negative diatribes posted by 'experts'… give talent time to flourish-pity it's not chumpionship manager..
Let's face it we need to build a new team with decent quality in key positions, just like the top teams have already. The top teams spend millions on transfer fees and on wages and for the short term we won't be doing that. Selling Dimmy will help but more needs to happen and this window is not the time to spend.
Shirley Blue says:
Dimmi Gray would benefit from having better players around him. As Staffs said as he is getting double teamed then good players would know how to exploit the space created by that for the benefit of the team. He had a dip in form last season but improved markedly when Fabbrini came in as defences suddenly had another highly skilled player to worry about. The lack of goals particularly in open play show we have become very predictable with very low levels of creativity.
If the £3.75m release clause is set in stone and someone offers the cash up front then I am assuming we have no choice but to take it if Gray wants to go the club who offers it, The only way we get more is if a bidding war starts up. Would GR get all that money to spend on the team anyway whether it be wages or transfer fees.
Obviously Mr Rowett is going to say he'd prefer to keep Gray.. but if he was offered the £3m to improve the team, I think he'd snatch their hand off. Only my opinion of course.
Williammorgan says:
Being a realist I don't think we can afford to keep him , for one if he doesn't want to go surely the release clause is non existent , as we stand we had another 19 crosses without a goal , in about 100 crosses we have scored about one goal , to me that is telling us something , if TTA give us some hint on what is happening then I would say no , but as Dan as said we have cover , another thing is that we need more goals to compete with those above us , if we can't get a striker good enough then two goal scoring midfield players will do , in the ilk of …… conor hourihane , …Marcus Maddison……Sean Murray .as without a glut of goalscorers we are weak when we have an injury crisis …and also a defender is needed , a fullback with a lot of pace ….kro.
AndyP says:
I know he's been doubled up on but that doesn't excuse not been able to deliver a ball higher than 2foot of the deck from a free kick as at Sheffield on Saturday ,20 seconds later from a good chance to get back in the game were 3-0 down I also think a spell on the bench might do him good. At the moment it's a given that he starts and after all coming on as an impact player with 30 mins to go might be better for team.
We desperately need goals from behind Donaldson. Toral hasn't really worked that well there, Shinnie hasn't worked there, Gray hasn't worked there. We can't rely on Donaldson, who has only scored in 3 games this season.
In an ideal world you play players that are playing well and consistent.Gray isn't doing either of these but you can say that about at least half the team.Ì always find it odd when maghoma gets subbed even though he's been better than gray.If we do sell him for over 3 mill and the majority of the money is re invested in the team then I woder what positions would be a priority.Yes we need to score more goals but you'll win no games when you can't defend.It's a dilemma for sure and with the state of the club off the field then it's not going to change this season.
I also think that having a left full back behind him who doesn't overlap doesn't help Gray. Cotterill has always benefited from Caddis being suited to and prepared to drive forward and overlap which takes defenders away and creates space.
Redmond,Butland, Mutch, have all been virtually given away Redmond is now a proven Premier player, Butland will be England's No 1 for a decade Mutch is decent too.Taken together those three are probably worth in excess of20million what did we get for them?.
The thing with gray is this he needs good players around him, he cant be expected to do a job in defence too, which is what has been asked of him sometimes, he's not the type of player for that it has forever been the case that skilful players need the workhorses around them.
Its obvious we cant give him the platform he needs to perform that is why I say reluctantly to sell him.
People go on about his age 19 may I refer you once again to one Trevor Francis, that kid was doing 6 times more than gray at 16 years of age, yes I know TF Was a once in a lifetime player for us but he's the yardstick I go by.
Sell him but for nothing less Than 7 million, also Dan I don't want to hear about the wage costs its always been the case wages have to be paid, most fans never consider that its only you that considers it.
Blues fan says:
I think the excuse he's only nineteen is wearing a bit thin now he's got talent we have all seen it but he's not consistent enough like I said he got noticed after the reading game and he strolls around as if he's made it that's not good enough. And all the fans saying we are not being positive is crazy we want blues to win every game but we say the truth if blues play well they get praise if they are rubbish in a game we let them know some of our fans need to get thier rose tinted glasses off.
swissjonny says:
Get rid in my view.What concerns me is GR's lack of experience in the transfer markets.We need someone or some players who can make a genuine difference now.Hes a nice lad but sadly this game of ours is very much a business now.I respect immensly and congratulate GR for his motivational skills and getting us to where we are now.We now need to see if hes up to it on the business side.He needs a wiley old Chief Exec with lots of football experience and contacts to ride shotgun.
Dan Hickman says:
Unfortunately this is the legacy of CY and PP's mismanagement of our club. The sale of Redmond, Butland Mutch etc has, quite understandably, bittered and twisted us as fans. Selling a player like Gray would previously have caused a bit of moaning and grumbling but against the backdrop of seeing the life being sucked out of the club it turns in to an issue that will cause more fan divides, more fans staying away and those that do come to the stadium being jaded. If the money was spent wisely then I personally think cashing in on Gray wouldn't be that bad, even if it did leave a bit of a bad taste in the mouth. He is probably less effective than Maghoma and it is glaringly obvious that losing Gray and having VSO/Cotterill/Maghoma in there but at the same time having a more expansive midfielder and an improvement at left back would give us a better, more rounded TEAM, which is the most important thing, is it not?
Really well written as you would expect. I completely agree with you aswell.
Its all just pepper talk from crap-a$$ rags spreading muck! Why would Liverpool have any deal on Gray pre set who are they to us and what's in it for Birmingham nothing so its a lot of bull crap. And so is this so called release clause of £3.75m no club in any league would set such a clause for a player they have had offers of £6.5m for and rejected. If Gray is sold it will be a cash up front deal with add-on's Some where in the regen of £7-8m in total to a top premiership club. According to Tom ross GR as money to spend on three new permanent singings so any money made from Gray would improve the quality of players we are in for he would not use it to overall the team he will still be in for three players only. KRO
Waycool – I'd suggest (as I may have done before) that you might not know everything you think you do re clauses…
@Almajir-I Have not clamed to know anything just gave my opinion on the hole thing and quoted what was said by Tom Ross following his innerve with Garry Rewet. Witch is more realistic than the rubbish pushed out by the peppers that heat our club and will writ us off with every sentence.
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Waycool
You'll have to trust me when I tell you that I know what I'm talking about.
Yes you are the only one that knows what you are talking about I agree with that.
You don't want to start this with me. I've already shot you down once already – remember the BS about you being an agent?
Take a tip and turn your pc off, get some kip…
I have no Idea what your talking about you must have me mixt up with someone ells.
I only had an opinion I have not tried to start anything.
David L says:
Appreciate this comment is a little late to the party, but up in t'North we've had rivers to look at !
Anyway, seems to me this is all about maximizing potential.
Sure Gray has the potential to be a top player at the highest level. Likewise if we kept him, I'm sure he could help lead the club to a top level too.
But all that is maybe 2 years down the line…now we've had a taste of what success feels like, are we patient enough to wait?
Let's not be tribal about this, but say AV offered us £3m + Agbonlahor for Gray? Or Pulis offered £3m + Lambert for Gray?. I think we'd be ahead if we accepted any deal like that.I'm sure other similar deals are available from less 'toxic' clubs if the thought of local 'rejects' upsets you.
That would be using potential to maximize current situation, allow more fresh talent (S-O etc) to develop and provide more desperately-needed firepower at this level.
Mark mccausland says:
I took your comment seriously until you mentioned the name agbonlahor and thinking the squad would be ahead with that.
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It is not a lie if we mention that most of the naïve traders in the Forex market face slippages when trading but what about the Forex professional traders? The professional traders are making lump sum through trading but don't they face slippages? Well, the traders in the United Kingdom make it clearer by stating that they have taken necessary steps to avoid slippages. So, in this article, we are trying to help the naïve traders by mentioning the ways to reduce the slippages in the Forex market. You should not assume that professional traders never face slippages, of course, they do but they make sure to take necessary steps to not to face further slippages. Actually, there are some naïve traders who trade the market even if they face slippages but on the contrary, there are some traders who leave the market because of the slippages. Our target is to revive the traders who leave the market. There are two things you must understand if you want to reduce slippages in trading and they are such as proper understanding of the market orders and types of orders. Now, let us dive in.
Every single trader knows that without having a clear knowledge about money management it's almost impossible to survive in the financial market. If you look at the professional traders in the United Kingdom then you will be surprised to see that most of them are trading with less than 2% risk per trade. You might have all the trading knowledge yet you will have to face some losing trades. Never get frustrated by seeing the losing trades since it's just a part of your trading career. Be patient and wait on the sideline for the best trade execution. If possible learn price action trading since it is often considered as the most reliable way to trade the key support and resistance level. Place your trade in favor of the market trend to reduce the risk exposure.
You should have the proper understanding of the market orders because they are great if you want to exit trades but then risky if you want to enter trades. So, the market order is used when buying and selling depending on the market price. You would already know that the market is highly risky so you should take every step carefully. When you are entering a trade you should make sure to study the market at the best you can. Many naïve traders fail in trading because of not understanding the market so what should the traders do? They should spend some time in demo trading account ( https://www.home.saxo/en-gb/platforms ) so they will be able to practice trading without losing money. You should understand what market orders mean and then try to demo trade until you get it clear.
The term limit order is foreign to naïve trader so they tend to fail in the market because of not knowing it. The limit order means the order time. Actually, there are times when you should not use the limit orders because of certain reasons. You should not use the limit orders if you want to place stop losses. The limit order is great to prevent slippage in trading but you should use it wisely if you want to earn profits. There are risks in using the limit orders so you should make sure to focus on the risks when trading.
There is one negative factor in the limit order and i.e. if the price doesn't reach the limit order you may not be benefitted. Even a downside factor can be turned out as a positive factor if the trader has the ability to understand the market. Through limit orders you can get the best prices but ONLY if you use it wisely.


Book clubs are great. I was in one for a while, and technically I still am, but it was difficult keeping up with life getting in the way all the time. Currently three of our members are living abroad, two (including me) are struggling with finishing master's degrees, two have just finished and thus are busy with finding jobs, and one has just started a brand new job.
We really should pick it up again, though. We rarely got around to actually talk about the book, but we usually read it (which was commendable in itself, considering out busy schedules), and it gave us an excuse to get together and catch up. So I am planning to reboot the club the instant I finish my thesis!
Frankly never even thought of it.
The moms in my kids' age range are all way older. So if I started a book club I doubt they'd be on board for my choices. Haha. BUT yay for you! I always wanted to start a book club!
I'm jealous. Wish I could do something like this but unfortunately I don't even understand the kids teachers at parent/teacher meetings!
Oh man. Lucky you. I would love to be involved in something like this, but most dudes don't read, and if they do, I'm probably not interested in what they think. Maybe I'm just jaded.
Or maybe I should hang out with more ladies.
What a great idea! I should find a book club to attach myself to. My hubs reads, but nowhere near the same kind of stuff so I don't have anyone to ramble on and on with!
Great post - these are wonderful tips for beginning and enjoying a book club. Thanks!
I would TOTALLY love to do it though, with my original mom's group... sadly they are still in Portland.
I really hope you keep loving yours!
That's so wonderful! I totally understand the drifting part. Kids and dogs seem to bring people together. Since my kids are too old and I don't have a dog, I'm out of luck. Plus I moved 700 miles away from all those friends I had at the playground...So no book club here. I have wine - if you're interested, Hart.
Thanks for letting me vicariously enjoy yours, Leigh!
What a great idea! It's funny how school moms stick together, since our kids move up in the same grades. Next Tuesday, a core of us moms are getting together for dinner. We've all been together since my 8th grader was in kindergarten. Some of the boys still hang out together, and some don't. But the moms still get together! Have fun with the club!


What do you mean by illegal download?
The download link you provided was for pirated copies of the books. It's unethical and illegal to share that link.
Actually, I may have jumped the gun on removing that link. , I do apologize for jumping the gun on that.
Whats a good book that will list every piece of code like something in a dictionary?
Just out of curiosity, are the videos you're watching "The New Bostons"? I remember following his last year and was left with nothing but a lot of confusion and unanswered questions. I commend him on his efforts and time dedicated to making them though.
I don't think it would be particularly useful to find a book that listed the keywords and how/where they're used. You'll learn how those things are used when you see them in context. I suppose it's a bit like learning to speak - you weren't given a dictionary and told to learn what "the", "then", "where", etc. meant for example; instead you learned how to use them by, well, using them. Find a decent book that teaches you the language. As pointed out in one of your previous threads, the videos you're learning from don't seem to be particularly good.
I used Big Java Early Objects by Cary Horstmann for my java class, explains everything pretty well and has a lot of tutorial codes to do!
Book is perfect and a guy who works in book shop told my parents this: if he learn all from that book he can work as teacher of Java.
So if u can buy this book.
I hope that i helped..
a guy who works in book shop told my parents this: if he learn all from that book he can work as teacher of Java.
Hopefully, the place that hires you for those very high requirements wants someone that can do more than read a single book. I know nothing of the book, but keep in mind where that advice came from.
Absolute java is fantastic. It's easy to comprehend, and meticulously detailed. It's easy for a beginner to pick up and understand.
Whatever the current edition of Introduction to Java Programming by Y. Daniel Liang. Get the Comprehensive Version. Another book ( with a misleading title, Learn Java for Android Development by Jeff Friesen, Apress ) has proved a great reference for me for core java and truly has NOTHING at all to do with Android programming save that later on if you move to android, you'll use core java.
Another very popular pick is Head first Java but I really dislike the Head First series and find all the cute pics and jokes extremely distracting. Just my opinion though.
Java A Beginner's Guide. Herb Schildt. I think he puts out the best books for beginners. Very good explanations and examples which is a lot more than I can say for a lot of other authors.
Yes, I also think so. Head First series are always useful for beginer.


If your wood is not properly seasoned then it will be hard to light your fire, once going it will not give off good heat (lots of the heat will be used to evaporate the water contained in the wood), and it will produce a lot of deposits in your stove, flue and chimney. These deposits can not only reduce the life of your stove, flue and chimney, but also greatly increase your risk of having a chimney fire. This is especially important in a wood boiler stove as the firebox is that much colder than in a non-boiler stove.
A good sign that logs are well seasoned is that the end grain will have quite a few cracks - these cracks are a result of the wood shrinking as it has dried. Well seasoned wood should have a moisture content of 20% or lower. You can buy a wood moisture content meter - these normally have two pins that you push into the wood and the meter then measures the electrical conductivity (the higher the conductivity the higher the water content) between the two pins and shows you a moisture content figure as a percentage on a screen. Make sure that you split a log and measure the moisture content off one of the split surfaces as the exposed surface of the wood will of course give a lower reading than wood from inside the log.
If you harvest your own firewood then preparing and seasoning the logs is a very important consideration. Fell trees in winter when the sap has fallen and the wood therefore has a lower water content anyway. Cut the tree into rounds of the correct height for your stove and then split with a maul straight away into the desired size of logs. Chopped logs dry faster than rounds of wood plus the wood is much easier to split when freshly cut and wet.
Store the wood in a well ventilated dry place - you may use a log shed or you may assemble covered stacks. Either way the wood should be stored like this for at least a whole season - ie from the winter when they are felled to the start of the heating season in late autumn. Ideally the wood should be stored for two seasons - it will certainly burn better, but in practice many people are not that organised!
If you are making a quick DIY log shed then I have found that old pallets make good walls for logs sheds that still let air through.
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1939. Hitler bullied Europe, and took over a few countries, and bamboozled the Brits. By the end of the year, most of Europe ganged up on him, and a phony war had millions of men idling in trenches eating their Christmas turkeys. Back home in Oz, the drunkometer was breathlessly awaited, pigeon pies were on the nose, our military canteens were sometimes wet and sometimes dry. Nasho via a lottery was back for young men, Sinatra led his bobby-soxers, while girls of all ages swooned for crooner Bing.
1949. The Reds in China could rest from their Long March, and the Reds in Australia took a battering in the pits. The rabbits ruled the paddocks, and some Churches suffered from outbreaks of dirty dancing and housie. Immigration Minister Calwell crudely enforced the White Australia Policy, so that huge crowds on the beaches were nervous about getting a tan. There was plenty of petrol for motorists in NZ and Britain, but not here, so Bob Menzies cruised to another election win over Labor.
In 1958, the Christian brothers bought a pub and raffled it; some clergy thought that Christ would not be pleased. Circuses were losing animals at a great rate. Officials were in hot water because the Queen Mother wasn't given a sun shade; it didn't worry the lined-up school children, they just fainted as normal. School milk was hot news though home deliveries of ice was forgotten.. Ron Williams' daughter made the cover of this book also.
In 1959, Billy Graham called all of us to God. No exceptions. Perverts are becoming gay. The Kingsgrove Slasher was getting blanket press coverage. Tea, not coffee, was still the housewife's friend. Clergy were betting against the opening of TABs. Errol, a Tasmanian devil, died. So too did Jack Davey, Hi Ho. There are recommended three ways to kill a snake. Aromarama is coming to your cinema. Bill Dobell, a Friday-night Wang1 Wangi drinking mate, made the cover of this book.
These five books are available in hard cover as well as in soft. The content for each pair is the same, the difference is the cover. For a small extra price, the hard cover gives the buyer a better quality product with a better look, and a nicer feel. They are books that can readily adorn a coffee table. They are suitable for someone who is a bit special on a special occasion.
Only five Titles are yet in hard cover. I expect to have another four at least by September. These will 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970. Perhaps a few more.
Book-reading Clubs are finding hard covers attractive, and please note that special rates apply to these Clubs.
All soft-cover books are A5, black and white, about 180 pages, about 240 gms, on quality paper with minimum show-through, Perfect bound, with four-colour cover. Hard covers are slightly larger, except for 1958, which is also A5. They weigh about 350 gms, except for 1958, which is 300 gms.


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are macromolecules composed of amino acids. For this reason,
are commonly called the building blocks of protein. There are 20 different amino acids, and we require all of them to make the many different proteins found throughout the body. Proteins are crucial for the nourishment, renewal, and continuance of life.
Just like carbohydrates and fats, proteins contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but proteins are the only macronutrient that also contain nitrogen as part of their core structure. In each amino acid, the elements are arranged into a specific conformation, consisting of a central carbon bound to the following four components:
A hydrogen
A nitrogen-containing amino group
A carboxylic acid group (hence the name "amino acid")
A side chain
The first three of those components are the same for all amino acids. The side chain—represented by an "R" in the diagram below—is what makes each amino acid unique.
Figure 6.1. Amino Acid Structure.
Amino acid side chains vary tremendously in their size and can be as simple as one hydrogen (as in glycine, shown in Figure 6.1) or as complex as multiple carbon rings (as in tryptophan). They also differ in their chemical properties, thus impacting the way amino acids act in their environment and with other molecules. Because of their side chains, some amino acids are polar, making them hydrophilic and water-soluble, whereas others are nonpolar, making them hydrophobic or water-repelling. Some amino acids carry a negative charge and are acidic, while others carry a positive charge and are basic. Some carry no charge. Some examples are given below. For this class, you don't need to memorize amino acid structures or names, but you should appreciate the diversity of amino acids and understand that it is the side chain that makes each different.
Figure 6.2. Amino acids have different structures and chemical properties, determined by their side chains.
Essential and Nonessential Amino Acids
We also classify amino acids based on their nutritional aspects (Table 6.1 "Essential and Nonessential Amino Acids"):
Nonessential amino acids
are not required in the diet, because the body can synthesize them. They're still vital to protein synthesis, and they're still present in food, but because the body can make them, we don't have to worry about nutritional requirements. There are 11 nonessential amino acids.
can't be synthesized by the body in sufficient amounts, so they must be obtained in the diet. There are 9 essential amino acids.
Nonessential
Arginine*
Cysteine*
Glycine*
Proline*
Tyrosine*
*Conditionally essential
Table 6.1. Essential and nonessential amino acids
Sometimes during infancy, growth, and in diseased states, the body cannot synthesize enough of some of the nonessential amino acids and more of them are required in the diet. These types of amino acids are called
conditionally essential amino acids
The nutritional value of a protein is dependent on what amino acids it contains and in what quantities. As we'll discuss later, a food that contains all of the essential amino acids in adequate amounts is called a
complete protein source
, whereas one that does not is called an
incomplete protein source
The Many Different Types of Proteins
There are over 100,000 different proteins in the human body. Proteins are similar to carbohydrates and lipids in that they are polymers (simple repeating units); however, proteins are much more structurally complex. In contrast to carbohydrates, which have identical repeating units, proteins are made up of amino acids that are different from one another. Different proteins are produced because there are 20 types of naturally occurring amino acids that are combined in unique sequences.
Additionally, proteins come in many different sizes. The hormone insulin, which regulates blood glucose, is composed of only 51 amino acids. On the other hand, collagen, a protein that acts like glue between cells, consists of more than 1,000 amino acids. Titin is the largest known protein. It accounts for the elasticity of muscles and consists of more than 25,000 amino acids!
The huge diversity of proteins is also due to the unending number of amino acid sequences that can be formed. To understand how so many different proteins can be made from only 20 amino acids, think about music. All of the music that exists in the world has been derived from a basic set of seven notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B (with the addition of sharps and flats), and there is a vast array of music all composed of specific sequences from these basic musical notes. Similarly, the 20 amino acids can be linked together in an extraordinary number of sequences. For example, if an amino acid sequence for a protein is 104 amino acids long, the possible combinations of amino acid sequences is equal to 20104, which is 2 followed by 135 zeros!
Building Proteins with Amino Acids
The decoding of genetic information to synthesize a protein is the central foundation of modern biology. The building of a protein consists of a complex series of chemical reactions that can be summarized into three basic steps: transcription, translation, and protein folding.
Figure 6.3. Overview of protein synthesis. Protein folding happens after translation.
– Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is the long, double-stranded molecules containing your genome—instructions for making all of the proteins in your body. In the nucleus of the cell, the DNA must be transcribed or copied into the single-stranded messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), which carries the genetic instructions into the cell's cytosol for protein synthesis.
– At the ribosomes in the cell's cytosol, amino acids are linked together in the specific order dictated by the mRNA. Each amino acid is connected to the next amino acid by a special chemical bond called a
peptide bond
(Figure 6.4). The peptide bond forms between the carboxylic acid group of one amino acid and the amino group of another, releasing a molecule of water. As amino acids are linked sequentially by peptide bonds, following the specific order dictated by the mRNA, the protein chain, also known as a polypeptide chain, is built (Figure 6.5).
Figure 6.4. Peptide bond formation
Figure 6.5. A polypeptide chain
– The polypeptide chain folds into specific three-dimensional shapes, as described in the next section.
VIDEO: "DNA Transcription," by DNA Learning Center, YouTube (March 22, 2010), 1:52 minutes.
VIDEO: "mRNA Translation," DNA Learning Center, YouTube (March 22, 2010), 2:04 minutes.
Protein Organization
Protein's structure enables it to perform a variety of functions. There are four different structural levels of proteins (Figure 6.6.):
Primary structure
– This is the one-dimensional polypeptide chain of amino acids, held together by peptide bonds.
– The polypeptide chain folds into simple coils (also called helices) and sheets, determined by the chemical interactions between amino acids.
Tertiary structure
– This is the unique three-dimensional shape of a protein, formed as the different side chains of amino acids chemically interact, either repelling or attracting each other. Thus, the sequence of amino acids in a protein directs the protein to fold into a specific, organized shape.
Quaternary structure
– In some proteins, multiple folded polypeptides called subunits combine to make one larger functional protein. This is called quaternary protein structure. The protein hemoglobin is an example of a protein that has quaternary structure. It is composed of four polypeptides that bond together to form a functional oxygen carrier.
Figure 6.6. A protein has four different structural levels.
VIDEO: "What is a Protein," by RCSBProteinDataBank, YouTube (September 4, 2016), 2:38 minutes. This video gives an overview of the structure of amino acids, the four different structural levels of protein, and examples of different types of proteins in the body.
A protein's structure also influences its nutritional quality. Large fibrous protein structures are more difficult to digest than smaller proteins and some, such as keratin, are indigestible. Because digestion of some fibrous proteins is incomplete, not all of the amino acids are absorbed and available for the body to utilize, thereby decreasing their nutritional value.
The specific three-dimensional structure of proteins can be disrupted by changes in their physical environment, causing them to unfold. This is called
, and it results in loss of both structure and function of proteins. Changes in pH (acidic or basic conditions) and exposure to heavy metals, alcohol, and heat can all cause protein denaturation. The proteins in cooked foods are at least partially denatured from the heat of cooking, and denaturation in the stomach is an important part of protein digestion, as we'll discuss later in this unit. We can see everyday examples of denaturation in cooking techniques, like how egg whites become solid and opaque with cooking, and cream becomes fluffy when it's whipped. Both of these are examples of denaturation leading to physical changes in protein structure, and because protein structure determines function, denaturation also causes proteins to lose their function.
VIDEO: "Heat Changes Protein Structure," by Sumanas (2006), 1:22 minutes. You can learn more about denaturation in this video animation.
Shape Determines Function
An important concept with proteins is that SHAPE determines FUNCTION. A change in the amino acid sequence will cause a change in protein shape. Each protein in the human body differs in its amino acid sequence and consequently, its shape. The synthesized protein is structured to perform a particular function in a cell. A protein made with an incorrectly placed amino acid may not function properly, and this can sometimes cause disease. An example of this is sickle cell anemia, a genetic disorder. Below is a picture of hemoglobin, a protein with a globular three-dimensional structure. When packed in red blood cells to deliver oxygen, this structure gives red blood cells a donut shape.
Figure 6.7. Structure of hemoglobin
In people with sickle cell anemia, DNA gives cells the incorrect message when bonding amino acids together to make hemoglobin. The result is crescent-shaped red blood cells that are sticky and do not transport oxygen like normal red blood cells, as illustrated in the figure below.
Figure 6.8. Difference in blood cells and blood flow between normal red blood cells and sickle shaped blood cells.
Self-Check
Lindshield, B. L. Kansas State University Human Nutrition (FNDH 400) Flexbook. goo.gl/vOAnR, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
"Defining Protein," section 6.1 from the book An Introduction to Nutrition (v. 1.0), CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Figure 6.1. "Amino acid structure" from "Defining Protein", section 6.1 from the book An Introduction to Nutrition (v. 1.0) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Figure 6.2. "Amino acids diagram" from Section 3.4 of Biology by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Table 6.1. "Essential and nonessential amino acids" by Tamberly Powell is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Figure 6.3. "Protein synthesis diagram" from "Intro to gene expression (central dogma)" by Khan Academy is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Figure 6.4. "Polypeptide chain" by the NIH is in the Public Domain
Figure 6.5. "Peptide bond formation" by Yassine Mrabet is in the Public Domain
Figure 6.6. "Structural levels of protein" from "Defining Protein", section 6.1 from the book An Introduction to Nutrition (v. 1.0) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Figure 6.7. "Hemoglobin" by Richard Wheeler is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Figure 6.8. "Blood flow and red blood cell shape of normal and sickle cell shaped hemoglobin" by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is in the Public Domain
Macromolecules composed of chains of amino acids, which are simple subunits made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
The building blocks of protein.
Amino acids that are not required in the diet because the body can synthesize them.
Amino acids that must be obtained in the diet because they can't be synthesized by the body in sufficient amounts.
Amino acids that must be obtained in the diet in certain situations when more are needed than the body can synthesize.
A food that contains all of the essential amino acids in adequate amounts needed by the body.
A food that does not contain all of the essential amino acids in adequate amounts needed by the body.
The first major step of protein synthesis; a process in which the genetic code of DNA is copied into messenger RNA.
The second major step of protein synthesis; information on messenger RNA is translated into building a protein.
A special chemical bond between two amino acids.
The third major step of protein synthesis; the amino acid chain folds into three-dimensional shapes.
One-dimensional polypeptide chain of amino acids.
Polypeptide chain that has folded into two-dimensional simple coils (also called helices) and sheets.
Polypeptide chain that has folded into a three-dimensional organized shape based on the interactions of the amino acids.
Multiple folded polypeptides called subunits that have combined to make one larger functional protein.
When the three-dimensional structure of a protein is unfolded due to a change in the environment (e.g., acid, heat); results in loss of protein function.
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LUANDA, Angola, October 1, 2018 – Quantum Global expressed its deep concern today at the unjustified and illegal detention of its Chairman and Founder Mr Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, a national of Switzerland and Angola, by the Angolan authorities.
Quantum Global denounced attempts by the new administration of the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) through the Angolan justice system, to resort to intimidation, coercion and abuse of human rights to get out of contracts duly entered into between Quantum Global and FSDEA.
After a change in administration last year, the new leadership of the FSDEA is trying to get out of a series of long-term investment agreements with Quantum Global and has used increasingly offensive tactics against Quantum Global, Mr Bastos and staff in Angola, Mauritius and Switzerland — providing misleading and false information to the authorities and courts — in an attempt to achieve this objective.
After returning to Angola on his own accord in May, Mr Bastos has been closely cooperating with the authorities throughout their investigations. As Mr. Bastos has been banned from leaving the country and obliged to report to the Office of the Attorney General every fortnight since May 18, there were no reasons to justify the preventive detention order issued by the Attorney General's office on September 24. Moreover, the detention order does not contain any new allegations against Mr Bastos that could justify an aggravation of the original preventive measures, which were also applied outside the law.
Quantum Global believes that the measures to constrain Mr Bastos were designed to force him to give up his rights and to surrender all assets and funds under the management of the Group. These tactics were supported through the promotion of a false narrative publicly broadcast on government-controlled media.
The preventive detention order focuses on local Angolan real estate transactions that did not involve Quantum Global. An assessment made by Mr. Bastos's legal counsel of the evidence and grounds of the preventive detention order shows that they are wrong and unfounded.
Mr Bastos has taken legal measures to challenge his detention, noting that he was collaborating with the authorities in charge of the investigation, including voluntarily providing documents and did not breach any of the initial preventive measures applied in May. Consequently, the preventive detention order violates the principles of necessity, adequacy, proportionality and subsidiarity, thus rendering it illegal, according to legal advisors.
Moreover, the detention of Mr Bastos in the Viana prison, a place for violent offenders, is in violation of the order of the Attorney General's Office, which stated that Mr Bastos should be taken to the São Paulo prison hospital. Quantum Global believes that the harsh conditions prevalent in Viana prison constitute a further violation of his human rights, are inconsistent with a state that claims to be democratic and subject to the rule of law, and indicate an intention to put Mr Bastos in a situation of isolation from his relatives and colleagues. Violations of human rights in Viana prison have been the subject of criticism in recent years by many international human rights organizations, including by Amnesty International.
A further demonstration of the arbitrary actions of the Angolan Attorney General was in a press release issued on September 24 claiming that the detention of Mr Bastos was connected to the attempted $500 million fraud case involving the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) "already referred to the Supreme Court". Quantum Global reiterated that neither the Group, in its role as asset manager for the FSDEA, nor Mr Bastos were a party to the fraud case.
The FSDEA's own legal counsel, in its affidavit submitted to the English High Court on April 26, stated that "notwithstanding Mr Bastos's previous involvement with the BNA, he has not been accused of any involvement in the BNA fraud". The same counsel is on record as the lawyer on the fraud case.
Regarding the management of the FSDEA, Quantum Global noted that the English High Court had only in August reached a judgment on the dispute between the two parties, strongly criticizing the FSDEA and its lawyers for seriously misleading the Court and being culpable in their actions.
The English High Court found that the FSDEA misled the Court and that the FSDEA was liable for damages. Moreover, the judge of the English High Court stated in his final judgment that the E&Y report commissioned by the FSDEA concluded that Quantum Global's fees and offshore structures were in line with industry standards.
Quantum Global has repeatedly stated its availability to discuss a negotiated and immediate solution with the FSDEA that otherwise will have to be settled through a number of lengthy arbitration proceedings.
Quantum Global reiterates its call for the FSDEA to advance to a good faith solution, in accordance with international commercial law, to maintain the value to the portfolio and secure the jobs created in Angolan industries including ports, forestry, agriculture and real estate.


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RAM HANUMAN MANDIR NOIDA G.B. NAGAR AND OTHERS versus G.D. EDUCATION SOCIETY ANOTHER
Ram Hanuman Mandir Noida G.B. Nagar And Others v. G.D. Education Society Another - WRIT - C No. 34700 of 2006 [2006] RD-AH 11125 (7 July 2006)
Court No. 23
Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 34700 of 2006
Shri Ram Hanuman Mandir & others Vs. G.D. Education Society & another
Hon'ble Umeshwar Pandey, J.
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners.
Petitioner No. 1 is a deity of Hanuman Mandir in the presented suit. Petitioners No. 2 and 3 are Pujari and Manager of the said temple. The plaintiffs filed suit in the year 2003 for permanent injunction against the defendants to restrain them from demolishing or otherwise harming structure of temple and making encroachment therein. Along with the suit they also moved the court with a prayer of temporary injunction, but the trial court on that application directed issuance of notices to the defendants against which the plaintiffs-petitioners preferred a revision under Section 115 Cr.P.C. before the District Judge. The District Judge had granted an exparte injunction order in the said revision and the same continued till the date the revision was disposed of. The revision has been dismissed, vide the impugned order dated 24.5.2006 (Annexure-6 to the writ petition).
The learned counsel contends that the idea of constructing a temple was mooted by the previous Management of the respondents Society for which a small piece of land was earmarked in the portion of the plot allotted to the Society by the NOIDA. With the help of the Society as well as the general public this construction of the temple was raised in which different Hindu 'Deotas' statues were installed and consecrated through religious ceremony. Now after the management of the Society has changed, the disputed construction of the temple which is now a temple open to the general public, is threatened for demolition and encroachment and it gave occasion to the petitioners to seek this relief. The exparte injunction granted by the revisional court has been continuing and now since the said revision has been dismissed, the respondents-defendants would demolish the temple at any moment if they are not so restrained by the Court.
From the aforesaid submissions and from the documents filed on record, it is evident that the temporary injunction application is still pending disposal before the trial court. The revisional court has not given any finding on the merits of the matter. The learned counsel states that so far the respondents have not submitted their counter affidavit before the trial court, therefore, while disposing of the writ petition, it is hereby directed that the trial court would take up the temporary injunction application of the petitioners after obtaining counter and rejoinder affidavits in the case and decide it within a period of one month hereinafter positively without affording any adjournment to either of the parties.
Till the expiry of this period of one month, the respondents, however, would not demolish or damage the temple nor they would encroach upon the land under occupation of the said temple. This stay order shall not continue after expiry of the said period.
SUA/34700-06


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Last Garden, The
The world as we know it has ended. One woman is all that remains of the human race, and she is known only by her title: The Queen. As her final decree, The Queen aims to recreate the beautiful and lush gardens of her youth. However, there is very little moisture left, so The Queen will implement a new plan.
In her travels, The Queen has accumulated a collection of out-of-commission mining robots. She has reprogrammed them all into Robotanists and will use them to turn metal and rare gems into an elaborate garden. The Robotanist AI isn't the best, but they'll try as hard as they can to please their Queen. She doesn't quite remember exactly what the gardens look like, but she'll know it when she sees it. Until then, the Robotanists will work the mines, build the garden, and place gems as they all vie to be the Queen's favorite.
The Last Garden is a worker placement and betting game for 2-4 players. Each player controls a number of Robotanists as they seek to create a beautiful garden out of scraps and gems. On every turn, a player places a Robotanist onto the board and plays a card that shifts the structures in the garden or manipulates gems. At the end of a set number of days, the player who has gained the most favor wins.
NOTE: These copies of the game do not include the "Hack Pack" stretch goals that were part of the original KS.
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A young guy has feelings for a girl whose brother has been holding a grudge against him for a long time and has been seeking revenge. The other lover of the girl is her brother's friend and so he adds fuel to the flames of her brother's rage, and the result is a tragic death for both the girl and the young guy.
Jafar-Khan who has returned Iran after years of studying abroad, is so unfamiliar with how things are in his country that he makes others mad and has to go back. Frustrated as he is, he puts his hope in his grandson.


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IT's Biggest Stories of the Year
Compute Engines>Containers
A Cloud-Native World Pushed Service Meshes Forward in 2020
Service meshes debuted in 2017, but it really broke big in 2020 due to the increased complexity of the cloud-native world.
Christine Hall | Dec 21, 2020
In 2020, one of the most talked and written about emerging technologies was the service mesh. Interest in the technology is on the rise, because it promises to ease workloads for DevOps teams working with large hybrid cloud infrastructures. These infrastructures are becoming increasingly more complex as the "cloud-native" concept expands beyond containers running monolithic applications and now includes technologies such as microservices that spread workloads across a multi-cloud infrastructure.
This sprawling complexity introduces multiple new issues that traditional networks aren't designed to handle. With the addition of microservices, for example, services now have to find and connect to other services that were previously part of a single application, and when a service fails to connect on the first attempt, there needs to be a way to handle retry attempts without bringing the whole system down.
Service meshes solves these issues by acting as something of a traffic cop that sits between the established network and the application to control the additional traffic. In addition, the service mesh can provide load balancing capabilities, metrics for discovering performance bottlenecks or the cause of latency issues, security to help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, and provide access control and the like.
If this sounds great, you still might want to wait a bit before you order the IT folks to go all in on a service mesh. Even though they're already very much being used in production, they're still very much a work in progress.
"If you look at the progress of service mesh right now in the ecosystem, there's not a lot of maturity there," said Idit Levine, CEO and founder of cloud-native software developer Solo.io, in an online panel discussion on service mesh at this year's KubeCon event. "Mainly what I see is a lot of marketing around it [and] less execution."
Although each of the other three members on the panel expressed similar sentiments, this assertion might be a little misleading about the overall state of services meshes, however.
That's because the discussion focused almost entirely on Istio, an open source project started by Google and IBM that has extended the service mesh's usefulness beyond containerized workloads to include virtual machines and applications running on bare metal, which, in turn, has made Istio more complex than some other services meshes. This is ironic because Istio was originally intended to reduce the complexity of working with Envoy, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project started by Lyft that serves as the foundation for many service mesh projects.
"Two years ago, people were talking about multicloud but they weren't doing it," said Dan Berg with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Istio during the same panel discussion. "Now they're trying to do it and struggling quite a lot. I believe service meshes actually fits that space, but they're complicated too because they're dealing with complicated problems."
"In some cases, some of our projects maybe matured or moved quickly to add features but, at some level, I think we need to simplify," he added. "The problems are complex. We don't need complex solutions for those, we need simple solutions to complex problems."
Even though Istio has been garnering the most attention, it's underlying Envoy technology is the elephant in the room. Many, if not most, service meshes have adopted it as their base, in much the same way that Kubernetes was adopted as the container orchestration standard shortly after the container revolution took hold. Service meshes based on Envoy include CNCF's Kuma, AWS App Mesh, Red Hat's Open Shift Service Mesh (which is based on Istio) and Hashicorp's Consul.
The developers at Istio have been working on these ease-of-use issues, with the latest version streamlining both the deployment of extensions and the installation process.
There are service meshes, generally built for speed and ease of use, that aren't tethered to Envoy. These include Maesh, which not only doesn't require Envoy, but has replaced sidecars (a key ingredient in most service meshes) with simpler proxy endpoints. Another is Linkerd, a CNCF project that has eschewed Envoy, as well as the ability to incorporate deployment platforms other than containers into the mesh.
In a way, Linkerd can be seen as the mother of all service meshes.
"Linkerd was actually the very first service mesh project, the one that coined the term," William Morgan, Linkerd's co-founder, told ITPro Today. "It is known today for being the lightest, fastest, and, most importantly, the simplest service mesh. [It was built] with the design principle that a service mesh doesn't have to be complex, it actually can be something that is operationally simple."
Morgan pointed to two things that set Linkerd apart from the majority of service meshes.
"Because it doesn't use Envoy, we have this dedicated micro proxy written in Rust, and that is the key to us being much faster, lighter and simpler than all the other service meshes," he said. "The other thing that we focus on is operational simplicity. We're actually trying to do the bare minimum for you. We want to give you the ability to build a secure, reliable, Kubernetes-based application with the bare minimum to get there, rather than give you every possible feature in every possible combination."
Looking forward to 2021, the use of services meshes in a cloud-native world will continue to grow, with Istio likely remaining the one to beat, not only because it has Google and IBM's backing, but because it contains the full feature set that the enterprise requires.
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import imp
import os
import numpy as np
import multi_tracker_analysis as mta

class Config(object):
    def __init__(self, path, identifiercode=''):
        if '.py' in path:
            self.path = os.path.dirname(path)
        else:
            self.path = path
        self.identifiercode = identifiercode

        # pre-processing data parameters
        self.preprocess_data_function = self.preprocess_data
        self.minlength = 5 # in frames
        self.maxspeed = 150 # pixels / frame
        self.minspeed = 0
        self.minimal_cumulative_distance_travelled = 4

        # other parameters
        self.sensory_stimulus_on = []

    def preprocess_data(self, pandas_dataframe):
        print 'Preprocessing data - see config file for details!'

        pandas_dataframe = mta.read_hdf5_file_to_pandas.cull_short_trajectories(pandas_dataframe, self.minlength)
        pandas_dataframe = mta.read_hdf5_file_to_pandas.remove_rows_above_speed_threshold(pandas_dataframe, speed_threshold=self.maxspeed)
        pandas_dataframe = mta.read_hdf5_file_to_pandas.remove_objects_that_never_exceed_minimum_speed(pandas_dataframe, speed_threshold=self.minspeed)
        pandas_dataframe = mta.read_hdf5_file_to_pandas.cull_trajectories_that_do_not_cover_much_x_or_y_distance(pandas_dataframe, min_distance_travelled=self.minimal_cumulative_distance_travelled)

        # Delete cut and join trajectories
        instructions_filename = mta.read_hdf5_file_to_pandas.get_filename(self.path, 'delete_cut_join_instructions.pickle')
        if instructions_filename is not None:
            pandas_dataframe = mta.read_hdf5_file_to_pandas.delete_cut_join_trajectories_according_to_instructions(pandas_dataframe, instructions_filename)
        else:
            print 'No delete cut join instructions found in path!'

        return pandas_dataframe

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Once upon a time Vahine Moea, a young girl of an incomparable beauty lived in the valley of Araau in Raiatea. She met a fisherman called Ariifaite – from Taha'a. They got married and had a girl whom they called Tiaitau.
One day Ariifaite heard some good news, a missionary had arrived on the island and he was teaching the alphabet and how to write. Ariifaite hastened to inform his wife who was happy to learn that. They decided to go and live in Opoa, the district where the missionary lived, so that their daughter, who had become a beautiful young girl, could learn the alphabet and writing. Tiaitau followed her lessons and when she became a young woman, she met King Tamatoa and became his lover.
Some time later, the King Tamatoa left Raiatea to join King Pomare of Tahiti for the battle of Fei Pi. The King, accompanied by his warriors, left his island and lover. He asked Tiaitau to wait for him at home. However, the young woman told her lover that she felt like she was saying goodbye for the last time and she would never see him again.
King Tamatoa tried to reassure her by saying that he was surrounded by his best warriors. Then Tiaitau took a coconut and told him she would go on the Mount Temehani and watch out for his return, and possibly see him leave to Tahiti.
On these words, they parted.
Then she continued to Vaiumete where she took a bath and quenched her thirst.
Then, she looked at the hole of Apoo hihi ura and let herself fall inside to die as her sorrow was so huge and she could not bear to learn the death of her King whom she adored so much.


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Leaders | Russia, Ukraine and Crimea
Asymmetric wars
The best way to get Crimea back is for Ukraine to become a prosperous democracy—with the West's help
IT'S not the voting that matters, Joseph Stalin once observed, but the counting. At the illegitimate referendum to be held in Crimea on March 16th, the Kalashnikov-wielding men in balaclavas and the absurdly skewed ballot paper may also play a role. Like Vladimir Putin's surreal claim that the elite troops who have overrun the peninsula are merely local volunteers, the referendum would be laughable, were it not—like Mr Putin's invasion—dreadfully real.
The basic result of this sham plebiscite is certain: a rigged decision to secede from Ukraine (see article). The question for the West, and for the authorities in Kiev, is how to respond. The answer has two distinct parts. The West must be vigorous in its denunciations of what is, in effect, a seizure of sovereign Ukrainian territory—much more so than it has been so far. But the Ukrainians themselves should be patient.
As might be expected of a capricious autocrat who has ruled for 14 years, Mr Putin's next move is unpredictable. He might try formally to subsume Crimea into Russia; his own parliament is paving the way for that illegal land-grab. He might choose to wait, leaving Crimea to languish as a twilight non-state. Either way, by invading Ukraine, and recognising both the bogus referendum and "the Goblin" (as Sergei Aksenov, the sinister leader of Crimea's local putschists, is known), he has trampled on international law and subverted the post-cold-war world order. The United States has begun to punish Russia for its offences, through visa bans and asset freezes. The response should be much fiercer, encompassing Mr Putin's entire nomenklatura and Kremlin-linked companies.
For its part, the interim government that took over last month after Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's disgraced former president, fled to Russia, has three broad options over Crimea. All are unpalatable—but not equally. The first is to fight the Russians for the peninsula. That would be a catastrophe, even if the new authorities had a stronger mandate, and were not already struggling to assert control over the rest of the country, and to stop it going bust. Ukraine would lose any war with Russia, at a cost of many lives; it could not expect outside powers to come to its aid. Ukraine's armed forces, particularly those besieged and harassed in their bases in Crimea, have avoided conflict. They should maintain their heroic restraint.
The second option for the Ukrainians is to agitate and protest as best they can, as they are plainly entitled to. But for a preview of what that approach might entail, they should glance across the Black Sea. Two breakaway regions of Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, were for years used by the Kremlin to destabilise that country (until, in 2008, Russia invaded Georgia to "protect" them). Georgia's frail polity was poisoned by its grievances; energy that should have been used to build a functioning state was sapped. If Crimea becomes the focus of Ukraine's politics, its bid to become an independent democracy will be nobbled by nationalism and Russian meddling. This is probably the outcome that Mr Putin intends.
The least-bad course for Kiev is painfully to accept that, for now, Crimea is lost, in fact though not in law. That means negotiating a peaceful exit for those besieged Ukrainian servicemen. And for the Tatars, a put-upon Crimean minority loth to live under Russian rule (having been deported en masse by Stalin in 1944), it means securing as much protection as Ukraine and its allies can muster. After that, Ukraine's priorities should be to stage free elections in what remains of the country, install a legitimate national government, revamp the economy and create durable democratic institutions.
A Marshall plan for Ukraine
The West's other task—and the best strategy for restoring Crimea to Ukraine—is to help it. The European Union has begun to ease tariffs on Ukrainian goods: that is a start, but it must go much further, and fast, with financial support to stave off bankruptcy and then, in tandem with the IMF, to rebuild the state. That should come with closer formal ties and as much technical assistance as Kiev can swallow: in effect, a mini-Marshall Plan. With luck and time, the people of Crimea will look north at a prosperous democracy and push to rejoin it.
Part of the trouble with Mr Putin is the studied asymmetry of his tactics. He gleefully stoops to thuggery—insulting foreign leaders, harassing diplomats, assassinating critics, and, now, invading his neighbour and pretending he hasn't—knowing full well that Western leaders cannot copy him. But the West has a powerful tool of its own that he can never match: a way of life, based on rules and freedom, that people all over the world crave. That includes Russians, many of whom long to escape Mr Putin's corrupt and increasingly repressive authoritarianism, and especially, Ukrainians, some of whom have recently died in the streets in their quest for better government. Helping Ukrainians to achieve that goal is the surest way to resist—and ultimately reverse—Mr Putin's crimes.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "Asymmetric wars"
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The new age of crony capitalism
Turn it off
All shall have rights
Hold 'em


On Sunday, Laura Tighe will stand on the start line of the biggest race of her life, rubbing shoulders with athletes she's more used to seeing on the TV than in the flesh.
After just a handful of years in the sport, the Sligo woman (who won the National Standard Distance title in Kilkee last month) races alongside Aileen Reid, Bryan Keane and Con Doherty at the exciting World Mixed Relay Championships in Hamburg.
The final line up of the other international teams has not yet been released but most will contain top ranked athletes who are already in Hamburg for the ITU World Series race that takes place the day before.
"I am excited, I am not really sure what to expect cause I've never been to a World Series set-up before so this will be a huge experience for me. I will learn a lot I think over the course of the weekend."
After making her way up from the Age Group scene, Tighe raced a handful of ETU races last but she says she expects Hamburg with its super-sprint format to be 'on a whole different level'.
"It's so short that you really just have to go out there and smash it. The big thing for me is to not make mistakes and give it everything I've got, if I do that I will be happy. Usually I race better towards the end of the season so I was surprised that I raced so well so early this season when I finished second behind Aileen (Reid) in Derry. I wasn't super happy with that race, I ran well but I made too many mistakes. In Kilkee I didn't make the same mistakes so I was really happy with that. This year I've just raced a lot more because I feel like I was lacking race experience before."
"I absolutely love training but I feel work gives you a good perspective on everything. I like working, it takes the pressure off, if you're a full time athlete it's expected that you're good and I don't know if I am quite ready to make that step yet. We will see how this year goes, so far I am really happy, I am focusing on the process of what I have to do to get better all the time."
In addition to the men's and women's elite races of the World Triathlon Hamburg, this weekend Hamburg will also host the thrilling ITU Mixed Relay World Championships, with teams of two men and two women from the same country shape up for the 300m swim, 6.6 km bike and 1.6 km run.
One of the most attractive events for spectators live and on television, the Mixed Relay continues to gain major attention, with almost 2 million viewers who watched the Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship event on the German television last year, a competition which attracted more viewership than the Tour de France on the network.
ITU's Triathlon Mixed Relay format consists of teams of four, compromised of two men and two women. Each athlete completes a mini triathlon of swimming, cycling and running, before tagging their teammate.
Depending on who lines up for each Federation, which won't be revealed until a few hours before the race, a number of teams could feature on the podium. Last year's winner France will be among the ones to follow during the race, with Great Britain, New Zealand and the US, as well as the Australians and Spaniards, trying to bring home the eighth edition of the Mixed Relay World's title.
One of the most eagerly awaited competitions of the ITU calendar, the race is going to be thrilling from the very first minute. If you blink, you'll miss it. The swim start is at "Kleine Alster" with only one lap to swim and athletes having to swim though the tunnel twice.
Then, they will go for two laps of a flat bike course with no noteworthy climbs to finish a total of 6.6 km on their bikes in a route technically demanding due to many changes of direction and tight turns.
Finally, athletes will head for two laps to run, also on a flat course, to then tapping their teammate for the relay.
In 2015, France, Australia and New Zealand grabbed the first positions, with some impressive and strong teams and a stunning come from behind last leg that ended up with the French taking their first gold medal in the Mixed Relay Worlds. Great Britain will try to get their fourth title this year (won in 2011, 2012 and 2014).
Other countries who have won the Mixed Relay Worlds are Germany (2013) and Switzerland (2009 and 2010), with countries such as Hungary, Australia, Russia, and USA trying to grab their first gold medal.


Analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) was performed to gain insights into cold adaptation in the polar diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus Grunow. The EST library was generated from RNA isolated 5 days after F. cylindrus cells were shifted from approximately +5°C to -1.8°C. A total of 1376 ESTs were sequenced from a non-normalized cDNA library and assembled into 996 tentative unique sequences. About 27% of the ESTs displayed similarity (tBLASTX, e-value of =10-4) to predicted proteins in the centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle & Heindal. Eleven additional algae and plant data bases were used for annotation of sequences not covered by Thalassiosira sequences (7%). Most of the ESTs were similar to genes encoding proteins responsible for translation, ribosomal structure, and biogenesis (3%), followed by genes encoding proteins for amino acid transport and metabolism and post-translational modifications. Interestingly, 66% of all the EST sequences from F. cylindrus displayed no similarity (e-value =10-4) to sequences from the 12 non-redundant databases. Even 6 of the 10 strong to moderately expressed sequences in this EST library could not be identified. Adaptation of F. cylindrus to freezing temperatures of seawater may require a complex protein metabolism and possibly also genes, which were highly expressed but still unknown. However, it could also mean that due to low temperatures, there might have been a stronger pressure to adapt amino acid sequences, making it more difficult to identify these unknown sequences and/or that there are still few protist sequences available for comparison.


Live forever or die trying is the mantra of biologists Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, two men at the forefront of a scientific mission to reverse the aging process. Always with a beer in hand, the almost 50-year-old Aubrey details his theories on how we'll achieve immortality and the science that will bring us there. From fierce debates with Oxford scholars who believe his work is quack science to embracing the "anything goes" climate of Silicon Valley, Aubrey never wavers in his belief that immortality is within reach. Meanwhile, in Reno, Nevada, Bill dedicates his energy to keeping his life-extension research and business centre afloat, and to staying biologically younger than Aubrey-at 60, he's running ultramarathons in the Himalayas. Since 90 per cent of the population dies from age-related causes, these two passionate crusaders believe finding the cure to mortality is the most important search of our time.


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package nl.nn.adapterframework.extensions.javascript;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import nl.nn.adapterframework.util.flow.ResultHandler;

public class NashornTest {
	private Nashorn engine;

	@Before
	public void setUp() throws JavascriptException {
		engine = new Nashorn();
		engine.startRuntime();
	}

	@Test
	public void testGetEngine() {
		Assert.assertNotNull(engine.getEngine());
	}

	@Test
	public void testResultHandler() throws Exception {
		ResultHandler resultHandler = new ResultHandler();
		engine.setResultHandler(resultHandler);

		engine.executeScript("result('somerandomtext');");
		Assert.assertEquals("somerandomtext", resultHandler.waitFor());

		engine.executeScript("error('somerandomtext22');");
		try {
			resultHandler.waitFor();
			Assert.fail();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Assert.assertEquals("somerandomtext22", e.getMessage());
		}
	}

	@Test
	public void testPromise() throws Exception {
		String script =
				"var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { \n" +
						"    resolve('Success') \n" +
						"}) \n" +
						"  \n" +
						"promise \n" +
						"    .then(function(successMessage) { \n" +
						"        result(successMessage); \n" +
						"    }) \n" +
						"    .catch(function(errorMessage) { \n" +
						"        error(errorMessage); \n" +
						"    }); ";

		ResultHandler resultHandler = new ResultHandler();
		engine.setResultHandler(resultHandler);
		engine.executeScript(script);
		Assert.assertEquals("Success", resultHandler.waitFor());
	}

	@Test
	public void testExecuteFunction() throws JavascriptException {
		String script = "function plusTwo(x) { return x + 2;}";
		engine.executeScript(script);
		Double out = (Double) engine.executeFunction("plusTwo", 5);
		Assert.assertEquals(7.0, out, 0.0);
	}

	@Test
	public void testExecuteFunctionNoParam() throws JavascriptException {
		String script = "function plusTwo(x) { return x + 2;}";
		engine.executeScript(script);
		Double out = (Double) engine.executeFunction("plusTwo");
		Assert.assertTrue(out.isNaN());
	}

	@Test(expected = JavascriptException.class)
	public void testExecuteFunctionUnknownFunc() throws JavascriptException {
		engine.executeFunction("plusTwo");
	}
}