If you are a family child care provider in New Hampshire and are interested in receiving a reimbursement for providing meals for the children in your care, we will help you do that.
I-LDCC is a sponsor for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which provides financial reimbursement and technical support to family day care homes and centers who serve meals to children in their care. You can be reimbursed for one meal and two snacks, or two meals and one snack per child per day.
A home that is licensed for 12 children and serves breakfast, lunch, and one snack every day can receive anywhere from approximately $500 - $1100 per month depending on factors such as your income, the income levels of children in your care, or the income level of your school district.
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Developing An E Book. Does Anyone Have Any Experience?
Developing an e-book. Does anyone have any experience?
This is a test post about the #ITeachMSU series event on feedback.
Inside Teaching MSU is a network and resource for MSU Graduate Students and Postdocs, dedicated to promoting teaching excellence through conversation and sharing practices.
These are a collection of resources to help understand the process of backwards design, and developing course objectives that are specific and measurable.


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Afghanistan Presidential Election Season Kicks Off
Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah release pigeons during the first day of the presidential election campaign in Kabul.
Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
By Sam Frizell
February 2, 2014 10:32 AM EST
Candidates for Afghanistan's April 5 presidential election officially launched their campaigns Sunday with a series of rallies held in Kabul, but it remains to be seen whether the next president will have a closer relationship with the United States than the obstreperous incumbent Hamid Karzai.
There are 11 candidates vying to replace Karzai, who cannot run again, reports the BBC. The president has repeatedly held back from signing a security deal that would allow the U.S. military to carry out operations against the Taliban and suspected terrorists in the war-torn country, saying his successor could handle negotiations.
The academic Ashraf Ghani, who is running with former Uzbek warlord Gen Abdul Rashid Dostum and ethnic Hazara tribal chieftain Sarwar Danish as vice-presidents, promised at his rally Sunday to bring change. And the candidate Abdullah Abdullah said the world should not be frightened of Afghanistan, and Afghans should not be frightened of the world.
"There are actually a number of fairly strong candidates, people who we have worked with very closely in the past," said former Defense Department official David Sedney on PBS on Jan. 27. "And most importantly, the election gives the Afghan people themselves a chance to choose. And then I think we will have a much better chance of moving forward."
It's not just the outcome of the election that will shape Afghanistan's future, but also whether voting can be carried out safely. A peaceful election process would set a precedent for future democratic elections with diminished coalition and U.S. involvement. But on Saturday two workers for Abdullah Abdullah were shot and killed in the western city of Herat, and the Taliban has threatened to derail the campaign. Voters expressed anxiety about the safety of the polls, and said it could prevent people from casting ballots.
Violence in Afghanistan has continued in recent months, with a recent Taliban attack on a Kabul cafe that served Western clientele killing 21 people.
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Traditional Instruments: Oud & Guzheng Evergreen Cultural Centre Rehearsal Hall 1205 Pinetree Way
sat28jan8:30 pmsat9:30 pmTraditional Instruments: Oud & Guzheng8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Evergreen Cultural Centre Rehearsal HallEvent Type :Rehearsal Hall Sessions
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ABOUT THE SHOW Contemporary meets Classical, and East meets West in this double
Contemporary meets Classical, and East meets West in this double bill featuring two incredible musicians.
First, Farouk Alsajee, a talented Canadian musician and vocalist of Iraqi descent, sings and performs original compositions in Arabic as he plays the Oud, a breathtaking Middle Eastern plucked instrument. His music spans traditional and contemporary, bringing the hauntingly beautiful oud music into the 21st century for a new generation to enjoy.
Michelle Kwan follows up with astonishing covers of contemporary music on the Guzheng, a classical Chinese harp-like instrument. Watch as she gives bands like Metallica and Guns & Roses a traditional twist, with a few classical Chinese songs thrown in the mix.
Farouk Alsajee | Farouk is a Canadian of Iraqi descent singer, composer and software developer. His music has reached thousands of people both locally and internationally, and he entertains a hot and growing fanbase on social media, especially after launching MaysoonMusic, a Vancouver based full-scale music production, licensing, distribution, and artist management company that has over 200k subscribers on Youtube. Farouk's music could be described as having a chat with Mesopotamian gods who are cheerful yet pretty deep.
Michelle Kwan | Michelle Kwan is a Guzheng player from Vancouver, Canada. At age 12 she began learning the 21 stringed traditional Chinese harp. Being born in Vancouver, Michelle's parents encouraged her to learn the ancient Chinese harp to immerse her in Chinese culture. After spending numerous years playing classical music, she decided to venture out and use the Guzheng to play genres of music that are mainstream. Michelle began her own Youtube channel and it has gained over 2,000,000 views. Michelle has been featured on various media including Guitar World, GlobalTV, CBC and Huffington Post. Michelle is also a Guzheng teacher and is passionate about educating students ranging from young kids to seniors on the art of playing the Guzheng.
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Adults + Seniors: $20 | Students: $16
This show takes place in Evergreen Cultural Centre's Rehearsal Hall, located at the back of our building.
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Q: UITableView and Another View inside ScrollView I have UITableView and UIView(used to show image slideshow) inside UIScrollView. The tableview is dynamic and i want to automatically adjust height of table view to show all the cells(and disable scrolling of tableview) and scrollview should show both slideshow and tableview and could be scrollable, I know how to do this with code but i want to know if is  possible to do in Interface builder(without using iOS6 auto layout) using previous(iOS5 and early) autoresize method in the xcode size inspecter tab(see image)

A: I think this is hard to do only using interface builder.

A: You can set your objects via interface builder. But for maintaing scrolling conditions you need to do it programmatically. Also for table view height to be dynamic you need to be done programmatically.

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Many people want to save money and do it themselves when it comes to conveyancing, but is it as easy as it seems?
Put simply, conveyancing is the transfer of legal ownership of a property from one person to another, but while this seems simple, there are a lot of complex issues involved.
Ozpropertylaw® believes that if you are buying or selling real estate, the services of an expert, qualified conveyancer are essential.
For most people, choosing between a conveyancing professional and doing it yourself often comes down to money and the anticipated complexity of the conveyancing process.
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By doing it yourself, you risk taking on the personal responsibility for carrying out all the processes correctly and if you make a mistake, this could be very costly.
Total building approvals fell in April 2011, reflecting another poor result for the core detached housing segment, the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry announced on Wednesday.
HIA senior economist Andrew Harvey said that total residential building approvals fell by 1.3 per cent in April 2011 to be down by 5.9 per cent over the April "quarter". Total approvals in the three months to April 2011 are 15.4 per cent lower than in the corresponding period one year earlier.
"Today's approvals numbers are driven by a 3.5 per cent fall in detached housing approvals and unfortunately constitute yet another soft update on the state of Australia's residential building industry," Mr Harvey said.
"April's detached housing approvals represent the weakest monthly result since March 2009 and provide more evidence that house-building levels are heading back towards the GFC-affected lows of financial year 2008/09.
On a more positive note, approvals in the highly volatile private sector other dwellings segment rose by 2.2 per cent in April 2011, with a rise in private sector approvals more than offsetting a fall in the public sector.
"In terms of the jurisdictions we've seen a bit of a recovery in Queensland in April where approvals are up by 29.2 per cent after the weather-affected weak outcomes in February and March," Mr Harvey said.
In addition to the 29.2 per cent increase in Queensland approvals (seasonally adjusted), increases were experienced in Victoria (up by 0.3 per cent) and South Australia (up by 9.9 per cent). The jurisdictions that experienced a decrease in approvals in April 2011 were NSW (down by 12.9 per cent), Western Australia (down by 9.6 per cent) and Tasmania (down by 8.7 per cent). In trend terms approvals in the ACT were up by 2.5 per cent while Northern Territory approvals were up by 0.9 per cent.
REINSW says planned changes to national occupational licensing will seriously diminish professional standards in the real estate sector and ultimately harm both consumers and agents.
The proposed changes follow agreement by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to develop a national licensing system across a range of professions in order to remove inconsistencies between states and territories and enhance consumer protection.
REINSW says the National Occupational Licensing System, to come into effect in July 2012, will dumb down professional standards and undermine consumer confidence.
"Put bluntly, both real estate agents and consumers are being set up to fail by these new national licensing changes," REINSW President Wayne Stewart said this week.
"REINSW understands that not only will the new licensing system enshrine inadequate two-day courses but it will also abolish any ongoing professional development.
"It is ludicrous that in NSW a person can achieve the regulated education requirement in 48 hours – yet this practice, which the REINSW has strenuously opposed, may be introduced Australia wide.
"Does anyone seriously believe that two days is sufficient to equip a person with the skills, knowledge and education on the intricacies of a property transaction?
"Yet despite the inherent inadequacy of training, we are asking these same people to advise consumers on complex property transactions and matters involving assets of significant value." REINSW President Wayne Stewart said this week.


This post is the third of 7 exam assignments of the Pentester Academy's x86 Assembly Language and Shellcoding on Linux course. Success in these 7 assignments results in the Pentester Academy's SLAE32 certification.
Study the egg hunter shellcode. It is similar to a two stage shellcode.
The first stage searches for a pattern it can find in memory. That pattern signifies where the second stage lies which needs to be executed.
Create a working demo of an egg hunter. It should be configurable for different payloads. This means that once the pattern has been found the second stage should be easily configurable.
Create an egg hunter assembly script that can be object dumped.
1. Create and egg hunter assembly script that can be object dumped.
The second stage can hold other payloads as desired.
Then, I placed the above in the shellcode.c, under the unsigned char egg_hunter section.
I used the same objdump command above to extract the execve binary's shellcode and placed it intact into the unsigned char second_stage section, prepending it with two "EGG"'s.


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Q: Does the order of JOIN vs WHERE in SQL affect performance? In SQL, how much the order of JOIN vs WHERE affect the performance of a query?
a) SELECT […] FROM A JOIN ( SELECT […] FROM B WHERE CONDITION ) ON […]
b) SELECT […] FROM A JOIN ( SELECT […] FROM B ) ON […] WHERE CONDITION
My inner feeling tells me that option a) should be more performant: if we do first a join and then we run a where, it seems way less performant than first running a where on one table, and from the resutls doing a join. But I'm not sure as this depends on the internal optimizations of the SQL library itself.
Would be nice to know if the behavior is the same for both MySQL and
PostgreSQL, and also if it depends on any other decorators as group by or order by.

A: All other factors being equal, I would expect the A version to perform better than the B version, as you also seem to expect.  The main reason for this is that the A version lets the database throw out rows using the WHERE clause in the subquery.  Then the join only has to involve a smaller intermediate table.  The exact difference in performance between the two would depend on the underlying data and the actual queries.  Note that it is even possible that both queries could be optimized under the hood to the same or very similar execution plan.

A: Postgres has a smart optimizer so the two versions should have similar execution plans, under most cases (I'll return to that in a moment).
MySQL has a tendency to materialize subqueries.  Although this has gotten better in more recent versions, I still recommend avoiding it.  Materializing subqueries prevents the use of indexes and can have a significant impact on performance.
One caveat:  If the subquery is complicated, then it might be better to filter as part of the subquery.  For instance, if it is an aggregation, then filtering before aggregating usually results in better performance.  That said, Postgres is smart about pushing conditions into the subquery.  So, if the outer filtering is on a key used in aggregation, Postgres is smart enough to push the condition into the subquery.


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10 High Street March 2016
The 18th century property at 10 High Street was listed in 1980 by the former Department of the Environment as Grade II, of special interest. Faced with colour-washed pebbledash, it has an old clay tile roof, hipped on the left.
The Rating and Valuation Act 1925 specified that every building and piece of land in the country was to be assessed to determine its rateable value. When 10 High Street was assessed in 1927 it was owned by Richard Lane and occupied by E. J. Hawes, who had been the tenant for three years at an annual rent of £19. The premises included a shop in two sections measuring 12 feet by 15 feet and 12 feet by 2 feet, two living rooms, a kitchen, and four bedrooms. Outside were a brick and tile coach house used as a workshop and a stable used for coal, with a brick and slate wash house. The valuer described the property as "very poor" [DV1/C85/42].
Kelly's Directory for 1928 tells us that Elijah James Hawes and Son were bootmakers. They are still listed in the last directory for the county, that of 1940. Directories of 1914, 1920 and 1924 list John Hawes as bootmaker.


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'Psocomorpha'  é uma subordem de insetos da ordem Psocoptera (ou Psocodea  ). Existem 26 famílias e mais de 5300 espécies descritas em Trogiomorpha.   .

Famílias

 Amphipsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Archipsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Asiopsocidae Mockford & Garcia Aldrete, 1976
 Caeciliusidae Mockford, 2000
 Cladiopsocidae Smithers, 1972
 Dasydemellidae Mockford, 1978
 Dolabellopsocidae Eertmoed, 1973
 Ectopsocidae Roesler, 1944
 Elipsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Epipsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Hemipsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Lachesillidae Pearman, 1936
 Lesneiidae Schmidt & New, 2004
 Mesopsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Myopsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Paracaeciliidae Mockford, 1989
 Peripsocidae Roesler, 1944
 Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936
 Pseudocaeciliidae Pearman, 1936
 Psilopsocidae Roesler, 1944
 Psocidae Hagen, 1865
 Ptiloneuridae Roesler, 1940
 Sabulopsocidae Schmidt & New, 2004
 Spurostigmatidae Eertmoed, 1973
 Stenopsocidae Pearman, 1936
 Trichopsocidae Pearman, 1936

Referências

Psocoptera

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Virtual Audio Cable 4.15 Full Download software allows you to transfer audio (wave) streams between applications and/or devices. It creates a set of virtual audio devices named "Virtual Cables", each of them consists of a pair of the waveform input/output devices. Any application can send audio stream to an output side of a cable, and any other application can receive this stream from an input side. All transfers are made digitally, providing NO sound quality loss (a bitperfect streaming).
VAC 4.15 Crack behavior is similar to "What You Hear" (or "What U Hear", "Stereo Mix") feature of Sound Blaster Live! and Audigy cards. But it is only similar, not equivalent. If you simply need a function like "Stereo Mix" under Vista/Win7/Win8, there could be better to try to enable it in your audio adapter.
– Local (console) session only (does not work via Remote Desktop or Terminal Services).
– Windows 5.x, 6.x and 10.x platforms (32-bit and 64-bit).
– Up to 256 virtual cable devices (some systems limit number of MME devices).
– 1..20 milliseconds per interrupt/event.
– Almost any of fixed point PCM audio formats (1000..384000 samples per second, 8..32 bits per sample, 1..8 channels). Floating point formats are not supported.
– Almost no sound latency with maximal interrupt/event frequency.
– Unlimited number of clients connected to each port.
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– Stream buffering technique to partially compensate bad application buffering algorithms.
– Control Panel application to configure cables and watch their state.
– Audio Repeater application that transfers from any recording to any playback device.


Tuesday night's 8pm Pedal Power Spin Class at the Fitt Factory is a beginners class.
You can bring a friend for free tonight to this class!
The Fitt Factory Fitness Centre is open to both male and female with pay as you go option available.
It is located at the rear of the Spool Factory on St. Patrick Street in Boyle.


Tom Cruise is an American actor who was born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York. In 2018, Tom Cruise played a part in the movie M:I 6 - Mission Impossible (Mission: Impossible 6). His recent filmography also includes the movies American Made (2017) and The Mummy (2017). Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Late Show With James Corden account for some of Tom Cruise's recent TV credits. Tom Cruise has a relatively limited fanbase on Spotify with only a popularity score of 35 out of 100 and about 2,700 followers as of 2018. His most popular track on Spotify is "Pour Some Sugar On Me" from the album Rock of Ages (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
As of 2018, Tom Cruise has appeared in about 54 movies. Some of the most recent Tom Cruise movies include M:I 6 - Mission Impossible (Mission: Impossible 6), American Made, and The Mummy. M:I 6 - Mission Impossible (Mission: Impossible 6), released in 2018, featured Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. American Made, released in 2017, featured Tom Cruise as Barry Seal. Tom Cruise appeared as Nick Morton in The Mummy, also released in 2017.
As of 2018, Tom Cruise has contributed to about 10 TV shows. Some of the most recent Tom Cruise TV appearances include Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show With James Corden, and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. In 2016, Tom Cruise was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also in 2016, he was a guest on The Late Late Show With James Corden and he was a guest on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart in 2015.
As of 2018, Tom Cruise has 2,700 followers and a popularity score of 35 on Spotify. Rock of Ages (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a popular album by Tom Cruise. Notable tracks from this album include Pour Some Sugar On Me, Wanted Dead Or Alive, and Don't Stop Believin'. Pour Some Sugar On Me is the most popular track from Tom Cruise, scoring 35 out of 100 on the popularity scale. Wanted Dead Or Alive and Don't Stop Believin' have popularity scores of 35 and 34, respectively. The Spotify popularity score is on a scale from 0 to 100 and reflects the number of times the song has been played and how recently it has been played.


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Tales From The Grouch: "Carol Comes Home"
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Carol Comes Home
by J.D.H.
Carol burst into the apartment and slammed the door shut, locked it, bolted it, and then, back against the door, slid down to the floor.
The apartment was dark, but the red light on the phone's answering machine was blinking. Messages.
Carol was breathing heavily, eyes closed, when the memories came flooding back.
This can't keep happening … these men are horrible!
Eyes now open, Carol rose from the floor and shuffled to the phone machine. Three messages.
Message 1: "Carol, it's mother. I'm worried about you. Please pick up if you're there … otherwise, call me when you get this."
There was a muffled sound just outside the apartment door, and Carol wondered if someone from the bar had followed and was out there. Surely not ….
Unwelcome memories from the nightclub kept coming back:
Minding my own business, having a drink, checking my cell phone, and the creep sits down beside me. When I don't acknowledge him, the creep looks at my phone and says, "Can I send you a dick pic?" I say, "Why would I want that? I can tell just from looking at you that you're hung like an acorn."
All he did was smile.
Message 2: "Hi Carol. This is Xavier from the club. You don't have to return this. I was just wondering how things went the other night. You know, with my bro Alex? Seemed like you two hit it off (laughter). Anyway, I'm sure I'll see you soon at the club. Bye."
Alex from the club. Right.
These damned men! They have no idea the time and effort I — and millions of girls around the planet — put into our appearance, and they have no clue as to why. Yes, we want to look attractive — but that doesn't mean we want to sleep with you! We enjoy the attention, it feels good to be noticed and desired, sure, but that doesn't mean we want to bonk!
"Funny thing about dick pics," the creep at the bar had said. "Women complain about them, but they don't understand the motive. They think men are like peacocks, strutting their feathers — or dicks — in a bid to attract a woman. But that's not the case. Usually, the man knows he has no chance with her. The dick pic isn't for her benefit; it's actually an act of aggression."
Message 3: A hang-up.
"The guy thinks, OK, she's not into me. But at the very least, I can get her to see my dick, plant that image in her brain. At some point, she'll probably imagine sex with that dick — if only for a moment. And so the dick pic is for the guy's benefit, sort of a mind fuck. Pathetic, sure, but not what most women think it is."
At that point, Carol stood and faced him. "You speak like you have a lot of experience sending dick pics. No thanks. Like I said, I can tell just from looking at you that you're probably sporting a baby dick." Carol left him sitting there, a smirk on his face.
No more phone messages. Somewhere outside, a siren was wailing. It grew louder, then fainter as it moved on.
Of course, everyone has some sort of … kink. I certainly have one. But some of the fetishes these men entertain …. There is a difference between tolerating a man's kinks, and actually indulging them.
"I know your secret, Carol." This new guy, unlike the creep, was somewhat good-looking. He wasn't vulgar and had a certain charm. But after he'd sat there, at the bar, for ten minutes or so, his hand was suddenly on Carol's upper thigh. "I don't mind your secret," he said.
As with the first creep, this was a cue for Carol to leave. He'd blown it.
But he had followed Carol out of the bar and into an alley. They stood next to a reeking dumpster.
"What happened then was self-defense," Carol said aloud. "He cornered me, and I had no alternative but to …"
Carol looked down at the blood-stained stiletto heel. It had gone into the man's eye socket, pushed in hard until it struck bone. Now his body was in the dumpster, where someone would eventually find it. But it was self-defense.
These men!
It was a repeat of the scene with Alex a few nights ago. Lovely Alex, who did not understand that Carol had no intention of sleeping with him. Carol simply craved attention. But Carol didn't swing that way.
Alex's body was now in a dirt heap beneath a highway bridge. They would find him, eventually.
Carol went into the bathroom and removed his wig and began to disrobe. There was blood on his dress, and on his blouse. He stood and relieved himself in the toilet, flushed, and then, like always, he left the toilet seat up.
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My journey as a woman in the real estate industry has taught me a lot about myself, about people, and what it means to always stand tall, maintain composure, and always own your worth as a woman.
My academic background comprises a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Marketing Management (UNISA). I have been married to one spectacular imperfect human being for 7 years and am a proud mother of 3 future phenomenal women.
Right after completing my studies in 2010, I did a short stint in the medical surgical device industry as a Marketing Assistant Intern. I felt pressured to join the sales team. It was then that I reached the life-changing conclusion that I really wanted to sell "pretty houses" instead.
I wanted to be my own boss, dictate my own hours and still see to my family's needs. Being a real estate agent was the best career choice for me. Make no mistake, it's not always smooth-sailing. It can be a lot of work and sometimes you have to make sacrifices. But I wouldn't have it any other way.
I entered the real estate industry in Midrand then moved to commercial property and joined Auction Exchange/Commercial Exchange in 2014. What a world of a difference. Moving from residential property, which is more emotionally motivated, to a more functional commercial industry. This is more about engaging with investors over numbers, zoning, yields, bulk ratios, return on investment and gross lettable areas.
The industry is male dominated and while more women are entering the industry, we still have to overcome the assumption that we are less competent. I've had to learn to be fierce in negotiations and remain confident in my knowledge, experience, and abilities.
I've learned that I don't have to try and fit in with the boys to produce outstanding results for my clients. This is an industry that requires you to be strong and professional, regardless of gender, and to not take anything personally. It forces you to be persistent and accept disappointment. There are a lot of curveballs and it rarely goes the way you want it to.


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/// serialization framework.
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protected:
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    caf_to_vast_serializer s{*sink};
    auto x = reinterpret_cast<T const*>(ptr);
    s << *x;
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Q: How does the recursive(reentrant) mutex works? I read two articles at http://preshing.com/20120305/implementing-a-recursive-mutex as well as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentrant_mutex on recursive(reentrant) mutex, but neither article made any sense.
Could someone explain how recursive(reentrant) mutex works ?
(I found very little material explaining how recursive mutex works. If anyone has link with good explanation, I would will close this question.)
Thanks !

A: One simple way to do this is to pair a standard mutex with the following auxiliary information:

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*A pointer to the thread that owns the mutex (or NULL if it's not acquired), and

*A counter, which is initially 0.

You can then acquire the mutex in the following way:

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*If you are the current mutex owner, increment the counter and return immediately.

*If not, acquire the mutex and set the counter to 0.

In other words, if you own the mutex already, you just increment a counter indicating that you now own it even more.  If not, you acquire the mutex as usual.
You can then release the mutex in the following way:

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*If the counter is nonzero, decrement the counter and return immediately.

*Otherwise, release the mutex.

In order for this to work, you need to be able to read the counter and mutex owner in a thread-safe way.  You can do this either by having a secondary mutex to guard it, or by marking the counter / owner volatile.
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KZN's Freedom Route: Into the heart of a freedom fighter
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Wine out at Joburg's limited Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Fest
The Luxury of Silence: SA's quietest nature spots to add to your list
City Guide: Khayelitsha's ekasi fine dining and an award-winning 'shack theatre'
South Africa's history has a notoriously, checkered past.
But taking a walk through our historical sites and sounds, soaking up the aspects that shaped the blueprint of key struggle icons such as Ghandi or John Dube, somehow unshackles you from the past and helps you envision a better future.
The saying, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" sure does hit home. In the case of oppression and violence, terrorism is never acceptable. Yet at the heart of South Africa's apartheid struggle was the core message of freedom.
And peace.
As detailed in the Freedom Charter, South African History states the charter became the "common programme enshrining the hopes and aspirations of all the progressive people of South Africa".
If you're wanting to truly understand SA's stalwart struggle icons, do yourself a favour and explore KwaZulu-Natal's Freedom Route.
From Inanada, Phoenix, Durban and Pietermaritzburg – you'll find yourself face to face with statues of Madiba, John Dube and even the global freedom fighter Ghandi who set about his movement of passive resistance right here in SA.
Forming a large part of this Freedom Route is the Inanda Heritage Tour:
Gandhi Settlement, Phoenix
This is where Mahatma Gandhi spent his formative years in SA and developed his philosophy of Satyagraha – a deep-seated ideology of peaceful resistance to political injustices.
According to Durban Tourism Officer Bongani Mthembu, the original Phoenix settlement in iNanda was inspired by Gandhi, encapsulating his vision for a community based on self-reliance.
Today it is a throbbing part of greater Durban and a worthwhile tour to understand the intricacies of what Gahndi stood for as well as the people who played a key role in his life.
(Photos: Selene Brophy)
Ohlange High School
This spot is quite something special. Not only is it where John Dube, the first president of the ANC, lived but it is also where Mandela chose to cast his vote in SA's first democratic elections in 1994.
The space resonates with those wanting to get to grips with the very beginnings of apartheid emancipation in South Africa.
Durban Tourism Office Mandla Nxumalo shared how he worked with Independent Electoral Commission at the time, as an elections official and oversaw Madiba's first vote. Nxumalo is colourful and energetic in his recollection of the marked moment in history. Watch the video above to see what I mean.
Overall, Mandela decided to vote at the polling station in Ohlange to encourage "all South Africans, especially black South Africans to have the confidence to vote".
Knowing that it was resting place of the late Dube, Madiba felt it was poignant to honour him this way, as well as the many others who had sacrificed for peaceful democracy in our country.
READ: 10 Ways to celebrate Freedom Day in SA
(Photo: Selene Brophy)
Luthuli Museum
Human Rights visionary Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent stance in the fight for liberation.
Get in touch with part of who he was by experiencing this museum set in his former home. It features significant belongings and photographic records of his humanitarian work.
We welcome you to the Luthuli Museum during these operating hours: Monday- Saturday from 08h30 - 16h00 Sunday from 11h00 - 15h00
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Cato Manor informal settlement
On the outskirts of Durban you'll find the inter-cultural blend of Indian and African dwellings. Once home to noteworthy South Africans such as late musician Sipho Gumede and President Jacob Zuma, the area has overcome the riots of 1949 and 1959 and subsequent squatter status to become an integrated community.
READ: Quick Guide to Madiba's long walk to freedom: A moment in Pretoria
Howick Capture site
Take a day-trip to the spot where the late Nelson Mandela was arrested on 5 August 1962 – this was the catalyst for a series of trials, culminating in the Rivonia Treason Trial that would ultimately see him spend 27 years in prison.
It now features the famours Capture Site sculptured made up of 50 steel poles, erected in 2012 to mark the 50th anniversary of his capture.
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I confused a few issues today in class. Just for the sake of clarity, the Bread and Roses strike occurred in 1912 in Lawrence (not Lowell) Massachusetts. See https://dp.la/exhibitions/breadandroses for a basic outline. The IWW (Wobblies) was deeply involved in the strike and included people such as Big Bill Haywood and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (the latter became one of the founding figures of the ACLU).
The Paterson strike, which also involved the Wobblies, was the strike that Jack Reed covered as a reporter. He was almost immediately swept up in events and this was a turning point in his political development. Here is an article he wrote for The Masses, a publication that would be suppressed by the federal government for its anti-war position.
Here's the cover. Note the name of the artist.
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Certain Cooking Shows Shown To Make Kids Eat Twice As Healthy
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A lot of parents struggle to find effective strategies for getting their kids to eat healthy foods. New research shows that TV cooking programs could be one piece of the puzzle. Finally, some screen time we can feel good about!
In this study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers observed 125 children aged 10 to 12 in the Netherlands after watching a kid-oriented cooking show. The kids who watched an episode featuring healthy food were 2.7 times more likely to choose healthier snacks afterwards, such as apples and cucumbers, rather than the less healthy choices (chips and pretzels).
Lead author Frans Folkvord, Ph.D., of Tilburg University in Tilburg, Netherlands, concludes, "The findings from this study indicate cooking programs can be a promising tool for promoting positive changes in children's food-related preferences, attitudes, and behaviors."
Participating in food prep helps
According to the study, the visual effect of seeing healthy food choices featured prominently in a show can lead kids to crave those types of foods. And demonstrating in detail how the foods are prepared is another important part of the appeal, since children are more likely to eat healthy foods that they've helped prepare. "Increased cooking skills among children can positively influence their consumption of fruit and vegetables in a manner that will persist into adulthood," notes Dr. Folkvord.
Schools can play an important role
The study was conducted in the children's school environment, which especially interested the researchers because modern-day parents are often too busy to model the preparation of fresh, healthy foods at home. "Schools represent the most effective and efficient way to reach a large section of an important target population, which includes children as well as school staff and the wider community," says Dr. Folkvord.
The positive impact can be amplified in an educational environment, since "positive peer and teacher modeling" can help encourage kids to try new foods according to Folkvord, even if they think they won't like them.
Some of the children in the study, who were less inclined to like trying new foods in general, weren't quite as drawn to the healthy snacks after watching the healthy food program as the more food-adventurous kids were. However, the researchers believe that since children's eating behaviors and sense of responsibility change with age, healthy food programming at a young age could still have a positive impact on later behaviors. So, like a lot of parenting strategies: just because something doesn't seem to be working yet doesn't mean it won't have a helpful effect in the long term.
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Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Betting Tips – Thursday 2nd November 2017
At this time of year, many of the best players on the PGA Tour have already packed their clubs away for the winter break. Still, the show must go on for another couple of weeks yet, so how best to attract golfers to play in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open? How about hosting the tournament in Las Vegas at a course which regularly yields winning scores of -20 or lower?
That's certainly the tactic the PGA Tour have taken over the years and nothing's changed in 2017. Once again, a quality field has assembled for an assault on TPC Summerlin, set just outside of Sin City. The later date in the calendar may mean that the weather doesn't play ball but we should still be in for birdies galore, starting on Thursday.
Accuracy and Course Knowledge will be Vital
TPC Summerlin is a par 71 layout which measures a maximum of 7,235 yards. It regularly yields the highest number of birdies on the PGA Tour but not everybody who turns up at the venue shoots a low score by default. It's not enough to simply point and shoot. Players must pick the right lines off the tee, hit the fairways (which are some of the toughest to hit on the PGA Tour) and scramble well to avoid bogeys.
If that recipe is followed, it's then all about taking chances. It's going to take a huge number of birdies to win this so putting well is key. That's no different from any other year at TPC Summerlin but the wind and rain in the forecast could make a difference, playing into the hands of those who have the experience to know when to push and when to play more conservatively.
Walker Ready to Return with a Bang
Jimmy Walker was on top of the world when he won his maiden major championship at the 2016 PGA Championship. Since then it's been a real slog for the 38-year-old who has dealt with illness and a loss of form. To help reset his career, Walker's taken an extended break to travel and take his mind off golf. The hope is that he'll return refreshed and ready to compete at the top level.
Walker missed the cut at TPC Summerlin last season but he's got three finishes of 12th or higher at this track, experience that should stand him in good stead this week. At his best, Walker is an excellent putter. Providing he gets off to a good start he should put up a challenge at 66/1 with Coral.
Home Comforts to Boost Piercy
Scott Piercy has wanted to win this tournament for a very long time. The Las Vegas native hasn't yet been able to get over the line in front of supportive galleries but his form at TPC Summerlin is good enough to suggest he'll contend this week. His eight starts have yielded just one missed cut and four top 15 finishes. Piercy's blend of experience and ability to go low makes him another player who looks over priced at 70/1 with Bet365.


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Outlander's New Episode Changes 4 Major Things From the Book — Here's Why That's a Good Thing
Outlander Season 4 Episode 9 Recap
31 December 2018 by Andrea Reiher
Warning: spoilers for Outlander season four, below.
It's no secret that the Outlander show writers have had a formidable task in adapting Diana Gabaldon's lengthy books for television. As executive producer Maril Davis told POPSUGAR in a recent interview, "Diana's books are huge and there's no way to get ever nook and cranny from the books onto the show."
That being said, the latest episode, titled "The Birds and the Bees," felt even more sped up than most entries into the series. The 50-minute story manages to cover months of time, condensing and omitting key plot points from the book left and right. In case you need a refresher about how exactly it all goes down in the Gabaldon's novel — or if you've never read the books and are curious — here are the biggest differences in the adaptation and what they mean for the show.
Outlander's Executive Producer Argues That Brianna's Rape "Would Have Been Hard to Keep Out"
The Aftermath of Brianna's Rape
In the book, days pass between Brianna (Sophie Skelton) consumating her marriage to Roger (Richard Rankin) and being raped by Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speleers), whereas on the show, less than an hour goes by between when Roger storms off and Brianna meets Bonnet. In fact, readers don't see the rape happening in real time; they hear about it later when Brianna recounts her trauma to Claire (Caitriona Balfe). All of this happens after she has met her father and travelled to Fraser's Ridge.
But it makes sense to change the order of things around, especially here. Seeing it on screen — even if the rape actually happens mostly off screen — gives Brianna's attack a greater impact than hearing about it later. Plus, it has always felt a little weird reading the book to think that sometime in the midst of handfasting with Roger and meeting Jamie, Brianna meets Bonnet and is raped. She goes about her business as if nothing has happened, and we only learn about the rape months later, which is quite jarring.
Fergus's Trial
Non-book readers may be surprised to learn that there's a whole side plot where Fergus (played by Cesar Domboy in the show) is on trial for attacking a Red Coat who was trying to steal his horse. That's what brings Jamie (Sam Heughan) down from the ridge, to testify on Fergus' behalf — and it turns out it was actually Marsali (Lauren Lyle) who kicked the Red Coat in the jaw when he tried to steal the horse. Brianna even attends the trial before heading back to the ridge.
This sort of thing definitely adds more intrigue to the agents of the Crown being out to get Jamie — they try to make him come to the trial to testify during harvest, thereby damageing the harvest because Claire can't possibly bring in all the crops herself — but it makes sense why it was cut. The show just doesn't have the same luxury Gabaldon has with her pacing.
"I think if you're a book fan, you're like — I want to see every single page in that book translated to the screen," Davis told us. "[But] we have 13 episodes, as opposed to Diana — she's said many times she has so much more time and luxury to spread these things out . . . The best we can do is lay out the story, lay out the major tentpoles, lay out where we need to go and fit in as much as we can. That means, obviously, that a lot of story has to go. But at the end of the day, if we can stay true to the spirit of the book and the spine of the book, we feel we've done our job."
Brianna Finds Her Parents
Brianna meeting Jamie happens basically the same way on the show as it does in the book, though interestingly, book Brianna gets to briefly meet her aunt, Jocasta (Maria Doyle Kennedy), at River Run before Fergus' trial.
Claire, however, is nowhere to be seen. Brianna isn't reunited with her until they make their way back to Fraser's Ridge — and we don't get to hear Brianna tell her parents about the death notice. It is mentioned in passing and doesn't come up again until much later, plus in the book, they have a definite date for the fire that will kill Jamie and Claire.
Outlander Just Made a Significant Change to Brianna's Character From the Books — Here's Why
The Misunderstanding With Roger
The show definitely has the gist of this storyline down, but there's one big difference: on the show, Lizzie (Caitlin O'Ryan) knows for sure that Brianna was raped because she sees the aftermath with her own eyes. Lizzie assumes it was Roger, the man she saw arguing with Brianna in the street. When he appears at Fraser's Ridge, Lizzie tells Jamie and Ian (John Bell) that he's the man who attacked Bree.
In the book, when Bree returns from her handfasting and love making with Roger, she hasn't been raped yet. That happens days later. That night, Lizzie infers an awful lot based on Bree's demeanour after her fight with Roger and then later, Lizzie takes it upon herself to tell Jamie that Roger raped Brianna. Lizzie is actually quite meddlesome and presumptuous in the book and it's actually kind of nice that the show changed this a bit. It makes the misunderstanding feel a bit less contrived.
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Suffice to say, the show writers managed to squeeze a great many events from the book into this episode. But as Davis tells us, they do the best they can with the allotment of screentime they're given and she actually doesn't think this season is whizzing along any faster than previous seasons have.
"I'm not sure I've noticed this season more than other seasons that it's going so much faster, but I'm thrilled the way it all worked out. We certainly break the season where we pull out the tentpole moments and want to make sure we hit everything and I'm sure that we did that," says Davis. "At the end of the day, we just have to try to come to a consensus among ourselves and try to do the major moments and stay on the path. If we can stick to the spirit of the book and if Diana is happy, we feel we've done the best job we can. I think there's a very satisfying ending to the season."
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Being outdoors is second nature to me. I am more energetic, I ache less, and smile a lot more. With my two kids now more easily able to get outdoors with me, my wife and I are finding it easier to get out and enjoy the wilderness. While these forays into nature are not what I used to engage in, any outdoor time is rewarding.
This weekend I was able to be outdoors 3 consecutive days. If you're a parent, you know how rare of occasion that can be. Given we have karate, swimming, skating, guitar, and drama, I'm lucky to get two (let's call them adventure days) a week.
The first adventure was a night at Poley Mountain where my son wanted to try snowboarding for the first time. Since his karate teacher at Two Rivers Martial Arts was away as a judge at a tournament, we had a night off karate and thought this would be a good way to spend it. I was not ready to try snowboarding my self so I went and watched. My church was hosting a Holy Poley night so I felt I could find someone to chat with if need be. Our pastor was going to provide Seth with all the gear he needed and gave him some pointers to get him started.
Once he had his boots, helmet, and board ready to go there was no stopping him. I walked with him as he confidently strutted out to the bunny hill where he spent the evening learning to turn, stop, and control the board. His second run down, he went the whole way without falling. He was hooked. As the snow fell that night I continued to watch him and created a bond with him as I would help him strap back into the board each time he came back to the top. For the most part he was alone while his peers skied on the big hill and he worked away at getting better. Now I guess I'll be checking Kijiji for deals on youth snowboards.
The next day was a beautiful winter day. Much to nice to spend doing the laundry and dishes that were piling up in our house. Instead we packed up some gear and snacks and went for a hike to the Bluff in Sussex Corner. The sun shone through the trees as we made our way to the rock face. The kids shook the fresh snow from the night before off each tree and played games. Their laughter was enough to make you smile, no matter how cold your heart might be. A very nice person offered to take our family picture at the top and it turned out great considering it was only a cell camera. We had a cup of hot chocolate and some light snacks while at the Bluff and then headed back to the Jeep.
Following church the next day, the good Lord blessed us with another chance to get out and enjoy another snowshoe adventure. This time we joined a large group from Go Outdoors Sussex and hiked along the Cotter Holler Road. The steep valley has lots of ice walls along its rocky ridges and the group enjoyed a side trail into a small ice cave. My family spends lots of time in this area and my kids took pride in the fact they could lead the group up the road and to most of the sites. My wife and I enjoyed the conversation with numerous people and loved catching up with everyone.
Words and photos can't do a weekend like this justice. This was a quick recollection of the weekend and I feel silly even putting it out here but this is for my kids so that maybe later they can come to this blog and remember fondly such a great weekend.
See you in the woods or on the water.


Over the last decade, conductor Jaap van Zweden has become an international presence on three continents. This season marks a major milestone as he completes his ten-year tenure as Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and simultaneously is Music Director Designate in New York, anticipating his inaugural season (2018-19) as the 26th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. He continues as Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, a post he has held since 2012.
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Health Care + Med Tech | Medtronic Expands Device Portfolio With $100M Clot Removal Purchase
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Medtronic Expands Device Portfolio With $100M Clot Removal Purchase
The Dublin-based company also paid $500 million in U.S. income tax for transferring $9.8 billion from its overseas subsidies.
Medical device company Medtronic PLC on Monday purchased Lazarus Effect, a privately held maker of products that remove blood clots from the brain.
Dublin-based Medtronic made a $100 million, all-cash deal for the Campbell, California-based company.
"With this acquisition, Medtronic reinforces its commitment to providing innovative solutions to clinicians and patients fighting stroke," said Brett Wall, president of Medtronic's neurovascular division, in a statement.
Most notably, Lazarus Effect produces its Lazarus Cover, a nickel titanium "'mesh cover' that folds over a stent retriever device during clot retrieval and 'candy wraps' the stent with the clot inside." Medtronic already produces a stent retriever device, known as Solitaire.
In June, the American Hearth Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) published new stroke treatment guidelines, recommending a technology such as Solitaire to become a first-line treatment for eligible stroke patients.
Roughly 240,000 people were eligible for treatment with a stent retriever last year, however, a mere 13,000 procedures were performed as only about 500 hospitals in the country carry such a device. The revised AHA/ASA guidelines and Medtronic's recent acquisition could result in a broadening of the product's availability and application.
"Lazarus Effect is pleased to bring our innovative technologies together with Medtronic's market leading therapies," Lazarus Effect CEO Martin Dieck said in a statement. "Their support of data driven clinical evidence and the success with their Solitaire stent retriever device make them the clear market leader for treating ischemic stroke."
This deal amounts to the eighth acquisition by Medtronic this year. It kicked off 2015 with the completion of its $49.9 billion agreement for Dublin-based Covidien. (The two companies ultimately combined and Medtronic then relocated to Dublin in a tax maneuver known an inversion).
Medtronic then acquired Advanced Uro-Solutions (in February, undisclosed amount), Diabeter (April, undisclosed amount), Aptus Endosystems (June, $110 million), CardioInsight Technologies (June, $100 million), RF Surgical Systems (July, $235 million), Twelve, Inc. (August, $458 million), and Medina Medical (August, $150 million). Specifics for every deal were not disclosed, but Medtronic has spent at least $51 billion on acquisitions so far this year.
On Monday, Medtronic also said it would be paying $500 million in U.S. income tax, according to its SEC filing. The paid income tax derives from approximately $9.8 billion that Medtronic is transferring from its overseas subsides to be used in the U.S. for "general corporate purposes." Those purposes, stated within the filing, include reducing its debt to EBITDA ratio, returning money to shareholders, and "pursuing financially disciplined [mergers and acquisitions]."
The Wall Street Journal points out that the $500 million out of $9.8 billion roughly amounts to a 5 percent U.S. tax rate, which is rather insignificant compared to the 35 percent tax rate that U.S.-based companies are subject to for profits earned overseas.
To date, Medtronic employs more than 85,000 people in more than 160 countries worldwide.
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The David King Community Clinical Scientist Award recognizes active community clinical research leaders. Award winners have demonstrated leadership in the development, participation, and evaluation of clinical studies and/or are active in the development of new screening, risk assessment, treatment, or supportive care programs for cancer patients.
This prestigious award is named after David K. King, MD, FACP, an ACCC past president, who passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Dr. King spent his entire career caring for individuals with cancer and advocating for access to quality care, while also championing the Community Clinical Oncology Program and the value of clinical research in the community setting.
2022 David King Community Clinical Scientist Award Recipient: Leana Chien, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC
Leana Cabrera Chien is a Nurse Practitioner at the City of Hope Center for Cancer and Aging in Duarte, California. She specializes in the care of older adults with cancer. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree with an emphasis in Gerontology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her Bachelor of Science Degree (BSN) at Mount St. Mary's University. She joined City of Hope's medical oncology team in 2016. She started her journey as a collaborating investigator on several clinical trials including "Advancing Screening and Treatment for Older Patients with Cancer" which includes a telemedicine cohort and "Treating Hospitalized Older Adults with Cancer: Integrating the Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Oncology Care".
In 2019, with her two APN colleagues, she developed and launched an advanced practice nurse (APN) Geriatric Oncology clinic – called the Aging Wellness Clinic. In this clinic, a team of APNs provide a holistic approach to wellness, offering specialized care for older adults with cancer. Additionally, through a UniHealth grant she offers telemedicine services to a rural community site to create a model of care for Older Adults with Cancer via telemedicine. Through a Pfizer grant, she co-leads a program to evaluate "Geriatric Oral Adherence and Longevity Surveillance for Older Adults with Metastatic Cancer." She also provides support in educating oncology nurses to care for older adults. Ms. Chien is an active participant in ACCC's "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Caring for Older Adults with Cancer" program, serving as faculty for several webinars including the recent "Digital Bridges: Telehealth Solutions for Older Adults."
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Hyundai Motor India Ltd today announced the name of its new SUV: 'CRETA'. The global roll-out of this new model will start in the second half of 2015 in India, followed soon after with sales in world markets.
"Hyundai Creta" will be an influential global model for the Hyundai Motor brand in one of the fastest-growing vehicle segments, helping the company to reach out to many more consumers in new and established international markets.
Consistent with the core concepts underpinning Hyundai Motor's Modern Premium brand direction – SIMPLE, CREATIVE, CARING – the 'Creta' name is simple and easy to remember. Pronunciation of Creta evokes welcome similarities with the term 'creative'. The Creta name will be used for all the global markets.


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There seems to be very few 4Gb RAM capable laptops, and just as few 19" screens!
No ideas for actual models but you may find that some are capable of having their RAM upgraded to 4GB or more if they come as less with standard.
I suppose it depends what you use it for.
I have an Acer Aspire 5612ZWLMi which has "only" 1GB DDR2 memory - see HERE for full spec. I've had it about a year now so not surprised to find they are sold out. I bought it from Comet so I guess that THIS ONE is probably today's equivalent.
Obviously the screen is smaller than you are looking for but it does me OK for surfing, e-mails, photos and normal office stuff.
Even used it to reload our ECWS regimental web site whilst we were at Abbey Wood 3 weeks ago Took a while but there are quite a few photos.
Even though I am currently an HGV Class 1 driver I am also a qualified PC Technician, Laptop & Electronic Servicing Engineer.
My 1st question to you, is what the hell are you going to do with this Laptop?
Why do you think you need 4GB of Ram?
Apple Macs are superb pieces of kit.
If you can afford one & are willing to learn how to use one, you'll never look at another PC again.
I've never really understood the need to carry a huge monitor around with me. I prefer a smaller laptop with a larger external monitor however we're all different so my recommendation is the Dell M2010. I saw a demo of this at Dells headquarters a few weeks ago and my jaw hit the floor.
It's a 20.1" monitor, dual core processor AND 4gb of memory for a very creditable £1600.


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Real estate strategies abate subprime fallout
Milford Prewitt 1 | Oct 08, 2007
Given the possibility of recession as well as falling property values because of the subprime-mortgage crisis, operators are reassessing their real estate strategies to get the biggest bang for their buck.
For some restaurateurs, that means forsaking leases to own land, while others are creating smaller prototypes that do not sacrifice throughput or sales but do have lower rents. Still others are scrutinizing their construction schedules, remodeling timelines, franchisees' expansion plans and every other fixed cost that can't be depreciated when it comes to opening a new property.
"We're not even in a recession yet, but real estate has been rising, and now we have this tight credit market," said Allan Hickok, managing director of the Restaurant Industry Group for investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey in Minneapolis. "For companies that are still executing their fundamentals, tight credit can be a good thing.
"But it's been said before: When the going gets tough, the weak get weaker, and the strong get stronger."
Although the Federal Reserve last month lowered the prime interest rate by one-half of a point, that action could take months to be reflected in interest rates offered by lenders, Hickok noted.
"The tricky thing is, when the market softens there's this lag time between what the value of the property was yesterday and the value of it tomorrow," he said. "The landlord is trying to push yesterday's value and the operator is trying to get the value that makes sense for his business tomorrow," Hickok added.
If commercial property prices do start falling, Gary Reinwald, executive vice president of real estate for Indianapolis-based Steak n Shake, a 447-unit family-dining chain, says it might be better to own land than to lease it.
He noted that during recessions not only do property values decline, but some businesses in good locations fail, making more desirable space available.
"Hopefully, there is a better chance to own your place," he said. "I think there are going to be many more opportunities."
Mike Lassiter, president of Franchising Concepts, a multiconcept franchising company based in Atlanta, said his company's Rising Roll Gourmet brand—a fast-casual sandwich concept with 12 units running, four in construction and 35 units committed to by new franchisees—is going to reduce the square-footage needs of its new prototype to take advantage of lower lease rates. The downsizing will not sacrifice sales or unit efficiency, he said.
Lassiter, who once was the second-largest area developer in the Schlotzsky's sandwich system and has 27 years of experience in commercial real estate development, said Rising Roll's current prototype would be reduced from 2,400 square feet to 2,000 square feet through "value engineering."
"Value engineering is making use of dead space," Lassiter said, "and for us, that dead space is in the front-of-the-house, where we use a long walkway to get to the menu board to order. So we are going to get the seating capacity up and knock off 400 square feet and maintain the same throughput of the kitchen."
Lassiter also will get more involved in his franchisees' lease discussions with landlords, especially new recruits to the business who might be taken advantage of by landlords handing out leases written during the boom years of the 1990s.
"Even though they are saying there's a recession coming, I'm very excited about our category and our place in it," he said. "Problem is, fast casual grew so fast, and they got a lot of bad real estate deals out there. With a coming slowdown, I know some sites will be freed up, but we've got to make sure that these developers are realistic on the rent. So we're going to be patient."
Matthew Shay, president of the International Franchise Association, said Lassiter's strategy is a wise one.
Noting that issues of real estate and property factor far more critically in the success of the restaurant business than they do in other industries he represents, Shay challenged foodservice franchisors to sharpen their operations.
"A recession is a time when you have to improve what you do, not let it shape what you do," he said. "Focusing on franchise operations at the unit level and providing maximum levels of guidance and support in advertising and marketing [are] key.
Dennis Lombardi, executive vice president of foodservice strategies for WD Partners, a Columbus, Ohio-based consulting firm that specializes in interior design and customer flow in restaurants and food retailing outlets, said there is no one-size-fits-all real estate strategy when recession threatens.
But he noted that there are a few easy steps that could make the days ahead smoother in handling real estate issues.
"For all projects under construction or in the pipeline, get them finished," he said, "and get them cash-flow-positive as fast as possible. As it relates to preopening marketing expenses, double whatever time it was that you used to spend. So if a chain promoted a place for four months, consider eight."
Lombardi added that operators who have signed letters of intent for projects that are way down the development pipeline should re-evaluate those plans, getting rid of "OK sites," while keeping the "A-plus ones."
"The last thing you want to do in a recession is open an OK site because an OK site doesn't last in tough economic times," he said.
Lombardi also urged operators to be mindful of the hidden costs of canceling a deal.
"If it's only a letter of intent, maybe I can wiggle out of it, but is there a penalty? If you are in a development area, and you see that the area is not as hot as when you signed the deal months ago, can you leverage that observation with the developer or the landlord?
"Maybe there's an important anchor that is not going to open for several months or whatever, and maybe your business plan was dependent or keyed to the anchor opening. Let the landlord know you can't make a move until the anchor opens."
Tom Prakas, principal owner of the Prakas Group, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based commercial real estate brokerage that specializes in restaurant and lodging deals, agrees that while there is no one blueprint for dealing with a recession, operators should keep their projects moving, while paying attention to regional economic trends.
Prakas urged operators to do their homework, get more conversant with the business pages and economic forecasts from experts, and plan accordingly in their particular region or city.
"I've seen good and bad economic times come and go, but there is one thing that stands up: Good operators who know what they are doing and have a great product make it.
"Maybe it's a question of controlled growth as opposed to 20 or 50 or 100 new stores. I know Wall Street hates it when you don't hit your unit numbers, but what's more important?"
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