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Les noces d'Olivette is an opéra comique in three acts composed by Edmond Audran, with a libretto by Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot. The farcical romance story concerns Olivette, who loves Valentine (who is also loved by a Countess) but is engaged to a sea captain, who she refuses to marry. Valentine secretly weds Olivette, the captain declares that Olivette is his rightful bride, Valentine is arrested, Olivette is disowned, but eventually her marriage to Valentine is upheld.

It premiered in Paris in 1879. English-language adaptations were mounted in 1880 in both London, where it played for 466 performances, and New York. Revivals followed.

Premiere
The work premiered under the direction of  in Paris on 13 November 1879 at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. Alfred Jolly sang the role of the Duc des Ifs, with Élise Clary as Olivette and Giulia Bennati as the Countess.

English adaptation
The opera played for 466 performances, entitled Olivette, at the Strand Theatre in London from 1880 to 1881 in an English-language adaptation by H. B. Farnie, starring Florence St. John. Olivette opened at the Bijou Opera House in New York City on 25 December 1880. It was revived there the next Christmas and in 1882; a squib in The New York Times noted that it "has been drawing good-sized audiences [and] seems to retain its hold upon the public favor. The cast at the Bijou includes Mme. Dolaro as Olivette". it also played at the American Theatre in New York City in March 1899.

Roles and role creators

Synopsis
Act 1
In the town of Perpignan, Olivette is engaged to a sea captain, De Merimac. Olivette has just returned from the convent where she fell in love with Valentine, nephew of De Merimac. When the captain arrives, Olivette, who is described as an "angel of sweetness and obedience", tells him to leave, as she will not marry him. The captain is not worried, for he is sure he has it in his power to force her to marry him. The countess of Roussillon has promised him anything he wants because the captain had previously rescued her chimpanzee from a watery grave. He writes to her asking her to order the marriage. The captain is unexpectedly called off on a three month voyage and is unable to go through with the nuptials. The countess, who is also in love with Valentine, has come to Perpignan to be near him. She requests the marriage according to the captain's instructions and Valentine, pretending to be the elder De Merimac, quietly weds Olivette himself.

Act 2
The countess gives a ball in honor of the wedding. Valentine is having a difficult time impersonating both his uncle and himself by frequent changes of clothing. The captain returns from his voyage and is recognized as the bridegroom. Valentine, coming in suddenly and dressed as the old man, is confronted by the captain and forced to explain. The captain declares that Olivette is his rightful bride.

Act 3
Olivette plans to get rid of the captain with a conspiracy. The countess thwarts the plan by declaring her intention to marry Valentine. The Countess is imprisoned on De Merimac's ship, "The Cormorant". When Olivette and Valentine, disguised as sailors, are making their getaway, Valentine is seized. Olivette manages to set the countess free and puts on the countess's clothes, passing her own on to the countess's maid Veloutine. The fickle Duke courts Olivette, thinking that she is the Countess. The Duke boasts of his success so loudly that both the captain and Valentine disown Olivette until she is able to prove an alibi. Eventually, things are straightened out, the marriage of Valentine and Olivette is upheld, the countess finally acknowledges the Duke's advances, and the captain is left to console himself.

References

External links
American libretto (1881, White, Smith & Co: Chicago and Boston)

French-language operas
Operas by Edmond Audran
Operas
Opéras comiques
1879 operas
Operas set in France


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Q: When should I write the keyword 'inline' for a function/method? When should I write the keyword inline for a function/method in C++?
After seeing some answers, some related questions:

*

*When should I not write the keyword 'inline' for a function/method in C++?

*When will the compiler not know when to make a function/method 'inline'?

*Does it matter if an application is multithreaded when one writes 'inline' for a function/method?

A: *

*When will the the compiler not know when to make a function/method 'inline'?

This depends on the compiler used. Do not blindly trust that nowadays compilers know better then humans how to inline and you should never use it for performance reasons, because it's linkage directive rather than optimization hint. While I agree that ideologically are these arguments correct encountering reality might be a different thing.
After reading multiple threads around I tried out of curiosity the effects of inline on the code I'm just working and the results were that I got measurable speedup for GCC and no speed up for Intel compiler.
(More detail: math simulations with few critical functions defined outside class, GCC 4.6.3 (g++ -O3), ICC 13.1.0 (icpc -O3); adding inline to critical points caused +6% speedup with GCC code).
So if you qualify GCC 4.6 as a modern compiler the result is that inline directive still matters if you write CPU intensive tasks and know where exactly is the bottleneck.

A: You still need to explicitly inline your function when doing template specialization (if specialization is in .h file)

A: 1) Nowadays, pretty much never.  If it's a good idea to inline a function, the compiler will do it without your help.
2) Always.  See #1.
(Edited to reflect that you broke your question into two questions...)

A: In reality, pretty much never.  All you're doing is suggesting that the compiler make a given function inline (e.g., replace all calls to this function /w its body).  There are no guarantees, of course: the compiler may ignore the directive.
The compiler will generally do a good job of detecting + optimizing things like this.

A:
gcc by default does not inline any functions when compiling without
  optimization enabled. I don't know about visual studio – deft_code

I checked this for Visual Studio 9 (15.00.30729.01) by compiling with /FAcs and looking at the assembly code:
The compiler produced calls to member functions without optimization enabled in debug mode. Even if the function is marked with __forceinline, no inline runtime code is produced.

A:
When should I not write the keyword 'inline' for a function/method in C++?

If the function is declared in the header and defined in the .cpp file, you should not write the keyword.

When will the the compiler not know when to make a function/method 'inline'?

There is no such situation. The compiler cannot make a function inline. All it can do is to inline some or all calls to the function. It can't do so if it hasn't got the code of the function (in that case the linker needs to do it if it is able to do so).

Does it matter if an application is multithreaded when one writes 'inline' for a function/method?

No, that does not matter at all.

A: Oh man, one of my pet peeves.
inline is more like static or extern than a directive telling the compiler to inline your functions.  extern, static, inline are linkage directives, used almost exclusively by the linker, not the compiler.
It is said that inline hints to the compiler that you think the function should be inlined.  That may have been true in 1998, but a decade later the compiler needs no such hints.  Not to mention humans are usually wrong when it comes to optimizing code, so most compilers flat out ignore the 'hint'.

*

*static - the variable/function name cannot be used in other translation units.  Linker needs to make sure it doesn't accidentally use a statically defined variable/function from another translation unit.

*extern - use this variable/function name in this translation unit but don't complain if it isn't defined.  The linker will sort it out and make sure all the code that tried to use some extern symbol has its address.

*inline - this function will be defined in multiple translation units, don't worry about it.  The linker needs to make sure all translation units use a single instance of the variable/function.
Note: Generally, declaring templates inline is pointless, as they have the linkage semantics of inline already. However, explicit specialization and instantiation of templates require inline to be used.

Specific answers to your questions:

*

*
When should I write the keyword 'inline' for a function/method in C++?

Only when you want the function to be defined in a header.  More exactly only when the function's definition can show up in multiple translation units.  It's a good idea to define small (as in one liner) functions in the header file as it gives the compiler more information to work with while optimizing your code.  It also increases compilation time.

*
When should I not write the keyword 'inline' for a function/method in C++?

Don't add inline just because you think your code will run faster if the compiler inlines it.

*
When will the compiler not know when to make a function/method 'inline'?

Generally, the compiler will be able to do this better than you.  However, the compiler doesn't have the option to inline code if it doesn't have the function definition.  In maximally optimized code usually all private methods are inlined whether you ask for it or not.
As an aside to prevent inlining in GCC, use __attribute__(( noinline )), and in Visual Studio, use __declspec(noinline).

*
Does it matter if an application is multithreaded when one writes 'inline' for a function/method?

Multithreading doesn't affect inlining in any way.

A: I'd like to contribute to all of the great answers in this thread with a convincing example to disperse any remaining misunderstanding.
Given two source files, such as:

*

*inline111.cpp:
#include <iostream>

void bar();

inline int fun() {
  return 111;
}

int main() {
  std::cout << "inline111: fun() = " << fun() << ", &fun = " << (void*) &fun;
  bar();
}

*inline222.cpp:
#include <iostream>

inline int fun() {
  return 222;
}

void bar() {
  std::cout << "inline222: fun() = " << fun() << ", &fun = " << (void*) &fun;
}

*

*Case A:
Compile:
g++ -std=c++11 inline111.cpp inline222.cpp

Output:
inline111: fun() = 111, &fun = 0x4029a0
inline222: fun() = 111, &fun = 0x4029a0

Discussion:

*

*Even thou you ought to have identical definitions of your inline
functions, C++ compiler does not flag it if that is not the case (actually, due to separate compilation it has no ways to check it). It is your own duty to ensure this!

*Linker does not complain about One Definition Rule, as fun() is declared as inline. However, because inline111.cpp is the first translation unit (which actually calls fun()) processed by compiler, the compiler instantiates fun() upon its first call-encounter in inline111.cpp. If compiler decides not to expand fun() upon its call from anywhere else in your program (e.g. from inline222.cpp), the call to fun() will always be linked to its instance produced from inline111.cpp (the call to fun() inside inline222.cpp may also produce an instance in that translation unit, but it will remain unlinked). Indeed, that is evident from the identical &fun = 0x4029a0 print-outs.

*Finally, despite the inline suggestion to the compiler to actually expand the one-liner fun(), it ignores your suggestion completely, which is clear because fun() = 111 in both of the lines.

*

*Case B:
Compile (notice reverse order):
g++ -std=c++11 inline222.cpp inline111.cpp

Output:
inline111: fun() = 222, &fun = 0x402980
inline222: fun() = 222, &fun = 0x402980

Discussion:

*

*This case asserts what have been discussed in Case A.

*Notice an important point, that if you comment out the actual call to fun() in inline222.cpp (e.g. comment out cout-statement in inline222.cpp completely) then, despite the compilation order of your translation units, fun() will be instantiated upon it's first call encounter in inline111.cpp, resulting in print-out for Case B as inline111: fun() = 111, &fun = 0x402980.

*

*Case C:
Compile (notice -O2):
g++ -std=c++11 -O2 inline222.cpp inline111.cpp

or
g++ -std=c++11 -O2 inline111.cpp inline222.cpp

Output:
inline111: fun() = 111, &fun = 0x402900
inline222: fun() = 222, &fun = 0x402900

Discussion:

*

*As is described here, -O2 optimization encourages compiler to actually expand the functions that can be inlined (Notice also that -fno-inline is default without optimization options). As is evident from the outprint here, the fun() has actually been inline expanded (according to its definition in that particular translation unit), resulting in two different fun() print-outs. Despite this, there is still only one globally linked instance of fun() (as required by the standard), as is evident from identical &fun print-out.

A: F.5: If a function is very small and time-critical, declare it inline
Reason: Some optimizers are good at inlining without hints from the programmer, but don't rely on it. Measure! Over the last 40 years or so, we have been promised compilers that can inline better than humans without hints from humans. We are still waiting. Specifying inline (explicitly, or implicitly when writing member functions inside a class definition) encourages the compiler to do a better job.
Source: https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines.html#Rf-inline
For examples and exceptions, go to the Source (see above).

A: One use case might occur on inheritance. For example, if all below cases are true:

*

*you have a base class of some class

*the base class needs to be abstract

*the base class has no pure virtual method other than destructor

*you don't want to create cpp file for the base class because in vain

then you have to define the destructor; otherwise, you will have some undefined referance linker errors. Moreover, you have to do not only define but also to define the destructor with inline keyword; otherwise, you will have multiple definition linker errors.
This may happen for some helper classes that contains only static methods or writing base exception classes etc.
Let's give an example:
Base.h:
class Base {
public:
    Base(SomeElementType someElement) noexcept : _someElement(std::move(someElement)) {}

    virtual ~Base() = 0;

protected:
    SomeElementType _someElement;
}

inline Base::~Base() = default;

Derived1.h:
#include "Base.h"

class Derived1 : public Base {
public:
    Derived1(SomeElementType someElement) noexcept : Base(std::move(someElement)) {}

    void DoSomething1() const;
}

Derived1.cpp:
#include "Derived1.h"

void Derived1::DoSomething1() const {
    // use _someElement
}

Derived2.h:
#include "Base.h"

class Derived2 : public Base {
public:
    Derived2(SomeElementType someElement) noexcept : Base(std::move(someElement)) {}

    void DoSomething2() const;
}

Derived2.cpp:
#include "Derived2.h"

void Derived2::DoSomething2() const {
    // use _someElement
}

Generally, abstract classes have some pure virtual methods other than constructor or destructor. So, you didn't have to seperate decleration and definition of virtual destructor of the base class, you could just write virtual ~Base() = default; on class decleration. However, in our case it's not like that.
As far as I know, MSVC allow you to write something like that on class decleration: virtual ~Base() = 0 {}. So you don't need to seperate decleration and definition with inline keyword. But it will only work with MSVC compiler.
Real world example:
BaseException.h:
#pragma once

#include <string>

class BaseException : public std::exception {
public:
    BaseException(std::string message) noexcept : message(std::move(message)) {}
    virtual char const* what() const noexcept { return message.c_str(); }

    virtual ~BaseException() = 0;

private:
    std::string message;
};

inline BaseException::~BaseException() = default;

SomeException.h:
#pragma once

#include "BaseException.h"

class SomeException : public BaseException {
public:
    SomeException(std::string message) noexcept : BaseException(std::move(message)) {}
};

SomeOtherException.h:
#pragma once

#include "BaseException.h"

class SomeOtherException : public BaseException {
public:
    SomeOtherException(std::string message) noexcept : BaseException(std::move(message)) {}
};

main.cpp:
#include <SomeException.h>
#include <SomeOtherException.h>

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

static int DoSomething(int argc) {
    try {
        switch (argc) {
        case 0:
            throw SomeException("some");
        case 1:
            throw SomeOtherException("some other");
        default:
            return 0;
        }
    }
    catch (const exception& ex) {
        cout << ex.what() << endl;
        return 1;
    }
}

int main(int argc, char**) {
    return DoSomething(argc);
}

A: Unless you are writing a library or have special reasons, you can forget about inline and use link-time optimization instead. It removes the requirement that a function definition must be in a header for it to be considered for inlining across compilation units, which is precisely what inline allows.
(But see Is there any reason why not to use link time optimization?)

A: C++ inline is totally different to C inline.
#include <iostream>
extern inline int i[];
int i [5];
struct c {
  int function (){return 1;} // implicitly inline
  static inline int j = 3; // explicitly inline
  static int k; // without inline, a static member has to be defined out of line
  static int f (){return 1;} // but a static method does not // implicitly inline
};

extern inline int b;
int b=3;
int c::k = 3; // when a static member is defined out of line it cannot have a static
              // specifier and if it doesn't have an `inline` specifier in the
              // declaration or on the definition then it is not inline and always
              // emits a strong global symbol in the translation unit

int main() {
  c j;
  std::cout << i;
}

inline on its own affects the compiler, assembler and the linker. It is a directive to the compiler saying only emit a symbol for this function/data if it's used in the translation unit, and if it is, then like class methods, tell the assembler to store them in the section .section .text.c::function(),"axG",@progbits,c::function(),comdat or .section .bss.i,"awG",@nobits,i,comdat for unitialised data or .section .data.b,"awG",@progbits,b,comdat for initialised data. Template instantiations also go in their own comdat groups.
This follows .section name, "flags"MG, @type, entsize, GroupName[, linkage]. For instance, the section name is .text.c::function(). axG means the section is allocatable, executable and in a group i.e. a group name will be specified (and there is no M flag so no entsize will be specified); @progbits means the section contains data and isn't blank; c::function() is the group name and the group has comdat linkage meaning that in all object files, all sections encountered with this group name tagged with comdat will be removed from the final executable except for 1 i.e. the compiler makes sure that there is only one definition in the translation unit and then tells the assembler to put it in its own group in the object file (1 section in 1 group) and then the linker will make sure that if any object files have a group with the same name, then only include one in the final .exe. The difference between inline and not using inline is now visible to the assembler and as a result the linker, because it's not stored in the regular .data or .text etc by the assembler due to their directives. Only inline symbols with external linkage are given external comdat linkage like this -- static linkage (local) symbols do not need to go in comdat groups.
inline on a non-static method declaration in a class makes the method inline if it is defined out-of-line, this will prevent the method being emitted in the translation unit if it is not referenced in the translation unit. The same effect is achieved by putting inline on the out-of-line definition. When a method is defined out-of-line without an inline specifier and the declaration in the class is not inline then it will emit a symbol for the method in the translation unit at all times because it will have external linkage rather than external comdat linkage. If the method is defined in the class then it is implicitly inline, which gives it external comdat linkage rather than external linkage.
static inline on a member in a class (as opposed to method) makes it a static member (which does not refer to its linkage -- it has the linkage of its class which may be extern). static inline also allows static members of the class to be defined inside the class instead of needing to be declared in the class and then defined out-of-line (without static in the definition, which wasn't allowed without -fpermissive). *static inline* also makes the members inline and not static inline -- inline means that the definition is only emitted if it is referenced in the translation unit. Previously you had to specify inline on the out-of-line definition to make the member inline.
Seeing as static methods can be defined in the class, static inline has no effect on the static method defined in the class, which always has external linkage, is a static method and is inline. If it is defined out of line then inline must be used to make it inline (i.e. to give to external comdat linkage rather than just external linkage), and static still can't be used.
static inline at file scope only affects the compiler. It means to the compiler: only emit a symbol for this function/data if it's used in the translation unit and do so as a regular static symbol (store in.text /.data without .globl directive). To the assembler there is now no difference between static and static inline. Like the other forms of inline, it cannot be used on a class, which is a type, but can be used on an object of the type of that class. This form of static inline also cannot be used on members or methods of a function, where it will always be treated inline as the static means something else in a class (it means that the class is acting as a scope rather than it being a member of or method to be used on an object).
extern inline is a declaration that means you must define this symbol in the translation unit if it is referenced or throw compiler error; if it's defined then treat it as a regular inline and to the assembler and linker there will be no difference between extern inline and inline, so this is a compiler guard only.
extern inline int i[];
extern int i[]; //allowed repetition of declaration with incomplete type, inherits inline property
extern int i[5]; //declaration now has complete type
extern int i[5]; //allowed redeclaration if it is the same complete type or has not yet been completed
extern int i[6]; //error, redeclaration with different complete type
int i[5]; //definition, must have complete type and same complete type as the declaration if there is a declaration with a complete type

The whole of the above without the error line collapses to inline int i[5]. Obviously if you did extern inline int i[] = {5}; then extern would be ignored due to the explicit definition through assignment.
I think the reason that static is not allowed on a static out-of-line definition without -fpermissive is because it implies that the static refers to static linkage, because it's not immediately obvious to the programmer that it is a member of a class or whether that class has , where the static means something different. -fpermissive ignores the static specifier on the out-of-line definition and it means nothing. In the case of a simple integer, k can't be defined out of a namespace, if c were a namespace, but if k were a function, then there would be no way of visibly telling from the line of code whether it is an out of line definition of a function in a namespace with static linkage, or an out-of-line definition of a static member with external linkage, and may give the wrong impression to the programmer / reader of the code.
For local classes, inline on a member / method will result in a compiler error and members and methods have no linkage.
For inline on a namespace, see this and this

A: When one should inline :
1.When one want to avoid overhead of things happening when function is called like parameter passing , control transfer, control return etc.
2.The function should be small,frequently called and making inline is really advantageous since as per 80-20 rule,try to make those function inline which has major impact on program performance.
As we know that inline is just a request to compiler similar to register and it will cost you at Object code size.

A: You want to put it in the very beginning, before return type. But most Compilers ignore it. If it's defined, and it has a smaller block of code, most compilers consider it inline anyway.

A: When developing and debugging code, leave inline out.  It complicates debugging.
The major reason for adding them is to help optimize the generated code.  Typically this trades increased code space for speed, but sometimes inline saves both code space and execution time.
Expending this kind of thought about performance optimization before algorithm completion is premature optimization.

A: Inline keyword requests the compiler to replace the function call with the body of the function ,it first evaluates the expression and then passed.It reduces the function call overhead as there is no need to store the return address and stack memory is not required for function arguments.
When to use:

*

*To Improve performance

*To reduce call overhead .

*As it's just a request to the compiler, certain functions won't be inlined
   *large functions

*

*functions having too many conditional arguments

*recursive code and code with loops etc.

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This Harry Potter–Inspired Photo Shoot Is Downright Magical
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Brenda De Los Santos is a portrait and wedding photographer, as well as a photography educator, located in southern Connecticut. Inspired by her shared love for the Harry Potter series with her four-year-old nephew, De Los Santos decided to make a little magic with a special Harry Potter photo shoot.
"Aside from being a photographer, one of the most important things I would describe myself as is an Aunt. I have seven nieces and nephews ranging in age from 2 to almost 14 years old. I am close with each of them and love to share my love of fantasy with them," she said.
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A study on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks by Neustar showed that ransomware was found in 15% of DDoS cases. And Dark Reading author Kelly Jackson Higgins says attackers are including ransomware with other types of attacks as well.
Ransomware can be an effective way for criminals to cover their tracks. For example, cybercriminals might install ransomware that encrypts valuable data such as log files in an effort to make those files inaccessible to investigators. Even if the files are later decrypted, investigators may not look for a second attack because ransomware incidents typically receive the most attention. Investigators need to be especially vigilant: In addition to searching for the cause of the ransomware infection, they need to look into whether more attacks were performed on the machine.
In many cases, the best practice is to wipe a machine that is infected with ransomware and then restore its files from backup. This provides assurance that backdoors and other compromised elements of the system will no longer be available for the attacker to take advantage of at a later point.
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Jon Stewart Defends Sam Bee, Says Trump Likely Uses C-Word All the Time
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Jon Stewart is standing by a former member of his "best f—king news team ever."
During a Q&A in San Francisco on Sunday night, Stewart came to the defense of Samantha Bee — a former Daily Show correspondent — who was criticized in May for calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless c—t" on an episode of Full Frontal.
Bee apologized soon after the backlash began, expressing her regret for using an "inappropriate and inexcusable" word to describe the First Daughter. TBS also issued an apology, saying "those words should not have been aired."
But when asked about the controversy surrounding Bee's insult, Stewart said conservatives have a tendency to play the victim when it comes to their portrayal in the media.
"Please understand that a lot of what the right does, and it's maybe their greatest genius, is they've created a code of conduct that they police, that they themselves don't have to, in any way, abide," Stewart said, according to The Daily Beast. He added that conservatives will never "give up this 'We're the real victims' game… It's a game, it's a strategy and it's working."
Stewart went on to imply that President Trump, and members of his administration, likely use the C-word on a regular basis: "They don't give a s—t about the word c—t. [Trump] says [the C-word] instead of 'please,' I'm guessing."
He closed by addressing liberal members of the audience, advising them to be wary of right-wing politicians' potential for hypocrisy.
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The film is a remake of the 1984 cult classic that starred Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen (Scary Movie 5). After a foreign army attacks America, seizing a small town in Washington, a group of young people called the Wolverines train in guerrilla tactics to overtake the enemy.
Hemsworth stars alongside Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Brett Cullen.
Dan Bradley directs the film, which fans can see in theaters beginning November 21.
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'I felt it was not my right': Edmonton mothers debate sharing pictures of their kids online
24 Jul - admin
Olivia Pilip and Jenelle Gartner have a lot in common. They are both entrepreneurs and mothers to two young children. They even share an office space on 124 Street in Edmonton.
They do not, however, share the same ideas about parenting in a digital world.
Pilip's Facebook page reads like a baby book. There are adorable photos and videos of her sons Birk and Brody for her 464 friends to see.
"Our family lives far away so I feel it's a really great way to connect."
"They're not here so my mom is constantly going on Facebook or checking things out from Ontario," Pilip said. "She gets to feel like she's watching our kids grow up without being here."
Gartner, on the other hand, hasn't shared one photo that identifies her daughters since the initial birth announcement.
"I felt it was not my right."
"In terms of privacy, I know I'm their guardian but that's their story," Gartner said. "That's their narrative to tell and as much as we can delete certain things off the internet, there's some things that people can save or that there are traces of and I don't think it's fair that I post things that they don't have a say in."
If a parent decides to post photos, John Zabiuk, an instructor with NAIT's Applied Information Systems Technology program, says it's important to be aware of the data connected to them.
Watch below: Zabiuk explains why parents should be wary of what they're posting online
Zabiuk says some social media sites strip that data off of photos but others do not. He says a parents' best bet is to disable the GPS off of the phone camera. He also recommends reviewing security settings and usage agreements around photo sharing, and being choosy about which photos you want to share with the world.
Officials say new SaskAlert app worked during weekend storms
Officials in Saskatchewan say a new emergency app properly picked up all tornado alerts from Environment Canada on the weekend.
There were four tornado warnings and three watches issued by the weather agency when storms whipped up winds in many places across the province.
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READ MORE: SaskAlert app will keep people in Saskatchewan informed of emergencies
Mieka Cleary, deputy commissioner of emergency management, says all weather warnings that appear on the SaskAlert app are sent by Environment Canada, not the province.
Some 桑拿会所 users questioned why they didn't get alerts about the thunderstorms that roared through or why the province wasn't tweeting the alerts.
Cleary says the level of any weather alert is up to Environment Canada, but people can also adjust the settings within their own app to control whether they receive only critical or all advisories.
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As for tweeting, Clary says emergency management is still exploring that option.
"Right now we want to ensure that pieces of our communication strategy are working before we move onto other ones," Cleary said Monday.
The SaskAlert app was launched last week. It will send a tone and notification directly to anyone who has it, even when the app is closed.
The website, SaskAlert长沙夜网, has more specific details on things such as evacuation routes or evacuation centres, if necessary.
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Emergency alerts may also be issued for train derailments, plow winds, spills of hazardous material, boil-water advisories, road closures or local emergency declarations.
Alerts are only issued for emergencies that could harm people or damage property.
More than 1 million Montreal cyclists on the road: Vélo Québec report
MONTREAL – About one million Montrealers are trading their cars in for bikes, according to a new study conducted by Vélo Québec, in partnership with the city.
According to the report, one in two Montrealers currently bike around town.
Bixi, the bike sharing service, seems to be one of the reasons why the city has seen a spike in riders.
"I don't have the space to put my bike in my place so it's really easy, " Bixi rider Justine Laval told Global News.
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There are also more biking paths in the city.
Since 2010, Montreal has added almost 300 kilometers of cycling paths, increasing bike-friendly streets by 40 per cent.
The city said it also has plans to extend the cycling network to the east.
"The plan is to get to 1,280 kilometers," said city spokesperson Marc-Andre Gadoury.
There are concerns, though, that the biking capital's infrastructure and regulations don't match the growing number of cyclist on the roads.
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The opposition worries the city is not doing enough to make sure cyclists are safe.
"About nine kilometres that were added out of 10 were paint on the ground, paint on the road," said Marianne Giguère, a spokesperson on the subject of cycling for Projet Montréal.
"It helps, of course, it shows riders are welcome on the street, but if you don't feel safe to go on those bike lanes with your family, with your young kids, it won't help."
That's in spite of recent updates to Quebec's Highway Safety code.
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The amendments include steeper fines for those who hit a cyclist with their car door.
Changes also include keeping enough distance from cyclists if drivers want to pass them on the road.
"How is that going to be enforced? That's what we're asking," Giguère said.
Meanwhile, the city said it thinks it is on the right track and is taking all necessary steps to create an effective environment for cyclists in the city.
Despite recent attacks, ISIS still losing social media war
It was a deadly week for those commemorating the so-called Islamic State's (ISIS) second anniversary. In four separate attacks, first in Yemen, then Turkey, Bangladesh and Iraq, ISIS supporters and affiliated fighters succeeded in killing over 300 people – many of them women and children.
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And while these types of attacks are not new – Brussels, Paris, San Bernardino, and perhaps even Orlando, were all either inspired or coordinated by ISIS – the frequency of recent attacks has some security analysts suggesting that losses on the ground for ISIS have caused the terror organization to change it's online strategy – from recruiting supporters to join in the fight against Western forces in Iraq and Syria, to encouraging would-be jihadists to instead stay home and orchestrate terrorist attacks in their respective nations.
READ MORE: Death toll climbs to 149 in ISIS-claimed double bombing in Baghdad
"It's this message directed to supporters in the West," said Laith Alkhouri, director of Middle East and North Africa research at Flashpoint, an organization specializing in online counterterrorism activities.
"That we [ISIS] are able to strike you in your heart, in your homeland, and our supporters there should understand that."
This shift in strategy comes at a time when ISIS is losing ground, not only on the battlefield, but in the online arena as well.
Alberto Fernandez, a former U.S. State Department official and vice-president of the Middle East Media Research Institute, believes ISIS's most prolific days of spreading online propaganda are in the past.
"Their presence online is more contested," said Fernandez, describing what he believes is the slow decline of ISIS's online capabilities. "It used to be that the best thing they liked to crow about was military victory – the fall of cities, the taking of loot and equipment, the massacre of captured soldiers – they don't have that anymore."
WATCH: Growing number of ISIS-linked attacks in recent days has international community nervous
Despite being pushed from many mainstream social media platforms such as 桑拿会所 and Facebook, ISIS still maintains relatively robust lines of communication between itself and its online supporters, admits Fernandez.
"ISIS has turned to other, more secure platforms such as Telegram to spread its messaging," Fernandez said.
Telegram and similar video-sharing applications have been used very successfully by ISIS to evade detection and make it difficult for authorities to delete and remove content.
Unlike YouTube and other video-sharing platforms, said Fernandez, Telegram is encrypted – allowing ISIS and its supporters to safely and securely transmit content between authorized users only, similar to how Blackberry's PIN-to-PIN messaging works.
WATCH: ISIS claims responsibility of Dhaka attack, government says it was banned domestic group
Still, mainstream social media losses for ISIS have been significant.
"There has been a coordinated 'hacktivist' campaign, an anti-ISIS hacktivist campaign," Alkhouri said. The objectives of which are to degrade the organization's presence online by actively attacking pro-ISIS social media accounts, and by informing 桑拿会所 and other social platforms of users believed to be involved in the spread of extremist materials.
As successful as 桑拿会所, YouTube and Facebook might be at riding the internet of extremist content, Western governments and intelligence agencies have fallen behind when it comes to countering ISIS's efforts online, according to Scott Neil, a former Green Beret and counterterrorism expert.
"You have some of the greatest military minds, military powers, national intelligence agencies from around the world," said Neil. "And they're being outpaced on the internet by a rogue band of loosely-formed, nefarious criminals that use barbarism to perpetuate an ideology that's 1,400 years old."
Neil is not alone in this assessment. Fernandez and Alkhouri both agree that Western governments have been largely unsuccessful in countering extremist ideology online. And that any gains in pushing ISIS from the centre of the online universe have come primarily as a result of private enterprise and what Fernandez describes as "good business sense."
"Facebook has been very aggressive in challenging the extremists in its space," said Fernandez. "But they've all improved, they've all done more, they're more aggressive, they're taking stuff down, so the trend is very positive."
Pincourt tries making scenic road more pedestrian friendly
PINCOURT – It's a road in the municipality of Pincourt, known for its waterfront view and now, officials there are taking steps to try and limit traffic on Duhamel Road.
Drivers have long taken advantage of the narrow road to get to and from Highway 20, but in an effort to reduce traffic there, the city has converted parts of the road into a one-way street, complete with a multipurpose path.
The year-long pilot project, which began last Saturday, is welcome news for people like Steve Totten, who has been living on Duhamel Road for the past five years.
"We were anxiously awaiting this happening so it's good news for us," he said.
"We like the fact that you are mixing traffic with bikers. People walk. People like to promenade along the water and check it out."
For Céline Loslier, the pilot project is a blessing for her pregnant daughter.
"I think it's good for her to have a road like that to walk the baby," she said.
Although area residents now have to go a few kilometres out of their way to reach home, Pincourt Director General Michel Perrier said he thinks it's a sacrifice that is well worth it.
"I don't see it as major constraint," he said.
"A study, completed by Cima Plus – an engineering firm that specializes in transports – basically indicated to us that the longest detour that occurs to some of our citizens is about a minute-and-a-half."
Instead of two-way traffic, the road will be restricted to one way heading north, in the direction of Highway 20.
"When we come home, we have to get used to going a kilometer out of our way but [it's a] small little thing for such a nice change," Totten said.
Some residents said they only hope pedestrians will be respectful of the new multipurpose path.
"I hope the people that walk their dogs will respect us and pick up their dog poop," Loslier said.
The scenic route begins at Cardinal-Léger Boulevard and ends at Bellevue Park.
The speed limit will remain at 30/km per hour.
The city spent $50,000 for repairs and new signage for the multipurpose path.
If the project goes well, Pincourt will completely revamp the path.
"A successful program would be for us to see a constant flow of users on the infrastructure, mainly families," Perrier said.
Pincourt could also see more one-way roads implemented in the near future.
How does your garden grow? Edmonton experts say growing conditions are perfect
24 Jun - admin
While it was a dry start to the growing season in Edmonton and across much of Alberta, recent rain mixed with a lot of sun has many gardeners celebrating.
"We're eating a lot of stuff already. I still can't get over my corn with three cobs on them. I've never seen it, never heard of it. Corn is always two cobs per stalk. Same seed I've always used – peaches and cream," avid gardener Shawn Martin said from his backyard Monday afternoon.
"Never ever seen it and I come from corn country."
Standing in the sun, surrounded by luscious green plants, Martin said the growing conditions have been perfect this year, particularly for his corn, tomatoes and potatoes.
"There's so many tomatoes on here you can't even see them unless you bend down and look up," he said. "We're eating potatoes already. Peas were up very early, we've been eating them… the beans, everything's growing."
Edmonton gardener Shawn Martin stands in his backyard with his corn Monday, July 4, 2016.
The manager of the Classic Landscapes Centre in south Edmonton said any time you get a daily cycle of sunshine, warm temperatures and moisture, everything in the garden is going to benefit.
"The sunshine and moisture is great for everything, but especially vegetables in our gardens will see that," Perry Stothart said. "Sometimes we have to do the work by watering our gardens, but in this case we're getting lots of natural moisture. Rain is even better in terms of feeding our plants because there is some nitrogen in rainwater as well, so it adds a little extra nutrition to the plants."
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It's not just vegetables that will benefit. Stothart said flowers – perennials and annuals – will also flourish in the current weather conditions.
"You're seeing healthier trees, you're seeing it in the turf," he added.
"Even a month and a half ago, our turf wasn't looking like it is now. When you add some rain with the sunshine, it really changes things around a lot."
Stothart said it's not too late to plant a garden. There's still time to grow established vegetables and harvest them before the end of the season.
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Heat stroke, heat exhaustion and sun poisoning: What you should know
As the mercury rises this summer, you may find yourself feeling the effects of too much sun. And we're not just talking about a sunburn.
In the most severe cases, overexposure to the season's scorching temperatures can be fatal.
Here are the signs and symptoms of heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and sun poisoning.
This is the big one. It can cause brain damage, organ failure, and death. So immediate medical attention is required.
There are two types, as described by Health Canada:
classic heat stroke, which typically affects sedentary and vulnerable populations (babies, pregnant women, the elderly and people who are on certain medications); andexertional heat stroke, normally associated with high physical activity.
What to watch out for:
High body temperature (usually over 40°C)Lack of sweating; though those with exertional heat stroke may experience profuse sweating, according to Health CanadaRed, hot, and dry skinNausea and vomitingRapid heartbeat, which may be either strong or weakRapid, shallow breathingBehavioral changes such as confusion, disorientation, or staggeringSeizuresDizziness and light-headednessThrobbing headacheMuscle weakness or crampsHallucinationsUnconsciousness
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Know the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke
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Health Canada recommends cooling those with classic heat stroke gradually. People with exertional heat stroke should be cooled quickly.
Heat exhaustion can develop after several days of exposure to high temperatures. Those most prone to it are elderly people, those with high blood pressure, and those working or exercising in a hot environment.
The skin might feel cool and moist. The pulse rate will be fast and weak, and breathing will be fast and shallow.
What else to watch out for:
Heavy sweatingPalenessMuscle crampsTirednessWeaknessDizzinessHeadacheNausea or vomitingFainting
A cool bath or shower may help stop heat exhaustion from progressing to heat stroke.
WATCH: Knowing the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke could save your life
A severe sunburn may lead to "sun poisoning." It's not a medical term but fever, chills, nausea and dehydration are how people often describe it.
"Anybody can get sun poisoning," says Jennifer Beecker, the national chair of the Canadian Dermatology Association's Sun Awareness Program.
Some people link it to a sun rash that Beecker prefers to call a sun allergy (known as a photoallergy or polymorphous light eruption).
She says it affects 10 to 20 per cent of the population and that it's more common among those in their 20s or 30s.
"They often get itchy bumps or blisters minutes to hours later after sun exposure on uncovered skin. It tends to be worse in the spring or early summer and diminishes over the season."
"The rash typically last several days to weeks, but typically they do not feel unwell [like] in 'sun poisoning.'"
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Staying hydrated is the most important thing you can do in hot temperatures.
Dehydration can be caused by caffeine, alcohol, certain medications (like antidepressants and antihistamines), and of course — not drinking enough water.
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Try to avoid strenuous activities when it's really hot outside.
Stick to the shade, where it can be five to 10 degrees cooler. And if you're going somewhere you know won't have shade, Beecker suggests bringing your own.
Wearing a hat and covering up with lightweight breathable clothing is also a good idea, she adds.
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Last but not least, make sure to wear a broad-spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen.
"All those things help," Beeker says.
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One board leads to another; Sask. snowboard star Mark McMorris close to return
Mark McMorris is finding joy on a different sort of board as he works towards a return to snow.
The Saskatchewan snowboarding star says the recent tricks he's been able to do skateboarding make him feel closer to getting back on his preferred plank.
Wheeling outdoors in Vancouver's Ambleside Skatepark is also a relief from the drudgery of rehabilitating from a broken femur suffered Feb. 21.
Mark McMorris breaks femur in snowboarding fall
"I've been skating a lot and it's going better and better each time," McMorris told in a phone interview from Toronto on Monday.
"It's been so lame for the most part, not doing what I like. Ever since I started skateboarding and actually being able to skateboard as of June 23, everything has been so happy and positive."
McMorris was having a dominant 2015-16 until he caught an edge upon landing at an Air + Style event in Los Angeles.
He fractured his right femur, or thighbone. He had a metal rod surgically implanted in his leg the day after the crash.
McMorris had won X Games gold and silver in slopestyle and big air respectively in Aspen, Colo., as well as a US$75,000 winner's check at the Laax Open in Switzerland, in the weeks before the wreck.
A snowboarding magazine had also just named him the 2016 rider of the year.
He spent most of his post-op rehab in Vancouver working with therapist and strength coach Damien Moroney.
McMorris started out walking on a water treadmill, but says he's now pushing his leg to exhaustion in training.
The 22-year-old from Regina includes the figure "100′" in his tweets because that's his goal percentage.
"I am feeling about 85 to 90 per cent," McMorris said. "I feel like I can go snowboarding right now, but I don't have fun snowboarding unless I can do it properly 100 per cent."
McMorris won Olympic slopestyle bronze in 2014 despite a broken rib.
He'll have a gentle re-introduction to snow Aug. 10 during a sponsor's catalogue shoot in New Zealand. McMorris then has a three-week training block planned in Australia.
"I'm excited to get some powder because my season was cut short," McMorris said.
"By the fall, I want to not know I broke my femur and I want to be doing new tricks and getting them consistent. I want to dominate next year."
Despite his abbreviated season, McMorris is a nominee for an ESPN Espy award in the category of male action sport athlete for a third time in his career.
Online voting ends July 13 when the winners are announced in Los Angeles. McMorris is up against skateboarders Pedro Barras and Nyjah Huston, freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy and motocross racer Ryan Dungey.
McMorris set a high bar for his comeback, given his performance prior to his injury.
"I feel like the first month or two months I was 'OK, how am I ever going to snowboard how I did before?'" he said.
"Now I know I will snowboard that way again and I will make a full recovery."
New Brunswick HST hike is no reason to panic, realtors say
According to realtors in Fredericton, the provincial increase in HST lead many New Brunsickers to quickly close deals on their homes before the July 1, 2016 increase, but for people who haven't sold their homes yet — there's no need to panic. At least for people buying re-sale.
Exit Realty real estate sales person Samantha Bell said the HST is more than it was, but it's not a huge increase in the grand scheme of what people are paying. She says it's mainly new construction that will be affected, not people buying re-sale.
"For our developers it's a worry because their prices are going to have to reflect this change, in what they're paying in HST and for the buyer because they're going to have to pay that increased amount if they do want to purchase a brand new home," Bell said.
New Brunswick couple looking to put their home on the market despite recent HST hike.
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Bryan Mahoney and his partner are in the process of getting their house on the market, but the HST increase is causing them rethink what they want to buy.
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"Really right now we were really looking into the building side of things, but with the HST going up it kind of really affects the budgeting side, so it's kind of something that we have to think about now," Mahoney said.
Keller Williams Capital Realty owner and broker Austin Drisdelle said the increase will also make it more challenging for first-time buyers to get into their first home.
Drisdelle said the market is up year over year, particularly in the month of June, and said it's been even more so the case this year as people tried to close deals before HST rose.
"For first time home buyers, the extra two percent means that they've gotta find an extra two percent for closing costs, the extra two percent in maybe in the down payment, so there is a lot of variable involved. Not only is it two percent onto sale of the house, but it's two percent on everything else," Drisdelle said.
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Drisdelle told Global News the hike will also impact the cost of home inspections, water tests, legal fees, as well as any moving expenses.
"It just doesn't impact the home ownership, it impacts all the affiliates that tie into buying and purchasing a home," Drisdelle said.
For people looking at a $100,000 house, Drisdelle said with legal fees it could cost anywhere between an extra $200 to $600 dollars in additional expenses.
Drisdelle said despite the increase, people will always need housing.
"It'll slow it down possibly for a bit [HST hike] but when it comes to owning a real estate property, people need a place to live and it just may slow it down, but it won't stop it," Drisdelle said.
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Suicide bombers strike near one of Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia killing 4
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A suicide bombing outside one of Islam's holiest sites killed four Saudi security forces on Monday, and similar attacks outside a Shiite mosque and a U.S. Consulate in two other Saudi cities raised fears of a co-ordinated assault aimed at destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom.
The Interior Ministry said five others were wounded in the attack outside the sprawling mosque grounds where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina. Millions of Muslims from around the world visit the mosque every year as part of their pilgrimage to Mecca.
The ministry said the attacker set off the bomb in a parking lot after security officers raised suspicions about him. Several cars caught fire and thick plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the site of the explosion as thousands of worshippers crowded the streets around the mosque.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.
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The Interior Ministry could not immediately be reached for comment. No group claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.
The sprawling mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried is visited by millions of Muslims from around the world each year during pilgrimages to Mecca. The area was packed with pilgrims for prayer during the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends in the kingdom on Tuesday.
Altayeb Osama, a 25-year old Sudanese visitor to Medina and resident of Abu Dhabi, said he heard two large booms about a minute apart as he was heading toward the mosque for sunset prayers. He said police and fire trucks were on the scene within seconds.
"It was very shocking that such a thing happens in such a holy place for Muslims, the second holiest place in the world. That's not an act that represents Islam," Osama said. "People never imagined that this could happen here."
Qari Ziyaad Patel, 36, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was at the mosque when he heard a blast just as people were breaking their fast with dates. Many at first thought it was the sound of traditional, celebratory cannon fire, but then he felt the ground shake
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"The vibrations were very strong," he said. "It sounded like a building imploded."
Saudi Arabia's state-run news channel al-Ekhbariya aired live video of thousands of worshippers praying inside the mosque hours after the explosion. It also showed footage of Saudi King Salman's son and the Governor of Medina, Prince Faisal bin Salman, visiting security officers wounded in the blast and the site of the explosion.
Also Monday evening, at least one suicide bomber and a car bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, according to a resident there, several hours after another suicide bomber carried out an attack near the U.S. Consulate in the western city of Jiddah.
Saudi Arabia has been a target of Islamic State attacks that have killed dozens of people. In June, the Interior Ministry reported 26 terror attacks in the kingdom in the last two years.
The possibility of co-ordinated attacks across different cities in Saudi Arabia on the same day underscores the threat the kingdom faces from extremists who view the Western-allied Saudi monarchy as heretics and enemies of Islam. Saudi Arabia is part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
The attack in the eastern region of Qatif did not appear to cause any injuries, said resident Mohammed al-Nimr. His brother, prominent Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, was executed in January after a court found him guilty of sedition and inciting violence for his role in anti-government protests.
Qatif is heavily populated by Shiites, who are a minority in the Sunni-ruled kingdom. Al-Nimr said that near the body of a suicide bomber was a car bomb that also went off around the same time. He told The Associated Press the bomber detonated his suicide vest when most residents of the neighbourhood were at home breaking the daily Ramadan fast.
Several state-linked media reported that two suicide bombers died in the attack, which was aimed at a Shiite mosque.
IS and other Sunni extremists consider Shiites to be apostates deserving of death. IS affiliates in the kingdom have previously attacked Shiite places of worship, including a suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in Qatif in May 2015 that killed 21 people.
Earlier Monday, the Interior Ministry said a suicide bomber had detonated his explosives when security guards approached him near the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah. The attacker died and the two security men were lightly wounded.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki was quoted in a statement as saying the guards noticed the man was acting suspiciously at an intersection on the corner of the heavily fortified consulate, near a hospital and a mosque.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia confirmed there were no casualties among consular staff. The Interior Ministry did not say whether the bomber intended to target the U.S. diplomatic compound.
The ministry said the bomber was not a Saudi citizen, but a resident of the kingdom. It gave no further details on his nationality. There are around 9 million foreigners living in Saudi Arabia, which has a total population of 30 million.
State-run al-Ekhbariya said security forces detonated six explosive devices found at the scene.
A 2004 al-Qaida-linked militant attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah killed five locally hired consular employees and four gunmen. The three-hour battle at the compound came amid a wave of al-Qaida attacks targeting Westerners and Saudi security posts.


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Q: The edit function is not working properly in React JS. as it autosave when a character or any one change is done
import { Table, Button, Form } from 'react-bootstrap';
import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";

function Dashboard() {
  const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
  const [newItem, setNewItem] = useState({ name: '', quantity: 0, image: null });
  const [editItem, setEditItem] = useState(null);

  const handleNameChange = (e) => {
    setNewItem({ ...newItem, name: e.target.value });
  };

  const handleQuantityChange = (e) => {
    setNewItem({ ...newItem, quantity: parseInt(e.target.value, 10) });
  };

  const handleImageChange = (e) => {
    setNewItem({ ...newItem, image: e.target.files[0] });
  };

  const handleAddItem = () => {
    items.push(newItem);
    setItems(items);
    setNewItem({ name: '', quantity: 0, image: null });
  };

  const handleEditItem = (index) => {
    setEditItem(index);
  };

  const handleSaveItem = (index, updatedItem) => {
    // Check if quantity is NaN before updating the item
    if (isNaN(updatedItem.quantity)) {
      alert('Please enter a valid quantity.');
      return;
    }

    const newItems = [...items];
    newItems[index] = updatedItem;
    setItems(newItems);
    setEditItem(null);
  };

  const handleDeleteItem = (index) => {
    const shouldDelete = window.confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this item?");
    if (shouldDelete) {
      const newItems = [...items];
      newItems.splice(index, 1);
      setItems(newItems);
    }
  };

  return (

Item Table

            Name
            Quantity
            Image
            Actions

          {items.map((item, index) =>
            editItem === index ? (

                  <Form.Control type="text" value={item.name} onChange={(e) => handleSaveItem(index, { ...item, name: e.target.value })} />

                  <Form.Control type="number" value={item.quantity} onChange={(e) => handleSaveItem(index, { ...item, quantity: parseInt(e.target.value) })} />

                  {item.image && }
                  <Form.Control type="file" onChange={(e) => handleSaveItem(index, { ...item, image: e.target.files[0] })} />

                  <Button variant="primary" onClick={() => handleSaveItem(index, item)}>Save</Button>
                  <Button variant="secondary" onClick={() => setEditItem(null)}>Cancel</Button>

            ) : (

                {item.name}
                {item.quantity}
                {item.image && }

                  <Button variant="warning" onClick={() => handleEditItem(index)}>Edit</Button>

                  <Button variant="danger" onClick={() => handleDeleteItem(index)}>Delete</Button>

            )
          )}

        <Form>
   `       <Form.Group controlId="formItemName">
            <Form.Label>Name</Form.Label>
            <Form.Control type="text" placeholder="Enter item name" value={newItem.name} onChange={handleNameChange} />
          </Form.Group>
          <Form.Group controlId="formItemQuantity">
            <Form.Label>Quantity</Form.Label>
            <Form.Control `type="number" placeholder="Enter item quantity" value={newItem.quantity} onChange={handleQuantityChange} />
          </Form.Group>
          <Form.Group controlId="formItemImage">
            <Form.Label>Image</Form.Label>
            <Form.Control type="file" onChange={handleImageChange} />
          </Form.Group>
          <Button variant="primary" onClick={handleAddItem}>Add Item</Button>
        </Form>
        <Button variant="secondary" onClick={handleLogout}>Logout</Button>

    );
  }

export default Dashboard;

The edit option is not working i.e., when the button is clicked the row changes to editable but when we try to change it automatically save only when we changed one character in any part of the table. it autosaves after adding/deleting one character/one numeric value. It autosaves the updated item with the changed value I cannot change the whole value in the column one character is only getting changed. I want to edit the entire row and update the table is my desired output. the code is written in JavaScript and the functions represent each areas.


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International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management
Development and assessment of an instrument to measure equivocal situation and its causes in IS/IT project evaluation
Arviansyah ., University of TwenteFollow
Ton Spil, University of TwenteFollow
Jos van Hillegersberg, University of TwenteFollow
Project evaluations are vital for organizations to manage and balance the costs and benefits of their IS/IT investment. Despite the importance of project evaluations, equivocal situation may limit the effectiveness of an evaluation and hinder decision-makers in generating purposeful resolutions. There is a dearth of empirical studies with regard to equivocal situation, which this study addresses by developing and measuring a construct of an equivocal situation and its causes. The equivocal situation construct is derived from the notion of equivocality and its causes are extracted from the extant literature. The developed constructs are subjected to empirical validation through Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis by employing the data collected from knowledge professionals in IS/IT project management. The developed instrument provides a firm foundation for future studies of equivocality in IS/IT project evaluation.
., Arviansyah; Spil, Ton; and Hillegersberg, Jos van (2015) "Development and assessment of an instrument to measure equivocal situation and its causes in IS/IT project evaluation," International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management: Vol. 3 : No. 3 , Article 3.
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Opinion / Op-Ed Contributors
US-ASEAN meeting proved largely symbolic
By Yu Xiang(YU XIANG)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (front) conducts a trilateral naval exercise with the Turkish and South Korean Navy on May 25, 2015. [Photo/IC]
The first US-ASEAN meeting was hosted by US President Barack Obama at Sunnylands Rancho Mirage in California on Monday and Tuesday, the same venue where US President Barack Obama had his first informal meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013.
Considering there are territorial disputes between China and some of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the meeting and its location attracted much speculation.
To some in the US, the meeting should be seen as a milestone in relations between the United States and ASEAN, as it is a concrete step in implementing the US' rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific given the importance of ASEAN's role in the strategy.
Whether the US-ASEAN meeting will become a milestone in this respect is doubtful. For starters, although Obama is pushing the rebalancing strategy, there is limited time left for him. It is impossible to expect lots of promises to be put into practice within a year with the "poisonous political climate"-as Obama has described it-in the US. The next US president, especially if Republican, may not follow up on the promises made at the meeting.
On the ASEAN side, not all ASEAN members want to side with the US against China. The Philippines and Vietnam are among the countries involved in territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. But Philippine President Benigno Aquino III's six-year term in office will end in mid-2016. The future president may change his attitude toward China and pursue more rational and diplomatic ways to resolve their dispute. In Vietnam, the reappointment of Nguyen PhuTrong, 71, for a second term as leader could slow the pace of Vietnam's shift to a more open, market-oriented economy, but it is unlikely to alter its strategic balance in relations with China and US.
More importantly, from an economic perspective, ASEAN has its own free trade plans, one is building an ASEAN Economic Community, and the other is leading the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which is endorsed by China. It is not in the interests of ASEAN to put itself in the dilemma of choosing between China and the US at the cost of economic development. Last year, ASEAN launched an ambitious integration plan to build the AEC aimed to create a big unified market for goods, services, capital and labor.
Considering ASEAN now depends more and more on China, and China is playing a positive role in building the AEC, it is not in the interests of ASEAN to publicly go against China.
China consistently appears among the top five trade partners for ASEAN members. Some ASEAN countries depend heavily on China. And ASEAN member countries are very interested in China's Belt and Road Initiative and eager to make connections. China, meanwhile, has a large say in the workings of multilateral lending institutions such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the World Bank (which could have far-reaching implications for the future of ASEAN-China relations).
The US is trying to enhance its economic connections with ASEAN, and wants to incorporate ASEAN into its trade and economic network. Four ASEAN member countries, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, have joined in the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. But according to a report titled Assessing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, released by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the TPP's benefits to ASEAN will be relatively small, with the US the biggest beneficiary.
Considering ASEAN member states have their own different interests, and to choose sides would split the bloc, ASEAN will not choose sides or make a decision that harms regional stability; which means the US-ASEAN meeting was largely symbolic.
The author, a Harvard University visiting scholar, is research fellow and director of the Division of American Economic Studies at the Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
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Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra, the son born to Vichitravirya`s first wife Ambika was born blind who had 100 sons.
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In Mahabharat, Dhritarashtra was the son born to Vichitravirya's first wife Ambika. As Dhritarashtra was left fatherless with the death of Vichitravirya, his grandmother Satyavati arranged her son Vyasa to look after him. Dhritarashtra was born blind but this did not deter him from ruling the Hastinapura Empire for several years. He had received immense support from his wife Gandhari and together became the parents of hundred sons, famously known as the 'Kauravas'.
His birth
After the death of both Chitragandha and Vichitravirya, queen Satyavati was worried about the continuity of the family's lineage. The fact that both her sons had died heirless worried her even more. To resolve this problem, she called upon her first son Vyasa to use his special powers and help her daughter-in-laws to conceive.
Vyasa agreed to his mother's request and came to the palace to bless both Ambika and Ambalika.
When Vyasa came to bless Ambika, she got frightened on seeing him. Scared by his looks, she closed her eyes firmly till he blessed and went away. Considering that she made a mistake of closing her eyes on seeing Vyasa, she gave birth to a blind Dhritarashtra. However, Vyasa blessed him with the strength of ten thousand elephants.
Earlier due to his handicap, Pandu was made the king. But with the death of Pandu, Dhritarashtra ascended the throne. He with aid of stalwarts like Vidhura, Bhishma and others looked after the kingdom well. His wife Gandhari who blind-folded her eyes for her husband's sake too helped him in his state of affairs.
The heir to the throne
After the death of Pandu, Kunti (Pandu's first wife) returned to the kingdom after years of living as hermit in the forests. She came back with their five sons. On her return, Dhritarashtra was advised by the elders to be fair with her and her sons. At the same time, Dhritarashtra was put through a great dilemma as to who would be his successor to the throne after his death.
He wanted his son Duryodhana to become his successor but lawfully it was Yudhisthira- the eldest son of Pandu who would ascend the throne. Against his will, he named Yudhisthira his heir, which left Duryodhana frustrated. As a solution Bhishma suggested the partition of Hastinapur. In order to maintain peace Dhritarashtra gave Yudhisthira half the Kuru kingdom, though the lands were arid, un-prosperous and scantily populated, known as Khandavaprastha. While he kept the better half of the kingdom for himself so that his son may one day rule his half of the kingdom.
The Kurukshetra battle
The Kurukshetra war was a war fought between the Kauravas and Pandavas. The elders of Hastinapura such as Bhishma and Vidhura tried to convince the two sides against the battle. But they did not pay heed to the advices of the elders and went on with the battle for eighteen days.
As Dhritarashtra was blind, Sage Vyas blessed Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra's charioteer with the ability to see the past, present and the future. Thus Sanjaya could narrate important events of to the blind king. Dhritarashtra's sorrow increased day by day as Bhima killed all his sons slowly. He frequently bemoaned his ineffectiveness in preventing Duryodhana from going to war. Sanjaya often consoled the bereaved king and reminded him every time that dharma was on the Pandava side and a war against Krishna and Arjuna could not be humanly won regardless of the strength of the opposing force.
His last days
After the death of all his sons, Dhritarashtra handed over the throne to Yudhisthira. Yudhisthira was crowned king of both Indraprastha and Hastinapura. Yudhisthira once again showed his kindness when he decided that the king of the city of Hastinapura should be Dhristarashtra. He offered the blind king complete respect and reverence as an elder, despite his misdeeds and the evil of his dead sons. After many years as the ruler of Hastinapura, Dhristarashtra along with Ghandhari, Kunti and Vidura left for their final journey into the forest. They died in a forest fire in the Himalayas.
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