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Q: When is "using" block used for in C#? How to use "using" block in C#? I saw that in most samples SqlCommand was used like this
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(CNN_STRING))
{
    using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select ID,Name From Person", con))
    {
        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
        DataSet ds = new DataSet();
        da.Fill(ds);
        return ds;
    }
}

I know why we are using the using statement. But SqlCommand doesn't include a Close() method so should we really use it within a using statement?

A: SqlCommand does implement IDisposable which a using statement will call .Dispose() on before the using block is finished. I'm not sure what SqlCommand.Dispose() does, but it's a good idea to call .Dispose() on an instance you are finished with i.e. it will clear up the database connection perhaps.

A: Because it also implements IDisposable.
The purpose of Using statement is that when control will reach end of using it will dispose that object of  using block and free up memory. its purpose is not only for auto connection close, basically it will dispose connection object and obviously connection also closed due to it.
Its purpose is to free up the resources that we used inside the Using statement.
According to MSDN:

As a rule, when you use an IDisposable object, you should declare and instantiate it in a using statement. The using statement calls the Dispose method on the object in the correct way, and (when you use it as shown earlier) it also causes the object itself to go out of scope as soon as Dispose is called. Within the using block, the object is read-only and cannot be modified or reassigned.
The using statement ensures that Dispose is called even if an exception occurs while you are calling methods on the object. You can achieve the same result by putting the object inside a try block and then calling Dispose in a finally block; in fact, this is how the using statement is translated by the compiler. The code example earlier expands to the following code at compile time (note the extra curly braces to create the limited scope for the object):

NOTE:

You can instantiate the resource object and then pass the variable to the using statement, but this is not a best practice. In this case, the object remains in scope after control leaves the using block even though it will probably no longer have access to its unmanaged resources. In other words, it will no longer be fully initialized. If you try to use the object outside the using block, you risk causing an exception to be thrown. For this reason, it is generally better to instantiate the object in the using statement and limit its scope to the using block.

A: SqlCommand.Dispose() is used to release all resources used by SqlCommand.

A: I did some research and found an answer which I summarized below. For a more detailed explanation, see here
The using statement for SqlCommand does not dispose of a whole lot. SqlCommand indirectly inherits from Component which implements a finalizer. Unless the implementation has changed, the GC ignores objects with a finalizer the first time it encounters an out-of-scope one. Instead of removing it from memory, the GC calls the finalizer and then moves on. The second time it encounters it, the GC will remove the object from memory. This is obviously rather expensive so you do not want the finalizer to run very often.
To prevent the finalizer from running, Component (which SqlCommand indirectly inherits from) implements a dispose method that tells the GC not to call the finalizer since the dispose method already handled any cleanup.
In a nutshell, the using statement around SqlCommand doesn't do anything special, but it prevents the more expensive finalizer from being called.
If you have more details into how this works, please let me know in the comments.

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Q: Datagrid sort number - want null last Is there any way of setting up sort on a datagrid column that is numeric but can be null so that if the user sorts the list it will always show null last
ie
 asc would be 1,2,3,null
 desc would be 3,2,1,null
Useful as a lot of rows will have null value and if clicking the sort then user is focussed on seeing the info that is thee sorted as above.

A: Columns can have a custom sorting function that an app supplies.
I'll list an overview and then leave a stackblitz link to a working app so you can reference working code.
First, define  a CustomComparator for the app to consume:
import {ClrDatagridComparatorInterface} from "@clr/angular";

class CustomComparator implements ClrDatagridComparatorInterface<any> {
    compare(a: any, b: any) {
      if (a.key && b.key) {
        return a.key - b.key;
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    }
}

Next, declare the comparator as a public entity in the component with the datagrid
public customComparator = new CustomComparator();

Finally, update the template to declare usage of the custom comparator on the column that needs it:
<clr-dg-column [clrDgField]="'key'"
  [clrDgSortBy]="customComparator">
    Key
</clr-dg-column>

Here is a link to a stackblitz with a custom comparator implanted that always return null items last. https://stackblitz.com/edit/so-58020609-custom-sorting


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A Florida data scientist who built the state's COVID-19 dashboard, but was then fired after she said she refused to manipulate data said her home was raided by Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents on Monday.
The FDLE confirmed to sister station WESH in Orlando that agents had executed a search Monday at the home of Rebekah Jones.
Jones said in a series of tweets Monday afternoon that agents knocked on her door around 8 a.m. Monday and took "all her tech."
"They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids," Jones' tweet said.
Jones helped create the dashboard that tracks coronavirus in Florida. She says she was fired after refusing to manipulate data and claimed that current health department employees were manipulating the information.
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Jones said the agents that entered her home on Monday showed her a warrant based on a complaint filed by the Florida Department of Health.
The video Jones shared on Twitter shows agents entering her home with guns drawn and calling for her husband to come downstairs, according to Jones.
The FDLE confirmed in a statement to WESH that the warrant was served after a complaint was filed by Florida Department of Health.
"This morning FDLE served a search warrant at a residence on Centerville Court in Tallahassee, the home of Rebekah Jones. FDLE began an investigation November 10, 2020 after receiving a complaint from the Department of Health regarding unauthorized access to a Department of Health messaging system which is part of an emergency alert system, to be used for emergencies only. Agents believe someone at the residence on Centerville Court illegally accessed the system.
When agents arrived, they knocked on the door and called Ms. Jones in an attempt to minimize disruption to the family. Ms. Jones refused to come to the door for 20 minutes and hung-up on agents. After several attempts and verbal notifications that law enforcement officers were there to serve a legal search warrant, Ms. Jones eventually came to the door and allowed agents to enter. Ms. Jones family was upstairs when agents made entry into the home," the FDLE statement said.
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15-Year-Old TikToker Accidentally Shot Herself While Filming A Video
15-Year-Old TikToker Accidentally Fatally Shot Herself with a submachine gun found in her grandmother's home While Filming A Video
According to reports from the New York Post, a 15-year-old Mexican girl named Yazmin Esmeralda has been left dead after engaging in risky behaviour for a TikTok video, asking her younger brother to record her holding a 9-millimetre Uzi submachine gun that she had discovered in a closet in their grandmother's home.
The incident happened last month in the small town of Guasave, Sinaloa when the Esmeraldas were visiting family. Yazmin was immediately killed by the shot, and the sound of the firearm reportedly woke the teenage girl's mother.
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It remains unclear exactly where on her body she was struck by the ammunition, or why the weapon was in the home, but it has been made known that just before, Yazmin asked her younger brother to film a video of her posing with the gun with the intent of uploading the footage to her TikTok account.
"That she chose to record a clip [in that way] shows that our youth is immersed in [drug cartel] culture," Sinaloa's state prosecutor, Sara Bruna Quiñonez Estrada, told Vice. "It's what they hear about at all hours."
Ultimately, she feels that the family failed to protect a vulnerable teen. "The fact that there were weapons in the house, that weren't controlled, is the responsibility of the adults who knew there were children in the house," Quiñonez Estrada told the publication.
Similar sentiments were echoed in conversations with the head of the state's women's ministry, María Teresa Guerra Ochoa, who said, "There are sectors [of society] that admire drug traffickers. Many of them come from poverty and so they're seen as symbols of success."
RIP Yazmin Esmeralda.
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What we need is a grass that is winter hardy, yet drought tolerant for the summers we get.
As I look around my neighborhood, I can see that the lawns have suffered this year from many days of 90 plus temperatures. Fescue has been replaced by crabgrass. Lawns that are watered regularly are still showing signs of drought near the curbs. The best looking lawns in the neighborhood are those that have been invaded by Bermuda grass.
I have found Zoysia grass to be very drought tolerant, and winter hardy in the Knoxville area. Given enough time, it produces a dense, even turf, even in heavy clay soils. It is stoloniferous, which means that it puts out runners above ground. The runners from different plants cross one another, and provide excellent coverage, and the Zoysia eventually choke out most weeds.
Zoysia comes in three primary varieties (cultivars), Emerald, Meyer, and Zenith.
Emerald has a very fine blade, and can be cut very close. It is propagated by sodding or plugging. It spreads very slowly.
Meyer has a wider blade than Emerald, but finer than fescue, and makes a very nice looking lawn. It, too, is propagated by sodding or plugging.
Zenith looks much like Meyer, and has the added advantage that it can be propagated from seed, as well as sodding or plugging.
Having used all three, I find the Emerald too slow, and like the option of starting from seed, so I recommend Zenith. Zenith seeds, as well as sod are available from Super-Sod. The current price is about $25.00/pound. This seems high, but remember, we are talking about conserving money over time.
1. If you have enough money to burn a wet dog, buy sod from Super-Sod, or your supplier of choice. Start this in late spring or early summer. Till and smooth the soil, and lay the sod. Do NOT just lay it on top. Water frequently the first summer.
2. Buy Zenith Zoysia seed, and plant according to the included instructions. This includes proper tilling, as instructed. Water frequently as instructed.
3. Buy a small amount of sod, and a plugger. I bought my plugger from Mayo's Garden Center several years ago. You can find one there or online. [The linked proplugger is a better choice.] Plant plugs on one foot centers in the spring or early summer. Water as directed.Once you have some areas of sod growing, you can transplant plugs to other areas of your lawn.
I am using a combination of methods 2 and 3. I seeded some of my lawn. After it started growing and made a dense turf, I cut plugs from it, and transplanted them. I have had great success doing the transplanting in the dead of winter, when the grass is dormant. When spring comes, it wakes up and starts growing, without the need for watering, except on the most dense clay soils.
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For some, the dormant straw color in winter is objectionable. I view this as a cycle of nature.
This is written at the first of September, which is not a good time to start a Zoysia lawn. This fall, for some coverage, rent an aerator to run over your lawn, and sow some fescue and/or rye.
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A branch of Bank of Valletta is to see in Valletta, Malta, June 16, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Bank of Valletta, which accounts for almost half of Malta's banking transactions, the shutdown of all operations on Wednesday after the detection of a cyber attack, the company said.
The bank said it had closed its branches and Atms on the small island in the Mediterranean sea after the realization of the hackers trying to gain access to the systems. The website is also offline.
The bank reassured customers that their accounts and assets were "not in any way be affected or impaired" and that he was working on to resume normal services as soon as possible.
"The bank works closely with local and international police agencies in this regard," he said in a statement.
Maltese banks have in the past reported cyber attacks, but this was the first time that a bank had shut down all operations as a result.
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Hams from S. Wallace Edwards & Sons in Surry, Virginia, are prepared in the true Virginia tradition. Long before the first settlers arrived at Jamestown in 1607, the Native Americans had been curing venison and fish, plentiful in the forest and rivers. The taste of the salt-cured and smoked meat was different from the sun-dried method the settlers knew in their native England. The settlers soon brought hogs which were left to forage New World vegetation including nuts and acorns. By 1608, the colonists were keeping their hogs on an island five miles below the Jamestown Settlement. The island soon became known as Hog Island, as it is today over three centuries later. In 1652, Surry County was formed encompassing Hog Island and much other land across the James River from Jamestown. These early colonists soon developed a process of smoking pork over hickory and oak fires, after rubbing it with salt obtained from evaporating seawater, then allowing the meat to stand for a period of time. The salt preserved the meat, the smoking and aging enhanced the flavor. When other crops failed or tobacco prices fell, there were always hams to trade; thus, the Virginia hams were exported to England from Surry.
For generations, ham curing had been a seasonal event for Virginia farmers. Hogs were killed in the winter and their meat packed in salt while the weather was cool enough to keep it from spoiling. The meat then was rinsed and hung to dry and smoke during the remaining cool months. With luck, it would endure the high temperatures of summer to age. In 1926, S. Wallace Edwards, the young captain of the Jamestown-Surry ferry began selling ham sandwiches to his passengers. The ham had been cured by him as on the the family farm according to those time-tested methods. Soon demand became great enough that S. Wallace Edwards began curing hams on a full-time basis, distributing them to country stores and fine hotels, and shipping them throughout the country and overseas. S. Wallace Edwards & Sons remains a family operation in Surry County not far from Jamestown where Native Americans taught the settlers to cure meat. Today's facilities simulate the seasons without sacrificing the care and attention that result in that unique flavor of Virginia hams.
In the time-honored style of the Native Americans, settlers and farmers before them, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons processes each ham by hand as it goes through the stages of curing. The very finest hams are selected and hand-rubbed with salt. They remain in the curing room under controlled temperatures until the desired amount of salt has been absorbed. Excess salt is removed by washing and the hams are then pepper-coated and ready for hanging in the smokehouse. Many days of cool "hickory" smoke are required to give these hams their rich mahogany color. They are then allowed to hang undisturbed for "aging" until they develop that real Virginia flavor. Uncooked hams are ready to ship at this point. Others may go through a cooking process in the ham kitchen. These are submerged in water and slowly simmered until that are fully cooked and ready to be served.


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Musical entertainment, magic, crafts, caricatures, bocce ball, putting and swimming also provided a full day of activities for young and old. Residents and guests feasted on a barbecue buffet, hamburgers, hot dogs and other picnic food, a chocolate fountain and a sundae bar. Now in its eighth year, the event offers families the chance to meet other residents and experience life at University Village.
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Digital transformation accelerating like never before: IBM CEO
New York, May 5 2020 - IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on Tuesday urged companies to build resiliency into their businesses and their networks in response to the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During his keynote address at the IBM's 'Think Digital' event joined by 90,000 virtual attendees from across the world, Krishna also announced new AI, Edge and Cloud capabilities to help clients accelerate recovery and transformation.
"History will look back on this as the moment when the digital transformation of business and society suddenly accelerated," Krishna said.
"This is an opportunity to develop new solutions, new ways of working and new partnerships that will benefit your company and your customers, not just today, but for years to come," he added.
Krishna called Hybrid Cloud and AI "the two dominant forces driving digital transformation."
Krishna announced broad range of AI-powered capabilities and services that are designed to help CIOs automate their IT infrastructures to be more resilient to future disruptions and to help reduce costs.
One such new offering, Watson AIOps, uses AI to self-detect, diagnose and respond to IT anomalies in real time.
Watson AIOps is built on Red Hat OpenShift to run across hybrid cloud environments and works with collaboration technologies at the center of today's distributed work environment, such as Slack and Box.
With new offerings built on Red Hat OpenShift, enterprises can autonomously manage workloads across a massive volume of edge devices.
Telecommunications providers can quickly orchestrate virtual and container network functions to help them provide new services today and as 5G adoption expands.
"Technology platforms are the basis for competitive advantage in the 21st century," Krishna said.
"They will determine how quickly you can pivot to new market opportunities, how well you serve your clients, how much you can scale, and how fast you can respond to a crisis like the one we're facing today," the IBM CEO emphasized.
As enterprises embark on a journey of digital transformation, there's a fundamental shift in the role that IT plays in the business - in defining business strategy and driving topline growth, and India has played a key role towards achieving this.
"The IT delivery platform needs to transform to a hybrid cloud IT architecture - which is scalable and adaptable to business and operational needs. At IBM Research lab, we are leveraging AI to transform IT and help our clients accelerate, automate and modernize their IT landscape to stay ahead," said Gargi Dasgupta, Director, IBM Research India and CTO, IBM India /South Asia.
IBM Research India played a significant role in envisioning, researching and developing many of these AI- driven innovations, in collaboration with other IBM Research labs.
IBM also announced a reimagined Business Partner programme that gives partners the flexibility to engage in one or more pathways to success.


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I recently bought this grey t-shirt from Alexander Wang's T line and I really can't take it off. As badly as I would like, places like Forever21 can't reproduce the quality and cut of these higher-end basics. First the boatneck dress, now this grey shirt... I might end up having to buy a few more in some other colors to wear all summer long. It's kind of hard to wear anything other than plain basics when it gets really hot, no?
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By Suzanne Werre
The Cougars played a marathon game of softball Monday night against the Des Lacs-Burlington Lakers as the softball game went into extra innings before the Lakers were able to pull out the 14-13 win.
The Cougars made a battle out of a game that started to look like it would be an easy win for the Lakers early on, as the Cougars were held scoreless the first three innings while DLB crossed the plate seven times.
The Cougars rallied the next few innings to tie the game at 10, neither team scoring in the eighth or ninth innings. The Lakers iced the win by outscoring Central McLean 4-3 in the 10th inning.
Earlier in the week, the Cou-gars finished a double-header at 1-1 against the Lakers, while they won both ends of a double-header with Wilton-Wing 12-9 and 20-10.


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West Brom boss Tony Pulis on Aston Villa's Remi Garde: I'm not concerned about other people and clubs
Pulis preoccupied with the Baggies - not the sorry plight of bitter rivals Villa
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Tony Pulis has little sympathy for his Aston Villa counterpart Remi Garde - with his sole focus steering West Bromwich Albion to safety.
Garde has found English football hard going since inheriting Tim Sherwood's rock bottom team in November.
The Frenchman has masterminded only one win in 11 league fixtures, leaving Villa ten points from safety.
And while Pulis has "in some ways" solace for Garde, he'll be gunning for a third straight home league win that would hammer another nail into Villa's relegation coffin.
The experienced Welshman said: "Villa's a massive football club and it's a massive job there. But we've all got massive clubs and we've all got jobs to do.
"It's tough. He'll understand it. It's his first time in England (as a manager). He'll get to know the rigours and it's different to most probably anything he's experienced.
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"But I'm not concerned about other people and clubs.
"We'll obviously look at their strengths and weaknesses, but we're more concerned about what we do and how we prepare.
"Can we do things we really want to do well?
"When we do that we're a decent side, as we've shown in games recently.
"Even at Chelsea we played really well doing things that we can do and getting the players to play to their strengths.
"That's what we've got to do Saturday, play to our strengths and fingers crossed you get the breaks."
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A West Brom win at the Hawthorns would secure a first league double over Villa since 1974, when Pulis was "at Bristol Rovers as a young kid", and extend the gap to Villa to 18 points.
But Pulis is more preoccupied with maintaining Albion's top flight status as expeditiously as possible.
"Irrespective of looking at the table, I'm more concerned about the points, not whose behind us," the former Stoke and Crystal Palace boss said.
"If you worry about what other clubs are going you'd drive yourself insane.
"We're more concerned about just getting to that total of 40 points as quickly as we possibly can and forgetting everything else outside of this football club because you can't determine what other clubs are going to do."
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Artist Relations
Dominic Cheli
Dominic Cheli's playing has been described as "spontaneous yet perfect, the best of how a young person can play." (Symphony Magazine). His rapidly advancing career included his Walt Disney Concert Hall Debut with legendary conductor Valery Gergiev where Dominic was described as "mesmerizing, (he) transfixed the audience…his fingers were one with each key." (LA Times). He gave his Carnegie Hall Recital Debut this past season, and recently recorded his second CD on the Naxos label of the music of Liszt/Schubert. In July 2017, Cheli's first CD, featuring the music of Muzio Clementi and released by Naxos, was hailed as "definitive performances, that match splendid playing with an appreciation of Clementi's diverse, classically based style." Also in 2017, Dominic was named 1st prize winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York City.
Winner of the 2017 Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition, Dominic performed Prokofiev's 2nd Piano concerto with conductor, composer and MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, Matthew Aucoin. Described as a "barnstorming Goliath" Mr. Cheli's performance of Prokofiev's 2nd concerto "roared like a locomotive, shot firebrands of energy this way and that, while the piano strained to keep in one piece under the thrall of Cheli's glorious technique." (Santa Barbara Voice Magazine).
A native of St. Louis, Dominic has performed with the Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis, as well as orchestras all across the country and abroad including the San Diego Symphony, DuPage Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Princeton Symphony, Colburn Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, Adrian Symphony, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Germany), and the Great Falls Symphony. He has worked with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Yaniv Dinur, Markus Huber, Rossen Milanov, Arthur Fagen, Bruce Kiesling, Matthew Aucoin, and many others. Dominic recently debuted at several major festivals across the United States including the Ravinia Festival, Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Virginia Arts Festival. Upcoming engagements included appearances with the Seattle Symphony, a re-invitation to the Ravinia Festival, his debut at Alice Tully Hall, and recitals in Philadelphia, Washington D.C, and New York City.
Committed to engaging with his surrounding community, Dominic regularly performs at high schools, retirement homes, and gives both masterclasses and lectures for his younger audiences. Upon invitation, he has performed with Paul Coletti at ViolaFest in Los Angeles for younger students, and "Baby Got Bach" with Pianist Orli Shaham at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. Dominic has performed as an artist for Project: Music Heals Us,a non-profit organization that presents interactive classical music performances to diverse audiences in order to provide encouragement, education, and healing with a focus on elderly, disabled, rehabilitating, incarcerated, and homeless populations.
In 2018, Dominic was invited by his mentor, Andre-Michel Schub, to perform at the Virginia Arts Festival, both as a soloist and collaborator, in concerts centered around the music of Mozart. They collaborated in Mozart's Double and Triple Piano Concertos with the Virginia Symphony, as well as in recital where "Cheli delivered one brilliant performance…it was a dazzling moment by a pianist whose name is destined for Schub-ian heights." (Virginia Gazette) Mr. Cheli has studied at the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University and the Colburn School. Andre-Michel Schub, Peter Frankl, Fabio Bidini, Zena Ilyashov, and Sylvia Rosenberg are individuals who have been especially influential on his development as an artist.
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Having a massage is not just relaxing, it also presents a range of health benefits – especially if done on a consistent basis. Massage enhances blood, and lymphatic circulation calms the nervous systems and helps with pain management including muscle spasms, sciatica, and arthritis.
Although massage is known to have lots of health and physical benefits, we don't get it as frequently as we should; maybe because of busy schedules or budgetary issues. Unfortunately, getting a massage once in a long cannot deliver the kind of result that one expects.
As stated above, having a massage once in a year won't cut it. It may be relieving for that moment; however, it can't help you to release the lifetime of muscle tension.
Your therapists want you to know that you should have one or two sessions every week for the best results. Then once you are feeling better, you can move to a minimum of once every month (to maintain healthy muscles).
You can still have a massage even on a shoestring budget – if you check in the right places. Some facilities are established on the idea of a cost-effective massage so that everyone can get the care they deserve. Besides, when you look at how much value you get, the price is often very much worth it.
Yes, it might feel weird to remove your clothes in front of strangers for a massage; however, you should not get all worked up. Therapists do this on a day-to-day basis, to them, it is normal for people to strip down naked. Besides, you are allowed to only undress to until where you feel comfortable. After all, the goal of a massage is to help you feel all relaxed, not tensed.
Don't tense up your breath, even when the therapist works on a specific bad knot – because you'll only miss on one of the significant benefits of the massage. Breathing fully and deeply will help you to oxygenate your blood supply, and also ease up any tension on the muscles.
Hydration after a massage is important as it helps to rehydrate your tissues. So, you should make it a habit of drinking loss of water after your appointment – this way, you help build healthy muscle tissue, as well as get rid of any metabolic wastes that build up during the massage.
Having a heavy meal right before your appointment is highly discouraged because massage stimulates digestion. A good idea would be to eat lightly before your session, or eating a few hours before. On the same note, you shouldn't stave because you may end up feeling lightheaded or dizzy during the massage.
While a therapist is a professional who knows what they are doing, it doesn't mean that you cannot ask them to do less of something or more. Don't just say you want a good massage. If you are uncomfortable, or if the pressure isn't right, speak up. This will help you to get the most out of your Massage Gahanna Ohio.


Ensure that your requested capital is enough to handle your start-up costs and reserves to ensure business vi ability. Minimum of $300K startup capital (with $100K from the team and $200K from outside investors) is required.
Up to $600K should be cleared with the instructor. You can request a loan or private equity investment (one or the other) but the plan must be written with the proper audience stated and in mind.
Describe how you plan to use the startup requirements in detail providing a start-up budget which includes all initial capital expenditures, build-out and start-up expenses.
The details must be realistic and well researched. Data that does not make sense will cost you points. In other words, if you are starting a restaurant and your remodeling startup costs are $5,000, you would be penalized, since that amount is unrealistic.
Your worksheet work here will be the underpinning of how you create your forecast. Units, dollars and assumptions are critical. All other statements build on these numbers. Create the sales forecast in a narrative based on what your worksheets show you after you have completed them.
Your forecast is the description of the units you plan to sell, the services (amount of them) you plan to provide, and your growth projections of these numbers. Document all assumptions, and provide external source information for all assertions.
Because cash is critical in the first year, a monthly cash flow for year 1 is required (place in the appendix.) Remember that cash flow is your solvency check and balance. Summarize your projections by including a yearly cashflow table. Explain how your cashflow will impact the ability of your business to expand, succeed, grow, and support your growth.
Provide an annual summary of the cashflow (receipts and disbursements) here. Document all assumptions, and provide source information for all assertions.
Provide the end of year 5 balance sheet to show your company's net worth and financial position at the end of the 5-year plan.
Your income statement is a narrative explanation of your projected pro-formas. Include the detailed statements in your Appendix, and then list the annual estimates in a table format in your plan. Explain how your income and expenses will contribute to your P&L and your net income.
Your growth factor should be shown and explained (justified) as well. Document all assumptions, and provide source information for all assertions.
Include a graphical representation that shows when your company will start making a profit.
Calculated at the end of year 5 using one of the models described in the lecture or some other generally accepted valuation method, explained and provided in the plan.
It will also look at the rate of return you are offering your investors, if you have them. Private equity, or venture capital projects, should include both in the exit strategy. Lender-based projects do not require a rate of return but should include the ROI.
You need to review the lecture in the Financial Plan for various methods of exiting the business.
You will prepare 5 years of proforma financial statements to support the business viability of your concepts.
You need to test your idea for logic and reasonableness in your market. You must demonstrate how you determined your figures. Your narrative should explain key assumptions and statements. Backup schedules should go in the appendix.


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Q: Python MySQLdb Error 1062 exception not working I am trying to update datasets in my MySQL database with a Python 2.7 script. I am updating a field, that has the unique option enabled. When I try to add a duplicate entry, Python does not give me an error message.
connection = MySQLdb.connect(
 host=DB_HOST,
 db=DB_DB,
 user='root', passwd='',
 charset="utf8"
)

cur = connection.cursor()

sql = "UPDATE type SET article_code='Duplicate_Code' where id=9"
try:
    cur.execute(sql)
    connection.commit()
    print "No ERROR"
except:
    print "ERROR"

connection.close()

OUTPUT: No ERROR
The dataset, however, is not updated. If I enter the same SQL Code in the phpMyAdmin interface, I get the following message:
#1062 - Duplicate entry 'Duplicate_Code' for key 'article_code'

I would like my Python script to go into the except option.
What am I doing wrong here?

A: if you read through examples here: http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/MySQLdb.html#mysqldb
it states that you should use something more akin to this:
cur.execute("""UPDATE type SET article_code=%s where id=%s""", ('Duplicate_Code', 9))

as the 9 in your query will get converted to '9' which probably does not exist as a key hence your query does nothing, meaning always success.
Also as a side note it's advisable to always use this pattern as this way MySQLdb will escape your values whereas otherwise you/others may be tempted to do something that will open you up to SQL injections.
Edited out 'Duplicate_Code' from query body


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By	newsroom on	 June 2, 2016 Alumni, Features, Fordham Lawyer
You'll find the people of Fordham Law School everywhere you go, from New York City to cities around the country and countries around the world.
Our graduates hit the streets running, joining an ever-growing alliance of doers and thinkers, organizers and inspirers, justice-makers and jury-swayers, movers and shakers. We're at the front of courtrooms and classrooms. Deep inside the ranks of law firms of every size and specialty. We're transacting big business. Defending the underdog. Addressing cutting-edge theoretical issues. Solving real-life legal problems. Creating leaders. Making the world a better place. In short, we're doing everything possible to connect Fordham Law graduates to the people, places, ideas, and career opportunities that matter most.
We call it The Network Effect.
#9 in alumni employed at AmLaw100 and AmLaw200 firms (ahead of Stanford, University of Chicago and Yale)
Before I joined Debevoise, I had the fantastic opportunity of clerking for fellow Fordham Law alumna Judge Loretta Preska. I'll never forget the experience and how it has helped shape me as the lawyer I am today. In Judge Preska's chambers, I honed my strategic thinking and analytical skills, and I will forever be in her debt for propelling me forward. That's what the Law School community does so well: acts as an engine to keep up the momentum. We're all helping each other move forward, and that's a great feeling.
– Maura K. Monaghan '96
Debevoise & Plimpton
In my years of private practice at two different large law firms, I have consistently sensed that satisfaction with the skills and work ethic of students from Fordham Law has been held in the highest regard. Fordham students are intelligent and understand what it takes to play a key role in sophisticated matters. We alumni, as partners and leaders of firms, have a keen understanding of this reality and dedicate ourselves to providing many opportunities, through recruiting, outreach, and responsiveness, to current Fordham students as well as mentoring those we have been lucky enough to attract throughout the years. Having a degree from Fordham Law binds us together throughout all levels of seniority. I am proud to be part of it.
– Noah Heller '00
#6 in alumni serving in corporate counsel offices (ahead of Yale, Penn, GW and Stanford)
Success truly does have many fathers. When I consider the 16-plus years I have been with LVMH, I am grateful for the many people who helped me along the way: the faculty and staff at Fordham and the mentors and sponsors I met throughout my career all played a critical role. Indeed, my transition to LVMH only came about because of a Fordham connection; Eric Gilioli '83 heard about the open position and recommended me to the headhunter. Today, thanks to Professor Susan Scafidi and the Fashion Law Institute, Fordham Law has provided me, and many of my competitors, with excellent interns.
– Louise Firestone '85
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.
The Fordham Law community has been incredibly valuable and supportive throughout my legal career. Fordham alumni have held senior roles for the international law firm I first worked for and also at PepsiCo, where I currently serve as senior vice president, chief counsel. In fact, the general counsel who recruited me at PepsiCo was a Fordham Law grad. There is a clear connection among alumni and a clear recognition among firms and companies that Fordham's practical legal training prepares students very well for the rigors of the legal profession. The Fordham Law community is one that creates opportunity and supports its alumni.
– Marjorie De La Cruz '98
PepsiCo, Inc.
#1 (tied) in alumni attorneys at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office
The responsibilities of an assistant district attorney in the DA's office are varied: reviewing facts; bringing charges; interviewing police officers, witnesses, and victims; visiting crime scenes; preparing evidence; negotiating plea agreements; and of course, going to trial on behalf of the People of the State of New York. A strong support system can help any assistant avoid becoming overwhelmed. Fortunately, Fordham Law has a robust network of alumni working in the DA's office. We learn from and mentor each other, share in struggles and triumphs, and work together to do right as public servants. If a Fordham Law education is service-oriented, the Fordham lawyers in the DA's office are team-oriented.
– Christopher Conroy '96
The New York County District Attorney's Office
11 graduates received prestigious public interest fellowships in 2014-2015
My interest in public interest law—specifically, in voting rights—was given a tremendous boost at Fordham. There are so many people in our society who need access to legal services and who are facing injustice, and there are so many members of the Fordham Law community who want to help. As I carve out my own career path in public service, I am mindful that I have a network of individuals who are rooting for me every step of the way.
– Kwame Akosah '15
The Brennan Center for Justice
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Ryan Specialty Group Adds Michael Blackshear '99 as Global Chief Compliance Officer


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South Africa: An all-women unit at the forefront of anti poaching
One of Africa's largest game reserves, the Kruger National Park, home to the world's biggest rhino population has an all women anti-poaching unit called the Black Mambas.
Now comprising 36 young women aged between 19 and 33, the unit was formed in 2013 with the ambition to renew the methods of struggle against traffickers increasingly determined to satisfy the insatiable demand horns from Asian customers.
It's a male dominated turf, and it is becoming increasingly risky as the poaching scourge grows, one of the ranger Felicia Mogakane says they remain relentless.
"I love this job because these animals must be protected. If we don't protect the animals, who will volunteer to protect them? And if we think that this job is for men, who is going to do it? Because this job is not for men only. Even us women we are doing it. So people must stop saying that this job is for men because even us women are protecting it," she said.
They just recently lost rhinos at the hands of armed poachers. They say they feel personally responsible for the killing of the two animals, since they've had a good record of protecting them for the past three years.
"We don't have guns, but we have our eyes to see, our ears to listen, and then if we come across maybe suspicious, maybe tracks of the human beings, we immediately call our armed response to help us while we are tracking that sport," said another ranger, Collet Ngobeni.
Frustrated by the difficulties of hand, Ngobeni cites lack of resources to the fight against poaching.
The increase is so alarming that it has opened a controversial debate between some countries and wildlife protection NGOs on whether to legalize part of the trade of the horn, to dry up stockpiles
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USSHER, Kitty (Burnley)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Occasional articles for New Statesman magazine. (Up to £5,000)
VAIZEY, Edward (Wantage)
1. Remunerated directorships
Edexcel plc (non-executive); educational services.
Fees from appearances on The Wright Stuff (Channel 5). (Up to £5,000)
Bi-monthly column for Public Affairs newsletter. (Actual £1200 per annum) (Up to £5,000)
Fleishmann Hillard made a donation to charity following a speech I gave at a dinner organised by them at the end of September 2008. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 1 November 2008)
6. Overseas visits
7-12 September 2008, to Beijing, China, to attend the second UK-China Leadership of the Future Forum. The visit was arranged and paid for by the UK-China Forum with sponsorship from Barclays Capital, BP and Rolls-Royce, and the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party. (Registered 16 September 2008)
VARA, Shailesh (North West Cambridgeshire)
Saffron Ridge Ltd; a family company which deals mainly with property and property related matters.
6-12 September 2008, to Beijing, China, to attend the second UK-China Leadership of the Future Forum. The visit was arranged and paid for by the UK China Forum with sponsorship from Barclays Capital, BP and Rolls-Royce, and the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party. (Registered 13 October 2008)
8. Land and Property
Two flats, in London and Northampton, from which rental income is received.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) Saffron Ridge Ltd.
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
Non-practising solicitor.
VAZ, Keith (Leicester East)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession, etc.
Barrister.
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
I am invited from time to time into the directors' box at Leicester City Football Club to watch matches.
24-28 May 2008, to the Sultanate of Oman at the invitation of the Majlis A'Shura. All costs including flights and accommodation for myself and my spouse were paid for by the Majlis A'Shura. (Registered 6 June 2008)
18-26 October 2008, to Goa, India, as part of a visit by the Leicester-India Football initiative. Local hospitality and travel was provided by the Goa FA. (I paid for my own flights and accommodation.) (Registered 30 October 2008)
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
On 28 December 2008 and 10 January 2009 my wife and children and I were upgraded on flights from London to Mumbai from standard class to business class and first class by Jet Airways. (Registered 14 January 2009)
I own a property at 144 Uppingham Road, Leicester, which is used as my constituency office.
I receive rental income from a flat in London (until 7 May 2008).
VIGGERS, Sir Peter (Gosport)
Residual Lloyd's underwriting involvement through Equitas.
Chairman of the Trustees of Lloyd's Pension Fund.
Occasional fees for speaking to MBA students from the University of Arizona. (Up to £5,000)
VILLIERS, Theresa (Chipping Barnet)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
Donations received through Conservative Campaign Headquarters used to supply my office in my capacity as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from:
Molyneaux Management Services Ltd, London
Patrick Evershed, London (personal donation)
Edward Lee, London (personal donation)
David Macmillan, London (personal donation)
Hilton Nathanson, London (personal donation)
(Registered 15 May 2008)
VIS, Dr. Rudi (Finchley and Golders Green)
Annual donation to my constituency party from Amicus Union, of which I am a member.
10-13 October 2008, to Cyprus, to attend the annual rally at the Green Line near Morphou, paid for by the Morphou Municipality (in Exile). (Registered 28 October 2008)
© Parliamentary copyright 2009
Prepared 25 February 2009


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Q: looping a shell command in ansible I'm trying to get going with some more advanced Ansible playbooks and have hit a wall.  I'm trying to get Ansible to do what this /bin/bash 'for' loop does;
for i in $(</filename.txt);do '/some/command options=1 user=usera server=$i';done

filesnames.txt contains 50-100 hostnames.
I can't use jinja templates as the command has to be run, not just the config file updated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jeremy

A: *

*you can use jinja templates, but differently

*your specific code is not doing something that is most advisable

*for multi-line code you should use shell module.

example of multi-code piece of call:
- name: run multiline stuff
  shell: |
    for x in "${envvar}"; do
       echo "${x}"
    done
  args:
    executable: /bin/bash

note I'm explicitly setting executable, which will ensure bash-isms would work.
I just used envvar as an example, of arbitrary environment variable available.
if you need to pass specific env variables, you should use environment clause of the call to shell module, refer to: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_environment.html
For simple variables you can just use their value in shell: echo "myvar: {{myvar}}"
If you wish to use an ansible list/tuple variable inside bash code, you can make it bash variable first. e.g. if you have a list of stuff in mylist, you can expand it and assign into a bash array, and then iterate over it. the shell code of the call to shell would be:
    mylist_for_bash=({{mylist|join(" ")}})
    for myitem in "${mylist_for_bash[@]}"; do
      echo "my current item: ${myitem}"
    done

Another approach would be to pass it as string env variable, and convert it into an array later in the code.

NOTE:
  of course all this works correctly only with SPACELESS values
  I've never had to pass array with space containing items


Goulash is a typical recipe from Hungary, and it is really a masterpiece. At least here hungarian gastronomy does not have a powerful marketing as other gastronomies, but if there are more recipes like this Goulash, it will sure worth to take a lookt to it.
Start removing the fat from beef, choose a beef with a minimum thickness of 2 cms, cut the beef in cubes of about 4 or 5 cms. Add a bit of salt and ground pepper on the beef. In a dish put a bit of flour put the pieces of beef on it and then remove the excess.
Cut the onion onto stripes, and then loosely cut the stripes, don't worry we don't need it to be chopped. Chop 3 garlic cloves. Grate 2 tomatoes, in order to grate them easily cut in half and then just grate until it remains only the skin. Lastly cut a red pepper onto stripes, then the stripes on half.
In a pot add previosly cook beef, the red pepper and the pan content. Mix it well and cover the pot with a lid. Cook with low fire for about one hour and half and 2 hours, until the sauce becomes dense. Be sure to have enough bread when eating this delicious recipe.


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Quickdraw: Jay Som, Car Seat Headrest, Walter Martin, Jack White, Frankie Cosmos
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Jay Som – Pirouette
Jay Som became a big favorite of mine last year with her debut album, Everybody Works. On January 26 she's going to put out a 7″ with two unreleased tracks from the EW sessions. The A-side is what I have today – it's good.
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Car Seat Headrest – Nervous Young Inhumans
While I would prefer a wholly brand new album from Car Set Headrest, I'm still excited about the re-recorded version of Twin Fantasy (due February 16), an older effort of his that I've seen tagged as a "Bandcamp classic." The first single is super catchy and charming.
Walter Martin – Ride Down The Avenue
Walter Martin (formerly of The Walkmen) has a new album, Reminisce Bar & Grill, coming on February 16. I whiffed on the really solid track he put out back in December, so I'm making sure you get the new one that was just released. It's a must-listen if you're a big fan of AAA radio.
Jack White – Connected By Love
Jack White is back. I've always been into whatever he's doing, so I'm feeling a little weird about being pleasantly surprised by the new single. I may have been subconsciously about to burn out on him. In any case, his album, Boarding House Reach, will be out later this year.
Frankie Cosmos – Jesse
Frankie Cosmos will release their Sub Pop debut, Vessel, on March 30. If it's anything like their 2016 release, Next Thing, then I'll love it. They're certainly off to a strong start with a stellar first single.
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Hi everyone! With my card today, I wanted to show you how the new Super set from Avery Elle makes a perfect window scene! I love how the cityscape stamp looks like stamped in white on black. I just added some reverse cut stars (used the dies from the Finished Frame set) and a little Copic-colored kitten looking out over the city.
Cute! I love the die cut stars with the sparkly paper in the back!
I love that night time skyline! That cat looks so content there on the window sill!
This is so cool!! I love the way you made the "window" and the cat peeking out into the night sky. FABULOUS design!!


I have seed pods. Have put gauze bags around them. Anything special about smoke of hot water for germination. Want to have a go at growing a bush myself.
Hey Shelagh, this is a hybrid plant which cannot be replicated by planting its seeds - the only way to get a perfect replica is to propagate by striking a cutting (which isn't difficult to do by the way). The seeds, if you got them to germinate, would not have all this plant's current characteristics and could revert back to those of one or more of its ancestors.
Pruning Grevilleas I would like to know if anyone can give me some tips on pruning Grevilleas effectively. I have just started a grevillea garden, with a few different varieties but don't know much about pruning them. Thank you.


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The Visual and Performing Arts Department at Sussex County Community College will take its audience on a journey of a lifetime in the upcoming Fall production of "Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
A 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist, "Everybody" takes a modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play, "Everyman." The comedic-drama follows Everybody as they journey through life's greatest mystery—the meaning of living.
Directed by Professor Allison Ognibene of Sparta, "Everybody" runs Nov. 10 through Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for the college's students and faculty with ID and can be purchased at the door or online at https://www.simpletix.com/e/everybody-by-branden-jacobs-jenkins-ticket-117685.
"During the pandemic, I read an extremely timely play, 'Everybody', even though it was written two years prior to COVID-19" remarked Ognibene, part-time Coordinator of Theater at Sussex. "When the 15th-century play 'Everyman' was written, it was in response to the bubonic plague. Here we were globally sitting at home for two years questioning our fates -- will we get COVID -- will we live – will there be any sense of normalcy again? There was no question what play I was going to direct when the College reopened the theater in the Fall 2022. It was serendipity in the most startling way."
The adapted tale unfolds when "God," played by Isabella Cruz of Vernon, sees how "Everybody" has misused the perfect gift of life bestowed upon them and has summoned "Death," played by Nicolas Galloza Gener of Hopatcong, to take "Everybody" on their final journey to the beyond. Chris Flatt of Hamburg, Alexis Borowic of Sussex, Aurelia Shanga of Mount Olive, Colin O'Sullivan of Hopatcong, and Tyler Charters of Vernon, are the "Somebodies" chosen.
Everybody asks existential questions about life and ponders if they were good. Everybody asks Death if they could bring someone to join them on their one-way journey, including Friendship, Cousin, Kinship and Stuff.
To learn more about the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Sussex visit sussex.edu/academics. Registration for the Spring 2023 Semester opens on November 14th.
1 Alexis Borowic
2 Allison Ognibene
3 Aurelia Shanga
4 Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
5 Chris Flatt
6 Colin O'Sullivan
7 Drama Club
9 Hopatcong
10 Isabella Cruz
11 Newton
12 Nicolas Galloza Gener
13 Sparta
SCCC Performing Arts Center.
Sussex County Community College to hold auditions for 'Everybody'
(From left to right) Students prepare for their production of Silent Sky. Jaqueline Mull of Green plays astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, Alexis Borowic of Sussex plays Scottish Astronomer Williamina Fleming and Dominic Chiocchi of Stockholm plays Peter Shaw in Sussex County Community College's production of "Silent Sky" by Lauren Gunderson.
SCCC to present 'Silent Sky'


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package com.betfair.platform.virtualheap;

import com.betfair.platform.virtualheap.projection.ProjectorFactory;
import com.betfair.platform.virtualheap.projection.ScalarProjection;
import com.betfair.platform.virtualheap.updates.InstallRoot;
import com.betfair.platform.virtualheap.updates.SetScalar;
import com.betfair.platform.virtualheap.updates.UpdateBlock;
import org.junit.Test;

import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;

/**
 * Created with IntelliJ IDEA.
 * User: langfords
 * Date: 10/07/12
 * Time: 12:15
 * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
 */
public class ScalarNodeTest {
    @Test
    public void setNull() {
        Heap h = new MutableHeap("");
        h.beginUpdate();
        ScalarProjection<Integer> scalar = ProjectorFactory.intProjector.project(h.ensureRoot(NodeType.SCALAR));
        scalar.set(null);
        UpdateBlock block = h.endUpdate();

        assertEquals(1, block.list().size());
        assertTrue(block.list().get(0) instanceof InstallRoot);
    }

    @Test
    public void setNullAfterSetting() {
        Heap h = new MutableHeap("");
        h.beginUpdate();
        ScalarProjection<Integer> scalar = ProjectorFactory.intProjector.project(h.ensureRoot(NodeType.SCALAR));
        scalar.set(1);
        scalar.set(null);
        UpdateBlock block = h.endUpdate();

        assertEquals(3, block.list().size());
        assertTrue(block.list().get(0) instanceof InstallRoot);
        assertTrue(block.list().get(1) instanceof SetScalar);
        assertEquals(1, ((SetScalar) block.list().get(1)).getValue());
        assertTrue(block.list().get(2) instanceof SetScalar);
        assertEquals(null, ((SetScalar) block.list().get(2)).getValue());
    }

    @Test
    public void setNewValue() {
        Heap h = new MutableHeap("");
        h.beginUpdate();
        ScalarProjection<Integer> scalar = ProjectorFactory.intProjector.project(h.ensureRoot(NodeType.SCALAR));
        scalar.set(1);
        scalar.set(2);
        UpdateBlock block = h.endUpdate();

        assertEquals(3, block.list().size());
        assertTrue(block.list().get(0) instanceof InstallRoot);
        assertTrue(block.list().get(1) instanceof SetScalar);
        assertEquals(1, ((SetScalar) block.list().get(1)).getValue());
        assertTrue(block.list().get(2) instanceof SetScalar);
        assertEquals(2, ((SetScalar) block.list().get(2)).getValue());
    }
}


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Born in 1974 in São Paulo Brazil,Gui Boratto - architect, musician, composer and producer - began his career in the advertising sector in 1993. From 1994 until 2004 his work appeared on both national and international record labels, including EMI, Virgin, Irma, BMG, Edel, Vidisco, and ZYX. Over these 10 years he worked with artists such as Pato Banton, Garth Brooks, Steel Pulse, Desiree, Manu Chao, Gal Costa, Chico Buarque, Fernanda Porto, Kaleidoscópio, Leila Pinheiro, and many others.
Boratto handles A&R for the Brazilian independent label, Megamusic (distributed by Trama); he is also one of the label's owners, along with his brother Tchorta.
In 2005 he began to dedicate himself to his own productions and compositions, displaying a more personal side to the public. With releases on a number of respected European labels, such as Plastic City, Circle, Kompakt, and Audiomatique, Boratto has managed to appear in the charts and on the playlists of Michael Mayer, Tiefschwarz, Steve Bug, Phonique, Martin Landsky, Hernan Cattaneo, among others.
With respect for his talent growing in the world scene, Gui Boratto is a name to look out for on the Brazilian house, techno and minimal scene.
1994 - Sect - "F&D" (Don't Stop)
1995 - Sect - "Eleven" (Spotlight Records)
1997 - Sect - "The Remixes" (Spotlight Records)
2001 - Crossover - "Music Will Never Stop" (Tanga Records)
2002 - Crossover - "Lay It Down on Me" (Tanga Records)
2003 - Gui Boratto - "Royal House" (Megamusic/Trama)
2003 - City of God Remixed - "Molestado" (Hank Levine Film GmbH)
2004 - City of God Remixed - "Fast Samba 2004" (Hank Levine Film GmbH)
2004 - DC 10 - "Ibiza Monday Morning Session" (Four: Twenty Recordings)
2004 - Gui Boratto - "Sunrise" (Plastic City)
2004 - Elvissa - "Royal House (De Stjil mix)" (Luxury House)
2004 - Maybe Plastic City - "Twiggy (flute-zilian mix) (Plastic City)
2004 - Gui Boratto - "Twiggy" (Circle Music)
2005 - Gui Boratto - "Arquipélago" (K2/Kompakt)
2006 - Gui Boratto - "It's Majik" (Plastic City)
2006 - Gui Boratto - "Sozinho" (K2/Kompakt)
2006 - Gui Boratto - "Like You" (Kompakt Pop)
2006 - Gui Boratto - "Beluga" (Audiomatique)
2007 - Gui Boratto - "Chromophobia" (Kompakt)
2009 - Gui Boratto - "Take My Breath Away" (Kompakt)
2011 - Gui Boratto - "III" (Kompakt)
Gui Boratto at Soho Garden (July 19, 2019): Soho Garden, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Gui Boratto at Halle Tropisme (July 21, 2019): Halle Tropisme, Montpellier, France
Gui Boratto at Tamariz (July 25, 2019): Tamariz, Estoril, Portugal
Rex the Dog and Gui Boratto at La Clairière (July 26, 2019): La Clairière, Paris, France
Gui Boratto at Thuishaven (July 27, 2019): Thuishaven, Amsterdam, Netherlands


Should You Sell The Family Home?
We took the plunge and sold our large family home to move to a condo apartment. People who know us were surprised – and even aghast – that we would even consider an apartment.
We were surprised too as it was not exactly on our list of preferred types of residence. But when we went for a showing, my husband and I looked at each other and knew that this was it!
After retirement, where you live is one of the biggest decisions you will make. Should you stay in the same house you raised your family? If you sell the family home should you downsize to something less expensive and invest the difference?
For a time we were thinking of selling our house and purchasing a 40-foot motor home. We had visions of travelling all over North America and settling down for the winter in some nice balmy area. We checked out motor homes and visited all kinds of websites devoted to the travelling lifestyle – everything from good camping spots to how to cook gourmet meals on your grill.
Once we realized this would involve a bit too much togetherness, not to mention how our three cats would handle it, we soon scotched that idea.
There are a lot of arguments for owning your own home. For one, it's a safety net. Notwithstanding the recent downturn in the real estate market, a house is still one of the best investments you can own.
A lot of people decide to sell their large family home and buy something less expensive, whether it's just less square footage, or a condo townhouse or apartment. Several of my friends have done this and consider it to be the best move they've made. On the other hand, when I consider this, I like the space of a larger house.
Another disadvantage when considering downsizing is that even a smaller house will not cost that much less than the one I have now, either in price or monthly expenses, so there would be no "difference" to invest.
The next question is whether or not to pay off the mortgage. One rule of thumb is if the interest rate on your mortgage is less than what your investment portfolio is earning, you're probably better off keeping the mortgage.
The flip side is that your mortgage is probably your largest single monthly expense, and by paying off your home you lower your monthly expenses significantly. In fact, the goal of the majority of Canadian homeowners is to pay off their mortgage as soon as possible.
Canadian taxpayers are allowed one primary residence so any gain realized on the sale of the house is excluded from your income. So, again, your home can be an excellent investment for the long term.
So, we'll stay put for the time being. However, I'm still perusing the MLS listings on a regular basis in the hopes of finding my dream retirement home.
We also came to that conclusion. We bought our current house 15 years ago and it has almost tripled in value so we definitely won't lose when we eventually sell.
I'm not really certain that a home is all that good an investment, in the strict sense of the word (i.e., a position that increases in value over time).
As you pointed out in your article, you won't save much by downsizing to a smaller home — that's because while home values increase over the long term, they don't necessarily outperform the housing market, unless you a) only buy in a down market and sell in an up market, and/or b) you are speculating on poorer neighbourhoods become gentrified or 'hip' (e.g.: Plateau Mont-Royal in Montreal) and thus increasing in value.
You make good point about enjoying the extra space that you get with a house (although it does bring to mind your earlier Wants vs Needs article), but I think it's a little bit of a stretch to call your primary residence an investment.
Our house has been a good investment as we were lucky to have purchased at the lowest point in real estate prices here in about 20 years. However, if we sell now we won't recoup the difference if we buy another house right away, we'll be spending it so you're right – there is no real monetary investment value unless we decide to rent instead.
As for the "Wants vs Needs" article, we did need the space when we initially purchased, we wouldn't buy a huge house now.
Of course, and that's part of the story of home ownership — your needs change over the course of time. Small homes get outgrown. Large homes are eventually too big.
Geez, tough call Boomer, because it depends on so many factors…some of those you have included above.
I'm "not there yet" but years from now, that might be a tough decision for us.
You made an interesting point about paying off the mortgage, re: rule of thumb. My take on this: always do both (pay down mortgage and add to your portfolio) unless rates on your mortgage are significantly higher than your portfolio return; say > 2%. Then, focusing on mortgage paydown over portfolio building is a no-brainer.
When our children graduated college some fourteen years ago, we downsized from a 5 Bedroom 3 Bath home to a 2 Bedroom & Den 2.5 Bath townhouse. The difference went into savings. No regrets!
I would consider a similar move if we could indeed realize some savings but in our current housing market I don't find that to be the case.
Downsizing is something we consider occasionally as well. Our home is paid for but taxes, insurance and maintenance costs and time remain high. We could reduce these and utilities costs by cutting our sq footage. What stops us is the frequent visits by family. We love having them and it just wouldn't be the same if we put them up at a hotel.
I try to weigh the pros and cons of each scenario but right now they come up pretty equal – reduce costs or reduce space. I'm still undecided.
People have mentioned time as a differentiator for a large house versus small. There is also the premium you must pay in housecleaning and heating a larger home. Plus higher taxes.
Another thing is all the stuff you have the privilege of keeping until your heirs get rid of it all. A friend just died at age 70 and her executor has to focus on three floors of townhouse totally loaded with stuff.
We believe in living with a light touch on our environment. But we have many friends who wear their large homes as albatrosses around their necks.
Be honest with yourselves. Inertia is what keeps you there.
The smaller house cost more because they are energy efficient and everything is new. No copper pipe not aluminum wires. No asphalt shingles or asphalt driveways.
We sold our large home this summer. We are now renting a small bungalow. We are in our early sixties. It was a lot of work downsizing and getting rid of 40 years of 'stuff' – but we didn't want to dump that responsibilty on our kids. I would imagine that the whole job of downsizing would be more difficult as we get older – so we think it was a good plan. I think most people stay where they are because it is too overwhelming to do anything else.. At this point we don't expect to own a home again – we plan on being renters. After you get over the mentality of 'having' to own a home, the whole concept of being a renter is very freeing. Plus we have the bonus of almost 40 years investment in real estate – now as a cash asset. Our lawyer said what we are doing is 'unconventional' I kind of like being 'unconventional'. Time to re-invent our lives!


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British wrestler Adrian McCallum 'Lionheart' dies aged 36 after haunting final tweet
McCallum was the reigning ICW (Insane Championship Wrestling) world heavyweight champion and also competed for WWE and TNA during his career
British wrestling champion Adrian McCallum - known by his ring name Lionheart - has died at the age of 36.
McCallum was the reigning ICW (Insane Championship Wrestling) world heavyweight champion and also competed for WWE and TNA during his career.
The Scotland-based ICW said in a statement: "We are heartbroken to learn of the tragic death of ICW World Heavyweight Champion, Adrian 'Lionheart' McCallum.
"Adrian was a mainstay of ICW and British professional wrestling. Most importantly, he was our friend. His passing leaves a huge hole in the lives of those who knew him."
No further details about McCallum's death have been released.
ICW (Insane Championship Wrestling) posted a heartfelt message on Twitter confirming the shock news, leading to tributes pouring in from across the wrestling community.
They wrote: "We are heartbroken to learn of the tragic death of ICW World Heavyweight Champion, Adrian 'Lionheart' McCallum. Adrian was a mainstay of ICW and British professional wrestling.
"Most importantly, he was our friend. His passing leaves a huge hole in the lives of those who knew him."
Missing mum and daughter, 6, spark frantic search as police launch appeal
The Scottish wrestler sent a message to comedian Ricky Gervais in his final social media post regarding his series 'After Life'.
He wrote: "One day you will eat your last meal, You will smell your last flower, you will hug your friend for the last time.
"You might not know it's the last time, that's why you must do everything you love with passion."
High-profile figures in the wrestling community paid tribute to the Scot after the news was announced.
WWE wrestler Cedric Alexander said he was "crushed" to hear of McCallum's death.
Fellow WWE star Paige - real name Saraya-Jade Bevis - said she would be "forever grateful" to have known him.
Birmingham's Pete Dunne, the longest-reigning WWE UK champion, tweeted: "I always looked up to Lionheart's professional approach to wrestling when it was far from that at the time. People like him were pivotal in the growth of a scene that has lead to so many people being able to do this for a living."
British wrestler Will Ospreay, who currently competes in Japan, said: "Every time I've met you, you have been nothing but a sweetheart. I honestly cannot believe I'm writing this tweet.
"Devastated doesn't cover how I feel."


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The Internet is at the same stage as the car industry at the beginning of the 20th century according to flights price co
The Internet is at the same stage as the car industry at the beginning of the 20th century according to flights price comparison website Cheapflights.co.uk chief executive David Soskin. He believes travel companies should brace themselves for the Internet
Analysing the progress, Soskin says the main difference between now and a decade ago is that the Internet is now widely accepted as a means to research and book travel. He says travel companies are going to have to up their online game to keep up with the pace of change.
Soskin, whose company celebrates 10 years online this autumn, warned the industry would get left behind if it didn't respond to consumer demands such as communicating by e-mail instead of the telephone and setting systems up to cope with volumes of e-mail.
Soskin said: "In 1996, the Internet was the preserve of a handful of computer experts and technology wizards. Not many observers predicted it would become a revolutionary medium with the power to improve people's lives. And, it is still at a very, very early stage."
Soskin also voiced his support for the human factor in travel saying it was too complex to ever be entirely automated. He acknowledged the importance of customer reviews and feedback for certain types of website but added that they were nothing new.
"The clear advantage of the Internet over other media is to provide users with something they would never have been able to find out about in the past. Providing travel is a service business so Cheapflights has always favoured providing a choice of websites or telephone numbers. We will send about three million calls to the UK travel industry this year. Many of our advertiser partners prefer to get calls than click-throughs to websites. It sits alongside the internet very well," he said.
Talking about the future of travel on the Internet, in terms of it being evolutionary, it was added that the much vaunted "Web 2.0" is merely a term given to some of the new and not so new functionality which new technology permits. Future technology improvements are a certainty but he dismissed the likelihood of a 'silver bullet' for travel.