Nothing says spring to me like fresh flowers and plants.
Our backyard is still under construction from when we moved in a year ago so I decided to bring a little herb garden inside using tin cans.
Collect your tin cans, I used two olive cans and a diced tomato can.
Drill holes into the bottom of your cans so the soil can drain.
Remove labels, wash cans and remove any sticky debris leftover from the labels.
Add a thin layer of potting soil to the bottom of your cans.
Dampen the soil and roots of your plants so they are a little more flexible.
Gently work the plants into the cans and add another thin layer of potting soil to the top.
Erik and I love to cook dinner together and I love to use fresh produce.
What could be more fresh than right from the dirt?
I choose three plants that I thought we would use the most.
I am so excited to use these fresh ingredients during our cooking.
I do not have a green thumb so if I can keep these alive I will definitely be adding more!
I placed our cans in the windowsill above our sink so they can get plenty of sun light and be easy to reach.
When I water them I take them down from window sill, place them in the sink, water them and and let them drain before placing them back in the window sill.
This is a perfect way for people like us who don't have their own outdoor space to still have a small garden.
Plus it was so easy to create!
What are your favorite fresh herbs to use while cooking?


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Q: 404 and 500 error views (404.html and 505.html) are not rendering when notFound() is called I've narrowed it down to when I have a route added:
/{userid}          Application.blah
Within the function (Application.blah), I thought I handled it by using notFoundIfNull(user)
My issue is whenever I enter a random URL into the website, I just get back the text
"not found" in the production environment instead of the rendered 404.html page

A: Hmm, Using this inside controllers.Application.java:
public static void blah (String userid)
{
    User test=null;
    try{
        test = User.findById(userid);
    } catch(Exception e)
    {
        //lookup exception!
    }
    notFoundIfNull(test);
}

With my route.conf containing this:
GET     /{userid}           Application.blah

I was able to view my /apps/views/errors/404.html which contained this:
#{if !play.mode.name() == 'DEV'}
  ...insert production 404 here...
#{/if}

If your format matches this then the issue may be something with what you're calling in the production 404. With my 403 page I found that if I call ${response.reason}, it rendered the whole page with just my 403 response as mentioned here: How do I obtain the 'reason' for a forbidden()?. Good luck!

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Olive oil is one of the best sources of oleic acid.
Grapeseed oil, which contains oleic acid.
Widely viewed as one of the healthiest types of cooking oil, canola oil is high in oleic acid.
Oil produced from canola contains oleic acid.
Olives and tapenade contain oleic acid.
Oleic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid found naturally in many plant sources and animal products. It is an omega-9 fatty acid, and as such is considered one of the healthier sources of fat in the diet. Health experts often recommend using it in cooking, and a number of so-called health foods and diet products will use this compound in place of animal fats.
One of the chief sources of this acid in foods is olive oil. Whole olives also contain the compound, but typically only in trace amounts. When pressed and drained together, however, the olives' acid levels are combined, leading to high concentrations in most cases. Canola and grapeseed oil also contain oleic acid.
Many nuts and seeds contain the fat as well, and it can also also be found readily in most poultry, particularly chicken and turkey. Isolating it from animal sources is often somewhat challenging, however. While vegetables and nuts usually contain oleic acid as the primary fat, most meats contain a combination of both saturated and monounsaturated elements.
Oleic acid has the molecular formula C18H34O2 and is usually found trapped in triglycerides, which are lipids closely connected to oil secretion and production. Blood triglycerides help the liver isolate fat and glucose, and are often responsible for the secretion of skin oils. In vegetables and plants, they occur as a means of providing nutrition and sustenance. Scientists sometimes isolate oleic acid from triglycerides in order to conduct health research, but most of the time, the compound is sought after for its health benefits.
Most experts agree that oleic acid is one of the better fats for humans to consume. It can lower total cholesterol levels by raising blood concentrations of high-density lipoproteins while reducing low-density lipoproteins, also known as the "bad" cholesterol. It has been shown to slow the development of heart disease and also promotes the production of antioxidants, elements that can help trap harmful free radicals in the body.
Food manufacturers often capitalize on the health benefits of this fat by adding it to salad dressings, baked goods, and a range of prepared foods, usually as a replacement for animal fats like butter or lard. It is often a key ingredient in commercial egg substitutes, as well.
The acid is often part of homeopathic treatments for lowering cholesterol. Depending on the medical expert and the patient's needs, it may be prescribed in capsule form or patients may simply be advised to add more natural sources to their diets. Oleic acid is also a key ingredient in Lorenzo's oil, a medication developed to prevent the onset of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). ALD is a degenerative condition in which the myelin sheaths of the body's central nervous system wear down, causing symptoms similar to those seen in multiple sclerosis. This condition usually only occurs in young boys, and while Lorenzo's oil is not a cure, it can delay onset or progression of the disease in many cases.
Just because the compound occurs in nature does not mean that it is universally safe to consume in large quantities. In most cases, the amounts that are found in foods are considered safe. Problems more often come when people try to self-diagnose with over-the-counter supplements or fatty acid capsules.
There are few known overdose risks, but consuming too much of the acid can actually have a number of negative health consequences. The acid is a good fat, but it is a fat just the same. Most medical professionals discourage people from adding high doses of this or any other supplement to their diets without first going over the pros and cons with a trained medical expert.
Oleic acid's high lipid count makes it a great moisturizer, and a number of cosmetic companies add it to lotions and soaps in order to boost their ability to nourish the skin. The acid is often able to penetrate past the outer skin layer, which leads to a much longer-lasting and more intense moisture. While standard lotions and creams may simply sit on the top of the skin, those made with omega-9 fatty acids typically go much deeper, producing more satisfying results — and often commanding a higher price.
Scientists who study bee and ant colonies have discovered that oleic acid may also play a key role in warning colony members of death or coming danger. Most bee and ant species secrete the acid as a pheromone, which is a type of hormone that is detected by smell. When they die, their corpses tend to emit high levels of this pheromone, possibly as a warning to others. If the insect died because of something it ate or some other danger in the area, the acid's smell will serve as a warning to others to stay away. It may also be a signal for colony members to come and collect the corpse, a common practice in species that perform group rituals for fallen members.
What are the Different Uses of Stearic Acid?
Can oleic acid contain peanuts?
Oleic acid, when combined with either soda or potash in certain proportions, yields the product sodium or potassium oleate, which is a soap. This product in crude form is utilised in rock phosphate beneficiation industries, also.
Why are most of the coagulation factors serine protease?
it produces 9 COAs, generally a 2n fatty acid produces nCOAs by beta-oxidation.
what other plants contain oleic acid?
We mix oleic acid, triethanolamine and water to make a "soap" during assembly of metal parts.
does oleic acid contain lubricant properties?
Oleic acid contains 18 carbons; therefore how many acetyl CoAs will it produce?
This is a question on an assignment that I can't find anywhere. Does anyone know the answer?
the acid oleic that is mentioned in this text is acid oleic free or glycerin form? thanks, and best regards.
how to estimate oleic acid?


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Cass R. Sunstein: Regulate Facebook? The answer is trending toward yes
By Cass R. Sunstein
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The U.S. government should not regulate social media. It should stay far away from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and the rest. Any regulatory effort might well violate the First Amendment. Even if it turned out to be constitutional, it would squelch creativity and innovation in the very places where they are most needed.
Until recently, I would have endorsed every sentence in the above paragraph. But as Baron Bramwell, the English judge, once put it, "The matter does not appear to me now as it appears to have appeared to me then."
The argument for targeted forms of federal regulation, respectful of the First Amendment, might not yet be decisive — but it is getting stronger every day.
The first reason, and the most fundamental, involves democracy itself. Everyone now knows that foreign governments, most notably Russia, have been using social media aggressively to promote their interests.
Before the 2016 election, Russian agents worked hard to divide Americans and influence their votes. They succeeded in reaching 126 million Facebook users — and they published more than 131,000 messages on Twitter.
Whatever the impact of Russia's efforts, foreign interference with the operations of our democracy is intolerable. Because other nations, and not only Russia, have a lot to gain and growing technological capabilities, the problem is likely to get worse.
True, social media can act on its own. Facebook has taken down hundreds of pages linked to Russian propaganda efforts, and there is some evidence that its corrective measures are succeeding.
But because the stakes are so high, federal regulation is not hard to justify. And while foreign interference is the most obvious problem, it is worth starting to explore what, if anything, to do about all uses of "dirty tricks" on social media — as, for example, through the creation of fake pages and accounts to spread known falsehoods to achieve electoral goals.
The second problem involves consumer protection. In view of recent abuses, it is worth considering whether to adopt some kind of user's bill of rights, designed to protect against unwanted or unknowing disclosure of personal data. Prominent social media platforms already tell users how their information might be used, but those disclosures are not exactly transparent.
The third problem involves the antitrust laws. Is Facebook a kind of monopoly? If so, should it be regulated as what economists call a "natural monopoly," which exists when the market can efficiently support only one supplier?
These are hardly simple questions, and they are complicated by the fact that Facebook does not charge its users. But the sheer size of the platform — increased by Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp — means that regulators need to consider, more carefully than they have done thus far, how antitrust law might apply to situations that were once unimaginable.
In some ways, the rise of social media is analogous to the rise of radio and television, which inspired the original creation of the Federal Communications Commission in 1934. Importantly, the FCC was established as an "independent" agency.
That means unlike the heads of Cabinet departments, its five members are not supposed to be subject to the day-to-day control of the White House. Nor can they be fired simply because the president disagrees with their decisions as a matter of policy.
With respect to communications, a degree of independence makes sense. It would be dangerous if any president could grant broadcast licenses to his friends and deny them to his enemies — or if he could oversee regulatory decisions involving companies that offer information, and points of view, whose dissemination he might abhor.
These points justify a firm conclusion: If federal officials are going to regulate social media, they should be independent of the president. The simplest course would be to give new authority to the FCC rather than to a whole new agency, though the latter option also deserves consideration.
In this context, there should be a presumption against mandates and bans, and the most important regulatory tool might be a modest one: transparency. For example, regulators might be authorized to compel social media providers to provide periodic public reports, offering an account of exactly what they are doing to protect consumer privacy or to reduce threats to democratic processes.
Regulators should also be given the power to scrutinize existing efforts to make sure they are sufficient — and to require remedial steps if they are not.
These proposals are meant as an invitation to discussion, not as a blueprint. But it is increasingly clear that in view of their complex role in society and their massive power, social media platforms can jeopardize both democratic and economic goals. Now is the time to ask: What are we going to do about that?
Sunstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of "The Cost-Benefit Revolution."

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Do you have any tattoos? Statistically speaking, if you're under the age of 40, you probably do. Tattoos and their images have changed over the last 20 years, especially. Once, they were considered to be marks of a vagabond or person of ill-temperament, but recently they have made a striking comeback, even becoming more and more accepted in today's work places (so long as professionalism is portrayed).
But what does a tattoo really mean? Tattoos can have individual meanings, some deeply rooted in emotion, others tributes to the past, or to family members. Some are scenes that depict metaphor, and some are chosen just because they look cool. Whatever your reason, the deeper questions to ask and their subsequent answers might shock you.
Consider the human psyche a moment. A few blog posts ago I talked about icebergs, or core value systems that influence surface actions and reactions to our daily situations. Who a person is will always be imbued on a task or situation they are involved in. The more customization and the more a person can offer individually, the more personality and unique flavor of their person remains. So then, think about what meaning tattoos can have, when the person is you and the ink is permanent.
For some, tattoos are nothing special. Some people love getting them because they love the process, so it's a hobby. Others don't care what it is so long as it's new. Some get them as part of major trips or adventures they go on, and some use them to weave intricate stories of their past and the lives they lead.
Those who get them for the sake of getting them still tell us a lot about those people. What does it mean when a person discards the clear representation of permanence and subjects him or herself to the idea of getting permanently drawn on with haphazard disregard? Well, maybe it means they don't take life too seriously. Maybe it means that the experience and the present moment of enjoying the time getting it is enough, and that the impermanence of life supersedes the supposed permanence of the ink. No one can fault them for this, and I'm certainly doing no such thing in this post. But it tells a unique tale about them and their perspective on life, doesn't it?
Take they who use tattoos to weave intricate stories of their past and the lives they lead. Consider one such person that may exist in your life. A person who's tattoos all retain deeply personal and intimate moments in their lives — moments that don't just mean something to them because of their significance in their life, but also serve to remind them of a lesson they may forget. For many, this is the case, and perhaps is the most accepted reason for getting a tattoo in the first place. Clearly it means they are deep thinkers, or have a connection to their lives that can only be best represented in the immortal artistry of permanent ink. Even if you knew nothing about this person other than the story of their tattoos, imagine the true nature of their personality you could intuit from them with only that information.
Now, before you get all up in arms, consider that it's never a good idea to make a snap decision about someone based on any one thing, no matter how intricate and revealing you think it might be. We are all onions, layered with simplicity and complexity abound, and the mixture of those two concepts in each of us varies — sometimes even day to day, week to week, month to month, year to year, or across our entire lifetime. Psycho-analyzing someone based on this is probably not the best method, but for the sake of this blog post, considering that which is implied by tattoos may lead you to understanding a person's point of view better.
I'll wrap this post up with a small revelation — I have many tattoos. I feel like it might be a bit narcissistic to analyze myself using the methods above, but given the information that I have them, has your opinion or perspective of me as a blogger, writer, brewer, philosopher, creator, or person changed?
In martial arts, among many things, we learn that the philosophy of what we learn is all around us. When we master ourselves, we inherently master our environment, and when we do that, the happy by-product is that we are able to defend ourselves against those who have not mastered themselves. To that end, we learn the task of centering. Physical centering, in that we must learn where the center of our bodies are, of balance and of our motions; of how to maintain our center even as we transition and move, fluidly and swiftly. But more than that, we learn about the centering of ourselves.
Finding your center is more than just finding where your center of gravity is. It's also above finding the present moment. When we spend our time in the present moment, our once scattered focus becomes attuned to the now, and seeing the details we would normally miss becomes simple, and even automatic. It enhances our memory, our productivity, our emotional fortitude, and sheds our regret of the past and our fear of the future. You could spend your whole life trying to find your true center and it would not be a wasted life.
But what does that mean in practical, every day life? Consider meditation. When most hear this word, they think of dedicated monks in temples, chanting mantra and treasuring all life, down to the bug on the ground. And they would not be wrong with this vision of meditation. But consider that, at its heart, meditation is simply bringing yourself into the present moment. To that end, meditation is anything that engages you completely, extracts you from your linear, scattered thought processes, and that grounds you in the now.
I read a book called the Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh in which he describes meditation as being something as simple as washing the dishes, so long as we remain in that moment and focus only on our dishes, not on the future, or the past; not on our day, or what we will do after the dishes, or what we have done even before we began doing those dishes. Another book, A Beginner's Guide to Meditation by Rod Meade Sperry, describes meditation as the centering and clearing of the mind. It further stipulates that the phrase "I will meditate on that" is nonsensical, given the goal is to not think.
Honestly, sometimes we do need to disconnect from the world around us for a while and push all our lingering thoughts from our minds. Zen Buddhists call this Zazen and it's often done by focusing on your breathing. If you'd like to try it, simply sit in a comfortable sitting position, glance downward at the floor so as not to strain your eyes and focus all of your attention on counting each inhale and exhale, aware of every breath. As thoughts enter your mind, acknowledge them once you notice them and then gently guide your attention back to your breathing.
This is what is taught by many Buddhist teachers. But, let's take a look at what we're doing when we do this. Are we emptying our mind? Or are we withdrawing our awareness to a point that is within each moment, tracked by our every breath? To me, this is as much a meditation as the dishes; you're actively bringing yourself to this moment.
In martial arts, we do this as well. A distracted mind misses details and goes against the flow of a fight. A mind worrying about the future or the past is not taken by the energy of the present moment and cannot sail those waters safely. So as we practice our martial arts, we mind our technique and our detail, our center and our stance, our philosophy and our energy, and when we practice, we are meditating. No other distraction exists while we practice, or else if it does, we are not practicing, we are repeating. So to find your true center in martial arts, one must find their spiritual and meditative center first. And to find that, one must be aware of the present moment. This is mediation.
My mother wakes up every morning and spends an amount of time sitting at her kitchen table nursing a cup of coffee. She wakes up early so that she is alone, that she has enough time to enjoy it without worrying about her time. During this time, she sheds her worries of the day before, her expectations of the day today, or the implications of her actions for tomorrow. During this time, she simply drinks her coffee and enjoys it for what it is; a moment of silence in the present moment. This is meditation.
Friends of mine are regulars at a local gym and ritually attend every morning at 5:00AM and every evening at 8:00PM. During this time, their minds are focused on their tasks. Further, their minds are centered on the specific action they're performing. To not be focused on it could mean injury at worst, or poor quality of training at least. They are not worried about the time before or after their gym experience. They are not worried about the machine they'll use next or the exercise they'll be performing. They're in this moment. This is meditation.
These examples are only a few, but it brings along on a journey where we can arrive at the conclusion that anything we do can be meditation, so long as it brings us to the now, and so long as we are not distracted by the rest of our lives or our worries of the world. And so we arrive at the title of this article, What isn't Meditation?
All things can be meditation and all things can not be meditation. Meditation and its existence is a word that we use to describe anytime we apply our whole self to a task. So perhaps it isn't an action at all, but a way of life.
And by the way, if you took the time to read this post fully, and without distraction, then I thank you for meditating with me.
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There are popular resiliency lessons in the modern world that talk about Icebergs. No, they're not talking about floating ice masses that peak out over the surface of the water, but metaphorically, the analogy is similar. 'Iceberg' refers to the idea that we all have surface reactions and interactions that are driven by deeply seeded core values and beliefs. In an effort to better find ourselves and to evaluate positive, helpful interaction with others in our daily lives, the Iceberg lesson began.
In general, our surface emotions are the day-to-day responses we have based on our core value systems. If we believe that we should respect our elders, then we might react towards another person being disrespectful towards their elders adversely, perhaps even without knowing why. Not all Icebergs are bad, and it isn't about eliminating the core value that produces a surface reaction, much like a real iceberg, it's about understanding that it's there and negotiating it safely.
Complicating the matter are enablers. These are usually friends that reinforce negative surface behavior out of the notion that they're supporting their friend (perhaps an iceberg in and of itself) rather than helping their friend discover the methodology behind their reactions. The key to this is the questions during the discussion. Whereas an enabler will ask 'Why' questions, the helpful friend will ask 'What' questions instead.
For example, a man sits down to watch football with his son and his wife reminds him about the leaky sink. The man thinks in his head that it's a small leak and he can fix it later, but on the surface he yells at his wife to back off.
Discovering the root cause of the problem doesn't make it go away, but it does help the man and his wife navigate their icebergs a little easier, reducing their conflicts and enabling their happiness. The chain reaction is positive and helpful, not deconstructive.
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Consider what the word 'Time' means to you. When you think of it casually, the definition and the ideas associated with it seem simple to understand. Time is the dimension of the passage of events from one to another and our experience with it, right? It's the progression of events, one after another, towards the future and from the past and the position we are at right now is the present.
Human Beings love boxes and labels. I recently wrote a post about Gas Station Sushi that talked briefly about this, but more to the point is that labels are funny things. When we look at them in passing, they seem to represent exactly what they were intended for; to easily convey an idea or a set of preconceptions. But the harder we look at it, the more abstract and disconnected we feel from the label. Some people even adhere so strictly to labels that without the boundaries of labels to guide them, they feel like all is chaos. And they aren't wrong, are they?
The YouTube channel vSauce recently posted a video on the passage of time and it's abiguity as well as the method in which we, as human beings, have kept track of it. When you look at the past methods we've used to track time, it becomes clearer and clearer that we have tried desperately to fit our common perception of reality into boxes so we can quell our lack of total explanation.
The way the earth turns in relation to the sun has some interesting impacts on the measurement of time, from day-to-day, month-to-month, year-to-year, century-to-century, and millennium-to-millennium. It makes muddies our once crisp view on time and the manner in which we track it. It's an example of universal occurrences that are wild and chaotic that the human experience tries to quantify for the sake of our own understanding.
Philosophically it brings a few points to mind. Foremost is the idea of dimensions; if Time is a dimension because it's a manner of perception, then shouldn't all of our experience as human beings be consider its own dimension? After all, whether it's a dog's view on reality or an extraterrestrial's, their entire concept of existence is entirely and abstractly different than our own. The next idea that comes to mind is that the universe, while amazing and marvelous, is the result of billions of years of actions and reactions that coalesced into only one possible outcome given the variables abound. Some people call it 'intelligent design' because it is so vast and incomprehensible, because it's so calculated and exacting. But is it?
Let's go back to 'time' as an experience. As box-creating, boundary-setting human beings, having established words like 'past', 'present', and 'future', we are surprisingly unable to set an exact instance of experience between the past and the present or the present and the future. Some say it's the transition of awareness; when you are aware of an event that is no longer, it has transitioned to the past, whereas if you are aware of an event that will come to pass but hasn't yet, you're referring to that as a future event. But where do we draw the line? Can we observe a moment becoming part of the past, or is it only when we realize it? 'Now' can either be one second, or it can be a moment, an hour, or a day. So long as our perception establishes the sensation of the 'now'. As I write this, is each word I write the 'present' and the previous word the 'past'? And if this is my present now, by the time you read this, it will be my past, but your present. For me, it's my present but your future. Geesh!
Astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson and Steven Hawking have explained many times in many places that gravity can stretch and impact time. But if time is an experience, then the dimension of time is within us and so gravity stretches us. The gravity of distant stars skewing our perception of the universe may be another creature's normal, non-altered reality. When we look into the sky, we see the light of a billion-billion stars, whose light is reaching us long after its source has faded into oblivion. This means that we're experiencing the past in the present and that we are those stars' future to their present.
It seems to me that the perception of time is relative to the human experience. With this in mind, our strict adherence and obsession with time to measure our lives, our days, our experiences, seems a tad silly. It's this idea that reminds me that we created words to conceptualize experiences and ideas so we can share them with each other. So we can learn, and think, and grow. Ironically, when we spend so much time on the constraints of the labels we're using, we are robbing ourselves of the very experiences we're trying to share.
So, the next time you're late, just remember that it's all relative.


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Speech by The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
Keynote address to the 7th National Housing Conference
Location: Brisbane Convention And Entertainment Centre, South Bank, Brisbane
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present.
Nearly 70 years ago, in August 1944, the final report of the first Commonwealth Housing Commission stated:
The housing of the people of the Commonwealth adequately, soundly, hygienically and effectively is a national need.
The report had been commissioned by Ben Chifley a year earlier when he was Minister for Post War Reconstruction, as well as Treasurer.
Indeed, it would be remiss of me not to remind an audience as intimately aware of the history of Australia's housing industry that 2012 is the 70th anniversary of the ALP Federal Conference of 1942 which approved a resolution urging the new Labor government to treat post-war reconstruction as part of the war effort.
Of course, housing was a critical part of its work, with the Commonwealth Housing Commission being established the following year.
The Commission's inaugural report led to the setting up of the first Commonwealth State Housing Agreement, the forerunner of the National Affordable Housing Agreement that I will be discussing in a moment.
Today, some of the language of that first report might strike us as quaint.
But its message remains the same – because housing plays such a central role in all our lives – decent housing is a national need.
Housing is essential to the economic and social security of all Australians.
Everyone needs a safe, sustainable, affordable place to call home.
A place to raise a family, to come home to after work, school or training, to prepare nutritious meals, to study or relax.
In the same tradition that drove the Curtin and Chifley Governments, the federal Labor Government that I am proud to serve in has made housing a top priority, stepped up to the policy task, and made historic investments that have created better housing outcomes for the community.
Our robust economy, one of the strongest performers amongst developed nations, nevertheless presents us with continuing policy challenges.
Housing affordability remains a critical issue.
We know that one of the most important things we can do to make buying a home more affordable is to keep interest rates low.
That's why the Gillard Government is giving the Reserve Bank maximum scope to cut official cash rates if it chooses – with the cash rate now 150 basis points lower than it was a year ago.
The official cash rate of 3.25 per cent is far lower than the 6.75 per cent we inherited from the Howard Government. A family is now saving around $4,500 a year on a $300,000 mortgage compared to when we came to office in November 2007.
That's why we have worked so hard to find savings in the recent Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook – to continue the fiscal discipline and return the Budget to surplus for the benefit of all Australians.
Creating the right conditions to maintain downward pressure on interest rates is one critical aspect of housing affordability, but nothing makes it harder to pay the rent or meet the mortgage re-payments than being without a job.
That's why we took immediate action to stimulate our economy and keep thousands of Australians in work when the global financial crisis swept around the globe and threatened our economy. Now, our economy is known and admired for these key features: sustained economic growth, contained inflation, low public debt, a pipeline of private investment, and an unemployment rate almost half that of other western nations.
A shortage of affordable homes, however, is hurting people on low incomes and in greatest need.
There are still too many families who cannot afford their own home, and too many who are paying a very high proportion of their weekly income in rent.
And the most recent report from the National Housing Supply Council estimated a very significant shortage of affordable rental properties for lower income renters.
This situation had been building for more than a decade when we came to office in 2007.
By 2007, a third of Australians allocated public housing had been waiting for a home, for two years or more.
The Howard Government cut $3.1 billion in real funding from the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement.
As Dr Ken Henry noted in his report to the Treasurer on Australia's Future Tax System:
Until the new funding agreement in 2008-09, grants had been declining over time in real terms, falling by around 25 per cent in the 10 years to 2006-07.
Dr Henry went on to say:
From 1997-98 to 2007-08, public dwellings have decreased from six per cent to five per cent of the overall housing stock. Lower supply further contributes to unmet demand for public housing.
In 1995, 22 per cent of applicants for social housing were accommodated. But 10 years later, only 14 per cent were able to move off waiting lists and into housing.
Meanwhile, private rents grew by 6.5 per cent in 2007 – more than double the rate of inflation.
When we were elected, we knew we had to act urgently, decisively and with imagination.
Federal Financial Relations Framework
With the election of progressive parties federally and in every State and Territory there was a real appetite for a more co-operative approach to federal state relations.
It was a rare opportunity for nine Labor governments to work together without having to navigate the obstacle course of party politics.
Negotiations proceeded apace with common values providing a commitment to drive reform for the benefit of our most disadvantaged citizens.
The new Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations focused on the "achievement of outcomes, efficient service delivery and timely public reporting".
All Governments committed to improve service delivery by being accountable for "the quality and efficiency" of those services, and the outcomes they achieved.
The National Affordable Housing Agreement
The Intergovernmental Agreement for Federal Financial Relations provides the framework for the National Affordable Housing Agreement, the National Affordable Housing Special Purpose Payment (which is where the money comes from), and our National Partnerships for Homelessness and Social Housing.
The aspirational objective of the NAHA was for all Australians to "have access to affordable, safe and sustainable housing that contributes to social and economic participation".
In signing up to this Agreement, the Commonwealth and the States agreed to improve co-ordination across housing programs and better integrate housing with other human services.
We committed to reduce homelessness.
And we committed to providing direction for a range of measures related to both public and private housing.
Has the NAHA worked?
I know that the NAHA, its structure and its future, have been a topic of debate here at this conference.
And today, I'd like to join that conversation.
As I said, when we came to office, there was a great mood of co-operation, and a willingness on the part of the Commonwealth to give the States and Territories more autonomy over how they spent Commonwealth funding.
By giving the States greater flexibility in how they would address housing affordability and homelessness, we thought they would be in a better position to address the particular challenges in their own jurisdiction, that they could direct funds towards the programs and services that would have the greatest impact.
But have they?
The NAHA provided for the community to assess our performance in a number of areas:
Rental stress and home purchase affordability for low income households;
Homelessness;
Indigenous housing;
And the gap between underlying demand for housing and housing supply.
There are some real data challenges in measuring this performance, but there are some things we know.
The COAG Reform Council found home purchase affordability improved in all jurisdictions between 2007-08 and 2009-10, but declined between 2009-10 and 2010-11. The Council's conclusion: the biggest factor in home purchase affordability is interest rates. With interest rates at historic levels, we expect this measure to improve again in the Council's next report.
In contrast, rental affordability has worsened since the NAHA has commenced, especially for those with the lowest incomes.
The States committed to planning reform for greater efficiency in the supply of housing, and to increase capacity to match new housing supply with underlying demand. The conclusions of the COAG Reform Council begs the question – what have the States done under the NAHA to improve housing affordability and rental affordability? What initiatives are the States pursuing to improve housing supply, or to reduce development costs and hence the cost of housing. And how effective are their interventions?
None of this is to say that housing affordability and rental affordability would not have worsened without efforts by the States pursued under the NAHA. The data we do have, however, serves to illustrate that under this national Agreement none of us have the capacity to assess the impact of initiatives – positive, negative or neutral. And we can't determine which States have the best strategies, so we don't know what measures should be emulated. Such a complex policy area needs empirical evidence to ensure interventions are as effective as they can be.
The NPAH
The Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations recognised that their new, less prescriptive agreements would need to be "underpinned by a shared commitment to genuinely co-operative working arrangements".
And there are some worrying signs that with the changed political environment, that spirit of co-operation appears less than it once was.
For example, under our National Partnership on Homelessness, one of the four core outputs is:
"Support for private and public tenants to help sustain their tenancies, including through tenancy support, advocacy, case management, financial counselling and referral services."
Strictly speaking, there is no legal requirement on the States that they must provide any specific named tenancy services, but I believe it is contrary to the spirit of this agreement for the Victorian Government to cut the Social Housing Advocacy and Support program by a third. As is the short-sighted decision by Premier Newman to scrap altogether the Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service.
Funding for 23 services around Queensland was due to end two days ago following the Premier's decision.
What is even more disturbing is that this was money derived from interest on the tenants' own bonds held in trust.
Fortunately, the Gillard Government has stepped in with emergency funding to keep the doors open until next June.
And we will ensure that the States live up to their obligations in future funding agreements.
Other Housing Programs
When it comes to bricks and mortar, I have more confidence about what our partnerships can deliver.
I know that the Federal Government's $6 billion investment through the Social Housing Initiative and National Partnership on Social Housing has delivered more than 20,000 new homes so far. And I know those
homes have rescued at least 10,000 people from homelessness.
I know that our $4.5 billion investment in the National Rental Affordability Scheme has delivered more than 10,000 new affordable homes for more than 15,000 people to rent.
I also know that the half a billion dollars we've invested through the Housing Affordability Fund and the Building Better Regional Cities is delivering more than 60 infrastructure projects, which will see more than
12,000 households able to buy more affordable homes and more than 35,000 homes built earlier than they would have been without these federal initiatives.
These programs are examples of governments and communities working together to solve local challenges – of how results can be achieved through co-investment, partnerships, and leveraging private sector investment.
For example, in Bendigo 800 new homes are being fast-tracked with a Building Better Regional Cities grant to the local council.
And 100 low and moderate income families will save $38,000 each on a new home.
There will be a ballot for eligible buyers.
Just imagine the massive difference this will make to those lucky families' lives.
The difference between a $300,000 mortgage and a $340,000 mortgage may not seem that great.
But at current rates, that would save a family $300 a month. That's $300 towards school uniforms, kids' shoes, running the family car, or even a day out at the movies.
Over the life of a 20-year loan, that family would save over $72,000 – and over $32,000 of that is a saving on interest alone.
That sort of saving can really change a family's fortunes.
So, we know that our $11 billion investments in the Social Housing Initiative, NRAS, HAF and BBRC are making solid inroads on housing stock and affordability.
The contrast with what we know about the achievement of our reform and policy objectives under the NAHA is stark.
The question for me is whether States and Territories are interested in further reform under the NAHA.
The NAHA, which continues indefinitely, under current arrangements, can only be amended with the agreement of all Governments.
These matters will be canvassed at the COAG Select Council on Housing and Homelessness meeting here in Brisbane in a fortnight's time.
And I am hopeful that some of that early mood of goodwill still remains – despite the changed political landscape.
Providing social housing, reducing and preventing homelessness and making housing more affordable are challenges that require the effort and investment of all governments, as well as the private and community sectors.
Just as Ben Chifley identified and accepted the post-war challenges of our nation, the Gillard government is today accepting the challenges and making the tough choices in a post GFC world of economic volatility and uncertainty.
We need to respond creatively and effectively.
I believe that the Gillard Government has taken the lead in that regard.
We have instituted historic changes in the housing and homelessness area. We have invested more than ever before at the Commonwealth level.
But we know that there is more to be done, and more change is needed.
I look forward to working with all of you to improve housing for all Australians, and I thank you for your continuing efforts.


Following on from last fortnights blog, in this blog we will be going through our picks for Brisbane – one of the two locations we will be recommending to our clients in 2018. The Brisbane property market is complex at the moment with apartments preforming well below expectation and landed property (houses and town houses) performing much better.
One of the main reasons we like Brisbane is because of its affordability. Housing prices in Brisbane are approximately 40% lower than Melbourne's and half of those in Sydney. With a beautiful climate and great connectivity to South East Asia it is no surprise Brisbane has seen high population growth in recent years. Most interestingly, employment growth in Brisbane has increased significantly, outperforming Melbourne and Sydney in 2017. This is a big turnaround, in the previous 5 years Melbourne and Sydney had accounted for over 75% of employment growth in Australia to just 11% in Brisbane (the third best performer).
There are risks though. A highly oversupplied inner-city apartment market and nervous lending environment means it's more important than ever to educate yourself on the market and buy the right type of property in the right location. Nyko's recommended projects this year will be focused on landed property – that is house and land packages and larger town houses built to owner occupier grade standards.
Brisbane is experiencing a similar phenomenon to what Melbourne experience in the last 5 years and Sydney before that. That is a flight to quality dwellings built to the standard an owner occupier buyer would appreciate and not a cheaper investment grade finish providing smaller dwellings and lower quality finishes. This flight to quality means that we not only have to pick the best project in the best location but more importantly the right builder and developer.
For town houses, middle ring infill suburbs will be our main focus. Larger internal areas in locations where housing stock is becoming unaffordable for the demographic will see a great market for town houses. There will however be a huge discrepancy in performance between high spec owner occupier grade town houses compared to the investment grade (cheaper finishes) property. Our focus will be on high quality projects built by great developers who are known to build for owner occupiers in the local market – this will help to underpin valuations and growth.
For house and land we will be focusing on high growth locations within 25km's of the CBD as well as high quality inner city infill locations that we know have performed extremely well in the more established Sydney and Melbourne markets. While prices will be higher for these types of homes, we have seen that quality housing in sought after locations will perform well in the medium term.
At Nyko we believe this will be Brisbane's year and if you take the time to do the research and get the right advice, picking the right property in this market will means it will likely perform as well as the Melbourne marketplace and certainly better than the Sydney market.


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Proof that reality TV might be kind of real.
Move over Patti Stanger, Chris Harrison could give your matchmaking skills a run for your money! Kind of. Okay, not really. He just kind of sits there and asks people how they're feeling about the situation (easiest job ever).
Last week we covered the shortest relationships that have come out of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette reality shows. Now it's time to see who has lasted the longest and learn who is still together as of this moment (I mean, Nikki has to leave Juan Pablo soon, right?). We all have our favorite Bachelor couples, but even some of these longer relationships ultimately ended in disaster.
Even though we have Bachelor In Paradise to keep us busy (and thoroughly entertained), we are impatiently awaiting Chris Soules to take his rightful place on The Bachelor throne. (Come on, stop acting like you don't want to see the hot farmer getting with all the girls who want to be whisked off to Iowa. Womp. Womp). To hold you over until the new season begins, we've made a list of the couples that matchmaker Chris Harrison can actually kind of gloat about. Here are 10 couples that we guess you could call reality show success stories.
Inside our hearts there's still a special place for Trista and Ryan. Trista Rehn was the very first Bachelorette and found her firefighter hubby on the show. The couple got together in 2003 and now have two kids together, making them the longest relationship in the show's history. They are the best.
Everyone thought things were going pretty well for the two who made it five years together. That was until Mary was arrested for allegedly hitting Byron three years into the relationship. Although the charges were dropped, she was brought in again for being drunk in public the next year. They finally broke up in 2009.
In 2005 Charlie O'Connell was the 7th Bachelor and chose Sarah Brice. Even though the couple ultimately lasted five years, it was a super rocky relationship. They broke up in 2007 and got back together until 2010. O'Connell told People, "I think it was a mutual break-up. The thing is that we dated for five years … and were just arguing over the same things and stuff like that. And then eventually you've got to go your separate ways."
The couple broke up after a year together, which by Bachelor standards is actually a pretty long time. However, they broke up because Ed could not stop himself from giving into the lady attention. Harris finally told Wetpaint what happened, "I admit all the attention random girls gave Ed was hard on me. He loved the attention and that isn't easy on a relationship that is supposed to be so serious, yet is still so fresh. The more insecure and upset I became, the more he loved the attention and it became a really slippery slope. I lost trust in him and in the end we both really lost interest in making it work."
Another year-long relationship in the reality TV world. They simply split because it didn't work out, simple as that. McKee moved back to Brazil and Phillips ended up marrying her high school sweetheart. Meredith ended rehab for alcohol addiction a few years ago, but seems to have her life together now.
Ultra religious Bachelor Sean Lowe, found his perfect match apparently. Sean and Catherine got together on the show in 2012. They were married earlier this year in January and are still together for now. If you're counting, they've been together for about two years now.
Ashley was the 7th Bachelorette and J.P. was her lucky winner. The couple are still together and are expecting their first little boy in due in the fall. They got engaged in 2011 and married in 2012, putting them at a little over three years together. By the way, Chris Harrison officiated at their wedding, which is the best thing ever.
Coming in at a year and three months, Ali and Roberto called it quits in 2011. She told People, "We both realized we were unhappy more than we were happy and we both deserved more." Last year, E! News announced that Fedotowsky would be one of their correspondents.
On May 7, Des and Chris celebrated their one year anniversary from the day they got engaged on the 9th season of The Bachelorette. They are still engaged and recently revealed to Puget Sound Business Journal that they are planning a January 2015 wedding date. The couple currently live in Seattle together.
Despite the fact that they were already on Couples Therapy and that the entire world dislikes them, Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell are still together. Rumors of their breakup surfaced recently, but Nikki told People it wasn't true. "We're doing great. We are very happy together." Even though the show aired in 2014, the couple has technically been together since the end of 2013 ... meaning that if they make it to December, they will have made it a year and everyone should just quit life.


I feel like I'm running a marathon while trying to catch apparitions with little more than fleeting shadows. I poke and prod and seem to get nowhere at times and then seem to have breakthroughs at others but there's always lingering doubt. Did I get them all? Have I filled all the holes? Have I really shut them out? Or are they still lurking and laughing? I know that somewhere there has to be an end but for now there's no end in sight.
I have been a prisoner in my room, sliding back and forth between two worlds: one safe and bright; one mysterious and dark. I look up solutions in the light and apply them in the dark. If I could just brute-force them all to hell--force them to scream out in pain--force them to STOP, I would be much happier.
Do I want to give up and go back to the old ways, Janet asks me. Nah, I reply, knowing full well that the options are full freedom or total submission. That full freedom sure looks great on the surface but is fraught with doubt, responsibility and anxiety. Total submission is best left for other activities where my control is much less linked to my sense of right and wrong.
I bolted up from the sofa with lurch and immediately felt like I was going to fall down. I managed to make it to the bathroom but the room spun like the Octopus at the Boardwalk. I was so tired but the only thing that would keep me awake was to continue running the marathon again. I'm in the race sitting here trying not to let myself be beat by those who would take without asking. And so I sit and stare and poke and prod and continue with creating lingering doubt.


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The gerund is used after specific verbs that usually always take the gerund form afterwards.
We use the gerund after prepositions, eg: until, by, before etc.
We use the gerund as the subject or the object of a sentence eg: playing football is great.
Fancy She fancies leaving early.
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Avoid Mary usually avoids partying.
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Suggest Joseph had suggested travelling to Paris.
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Miss She was missing studying.
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Deny The accused denied stealing.
Complete They will complete training in thirty minutes.
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Tolerate The courts won't tolerate shouting.
Mention I think he mentioned leaving at around 20:00h.
Imagine Last night she imagined arriving late.
Recall The man recalled saving the guy's life.
Report The journalist reported interviewing the chief in stuff.
Anticipate You must anticipate arriving at that time.
(2) After all prepositions we must use the gerund form (verb + ing). Prepositions include; Simple prepositions, Double prepositions, Participial prepositions, Compound prepositions, Phrasal prepositions.
Before Before arriving, please take your shoes off.
Of I received a lot of complaining.
By By discovering the new properties we were able to go ahead.
Until Not until writing my book did I know.
For For smoking in the hallway you will be punished.
Through I'll go through with taking the choice.
Under Under 'pressing the button'.
Over I'll speak to her over handling the situation properly.
Aside from Aside from not knowing the problem she hadn't met anyone previously.
According to Well, according to him, opening the account there isn't a good idea.
Upon Upon arriving to New York we suddenly got lost.
Amid We were amid making some very serious decisions.
Without Don't speak to him without consulting me first.
Subject Smoking is an unhealthy habit.
Object I liked your taking part in the activity.
Subject Imagining things instead of telling the truth isn't a good idea.
Object I let him know that understanding the issue is vital.
Subject Getting out of this city is my main priority.
Object You mustn't tell Ann over my leaving late today.
Subject Telling lies is not a good idea.
Object Explain to her about my telling off.


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My script can able to compile the data and converted to csv but only first data in the xml can extract when the data converted to csv.
May I know what I need to change on my script?
columns = ["DESCRIPTION", "PRODUCT", "ID", "STATUS", "TYPE", "DELIVERYTIME", "DELIVERED", "REMARKS", "NUM"]
rows = []

xml_comp = BeautifulSoup(open('SAMPLE-22.xml'), 'xml')

DESCRIPTION = xml_comp.DESCRIPTION
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ID = xml_comp.ID
STATUS = xml_comp.STATUS
TYPE = xml_comp.TYPE
DELIVERYTIME = xml_comp.DELIVERYTIME
DELIVERED = xml_comp.DELIVERED
REMARKS = xml_comp.DELIVERED
NUM = xml_comp.NUM

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        "STATUS": STATUS.text,
        "TYPE": TYPE.text,
        "DELIVERYTIME": DELIVERYTIME.text,
        "DELIVERED": DELIVERED.text,
        "REMARKS": REMARKS.text,
        "NUM": NUM.text})

df = pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=cols)

df.to_csv(f"myFileReport.csv")

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                <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
                <TYPE>COMP10158536</TYPE>
            </DESCRIPTION>
            <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3853617721">
                <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT 23</DESCRIPTION>
                <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
                <ID>1000</ID>
                <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
                <TYPE>COMP10158543</TYPE>
            </DESCRIPTION>
            <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3853617722">
                <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT 22</DESCRIPTION>
                <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
                <ID>1000</ID>
                <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
                <TYPE>COMP10158549</TYPE>
            </DESCRIPTION>
            <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3894417704">
                <DELIVERED>2000-97-230+0</DELIVERED>
                <DELIVERYTIME>2000-96-210+0</DELIVERYTIME>
                <DESCRIPTION> WINDOW TYPE</DESCRIPTION>
                <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
                <NUM>2000-97-240+0</NUM>
                <REMARKS>2000-96-200+0</REMARKS>
                <ID>1000</ID>
                <STATUS>CLOSED</STATUS>
                <TYPE>COMP10158557</TYPE>
            </DESCRIPTION>
            <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3894417711">
                <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT123</DESCRIPTION>
                <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
                <NUM>2000-99-080+0</NUM>
                <REMARKS>2000-96-020+0</REMARKS>
            </DESCRIPTION>
            </SAMPLEONLYSet>
        </QuerySAMPLEONLYResponse>

A: Since your XML is pretty flat, consider the new pandas.read_xml (introduced in v1.3) with default lxml as parser. This method can even handle default namespaces as included in your markup.
Assuming below fixed markup for proper XML:
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<QuerySAMPLEResponse xmlns="http://www.sample.com" xmlns:xsi="http://www.SAMPLE.com/2000/XMLSchema-instance" creationDateTime="2000-98-01T12:14:27+0" transLanguage="EN" baseLanguage="EN" rsStart="0">
   <SAMPLEONLYSet>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3894417710">
         <DELIVERYTIME>2000-96-210+0</DELIVERYTIME>
         <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT10</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <ID>1000</ID>
         <STATUS>PENDING</STATUS>
         <TYPE>COMP10158533</TYPE>
         <DESCRIPTIONSPEC rowstamp="3853626366">
            <TESTVALUE>TEST-01</TESTVALUE>
            <PRODID>TEST001</PRODID>
         </DESCRIPTIONSPEC>
         <DESCRIPTIONSPEC rowstamp="3853626367">
            <TESTVALUE>PRODUCT 26</TESTVALUE>
            <PRODID>TEST153</PRODID>
         </DESCRIPTIONSPEC>
         <DESCRIPTIONSPEC rowstamp="3853616252">
            <PRODID>TEST418</PRODID>
         </DESCRIPTIONSPEC>
      </DESCRIPTION>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3853617719">
         <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT 25</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <ID>1000</ID>
         <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
         <TYPE>COMP10158534</TYPE>
      </DESCRIPTION>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3853617720">
         <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT 24</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <ID>1000</ID>
         <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
         <TYPE>COMP10158536</TYPE>
      </DESCRIPTION>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3853617721">
         <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT 23</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <ID>1000</ID>
         <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
         <TYPE>COMP10158543</TYPE>
      </DESCRIPTION>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3853617722">
         <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT 22</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <ID>1000</ID>
         <STATUS>COMPLETE</STATUS>
         <TYPE>COMP10158549</TYPE>
      </DESCRIPTION>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3894417704">
         <DELIVERED>2000-97-230+0</DELIVERED>
         <DELIVERYTIME>2000-96-210+0</DELIVERYTIME>
         <DESCRIPTION>WINDOW TYPE</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <NUM>2000-97-240+0</NUM>
         <REMARKS>2000-96-200+0</REMARKS>
         <ID>1000</ID>
         <STATUS>CLOSED</STATUS>
         <TYPE>COMP10158557</TYPE>
      </DESCRIPTION>
      <DESCRIPTION rowstamp="3894417711">
         <DESCRIPTION>PRODUCT123</DESCRIPTION>
         <PRODUCT>DESKTOP733</PRODUCT>
         <NUM>2000-99-080+0</NUM>
         <REMARKS>2000-96-020+0</REMARKS>
      </DESCRIPTION>
   </SAMPLEONLYSet>
</QuerySAMPLEResponse>

Python
description_df = pd.read_xml(
   xml, xpath=".//doc:SAMPLEONLYSet/doc:DESCRIPTION", namespaces={"doc": "http://www.sample.com"}
))

description_df
#      rowstamp   DELIVERYTIME  DESCRIPTION     PRODUCT      ID    STATUS          TYPE  DESCRIPTIONSPEC      DELIVERED            NUM        REMARKS
# 0  3894417710  2000-96-210+0    PRODUCT10  DESKTOP733  1000.0   PENDING  COMP10158533              NaN           None           None           None
# 1  3853617719           None   PRODUCT 25  DESKTOP733  1000.0  COMPLETE  COMP10158534              NaN           None           None           None
# 2  3853617720           None   PRODUCT 24  DESKTOP733  1000.0  COMPLETE  COMP10158536              NaN           None           None           None
# 3  3853617721           None   PRODUCT 23  DESKTOP733  1000.0  COMPLETE  COMP10158543              NaN           None           None           None
# 4  3853617722           None   PRODUCT 22  DESKTOP733  1000.0  COMPLETE  COMP10158549              NaN           None           None           None
# 5  3894417704  2000-96-210+0  WINDOW TYPE  DESKTOP733  1000.0    CLOSED  COMP10158557              NaN  2000-97-230+0  2000-97-240+0  2000-96-200+0
# 6  3894417711           None   PRODUCT123  DESKTOP733     NaN      None          None              NaN           None  2000-99-080+0  2000-96-020+0

A: Specifically, with your implementation, you only receive the first set of data because you are not iterating through all <DESCRIPTION> elements. Usually parsed data will return as an iterable like list.
Additionally, in your learning curve of Python and XML, consider a more Pythonic and XML parsing approach which includes:

*

*Use a conformant XML library such as the built-in etree or third-party lxml which helps handle default namespaces as your current XML contains. In fact, BeautifulSoup defaults to lxml under the hood.

*Use a defined namespace prefix to parse nodes under default namespace. See namespaces argument of lxml's xpath or etree's findall.

*Use list/dict comprehension rather than the bookkeeping of initializing list and appending items.

*Avoid repetitive code with defined methods such as parsing text on optional nodes that may not exist across all <DESCRIPTION> elements. Per your error, you receive .text can only be available if element exists, so check if node exists prior to parsing text.

*Use a conditional expression (or ternary operator) to concisely assign a value like checking existence of element.

import pandas as pd
import lxml.etree as lx

doc = lx.parse('SAMPLE-22.xml')
nmsp = {"doc": "http://www.sample.com"}

# DEFINED METHOD (WITH CONDITIONAL EXPRESSION) TO EXTRACT ELEMENT TEXT
def get_xml_text(row, node):
    return (
        row.find(node, namespaces=nmsp).text
        if row.find(node, namespaces=nmsp) is not None
        else None
    )

# BUILD LIST OF DICTIONARIES
rows = [
    {
        "DESCRIPTION": get_xml_text(row, "doc:DESCRIPTION"),
        "PRODUCT": get_xml_text(row, "doc:PRODUCT"),
        "ID": get_xml_text(row, "doc:ID"),
        "STATUS": get_xml_text(row, "doc:STATUS"),
        "TYPE": get_xml_text(row, "doc:TYPE"),
        "DELIVERYTIME": get_xml_text(row, "doc:DELIVERYTIME"),
        "DELIVERED": get_xml_text(row, "doc:DELIVERED"),
        "REMARKS": get_xml_text(row, "doc:REMARKS"),
        "NUM": get_xml_text(row, "doc:NUM")
    }
    for row in doc.xpath(
        ".//doc:SAMPLEONLYSet/doc:DESCRIPTION", namespaces=nmsp
    )
]

# BIND LIST INTO DATA FRAME
description_df = pd.DataFrame(rows)

Output
print(description_df)

#    DESCRIPTION     PRODUCT    ID  ...      DELIVERED        REMARKS            NUM
# 0    PRODUCT10  DESKTOP733  1000  ...           None           None           None
# 1   PRODUCT 25  DESKTOP733  1000  ...           None           None           None
# 2   PRODUCT 24  DESKTOP733  1000  ...           None           None           None
# 3   PRODUCT 23  DESKTOP733  1000  ...           None           None           None
# 4   PRODUCT 22  DESKTOP733  1000  ...           None           None           None
# 5  WINDOW TYPE  DESKTOP733  1000  ...  2000-97-230+0  2000-96-200+0  2000-97-240+0
# 6   PRODUCT123  DESKTOP733  None  ...           None  2000-96-020+0  2000-99-080+0

Just recently learned about findtext which avoids the conditional expression!
rows = [
    {
        "DESCRIPTION": row.findtext("doc:DESCRIPTION", namespaces=nmsp),
        "PRODUCT": row.findtext("doc:PRODUCT", namespaces=nmsp),
        "ID": row.findtext("doc:ID", namespaces=nmsp),
        "STATUS": row.findtext("doc:STATUS", namespaces=nmsp),
        "TYPE": row.findtext("doc:TYPE", namespaces=nmsp),
        "DELIVERYTIME": row.findtext("doc:DELIVERYTIME", namespaces=nmsp),
        "DELIVERED": row.findtext("doc:DELIVERED", namespaces=nmsp),
        "REMARKS": row.findtext("doc:REMARKS", namespaces=nmsp),
        "NUM": row.findtext("doc:NUM", namespaces=nmsp),
    }
    for row in doc.xpath(
        ".//doc:SAMPLEONLYSet/doc:DESCRIPTION", namespaces=nmsp
    )
]

df = pd.DataFrame(rows)


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FAYETTEVILLE � Running back Knile Davis� final season at Arkansas didn�t go as planned after returning from the ankle injury that sidelined him throughout 2011.
It didn�t deter Davis from entering the 2013 NFL Draft with one season of eligibility remaining. And it finally paid off late Friday night.
Davis became the first Arkansas player selected, going to the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round with the 96th overall selection. It was a surprise pick, considering most of Arkansas� pre-draft publicity for the early rounds centered on quarterback Tyler Wilson. But Davis stood as the only player selected after two days.
The Chiefs snatched Davis because of his potential after rushing for 1,322 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2010. He missed the 2011 season because of a broken ankle suffered in preseason practices and struggled when he returned, rushing for just 377 yards and two touchdowns last season.
But Davis went to work in the pre-draft process determined to show NFL teams he was healthy and worth a selection this week. He made his biggest impression at the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine in February, testing among the top of the running back class in most categories. Davis also performed well during an on-campus pro day.
�Every team I�ve talked to has definitely said I�m a first-round talent,� Davis said earlier this week as he waited for the draft. �That�s not a question. But just the injuries and the season I had kind of brought that down a little bit. But I just want to get picked in a reasonable round and go to work.�
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Two and The Things We Say, The Things We Do are full of Nominations for the Lumière Awards
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Bringing together 123 critical journalists working for the foreign press, the Lumière Awards were created in 1995 at the initiative of Daniel Toscan du Plantier and the English journalist Edward Behr. The ceremony, which will be broadcast live on Canal + on January 19, is a good indicator of the feature films that could shine at the César. And for the jurors of the Lumière Awards, the favorites are called Two, The things we say, The things we do, Slalom, Goodbye idiots and Summer 85. These films topped the nominations.
First film by Italian filmmaker Filippo Meneghetti, Of them depicts in the form of a thriller the secret romance between two neighbors in their seventies and takes the lead with six quotes, for best film, best direction and best female interpretation for these two stars, Barbara Sukowa and Martine Knight. The duo will not have an easy time facing Laure Calamy, sparkling mistress betrayed in Antoinette in the Cévennes, the lover of Things that said, things that did Camelia Jordana and Virginie Efira (Goodbye idiots) and Emmanuelle Devos (The perfumes). This recognition of Of them has something to rejoice at the CNC which has chosen the feature film to represent France at the Oscars.
The delicate marivaudage The things we say, the things we do comes second with five nominations, including best film, best director and screenplay for Emmanuel Mouret.
Tied, Albert Dupontel's satire Goodbye idiots, the drama about sexual abuse in sport Slalom and the chronicle of a summer love at first sight Summer 85 get four quotes each.
The best film trophy will be played between Two, The things we say the things we do, Goodbye idiots, The girl with the bracelet and Summer 85. The best actor trophy will have to decide between Sami Bouajila (A son), Jonathan Cohen (Huge), Albert Dupontel (Goodbye idiots), Nicolas Maury (Rag boy) and Jérémie Rénier (Slalom).
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As for the best hopes, the Lumière awards highlight: Noée Abita (Slalom), Najla Ben Abdallah (A son), Nisrin Erradi (Adam) Mélissa Guers (The girl with the bracelet), Fathia Youssouf (Cute). And among boys: Guang Huo (At night), Félix Lefebvre and Benjamin Voisin (Summer 85), Djibril Vancoppenolle (Little country), Alexandre Wetter (Miss), Jean-Pascal Zadi (Simply black).
The best direction section will again be very masculine this year. Despite the presence of Caroline Vignal (Antoinette in the Cévennes) and Maïmouna Doucouré (Cute), only Maïwenn with DNA (who, a small disappointment for her no doubt, won her only nomination) sneaks alongside Emmanuel Mouret, Albert Dupontel, Filippo Meneghetti and François Ozon.
The inclusion in the list of nominations of Slalom by Charlène Favier and The man who sold his skin by Kaouther Ben Hania is highly symbolic. These films have seen their theatrical release postponed to 2021 due to the extension of the cinema closings. The Lumière Academy wanted to show solidarity. In this atypical year, 77 films, whose theatrical release scheduled for 2020, were eligible for the votes of the Lumière Prize jurors.
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I'm a new owner (and forum member) of a JDM 2001 X-Trail GT and am hoping I can get some help from you guys in Aus with this rare vehicle.
The fuel consumption is upwards of 18L/100K so I would like to pull the DTC's from the OBD sys and am wondering what scanner I will need? I purchased a quality Bluetooth OBD2 scanner to find its not compatible and won't connect even though the 16 pin plug is the same.
I have read that Nissan was not OBD2 compliant until 2007 but this depends on the country. I understand Japan used a system known as JOBD.
After hours of surfing I'm still very confused. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
where I mentione the ELMScan5 USB unit I have which works perfectly with my 2003 T30 Series 1.
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I was hoping maybe someone on your site has a PNT30 with experience reading codes from it.
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