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Q: Query with two reverse relationships in Django If I have these Django models:
class ModelA(Model):
    pass

class ModelB(Model):
    a = ForeignKey(ModelA, ...)
    d = ForeignKey(ModelD, ...)
    r = IntegerField()
    q = IntegerField()

class ModelC(Model):
    a = ForeignKey(ModelA, ...)
    d = ForeignKey(ModelD, ...)
    r = IntegerField()

class ModelD(Model):
    pass

How can I do a Django ORM query equivalent to this:
select ModelB.q, ModelA.id, ModelD.id
from ModelA
join ModelB on ModelB.a_id=ModelA.id
left join ModelC on (ModelC.a_id=ModelB.a_id and ModelC.r=ModelB.r
    and ModelC.d_id=ModelB.d_id)
join ModelD on ModelB.d_id=ModelD.id
where ModelC.id is null

I.e. get ModelBs whose fields don't match any ModelCs, where both ModelB and ModelC have foreign keys to two other models.

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Privé Revaux launches capsule collection with Madelaine Petsch
Privé Revaux has announced they will be launching their first capsule collection with "Riverdale" star Madelaine Petsch. The collection is set to launch on April 9.
The collaboration includes five styles based on Petsch's personal fashion tastes. They include Street, a retro round frame, Candy, with small colorful lenses, Mister, an oversize cat-eye style, Rogue, a modern aviator style, and Clique, a classic square shape. Price points for the sunglasses start at 29 dollars and 95 cents. Every pair features antiski screws, lightweight TR-90 and polarized lenses.
"I am beyond excited to share these meticulously and personally curated sunglasses with everyone," Petsch said in a statement. "I have been obsessed with sunglasses for a very, very long time, so it was a natural fit for me to partner with Privé Revaux on my own collection. I spent a lot of time on the details of these pairs and I am so very proud of them."
Privé Revaux is no stranger to capitalizing on celebrity power. In 2017, when they released their collection of handcrafted eyewear, they launched a campaign featuring Jamie Foxx, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeremy Piven and Ashley Benson. The brand has been able to continuously expand their retail partnerships to more doors. The new Privé Revaux x Madelaine collection will be available online and at select retail stores.

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This new DVD explains the techniques and training that can improve your performance in this ultimate endurance sport. Presented by an international coach and interspersed with his unique tips, it covers drills in each of the disciplines, including transitions, and also looks at core conditioning.
With all the excitement of race footage from Dorney Lakes, this film is essential viewing for triathletes of all levels.
DVD Contents: Introduction, swimming, cycling, running, transitions and core conditioning.
This DVD is a companion to his best-selling book Triathlon: A Training Manual also published by The Crowood Press.


Chi Mei Group, the Taiwan-based LCD panel manufacturer, has announced that it made net losses of USD923 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, which is the greatest quarterly loss of an individual company in the history of the panel industry.
Affected by the financial crisis, contracts received by the panel industry declined significantly in the fourth quarter of 2008, leading to a price stumble and enlarged losses on inventory. Chi Mei says its inventory losses in the entire year of 2008 reached USD447 million, of which, USD88.18 million were made in the first three quarters and USD360 million were made in the fourth quarter.
Ho Jau-yang, general manager for Chi Mei Optoelectronics, says that it is still unclear that when the panel industry can revive, but the company will take all efforts to overcome the difficulties. Chi Mei says its expenditures in 2009 will be about USD880 million and its inventory will be controlled below USD735 million. The inventory period for LCD panels will be limited to one month; that of TV panels will be six weeks; and information and electronic products targeted at one month.
Chi Mei predicts that in the first quarter of 2009, its shipment of TV panels will increase 5%; shipment of notebook panels will decrease 20%; monitor panels will increase 15%; and medium and small-sized panels will decrease 20%.


Face to Face is the title of Liselot van der Heijden's first solo exhibition at Kent Fine Art, in which the artist mines the unexpected power of stillness in two new video installations, one three-channel and the other two. In both pieces, each channel shows an image of a person stopped and still amid the flow of the crowd on a New York sidewalk. This is the second project in which van der Heijden has worked with actors to introduce staged positions into real-world situations. In Face to Face the actors look out and into the lens with a composure that both refutes any self-arrangement into image and resists any projected identification on the part of the viewer. Van der Heijden's calibrated installation intersects the space of the gallery with acts of looking that emanate both from the work and from viewers moving through the space.


By the time Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations training camp rolls around in May, it will have been closing on 11 months since team captain John Obi Mikel last pulled on the Super Eagles strip.
Mikel's post-World Cup absence when he missed the AFCON qualifier against the Seychelles, and then the double-header against Libya, was initially put down to injury.
New York City FC star Jack Harrison says he's hopeful of more chances to prove himself for England after his recent experience with the under-21s.
From Premier League flop to South Korean record-breaker, the career of Lee Dong-Gook has reached such lows and highs that it deserves its own ride at the Everland theme park, just south of Seoul.
A legend in Asia and freshly crowned 2017 K-League champion, the man known as the Lion King due to an early hairstyle, never rebuilt his reputation in England after a disappointing spell in the top flight with Middlesbrough.
The excitement of a dream return to the Premier League for Middlesbrough after a seven-year absence soon turned into a nightmare, as Boro limply sleepwalked into relegation.
Broadly speaking, the return of top flight football and some of the world's best players to the Riverside was a welcome sight for the Teesside faithful.
A spirited Middlesbrough side eventually crumbled in the face of relentless waves of unerring pressure from Liverpool, who ran out 3-0 winners and confirmed the return of Champions League football to Anfield next season. Boro racked up their 20th defeat of a deflating and depressing season and will be grateful they can now close this chapter of their history and look to move on to mounting another promotion push from the Championship.
When Martin Atkinson puts the whistle to his lips for the final time this season on Sunday, there will be few Middlesbrough fans sorry to see the curtains fall on their Premier League campaign. With just a paltry five wins and 27 goals to show for their 37 game in the top flight so far, the thoughts of the faithful have long since moved on to how a promotion push can be mounted next term.


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Julius Caesar: why so difficult to cast?
Why is Julius Caesar so difficult to cast? Here's a partial list of mostly miscast actors.
Bust of Julius Caesar
The very short Claude Rains played Julius Caesar in CAESAR & CLEOPATRA (1945). I love this film. Very underrated and overlooked. Even so...as good as Rains is I recognize that he was totally miscast. Rains is such a good actor that even when he's miscast he's still fun in that role.
While the very tall Louis Calhern played Caesar in JULIUS CAESAR (1953). Excellent actor but not my favorite by any means.
John Gavin as Julius Caesar in SPARTACUS (1960) was an interesting choice but alas his character had minimal screen time and Gavin, good looking as he was, wasn't the best of actors.
Gustavo Rojo was Caesar in JULIUS CAESAR AGAINST THE PIRATES (1962). As miscast as he was, he gave such a good performance that in the end it didn't matter.
Rex Harrison in CLEOPATRA (1963). Regal, yes, but his Caesar had very little gruff.
Steve Reeves and Ivo Garrani in SON OF SPARTACUS (1962). Garrani is a good actor but, like so many others, miscast as Caesar.
Gordon Scott played Caesar in A QUEEN FOR CAESAR (1962). I like Gordon but no, not as Caesar. His role was more a cameo than anything else.
Cameron Mitchell in CAESAR THE CONQUEROR (1962). Of all the miscast actors, he's the one who sorta comes closest to Caesar but his portrayal was too calm or poised.
John Gielgud as an old Caesar in JULIUS CAESAR (1970). Gielgud is a great actor and he can hardly do any role wrong but I can't see him as Caesar.
Meanwhile...
...here's Alberto Lupo as Octavian in SON OF CLEOPATRA (1964). Lupo never played Caesar but if I had my way Lupo would have been my ONLY choice to play the famous emperor. An excellent actor who always gave sharp performances, always gave the impression that he was in control of everything and was very gruff while still looking intelligent, not barbaric or simple.
lina esposito said...
You forgot Cameron Mitchell
PEPLUM TV said...
Thanks, Lina!
Kieran Hinds from Rome the HBO series. Aside from having a full head of hair, I thought he played the part well.
Stef said...
I think Timothy Dalton did a pretty decent job in the Hallmark miniseries "Cleopatra".
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Does Matt Harvey have anything left in the tank? | Matt Wilkes
Matt Wilkes
The Reds have made a habit of picking pitchers up off the scrap heap and later flipping them for promising young players who have shaped today's roster. In 2014, they turned Alfredo Simon, a former waiver-wire addition, into eventual third baseman of the future Eugenio Suarez. In 2017, they dealt another waiver claim, Dan Straily, for Luis Castillo and Austin Brice.
They're hoping former Mets ace Matt Harvey, acquired in exchange for Devin Mesoraco one week ago, will be the latest pitcher whose value they can rebuild. Harvey has the name recognition and track record of success that even a few steps in the right direction might send teams calling in July. Pitching coach Danny Darwin will have his work cut out for him if that's going to happen, however.
In reality, Harvey is nothing more than a reclamation project at this point in his career. Although he's only 29 years old and was once among the most dominant pitchers in the game, the last two-and-a-half seasons have not been kind to the right-hander. Injuries, off-field debauchery, clubhouse question marks, and — the most important thing at the end of the day — poor performance have riddled Harvey since 2016.
While there's no reason to believe Harvey will ever return to his former prominence, the Reds are hoping to turn him into July trade bait at the very least. His first start with the club, while brief, was solid. In Los Angeles on Friday, he threw four nearly perfect innings, with the only hit being a flyball that was lost by Scott Schebler in the bright lights of Dodger Stadium. If nothing else, the outing provided a little glimmer of hope for Harvey's future in Red. But is it warranted?
Let's start with the bad news first.
Matt Harvey's Fall From Grace
A 2010 first-round draft pick out of North Carolina, Harvey quickly became a star. By 2012, he was in the majors. By 2013, he became the youngest pitcher to start an All-Star Game since Dwight Gooden in 1988 and finished fourth in NL Cy Young voting (and he likely would've won the award if he'd pitched a full season). Even Tommy John surgery didn't slow him down, as he posted a 4.4 fWAR when he returned in 2015. Through his first three-and-a-half seasons, Harvey held a 2.53 ERA, 26.6 K%, and 5.6 BB% — numbers that held up with the best of the best.
Harvey's calling card was velocity. He topped 100 on the radar gun on several occasions and averaged 96 mph on the heater in 2013 and 2015. The year in between was when he had Tommy John surgery and didn't pitch at all, so the fact that he came back and was just as effective shows you how far the procedure has come. But not all recoveries from surgeries are so smooth. In 2016, at age 27, Harvey's reign as a dominant pitcher came to a sudden and screeching halt.
The troubling signs came early in the season, as his heater suddenly had a little less sizzle. There was hope he could pitch through it, as his fastball velocity had dipped a bit toward the end of the 2015 season and he still threw effectively. Despite continuing to sit in the mid-90s, however, Harvey's effectiveness disappeared. He posted a 4.86 ERA in 17 starts and saw his strikeout rate plummet from 24.9% to 18.9% in 92 2/3 innings before being shut down for the year with right shoulder problems. Harvey later had surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, a nerve condition that is much harder for pitchers to return from than a torn UCL.
Former Astros pitcher J.R. Richard is the most famous example of the severity of thoracic outlet syndrome. After pitching with the condition for an extended time, his arm eventually went "dead." He would later have a major stroke brought on by the condition and never pitched again, his career over at age 30. Even with the medical developments over the last three decades since Richard's playing days ended, recovery is no sure bet.
Josh Beckett, Chris Carpenter, and Shaun Marcum are just three pitchers who've seen their careers derailed by the problem in recent years. But they were all in their mid-to-late 30s at the time they had the surgery, so Harvey's youth perhaps gave more reason for optimism. Pitchers like Tyson Ross, who had the procedure at 29, and Jaime Garcia (27) bounced back and have been productive pitchers again. Matt Harrison also had the operation at age 23 and returned to effectiveness in 2011 and '12.
So far, though, Harvey has looked nothing like his former self on the mound. Last year, he missed more time with a stress fracture in his scapula and posted a 6.70 ERA, 6.37 FIP, and 5.39 xFIP in 92 2/3 innings. His fastball velocity dropped further, averaging 93.8 mph and touching 96 only on occasion. Per FanGraphs, Harvey maintained a career-worst minus-15.6 pitch value on his fastball. Of 149 pitchers to throw at least 90 innings, only 11 had a worse fastball than that.
His strikeout rate (15.6%) continued to spiral downward, too, while his walk (10.9%), hard contact (32.3%), and home run (2.04 per nine innings) rates soared. As the numbers would tell you, his secondary pitchers offered little solace for the fastball's diminishing returns. His slider was affected the most, dropping from an 18.4% whiff rate in 2016 to 11.9% in 2017. His changeup had been on a steady decline since returning from Tommy John and came in at a 12.8% whiff rate. The curveball actually went up from 2016 (11.8%) to '17 (12.9), but that still paled in comparison to its 16.4% clip in 2015.
Those numbers are even worse in 2018.
After Harvey's fastball showed signs of returning to its former glory in spring training, its velocity has dropped another full mile per hour, sitting at 92.8 mph. All four of his former plus pitches are unrecognizable compared to Harvey's peak. Not only is he failing to generate whiffs, but he's also not getting batters to chase, an indicator that his pitches aren't fooling the opposition at all. The league average O-Swing% (percentage of pitches swung at outside the strike zone) for pitchers is 29.8%. Harvey has a worse rate than that on all of his offerings. He's also largely scrapped the curveball this year, throwing it only 17 times despite it being his best swing-and-miss offering in 2017.
As a result, he's been hit even harder in 2018. His average exit velocity allowed is 89.3 mph, which is far from the worst in baseball but is also the lowest mark for Harvey in the Statcast era (since 2015). That problem is exacerbated by his lowest groundball rate (39.6%) since his rookie year in 2012, as Harvey has allowed six dingers in 31 innings after allowing 21 in 92 frames last year. In Great American Ball Park, luck probably won't be on his side as much as it was in Dodger Stadium on Friday.
Clearly, the overall picture is not an appealing one. The deeper you dive into some of the numbers, the worse it gets. But there are at least some encouraging signs — even if it might take some squinting to see.
Searching for a Silver Lining
Obi-Wan Kenobi isn't walking through that door, but all hope is not lost for Harvey. Some pitchers have needed over a year to fully recover from thoracic outlet syndrome and regain any semblance of their former self. The aforementioned Tyson Ross is a perfect example of this. The former San Diego Padres all-star had the procedure following the 2016 season. Ross returned to a big-league mound with the Texas Rangers last June and posted numbers worse than Harvey's over the last two-and-a-half years.
His big-league career seemingly on life support, Ross re-signed with the Padres on a minor-league deal during the past offseason and made their rotation out of spring training. Ross has proceeded to be their best starter again, just as he was in 2014 and '15. Although Ross' velocity hasn't returned to his pre-surgery levels, his feel for his wicked slider has, fueling a 26.7 K% one year after posting a dismal 15.1 K%. By no means does that indicate Harvey is due for such a rebound, but Ross has shown it's possible to flourish again after a debilitating surgery.
Similar to Ross, Harvey's slider has shown signs of improvement in 2018. The results aren't there in terms of missing bats, but hitters are having far less success against it than they did a year ago, slugging just .179 versus .418 in 2017. That's largely because the pitch is still generating a high groundball rate at 55.0% and a drop in average exit velocity from 86.0 mph to 85.2 mph.
Better control is fueling Harvey's success with the pitch. Unlike last year, he's not missing up in the zone as much (four of his 21 homers allowed came on the slider, second most of any pitch behind the fastball), and he's not missing so far off the plate that it's an easy take for hitters. Here's a look at the slider location in 2017 (left) vs. 2018 so far (right):
Harvey's control in general is also better. His walk rate has fallen from a terrible 10.9% to a much more manageable number at 6.6%, and he's throwing his fastball in the zone 58.3% of the time compared to 55.7% last season. That's not all good, as the pitch is getting blasted by 5 mph more. While the control is better, Harvey still has work to do on his command and keeping the ball out of the middle of the plate.
Fortunately, his fastball velocity has increased over his last two outings, which may help him get by with some of the mistake pitches if (and that's a big if) that trend continues. In his first game with the Reds, he averaged a season-best 94.6 mph and hit a maximum of 96.9, his fastest pitch since June 2, 2017.
There's obviously a lot more bad than good with Harvey over the last two years; the Mets wouldn't have given up on their former ace otherwise. But if the Reds aren't going to give Amir Garrett a shot in the starting rotation — which seems like a fading possibility with each passing day — there's not much harm in seeing if Harvey can build himself back into a decent trade chip by the time July rolls around, or at least until Anthony DeSclafani returns.
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Recap: Reds lose, snap 6-game win streak as Votto exits early with injury
Strengths, Weaknesses, and Scooter Gennett's Future with the Reds | Nick Carrington
Growing up just north of Cincinnati, Matt has been a Reds fan for as long as he can remember. As a kid, he was often found leading the Reds to 162-0 seasons in MVP Baseball 2005 and imitating his favorite players (Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn, Sean Casey, and Austin Kearns) in the backyard. One of his earliest baseball memories is attending the final night game at Cinergy Field. Matt is also a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently lives in the Dayton area. Follow him on Twitter at @_MattWilkes.
Bill 05/15/2018
Harvey has two things going against him. The first is the reputation he has gotten from his extra curricular activities and seemingly poor attitude. This he can overcome and is potentially aided by getting out of New York and going to Cincinnati after the embarrassment of being DFA'd. The second is the track record of pitchers with thoracic outlet syndrome. It is something that was blamed for ruining Chris Carpenter's career, which he probably still blames on Rolen for attacking him. I don't think he ever figured out how to explain that to his son.
Aaron Bradley 05/15/2018
I never heard about Rolen attacking Carpenter, what is the story on that?
He never attacked him, but those were his comments. It was the BP/Molina fight where Cueto kicked Larue in the head.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5462236
"Dusty had something to say, I had something to say, and the next thing you know all hell broke loose," Carpenter said "I come home and try to explain to my son why is Scott Rolen attacking me? Why is everybody pushing you into the net?""
My recollection, for the little it is worth, is that Carpenter was menacing Dusty and Rolen got in front of him, causing Carpenter to (wisely) back down.
Harvey had good stuff vs LA although they were just extremely flat. Lets see how he looks tomorrow night. GABP will be a big test too….how will he react to a cheapie oppo hr?
Yankee Stadium is another bandbox….just ridiculously small. They want to jazz up baseball a little bit? Install trampolines on the warning track then Billy will really make some catches:)
Billy don't need no stinkin' trampolines.
daytonnati 05/15/2018
Agree. There were a couple of shots in Dodger Stadium that would have been out of GABP. So, an almost perfect performance in LA turns into homer run derby in Cincinnati.
Mason Red 05/15/2018
So the whole deal for Harvey was just in hopes he could be traded for more prospects instead of thinking maybe he could actually turn his career around and help this team? Yeah that's the kind of thinking I want in a franchise supposedly trying to win.
Matt Wilkes 05/15/2018
His contract is up at the end of this year and they have other pitchers who could step into the rotation down the road. Why wouldn't they try to trade him if he pitches well?
Keith 05/15/2018
I love this kind of thinking. Let's capitalize on a short-term opportunity and possibly turn it into a long-term gain at relatively low cost and no risk to the team.
They did get Castillo that way! If he has some measured success and likes the Reds then maybe they could work something out? Its really a no-risk proposition the way I see it.
That's our thinking. We're frequently wrong.
Harvey looked pretty good last week vs. LA. His fastball seemed deceptively fast. It looked on TV as though he was throwing as hard as Castillo, but 93 and 94 and a couple of 95's kept popping up on the TV screen radar. He also had some movement with it at times.
It will be interesting to see him pitch each time out and see how it plays out for him. I like having Harvey and Homer back to back in the rotation. I just hope it helps get Homer more focused on his performance. He can't continue on leading MLB pitchers in giving up HR's.
If Bailey can get his act together, this rotation might finally get to where it needs to be when DeSclafani returns soon in 2-3 weeks.
Harvey/Bailey/Castillo/DeSclafani/Mahle might have some promise with a pretty decent bullpen to follow up. Just need a couple of offensive upgrades.
Only one issue. They have atleast 2-3 guys with more talent and a higher ceiling then Bailey. That's what I predicted in March and its finally coming true. Will the Reds pull the plug or just let him stink like the Giants did w/Matt Cain? I wonder if SF had anyone else at the time?
That is a good question. I think Bailey has a long rope. I don't think the Reds have a #6, #7, or a #8 starter at AAA that deserves to start over Bailey at this point. That probably doesn't change when DeSclafani is activated. But that could change by the all-star break. I think the Reds will be doing a lot of re-evaluation over the all-star break. A lot. August and September have to be about setting the tone for 2019, not more sorting.
No doubt though, Bailey needs to get his act together.
Reaganspad 05/15/2018
When DeSclafani is activated, it will be time to send Mahle to AAA for a few weeks to gain the extra year. He is building his innings and another suggested that he might be able to skip a start there to manage his workload.
That all makes sense to me. Then, as Harvey is traded, Mahle finishes the year in the bigs for the duration (and the playoffs) and never sees AAA again.
Nice analysis, Matt. It's a crap shoot. I'd probably hit the bottle a little harder after those injuries too, so that's no big deal. Harvey has about 10 weeks to show that he's possibly on track to regain his former dominance for some team to take a chance on him. Chances are he won't resign with the Reds at the end of the year, so the FO has to work this one at the AS break. It's a small window.


FRESNO, Calif. — Construction of Calfornia's $68 billion high-speed rail project officially starts this week, with a Tuesday groundbreaking ceremony for the first 29-mile segment of the system, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Despite prevailing in a series of court challenges to the project, and winning a federal exemption from state environmental rules, California High-Speed Rail Authority Rail officials haven't yet lined up funds needed to complete the initial system over the next 14 years. Construction is starting two years later than the state had promised, according to the report. For the full story, click here.
Marking significant progress toward modernizing California's transportation infrastructure, the California High-Speed Rail Authority joined hundreds of supporters and government, student, community, transportation, business and labor leaders Tuesday to break ground on the nation's first high-speed rail system.


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IMO, best track together with Fluorescent. That moment at 2:14 sounds so beautiful and classic PSB to me. Unfortuantely, these moments are very rare nowadays.
I find these trancy supersaw synth sounds are something I already didn't like 20 years ago. And when I listen to Vocal I'm afraid Electric will sound similar.
But if you listen to songs like "Winner" I can't help but think he also lost a lot of his hatred over the years. Embarrassing song, IMHO.
A healthy read. Thank you.
Topic: New Dance album - 'Electric'?
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Now THAT'S much more PSB than Elysium. And the best: When my son was born four years ago, Yes was new and soo good and the sun was shining. Now in July my second son will be born and I might have another great PSB album to listen to. I'm excited.
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Topic: The KLF are on Mastermind.
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Years ago I read somewhere it was Kings of the Low Frequencies.
Topic: Year 3 after "Yes": Yea or Nay?
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Topic: Which ONE song should be used to promote Format?
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For me it should have been Delusions of Grandeur as well. It's SO Pet Shop Boys. Something with more attention to sound design instead of just triggering 909 drum sounds would have been great in the new version.
drunk14 wrote: Germans tend to make records in a very rough/mechanical way. It's doesn't suit PSB.
Uhm,... yeah. Harold Faltermayer totally f****d up Behaviour.


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The Electronics Module of ValuPay enables the user to circumvent traditional printed checks and make payments electronically as well as deliver remittance information either electronically (e-mail) or by paper. One such application of this is payroll. A company can execute payroll via direct deposit and employees will receive an e-mail immediately notifying them of this transaction or a printed remittance form. Also, suppliers can be paid electronically, and the transaction data can be provided through financial EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) transmission.
ValuPay is a scalable product. It can be installed as a simple stand-alone system on one computer or it can be installed as a client server application with multiple clients to be used in a LAN/WAN environment. ValuPay can be used with Interbase, SQL, or Oracle databases depending upon the volume of payments made by the user.
ValuPay is currently being used to produce check payments in over 24 languages/dialects using local currencies and meeting all local banking specifications.


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Q: Why doesn't CMake find Boost? i try to use Boost unit test framework to test my static library but CMake cannot find Boost in spite of BOOST_ROOT, CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH, CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH are set before call to find_package. Actually i've tried a lot of options based on the answers to similar question but still without any success.
cmake version:3.6.1
boost version:1.60.0
Here is link to my project on GitHub
And here is log output from TravisCI
CMakeLists.txt:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION ${cmake_version})

project(${LibName}_test)

set(Boost_DEBUG ON)
set(Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG ON)

set(BOOST_ROOT $ENV{BOOST_ROOT})
message(STATUS "BOOST_ROOT >> ${BOOST_ROOT}")

set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR $ENV{BOOST_ROOT}/lib)
set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR $ENV{BOOST_ROOT}/include)

enable_testing()

set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS       OFF)
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED     ON)

SET(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} "$ENV{BOOST_ROOT}/include")
SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH} "$ENV{BOOST_ROOT}/lib")

find_package(Boost 1.60.0 EXACT REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework)

#if(Boost_FOUND)
    include_directories("${LIB_HEADERS}")

    add_executable(test_executable
                                main.cpp
                                SomeClass_test.cpp
                                )

    target_include_directories(test_executable PRIVATE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})

    target_link_libraries(test_executable
                                        #${Boost_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIBRARY}
                                        Boost::unit_test_framework
                                        ${LibName}
                                        )

    add_test(NAME test1 COMMAND test_executable)
#else()
#   message(STATUS "No Boost library were found!")
#endif()

main.cpp:
#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

#include <iostream>

// initialization function:
bool init_unit_test()
{
    return true;
}

// entry point:
int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
    // insert code here...

    std::cout << "Boost version: "
    << BOOST_VERSION / 100000     << "."  // major version
    << BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000 << "."  // minor version
    << BOOST_VERSION % 100                // patch level
    << std::endl;

    return boost::unit_test::unit_test_main( &init_unit_test, argc, argv );
}

SomeClass_test.cpp:
#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

#include "config.h"
#include "Rectangle.h"
#include "SomeClass_test.hpp"

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(int_test)
{
    int i = 2;
    BOOST_TEST(i);
    BOOST_TEST(i == 2);

}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(area_test)
{
    Rectangle rect;
    rect.set_values(2, 3);
    BOOST_TEST(6 == rect.area());
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(config_test)
{
    auto major = SimpleNet::Version::Major;
    BOOST_TEST(0 == major);
}


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    console.log('child process exited with code ' + code);
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Lematte et Boinot est un laboratoire pharmaceutique français ayant exercé son activité de 1910 à 1977 avant d'être racheté puis intégré au groupe Astra-Zeneca.

Historique
Le laboratoire été créé en 1910 par M. Chevretin, pharmacien au 24 rue Caumartin à Paris. Sa première spécialité étant un médicament anti-asthénique le Biocalcose.

Avec l'arrivée d'un associé, Louis Lematte, le laboratoire prendra le nom de Chevretin-Lematte après la Première Guerre mondiale.

Après la disparition de M. Chevretin au début des années 1920, le laboratoire sera dirigé par un nouvel associé, Georges Boinot et prendra le nom définitif de Lematte et Boinot.

Au début des années 1930, le laboratoire s'installe au 52 de la rue Labruyère à Paris. Les ateliers de fabrication sont alors situés rue Henner.

En 1930, Henri Besson, rejoindra le laboratoire en tant que coactionnaire avec Georges Boinot et le codirigera jusqu'à sa mort en 1967.

En 1956, le laboratoire fait l'acquisition d'une usine à Amilly près de Montargis dans le Loiret.

Le gendre d'Henri Besson, Jacques Théry, devient directeur général du laboratoire au début des années 1960. En 1967, il engage la vente du laboratoire  au groupe suédois Astra devenu depuis Astra-Zeneca. Lematte et Boinot devient donc, à partir de 1967, la base française du laboratoire Astra et sera présidé par Jacques Théry jusqu'en 1973.

En 1977, le laboratoire est définitivement intégré au groupe et prend le nom d'Astra France.

Spécialités
Le laboratoire Lematte et Boinot a développé des années 1930 aux années 1960 de nombreux médicaments dont beaucoup dérivés de l'acécolyne pour le traitement des ramollissements cérébraux, des ictus, de l'artérite et de l'hypertension. Citons parmi eux, les produits suivants : Hypotan, Nicyl, Papavérine, Nicobion ou Pressyl. Notons également un médicament utilisé dans la régulation de l'activité hépato-biliaire, l'Héparexine.

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Alexandre Blondeau, Histoire des laboratoires pharmaceutiques en France, Volume III, chapitre 3, Le Cherche Midi éditeur, 1998

Laboratoire
Entreprise pharmaceutique ayant son siège en France
Entreprise fondée en 1910
Entreprise disparue en 1977
Amilly (Loiret)

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Eurosia (or Orosia) is the patron saint of Jaca, a city in the province of Huesca of northeastern Spain, in the Pyrenees, the center of her cult. In Spain, the "Fiesta de Santa Orosia" is celebrated on 25 June. Tradition states that she was born in Bayonne (or perhaps Bohemia) and died in 714, martyred by the Moors at Jaca.

Her legend states that she was of noble birth and promised to a Moor in an arranged marriage. Eurosia escaped and hid in a cave. Unfortunately, the smoke from her fire led to her capture. She was dragged from the cave by her hair and martyred.

Eurosia as Bohemian princess
According to an alternate tradition, she was born Dobroslava into the ducal family of Bohemia in 864. When orphaned, Dobroslava was adopted by the succeeding duke, Borivoj I. Borivoj's wife was Saint Ludmila, who converted her adoptive daughter to the Christian faith. Dobroslava became Eurosia ("eloquent") – the Greek translation of her Slavic name.

Borivoj was deposed by pagans, but restored thanks to the efforts of Saint Methodius. In 880, Methodius was ordered by Pope John VIII to find a worthy spouse for the son of the king of Pamplona, Prince Fortún; this son was heir to the throne of Aragon and Navarre, and would be a critical player in the fight against the Moors in Spain.

Eurosia, now sixteen years old, was considered a good candidate, and was brought to Spain in 880. As she crossed the Pyrenees, she planned to meet her future spouse at Jaca. However, this area had become a war zone. A Moorish captain named Aben Lupo planned to wed Eurosia for himself and attacked the Bohemian party. However, thanks to the bravery of Eurosia's escort, the young bride-to-be managed to escape through the mountains. She was pursued and eventually caught. Eurosia invoked the heavens and a lightning bolt hit the ground near her captors. Nevertheless, her limbs were amputated and she was beheaded. After she was beheaded, a storm came, terrorizing her tormentors.

Veneration
A shepherd of Yebra de Basa is said to have discovered her relics in the 11th century thanks to an apparition of the Virgin Mary that identified their resting place. Her head remained at the original simple shrine, while Sancho Ramírez, recognizing the importance of Eurosia's relics, brought her body to Jaca, which he had designated his capital of his kingdom of Aragon. Drawing pilgrims to his city, he shifted the traditional route of the Way of St. James, which had followed the Roman military route of the Puerto del Palo by the Monastery of San Pedro de Siresa to Berdún. He established a route through Somport and Jaca, to bring traffic through his city, reinforced by publicized miracles at the urban shrine that was now on the direct route of the Camino de Santiago.

There is a chapel dedicated to her in La Seo Cathedral, Zaragoza.

Her cult spread throughout Béarn and northern Italy thanks to the subsequent campaigns of the Spanish realm in those regions.

It is unclear when Eurosia became patroness of the demonically possessed. Until 1947, when the Bishop of Jaca prohibited the practice, those who were afflicted with possession were brought together in a procession and followed an urn carrying her relics.

References

External links

Saints of June 25: Eurosia (Orosia)
Saint Eurosia
 Sant' Eurosia di Jaca
 Elena Gusano Galindo, "Santa Orosia, Patrona de los Endemoniados"

8th-century Christian saints
8th-century Christian martyrs
Czech Roman Catholic saints
Women of medieval Bohemia
People from Jaca
Medieval Spanish saints
Year of birth unknown
Female saints of medieval Spain
9th-century people from the Kingdom of Pamplona
Female saints of medieval Bohemia


Although Samsung launched many new product in 2014, but the market does not seem to have the desired performance, including the sales and profit have slumped in the past. So in order to boost the slowing sales of Samsung, Samsung will release the next generation of flagship model Galaxy S6 earlier than the expected. Samsung Galaxy S6 will be the most likely appeared in the first quarter of 2015 according to the analysis. after the Samsung Galaxy S5 launch on February 24, the next generation of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S6 may released ahead of the time. It will expected in January 6 to 9, 2015 at the consumer electronics show debut in the United States CES.
As a pure Samsung loyal fans, You may be ready to replace a new Samsung galaxy S6 at Samsung approaching occasion, then congratulations to you, so if you have a new Samsung galaxy S6, As always, you may encounter Samsung galaxy S6 data loss situation, generally many reasons for this situation, For example, there may be a user of the new mobile phone don't know more about the operating system, there also may be a wrong Click, water damaged, broken Samsung, virus attacked. All of these are likely to make you lose Samsung Galaxy S6 contacts, messages, videos, photos, Whatsapp history and other data inside. But how to recover deleted or lost data from Samsung Galaxy S6?
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Manchester University puts Palestinian solidarity statement back in gallery
20 août 2021 | Damien Gayle pour The Guardian |
The University of Manchester has reversed a decision to remove a statement of solidarity with Palestine's "liberation struggle" from an exhibition of works by a human rights investigations agency.
Alistair Hudson, the director of the university's Whitworth gallery, said it was important for Forensic Architecture's Cloud Studies exhibition "to remain open in full". UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) responded by saying it was "considering all options".
A senior university official had previously written to Jewish groups to tell them the exhibition's opening statement, criticised as "factually incorrect and dangerously one-sided", had been removed.
Hudson said instead that the Whitworth would provide a space for alternative responses to contextualise the issues raised by Cloud Studies. "It will be displayed prominently in the gallery," he said.
He added : "The university, as a non-political organisation, has tried to balance extremely complex issues raised by the exhibition, but we believe that the worst outcome for all parties concerned would have been to close this exhibition for an extended period of time."
The university's climbdown comes after Forensic Architecture responded to the decision to remove the statement by pulling Cloud Studies "with immediate effect" on Sunday. That day, the gallery tweeted that the exhibition was closed due to "unforeseen circumstances", and it was not due to open on Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday, pro-Palestinian groups staged protests. Manchester Palestine Action said the university had "suppressed the truth about Israel's war crimes" as its supporters rallied at the Whitworth. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign said it had coordinated 13,000 letters to the university through its online platform.
The impact of war in Palestine was just one of a number of human rights issues examined by Cloud Studies. But a statement pinned to the exhibit's entrance had specifically denounced Israel's military operations in Gaza and its "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians.
It said the Palestinian "liberation struggle" was "inseparable from other global struggles", and particularly the struggle for Black liberation.
In a letter to the University of Manchester last month, UKLFI had said the statement was full of inaccuracies, and that it "seems designed to provoke racial discord" by trying to "falsely equate Israelis with white supremacists".
The group asked what regard was paid to "the impact of the inflammatory language and representations" in the exhibition on Manchester's Jewish communities, and warned that the university could be in breach of its public-sector equality duty "to foster good relations between different communities".
Prof Nalin Thakkar, the university's vice-president for social responsibility, wrote back to say he understood the concerns around the statement, adding : "We consider it appropriate for it to be removed, which we have now done."
After the reinstatement, Eyal Weizman, the director of Forensic Architecture, said he had made clear to the university that the equality duty had to include Palestinians.
"The equality duty extends to all communities," Weizman said. "The effect of the removal of the statement that we have seen on both the Palestinians in Manchester and pro-Palestinian groups is huge, precisely because they were left out of the conversation."


This is perhaps the area where these two differ most. The thinness and light weight of the new iPad are what earned it the name "Air"; it measures just 7.5mm thick, making it almost 2mm thinner than the iPad 4. It weighs in at 478g, a whole 184g lighter than iPad 4. Its area is also smaller (240 x 169.5mm as opposed to 241.2 x 185.7mm of the earlier version). Both tablets are housed in an ultra-light aluminum casing though the colors are different; the iPad Air arrives with either a black face and gray back panel or white face and silver back panel as opposed to a silver back and white or black face of iPad 4. Apple has retained the 9.7 inch display of the previous model so the bezel has been reduced in order to compensate for the more compact design of the iPad Air.
The iPad Air has a 64-bit 1.4 GHz dual core A7 processor running the show, which is an upgrade over its predecessor's 32-bit 1.4 GHz dual core A6X processor. An M7 co-processor has also been introduced in the new version to reduce the main chip's workload. Both have a 1 GB RAM. The front and back cameras are similar in both units in terms of pixels, but the lenses of the iPad Air are smaller. The Air's battery is understandably smaller the iPad 4's but still supports 10 hours of video and gaming. The storage hasn't changed, coming with 16, 32, 64, and 128 GB options.
While the 4th generation iPad ran on iOS 6, the iPad Air runs on the more efficient iOS 7. iOS 7 is more powerful than iOS 6 with games and applications opening and running faster and more steadily. While the iPad 4 is upgradable to iOS 7, the Air isn't capable of using iOS 6.
The iPad 4 was itself quite a formidable device and improving on it was a tough task. However Apple managed to do just that with the iPad Air. The design of the new tablet is undeniably the most important alteration that Apple made and it has proved quite popular with tech lovers. The tweaks in hardware and the operating systems also combine to give the iPad Air a slight edge in terms of performance over the iPad 4.


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supporting the status quo which in most cases perpetuated poverty.
The Director of the LWF Department for Mission and Development (DMD), Rev.
that are dictated from outside that may not be relevant to them.
author of a number of books, said.
of the people living in poverty."
solutions from the people and supported by them".
how it collaborates with the government in various ways to fight poverty.
Giving an overview of the myths ad realities of poverty earlier on, Dr.
activities is essential to the success of anti-poverty efforts."
institutions, good governance and ensuring public accountability."


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						--target MiniZ
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New QBE CEO could pocket around $9 million a year
by Terry Gangcuangco 13 Sep 2017
More stories about QBE
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New QBE CEO could pocket around $9 million a year | Insurance Business
It looks like everything turned out fine for Pat Regan, who is now the incoming chief executive of Australian firm QBE Insurance. In 2014 he left Aviva in London – about a year after failing to move up from chief financial officer to the role of CEO, according to The Telegraph.
Regan then moved to QBE in Sydney, starting out as CFO. As reported yesterday, he is replacing John Neal as group chief executive on January 01, 2018. Currently he is the CEO of the Australian and New Zealand operations – a position he has held since August 2016.
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Now we're telling you how much he will likely get in terms of salary and incentives as the insurer's big boss. A report by the Herald Sun said Regan stands to receive AU$9 million a year – with base pay of AU$2 million plus potential 350% earnings in the form of short and long-term incentive payments.
However, the report noted that many of the perks will be granted as shares with a vesting period of four years.
What remains to be seen is the reaction of the Australian Shareholders' Association to the pay package. Last year, according to the report, the trade body described QBE's remuneration as excessively generous.
QBE announces CEO departure
QBE boss discusses future
Aon graduate program "not for the faint-hearted"
Feedback shows initiative is a success – albeit challenging
The key risks posing a threat to re/insurers, according to Swiss Re
Yet, for most of these obstacles, there is also a business opportunity, says expert
APRA responds to Capability Review report
The prudential regulator supports all 19 recommendations
What are the key developments in the insurtech space?
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How to Write a Small Business Mission Statement
At Kuvio, we have recently been having more conversations about what we do, what our goals are, and how we communicate them. We found these topics were becoming a common thread throughout a lot of our internal meetings. A few of us got to discussing that we did not have a formal company vision or mission statement. Generally, we are all thinking along the same lines, but we wanted to solidify it.
Then the Kuvio mission, vision, and values workshop was born!
Our team recently spent two hours together participating in several exercises to create a mission statement, vision statement, and set of core values. We wanted to do this for several reasons. Internally, we want our team to be untied and know what we are working toward. We also want to be able to concisely explain to our clients what we are about. These statements can also be used to drive future decision making.
We decided to invite our entire team of 20 to the workshop and had just over 75% participation. We chose to run the workshop this way because we want these statements to serve as a unifying guide. So we wanted to create statements that everyone is engaged by and so that we are all working toward a mission we believe in. Additionally, we will be able to unify our external messaging. Finally, we hold the belief that diverse perspectives generate the best ideas, and inviting everyone to participate allowed this to happen.
If you have a larger organization, you may need to narrow down your participants. One way to do this is by forming a volunteer committee that wants to participate. Something to keep in mind is the departments the participants come from to ensure all aspects of the organization are represented.
We held our workshop over Zoom so we could use the breakout room feature and then continued the conversation in Slack during the statement editing process.
Together the team completed four exercises. Each built on the last to generate ideas leading us to our desired finished products. I will describe each activity here, and you can also download the full slide deck template we used during the workshop below.
1. The first activity was focused around getting everyone on the same page about what a mission statement is and should do. We asked every team member to bring an example of a mission statement that they either love or hate and share why. We also had some of our own examples to share to kick the discussion off. As a full group, we discussed the following four questions:
What is a mission statement?
Do you think a mission statement is important? Why?
What makes a good mission statement?
What makes a bad mission statement?
2. Next, we did our first activity in break out groups; we created four groups of four people. Each group had access to a Brand Deck, which is a comprehensive list of company values. The groups were then asked to sort the values into four categories: What We Are, What We Are Not, Unsure, and N/A. To do this virtually, we created interactive boards in Trello where the groups could sort the cards. We asked each group to narrow and prioritize their What We Are lists until they had 5–7 core values. Then we all came back to the large group and discussed each list, identifying commonalities and differences.
3. Our next exercise focused on vision statements. We first shared a few vision statement examples and discussed the difference between a mission statement and a vision statement. Then we sent teams back to the breakout groups to answer the question, "If our success could be guaranteed, what would be the end result of our efforts?" Each group generated 1–3 answers to that question, and then we regrouped as a whole team for a discussion.
4. Finally, we asked each participant to take time to write 1–2 insight statements that would serve as a base for our mission statement. We provided a sample format for the statements: We will (action) for (what clients do we serve) so that (result of action). After everyone had the chance to work on their statements independently, we left time for the team members to share and discuss. After the exercises were complete, we left time for any other questions or comments. Then we closed out for the day. The two workshop leaders took a few days to review all of the content that had been created and generated a draft mission statement, vision statement, and set of values.
This draft was posted in our team Slack channel, and we opened up a discussion for edits and feedback. After some changes, we landed on a final document. We now have a mission statement, vision statement, and core values list that will be used on our website and in our company handbook, proposals, and marketing materials. We plan to reevaluate the statements every few years to ensure that they still ring true to what we are doing.
Overall, we got great feedback from across the team from this workshop, not just because of the finished products but also because it gave the team a great opportunity to connect and discuss our goals. We all left feeling unified and excited about the future!
If you have any questions about implementing this type of workshop at your company, please contact us! And remember to download our free workshop template here!
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