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Q: Compiling using VS tools and Tup build-system I am trying to compile an interpreter for the J programming language called "unbox" which can be found at: https://github.com/iocane/unbox
It uses the tup build-system and the github instructions specify to use the tup command from the Visual Studio tools prompt. I downloaded Visual Studio 2015 Community but it doesn't come with the exact prompt mentioned in the instructions so I used the VS2015 x86 x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt. After installing tup and adding it to my path, I navigated to the directory where I cloned "unbox" and typed tup.
However, this is where the problems start, after typing tup I get the following:
*   1) CC src/libj\a.c
a.c
 *** tup errors ***
tup error: File 'C:\Users\I\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0\SQM\VCToolsTelemetry.dat' was written to, but is not in .tup/db. You probably should specify it as an output
 *** Command ID=663 ran successfully, but tup failed to save the dependencies.
*   2) CC src/libj\af.c
af.c
 *** tup errors ***
tup error: File 'C:\Users\I\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0\SQM\VCToolsTelemetry.dat' was written to, but is not in .tup/db. You probably should specify it as an output
 *** Command ID=667 ran successfully, but tup failed to save the dependencies.
*   3) CC src/libj\ai.c
ai.c
 *** tup errors ***
tup error: File 'C:\Users\I\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0\SQM\VCToolsTelemetry.dat' was written to, but is not in .tup/db. You probably should specify it as an output
 *** Command ID=669 ran successfully, but tup failed to save the dependencies.
*   4) CC src/libj\ab.c
ab.c
 *** tup errors ***
tup error: File 'C:\Users\I\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0\SQM\VCToolsTelemetry.dat' was written to, but is not in .tup/db. You probably should specify it as an output
 *** Command ID=665 ran successfully, but tup failed to save the dependencies.
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 *** tup: 4 jobs failed.

As you can see, the file VCToolsTelemetry.dat was not specified in tup's database.
Does anybody know a way to prevent Visual Studio from using VSToolsTelemetry.dat at all? Or should I contact the unbox developer and have him add that file to the db?
Any help is much appreciated.

A: The solution was given by Christian Fillion in this comment.

This Microsoft page explains what that file is for and how to prevent Visual Studio tools from writing to it:

By default, the Visual Studio installation enables customer feedback. You can configure Visual Studio to disable customer feedback on individual computers by changing the value of the following registry key to string "0".

The key referred to is OptIn. According to that page, it is located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SQM, although it could also be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\VSCommon\14.0\SQM (this was the case in my Windows 10 laptop).

(The Microsoft page also says it should be a string, but in my case it's a DWORD and it works fine.)

Or should I contact the unbox developer and have him add that file to the db?

What's happening is that Tup, a file-based build system, requires that all outputs of a command be specified, but this file is not, and so Tup complains when it detects that it's written to. For Tup, there is no difference between creating and writing to a file — in both cases, it's an 'output'. Thus, Tup doesn't handle situations in which several commands write to the same file. This often causes problems with caches, which are designed to be written to incrementally. If I recall correctly, Tup has a workaround implemented whereby it ignores output files whose path comprises any component with a leading period. In Linux environments, a directory whose name starts with a leading period is considered 'hidden', unlike in Windows, where this feature is implemented with a file-system attribute. This workaround thus generally fails with Windows native tools, which don't rely on such naming convention. A more flexible solution on Tup's side would be a way of telling Tup to ignore certain outputs, either in a system or user basis or from within Tupfiles.
It wouldn't be possible to list this file as an output because it would become an output of all invocations of CL.EXE (and possibly other Visual Studio tools), and this doesn't make sense per Tup's design. There's definitely no intention to make room in it for files which are read from and written to by the same command, since it's impossible to automate such scenario. Even if this file was only written to, I think there are no intentions to support incrementally-written outputs.
Since the project seems to be committed to some platforms and provides build instructions for them, it seems reasonable to point out the issue and the solution to them so they can include it in the instructions.

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Aberdeen have taken the step of calling Hull City to warn the Tigers not to bother tabling a fourth bid for defender Scott McKenna.
Just hours before the City target was lighting up Pittodrie with a 40-yadr screamer in a victory over Kilmarnock, the Dons were on the phone to City to inform them a fresh bid for McKenna would be a waste of time.
Aberdeen have made their intentions clear from the start with regards any offers for McKenna, with manager Derek McInnes having come out in the press on a number of occasions to say the Scotland Under-21 international would not be sold this January.
McInnes says he understands why City are targeting the player and suggests a public pursuit works in City's favour as it 'shows fans they're trying to make signings,' but is nothing more than a fruitless pursuit and waste of time for everyone.
"We spoke to Hull on Friday night just to reinforce things so the message was we don't want any other offers. There's no point in anyone offering anything," said McInnes.
"I understand why they would and every club has their reasons to show fans they're trying to make signings but he'll be our player when the window closes.
"The phone is off the hook regarding him for the next few days."
City are not currently alone in their admiration for McKenna, with Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce also reportedly considering an offer before the transfer window closes.
However, Aberdeen remain steadfast in their stance regarding the defender, insisting he won't depart the club.
The Tigers failed with two approaches earlier this month and then returned with a fresh bid in mid-week after City head coach Nigel Adkins had watched the player in action against Rangers.
An initial offer in the region of £300,000 was rebuffed by Aberdeen before a second bid, restructured with greater add-ons, was also knocked back by the Dons, who took little time throwing out a third bid this week.


The San Francisco Chronicle consistently ranks San Rafael as one of the best places to live in the Bay Area. Halfway between the city of San Francisco and the pastoral beauty of the wine country, San Rafael is a world unto itself.
San Rafael is the largest city in Marin and it brings a worldly twist to Marin's outdoorsy charm. Its central downtown section offers a diverse selection of shops and restaurants, featuring an international spectrum of tastes.
Its lovingly restored Rafael Theater is simultaneously an architectural treasure and a center for the latest in films from all over the world. The County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and has been a movie set and a constant tourist attraction.
With fire roads and trails snaking through its surrounding rolling hillsides, San Rafael has enough variety to satisfy the most insatiable appetite for the outdoors. A wide variety of terrain provides the perfect setting for all sorts of adventures. And all this a mere 19 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.


Today's judgement served two purpose.
1. It shows our judiciary (at least the Supreme Court) is independent of the Executive.
2. It will finally confirm Raila's fifth presidential loss.
1997, 2007, 2013, 2017 twice.
I always felt 4 was an 'odd' number to retire at.
One thing Maraga made clear was their judgement was guided by the fact that an election is a 'process' not an event.
In other words, they did not see any problem with the numbers in results, but felt that some aspects were ignored or not free or fair.
Actually, this has been Nasa's argument all along. No one doubted the numbers on the Form 34As and Bs. They just cited lack of watermarks or signatures.
In 2 months, Uhuru's win will be confirmed again. Of course Raila will cry foul again, but I don't think he can go to the Supreme Court after that.
In conclusion, Raila, whether he means well for the country or just fights for his own power, has given us a big leap in democracy.
But he will never be the beneficiary of this. Not in the way he would want anyway.
This is a win for Kenya and not for Raila. IEBC should take Kenyans seriously. Why did they spend all those billions just to conduct a sham election? If everything was above board, the Court would not have ruled in favour of a repeat of the election.
A few weeks ago you were saying Meru is Nasa, Half of Rift Valley is Nasa.. How did that turn out?
A few weeks ago you were saying IEBC 'MsSQL' database was hacked. Even providing a 50 page log file.
A few weeks ago you were saying Raila is ahead in the server. Orengo swept that under the carpet after the server was opened.
Supreme Court activism will in no way change the numerical reality on the ground.
I disagree with the reasons thus far given by the Supreme Court. That because of some technicalities in the process, like missing signatures or not well visible watermarks, the entire process be repeated.
They clearly did not follow the letter of the law, which only requires signatures on the forms and doesn't talk of transmission. But as they said, election is a process not an event.
But I think its a good political decision. As you might have noticed, the secession messages have stopped. If Uhuru's re-election was upheld, a dangerously high number of Kenyans would still have believed Raila's victory was stolen. (Even though political party performance throughout the country show otherwise).
Now, in 2 months, I believe Uhuru will win again by a greater margin. But Raila will still cry foul. The difference is at that point, only the most brainwashed will believe him.
Is Uhuru president - Tick.
From the submissions made by Pheroze Nowrejee, my opinion is that the conduct of the elections was not transparent. IEBC messed this one up. If they had been faithful to the law, this petition would not have been nullified. I'm actually surprised that there were two dissenting opinions. Whoever sabotaged IEBC should be brought to book; a big part of the 44 billion has gone to waste. We are not that rich as a country.
Dealing with over 50,000 officials and you expect things to run smoothly all through?
Such a huge judgement, in my opinion, should have been guided by the bigger picture. Aside from the technicalities, did Nasa manage to show any widespread alteration of results, even at the polling station level? The judges should have compelled them to release the forms they got from their agents, which they should have in the first place.
If polling station A shows Raila got 500, but IEBC announced 100, Orengo could not have hesitated to produce these forms. But the 5 or so they produced were insignificant in the big pool of over 40,000 stations.
And you can't tell me they didn't have agents at all stations.
Nothing prevented the judges from then issuing new guidelines to tighten up the process for future elections.
Even Moses led the Israelites from Egypt. He even saw Canan. But he never stepped into Canan.... Canan haoni!
If you get time, please look at the submissions by Otiende Amollo and Nowrejee on the issue of form 34 As. In my opinion, they shifted the burden of proving that the elections were not credible from Raila to the IEBC.IEBC did not even bother to prove that and even if they did it, their conduct showed that there was no transparency. On the day of announcing the results, IEBC did not have all the forms, they supplied Raila with about 30,000 forms and said that they did not have about 10,000 forms. Later, on 14th they said they still did not have the remaining 10,000 forms. Pheroze also castigated IEBC for releasing the ORIGINAL forms to Raila, under law they should not have done that. Under the law they shoWhich raised the question, did IEBC verify the results?
Hakuna shida. Keep betraying the lake god, lying to him everyday that he has votes.
Just ignore that fellow. I don't see anything wrong supporting your tribes-mate, even if the sole reason is that he is your tribes-mate.


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Q: How to do stress test with Jmeter step by step I want to stress test a website. Main aim is to find performance degrading point, in terms of number concurrent users and number of hits/sec (RPS).
I have used ultimate thread group and set the number users to 200 with ramp up of 200 seconds.
I have added the throughput shaping timer to ultimate thread group and set the number of request per second to 8. (If I have only one sampler hits per second is well controlled and it was 8 hits/sec. If I have more than one sampler hits were not controlled and they even reached 20, 25,40 etc.. I ended up using constant throughput timer)
Let's go back to stress testing. to find the performance degrading point, in terms of number of concurrent users and hits per second, how should I simulate the load. Eg: my website's expected degradation point is 300 users at 12 requests per second, at avg response time of the site is 800ms. But it could support more users may be 500 users and may be 15 RPS.
What if I want to add some delay between each sample, where should I be adding timers? to the thread group or to the samplers?
Thanks.

A: Timers have their scope. From the Timers documentation:

Note that timers are processed before each sampler in the scope in which they are found; if there are several timers in the same scope, all the timers will be processed before each sampler.
  Timers are only processed in conjunction with a sampler. A timer which is not in the same scope as a sampler will not be processed at all.
  To apply a timer to a single sampler, add the timer as a child element of the sampler. The timer will be applied before the sampler is executed. To apply a timer after a sampler, either add it to the next sampler, or add it as the child of a Test Action Sampler.

So:

*

*if you want to delay a single request - put timer of your choice as a child of that request.

*if you're aiming to delay all requests - put the timer at the same level as requests go

*if you want to delay certain part of requests - move them under i.e. a Simple Controller
The similar situation is highlighted in How to Use JMeter Assertions in 3 Easy Steps guide:

The only difference is that timers are being processed BEFORE sampler and assertions are executed AFTER.


Edinburgh is the best city in Britain for a Christmas break. Scotland's Capital is stunningly beautiful for the rest of the year too but at Christmas, it becomes a truly magical experience, the heart of Edinburgh's winter festival and here's why.
Christmas lunch and dinner, festive shopping, winter family fun and lots of other activities take place in a sparkling Edinburgh city centre. Hardly any other city in the world has the ability to bring excellent shopping and the magic of Christmas so close together, and at the centre of such a beautiful city, as well.
Events and festive Christmas celebrations take place throughout the city from Princes Street itself with the Gardens, the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle in the Old Town to George Street in the New Town.
The winter festival in Edinburgh lasts for more than a month, starting with the Christmas Lights Switch On Thursday, November 26th 2009, followed by Christmas time in fairytale-like Edinburgh, and finally, finishing off with the Hogmanay (New Year's) 4-day long celebrations.
There's no doubt that the best thing about Christmas in Edinburgh is the Winter Wonderland, a mix of fairground rides, Ferris Wheel, outdoor ice rink, hot food stands, Christmas fair and a traditional German Christmas market. These are all open for visitors for nearly 4 weeks.
Other Christmas events include the Santa Run, Edinburgh's attempt at breaking the record for the largest gathering of Santas, the Reindeer Gardens in West Princes Street Gardens and carol concerts throughout Scotland's Capital.


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Not the Perfect Student
Following the death of her parents, in a car crash, Amber Halligan (Kennedy Tucker) has gone to live with her Aunt Kelly (Jessica Morris - The Wrong Roommate) who has relocated from New York to California where she runs her own digital media company with the help of Gibson (Vivica A. Fox - The Wrong Crush). With Amber a keen soccer player Kelly heads to watch her at try-outs which is where she meets the handsome Dominic (Jason-Shane Scott - Deadly Exchange), a former professional soccer player who after suffering an injury is now the school soccer coach. The thing is that whilst Dominic and Kelly hit it off and start dating Dominic has a teenage crush to deal with as eighteen year-old Maddie (Evanne Friedmann) is obsessed with him and is not happy when she discovers that he has started dating Kelly.
It seems that when it comes to Lifetime movies they have done using "The Perfect ..." in their titles and have moved up to the alphabet and now use "The Wrong ..." to prefix their movie titles. The thing is that whilst the titles have changed the storylines haven't and as such with "The Wrong Student" we once again have an obsessed teenager who has dangerously strong feelings for a teacher and will do anything to protect him whilst protecting what she thinks she has with him. What that means is when we watch Maddie observing the head of sports at the school having a go at her beloved Dominic you can bet she has some evil scheme coming together in her unhinged mind to get rid of her.
What this means is that with Kelly ending up getting close to Dominic you can bet some thing is going to go down, the question is what? Well I won't tell you what happens in "The Wrong Student" but as we have Kelly being guardian to her niece you can bet some how the niece is going to end up in danger. I could go on but "The Wrong Student" is nothing more than your typical Lifetime movie with an emotionally unstable student infatuated with a teacher and capable of murder to try and make her fantasy reality. The only difference is that whilst some of the stars have been in other "The Wrong ..." movies they are a younger generation for a newer audience of Lifetime movie fans who might have not watched all those "The Perfect ..." movies.
What this all boils down to is that "The Wrong Student" is simply your stereotypical Lifetime movie with a storyline which feels like it has been done before but here done with a newer cast to appeal to a newer, younger audience. In truth it isn't bad but it fails to stand out from the crowd in any way and like so many of these movies it is forgettable.
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Теодор Аксентович  (, , 13 мая 1859 г., Брашов, Румыния — 26 августа 1938 г., Краков, Польша) — польский художник армянского происхождения, портретист.

Биография
С 1879—1882 гг. Теодор Аксентович обучался в Мюнхенской академии изящных искусств. С 1882—1895 гг. обучался в Париже. После окончания обучения работал художником-иллюстратором, предпринимая многочисленные поездки в Лондон и Рим, где писал портреты. В 1895 году переехал в Краков, где стал профессором в художественной школе изящных искусств, проработав до 1934 года.

В 1897 году Теодор Аксентович основал художественную школу для женщин. Кроме этого, он был одним из основателей польского художественного общества «Sztuka», которое занималось организацией выставок, и членом Венского сецессиона. В 1910 году Теодор Аксентович стал ректором краковской академии искусств.

Теодор Аксентович умер 26 августа 1938 года и был похоронен на Раковицком кладбище в Кракове.

Творчество
Теодор Аксентович был известен как портретист. Особенное внимание в своих работах он уделял сценам этнографической жизни гуцулов и польских армян («Крещение Армении», «Армяне в Польше»). Художник был автором витражей для армянского кафедрального собора во Львове.

Примечания

Литература
 Stefania Krzysztofowicz-Kozakowska, Franciszek Stolot: Historia malarstwa polskiego, Kraków 2000, ISBN 9788388080449
 Українська радянська енциклопедія / ред. М. Бажан; 2-е видання. — К., 1974—1985.
  Axentowicz Theodor, Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815—1950 (ÖBL). т. 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1957, стр. 38

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The Journal of East African Natural History
Posted on October 11, 2017 by the EANHS
The first issue of "The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society" was published in January 1910. It Contained papers on birds, butterflies, plants, fish, elephants, snakes and the Kariandusi deposits. For the next 105 years the Journal, under various titles and different layouts, continued to be published and distributed as a hard-copy journal containing an ever changing, eclectic mix of papers on the biodiversity of the eastern African region.
However, the times are changing, and the publishing world in particular has gone through a drastic reorganisation. Few of us still go to a library to browse through rows and rows of dusty books and journals to find information of interest. Instead, we google and download the papers we are looking for, all done and dusted within a couple of seconds. For a long time, we continued printing the Journal as an exchange resource to stock the joint library of the East Africa Natural History Society and the National Museums of Kenya. However, with many support systems in place to provide scientific information free of charge in those countries that are unable to afford subscriptions to content gatherers, and with Open Access publishing gaining in popularity, the need to exchange hard copy for hard copy has fallen away. Furthermore, the increasing costs associated with printing and postage of the Journal have become a serious burden for a small society such as ours.
Thus, like so many other journals, the management of the Journal of East African Natural History has decided to stop printing hard copies, and from now on to distribute the Journal as an electronic publication only. We will continue our partnership with BioOne, which hosts all issues produced since 1994.
The older issues are Open Access, whereas the more recent ones can only be accessed through subscription. The income that we generate in this way has been a lifeline in the continued production of the Journal. Our content can also be accessed through African Journals Online, and issues from 2016 onwards will be posted there as Open Access, meaning that anyone can download them free of charge. With this mixed model, we hope to continue generating income while we also offer our articles free of charge to institutions and the public that cannot afford a subscription to BioOne. A long printing tradition as the Journal has cannot just simply end without a flourish, and we have therefore decided to make our last printed issue a special one in dedication to the 80th birthday of a great scientist, namely Jonathan Kingdon.
On behalf of the East Africa Natural History Society, the National Museums of Kenya and the editorial committee of the Journal of East African Natural History, I sincerely hope that you will understand and support our decision, and that you will continue to enjoy reading about our amazing biodiversity.
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Four Critically Endangered African vultures to get global protection
Four critically endangered vulture species found in Africa are set to get a new hope for survival from a 12-year multi-species coordinated action plan set for tabling at a United Nations (UN) summit this month. The critically endangered White-backed, White-headed, Hooded, and Rüppell's vultures are among 15 vulture species from 128 countries set to get collaborative international protection under the Multi-Species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (MsAP).
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of species threatened with extinction has listed a majority of these vulture species as critically endangered, indicating a very high risk of extinction in the wild. Three endangered vulture species — the Cape, Lappet-faced and Egyptian vultures; and two near threatened — the Bearded and Cinereous vultures, found in Africa, are included in the action plan. The plan also covers the Red-headed, White -rumped, Long-billed and Slender-billed vultures, all critically endangered and mostly found in Asia.
Vultures are considered nature's garbage disposers, as they feed on the carcasses of dead animals that are often infected with diseases such as anthrax, cholera, botulinum toxin and rabies that would be lethal to other scavengers. They therefore play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Despite their vital role in nature, vultures are often portrayed as greedy and unprincipled in popular culture. In the field, they are under extreme pressure from a range of human activities. Drastic and widespread population declines in recent years in Africa and Asia have seen some vulture species sliding towards extinction.
In Africa, poisoning is the leading cause of vulture deaths. These deaths occur when people try to kill mammalian predators of livestock (and in some areas feral dogs), with poison-laced carcasses or baits, accidentally attracting vultures. Elephant and rhino poachers also poison vultures in an attempt to mask their tracks, which would otherwise be revealed by the birds circling overhead. The strategic action plan seeks to address threats facing vultures through promoting concerted and collaborative international conservation actions. Among the objectives of the Vulture MsAP are to:
Rapidly halt current population declines in all species covered by the Vulture MsAP;
Reverse recent downwards population trends to bring the conservation status of each species back to a favourable level; and,
Provide conservation management guidelines applicable to all Range States covered by the Vulture MsAP.
The Vulture MsAP will be tabled at the 12th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) slated for 23rd to 28th October in the Philippines capital Manila. Representatives from more than 120 countries will be in attendance.
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New online database could reduce poisonous threat to wildlife
The use of poisons to kill wildlife in Africa has rapidly accelerated over the past decade, and is having a devastating
effect on the populations of many species. In Kenya there has been as escalation in the use of poisons due to various reasons. Highly toxic pesticides are used to lions and hyenas in retaliation for damage to livestock. Monkeys and elephants are targeted due to conflicts with farmers. Very concerning is the use of poisons to harvest animals as a food source where fish and waterbirds are frequent targets. Due to the indiscriminate nature of poisons, there are almost always unintentional consequences that affect a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic species, including humans. Vultures are the most severely afflicted, as they are typically the first to arrive at a poisoned carcass, and they feed in large numbers. There are also serious issues involving contamination of lakes, rivers, and waterholes whenever toxic pesticides are sprinkled into these water sources to harvest fish or other aquatic species.
The Peregrine Fund has been collecting data on wildlife poisoning since 2005 and has now joined forces with the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) based in South Africa to assess the scope and impact of this critical threat to vultures and other wildlife species across Africa. In partnership with the Vulture Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and The Gadfly Project, the Peregrine Fund has collated all historical and current incidents of wildlife poisoning into the African Wildlife Poisoning Database or AWPD, www.africanwildlifepoisoning.org
So far, the database contains records of 272 poisoning incidents that have killed over 8,000 animals of 40 different species, from 15 countries. Although records of poisoning date back to 1961, in the past decade there has been a sharp escalation in poisoning incidents, with most of the deaths occurring during this time. Aside from vultures, species affected range from large carnivores, such as lions, leopards, and hyenas, to elephants, impalas, cranes, and storks. However, by far the most deaths are of vultures, comprising ten different species, including two species that migrate to Africa from Europe. Poisoning is the most significant threat to vultures in Africa and Eurasia and, over the last 30 years, has contributed to declines in excess of 80% in some African species. Currently, the IUC N Red List of Threatened Species lists four species of African vulture as Critically Endangered and three species as Endangered.
The AWPD is designed to facilitate simple, effective capture of relevant data, either by using a mobile device at a wildlife poisoning incident, or by inputting data via the website. Users can access basic information on poisoning incidents and mortalities, and view these on a map of Africa. The AWPD will contribute to gathering better information on poisoning incidents, as well as on the drivers of wildlife poisoning


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ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
July 1, 2012 Jim McLennan action, drama, reviews
Dir: Stefano Sollima
Star: Pierfrancesco Favino, Filippo Nigro, Marco Giallini, Domenico Diele
This is a fascinating piece of work, that could easily have been painted in stark tones of black and white, but instead strikes a delicate balance on the moral tightrope. The focus is on a band of Roman anti-riot cops, who have to deal with political protests, football hooligans and other criminals, which have left them with a very, very jaundiced view of the human condition. The constant threat of attack under which they operate forces Cobra (Favino) and his colleagues into a tightly-knit brotherhood which stresses loyalty to each other above all. Thrown into this group is young rookie Adriano (Diele), who only wanted to be in that wing of the police because the pay is better, and who's embarrassed to admit to his friends what he does. Other members have family problems: one is fighting for custody of a child, another has a rebellious son who is now hanging out with skinheads. After there's a stabbing during one incident, Cobra vows to track down those responsible and make them pay. Except, even there, it's not as simple as it seems.
I found myself twisted and turned all over the place here by the actions of these cops, which blur the lines between what is legal, moral, ethical and right. And those are, as the film, clearly demonstrates, often only loosely-overlapping concepts. The picture drawn is of a murky world where violence is not just an answer, it's often the only answer. There's defiant lack of political correctness which is amazingly refreshing: immigrants are perceived as being almost entirely problematic, yet one of the cops is married to a black woman, and they have to defend a gypsy encampment from hostile locals, which they do with resolve. It's incredibly messy, pointing out how the cops are like the skinheads they detest in some ways – yet radically different in others, and is completely engrossing, even if some of the "riots" are less than convincing [I've been in a couple myself: nothing concentrates the mind quite like being charged by police horses…]. Led by Favino, the performances are great, building well-rounded characters who are forged into the brutal shape they are by everyday necessity and a strong will to survive. It's a very eye-opening look at life on the ground, where the pointy end of law-enforcement meets those who'd challenge its power.
Domenico Diele
Filippo Nigro
Pierfrancesco Favino
Stefano Sollima
The Beguiled (1971)
The Alien Girl (2010)
The Library Suicides (2016)


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On the Move….
December 8, 2019 /in Branding, Business, Creative, Events, Marketing, News, PR, Technology, Travel, Trends/by Shop
We've had a busy few weeks travelling up and down the country hosting test-drive events for Volvo dealerships. We've hosted pop-up events in Castle Dargan in Sligo and Castle Leslie in Monaghan for McGinley Motors' Volvo and The Johnston Estate in Meath for Finlay Volvo Naas.
We leveraged local media with outside broadcasts from Ocean FM and LMFM and social media was a key driver in securing test-drives on the day and generating leads for the dealerships.
Representatives from the dealerships used the event to capture data and tailor the test drive experience for each customer's specific needs. Watching them work was a good reminder that, while online is a great tool for research, the face to face engagement at events likes this is what turns test drivers into buyers.
Customers were also able to test-drive and learn more about Volvo's latest electric vehicles. The Swedish brand is at the forefront of electrification and the efficient power from its pure electric cars, plug-in hybrids and mild hybrid technology will change the way we move forever.
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Savouring Kilkenny….
November 2, 2019 /in Arts, Branding, Business, Creative, Design, Entertainment, Events, Food, Ireland, Literary, Literature, Marketing, Music, News, Online, Photography, PR, Technology, Travel, Trends/by Shop
We had the great pleasure of spending the October bank holiday weekend in Kilkenny for the 13th annual Savour Kilkenny food festival. Upwards of 50,000 people descended on Ireland's medieval city last weekend to celebrate Kilkenny's finest local artisan producers and their produce. Joining them was a host of Ireland and the world's most innovative celebrities and opinion makers in the world of food.
International visitors for this year's festival included best-selling Australian author and national TV star, Kim McCosker who brought her 4 Ingredients thinking to the Savour stage. Kim is pictured below taking some time out of her busy schedule to chat to host Edward Hayden on KCLR FM.
Other familiar faces included homegrown Irish stars Paul Flynn of The Tannery, Dungarvan, Clodagh McKenna, Catherine Fulvio, Rory O' Connell, Roz Purcell, Darren Kennedy and Mount Juliet's Ken Harker and John Kelly.
As well as the KBC Wellness Stage and food and fitness bootcamp with Kathryn Thomas, other festival highlights included tented food and beverage stands, a Medieval Banquet at the Medieval Mile Museum, cooking demonstrations and talks, and kids fun and dining events.
Roz Purcell hosted a vegan night and also demonstrated how to cook vegan to a packed marquee. This year also saw the introduction of the new Food Provenance award in partnership with Kilkenny LEO and KCLR where local eateries were recognised for the focus they place on local and regional producers and seasonal cooking.
It was wonderful to experience the very best of Kilkenny's vibrant food culture and to witness the city and county's core commitment to supporting local growers and producers and local cafes and restaurants. See savourkilkenny.com for details of next year's festival.
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Oakfest at Oakfield Park
October 8, 2019 /in Arts, Business, Creative, Entertainment, Events, Food, Ireland, Marketing, Music, News, PR, Trends/by Shop
One of the best things about this job is getting to see ideas which started out on a Powerpoint slide come to life. After suggesting it in our initial pitch to Oakfield Park in 2018, we were thrilled to see #Oakfest rock the park in the summer of 2018 and 2019. Headline acts Hermitage Green and The 4 of Us took to the stage in 2018, supported by Ryan Sheridan, Little Hours, Mark Black & The Trips, ROE, Chelsey Chambers, In Their Thousands, Katie Laffan and Cronin.
As well as a top-class musical billing, Oakfest at Oakfield Park had plenty for the whole family to enjoy, including a mini disco for little music lovers, arts and crafts, face-painting, puppetry, nature walks, train heritage, folklore and storytelling. Oakfest 2019 included a stellar line-up of artists with world-renowned Alabama 3 Acoustic headlining on Saturday 1st June and chart toppers The Academic (pictured below) headlining Sunday 2nd June.
Away from the main stage, festival goers could experience jazz in the garden, music in the maze, folk music in the marquee and Trad on the Train. The event also has a strong food offering with some of the northwest's finest artisan food producers in attendance over the weekend.
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Outreach Visit with Governor of the Central Bank
March 15, 2019 /in Business, Events, Ireland, Marketing, News, PR, Technology, Trends/by Shop
We were delighted to work with the Central Bank team on an outreach visit to Donegal last week. Governor Lane, Gráinne McEvoy (Director of Consumer Protection), Kevin Mullen, (Head of Asset Management Supervision) Geraldine Hannon (Head of Banking Supervision) and Claire O'Gorman (HR Business partner) visited the county as part of an extended outreach visit to build understanding of the Central Bank and listen to a range of views from the northwest.
We brought Irish Independent journalist and broadcaster, Richard Curran, on board to curate an evening event in Letterkenny with representatives from a cross-section of the local community. Questions on the night covered a broad range of topics including Brexit, SME lending, Credit Unions and competition in financial services.
The following morning, Wednesday 13 March, the team visited Errigal College, St. Eunan's College and Loreto Secondary School. This presented an opportunity to hear views from the next generation and answer questions on the Central Bank's work in Europe, bond rates, the next economic recession and careers at the Central Bank.
Regulatory technology and governance were topics of discussion when the Governor addressed students from Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) later that day. The visit ended with a tour of the CoLab, Letterkenny IT's innovation and incubation centre and an introduction to some of its 60 technology-based enterprises.
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Ten Things SME's Can Take From Big Brand Marketing Strategies….
February 22, 2017 /in Arts, Branding, Business, Creative, Design, Entertainment, Ireland, Literary, Literature, Marketing, Music, News, Online, Photography, PR, Sport, Technology, Travel, Trends/by Shop
We've had the pleasure of working with many great brands over the years and it has taught us a thing or two about marketing and PR. While we appreciate that global brands have bigger budgets, we believe there's a lot that SME's can take from big brand marketing strategies. In no particular order, here's our top ten:
1. Work Seasonally
Big brands work on a calendar led basis. They plan strategy and activity months and years in advance. They look ahead and research what's coming up, and develop campaigns around that. The calendar provides a natural opportunity for SME's to shout about their business… from New Year's to Valentine's, Patrick's Day, Easter, Summer, 4th of July, Back to School, Hallowe'en, Christmas and back to the New Year again. Not to mention a host of international days from World Tourism Day (Sept 27th) to International Day of Happiness (March 20th), World Wildlife Day (March 3rd) and Universal Children's Day (Nov 20th). Here's how we put the calendar to good use for clients this year…
2. Adopt a Partnership Approach
Big brands are always on the look-out for mutually beneficial partnerships and opportunities to align their brand with like-minded organisations – it's a natural way to reach a new and captive audience. Keep an eye out for events taking place locally that your business can partner with or support. For instance, in the run up to the Donegal Marathon, we hosted a RunWell Marathon Night at JT Physio. The event gave top tips and advice for those running a marathon including talks on physiotherapy, nutrition and training in the run up to the big day. And because numbers were limited, we captured the event on video and shared it with JT's followers online.
Forming partnerships with other businesses can also be a good strategy, but it's important to get the right fit. For example, working with Kinnegar Brewing, The Traveller's Inn commissioned house beer 'Baxters 1867' in honour of the Baxter family whose connection to the building dates back to 1867. The beer is based on an American pale ale style in recognition of Samuel Alexander Baxter, who fought with the North in the American Civil War. The story generated strong local, national and trade coverage for both The Traveller's Inn and Kinnegar…
Working with Inishowen Motors, we partnered with Letterkenny, Laois and Galway Shopping Centres and Relay for Life, Donegal. Inishowen Motors donated one of their top of the range Kia's for a charity drive from Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head to Tarifa, in the south of Spain. This activity raised €10,000 for Relay for Life Donegal and generated strong local and national coverage for all parties involved….
3. Mark the Milestone
Whether it's a launch, first birthday or tenth anniversary, marking the milestone is a great way to shout about your business and remind people of what you do. The Traveller's Inn, Milford recently marked its tenth birthday with a week long celebration and live music every night. To mark the occasion, we commissioned a bespoke cake of the building from Selena's Creations and the images landed in all the local papers. Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure also celebrated a great first year in business with a week-long promotion offering customers the chance to win a €1,000 gift voucher and Inishowen Motors, the car partner for Highland Radio, marked the station's 25th anniversary as part of the car handover this year…
4. Be Brand Aware
This is something big brands do very well. Their brand identity and brand values influence everything they do. SME's can also benefit from this approach and it's worth taking the time to have a think about your brand identity and working with a good graphic designer to bring it to life. When the new owners of The Milford Inn wanted a fresh start, we worked closely with them, brainstorming suggestions for a new name and logo. We compiled a graphic design brief and enlisted the help of Fiona O'Reilly from On The Dot Creative, who then worked with the hotel's in-house marketing team to bring the brand to life. We also worked with Donegal's Early Learning Schools on a new name, logo and website. Big brands pay lots of attention to their social media channels to ensure they are engaging with consumers in the correct way. Your website is your shop window – if it doesn't provide an up-to-date or accurate reflection of your business, then you need to change it…
5. See The Bigger Picture
As a small local entity, it can be easy to overlook or dismiss potential opportunities with national media. However, we know from experience that national media are always on the look out for good news stories. We've hosted outside broadcasts in Donegal with national broadcasters including Today FM and 2FM. Earlier this summer, we worked with RTE's Nationwide as they filmed at Donegal and Ireland's first outdoor school. You can check out the piece on the RTE Player….
6. Get In The Right Frame
Good photography forms a key part of any brand's marketing strategy. Through our work with the Earagail Arts Festival, (and with the help of some beautiful imagery), we've generated articles and features across a range of national and local titles from the Irish Times to the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Sunday Business Post, RTE Guide, Image and Social and Personal. Getting the right shot to accompany your story greatly enhances the chances of coverage. From a business profiling point of view, it's important for SME's to have a good selection of photography to represent key spokespeople – more than ever, papers are relying on you to provide suitable photography. Reaching out to the relevant political representative or securing the right brand ambassador for the photo (and your business) is also worth exploring…
7. Give Insights and Added Value
Leading brands are always thinking of ways to surprise and delight their customers. One way to do this is to give added value through unique insights, customer loyalty schemes, in-store promotions, events, competitions and giveaways. Through our work with REN NET and Donegal County Council, we helped promote a renewable energy trade fair, giving members of the public free access to renewable energy providers across the northwest. And in a series of videos for Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure, Michael chats to leading sportspeople from Donegal, gaining a unique insight into their lives, such as this one with Ballybofey boxer, Jason Quigley….
8. Celebrate Success
Whether it's an award for your business or your customers, celebrating success is a positive way to share your story. Mulroy Music got widespread coverage when its students excelled at this year's Ulster Fleadh. We also worked with John F. Loughrey Financial Services to share the story of their second successive win at The LPI Awards in The Mansion House in Dublin. Whatever success looks like for your business, make sure to celebrate it in the right way…
9. Get Creative
Big brands are always thinking of innovative ways to create news hooks, so media will write about them. A good example of this is the below art installation, 'Reflect Yourself', which was fabricated by Henry McGinley & Sons in Milford and unveiled in Dublin as part of the St. Patrick's Festival.
10. Use Video
According to this article published in The Guardian, 64% of marketers expect video to dominate their strategies in the near future and half of all businesses are already integrating video content marketing into their strategies. 100 million people are watching videos daily and YouTube has one billion UNIQUE users each month. With online video quickly becoming a key means for people to satisfy their information and entertainment needs, small businesses that fail to include it in their internet marketing strategies will do so at their peril. Video is a great way to communicate your customer offering and unique selling point. For example, The Traveller's Inn, Milford hosts one of the country's best traditional music sessions every Wednesday, so we worked with videographer Paul Doherty to capture the atmosphere and share it with our followers online….
There are lots of ways that small businesses can market and promote themselves in creative and cost-effective ways – the secret lies in the execution. If you've an idea you'd like to develop or an event coming up that you feel could generate publicity for your business, then let us know. We'd be delighted to help….
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Planning for 2015
November 18, 2014 /in Arts, Branding, Creative, Entertainment, Events, Marketing, Online, PR, Travel, Trends/by Shop
As is customary for marketing heads at this time of year, we're looking ahead and planning for 2015 to get some idea of what we can expect from the coming year. The good news is that there are lots of positives to take us into the new year and here's our top 15…
1. Ireland will continue to be the fastest growing economy in the European Union as Irish and foreign-owned companies start to invest again
2. Business and consumer confidence is set to increase even further than it did in 2014
3. Retail sales are on a firm upward trend – meet your customer in 2015 (albeit a US one!)…
4. Private consumption growth (year-on-year) turned positive for the first time since 2012 and this will continue into 2015
5. Unemployment (though still too high) is set to fall to 8% in 2015
6. Sustained growth is set to continue next year at around 3.6%
7. We get to celebrate some cool milestones like the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of our cultural icons, Nobel Laureate W.B. Yeats
8. Our current creatives continue to shine on a world stage, from musicians like Hozier (who played the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show earlier this month) to brilliant Irish designers like Don O'Neill, Simone Rocha and Emma Manley
9. The Web Summit will be bigger and better… already a massive success this year and that's without decent broadband. Imagine what it will bring in 2015, when hopefully (and we're optimistic) the RDS will have sorted out its WIFI issues
10. Ireland is set to become a new technology hub for central and Eastern European firms looking to access the US market – that's according to PwC
11. It's set to be a good year for food lovers – 2015 marks the anniversary of the world's first restaurant, which was opened 250 years ago by Mr. Boulanger in France. We suspect there'll be lots of restaurants celebrating this milestone in their own unique way…
12. Content marketing remains king – more and more brands will become publishers of useful content that customers will actually thank them for. Writing is where it's at…
13. Travel becomes more 'local' than ever and Ireland is perfectly placed to deliver the kinds of authentic experiences tourists are looking for
14. Our food scene is bustling and set to thrive even more next year
15. Ireland is open for business in 2015 – Are you? Now is the time to get your business ready and we are here to help…
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Where We're At…
April 6, 2014 /in Branding, Creative, PR, Trends/by Shop
Well, it's all go at The Right Angle. We started small, but in the past two months, we've doubled our team and quadrupled our client base. All of which is not too shabby… but it begs the question, where are we in terms of the recession? As is often the case, the PR and marketing business was hit particularly hard in the economic downturn.
But once again, as an industry, we've proved our worth and those who know a thing or two about business (and consumers) know that cutting PR and marketing spend to the bone is never a good idea. That's because it very quickly becomes a self fulfilling prophecy: fail to market your business correctly, and more often than not, your business will fail. So what about the road ahead?
Well, our managing director started her career in Murray Consultants, so to give us an overview of where we're at, it's fitting that we're referencing research commissioned by MCsquared (the consumer and brands' division of Murray's). Conducted by Amárach Research and carried out among members of the Marketing Institute of Ireland (MII), the report shows investment in brand communications through digital channels is continuing to grow strongly.
Almost 60% of those surveyed plan to increase their digital marketing budget in 2014 and digital currently accounts for almost one quarter (24%) of marketing spend. And because the role of the marketer is ever-evolving, here's an interesting piece on new skills marketing professionals would be wise to learn.
So, the marketing outlook for this year is more positive than at any time over the past six years and that's certainly been our experience since we launched. And while companies still struggle to find balance between in house resources and what to outsource to agencies, digital and content marketing are set to benefit most in the next two years – but relevance remains king. This video has lots more useful data…
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February 8, 2014 /in Creative, Marketing, Online, PR, Trends/by Shop
Really good infographic on the rise of content marketing…
And a very useful matrix of what small businesses need to know when it comes to utilising content marketing in the most effective way for their business…
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The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin
January 18, 2014 /in Branding, Events, Fashion, PR, Trends/by Shop
Celebrating its 14th season, The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin had more than 50 designers present their Autumn/Winter 2014 collections. The luxury car brand used the occasion to unveil Georgia May Jagger as the new face of the Mercedes-Benz GLA, (not bad for a girl who has yet to pass her driving test).
Current trends in fashion are a mixed bag of embellishment, logo T's, cowgirl check, florals and denim. We love the soft, pretty hues and ultra-feminine shapes from Jonathan Saunders and Balmain
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Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues
December 13, 2013 /in Creative, Entertainment, Events, Marketing, PR/by Shop
We're big Anchorman fans at The Right Angle and very excited by the cast's appearance on tonight's Late Late. Apparently, our very own Bryan Dobson gets a standing ovation from the guys.
The promotional blitz around the movie has seen viral marketing reach what Variety magazine calls "pandemic proportions". So much so, that the screen time Will Ferrell has chalked up promoting the movie in character, rivals his time in the film itself.
Catch a sneak preview of what to expect here…
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In a sad story we have been following, the British explorer attempting the first solo crossing of the Antarctic has died after being airlifted to a hospital.
Henry Worsley had received a royal sendoff from Great Britain when he announced his plan to be the first man to cross the Antarctic continent alone, more than 900 miles, by skiing. More than 70 days later and he remained just 30 miles from his goal.
In an audio message Worsely recorded two days before he died, his voice sounds healthy but resigned. He found himself tent bound against driving snow and soft powder making it impossible to move forward.
Sadly, just 30 miles short of his goal, the 55-year-old succumbed to exhaustion and he called for help. He died shortly later at a hospital from peritonitis, according to the NY Times. Peritonitis is the inflammation of the tissue surrounding the abdomen. A statement on his website confirmed he had died of organ failure.
News of the adventurer's death spread quickly. Prince William said that he would be missed and honored.
"We have lost a friend. He was an inspiration to us all," the prince is quoted as saying.
The journey was not in vain as Worsley raised nearly $100,000 for the Endeavor Fund to help his wounded colleagues. Worsley had made two previous journeys across different portions of the Antarctic with other people. One in 2008-2009 traced Shackleton's original voyage. There was another in 2011 before his latest attempt this year.
Worsley began his trip in November. So while most people visiting with family, enjoying the holidays, Henry Worsley was trekking through unforgiving terrain battling minus 40 degree winds at elevations of 9,000 feet.
Some might wonder why he would pursue such a journey? And that might be worthy question given the outdated nature of such a physical land journey. But it will always be great physical tests of will that forever drive people. It's just something they have to do.
The descendant of Frank Worsley, a member of Ernest Shackleton's crew in his ill-fated journey, Worsley felt it his calling to test the endurance of what he was capable of accomplishing. Unfortunately his fate was, in the end, one for the ages.


Mountaineering section of MCC launched!
The MCC was set up to cater for all branches of the sport we love so much – including mountaineering. Many of our existing members are interested in travelling to far flung reaches of the world to enjoy the excitement and adventure (and hardship) associated with climbing mountains, as well as rocks.
The club has so far focused on rock-climbing simply because most of the members have to date been rock-climbers! However, we have been discussing for some time the need to set up a sub-committee that would work autonomously focusing specifically on mountaineering-related projects and activities under the MCC umbrella. After experiencing rock-climbing with the MCC, veteran Josef Grech has agreed to start-up this section and has already received words of support and encouragement from other climbers excited about this new development.
Josef N. Grech was expedition leader for the Kilimanjaro Challenge IV in 2009. The expedition consisted of 15 climbers all of whom reached the summit as a first for the KC series of climbs. He has also climbed Mount Etna as part of his training prior to Kilimanjaro. Besides his interest in mountaineering, he is a keen enthusiast of outdoor sports particularly trekking, diving, kayaking and more recently, through the MCC, rock climbing – all of which he tries to combine with his other passion, photography. His aspirations are to organise expeditions to other well known peaks worldwide and to combine rockclimbing skills with those in mountaineering trekking expertise.
Everest summiteer Marco Cremona was delighted to hear about this development and has promised his support to ensure that the section is a success.
All three Everest Summitteers, namely Ropert Gatt, Greg Attard and Marco Cremona are honorary members of the MCC, together with the world's leading mixed climber Stevie Haston.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic inflammation in joint tissue. During inflammation, peptidyl arginines are converted to citrullines. Auto-antibodies towards citrullinated proteins are the key factor to sustained inflammation in RA. B-cells producing these anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are therefore an interesting target for specific therapy. The aim of this study is to selectively target and eliminate these auto-reactive B-cells using a dual-targeting prodrug strategy, which consists of a biologically silenced antigen connected to a cytotoxic drug. The antigen can only bind to the B-cell receptor, and induce cell death, after enzymatic- or chemical activation in close proximity to the B-cell.


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Q: How to declare nullable discriminated union? I have a discriminated union like this
type foo =
| Yes of bool
| Number of decimal

I have another type where I'm trying to delcare this DS as a nullable member
type test(value) =
member this.Value : Nullable<foo> = value

When I try to do that, I'm getting "A generic construct requires that the type "foo" have a public default constructor. How do I fix this?

A: .NET's Nullable<T> type is really designed to be used with value types such as int and not with reference types such as string as they are already nullable.
Discriminated unions are reference types by default as they are actually compiled to a class. But they can be forced to be a struct, which would make it a value type. However, when you do that you get another error: If a union type has more than one case and is a struct, then all fields within the union type must be given unique names. You can name the values inside each case as in this example:
[<Struct>]
type foo =
| Yes of yes:bool
| Number of number:decimal

Now you can have a Nullable<foo>. But you probably don't actually want to do this. The normal way in F# to represent a "nullable" value for both reference and value types is to use Option type. So instead of making foo a struct, you should probably change the type to Option<foo> instead:
type test(value) =
    member this.Value : Option<foo> = value

test(Some (Number 1M)) // some value
test(None) // no value

F# largely makes it impossible for types defined in F# to be null, so you would use Option for everything instead of making the distinction between reference and value types. Nullable is only really useful for working with existing .NET code that uses it.


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Britain in the first world war
Isonzo (Soca) river valley the Italian front 1915-1918
Italian wars 1494-1559
World history 1945-1990
Памятники и мемориалы, посвященные Первой мировой войне, занесённые в список ЮНЕСКО
A Dictator in the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R)
Britain in the 20 century
Georgi Dimitrov
The political system of Great Britain
1. Britain In The First World War
World War I (WWI), which was predominantly called the World War
or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939 (World War II), and
the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war
centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11
November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were
assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple
Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central
Powers (originally centred around the Triple Alliance of Germany,
Austria-Hungary and Italy; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the
offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war).
These alliances both reorganised (Italy fought for the Allies), and
expanded as more nations entered the war. Ultimately more than 70
million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were
mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million
combatants were killed, largely because of enormous increases in
lethality of weapons, thanks to new technology, without
corresponding improvements in protection or mobility. It was the
sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way
for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations
involved.
Long-term causes of the war included the
imperialistic foreign policies of the great powers of
Europe, including the German Empire, the AustroHungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the
Russian Empire, the British Empire, the French
Republic, and Italy. The assassination on 28 June
1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the
heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by a Yugoslav
nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
was the proximate trigger of the war. It resulted in a
Habsburg ultimatum against the Kingdom of Serbia.
Several alliances formed over the previous decades
were invoked, so within weeks the major powers
were at war; via their colonies, the conflict soon
spread around the world.
On 28 July, the conflict opened with the Austro-Hungarian invasion
of Serbia, followed by the German invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg
and France; and a Russian attack against Germany. After the
German march on Paris was brought to a halt, the Western Front
settled into a static battle of attrition with a trench line that changed
little until 1917. In the East, the Russian army successfully fought
against the Austro-Hungarian forces but was forced back from East
Prussia and Poland by the German army. Additional fronts opened
after the Ottoman Empire joined the war in 1914, Italy and Bulgaria
in 1915 and Romania in 1916. The Russian Empire collapsed in
March 1917, and Russia left the war after the October Revolution
later that year. After a 1918 German offensive along the western
front, United States forces entered the trenches and the Allies drove
back the German armies in a series of successful offensives.
Germany, which had its own trouble with revolutionaries at this
point, agreed to a cease-fire on 11 November 1918, later known as
Armistice Day. The war had ended in victory for the Allies.
Events on the home fronts were as tumultuous as on
the battle fronts, as the participants tried to mobilize
their manpower and economic resources to fight a
total war. By the end of the war, four major imperial
powers — the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian
and Ottoman empires — ceased to exist. The
successor states of the former two lost a great
amount of territory, while the latter two were
dismantled entirely. The map of central Europe was
redrawn into several smaller states. The League of
Nations was formed in the hope of preventing
another such conflict. The European nationalism
spawned by the war and the breakup of empires, the
repercussions of Germany's defeat and problems
with the Treaty of Versailles are agreed to be factors
contributing to World War II.
Британский пропагандистский плакат.
«Империи нужны мужчины!
Австралия, Канада, Индия, Новая
Все откликнитесь на зов.
С поддержкой молодых львов старый
лев бросает вызов своим врагам.
Записывайтесь на службу сегодня.»
7. Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS
Irresistible sinking after
striking a mine at the
Battle of the Dardanelles;
a Vickers machine gun
crew with gas masks, and
German Albatros D.III
Map of the participants in World War I: Allied Powers in green,
Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey
9. HMS Dreadnought. A naval arms race existed between the United Kingdom and Germany.
10. Lettow surrendering his forces to the British at Abercorn
11. Declaration of war. Austro-Hungarian government's telegram to the government of Serbia on 28 July 1914.
12. Sir Winston Churchill with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1916
13. In the trenches: Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916.
14. Canadian troops advancing behind a British Mark II tank at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
15. Officers and senior enlisted men of the Bermuda Militia Artillery's Bermuda Contingent, Royal Garrison Artillery, in Europe.
16. The British Grand Fleet making steam for Scapa Flow, 1914
17. U-155 exhibited near Tower Bridge in London after the First World War.
18. A British artillery battery emplaced on Mount Scopus in the Battle of Jerusalem.
19. Signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (9 February 1918) are: 1. Count Ottokar von Czernin, 2. Richard von Kühlmann, and 3. Vasil
Radoslavov
20. British 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division troops blinded by tear gas during the Battle of Estaires, 10 April 1918.
21. RAF Sopwith Camel. In April 1917, the average life expectancy of a British pilot on the Western Front was 93 flying hours.
22. British Vickers machine gun
23. Shortly before the war, British General Horace Smith-Dorrien predicted a catastrophic war which should be avoided at almost any
cost.
24. The Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial in the Somme.
25. "The Girl Behind the Gun" – women workers, 1915
"The Girl Behind the Gun" – women workers, 1915


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Мела́нж ( «смесь»):
 Меланж — яичная смесь.
 Меланж — кофейный напиток австрийской кухни на основе эспрессо с добавлением подогретого и вспененного молока и взбитых сливок.
 Меланж — вещество в романе «Дюна», необходимое для межзвёздной навигации.
 Меланж в геологии — продукт тектонического дробления горных пород разного состава, нередко с участием серпентинитов (серпентинитовый меланж).
 Кислотный меланж — смесь на основе концентрированной азотной кислоты.

См. также
 Меланжевая пряжа — пряжа из волокон, окрашенных в разные цвета.
 Ивановский меланжевый комбинат — текстильное предприятие в Иванове.


We are supposed to have a Dickey Sargent Housing board meeting next Wednesday, April 17. We will look at another date or combine the items with the July meeting. Flooding and impending weather are creating extremely hazardous conditions.


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About Stephen Wright
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All Access Recording is proud to showcase this brilliant new band, lead by Carl Fischer (trumpet & multi-instrumentalist w/ Billy Joel). This will be their first informal public performance and will include a multimedia [...]
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The Carl Fischer "Have Horn Will Travel Tour" (Guest Artist Performances and Workshops) recently made a stop at the great University of North Texas and had a great day with the legendary [...]
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Had a great time this past weekend in Texas with The One O'Clock Lab Band from the University of North Texas. These musicians and director Alan Baylock are the real deal, super talented and humble! [...]
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Looking forward to a great weekend of music with The University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band. Schedule of Events: April 5, 2019 at 4:00pm: Open clinic at the University [...]
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Tonight I went to see my friend Andy Snitzer and Leo Amuedo play in Clearwater, FL with trumpet player Chris Botti. If anyone knows me well, I have always said that Chis has always been a great [...]
The Marcia P. Hoffman School Of The Arts At Ruth Eckerd Hall Announce Their Newest In-Residence Instructor, CARL FISCHER, Trumpet Player And Member Of The Billy Joel Band
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The Marcia P. Hoffman School Of The Arts At Ruth Eckerd Hall Announce Their Newest In-Residence Instructor, CARL FISCHER, Trumpet Player And Member Of The Billy Joel Band The Marcia P. Hoffman School of the Arts [...]
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November 9, 2017: Looking forward to a great day with the jazz ensembles at Spruce Creek High School and a public concert in the evening. Tickets are available now by contacting rkbosma@volusia.k12.fl.us
Spending the day play-testing new CF Horns!
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Great time earlier this week hangin' with the crew at Warburton Music Products, play-testing and signing off on some new CF Horns getting ready to be sent out for cleaning and [...]
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Thank you to Now Hear This, Inc. and Bruce Wawrzyniak for the great interview with Carl. The episode is now available for everyone to check out:
Lindenwood University and Warburton Music Products presents: A Conversation with Carl Fischer
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Bella Hadid's Height, Religion, Feet, Legs and Net Worth
Scroll down to see pictures of Bella Hadid showing off her nude feet and bare legs in sexy high heels and shoes. She is accused of being one of the great antisemitic hypocrites of our time.
Bella Hadid in a sexy red Alexandre Vauthier silk wrap dress at "The Unknown Girl (La Fille Inconnue)" Premiere during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2016, in Cannes, France (Credit: Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock)
Isabella "Bella" Khair Hadid, an American fashion model, equestrian, is the younger sister of Gigi Hadid. Her shoe size is 8.5 (US).
Model Bella Hadid shows off her feet in Giuseppe Zanotti Harmony sandals at "The Unknown Girl (La Fille Inconnue)" Premiere during the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2016, in Cannes, France (Credit: Magicinfoto / Shutterstock)
Bella Hadid was born on October 9, 1996, in Los Angeles, California. Her height is 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), and she is one of the world's richest models.
Bella Hadid shows off her feet on the runway for Oscar de la Renta during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Spring Studios Terrace on September 11, 2018, in New York City (Credit: Fashionstock / Shutterstock)
Bella Hadid Facts
What is Bella Hadid's net worth?
She is an American fashion model with an estimated net worth of $25 million.
Full Name: Isabella Khair Hadid
Born: October 9, 1996, in Washington, D.C.
Dating: In 2020, she reportedly started dating art director Marc Kalman.
Her past boyfriends include Jordan Barrett, Drake, The Weeknd, Matthew Morton, Duke Conrad, and Duke Nicholson.
Kids: None
Weight: 55 kg or 121 pounds
Shoe Size: 8.5 (US) / 6 (UK) / 39.5 (EU)
Height: 5 ft 9 in or 175 cm
Source of Wealth: Professional Model
Ethnicity/Race: Arab and Dutch
Bella Hadid shows off her feet in yellow high heel sandals for Oscar de la Renta during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Spring Studios Terrace on September 11, 2018, in New York City (Credit: Fashionstock / Shutterstock)
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"He was always religious, and he always prayed with us," she says of her father, the Palestinian-American property developer Mohamed Anwar Hadid. "I am proud to be a Muslim."
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Q: Modelling a linear minimization program
Attempt:
Let
$x_l=$ number of barrel of light crude oil.
$x_h=$ number of barrel of heavy crude oil.
Then we should have as objective function
$z=20x_l+15x_h$
And as conditions
s.t. $.4x_l+.32x_h\ge1000000000\\ .2x_l+.4x_h\ge500000\\ .35x_l+.2x_h\ge300,000\\ x_l,x_h\ge0$
Now I am not sure how to add the condition $5\%$  and $8\%$ lost during the refining process.
I though in substracting each of them in each inequality.
Would that be correct?
Someone please help me

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Now I am not sure how to add the condition $5\%$  and $8\%$ lost during the refining process.

prubin has already provided a nice answer, but it seems that you don't get what he says.
See the table.
For light crude oil, add the numbers and you'll get $0.4+0.2+0.35=0.95$ which equals $1-0.05$.
For heavy crude oil, the sum of the numbers is $0.32+0.4+0.2=0.92$ which equals $1-0.08$.
These mean that the loss has already been taken into account.
Hence, we want to minimize $20x_l+15x_h$ under the following conditions :
$$\begin{cases}0.4x_l+0.32x_h\ge 10^6
\\\\ 0.2x_l+0.4x_h\ge 500000
\\\\ 0.35x_l+0.2x_h\ge300000
\\\\ x_l,x_h\ge0\end{cases}$$
Note that you have a typo in the RHS of the first inequality.

Letting $x_l=x,x_h=y$ and considering the graphs, we see that $20x+15y$ is minimized at which the lines $x=0$ and $0.4x+0.32y=10^6$ intersect. (Note that the slope of the line $20x+15y=k$ is $-1.\dot 3$ and that the slope of the line $0.4x+0.32y=10^6$ is $-1.25$.)
$\qquad\qquad $
Therefore, the answer is
$$20\times 0+15\times\frac{10^6}{0.32}=\color{red}{46875000}$$

Added :
Let $k=20x+15y$ which can be written as $y=-\frac 43x+\frac{k}{15}$. We want to minimize $k$, so that means that we want to minimize the $y$-intercept of the line $y=-\frac 43x+\frac{k}{15}$. Considering the region that the inequalities satisfy, the $y$-intercept is minimized at the red point where the lines $x=0$ and $0.4x+0.32y=10^6$ intersect.
$\qquad\qquad$

A: Add the coefficients in each row of the output table. You'll see that the loss has already been taken into account.


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Where Hollywood And Tech Collide: Disney To Buy 'Star Wars' Maker Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion
Colleen Taylor	@loyalelectron / 7 years
The worlds of Hollywood, tech, and gaming are getting cozier than ever.
The latest evidence of this came this afternoon, with the announcement that entertainment juggernaut Walt Disney Company will buy Lucasfilm, the film production company best known for making the Star Wars series, in a cash-and-stock deal worth $4.05 billion.
This is a major payday for George Lucas, the screenwriter, director, and geek world icon who is the chairman and 100 percent owner of Lucasfilm.
The key here is that Lucasfilm is not just a film production company — it also makes video and computer games through its LucasArts division, visual effects technology through its Industrial Light and Magic arm, animation through Lucasfilm Animation, and more. The company has maintained an interesting balancing act between tech and showbiz for some 35 years, employing a number of graphic designers and engineers at its headquarters in San Francisco. Lucasfilm has been an outlier of sorts from the rest of the entertainment business, which is generally known for running out of Southern California. The good news is that for now, Disney says that Lucasfilm employees will remain in place in their current locations.
This deal also shows how serious Disney is about building up its technology mettle — this is the third major M&A deal it has completed in recent years in this space. In 2006, Disney acquired Pixar for $7.4 billion, and in 2009 it acquired Marvel for $4 billion.
We'll be following up with more analysis for what this deal means from a tech perspective, but for now here is the entire announcement:
Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company (DIS) has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas.
Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney stock on October 26, 2012, the transaction value is $4.05 billion, with Disney paying approximately half of the consideration in cash and issuing approximately 40 million shares at closing. The final consideration will be subject to customary post-closing balance sheet adjustments.
"Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision, and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas," said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. "This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including Star Wars, one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney's unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses, and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value."
"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I'm confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney's reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment, and consumer products."
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Lucasfilm, a leader in entertainment, innovation and technology, including its massively popular and "evergreen" Star Wars franchise and its operating businesses in live action film production, consumer products, animation, visual effects, and audio post production. Disney will also acquire the substantial portfolio of cutting-edge entertainment technologies that have kept audiences enthralled for many years. Lucasfilm, headquartered in San Francisco, operates under the names Lucasfilm Ltd., LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound, and the present intent is for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations.
Kathleen Kennedy, current Co-Chairman of Lucasfilm, will become President of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Additionally she will serve as the brand manager for Star Wars, working directly with Disney's global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Ms. Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas serving as creative consultant. Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future.
The acquisition combines two highly compatible family entertainment brands, and strengthens the long-standing beneficial relationship between them that already includes successful integration of Star Wars content into Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris and Tokyo.
Driven by a tremendously talented creative team, Lucasfilm's legendary Star Wars franchise has flourished for more than 35 years, and offers a virtually limitless universe of characters and stories to drive continued feature film releases and franchise growth over the long term. Star Wars resonates with consumers around the world and creates extensive opportunities for Disney to deliver the content across its diverse portfolio of businesses including movies, television, consumer products, games and theme parks. Star Wars feature films have earned a total of $4.4 billion in global box to date, and continued global demand has made Star Wars one of the world's top product brands, and Lucasfilm a leading product licensor in the United States in 2011. The franchise provides a sustainable source of high quality, branded content with global appeal and is well suited for new business models including digital platforms, putting the acquisition in strong alignment with Disney's strategic priorities for continued long-term growth.
The Lucasfilm acquisition follows Disney's very successful acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel, which demonstrated the company's unique ability to fully develop and expand the financial potential of high quality creative content with compelling characters and storytelling through the application of innovative technology and multiplatform distribution on a truly global basis to create maximum value. Adding Lucasfilm to Disney's portfolio of world class brands significantly enhances the company's ability to serve consumers with a broad variety of the world's highest-quality content and to create additional long-term value for our shareholders.
The Boards of Directors of Disney and Lucasfilm have approved the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-United States merger control regulations, and other customary closing conditions. The agreement has been approved by the sole shareholder of Lucasfilm.
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