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US Department of Labor cites McKinney, Texas, wood manufacturer for failing to guard machines, exposing workers to amputations
Region 6 News Release: 13-1190-DAL
Contact: Diana Petterson Juan Rodriguez
Phone: 972-850-4710 972-850-4709
Email: petterson.diana@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov
US Department of Labor cites McKinney, Texas, wood manufacturer for
failing to guard machines, exposing workers to amputations
Lone Star Reel Corp. fined $148,400 for 10 safety violations
DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lone Star Reel Corp. in McKinney with 10 safety violations, including two willful. Proposed penalties total $148,400 for failing to guard machinery and exposing workers to amputation hazards.
OSHA's Dallas Area Office began its programmed inspection, aimed at specific high-hazard industries, in February at the company's Throckmorton Street facility. The two willful safety violations were cited for failing to provide workers with documented procedures on how to control potentially hazardous energy sources during machine or equipment maintenance and ensure that points of machine operations were guarded to prevent the exposure of any body parts in the danger zone during operation cycles. A willful violation is one committed with intentional, knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.
"By failing to guard machinery, Lone Star Reel is exposing workers to possibly losing fingers, hands, feet or other body parts. That negligence will not be tolerated," said Stephen Boyd, OSHA's area director in Dallas. "It is the employer's responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace for its workers, and OSHA will hold them accountable."
The eight serious violations cited involve failing to ensure that dust collectors have proper explosion protection; ensure that all passageways, storerooms and service rooms were kept in a clean and orderly condition; ensure that energy control procedures were developed, documented and utilized; ensure that materials were stored in a stable or secure manner; ensure that powered industrial trucks were not used in the presence of combustible dust; ensure that one or more methods of machine guarding were provided to protect workers; ensure that unused openings in cabinets, boxes and fittings were closed; and ensure that equipment in hazardous locations were approved for the class of location due to the presence of combustible dust. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
The citations can be viewed at http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/Lone_Star_Reel_Corporation_881644_0812_13.pdf*
Lone Star Reel Corp. is a miscellaneous wood manufacturer that produces wooden spool reels. The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's Dallas area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Dallas office at 214-320-2400.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA's role is to ensure these conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The information above is available in large print, Braille or CD from the COAST office upon request by calling 292-693-7828 or TTY 292-693-7755.
* Accessibility Assistance: Contact OSHA's Office of Communications at 202-693-1999 for assistance accessing PDF materials.

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Adoption of smart farming methods through technology and innovation in the agriculture sector may prove to be a game changer in the days to come by substantially raising farmers' income, for which the Central Government has been taking a number of efforts for several years.
Now, government is implementing a Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM) which includes India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA), Farmers Database, Unified Farmers Service Interface (UFSI), funding to the states on the new Technology (NeGPA), revamping Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC), Soil Health, Fertility and profile mapping.
Under the NeGPA programme funding is given to State Governments for Digital Agriculture projects using emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Internet of Things (IOT), Block chain etc. Adoption of drone technologies is being done. To promote smart farming, the government promotes startups in the agriculture sector and nurtures agri-entrepreneurs.
The Per Drop More Crop component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC) aims to increase water use efficiency at the farm level through micro irrigation technologies like drip and sprinkler irrigation systems.
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) promotes innovation, extension and education in agriculture. A total of 1575 field crop varieties were released for different agricultural crops during 2014-21. During 2014-21, 91.43 crore agro-advisories were provided to farmers through mobiles. ICAR developed 187 mobiles apps on different farm and farmer related services during 2014-21.
In the meantime, the NITI Aayog (erstwhile Planning Commission) conducted a study entitled "Efficacy of Minimum Support Prices on farmers", in 2016, which found, among other things, that MSP declared by the government has encouraged 78% of the farmers covered under the study for adopting improved methods of farming such as high yielding varieties of seeds, organic manure, chemical fertilizer, pesticides and improved methods of harvesting etc.
The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSP at levels of one-and-half times of the cost of production. Accordingly, government has increased the MSPs for all mandated Kharif (including wheat), Rabi and other commercial crops with a return of at least 50 per cent over all India weighted average cost of production from the agricultural year 2018-19.
Moreover, National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) is the only source of enrolment for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), on which farmer applications from various designated sources including banks/financial institutions are entered. Specific cut-off dates have been prescribed for enrolment of farmers, debit of premium, remittance of farmers' premium to concerned insurance company and uploading of data of farmers on NCIP.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting of food processing industries through central sector umbrella scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and centrally sponsored scheme 'PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across all the country.
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Keeper Enterprise Integrates With AD For Seamless Provisioning, RBAC and Compliance.
Employees must get the access they need to do their jobs, but no additional access that they don't need. This is the principle of least privilege. The idea is to reduce the "attack surface" by eliminating unnecessary privileges that could be exploited by either a malicious insider or an outsider that is able to compromise any given employee.
Businesses are constantly changing with new people starting and current employees moving or leaving. Not only do people change roles, but the IT services and accounts businesses offer are constantly changing. It is impossible for the IT team to manually provision, maintain and log all of these activities needed to keep systems secure and meet compliance. Microsoft Active Directory has become the standard for centralizing user roles and access.
Keeper AD Bridge allows businesses running Microsoft Active Directory to integrate Keeper password management software within their current systems, automatically adding any number of Nodes (organizational units), Users, Roles and Teams. Once connected, Keeper enables role-based access control (RBAC) at any Node. Those controls can be cascaded to all lower Nodes if desired. Teams may be provisioned for sharing credentials. As the people move throughout the organization, Keeper keeps their roles updated through AD.
Keeper or SSO or Both?
SSO requires that every application support SAML protocols and requires integration into your IdP. Keeper works with any application or use case that uses a password. Already deployed SSO? Keeper is a perfect complement for the legacy applications and even newer ones that don't support SAML. Keeper SSO Connect works with popular SSO IdP platforms such as Okta, AWS, OneLogin, Ping Identity, F5 BIG-IP APM, GSuite, JumpCloud and Microsoft ADFS / Azure AD to provide businesses the utmost in authentication flexibility.


Calling all Future Wildcats in kindergarten through 8th Grade! Track your reading minutes and earn rewards this summer by joining the new Wildcats Read program.
Celebrate the launch of this new program and pick up your reading log anytime between 11am-2pm on May 19th at the UA BookStores SUMC location. Enjoy book-themed crafts and activities and receive a special discount card for all future book purchases when you stop in! Reading logs can also be picked up during business hours May 20th through July 30th.


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Each year Mission Australia ask young people aged 15 – 19 about their values, aspirations and concerns in Australia's largest annual youth survey. In 2018, there were 28,286 young people who participated in the 17th annual survey. We've summarised a few parts of the survey here to help you learn the biggest issues that teenagers aged between 15-19 face.
What young people value most
Young people were asked how much they valued family relationships, financial security, friendships (other than family), getting a job, mental health, physical health and school or study satisfaction.
The three most highly valued items were:
1. Family relationships – valued highly by 83.7% of respondents (learn 10 ways to build relationships with your teen children)
2. Friendships (other than family) - valued highly by 81.8% of respondents, and
3. School or study satisfaction - valued highly by 71.8% of respondents (12 tips to deal with the challenges of high school)
The next most valued items were mental health and physical health.
The top ten issues of personal concern for young people
Survey participants were asked to rate how concerned they were about a number of issues and rate their level of concern on a 5 point scale ranging from extremely concerned to not concerned at all.
The top ten issues of concern for young people were:
1. Coping with stress
43.1% of young people were extremely concerned or very concerned.
2. School or study problems
3. Mental health awareness
4. Body image
6. Personal safety
18.6% of young people were extremely concerned or very concerned (teenagers can be preyed upon online)
7. Family conflict
8. Financial security
10. Discrimination
Gender differences in the top issues of personal concern for young people
The top two personal issues of concern for both females and males were coping with stress and school or study problems. For females, the third highest concern was body image, whereas for males it was physical health. In general more females were concerned about personal issues than males.
How happy are young people?
Young people were asked to rate how happy they were with their life as a whole on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 indicates feeling very sad, 5 indicates not happy or sad and 10 indicates that they felt very happy.
Most young people (62.3%) were happy/very happy.
27.7% were not happy or sad.
10% were very sad/sad.
More males reported feeling happy/very happy with their lives than females (67.8% compared to 59.1%). More males also reported feeling very sad/sad than females (8.1% compared to 6.6%). However, despite more males reporting feeling happier, we recently learned that the male suicide crisis is 3 times worse than previously thought
Are you struggling to cope with stress, school problems or mental health?
Inspiro provides a free youth counselling service for young people between 12 to 25 years who may be dealing with depression, anxiety, bullying, harassment, managing relationships or any other issue. The free counselling service is funded by the Yarra Ranges Council and is available to young people living, working or studying in the Yarra Ranges
My daughter was sobbing. I asked her what was wrong, but she was too upset to answer... Do you know who your kids are talking to online?
Half of all mental illness begins by age 14
The 5 biggest health concerns of Aussie women
Outer East Opening Doors Community Leadership Program
Getting support is helpful
Sometimes we experience difficult challenges and getting support can be helpful. If you're feeling down, stressed out, angry, anxious or confused, our counsellors can help you gain skills to do things differently and build your confidence.
To speak to an Inspiro youth counsellor, call 9028 0153
Inspiro's free Youth and Family Counselling service is funded by the Yarra Ranges Council
If you live in any of the following suburbs you may be eligible to use Inspiro's Free Youth and Young Adult Counselling Services: Badger Creek, Bayswater, Bayswater North, Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Boronia, Chirnside Park, Coldstream, Croydon North, Croydon, Croydon Hills, East Warburton, Emerald, Ferny Creek, Healesville, Hoddles Creek, Kallista, Kaloroma, Kilsyth South, Kilsyth, Launching Place, Lilydale, Lysterfield, Macclesfield, Menzies Creek, Millgrove, Monbulk, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Dandenong, Mount Evelyn, Narre Warren East, Olinda, Sassafras, Selby, Seville, Seville East, Silvan, Tecoma, The Patch, The Basin, Tremont, Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey, Wandin, Wandin North, Warrandyte South, Warranwood, Warburton, Wesburn, Wonga Park, Woori Yallock, the Yarra Valley, the Yarra Ranges, Yarra Glen, Yarra Junction and Yellingbo.
Source: Mission Australia Survey Report 2018
Yarra Ranges residents not eating enough fruit and vegetables


"If you aren't reading, you shouldn't be writing."
I say this to my students all the time. Well, I just glanced at the piles of books by my desk, by my bed, by the sofa, and by the stove (yes, really) and realized that everything I'm reading is research for my writing projects or possible assignments for my fall classes. That's reading material, but it's not really reading. Falling in love with books (once again) is something else altogether.
Well, my fellow Pacific Northwest writer Oliver de la Paz has launched a summer reading challenge. I've decided to join it. Some of my students are joining. You should join, too! You can read the Summer Reading Challenge rules over at his blog.
In addition to Oliver's rules, I've set a few for myself: This doesn't include books that I'm specifically reading in support of my writing projects (there are many and they are mostly not that fun to read), nor books that I'm reading to support my teaching (ditto and ditto). Also, I'm going to allow myself to switch out books as I go, as I am an enormously fickle reader.
You can follow my progress and thoughts on the books here, at my Goodreads page.
Here's to my front porch and sittin' logs by the hiking trail and picnic blankets -- and on those days that it's unbearably hot, my neighborhood library.
"Hace tiempo me preguntaron quienes eran mis maestros, aun hoy lo tengo claro: Me educan todos los días personas anónimas." / "Some time ago they asked me who my teachers were, even today it's clear to me: The anonymous ones educate me every day."
Several months later, I showed off Seattle's famed Elliott Bay Book Company to Mark Fried, Galeano's translator, who brought Bocas del Tiempo's 341 pages into Voices of Time (though he also disagreed with the English title). We hunted the bookstore for his book, finally finding it in the Biography section.
"Why is it here?" I wondered.
Because some of the entries are autobiographical, Mark explained to me. I suppose in some cosmic way that's true. Galeano's rich life (one truly well-lived) included many discussions with trees and rocks and stones; his mind seems to work on the scale of evolutionary time, taking in everything from blue-green algae to smart bombs. The book's English subtitle, A Life in Stories–invented by the publisher, Henry Holt–is slightly more accurate than the translated title. It's only one letter off: the book is about life in general, not just one life.
Many of Voices of Time's short, mostly true stories originally appeared in Latin American newspapers. I first encountered one in August 2000, in Mexico City's La Jornada. Titled "The Shrimp," its 175 words appeared on the front page. Es la hora de los adioses del sol. – "It's the hour of the sun's goodbyes," it began, then concluded: "From the looks of them, no one would imagine that these whiskery creatures harbored such a poetic bent. But from the taste of them, any human would swear to it." What the hell is that? I thought at the time. Still, I was impressed: a prose poem on the front page of a major, national newspaper. It was Galeano at his best, inserting art into quotidian life.
Times have changed (is there anything beyond the 'I' these days?), but the marketing staff for Voices of Time made the same mistake: they failed to realize that Galeano's 'I' represented not himself, but all people.The first time I read Bocas del Tiempo, Whitman's poem came to mind again and again. Reading Mark Fried's translation and "Song of Myself" side by side, they braid together.
I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.
Or I guess the grass is itself a child, …Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic.
Why should I pray? Why should I venerate and be ceremonious?
The friendly and flowing savage, who is he? Is he waiting for civilization, or past it and mastering it?
Two trains crashed into each other just outside London's Paddington Station. / A fireman fought his way on board with an ax and stepped into a car tipped on its side. Through the smoke, which added fog to the fog, he could see passengers strewn about like mannequins smashed to pieces amid the splintered wood and twisted steel. His flashlight moved across the debris searching in vain for some sign of life. / Not a moan could be heard. Nothing broke the silence except the ringing of cell phones, calling and calling and calling, from the pockets of the dead.
I am a writer, editor, creative writing teacher and translator. Author of NO WORD FOR WELCOME: THE MEXICAN VILLAGE FACES THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (Nebraska, 2011). Co-editor of TELLING TRUE STORIES: A NONFICTION WRITERS' GUIDE (Penguin, 2007).
I have been a full-time word-worker and story-smith for more than fifteen years. (I was a full-time grassroots organizer for a decade before that.) I've been a book binger since long before kindergarten. Here at "Many Words for Welcome," I occasionally share some my thoughts on words that people say to me, that I overhear, that I read, that ring in my memory. Words that fascinate, agitate, or just plain stop me in my tracks.
Buy my 2012 chapbook: "Tilled Paths Through Wilds of Thought"
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The cat's outta the bag!
A series of mysterious snow-leopard attacks has Snowville in a panic! As the town's best veterinarian and feline expert, it's up to you to find out why they've left their forest reserve and come after humans. But things get personal when your own housecats suddenly decide to run off with the leopards. Can you find out who is controlling the leopards and get back your pets? The cat's out of the bag in this thrilling Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!
- Stop the snow-leopard attacks!


After getting Guest Pass to acquire World of Warcraft, obtaining the game wasn't nearly the seamless process I expect from Steam games. After downloading a hulking 2.84GB file (3 hours!) that required me to use a "download manager," it took quite a while to extract and install the game. I booted up the game, marveled at the beautiful intro cinematic, and wondered why they had spoiled the dramatic text in the beginning by appending everything with ®. The movie got me really excited about playing. Seeing the login screen reminded me of my need to register. So, I went to the account creation page, fed it my guest pass authentication code they had emailed me, and agreed to all the contracts without reading them. (8 pages?! I want to play the game already!) Alas, such was only a wish at this point.
Blizzard wanted a credit card number, the reason turned out to be preventing people from creating multiple Guest Accounts. Dad came over, and insisted on skimming the contracts before he told them anything. I printed off the confirmation page, booted up the game, and logged in. Update successful. Press restart to download and install the patch. Patch? Didn't I just download 3GB worth of this game? Oh, well. Hopefully it's a small one. 0MB out of 485MB. 5 hours remaining. WHAT?! As I explored the menus of the "Blizzard Downloader," I realized it was a poorly hacked-up Bittorrent client. It had a peer list and everything, the difference being a sickly "HTTP Direct Download" was one of my peers. Despite a peer list as long as my arm, I got pitiful download speeds, even after forwarding ports. As with most torrents, download speeds were sporadic. No matter what speed I was downloading at, the client ate bandwidth alive. It seemed as though Blizzard were determined to stop new people from getting World of Warcraft.
When it finally reached around 98%, the downloader started predicting times of around three minutes left. Yay! Then the download stopped. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Nada. It wasn't done. No, even the combined might of several peers with 100% complete and the HTTP download couldn't overcome the hasty construction of what I felt was a crime to all software in existence. Apparently the speed managed to stay at a trickle, as the downloaded file size crawled upwards.
I started up the game again, logged in, and discovered I needed another patch. To be fair, this one was only 3.12MB. When I downloaded the game again on my other computer, I got the game and both patches at once. Then after the whole long, laborious process of creating an account and squeezing insane amounts of patch data into my machine, I logged on, created a character, and started playing. It all became worthwhile in that moment. Within less than a week, my sister and I had become addicted enough to share the $15 monthly cost, and in my opinion the investment is well worth it.
PS: Undead mages rule! Horde foreva!
EDIT: It's been long enough since I wrote this that I'd like to point out that Blizzard has offered up a much more recent version of the game for initial download, (2.0.0) that the patch downloader has been greatly improved, and a download manager is no longer needed. Instead, both patch and main game downloads use the Blizzard Downloader, which has been improved since this article.
I was browsing through an old Game Informer, and came across an article on freeware games I had read, but hadn't checked out the games it listed. One of them I looked at what a "game" called Façade. It's not so much a game as an experience. You are a character that is invited to a party. You are the only guest, and the couple starts arguing right in front of you. It's your job to try to help. Download link.


We have just released updated data-synchronization and version control plug-ins for Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010. Team Foundation Server 2010 is part of the new Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010 release. Plug-ins are still available for customers using TFS 2005 and 2008.


Crypto winter is painful for cryptocurrency mining investors. With the rapid downfall of Bitcoin and increasing electricity bills, Chinese mining investors are looking for solutions to sustain their businesses. Is Iranese cheap electricity going to be the one?
The recurrent downward fall in Bitcoin price is no longer news. Since the beginning of the year, Bitcoin has suffered a massive drop in price with the currency market continuous decline and gradual shrinking of mining earnings.
The final crash was experienced towards the end of November when the price of Bitcoin nosedived from $6,500 to $3,500 within ten days falling below the shutdown price. These challenges have seen many miners sell off their mining gadgets for peanuts and entirely abandoning their much-invested project. As predicted by the founder of Chinese Mining Sea Association (矿海会), an additional 6% – 7% of miners are set to fold up in the crypto winter.
Electricity is now the most significant cost of cryptocurrency mining. Bitcoin system has a severe problem in each round. The problem solver can get the new Bitcoin and billing fee in this round. The more calculating power he has, the more likely he is to solve the problem.
With the increasing difficulty of calculation, people have developed an ASIC miner, especially for the specific algorithm. It possesses strong computing power, but similarly, consumes a lot of electricity.
Since the turn of the year, the domestic regulations of mines have been tightened with the cost of power on the rise. Also, the average price of mines extends from something over 6 – 8 gross leading to the higher cost of production and decreased revenue and gain.
Although, the other contributing factors to reduced lucrativeness of Bitcoin mining include the price of Bitcoin miners, and site fee charges. However, electricity has been reported to be the leading factor on the return cycle of the miner.
Nowadays, the S9, once recognized as the most cost-effective machine in the industry, is on the verge of shutdown. Industry insiders have estimated that more than half of the mining machines in operation on the market are ants S9.
"I have already found a power station with 4 cents electricity in the Middle East. It is suitable for all kinds of second-hand mining machines that will be shut down. Investment can be returned in one month. Whoever wants to join, you are welcome".
On October 22nd, Chandler Guo (Guo Hongcai 郭宏才) popularly referred to as "BitAngel" in the cryptocurrency word sent out a call to discover the cheapest electricity source globally with 100 Bitcoin at stake. After four days, Guo Hongcai released a micro-blog video stating that he had received over 400 responses. However, the most appealing to him is from the Middle East country – Iran with electricity as low as 4 cents per hour.
Iran, a country associated with political and religious instability currently face sanctions from the US. They can offer electricity even at 3 cents in certain situations.
When Chandler Guo disclosed his finding to the public, many miners have gathered from all across China to inspect the proposed new site for mining – Iran.
The low-cost electricity that Iran offers implies that many miners will be back into the business, and hopefully, they can revive mining and the general price of Bitcoin in the capital.
BitAngel predicted that many miners would be interested in the Iran electricity discovery. Surprisingly, the number of people that have shown interest in the project rose to 500 within a couple of hours after the announcement.
Several large mine owners most especially from China have visited Iran for inspection over the past weeks. Also, according to several reports online, many are planning to set up their mine in the Middle East country.
For instance, mining investor, Zhang Wen has already established a mine in Iran, and they are set to begin operation as early as next month.


With two Orienteering courses at Avon Tyrrell, orienteering will introduce some practical map reading skills so you can locate various points within the grounds.
Orienteering is a great way to explore the grounds and discover new things. You will need to interpret your map and communicate well together to make decisions in order to find all points as quickly as possible.
You will have access to both courses and receive a self-guided Orienteering pack which includes; a briefing sheet for teachers and leaders to help you explain Orienteering to your group, a timing sheet to allow you to log teams in and out, 10 blank answer sheets, 10 blank maps, 1 map of Course A, 1 map of Course B and of course a master answer sheet.
Course A: Avoids all ponds and lakes and takes place around inside the grounds at Avon Tyrrell.
Course B: Is longer and is primarily around the perimeter of site, but please note you will come into proximity with water.
If using Course B, we recommend at least two leaders run this session. One of whom should remain at the start/finish point. The other should position them self behind our large lake to monitor their group when in close proximity to water.
If you are from Hampshire, you will need a minimum of Hampshire County Council Open Country Leader award.
Accessible: Our site depending on recent weather conditions can have large sections of uneven/muddy ground, discussion beforehand can help establish whether individual needs can be accommodated using either our Boma or bubble chair.
Personal Challenge & Achievement: By allowing individuals to undertake a course or specific sections of a course depending on their age and experience allows them to feel a level of independence and a sense of achievement.
As well as being adapted to suit your group and their specific learning objectives, Orienteering sessions can support key areas of the curriculum.


Due to financial restraints, we have decided to change the rescue to more of a foster home based and also move to the garage once it is properly renovated! All this to hopefully be able to rent the modular home in order to bring in funds to help maintain NARC. My New Years resolution – NARC has to stand on it's own two feet and I no longer can pay for the expensive hydro bills monthly, gaz, veterinary costs, wood for wood stove, website maintenance, straw for dog houses, maintenance of modular home, Electricians, Plumbers, Insurance, Strongid-T, Multi-Advantage monthly, phone, internet and the list goes on and on… The main reason of course is that University is starting in September for my daughter and my personal finances have to be moved in that direction! Our veterinary costs keep going up a few times a year and are no longer affordable unless we change our adoption fees which is not something we want! We are also looking into bringing dogs in from other locations/countries where veterinary fees are way less expensive so we don't have to worry about changing our adoption fees. Many issues at hand for the new year! Right now, we haven't taken dogs from pounds in our areas due to the high veterinary costs here in Ottawa, usually surpassing our adoption fees! We can only take in small to medium sized dogs as our re-location will not allow larger breeds. Lots of new things happening but let's keep an open mind and get through these changes together!


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package org.assertj.core.internal.paths;

import static org.assertj.core.error.ShouldEndWithPath.shouldEndWith;
import static org.assertj.core.test.TestFailures.wasExpectingAssertionError;
import static org.assertj.core.util.FailureMessages.actualIsNull;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import org.junit.Test;

public class Paths_assertEndsWithRaw_Test extends MockPathsBaseTest {

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_actual_is_null() {
	thrown.expectAssertionError(actualIsNull());
	paths.assertEndsWithRaw(info, null, other);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_other_is_null() {
    thrown.expectNullPointerException("the expected end path should not be null");
    paths.assertEndsWithRaw(info, actual, null);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_actual_does_not_end_with_other() {
	// This is the default, but let's make this explicit
	when(actual.endsWith(other)).thenReturn(false);

	try {
	  paths.assertEndsWithRaw(info, actual, other);
	  wasExpectingAssertionError();
	} catch (AssertionError e) {
	  verify(failures).failure(info, shouldEndWith(actual, other));
	}
  }

  @Test
  public void should_succeed_if_actual_ends_with_other() {
	when(actual.endsWith(other)).thenReturn(true);

	paths.assertEndsWithRaw(info, actual, other);
  }
}

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Q: should minified files be committed into source control? I come from a C# background and have moved into Javascript development. In the C# world, I would never consider committing an executable (.DLL, .EXE) into source control because you cannot verify that the executable matches the code. However I see plenty of examples of github repositories that contain a .js next to a .min.js file and I see it as a similar smell.
Is it helpful to third parties using your library or should any minifying be handled by them - such as in the use case that a library is developed in coffeescript. Are there any best practices here?

A: If your repository shippes a way to minify, don't add it. So if you are writing a minifier for js code, you don't have to submit the minified versions of your js code, as each person who clones or forks your repo should be able to generate their own minified files.
If your repo does not include a program/script/whatever to minify the js files, include them.
Disclaimer: This is my opinion and seems to be the most logical answer on this question for me!

A: Minified files should not be under source control for the simple reason that they are not 'source' files.  If you need to fix a bug in your javascript you don't do it in the minified file so why have it under source control.

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You're sitting on your lanai enjoying this great Florida weather and you notice discoloration on your screen enclosure. You try and wash it off but it is still there. Then you notice it is in quite a few places on the enclosure. What is this? What could be causing this? How can it be fixed?
What you are seeing is the discoloration of the existing coating of the bronze finish on the aluminum screen enclosure. As time goes on Mother Nature takes its toll on the aluminum and it starts to fade and turn a green color. In some instances I have seen it where it turns it a yellowish gold color. The good news is it can be fixed with a bit of Southwest Florida painting.
This picture was taken in the verandah of a home where we here hired to paint the aluminum screen enclosure. The homeowner was having most of the screens replaced and having part of his screen enclosure re-designed to a more modern look; however, he did not like the look of the aluminum that he was not replacing. In the following picture you can see how labor-intensive it is to clean, seal and paint a screen enclosure. There are several ways to do it, but the most cost-effective way for the homeowner is to have your screen enclosure painted before you replace your screens.
We always hand-wash all of the aluminum to ensure all of the mold is removed, but also removing as much of the chalk and discoloration as possible. We then seal all of the aluminum with a clear chalk sealer to ensure the top coat of paint will bond to the surface. Many times there is severe oxidation on the aluminum. When we run across oxidation we will grind down the oxidation with either a dremmel or a wire brush attachment on a drill, lightly sand, and seal with a chalk sealer. Once the entire screen enclosure is cleaned, sealed and prepared for paint, we then prepare the surrounding surfaces to make sure we do not get over spray paint on the surrounding home, pool deck, water in the pool, plants and roof.
On this particular home we painted the top portion of the screen enclosure, one wall where the door is on both the interior and exterior of the screen enclosure and the top brace of the large wall looking over the lake. The large wall is where the homeowner is having new aluminum installed, which we had to come close with the new paint color to make sure it matched almost perfectly to the existing paint color on the aluminum screen enclosure that was not being painted and the new that was being installed.
We choose to spray paint the aluminum screen enclosure so it has a nice finish, and usually one coat of paint will cover the existing coating of paint on the aluminum screen enclosure. However there are times that we have brushed and rolled a screen enclosure, when the existing screening is not being replaced. When we brush and roll it, it does not give it as smooth a finish as spraying it, and it usually takes two coats of paint. We always like using Sherwin Williams All Surface Enamel when painting screen enclosures. It gives the aluminum a hard finish and can be tinted to several different shades of bronze.
When we completed this job, we made sure everything was cleaned up, pool deck swept and furniture was put back in place. Now it is up to the screening contractor to come in and do his job and replace the screening on the aluminum enclosure!


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Notes This same couple sat for their portrait in Plate 100.


JAVEA opposes the European Union-Turkey agreement to return migrants and refugees to Turkey after they reach Greece.
"We want to show our most energetic rejection," said Javea mayor Jose Chulvi, who explained the council had insisted that Spain's acting government should not back the controversial measure.
Unlike San Vicente, Elche or Castellon the town hall did not remove the EU flag or fly it at half-mast.


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Seafood Paella Recipe David pays homage to the great national dish of Spain, the greatest Mediterranean rice, fish and shellfish dish. There are hundreds of versions, from: Alicante, Murcia, Malaga and Cadiz - to Barcelona and of course, most famous of all: Valencia.
We have tried to capture something of the spirit of Spain in this version - try it yourself - you won't be disappointed.
And don't be put off by the number of ingredients - it's really quite simple and the results make the effort worthwhile.
It should be the culmination of a whole day of relaxation, drinking, talking and eating. A labour of love, to be presented with a flourish.
Watch David make a Great Seafood Paella and then come back here for the details.
Great Seafood Paella - Easy when you know how.
A 13" Traditional paella pan or "Paellera"
Cut the chicken up into 1" dice.
Cut the squid into bite-sized pieces.
Take off the half shell and reserve the mussels - add any liquid to your stock.
Leave the shells on eight of the prawns and shell the rest.
OK - add 2-3 tablespoons of the olive oil to your paella pan.
Now - on a high heat - fry the onions - mushrooms and red pepper with the chicken pieces and squid - stirring frequently for about five minutes, you want them to color but not burn.
Reduce the heat to low and add the garlic and chorizo- stirring for two minutes.
Add a little more oil if it looks too dry.
Now - replace the pan on a high heat - add half the stock and give it a final stir.
Arrange the fish and prawns in the liquid with the shell-on Prawns on top.
Let the liquid reduce until there is almost none left and then remove from the heat.
Arrange the mussels around the rim of your paellera.
Cut the lemons in quarters lengthwise and arrange around the rim.


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Q: Do I actually need to link my theme's style.css in the theme files So I am developing a wordpress theme using a series of LESS files for the CSS. These compile using codekit to a combined and minifed stylesheet that I use for the theme's styling.
I understand a wordpress theme must have a style.css which includes the info about the theme in its comments, but is it required to link this style.css in the header.php? Surely I can just have the theme info in it and nothing else and leave it untouched in the theme folder.
The stylesheet I actually use can just be called styles.css or main.css or something.
can anyone confirm this or give reasons why this might be a bad idea?

A: You are correct, Harry, that you do not need to actually call to or load the default style.css in your header file. Since I've been using SCSS in my themes, I've encountered this same issue, but had decided to maintain the link to style.css for the following reasons which may or may not be applicable to your situation:

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*Default WP assumptions are that style.css exists and is in use, and I don't want to thwart that assumption with respect to plugins. I don't know if/when this would be an issue and would be interested to hear others' experiences and advice on this point.

*If my actual in-use stylesheet is in a folder, it prevents users from being able to edit the site's CSS. Keeping style.css active and available gives my users a way to still be able to make CSS changes from the WP admin.

*Related, while working on the staging site with other partners, if they don't also use SCSS, they can make changes to style.css without affecting my ability to continue to use my SCSS files.

Again, these points may not be applicable to your situation but have informed my decision to keep the default style.css linked, even if it's mostly blank except for the required theme info.

A: I would say: you should not use the style.css for the actual production CSS.
The reason is simple: minification. You cannot minify the content of the file completely, because WordPress has to read it. In my themes, I use style.css just for the headers, and I add a comment, explaining where to find the real CSS, so other developers don't have to search too long.
Example:
/*
Theme Name:    My theme name
Version:       2013.08.24
License:       MIT
Text Domain:   t5_theme
Domain Path:  /lang

You will find the real stylesheet in css/default.css.
*/

A: Yes, WordPress uses the theme's style.css as a "config" document.
You are also correct, as far as I can tell, that you don't have to actually load style.css on the front end in order to have it serve its "config" purposes.
What you are doing should be fine. I am pretty sure I have seen other themes do something similar but I can't swear to it. The only issue I can see would be if some plugin erroneously assumes that style.css is the (only) stylesheet in the theme.

A: You could also add this to your config.rb (if you're using Compass) and CodeKit will automatically copy your minified stylesheet to style.css in the theme root.
require 'fileutils'
on_stylesheet_saved do |file|
  if File.exists?(file) && File.basename(file) == "style.css"
    puts "Moving: #{file}"
    FileUtils.mv(file, File.dirname(file) + "/../" + File.basename(file))
  end
end

I use this with every WordPress theme I develop and it works like a charm.
Make sure that the comment in your style.scss file starts with the ! after the opening comment or else it will be removed in the minification:
/*!
  Theme Name: Your Theme

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Q: Do functions cause retain cycles? I know that using a closure will always capture the properties or methods that are used inside the closure.
But do functions cause retain cycles too? If it does please explain it to me!
If not, then why do we even use closures if we are risking a retain cycle when we can just plug in a function in every closure parameter?
My question refers to whether or not a function retains memory like how a closure does.

A:
I know that using a closure will always capture the properties or
  methods that are used inside the closure.

No, a function captures local variables from the surrounding scope that are used inside the function.

But do functions cause retain cycles too? If it does please explain it
  to me!

Functions are closures. As explained above, a function captures local variables from the surrounding scope that are used inside the function. If a function is at the top-level scope, then there are no local variables in the surrounding scope, because variables at the top-level scope are global variables.


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Q: General Q: how does XAMPP and MySQL databases work together? I know vague, general-ish questions should be avoided, but any enlightenment on the subject matter would be much appreciated.
I have successfully created a database by using PHPMyAdmin in the XAMPP package to create a user and then having a PHP file in htdocs connect to it:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "admin";
$password = "potato";

// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
echo "Connected successfully";
?>

As the old programming joke goes, though, now that it works, why. I do not understand how simply putting $servername = "localhost"; is connecting this PHP file way down in htdocs to the database file out in the xampp directory.
The reason I want to know is so I can move the database folder into the same directory as my PHP (htdocs/Projects/P8/...) so that I can upload new data and such to GitHUB easily and work on the same files and data at another workstation, as well as download SSMS and use that. I am not sure how to do this, as I cannot figure out how it's connecting even now, much less how to modify that connection to point somewhere else.

A: MYSQL stores it data in a separate location and in a specific binary structure. Generally, you don't commit your SQL servers data directory to a git repository.
A better way to move data between systems is by making a dump of your database, using the mysqldump tool (included with mysql).
You can then load that file on a different system, and have exactly the same data structure & data.
You could also commit this in a git repository, but that's usually not a good idea as the file would be very hard to diff due to it's huge size and machine generated format.


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A guide to Chisinau, The down to earth and mysterious capital of Moldova!
Published on: 27/10/2016 28/06/2018 by Nic Hilditch-Short Category:City guide, Eastern Europe, Europe, Local Travel, Moldova, Off The Beaten Path, Travel Guide 8 Comments
Chisinau Pronounced "kee-shee-now" is probably Europe's least visited capital city, or at least the one most of us are likely to get wrong in the pub quiz! Not all that many people venture into the mysterious corner of the far east of Europe in which Moldova sits and even fewer know what there is to experience there! In all honesty Moldova isn't a country that thrills the regular traveller looking for unforgettable beauty and amazement. But instead it provides a fascinating insight into an often over looked authentic culture and a world many of us never get to see.
Explore the markets of Chisinau
What better place is there to take in local life than the markets of any city. Centred around the city's central bus station this chaotic and raucous set of markets feels rather disorganised and frantic. But that is the beauty of it, from bits of old tat to fresh fruit and veg there seems to be an inexplicable amount of random items for sale.
Many of these you have no idea what it is, where it came from or what its purpose is!! But immersing yourself in such a crazy and overwhelming environment is be best way to experience Chisinau in all its uniqueness…The flair of the Romanian influence and the staunch of the Ukrainian side.
Find the beach in the city's large park!
On our first day in the city we were jet lagged from our long over night bus trip from Brasov. The lack of sleep lead to us deliriously wandering around the city with no real aim or destination. Heading into the large park we felt a wander around this lovely wooded area would be a nice relaxing way to ease into Chisinau.
Soon we discovered Nistru beach, a soviet constructed resort built on the banks of the Nistru river where locals flock in the summer months in this land locked country. Now, I am not quite sure I would be tempted to slip into my bikini and take a dip in this murky water, but what interested me more what this slice of typical Moldovan life here that for us seems so surreal!
Triumphal Arch and Government house
Built in 1840 to commemorate Russia's victory over the Ottoman empire this triumphal arch tells the history of this country that has fought on numerous occasions for independence. Having been part of the Russian Empire, The Ottoman Empire, Romania and The USSR Moldova has seen many influences and battles. The fact that his arch now sits opposite the independent government of Moldova and within flies proudly the Moldovan flag shows the story of this small and yet wildly fought over nation.
Nativity Cathedral
This huge white cathedral sits opposite the Triumphal Arch and has a grand and imposing feel to it and dominates the park in which is was constructed. Built in the Neo-Classical style in the 1830's it once again has been through many changes with the differing eras of Moldova. Built originally by the governor of New Russia it was then heavily bombed during the second world war.
Left is a sorry state the once bright and colourful interior was repainted plain white and the bell tower destroyed during the communist era. Lovingly repaired in 1997 by the high population of Eastern Orthodox followers in Moldova the cathedral is now back to its former glory both externally and internally. A symbol of more than just religion but also the resilience of the Moldovan people.
The impressive Military Museum of Chisinau
A rather strange and at first glance shabby museum in a grand old building the various exhibitions display artefacts from wars known and those very much off the mainstream radar. The outdoor area is free and covers an extensive collection of impressive military transport including many tanks, aeroplanes and trucks, most of which were inherited from Russia.
However the dark and imposing corridors of the internal section of museum take you on a journey through the various occupations and wars Moldova has been involved in. For us the most interesting have to be that against Transnistria, a conflict that has largely gone under the radar of the outside world but one which is still very much on the edge still within this region.
St. Theodor Tiron Convent
This stunning shimmering bright blue and gold convent tucked away against the grey background of post soviet Chisinau feels like walking into a fairytale. Hidden behind a high fence of trees from a distance only the tips of the onion domes shining in the sun give away this beautiful convent. One of the oldest buildings in the capital it almost feels out of place, but in truth the city has grown around it whilst is has stayed in against the odds.
Head out of the city to the Orheiul Vechi monastery
Not actually in the capital itself but a couple of hours away it is easily visitable in a day from Chisinau and is often considered to be one of the only real "attractions" of Moldova that most may have heard of. Situated in the Moldovan countryside next to a tiny traditional village this old Monastery is composed of ancient archeological sites and churches that are still in use to this day.
Surrounded by the stunning hillside on which it is based the stunning church that stands out shimmering against the green landscape is decorated in sumptuous colour and detail and is still frequented by monks. But located in this historical open air complex is many significant artefacts from the Iron Age, Eneolithic and Paleolithic eras as well as remnants of ancient fortresses, monasteries, caves and towns some as early as the 6th century BC and many from between the 16th-18th centuries.
Head over to the communist republic of Transnistria
Is it part of Moldova or isn't it, this strange nation which declared independence from Moldova in the early 90's has been in limbo ever since. With only Russia and a handful of other self declared republics acknowledging its independence it has its own money, government and culture. Heading over into Transnistria is like going back in time to the height of the soviet union. Here hammer and sickles are common sight and Lenin statues still plentiful, its quite the experience!
Crossing the border is a strange affair with the Russian army having a presence here since the war over this territory. Visitors are issues a 12 hour visa that can be extended once inside the territory. Most visits today are without issue but overstay your time and you might find yourself having to bribe one of the guards…that is if you even recognise their authority!
Read more here: A day in the communist republic of Transnistria
Just take in everyday life in Chisinau
Lets be honest, Chisinau isn't a tourists paradise, but the for the traveller is has much to offer those who seek out the fascination in the everyday lives of people from other countries and cultures. Just wandering around Chisinau and the villages that surround it is the best way to soak in the unique culture of Moldova. Get talking to locals, each Moldovan food and drink their homemade wine and beer. You will soon find that there is plenty more to this forgotten corner of Europe than you first imagined!
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Thank for the artical, i'm going to Chisinau soon, hope it will be as sunny as when you were there. But it probably wil not be, because it will b in April.
Nic Hilditch-Short
No worries! Have a great time over there it's a really unique place. You never know you might get decent weather, it's got more of a Mediterranean climate so it's usually better weather in April than quite a few places in Western Europe.
This is so useful! Thank you.
Finding Lala
I love visiting places where most tourists don't go. I would love to visit Moldova one day and your post gives me a place to start on the things to see 🙂
It is a really rewarding place to visit, mostly because not many other tourists venture that far. It is a shame many stop at Romania and never continue one!
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How to Choose the Best Online Calendar for Your Business
Productivity Habits Guide for Business Owners
Our Criteria for Best Online Calendar for your Business
User Interface: Crisp and Clear Wins the Race
Integrations and Sharing: The More, the Better
Features and Recommendations: Creativity Counts
Choosing Your Next Calendar
Not long ago, the best business calendar in the world was a simple spreadsheet. It might've had larger cells and a fancier font than its peers, but it was still the same basic tool – with perks. You want to choose the best online calendar for your business to keep up with the pace of change in 2020.
Today's online calendars are closer to digital assistants than spreadsheets.
They can share events, schedule meetings, issue reminders, check for conflicts, and even suggest time slots for unscheduled tasks. Without them, most of us would miss appointments, overbook ourselves, and generally get less done.
Chances are, your phone and computer already come with calendar apps — but you are choosing the best online calendar for your business.
Why would you switch calendars or calendar apps? Because every person — and every company — works a bit differently. Some want a plain, streamlined grid system; others are looking for a robust, feature-packed tool that issues reminders and tracks tasks.
Don't default to a business calendar that's not right for you or your company. To help you choose the perfect one, we've taken the top contenders for a test drive.
On our journey, we looked at popular online calendars across three key areas for 2020:
User interface: A business calendar is a commitment. Before migrating hundreds of events and contacts from your old system, ask yourself: Will I want to use this tool day in and day out?
Integrations and sharing: Business doesn't happen in a vacuum. Consider the calendar and productivity apps your team already uses. You don't necessarily have to choose the same calendar they do, but be sure whichever you pick plays well with their software selections.
Features and recommendations: There are some features every business calendar should have, like the ability to send event invitations. But each option in this section has some unique features that, depending on your situation, might just sell you on it.
For all categories, we considered the "big three" business calendars — Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Apple Calendar. We have also given the top up-and-comers their just dues. Within each category, we ranked them according to how we think they stack up against one another.
So which is the best online scheduling option for you? You're about to find out.
There are many ways to do a user interface well, and our options run the gamut:
1. Google Calendar
Free for the web, Android, and iOS.
Stylistically speaking, Google's calendar offering aligns well with its other tools.
Thanks to an October 2017 refresh, the platform balances design with functionality in a number of ways. Its modern, bright color palette looks good to our eyes, with just enough variance between colors of different event types for an "at a glance" tool. Google also does a nice job of arranging information hierarchically. Important details like dates appear in significantly larger font than nearby text.
Google clearly has its users in mind in other ways as well. Users can see the contact details of meeting participants by simply hovering their cursor over attendees' names. They can also browse and reserve conference rooms, including capacity and equipment details, directly from the event interface.
One weak point in Google Calendar's interface? The "week" and "month" toggles. Not only are they listed in two separate locations in the main dashboard, but they're in a rather small font. What's more, the drop-down menu in the top right obscures part of the calendar as it's opened. Then it includes two options — "show weekends" and "show declined events." These seem out of place on the menu.
2. Microsoft Outlook Calendar
Starts at $6.99 per month for web, Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.
Of the big three, Microsoft's online calendar, Office 365 Outlook, might be the least sexy but most visually useful for business people.
Although the main spread looks awfully similar to that of Google Calendar, and the colors are a bit more muted and the fonts tougher to read.
So what do we like about Outlook? In addition to overlaying group schedules, which can also be done in Apple and Google's calendars, Outlook can display calendars side-by-side. This can come in handy when, for example, you want to compare two coworkers' calendars without creating a crowded mess on your page. Plus, the side-by-side feature makes it easy to move appointments between displayed calendars.
3. Apple iCloud Calendar
Free for the web, Mac, and iOS.
Apple's designers clearly chose bare-bones efficiency over design — a reasonable choice for a business calendar. Unfortunately, they seem to have sacrificed some ease of use in the process.
On one hand, we like that the iCloud calendar displays events across multiple calendars, including those offered by competitors. Apple converts whoever uses Google Calendar as a family calendar, for instance. You don't have to convince the whole family to switch to a new platform.
On the other hand, the iCloud calendar looks downright bland. Compared to Google's offering, the colors are fainter and the text smaller. All told, it would be much easier to overlook something or double-book yourself in Apple's calendar.
The other trouble with Apple's calendar is its notification settings. Although it offers many of the same options as Google Calendar, it doesn't let users change their default settings across multiple calendars. In other words, iCloud users have to tweak their notification preferences for each and every event. This can be time-consuming and easy to forget about, thinking you'll do it later.
4. 30 Boxes
Free for the web.
As its name implies, 30 Boxes isn't much to look at other than a month's worth of boxes. But the tool has developed something of a cult following for its simplistic design and standout features.
As with the other calendars on this list, 30 Boxes offers daily, weekly, and monthly views. Additionally, however, it displays events in a list called "agenda view." For events with attached locations, it even plots them on a map.
30 Boxes also make adding events a snap. Neither Google, Apple, nor Microsoft's options make it possible to add the same event to multiple days by simply picking dates on the calendar. Plus, 30 Books supports natural language entry, which can come in handy in hands-off situations like driving.
5. Zoho
We'd be lying if we said we liked how Zoho looks. Its main spread looks straight out of 2012, and it's far too grey for our tastes.
Why, then, would Zoho make our list?
Because users who are willing to put in the setup time can customize the interface in any number of ways. Work three-day weeks as a part-time consultant? Zoho can be set for custom work weeks. Work odd hours? Zoho can be set to show only those times on your dashboard.
Like other options on this list, Zoho allows users to subscribe to custom calendars, such as office birthdays. But unlike some others, Zoho makes it easy to share calendars with non-users. Users can export their calendar as a webpage or an ICS document. ICS files work with calendar clients ranging from standards like Google Calendar to smaller players like Mozilla's Lightning calendar.
The look of an online business calendar is, at best, half the story. A calendar software's functionality depends heavily on which other tools — and how vigorously — it works with other preferences. So how do our options stack up?
1. Teamup
Free for the web; paid plans range from $8 to more than $80 per month.
Believe it or not, the best calendar for integrations is the newest contender of the five.
Unlike the other four, Teamup was designed for groups rather than individuals. Used by NASA, Teamup doesn't require users to create accounts or register whatsoever.
How does Teamup work? When someone creates a Teamup calendar, they're provided with a unique URL that they can share it with their team. Depending on the creator's access rules, users can then update the shared calendar as needed. The system works well for everything from scheduling shift workers to managing deliveries.
Although users can create calendars anonymously, those who sign up can import events from Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Yahoo calendar, and more. The tool also integrates with Facebook and Twitter, where users can post calendars in groups or on their own profile pages. Best of all — and unique to this list — Teamup integrates with Slack, allowing users to share calendars quickly in group channels.
Surprisingly, Microsoft's calendar might be the best of the big three in terms of integrations.
In late 2016, Microsoft rolled out a set of "add-in" tools. Using them in its own departments and external firms, they have developed a slew of Outlook integrations.
As a result, Outlook integrates cleanly with other Microsoft services like Bing, which it taps into when suggesting meeting locations. It also works with Azure to update associated contacts with chain-of-command information and predictions about which other team members they work with most often.
In addition to its in-house integrations, Outlook boasts a wide range of third-party integrations. Using the Trello add-in, for example, users can import events directly into Outlook. Or, with PayPal's outlook integrations, they can split checks from dinners scheduled through Outlook.
3. Jorte
Free for the web, Android, and iOS; paid plans range from $1.99 to $2.99 per month.
Originally developed for the Japanese market, Jorte's strengths are its mobile-friendliness and integrations. Although Jorte integrates with Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar, it's intended to be a standalone tool.
Aside from other calendar software, Jorte's best native integration is Evernote. Users can attach photos and notes to calendar events, which works well for brainstorms or similar "team" events.
Even better than its Evernote integration, though, is Jorte's series of quasi-integrations it calls "event calendars." Provided by partners like The New York Times, Eater, Apple, and Amazon, these calendars display top stories, events, or songs atop the user's own schedule. Although many are meant for personal use rather than for business, they can come in handy when a lead wants to talk about tonight's NFL game or eat at a top-rated restaurant.
4. Google Calender
Although Google Calendar does have some native integrations, it's not quite the plug-and-play platform we'd hoped it would be. It's also known for syncing problems with Google's own Android platform.
Some business users will be satisfied with "table stakes" integrations like Calendar's Gmail hookup, which automatically lists events mentioned in confirmation emails like flights and meetings. Google Calendar also plays nicely with Asana, allowing users of both tools to sync tasks with due dates to their calendar.
But what if you want to save Salesforce events to Google Calendar? Maybe you want to receive a Slack when calendar events approach, or perhaps you don't want to have to update Airtable with every new event. For those integrations and more, you'll have to set them up yourself via Zapier or another third-party service.
Apple's calendar offering isn't the integration powerhouse we'd hoped it would be. Although it works with other services under the iCloud umbrella, even those integrations leave a lot to be desired.
Take iMessage. Although iCloud will scan iMessages and emails for appointments, it takes an extra step or two to get them into the calendar. When it finds a possible match, iCloud merely highlights a section of text that could be relevant to a calendar event and asks what you want to do next.
Then there's Apple's frustrating Mac Mail and iPhone contact integration. For some reason, Apple's calendar won't send an invite to anyone whose email isn't already saved to a contact list. Although users can sync contacts from services like Gmail to their iCloud — there's not an easy answer for people who like to keep their work and business contacts separate.
For pretty much anything out of Apple's ecosystem, expect to either use a service like Cronify, which works pretty well or create a custom integration.
Every online calendar that's gained a following has something that it does better than its peers. But these five calendars offer at least one feature that their peers don't have at all:
1. SmartDay
Free for the web, $4.99 for Android, iPhone, and iPad; $9.99 for Mac.
Developed by Seattle-based software startup Left Coast Logic, SmartDay doesn't have a particularly strong interface or unique integrations. It does, however, have one incredibly useful feature: automatic task scheduling.
How does it work? Create a master list of tasks, organize them using pre-set filters, and let SmartDay slot them in between your existing appointments. If you get side-tracked by a long conversation with a coworker, for instance, SmartDay adapts by bumping other tasks down. Then, as you check tasks off, it adds those lower on the list into your schedule. If you need more time, you can extend your workday, which gives SmartDay more slots to fill with tasks.
What if you want to pass a task to someone else on your team? Tag him or her on a shared event, and SmartDay will automatically schedule it on his or her calendar. For volunteer-type events, SmartDay integrates with social media for public sharing.
In contrast to Google, Apple seems to be more concerned with unique features. Although some of them strike us as novelties, others have obvious business applications.
The first — automated event intelligence — is actually a better iteration of something Outlook also offers. When a user adds an event location, like the name of a restaurant, Apple's calendar fills in the rest. Not only does it scavenge a street address, but it displays a map and the weather forecast. Best of all, it provides a "time to leave" alert that predicts, given how heavy the traffic is, how long the user's travel time might be.
Another way Apple's calendar comes out on top? Data security. Unlike the other online calendars on this list, Apple's includes end-to-end encryption and promises not to gather any personal data from the user's computer.
3. Microsoft Outlook
In terms of unique features, Outlook ranks somewhere in between Apple and Google's offerings. Entrepreneurs and executives will immediately appreciate the first of its two standout features; as for the second — they may need it more than they realize.
The first, bill pay and package delivery reminders, appear on the user's Outlook calendar automatically when he or she receives a related email. Outlook adds an event for the day the bill or delivery is due, and it provides an email reminder when the event is one or two days away.
The second, SOCKS proxy support, shores up a persistent weakness in business infrastructure: mobile access. Outlook allows administrators to block channels that smartphones and certain tablets use to access the internet. In short, this feature can block hackers from access points that aren't protected by the company's own antivirus or firewall systems.
4. Trello
Free for the web, iOS, and Android; paid tiers range from $9.99 to $20.83 per user per month.
If you've heard of Trello, you probably know it as a board-based task management tool.
But increasingly, teams are treating it like a calendar with best-in-class task-management features. Content marketing and sales lead tracking are two use cases Trello itself suggests.
Trello's best calendar feature? Automatic color-coding of cards by their completion status. Green cards are those that are on track. Yellow ones are due within 24 hours. Red ones are past due. Users can override the color coding at any time, however, by checking a box next to the due date.
Within Trello, users can also leave comments on tasks and send one another to-dos. Although Trello might not have the interface or integrations of some of the larger players on this list, its teamwork tools are the best of the bunch.
Although Google Calendar's interface is arguably the best of the bunch, its integrations and feature set are frankly uninspiring. With that said, it does offer a couple of exclusive features that appeal to the business crowd.
First, Google Calendar invites support rich formatting. Users can link to relevant websites, documents, or presentations within the invite, and recipients can open them directly from the "Event Details" screen. Second, just as Gmail gives users a second or two to retract a sent email, Google Calendar lets users view and restore accidentally deleted invites.
Although you might have made your decision based on the features above, chances are that you've got a hard choice ahead of you. Simplify it by asking yourself whether usability, integrations, or certain features matter most to you.
If, for example, you want a stellar interface and are willing to accept middling integrations, then Google Calendar might be your best bet. What if you need an intra-team calendar above all? You might narrow your choices to SmartDay, Teamup, Trello. Or, say you work somewhere where data security is critical. You might opt for Apple's calendar or Outlook.
Whichever option you're leaning toward, don't forget to talk to your team about the choices. Even CEOs, who arguably have the most autonomy of anyone at a given company, acknowledge that decisions are more effective when they involve more stakeholders. Your colleagues may think of requirements or options you hadn't considered. You don't want to force a decision on them, and you certainly don't want to be the only one using a tool that nobody else will touch.
Even if your team can't reach a consensus, at least it can agree on one thing: Any online calendar is better than spreadsheet scheduling. Start using it in 2020.
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Hosted private cloud: Key benefits and drawbacks
Christopher Null Freelance writer
A recent Gartner report claims that 28% of spending in key IT segments will shift to the cloud by 2022. While that growth signals an increased desire for the flexibility of the cloud, the fact is the remainder of the IT budget, representing the bulk of organizations' workloads, still resides in the secure confines of the corporate data center.
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are increasingly trying to lure those workloads into the cloud with the concept of "hosted private cloud." To that end, within the last three years, we've seen those companies' respective introductions of AWS Outposts, GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) On-Prem, and Azure Stack.
Each promises to combine the security of the traditional corporate firewall with the agility and innovation of the vendors' existing public cloud offerings. It's an attractive pitch, but what does a hosted private cloud really offer your business?
Here are key benefits and drawbacks to be aware of.
From in-house to hosted
The benefits of deploying cloud technology on your own infrastructure are well documented. Traditional private cloud solutions eliminate the "noisy neighbor" problems inherent to public, shared cloud platforms. This is where the workload in one container, container pod, or virtual machine ends up hogging most of a machine's resources.
That makes private cloud sound seductive on paper, but in practice private clouds have so far proved more difficult to deploy and maintain than initially thought, said Todd Matters, chief architect and co-founder of RackWare, a cloud services provider.
Shouldering the weight of hardware and software costs and other resources has simply been too big a burden for many companies, which has caused numerous private cloud initiatives to fall short of expectations (particularly ROI goals), or to suffer from delays and setbacks.
To help customers bridge the gap between expectations and the difficult realities of deploying and maintaining private clouds, providers have started advertising services that leverage their own proven technology in single-tenant environments, Matters said.
These services have been alternately advertised as "managed private cloud" and "hosted private cloud," though there's really no conceptual difference between them.
"The major differences are not in category but rather in individual provider offerings and services."
—Todd Matters
With hosted private cloud solutions, companies can tailor the hardware to their requirements without having to manage every technical aspect of it. Customers also have full control over their security footprint and can safely host applications not suitable for multi-tenant public cloud, such as those governed by regulatory issues.
In short, hosted private cloud gives organizations complete oversight of the environment while relaxing the need for on-premises hardware management.
Economic and operational benefits
Traditional, on-premises private clouds require knowledgeable systems administrators to manage capacity planning and other aspects. Jonathan Sullivan, CTO of network-services provider NS1, said this team needs to know how to run co-located systems, including procuring and upgrading hardware, shipping and racking/stacking logistics, troubleshooting, and replacing failed hardware.
If an organization doesn't have that knowledge in-house, he said, it will have to decide whether it can, or even wants to, build that team, or if it would be better off investing in other parts of the organization.
Conversely, hosted private cloud pushes everything on the infrastructure side up to the cloud provider, said Mark Runyon, a principal consultant for Improving, a technology management and consulting services firm. The provider is in charge of managing the resources, and the organization can tap into many of the benefits of the public cloud, such as ease of scalability and performance advantages, through this conduit.
You also don't need experienced staff on hand to manage it.
"With the hosted private cloud, you aren't incurring the sizable cost of furnishing the hardware and software licensing. These represent considerable cost savings for most organizations."
—Mark Runyon
Security's the big thing
Of course, the key driver behind most private cloud implementations tends to be security. Compliance concerns like HIPAA or PCI often dictate the need for a private cloud environment.
Do compliance issues prevent companies from taking advantage of a hosted private cloud? Not at all, said Runyon. The main benefit of on-premises private cloud—shielding your apps and data from the world outside the firewall—is also offered by a hosted private cloud.
Cloud hosting providers cover the physical server access and security required to achieve compliance, relieving the organization's responsibility to implement those controls.
So which hosted private cloud platform is best for your business? While the big three cloud platforms are similar in many ways, a few particulars can make one or another more attractive.
"The key differences I see is that AWS owns the infrastructure whereas Azure lets the client interact with their vendor partners for management, said Runyon, who has experience working with both services.
"This makes Outposts a simpler option to deploy since it is controlled through the AWS console. On the other hand, Azure Stack is the more seasoned service, while AWS Outposts is a newer offering."
On balance, however, he believes they offer very similar services, and organizations are best served looking at which cloud platform as a whole makes the most sense when making the choice between them.
Is hosted private cloud right for you?
As with most business computing strategies, the old adage of choosing the right tool for the job applies here. The first question to ask is whether any type of private cloud makes sense for your organization.
For most, the answer should be yes, Improving's Runyon said. Data breaches are an all-too-common occurrence these days, and taking steps to wall off critical data from the outside world has become a necessity. It is even more important for those organizations dealing with compliance issues.
Although in most cases a hosted private cloud will be the way to go, Runyon said, there may be exceptions.
"The one place I can see on-premises winning out is if an organization has a significant investment and contractual obligation to hardware and software providers and is a large enough enterprise to take on the additional cost."
RackWare's Matters said that another plus to hosted services is that the vendor often provides the customizations necessary to ensure that the private cloud is successful.
"Perhaps, in the future, cloud stack software, its functional semantics, and APIs will become stable enough to make it easier for companies to take on these deployments themselves. In the meantime, hosted private cloud will serve to fill that gap."
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President Donald Trump says the United States has found agreement on some of the toughest points in trade talks with China. Trump said Thursday that he'd discuss the future of tariffs with Liu.
That has left negotiators diametrically opposed: China wants all tariffs that have been imposed in the course of the past 12 months removed, while the US wants to retain some as part of its enforcement mechanism. Trump is scheduled to meet Liu at 4:30 p.m.in the Oval Office. Bloomberg's Derek Wallbank reports on "Bloomberg Markets: China Open". A person familiar with the text said China so far agreed only to contemplate not to retaliate if the USA took action against Beijing, but stopped short of a formal pledge to refrain from counter-punches.
This panel report is a significant victory for USA agriculture that will help American farmers compete on a more level playing field. If we don't have a deal, we're not going to have a summit, ' he said. Trump said his administration was standing up to China's "chronic trade abuses".
China's State Council or central cabinet said last Sunday that China would continue to suspend additional tariffs on USA vehicles and auto parts after March 31, in a goodwill gesture following a U.S. decision to delay tariff hikes on Chinese imports.
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, a former United States trade official and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that lifting the tariffs too early could encourage criticism from Democrats that he had gone soft in the negotiations.
Speaking from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing before their bilateral meeting, Trump said, "My feeling toward you (President Xi) is an incredibly warm one".
"The greatest threat to the economic outlook remains the trade war between the USA and China".
Top trade officials of the U.S. and China have been holding a series of talks to end the trade war. China's market price support policy artificially raises Chinese prices for grains above market levels, creating incentives for increased Chinese production of agricultural products and reduced imports. An increase in tariffs by 25 percentage points on all goods traded between the US and China would reduce annual output in the U.S.by up to 0.6 percent, and up to 1.5 percent in China, she said. The two countries are working to end a standoff that has shaken financial markets and darkened the outlook for the world economy. The big problem for Trump at this point is that he was correct in stating that Xi Jinping is a "king" and "president for life", while Donald Trump is not.
"We've had almost two decades of broken promises from China". -China trade and it will be "closer to being a cease-fire".


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--Changes/Additions--

- Changed the display interface to try and make it more user friendly
- Log files that were last modified before the user input start time are now
ignored. Same for empty log files.
- A quick summary of the Log files are now displayed at the very top (or in
some scenarios bottom) and ordered by hit count. This enables the user to see
which website is taking the brunt of the traffic.
- Added 'Total hit count' display.
- Added default arguments. eg ) You can now run the script without any args or
with minimal args such as '--min 15' or '--select --min 15'
- Added 'Earliest and Last record found' display. This indicates the first
record matching record and the last matching record within the time-range
specified. Useful to see if you're potentially missing data tthrough
log-rotate, networking issue or something else.
- Added option where you can input a single date. eg ) '--date 18/Jan/2017'
- Added ability to manually enable or disable the 10 min interval hit count
using '--ten on/off'.
- Added ability to read gzip (compressed) files
- Added command line option to cycle through all opened log files for nginx or
apache. Now you can do something like '--select all' or choose that option
when prompted in '--select'.
- The script will now detect if both nginx and apache are running. It will
choose to check open log files for whichever service is running on port 80
- Added cycle option for the --log command. Something like this '--log cycle
/path/to/log/*access*' will now display data per log file, rather than
combined.
- Removed '--dir' option, no point when you can just do this --log
/path/to/dir/*
- When 10 min interval data is disabled, then the script will not bother
collecting this data within memory.
- Removed '--ignored' option, the script now functions the same as grep does.
Only collects data that matches regex.
- Removed prompting per log file for the '--select' option. It's not necassary
to have the user prompt to check each log file.
- Should be sligtly faster in processing logs than before.

--Bug Fixes--

- '--select' should now iterate log files properly.
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1/6 With a history that dates back 4,000 years, Jinan's wealth of ancient sites include the Simen Stone Pagoda, built during the Sui Dynasty, and and the painted sculpture of an arhat – or one who has attained nirvana – in Lingyan Temple. Image by Chen Xue Feng at 济南市旅游发展委员会
2/6 Jinan is also called Quancheng, or 'City of Springs', thanks to no less than 700 springs bursting out of every park, rockery, and courtyard – including the iconic Baotu Spring (pictured), famously praised by writer Lao She. Image by Ma Jing Bo at 济南市旅游发展委员会
3/6 A short day trip from Jinan is Qufu, reached easily by bus or train in under two hours. The town is the birthplace of Confucius, who is honoured by the Confucius Temple and Mausoleum – named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
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6/6 As its capital city, Jinan is also Shandong Province's key transport hub, allowing visitors to easily connect to its surrounding cities and sights – including the seaside city of Qingdao and the spectacular Tai Shan mountain – and beyond, thanks to China's high-speed rail network.
With a history that dates back 4,000 years, Jinan's wealth of ancient sites include the Simen Stone Pagoda, built during the Sui Dynasty, and and the painted sculpture of an arhat – or one who has attained nirvana – in Lingyan Temple.
Image by Chen Xue Feng at 济南市旅游发展委员会
Jinan is also called Quancheng, or 'City of Springs', thanks to no less than 700 springs bursting out of every park, rockery, and courtyard – including the iconic Baotu Spring (pictured), famously praised by writer Lao She.
Image by Ma Jing Bo at 济南市旅游发展委员会
A short day trip from Jinan is Qufu, reached easily by bus or train in under two hours. The town is the birthplace of Confucius, who is honoured by the Confucius Temple and Mausoleum – named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
The picturesque city's natural scenic spots include Daming Lake – a natural lake fed by multiple springs – the Thousand-Buddha Mountain, Water Curtain Gorge, and the Red Leaves Valley, which is particularly resplendent in the autumn.
Get to know Shandong (also called Lu) cuisine, one of the eight great culinary traditions in China. Seafood is a Shandong speciality thanks to the province's long coastline, with popular dining spots such as Jin San Bei and Ju Feng De serving up authentic local dishes.
As its capital city, Jinan is also Shandong Province's key transport hub, allowing visitors to easily connect to its surrounding cities and sights – including the seaside city of Qingdao and the spectacular Tai Shan mountain – and beyond, thanks to China's high-speed rail network.
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