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MKT601 Contemporary Marketing
Course Code: MKT601
University: International College Of Management, Sydney
1.Who is the PLAINTIFF?-Harold L. BOWERS (HLB Technology).2.WHO IS THE DEFENDANT? -BAYSTATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.3.What Is a "Declaratory Judgement? Why Is The Plaintiff Asking The Court To Give a Declaratory Judgment?
-A declaratory judgment is a court-issued judgment that defines and outlines the rights and obligations of each party in a contract.-Mr. Bowers filed counterclaims for copyright infringement, patent infringement, and breach of contract.4.What is "COUNTERCLAIM" WHAT IS THE DEFENDANTS COUNTERCLAIM?
-A claim by a defendant opposing the claim of the plaintiff and seeking some relief from the plaintiff for the defendant. counterclaim may be made by any defendant against any plaintiff or plaintiffs-In general a counterclaim must contain facts sufficient to support the granting of relief to the defendant if the facts are proved to be true. These facts may refer to the same event that gave rise to the plaintiff's Cause of Action or they may refer to an entirely different claim that the defendant has against the plaintiff. Where there is more than one party on a side, a.
-Baystate counterclaim where: 1- Their products do not infringe the ′514 patent. 2- The ′514 patent is invalid. 3- The ′514 patent is unenforceable.
5.WHAT IS REVERSE -ENGINEERING?
-Is when software engineer disassemble and examine or analyze in detail (a product or Software) to discover the concepts involved in manufacture usually in order to produce something similar.
6.WHAT IS A SHRINK-WRAP LICENCE?
-Shrink wrap license: is an end user agreement (EULA) that is enclosed with software in plastic-wrapped packaging. Once the end user opens the packaging, the EULA is considered to be in effect. There are some concerns about the legality of an agreement that the user cannot examine prior to purchase.
7.SUMMARY-Baystate Technologies, Inc ("Baystate") and HLB Technology ("Bowers") were competing companies which created add-ons that interacted with a computer aided design (CAD) program known as CADKEY.-Bowers was the patent holder of a system called (Cadjet) that simplified interfacing with CAD software, which he began to license commercially
-In 1989. Bower's initial software offering was later combined with a product called (Geodraft) that was produced by George W. Ford that inserted tolerances compliant with ANSI for features in a CAD design. Together, these products were marketed as Designer's Toolkit. The Designer's Toolkit was sold with a shrink-wrap license that prohibited reverse engineering.
-Baystate sold competing CADKEY tools including Draft-Pak version 1,2 and Baystate acquired a copy of Bowers' Designer's Toolkit, and three months later, Baystate released version 3 of Draft-Pak which substantially overlapped with the features offered by Designer's Toolkit.
-In 1991, Baystate sued Bowers seeking declaratory judgement that Baystate's products do not infringe on Bowers' patent and the patent is invalid, plus the patent is unenforceable. -Bowers filed counterclaims for copyright infringement, patent infringement, and breach of contract, contending that Baystate had reverse engineered Designer's Toolkit. At court, expert testimonial revealed "evidence of extensive and unusual similarities" between Draft-Pak and Designer's Toolkit, supporting Bowers' claim that Baystate had reverse-engineered a copy of his software.- The District Court of Massachusetts concluded that Bower's was entitled to damages, finding that the shrink wrap license tied to Bowers' software preempted any fair use case for reverse engineering as allowed by Copyright law.
8.WHAT WAS THE DECISION IN THIS CASE?-The district courts jury of Massachusetts awarded Bowers damages on three of his claims:1- $232,977 on the patent infringement claim 2- $1,948,869 on the copyright infringement claim 3- $3,831,025 on the breach of contract claim
Question: Who is the plaintiff?
In the year 1991, Baystate Technologies Inc, a business organization sued Harold L. Bowers (HLB) Technologies. HLB filed counterclaims against Baystate and it became the famous case related to copyrights infringement so Harold L. Bowers is the plaintiff in this case.
Question 2. who is the defendant?
According to the information mentioned above, it can easily be inferred that Baystate Technologies is the defendant in this case. It has to defend itself from the allegations put over it by HLB technologies. This case dealt with a very important question that whether Shrink-Wrap license is preempted by copyright law (Atkinson, 2014).
Question 3. What is a 'declaratory judgment'? why the plaintiff is asking the court to give declaratory judgment?
A declaratory judgment is issued by the relevant legal institution to define the rights of each party in a contract. As this is the case of copyright infringement, the plaintiff is asking the court to give the declaratory judgment which can work in its favor.
Question 4. What is the counterclaim? What is the defendant's counterclaim?
In any case, when the defendant opposes the claims of plaintiff and demands certain kind of relief from the plaintiff, it is said that the defendant has applied for the counterclaim. In this case, HLB put 3 allegations on Baystate: breach of contract, patent infringement, and copyright infringement. So Baystate made counterclaims against these allegations. Baystate asserted in court that its products do not infringe the '514 patent. In addition to this, it claimed that '514 patent is invalid and unenforceable. These 3 counterclaims by Baystate became the tools to defend itself in court. The case revolved around these claims and counterclaims made by respective parties (Cvetkovski, 2013).
It is to be noted that counterclaim can be filed against the facts which became 'cause of action' by the plaintiff. In addition to this, the counterclaim can be against the facts indifferent to the cause of action of the plaintiff. But, the counterclaim must support the provision of grant relief if the allegations are proved true.
Question 5. what is reverse engineering?
Reverse engineering is the act of disassembling the software and modifying it slightly to use it as a new patent product. If it is proved that an engineer has used the reverse engineering method to get the patent, legal action can be taken against his or her. Reverse engineering is illegal in international courts also.
Question 6. What is the Shrink-Wrap License?
There are two terms in the technological field viz. Shrink-Wrap license and clickwrap agreement. Both are similar to some extent but have considerable differences so that there is no ambiguity (Gilchrist, 2018). Shrink-wrap license is basically an end user agreement (EULA) packed along with the software in a plastic wrap. It comes into effect as soon as the end user opens it. There are some legal issues related to access of the agreement by the end user so some manufacturers put an onscreen version. The end user must agree to its policy before installation is done. This onscreen version is known as clickwrap agreement (Jell, 2012).
As mentioned above, this is the case between two technical corporate giants: Baystate Technologies and HLB Technologies. Both were in competition with each other. These companies used to create add-ons that interacted with CADKEY, a Computer Aided Design (CAD). The Bowers was the owner of Cadjet, a system used to simplify the interface with CAD. Bowers was using his rights of patent very well; he began the licensing of this system commercially.
In 1989, a product named as Geodraft was formed by George W. Ford; draft inserted some new features and the combined use of Cadjet and Geodraft came to be known as Designer's toolkit. This toolkit was marketed and sold successfully. But this kit was sold with shrink-wrap agreement that forbids reverse engineering. It was done to prevent the infringement of the patent of Bowers by the competitors by doing the slight modification in the product or without having the real invention.
Baystate got designer's toolkit and after some time released a new product under the name of version 3 of Draft-Park. There was considerable similarity between Draft-Pak and designer's toolkit. Baystate, in 1191 sued Bowers and sought a declaratory statement by the court that Draft-Pak product made by Baystate do not infringe on Bower's patent. It also claimed that this patent is invalid and unenforceable. In retaliation to this, Bowers filed a counterclaim and put the allegation of reverse engineering on Baystate (Hübel, 2012). Bowers claimed that because of reverse engineering, Baystate is able to sell the same product with slight modification in the market. Bowers made the claims of copyright infringement, patent infringement and breach of contract.
This case was decided by the court of Massachusetts. The jury gave the verdict in favor of bowers. It found the Baystate culprit of reverse engineering and made it liable to pay compensation to HLB technologies. Thus, Bowers won the case and shrink- Wrap agreement was considered valid. Reverse engineering was considered illegal for which Baystate had to pay compensation to HLB technologies.
Question 8. What was the decision in this case?
It is already mentioned in answer number 7 that Baystate lost the case and had to compensate for the act of reverse engineering. Here is the amount of compensation paid by it- $232,977 for the patent infringement, $1,948,869 on the copyright infringement claim and $3,831,025 for the breach of contract (Fitzgerald, 2015). The jury decided in favor of innovation. The patent inspires the individual to invent new products. The creativity and innovation were maintained by the court of Massachusetts. The ruling became an example for all the related copyright and patent infringement cases in future. Reverse engineering was considered invalid and the culprit was made to compensate the loss accrued to the actual patent holder.
Atkinson, B. F. (2014). A Short History of Copyright. Springer.
Cvetkovski, T. (2013). Copyright and Popular Media. Springer.
Fitzgerald, B. G. (2015). Copyright Perspectives. Springer.
Gilchrist, J. F. (2018). Copyright, Property and the Social Contract. Springer.
Hübel, A. S. (2012).
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Plans approved for new £13.2m STEM building for our students
Artist's impression of the STEM building on Square 1
Plans have now been approved for a new state-of-the-art £13.2m teaching centre for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students to be built at our Colchester Campus.
The new building will transform Square 1 into a dedicated science square with new collaborative learning spaces and interdisciplinary teaching facilities.
A £5m award from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) was awarded to Essex for the project – the highest award available for STEM facilities. The University will now match this with an additional £8m.
Work is due to start on site in 2016, with the new centre opening in 2017.
The building will include a versatile, 180-seat wet lab for Biological Sciences students and a 200-seat IT-rich exploratory learning space to help students from across the Faculty of Science and Health work collaboratively on projects. Good accessibility will be a key feature of the building, which will also include a social space and café which can be used to meet external partners, businesses, schools and stage outreach activities. The building layout has been designed so there will also be space for future expansion.
Executive Dean for Science and Health Professor Graham Underwood said: "This significant investment in STEM will ensure we continue to provide our students with stimulating learning environments in which to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful graduates of this University.
"The new teaching centre will enhance our provision of high quality laboratory and technology-rich learning spaces, and will also support developments in interdisciplinary and core teaching, for example our new degree programme in Data Science and Analytics which is based on our internationally-recognised research expertise in this area and engagement with employers and industry."


EXCLUSIVE: Triumph is taking its supportive role of women quite literally this season. The historic lingerie house has launched a campaign to back female creatives looking to break into business. Roksanda Ilincic tells us why.
Triumph is taking its supportive role of women quite literally this season. The historic lingerie house has launched a campaign to back female creatives looking to break into business.
The campaign, titled 'Supporting Women in Making', has seen Triumph reach out to a number of women (dubbed 'makers') across a variety of creative disciplines in a celebration of true feminine craftsmanship and expertise. The roster of female ambassadors is impressive – sassy, retro pop siren Paloma Faith, celebrity chef Gizzi Erskine, stylist Grace Woodward and designer Roksanda Ilincic are all getting behind the initiative.
Roksanda – the campaign's fashion insider – tells us: 'I was inspired to get involved in a campaign that recognises women supporting women. As a female designer in a field perhaps surprisingly dominated by men, this is an area close to my heart and my own experience.
The group of inspiring celebrities are hosting a multitude of events within 'Maison Triumph', a hot new pop-up space in Seven Dials, London ( the hot-spot to catch all the amazing free events around LFW!), which is open to the public from September, until January 2014. The space includes installations, events, inspirational talks and a series of maker workshops all of which feature our brand ambassadors.
As well as fronting the campaign, the stars will also be acting as mentors to a collection of real women Triumph is championing to help start up and support their businesses. They include an illustrator, a mosaic and multi-media artist, a furniture designer, a jewellery designer and a chocolatier, and all will feature in Maison Triumph until next year.
Sound fabulous? We'll see you there.
Triumph is the official catwalk lingerie supplier for the BFC at LFW. Maison Triumph opens on 12 September 2013 at 57/59 Monmouth St, Seven Dials, London WC2H and runs until the end of December 2013. For further information, visit www.facebook.com/triumphlingerie.
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If you are hoping to book cheap flights to Kefalonia in summer, you are in luck! This is when the island's only airport, Cephalonia International Airport (EFL), welcomes most travellers from the UK.
More travellers means more demand, which means more flights to Kefalonia and more competition among airlines, which ultimately means more choice for consumers. The months between May and October are therefore when you are likely to find the cheapest flights to Kefalonia.
Flying to Kefalonia in summer
There are many low-cost carriers offering direct flights during the summer months. EasyJet, for instance, runs seasonal and often relatively cheap flights to Kefalonia from London Gatwick (LGW) and Manchester (MAN); Jet2 offers summer-only services from East Midlands (EMA), Edinburgh (EDI), Leeds Bradford (LBA) and Manchester; and Ryanair operates flights to Kefalonia from London Stansted (STN).
Often the cheapest Kefalonia deals are to be found as part of a flight-accommodation package. Companies such as TUI sell package holiday options and operate charter flights from all over the UK. If you are based in or near Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester or Newcastle, their seasonal charter flights will save you traipsing down to the capital.
With an average flight time of just three hours 30 minutes, you can wave goodbye to the dismal British summer after breakfast and arrive in the Ionian sunshine in time to kick off your holiday with an al fresco lunch.
Taking flights to Kefalonia in winter
Outside of the peak visiting months between May and October, there is a huge drop-off in the number of flights to Kefalonia from the UK. Go during this period and you can expect to make a stopover in Athens, from where regional carriers Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines shuttle you across to Kefalonia in less than an hour.
Kefalonia Airport is located near Svoronata village, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) from the capital, Argostoli.
Getting there by ferry
If you believe that 'the journey is the reward' and are happy to take the slow, scenic route, then you may want to take the ferry to Kefalonia instead.
There is no direct ferry service to Kefalonia from the UK, but there are two companies (Red Star Ferries and European Seaways) running weekly sailings from Brindisi on Italy's Adriatic coast to the sunny port town of Sami on Kefalonia's east coast. Just be prepared for the journey to take in the region of 14 hours.
The other option for sea travel to Kefalonia is to come via the port of Patras, which is about a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Athens. Ferries to Sami in Kefalonia from Patras take a much more reasonable three-and-a-half hours. Kefalonia-bound ferries also depart from Kyllini in the Peloponnese and from Astakos, taking one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half hours respectively, and landing in the ports of Poros and Sami.


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Bollworms develop resistance to Bt cotton, destroy GM crop fields in Pakistan
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 by: Julie Wilson
Tags: Bt cotton, bollworms, GMO crops
https://www.naturalnews.com/046241_Bt_cotton_bollworms_GMO_crops.html
(NaturalNews) Biotech giant Monsanto promises farmers that, if they buy genetically modified (GM) seeds, their crops will exhibit herbicide-, insect- and drought-tolerant characteristics.
Through time, research and field trials, this has proven to be a false promise. All over the world, plants and insects are becoming immune to potent herbicides and pesticides, resulting in the development of "superweeds" and "superpests."
One of the most recent examples is occurring in the major cotton growing belt of Southern Punjab, where farmers fear that bollworms have developed resistance to Monsanto's Bt cotton.
Monsanto currently provides three products to cotton farmers, including Bollgard-II (insect protection), Roundup Ready Flex (RRF) (herbicide tolerance) and Bollgard-II with Roundup Ready Flex, which is supposed to protect against both.
Bt cotton creating superpests in Pakistan
Despite the use of RRF and Bollgard-II, cotton crops are still being attacked by various species of the bollworm, a caterpillar that eats away at the plant during formation, affecting the development of the cotton ball and thus reducing the amount of fiber produced.
Instead of eradicating the bollworm, American, pink and spotted bollworms have become resistant to the Bt cotton because of insufficient toxin levels, according to some experts.
"All Bt varieties of cotton have failed to kill bollworms and live up to their agricultural success stories. We have found four separate patches in our fields where Army bollworm and mealy bug have attacked the crop," said Chaudhry Gohar Ali, a cotton grower in central Pakistan.
The government is urging farmers to continuously spray pesticides in order to control the infestation, which can be costly and deadly to human health and the environment. Pesticides can cost anywhere from 600 to 700 rupees per liter, or about $12 (USD).
Another cotton grower from Shahdadpur in Sindh, a region in southeastern Pakistan, is also concerned about his 100-acre crop spread.
"I am surprised how these pests have survived after eating the Bt cotton crop. Pests should be dying because of the high doses of toxins in Bt cotton plant and not developing resistance, which seems to be the case here," said Muhammad Bux.
Monsanto's Bt cotton was supposed to decrease pesticide use for farmers, but instead the reverse has happened, forcing them to use even more chemicals than before.
"The usage of pesticides increased after Bt was introduced in Pakistan, as the cotton production had been reducing," reported Dawn.com.
"The government has spent an estimated Rs985 million, besides foreign aid, in this regard in the name of research and development of biotechnology. Instead of developing indigenous modified seeds, researchers and scientists ended up copying technology from multinational seed-producing companies and started selling them in the markets to local farmers," said an agriculture expert in the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC).
Officials with PARC say part of the problem is that there's no national pest management program to educate farmers about superpests.
What's even more peculiar is that the threat of bollworms in Punjab has been as low as 1 to 2 percent. Some farmers say the biggest threat to cotton is the leaf curl virus and mealy bug, which Bt is completely ineffective against.
Punjab's ability to grow cotton is extremely important, as the region produces 80 to 90 percent of the country's cotton, amounting to about 10 million bales annually.
"The idea of introducing genetically modified seeds in Pakistan was to minimise pesticide usage and reduce the costs of inputs, apart from keeping the environment clean," said Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Director of Agriculture and Biotechnology Dr. Nayyer Iqbal.
Instead of using ineffective and harmful GMO seeds, farmers would be better off resorting to traditional farming practices like crop rotation, which helps prevent pests and disease.
"By moving the crop each year you stop soil-borne pests that are fairly specific to that crop attacking the next that you plant," reported lovethegarden.com.
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What a beautiful handspun shawl Barbro! I need to get started on my Hap shawl one of these days.
Thanks, but there are only a few rows of handspun. I used the two yarns from Blacker Yarns I showed in an earlier post, the St Kilda yarn. I need to make that clearer in my post.
Your shawl is lovely! The colors and pattern all work together beautifully. The addition of light and dark is a wonderful way to remember the coloring of the sheep as well as being an effective design element. Well done!


Someone Turned A Balenciaga Triple S Into A Functional Bong. Yes, Really!
Balenciaga Lends Lambskin To Cheap Plastic Shopping Bag. Yes, Again.
Balenciaga Did It Again. This Time, It has A Car Mat Skirt. Yes. That Car Mat.


Scriptural Scrutiny: Seeks to subject any topic of interest to the scrutiny of Scripture or principles derived from Scripture.
Scriptural Scrutiny: Is open to scrutinizing Scripture. Why does Scripture (the Bible) stand in a position to scrutinize anything?
Scriptural Scrutiny: Is willing to discuss how to interpret and apply Scripture to correctly evaluate thoughts and actions.
Rob Bjerk has a B.A. in English from Wartburg College, an M. Div. (New Testament) from Lincoln Christian University, and a Nutrition Educator Certificate from Bauman College. He has served as an orthopedic technician, a homeschool father, a deacon, an elder, a minister of education, a principal and teacher in a small Christian school, an after-school teacher in the Boys and Girls Club 21st Century program, and a special education aide in the public schools. He has a lovely wife, children, and grandchildren.
Cool blog Rob! I've got a philosopshical/theological question I'm struggling with that maybe you can help me sort out. I'm not sure if it is something you want to tackle in the blog but I'll throw it out there.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that the "libertarian" theory of justifiable violence/war (as laid out by Murray Rothbard: see today's article on Lewrockwell.com http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard26.html) is morrally correct. In short, violence is only justified in defense of aggression against you or your property and then only against the original perpetrator of the violence and not innocent third parties. As it applies to war, this would mean that bombing innocent, non-combatants (women, children or anyone who by accident of geography lives within the "national boundaries" of the "enemy") for example would be immoral. This seems morally just, right and "true" and, as a christian, I believe it does not conflict with the teachings of Jesus.
Now for the part I am having difficulty with. The bible teaches us that, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Heb. 13:8 and "I the Lord do not change." Malachi 3:6 so we cannot separate the God of the Old Testament from the God of the New Testament. And while the teachings of the New Testament seem to have no conflict with libertarian theory, in the old testament we see on several occasions God commanding the Isrealites to attack and destroy entire people groups specifically INCLUDING non-combatant women and children. In fact, he punishes Saul for not adequately pursuing these instructions against the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15).
So, how do we (or can we) argue for a "chrisitan moral" justification for the libertarian theory of non-aggression in light of the examples of the bible? Historically, the strategy of the State has been to villify the enemy (they're all evil and therfore guilty) in order to assuage the consciences and raise the blood of young men sent to war to kill and destroy the "enemy". So the simple explanation that these people were all "evil" (incl. women and children) and God being omniscient new this and therefore called for their destruction falls flat for me. How is this an example for us today? What if our leaders claim a supernatural command from God against another Nation State (the evil muslims for example)?
I understand this is a pretty big question, but any insight you might offer would be appreciated.


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Identity Thieves Targeting Unemployment Benefits, Warns IRS
by admin my_tax | Feb 3, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
The nation has been weathering nearly one million weekly initial unemployment claims since the beginning of the pandemic. For many qualifying Americans, unemployment insurance benefits are the only thing preventing food insecurity and homelessness while trying to find a new job. Unfortunately, some still have not received their benefits.
The Internal Revenue Service warns that identity thieves have been targeting unemployment benefits, using stolen personally identifiable information to swipe the much-needed payments. Compounding the problem of not receiving unemployment compensation, those benefits are taxable—and issuing state won't know the money hasn't been received unless taxpayers notify them.
How do I know that my unemployment benefits have been stolen?
Receiving Form 1099-G, Certain Government Payments, for unemployment benefits that have not arrived in the mail or been deposited in a designated bank account can be a sign that you are the victim of identity theft unemployment benefits fraud.
What should I do if I receive a Form 1099-G for unemployment benefits I didn't receive?
Getting an incorrect Form 1099-G for unemployment requires immediate action from the beneficiary. Whether a first-time recipient or having previously received unemployment compensation, affected taxpayers might not know what to do. So, we asked Drake Software Chief Compliance Officer Suzanne Vanderpool to explain a common misconception for reporting an incorrect Form 1099-G and identity theft unemployment fraud.
"I am concerned there will be confusion on how to report the identity theft associated with unemployment benefits," Vanderpool says. "Unlike identity theft of a taxpayer's e-filed returns, taxpayers do not need to file a Form 14039, Identity Theft Affidavit with the IRS. Unemployment benefits are issued by the states, and the taxpayer must request a corrected Form 1099-G from the state reporting the income."
Since hundreds of thousands of Americans continue to file unemployment claims every week, it's possible that some will receive an incorrect Form 1099-G too close to the tax filing deadline to submit a correct form to their state. In this situation, the IRS says affected taxpayers still need to request a new 1099-G from their state, but they shouldn't wait for it to arrive before filing a tax return.
"Taxpayers who are unable to obtain a timely, corrected form from states should still file an accurate tax return, reporting only the income they received," the IRS explains. "A corrected Form 1099-G showing zero unemployment benefits in cases of identity theft will help taxpayers avoid being hit with an unexpected federal tax bill for unreported income."
What can I do to protect myself from identity theft tax refund fraud?
The best way to protect yourself from identity theft tax refund fraud is a combination of good data security habits and adopting IRS-issued prevention tools.
Here are some commonly used data security tips:
Install and activate security software
Keep all installed software updated—even your operating system, word processor, and games
Learn the common signs of phishing scams
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Never provide private information in emails, SMS, or the phone
The IRS has a specific tool for preventing identity theft tax refund fraud: an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number, or IP PIN.
"An Identity Protection PIN is a six-digit number that prevents someone else from filing a tax return using a taxpayer's Social Security number," the IRS writes. "The IP PIN is known only to the taxpayer and the IRS, and this step helps the IRS verify the taxpayer's identity when they file their electronic or paper tax return."
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#ifndef __BASE_ALLOCATOR_H__
#define __BASE_ALLOCATOR_H__

#include <list>
#include <string.h>
#include <functional>
#include "mfxvideo.h"
#include <memory>
#include <mutex>

struct mfxAllocatorParams
{
    virtual ~mfxAllocatorParams(){};
};

// this class implements methods declared in mfxFrameAllocator structure
// simply redirecting them to virtual methods which should be overridden in derived classes
class MFXFrameAllocator : public mfxFrameAllocator
{
public:
    MFXFrameAllocator();
    virtual ~MFXFrameAllocator();

     // optional method, override if need to pass some parameters to allocator from application
    virtual mfxStatus Init(mfxAllocatorParams *pParams) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus Close() = 0;

    virtual mfxStatus AllocFrames(mfxFrameAllocRequest *request, mfxFrameAllocResponse *response) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus ReallocFrame(mfxMemId midIn, const mfxFrameInfo *info, mfxU16 memType, mfxMemId *midOut) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus LockFrame(mfxMemId mid, mfxFrameData *ptr) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus UnlockFrame(mfxMemId mid, mfxFrameData *ptr) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus GetFrameHDL(mfxMemId mid, mfxHDL *handle) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus FreeFrames(mfxFrameAllocResponse *response) = 0;

private:
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Alloc_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxFrameAllocRequest *request, mfxFrameAllocResponse *response);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Lock_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxMemId mid, mfxFrameData *ptr);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Unlock_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxMemId mid, mfxFrameData *ptr);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  GetHDL_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxMemId mid, mfxHDL *handle);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Free_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxFrameAllocResponse *response);
};

// This class implements basic logic of memory allocator
// Manages responses for different components according to allocation request type
// External frames of a particular component-related type are allocated in one call
// Further calls return previously allocated response.
// Ex. Preallocated frame chain with type=FROM_ENCODE | FROM_VPPIN will be returned when
// request type contains either FROM_ENCODE or FROM_VPPIN

// This class does not allocate any actual memory

class BaseFrameAllocator: public MFXFrameAllocator
{
public:
    BaseFrameAllocator();
    virtual ~BaseFrameAllocator();

    virtual mfxStatus Init(mfxAllocatorParams *pParams) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus Close();
    virtual mfxStatus AllocFrames(mfxFrameAllocRequest *request, mfxFrameAllocResponse *response);
    virtual mfxStatus ReallocFrame(mfxMemId midIn, const mfxFrameInfo *info, mfxU16 memType, mfxMemId *midOut);
    virtual mfxStatus FreeFrames(mfxFrameAllocResponse *response);

protected:
    std::mutex mtx;
    typedef std::list<mfxFrameAllocResponse>::iterator Iter;
    static const mfxU32 MEMTYPE_FROM_MASK = MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_ENCODE | MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_DECODE | \
                                            MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_VPPIN | MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_VPPOUT | \
                                            MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_ENC | MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_PAK;

    static const mfxU32 MEMTYPE_FROM_MASK_INT_EXT = MEMTYPE_FROM_MASK | MFX_MEMTYPE_INTERNAL_FRAME | MFX_MEMTYPE_EXTERNAL_FRAME;

    struct UniqueResponse
        : mfxFrameAllocResponse
    {
        mfxU16 m_width;
        mfxU16 m_height;
        mfxU32 m_refCount;
        mfxU16 m_type;

        UniqueResponse()
            : m_width(0)
            , m_height(0)
            , m_refCount(0)
            , m_type(0)
        {
            memset(static_cast<mfxFrameAllocResponse*>(this), 0, sizeof(mfxFrameAllocResponse));
        }

        // compare responses by actual frame size, alignment (w and h) is up to application
        UniqueResponse(const mfxFrameAllocResponse & response, mfxU16 width, mfxU16 height, mfxU16 type)
            : mfxFrameAllocResponse(response)
            , m_width(width)
            , m_height(height)
            , m_refCount(1)
            , m_type(type)
        {
        }

        //compare by resolution (and memory type for FEI ENC / PAK)
        bool operator () (const UniqueResponse &response)const
        {
            if (m_width <= response.m_width && m_height <= response.m_height)
            {
                // For FEI ENC and PAK we need to distinguish between INTERNAL and EXTERNAL frames

                if (m_type & response.m_type & (MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_ENC | MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_PAK))
                {
                    return !!((m_type & response.m_type) & 0x000f);
                }
                else
                {
                    return !!(m_type & response.m_type & MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_DECODE);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        static mfxU16 CropMemoryTypeToStore(mfxU16 type)
        {
            // Remain INTERNAL / EXTERNAL flag for FEI ENC / PAK
            switch (type & 0xf000)
            {
            case MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_ENC:
            case MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_PAK:
            case (MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_ENC | MFX_MEMTYPE_FROM_PAK):
                return type & MEMTYPE_FROM_MASK_INT_EXT;
                break;
            default:
                return type & MEMTYPE_FROM_MASK;
                break;
            }
        }
    };

    std::list<mfxFrameAllocResponse> m_responses;
    std::list<UniqueResponse> m_ExtResponses;

    struct IsSame
        : public std::binary_function<mfxFrameAllocResponse, mfxFrameAllocResponse, bool>
    {
        bool operator () (const mfxFrameAllocResponse & l, const mfxFrameAllocResponse &r)const
        {
            return r.mids != 0 && l.mids != 0 &&
                r.mids[0] == l.mids[0] &&
                r.NumFrameActual == l.NumFrameActual;
        }
    };

    // checks if request is supported
    virtual mfxStatus CheckRequestType(mfxFrameAllocRequest *request);

    // frees memory attached to response
    virtual mfxStatus ReleaseResponse(mfxFrameAllocResponse *response) = 0;
    // allocates memory
    virtual mfxStatus AllocImpl(mfxFrameAllocRequest *request, mfxFrameAllocResponse *response) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus ReallocImpl(mfxMemId midIn, const mfxFrameInfo *info, mfxU16 memType, mfxMemId *midOut) = 0;
};

class MFXBufferAllocator : public mfxBufferAllocator
{
public:
    MFXBufferAllocator();
    virtual ~MFXBufferAllocator();

    virtual mfxStatus AllocBuffer(mfxU32 nbytes, mfxU16 type, mfxMemId *mid) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus LockBuffer(mfxMemId mid, mfxU8 **ptr) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus UnlockBuffer(mfxMemId mid) = 0;
    virtual mfxStatus FreeBuffer(mfxMemId mid) = 0;

private:
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Alloc_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxU32 nbytes, mfxU16 type, mfxMemId *mid);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Lock_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxMemId mid, mfxU8 **ptr);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Unlock_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxMemId mid);
    static mfxStatus MFX_CDECL  Free_(mfxHDL pthis, mfxMemId mid);
};

#endif // __BASE_ALLOCATOR_H__

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Green Gold From Cuba's Fields
Last summer the price of avocado selling on the street in Havana neared 20 Cuban pesos each, the daily salary of a professional. (CC)
14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 7 April 2017 – A shout disturbed the morning's tranquility. "Avocaaaaaaado!" shouted the roving salesman as he toured the streets of Central Havana. Considered the "green gold" of foods, this fruit could become an important source of income for the island, due to the high level of consumption around the world.
With the diplomatic thaw between Havana and Washington, some local farmers are hoping to export the fruit to the United States. In 2015, Americans consumed about 907,000 tonnes (metric tons) of avocadoes, twice as much as the year before.
And the phenomenon is not limited to the United States. At the international level the fruit is gaining ground; in 2013, 4.7 million tonnes of avocadoes were harvested, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more than twice as much as two decades earlier. Mexico leads the market with 80% of world production, and in the Caribbean our neighbor the Dominican Republic harvests about 290,000 tonnes a year.
At the international level, the fruit is gaining ground; in 2013, 4.7 million tonnes of avocados were harvested, more than twice as much as two decades ago
Last December, scientists from the University of Cordoba (Spain) revealed the very high caloric value of the fruit's pit, saying that it has "optimal qualities as a source of thermal energy comparable to other currently marketed biofuels." The pit contains an average calorific value of 19,145 megajoules per kilogram.
In Cuba, the fruit is destined for domestic and tourist consumption, but there is no industry for processing or extraction of the oil, much appreciated in gastronomy and cosmetics. The authorities are currently seeking investors to open a pilot plant for these purposes, industry sources told 14ymedio.
In Cuba, the Antillean avocado variety is crossbred with its Guatemalan relative and although the result is large fruit with consistent mass, specialists say that it has low oil content compared to other varieties.
Private farmers distribute their crops among the markets that operate based on supply and demand and the individually-operated businesses that have flourished in the country in recent years. In this network the value of the product has experienced an upward trend in recent years.
The increase in tourism has influenced the shortages of some foods, and increased their prices, including avocados. "It's in high demand and when it's in season it is one of the most requested dishes, especially by foreigners," José Miguel, a waiter in a private restaurant in Santiago de las Vegas, commented to this newspaper.
"Avocado is in high demand and when its in season it is one of the most requested dishes, especially by foreigners"
The self-employed worker says that "it is one of the products whose price has risen most steeply in recent years." Last summer the street price of the largest avocados neared 20 Cuban pesos each (nearly one dollar US), the daily salary of a professional. "You can't get one for five pesos any more even if you go directly to the fields."
The state markets sell avocados by the pound, at a price that does not exceed 5 Cuban pesos (CUP), but as a rule they are small and unripe. "If you go out in the morning looking for one to eat at lunch time, you have to buy it from a pushcart vender or from a supply and demand market," José Miguel emphasizes.
The climate has also contributed to the rise in prices. Last year was not a good year for avocado production on the island. Last September, the agronomist Emilio Farrés Armenteros, director of the Fruit Trees Division of the Agricola Business Group, told the official press that the climatic conditions were damaging the harvest.
With the country experiencing the most intense drought of the last half century, the rains did not arrive in time for the flowering of the trees. A situation exacerbated by the exhaustion of the nutrients in the soil due to the abundant production of 2015, which reached 120,000 tonnes. At the end of 2016, the avocado harvest totaled a much lower 90,000 tonnes.
Nancy and her husband are long-time avocado growers. In the area of Jagüey Grande they have a plot where they harvest three varieties of the fruit: Catalina, Wilson and Julio. The latter gives them more benefit because it has an early harvest and the trees are smaller in size than the others. However, both agree that "in the matter of taste, there is nothing to compare to the Catalina avocado."
Farmers calculate that in a good year the harvest from each tree can bring between 3,000 and 5,000 CUP depending on the fruit produced
Farmers calculate that in a good year the harvest from each tree can bring in 3,000 to 5,000 CUP depending on the fruit produced. "We directly supply several restaurants and cafes in the area," says Nancy. Although there are also "many wholesale buyers who take the fruit to sell in markets in Havana."
The family aspires to be able to market their product beyond the national borders. They believe that exporting part of their crop would give them "greater profits and the possibility of investing in the farm." They dream of earning the necessary resources for "a tractor and a new water turbine."
However, the thaw with the United States is not enough to get Cuban avocados on American tables. In the middle of last year Barack Obama relaxed the regulations for the island's coffee growers who sold their product to the US, and the official response from Cuba was not long in coming.
A declaration signed by farm leaders in Santiago de Cuba joined the top management of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), controlled by officialdom, in rejecting the measures implemented by the White House. Since then, no local producer has sold a single coffee bean to potential US customers.
Nevertheless, and although exporting is still an illusion, having an avocado tree guarantees the economic sustenance of many families on the island. Land with an orchard of fertile trees shoots up in price on the classified ad sites, almost like those that contain a well or a house with ceiling tiles.
Some owners have chosen to sell the full crop for a year. " I have an arrangement with a neighbor who paid me 2,000 CUP for all the avocados in the orchard"
Some owners of avocado trees have chosen to sell a full year's crop. "I have an arrangement with a neighbor who paid me 2,000 CUP for all the avocados in the orchard," says Tomas Garcia, a resident of Calabazar south of the capital.
Retired from the Ministry of Construction, the man supplements his monthly pension of less than 20 Cuban convertible pesos (roughly $20 US) with the sale of the tasty fruits from his patio. "One day my mother-in-law threw a seed in the trash in a corner, and then we realized that bush had sprouted." Garcia replanted the small plant in a better place and, without knowing it, he made "the best investment in my life," he acknowledges now.
Although he has never considered exporting his small crop, the pensioner believes that "if something is good in this country, it is avocados that need little care and can be planted in any yard." He says that in addition to eating them from time to time he uses them to "give a shine to my hair" and his wife uses it as an anti-wrinkle mask.
"If I don't have much to eat, I only have to cut an avocado in half and now I have a rich person's meal instead of a poor person's," he said.
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Q: Finding how many pages john read John read $10$ pages of his book in the first day of holiday. He is reading $4$ pages more than he read in every day. How many pages did John read till the end of the 8th day of holiday?
I know that this is just algebra. However, the important thing is to make the correct equations.
Let's call the amount of the pages $x$

*

*First day: $10x$

*till end of the 8th day: $10x+28$

A: The first day, John read $10$ pa ges. The second day, John read $10+x$ pages, where $x=4$, and so on.
He did this for $8$ days, and on the last day, John read $10+7x=38$ pages, where $x=4$
Therefore, you have to find the average of $10$ and $38$, and multiply it by the number of days, which is $8$.
Hint: (open if stuck)

What is $\dfrac{10+38}{2}\cdot 8$?

A: The statement of this problem is very unclear you should consider revising.
However, I am reading it as John read 10 pages on the first day and four more pages each day. It seems like you are then trying to write equations (1) for the pages read on that day and (2) for the total pages read to that point.
$(1)$ Let $f(x)=10+4(x-1)$ where $x$ is the day and $f(x)$ is the pages John read that day.
$(2)$ The easiest way of writing this equation would be to use recursive series. Let $a_1=10$ because we know from the problem statement that John read 10 pages on day 1. Now, let $a_n=a_{n-1}+f(x=n)$
Thus, if you are looking to find how many pages John read on day 8 and the total pages John read up to that point you set $n=x=8$ and solve equations $(1)$ and $(2)$ giving you $f(8)=38$ and $a_8=a_7+f(8)=192$

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Third trimester already! We're almost there! This pregnancy has been flying by and simultaneously dragging on. It makes no sense but that's how it's been. Some days I'm like "OH MY GOSH SHE'LL BE HERE IN 11 WEEKS" and then other times I'm like "oh my gosh, I can't believe how much longer I have to go." It's equal parts exciting and frustrating.
Anyway, we had our midwife appointment and final ultrasound this morning! Once again we got a great report, praise God. Little miss is growing right on track (48th percentile), her heartbeat was strong (134 bpm), and the ultrasound showed that everything about her is perfect, which we already knew. 🙂 She's still breech right now (about half of babies are breech at this point) but she should flip by the time we hit 34 weeks.
I was a liiiitle bummed about the ultrasound today because we could barely see her face at all. She was pretty much folded in half so her feet were covering her face and what wasn't covered by her feet was covered by her arm flung right across her eyes. No matter what we did she would not move, which was not surprising to me at all. She's never cared much about being poked or prodded. She just does her own sassy thing. The ultrasound tech couldn't really show her to us in 3D (which is what I was most excited for) so we only have a few profile shots. I was so looking forward to seeing what she'll look like when she's born because I was hoping it would help us finally settle on a name, but it looks like we're waiting 11 more weeks to figure that out. Oh well, babies rarely follow the rules anyway. 🙂 I should be used to it by now!
As for my health, things look mostly good too. My blood pressure was perfect and I did the 1 hour glucose test while we were there (we'll have the results of that on Monday hopefully). My weight gain is still a bit of a problem, though. I was so sure things were looking up but I only gained a little over a pound since my last appointment four weeks ago. That makes about 8 pounds total this pregnancy, which wouldn't be a huge problem except that my daughter makes up about three pounds of that and the placenta/fluid/uterus is another part of it. My belly is only measuring at 26 weeks right now, even though the baby is right on track. My midwife straight up told me to start eating ice cream every night haha. Not so much for the baby right now (she's doing fine), but more so that I can get some fat storage in place for breastfeeding after she's born. I'm not sure why this is so hard for me this time around but I'm going to try my best to eat more protein and healthy fats and hopefully get the ball rolling these last few weeks.
How big is baby: About the size of a pineapple. She's approximately 17 inches long and weighs around 2 lbs, 10 oz (according to our ultrasound today).
Movement: From what I can tell, she's a pretty routine type of baby. There are certain times a day where I can almost guarantee she'll be awake and moving around. She has an active time in the morning, another right around 1pm, and another around 10pm. Of course she moves around at other times throughout the day too, but those are her most active times. She also loves music and will usually start kicking whenever something comes on loud enough, or when I sing. In fact that might be why she's always awake around 1pm…that's when I read and sing to Jameson before his nap. I often wonder how many of the songs and the books we read will be familiar to her after she's born. 🙂 Her hiccups are picking up a bit too; she usually gets them a few times a day and they last at least five minutes or longer.
Major symptoms: Typical third-trimester symptoms happening over here. I pretty much always feel like I have to pee (and sometimes she reminds me with a swift kick to the bladder), I have lower back pain here and there, and the shortness of breath comes and goes (although it's actually subsided a bit since my last bumpdate, possibly because she's changed positions). It's getting harder to stay comfortable all night between the peeing and the big ol' belly and the sporadic shifts in my body temperature. I've also been dealing with some common cold stuff which isn't directly related to pregnancy, but kind of is because I never get sick. This is the second time this pregnancy I've had a really horrible cold so I'm almost positive it's because my immune system is lower in general right now. Still getting Braxton Hicks contractions every day too, which I'm all for because the more practice my body gets now the easier labor will be (right? hopefullyyy).
Best moments this week: Definitely getting to see our girl at the ultrasound. Even though we weren't able to see much of her face we did get to see her little lips making kissy faces and watched her stick her tongue out a few times (so adorable!). Her mannerisms were so much like a newborn's already and it was really sweet to see.
Cravings: I'm just not a craving type of person I guess. I should probably just take this category off haha.


Congratulations to Deer Park View resident, Enid, who turned 87 on Thursday the 21st of May.
Deer Park View provides Residential, Nursing and Specialist Dementia care in Teddington opposite the magnificent Bushy Royal Park. You can find out more about this London care home here.


Taste Vietnamese traditional culinary to more understand the spirit and love of Hoianese by cooking their popular food under the guide of skilful local chef. It is great to enjoy the meals you made before, let's join the cooking class now!
Lunch and all drinks (including house wine, soft drinks, and beer).
Guided tour of Tra Que Organic Village with herbal drink at a local home.
Boat from Red Bridge Cooking School to central Hoi An.
Free use of the Red Bridge swimming pool (towels & showers provided).
Taxis are available back to town / beach area for around US$3-4 per car.
Note: Full payment is required at the time of booking – no refunds. No child prices. Cooking tour operates everyday of the year - except for the first 2 days of Tet (Vietnamese) New Year. Tour is conducted in English.
We start the day (8am) with a welcome drink at HoiAn Ancient Town, our meeting point. Travel by minivan (10 minutes) to Tra Que Organic Village, and walk through the market gardens where local farmers work their fields using the traditional methods of hundreds of years ago - no electrical machinery here.
We pick fresh saw-tooth coriander and Vietnamese mint for our cooking lesson later, before trying a special herbal drink at a local home. To the local village market and with shopping list in hand we purchase a range of local ingredients, including star anise, cardamom, sesame rice paper, water spinach and banana flower.
Arriving at Cooking School we have a chance to freshen up before beginning our class. Working together with our chef we learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Vietnamese food from scratch. Using the freshest ingredients and traditional Vietnamese utensils (still in use today) we cook 4 famous dishes, including the national dish 'Pho'.
After the class we sit down and a chance to savour the dishes we have prepared. Leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An River back to central Hoi An. Bring your swimsuit and after the cooking tour has finished relax and enjoy free use of our 20 metre swimming pool.
Recipes: - Vegetarians are provided with replacement ingredients.
Finish at approximately 2.30pm – transfer back to central Hoi An arriving approximately 3.00pm.


In Flowering Souls, you have to GROW a population of souls locked on earth. Will you manage to save them from darkness ?
Using some mystical stones, you'll have to guide them for their safety, but also face and destroy the darkness minions who aim your destruction.
Edit 16/12 : Updated solving a crash bug with the portal stones.
Really nice game loved the theme and the graphics.
I like your game. It has good theme and graphics. Nice job.
Great art and music! Though it took me a while to figure out what do the stones actually do.
The visual assets look very good!
Good design, music and atmosphere. Great job!
Great game. Good gameplay, good graphics, good audio... Congratz!
To be honest i played only youtube but i think its awesome. Graphics, gameplay,theme realization - all on high level! Perfect!
So sorry mate, but unfortunately there is no web or mac version...yet :D Who knows..!
A BIG "Thanks!" to all of you for your feedbacks & comments.
I love the mechanic. Art and music are pretty nice! Good job, solid entry.
The mood is fantastic, and loved the depth of the strategy you created with two buttons. Overall, the game was a bit slow for me, and the audio stopped sometimes in the tutorials, but those are minor flaws that are totally understandable.
It's almost unfair how good your game is !
Interesting gameplay. Very nice graphics and musics/sound fx. Maybe a little difficult to understand at the beginning but I enjoyed it a lot :) Good job!
Very tranquil game, slow but easy to get into. The difficulty in the beginning was a little rough-- it seemed like it got easier as time went on and I couldnt find a way to not have to play through the tutorial over and over when I first started and was learning the mechanics. Maybe that's just me but I learned better by doing than reading.
Very nice concept. Not really the fan of "soul"-y games, but this is a very nice production.
Very interesting concept with great sound and music :) I do like this kind of indirect control. The random generation does create situations where it can be difficult to react though, so if this were to become a "full game" I think it might be worth bounding creature spawn and paths to have a bit more control over the difficulty.
A bit slow to restart - possibly a bit laggy on my computer (?) I'm not sure, frame-rate seemed a bit unstable.
killing the enemy does not work every time but the game has a cool idea and and it makes fun! overall very well done!!!
A pleasant experience with a nice atmosphere and really cool graphics and sound design.
The indirect control created some nice emergent moments where I would speed-boost my souls to spread them out, and then sweep across the map to gather new recruits, though I could just as soon speedboost to get away from too many shadows.
I didn't understand the reason for having duplicate stones toward the end-game, beyond giving my souls more targets, and better freedom of movement. It might have been nice if the stones themselves had a longer cooldown instead of (or in addition to) the cooldown bar, so you'd have to hop around more, and maybe bide time while the Reds recharged.
This game looked and sounded great, and had a good bit of strategic depth too. Excellent work! I really enjoyed the mood of this, and had a good time playing. Thanks for putting this together!
I like the art and audio, good job!
Nice mood and a really cool idea. Good work.
Man what a lovely atmosphere! The gameplay was really unique I felt and the whole experience was a joy to play! Amazing stuff!


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Bok & Bibliotek i Norden AB var ett svenskt företag, som åren 1986-2016 arrangerade den årliga Bokmässan i Göteborg på Svenska Mässan.

Mässan Bibliotek 2000 på Svenska Mässan i Göteborg initierades av Bertil Falck och Conny Johansson 1985. Året därpå hölls en bokmässa med vidare målgrupp, samt startades bolaget Bok & Bibliotek i Norden AB. Företaget upplöstes 2017 efter en fusion med Svenska Mässan Gothia Towers AB.

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Forster's Tern is the only tern that is restricted almost entirely to North America throughout the year. Its highest breeding numbers are around south-central Manitoba, northern California-southern Oregon, and the Gulf Coast. Its centers of abundance in early winter match those of its Atlantic coastal breeding areas, particularly around the Virginia-North Carolina border, Texas, and Florida. Similar in appearance and ecology to several other terns, it is primarily a marsh bird, although also found along Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts.
A "marsh tern," this species breeds primarily in fresh, brackish, and saltwater marshes, including marshy borders of lakes, islands, or streams. It is found more often in open, deeper portions of marshes, generally in wetlands with considerable open water and large stands of island-like vegetation and/or large mats of floating vegetation. Along the Atlantic coast, Forster's Tern breeds in marshy portions of beach and estuarine areas. The suitability of nesting habitat is often ephemeral, varying at a given site from year to year.


There's no doubt that Uriah Faber is a fast rising MMA superstar. Many believe The California Kid is pound for pound the best fighter in the world right now. He has shown a tremendous amount of diversity in his fighting and is considered by many top level mixed martial artists, such as Frank Mir, to be an innovator of the sport who's bringing new style and technique to MMA. Ever since he made his debut to the WEC, the kid has been walking through opponents with style and ease. Not only is the kid an tremendously conditioned athlete, but he's also lightning fast and is both powerful and skillful whether standing or on the ground. To top it off the kid seems to have a tireless hunger to dominate the ring and is seeing a huge amount of success.
Check out this highlight video of The California Kid.


First snow-free November in 46 years for most of Minnesota, monthly temperatures 8-14 degrees above average.
Flurries today, couple inches of snow predicted for far northern Minnesota by Thursday.
No heavy snow for central/southern Minnesota, but a real cold front is on the way for later this week.
Numbing first week of December, but temperatures may thaw out (temporarily) during the second week of December.
Unnecessarily Optimistic? We're enjoying the first snow-free November since 1963, according to National Weather Service records. Temperatures across Minnesota are running 8-14 degrees above average, more typical of October than November. Although December will bring the first true outbreak of arctic air the CPC, the Climate Prediction Center, still has a warm bulls-eye directly over Minnesota for December, January and February, based on a strengthening El Nino event in the Pacific. We will see cold and snow, no question, but statistically: odds favor a somewhat milder than normal winter. That said, I still have my doubts. Only 2 out of 3 El Ninos wind up bringing warmer winters for Minnesota. I have a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach that this winter may be the exception to the rule.
Current Snow Cover as of November 28. To check this out for yourself (compare actual vs. normal snow cover around the globe click here to check out the Rutgers Global Snow Lab). Click on "daily" to see the latest snow conditions (and compare it with climatology).
Dig out the coats and parkas: computer models pull the first true arctic slap into Minnesota by midweek (highs stuck in the 30s, some 20s central & north) with a reinforcing shot of even colder air arriving by next Sunday/Monday. A lack of (insulating) snow cover may increase the odds of pipes freezing up and bursting about one week out as nighttime lows dip into the teens, even some single digits up north. Hope I'm wrong on that call.
Where's the ice? Click the image to bring it full-screen, it's a high-resolution (visible) satellite image snapped by the low-orbiting NASA "Terra" weather satellite, roughly 250 miles above the earth. If you look carefully, squint a lot – you can make out a lack of ice, even over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (the white squiggly line is the Minnesota/Canada border). No ice that far north in late November is highly unusual, almost unprecedented. To get the latest, ultra-high resolution satellite image (usually a 1 day delay) click here to see resolutions as high as 250 meters! The data and web site is courtesy of the University of Wisconsin.
46 degrees yesterday. Unbelievable. I'm black and blue from pinching myself all month. Yep, getting more odd stares than usual. We're in the midst of an historic November – no measurable snow to speak of as of November 28. At this rate we'll experience the first totally snow-free November since 1963, according to National Weather Service records. BTW, after no snow in November, '63, we went on to see just over 34″ of snow for the entire winter. Click here to see a winter-by-winter, month-by-month recap for MSP since the winter of 1884-85. It's true that the official recording station has moved around during that period, from downtown St. Paul to downtown Minneapolis, to MSP International, then over to Chanhassen, where the local NWS office is located. That makes climatologists who study long-term trends a little nutty – shifting the weather instruments around from place to place, when what is truly prized and valued is continuity, consistency of record-keeping. There can be significant variations in temperature, wind, even moisture, from one part of the metro area to the next, so it's not the best scenario, but due to a number of factors, financial and political, the local NWS office has been forced to bounce around from time to time.
You may be surprised to hear me mention that (in my humble opinion) our mild, snow-free November is not PROOF of global climate change. When it gets really cold in December that won't be proof of anything either, other than the fact that we experience huge contrasts in day-to-day weather (only Siberia has more extremes in temperature and precipitation than we do, sitting close to the geographic center of North America). The recent uproar over leaked e-mails from a climate research center in the U.K. has provided fresh "evidence" for skeptics and deniers, they'll be feasting on this for months, maybe years. It's unfortunate, because it's another diversion, another distraction, another opportunity to put thousands of climate scientists on the defensive while greenhouse gases continue to accumulate, and changes (some quite dramatic) continue to play out, especially in the arctic regions.
If there was a cover-up of any kind, if data was concealed, changed or manipulated, then the scientists involved should pay a steep price (resign?) I'm a big believer in transparency, shining a bright light on all the science, make all of it public. The problem? A lot of arm-chair skeptics who know a thing about weather believe this automatically makes them experts on climate change. That's why some of these climate scientists are so defensive and angry in the first place. They're being repeatedly spammed, hounded, harassed and bullied by professional skeptics, many of them funded by various "institutes" that represent the oil, coal and gas industries maintaining the status-quo. Some of these targeted climate scientists made their displeasure known in these e-mail strings. I wouldn't like it either if I was being (digitally) stalked by a steady stream of deniers who have little interest in uncovering the "truth" when it comes to the state of the art of climate science.
Is there still a consensus among climate scientists that most of the observed warming is (mostly) man-made? Yes. Are things (apparently) getting worse, faster than even the IPCC predicted just a few years ago? Yes. Should ALL science be open, transparent and above petty bickering and obfuscation? Absolutely. The recent hacking of e-mails will probably change, perhaps profoundly, the way climate science is conducted and released to the public. Peer-review science needs to be above reproach, not subject to petty bickering or political posturing. If laws were broken the climate scientists involved should be prosecuted and reprimanded. Sadly, this all goes to perception. The public is already losing interest in climate change, even though 80% of the population still believes climate change is real, the percentage of people who believe it's the result of man-made activities is under 40% (and falling), and that's a very worrisome trend. The truth: for some deniers there will never be a critical mass of evidence to convince them. Ever. They've already made up their minds, and now they'll cherry-pick data that supports their (scientifically shaky) bully pulpit. If climate scientists start cherry-picking data to get the results they want, then God help us all – that would be an utter catastrophe. If the vast majority of reasonable, logical, fact-loving people who still believe there's a place in the world for science, if these consumers throw up their hands and give up on trying to understand what's happening all around them, well, then we're in for a very long & unpleasant 21st century. A certain amount of change is inevitable, based on what we've already pumped into the atmosphere. The question is whether we'll reach a true tipping point, a point of no return. Chances are your kids and grandkids will take this issue far more seriously than the current generation of baby-boomers. Just a hunch.
I wholeheartedly agree with George Monbiot's recent editorial in the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, calling into question the climate scientists whose e-mail accounts were recently hacked. The data is out there, the genie is out of the bottle. No time to whine about invasion of privacy, better to explain what was said in those e-mails, and use this as an opportunity to shine a light on the science of climate change, making improvements in how this data is gathered, interpreted and ultimately explained to politicians and the general public. This is a teachable moment if there ever was one.
Interested in the science of climate change? Here is the Mother Lode of data from RealClimate.com: computer models, techniques and explanations. When I talk to people face to face I implore them to keep an open mind on this subject. The more you dig into the data, really drill down into the meat of the science of climate change, the more you'll see that this is not some global conspiracy, a new religion (as a Christian I find that charge more than a little insulting) or mass hypnosis – something is happening, something has changed, and the sooner we take action, the better the outlook for future generations.
The "Copenhagen Diagnosis" is being released in advance of next month's global conference. Here are a few of the "highlights" from the report. What's that old saying, "while Nero fiddled Rome burned…" While we turn climate change into fodder for shouting talking heads on TV and incendiary blog posts, the planet continues to warm, the weather continues to veer toward the extreme (just ask flooded residents in the U.K, cleaning up from some of the worst flooding in a millenia). And we just sit here, twiddling our thumbs, pointing fingers, waiting, wondering, screaming at each other, ultimately hoping for the best. Think anthropogenic climate change is all a bunch of baloney, an excuse for Al Gore to get rich, etc etc? Stay tuned – it's going to get very interesting, and within our lifetime.
"The Copenhagen Diagnosis" is the work of 26 researchers from around the world, most of whom have authored portions of landmark reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In early 2007, that organization gained worldwide attention when 3,700 affiliated scientists said humans almost certainly are causing climate change. Click here for more details on the Copenhagen Diagnosis.
Potential for a few inches of snow up north. Relatively weak cold frontal passages today and again Wednesday may spark a few inches of wet snow for far northern Minnesota later this week (this map goes through midday Thursday) but I don't see any accumulating snow for St. Cloud or the Twin Cities through the end of the week. As long as winds aloft blow from the west/northwest we'll be hard-pressed to see a blanket of white. For a real snowy drubbing winds aloft need to blow from the southwest, from New Mexico and Texas, allowing Gulf moisture to surge north. I don't see that specific scenario….yet.


The combination of spinach and pine nuts appears in a variety of festive Jewish Venetian dishes of Iberian and Turkish origins, from marinated fish to braised carrots, to meat stuffings for vegetables.
You can use the leftovers to make an unusual frittata.
(optional) a sprinkle of Parmigiano, if serving in a dairy meal.
Wash the spinach well, discarding the stems (Italian Jews used to save them for a different preparation that required longer cooking).
Cook in a covered pot over medium heat with a little salt and a couple of tablespoons of water, for about 5 minutes.
Heat the oil in a large pan, add the shallots or onions (and anchovies, if using).
When they are translucent, add the pine nuts, raisins, spinach, salt, pepper, spices, and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes or until ready.


I've wanted to learn the art of making hard cider for a long time. But many of the books I found were overly complicated for a beginning home brewer.
I didn't want to start with the complicated.
I wanted to learn the basic techniques so I could play with the flavors of the apples on our farmstead.
My prayers were answered in the new book Modern Cider by Emma Christensen.
I've been following Emma for years. She's known in the foodie world for breaking down artisanal recipes into step-by-step DIY projects that are totally doable…and delicious. So OF COURSE I had to invite her onto the podcast.
Emma teaches people how to make cider from every angle. She covers making cider with store bought juice or home pressed apples and she gives flavorful options that make our cider BETTER than the commercial brews.
In this episode, I bring on Emma to give us just the basic Hard Cider 101 info so that we can dive in with gusto.
The bottom line is that it's super easy, very forgiving, and you don't need a lot of equipment to get started!
Emma Christensen is a food writer and editor with over 10 years of experience creating food and cooking content for online and print publication. She is the managing editor for Simply Recipes and a former editor for The Kitchn.
Emma is also the author of three books on homebrewing, True Brews, Brew Better Beer, and Modern Cider, and she collaborated on the James Beard award-winning The Kitchn Cookbook.
Emma is a graduate of The Cambridge School for Culinary Arts and Bryn Mawr College. She lives in San Jose, California. Find more of her work on fermented beverages at The Bold Brewer.
Want Emma's Basic Hard Cider Recipe?
Theresa, I wonder if I just wanted to try a small experiment, if I could use my Kraut Source device on a quart jar to ferment apple juice for hard cider. Also, can you start with cider (regular, non-alcoholic) instead of apple juice? Thanks!
Hi Amy – Yes and yes. I think you could do a small batch experiment using your Kraut Source device. You would just sterilize that as you would all your equipment. It would let the CO2 escape and would not let anything inside. It just would not be practical for large batches. And YES you absolutely can use a non-alcoholic cider to start. Here is a definition of the difference between juice and cider here in the US: http://www.mass.gov/agr/massgrown/cider_juice_difference.htm Both will work for you. Have fun and let me know how it goes!
I love to make jam and jellies and am a beekeeper but I am looking for another idea for holiday gifts. This is it!


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import React, { Component } from 'react'
import {
  View,
  FlatList,
  StatusBar
} from 'react-native'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
import Header from './Header'
import GameCell from './GameCell'
import Loader from '../common/Loader'

class ScoresScreen extends Component<Props> {

  constructor(props) {
    super(props)

    this.state = {
      date: null,
      loading: true,
      refresh: false,
    }
  }

  componentDidMount = () => {
    this.fetchGames()
  }

  componentDidUpdate = (prevProps) => {
    if (this.props.games !== prevProps.games && prevProps.games.length === 0) {
      this.fetchGames()
    }
  }

  shouldComponentUpdate = (nextProps, nextState) => {
    return this.props.games !== nextProps.games;
  }

  fetchGames = () => {
    const { date } = this.props;
    this.props.getGames(date);

    // handle
    this.setState({
      loading: false,
      refresh: false,
      date: date,
    })
  }

  handleRefresh = () => {
    // only allow refreshing on the current date - past and future games dont need to have refresh abilities
    if (this.props.date === this.props.currentDate) {
      this.setState({
        refresh: true
      }, () => {
        this.fetchGames()
      })
    }
  }

  _keyExtractor = (item) => {
    return item.gameId
  }

  render() {
    const { games } = this.props;

    return (
      <View style={{flex: 1}}>
        <StatusBar barStyle='light-content' />
        <Header
          numberOfGames={games.length}
        />
        <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#000000' }}>
          {
            this.state.loading &&
            <Loader />
          }
          {
            (games && !this.state.loading) &&
            <FlatList
              data={games}
              refreshing={this.state.refresh}
              onRefresh={() => { this.handleRefresh() }}
              keyExtractor={this._keyExtractor}
              renderItem={(teams) => (
                <GameCell
                  navigator={this.props.navigation}
                  teams={teams}
                />
              )}
            />
          }
        </View>
      </View>
    )
  }
}

function mapStateToProps(state) {
  return {
    date: state.date.date,
    currentDate: state.date.currentDate,
    season: state.date.season,
    games: state.scores.games
  }
}

function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
  return {
    getGames: (date) => dispatch({ type: 'GET_GAMES_REQUEST', date })
  }
}

export default connect(
  mapStateToProps,
  mapDispatchToProps
)(ScoresScreen)


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Q: How to find the paths to the directories which contains jni.h and jni_md.h? I am a Windows user. I have a code in C and another in Java. I am trying to compile and link, however, it gives me this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: program10.convert(D)D
at program10.convert(Native Method)
at program10.printTable(program10.java:65)
at program10.main(program10.java:16)

I tried these two:
gcc -I/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_191/include/ -I/usr/java/jdk1.                                                                                8.0_191/include/win32 -shared -o libprogram10.so program10.o

gcc -I/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/include/ -I/usr/java/jdk1.                                                                                8.0_131/include/win32 -shared -o libprogram10.so program10.o

On my computer, the location is: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_191\include
Here is my code:
program10.java
import java.util.Scanner;

public class program10 {
    static
    {
        System.loadLibrary("program10");
    }

    public native double convert(double f);
    /*code here*/
}

public static void main(String args[]) {
    /*code here*/
}

public int interface() {
    /*code here*/
}

public void printTable(int size) {
    /*code here*/
}

program10.c
#include <jni.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "program10.h"

JNIEXPORT jdouble JNICALL Java_program10_convert(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jdouble n) {
    /*code here*/
}


Federal investigators announced Monday they had sent a letter to President Trump and Congress notifying them of "mismanagement" at a unit of Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme.
The Navy ultimately determined that more than $32 million worth of equipment could not be accounted for because warehouse employees had failed to keep proper inventory records, Monday's announcement said. In addition, some classified materials in the warehouses had been stored improperly.
A whistleblower exposed the sloppy handling of millions of dollars' worth of military equipment, along with the mishandling of classified information," Special Counsel Henry Kerner said in a statement. "This case resulted in new policies to ensure more accountability, demonstrating the kind of good-government reforms that can result when whistleblowers see a problem and speak up.
As of Tuesday morning, officials at Naval Base Ventura County did not respond to requests for comments.
The Navy's report notes problems at the warehouses had been largely improved since 2015, when the whistleblower started working there. That's when responsibility for the warehouses was transferred to the Naval Sea Logistics Center, where he had been a supply systems analyst, according to the report by the Office of the Naval Inspector General.
The warehouses hold supplies and repair equipment for destroyers, frigates and cruisers that carry classified weapons systems, the report said. The local warehouses in question included two buildings on the base and an off-base warehouse with total storage capacity of about 110,000 square feet.
Navy investigators weren't able to assess whether such unfulfilled requests had ever impacted mission readiness because "such data is not captured," the report said.
While some equipment could not be accounted for, it may simply have been improperly tracked rather than been misused or gone missing, the report said. No criminal charges were ever filed, and no personnel actions were taken.
The special counsel's announcement Monday praised the results of the whistleblower's complaint, and Navy investigators substantiated three of his four complaints.
Yet the accompanying report shows he was fired from the job in March 2016, roughly around the time the complaint was filed. The report names the man, John Edwards, noting he had consented to have his name released. The Star was unable to locate Edwards Monday night.
Overall, the report seems to be conducted in a professional and competent manner," he began, thanking the special counsel and Secretary of the Navy for taking his allegations seriously.
"One section of the report in particular … is so inaccurate that it makes me question the validity of the investigation in [its] entirety," Edwards wrote. The report suggests 500 or fewer inventory errors were corrected during his employment, he wrote, while Edwards states he corrected between 4,000 to 7,000 errors during the first three months of using the new system.