In Writer and Calc, it is possible to use a shortcut to directly create a superscripted number by using the ^ symbol directly followed by a number.
I was wondering if there is an equivalent for subscripted numbers?
I am aware of the style keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+shift+B for subscripts) but I am looking into something more practical to use while writing. This would also be very useful to add extra entries in the Autocorrect list, especially for chemical formulas (it is possible to input a superscripted number thanks to the ^ shortcut, but not with copy+paste).
Hi - Have you tried foo_2 ?
You also can use a Character style to apply font: Linux Libertine G:sinf=1 and customize the keyboard to assign a shortcut to this style.
I didn't realise I could copy paste subscript characters (as opposed to number with a style applied to them) into the autocorrect settings, as I could not find them in the special character table. This works great, but is a bit tedious and awkward as it is limited to how many rules you are happy to create! Cheers.
Ctrl+Shift+B --> Toggle on/off Su B script. | Ctrl+Shift+P --> Toggle on/off Su P erscript.
'Customise' > 'Keyboard' > choose 'LibreOffice' or the current document class ('Writer' e.g.) > 'Functions, Category' > 'Format' > scroll down till 'Subscript', 'Suberscript' respectively > choose shortcut from 'Shortcut Keys' > 'Modify' > Ready!
a) Apply to the current selection. If not unambiguous: "Switch on."
b) Toggle the current character format at the ViewCursor position for the respective property only. State will persist till next change.


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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 2000. Although the Nationalist Republican Alliance received the most votes, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front won the most seats. Voter turnout was 41.8%.

Results

References

Bibliography
Political Handbook of the world, 1997. New York, 1998.

El Salvador
Legislative elections in El Salvador
Legislative

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Berndgerdia balteata är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Holzschuh 1982. Berndgerdia balteata ingår i släktet Berndgerdia och familjen långhorningar.

Artens utbredningsområde är Nepal. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Långhorningar
balteata


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Torneranno i prati est un film italien réalisé par Ermanno Olmi, sorti en 2014.

Synopsis

Fiche technique
 Titre français : Torneranno i prati
 Réalisation : Ermanno Olmi
 Scénario : Ermanno Olmi
 Photographie : Fabio Olmi
 Musique : Paolo Fresu
 Pays d'origine : Italie
 Genre : drame
 Date de sortie : 2014

Distribution
 Claudio Santamaria
 Camillo Grassi
 Niccolò Senni
 Andrea Di Maria
 Francesco Formichetti

Notes et références

Liens externes

Film italien sorti en 2014
Film dramatique italien
Film réalisé par Ermanno Olmi
Film sur la Première Guerre mondiale
Film tourné à Vicence


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Among and notables
Among the notables buried in the cemetery are explorer-surveyor Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Major Edmund Lockyer and Mary, Lady Jamison ( widow of the colonial pioneer landowner, physician, constitutional reformer and ' knight of the realm ', Sir John Jamison ).
Among notables to try the cure were writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov.
Among the premier matinee idols of his day, he was described by Amy Leslie as " one of Gibson's notables materialized ".
Among the notables carried on board his flights were Winston Churchill and Bob Hope.
Among the team's other local affluent notables were close friends Lucien Beauregard, Romeo Gauvreau, Hector H. Racine, and Charles E. Trudeau.
Among the other Canadian notables to have received the Award of Merit of B ' nai Brith Canada are Lindsay Gordon, Blake Goldring, Frank Stronach, Tony Comper, Al Waxman, Wallace McCain, Lloyd Axworthy, Mayor Jean Drapeau, George Cohon, Leo Kolber, former Liberal Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin, hockey legend Jean Béliveau, Paul Tellier, former Ontario Premier Bill Davis, Ambassador Allan Gotlieb, Monty Hall, Surjit Babra and Walter Arbib, Izzy Asper, Guy Charbonneau, former Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon, former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Herb Gray, former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, Edward Samuel " Ted " Rogers, former Alberta Premier Ernest Manning, and Calin Rovinescu.
Mary Jayne Gold helped subsidize the operation which is credited with participating in the rescue of some 2, 000 refugees, Among the escapees were notables such as the sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, artist Marc Chagall, writer Hannah Arendt and Nobel Prize winner, Otto Meyerhof.
Among the notables who've worked for T & T were its last Editor in Chief Bill Kunkel, who was the Executive Editor of the classic Electronic Games magazine in the early 1980s and was Associate Editor of " VG & CE ", and Editor Chris Bieniek, who worked on every issue and continues to serve as Editor in Chief for the bi-monthly Tips & Tricks Codebook.
Among those notables who benefited from his family's friendship and patronage were John Brinsley the elder, Arthur Hildersham, Thomas Cartwright, Lawrence Humphrey, Thomas Sampson, Anthony Gilby, John King, and William Chaderton.
Among the notables he beat during that span were Ken Morita, who later became a respected boxing official and who was beaten by Harada on June 26 in the first round, and future world champion Hiroyuki Ebihara, who was undefeated in nine fights before meeting Harada and who was beaten by Harada on December 24, by a decision in six rounds.
Among the notables in the audience were Joseph P. Kennedy, Jack Benny, and Richard Rodgers.
Among other notables from the island include the former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Ibrahim Rafeeq, former Minister of Communication as well as Minister of Justice, Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmed and former Editor in Chief of Haveeru Daily and Haveeru Online, Dr. Ali Rafeeq.
Among the notables who performed at the Sportpalast in its postwar years was world-famous figure skater Sonja Henie.
Among and who
Among the dolls was one that meant very much to the First Lady, who would pick it up and look at it often.
Among measures in anticipation of crisis are plans to inject into the turmoil as assistants of key decision makers qualified persons who are cognizant of the corrosive effect of crisis upon personal relationships and are also able to raise calm and realistic voices when overburdened leaders near the limit of self-control.
Among the spectators was the noted exotic dancer, Patti Waggin who is Mrs. Don Rudolph when off the stage.
Among the proposed etymologies is the Hurrian and Hittite divinity, Aplu, who was widely invoked during the " plague years ".
Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee.
Among well known ( generally non-kabbalist or anti-kabbalist ) Rabbis who rejected the idea of reincarnation are Saadia Gaon, David Kimhi, Hasdai Crescas, Yedayah Bedershi ( early 14th century ), Joseph Albo, Abraham ibn Daud, the Rosh and Leon de Modena.
Among other arguments, supporters hypothesize that the Act creates additional legal risks for employers who then quietly avoid hiring people with disabilities to avoid this risk.
Among the victims of Messalina's intrigues were Agrippina's surviving sister Livilla, who was charged with having adultery with Seneca the Younger.
Among the original champions of Protestantism who rejected the doctrine of apostolic succession were John Calvin, and Martin Luther.
Among some Protestant bodies, who do not consider it a sacrament, but instead as a practice suggested rather than commanded by Scripture, it is called anointing with oil.
Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').
Among the hundreds of thousands who died during the Battle for Berlin, an estimated 125, 000 were civilians.
Among the famous mathematicians and cryptanalysts working there, the most influential and the best-known in later years was Alan Turing who is widely credited with being " The Father of Computer Science ".
Among the dead was Captain George Blagdon Westcott, who was killed by French musket fire.
Among them, Guderian claimed, was Chief of the General Staff Ludwig Beck ( 1935 – 38 ), who he alleged was skeptical that armored forces could be decisive.
Among the country ' s five presidents since independence in 1960, three have been former army chiefs-of-staff, who have taken power through coups d ' état.
Among the insurgents was Laurent-Désiré Kabila, who would overthrow long-time dictator Mobutu 30 years later.
Among supporters of constitutional monarchy however, the experience confirmed the value of the monarchy as a source of checks and balances against elected politicians who might seek powers in excess of those conferred by their respective constitutions, and ultimately as a safeguard against dictatorship.
Among the reasons given by those who oppose the use of Common Era notation is that it is selective as other aspects of the Western calendar have origins in various belief systems ( e. g., January is named for Janus ), Style guides for academic texts on religion generally prefer BCE / CE to BC / AD.
Among his principal miracles are: ( 1 ) procuring of food for a sick monk and curing the wife of his benefactor ; ( 2 ) escape from hurt when surrounded by wolves ; ( 3 ) obedience of a bear which evacuated a cave at his biddings ; ( 4 ) producing a spring of water near his cave ; ( 5 ) repletion of the Luxeuil granary when empty ; ( 6 ) multiplication of bread and beer for his community ; ( 7 ) curing of the sick monks, who rose from their beds at his request to reap the harvest ; ( 8 ) giving sight to a blind man at Orleans ; ( 9 ) taming a bear, and yoking it to a plough.
Among the investors was Bob Hope, who had grown up in Cleveland, and former Tigers slugger, Hank Greenberg.
Among those noted by the Irish annals, the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are Ívarr — Ímar in Irish sources — who was active from East Anglia to Ireland, Halfdán — Albdann in Irish, Healfdene in Old English — and Amlaíb or Óláfr.
Among those who regard themselves as Catholic but not Roman Catholic are Anglicans and some Lutherans, who stress that they are both Reformed and Catholic.
Among his 69 Ph. D. students in Göttingen were many who later became famous mathematicians, including ( with date of thesis ): Otto Blumenthal ( 1898 ), Felix Bernstein ( 1901 ), Hermann Weyl ( 1908 ), Richard Courant ( 1910 ), Erich Hecke ( 1910 ), Hugo Steinhaus ( 1911 ), and Wilhelm Ackermann ( 1925 ).
Among and died
Among indigenous Australians, it is forbidden to use the name, image, or audio-visual recording of the deceased ; the Australian Broadcasting Corporation now publishes a warning to indigenous Australians when using names, images or audio-visual recordings of people who have died.
Among the artists of the core group ( minus Bazille, who had died in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 ), defections occurred as Cézanne, followed later by Renoir, Sisley, and Monet, abstained from the group exhibitions so they could submit their works to the Salon.
Among them was René Blum, founder of the Opera, who died in a Nazi concentration camp.
Among his sons, Giacomo ( died 1379 ) was created cardinal by Gregory XI in 1371, while Nicola ( August 27, 1331 – February 14, 1399 ) obtained the counties of Ariano and Celano.
Among the leading Lancastrians who died on the field were Somerset's younger brother John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset and the Earl of Devon.
Among the latter were the usurpation of state power and party leadership ; the persecution of some 750, 000 people, 34, 375 of whom died during the period 1966-76.
Among Jefferson's other designs are Poplar Forest, his private retreat near Lynchburg, which he intended for his daughter Maria, who died at age 25 ; the University of Virginia, and the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.
Among the others who also died in the plane crash was former Senator John Tower of Texas.
Among them was René Blum, founder of the Ballet de l ' Opera, who died in a Nazi extermination camp.
Among the teachings Barbour introduced to Russell was the view that Christians who had died would be raised in April, 1878.
Among those who actively fought in the Resistance, a number died for it-for instance the writer Jean Prévost, the philosopher and mathematician Jean Cavaillès, and the philosopher Jean Gosset ; among those who survived and went on to reflect on their experience, a particularly visible one was André Malraux.
Among these were a son who died as a soldier in World War II, and a daughter who also died during the war when there was an accidental explosion at a liquid oxygen plant where she was in August 1944.
Among Bhima's three sons, Sarvaga did not participate in the Kurukshetra war, while the two others died in the battle.
Among the 70 pioneers who died was Boone ' s youngest son, Israel.
Among the sea captains who died whaling from Sag Harbor was Charles Watson Payne, the great-great-great grandfather of Howard Dean.
Among the best-known are Alexander of Hierapolis, an ardent advocate of Nestorianism, who died in exile in Egypt ; Philoxenus of Mabbug, a famous Miaphysite scholar ; and Stephen of Hierapolis ( c. 600 ), author of a life of St. Golindouch.
Among those who never left Bergen-Belsen were Margot and Anne Frank, who died here in March 1945.
Among the last of the prominent patients who sought treatment for tuberculosis was Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, the first Filipino president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, who died in Saranac Lake of the disease on August 1, 1944.
Among them was René Blum, founder of the Opera, who died in Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp.
Among those who died here were four female SOE agents executed together on July 6, 1944: Diana Rowden, Vera Leigh, Andrée Borrel and Sonya Olschanezky.
Among the inmates were also the Norwegian resisters Per Jacobsen who died there, Tor Njaa en route, and Charles Delestraint, leader of the Armée Secrète who died later in Dachau.

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I have a friend heading to a very important Alpaca gathering and auction who requested a little stuffed alpaca woven, of course, in alpaca wool. Since she was kind enough to share wool from two of her favorite animals, I had to make to little alpacas.
Here they are-- looking pretty happy, but skinny and sheared. I added the boas on the basis that they looked a little cold. While it might seem odd to dress up an animal, (though obviously we dress up toy animals all the time) my impression is that the actual alpaca is so wondrously goofy looking that they often end up wearing sunglasses or a hat.
I want to send special thanks to Bonnie Betts and Alpaca Reflections in Southern MN for the opportunity to weave with this incredible, soft fiber. I love the fact that pin looms are so small and economic that it is possible to use all sorts of exquisite yarns and fibers without blowing the budget or wasting a lot of lovely yarn.
More animals and an ark still to come.


Welcome to holidays in Val Sarentino, valley of the senses. From Bolzano the road takes you into idyllic Val Sarentino. Only 15 minutes from the provincial capital Bolzano you enjoy a different world on your holidays in Val Sarentino: unspoilt nature, peace and quiet, the aroma of Swiss mountain pine, mountains.
The uniqueness and authenticity of Val Sarentino is largely due to the people living here. Their character, lifestyle and the Val Sarentino dialect are unique in South Tyrol. People from Val Sarentino will impress you with their relaxed way of life, their sense of tradition and customs, and their charm.
In the summer a paradise for hikers and mountain bikers, in the winter a sunny skiing paradise: Val Sarentino is exciting throughout the year.


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Q: How to add Amazon's X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET:ConfigSet to a my postfix mail server? Question: Amazon shows an example on how to add their X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET:ConfigSet to a single email. How do I add this to my postfix configuration so it uses it for all outgoing emails?
Answer from Michael Hampton Below:
I created a script to run on my servers based on Michael Hampton's answer. Maybe this can help someone.
#!/bin/bash

PrivateIP="123.123.123.123"
MyEmailAddress="email@gmail.com"
AmazonConfigSet="data-transporter"

#-- Install postfix-pcre
sudo apt-get install postfix-pcre -y

#-- Create 3 lines that append to your /etc/postfix/main.cf
{ echo ""; echo '#-- Amazon Simple Email Service'; echo "smtp_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/ses-configuration-set"; } >> /etc/postfix/main.cf

#-- Create file with your configset name
echo "/^From:/ PREPEND X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET: ${AmazonConfigSet}" > /etc/postfix/ses-configuration-set

#-- Postmap
postmap -q - pcre:/etc/postfix/ses-configuration-set <ses-configuration-set

#-- Send test email to your email account
echo "Test From $(hostname) and the header should contain ip ${PrivateIP}" | mail -s "Amazon IP Test From $(hostname)" "$MyEmailAddress"

A: You can do this with Postfix header_checks (though you will likely want to use the related smtp_header_checks so that it applies only to outgoing mail).
For instance, you can add to main.cf:
smtp_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/ses-configuration-set

Then you create /etc/postfix/ses-configuration-set which contains the header checks:
/^From:/ PREPEND X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET: ConfigSet

(where ConfigSet is your configuration set name)
(And note that the space is supposed to be there. That the space is missing in Amazon's example is a minor error.)
Reload postfix and Bob's your uncle.
This will cause Postfix to prepend the header before the From: header. If your outgoing mails don't have a From: header, (though they should!) choose a different one that they will contain, such as Subject: or Content-Type:.

A: Mikes answer above was perfect, putting X-SES-CONFIGURATION-SET preamble on every mail we forward through AWS SES from our postfix docker.
However, to help others, I then got this error:
warning: pcre:/etc/postfix/ses-configuration-set is unavailable. unsupported dictionary type: pcre
resolved with:
apt-get update -y && apt-get install postfix-pcre -y
systemctl reload postfix (If on a non-container)

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After reviewing the balance of a GL account, it is identified that a transaction double-posted an amount.
Select General Ledger for the Module.
Select Transaction Reports for the Category.
Produce the ACDTL report for the account in question.
Find the trace # of the duplicate entry.
In Journal Entry, reverse the batch or make a manual Journal Entry entry to offset the transaction.


Now, it is my ex-wife Anna's turn to tell her story. This is her first post. She promises there will be more!
I'm on a plane. In a few hours I'll land in the Caribbean and set off on a yacht cruise around some beautiful islands with a few other women. Would I have allowed myself such a luxury 4 years ago? No. Do I now feel that I need to enjoy life and make the most of every moment? Yes.
This trip is giving me a feeling of strength; it's the first time I've gone on holiday alone, without my family, without a husband, with the new version of myself as an independent woman who pulled herself back together after her world collapsed.
Three and a half years ago, Adam asked me if we could stop to have coffee somewhere on our way home from work. A babysitter was waiting at home with our two young children; we had to make dinner, put the children to bed and prepare for the next work day… Adam's invitation to have coffee aroused my suspicions immediately. On the other hand, I didn't expect anything wrong from my loving, committed and family-oriented husband, the father of my children. And if he could have dealt with the problem on his own without burdening me with it, he would have done so. But he couldn't. He didn't know how to come to terms with the fact that he was gay and trapped in a marriage to a woman.
That evening changed our lives forever. A sack was opened and the truth that was so painful and destructive for our family was expressed, and for the next few years it hovered over us like a cloud from which sooner or later a torrential rain would fall and wash away any final delusions. Despite desperate attempts – by both of us at first, and later only by me – we never managed to push this uncomfortable truth back into the sack and tie it shut. A bitter and unwanted new reality began to creep into every nook and cranny of our everyday life which had been stable up until now, turning it into chaos; we were afraid of the unknown. And this wasn't all just a theoretical question. The embodiment of Adam's new identity was Daniel, my competitor, against whom I had no chance of winning from the very beginning.
Throughout the following year I struggled emotionally, fought desperately for my husband and felt afraid of our family's future. During that time, I observed Adam's social transformation. It soon turned out that in Poland it's difficult to find any professional help in such a situation or even any reading material on this subject. We searched on the American market and found some information. A large number of books have been written on the topic in the USA and there are support groups; the subject is difficult and niche, but people talk about it. We felt relieved not only to find some information about gay husbands and wives, but above all to discover that we weren't alone. We devoured everything that had been written about it. Soon we started to have a better understanding of the situation we found ourselves in. Did this relieve the pain and suffering we were living with every day? No, but it helped us straighten out our thoughts and gave us hope.
Statistics show that marriages like ours break up within 3 years of the truth coming to light, on average. We fit into the statistics because Adam moved out 3 months before the 3rd "anniversary" of our conversation on the way home from work.
Those three years were the greatest challenge of my life. It was a time of loss, almost unbearable pain, fear, resignation, struggles and aggression – but also love, learning, and a redefinition of values in life and relationships with other people. I'll write about the children in a separate post.
During those three years, we fought for the future of our relationship and for our children, but also, perhaps most of all, for ourselves. Adam was fighting for his newly discovered identity, and I was fighting for mine. Redefining my life was a difficult lesson; accepting the new reality required an inhuman strength and an open mind. I had to go beyond the familiar patterns. There have been many setbacks, mistakes and painful disappointments along the way, but I'm pleased with the place we've managed to reach.
I still feel exhausted by the last three years – by the enormity of emotions, anxieties, changes and challenges. There are days when I think about the future and feel afraid. But at the same time, I feel richer and wiser. I would, of course, prefer to take a holiday right now with my family and read a romance novel, rather than write these words. But at the age of 36 my husband realized he was gay – this is what happened. After three years of hell, the time has come to accept this fact.
Previous Post Gays come out of straight marriages?
Thank you for sharing your story! I'm glad to have found your blog. We need more brave people who are willing to talk about their experiences with this. I'm in the middle of writing an article about this for my own site and still struggling to figure out how to tell my story. Congrats on finding a way forward together. It takes two very mature, strong people to do that in the midst of such intense emotions.


To juice or not to juice, that is the question. And we're not talking about pro athletes taking steroids to enhance their performance. Adding juice to kombucha at some stage of the brewing process is an issue debated among brewers that separates the purists from the more adventurous.
Case in point is Emmett and Renee Love of Love's Kombucha in Moscow, Idaho. Going from home brewers to sampling and selling their brew at a local farmers market. For this pair, adding juice or other flavorings to their kombucha is a no-no.
With Love's Kombucha, the brewers believe added flavor comes from the various teas they use in the initial part of the brew. The Love's kombucha is not available in any stores but can be found on tap at Huckleberry's Natural Market, Moscow Food Co-op and Tapped; and in Pullman at Daily Grind Espresso and Dissmores IGA.


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Tag Archives: Applebees
The Food Revolution Cannot be Co-opted
Posted by Dwight Furrow in Contemporary Food Culture
Applebees, authenticity, Chain restaurants, food business
Ordinarily I wouldn't be much concerned about the closing of chain restaurants but this story caught my eye because of the clueless reasoning behind it.
Applebee's announced this month that more than 130 of its restaurants will close by the end of the year.
The casual dining chain rebranded itself in the past few years as a modern bar and grill.
Applebee's executive John Cywinski recently told investors that the company had hoped the effort would attract a new kind of customer.
The chain aimed to lure "a more youthful and affluent demographic with a more independent or even sophisticated dining mindset, including a clear pendulum swing towards millennials," he said.
Applebee's wanted to lure millennials with dishes like barbecue shrimp in a sriracha-lime sauce; chicken wonton tacos; and a pork, ham and bacon sandwich.
But that triple pork bonanza — and the rest of the company's makeover — didn't seem to catch on with customers. Sales at Applebee's dropped more than 6 percent from last year.
The interesting part of this is the aim to attract "a more youthful and affluent demographic with a more independent or even sophisticated dining mindset,"
So young people with an "independent" mind set who are also "sophisticated" about dining are going to frequent a chain restaurant because chain restaurants just scream "independence" and "sophistication". Because, of course, anyone who is independent and sophisticated immediately salivates when sriracha or pork-3-ways appears on the menu.
The intellectual standards for CEO's must be dropping. People who are independent and sophisticated will avoid chain restaurants because chain restaurants by their very nature are homogeneous and cater to conventional tastes. It doesn't help that Applebee's was latching onto trends that are at least a decade old.
I "sympathize" with the plight of chain restaurants who want to capitalize on the food revolution. You can't package and market authenticity and difference because, once packaged and marketed, it's no longer authentic or different. I suppose they have to try to stay relevant in order to mollify shareholders, but it's a losing proposition.
Which is why I argued in American Foodie that the food revolution might actually survive attempts to co-opt it.


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Q: Finding files on mounted disk with locate I have a small SSD disk with my linux system, and a large IDE disk with most of my work, that is mounted at system start. For some reason I can't seem to find files on the IDE disk using locate. I don't know if the error lies in me not giving correct flags to locate or if the IDE disk is ignored by updatedb (i.e. not indexed hence not searchable). How can I accomplish this?
I do find the files if I go to the mount folder and run
$ find . -name "my_pattern"

but it is quite slow.

A: As @DanD explainedin his comment, /etc/updatedb.conf contains settings for what paths and file systems to prune (not index). Indeed I found my mount point among those paths, and upon removing it everything worked fine.


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Q: printing an equal number of character per line i have a c printf program like this
for (r = 0; r <= 100 ; r++) {
        for (c = 0; c <= 100 ; c++) {

             printf("A");
        }
    }

how do i edit the code such that it would print 5 "A" per line such as
"AAAAA" but multiple line

A: Check if the division c / 5 returns in a remainder of 0.
for (r = 0; r <= 20 ; r++) {
    for (c = 0; c <= 20 ; c++) {
        if (c%5 == 0)
            printf("\r\n");
        printf("A");
    }
}

A: You just need to reduce the amount of columns to 5 and print a newline after each column cycle ends like this:
for (int row = 0; row < 20; ++row) {
    for (int column = 0; column < 5; ++column) {
         printf("A");
    }
    printf("\n");
}

A: If the number of printed letters is a multiple of 5, print a '\n'
void NuBePrint(int rows, int cols, int period, char letter) {
  long count = 0;
  // OP may really want `r < rows` and `c < cols` to print 100x100 rather than 101x101
  for (int r = 0; r <= rows ; r++) {
    for (int c = 0; c <= cols; c++) {
      putchar(letter);
      count++;
      if (count%period == 0) putchar('\n');
    }
  }
  if (count%period != 0) putchar('\n');  // Cope with last line
}

// sample usage
NuBePrint(100, 100, 5, 'A');


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AFC Wimbledon travel to Accrington Stanley on Tuesday, 20 October, and we are aiming to run a supporters' coach for this match.
However, it will depend on the number of supporters who book seats at the reduced price of £20 for return travel.
We are on the way to getting the numbers required to run the coach, but we still need more to book as soon as possible.
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Ghidora, The Three-Headed Monster
By Sneakeater,
January 6 in On screen
Sneakeater
This was the first movie, as far as I can recall, that I went to because I wanted to -- as opposed to just being ferried there by some adult to get me and my peers out of their hair. (At that time, in America, it was called "Ghidra" instead of "Ghidora": I'm sure there was a reason.) It was on a double-bill with Elvis's Harum Scarum (my first Elvis movie!), which as far as I can recall my eight-year-old self found puzzling (among other things, how did he get that pompadour to stay up like that?).
This was the first Mothra movie I saw, and I was very taken with the Tiny Fairy Princesses (indelibly played, as I now know, by The Peanuts). But you know what, it wasn't -- because I have this recollection of being disappointed that Mothra only appears as a caterpillar rather than a moth, so I must have seen OG Mothra or Mothra vs. Godzilla to know that. I'm pretty sure it was my first encounter with Rodan, though. I still think Rodan is vaguely silly.
Does it hold up? In this context, it's hard to know what "hold up" means. It's not an Indelible Work Of World Cinema like OG Gojira was. But I certainly enjoyed it more than my recent viewing of You Only Live Twice. Kurosawa associate and bestie Ishirō Honda was some kind of genius, no doubt about that.
The film's premonition of global warming is just icing on the wagashi.
I remember that, when I first saw this, I was very excited by how it integrated spy-movie tropes into a monster-movie context. This seemed less apparent to me this time out. But I'm probably just less observant than I was at age 8.
I am working through Yasujiro Ozu's movies, and have yet to come across any animated monsters. But I still have 30 or so to go.
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In Tokyo Story, I think they're implied.
You must be watching the American cuts.
Japanese trailer for The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice:
And it's not just Ozu in Japan. Here's the original French trailer for Celine and Julie Go Boating:
And this is the original French trailer for Claire's Knee:
Just pondering the idea there might be longer cuts of Ozu's movies.
But it's all monsters!


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Q: How to reduce dictionary size in gensim? I'm fitting a Hierarchical Dirichlet Process (HDP) topic model using the python gensim package on the 20newsgroups dataset, and I discover that my topics are not very informative (the top word probability is very small).
I'm using standard text pre-processing that includes tokenization, stop-words removal, and stemming. I was thinking that reducing dictionary size can help generate more meaningful topics. What are some of ways of reducing the dictionary size in gensim?

A: I found the following code helped reduce the dictionary size dramatically and achieve more meaningful topics:
dictionary = corpora.Dictionary(docs, prune_at=num_features)
dictionary.filter_extremes(no_below=10,no_above=0.5, keep_n=num_features)
dictionary.compactify()

The first attempt at reducing the dictionary size is the prune_at parameter, the second attempt is the filter_extremes() function defined at:
gensim dictionary.


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Jul 8, 2020 at 6:58 a.m. UTC Updated Jul 8, 2020 at 6:29 p.m. UTC
DiDi, the Chinese equivalent of Uber, is forming a task force to design and implement a trial of China's central bank digital currency (CBDC) on its transportation platform.
A spokesperson of the Chinese ride-hailing mobile service told CoinDesk in an email response that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China (PBoC) in an effort to accelerate the application of the CBDC, known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment, or DCEP.
"Under PBoC's overall DCEP strategy and operation timeline, DiDi's DCEP taskforce will design and implement pilot DCEP projects in accordance with rigorous safety, security and governance standards," the firm said.
"The partnership is a key milestone in DiDi's ongoing initiatives to enhance the interconnectivity of online and offline economic sectors in China, as the government seeks to support the development of the real economy sectors with innovative financial services," the firm added.
Read more: Just a Test: China Central Bank Confirms Digital Yuan Mobile App Trials
DiDi is currently the dominant ride-hailing mobile service in China, after merging with a notable local rival in 2015 and acquiring Uber China, backed by investments from SoftBank, Apple, Alibaba and Tencent since its establishment in 2012.
While the details of the rollout are not yet clear, the pilot plan could see one of the first real applications of China's digital Yuan initiative as Didi touts a reach of over 500 million users in China, offering taxi hailing, private car hailing, automobile solutions, two-wheelers, logistics and delivery.
In May, DiDi completed a $500 million fundraise for its autonomous driving subsidiary. The firm was most recently valued at over $60 billion, although the U.S. media outlet The Information said in an October 2019 report that investors had tried to exit at a lower valuation.
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It was further reported the test phase is ongoing in four cities in China with selected commercial shops such as McDonald's, Starbucks and Subway as well as government entities to participate on the trial.
In one instance, as reported by a local news outlet in April, selected government agencies were set to receive and consume their transportation allowances in the form of the PBoC's DC/EP.
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Q: Possible to output to console from within a class library C#? Is it possible to output values to the console from within a class library?
For example
 Console App -> calls method in -> assembly > function

Is it possible to write a console.out method in the function of the assembly?
I know in web its possible to get the httpcontext, and do a response.write.

A: It depends on what type of application is going to use your class library. If it is used in a console application, then the output will be printed to the console. If it is a WinForms, Windows Service or ASP.NET application the output will be ignored.

A: Sure it is, just use System.Console.Write...

A: Sure if the library client is a Console app,  just call Console.WriteLine("") with your messages.
If you do not have a console based client and you want to open a Console for your own use then you need to use P/Invoke to call ConsoleAlloc. See here for some help with the P/Invoke declaration.
Having said that I must also point out that writing to the console from a Class library is decidedly bad design and you should consider using the dot net tracing/logging mechanism instead (Peruse the Microsoft documentation on System.Diagnostics)

A: *

*If you have a Console Application project in your solution, use Console.WriteLine(), as usual.

*Otherwise, if you have a Class Library project, use System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine().

The bad news:
- Your texts will be in the middle of all the lines in Output.
- You'll have to search them. I recommend you to select all the text in the Output and paste on a Notepad. It will be easier to find what you're looking for.
The good news:
- Your texts wil be alone in their lines. Only the result from your command System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine().

A: Yup, Console.WriteLine etc will work just fine in a class library... but there's no guarantee that anything is listening to the console. If you use it from a WinForms app or a web app, that output may well go absolutely nowhere...
Have you thought of using a logging library such as log4net instead?


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Robert Aderholt - the dean of Alabama congressmen in the lower chamber - urged the Senate to quickly confirm Kavanaugh. The Democrats are now pressuring Republicans who support access to abortion services to oppose the nomination.
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We challenged Matt Le Tissier to provide a five-point plan for how England can beat Croatia and reach the World Cup final . So we can feel the support from home. "It is a special feeling and a privilege".
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Her spokeswoman declined to immediately release details about her planned stops on Thursday's trip. Whatever the first lady's motivation, her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham , says it is hers alone.
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Fabian Delph has flown back out to rejoin the rest of the England squad at the World Cup following the birth of his third child. We've lost to Portugal a bunch of times, so yeah, I was aware and I'm just really pleased we've changed that.
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Sino Defender
Posts: 413 Quote Reply Topic: The Han
Posted: 12-Feb-2006 at 00:38
Originally posted by poirot
Give me the sources. Those who lived during the Tang Dynasty were known as the people of the Tang, and similarily for the Han
have watched the tv channel that shows the stone that has a quote of "big Qin "View" "Religion" "flow" "walk" China"
just translate the word one by one and u will know what i am tlaking about. i suck at ping ying sorry.
they were called the people of the tang, but also people of the middle kingdom. the term "middle kingdom" / "china" was already in use during the han dynasty.
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"Whoever messes with the heavenly middle kingdom, no matter how far s/he escapes, s/he is to be slaughtered"
Posts: 240 Quote Reply Posted: 16-Feb-2006 at 16:31
Originally posted by barbar
[QUOTE=Sino Defender]
Only after Banchao compain, did han managed to establish its real control over this region, that is 85 AD, and your Han resourses tell us that after the death of Banchao, that is 102 AD , Huns controlled this region again, and Han never managed to retake it.
No and No, the first protector general in the region dates to 59 b.c. Ban Chao simply recaptured the region. Read the Han Shu. The Huns has nothing to do with the Uighurs(hujie) in fact they were enemies. And no the Hujie at this time did not control any part of Turkestan, they are north of Zungaria.
"I'm laughing over your "7th-10th of Tang control". After Talas battle, Tang almost lost its power in this region, "
No, warhead has already debunked this nonsense. Talas did absolutely nothing. It was just a skirmish. Tang power only ended in 790s.
"Manchu didn't have real control over this region (especially in the southern main part) after their defeat of Zhungars. Only in 1877 they managed to control this region, and gave the name Xinjiang ('new land') in Chinese. "
umm the Qing dynasty has full fledge control over the entire region when Meng Jui took it over in 1759.
The Charioteer
Joined: 16-Feb-2006
The Ancient Han called themselves "Hua Xia"(or "Zhu Xia",ie all of Xia). "Hua" means prosperity/glory, "Xia" means "Men of Zhong Guo" .("Zhong Guo" translate as "Middle Kingdom"/"Central state")
3000 years ago, the term "Zhong Guo" already appeared from the early period of the Zhou Dynasty, it can be substituted with another term "Zhong Yuan", they were geo- cultural and political terms determined an area,which makes today's He Nan province in central China. The terms reflect that the core of Chinese cultural dominance, from its ruling center around the city of LuoYang, extending to the whole of middle reaches of the Yellow river. In 1965, bronze vessels belong to the king "Cheng"of Zhou dynasty were unearthed in ShannXi province( North-west to He Nan province), from the inscription on the bronze ware, came across the phrase "Zhai Zi Zhong Guo", which means "move residence to Zhong Guo". which accord with historical records, that state " the King Cheng of Zhou dynasty want to follow his predecessor king Wu's will, to move Zhou capital to the centre of the "world"(TianXia), and rule."
And some believe the term " Hua Xia", derived from geographical origin, that identify "Hua" with Mountain Hua in ShannXi province, which was the area that harbored the Yang Shao culture of China, and identify "Xia" with river Xia, in ShanXi(a different province next to ShannXi) province's south west region, which was ancient Xia people's settlement area. From the inscriptions on Shang dynasty oracle bones, the characters of both "Hua" and "Xia" have grand meaning, they were highly praised gods along with another god "He"(means river), according to ancient legend, "He" splits "Hua" and "Xia", the 3 gods were altogether addressed in oracle reading by the Shang.
The geographical meaning of "Hua Xia" was the core area where the legendary pre-history sovereigns, Yao, Shun, great Yu, along with Shang and Zhou dynasties ruled. It is the "Zhong Tu"(middle earth), thus "Hua Xia" transform into "Zhong Guo", as opposed to the usage of terms like "Si Fang" and "Si Yi", i.e uncivilized barbarians (non-Chinese) around the "Middle kingdom" (the Chinese)
Today, "Si Fang" literally mean four directions, thus "Dong Fang"(east),"Xi Fang"(west),"Nan Fang"(south),"Bei Fang"(north) in Mandarin. But when the King WuDing of Shang dynasty and his queen FuHao battled the barbarians called "Tu Fang" and "Qiang Fang" to the north-west, Usage of Fang(Si Fang) must had similar meaning to that of Yi, as the terms "Si Fang" and "Si Yi" were to express a same definition," barbarians around in four directions ".
In ancient text, "Hua" and "Xia" both meaning the Chinese and their kingdoms,states,clans etc, whereas the term "Man" and "Yi" were refering the non-Chinese barbarians.
In one historical records from the Spring & autumn period, "the armies of Kingdom Lu and Qi fought each other at a place called JiaGu, the sovereign of Qi called the help of local Lai tribe to attack the sovereign of Lu. Confucius condemed this action by saying"if its not the descendants of Xia themselves fought each other, the Barbarian Yi would never disrupt the land of Hua"".
Confucius had good reason for that, as he himself was descended from royal line of Song Kingdom, whom themselves before the establishment of Zhou dynasty were once the ruling class of Shang dynasty. And the founder of Lu kingdom was JiDan or ZhouGong ( Duke of Zhou), brother to the King Wu of Zhou, and the man responsible for split the land under Zhou rule into many feudal kingdoms, Confucius revered him and called ZhouGong a saint. The founder of Qi kingdom was JiangShang, supreme advicer to the founding king of Zhou dynasty, who helped the king to overthrew the Shang, and was rewarded with the land of Qi.
Today, Han Chinese still call themselves "Scions of the Yellow emperor and the Fire emperor".
The founders of ancient Xia, Shang, Zhou dynasties were from "HuaXia" group, First king of Xia, King Qi(which literally means begining) was the son of the legendary sage sovereign "Great Yu",
who battled the floods and revered by "HuaXia" to these days. Before Qi, the working chief examines certain outstanding personage, as majority of the Clans agreed, the person then was elected as the new chief of the HuaXia, because of Yu's deeds battling the floods, he was chosen by the former chief Shun. But after Yu's death, Qi abolished this custom, the YouHu clan objected this change, and was defeated by Qi's force, thus establish the first Chinese dynasty, Xia.
Qi rewarded the Zi clan whom helped his father "the great Yu" battle the floods, a land to rule. The Zi later overthrew the Xia, and founded the Shang Dynasty by Tang , the first king of Shang.
The Zhou was a vassel state to the Shang, their royal line had the surname of Ji, which was the surname of the Yellow emperor. Xia, Shang, Zhou dynasties were all founded by HuaXia, thus by the "Scions of the Yellow emperor and the Fire emperor".
The HuaXia revered both " the Yellow emperor" and " the Fire Emperor".
This is the Han dynasty wall carving depicting the Yellow emperor
and his wife Lei Zu (inventor of Silk), a Northern Zhou dynasty statuary of her
HuangDi(the yellow emperor) had the surname of Ji, also called by clan Xuan Yuan or YouXiong, son of ShaoDian. He possess of the virtue of earth, since earth is yellow, thus the name HuangDi, meaning the Yellow emperor. By defeating YanDi(the Fire emperor) at the battle of BanQuan, YanDi agreed to surrender and form with HuangDi the Yan-Huang alliance, where the "scions of the Yellow and Fire emperors" came to be.
HuangDi then defeated the JiuLi tribe under the leadership of ChiYou at the battle of ZhuoLu. He had ChiYou's head cut off, part of JiuLi fled to south, while part of them were incorporated into the Yan-Huang group. By these victories, HuangDi was chosen by the rest, as the common leader of all tribes.
HuangDi gave many contributions to the HuaXia, including silk production, building of ships and vehicles, Chinese letter, musics,mathematics,medicine etc. He had twenty five sons, fourteen of them were granted with surnames, altogether twelve. He was buried at QiaoShan(today HuangLing county in ShannXi province) after he passed away.
Through the millennia, the land around his mausoleum see the rise and fall of many dynasties, because of these intense human activities, that as much as 90% of the land was once covered with vegetation now became wasted. Only at the mausoleum of the Yellow emperor, one might get a glimpse of what was the land look like back in the millennia, there are cypress trees(sign of condolence) more than 2500 years old, there are fountains to be found only around his mausoleum. No one dared to disturb the place, that its ecological environment is preserved through the millennia.
Lei Zu was the daughter of XiLing clan, she born HuangDi a son named ChangYi, whom became the ancester of YouYu clan and the Xia dynasty. Another son of theirs XuanXiao became the ancester of the Shang and Zhou dynasty.
YanDi, or the Fire emperor,
was the leader of a tribe which had the surname of Jiang. Also called ChiDi, LieShan clan, or some say hes the same as the legendary ShenNong (whos the inventor of Chinese agriculture and medicine)
YanDi's mother was named RenSi, one day she was on tour of Mountain Hua, after seeing a divine dragon, she felt strange of her body, upon return she gave birth to a son, whom is the YanDi. Legend says YanDi could speak after 3 days of his birth, could walk after the fifth day, and at only 3 years of age, he know the essense of agriculture.Through his life, he did many good things to the people, he directed the agriculture that no one was lack of food and cloth, in order to find cures to illness of man, he personally tasted many unknow wild vegetations, that it is said he poisoned himself 70 times in a single day. He also make musical instruments, and teach the people how to follow proprieties. His clan originally came from the south of ShannXi, along the yellow river, his clan spread towards the east, where evetually clashed with HuangDi. YanDi and HuangDi fought at BanQuan, with HuangDi's victory and the forming of Yan-Huang alliance, the HuaXia is born, thats why Han Chinese today still call themselves "Scions of the Yellow and Fire emperors".
Besides the ancestors of Xia, Shang, Zhou dynasties were descendants of the Yellow emperor, many their vassel states and clans were also founded by YanDi's descendants, for that war Confucius despises between the Lu and Qi, Lu was founded by Ji clan, which was descendant of the Yellow emperor, whereas the Qi was by Jiang clan, the descendant of the Fire emperor.
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It is obvious, that the term "Zhong Guo"(China) was used long before the establishment of the Han dynasty.
For further reference( which in Chinese), please check the following sites
http://www.artcn.cn/Article/Print.asp?ArticleID=3029
http://www.jschina.com.cn/gb/jschina/2003/24/node8192/node82 24/userobject1ai533323.html
this bronze vessel belong to the king Cheng(1042-1021 BC) of western-Zhou dynasty.
The inscription within contain total 122 letters, that the term "Zhong Guo" first appeared , which is the earliest physical evidence.
The character "Zhong" (literally mean centre) as its a pictograph, symbolize the royal banner (how the character look like in Chinese),
the character "Guo" (literally mean kingdom/state/country) symbolize the royal city/residence of the sovereigns, of the Shang and Zhou Kings.
The term "Zhong Guo" originally only refers to the area which was under direct control of the Kings, but eventually came to refer all the vassels/states under the influence of the kingdom, culturally or/and politically.
Sidenote: such an important relic, was almost unintentionally destroyed by the local metal recycle station as its viewed unworthy object, but was fortunately saved by someone.
The people of HuaXia today,built new ceremonial hall for the Yellow emperor
Paying pilgrimage and holding memorial ceremony for the ancester "HuangDi"
This is a brocade piece made to protect ones shoulder parts, unearthed in 1995 at the remains of "NiYa" archaeological site, todays MinFeng county in XinJiang autonomous region.
This Han dynasty- Jin dynasty period textile has a phrase "Wu Xing Chu Dong Fang Li Zhong Guo" on both the top and bottom, which reads from the right to left (as this is how ancient Chinese read), translate as "five stars gather-at east favors Zhong Guo/China". The term "Zhong Guo" is clearly identifiable.
As for the meaning and purpose of the phrase, the five stars point to the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, that compose the celestiall body. as early as spring & autumn period, the concept of "five stars" has already developed and was in association with the representation of military and state affairs.
Ancient text from the Han dynasty,��records of royal astronomy- chronology of history���� has the same mention of such concept of "five stars" as well the term "Zhong Guo":
"if the stars gathered at the east, shining red and bright, favors ZhongGuo/China to use military, otherwise, they gatherd at the west, favors the barbarian, ZhongGuo should not use her military", in the records of of HanShu(book of Han), a similar description can also be found.
From the character of "Guo" (first character from the bottom left on this brocade piece), one can see the writing form of Guo is different from the "Guo" on that bronze ware of king Cheng of western-Zhou dynasty, as the character "Guo" during early Zhou hasnt got the square aound it yet, like how the "Guo" is written on this textile.( which it evolved from the Zhou form)
the character next to Guo's right is "Zhong", symbolize the royal banner
the original form of Guo(without square around it), one can understand its meaning by visualizing it, as one can see the "little square" in the bottom left parts of Zhou period "Guo", it symbolize the platform where the offerings would be placed for the ancestors, the other parts of the "Guo" symbolize a man offering sacrifice in front of the platform.
Together the two essential parts form the character "Guo". As we know that in ancient times, another term which basically has the same essence of description of the events/activities of ancestral offering, "SheJi" is term originally mean the ceremonial halls of the royal family to their ancestors, but when one says that a certain dynasty's "SheJi" is finished, then it effectively means the kingdom/state/country under their rule is finished. For example, in spring & autumn When the king of Wu kingdom captured the capital of Chu kingdom, he deliberately destroyed the "SheJi" of Chu royals, which symbolized that he has destroyed the kingdom of Chu.
So the connection between the concepts is there.
Which all in all, the term of "Zhong Guo" appeared at least from the early period of Zhou dynasty, consider King Cheng was only the second ruler, and to taken consideration that the evolution of the characters at least must be started during the Shang, let alone from practical to literal meaning, thus its reasonable to assume, that the concept of "Zhong Guo"may had formed even earlier than King Cheng of Zhou's era.
Sidenote: This brocade piece belong to the upper ruling class of NiYa, placed at the top-right side next to the body. Its believed war or social unrest may caused the men there to abandon "NiYa".
Degredado
Whoa! Here are some very good answers! Thanks guys! (and good pics Charioteer )
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Originally posted by Sino Defender
this is the stone monument you are referring to
on it, China is called " ZhongGuo/China "
Originally posted by Degredado


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CBI team visits West Bengal Secretariat
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Sunday paid a visit Nabanna building, the State Secretariat of West Bengal.
However, the offices in the building were closed on Sunday and the team has been asked by the security staff to come tomorrow.
The purpose of the CBI teams visit to the West Bengal secretariat is not yet known.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked the Central government saying that there was a state of "super emergency" in the country and called upon people to do everything it takes to "protect rights and freedoms" guaranteed by the Constitution. (ANI)
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Why is it that I hear of more conservative Christian, Messianic, or Jewish people cutting themselves off from current day T.V. ?
Are you not starting to live in your own little world away from reality?
My first instinct to answer would be to go on a defense and state that a presumptuous leading question does not need an answer, but then I need to think twice and look back to earlier this year and the last two years of all the political bickering and character assassination.
In that thought I would say it is exactly the other way around, it is the t.v. that cuts you off from reality.
What is all the Hype about.
This posting is our accountability to you and an explanation of the reasoning behind it.
For most people it just does not say anything, we have embraced technology in such a matter that I dare to say the some people litteraly would die without technology.
This is however expansive and also frequently breaking down.
We broadcast from our office to a large server on a so called server farm from where you in turn are reading this message on our webpage, or are listening to our radio station.
We update a little piece of software on that remote server, and it doesn't work correctly, result we are not reachable, we are down.
We update something on our office server, the same thing can happen.
As we are located in the countryside of the beautifule texas hill country, we are connecting over a microwave connection, bad weather, again we are down.
I can go on and on, thus we needed to do something about it and planned 4 steps to do so.
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God is full of grace and mercy, and He knows what our abilities are. The Holy Bible tells us in Luke 10 : 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. We as Churches, Ministries, and Small Group Ministries do not stand alone. The Lord has provided Labourers to help in the field.
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The 9/11 Tribute Museum is seeking 9/11-connected volunteers to share their stories with visitors.
Our upcoming volunteer training workshops are set for March 2-3, April 13-14, and June 1-2 2018 at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, located at 92 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan.
The training is an orientation to the museum and its programs on the first evening, followed by program demonstrations and a storytelling workshop the following day. A complimentary dinner is provided on the first evening of the workshop and a light breakfast and lunch are provided for Saturday's session.
Training to become a volunteer is provided and no prior volunteer experience is required.
Volunteering At Tribute Has Been One Of The Best Things I Could Have Done Since 9/11. It Truly Makes Me Feel Connected To Those Who Have Experienced What I Have. But I've Also Learned What Others Have Been Through.
The 9/11 Tribute Museum, a project of the September 11th Families Association and non-profit organization, offers visitors from around the world the opportunity to learn about the events of September 11th 2001 and post-9/11 recovery/rebuilding from those who were there or are personally connected to the events.
Every Tribute volunteer has a direct connection to 9/11, as a survivor, first responder/recovery worker, family member who lost a loved one or Lower Manhattan resident/employee displaced by the attacks. We are committed to sharing the mosaic of stories from all who experienced the attacks firsthand or its aftermath personally.
It is our duty to ensure that the tragedy of the day, the rebuilding of community and the resilience of humanity is never forgotten, and your story plays a vital role in fulfilling this mission.
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The Ribbon Puzzle Small Round Mold is great for raising and supporting Autism Awareness! Create soaps for gift baskets, fund raisers and more. This mold features 3 round cavities with the awareness ribbon and 3 round cavities with a puzzle piece.
Puzzle Round: 2.25" x 2.25" x 1"
Ribbon Round: 2.25" x 2.25" x 0.9"
COMMENTS: I really love this mold. I put it in the freezer for a few minutes before I tried to remove the soaps so I would not lose the details!!!


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Tehran cracks down with violence and arrests on student demonstrations
With the consent of university authorities, security forces and Basij paramilitaries police Iran's main campuses. Last Saturday, Azad University was the scene of protests during which students were arrested. Mobile phones were blocked. University dean and hard-line cleric call for rigid enforcement of the Islamic dress code.
Tehran (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Iran's Islamic regime continues to crack down on the student movement. It has deployed paramilitary forces around university campuses as security forces and Basij militiamen (which are under to the Revolutionary Guards) attack and arrest students close to the opposition. The head of Tehran University security announced that students who do not wear a proper "hijab" would be denied access to the campus, a measure welcomed by hard-line Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, who said that universities should link good marks to close adherence to the precepts of the Islamic Republic.
Last Saturday, a protest by Azad University Central Tehran Branch students turned violent after altercations with Basij and security forces. Engineering students had gathered to protest against widespread arrests and expulsion of students from the campus.
As the day progressed and classes came to an end, students assembled, shouting Green Wave slogans like "Death to Dictator", "We Support our brave students" and "All imprisoned students must be released".
It is unclear how many people were arrested or injured in the crackdown because access to mobile phones was cut off. But this is not the first instance that a protest turns violent at Azad University.
Increasingly, students are reporting the presence of plainclothes paramilitary and police, monitoring departments with the consent of the dean.
In the last few days, protests and demonstrations spread to other campuses across the country. In a couple of cases, the protest occurred during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—in both cases, it was dealt with harshly, with protesters beaten and arbitrarily arrested.
In recent days, two top officials have publicly called for rigid application of the Islamic dress code on university campuses.
The dean of Tehran University announced a ban on female students who do not wear the hijab correctly.
Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, a hard-line cleric, welcomed the decision. During last Friday's prayer, he said, "If students want to get a good mark, they must adhere to the rules of hijab."
Janati, who is a staunch Ahmadinejad supporter, also called for strict adherence to hijab rules in government institutions as well as hospitals and other centres.
24/05/2010 00:00:00 - Middle East Iran


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Andrew McCartney was born on the 26th of December 1884 in Ballymena, Co Antrim to Andrew McCartney and Margaret Ann McElhenny. Andrew was the fifth of their nine children, another Andrew having died in 1879 aged five months. Another girl also died in infancy. Andrew Snr. was a Tailor, from a family of tailors. The family moved to Preston in Lancashire some time before the birth of Isabella in 1888. They lived in Hawkshead Street where in the 1891 census both Andrew and his father were Tailors, the eldest son John was a 'Cotton Creeler' and his eleven year old sister was a 'Cotton Weaver'. By 1901 Andrew, aged sixteen, was a 'Wood Sawyer' as was his brother John.
In 1906 Andrew McCartney married Annie Moran, daughter of a brewer and victualler. The following year a son Andrew was born and died. In 1908 a daughter Priscilla was born who subsequently attended St Wilfred's and St Mary's R.C. school in Preston, though the McCartney family were Protestant. A son John was born in early 1910 and almost immediately Annie McCartney emigrated to the US, to be followed by Andrew in July of that year. There he had a job as a Mill Operator in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Annie returned to England with the two children in March 1911 and was living with her parents in Preston in the census, and working in the cotton industry. However, Andrew does not appear anywhere in that census. Another son was born in Preston in 1913 which suggests that he had returned to England.
Andrew McCartney enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment, Service Number 6793, and fought with the 1st Regiment in France. He was awarded the Star, Victory and British medals. By October 1918 he was with the 2/1st Shropshire Yeomanry, a second-line regiment that had moved to Ireland early that year. His brother John had died in 1914 and now his mother Margaret died on the 9th of October. Andrew was presumably returning to Preston for her funeral when he travelled on RMS Leinster on the 10th. He did not survive the sinking nor was his body recovered. His name is recorded on the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton.
In April 1923 his widow Annie, with her three young children, left Liverpool for Boston where her sister was living in Fairhaven. She then settled in New Bedford where she remarried.
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Sonny Shepherd is a Cook Island former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for the Cook Islands, and at club level for Ngatangiia/Matavera Sea Eagles.

Playing career
Shepherd played for the Ngatangiia/Matavera Sea Eagles in the Cook Islands domestic competition.

Shepherd played for the Cook Islands in the 1995 Emerging Nations Tournament and at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

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Air cargo volumes carried by airlines in the Middle East rose 6.6 percent in November, the slowest regional year-on-year growth for the second time in three months.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), capacity increased 3.1 percent in the same period.
However, it added that seasonally-adjusted international freight volumes have continued to trend upwards at a rate of 8-10 percent over the past six months.
Notably, freight load factors have increased substantially on routes to and from the Middle East to North America, indicating a fall in capacity flown on the route, it said.
Globally, IATA said freight demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), climbed 8.8 percent in November compared to the year-earlier period. This was an increase from the 5.8 percent annual growth recorded in October 2017.
Freight capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (AFTKs), rose by 4 percent year-on-year in November. This was the 16th consecutive month in which demand growth outstripped capacity growth, which is positive for industry load factors, yields, and financial performance.
"Air freight demand remains robust. November showed 8.8 percent year-on-year growth, keeping up the momentum that will make 2017 the strongest year for air cargo since 2010. And there are several indicators that 2018 will be a good year as well," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's director general and CEO.


The subgread ultimately carries all traffic loads. Therefore¸ the structural function of a pavement is to support a wheel load on the pavement surface and transfer and spread that load to the subgrade without exceeding either the strength of the subgrade or the internal strength of the pavement itself.
Figure 1.5 shows wheel load¸ W¸ being transmitted to the pavement surface through the tire at an approximately uniform vertical pressure¸ P₀. The pavement then spreads the wheel load to the subgrade so that the maximum pressure on the subgrade is only P₁. By proper selection of pavement materials and with adequate pavement thickness¸ P₁ will be small enough to be easily supported by the subgrade.
An asphalt pavement structure consists of all asphalt-bound layers and unbound (gravel or crushed stone) layers above the prepared subgrade. The upper or top layer consists of an asphalt surface. This surface can be a chip seal (for low-volume roads) or a high quality HMA for higher-volume roads and parking lots. The surface of an asphalt pavement exposed to vehicular traffic must be tough to resist distortion and provide a smooth, skid-resistant riding surface. It must be waterproof and sloped to shed surface water to the roadside, thus protecting the entire asphalt pavement structure and the subgrade from the weakening effects of moisture. It must resist wear caused by traffic and still retain necessary anti-skid properties. It must also be bonded to the layer or course beneath it.
Although a variety of bases and subbases may be used in asphalt pavement structures, they generally consist of compacted granular materials (such as crushed rock, slag, gravel, sand, or a combination of such) or stabilized soil. One of the main advantages of asphalt pavements is the economy achieved by using locally available materials.
Generally, it is preferable to treat the granular material used in bases. The most common treatment is mix emulsified, cut-back, or expanded asphalt with the granular material, thus producing an asphalt-bound base.
When the entire pavement structure above the subgrade consists of asphalt mixtures, it is called a full-depth asphalt pavement. This is generally considered the most cost-effective, dependable type of pavement for today´s traffic.
The base and subbase are structural elements of the pavement. In conjunction with the overlying asphalt surface, their purpose is to distribute traffic wheel loads over the subgrade or. To perform this function, bases and subbases must be built with necessary internal strength properties. In this respect, full-depth asphalt pavements have a special advantage over pavements with granular bases wheel load, W, slightly deflects the pavement structure, causing both tensile and compressive stresses within the pavement. Asphalt pavement layers have both tensile and compressive strength to resist these internal stresses. Untreated granular bases have no tensile strength. Therefore, asphalt bases spread the wheel load over broader areas than do untreated granular bases. As a result, less total pavement structure thickness is required for an asphalt base. This applies to all loading conditions.
A significant advance in highway engineering is the realization and demonstration that the structural design of asphalt pavements is similar to the problem of designing any other complex engineering structure. When asphalt pavement was first introduced, determining the proper thickness was a matter of empiricism and opinion based on experience. Similarly, the same situation once prevailed in determining the dimensions of masonry arches and of iron and steel structures. However, these early techniques have long since yielded to engineering analysis. Based on comprehensive analysis of vast volumes of accumulated data, the structural design of asphalt pavement has now evolved into a reliable engineering procedure. Research, aimed at further refinements and a fully mechanistic design procedure, is continuing.
* Traffic to be served initially and over the design service life of the pavement.
Because weigh and traffic volume will normally increase each year, pavement originally built thick enough to handle immediate traffic volumes may not be thick enough and strong enough to handle future needs. With asphalt pavement, this problem can be economically met by first building the thickness required to cope with initial and short-term loading and then adding, when needed, additional layers of asphalt to increase total pavement thickness. This procedure is called stage construction. It avoids extensive investment in the beginning; when a new asphalt pavement layer is added, the wearing surface is equal to or better than the original.
When road-building funds are limited, a strong all-weather asphalt base can be placed and opened to traffic for a year or more. When additional construction founds are available, the asphalt surface course can be added. Similarly, in new housing developments, asphalt base can be placed on all new streets to serve until the development is finished and heav construction traffic ceases. The asphalt surface is then added after first repairing any damage or settlement suffered by the base while supporting the construction traffic. The streets are then at full strength and in an attractive condition appropriate to a new living area.
Many examples of planned stage construction are evident in the interstate highway system. Asphalt pavements have been built with sufficient thickness to serve for the first few years, with founds programmed to add strengthening thickness when required by increases in traffic.


This was the 3rd Optimist Open meeting in the 2017 IOCA (UK) Southern Traveller Series sponsored by Rooster®.
With the tide ebbing directly out of Chichester Harbour straight into the Southerly wind, the 55 Optimist sailors could see the choppy water on the race course from the beach where they were assembled. Soon they were to determine that what they could see wasn't the half of it and once on the race course it was clear that Hayling Bay was going to provide a real challenge for the scheduled 3 races on day 1.
PRO Tim Dickinson soon had racing underway and the top end of the fleet, many of whom recently qualified for World and European Championship Teams, revelled in the conditions. The younger sailors found the steep waves tricky to manage and the rescue fleet had numerous early customers. Race 1 went to local sailor Finley Dickinson.
Race 2 started soon after and with less water depth and slightly more breeze, the waves had increased. If the upwind legs were tricky, it was the downwind legs that were the real test with fantastic surfing conditions for those with the right technique, but serious wipe-out opportunity for others. James Foster mastered the conditions and won race 2. He also finished off the day with another win in race 3 which was the windiest of the day. With the tide at its lowest level the waves were now so steep that some were turning into proper white water – often when a sailor was already at max speed on the face of it. Many of the top sailors found themselves wiping out and once ashore there were plenty of excited stories being told by sailors and Rescue crews alike.
Sunday dawned brighter and calmer much to the relief of many. The first race of the day was led from start to finish by Toby Schonrock, back on the water after snapping his sprit on day 1. The clouds over the South Downs were building nicely and the breeze was obediently increasing. It had all the signs of a fantastic day of sailing and Race 2 was mastered by Junior sailor Henry Heathcote.
For the 3rd and final race of the day perfection had set in across the racecourse. 12 knots of breeze and bright sunshine made for classic 'Champagne sailing at Hayling' conditions – does sailing get any better than this? It was recently crowned Inland Champion, William Pank that took this race but it was the positions just behind him that would be the deciding factor for overall victory.
In the end, equal points score for 1st and 2nd place had to be decided on countback and so it was James Foster that took the overall title. Many thanks to the organisers at HISC for such a great sailing event and also thanks go to Rooster® for the excellent prizes.
This entry was posted in News and tagged Hayling Island Sailing Club on May 22, 2017 by gschonrock.
As sailors arrived at RVYC for the annual Rooster Optimist Southern Traveller Series event, the first question on everyone's lips was "is there going to be any sailing as there is no wind?" With Ian Bullock, a well known National Race Officer at the helm, we were confident that he would do all in his power to get the kids sailing.
With a few zephyrs of wind appearing on the water, the signal was given to launch and an intrepid 32 sailors headed into the Solent. With the prospect of only very light airs and Sunday looking like no wind, the goal was to secure as many races as possible could happen on the Saturday. During the day the wind only topped 8kts but much of the time it was in the region of 4-6 knots which against the tide was a huge challenge for the sailors.
The main fleet had a number of zone squad sailors fighting it out with Matthias Potter and Cameron Hook both securing firsts in all the races between them. Arthur Farley was keen to get a strong finish in what was going to be one of his last events in an Optimist before moving to a larger laser. Matthias from Warsash sailing club sneaked the overall win from Cameron of Gurnard Sailing club and Arthur from RVYC secured third. Annabel Vines was top girl in 4th place with a best finish of a second.
In the regatta fleet which is the launch pad to Optimist sailors going on to compete in the more challenging main fleet, competition was very tight between Findlay Bignold-Kyles and Sabine Potter. With 17 of the 23 entries in regatta fleet coming from off the island, it meant it was tough going for an RVYC sailor to push up the rankings with so much strong competition. However, Finn Evans was keen to put in a very solid performance to secure a strong 3rd place overall for his home club. Regatta fleet also welcomed a number of younger sailors with the lowest being a mighty six years old.
Well done to all of them! We look forward to welcoming all the sailors back in 2017.
This entry was posted in News and tagged Royal Victoria YC on May 9, 2017 by gschonrock.


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Q: cannot instantiate the type objectfactory I am getting the following compilation error in eclipse when trying to instantiate an ObjectFactory:
cannot instantiate the type objectfactory

This compilation error is thrown at the following line:
objectFactory = new ObjectFactory();//throws error: "Cannot instantiate the type ObjectFactory"

The complete code for the calling class is as follows:
package maintest;

import java.io.File;
import javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class Main {

    private static JAXBContext context;
    private static ObjectFactory objectFactory;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {setUp();} catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
        unmarshal();
    }

    protected static void setUp() throws Exception {
        context = JAXBContext.newInstance("generated");
        objectFactory = new ObjectFactory();//throws error: "Cannot instantiate the type ObjectFactory"
    }

    public static <PurchaseOrderType> void unmarshal(){
        Unmarshaller unmarshaller;
        try {
            unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
            final Object object = unmarshaller.unmarshal(new File("src/test/samples/po.xml"));
        } catch (JAXBException e) {e.printStackTrace();}
    }
}

How can I resolve this error?

A: My guess is that you imported the wrong ObjectFactory. You probably wanted the one generated by xjc (JAXB related) not the one from javax.naming.spi (service provider interface of JNDI).
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javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: "generated" doesnt contain
  ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index

Make sure the "generated" package contains either a ObjectFactory (the one with the @XmlRegistry annotation, not a javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory implementation) or a jaxb.index file.
You probably can remove javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory from your code, unless you're implementing a JNDI implementation yourself.

A: Try the following
    import javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory;
    import javax.naming.Context;
    import javax.naming.Name;
    import java.util.Hashtable;

    ObjectFactory objFactory = new ObjectFactory() {

    @Override
    public Object getObjectInstance(Object o, Name name, Context cntxt, Hashtable<?, ?> hshtbl) throws Exception {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
    }
};


It's a mecca for DJs and clubbers, artists and fashionistas. Manchester's funky town features vintage clothing, specialist record shops and art galleries. The Northern Quarter has a rich history boasting Italianate architecture and the first cotton mill. These days it's all street art and café culture. Bohemian, or 'vibrant' as an estate agent might tell you as he shows you round a loft apartment, but you try getting some sleep at night…!
These are the tiles of Tib Street, the details echoing the famous pet shops which stretched from Market Street to Swan Street.
Read A Tour of the Northern Quarter Part 2 here.
Beautiful. Nice contrast between the two photos.
Cheers, Gordon. Another blogger said you notice more when you carry a camera, so I went out with my Fuji Finepix and sure enough you do!
Really like the new version. Checkout my image from the Northern Quarter too.
Yes. Lovely. I have one similar.
Hi Gaz! Glad you liked the pics, it's always good to get kudos from a photographer.
Thanks Kathryn. The flower shop picture was really dull so I grabbed my artistic license and kept adding filters until I was happy. I'm pretending I really painted it by hand! If you do come to Manchester, come in July, when the clouds part briefly.
I miss Mancheseter big time, now I'm stuck in the smoke. Trof and Odd Bar in the Northern Quarter were my regular haunts! Used to like Afflecks Palace, but it's all gone a bit cheap emo in recent years. Nice pics Mark!
Thanks Robonobo, I'm really proud of my Northern Quarter series. So you're one of the guys who used to stagger past my flat at 3am shouting 'United!' 😮 Hope London is being good to you, thanks for dropping by.