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The PJ Tatler
Will the Real Kirsten Powers Please Stand Up?
By Bryan Preston Aug 16, 2012 9:38 AM ET
Earlier this week, Democrat Kirsten Powers engaged in this absurd exchange on Fox during a discussion of the Paul Ryan entitlement reform plan.
POWERS: It will affect old people, just they're not old right now. So they will eventually be old.
KRAUTHAMMER: They're called young people.
BAIER: Currently they're young people.
POWERS: Yes, but I will eventually be an old person who will need Medicare.
BAIER: You understand how silly that sounds?
POWERS: No it's not silly, actually.
BAIER: But it's only for people under 55.
POWERS: But the point is it's a political point because it's the old people who are voting right now that they're concerned about.
BAIER: Of course!
POWERS: Right, but I'm saying like to pretend it's never going to affect old people, it will affect old people.
Powers was doing her Democrat best to make Paul Ryan into a scary, scary man. She instead turned herself into a caricature of the dishonest politician who grins while telling you things that both of you know are equal parts sleights of hand and tomfoolery.
Writing today in the Daily Beast, Powers has done a 180 and now says the young — future old people who should fear Ryan, earlier in the week — comprise the "screwed generation" and are flocking to Paul Ryan. The same person who advanced the argument above, wrote this. In the same week.
Unfortunately, the future looks as bleak for today's young people. No amount of coddling by their well-provided-for Boomer parents can save Generation Y and the Millennials from the dire economic conditions they face, including criminal levels of educational debt. Pensions have gone the way of the horse and buggy. You want to retire with health-care benefits, as both my professor parents did? Good luck. As the 1994 movie turned Gen-X mantra has it: Reality Bites.
Generation X chronicler Jeff Gordiner, has written that Gen-Xers suffer from "athazagoraphobia"—"an abnormal and persistent fear of being forgotten or ignored." Except it's not really a phobia; it's been reality for a long time. Maybe that is about to change.
Enter Ryan. While Democrats attack his Medicare plan as "radical" and portray him as pushing granny off the cliff, young people don't seem to be buying this caricature. Or maybe "radical" is what they want.
Powers concludes:
But Ryan is young and is poised to be the intellectual leader of the conservative movement for the next generation. He will be a force to be reckoned with. Name-calling and distortions of his plan by Democrats is not an effective long-term strategy, nor is it good for the country.
But it was fine when Democrat Kirsten Powers assailed Paul Ryan and tried to make future old people fear him, just a couple of days ago.
There's a whiff of a certain tragic Batman villain about all this, but I unlocked Powers' power a few months ago.
Here's the game: Powers says just enough to earn a little cred with the right, but keeps on advancing the liberal cause. So I'm not impressed. Maybe with her cleverness, but not with her authenticity.
Takeaway: Paul Ryan has Democrats worried. Very worried. They do not know how to respond to him. But they're working on that. Kirsten Powers would not have written nice things about him if there wasn't a plan to chop him down the first chance that comes along. Perhaps a switch from Joe Biden to Powers' former boss, Hillary Clinton, really is in the wings. That would also be an obvious sign of deep worry among the Democrats. Clinton is a terrible campaigner but she is at least aware what century we're in, and can be expected to deliver attacks on Republicans without embarrassing the Democrats.
Against a president who promised to undertake entitlement reform only to demagogue any serious effort, against a president who once said that it would be unwise to cast aspersions on Ryan's plan only to have his henchman Axelrod call Ryan "radical," Paul Ryan is a serious intellectual with a serious plan to tackle the greatest threat to America's long-term economic future. Paul Ryan cannot be Palinized and it's impossible to keep fooling people into thinking that Obama has any plan at all, save taxing the economy to death and then spending the proceeds on his "redistributive justice" schemes.We can already see the fruits of that plan, which Obama claims worked: High unemployment and a stagnant economy keeping much hiring and economic activity on the sidelines.
The "screwed generation," which is also the "stay out of my business" generation, is my generation too. Our generation is up for grabs, and Obama sounds more and more like the throwback to the almighty power of the state, pre-libertarian era that he is. And he looks more and more like a loser every day.
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Q: Check if website is under maintenance or not I would like to output an error message on login if the website is under maintenance however my current code doesn't work and seems to just run as if the maintenance code isn't there. I would like it so if the maintenance column in MySQL database which i have already defined as $maintenance is empty then the user can login like normal however if it contains 1 then the user will see the error message however admins with their IP in the array can still login. I have defined $maintenance in a different file which is included already in my class.user.php. Code is below.
Settings.php
$auth_user = new USER();

$site_name = $auth_user->runQuery("SELECT * FROM `settings` LIMIT 1");
$site_name->execute();
while ($show = $site_name -> fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
        $maintenance = $show['maintenance'];
}

Class.user.php
require_once('settings.php');

....other functions here
....other functions here
.....other functions here
.....

        public function doLogin($uname,$umail,$upass)
    {
        try
        {
            $stmt = $this->conn->prepare("SELECT user_id, user_name, user_email, user_pass, status FROM users WHERE user_name=:uname OR user_email=:umail ");
            $stmt->execute(array(':uname'=>$uname, ':umail'=>$umail));
            $userRow=$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
            if($stmt->rowCount() == 1)
            {
                if(password_verify($upass, $userRow['user_pass']))
                {
                    session_regenerate_id(false);
                    return ["correctPass"=>true, "banned"=> ($userRow['status']== 1) ? true : false, "maintenance"=> ($maintenance== 1) ? true : false];

                }
                else
                {
                    return ["correctPass"=>false];
                }
            }
        }
        catch(PDOException $e)
        {
            echo $e->getMessage();
        }
    }

Login.php
$validation = $login->doLogin($uname,$umail,$upass);
if($validation["correctPass"]){
    if($validation["maintenance"]){
        if (!in_array(@$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], array('1.1.1.1'))){
            $error = "Website under maintenance";
        }
    }
    if($validation["banned"]){
        $error = "User has been banned";
    }else{
        if(Token::check($_POST['token'])) {
        $stmtt = $login->runQuery("SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE user_name=:uname OR user_email=:umail ");
        $stmtt->execute(array(':uname'=>$uname, ':umail'=>$umail));
        $userRow=$stmtt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
        $_SESSION['user_session'] = $userRow['user_id'];
        $success = "Logged in successfully, redirecting..";
        header( "refresh:3;url=dashboard" );
        } else {
            $error = "Unexpected error occured";
        }
    }
}
else{
    $error = "Incorrect username/email or password";
}

A: As others have pointed out in comments $maintenance is outside the scope of your doLogin function.  If you are interested in just using it as a global variable, you can setup your doLogin function like this:
public function doLogin($uname,$umail,$upass)
{
    global $maintenance;
    ...

Using the global keyword allows you to access variables outside the scope of the current function.  A better way would probably be to pass the $maintenance variable into the function as a parameter like this:
public function doLogin($uname,$umail,$upass,$maintenance)
{
    ...

Then just use in in your Login.php file like this:
$validation = $login->doLogin($uname,$umail,$upass,$maintenance);

Do either of those options work for you?

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Iain Matthews (Scunthorpe, 16 juni 1946) is een Brits musicus. Zijn oorspronkelijke naam is Ian Matthews . Vanaf 1968 tot 1989 noemde hij zich Iain Matthews.

Matthews speelde in de vroege jaren 60 in verschillende lokale amateurbands, totdat hij in 1966 verhuisde naar Londen en lid werd van de band Pyramid. Hij verliet Pyramid om zich aan te sluiten bij Fairport Convention, een folkrockband die in eerste instantie sterk op de Amerikaanse folk was gericht. Matthews was een van de zangers op de eerste twee albums van deze band. In 1969, toen Fairport Convention zich tegen zijn zin meer door de Engelse en Keltische folk liet inspireren, verliet Matthews de groep tijdens de opnames voor het derde album.

Hij nam in 1970 een solo-album op onder de naam Matthews' Southern Comfort, daarbij geholpen door enkele leden van Fairport Convention. Matthews' Southern Comfort zou later uitgroeien tot een band. Met deze groep bracht hij twee albums uit en had hij een wereldhit met het door Joni Mitchell geschreven Woodstock. Kort daarop ontbond hij zijn groep en ging korte tijd solo verder. In 1972 richtte hij wederom een band op, Plainsong, waarmee een album werd uitgebracht voordat de groep in 1974 weer werd ontbonden. Inmiddels was hij naar de Verenigde Staten geëmigreerd. Hierna bracht hij een aantal solo-albums uit, waarvan de meeste door de critici positief werden onthaald maar die geen van alle commercieel succes hadden.

Nadat in 1984 platenmaatschappij Polygram zijn album Shook alleen in Duitsland uitbracht besloot Matthews te stoppen met muziek maken. In 1986 herzag hij deze beslissing, na een optreden op het jaarlijkse reüniefestival van Fairport Convention. Sindsdien nam hij een groot aantal albums op, zowel solo als met bands, waaronder het heropgerichte Plainsong.

Matthews woont tegenwoordig in Nederland in het Limburgse dorp Horst. Zanger/pianist Bart de Win kondigt op zijn website een Europese tour van Matthews Southern Comfort aan voor 2011. In januari 2014 verscheen Matthews', naar eigen zeggen, laatste soloalbum, The Art of Obscurity, met daarop onder andere een aantal nummers die hij samen met de Nederlandse pianist Egbert Derix schreef. (Bron: Iain Matthews & Egbert Derix) De samenwerking met Derix gaat terug tot 2003 toen Derix toetsen speelde bij de jubileum concertreeks van Matthews' album If you saw thro' my eyes. In september 2013 verschijnt de documentaire 'In the Now', een film van Peter Jong en Olivier Hamaker, over de samenwerking tussen Matthews en Derix.

In 2017 maakt Matthews Southern Comfort een doorstart in een nieuwe line-up. Met gitarist, producer BJ Baartmans, toetsenist Bart de Win en singersongwriter Eric Devries wordt een nieuw album opgenomen. Dit is in 2018 verschenen met als titel Like a radio.

Discografie

Albums
Matthews heeft veel albums uitgebracht al dan niet in bandjes of solo.Alleen If you saw thro' my eyes en verzamelalbum Collected (23 april 2011) haalden de Nederlandse albumlijst.

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|align="left"|If you saw thro' my eyes||1971||19-06-1971||49||7|| als Ian Matthews
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|align="left"|Collected||2011||23-04-2011||86||1||  Verzamelalbum
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Singles
Van zijn singles haalden er ook slechts twee de Nederlandse lijsten.

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|align="left"|Woodstock||1970||week 48||21||8|| #17 in de Single Top 100 - als Matthews Southern Comfort
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|align="left"|Brown eyed girl||1976||28-08-1976||tip9||-|| #22 in de Single Top 100 - als Ian Matthews
|}

Radio 2 Top 2000
Onder de naam Matthews Southern Comfort stond het met het volgende nummer in de Top 2000:

Brits gitarist

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Q: Vcpkg has no effect on cloned project I have a github repository I created using libraries installed with vcpkg. Now when I switch to another machine with vcpkg installed with all libraries, it can't find the include directories.
When I create a new project in Visual Studio everything works fine and all the includes are working, but if I clone the github repository, it can't include any of the libraries.
I would like to be able to use the vcpkg installed libraries with cloned projcets as well if that's possible.

A: Well after 2 days of fighting with vcpkg, trying to export NuGet packages and editing .vcxproj files, it turns out I have installed the x86 versions of the libraries and I just had to change to x86 in Visual Studio...


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Augusta Headlines
Speech-to-text API Market Growing at CAGR of 20.6% | Key Players Google, Microsoft, IBM, AWS, Nuance Communications
Google (US), Microsoft (US), IBM (US), AWS (US), Nuance Communications (US), Verint (US), Speechmatics (England), Vocapia Research (France), Twilio (US), Baidu (China), Facebook (US), iFLYTEK (China), Govivace (US), Deepgram (US), Nexmo (US), VoiceBase (US), Otter.ai (US), Voci (US), GL Communications (US), and Contus (India)
Speech-to-text API Market by Component (Software and Services), Application (Risk and Compliance Management, and Fraud Detection and Prevention), Deployment Mode, Organization Size, Industry Vertical, and Region – Global Forecast to 2024
Speech-to-text Application Program Interface (API) enables users to convert speech or audio, from real-time streaming audio sources or a recorded file, to a text file that can be used for applications, such as transcription of customer service calls and generating subtitles of video and audio content. The API converts the input speech from various languages and audio formats using Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. MarketsandMarkets projects the global Speech-to-text API Market to grow from USD 1.6 billion in 2019 to USD 4.1 billion by 2024, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 20.6% during the forecast period.
The content transcription application is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Speech-to-text APIs have emerged as a cost-effective way to transfer content into textual formats for easy understanding of the audience. Vendors in the market offer software and services to transcribe audio and video content into searchable and shareable text Transcription services further find it useful in marketing applications to better engage with customers and increase the existing inbound traffic.
The retail and eCommerce vertical is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Industry players need to identify latest trends by analyzing the voice of the customers and generate insights using their preferences. These companies are setting up technologically advanced call centers to resolve customer queries in minimal time. The emergence of voice-enabled apps in the retail industry and the need for faster data processing for fraud detection and prevention are factors projected to increase the demand for speech-to-text API solutions in the retail and eCommerce industry.
In terms of geographic coverage, the speech-to-text API market has been segmented into 5 regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Latin America. APAC is expected to record the highest growth rate during the forecast period, owing to the increasing investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the growing digitalization trend throughout the region.
Speak to Our Expert Analyst @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/speaktoanalystNew.asp?id=203810785
Major speech-to-text API vendors include Google (US), Microsoft (US), IBM (US), AWS (US), Nuance Communications (US), Verint (US), Speechmatics (England), Vocapia Research (France), Twilio (US), Baidu (China), Facebook (US), iFLYTEK (China), Govivace (US), Deepgram (US), Nexmo (US), VoiceBase (US), Otter.ai (US), Voci (US), GL Communications (US), and Contus (India). These players have adopted various growth strategies, such as partnerships, agreements, and collaborations; and new product launches, to further expand their presence in the global speech-to-text API market. Partnerships and new product launches have been the most dominating strategy adopted by the major players from 2017 to 2019, which has helped them to innovate their product offerings and broaden their customer base.
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Q: How to delete all but latest 2 files using Ant Using Ant, I have to delete all but the latest 2 files from a backup folder.
I tried to negate last count="2", but could not found the right Resources order.
Currently I am doing this :
<delete verbose="true">
    <difference>
        <resources>
            <fileset dir="${backup}"/>
        </resources>
        <last count="2">
            <sort>
                <date/>
                <resources>
                    <fileset dir="${backup}"/>
                </resources>
            </sort>
        </last>
    </difference>
</delete>

Is there a simpler way?

A: This question has lead to an Ant enhancement request that has been applied for Ant 1.9.5 (which hasn't been released, yet, at the time of this writing).  Up to 1.9.4 there is no better pure-Ant solution unless you want to implement a resource collection yourself.
Starting with Ant 1.9.5 you can use
<delete verbose="true">
    <allbutlast count="2">
        <sort>
            <date/>
            <resources>
                <fileset dir="${backup}"/>
            </resources>
        </sort>
    </allbutlast>
</delete>

A: I would recommend using a fileset selector to choose which files should be acted upon.
If the requirement falls outside ANT's normal capabilities you can script the criteria. The following example is deleting files based on date:

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*Linux removing folders older than 1 year and more than 3 files

A: I like the answer from Stefan Bodewig very much, and can't wait to get to Ant 1.9.6 (current version at the time of writing), but I'm locked on Ant 1.9.4. So I wrote this little thing which deletes older directories but keeps the newest 5. Maybe it's of some use for someone else too.
PS
At the time I wrote the script, I did not notice how powerful the solution suggested by Mark O'Connor is. I probably should have merged my solution into a script selector, but now it's too late. :-(
In case you wonder what this is: it's a JavaScript script, inside the "script" Ant task. I would have preferred Groovy or Ruby, but I chose JavaScript, because it was already in the tools bundle I'm currently depending on (see the Ant Library Dependencies page for more details).
    <script language="javascript"> <![CDATA[
        // number of directories to keep
        var N = 5;

        // imports
        importClass(java.io.File)
        importClass(java.lang.System)

        // helper function
        function println(msg) {
            System.out.println(msg);
        }

        // get base directory
        var baseDir = new File(project.getProperty("my.base.dir"));
        println(">> " + baseDir);

        // filter files, keep only directories
        var allFiles = baseDir.listFiles()
        var directories = new Array()
        for each (var file in allFiles) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                directories.push(file)
            }
        }

        // comparation function by modification date, newest first
        function compareByLastModified(file1, file2) {
            if (file1.lastModified() < file2.lastModified()) {
                return 1
            }

            if (file1.lastModified() > file2.lastModified()) {
                return -1
            }

            return 0;
        }

        // sort list
        directories.sort(compareByLastModified)

        // prepare "delete" task
        var delTask = project.createTask("delete");
        delTask.setQuiet(true);

        // Delete all directories except last N in the list
        for each (var dir in directories.slice(N)) {
            //println("    del " + dir.toString())
            delTask.setDir(dir)
            delTask.perform()
        }
    ]]> </script>


In financial statements, long-lived assets are those financial resources, on which forthcoming benefits are expected for a period of several years.
Long Lived Assets include a handful of non-current assets as well, like intangibles, equipments and buildings. It is the Long Lived Assets which appear on the balance sheet of a company in the form of non-current assets.
They offer economic benefits to a company, for future use. This means that long-lived assets are not to be used by the company during its current commercial operations and activities, but stored to meet the forthcoming financial requirements.
In the beginning, most of the long-lived assets appear to be a kind of purchase, made by the company.
Depreciation: As a traditional accounting method, Depreciation is rather a tricky activity, involving the distribution of a preceding capital expenditure to an annual capital expense. Depreciation exerts direct influence on the reported profits of a company. Characterized as a non-cash expense charge, Depreciation sets aside an annual cash amount in the form of Sinking Fund, for replacing and maintaining the fixed assets of a company in future.
Goodwill: A company's goodwill is created when one company termed as the Buyer purchases another company, termed as the Target. During the purchase of the Target Company, all its assets and liabilities are re-assessed to their calculated fair value. Such calculation includes the intangible assets (license, trademarks, in-house research and developments, etc.) as well, which are not there on the balance sheet of the Target Company. However, it is the normal tendency of the accountants to consider both the tangible and intangible assets of the Target Company, at the time of assessing its total value. If it happens so that the Buyer Company makes extra payment than the estimated value of the target company, each additional payment is considered as the goodwill. So, Goodwill is known to be the 'catch-all account', as well as the amount overpayed by the buyer for the target.
Investments: Corporate investments include diverse accounting methods, and the management of a company enjoys full autonomy to select from the methods as per their requirements and discretions. When the parent company holds more than 50% shares of another company termed as Subsidiary, the accounts of the subsidiary company are merged with that of the parent organization.


J. "Eddy" Martinez, a well-respected real estate agent in the Downtown Miami and Miami Beach markets, has extended his partnership with the prestigious Haute Living Real Estate Network.
Recognized for his market knowledge and his sharp negotiating skills on behalf of sophisticated buyers and investors, J. "Eddy" Martinez continues to be the exclusive Downtown Miami and Miami Beach Realtor for the prestigious Haute Living Real Estate Network. This elite circle of leading real estate agents brings opulent estates and über-luxurious condominium homes to Haute Living readers. As a select member of this Network, Haute Living Magazine will feature Eddy as an exclusive Haute Living real estate professional.
Haute Living Real Estate Network specializes in tapping the region's top real estate professionals in order to create the most renowned directory of exclusive listings. The Network website is an online destination for all things real estate related and features daily blog posts providing up-to-date news and information on affluent markets and real estate developments. Access all of this information and more by visiting http://www.hauteliving.com/hlrn.
Tapping into the multi-national appeal of Downtown Miami and Miami Beach, J. "Eddy" Martinez has successfully built a track record of real estate success both locally and internationally for sellers, buyers and investors of luxury condominium properties. An avid admirer of art, interior design, architecture and culture, Eddy has a keen sense for bringing together inspiring lives with inspiring properties. As the founder and CEO of Worldwide Properties, Eddy and his team "list Miami and sell Miami worldwide." This global reach has enabled Eddy to close on several hundred million dollars in South Florida real estate transactions, including multi-million dollar bulk transactions and record-breaking dollar-per-square-foot individual sales at developments such as Apogee, Epic, Marquis Residences, Icon Brickell and the W South Beach. In addition to residential real estate, Eddy specializes in commercial properties and his firm also has a residential property management division which offers turnkey solutions, including renovation and staging, for absentee owners holding single condo units and institutional investors holding large real estate portfolios. Because of this three-tiered expertise, Eddy has become a noted – and quotable – resource on real estate trends in the media, including The New York Times, The Miami Herald, Miami Today and two cover stories in Florida Investor magazine. Eddy and his Worldwide Properties co-founder, Roland Ortiz, have 25 years of combined real estate experience in South Florida, selling the region's most distinctive and sought-after properties.


In the cut Jane's flatiron steak has eclipsed hamger on the menu.
"It's the same thing that happened with hanger steak a few years ago," says butcher Jerry Ottomanelli. A slew of smart chefs are just discovering the flatiron steak, a remarkably flavorful, surprisingly tender, and—most important—cheap cut from the shoulder that old-school butchers call "chicken steak." "You always have to give the public something new," Ottomanelli says. "But it is a very tasty piece of meat." And don't worry: It doesn't taste like chicken.
A hanger man turned fervid flatiron fan, chef Glenn Harris features the cut in everything from lunchtime salads and sandwiches to a dinner entrée of grilled, thick-sliced steak with russet-potato hash, baby string beans, and homemade ketchup ($21). Sunday evening's generously portioned $12 flatiron steak and fries is a steal.
Flatiron steak done Aussie style—wildfire-spiced and served with a stewy braise of tomatoes and scallions, plus roasted garlic and dabs of goat cheese ($16). For the full outback experience, dine in the backyard garden.
Sliced flatiron steak with Chinese broccoli, shallots, and a bone-marrow tart ($27) is Wylie Dufresne's edgy, arteriosclerotic answer to the trend.
New chef Benjamin Grossman is used to working with fancier cuts at Picholine and La Grenouille, but he says the flatiron, if done properly, is "extremely succulent, tender," and even "beautiful." He serves his cumin-chili-marinated version with fries and chipotle aïoli for lunch ($17) and as a dinner special ($21).
As he's transformed Portuguese Pico into "American-Italian" Dominic, John Villa has replaced his black-Angus hanger steak and St. Jorge potato cake with a flatiron steak, served with heirloom-tomato salad and Gorgonzola-and-potato ravioli ($18).


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Nogometni klub Mladost iz Brđana (okolica Nove Gradiške) trenutno se natječe u 1. županijskoj ligi (zapad) Brodsko-posavske županije u kategoriji juniora i seniora.

Povijest
Klub je osnovan 1973. godine i aktivan je bez prestanka do sadašnjice. Budući da dolazi iz male sredine može se reći da je kroz svoju povijest ostvario dobre rezultate. Najuspješnije razdoblje prve momčadi je iz 90-ih godina kada se klub natjecao u cjelovitoj ligi 1. ŽNL BPŽ. Većinu vremena svog postojanja nalazili su se u 2. ŽNL BPŽ (zapad) uz jednu sezonu provedenu u najslabijem rangu natjecanja, 3. ŽNL BPŽ (zapad), iz koje su se odmah u prvoj sezoni kao prvaci vratili natrag. Od ove sezone (2020./2021.) "Mladost" opet igra 1. ŽNL, no ovoga puta u necjelovitoj ligi koja je podijeljena na dva dijela gdje je klub iz Brđana svrstan u zapadnu skupinu. Najsvježiji seniorski uspjeh je svakako plasman u finale KUP-a Nogometnog središta Nova Gradiška 2019. godine u kojem je "Mladost" poražena od novogradiške Sloge koja je tada bila plasirana čak 3 lige iznad ekipe iz Brđana.

Klub se može pohvaliti i uspjesima juniorskih kategorija koji su od 2010. do 2019. osvojili čak 5 naslova prvaka 2. ŽNL BPŽ (zapad) te naslov prvaka u KUP-u Nogometnog središta Nova Gradiška 2019. godine, u godini u kojoj su osvojili i duplu krunu.

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Flood Insurance – Should I Buy It?
Rule of thumb: – if water comes "down" into your home, damage is typically covered by your homeowners policy. For example, if your pipes break or your roof leaks, the water would trickle down and cause damage. If water comes "up" into the home through the ground, basement walls, or sewer or drain systems, it is not covered by your homeowners policy.
Water that backs up through drains can be covered if you add specific coverage for it on your homeowners policy.
Water that comes in from the ground in any way other than a drain back-up is considered a flood. There is no coverage for this on your homeowners policy, so a separate flood insurance policy must be purchased.
Am I in danger of flood?
Do you live near water that can rise rapidly in heavy rains or during spring thaw?
Do you experience significant run-off during those same times?
Have you ever had water in your basement/home in previous years?
Is this a "unique" year for potential flood concerns?
Have we had significant snow during the winter that will affect Spring thaw?
Are you concerned about weather patterns that indicate an unusually wet season?
If I do experience water in my basement/home is it potentially enough to cause damage to the home?
Is there property (building or contents) subject to damage that can't be moved higher or out of the way altogether?
Is the potential loss more than you could afford to repair or lose (building and contents)?
If the answer to any of the last three questions is "yes," you should consider buying flood insurance.
So, how much is this going to cost? Premium is largely based on location, as determined by the National Flood Insurance Program. If you are in a higher-risk area, you will generally pay a higher, although not unaffordable, premium. You will also have greater peace of mind. If you are in a lower-risk area, it's still worth buying because no one ever thinks their home will be flooded until it happens.
Finally, the greatest factor for buying flood insurance is time. Flood insurance requires a 30-day waiting period for coverage to start after a policy is issued (except when it is lender-required). So, when should you be getting quotes for insurance? The answer is NOW! As we all know, winter weather is unpredictable. Patterns of heavy snow and thawing can make water appear out of seemingly nowhere. Spring weather will determine if there are issues or not, but by then it will be too late.


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LULU Software's CEO Talks About Acquisition of Online PDF Services
On April 2, 2015, LULU Software, the makers of Soda PDF, announced they signed an agreement to acquire Online PDF Services. To better understand what this exciting new acquisition really means for the future of the company, we sat down with Eric Gareau, CEO of LULU, and asked him a few questions.
LULU Software acquired DOC2PDF in June 2013. What does the recent acquisition of Online PDF Services mean for the future of the company?
This acquisition demonstrates that we are moving further toward offering a full-range of SaaS [Software as a Service] services. We want to become the PDF and document-management solution of choice for all users, both online and offline. We want to integrate Online PDF Services into our existing range of free online services (Soda PDF Online, DOC2PDF, etc.) and to strengthen our position as a leading online PDF solution provider. The future of document management is online, and we want to stay ahead of the curve.
What was the reasoning behind this deal?
We had already established a partnership with Online PDF Services, and a unique opportunity to unite both companies presented itself. Our strong ties allowed us to move closer together, and the acquisition will give LULU a chance to increase traffic and expand our market internationally.
What kind of traffic will this generate on a monthly basis?
At this point, we still want to keep this confidential. However, by the end of this year, we are hoping to have more than 4 million visitors on all of our online properties on a monthly basis. It's safe to say PDF Online Services will be a great addition to our existing online services.
When will Soda be operating the Online PDF Services?
We are hoping to start transitioning and operating the business sometime this summer. We will communicate the news once it is confirmed. Online PDF Services users shouldn't expect any significant changes made to their trusty free online tools. On the contrary, we want to consolidate these online tools and our existing ones to be able to offer users a wider selection of services.
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Here comes the sun after a five-month wet season
TNN | Nov 6, 2019, 04.13 AM IST
PUNE: Overcast skies and heavy rain will make way for bright sunshine in a few days.
After 158 days of cloudy skies and constant rainfall, the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday put out a "Mainly Clear Skies" forecast from November 10.
Pune is likely to have mainly clear skies for at least one week from November 10 as per medium range forecasts
Weather models do not forecast any likely advent of a rain-triggering system after November 10 over the Arabian Sea. The city may even begin to experience normal winter temperatures gradually after November 13.
"From November 9, the city will begin seeing partly cloudy skies, which will give way to mainly clear skies on November 10 and 11. With clouds clearing up, the maximum temperature may touch 32 degrees celsius and the minimum may fall to 18 degrees celsius," Anupam Kashyapi, head of weather, IMD Pune told TOI.
Citizens have been facing recurrent rainy spells and cloudy skies for five months now. The best part is that clear skies will make an appearance after November 9 with no rainfall expected after as per weather forecasters basing this prediction on India Meteorological Department's latest extended range forecast.
Met department officials said once the effect of cyclonic storm Maha dissipates over Maharashtra by November 8 they foresee no other system that could cause rainfall .
Though the weather has been highly unpredictable this year, the extended range forecasts seem to indicate clear weather till November-end. The yet to form cyclone 'Bulbul' too is unlikely to cause any rainfall in the state they said as the system may affect Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal and northeast India.
Pune is likely to have mainly clear skies for at least one week from November 10 as per medium range forecasts, Kashyapi added.
"The extended range forecasts suggest clear weather till November-end. Pune last had a mainly clear skies forecast on June 4, which refers to 2 okta or less cloud cover in the sky. After that, the monsoon was such that we had overcast skies on many days or partly cloudy skies," he said.
The monsoon had arrived in the city with localised showers on June 24 but the city was witnessing mainly cloudy conditions. "After the monsoon began, there were fewer break periods in rainfall. After the monsoon withdrew very late in October, we still had various weather mechanisms that caused on and off rains in the city including interaction between the easterlies and southerlies as well as cyclone Kyarr and currently, cyclone Maha," he added.
Though Maha is likely to cause rains in the city till November 8, its effect will dissipate drastically thereafter.


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What are the pros and cons of being a Firefighter
Answers from full Job Shadow Interview – Interview with a Firefighter
I like the helping in the community. I like the camaraderie with these guys that I work with. We work 24 hours a day with each other. We spend as much time with these guys as we do with our families, we build friendships, these are guys that you trust and are good friends that you just can't replace. I also like the work schedule, the ten 24 hour shifts a month, gives me a lot of time to do things with my family kids and wife that a lot of other people can't do.
We go on a lot of calls where we risk people's lives running across town with our lights and sirens on, we risk our lives doing that just for nothing, most people call fire trucks just for nothing, petty things. It's just ridiculous for them even to call. But that's just part of the job, it's just inherent that way that those kinds of things happen. Also a lot of times we put in long hours, a lot of times will be here for 24 hours we may not sleep for two hours the whole time. We'll be up all night doing fighting fires or whatever maybe takes place. That's just part of the job. If you're going to talk about dislikes that would be really the only things that I dislike about it. That's just part of it though, if you can't do that you don't need to be doing the job.


Cedar and pine shelf with 15 acrylic on canvas paintings.
Cedar and pine shelf with 13 acrylic on canvas paintings.
Cedar and pine shelf with 16 acrylic on canvas paintings.
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It Ain't Right To Pretend Right?
It's Kind Of Like Sleigh Bell Synth But Like Folky?
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Oh Hey What Is It Friggin' Night Time Or Something?
Are You Self Aware That You Are Illegally Parked?
7.5" x 2.25" x 4"
Hey, Are You Busy Tonight? Do You Want To Ride Horses Or Something?


What started as a simple process to organize a small shockbox printing service has evolved into something much more. This page was originally created in association with Loopy Eddies Shock Box Collection as a service for the Neo-Geo community featuring artwork by only the best cover designers. Then we started thinking. Why not just create a convenient hub to consolidate only the best homebrew products available? Shortly after, Southtown was born.
Looking for Loopy Eddie's Inserts?
I make good stuff too!
Make some awesome homebrew stuff? We would love to host it for you. Email us with some basic information on your product and we will be in touch!
Our printing service was created on a very simple premise: a lot of people need inserts printed and not so many have access to commercial print equipment or want to deal with careless franchise shops. Our love for the preservation of the Neo-Geo and respect for the community is what drives us to make the best inserts possible.


Modern development processes often involve various components known as a toolchain in order to support the automation of build, test and deployment of code.
Even assuming Visual Studio as your IDE, there are numerous ways to solve this issue, the simplest being straight TFS/MSBuild/Sitecore Packages, with the most complex involving many specialised components along the way: TFVC, Subversion, Git, Grunt, Jenkins, TeamCity, VSO, PowerShell, TDS, Unicorn, Octopus Deploy and so on.
I don't believe there is a right or wrong answer here - and frankly I can make arguments for lots of different models. As always there are advantages and disadvantages. It's a complex topic with zealots on every side of the fence.
What is your team's stack?
What works well and what is still hard?
What sort of problems do you routinely face?
What did you transition from - what did you learn along the way?
Share your experiences with your current toolchain and read about others. Maybe we can figure out a "best practice" model for Sitecore, or maybe we'll just agree to disagree!
How about I kick it off?
Our setup was originally VSS (no really, but like, an eon ago) so naturally we transitioned to TFS and TFVC.
Our current deployment stack makes use of MSBuild, PowerShell and Sitecore Packages.
This allows us to manage, not just Sitecore content and code, but Azure infrastructure at the same time.
We are currently on the market for some new tooling: winning this race at the moment is TFS-hosted Git, Unicorn, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Azure Resource Templates and Desired State Configuration (which is, of course, PowerShell fundamentally). The TFS-hosted Git is probably the most contentious item there, and may end up being BitBucket or the like.
The original stack was designed for simplicity - minimum tooling footprint and minimum infrastructure requirements for clients.
The new tooling is designed to improve throughput, deliver feature branching and feature toggles more easily, and make the delivery of packages to INT and UAT more robust. From UAT the process will become manually triggered, but will still operate through automation, giving customers a chance to take pause and signoff in UAT, and allowing us to accumulate changes for delivery into production, so as to not disrupt the live environments too often.
Azure Resource Templates and DSC allow us to automate the provisioning of our Blue/Green environment for production releases. Not just new code, new hardware! New everything!
I will add our current stack to this - and a few comments on where we are going.
For version control - most of our code is still svn. We use git on some projects (bitbucket as well as own hosted) that have started more recently. We have tried tfs with some clients but I am on the side of Nate on that one... My choice if I had to do now is definitely git.
For build - we have a lot still on cruisecontrol.net and some on teamcity, and we have tried bamboo and others. Teamcity would be my platform of choice.
For deployment we have custom scripts but are moving everything we can to Octopus deploy. We script powershell nowadays - so no big deal here.
For the infrastructure automation it is custom powershell - here we have things to improve.
The same goes for Sitecore content. We have been at packages, tds and a bit of unicorn. We are not aligned a lot here in the team (we are 45 people in the sitecore dev team) - most did not like tds in the releases they tried so it is very project dependent. I would like to move to unicorn to a larger extend.
Sitecore.ship would be natural as well with unicorn.
That completes our list - and I seems to be very aligned with Nate on the choices to make if you are starting over without strings attached.
For us it is primarily Github, Team City, Octopus deploy, TDS and custom Powershell. Biggest drawback currently is the deployment speed of TDS why we consider to just automate the process of installing Sitecore Update packages.
I sense a lot of hostility towards TFS/TFVC (you don't need to be a Betazoid to see that). I suppose this is due to restrictions it places on you in terms of project hierarchy and structure. I guess we have been using it so long we don't really notice this any more - we just do it naturally the way it wants anyway.
I have heard complaints that it has less superior merge tooling - do people know you can change the merge tool to your tool of choice? Even use the git one if you like? Personally I've never had any issues with the TFS merge tools but I suppose that's a matter of experience.
I've no vested interest here - just curious why people seem to have so much animosity to a tool I've never had any significant issues with.
Merging in TF Version control is LIGHTYEARS behind GIT - it is AT BEST on par with subversion (I would possibly argue behind).
I have said my reasoning for not being a TFS / TFVC fan, the primary of which is that I believe this tooling should work around you, not you around it.
Otherwise, it has issues with ignores, permissions, the fact its integrated heavily to VS (which for example front end developers should not require). It's expensive, hardware intensive (in the case of TFS)... For me - that's enough reasons to explore the competition.
Not quite hostility but too many scars of a tool which currently might be close to catching up - but when I started trying it out in tfs 2005 it was buggy, slow in updating your work area - and especially onky being able to have checkout of a work area was a strong for me.
I saw a number of occasions where a get latest would kot update files and so forth.
I never liked the build server facilities - it scales badly and was cumbersome to configure for continous integration and deployment.
The times I tried never versions I never felt it did the same for us as the toolset we had in place. I undoubtly did not give it a fair chance - but I still dont like the structures it enforces.
I learned my way through the CI-CD tool chain set over last two year for very large Sitecore based platform initiative. Trying to blog about it now..
Let the follow image speak more..
What these lines/arrows means and how the overall Dev-Ops can work will explain further.. in coming article in that series..
2. Octopus with Powershell to trigger Package deployment and file and DLLs distribution.
4. Custom script to perform continues package deployment.


We are fully prepared to keep the area moving this winter, with more than 4500 tonnes of salt in stock.
The council's dedicated crew of road workers are ready to drive 13 grit lorries, treating 313km of roads.
The team will be on standby 24/7 until the end of April with more than 4500 tonnes of salt and 500 tonnes of grit stockpiled and ready to hit the roads and footpaths across East Renfrewshire.
Our 319 street bins and 18 larger community bins located across the area will regularly be topped up so residents can help themselves and their local areas that the Council cannot treat.
East Renfrewshire has 475km of roads. That's enough to go from here to Edinburgh and back three times. 313km of this is treated as a priority route - this is around 65 per cent, more than most councils treat.
The team is primed for action as soon as information from our dedicated weather forecasting service serves notice of severe weather. The focus is to make sure priority roads are gritted first before moving on to local streets and pavements.
A huge amount of work by dedicated staff goes into keeping East Renfrewshire moving in the winter months. Whilst we always aim to provide the best possible service, we cannot guarantee that all roads will always be completely free of ice and snow. Sometimes freezing weather happens at the same time as peak traffic levels. This makes it difficult for gritting vehicles to get on to the road network.
Even when we have salted the roads, it takes time for it to work; rain can wash the salt off roads and they may ice over again and in severe weather conditions, even salting will not prevent the roads from icing up. In severe conditions we may have to continue treating our main routes until such times as they are considered safe before we can attend to minor roads. If you are out on the roads in bad weather, please take account of the weather conditions.
We cover a huge portion of our priority routes and have over 300 street grit bins and some larger community bins in key locations so residents can help themselves and their neighbours by treating their local areas and routes. By communities coming together and doing their bit, we can ensure East Renfrewshire keeps moving this winter.
More information about preparing for winter in East Renfrewshire is available on our winter maintenance pages.


Indian weddings are always so much fun! They have good food, good music and so much dancing!
All the way from San Francisco, USA, we celebrate the marriage of Anisha & Neel. Relatives performed on stage, the groom \"Baraat\" his way into the ceremony hall and the bride look as beautiful as the day itself. The three days celebration with friends and loved ones brings out such a happy, lively vibe we can\'t help feel like we are part of the family!
Presenting the Same Day Experience we created just for them, cheers!
Today, friends and family come from different parts of the world to Cyberview Resort and Spa, just for this wonderful occasion – the union of Gaya & Dan. They met and fell in love in Melbourne, Australia. But coming back to her roots, Malaysia, to tie the knot.
She was just 15 when she moved to England and he went there to further his studies after high school. As fate would have it, they met each other at university, 10 thousand km away from home.
Aaron & Charlotte have been through good times and bad, supported each other in their hopes and dreams. Today, back home in Malaysia, we celebrate their union as husband and wife.
As Charlotte walks down the isle, she was absolutely breathtaking. The entire wedding was filled with love, laughter and occasionally a happy tear from their loved ones. They have travelled far and wide just for this special moment, and it couldn\'t have been more perfect.
Cheers to Aaron & Charlotte!
2017 has been filled with lots of fun memories, exciting adventures and of course, love.
Before we close the 2017 chapter and begin the new year, let us refresh back to the wedding of Kingston and Delia which was held on the last day of the year.
Kingston and Delia dated through high school, and for the next 11 years, they have been inseparable ever since. In the open space of Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa, they exchanged their own written vows and promises to each other, levelling up their relationship into husband and wife.
This union of Kingston & Delia has brought friends and family from all over the world together. We couldn\'t be more thankful to end this spectacular year capturing the wonderful moments of your wedding. May this new chapter in your life be filled with more blessings, happiness, love and we quote, till the day zombies rule the world.


This week we had a really tough time at our household. My little monkey got really sick. So sick that I ended up missing two and half days of work. I have been desperate to save my sick time for the upcoming baby (I have to use sick time to get paid while on leave) but he was super super sick and I just couldn't leave him. He was so sick this past Wednesday that his Dr. told us to take him the children's hospital. It may be the flu or may be a super virus, but regardless there was nothing they could do for him. So there I was up till all hours just hold him and rocking him in the chair wishing him to get better. Never have a felt so helpless, I can't imagine what I would do if he was really sick. It was a moment like this that made me realize just how great of a child I have and I couldn't wait to hear his laugh and giggle and see his smile again. Well now several days later my man is on the mend and is back to his old self, and the only person who is worse for wear is mommy and daddy.
Glad to hear he is doing better. I have a couple friends who have been dealing with sick babies for 1 year now. Every time I read their Care Pages, I am grateful for Andy and try not to be crabby with him when he is whiny and bugging me. We are very lucky!
I'm so glad your little guy is doing better. I know about really sick kids -- My oldest had to spend 5 days in the hospital when he was just 6 months old because of seizures. Terrifying. My youngest got a kidney infection, when he was one. Back to the hospital, for 3 more days, again. It is scary. But, you know? We do what we can do, we give 'em all the love we can, and then we cross our fingers. And, as my pediatrician likes to point out....99.9% of kids make it all the way to adulthood, in spite of ear infections, attacks of the flu, broken bones, cracked heads, and adolescent hormones. So, cross your fingers, hug your baby, then go put your feet up. You deserve a break! Cheers!


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The Mammoth Book of Sorceror's Tales
Bursting with the same magic that has brought a whole new following to fantasy, this anthology combines the excitement of the Harry Potter phenomenon with the appeal of Lord of the Rings, the ingenuity of the Discworld series and the adventure of the Conan stories. It features a range of light and dark fantasies - from quests, games and monsters, to wizards, witches, dark spells and even darker secrets - all obsessed with the use of magic in this world or the next.
Mike Ashley's masterly selection includes such precursors of the Potter series as 'The Sleuth-Worm' by Edith Nesbit, 'The Wall around the World' by Theodore Cogswell, 'Ged's Apprenticeship' by Ursula K. Le Guin and others that deal with the discovery of magic or apprenticeship into magic by ordinary folk. With plenty of specially commissioned new stories, it all adds up to a spellbinding bumper volume in which contributors include: Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, John Morressy, Theodore Sturgeon, John Jakes, Patricia McKillip, Esther Friesner, Louise Cooper, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Tom Holt and Charles de Lint.
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More Books by Mike Ashley
A Brief History of King Arthur
Fighters of Fear
A Brief History of British Kings & Queens
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction


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Lessons from Grenfell and Piper Alpha on risk assessing modifications
Open-access content 27th June 2018
A more significant factor these two landmark safety failures have in common is that they were both enabled by flawed alterations.
At Grenfell Tower, the building's concrete frame and block infill had contained domestic fires to the flats where they started for four decades. The rainscreen cladding panels and architectural crown feature fixed to it in 2015 added both fuel and a conduit for fire to race vertically and horizontally over the facades.
In Piper Alpha's conversion to pipe gas as well as oil in 1980, the principle that hazardous processes -- such as gas compression -- should be located as far away as possible from the control room and crew accommodation was ignored.
The risk this created was heightened by the failure to replace the fire walls between the modules with blast walls necessary to withstand explosions. That was a crucial oversight because not only did the fire walls fail to damp the blast, they blew apart like shrapnel, their shards rupturing oil and gas pipes, further fuelling the blaze.
As built, both structures would have curbed the loss of life in a catastrophe; as modified, they maximised it.
Both tragedies offer multiple lessons in fire safety and the changes that Piper Alpha prompted in regulation and management of high-hazard installations have prevented a re-occurrence so far in the UK's offshore facilities. But the point about risk assessing tweaks to a process or structure as rigorously as the initial design applies almost universally.
There is a reason the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations demand a review of any risk assessment when there is a "significant change in the matters to which it relates". But these reviews are often overlooked.
The Health and Safety Executive's recent analysis of waste sector fatalities noted how "creeping changes" to procedures were often a contributor.
Modifications should trigger a re-examination of the parts and the whole, checking that old safeguards aren't compromised and whether new ones are needed.
Alterations to the hazard profile or controls must be recorded and broadcast to everyone who needs to know. You can't rely on individuals to carry the knowledge. Individuals move employers or retire. One generation forgets; a second never knows, said the critic Jonathan Meades.
Reliable transfer of information about systems and controls, as built and as altered, is what Dame Judith Hackitt's review of building regulations and fire safety triggered by the Grenfell disaster (p 9), calls a "golden thread" tying together all the dutyholders responsible for a building in construction or use.
That thread should be woven through all our processes as they are tailored to meet changing demands. Otherwise, we will be condemned to repeat others' mistakes, occasionally on a horrific scale.
As Hackitt said to a gathering of oil and gas executives on the 25th anniversary of Piper Alpha: "While the precise circumstances and contexts of major incidents differ in some respects, at heart I am left with the feeling that there are no new accidents. Rather there are old accidents repeated by new people."


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Mark William Hager (born 28 April 1964) is a retired Australian field hockey player, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country. After the fourth place in 1988 he won the bronze medal with The Kookaburras at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia where he was the captain.

Coaching career
Following his playing career, Hager has been pursuing a coaching career in the sport. His achievements as a coach include:

 2018 Commonwealth Games - Head Coach, New Zealand Women (Gold)
 2008 Beijing Olympics – Asst Coach, Australian Men (Bronze)
 2009 8 Nations – Head Coach, Australian U21 Men (Gold)
 2007 Youth Olympics – Head Coach, Australia (Gold)
 2005–07 Australian Institute Team – Head Coach
 2005 U21 World Cup – Head Coach, Australia (Silver)
 2004 Athens Olympics – Asst Coach, Australian Women (5th)
 2003 Champions Trophy – Asst Coach, Australian Women (Gold)
 2002 World Cup – Asst Coach, Australian Women (4th)
 2002 Champions Trophy – Asst Coach, Australian Women (4th)
 2001 Champions Trophy – Asst Coach, Australian Women (Bronze)
 2001 U21 World Cup – Head Coach, Australian Women (Bronze)
 1998-0 AHL – Head Coach, WA Thundersticks (2 x Golds)

In December 2008, Hager was appointed the coach of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women). Besides this he is also the head coach of Kalinga Lancers which plays in the Hockey India League(HIL)

On 11 January 2019 Hager was appointed Head Coach of England & Great Britain women's national field hockey team

Personal life
His wife Michelle Capes, sister-in-law Lee Capes, brother-in-law Michael Nobbs and niece Kaitlin Nobbs have all represented Australia at field hockey at the Olympic Games.

References

External links

Australian Olympic Committee
Mark Hager

1964 births
Australian male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of Australia
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
People from Maryborough, Queensland
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
New Zealand Olympic coaches
New Zealand women's national field hockey team coaches
Sportsmen from Queensland
University of Western Australia alumni
Coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics
British Olympic coaches
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Australian expatriate sportspeople in India
Field hockey people from Queensland


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LVMAC Tidbit — Veterans ID Card Rolls Out
VA Announces Rollout and Application Process for New Veterans ID Card
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans, an action overdue since 2015 and still causing controversy among some veterans organizations over the implementation of the character of service requirement (unlike the VA, the law excludes practically no one who has served). Currently only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card. However, this is a change from previous statements by others because it means those who have a general discharge (under honorable conditions) can now also apply, in addition to those with honorable discharges/releases. (more…)
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Forward Observer
Forward Observer — Victory House Seeks Community Foundation Grant Also
You may find this strange at a time when we are also seeking a Lehigh Valley Community Foundation Grant, but we wish you to know that Victory House does exceptionally fine service for our veterans who need extra help in getting back on track. They are a valued partner in our homelessness initiative.
Indeed, except for CACLV, all the finalists for a Lehigh Valley Community Foundation grant are member organizations in LVMAC. We support or form efforts addressing a range of needs that define a supportive community. Our membership reflects the gamut of our interests. Therefore, we do not like the appearance of competing with our member partners, for this is not our intent. For us, at this time, it is more about promoting a good effort on the part of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation to become engaged in assisting our military and veterans community. Accordingly, we openly publish this request from Victory House: (more…)
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LVMAC News — Help Us with a Spark Grant from the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
Source: Spark Grants – Veterans Affairs | Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
We could use your help from 6 November through 17 November by the mechanism of voting on a Lehigh Valley Community Foundation webpage. As an organization of organization with no paid employees, we do not ask for ourselves, but instead (more…)


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Q: How i can send image in email with cakephp 3 email template? I'm trying to send image into email,
My image code is: <?php echo $this->Html->image('image-name.jpg', ['class'=>'img-responsive']); ?>
While i'm debug email template in my localhost, it's working fine, image displaying properly, but when this same code make it live on server and fire email, email content display properly but image not showing(not found).
Any body will suggest proper way to implement it.
Thanks,
Mak

A: For the email or in whole website if you want to full path of content use fullBase param with true value,
echo $this->Html->image("logo.png", ['fullBase' => true]);
Will output:

https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/views/helpers/html.html#linking-to-images
This is a proper way that suggested by CakePhp framework.

A: First attach the file what you want to send
$email->attachments([
    'photo.png' => [
        'file' => '/full/some_hash.png',
        'mimetype' => 'image/png',
        'contentId' => 'unique-id'
    ]
]);

And then in your email template, add the unique id

Detail explanation, here


Host Stuart Clarkson talks all things commercial radio in Scotland with Original 106 and Central FM MD Adam Findlay plus consultant and former presenter Colin Kelly.
Stuart and Roy Martin look over the other big stories of the week in the radio industry; James Cridland shares his thoughts on what podcasting can teach radio; and David Lloyd has more Radio Moments from the archive.
CORRECTION: At the 2:07 point we say that Global owns Capital South Wales and Heart North Wales and that CommunicorpUK owns Heart South Wales and Capital North Wales. We got our words muddled up - for which we apologise! The correct way round is that Global owns Heart South Wales and Capital North West & North Wales; and CommunicorpUK owns Capital South Wales and Heart North Wales.


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Rockland Council votes for McLain building timeline: opponents, proponents ask 'where would we go?'
Rockland Council mandates timeline for McLain Building vacancy
RSU 13 request for McLain School status raises ire of Rockland Council
Mclain School Re-use Committee: Finding new building owner a challenge; wants to hear how developers might renovate
Rockland forms ad hoc committee to address housing shortage
Rockland considers McLain School real estate offer, schedules building inspection
RSU 13 superintendent presents school consolidation proposal
ROCKLAND – A school board member and an artist-in-residency program are both asking Rockland City Council: 'Where would we go?'
As Council voted 4 –1 (Mayor Ed Glaser dissenting) Monday, Jan. 11, to authorize the city manager to correspond with RSU 13 to develop a plan and timeline for the transfer of ownership of the McLain School Building to the city, school administration and taxpayer concerns continue to compete with those of potential residents, all as it relates to the building's best use.
The city has identified higher use of the McLain building to be housing, according to City Manager Tom Luttrell, during the Jan. 11 meeting.
Recently elected City Council member Sarah Austin is seeking confirmation and an exit plan from RSU 13 as to when the school district will vacate the former school at 28 Lincoln Street.
In 2017, as part of a school consolidation plan, RSU 13 announced intentions to return McLain School to the city after the school district no longer had a use for the building and staff had relocated to the former South School. With expectation of immediate vacancy, and a couple renewed promises over the years that the district would be vacating, Rockland enacted a subcommittee, which ultimately determined affordable housing as the best future use.
Almost four years later, school administrators continue to occupy the space, leaving many entities and potential renters disappointed by the delay.
Affordable housing directly affects the Apprentice Shop's ability to operate as a nonprofit, according to Nina Noah, of Apprenticeshop, during the public comment section of the meeting. The cost of living and the availability of housing often present an issue for the artists.
"We actually, recently, had a two-year apprentice who left the program because he was having difficulty with his housing," she said.
Residency positions can be anywhere from 12 weeks to 2 years for the Apprenticeshop. Many of Noah's apprentices settle into the community long term and buy property, according to Noah. But they struggle to find the housing, especially in summer months, and to find rent that's affordable. And the majority are here on savings or scholarship. Because they are required to be at the shop Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., they aren't able to work full time.
Noah said that when she was an apprentice of the two-year program, she moved every six months. At times, she lived in a camper and a boat.
"Apprentices are here and attending school, providing much needed labor for local business, whether it's in the restaurant industry, deck hands on boats, or tutoring," she said. "Many eventually settle in the area, buy property, and pay taxes in Rockland or in the surrounding towns."
They also enable the Apprenticeshop to function, and to provide community youth and adult programming, according to Noah. For that reason, Noah is hoping that Rockland will show support for the nonprofit by showing support for affordable housing in the city.
Yet, a McLain building change of use cannot happen until after RSU 13 no longer has a use for 28 Lincoln Street, which won't be this year, according to School Board member Doug Curtis.
In 2017, the school district intended to relocate administration departments to the former South School. However, old South School is now filled with Pre-K classrooms, the after-school program, and alternative education students, plus a new board room, according to Curtis.
"RSU 13 has no place to go," he said. "It doesn't mean that we can't look at alternatives, but we certainly are not going to do it in the midst of a pandemic."
Curtis made clear that he was speaking for himself, personally, as a member of the former Education Advisory Committee, as a school board member, and as a taxpayer. He continued by saying that the other members of the board feel the same way as him.
"Regardless of what a previous school board did, or a previous council did, I am personally not going to vote to move anybody out of McLain School for any reason whatsoever during the midst of the pandemic. If you want a date, I'll suggest to the school board '10 years from now.' That should give people plenty of time to decide what they want to do."
Sponsor of the order, City Councilor Sarah Austin, said her intent was to keep the process moving forward, and to get confirmation of a timeline, "whatever that timeline might be," she said.
Austin wants clarification of the school district's motivation, and also to reconvene the subcommittee that had worked to determine the City's best option for the building.
"If it's one year, if it's five year's, or 10 years," she said, "but, to not have something hanging in limbo and potentially putting the work of that committee, and the community, into a death by process situation….I'd like us to be part of a plan, not just a part of watching it whither by attrition."


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19 Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Avatar: The Last Airbender," AKA Nickelodeon's Greatest Gift To The World
Every time I don't think it's possible to love this show more than I already do, I'm proved wrong.
by Mary Colussi
1. In an interview with the Animation World Network, series co-creator Bryan Konietzko said that he sketched Katara and Sokka's character designs "a mere hour before the pitch meeting." He added, "Of course, their designs have evolved since then, but you would recognize them from those first drawings."
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Apparently, only two weeks elapsed between Konietzko and co-creator, Michael Dante DiMartino, coming up with the idea for the series and pitching it to Nickelodeon.
2. In the same interview, Konietzko listed some of his and DiMartino's inspirations. He noted that the work of Hayao Miyazaki "really inspired and continues to inspire us," and said that Princess Mononoke in particular "emboldened" him.
Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection
Cowboy Bebop was another inspiration, as a "great example of an epic series that had a wide breadth of tones," as well as FLCL, which Konietzko said "rewrote the rules for everything."
Samuel Goldwyn Films / courtesy Everett Collection
3. Mako, who voiced Uncle Iroh in the first two seasons, was offered the role by Konietzko and DiMartino without an audition. Following his death in 2006, Mako was replaced by Greg Baldwin.
In an interview with IGN, DiMartino said, "Bryan and I had seen Mako in a couple films and we offered him the role without even hearing an audition. The first time he recorded, we knew he was perfect. He was really funny and brought a lot of warmth to the character. But he can also sound very wise and serious when he needs to. We're honored that he was a part of Avatar."
Skouras Pictures / Courtesy: Everett Collection.
Pictured is Mako in the 1988 film, The Wash.
4. Greg Baldwin was uniquely positioned to take over the role, all because of a present he'd received decades earlier. In 1977, he'd been given the soundtrack to Pacific Overtures, a musical for which Mako was nominated for a Tony for his performance as the Reciter. Baldwin told the Guardian, "I was one of the few people who had been doing an impression of Mako for 30 years."
Extremely lucky birthday present aside, meeting the high standards set by his predecessor was an intimidating task. Baldwin said, "I knew from the beginning I am not Mako. Mako was nominated for an Oscar, a Tony; he opened up the first American Asian theatre in the US."
Baldwin referred to the role he and Mako shared as "the father figure for an entire generation."
5. Tennis legend Serena Williams is a big fan of both Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series, The Legend of Korra, and she got the chance to appear in both.
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In Avatar, she cameos as Ming, a Fire Nation prison guard who befriends Uncle Iroh during his imprisonment in Season 3. And in Korra, she voices a female sage.
6. There are several key differences between the unaired pilot, which was produced as part of the pitching process, and the one that eventually aired on Nickelodeon. For instance, Aang is voiced by Mitchell Musso of Hannah Montana fame, rather than Zach Tyler Eisen...
...Katara is named Kya, which would ultimately be her mother's name...
...and, tragically, there is no Uncle Iroh in sight.
7. The different styles of bending each have roots in real styles of martial arts. This was suggested by the show's martial arts and Kung Fu advisor, Sifu Kisu.
DiMartino told IGN, "The circular movements of Ba Gua became airbending; the fluid movements of Tai Chi became waterbending; the powerful Hung Gar style was perfect for earthbending; and the fast, aggressive style of Northern Shaolin was the inspiration for firebending."
8. Sifu Kisu himself favors Northern Shaolin, the inspiration behind firebending. He told Men's Health, "It's a very strong, dynamic style. It uses powerful hand and leg movements."
9. According to the Guardian, Toph, the blind 12-year-old earthbending powerhouse who sees by using her feet to sense movement and vibrations on the ground, was originally supposed to be a "muscled man."
Toph's voice actor, Michaela Jill Murphy*, was only 11 years old when she was cast. Murphy told the Guardian, "Fans have reached out, saying: 'I've never had a character who was blind, whom I could relate to, who makes jokes constantly, who is at peace with who they are. Too many times you see people with disabilities being coddled. Toph does the opposite of that. She teaches us that what we see as weakness is what you let it be, unless you let other people define it for you."
*Murphy is credited in the series under a stage name: Jessie Flower.
10. Sifu Kisu told Men's Health that Toph's unique approach to earthbending leant itself to a unique inspiration: Her bending is based on Chow Gar, rather than Hung Gar. Sifu Manuel Rodriguez, a Chow Gar expert, was Toph's character model for her bending.
11. Head writer Aaron Ehasz told Vice that the look of the Fire Nation was originally more heavily (and exclusively) drawn from Japanese culture and history. But that changed when the show's team realized that associating a single country with the nation most positioned as villainous would be a serious mistake.
Ehasz explained, "You want to be inspired without appropriating. You don't want to accidentally say something about a culture. For example, early on a lot of the designs for the Fire Nation were inspired by designs from Japan, which was a problem — you have a bad nation, and if all of their designs were Japanese, you'd project a poor message about their culture. We completely reworked the art so that it would be more broadly inspired."
12. The beloved (but perpetually doomed) Cabbage Merchant wasn't supposed to be a recurring character. His voice actor, James Sie, told Slate, "I never invested too much in his backstory because I didn't think he would be coming back. I just knew that he had a deep, abiding, somewhat strange attachment to his produce. That was my guiding principle, that he loved his cabbages. His life was cabbages."
As for why the seemingly random character possesses such an enduring appeal, Sie said, "He's that encapsulation of all of our frustrations and exasperation. We are all the cabbage merchant."
13. And now, for some behind-the-scenes tidbits from the trivia blurbs featured in Avatar Extras. One of the spookiest monsters from the Avatar universe is Koh the Face Stealer, a centipede-adjacent spirit who does exactly what you'd expect him to.
There were two other names that were considered for the character: Koh, the Expression Taker and Koh, the Mug Mugger.
14. A significant aspect of Iroh's backstory is his failed attempt to conquer the city of Ba Sing Se. The creative team discussed making a special about this period of time, but it never came to pass.
15. Bloodbending is a variety of waterbending where powerful benders can control the movement of the human body by controlling the water contained within it. The writers jokingly referred to this otherwise horrifying form of bending as the "stop hitting yourself technique."
16. One of Toph's eartbending rivals (and later allies) is called the Boulder. The show's creative team hoped to get Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson to voice the character, but it didn't happen. Instead, Mick Foley, another retired professional wrestler, became the voice of the Boulder.
17. The message on Iroh's son's portrait that he sings to in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" translates to, "General Iroh, I will see you again when victory is obtained. Your loyal son, Lu Ten."
18. On an episode of the podcast Avatar: Braving the Elements, DiMartino called "The Great Divide," a Season 1 episode that's thought to be amongst the show's weakest, "pretty filler-y." Konietzko referred to it as "terrible," and added that he didn't believe changing its ending "would have saved it."
In the episode, Aang attempts to ease tensions between two tribes that have long been in conflict with one another. He does so by telling a white lie about the origin of the conflict, and as an added bonus, saves everyone from being devoured by giant canyon monsters.
19. And finally: During the same podcast appearance, the creators revealed that Zuko was going to be an adult character, until Nickelodeon executive producer, Eric Coleman, suggested that a teenaged Zuko would be "scarier." It was a note from Coleman that inspired the character to begin with, in fact, since he thought that Fire Lord Ozai needed "some boots on the ground."
But as soon as Zuko was invented, they knew he was going to redeem himself and teach Aang firebending. Konietzko said that that plot point was in the series bible, a document used in creative development that compiles information about a show's world, characters, and plot.


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Um.....where are "Round one" questions answered...exactly?
Okay, finally found them ...but why aren't they linkable from the main article??
Y'all sure know how to make this whole thing painful, don't you?
So, you said that the AH will be closed a week prior to the merge. When is that exactly?
IMO, they don't do it to make things painful, they do it because of not understanding how difficult it can be for some members to navigate the forums. Let me expand on that a bit. I'm a former CM (not on a Trion game) and it's not unusual for me to have 10+ forum tabs open at the same time (I always have a tab to Dev Tracker open, etc). By the time someone becomes a CM, they have probably completely forgotten how difficult it can be for some members to Navigate.
THEREFORE... some person who is new to the community team should be tasked with keeping the info organized in a newbie friendly format.
Of course, it's even worse if the primary forum communications from Trion are written in Texican (the type of English they speak in Austin)!
@Cele, please dumb it down so more of our members, even those with English as a second language, can find the info they seek on the forums.
Awesome. Now everyone who is transferring can barely can play for 2 weeks. Very well thought out Trion!!
Any info regarding compensation packages for those who opt not to transfer?
Friends read that with the union of servers each account will be able to have only 2 plots,, but iso is only for servers that are in the update server or all of ArcheAge?
No, you will only be able to have two UNBUILT plots. If you have built land on existing servers you will receive a mail item that contains your built house which you can place in the world and not have to build again. Assuming you have all the designs and that land is available on the server you go to that means you should always be able to have whatever you currently own plus 2 unbuilt properties. If you have 5 now, you should be able to place 7 there (assuming the last one you place is one of the regular ones and not a full-built kit).
Transfers are different, you don't get all those perks and have to pack everything up in to your warehouse and inventory, and then rebuild your properties if you can find a place for them.
FYI, I do not see anywhere on any item that says whether it will survive a house demo.


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In the past, women who had Multiple sclerosis (MS) were cautioned not to become pregnant. Today, that advise is generally not an accepted one among physicians. Pregnancy has been shown to have little if any impact on MS. It has even been shown to have a temporary protection against relapses during the time of pregnancy because pregnancy is an immunosuppressed state, and MS is an autoimmune disease, so this realization of temporary protection is not surprising to those who understand MS.
It is however important that the disease stage and the woman's ability to handle her symptoms be taken into consideration when deciding to become pregnant or not. It is important to think about the level of disease the woman is at, what her average energy level is, and how well she will be able to handle caring for an infant (whether or not she will have support).
She will need to discuss pregnancy with her physician and how it will respond to her symptoms of MS. There does tend to be more attacks of MS during the post-partum period, especially between 3 and 6 months post delivery. During the pregnancy itself it is common to experience fewer exacerbations of the disease. Usually there is no change in the occurrence of attacks or the severity associated with being pregnant.
Immunomodulating therapy is not used during pregnancy but may be resumed shortly after delivery (3 months is recommended). These medications are not used during pregnancy because there is no conclusive evidence that they are safe to take during pregnancy.
The woman with MS should definitely have a pre-conception appointment with her gynecologist as well as to mention her intention to become pregnant with her neurologist.
Pregnancy is a very personal decision as well as a couple decision and careful thought should be given beforehand with any woman considering becoming pregnant but especially so when a woman has any long term medical condition.
Medical care is important for any pregnant woman but more so for women who have chronic diseases such as MS. It is important to monitor symptoms and for the woman to take good care of her including adequate exercise, good sleep patterns and proper nutrition.
There are several ways women with MS can take good care of their bodies during pregnancy. They can get adequate amounts of sleep. They can eat nutritious meals and snacks. They can start taking folic acid before becoming pregnant and continue taking a prenatal vitamin that contains folic acid throughout their pregnancy.
One dilemma any pregnant woman faces who has a chronic disease is that of continuing or changing treatment plans because of her pregnancy. She must go over with her doctor the medications she is taking for MS as well as any other medications to decide if any of them may be harmful to her developing fetus.
The risks must be weighted between the benefits of the medication against the harmful affects that the medication may have on the fetus. Some medications may not have any reliable statistics in which to make an informed decision regarding if they are harmful or not. In this case the doctor must provide any information and give the best medical recommendation possible.


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Something extraordinary happened in Israel this week . . .
Villagers and activists facing arrest for protesting the attempted demolition of Bedouin Palestinian dwellings at al-Khan al-Ahmar, West Bank, Oct 15, 2018. (photo: Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
. . . The Bedouins of al-Khan al-Ahmar halted the bulldozers.
By David Shulman | The New York Review of Books | Oct 26, 2018
Already it can be said that a small group of unarmed, ordinary human beings, appalled by the injustice about to be inflicted upon innocents and prepared to face reckless violence without flinching, have achieved a moral victory that cannot be measured in purely instrumental terms.
Something extraordinary has happened this week at the Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Khan al-Ahmar, on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem and adjacent to the main road going south toward Jericho and the Dead Sea. First, there is the remarkable fact that the village still exists — after months of waiting, day by day, for the bulldozers of the Israeli army to arrive to demolish it. But even more astonishing is the fact that, for several days, over a hundred activists — Palestinians, Israelis, and a few internationals — faced the heavily armed soldiers and the riot police, not known for their gentle ways, and triumphed, at least for the moment. The imminent demolition of the entire site and the violent expulsion of its inhabitants have now been postponed for some weeks, according to the Israeli cabinet's decision on October 21.
There is even a chance, however slight, that the Bedouins of al-Khan al-Ahmar will in the end be moved to a site only a few hundred yards from their present place, according to the plan that they themselves proposed, long ago, to the Israeli authorities, who rejected it at the time out of hand. Sometimes, it happens that a certain place, like this rocky hill, becomes a battleground between opposing value systems and opposing forces, each of which recognizes what is at stake. For the Israeli right, the Bedouins of al-Khan al-Ahmar are one of the last obstacles to a far-reaching annexationist program. They also have the incorrigible flaw of not being Jews in a Jewish state now run on exclusionary ethno-nationalist principles.
But the story really begins in 1953, when the Jahalin Bedouins were driven from their home in the Negev desert by soldiers of the newly formed state of Israel. The tribe wandered north into what was then Jordan—specifically, to the sandy hills and rocky wadis just to the east of Jerusalem. They were still there, living in tents and shepherding their sheep and goats, when Israel occupied the whole of the West Bank after the war in June 1967. At first, the Jahalin were left largely to their own devices. But with the establishment of the large Israeli settler suburb of Ma'ale Adumim in the mid-1970s, and later of the satellite settlements of Kfar Adumim (1979), Nofei Prat (1992), and Alon (1990), the Abu Dahouk branch of the Jahalin Bedouins lost access to most of their grazing grounds. They have been at the present site of al-Khan al-Ahmar, which sits mainly on land owned privately and leased to them by Palestinians from the nearby town of Anata, since the late 1970s, at least, as aerial photographs show. Even before that, my wife and I used to see them there every time we drove from Jerusalem to Jericho.
It's an ancient site — the name means the Red Caravanserai, because of the red stones coloring the hillsides — on the old pilgrimage route from Jerusalem to Mecca and close to the supposed setting of the New Testament tale of the Good Samaritan. The place is mentioned in the Book of Joshua. The monastery of the fifth-century ascetic St. Euthymius is just across the wadi. Like everywhere else in Israel-Palestine, al-Khan al-Ahmar is soaked in the sanctity of rival — or, at better times, complementary — religions. But what has happened there in recent years, under Israeli rule, reeks of sacrilege.
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Q: Concurrent DOM node modification in Chrome? I'm trying to recursively re-apply CSSStyleDeclaration objects to each node in my document's innerHTML. For example, if you call window.getComputedStyle(document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0]) on this page, there are about 650 different properties in the hash that gets returned. Let's say I had 1000 nodes in my document's innerHTML. As I loop through the innerHTML and apply the styles in each CSSStyleDeclaration hash, that is 650,000 calls to node.style.setProperty(key, value). However, by iterating through a loop, I'm doing each node one by one. Instead, it would be far more efficient to make 1000 calls to the DOM at once instead of doing this loop. Thing is, if this is possible in Chrome, I don't know how.
My suspicion is that Chrome has a GIL (for lack of a better word) on the entire DOM, but this may just be superstition. If not that, I'd assume the lock is on a node level. But again, total superstition. I'm operating in a factless environment on this one. If you have any pointers, I'd greatly appreciate it.

A: First of all, the DOM is specified as not being thread-safe, so there's very little chance that you'll be able to apply these properties concurrently. Besides, javascript is not parallel, so to perform these tasks in parallel, you'd have to use a WebWorker, which cannot access the DOM as it is, alas, not thread-safe.
Secondly, why don't you just create a stylesheet inside your document, and use insertRule to append a new, dynamically-created rule, and let the browser's rendering engine do the work for you?


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