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America's Top Blog Talkers from the Left and Right Ready to Rumble – Again! – on FOX News Radio
Kevin "The Close Call Kid" Ross and David "The Mouth from The South" McLaughlin will begin mixing it up on FOX News Radio bright and early tomorrow morning.
Kevin: So you might as well quit now, Mouth.
David: Now the REAL battle begins, Kid!
The Battle of the Blog Talkers winners will join FOX Across America host Spencer Hughes in co-hosting four live, hour-long editions of the national show through Friday, Oct. 24.
This special Election 2008 series gets under way at 8 a.m. ET, with Heading Right's Kevin coming to you from his hometown of Los Angeles, and Heading Left's David from his hometown of Rome, Ga.
Earlier this month, the talk titans beat out six other contestants in a week- long FOX News Radio tournament to determine Ameirca's best talkers from each side of the political spectrum.
Their victories (decided by listeners voting via mobile-text message and an online poll) were announced Oct. 13 by Spencer on Fox Across America, which hosted the historic debate series.
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America's Top Blog Talkers from the Left and Right Ready to Rumble – Again! – on FOX News Radio
America's Top Blog Talkers Rev Up for Special FOX Series by Swapping Co-Hosting Duties
In a move that does democracy proud, the winners of FOX News Radio's Battle of the Blog Talkers – Kevin "The Close Call Kid" Ross from the right and David "The Mouth from the South" McLaughlin from the left – are taking to each other's shows to remind their fellow Americans to "get out the vote."
Kevin: Get thee to a polling booth!
Kevin kicks off the show of unity tonight on BlogTalkRadio's The Kevin Ross Show at 11:30 p.m. ET as he welcomes David as his guest co-host. Then David does the same this Sunday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. ET on BlogTalkRadio's The Kudzu Vine.
The fact the neither blog talker champ fits his party's stereotype has not gone unnoticed.
"How ironic is it that I'm a black Republican from L.A. and David – a white guy from Georgia – is a Democrat?" Kevin tells us.
David: Exercise your right to vote!
"Don't forget that I'm a Baptist – and a football coach, to boot," quips David.
Kevin and David beat out six other BlogTalkRadio hosts in last week's weeklong FOX News Radio tournament to determine America's best talkers from each side of the political spectrum.
Their victories (decided by listeners voting via mobile-text message and an online poll) were announced Monday by FOX News Radio anchor Spencer Hughes on Fox Across America, which hosted the historic debate series.
But the war of words isn't over yet.
Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 21, David and Kevin will join Spencer in co-hosting four days of Election 2008 shows on FOX News Radio, from 8 to 9 a.m. ET. Stay tuned for details on that special series.
In the meantime, if you missed any of last week's blog-talk action, click here to download those shows now.
America's Top Blog Talkers Rev Up for Special FOX Series by Swapping Co-Hosting Duties
David and Kevin Capture America's Top Blog Talker Titles
It's The Mouth from the South and The Close Call Kid!
David: Our nation's No. 1 blog talker from the left.
Kevin: America's top blog talker from the right.
David McLaughlin of Rome, Ga., and Kevin Ross of Los Angeles have been crowned America's Best Blog Talkers for the left and right, re- spectively.
The BlogTalkRadio hosts beat out six other contest- ants in last week's Battle of the Blog Talkers – the weeklong FOX News Radio tournament to determine the best BlogTalkRadio talkers from each side of the political spectrum.
Their victories (decided by listeners voting via mobile-text message and an online poll) were announced today by FOX News Radio anchor Spencer Hughes on Fox Across America, which hosted the historic debate series.
Beginning Monday, October 20, David and Kevin will join Spencer in co-host- ing an entire week of Election 2008 shows on FOX News Radio, from 8 to 9 a.m. ET. Stay tuned for details on that special series.
Andrea Massacres Media Lizzy in Round 4 of Battle for America's Best Blog Talker
Call her The Space Coast Queen!
Andrea Shea King of Cape Canaveral, Fla., whipped Elizabeth "Media Lizzy" Blackney of Bend, Ore., in Round 4 of Battle of the Blog Talkers – the weeklong FOX News Radio tournament to determine America's best blog talkers from each side of the political spectrum.
Andrea: Florida force to be reckoned with.
The Radio Patriot blogger's victory (decided by listen- ers voting via mobile-text message and an online poll) was announced today by FOX News Radio anchor Spencer Hughes on Fox Across America, which is host- ing the historic debate series.
Today, Andrea is mixing it up with Round 2 winner, fellow Heading Right host Kevin Ross, while Julie Pippert tussles with fellow Heading Left host David McLaughlin.
The four finalists are being given three minutes each to deliver a monologue on what they feel is the single most pressing topic facing our nation today.
One winner from each faction – who will be revealed Monday on FOX Across America – will go on to co-host a full week of Election 2008 specials with Spencer, beginning October 20.
In the meantime, be sure to vote for your favorite contestants in today's finals of the competition by clicking here.
This entry was posted in BlogTalkRadio and tagged Andrea Shea King, Battle of the Blog Talkers, BlogTalkRadio, Elizabeth Blackney, FOX Across America, FOX News Radio, Julie Pippert, Kevin McLaughlin, Kevin Ross, Media Lizzy, Spencer Hughes on October 10, 2008 by blogtalkradio.
McLaughlin Bags Round 3 in Battle for America's Best Blog Talker
Call him The Mouth from the South!
David: Don't be fooled by his sweet demeanor.
David McLaughlin of Rome, Ga., destroyed Tom D'Antoni of Portland, Ore., in Round 3 of Battle of the Blog Talkers – the weeklong FOX News Radio tournament to determine the best BlogTalkRadio talkers from each side of the political spectrum.
The public-school teacher's victory (decided by listeners voting via mobile-text message and an online poll) was announced today by FOX News Radio anchor Spencer Hughes on FOX Across America, which is hosting the historic debate series.
The Heading Left hosts sparred over Tuesday's town-hall tussle between White House hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama.
Tomorrow, David mixes it up with Round 1 winner, fellow Heading Left host Julie Pippert, while Round 2 winner, Heading Right's Kevin Ross, scraps with the to-be-announced winner from Round 3.
One winner from each faction will go on to co-host a full week of Election 2008 specials with Spencer, beginning October 20.
In the meantime, be sure to vote for your favorite contestants in Round 4 of the competition by clicking here.
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Search for America's Top Blog Talker Heads into Final Stretch
Round 4 of Battle of the Blog Talkers – the weeklong FOX News Radio tournament to determine the best BlogTalkRadio talkers from each side of the political spectrum – gets under way today at 2 p.m. EDT, as Heading Right hosts Elizabeth Blackney of Bend, Ore., and Andrea Shea King of Cape Canaveral, Fla., lace up their gloves for a North- South brawl that's bound to get messy.
Andrea: Fixin' for a fight.
Lizzy: Lookin' to shake up the competiiton.
Their topic?
John McCain's new $300 billion mortgage-rescue plan.
Tomorrow, the competition's four finalists mix it up in a final battle royale for the Blog Talker crown.
In the meantime, be sure to vote for your favorite contestants by clicking here.
This entry was posted in BlogTalkRadio and tagged Andrea Shea King, Battle of the Blog Talkers, BlogTalkRadio, Elizabeth Blackney, FOX Across America, FOX News Radio, Media Lizzy, Spencer Hughes on October 9, 2008 by blogtalkradio.


Dr. Todd Statham recently arrived at UBCO in October 2016 to serve students and staff as the new Christian Reformed Campus Chaplain. Todd is a husband, father of three, and has been a pastor in Scotland, Missionary to Central Africa, and University lecturer in Germany. He loves to see how our minds' ideas, our hearts' desires, and all life's journeys are changed in encounter with Jesus and the Bible.


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Yahoo launches OneSearch; more local listings
By Anna Lagerkvist 02 May 2007
"Local information in one click"
The search results will show up local events and attractions with contact details and user ratings
Searching the internet using a mobile phone is usually a tedious, expensive experience. Often you might not even find what you're looking for. Yahoo wants to change all this with the UK launch of its new OneSearch mobile internet search service. It launches in 6 countries today, and specialises in targeted searches with a local angle.
Yahoo said OneSearch represents the second generation of mobile internet searches. "We have designed OneSearch especially with mobile users in mind - it's not just a copy of our web search," said Geraldine Wilson, vice president for Yahoo's Connected Life Europe division.
Annoyed users
"We saw that users were getting annoyed with search results that don't fit their screens, and the search engine not giving the results they were after. Yahoo OneSearch is the only mobile internet search facility intuitive to users' needs and which provides relevant, fast, localised results," Wilson said.
For example, instead of displaying a long list of links when you type in the word 'pizza', the service will display the names of relevant restaurants in the area you've specified. It'll also give distance information and contact details. Maps and driving instructions are displayed as well. Cinema listings, event details and traffic reports are to be added in the near future.
Yahoo is also working with mobile operators to arrange for the service to be pre-loaded onto handsets in the future, Wilson said.
The Yahoo OneSearch service currently works with more than 100 handsets, and more are to be added throughout the year. It works best with 3G/HSDPA, but even simpler WAP-enabled handsets will work just as well.
Yahoo has predicted that in 10 years more people will access the internet via their mobile rather than their PC.
A recent report estimated that out of two billion mobile phone users globally, 577 million used mobile internet in 2006. The Informa Telecoms & Media study predicted that this figure will almost triple to 1.45 billion globally in 2011.
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Are Investors Undervaluing Stewart Information Services (STC) Right Now?
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The proven Zacks Rank system focuses on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find winning stocks. Nevertheless, we know that our readers all have their own perspectives, so we are always looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong picks.
Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors use fundamental analysis and traditional valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are being undervalued by the market at large.
On top of the Zacks Rank, investors can also look at our innovative Style Scores system to find stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will want to focus on the "Value" category. Stocks with high Zacks Ranks and "A" grades for Value will be some of the highest-quality value stocks on the market today.
One company to watch right now is Stewart Information Services (
STC - Free Report) . STC is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), as well as an A grade for Value.
Another notable valuation metric for STC is its P/B ratio of 1. The P/B is a method of comparing a stock's market value to its book value, which is defined as total assets minus total liabilities. This stock's P/B looks solid versus its industry's average P/B of 1.18. STC's P/B has been as high as 1.77 and as low as 0.94, with a median of 1.41, over the past year.
Value investors also frequently use the P/S ratio. This metric is found by dividing a stock's price with the company's revenue. Some people prefer this metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement. This means it could be a truer performance indicator. STC has a P/S ratio of 0.4. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 0.93.
Finally, investors will want to recognize that STC has a P/CF ratio of 3.58. This data point considers a firm's operating cash flow and is frequently used to find companies that are undervalued when considering their solid cash outlook. STC's P/CF compares to its industry's average P/CF of 6.30. Within the past 12 months, STC's P/CF has been as high as 6.63 and as low as 3.37, with a median of 5.35.
If you're looking for another solid Insurance - Property and Casualty value stock, take a look at Tokio Marine (
TKOMY - Free Report) . TKOMY is a # 2 (Buy) stock with a Value score of A.
Shares of Tokio Marine are currently trading at a forward earnings multiple of 9.71 and a PEG ratio of 0.43 compared to its industry's P/E and PEG ratios of 26.26 and 2.26, respectively.
Over the last 12 months, TKOMY's P/E has been as high as 15.35, as low as 7.85, with a median of 11.82, and its PEG ratio has been as high as 0.52, as low as 0.43, with a median of 0.45.
Tokio Marine also has a P/B ratio of 1.09 compared to its industry's price-to-book ratio of 1.18. Over the past year, its P/B ratio has been as high as 1.23, as low as 0.90, with a median of 1.04.
These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Stewart Information Services and Tokio Marine are likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, STC and TKOMY feels like a great value stock at the moment.
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#OTD in 1939 – In one of the more intriguing episodes of World War II, German U-Boat 35 under the command of Kapitan Werner Lott disembarked 28 men at Dingle, Co Kerry from the Greek cargo ship Diamantis.
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1939 – In one of the more intriguing episodes of World War II, German U-Boat 35 under the command of Kapitan Werner Lott disembarked 28 men at Dingle, Co Kerry from the Greek cargo ship Diamantis.
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Amanda has spent much of her life struggling with the gift of being able to speak to spirits. After managing to put her talent to work for her in the form of writing articles for paranormal magazines across the country, she is hired by Anthony, a college professor who has just bought a Victorian brownstone in Boston. Sparks fly between the two, and Amanda agrees to help Anthony get to the bottom of the strange presence that he and his mother are detecting in their new home, but at what cost? Will it be her love or her life?


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New VR tool supports huge 10GB Revit models on Oculus Quest
Resolve from InsiteVR streams in data to get around the limitations of the popular self-contained headset
Resolve can be used to review massive BIM files in VR with distributed teams
'Resolve' is a new collaborative VR tool for AEC firms, designed to get around the model size limitations of the Oculus Quest wireless VR headset.
According to the developer, InsiteVR, Resolve's model loading engine is capable of opening complex building models with hundreds of millions of polygons. Customers with beta access have reported opening files as large as 1.6GB from Navisworks and 10GB from Revit.
Unlike other VR headsets, the Oculus Quest is completely self-contained, requires little setup, and does not need to be tethered to a workstation via a cable. However, the built-in processor is significantly less powerful than those used in 3D-accelerated workstations, so AEC firms have typically needed to manually section and simplify complex models.
Resolve's custom engine gets around this by taking an arbitrarily complex BIM model and 'programmatically rendering 'high detail content' in your field of view. The software does not rely on the Quest having a connection to a computer or video stream; instead it downloads the entire model into the headset's permanent storage (64GB or 128GB) and then streams the relevant parts of the model into memory (4GB), as required.
"We know construction site offices can sometimes have low bandwidth networks, so we wanted to make it resilient against this," says Angel Say, CEO of InsiteVR.
Resolve works by trying to render as much as it can, before the hardware limits of the Quest are reached. The software does allow a whole building to be viewed, but less detail will be seen. Say told AEC Magazine that in some cases the building shape itself may be so complex that it has to only render a specific area at a given time.
Say admits there is room for improvement and the next phase of the development is in enhancing the quality of the "afar experience." "We do have a dollhouse mode which lets you get an overview of the model and loads in detail depending on what you're looking at. It's a bit like exploring Google Earth or maps," he says.
Dollhouse mode allows teams to get an overview of a model
In terms of functionality, Resolve provides a collaborative virtual environment for teams to review and interact with building models at full scale – with a view to decreasing the number of expensive errors on site and late stage changes.
Resolve provides teams meeting in VR with a suite of tools including logging issues via speech-to-text, measuring, sketching, and inspecting BIM properties. The software is heavily focused on the Oculus Quest but there is also a PC companion app to see what others are seeing in VR.
Resolve connects directly to Autodesk's Construction Cloud, so teams can bring model data into VR and sync issues. It can be used to review Revit, Navisworks, and 70 other file formats supported by BIM 360 Docs.
Resolve is available in early access. Project teams interested in trying the VR software can request access here.
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Kristina and Kris came all the way from Michigan to good ol' Nashville for their wedding. They loved Broadway and the country music vibe, so we spent some time roaming the streets before their vows. These two are a fun-loving couple and were so kind and trusting of us. We truly enjoyed their day and capturing these special images for them. From the stories we heard, Kristina and Kris are full of life and laughter, and their family is near and dear to their hearts. We began the day on West End and Centennial Park and then strolled through Broadway for some real live action, then made our way to Maggiano's Little Italy for their ceremony and reception. Though the forecast was predicting some scary storms, somehow the rain held off and only the wind showed up. These guys were rockstars who didn't complain once and we have great results to show for their patience and ability to roll with the punches. (We know that trait will serve them well in life and in marriage!) Here's a snippet of their wonderful wedding day in Nash-vegas.


Two people, believed to be former US soldiers, have been arrested at Shannon Airport following a security breach this morning.
It is understood the pair had breached the airport perimeter in an attempt to reach a civilian aircraft used to transport troops for the US military. The Omni Air International jet was parked at the terminal building at the time.
The pair, who did not reach the aircraft, were spotted at around 10.30am by gardaí and Airport Police officers. They were quickly detained and taken to Shannon garda station for questioning.
Just one arriving flight was delayed for a time following the security incident. The inbound cargo flight was placed in a holding pattern for a short time before being cleared to land about 40 minutes after the breach was detected.
Operations at Shannon were otherwise unaffected by the breach.
A Garda spokesman confirmed that two people have been arrested and are being questioned at Shannon Garda station.
The two are believed to be part of a group called US Veterans for Peace who are visiting Ireland giving talks and highlighting their opposition to the use of Shannon Airport as a refuelling stop for US military flights.


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Abdinor Dahir is an Assistant Researcher at TRT World Research Center, and Project Coordinator for the TRT World Citizen initiative. Prior to joining TRT World, Abdinor was a Ship Chartering Executive at Negmar Denizcilik Yatirim A.S in Istanbul, and a permanent Secretary at Faculty of Management Sciences at SIMAD University in Somalia. He has MBA and M.A in Political Science from Sakarya University. His research focuses on foreign policy, development aid, African governance and geopolitics.
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Scotline has taken up an option for a second newbuild with the Royal Bodewes Group.
The original contract for a 4,785DWT containership, was announced in March.
The vessels will have a length of 89.98 metres, a beam of 15.2 metres and a maximum sailing draught of 5.68 metres.
Scot Explorer will be powered by an MaK engine.
The vessel is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2019.


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QUAGGA CATSHARK
You will recognize the pattern on this shark
The Quagga catshark (Halaelurus quagga) is a species of catshark belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae. It is a small and slim-bodied shark that has a distinctive color pattern of narrow, dark brown vertical bars, which resemble those of the quagga. Its head is short and flattened, with a pointed snout tip that is not upturned. Little is known of the Quagga catshark's natural history, as it is known only from nine specimens caught off southwestern India and eastern Somalia.
Genus: Halaelurus
Species: quagga
Genus– Halaelurus
Species– quagga
Average Size and Length: The egg cases measure 3.8–4.0 cm/1.5–1.6 inches. Hatchlings have been recorded at 8 cm/3.1 inches. Adult males have been recorded between 28-35 cm/11 inches-1.1 feet. The maximum recorded was 35 cm/1.1 feet, with possibilities of up to 37 cm/1.2 feet.
Current Rare Mythical Sightings: The first specimen of the Quagga catshark was a 27 cm/10.6 inches long adult male collected by the paddle steamer RIMS Investigator from a depth of 187 m/614 feet off the Malabar Coast of India. It was described by British naturalist Alfred William Alcock in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Deep-sea Fishes in the Indian Museum, published in 1899. He assigned the new species to the genus Scyllium, a synonym of Scyliorhinus, and named it after the quagga (Equus quagga quagga) because of their similar color patterns. Later authors moved this species to the genus Halaelurus.
Only nine Quagga catshark specimens have been recorded. In addition to Alcock's type specimen, four males were trawled from off the eastern Somali coast by the research ship RV Anton Bruun in 1964. Four more individuals, two male and two females, were found amongst the contents of commercial fishing trawls conducted off Quilon, India in 2010.
Teeth and Jaw: The mouth is large and curved, with the upper teeth exposed when closed. There are short furrows at the corners of the mouth. The jaws contain 26–28 upper and 27 lower tooth rows on each side. There are three tooth rows at the upper symphysis and one row at the lower. The teeth have three cusps.
Head: The head is short and flattened. The snout is pointed but not upturned. The anterior rims of the nostrils have triangular flaps of skin. The small, horizontally oval eyes are placed high on the head and have nictitating membranes. The eyes are raised above the head, with tiny spiracles behind them. The eyes in adults are 12–13 times in distance from snout to first dorsal origin. The gills are on the upper surface of the head above the mouth, but below and behind the eyes. The fifth pair is the smallest.
Denticles: The thick skin is covered by dermal denticles, which have arrowhead-shaped crowns with a central ridge and three posterior teeth.
Tail: The caudal fin has a small but discernible lower lobe and a large upper lobe with a notch in its trailing margin.
Demographic, Distribution, Habitat, Environment and Range: The Quagga catshark can be found in the Indian Ocean in the Laccadive Sea, in Somalia, and India (15°N – 8°N, 74°E – 76°E). They can be found offshore on the continental shelf on or near the bottom between 177-610 feet, but possibly 722 feet or more. The Indian sharks were caught between the depths of 295-722 feet or possibly 919 feet while the Somalian sharks were caught at depths of 194-230 feet. They are considered demersal.
Diet: Shrimp that live deep.
Aesthetic Identification: The Quagga catshark is light brown above with more than 20 dark brown narrow vertical bars, the pairs of bars forming saddles are only under the dorsal fins. The ventral side is lighter. There are no spots. It is a small, firm, and slim-bodied shark. The moderately large and rounded pectoral fins are positioned fairly close to the pelvic fins. The first dorsal fin is placed just behind the pelvic fin bases, while the larger second dorsal fin is placed just behind the anal fin. The anal fin is larger than the second dorsal fin and comparable in size to the pelvic fins. Adult males have thin, tapering claspers with a denticle-covered knob on the outer side near the tip.
Biology and Reproduction: They are oviparous. There is a possible record of a female containing eight eggs divided evenly between two oviducts, that were enclosed in brown egg cases with long tendrils at the corners.
Behavioral Traits, Sensing and Intelligence: Unknown.
Quagga Catshark Future and Conservation: There is not enough data to evaluate. They are not of importance to fisheries, but have been caught incidentally by bottom trawlers and other types of fishing. Its range is heavily fished.
Quagga Catshark Recorded Attacks on Humans: Not a threat to humans.


At the recent Yext Offsite, I gave a deep-dive on CompletableFutures and their ability to maintain the semantics of an algorithm while 'mixing in' asynchrony. This makes the transition from sync to async intuitive and clean.
One question that inevitably pops up is "Why bother making your interface asynchronous, since the thing that implements that interface will have to block anyway?" This blog post answers that question.
We unblocked one thread but blocked another.
Net result: same number of blocked threads. Right?
Let's extend our above example. Say that now, instead of one HTTP operation, we need to do two.
We just add the new code, and it runs in parallel.
Now this function takes twice as long as it needs to.
This situation comes up all the time. Just look at any non-trivial web service – how many parallelizable operations does a typical request handler do in sequence?
Going async-first allows developers to fall into the pit of success when it comes to parallelism.
UI Thread – If you are working on a client application with a UI, such as iOS or Android, the UI thread is very special. If you block it, the UI will stop updating and become unresponsive to user input.
Message Handlers – If you block a message handler thread (responding to updates from RabbitMQ), you prevent further messages from being processed.
RPC Handlers – If you block an RPC request handler thread, you prevent further requests from being handled.
You should be seeing a pattern here. Threads and thread pools generally have a purpose. Unless it's the common fork/join pool.
If you're intentionally rate-limiting requests, then do so, but rate-limiting implicitly by blocking handler threads is a bad way to do it. It confuses limitations.
The limitation on number of RabbitMQ messages that can be handled concurrently is not equivalent to the limit of outgoing HTTP requests that a single server should be doing concurrently. So why are you running HTTP requests on the RabbitMQ thread pool? Better let some shared HTTP library handle that, so it can impose whatever limit there is on HTTP requests.
Did you know: you can have asynchrony without threads?
If you use nio, such as AsynchronousFileChannel, Java will use OS primitives to do the I/O efficiently. Threads are still involved, but very special purpose-built threads, like I/O Completion Ports on Windows.
We were able to make this change completely transparently because our asynchronous interface abstracts over the mechanism of asynchrony. If we left it to the client to schedule the request on a thread pool, we would have had to update every caller.
In Java, CompletableFuture allows you to tie together diverse asynchronous operations. It doesn't matter how each producer implements its asynchrony, it's the same interface to the caller.
The previous two points imply this one, but let's underscore it.
If you are a programmer that wants to make an asynchronous HTTP request, the user of this functionality, you don't know what you're doing. And it's not your responsibility to know.
Do you use a thread pool and a blocking Stream, or nio and a Channel? How many requests are okay to do in parallel? What about requests happening concurrently in other parts of the system? Maybe you can rate limit your use case, but what if some completely separate daemon is making an additional n requests per second?
As the user, the one who just wants to do some useful operation with the result of an HTTP call, it is almost certainly not in your domain to answer these questions. Leave it to the provider of the HTTP service.
Even if their solution is to create exactly the same thread pool you would create as the naive user-side solution, it's better to leave that decision to the one most capable of making it.


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Cybercrime and other forms of economic crime are hitting companies in all sectors of industry, but telecommunications and IT companies appear to be among the most targeted, according to a survey released by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).
In its Global Economic Crime Survey 2003, PwC said that 47 percent of telecommunications and 46 percent of IT companies surveyed reported suffering from economic crimes, figures only exceeded by the banking and insurance industries. The survey covered 3,623 companies from all industry sectors in 50 countries.
"Due to their regulation, those companies have usually developed more sophisticated control and compliance systems," PwC said in the report. "The higher reported levels of fraud in those sectors partly reflect higher sensitivity to -- and detection of -- economic crime."
While asset misappropriation, or theft, was the biggest reported category, 15 percent of the companies surveyed reported suffering losses from cybercrime. The average loss to cybercrime among the companies was US$812,000, but over two-thirds of the companies said they could not put an accurate figure on how much cybercrime had cost them.
"A failure to tackle -- or at least manage the risk of -- economic crime effectively can store up long-term operational problems for any enterprise," PwC said in the report.
The companies surveyed said that cybercrime was one of their biggest fears in the future, with 31 percent of companies saying it represented their biggest risk of financial loss over the next five years.
"Whilst the effects of cybercrime can be extremely severe for those companies targeted, it appears that many cyber criminals are extremely selective in their targets," PwC said. "Companies that have not yet been made a target may be breathing a premature sigh of relief."


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Avalon will revitalize midcentury landmark in Uptown Phoenix
Commercial Real Estate | 13 Jan | AZRE
Most recently known as the temporary home of Mary Coyle's Ol' Fashioned Ice Cream, which just re-opened earlier this week, the 1950's era strip center located at 5827 N. 7th St. in Phoenix was a distressed retail space in this otherwise hot stretch of 7th Street. Surrounded by trendy restaurants such as Mora Italian, Otro Café and The Yard, this anonymous building was quietly sold and scraped this fall. Except, that is, for the soaring, U-shaped street-front monument sign, which will be delicately restored and re-lighted in all its stylized midcentury modern glory and serve as a beacon for the all-new high standard AAA Auto Repair Center.
Now under construction on 7th Street just south of Bethany Home Road, this 9,150-sq.ft. AAA Auto Center featuring a 12-car service garage was specifically designed to fit seamlessly in with the existing neighborhood. "It was important that we honor the unique vernacular of the neighborhood while constructing a modern building with premier amenities that could serve this neighborhood for decades to come," says Scott Whittington, Principal of Scottsdale-based Avalon Development. Founded more than two decades ago as a regional commercial real estate development firm, Avalon specializes in high-quality retail, office and manufacturing projects for high-profile clients such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, AutoZone, Raising Cane's and Starbucks.
Previously designated as a P.A.D. (planned area of development) by the City of Phoenix, Whittington discovered the dangerously dated structures, which had been broken into and were being used as illegal shelters, were not worth saving. However, Avalon was committed to creating a new neighborhood landmark, one that fit seamlessly into its Uptown Phoenix surroundings, including the I.B.E.W. Local 640 building by the iconic Arizona modernist, Al Beadle, located just across the street.
Turning to Vertical Design Studios in Phoenix, architect and designer, Justin Gregonis says, "We wanted to create a mid-century-modern building to fit in line with the historic neighborhood. We used simple materials and form so it will stand out as a simple, clean building."
Most important, Scott Whittington says, "The original monument sign will remain, and be fully restored, as it is true to the heart of this neighborhood."
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Liverpool endured a lethargic, horrible Monday evening at the Liberty Stadium last night, which effectively ruined our brilliant work a week ago at Anfield against Manchester City.
Jurgen Klopp's side, the strongest available to him, lost 1-0, despite dominating possession and chance count.
Towards the end of the game, Klopp turned around and had an argument with a Swansea fan, with a steward getting in the way to stop it going any further.
The German claimed he'd been goaded all game and couldn't help himself, with his team playing so poorly.
"He was shouting at me all the time. Sorry, I reacted one time, I remind myself I am a human being and not a professional manager who takes that all the time and they can say whatever they want," Liverpool's boss told his post-match press conference, cited in the Metro.
"At one point, I said 'please'. He felt quite good because nobody can do anything. He is in a good position. I'm sure I'm not the first manager. I think he's a season-ticket holder.
We're not sure there should be anything too much more to say on the incident, in all honesty.
Klopp and his Liverpool side now need to dust themselves down for the West Brom FA Cup game next Saturday.
Remember, the last time we endured a disappointing loss, we went on an 18 game unbeaten streak.


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Us For All Women is a project that explores the idea of the female body as a confrontational space. It creates a community of women collaborating to challenge recent conservative actions of the State to repress and diminish women's reproductive rights in Brazil.
Even though it focuses on the debate around illegal abortions in that country, this is a project that aims to reach women around the world who have their bodies submitted by governmental rules.
The first phase of the project was done during the Despina Art Residency, in Rio de Janeiro and it was exhibited at Largo das Artes/ Despina on June 2016.
The titles of the images refer to the year in which those women somehow experienced an illegal abortion. The phrases that follow as captions were said during the interviews that I've done with them or are personal observations of our encounter.
This project has been publish by Carved Voices, Fearless Femme and Boshemia magazines as well the Cosmopolita Media blog. It was exhibited as an installation at Hidden Door Festival in Edinburgh and as part of photography exhibitions in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie (France), Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam and London.
The completion of this project was possible thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign in August 2017.
In December 2018 I have created another crowdfunding campaign to transform this project into a book: www.igg.me/at/ftloaw
If successful, the book will be published by Break the Habit Press on International Women's Day 2019.
To see most images and testimonials of this project, please visit www.camilacavalcante.com/usforall
Us For All in 2005:
"You face judgement from other people, all the way. On the journey that I have been through, I did not find a single person who understood me, no one gave me support through the situation."
When she told her partner about the pregnancy and asked for help, he said that it was not his problem.
Us For All in 2011-2:
"I left without knowing if I would ever return or how it would be. I was not able to tell anyone about it and hoped that no one would look for me in those days."
She believes that abortion should be considered a woman's right today more than ever. Not just because she experienced it, but because she knows that there are many more anonymous women around.
"It is a woman's right. It is the expression of her autonomy to claim uncompromising power over her own body and destiny. It is the overcoming of motherhood as a biological destiny".
She is used to talking to crowds about women's rights, but she can never talk about her own experience of the subject.
"The doctor looked at me with disapproval and disbelief. I was very anxious. She started to accuse me before she even examined me. When I laid on the hospital bed I was already weeping."
The three female doctors that dealt with her case were hypercritical and hostile, even when her life was clearly at serious risk. One of the doctors, with a crucifix as a necklace, actually threatened to report her.
"I am not a religious person, therefore my perception of life includes multiple determinations, it is not just biological. I cannot see this as taking a life away or stopping the birth of a living being. For me, life involves many other questions: social relations, conditions to exist, emotional relations, etc. To live is different than just to exist."
In her opinion, the law won't change reality, in terms of the religious influence on our society. Changing the law, however, would have a big symbolic weight to change the way we see abortion.
"When the nurse looked at me, I felt all the weight and judgment a woman can experience for making this decision without the support of the law or public health."
The resentment she feels against the handling of her experience in the hospital is very strong specially because it came from another woman.
"You cannot go through this unscathed. It's about responsibility, but not only our own, it's society's responsibility. We empower ourselves to demand the right
to a choice, but this is something that needs to be discussed collectively. It cannot be something exclusively ours anymore. There's too much pain, too much sadness."
People make choices and suffer the consequences of those choices all the time in life, but for her, the most important things in those moments are information, responsibility and support.
"I don't know how to explain. I don't feel ashamed, I don't feel guilty. I feel that there is a gap, if I think of it in the spiritual sense."
She asked for the support of her family and partner, but the only ones who helped her were a few friends. This experience showed her how illegal abortions put women in a position of physical and psychological vulnerability.
"My choices were either to have a baby alone again while he would be a father when it's convenient, because he was not ready to change his life style, or not to have a baby. But what a wanted was to have a baby with him."
They wanted to have a baby together, but when it happened, he was not ready to be a father and didn't want to continue the relationship.
"We don't get pregnant every two minutes, it's not like that. There are contraceptive methods around; people do not get pregnant necessarily because they want to. The circumstances are different for each person."
She thinks that the number of abortions in Brazil is that big because it is mostly illegal.
Us For All Women is a project...
© Camila Cavalcante


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Mexican border crisis: A deliberate sabotage of our sovereignty. The traitors behind it need to be swinging from the gallows
Today, it began... National Day of Protesting Against Immigration Reform Amnesty & Border Surge . Across the country, some 300 organized protests took place. Canine Bailey and I attended one such rally at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. There's nothing delusional about border security. Those who think there should be no border security should think the same thing about their home security and remove their door and window locks.
Border Patrol agents should spin these invaders around and escort them right back into Mexico. Perhaps, Mexico will stop assisting them north, if they have to be accountable for part of this mess. Then there are those that want to send these illegal aliens to the White House: We demand Obama and Congress take responsibility for the unprecedented influx of so-called "unaccompanied minors" streaming across the border. Isn't the awful stench on Pennsylvania Ave. bad enough? More
See how the unions want to protect your jobs... Calling them "aspiring American workers," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka launched a petition Wednesday calling on President Obama to bypass Congress on the current immigration surge and to instead use his executive authority to aid the people flooding the southwestern U.S. Border. More
Latino hero and the father of the modern labor movement, Cesar Chavez protested and marched against illegal immigration because he knew that it would take jobs and drive down wages for American workers.
Residing in the Southwest and being concerned of your local situation may lead you on a path of awareness. Your complaints to authorities will likely be delivered to those who have last names that might suggest "dual allegiances". Where exactly do Commissioner Gonzalez, Alderman Rodriguez, Mayor Garcia, police chief Agulara, et al stand on the illegal immigration issue? More
Illegal alien crisis: MS-13 recruiting youngsters at U.S. shelters
MS-13 is a feared gang of mostly Central American illegal aliens that has "cliques" in at least 42 states, according to law enforcement, It is involved in organized crime enterprises that includes drug distribution, murder, robbery, home invasions, kidnappings and other violent crimes. The Justice Department's National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) claims that Latino street gangs like the MS-13 are responsible for the majority of violent crimes in the U.S. and are the primary distributors of most illicit drugs. Full Article Gang members discovered at Nogales holding center: Video
Brave people, defying gag orders are risking their jobs and freedom to warn us of the killers being welcomed by Obama regime. This is clearly an open war on White America.
The Obama administration received a huge sum of bailout money 6 years ago. Instead of spending it to strengthen our borders, he gave handouts to banks that were supposedly too big to fail, General Motors, and a multitude of (no so) shovel ready construction projects, across our nation.
The Stimulus package (American Recovery and Investment Act) provided $831 billion dollars. A portion of that was for "shovel ready jobs" in order to get the economy rolling again. How many projects were started, how many jobs were created, where did the money go?
Gov. Perry: We Need To Secure Border With A 'Show Of Force'
"The administration has historically had them back 40 to 50 miles in the apprehension business. I'm interested in the prevention business," Perry told Fox News. "We ought to be stopping people from crossing the border, not apprehending them after they get inland." Full Article
Obama is not only asking for $4 billion for this illegal alien crises, hes asking for billions more to provide "shovel ready jobs" once again. Obama should not receive another dime, until he secures our borders. If 50,000 children successfully penetrated our border, terrorists face no resistance doing the same. Think about that. Protecting our borders must always be a top national priority.
As for gated communities with armed guards, these did little to protect Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from the guillotine, once the starving peasants rioted and stormed Versailles, with torches and pitchforks. When the mob is headed drown the driveway, with blood-lust in their eyes, the armed guards quickly abandon their posts and leave the wealthy to their fate.
The Scorpion and the Frog, by Dr. William Pierce... "But most fundamentally the Jew, like the scorpion and every other creature, does what it is in his nature to do. He has always lived not by settling down on a piece of turf of his own and planting his own crops and building his own house, but rather by breaking into someone else's house. And once in he doesn't try to repair the damage he did by breaking in, but he continues to cause more and more damage as he loots everything of value and then, when there is nothing of value remaining, finding another house to break into — and then another — and another. That is his nature." Audio
"From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands." Acts 17:26
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Labels: Arizona, Border Patrol, border security, illegal aliens, immigration, Phoenix, Stimulus Bill
National Socialist Movement Call to Action: Nationwide Illegal Immigration Protests
Greetings NSM members, supporters, and fellow patriots,
This is a Nationwide call to action for this week against the unrelenting, and criminal tide of illegal immigration. As all of you are already well aware, the NSM has been on the front lines for many years in the fight against illegal immigration. The NSM has been the tip of the spear in Border Patrols in the American Southwest for years now, and continues those operations, to this day.
We have been in the streets, Nationwide protesting amnesty for illegals, the illegal immigrant (so-called) freedom rides, and have consistently called for securing American borders and embracing of an America First policy in Government to bring back our Nation from the brink.
Our elected officials, here in America, often ignore the will of the people, whom they claim to represent, at even the highest levels of elected office some of these career politicians say that anyone and everyone who wants to come and live in the USA should be able to do so, apparently even if they do so illegally. Our economy is still in shambles, and the influx of illegal aliens and those who aid them in their mission are crippling our economy. No one can deny these facts! The NSM has been saying this for years now, therefore I am preaching to the choir with this message.
The good news is this, the mainstream, Joe Citizen/average every day American, of all Races, backgrounds, religions, and creeds are finally awakening to heed the warnings we have been sounding for a long time. In Murrieta, CA. a few days ago the U.S. federal government attempted to bus in busloads of illegal aliens and the buses were turned away by American citizens protesting. Today as this call to action is being written protesters in Arizona will stand against a similar scenario.
This is a call to action for the NSM! We have faced off against the enemies of our Nation and those who hate freedom of speech all over this Nation, from the riots in Toledo and Phoenix, to Los Angeles, to Marching on DC, to fighting communists in the streets of New Jersey and countless other cities all over this Nation. This week offers and opportunity for NSM affiliates all over this Nation, not just in the Southwest but yes Nationwide to be actively participate in 2 days of activism.
If you cannot make one day due to work or schedule, do the other. We are not the sponsors of this event, therefore, we do not suggest you bring NSM flags and gearing up in that manner. Attend these events in your area as concerned American Patriots. Grab your business cards or fliers, so you can do some networking, but be respectful of the fact that it is not our event, and we are just backing these events up with muscle and experience, taking our America first message and street actions to the forefront is what we do best, and this is an important call to action. Here is a list of Protest Locations around the Nation: Link
Disclaimer: The NSM is not officially endorsing the organizers of this event, nor do we claim any affiliation with them, or whatever their specific political agenda may or may not be. Send in your after action reports and any pictures to NSM HQ after the events and thank you in advance for your participation in this noble effort.
Commander Jeff Schoep/ National Socialist Movement
ARIZONA UPDATE: Buses that were scheduled to bring about 60 unaccompanied children from Central America will not be arriving in Oracle today as previously scheduled. Dozens of demonstrators on both sides of the illegal immigrant children issue lined the road leading into Oracle: More
Sheila 'dumb as a bag of hammers' Jackson Lee declared border under control; even MSNBC couldn't save her... "I think our border, with now 21,000 border patrol agents, is under control." That was Jackson Lee's jaw dropping assessment of the immigration situation Thursday in an interview that even the Democrat-friendly confines of MSNBC couldn't quite salvage. More Jackson gives James "Guam may sink" Clyburn a good run for the money.
If you thought that was stupid, we have plenty more to go around... House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says illegal immigrant children would "just stand at the fence" if the federal government built the double-layered fence required under the 2006 Secure Fence Act. More
Hold on partner! The stupid parade is still in progress. Would you like to see more? "The border is secure," Gutierrez said on CBS' Face the Nation. "The fact is, the children are handing themselves over to the Border Patrol Agents, and under our laws, they must be treated." More
Harry Reid proclaims, "The border is secure." Reid says that, as a Senator from a border state, Heinrich's claims should be enough validation for all of us to not believe our own lying eyes and just accept what we are being told. More
Anyone who makes the claim that amnesty will end the border crisis is truly insane. Any elected leader who makes that claim is unfit for political office. Arizona Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, have written a proposal this month for stopping the surge of children. Their plan includes changing a 2008 human trafficking law and granting the administration quick deportation powers. More
The most transparent government in the history of our nation... "All this was done in secrecy and that's where a lot of people are upset," Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said Tuesday. "My concern (is) where's the federal government? Why are they not here? Why did they not hold a town hall to answer some of these questions?"
Protest Times and Locations for July 18-19 National Protests Against Amnesty Link
Labels: Arizona, border security, illegal aliens, immigration, National Socialists, NSM
White Man's Law: "llegal son sus leyes"/Illegal are your laws... "Y por eso no me voy"/And that's why I'm not leaving...
We all know that Arizona can play absolutely no role in the immigration debate. The court rulings that have come down the pike, over the past few years, clearly spell that out. We can't even deny illegal aliens a driver's license, without the intervention of the Ninth Circuit court. On that note, I'd like to announce that our patrol activities have not gone unnoticed. Our trail camera project in the Barry M. Goldwater Range has found its' way to Breitbart Texas. Please follow the link, posted below.
A country's loss of its sovereignty is frequently accompanied by great violence, so we should all be concerned... Many Americans are deeply disturbed by the "situation." They resent the expenditure of resources and the appropriation of facilities for the detention of the minors. They fear the public health consequences of their dispersion, with reports reliably indicating, despite attempts to suppress the information, the presence of tuberculosis and other unwelcome conditions among them. They also suspect that the president of the United States supports the situation. More
These people are illiterate in their own language, are uneducated and will never contribute to our society. We cannot afford these people. The idea of legal immigration is to make citizens of people who contribute to society, learn our language and assimilate with Americans, making our country stronger. We are going in the wrong direction. Never has our country been so weak and it's getting weaker with every illegal alien, who crosses our border.
Arizona Military Testing Range a Hotbed of Border Smuggling Activity
Harry Hughes is a local resident who has been privately patrolling the BMGR area for four years. Hughes, like most of the general public, can access certain approved areas of the Range by going through a standard process directed by Luke Air Force Base. He has helped install several outdoor trail cameras near the Range in the last two years, and has personally witnessed evidence of considerable human traffic on the BMGR itself: backpacks, pieces of burlap, empty water bottles, foodstuffs, and tires. Full Article
The infamous Mexican "Death Train" – also called "La Bestia"... The Beast is owned and run by a Mexican wholly owned subsidiary of Kansas City Southern, a U.S. train company that acquired the Mexican equipment and routes in 2005 to create a "NAFTA Railroad" that was intended to fit into a multi-modal transportation technology so Chinese companies could deliver products into the heartland of the United States as an alternative to utilizing the West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. More
The Department of Homeland Security website publishes a list of restrictions and prohibitions on aliens wishing to enter the United States. Among those barred are people with "a communicable disease of public health significance." From various media reports it appears some of those flooding our southern border have, or are suspected of having, such diseases. More
Obama Administration Allowing ADULT Illegal Aliens To Infiltrate High Schools
Aside from spreading disease and lice, citizens are now having to worry about their own children coming into direct contact with these illegals – as their own classmates... "Some of them have had gray hair and they're telling you that they're 17 years old and they have no documentation," Jamie Cerulli, the Lynn mayor's chief of staff, tells NRO. "If my children went to the public schools, I'd be very uncomfortable with all of these unaccompanied minors [that] are placed in the ninth grade." Full Article
As most thinking people know, "The chicken hawks go where the chickens are." Every vile form of subhuman pervert, pedophile and child rapist that pours over our border could easily find a way to YOUR children in your local school. Just here for a better life? Border Agent: 'We're Not Catching Criminals, Rapists, Murderers, Terrorists' Because of 'Child Surge Video
The reality is that our Border Patrol is doing nothing other than collecting up the illegals, transporting them to receive their documents and support authorizations and going back for another load. That is not an effort at containment. That is facilitating. If our government wanted to eliminate the problem, it would already be gone.
UC Professor: Immigration Influx is About 'Re-education' of Society
Hamamoto warns that the influx of illegal immigrants into the U.S. and by extension into the college education system is part of a deliberate plot, "to exclude the American middle class from a UC education and create a new demographic of largely immigrant or foreign national undergraduate population that can be re-educated from the ground up and controlled much more readily." Full Article
I thought Barack Obama said something about wanting to attract the "best and brightest" people to come here and earn a living? Instead, he's given the green light for a bunch of government dependent, no skill leeches to ride the government gravy train on the backs of U.S. citizens. Unfit to lead. Video
"Countless people … will hate the new world order … and will die protesting against it." — H.G. Wells, The New World Order, 1940
Labels: Arizona, Barry Goldwater Range, Border Patrol, border security, Department of Homeland Security, human smuggling, illegal aliens, immigration, Interstate 8, Pinal County
Are you A traitor? Any federal agent that values his job, more than his country, is on the wrong side of the line
PATROL UPDATE: For the last few days, Bailey and I (w/associates) have been busy. We came across plenty of ATV tracks and are attempting to locate ("ATL") the local spotter and his resupply stash. Thus far, we have seen ZERO LEO's (Law Enforcement Officers) in the area of operation ("AO"). It goes without saying, the drug and human smugglers have a "free pass" in this vicinity. It appears that the rumors of the Border Patrol being pulled off the line are true. We didn't find any bad guys, but some cartel resupply was decommissioned.
Communicable diseases among these invaders: We have tens of thousands of kids, teens and young adults being dumped into the heartland of the United States, without adequate medical screening. Many of these people are sick. Attorney General, Eric Holder says that states MUST enroll illegal aliens in their schools. Are we going to see smallpox, polio, measles and Tuberculosis outbreaks across the country after September, when classes resume? This madness must be stopped.
It's sad to say, but "conservatives" will pointlessly try and argue that they are not racist. "Racism" is strength. That's why these Mestizos continue to enjoy the upper hand, because they are attacking the American right, openly as racial enemies, all while conservatives pretend to be decent and "not racist."
Crane Brinton, in his 1960 edition of "The Anatomy of Revolution" included this preface: "There has been a revolution in the English speaking world every two centuries or less for the last thousand years, with a total over throw of the political system and a complete redistribution of political power, always accompanied by violence or the threat of violence and usually accompanied by massive violence."
ISTOOK: Flying illegals home would be 99.5 percent cheaper than Obama's plan
Instead, we could fly all of them home for one-half of 1 percent of the $3.8 billion that President Obama proposes we spend. That's a savings of 99.5 percent! Most of his proposal is to pay living expenses. At the unofficial reported cost of $250 per person per day... Full Article
On Tuesday's "Your World with Neil Cavuto" on the Fox News Channel, Pinal County, AZ Sheriff Paul Babeu reported that the federal government has released criminal illegal aliens into his community and that his officers have arrested individuals who have already been deported 10 or 15 times. He said "[the federal government] has released dangerous violent criminals right in my county and they refuse to give me the names of these criminals... More
A recent memo leaked from the Department of Homeland Security indicates that public assertions made recently by the administration have been a little less than honest... OTM UCs are issued a Notice to Appear and not immediately removed from the United States. Last year, only 1,700 UCs were repatriated to their home countries." The report also clarifies the statement: HSI-Intel assesses with high confidence that reunification with family members already in the United States continues to be a pull factor for UCs from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
No single factor causes OTM UC migration to the United States. Rather, several factors combine to cause this, including poor economies and violence in home countries, potential employment opportunities in the United States, family reunification, and success at not being immediately repatriated drive OTM UC migration to the United States. More
Subject: Media Tour of Fort Sill, Oklahoma Temporary Shelter... Congressman Jim Bridenstine is encouraging members of the media to reject the limitations proposed by HHS. "The idea of no recording devices, no questions, and no interactions is not acceptable. This violates the 1st Amendment. This is not transparent. HHS is trying to muzzle the media and hide the human tragedy that has resulted directly from the administration's failure to enforce the law." More
Any federal agent that values his job, more than his country, is on the wrong side of the line and should also be held fully accountable. If the feral goons with badges block these protestors and don't turn these illegals around, then they are just as guilty as the politicians that gave this who cluster foxtrot the green light. The Marxists will have complete control of the country, when amnesty and the right to vote is given to illegal aliens. That will translate to a total revision of the U.S. Constitution to make the government, of the government, by the government, for the government perfectly legal.
Mexico made deal to send more illegal aliens to the U.S.
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New regulations are in place to clarify and toughen the consequences of drinking and drug affected driving in British Columbia, strengthening the Province's resolve to have the safest roads in North America by 2020.
Under the new program, drivers with certain serious prohibitions for drinking and drug affected driving are now required to participate in mandatory remedial programs designed to prevent this high risk and irresponsible behaviour from reoccurring.
Driving while affected by drugs or alcohol is a significant public health and safety concern of this government. In 2014, drinking and driving contributed to the death of 61 people on our roads – that's 61 completely preventable deaths due to poor choices.
Once a mandatory referral is made, drivers will be required to participate in the Responsible Driver Program (RDP), which focuses on education and counselling, and/or the Ignition Interlock Program (IIP), for which a device is installed in the vehicle to prevent drivers from driving if they have consumed alcohol.
"These measures will help both deter and prevent unsafe drivers from getting back on our roads. There will no longer be financial or hardship considerations to exempt high-risk drivers from these remedial programs says Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Morris. "Let me be clear. If you are caught drinking and driving and therefore putting your life and the lives of others at risk, it will cost you. Driving while affected by alcohol or drugs is reckless and selfish behaviour for which this province has no tolerance."
"These are firm but fair measures that address repetitive driving behaviours at the administrative level.
"Drivers who choose to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol will face serious remedial program consequences that are recognized as efficient and successful in many jurisdictions in Canada and around the world, says Acting superintendent of Motor Vehicles, Robert O'Neill
"It is extremely easy to avoid these consequences and every driver is able to do so by choosing to act responsibly when behind the wheel."
The new regulations apply to drivers caught driving while affected by drugs or alcohol who accumulate between 6-16 remedial program points within five years.
Since the 2010 implementation of the Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) program, there has been an estimated 260 lives saved and a 52% reduction in alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths.
Drivers who receive a 90 Day IRP or accumulate points through repeat alcohol and drug related driving events will be required to participate in remedial programs.
Research shows a 90% reduction in repeat drinking and driving while the Ignition Interlock Program (IIP) device is installed.
IRP's administrative sanctions have seen a reduction of 6,000 Criminal Code Impaired Driving court cases per year since 2010.
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Having Made His Millions, Singapore's Richard Eu Is No Longer Afraid To Sing Like Mick Jagger
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Richard Eu is no longer afraid to sing like Mick Jagger. (Photo courtesy: Choo Meng Foo)
Selling Chinese herbs as medicine was not Richard Eu's idea of making a living. "I thought the whole point of studying in London in the Swinging Sixties was to be like Mick Jagger" he says. And at 66, this CEO of $230 million (sales) Eu Yan Sang is doing precisely that - reliving his childhood dream. He has cut an album of jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll in his mellow sixties voice with a dozen-member band in Paris. Next on the agenda is writing his own song.
It is not very often that one comes across a CEO who is a recording artist and a successful turnaround artist, as well. Growing up in a traditional Chinese family, Richard knew that the dream of being a professional pop singer was too far-fetched a career goal. He tried his hand at stock-broking, merchant banking and all else. In 1989, however, the threat of Eu Yan Sang (EYS) going extinct, forced him to join the family business. He threw it a lifeline.
Eu Yang Sang (means "caring for mankind" in Chinese) was set up by his great grandfather and run by his grandfather and later his father, but by the time he came along, it was riddled with succession thorns. His first step was to buy out out the squabbling relatives. There were no less than 72 cousins sparring for party spoils. Next, he bought back a stake from corporate raider Lum Chang, a property firm that had made an opportunistic investment into the business. That set the stage for the transformation of the then $4 million (sales) company.
For traditional Chinese Medicine to survive, Richard figured that he had to take the business to the doorstep of consumers. So he set about opening more brick 'n' mortar stores island-wise. When he took control of the business, EYS had just one location each in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Today, Singapore has 49 retail stores, Malaysia 93 and Hong Kong 56. The worldwide company network is 300-stores with $230 million in sales and distribution channels in Canada, United States, Australia and South America.
To fund the aggressive footprint expansion, EYS listed on the Singapore stock exchange in 2000. The year after, it bought the U.S. brand Exilir, known for its health tonic and teas. It also owns the Australian YourHealth brand.
In 2011, the "reluctant" businessman was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Shares of his company are up 30% in the past year, on more customers seeking alternatives to Western pharmaceuticals. The Eu family's net worth stands at $160 million.
Richard now wants to carry coal to Newcastle and chip at the $13 billion TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) market in China. On his drawing board is an $8 million plant in Sichuan province to process and export herbs.
In the meantime, he will keep singing. The proceeds from the album are going to Rainbow Centre, a charity for children with special needs.
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I cover wealth creators, entrepreneurship and digital trends. For 25 years, I have written on business, stock markets and corporate trends, first in India with The Economic Times, Outlook magazine and now in Singapore with Forbes and CNBC Asia. Living in India has enabled me to appreciate diversity of opinion, creativity in chaos, the might of democracy and free enterprise. Living in the House-that-Lee-built, I appreciate the role of government in reshaping a country's economic agenda and its destiny. It has been an exciting journey, as a content developer, manager and communication specialist to observe, reflect, analyze and chronicle the changes in Asia's economic and business landscape as the centre of gravity shifts in the world.


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Every season Future Considerations' scouts spend countless hours in cold rinks across the globe in an effort to gather information on the next wave of NHL talent coming down the pipe.
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A new season is upon us and with that a new group to continue scouting heading towards their selection day in June.
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State Theatre New Jersey presents the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
State Theatre New Jersey presents London's
With Conductor Vasily Petrenko and Cello Soloist Kian Soltani
WHEN: Sunday, January 30, 2022, 3pm
WHERE: State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick
TICKETS: $17.50-$70
For tickets, more information, or group discounts, call State Theatre Guest Services at 732-246-SHOW (7469) or visit online at STNJ.org. State Theatre Guest Services, located at 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick NJ, is open by phone and email only, Tuesday through Friday from 11am to 5pm. For in-person purchases, Guest Services is open Tuesday through Friday from 12pm to 4:30pm. Additional ticket and transaction fees may apply.
State Theatre New Jersey presents London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) led by conductor Vasily Petrenko with cello soloist Kian Soltani. Program includes Britten's Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes; Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35 with cello soloist Kian Soltani; and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances.
As the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) celebrates its 75th anniversary, its mission to enrich lives through orchestral experiences that are uncompromising in their excellence and inclusive in their appeal, places the RPO at the forefront of music-making in the UK and internationally. Typically performing approximately 200 concerts each season and with a worldwide audience of more than half-a-million people, the Orchestra embraces a broad repertoire that enables it to reach the most diverse audience of any British symphony orchestra.
The RPO collaborates with the most inspiring artists and was thrilled to welcome Vasily Petrenko as its new Music Director in August 2021. His appointment stands as a major landmark in the Orchestra's history, signaling its determination to broaden the audience for orchestral music while enhancing its reputation as one of the world's most versatile ensembles. Petrenko made his debut with the RPO at London's Royal Albert Hall in March 2016 delivering a powerful interpretation of Mahler's Symphony No.2, 'Resurrection.' His rapport with the Orchestra's players has been reaffirmed with subsequent London performances, and forthcoming plans include a series of Mahler's choral symphonies at the Royal Albert Hall, the great works of English composers at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, and tours to Germany and leading European festivals. Vasily Petrenko joins a roster of titled conductors that includes Pinchas Zukerman (Principal Guest Conductor), Alexander Shelley (Principal Associate Conductor), and Grzegorz Nowak (Permanent Associate Conductor).
In addition to the Orchestra's annual season of concerts in London's Royal Albert Hall, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall and its home Cadogan Hall, the RPO is a respected cultural ambassador and enjoys a busy schedule of international touring, performing in the world's great concerts halls and at prestigious international festivals.
About the Soloist
Described by Gramophone as "sheer perfection," cellist Kian Soltani's playing is characterized by a depth of expression and technical mastery, alongside a charismatic stage presence, and ability to create an immediate emotional connection with his audience. Rave reviews and invitations to perform at the world's leading concert halls have propelled the 25-year-old musician from rising star to one of the most talked about cellists performing today. Kian Soltani made his international breakthrough at the age of 19 with acclaimed debuts in the Vienna Musikverein's Goldener Saal and at the Hohenems Schubertiade.
In 2021/22 Soltani has been invited to make debuts with orchestras including the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Czech Philharmonic, ORF Vienna Radio, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, WDR, Barcelona, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras. He will return to the London and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras, Vienna Symphony, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Tonhalle Zurich, amongst others.
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State Theatre has implemented important guidelines to protect the health of our guests, staff, artists, and crew. All patrons must follow these guidelines for entry into the theater. Visit STNJ.org/policies for full information.
About State Theatre New Jersey
After major renovations, State Theatre New Jersey has reopened and celebrated its 100th Anniversary in December 2021 in a fully renovated theater including newly renovated lobbies, all new restrooms, upgraded HVAC systems, a new elevator for access to all levels, and brand-new theater seats. Originally built as a silent film and vaudeville palace, State Theatre's historic significance was honored by PBS by featuring it in its documentary series, Treasures of New Jersey, in the fall of 2018. "Treasures of New Jersey: State Theatre New Jersey" can be streamed at STNJ.org/explore/treasures-of-new-jersey-documentary. Today, State Theatre is the largest performing arts center in Central New Jersey and has welcomed more than six million people through its doors since reopening as a non-profit performing arts center in 1988. State Theatre New Jersey is a cornerstone of the cultural vitality of Middlesex County and averages a total economic impact on New Brunswick and the surrounding area of more than $18 million a year. The mainstage programs have featured high-caliber artists such as Diana Ross, Tony Bennett, Kevin Hart, Ringo Starr, Melissa Etheridge, John Leguizamo, Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Program offerings include Broadway, orchestra, family, dance, comedy, rock/pop, jazz, Performances for Schools, and Sensory-Friendly Performances.
State Theatre New Jersey's programs are made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.


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Q: Confusing t-sql exam answer about sequence or uniqueidentifier I found a t-sql question and its answer. It is too confusing. I could use a little help.
The question is:
You develop a database application. You create four tables. Each table stores different categories of products. You create a Primary Key field on each table.
You need to ensure that the following requirements are met:

*

*The fields must use the minimum amount of space.

*The fields must be an incrementing series of values.

*The values must be unique among the four tables.

What should you do?

*

*A. Create a ROWVERSION column.

*B. Create a SEQUENCE object that uses the INTEGER data type.

*C. Use the INTEGER data type along with IDENTITY

*D. Use the UNIQUEIDENTIFIER data type along with NEWSEQUENTIALID()

*E. Create a TIMESTAMP column.

The said answer is D. But, I think the more suitable answer is B. Because sequence will use less space than GUID and it satisfies all the requirements.

A: D is a wrong answer, because NEWSEQUENTIALID doesn't guarantee "an incrementing series of values" (second requirement).

NEWSEQUENTIALID()
Creates a GUID that is greater than any GUID
  previously generated by this function on a specified computer since
  Windows was started. After restarting Windows, the GUID can start
  again from a lower range, but is still globally unique.

I'd say that B (sequence) is the correct answer. At least, you can use a sequence to fulfil all three requirements, if you don't restart/recycle it manually. I think it is the easiest way to meet all three requirements.

A: Between the choices provided D B is the correct answer, since it meets all requirements:
ROWVERSION  is a bad choice for a primary key, as stated in MSDN:

Every time that a row with a rowversion column is modified or inserted, the incremented database rowversion value is inserted in the rowversion column. This property makes a rowversion column a poor candidate for keys, especially primary keys. Any update made to the row changes the rowversion value and, therefore, changes the key value. If the column is in a primary key, the old key value is no longer valid, and foreign keys referencing the old value are no longer valid.

TIMESTAMP is deprecated, as stated in that same page:

The timestamp syntax is deprecated. This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

An IDENTITY column does not guarantee uniqueness, unless all it's values are only ever generated automatically (you can use SET IDENTITY_INSERT to insert values manually), nor does it guarantee uniqueness between tables for any value.
A GUID is practically guaranteed to be unique per system, so if a guid is the primary key for all 4 tables it ensures uniqueness for all tables. the one requirement it doesn't fulfill is storage size - It's storage size is quadruple that of int (16 bytes instead of 4).
A SEQUENCE, when is not declared as recycle, guarantee uniqueness, and has the lowest storage size.

The sequence of numeric values is generated in an ascending or descending order at a defined interval and can be configured to restart (cycle) when exhausted.

However,
I would actually probably choose a different option all together - create a base table with a single identity column and link it with a 1:1 relationship with all other categories. then use an instead of insert trigger for all categories tables that will first insert a record to the base table and then use scope_identity() to get the value and insert it as the primary key for the category table.
This will enforce uniqueness as well as make it possible to use a single foreign key reference between the categories and products.

A: The issue has been discussed extensively in the past, in general:
http://blog.codinghorror.com/primary-keys-ids-versus-guids/
The constraint #3 is why a SEQUENCE could run into issues as there is a higher risk of collision/lowered number of possible rows in each table.

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namespace sinri\enoch\core;

class LibConsoleColor
{
    const Black = "0;30";
    const DarkGray = "1;30";
    const Blue = "0;34";
    const LightBlue = "1;34";
    const Green = "0;32";
    const LightGreen = "1;32";
    const Cyan = "0;36";
    const LightCyan = "1;36";
    const Red = "0;31";
    const LightRed = "1;31";
    const Purple = "0;35";
    const LightPurple = "1;35";
    const Brown = "0;33";
    const Yellow = "1;33";
    const LightGray = "0;37";
    const White = "1;37";

    public function __construct()
    {
        // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * @param $text
     * @param $colorCode
     * @return string
     */
    public function getColorWord($text, $colorCode)
    {
        $color_text = $this->getColorStart($colorCode) . $text . $this->getColorEnd();
        return $color_text;
    }

    /**
     * @param $colorCode
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getColorStart($colorCode)
    {
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            //throw new \Exception("Not a standard color code.");
            $colorCode = self::Blue;
        }
        return "\033[" . $colorCode . "m";
    }

    protected function getColorEnd()
    {
        return "\033[0m";
    }

    private static $instance = null;

    public static function getInstance()
    {
        if (!self::$instance) {
            self::$instance = new LibConsoleColor();
        }
        return self::$instance;
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    /**
     * @param $text
     * @param $colorCode
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    public static function output($text, $colorCode)
    {
        echo self::getInstance()->getColorWord($text, $colorCode);
    }
}

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