It has puzzled me greatly for several years that people don't review short stories. With a few exceptions (The Metamorphosis springs to mind) most stories are left in a sea of surrounding stories, camouflaged by packaging. Finding reviews of story collections is easy, though they usually offer opinions only on choice cuts. Yet collections, even when themed, are made of singular pieces that are always meant to be taken individually and it is this that does not seem to be done with any regularity. I read a story such as W. Somerset Maugham's 'The Book-Bag' and finding very little by way of opinion or praise given to it, am seemingly forced by necessity to do so myself. A story collection is not a tin of sardines to be consumed, one just as good as another.
So I give you Saturday Shorts, for those weeks in which I have found a short story fully deserving some degree of individual recognition for its merits. The name comes from my fondness for alliteration (and who isn't fond of that?) but more importantly, being only human, that if it so happens I slip from a regular posting schedule I may still show up here with something bookish. But enough of that.
As the story progresses it becomes obvious that the titular article has only a tangential bearing on the plot, striking a glancing blow before disappearing from the narrative famous blue raincoat-style. As such, the story divides itself easily into three pieces. It starts as an ode to the delightful inconveniences of reading: Let us admit that reading with us is just a drug that we cannot do without – who of this band does not know the restlessness that attacks him when he has been severed from reading too long, the apprehension and irritability, and the sigh of relief which the sight of a printed page extracts from him? – and so let us be no more vainglorious than the poor slaves of the hypodermic needle or the pint-pot. Used as an introduction, this little dissertation can hardly fail to capture the attention of the bookish type as the main character fusses over the trials and tribulations that plague an avid reader, such as being at the mercy of found books (especially on long trips), and at his equally inconvenient solution to the problem: an enormous book-bag. This man identifies himself as a writer and is therefore most likely some sort of authorial stand-in; though if a writer, he doesn't come across as a good one, traveling through British Malaya in a state of good-natured boredom, saying "it is my business to be curious about people" while failing to exhibit any sign of curiosity towards his host, Mark Featherstone.
The story is set the glory days of the British Empire, of course, and the small towns in Malaya seem constructed as homes-away-from-home, strangely English, where the clubs are outfitted with tennis courts and a fellow can always get the four corners of a bridge table together. Conrad this is not. There's a certain light humour permeating this introductory part of the narrative which makes its sudden descent into the macabre and tragic all the more surprising. The switch comes when Featherstone selects a life of Byron to read and in his next conversation with the writer questions him about the notion of Byron being in love with his sister. The writer again shows off his magnificent equilibrium, waving aside the notion as being impossible for him to imagine or understand. Featherstone then launches into the story of Tim Hardy, one of the bridge players, and his sister Olive. You can probably tell where that's going. I'll let Maugham off the hook for his extremely hamfisted use of foreshadowing, because it very well mightn't have been his intention to be subtle (he's not O. Henry after all).
In telling the story of Tim and Olive Hardy, Featherstone becomes the main character and certain problems arise, mainly from the throwback Victorian narration. Put simply: Featherstone can remember everything that happened in the past, is capable of keeping everything in perfectly linear order and can replicate old lines of dialogue at leisure. There is no moment when he backtracks, or skirts the edge of a painful issue, or hesitates, or says "sorry, I forgot to mention," or showcases the vaguest sense of unreliability. Even expert storytellers can't replicate prose narrative like that – they'll fragment naturally and the soul of the story will come as clearly through the gaps as through the details given. Thus 'The Book-Bag' shows its age.
One of the more interesting elements of the story itself is the total lack of judgement upon the Hardy siblings. Things go badly wrong for them when Tim leaves for England, delaying his return for some sinister purpose (which turns out to be marriage). What exactly is his motivation? This is never made clear anymore than the reasons for Olive's refusal to marry Featherstone are. Small hints and speculations, but the odd thing about it is how idyllic their life is indicated to be, how content they (or perhaps just Olive) are and how they are portrayed as kind, charming and sympathetic people. While the red flags raised on Tim's sailing to England are more than justified, neither of them are shown to be twisted by anything beyond unendurable stress. Olive, object of affection that she is, naturally comes with slightly more detail than Tim and odd glimpses are given of her formative years that imply rather more than first meets the eye. "She told me a lot about her life in Florence with her mother. She had led a strange lonely life, mostly with servants and governesses, while her mother, I suspected, engaged in one affair after another with vague Italian counts and Russian princes. I guessed that by the time she was fourteen there wasn't much she didn't know. It was natural for her to be quite unconventional: in the only world she knew till she was eighteen conventions weren't mentioned because they didn't exist." However, because of that throwback Victorian delicacy, nothing is ever explicitly named in the text. My first reading of the story left me rather frustrated on that account, but on closer examination, enigmas are rewarding.
For a final note, I will mention the theory of perspective. This story Maugham chose to tell in an extremely softened form, not only battened down by time and distance, but told as well to a third-party, a man who has no emotional involvement, who can refer to it as a singular history rather than a tragedy. Either Maugham wanted to shoehorn his vignette about traveling with books into some longer piece or he wished to avoid engaging emotionally with the story more than was necessary in the telling of it (rather as he would have had to do as a doctor).
A Note on Editions: 'The Book-Bag' was first made widely available in the collection Ah King in 1933. I believe that book has been reprinted by Oxford World's Classics. Or if you prefer, since Maugham is still renowned for his short stories, you could find his Collected Stories, either in 4 volumes from Penguin or in a compact Everyman hardcover. See, I do my research.
There it is, then. Just an experiment in the field of reviewing.


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Q: Count the instances of a string in a div, and remove all extra instances of that string with jQuery What I'm trying to do is basically keep a specific string of characters from being shown twice within a div, using jQuery.  Due to the nature of my work, I can't share the exact code, but let's say I had something like the following:
<div class="sample">
    blah blah blah blah a horse is a horse of course of course blah blah blah blah
    blah a horse is a horse of course of course blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
    blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah a horse is a horse of course of
    course blah blah blah blah...
</div>

I don't want the div to show "a horse is a horse of course of course" any more than once, so I guess what I'd like to do is remove all extra instances of that phrase.  How would I go about doing that using jQuery?

A: Here's one way:
$('.sample:contains("a horse is a horse of course of course")').text(function () {
    var match = 0;
    var newText = $(this).text().replace(/a horse is a horse of course of course/ig, function (str) {
        match++;
        return (match==1)?str:'';
    });
    return newText;
})

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The church I went to in High School had a big organ. The instrument is, quite literally, in the national pipe organ instrument database of classic organs. It was a beautiful half circle sanctuary with a big balcony. I would rollerblade down High Drive to church, (It was the 90's. Rollerblading was new. That's my only excuse) and sneak into side door and up the stairs to sit in the balcony. And as a kid who hadn't been raised in the church, it was perfect. It looked and felt exactly as I would expect church to look at feel.
I would sit up in that balcony and look down at the people below as they worshipped and think about whether or not there was really anything to it. Sometimes I'd be moved by it and join in. Sometimes I'd try to and fail. Sometimes I'd be an observer. But I spent a lot of my early time in church as just that; an observer. But not just of other people. I was also an observer of myself.
This was a question that haunted me. How do I know? At times I would be convinced that I was playing tricks on myself and that I needed to quit, sometimes I would be convinced that these people (to whom I was becoming quite loyal) couldn't all be deceived. But then I realized something. I was mudwrestling Sigmund Freud, but he was cheating.
If your watch is broken and one of the gears decides that the watch needs to be fixed, it does not help if that gear climbs out of its spot to tromp around inside your watch trying to find the problem. At that point the major problem is that the gear is out of place. It is out trying to fix the problem when the problem is that it is out. Our mind is part of us. It is supposed to be working in harmony with the rest of us. If we let it wander around banging on things with a wrench, then we will never work properly, because our mind is out of line.
I was watching myself live my life. In my search for objectivity, a second person had taken shape up in the balcony of my mind so that I never fully entered into life. Even though my mind was a part of me, it was watching me rather than living with me. About a decade later, I came across a name for it in a sci-fi novel by Walker Percy about a Psychiatrist living through a technological meltdown. In 'Love in the Ruins,' Percy calls it Angelism. The inability to act without watching yourself act. It is Jon McCrea, lead-singer of Cake, Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Going the Distance, singing his irony drenched postmodern geek rock through a smirk. Which isn't a problem when on stage. But living that way is a psychosis. (Of course now it is just called Facebook).
Freud had me divided up into pieces under the lights on his cold metal table. But then it hit me like an ostrich on stampede. He was cheating. The psychologist who was telling me that I couldn't trust myself because I was only acting the way that I was conditioned to act was only saying that because he was conditioned to say that, and since he insisted that you can't trust a conditioned action, then I can't trust what he is saying. And if I can't trust what he is saying then I don't know if my actions are untrustworthy after all.
If he was right, then he was wrong, and if he was wrong then he can't be right, and if he isn't right, then he is wrong. When I later read an actual biography of Sigmund rather than just his own writings, and learned that his main test subject was actually himself, I found plenty of relief that I had set it aside. Because when he told me to look at myself, he was really inviting me to not live my life. But the Bible said to come live with "Gladness and singleness of heart" (Acts 2:46). The call to live as a single person, not watching myself live, but just living with singleness of heart, was an invitation to freedom.


I'm sorry, my plan was to write down allll the words and document the trip in full detail. But then we got home and this little thing called… new child… happened.
We just can't get enough of her. And honestly, the only time I've had to write was when she's sleeping and when she's sleeping… I have 3 boys who still need me VERY much. Haha!
But there is still a huge part of me that never ever wants to forget the memories and moments we shared in Iloilo City so I will just keep documenting when I get the chance.
We didn't keep Janella overnight on day 1. When I shared my initial recap of day 1 I mentioned that we spent the day at her orphanage, but we did end up going back to our hotel that evening and Janella stayed at Dorcas House.
I think it was the best scenario for all of us. It gave Jeff and I a chance to finally rest (after 3+ days of travel and no sleep) and it gave her a chance to meet us, but not be thrown into going with us right away.
This act alone, made me realize that these caregivers have her 100% best interest at heart. And for that, we were grateful.
On day 2 the orphanage administrator, Michaela, brought Janella to our hotel to meet us. We stayed at Seda Atria in Iloilo City. It was a decent place… definitely the nicest place on the island. LOL!
Her island, in general, is VERY poverty stricken.
We didn't have any plans for the day other than to bond with our girl.
We spent a good amount of time in the hotel lobby just getting to know each other.
It took her a couple hours to let me get near here, but guess what cracked the code? French fries.
I knew right away that her and Parker would be fast friends with the french fry obsession.
I was so thankful that Michaela encouraged her to "go to mommy". Once she passed her off to me, she never went back. Even when Janella would reach for her… Michaela would turn away. It was so important for Janella to see that Michaela trusted me.
We had a videographer and photographer with us the first 2 days. They were absolutely amazing and truly treated our meeting with Janella as if they were meeting their own daughter for the first time.
In fact, they were both Filipino and spoke the language so they connected with Michaela and the caregivers instantly. They decided to take us to the shore that day so we could get some pictures.
They don't do car seats there…. sooooooo, she got to sit on my lap the whole time.
Being the fact that people are crazy drivers in the Philippines… I was a little nervous. Haha! But, I didn't mind having her on my lap and she even fell asleep.
Janella was pretty quiet and timid the entire 2nd day. I could see the confusion and fear in her face. It broke my heart for her.
She only cried a handful of times, but she was so nervous.
I tried my best to comfort her, but there's not much comfort in having some stranger hold you and tell you everything is going to be ok.
One thing was certain, I became her safety person. She wanted nothing to do with Jeff at first. And she didn't let me put her down that ENTIRE day.
It's a good thing she's light as a feather because oh my word… I think I held her for 8 straight hours without a break.
Our photographer had a twinkle twinkle app on his phone and she loved that. As long as it was playing, she was content. So we just let her carry it around the whole time.
Michaela took us to the local grocery store so we could get some formula and snacks that Janella was used to.
It was neat to see the local atmosphere, but it's just so very different from what we have her in the US.
I love this next picture so much because that is the face she gave us for nearly the first 3 days straight.
Around 4:00 PM, Michaela took us back to the hotel and we stayed in the lobby for a bit. It was almost time for her to leave her with us and I was getting very nervous. Mostly that Janella was going to be very scared.
Michaela had me take her up to the room while she was sitting in the lobby and then she snuck out. I'm not gonna lie… she was afraid. And she clung to me even closer.
One of the first things we did was give her a bath. Well, not a bath because our hotel only had a shower. But we wanted to get her clean, especially because it is HOT there and we were all very sweaty from being outside. Plus, the first cleaning is like a cleansing of the orphanage.
We didn't realize that she had never had a bath before, let alone felt warm water. She was not happy about it. LOL!
At her orphanage they didn't have a tub or shower. They used a bucket and a cup and COLD water.
So, I feel like we traumatized her during her warm shower. Luckily, it was a handheld shower so it came off the wall and we tried to be as cautious as we could.
But still… it wasn't her favorite moment.
But one thing was certain… she was CLEAN!!! YAY!
For most of the first night, she sat right between us and just looked at the toys. Her favorite was definitely the little book.
As soon as she realized Jeff was too close she would move over. I knew it would just take time for her to warm up to him. She has never had a man in her life.
Overall, her first night was amazing. She went to sleep around 8 PM and woke up the next morning about 5 AM. I gave her a bottle and she went back to sleep until about 6 AM.
Day 3 was a HUGE day… lots of amazing things happened. I'll update on that next and include pictures of her orphanage. Stay tuned.
I have absolutely loved following your journey. I'm 24 and know that one day, I would like to adopt as well. Your journeyhas truly touched my heart. You guys are giving this little girl a great shot at life. She is so lucky!
Thank you for taking the time to recap your Day 2 at Iloilo. I feel like I'm feeling all the emotions you were experiencing and also Jamella's emotions during all this. What a blessing you are to her and I know God has great plans for her life as you start teaching her God's love for her through JC.
Mandy, back in 1983 my parents adopted my brother and I from Costa Rica. I read every day your fb and blog on Janella and keeping up with her warms my heart how you have been giving her a "new" life. My parents gave my brother and I a "shower" in the hotel we stayed at and we have a picture of us looking so sad in it. It was so strange to us, too. I pray the very best for your family and sweet Janella. You are so inspiring!
Thank you so much for sharing this journey with us!! My heart is so full of joy for your family!! She was meant for you. God is good all the time!
Wow. Seeing these pictures compared to her now, she is a different child!!!! Such happiness shines through her eyes now.
Just beautiful! Thank You for sharing your journey with us! May God continue to bless you and your family!
I am absolutely loving these longer updates, I follow you on instagram so I see all the little glimpses there but this definitly shows more of the reality. I am truly happy your all of you, God bless.
Oh goodness!! I just LOVE getting to read all the details!! What a joy this is! Can't wait to read about day 3!
Thank you for sharing your journey. It is bringing tears to my eyes. She looks like she was made for your family. God bless!!!!
Thank you for sharing..I cried so much.You are truly amazing!! She has the best Mommy ever..
Incredible story, amazing memories!……she was meant for your family….I'm glad she has a real family now……I know she will grow with your family in true happiness…..
I am so happy for you guys. Thank you for posting your story. I can't wait to hear more.
I'm so excited for you guys! Thanks for sharing these special moments.
What a sweet little girl. I can't imagine how frightening it must have been for her. So many new people and things. I follow you on Instagram, so it's fun to see how far she's already come. Thanks for sharing your story with all of us!
Stephanie Jennings said it perfectly above!! What a blessing!! God is SO good!
Wishing you all and only the best throughout as you continue to be the best parents to Janella. She is a kind heart and as I've been following I've noticed that she already fits in just perfectly. Thank you for sharing!
So happy for you guys. She is beautiful!! I LOVE reading your story. What an experience of adoption. I am happy to see how much they want you guys to warm up to her first. That is wonderful! Cannot wait for the rest of the story!!
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing adoption story. How did you find the photographer and videographer – that is the neatest that they captured so many incredible pictures for her to look back on when she's older. I love the book idea too for her to look at. You make adoption look incredible!! All the best!
Love hearing your story. This just makes me so happy. Congrats to your beautiful family.
Thank you for sharing this. Lots of love and hope for a smooth adjustment for your baby girl and your family.
Congratulations on your addition of Janella to your family!!
A number of months ago I randomly came across you on instagram. And one day while I was scrolling through my instagram feed I saw your post sharing that you were adopting a little girl and had finally been matched after 4 years of waiting. My husband and I have 2 boys and have been trying to adopt a little girl for 4 years as well. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you sharing about your adoption journey, as it gives us hope that it will happen one day for us too!! I also can't get enough of looking at the photos of your precious little girl and reading your blog about her. Your story has given us a renewed hope and excitement for our adoption, as we have at times reached points where we feel like maybe we should just throw in the towel, that maybe we aren't meant to adopt.
Please keep the photos and your blog posts about Janella and your journey coming, we love seeing and reading them!!
Blessings to you and your family!!
How hard it must be to move at her pace, but so wonderful for you to be able to read her cues and give her what she needed. I'm so excited to keep following your story.


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In Japanese, 壊す is read as こわす.
"kowasu" is a level 2 verb in Japanese.


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CHRIS Clark and Amber Dowding are rekindling their romance following the Towie hunk's split from Little Mix's Jesy Nelson.
The pair split up in October, but The Sun Online can exclusively reveal that they are dating again but are not putting pressure on themselves to rush into anything.
A source close to the couple revealed: "They have been on some nice dinner dates and they've agreed they both want to take things slowly.
The reality couple were spotted enjoying a romantic date at The Brickyard in Essex on Sunday.
At the weekend Chris confessed that seeing Amber in hospital with her mystery illness has made him realise that he still had feelings for her.
Chris, who split up with Jesy this month after three months of dating, also hinted that he was thinking about Amber the entire time.
Towie fans will get to see exactly what happened during Amber and Chris's date in the episode on screens Sunday night.


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Q: Chart.js + Wordpress cannot read property 'width' of undefined I'm trying to get chart.js to work on my wordpress through the CDN. I am simply trying to implement the first example on the chart.js docs page under "Creating a Chart" (http://www.chartjs.org/docs/).
I have the code in a jQuery document ready function, and I have made sure that I can access the DOM and the canvas element with a console log.
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart");
console.log(ctx);

which returns the canvas element to the console. The rest of the code follows the example in the chart.js docs EXACTLY.
I am getting an error in the console as stated in the title, which is:

Chart.min.js?ver=4.5.3:17 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'width' of undefined(…)

Looking at the error in the chart.js file in the chrome inspector it looks like the canvas element isn't being passed into the Chart function:
var Chart = function(s) { ... };

I see "s" as undefined.
Thoughts? I feel lost.
Thanks everyone!


I'm an engineer. Since I was a child I've loved figuring out how stuff works. Back then, I would disassemble my parents' and siblings' things to study them and sometimes I'd even put them back together! I have always loved working with technology, and during my career I've been fortunate enough to work at some of the country's preeminent technology companies such as GE Aviation and SpaceX, where I was responsible for Dragon Spacecraft avionics and avionics reusability. Today, I am pursuing a Master of Information and Data Science degree from UC Berkeley while also teaching STEM and Robotics to underrepresented students with College Track.
I completed my B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2009.
The MIDS program offers a rigorous curriculum that goes beyond strictly technical knowledge; it makes you question your thoughts and decision-making process. The faculty have hands-on experience in their fields, and much of the technology used in the field was even developed here at UC Berkeley.
Incredible class diversity: throughout the MIDS program I worked with, and learned from, students located all over the world. My classmates also worked in fields vastly different from my own, which allowed me to gain perspective into areas well outside of my comfort and expertise.
Behind the Data: Humans and Values was absolutely fascinating. We studied real-life examples of how data has been used with either unintended or undesirable consequences at a large scale as well as the current public policy landscape, both in the US and abroad. Understanding how data ethics and legality have evolved to where they are today — and how data science might shape them in the future — has provided me with a framework for how to think about and apply this degree at a much higher level than I could with a purely technical approach.
Data will be a pivotal component for progress in the imminent future. With the MIDS degree I feel empowered to become a change agent and advocate for those who have been underrepresented. I intend to both gain professional knowledge within the field and continue working with underserved communities.
Think carefully about the long-term impacts of this technology, the datasets you use or don't use, and which groups are included and why. Building models is fun and rewarding, but it is crucial to understand that a decision is not automatically correct just because a computer says so.


I'll never forget the first time I tried Dogfish Head's wildly popular 90 Minute IPA. It was that life changing beer that somehow made me - a beer novice - understand the passion that goes in to brewing beer, and appreciate and respect it. After that first sip, I promised myself that I was going to start a beer blog - and look, here we are.
What is your beer IQ? Take the quiz and find out!
This article/quiz was contributed by the amazing Elena Roundtree on behalf of Washington MAST. Elena herself is an beer lover who thinks the drink hasn't been getting the credit it deserves. For more great beer (and other alcoholic drink) tips and recipes, follow Washington MAST on G+.
Beer or Red Wine - Which One is Better?
As beer grows in popularity - more and more discussions have been taking place around which is better overall - beer or red wine. They both have their own health perks, pair nicely with certain foods, have different styles from different regions to try - but which one is much better.
For far too long beer lovers have not been getting the respect they deserve. Why can't a beer tasting be just as posh and sophisticated as a wine tasting? When a wine lover crafts his or her knowledge to become an expert in the subtleties of different wines, he or she is seen as connoisseur - why can't the same hold true for beer lovers? In countries around the world beer has a rich history - including America. In fact, many of our founding fathers (including George Washington himself) were avid beer drinkers. It's high time to celebrate beer drinkers, and here is a six pack of great gifts for the beer lover in your life.


Join us after church on March 26 to take part in a courageous conversation on race. These conversations will be facilitated by students from the Cultural Leadership Institute which includes our own Tommy Epling. To RSVP, please sign-up in the Gathering Space or email Kendra in the church office at adminasst@faithdesperes.org. A light lunch will be provided.


Public access to trust lands varies widely from state to state.
How much is hunting and fishing access to 3.4 million acres of land in Utah worth? Last year, the answer was $776,000. That was the amount the Utah Department of Natural Resources paid another state agency, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), to secure public access to state trust lands, granted to Western states by the federal government to generate money for schools and other public institutions.
This fall, however, the deal between the Natural Resources Department and SITLA expired. In negotiating its renewal, SITLA wanted to raise its fee to market rates, estimated at $1.8 to $3.9 million a year for the 1 million acres that have commercial hunting value. If the department didn't pay up, SITLA seemed ready to lease exclusive access to beloved places like the Book Cliffs — a vast wilderness of rugged bluffs and forested valleys teeming with elk, mule deer and cutthroat trout — to wealthy hunters. Access to prime areas would be scooped up mainly by customers willing to pay thousands of dollars for a single hunt, with only a handful of permits issued through a public lottery.
Kim Christy, SITLA's deputy director, argued that the agency was merely fulfilling its obligation under the state Constitution to optimize revenue. But many sportsmen saw it differently. Bill Christensen of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation says access to state lands shouldn't be reserved for the highest bidders. And SITLA's demands underscored his fears about what could happen should federal lands be transferred to state control: privatization and loss of access. "I have been very concerned about how greedy SITLA has been in recent years," Christensen says.
Bison roam Winter Ridge, which includes a large parcel of SITLA land in the Book Cliffs, about 60 miles south of Vernal, Utah.
State trust lands are owned by public entities, but they aren't "public" the way federal lands are. Most states don't have to manage them for multiple uses, so there's no guarantee of public access for hunting, hiking and camping. Instead, these lands are managed to make money, traditionally by leasing them for grazing, mining, timber or energy development. Sometimes the land is sold outright.
Public access to trust lands varies widely from state to state. Idaho and Wyoming allow free access, while New Mexico and Colorado have interagency payment schemes similar to Utah's. Still, access is provided primarily at the discretion of state agencies, leaving the public with little say in whether certain parcels are put up for sale, threatened with development or closed to the public.
Colorado's interagency agreement, for instance, only allows public access to about 20 percent of state trust lands. Another 8 percent is leased for private recreation, mostly to individuals or outfitters for hunting or fishing. "They go out to the highest bidder," says Tim Brass, director for state policies for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.
Utah's interagency agreements have so far prevented the state from privatizing hunting access. The money the Department of Natural Resources pays SITLA ensures access to any trust lands that are "unencumbered" by potentially dangerous activities, like an active mine or oil well.
As on federal lands, energy development can also threaten the integrity of wild places and cause conflict, even when access isn't lost. In 2013, for instance, SITLA leased almost 100,000 acres in the Book Cliffs to Anadarko for oil and gas development. Following outcry from powerful politicians and hunters, who value the vast, game-rich roadless area, the company agreed not to drill the most ecologically sensitive portion of the leased area for a few years. That meant that the public could still hunt there — at least as long as SITLA got its fees to preserve public access.
In October, the two agencies settled on a new agreement: The Natural Resources Department will pay SITLA nearly $800,000 this year, with the fee increasing annually to almost $1.3 million in 2031 to account for inflation. Utah's Legislature will contribute another $1 million in taxpayer money each year. The department's money comes from federal taxes on bows, guns and ammunition, which are passed on to states to manage wildlife and restore habitat. This year's SITLA fee amounts to 5 to 6 percent of this revenue, a relatively small chunk. But if the fee skyrockets, "it will mean less wildlife habitat projects will happen, and fewer acres will be improved, enhanced or conserved," Christensen says.


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HARMAN to Extend Existing IIOT Collaboration with PTC to Create Groundbreaking Mixed Reality Platform for Enterprises
HARMAN intends to integrate PTC Vuforia into its Media Suite platform enabling enterprises to create, publish and consume mixed reality content
BARCELONA, SPAIN – FEB. 26, 2017 – HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced its intent to extend its IIoT collaboration with PTC, a global provider of technology platforms and solutions, to integrate AR functionality into its HARMAN Media Suite with PTC's Vuforia® AR platform.
Already collaborating with PTC and leveraging its ThingWorx® Industrial Innovation platform and tools, this integration will truly transform the workplace by adding mixed reality to HARMAN's existing solution, enabling enterprises to create immersive, next-generation content for training, communications and additional field service enablement.
With worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality projected to reach $17.8 billion in 2018, HARMAN and PTC are partnering to lead the way in this innovative era by placing cutting-edge mixed reality technology into the hands of enterprises.
"While most people focus on the splashy consumer-focused applications of AR, its biggest impact in the near term is actually going to be in business, where it can provide the ability to see and understand things in entirely new ways," said Bob O'Donnell, president of TECHnalysis Research. "By seamlessly integrating video and AR content, HARMAN and PTC are providing not only an easier way for companies to leverage existing video resources in this new medium, but an opportunity to create training and learning materials that are more engaging, more exciting and, ultimately, more effective."
HARMAN's Media Suite is a Video Content Management (VCM) solution that enables enterprise recording, webcasting and portal solution to create and deliver higher quality, affordable videos. The new HARMAN Media Suite platform, powered by Vuforia, will offer the following groundbreaking capabilities:
Converting video to virtual reality content – users will be able to fully immerse themselves into training and additional communication materials with the help of virtual reality.
Annotating interaction beyond video terminals – pop-up annotations can be overlaid in combination with AR and VR conversion, providing a richer experience for the user.
Visualizing through mobile apps and wearables – the user can take the content with them, allowing training and communications to go beyond the office.
Creating highly contextual content through voice and chat – voice, text and location overlay mean one unique, cohesive experience.
"Augmented and virtual reality are quickly emerging as mediums to train and collaborate within enterprises," says Sandeep Kalra, SVP and GM of the Digital Transformation Solutions, HARMAN Connected Services. "We're thrilled to be expanding our collaboration with PTC to enhance our Media Suite solution with mixed reality and ultimately transform how people work. At HARMAN, we're committed to bringing the most innovative solutions to market. We're constantly striving to create and deliver these pioneering technologies to our customers, and through this continued integration with PTC solutions, we're able to do just that."
"PTC is excited to expand its relationship with HARMAN with the integration of Vuforia with HARMAN's solutions," says Catherine Kniker, Chief Revenue Officer, ThingWorx, PTC. "HARMAN and PTC are collaborating to build solutions that leverage the PTC ThingWorx Industrial Innovation Platform and tools for the enterprise. With our AR technology suite, we are excited to continue this collaboration with HARMAN to further innovation for the next generation of mixed reality content."
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The Vuforia platform is the most widely used software platform for augmented reality applications on handheld and headworn devices. For developers, it delivers a cross platform solution for attaching digital content to physical objects and environments. For consumers and businesses, it provides a communications solution for remote assistance and collaboration. For device makers, it delivers critical technology blocks that provide optimized experiences on rapidly evolving hardware technologies. Originally launched in 2011, Vuforia is supported by a global ecosystem of more than 450,000 developers and partners. Vuforia has enabled more than 50,000 applications for consumer and business use on a range of handheld and headworn devices.
Vuforia is a product of PTC Inc. The timing of any product release, including any features or functionality, is subject to change at PTC's discretion.
PTC has the most robust Internet of Things technology in the world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design. Now our leading IoT and AR platforms and field-proven solutions bring together the physical and digital worlds to reinvent the way you create, operate and service products. With PTC, global manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the IoT today and drive the future of innovation.
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An informal speakers' supper is on Friday night before the conference, for all presenters (and a plus-one, if wished). After the Treadwell's drinks reception, some of us are going to Olivelli, two doors down from us on Store Street. We hope you'll join us for a relaxed 3-course meal.
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7 Traditional and Contemporary Nylon-String Guitars Under $500
Bill Evans September 14, 2017
From the November 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER
In 1991, I decided to become a serious musician and set aside the electric guitar to focus on the classical. I needed to get a nylon-string guitar in a hurry. But I was a high school student at the time; and my budget was limited to a lifetime savings of $200 (about $359 in today's money).
A local university teacher recommended an instrument whose maker escapes me. But I can clearly recall just how crappy the all-laminated-wood instrument was. The frets were haphazardly polished and sharp at their ends, and the action was uncomfortably high. The instrument was resistant to staying in tune; the ebonized fretboard quickly faded in places, revealing the light-colored wood underneath the surface. But worst of all, I hated playing it.
It's striking just how superior today's budget nylon-string options are compared to my lame starter guitar. There's an abundance of options for both traditional-style instruments and modern variations with cutaways and electronics, made with high-quality materials, to surprisingly good standards. Whether you're exploring the classical realm, looking to get an authentic bossa nova sound, or are just starting to grasp the wide palette of tonal colors available through the nylon string guitar, there's something for you in this roundup.
Traditional Options
At a glance, a traditional nylon-string or classical guitar looks pretty similar to its 12-fret steel-string counterpart. But structurally, the two instruments bear some critical differences. A classical guitar has a thinner soundboard, with smaller braces that are typically arranged in a fan pattern, as opposed to an X. Because a traditional nylon-string guitar involves much less tension than a steel-string—around 90 pounds versus as much as 180—it often doesn't have a truss rod or other neck reinforcement.
A nylon-string guitar feels much different than a steel-string as well, owing not just to the strings and their tension but to the neck. A classical nut is 52mm (about 2.05 inches), compared to 1-11/16 or 1-3/4 inches on a steel-string. The scale length is also slightly longer, 650mm (25.6 inches), compared to 25.4, as on a dreadnought or orchestra model. And whereas a steel-string guitar has a radiused or curved fretboard, a fingerboard on a traditional nylon-string is usually flat.
For delving into the classical literature, it's preferable to buy a traditional, non-cutaway model. Coming from a steel-string, it might take some time to get accustomed to the neck's more generous quarters, but the wider nut (and the resulting string spacing) will give you plenty of room to articulate the contrapuntal lines found in the music of pretty much all eras and composers.
Go for a guitar with a solid top—as on a steel-string, this is the body part most important to the instrument's sound, so no skimping here. The most common tonewoods for nylon-string soundboards are spruce and cedar, the former generally sounding more direct and projective and the latter warmer and mellower.
Takamine GC3
Takamine is known for its steel-string acoustic-electrics, but the company got started in the 1950s with nylon-string guitars, which it continues to produce. Among its other smart budget offerings, the GC3 ($289.99 street) incorporates a fan-braced solid spruce top with laminated mahogany back and sides, and it has an easy-playing mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard: just what you need to get into the door for classical playing.
Yamaha CG192S
A strong contender among Yamaha's high-quality budget offerings is the CG192S ($499), which boasts a solid European spruce top paired with laminated rosewood back and sides. As on a steel-string guitar, rosewood generally offers a richer, deeper sound than mahogany, well suited to classical repertoire in general. The Yamaha's full-scale mahogany neck is capped with a genuine ebony—not ebonized—
fretboard, and the guitar is also available for the same price with a cedar top (CG192C).
Cordoba C7
Cordoba has long been a leading maker of nylon-strings at all price points, and the company's C7 is a good example of the bang for the buck you can get with one of its less expensive guitars. Like the Yamaha example, the C7 ($499) is available with either a European spruce or cedar soundboard (C7 CD). Each model has a 650mm rosewood fretboard, as well as luxurious rosewood body binding. While the C7 is a traditional classical guitar, it does include a two-way adjustable truss rod.
Modern Options
If you're not a classical purist, consider a nylon-string that departs from traditional construction—one that has a streamlined neck, a cutaway, electronics, or any combination of these contemporary features borrowing from steel-string designs. These are sometimes referred to as crossover guitars, for obvious reasons.
Fender CN-60S
Fender's new CN-60S ($199.99) is a good and inexpensive choice for a steel-string player who hasn't gotten comfortable with the classical guitar's relatively wide neck. The CN-60S has a scalloped X-braced solid spruce soundboard and laminated mahogany back and sides. Its nut is a narrow 1.69 inches, and the scale length is 25.3 inches; rolled fingerboard edges add to the playing comfort. The guitar is available in a natural finish, or for those who'd like to make a visual statement, black.
Cordoba C4-CE
A new budget offering from Cordoba, the C4-CE ($329.99) is an interesting update of the traditional classical guitar. Its concert-sized body is made all from African mahogany and has a soft cutaway. At 50mm, the neck is slightly narrower than standard. Classy appointments like maple binding, abalone rosette, and an Edgeburst give this guitar a distinctive look, and the included Fishman Sonitone active pickup system makes it ready for the studio or the stage.
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Breedlove Pursuit Nylon
More radical is Breedlove's Pursuit Nylon ($499). Like a number of contemporary nylon-strings, the Pursuit, with its 1.875-inch nut and radiused fretboard, is designed to appeal to the steel-string player looking to cross over to the nylon-string. The guitar comes standard with a solid Western red cedar top and sapele back and sides. Breedlove's trademark asymmetric headstock gives it a bold modern look, and the guitar has updated functionality as well: A Fishman pickup and built-in USB port make it easy to interface with recording software.
La Patrie Arena CW QIT
While most of the guitars in this roundup are made in Asia, La Patrie's new Arena CW QIT ($499) is built in Canada. This guitar has a shallow body (2.75 inches, compared to around four inches at the lower bout of a traditional guitar) and a deep Venetian cutaway. The top is pressure-tested spruce and the back and sides are flamed wild cherry. The radiused rosewood fretboard pairs a relatively short scale (24.84 inches) with a generous nut (two inches), making the guitar very easy to play. QIT electronics by Godin, including an undersaddle pickup, custom-voiced preamp, and built-in tuner, make this a great plug-in-and-play option.
A fine nylon-string guitar can easily set you back four or five figures. That's a considerable price for even a seasoned classical musician, let alone a steel-string guitarist with a curiosity about the nylon-string. If you fall in the latter camp, one of the nicely made and affordable—and, most important, highly playable and good-sounding—guitars featured here should help you make the transition and stick with it.
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Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 is NOT part of the standard pathology workup. Finding out whether you have an inherited gene abnormality requires a special test that uses a blood sample, not a tissue sample. If your doctor is concerned that you and your immediate relatives may have an inherited gene abnormality, he or she may recommend that you and other family members be tested.
Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutation have up to a 72% risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes (compared to 12-13% for women overall). These women's risk of ovarian cancer is also increased. Abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are found in 5-10% of all breast cancer cases in the United States. Other types of inherited gene abnormalities are less common.
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realme Retains No. 1 Spot in the Philippines for 2nd Quarter 2021
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realme Philippines continues to dominate the local smartphone industry as it claims the no. 1 spot in the market once again, according to international research firms IDC, Canalys, and Counterpoint Research in their respective Q2 2021 reports.
With this milestone, the fast-growing tech and lifestyle brand has now managed to hold the top spot for two consecutive quarters—an impressive feat the brand attained in less than three years. The brand first held this position in Q3 of 2020, less than two years since its entry into the Philippine market in November 2018.
According to Canalys, realme accounted for 26% of the local market share, besting four other smartphone brands in the category. It also reported a 51% year-over-year growth for the brand during this quarter.
The brand also ranked first in a separate report by Counterpoint Research, with a 21% market share. Similarly, realme also showed leadership in e-commerce channels. "realme continued to lead the Philippines online market with a 32% share", according to the report.
In addition, realme's industry leadership for Q2 2021 is further validated by IDC as the research firm also reported a number 1 ranking for the brand.
"We are truly grateful for the continuous support of our Filipino fans because, without them, this success would not have been possible. Achieving the top spot for two consecutive quarters is no easy feat for a young brand, but we managed to achieve this milestone because of the love and trust of our Squad. Rest assured, this only drives us to reach greater heights and dare to leap with trend-setting innovations and better services for our community," shares Austine Huang, realme Philippines' VP for Marketing.
realme reaches 100-million mark worldwide
On the global scale, realme also achieved a milestone of 100 million smartphones sold. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, realme still managed to become the fastest global smartphone brand to reach this milestone in three years, according to market research consultancy firm Strategy Analytics. In addition, realme is also the fastest-growing major smartphone brand globally in Q2 2021 with a year-over-year growth rate of 149%, as data from research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) showed.
This achievement further validates realme's sales and business strategies across the globe. Established only in 2018, realme is now the 7th largest smartphone brand with a presence in 61 different markets worldwide.
This 100-million milestone is the latest in line of realme's spectacular global rise, as the company adds another 'first' to its name. "The past three years have really been about an entrepreneurial spirit and untamed growth for realme", said realme's CEO, Sky Li. "Thanks to the huge support from our young users, we have been able to reach our goal of shipping 100 million smartphones and have gained significant ground in the smartphone market. We will continue to provide young consumers around the world with products that have premium performance and trend-setting designs at affordable prices."
Li added that realme's next goal is to achieve a dual-100 million target – shipping another 100 million handsets by the end of 2022 and completing the same milestone within the 2023 calendar year.
To achieve this, realme is counting on a comprehensive product development strategy that will see it expand its offerings in two ways. With the recent launch of its flagship GT Series devices, dubbed as 'flagship killer phone, realme is poised to compete at mid-to-high-end segments. The company is also evolving its vision of building out a full-fledged AIoT ecosystem for global users within the next five years. To this end, realme has unveiled its1+5+T strategy: 1 being the mobile phone, 5 for True Wireless Stereo earphones, wearables, TVs, tablets, laptops, and T stands for realme's AIoT brand TechLife. realme believes in its ability to lead users to a technologically enhanced lifestyle in a way that is affordable and sustainable at the same time.
realme is poised to break down barriers in a competitive environment with an audacious vision and courage to take on the world.
realme GT Master Edition Series to launch globally on August 18
In celebration of the brand's recent achievements both locally and globally, realme will launch its 100M-milestone product: the realme GT Master Edition Series, along with new categories on August 18.
The realme GT Master Edition Series is designed by famous Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa, who explored new smartphone design elements in smartphone history. realme sees GT Master Edition Series as the most high-end flagship to celebrate its 100M sales achievement.
Apart from smartphones, realme is also set to announce its new product categories at the event, aiming to become the fastest-growing brand and disruptor in these new categories. These upcoming launches are a testament to realme's mission of providing global young users with more trend-setting and leap-forward performance products.
The launch event will be held online on realme official social media platforms, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook.
For more info and updates from the country's no. 1 smartphone brand, be sure to follow realme on Facebook at facebook.com/realmePhilippines, @realme_PH on Twitter, and @realmephilippines on Instagram. #realmePH
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Surprisingly skeptics aren't writing this off as quickly as they should for two reasons- First "according to the experts", the two men in this video don't appear to be acting or faking anything. The men think they stumbled upon a black bear and when they realize they might be very wrong they take flight. Also the hunched and broad arms of the creature dont resemble a black bear standing on its hind legs.
What's your opinion? Is it real or is it a Bigfoot prank that just happened to go better than this guys?


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Fragile identities
Peer reviewed through an Arts Council award of £80,000, Hickey's complex curation and orchestration of the work of internationally influential South African artist William Kentridge, makes a major contribution as cultural intervention and scholarly research. The design of Hickey's research project is predicated on a manifestation of Kentridge and systematic analysis of the signification and process of production of the works as a whole. Hickey examines the intersections of globalisation, politics and political, cultural and artistic representation. This curatorial research focuses on concerns of artists and cultural theorists regarding the impact of identity formation on artistic practice and forms of representation. It addresses the interrelations between social-historical context, political vision and ambition in the generation of artworks, with Kentridge's intensely political yet determinedly unprogrammatic work iconic in these respects. Hickey's mediation of Kentridge's practice, with its historical backdrop of apartheid, evokes and expresses the interdependence of political engagements with identities forged from personal and collective memory. Kentridge is presented in Brighton for the first time. Conjoining performance, film, drawing, multi-media work, opera production, and original installations, the 'Kentridge festival' has been configured as a sounding board for scholarly dialogue and investigation in the accompanying international symposium ('The Art and Politics of Memory and Identity', 17-18 November 2007). The exhibition catalogue, William Kentridge: Fragile Identities, 2007 (ISBN: 978-1-903593-26-2), was edited by Hickey, who also contributed a lead essay: 'William Kentridge: Fragile Identities'. This dual-site exhibition at the University Gallery and contrasting Regency House heritage site includes concert performances of Philip Miller's score for Kentridge's films in the University's Theatre, as well as video interviews with the artist, associates and critics. The exhibition sites intentionally provoke reflection on the transposition of South African images and sounds and their resonance within the context of political and cultural commentary and critique.
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Artist Arts & Humanities 23%
Cultural Commentary Arts & Humanities 10%
Exhibition Catalogue Arts & Humanities 9%
Art of Memory Arts & Humanities 9%
Brighton Arts & Humanities 9%
Political Commentary Arts & Humanities 9%
Cultural Theorists Arts & Humanities 8%
Hickey, T. (2007, Apr 6). Fragile identities. Arts Council; University of Brighton. http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/academic/hickey/portfolio
Hickey, Tom. / Fragile identities. 2007. Brighton, UK : Arts Council; University of Brighton.
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A warm welcome to Mark Nareau, our new superior court judge
January 4, 2018 January 2, 2018 Staff
Lassen County finally has a new superior court judge. On Friday, Dec. 22, California Governor Jerry Brown announced the appointment of 33 superior court judges across the state — among them Susanville attorney Mark R. Nareau, 61, appointed to a judgeship in the Lassen County Superior Court.
Nareau is a veteran attorney in Susanville. Many will remember his term as Lassen County District Attorney in 1991 and 1992.
According to the governor's announcement, in addition to his service as district attorney, Nareau was a special prosecutor for the Lassen County Prison Prosecution Program from 1987 to 1998, a deputy district attorney at the Lassen County District Attorney's Office from 1984 to 1986 and a sole practitioner for many years.
The governor wrote Nareau earned juris doctor and bachelor of laws degrees from the Western State University College of Law, and he fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michele Verderosa.
The governor wrote Nareau is registered without party preference.
We need another local judge
Since Verderosa's retirement in June 2017, much of the weight of the court's calendar has been borne by visiting judges. Due to court rules and state law, Lassen County Superior Court Presiding Judge Tony Mallery cannot single-handedly handle every case that comes up in the court.
Make no mistake — our visiting judges are completely qualified and competent and we do not disparage them in any way, but our local justice system probably works better when decisions are made by a judge who intimately understands and is connected to our community and its people.
As a veteran prosecutor and a defense attorney in our local court, Nareau is exceedingly familiar with our local practices and procedures — a depth of useful knowledge no visiting judge is likely to easily acquire.
Working both sides of the courtroom, Nareau also is likely to better understand and recognize the challenges faced by our local law enforcement agencies, the district attorney's office as well as defense attorneys and the practices and procedures they follow. Again, a depth of knowledge a visiting judge is not likely to easily acquire.
And because he has such deep ties to our community — as an attorney, a district attorney, a prosecutor, a defense attorney, a basketball coach, a local restaurateur and a family man — he has earned a level of respect from members of the community that can only be attained through years of involvement.
The Lassen County Times broke the news of Nareau's appointment Friday, Dec. 22 on its website and social media outlets. The news came too late to be included in the Dec. 26 issue of the newspaper.
We received many positive comments congratulating Nareau on his appointment.
We expect our judges to be fair and impartial as they make the many decisions that can affect a trial and its outcome. We also expect them to administer the law in a fair and impartial manner.
Welcome, your honor. Now make us proud.
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Q: SOAP mediation Wso2 ESB Hello I have the following message:
 <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
      <soapenv:Header>
         <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" soapenv:mustUnderstand="true">
            <wsu:Timestamp xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="Timestamp-11">
               <wsu:Created>2012-09-06T09:59:04.031Z</wsu:Created>
               <wsu:Expires>2012-09-06T10:04:04.031Z</wsu:Expires>
            </wsu:Timestamp>
            <wsse:UsernameToken xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="UsernameToken-12">
               <wsse:Username>admin</wsse:Username>
               <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">admin</wsse:Password>
            </wsse:UsernameToken>
         </wsse:Security>
      </soapenv:Header>
      <soapenv:Body />
   </soapenv:Envelope>

I wanted to use an XPath to get the username <wsse:Username>admin</wsse:Username> from the incoming message
any suggestion?
EDIT:
I tried this:
<inSequence xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/ns/synapse">
   <property xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" name="p1" expression="$header/wsse:Username" scope="default" />
   <log>
      <property name="output*********" expression="get-property('p1')" />
   </log>
</inSequence>

but it does not output the username:
MessageID: urn:uuid:68f95493-7dfd-416a-b
455-f77f4fd5c9c5, Direction: request, output********* =

A: Nuvio,
You can use the expression "$header/wsse:Security" where "wsse" prefixes the namespace carried by the Security header element. Shown below is how you can get it saved to a Synapse message context property.
<property xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" name="Security" expression="$header/wsse:Security" />

FYI, you can use the syntax "$header/header_name" to extract any SOAP header element that exists in your SOAP message.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Prabath

A: otherwise you have option to get it use this xpath:"//wsse:Username/text()"
I think it will help you i am also new for this wso2 tool.
hope this carry you..


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Five from Brevard honored as 'Women of Action'
By Britt Kennerly;
Five Brevard County women whose activism bears impact locally and beyond were honored as "Women of Action" Friday by League of Women Voters of the Space Coast.
The awards, the first of their kind for the League, came out of "thinking about the wonderful talent we have here, people who have contributed to the well-being of our county and citizens," said Marilynn Collins, co-president.
Those honored during a luncheon at Suntree Country Club were:
• Joan Borders, Polly Cordell and Mary Eason, co-founders of Rolling Readers in Brevard;
• Maureen Rupe, president of Brevard Partnership for a Sustainable Future; and
• Alberta Wilson, chairwoman of the Space Coast Chapter of the National Congress of Black Women.
Wilson's many roles have included serving as president of the Central Brevard NAACP and the Cocoa-Rockledge Civic League. Her "passion for equity, education, diversity, civic engagement and community awareness are reflected in the numerous volunteer leadership roles she has undertaken and all the community service awards which she has received," Collins said.
Rupe, Collins said, "has fought for clean water, clean air and our Indian River Lagoon for many years." She is president of the Partnership for a Sustainable Future, a coalition of diverse groups working to establish and maintain an economically and environmentally sustainable future for Brevard.
Cordell was spurred to start the local Rolling Readers program, which assists children in Pre-K through Grade 3 in learning to read, after hearing about its namesake in California. She was joined by Borders and Eason in the project, which today serves more than 6,000 Brevard students in 26 Title 1 elementary schools. In November 2013, Rolling Readers was named at FLORIDA TODAY's Volunteer Recognition Awards as Organization of the Year.
Keynote speaker Deirdre Macnab, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, said the work done by honorees exemplifies action that matters in every area of everyday life.
"Whether it's their school or a zoning issue ... these are things that really get people out of their easy chairs and get their hands on the driving wheel," she said.
Contact Kennerly at 321-242-3692 or bkennerly@floridatoday.com. Follow her on Twitter @bybrittkennerly or at Facebook.com/bybrittkennerly.


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Vietnam veterans reunited 54-years after serving side-by-side
By WimberlyJuly 14, 2020No Comments
Home » News » Vietnam veterans reunited 54-years after serving side-by-side
Delbert Johnson and David Anderson both grew up in Texas, met during basic training at Fort Hood, and served in the same squad during the Vietnam War. And even though they lost touch over the years, they haven't forgotten each other.
"We went through basic training together and all of the different other trainings that the Army put the new recruits through at that time," said Anderson. "Then we went to Vietnam together, we were assigned to the same battalion, the same company and the same squad."
"During [the war] our friendship strengthened. We were both just trying to survive," said Johnson. "I would describe David during this time as funny with an incredible laugh but also quiet. He seemed to just sit back and take everything in."
When the two men returned home to Texas, they lost touch, engrossed in raising families and making a living, but Anderson never forgot his friend and brother, reported NBC 5.
"Some years back, I started wondering whatever happened to some of the guys I served with in the Army. For some reason, I don't know exactly why but the memory of Delbert stuck with me more than most," said Anderson, who employed the skills of his children to help him get in touch with Johnson over the internet.
The two chatted and discussed plans to meet up, but the plans never came to fruition… until now.
"I kind of got busy living and raising kids. Fast forward some twenty plus years and for reasons I don't know why, Delbert got on my mind again. It has now been better than 52 years since I had seen Delbert," said Anderson.
Anderson now lives in Duncanville just south of Dallas and Johnson in Conroe north of Houston, but the two decided that because of the uncertainty of the times, the time to meet up was now or never.
"I thought I'd better try to see this guy before we're done," joked Anderson.
So the two men in their 70s did just that. Both Anderson and Johnson finally met up and caught up over a steak dinner, wives and masks in tow.
"I am 74 years old and I can't remember when I have been so excited about anything. I felt like a kid, all smiles and butterflies in my stomach," said Johnson. "It was great to have someone to talk to about your time in the military that truly understood your thoughts and feelings because he was right by your side through it all."
"I don't know how to adequately describe that feeling, seeing him after more than 52 years and remembering some of our shared experiences we had. I can tell you I enjoyed the heck out of it," Anderson added.
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But when I'm reading a book, I'll try to stick it out. I think that says less about how much of a quitter I am and more about my investment in books. Not just financially, I'm talking figuratively here. Sometimes books deserve a second chance and sometimes they don't. But at what point do you decide to call it quits?
This is my latest struggle. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.
I so wanted to love this book. Mostly because I thought I was going to. When it came out I saw it on the news, it had just won the Man Booker Prize and I've adored other Man Booker Prize winners. But this went on and on and on. It was cleverly written sure but the mystery wasn't quite intriguing enough to keep me around after the countless seemingly inconsequential findings.
I was almost half way in before I decided it was time to give up. It's still sitting on my shelf and it still makes me sad when I see it. It's taunting me, laughing at me because I couldn't bring myself to stick with it.
Part of me would like to finish it one day. It's something I started that I didn't see through 'till the end. I'm the kind of person that is bothered by that.
Another part of me, the stronger part of me, says who cares!? You wasted enough time on something you didn't enjoy, why would you try again? Life is short. There's not anywhere near enough time to read all the books that you'd love let alone enough time for the books you don't.
There's not much that scares me more than knowing there's a billion books out there that I would love that I will never read or discover.
Right now, I've decided to not bother with books I don't enjoy. Once I get bored, once I stop reading for a week because my current read isn't engaging enough, it's time to stop.
I used to see books through to the end, books I did not like. Never again, unless they happen to be really, really short and I finish them without even realising I'm near the end – yes that can happen, but mostly only with ebooks.
Do you try with all your might to see a book through even if you're bored and can't wait to start another? Or will you call it quits right away, not wanting to waste time reading something you don't enjoy when instead you could be reading something that really excites you?
Please tell me when you decide to stop reading a book in the comments. I want to know. I will be comparing your answers and coming up with my own perfect solution for this conundrum!


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