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Fiji's interim prime minister says military officers posted to the public service, including those on diplomatic postings, will return to barracks after the 2009 general election if they are not wanted by the incoming government..
Commodore Bainimarama has told the Sunday Times the officers are aware of this and they will always have a job to come back to.
The newspaper says the interim prime minister was responding to criticism that the public service is being militarised.
Commodore Bainimarama says the military has been suffering as a result of the postings of its best officers but the nation's welfare was the first priority.
He says everyone has had some experience with the civil service where staff come to work too late, head for a coffee break and then leave too early.
He says when they see something wrong with a department, they throw in a military officer to get it up and running to provide services to the people.


But what does this have to do with education and empirical science? The answer is that it has quite a bit to do with how empirical science is typically taught today. Part of this should be clear already from the last section on how learning empirical science can make it more difficult for someone to see something as a unified substantial whole. In a similar way, a strong focus on the component parts of a thing, to the extent that this focus obscures the whole – which must be seen as more than the sum of its parts – obscures the possibility of a thing having a particular nature. Only something with substantial existence can have a particular nature. It is only when we acknowledge that there is actually a thing there that we can consider the thing as a something of a particular kind. And so if our understanding of the objective world, of "nature," is basically that it is a Heraclitian cosmic soup of various modular units and nothing more, then it is impossible to assert that anything in the world actually has a particular nature. After all, if there is no objective basis for it being considered "some thing" in the first place it cannot be accurately thought of as something with a particular nature.
And so it is not an accident that David Hume came after Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes. The strains in modern philosophy that deny that things have natures, or that the nature of reality is in any way normative even if it can be known (no "ought" from what "is"), did not develop in a vacuum. When the objective world came to be considered as passive modular construction units arranged for functionality, human values were removed into the subjective sphere, the realm of the human subject as one who thinks, feels, and develops culture.
Now while no one in his or her right mind would want to live in the dystopian worlds of Orwell or Huxley, the idea of not being confined by nature is nonetheless an attractive one. Nature can be a hard master. It is not easy to till the soil and earn a living by the sweat of one's brow. No one wants to put an end to the work of curing disease and relieving suffering. The Baconian project of mastering nature so as to develop technological solutions to relieve human suffering is good as far as it goes. And a classical understanding of nature may have moral implications that some people do not like. It may be great to be able to see the natural world as a source of human values, as some see a return to nature as a healing balm for disconnected modern urban lifestyles. But once we start taking the natural order seriously again we may have to think about other unnatural practices, including some relating to aspects of our personhood that we deem to be fundamental.
Do we have to give up all dominion over nature to avoid ending up in a dystopian world? Can we have a type of dominion that does not disregard the reality that is before us but rather tries to respect, and perhaps even perfect it? The answer to this question hinges on our ability to recover a more open-minded outlook, an outlook that reintegrates looking at what something is in itself with how this thing can be useful to us. Our focus should not be only on how a thing can be manipulated for particular functions. We need to first see the real world as it presents itself to us. This seeing must include a fundamental attitude of respecting what is there, respecting the unique subjectivity of each created thing. Our first gaze should be one that apprehends the nature of the thing and contemplates its position in the entire natural world. Then without putting aside this perspective, we can also apply our minds to understanding how to use that which it is legitimate to use. Our reason is a great power that allows us to gain control over the natural world. But this control exercised through putting natural things to artificial uses needs to always remain cognizant of the natural thing itself, and the overall order that it is possible to damage by imprudent meddling.
While on the one hand this is an obvious point – it is foolish to develop land without studying the environmental impact of the development, for example – there is a deeper danger that we risk falling into if one does not recover that ability to see the natural world for what it is before analyzing what it can be for me. The human heart has been made for nothing less than the possession of God Himself. All other good things can only provide a limited and temporary fulfillment of the desires of the human heart. Thus the proper relationship of the human heart to the things of this world necessarily includes a habit of detachment. It is true that we need to love the things of this world; we do not want a cold detachment that fails to see the goodness and beauty in creation. The challenge is to recognize the goodness of created things without setting our hearts on possessing these things as a resting place for the heart. Thus the proper use of the things of this world must include an element of respecting their unique subjective goodness, a goodness that is independent from the person who sees it and points ultimately toward the greatest good to which the human heart longs, God Himself.
This attitude is perhaps best exemplified in the figure of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis has a great respect and love for all the creatures of nature, calling them affectionately by such names as "brother sun" or "sister moon and the stars", precisely because he lived such an austere life of mortification and penance. In all the creatures of this earth he saw reason to praise God, beginning verses of his Canticle of the Sun with the same words Pope Francis chose as the start of his encyclical on the environment: "Laudato Si." Those who have overlooked the great penance of St. Francis, as if he was able to see the great goodness of creation simply by following some keen and perhaps even "artistic" insight, are misunderstanding the saint. Only a heart that is set on appreciating all limited goods as pointing toward the greatest good, God, the One who made each human heart for nothing less than Himself, only such a heart can be truly happy with the things of this world. The truth is that all the things of this world are ultimately as nothing before God. A heart is cheapened by adhering to something here below as if it could provide its ultimate satisfaction. In a paradoxical way, only a heart detached from taking ownership in a possessive sense of the good things in this world is able to really see their goodness. And, as St. Francis's life shows, it is the mortified person who is truly the happiest, since his detachment is a necessary condition that enables him to see the goodness of each thing, contemplating its nature and its overall place in God's creation.


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Caritas in Philippines Launches Typhoon Odette Recovery
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Effort to Help Families Rebuild Their Houses and Livelihoods
Young volunteers of the Diocese of Tagbilaran help pack relief goods for Typhoon Odette victims in Bohol province on Dec. 29, 2021. COURTESY OF THE DIOCESE OF TAGBILARAN
Caritas in the Philippines is launching Typhoon Odette Recovery according to CBCP News.
The Philippine Catholic Church's humanitarian arm said it will soon begin its recovery initiative, pledging to help families severely affected by Odette, especially those in the "peripheries".
While Caritas Philippines will continue distributing relief aid, its head Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said they are trying their best to support affected families rebuild their houses and livelihoods.
"In the coming weeks, we will start rebuilding houses, providing emergency livelihood assistance and other priority needs," Bagaforo said.
He encouraged the faithful to continue the "alay kapwa" (offering of oneself to others) to help those in the fringes of society.
"This our Caritas promise," the bishop assured.
As of Jan. 3, the national Caritas has received at least P39.9 million cash donations from private individuals, dioceses, companies, and its partners from the Caritas network.
The agency has served more than 41,900 families with food packs, water, and other emergency assistance as of Dec. 31 last year.
According to its initial assessment, the typhoon-affected around 1.1 million families and displaced more than 452,000 people.
The disaster, it added, also destroyed more than half a million houses in at least 38 provinces.
Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, spent his Christmas in Siargao Island with the survivors of the typhoon.
Pope Francis on December 19 expressed his closeness to the people of the Philippines, recovering from this week's "super typhoon" Odette that left dozens dead, vast destruction, and more than 200 towns without electricity. More than 300,000 people were forced to flee their homes and beachfront resorts.
"I express my closeness to the people of the Philippines affected by a strong typhoon, which has destroyed many homes. May the Santo Niño bring consolation and hope to the families most in need; and may he inspire practical help in all of us! The first genuine help is prayer," the Holy Father said.
Speaking after the Sunday Angelus in St. Peter's Square, the Pope turned his thoughts to Filipinos struck by Typhoon Odette the strongest typhoon to batter the country this year. The death toll from the flooding, landslides, and collapsing trees caused by the typhoon, currently stands at 146, but scores of people are still missing.
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3 or 4 more!!!!
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1 August 2013 at 2:29 pm #118649
Coyle says we are currently in for a defender and he is still on the look out for another striker which means we are looking at another 3 or 4 players!!!!
Latics boss Coyle revealed to the Wigan Evening Post: "We're pursuing a centre-back at the moment. There is good dialogue between the two clubs so we'll see how that transpires.
"I'm still trying to bring in one more striker as well, so we're looking at three maybe four players in total."
He would be a recruitment consultant if he wasn't allergic to suits.
I imagine a couple of those could be loan signings waiting to see which managers are willing to let players go after assessing in pre season.
Nick Powell would be a good choice for me green as grass but undoubtable talent.
Or alternatively there is an Argentinian international striker still available on a free
http://www.wiganer.net/news/tmnw/latics_hoping_to_complete_barnett_capture_801335/index.shtml
That 3 or 4 might include replacements for 1 or 2 that might be leaving, though :(
I am still clinging to the hope that we can go into this season with the likes of Maloney, Mcmanman and McCarthy.
Only 30 more days to go!
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1. To keep schools safe while ensuring our students can continue learning without disruption, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will adopt a more sustainable, risk-based targeted approach towards school cases, as we learn to live with COVID-19 as an endemic disease.
2. With a clearer understanding of the COVID-19 situation based on empirical evidence and how our measures have been effective in managing the COVID-19 situation in schools, MOE will make careful adjustments to ensure our schools continue to be kept safe, and for learning to continue with a broader range of school activities to gradually resume, in tandem with the push towards a COVID-19 resilient nation.
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3. Since early August, we have moved towards a more targeted approach which impacts a more targeted group of students. Where possible, schools will no longer place entire levels on Home-Based Learning (HBL) as a default when there is a COVID-19 infection case, but focus on placing close contacts and students from the same classes or CCA groups under LOA or QO instead. This approach will allow the rest of the students and teachers in the level and school to continue with classes in school and minimise disruption, while safeguarding their health and safety. Placing more classes or levels on HBL remains an option should there be a risk of transmission beyond close contacts. Our schools will also continue to monitor the health of students and staff more closely as an additional precaution.
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5. As part of the national Fast and Easy Testing (FET) regime, a smaller group of staff will also have to be regularly tested, even if they are vaccinated, due to their involvement in higher-risk activities. This will include contract cleaners and school canteen operators, as well as PE teachers who conduct mask-off activities as part of PE lessons in our schools. From 3 September 2021, it will also include cleaners in tuition and enrichment centres that cater to students aged 12 and below. Tuition and enrichment centres can register for FET and obtain more details at: https://go.gov.sg/tuition-enrichment-fet.


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Theodor Heinrich Boveri (12 d'octubre de 1862 - 15 d'octubre de 1915) va ser un biòleg alemany conegut pels seu estudis sobre la biologia cel·lular en relació. Va estar casat amb la biòloga nord-americana Marcella O'Grady (1863-1950) que havia estat estudiant de doctorat a l'Institut Zoològic de Würzburg amb qui es casà durant el darrer lustre del  i que fou una de les més directes col·laboradores a la recerca de Boveri. Amb Marcella tingué la seva única filla Margret Boveri (1900-1975) que es va convertir en una de les més conegudes periodistes alemanyes de la postguerra.

El treball de Boveri amb eriçons de mar va mostrar que era necessari disposar tots els cromosomes presents perquè hi hagués un correcte desenvolupament embrionari. Aquest descobriment va ser una part clau de la teoria cromosòmica de Boveri-Sutton. El seu descobriment significatiu va ser el centrosoma (1888), que va descriure com un òrgan especial de la divisió cel·lular. Boveri també va descobrir el fenomen de la disminució de la cromatina durant el desenvolupament embrionari del nematode Parascaris.

També argumentà el 1902 que un tumor cancerós comença amb una única cèl·lula en què la composició dels seus cromosomes esdevé alterada, fent que les cèl·lules es divideixin sense control. També proposà l'existència de punts de control del cicle cel·lular, els gens supressors de tumors i oncogens i que les mitosis aberrants i la proliferació cel·lular incontrolada pot ser causada per la radiació, danys físics o químics o per patògens microscòpics. Fou més tard que investigadors com Thomas Hunt Morgan el 1915 demostraren les hipòtesis de Boveri.

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160 Nigerians Evacuated From The United States Arrive In Abuja
by Oduse David May 10, 2020
written by Oduse David May 10, 2020
One hundred and sixty Nigerians who were stranded in the United States following the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown have returned to the country.
A plane carrying the returnees arrived on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation's capital.
The Boeing 787 Ethiopian Airlines plane touched down at the airport in the Federal Capital Territory at about 11am, hours after departing the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
This comes as the Federal Government commences the evacuation of hundreds of stranded Nigerians willing to return home from various countries.
According to an earlier update by the government, a total of 160 Nigerians are expected back in the country on Sunday morning.
They comprise 92 males, 60 females, and eight infants.
In a tweet on Sunday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed that 160 Nigerians have returned safely to the country.
ET Flight 8509 conveying 160 Nigerian evacuees from the #US has safely arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. #StayHomeSaveLives #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19 @NigeriaGov @DigiCommsNG
— Geoffrey Onyeama (@GeoffreyOnyeama) May 10, 2020
Meanwhile, the government stationed five luxury buses and a coaster bus at the airport to move the returnees to isolation centres as soon as they disembark from the plane.
The exercise was conducted by the health and airport officials among others on the ground to receive the returning travellers.
On disembarking from the plane, the returnees claimed their luggage right outside the plane before they boarded designated buses at the tarmac and were driven away.
They are to go into isolation for 14 days to be tested for COVID-19, while the passports of all 160 passengers were kept with the Nigeria Immigration Service for the period.
Their arrival comes two days after the government evacuated 253 Nigerians also stranded in the United Kingdom.
The British Airways plane carrying the evacuees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Friday afternoon.
They were later airlifted to Abuja where they were taken into isolation to determine their Covid-19 status.
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I've tested this in a minimal project and it doesn't seem to work. I add a particle system to sequencer and convert it to spawnable. The particle actor icon appears in the editor upon spawning but does not emit.
In your sequence make sure to add a particle toggle track and add a key with the value "activate" in your timeline. By default particle effects spawned by sequencer don't activate on spawn. If that isn't working for you let me know and I will continue investigating.
Thanks Ed, I had the same issue and that fixed it for me!
I have a particle system that's attached to my player pawn as a component. The solution posted by Ed works for me in this case, also. Thanks a bunch!
Click on + Track next to the character (not the green one at the top of Sequencer).
Find your Particle System Component and add it as a track.
Add a track for this PS Component. Select the Particle Toggle Track as Ed mentioned above.
Key an "activate" state in at some point in the Sequence.
Finally, right-click inside Sequencer on the Particle Toggle Track you just created. Select Properties and edit the "When Finish" item to display "Keep State" (instead of "Restore State") in order to keep the PS activated once the Sequence has finished playing.
Hi, I have a same problems with the particle in the sequencer. It's working in the every shot, but it's not working in the sequencer master.


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The Horror Tree Presents… An Interview with Eric J Guignard
by Selene MacLeod | Dec 15, 2018 | Articles, Interviews | 0 comments
Selene: Welcome to The Horror Tree, and thanks for agreeing to an interview. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Eric: Thank you so much for your time and for allowing me to be a small part of The Horror Tree!
A bit about me, via my usual bio: I'm a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles, where I also run the small press, Dark Moon Books. By day job, I'm a technical writer and college professor, and before that I worked in mortgage banking. I'm married, with a young son and daughter. Plus I've a dog, cats, desert tortoise, and a terrarium filled with mischievous beetles. I've survived 42 years on this Earth, although I feel half that age mentally. I've travelled quite a bit, but I've lived in the same 25-mile radius in Southern California my entire life. I'm a pretty normal suburban White dude (third-generation Swiss-American), mostly passive, mostly introverted, pretty easy-going. I can jump rope all day long. I founded a hackysack club, that's long gone under. My wife and I grew up together. I feel more comfortable in a dive bar than a fancy club. Outside other life responsibilities, I enjoy hiking and I study entomology (insects) and genealogy (family history); I woodwork in my garage; model miniatures; and read, read, read!
Selene: How long have you been writing, and what about the horror genre draws you?
Eric: I've been writing fiction driven by the goal of publication since February, 2011. However, I've been writing and drawing stories ever since I was a child. I just did it then for my own interest, or for friends. I stopped in college, in order to pursue business and serious-minded life necessities… which, of course, I now regret. I don't regret the pursuit of those things, but rather having given up writing for so many years. I only jumped into as a potential career after the realization struck me that I was missing out on something I was passionate about!
And part II to your question, regarding the horror genre: I've just always found horror to be "exciting." It gets my heart pumping, adrenaline rushing, etc. I enjoy literary thrills of all kinds, whether the ghosts and monsters of horror, or the shoot-em-up conquest of military conquest; the excitement and wanderlust of adventure tales, or the far-flung speculative legends or fables from any era or land. They all inspire me in different ways!
Selene: Your bio mentions all of your literary influences. Was there ever an "a-ha" moment, when you decided you wanted to be a genre writer, or did it come about in some other way?
Eric: All my life I've been drawn to creation, whether writing, drawing, painting, building, acting, designing. I'm sure it must have been infuriating to my parents, I could never decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I still don't. One day I think I should be a businessman, the next day a cowboy. I fulfill my responsibilities, but otherwise I'm lost adrift in my own whims and imagination. Suffice it to say, I've always just wanted to have a creative profession, but to balance that with success and wealth, which, naturally, I have yet to find!
Selene: Is there a person or people who have really influenced your writing decisions?
Eric: I can't say that any one author has had the most influence. I first read Stephen King in elementary school, and then his subsequent novels through my formative years, along with the horror standards of the late '80s and early '90s, like Dean Koontz and Anne Rice, so those were my first introductions to horror reading. I grew to like short stories more though, and comics, and I read across genres, so I can say there are a number of authors who have impacted me in different ways, whether by their plot twists, or humor, or relatable characters, or rich prose, etc.
Those authors I currently adore and consider influences and inspirations include Cormac McCarthy, George Orwell, Stephen Graham Jones, Jeffrey Ford, Lisa Morton, Kaaron Warren, Dennis Lehane, Seanan McGuire, Joe R. Lansdale, Nisi Shawl, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Neil Gaiman, Robert McCammon, Mark Bowden, O. Henry, James Ellroy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Helen Marshall, John Steinbeck, Weston Ochse, John Langan, and many others…
Selene: We'll get to your own writing in a moment, but first I'd like to talk about your work as an editor, which is how I'm familiar with your work. Tell us about this, and Dark Moon Books.
Eric: I find editing is easier for me than writing, although writing brings more satisfaction. Writing is emotionally exhausting, whereas editing I can do all day long. And I'm always thrilled with the chance to connect and work with other writers while editing. But I love so much to type "The End" at the end of a writing piece—it's a wonderful, fulfilling sense. Both are different journeys to a creative destination.
And regarding Dark Moon Books—I bought it from its original founder last year, and completely rebranded it. I dropped all of its previous titles and started it over from the ground up. DMB was founded by Stan Swanson in 2011, and he was a mentor and friend who was one of the first people to buy my work, so Dark Moon Books since has just held a sweet, soft spot in my heart. I started off in the indie horror world knowing no one, and I blindly wrote to publisher after publisher asking them to work with me to publish my first anthology, Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations, and he was the only one willing. Anyway, as of a couple years ago, he'd stopped doing anything with the press, as he had some other life issues, and hackers had taken over the site. I didn't want to see the name die, so I bought it out, built out a new secure site and image, and set a goal for it to be a short story venue, primarily for anthologies and my own oddball projects which can't get signed elsewhere. My mission statement is for "Dark Moon Books to publish unusual and invigorating dark fiction for readers around the world." I run my anthologies and Primers through there now, and hope to do more, but finances dictate most of those decisions.
Selene: Writing (and reading) and editing are sort of a chicken-and-egg cycle. Readers love stories and become writers and then editors, and so on. Do you find your editing work has improved your writing, and vice versa? I found when reading slush that my writing improved, through exposure to the editorial process and a feel for what makes a good story.
Eric: Oh yes, like, 1,000%!! I started editing because I wanted to improve as a writer, and it's helped immensely. I recommend it to anyone wishing to improve their writing. By reading slush I saw what everyone else was writing about, the same tropes and styles, and immediately knew to write something going the other direction. By an aggregate of stories, I would find flaws in writing that I would then recognize in myself. And I found it's true that you can accurately judge a story based on the opening paragraph, and in most cases the opening sentence. From editing, I gained experience in story development, author communications, layout, promotions and so on. I now look at projects from the multiple eyes of "Editor," "Marketer," "Distributor," "Publisher," and it's made me a better person.
Additionally, my day job of Technical Writing can get dull at times, but it's also definitely improved my fiction writing, by articulating stories in concise language, with focus on impact, brevity, and an understanding of audiences.
Selene: You've got a new anthology out this week, Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror. How did this come about?
Eric: Funny that I can remember the moment so clearly, and that the moment was so bland. I was working remotely for my job, and I took a break and lay down on my bed, and out of nowhere I thought, "Man, I should create a horror anthology about rockabilly." Totally random! I used to be a big rockabilly music and culture fan, and there was some great cross-over punk and gothic tunes, bands like the HorrorPops, Tiger Army, Nekromantix, and others, especially bands with Psychobilly tastes. And I used to collect Tiki Head statues and Fez caps, vintage pin-up artwork, stuff I don't have any longer since having children. Anyway, such is kismet.
Selene: I was looking through your author listings on Amazon, and you have a vast range of work, from 100 word drabbles to novels, to what even appears to be a scholarly paper. You also work as a tech writer. What's your favourite thing to write?
Eric: My main profession is as a Technical Writer, and I used to work in advertising and wrote copy write at that time. I've written for marketing, and academia, and also non-fiction of various subjects. Persuasive writing, content writing, descriptive writing, ghost writing, you name it. And each of these types of writing has different styles and nuances. But my favorite thing to write? Fiction short stories, of course!!! Totally, totally, totally!!
Selene: Another odd question. I read in your interview with The Horror Writers' Association that you had taken a break from writing, then got back into it through genealogy. What interests you about genealogy, and how does it influence your work?
Eric: True, genealogy was a great connector back into fiction writing for me (and the following anecdote is a long-winded and off-track response to such). I have an obsession with family history stories, and had been writing articles for periodicals, and history books for family members on the subject. I'd been laid off the year prior (this about 2010) due to the mortgage market collapse, and so I was trying to publish more broadly on history articles (old pay-per-click models), and was chatting with a friend of my wife's (whom I'd known in high school) about writing for income, as she'd recently started blogging for profit, and she remembered the fiction stories I used to write in years past. I told her that I was jealous and wished I could be a writer, and she said, "Well, what's stopping you? Why don't you write again?"
It was that simple… I really wondered then, why had I given up something I'd loved so long ago, for a failed mortgage career? It inspired me then to do something I was passionate about, rather than trying to rebuild a business life of which I'd never felt particularly adroit at. Which all goes to the age-old trade-off: Once I had money though was cheerless, and now I'm broke and happy (or at least having a sense of purpose)!
Selene: I've only managed to read a few of your stories, but I noticed a couple of things about your characters, namely strong protagonists, and a feeling for even minor characters as real people (even the ones who are aliens or robots!). How do you approach writing your characters?
Eric: First, read more of my stories (really, please!), haha. And thank you for the kind compliment. I don't think that I have any formula for writing a character, it's rather more of a litmus test. If I start to write someone, and they immediately feel "flat" or without purpose, I dispose of them and start over. I usually think of people in terms of flaws (myself included), and that carries over to characters. Everyone has emotional issues, disappointments, fears, curious or morbid ways, and that often drives what I write in the realms of dark and weird fiction.
Selene: Your plots are also pretty complex, even in your shortest stories. Where do you get your ideas, and are you a "pantser" or a "plotter," so to speak?
Eric: OMG, I had to Google, "What is a Pantser?" But now that I know what it means, yes, a Pantser is I (most of the time)! I do always begin just by "writing as I go," but if the story becomes complicated or I get burned out, or stuck, then I turn to plotting or outlining to figure the proper direction.
And ideas come, literally and figuratively, from everywhere: Dreams (both night and day), global news and current affairs, conversations with people, personal observations of the world, and playing the "What If?" game.
Selene: Your settings also vary wildly from story to story. I've read about a small town in PA and the "event horizon" of a black hole, and intimate settings such as an office or a bedroom after dark. How do you develop your story settings, and do you "write what you know" or try to imagine different places?
Eric: I always try to imagine different places, and enjoy researching different settings, even if they're commonplace locales—reading what other people have written of geographic areas helps me imagine them in different ways. I don't think I've ever written two stories in the same place, now that you mention it… It hasn't been a conscious decision either, so considering that, I guess it's just part of the creative process in that I want to "learn" about new ideas and places. I'm constantly surfing news and social media for interesting items that I store away in a Notes document. (So thanks, Selene, for prodding me to self-analyze something new about myself!)
Selene: I saw Facebook post from you the other day, outlining all the things you have on your plate right now. It can seem overwhelming. How do you juggle so many projects, and manage your time?
Eric: Probably not as well as I should! I constantly fear that I spread myself too thin, and that because I've involved myself in different activities and obligations, I don't put truly sufficient time and attention into any of them. I work from home, which is really the only way I could possibly multi-task what I do, in that with flexible scheduling I can push things around at all hours of the night. I work full time as a corporate Technical Writer, plus two more part time gigs (including adjunct teaching in the University California system). I prioritize work and playing with my children: I coach AYSO Soccer and Little League baseball, and I'm Den Leader of my son's Cub Scout Pack. Things like that are where I find meaning in life, along with my creative endeavors—I work on book projects whenever I have time. I don't watch TV, I don't socialize, I just read, write, and edit!
Selene: What advice would you give someone who's just starting out, either in writing or editing?
Eric: Be confident to fail. Read broadly. Experiment. What I tell others, and what I repeat to myself like a mantra, is simply: "Keep writing, and remember that every rejection is an opportunity for improvement!"
Selene: Thank you again for answering my questions. Do you have anything else you'd like to talk about here?
Eric: Thank you, again, for your time, Selene. The only final things I like to say are to plug my latest works!
My most recent writing work is my debut collection, That Which Grows Wild: 16 Tales of Dark Fiction (Cemetery Dance Publications; July, 2018)
Quick synopsis: Equal parts of whimsy and weird, horror and heartbreak, That Which Grows Wild, by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard, collects sixteen short stories that traverses the darker side of the fantastic.
My latest published editing work is my anthology, A World of Horror, which is a showcase of international short fiction authors. (Dark Moon Books; September, 2018)
Quick synopsis: A World of Horror is an anthology of all new dark and speculative fiction stories written by authors from around the globe.
My next anthology to come out next month is, Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror. (Dark Moon Books; January, 2019)
Quick synopsis: A 1950s-themed anthology of 18 all-new rockabilly, pulp, and horror tales, with fast cars, rowdy characters, and revved-up classic movie monsters.
Additionally, I've created an ongoing series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction, titled: EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION, of which I'm estimating to release an average of 2—3 volumes per year (Vol. 1: Steve Rasnic Tem; Vol. II: Kaaron Warren; Vol. III: Nisi Shawl; Vol. IV: Jeffrey Ford; Vol. V: Han Song; Vol. VI: Ramsey Campbell).
Volume 3, for Nisi Shawl, will be landing in a few weeks!
And finally, I'm in process of shopping my first novel (publishers and agents, take note!), which I finished writing last year: Crossbuck 'Bo.
Quick synopsis: A Depression-era hobo rides the rails and learns the underlying Hobo Code is a secret language that leads into the world of shared memories, where whoever is remembered strongest can change history and alter the lives of the living.
If you would like to find out more about Eric and his writing endeavours, check out the links below.
Author website: www.ericjguignard.com
Dark Moon Books website: www.darkmoonbooks.com
Author Blog: ericjguignard.blogspot.com
Author Twitter: @ericjguignard
Dark Moon Books Twitter: @DarkMoonBooks
Dark Moon Books Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkMoonBooks2/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3410564.Eric_J_Guignard
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiTNKU2P1Ixuq22kEfjump4IG1Q06tV1v
About Selene MacLeod
Selene MacLeod is a night operator and sometime writing hobbyist. She holds a BA in Communications from Wilfrid Laurier University and resides in Kitchener, Ontario. Her work has appeared in several horror and crime fiction anthologies, most recently Shotgun Honey, Drag Noir (Fox Spirit Books); and the upcoming Freakshow: Freakishly Fascinating Tales of Mystery and Suspense (Copper Pen Press), and Tragedy Queens (Clash Media).She's most excited about editing a charity anthology for Nocturnicorn Books called Anthem: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, due out late 2017.
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package com.adaptris.core.services.metadata.xpath;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;

import org.junit.Test;

import com.adaptris.core.CoreException;

public abstract class XpathQueryCase {

  public static final String XML = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><message><message-type>order"
      + "</message-type><source-id>partnera</source-id><destination-id>" + "partnerb</destination-id><body>...</body>"
      + "<extra att=\"single\">one</extra><extra att=\"multi\">two</extra>" + "<extra att=\"multi\">three</extra></message>";

  public static final String XML_WITH_NAMESPACE = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n"
      + "<svrl:schematron-output xmlns:svrl=\"http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/svrl\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:sch=\"http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron\" xmlns:iso=\"http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron\" xmlns:dp=\"http://www.dpawson.co.uk/ns#\" title=\"Anglia Farmers AF xml Invoice Schematron File\" schemaVersion=\"ISO19757-3\">\n"
      + "<svrl:ns-prefix-in-attribute-values uri=\"http://www.dpawson.co.uk/ns#\" prefix=\"dp\"/>\n" + "<svrl:active-pattern/>\n"
      + "<svrl:fired-rule context=\"SageData/JoinedData\"/>\n"
      + "<svrl:failed-assert test=\"STOCK_CODE != ''\" location=\"/SageData[1]/JoinedData[1]\">\n"
      + "<svrl:text>Error: Product Code must be present.</svrl:text>\n" + "</svrl:failed-assert>\n"
      + "<svrl:fired-rule context=\"SageData/JoinedData/CUST_ORDER_NUMBER[. != '']\"/>\n"
      + "<svrl:fired-rule context=\"SageData/JoinedData/AF_NUMBER[. != '']\"/>\n"
      + "<svrl:failed-assert test=\"string-length(.) = 5\" location=\"/SageData[1]/JoinedData[1]/AF_NUMBER[1]\">\n"
      + "<svrl:text>Error: Anglia Farmer's Supplier Number must be 5 digits long. (Current Value: 62826123)</svrl:text>\n"
      + "</svrl:failed-assert>\n" + "</svrl:schematron-output>";

  protected abstract XpathObjectQuery create();

  @Test
  public void testSetMetadataKey() throws Exception {
    XpathQueryImpl query = (XpathQueryImpl) create();
    assertNull(query.getMetadataKey());
    query.setMetadataKey("key");
    assertEquals("key", query.getMetadataKey());
    try {
      query.setMetadataKey("");
      fail();
    }
    catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {

    }
    assertEquals("key", query.getMetadataKey());
    try {
      query.setMetadataKey(null);
      fail();
    }
    catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {

    }
    assertEquals("key", query.getMetadataKey());
  }

  @Test
  public void testSetAllowNullResults() throws Exception {
    XpathQueryImpl query = (XpathQueryImpl) create();
    assertNull(query.getAllowEmptyResults());
    assertFalse(query.allowEmptyResults());
    query.setAllowEmptyResults(Boolean.FALSE);
    assertNotNull(query.getAllowEmptyResults());
    assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, query.getAllowEmptyResults());
    assertFalse(query.allowEmptyResults());
    query.setAllowEmptyResults(null);
    assertFalse(query.allowEmptyResults());
    assertNull(query.getAllowEmptyResults());
  }

  @Test
  public void testInit_NoMetadataKey() throws Exception {
    XpathQueryImpl query = (XpathQueryImpl) create();
    try {
      query.verify();
      fail();
    }
    catch (CoreException expected) {

    }
  }

  protected static class StaticNamespaceContext implements NamespaceContext {

    private final Map<String, String> prefixMap;
    private final Map<String, Set<String>> nsMap;

    public StaticNamespaceContext() {
      Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
      map.put("svrl", "http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/svrl");
      map.put("xsd", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
      map.put("xs", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
      map.put("sch", "http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron");
      map.put("iso", "http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron");
      map.put("dp", "http://www.dpawson.co.uk/ns#");
      prefixMap = createPrefixMap(map);
      nsMap = createNamespaceMap(prefixMap);
    }

    public StaticNamespaceContext(Map<String, String> prefixMappings) {
      prefixMap = createPrefixMap(prefixMappings);
      nsMap = createNamespaceMap(prefixMap);
    }

    private Map<String, String> createPrefixMap(Map<String, String> source) {
      Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>(source);
      addDefault(result, XMLConstants.XML_NS_PREFIX, XMLConstants.XML_NS_URI);
      addDefault(result, XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE, XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI);
      return Collections.unmodifiableMap(result);
    }

    private void addDefault(Map<String, String> prefixMap, String prefix, String nsURI) {
      String previous = prefixMap.put(prefix, nsURI);
      if (previous != null && !previous.equals(nsURI)) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Couldn't add default prefixes");
      }
    }

    private Map<String, Set<String>> createNamespaceMap(Map<String, String> prefixMap) {
      Map<String, Set<String>> result = new HashMap<>();
      for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : prefixMap.entrySet()) {
        String nsURI = entry.getValue();
        Set<String> existingPrefixes = result.get(nsURI);
        if (isNull(existingPrefixes)) {
          existingPrefixes = new HashSet<>();
          result.put(nsURI, existingPrefixes);
        }
        existingPrefixes.add(entry.getKey());
      }
      for (Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> entry : result.entrySet()) {
        Set<String> readOnly = Collections.unmodifiableSet(entry.getValue());
        entry.setValue(readOnly);
      }
      return result;
    }

    @Override
    public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix) {
      if (isNull(prefix)) {
        return XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI;
      }
      String nsURI = prefixMap.get(prefix);
      return isNull(nsURI) ? XMLConstants.NULL_NS_URI : nsURI;
    }

    @Override
    public String getPrefix(String namespaceURI) {
      if (isNull(namespaceURI)) {
        return null;
      }
      Set<String> prefixes = nsMap.get(namespaceURI);
      return isNull(prefixes) ? null : prefixes.iterator().next();
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<String> getPrefixes(String namespaceURI) {
      if (isNull(namespaceURI)) {
        return null;
      }
      Set<String> prefixes = nsMap.get(namespaceURI);
      return isNull(prefixes) ? null : prefixes.iterator();
    }

    private boolean isNull(Object value) {
      return null == value;
    }
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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WOO LMS: Brady Smith Wins Late Model Season-Opener
RaceChaser Staff February 15, 2014 Other Late Models, Southeast, World of Outlaws Sprint Cars 0 Comments
OCALA, FL – Feb. 15, 2014 – series release via Kevin Kovac — Schnarzy photo — Brady Smith loves his new car.
After steering the three-race-old machine to a wire-to-wire victory in Friday night's caution-free 35-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series season opener at Bubba Raceway Park, Smith's decision to join the Rocket Chassis fold in 2014 was vindicated.
"We just couldn't be happier with the support we've been getting (from Rocket Chassis)," Smith said after capturing the milestone 400th WoO LMS A-Main contested since the national tour was reborn in 2004 under the World Racing Group banner. "All those guys over there – (Steve) Baker, Mark (Richards), Cody (Duncan), Matt (Barnes), Josh (Richards) – have been just so helpful. I couldn't be happier with the effort they've been giving me to help us get going here."
Smith, 36, of Solon Springs, Wis., took off from his pole position starting spot and led the entire distance in his Vic Hill-powered car, but his $7,050 triumph in the first of three Bubba Army Dirt Late Model Winter Nationals events didn't come easy. He had to hold off a furious late-race challenge from Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill. – the substitute driver of Mark Richards's Rocket Chassis house car while reigning WoO LMS champ Josh Richards is sidelined by undisclosed medical issues – to secure his fifth career win on the WoO LMS.
The 21-year-old Sheppard's last-lap bid fell short by 0.367 of a second as he settled for runner-up money. Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., finished about one second behind Sheppard in third driving his new self-designed Club 29 car. Rick Eckert of York, Pa., burst forward from the 12thstarting spot to fourth place in 11 laps and stayed there to the finish in his Bloomquist car, while seventh-starter Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., completed the top five in his Kennedy Motorsports Capital Race Car.
In a non-stop race that was completed in a mere 9 minutes, 28.214 seconds, Smith found himself dealing with heavy lapped traffic throughout the closing stages. Never far behind was Sheppard, who started fourth and reached second with a lap-10 pass of Lanigan.
Sheppard repeatedly slid underneath Smith in the corners of the egg-shaped, three-eighths-mile oval over the final 10 laps, but Smith made the correct moves to hang on for his first WoO LMS checkered flag since Aug. 20, 2011, at Merritt Speedway in Lake City, Mich.
"The lapped traffic was somewhat hellacious tonight so we had our hands full out there," said Smith, whose best finish in four previous WoO LMS starts at BRP was a seventh on Feb. 16, 2013. "I was just trying to do the best I could without roughing anybody up too bad and still keep my pace up.
"I saw that blue nose (of Sheppard's car) poked under me a couple times but just got back up on the wheel and tried to finish the job."
Smith smiled broadly through a bushy winter's beard while celebrating with family and friends during the post-race ceremonies. An annual competitor in Florida dirt Late Model Speedweeks events since 2005, Smith was triumphant during the February stretch of action for the first time since Feb. 13, 2010, at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.
"I'm extremely happy to be here in Victory Lane," said Smith. "I've got almost all my best supporters here – my family (wife Jenni and young children Travis and Rowan), a couple of my great sponsors (Michaletz Trucking and Jim Gummerson from Mid-States Equipment Inc.). This means a lot."
Sheppard, meanwhile, graciously accepted his solid second-place finish.
"The lapped traffic was just tough," said Sheppard, who registered a career-best WoO LMS finish in the state of Florida. "Every time I'd get up there to (Smith), get close to him, we'd always catch up to lapped traffic. Every batch of lapped traffic we got to was two-wide, so it was hard to do anything with him."
Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., improved four positions to finish sixth in his first WoO LMS start driving a car fielded by his father-in-law Ron Davies while Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., was seventh and earned the $500 WoO LMS Bonus Bucks for being the highest-finished non-touring regular who has never won a series event. Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., placed eighth at his hometown track; Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., advanced from the 20 th starting spot to finish ninth; and possible WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contender Frankie Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill., rounded out the top five.
Sheppard topped the evening's 27-car field in Ohlins Shocks Time Trials with a lap of 14.872 seconds. It was his second career WoO LMS fast-time honor.
Heat winners were Sheppard, Brandon Overton of Appleton, Ga., and Brady Smith. Morgan Bagley of Tyler, Texas, captured the B-Main.
The Bubba Army Dirt Late Model Winter Nationals continue with a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event on Saturday night (Feb. 15) and a 60-lap finale paying $12,000 to win on Sunday evening (Feb. 16).
More information on the Winter Nationals is available by logging on to www.bubbaracewaypark.com.
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
Fans can also follow the WoO LMS on Twitter at Twitter.com/WoOLateModels and Facebook at Facebook.com/WorldofOutlaws .
Results — World of Outlaws Late Model Series 'Bubba Army Dirt Late Model Winter Nationals' Night 1 at Bubba Raceway Park (Finishing Position/Start/Driver/Laps Completed/Money Won):
1. (1) Brady Smith/35 $7,050
2. (4) Brandon Sheppard/35 $3,500
3. (3) Darrell Lanigan/35 $2,650
4. (12) Rick Eckert/35 $2,400
5. (7) Tim Fuller/35 $2,050
6. (10) Shane Clanton/35 $1,650
7. (9) Mike Marlar/35 $1,900
8. (15) Ivedent Lloyd Jr./35 $1,300
9. (20) Tim McCreadie/35 $1,450
10. (18) Frankie Heckenast Jr./35 $1,050
11. (5) Brandon Overton/35 $950
12. (6) Eric Wells/35 $950
13. (13) Chase Junghans/34 $800
14. (11) Chub Frank/34 $850
15. (14) Jack Sullivan/34 $700
16. (19) Morgan Bagley/34 $680
17. (17) Clint Smith/34 $660
18. (16) Dalton Myers/34 $640
19. (21) Raymond Merrill/34 $620
20. (23) Rick 'Boom' Briggs/33 $600
21. (22) Casey Roberts/17 $600
22. (8) Austin Kirkpatrick/14 $600
23. (2) Mark Whitener/13 $700
24. (24) John Winge/3 $625
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Several weeks ago, I started noticing a number of recipes posted for Biscoff this or Biscoff that. Quickly, I learned that the makers of those fabulous little cookies had begun selling a peanut-butter like spread. Bloggers were talking about the spread on their sites and coming up with fancy new ways to use the goodie in their recipes. So, as a lover of all spreads. And as a lover of all things Biscoff. I immediately rushed to the grocery store only to find that my efforts were thwarted by the Biscoff company, who had not yet begun to distribute the product to Washington state.
Naturally, I turned to the interweb to discover that Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, as per usual, had the products in store. So I did what I always do. I phoned home. And even though I said "just look for it the next time you run to the store," but thirty short minutes later, I received word that Biscoff spread had been purchased and was practically en route to Washington in a fancy little care package. I am so spoiled.
I had fun for the first few weeks eating this delicious Biscoff spread. You might recall that I made bread with it. Then I made ice cream with it. Ron made "adventure sandwiches" with it. (Ask him if you are interested.) And for a few nights, it was used in place of peanut butter for my daily peanut butter and graham snack. (This occurred before I swore off peanut butter and graham crackers, a sad and devastating day that I have yet to recover from, but that's another story.) But most importantly, I made these blondies when the recipe was posted on this amazing blog.
These blondies are so good that I can't even begin to describe how good they are. I always brag about my ability to portion control but I seriously couldn't portion control with these. There was almost a fight for the last crumb! Thank goodness I halved the recipe or Ron and I would be oompa-loompas right now. Nothing stopped me from eating them - not even skinny models who bring on periods of self-loathing. (I browsed through a Victoria's Secret catalog while polishing a blondie off. I subsequently threw the catalog across the room shouting offensive comments at the innocent women inside the magazine, but that's a diversion. . .) But just trust me on this, these are THAT good. And who cares if it sets you back a few extra calories for the day (or week?) because they are worth it. Just be sure to check online to see if your local grocery store carries Biscoff spread. Otherwise, it looks like Mommy Dearest will be sending you a care package too!
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease a 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and sugar together until butter is just melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from stove and allow to cool for 5 minutes, then stir in Biscoff spread.
In a separate bowl, whisk together salt, flour, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Stir until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth out.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Enjoy!


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Tambaram, a bustling suburban pocket has witnessed steady growth in terms of population and economy over the last 3 decades. With increase in population the pressure on the groundwater table also has been tremendous. The 2015 floods with Mudichur as its epicenter was a clear indication of the water management practices neglected during the growth phase. The interest among the general public to conserve the freshwater reserves in the region is high as their survival is dependent on it. TAKE Solutions collaborated with the Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) in 2014 to roll out a series of water conservation efforts in the neighborhood. This included regular volunteering efforts such as lake clean ups, plantation and maintenance, public awareness efforts through street theaterwall painting and more. The volunteering efforts extended into adoption and restoration of freshwater bodies in the Perungalathur town limits. With necessary permission from the district administration of Kanchipuram 3 suburban ponds within Perungalathur were ecologically revived, these water bodies were deepened-bunds strengthened, inlet and outlet regulated followed by enhancing percolation trenches. Upon completion of these restoration efforts, TAKE Solutions along with EFI and DRDAKanchipuram have now initiated works to clean up and fence the Alapakkam lake to prevent it from social abuse. From community engagement to understand the need for conservation to scientifically reviving the water bodies, there is a sustained effort towards a water positive future. Deepa Jayakumar, VP Corporate Services, TAKE Solutions said, "As an organisation, TAKE Solutions is committed to being a sustainable business enterprise that creates value for our customers, our investors, our employees, our partners, Society and the Environment. We are delighted to be collaborating with the Environment Foundation of India in the lake restoration efforts. Over 120 of TAKE's volunteers have devoted over 8400 manhours to clean the periphery of 9 waterbodies, plant over 1250 trees, and paint walls in 5 localities with messages of environmental awareness. On World Water Day, we are proud of our contribution towards restoring the water table of the city and hope to sustain this support." Approximately 30% of TAKE's employees have volunteered to support this cause at least once during the last 5 years. It is clear that the most precious resource in the near future will be clean drinking water. TAKE Solutions team believes that proactive action and scientific restoration and management of the water bodies will make the area rich in water resources in the future. Arun Krishnamurthy, EFI Founder, said "We have been partnering with TAKE Solutions since 2014. Over several weekends, TAKE Solutions team have strengthened EFI's efforts on ground with real time, result oriented environment conservation work. This includes lake cleanups, pond restoration efforts, Confidential plantations, wall paintings and much more. 3 ponds were restored after the 2015 floods and today are proper epitomes of restored water bodies in suburban Chennai. We really look forward to strengthening this partnership in the future." About TAKE Solutions TAKE Solutions delivers domain-intensive services in Life Sciences and Supply Chain Management. In the fast-growing Life Sciences space, TAKE offers clients a unique combination of full-service Clinical, Regulatory and Safety services backed by unique technology expertise. Our range of services span from clinical trials to regulatory submissions to post-marketing safety, all backed by insights derived through proprietary industry networks forums. With a team of leading Life Sciences experts, best-inclass systems and processes, and bespoke, industry-specific technology and analytics, TAKE delivers successful outcomes for clients. Our global roster of clients includes large and small innovator biopharmaceutical companies as well as generics manufacturers. With operations spread across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, TAKE is a Public Company, listed in India on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. Led by a team of industry stalwarts and domain experts, TAKE has been growing steadily with FY18 revenues touching INR 15,872 Mn, (USD 246 Mn). For more information, please visit www.takesolutions.com
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The Problem: There is a lot of load on the system based on events running every minute. Multiple users have created file events that do first check immediately and look for a file every minute based on an autosys calendar. Additionally, they have then put the events inside a JOBP (event then file move). I have been asked to research.
I am still a rookie but my thought is they are using the events incorrectly.
I think the load is being caused by the following premise: If you create an event it is looking for the file from the start based on calendar setup. Then if you put it in a JOBP it runs parallel to the stand alone when the JOBP runs, so now you have the JOBP and two events running causing the extra load. Does that sound reasonable?
I think the solution is to remove the events from the JOBP, increase the Event timer control to 15 minutes and add :SET &ACTOBJ# = ACTIVATE_UC_OBJECT(JOBP.DPA.HRIS.KRNPIXTT) to the !Process of the Event.
Any feedback about best practices concerning events and usage would be appreciated.
File events are pretty costly in terms of performance. Especially when they're triggered every minute. If you have alot of them performance will significantly drop. You should definitly increase the timer if possible.
Regarding the described usecase. It depends on how often you get that file: That case makes perfectly sence if the file event is set to "run until first hit" or has a "max. runtime (MRT)" defined. If you get that file more than 1 time a day the solution you suggested is correct.
What exactly is the calender setup you described? That I didn't understand. This might help: a calender is a passive element. That means it does not trigger anything, a job for example. Instead, when a job starts the engine checks if the calendars criterias are met. If yes the job will run, if no the job will be inactive.
Events seem to get processed, at least to some extend, in the PWP (at least with Automic V10), so they are quite prone to being a bottleneck.
File events are also pretty costly on the Agent side, especially if you have many files in the target directory and possibly also use wildcards.
There is a limit (default is 1000 I believe) for the number of files in a directory that an event will process for this exact reason. The limit can be increased, but the performance difference between UC4 and the native OS functions can be very significant.
I have done some benchmarks a while ago. An unsorted ls on Linux can fetch a listing of 300.000 files in half a second (though the kernel may have had some part of the result set cached), whereas the agent needed roughly seven Minutes when the directory only had one third, i.e. 100.000 files.
Personally I do recommend my users to use OS methods in a JOBS in such cases whenever possible (e.g. "ls -U" or "find", on Linux) and react to the various return codes. An even better approach to possibly consider is inotify (and Windows does support some similar mechanism these days, too). inotify watches a directory on Kernel level for certain file changes, and is performing comparatively very well.
In practice though, UC4 events do probably get "abused" quite a bit in shops without dedicated job building divisions and/or without strict guidelines.
I would want to know more about "why" they are using this technique, so we could recommend better solutions.
For instance if the application that is building the file runs in the same datacenter, then that application should (1) build the file and then (2) use CALLAPI to dynamically kick off the UC4 process that consumes the file.
Or if the file is coming from an external datacenter, we typically program a workflow that will run maybe once an hour or once every 30 minutes to check for the file (via a precondition rule) and either execute or skip.
We would never have an EVENT object sitting and spinning over long periods of time.
The answer can sometimes (not saying its the case for the OP, but it is for us) lie with the way UC4 is used. My company doesn't have a department building jobs, but many departments have been given UC4 access without strict coding guidelines. Thus, we do see events that are not strictly needed. I even see events being used as a substitute for error checking: Step 1, create file. Step 2, run an event to see if file got created.
We see this all the time in our industry... Software tools (including this one) can provide "quick and easy" solutions, but this also means we can quickly and easily build bad solutions. Add enough bad solutions, and people will blame the tool. I've been doing this sort of work for over 35 years, and I've seen some perfectly good software tools get thrown out the door for lack of controls.
We are small, but we still have a department that QA's everything we do with the product.
One thing I find myself often doing is taking a simple task and seeing how many different ways I could solve it within the AE - even still, I'm often surprised at how many different ways there are to approach the issue.
Now, if the process stops there, we often choose 'simple' over 'good'. What Pete is absolutely right about (and I still wish I did more internally) is then step past "does this do what I want" to "is this the best and most efficient way to do what I want"
We have a quite complex implementation of weird business processes in our department.
I try (honestly it should be more often) to think about 2 or 3 ways HOW I could implement an new feature or function.
Thanks Pete. The process was originally done by a contractor but then we brought it in house. Not sure what software they were using but told our developers that in Automic the solution was to put the event in the workflow. We have only had Automic running since January and it is primarily being used to move files for a couple of departments. I am currently trying to clean up what is already there, set standards and expand Automic use across 17 departments. I've still got a lot to learn and I appreciate the comments.
Thanks to Matthias, Carsten, Pete, Darren and Wofgang. As I replied to Pete, we have been using it since January and I am trying to figure out what has been done, set standards and utilize Automic to its full capacity. All of your comments were insightful and useful.
Matthias, the developer added a custom calendar set for every day. Then our operations center then scheduled the event using their standard calendar. I removed the calendar, changed to trigger time to 15 minutes and took it out of the JOBP. There was a significant improvement in that one process so now it's time to clean up the others.


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I am sad to say, I have no finishes this week! It was a super busy week for me but I did manage to tidy up some stuff and get back to my list of WIPs ( the never ending project pile).
The giveaway incentive this week is a fat quarter bundle of Dear Stella fabrics and a sample set of Aurifil thread that includes all of the thread weights for you to try! For your chance to win this bundle, just link up! One random winner will get this AWESOME bundle!
Thank you everyone again for linking up!!!! I will be looking at everyone's projects and sharing some love as soon as I can get caught up after the birthday weekend!!!
Congratulations to Ella and Nesta!!! Love the Zakka Block Quilt!
i am already looking forward to this weekend!!!!
Can't wait to see the Welcome Home quilt get finished up.
Enjoy your day! The Science Museum is always fun!
Hi Kim..I like the pattern style with the stars a solid and same color (possibly) scraps background. I am working on using my scraps this year and the star is one of my top my favorite patterns to make! Mind if I copy cat?
Happy Birthday to Adam, have a great time.
Sounds like a nice way to spend a birthday! Love that star quilt so far!
Happy birthday to Adam. Enjoy the science museum - sounds fun!
Happy Birthday Adam and I hope you guys have a great time at the science museum!
Hi!!!! Happy Birthday to the little guy!!!! Bones are awesome!!!! Blowing bubbles are magical!!!! They really are!!!! I love your Deployment Quilt!!! It is beautiful!!!!
I haven't participated in SEWjo Saturday before - when does the linky open?
happy birthday Adam, I am sure the trip to the science museum will be great fun.
Happy Birthday Adam. Have fun celebrating!
I am so sorry, I am trying to rectify the linky tools situation. It is not being cooperative!


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Are Hedge Funds Right About MGM Resorts International (MGM)?
MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) was in 53 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. MGM investors should pay attention to a decrease in activity from the world's largest hedge funds of late. There were 59 hedge funds in our database with MGM holdings at the end of the previous quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare MGM to other stocks including Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO), National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV), and Macerich Co (NYSE:MAC) to get a better sense of its popularity.
What have hedge funds been doing with MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM)?
At Q3's end, a total of 53 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a 10% dip from the previous quarter, after hedge fund ownership nearly reached 60 funds. With hedge funds' capital changing hands, there exists a few notable hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Joshua Friedman and Mitchell Julis' Canyon Capital Advisors has the biggest position in MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM), worth close to $458.7 million, amounting to 16.7% of its total 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by OZ Management, led by Daniel S. Och, holding a $217.9 million position; 1.3% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Some other hedge funds and institutional investors that hold long positions comprise Paul Reeder and Edward Shapiro's PAR Capital Management, Jonathon Jacobson's Highfields Capital Management, and Roberto Mignone's Bridger Management.


SEO companies that are using automated and spam techniques will often result in an undesirable outcome for your SEO campaign. Instead of carefully and tactically building authority back to your website some online companies, mostly located in India, will take one piece of content and then using software they will spin this one piece of content into hundreds of different variations to put through out the internet. Now one of the main reasons why this is bad for you is because software that spins the articles (effectively re-writing them) usually does a very poor job, so when a real person is reading this content and sees you company associated with a horrible piece of content it will not look good for your brand image.
Another widely used technique from these nasty SEO companies is the use of automatic submissions, this means they will take one piece of content, spin it into 100′s of versions and then use another piece of software to automatically submit this article and the spun versions through out the web, most of the times to poor low authority sites that aren't going to contribute any decent amount of authority back into your website. This is spamming, and the only result if any is a brief boost in ranking before your site get penalized.
Most of these primary Indian SEO companies will use email spam in order to attract new business, this in itself should set off alarm bells as this probably means they can't even generate decent results for themselves from effective SEO, if that's the case how how are they going to do it for you?
But beware, these problems don't just exist for online Indian companies, we've spoken to local companies here in Bangkok who in the past have hired SEO companies who have not only provided very poor results, they also took down all the links built through out the campaign down for the client after the client canceled their services. So essentially the business hiring the SEO firm has paid for nothing. Another problem that plagues other SEO companies here is when you look at their client list (if proudly displayed on their website) you'll see competing businesses in the same industry all using the same SEO company. Due the the nature of SEO and trying to rank one website high for a popular keyword that every other site in the same industry wants, this doesn't work!
It is not all doom and gloom, with the right SEO partners you can have real authority built back to your website which will result in higher rankings and all that comes with dominating search engine result pages. Stay tuned for my next blog post which will be how to hire the perfect SEO company for you.


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Стандартные ошибки в форме Ньюи-Уеста или состоятельные при гетероскедастичности и автокорреляции стандартные ошибки (HAC s.e. — Heteroskedasticity and Autocorrelation consistent standard errors) — применяемая в эконометрике оценка ковариационной матрицы МНК-оценок (в частности и стандартных ошибок) параметров линейной модели регрессии, альтернативная стандартной (классической) оценке, которая состоятельна при гетероскедастичности и автокорреляции случайных ошибок модели (в отличие от несостоятельной в этом случае классической оценки и стандартных ошибок в форме Уайта).

Сущность и формула
Истинная ковариационная матрица МНК-оценок параметров линейной модели в общем случае равна:

где  — ковариационная матрица случайных ошибок. В случае, если нет гетероскедастичности и автокорреляции (то есть когда ) формула упрощается

Поэтому для оценки ковариационной матрицы в классическом случае достаточно использовать оценку единственного параметра — дисперсии случайных ошибок: , которая, как можно доказать, является несмещенной и состоятельной оценкой. При наличии гетероскедастичности, но без автокорреляции, матрица V диагональна и вместо этих диагональных элементов можно использовать квадраты остатков и получить состоятельные оценки (стандартные ошибки в форме Уайта). В общем случае, кроме гетероскедастичности, может иметь место также и автокорреляция некоторого порядка. Следовательно, кроме диагональных элементов, необходимо оценить внедиагональные элементы, отстоящие от диагонали на L. Ньюи и Уест (Newey, West, 1987) показали, что состоятельными являются оценки следующего вида:

Данная оценка, как видно из формулы, зависит от выбранной «ширины окна» L и весовых коэффициентов . Простейший вариант выбора весов — выбрать их равными единице. Однако в этом случае не обеспечивается необходимая положительная определенность матрицы. Второй вариант — веса Бартлета . Однако более предпочтительным вариантом считаются веса Парзена:

Существует также проблема выбора «ширины окна» L. Обычно рекомендуется следующая оценка

Замечание
Иногда приведенную формулу оценки ковариационной матрицы корректируют на множитель . Такая корректировка теоретически позволяет получить более точные оценки на малых выборках. В то же время на больших выборках (асимптотически) эти оценки эквивалентны.

См. также
 Стандартные ошибки в форме Уайта
 Обобщенный метод наименьших квадратов

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Эконометрика


It's the first official weekend of Springtime here on Gran Canaria and the Spanish Met Office predicts bright sunshine and blue skies across the island, with perhaps an occasional cloud wandering by, light breezes on the south, with seas a little rough around the coasts for Friday and Saturday.
The Maspalomas Carnival is coming to an end with its Big Parade weekend, just as Mogán prepares to get going for another week of hedonism and celebration, we have a lovely night of wine and tapas in Vecindario, there is a major cheese fair, a collectables fair and a potato fair on the north of the island, as well as carnival up in the north west so plenty to see and do where ever you find yourself.
On Saturday from 17:00 The Grand Parade. Departure of more than 100 floats and thousands upon thousands of attendees in various states of undress and dress-up, begins from the front of the Hotel Parque Tropical, and will continue along Avenida de Italia, up Avenida de Gran Canaria and end at Avenida del Turoperador TUI some hours later, after much revelry in the streets.
Followed at 22:00 by the big Mogollón street party throughout Playa del Inglés and centred on the Yumbo shopping centre.
On Sunday, Carnival on the beach starts at 14:00 at the Commercial Centre Anexo II on Playa del Inglés beach.
From 19:00 a Funeral Parade for the mythical Sardine will depart from the parking area of Avda. De España, crosses through Avda. Alféreces Provisionales in the direction of CC Annexo II.
20:30 Funeral & Cremation of the Sardine followed by fireworks!
Agaete, on the northwest of Gran Canaria is still celebrating Carnival until 31 March and this year's theme is "Fantasy literature".
On Friday, there is a Costume Gala at the Plaza de la Constitución from 21:00 and the evening continues with Carnival night fiestas headed up by Dj Abián Reyes.
On Saturday at Plaza de la Constitución from 13:30. Day Carnival with lively street parades and music all day.
On Sunday, Children's Carnival dance and activities at Plaza de la Constitución starting from 12:00.
On Sunday, the 6th edition of Pet Carnival at the Plaza de la Jurada is between 16:00- 19:00 Present will be several local animal protectors, a dog training exhibition, and a carnival canine contest.
One of the Nights of Wines and Enyesques is celebrated this Friday at the lovely La Zafra Museum in Vecindario, a cultural centre dedicated to The Harvest, and which on Friday also offers live music to set the mood for a night of tapas and local produce. The evening starts at 20:00 and will run until after midnight (02:00) and also offers an opportunity to visit the La Zafra Museum, which will keep its doors open for free throughout the event.
The wines are all prices €1 or €2 per drink, and the food stalls also maintain popular prices.
The Villa de Firgas celebrates a traditional potato fair, an event that aims to promote local produce and gastronomy, with special attention to the "papa" (the humble potato) as a product of enormous agricultural value and linked distinctly to the food and gastronomy in the area.
The event will be held in Plaza San Roque and Avenida de La Constitución and will offer visitors various gastronomic, agrarian and artisanal produce.
The 5th Collectables Fair of Gran Canaria is on in Gáldar this Saturday. There are 55 stands dedicated to the world of collecting, both companies related to collecting, as well as private collectors. It is also a place for non-collectors to visit a curious fair of various types of collected objects, which can take them back to the memories of childhood, as well as into the future.
Next to the Plaza de Santiago at the same time there will be a celebration of the Bajada de la Vírgen de la Vega, a religious and also attractive cultural event for visitors.
OhMyCheese! Plaza de Santiago will host the Cheese Fair of Gáldar on Sunday, which celebrates its 22nd edition, and in which the quality of one of the most famous artisan products will be celebrated, the cheeses of Altos de Gáldar protected by a seal of Denomination of Origin.
From 10:00, there is to be a craft fair with confirmed attendance by more than 50 artisans from around the island; and most importantly, the tasting of the cheeses, along with the sale of artisanal cheeses from around the whole island of Gran Canaria, which will surely please all the most demanding palates and cheese lovers.
And all this in a festive atmosphere where you can enjoy the live performances of AF Chimaque (Santa Úrsula -Tenerife), AFB El Zumacal (Valleseco) and GF Sábor de Gayres de Gáldar.
Mogán has organised lively street parade performances with the batucada Samba Da Ihla and the comparsa Aragüimé as a visual method of informing tourists and residents about the events of the Carnival Costa Mogán 2019 and this year Rafaelillo the Clown will be in charge of distributing the flyers and programs, prepared in English and Spanish, throughout several tourist areas of the municipality.
Mogan Carnival is celebrated 26-31 March and you can see the full program here.
On Sunday, March 24, the performance parade will pass through the avenida of Playa de Amadores at 11:30 and will move on to the beach of Puerto Rico at 13:00.
On Monday, 25, the performers can be seen at 20:00 hours in the Shopping Centre Puerto Rico.