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package ru.adios.budgeter;

import org.joda.money.CurrencyUnit;
import org.joda.money.Money;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import ru.adios.budgeter.api.TransactionalSupport;
import ru.adios.budgeter.api.Treasury;
import ru.adios.budgeter.api.data.BalanceAccount;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Date: 6/13/15
 * Time: 3:59 PM
 *
 * @author Mikhail Kulikov
 */
public final class FundsAdditionElementCore implements MoneySettable, Submitter<BalanceAccount> {

    public static final String FIELD_ACCOUNT = "account";
    public static final String FIELD_AMOUNT = "amount";
    public static final String FIELD_AMOUNT_UNIT = "amountUnit";
    public static final String FIELD_AMOUNT_DECIMAL = "amountDecimal";

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FundsMutationElementCore.class);
    private static final String CURRENCIES_DONT_MATCH_PRE = "Currencies don't match for";

    private final Treasury treasury;
    private final SubmitHelper<BalanceAccount> helper = new SubmitHelper<>(logger, "Error while adding amount to account");

    private final MoneyPositiveWrapper amountWrapper = new MoneyPositiveWrapper("funds addition amount");
    private Optional<BalanceAccount> accountRef = Optional.empty();

    private boolean lockOn = false;
    private Result<BalanceAccount> storedResult;

    public FundsAdditionElementCore(Treasury treasury) {
        this.treasury = treasury;
    }

    @Override
    public Money getAmount() {
        return amountWrapper.getAmount();
    }

    @Override
    public void setAmount(Money amount) {
        if (lockOn) return;
        amountWrapper.setAmount(amount);
    }

    @Override
    public void setAmountDecimal(BigDecimal amountDecimal) {
        if (lockOn) return;
        amountWrapper.setAmountDecimal(amountDecimal);
    }

    @Override
    public void setAmountUnit(String code) {
        if (lockOn) return;
        amountWrapper.setAmountUnit(code);
    }

    @Override
    public void setAmountUnit(CurrencyUnit unit) {
        if (lockOn) return;
        amountWrapper.setAmountUnit(unit);
    }

    public void setAccount(BalanceAccount account) {
        if (lockOn) return;
        if (account == null) {
            accountRef = Optional.empty();
            setAmountUnit((String) null);
        } else {
            this.accountRef = Optional.of(account);
            setAmountUnit(account.getUnit());
        }
    }

    @PotentiallyBlocking
    public boolean setAccount(String accountName) {
        if (lockOn) return false;

        if (accountName == null) {
            setAccount((BalanceAccount) null);
            return true;
        }

        final Optional<BalanceAccount> accountForName = treasury.getAccountForName(accountName);
        if (accountForName.isPresent()) {
            setAccount(accountForName.get());
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }

    @Nullable
    public BalanceAccount getAccount() {
        return accountRef.orElse(null);
    }

    @Override
    public BigDecimal getAmountDecimal() {
        return amountWrapper.getAmountDecimal();
    }

    @Nullable
    @Override
    public CurrencyUnit getAmountUnit() {
        return amountWrapper.getAmountUnit();
    }

    @PotentiallyBlocking
    @Override
    public Result<BalanceAccount> submit() {
        final ResultBuilder<BalanceAccount> resultBuilder = new ResultBuilder<>();
        resultBuilder.addFieldErrorIfAbsent(accountRef, FIELD_ACCOUNT);

        if (!amountWrapper.isUnitSet()) {
            resultBuilder
                    .addFieldError(FIELD_AMOUNT_UNIT)
                    .addFieldError(FIELD_AMOUNT);
        } else if (accountRef.isPresent() && !accountRef.get().getUnit().equals(amountWrapper.getAmountUnit())) {
            resultBuilder.addFieldError(FIELD_AMOUNT_UNIT, CURRENCIES_DONT_MATCH_PRE)
                    .addFieldError(FIELD_ACCOUNT, CURRENCIES_DONT_MATCH_PRE);
        }
        if (!amountWrapper.isAmountSet()) {
            resultBuilder
                    .addFieldError(FIELD_AMOUNT_DECIMAL)
                    .addFieldError(FIELD_AMOUNT);
        }

        if (resultBuilder.toBuildError()) {
            return resultBuilder.build();
        }

        return helper.doSubmit(this::doSubmit, resultBuilder);
    }

    @Nonnull
    private Result<BalanceAccount> doSubmit() {
        final BalanceAccount account = accountRef.get();
        treasury.addAmount(getAmount(), account.name);

        return Result.success(treasury.getAccountForName(account.name).get());
    }

    @Override
    public void setTransactional(TransactionalSupport transactional) {
        helper.setTransactionalSupport(transactional);
    }

    @Override
    public TransactionalSupport getTransactional() {
        return helper.getTransactionalSupport();
    }

    @Override
    public void lock() {
        lockOn = true;
    }

    @Override
    public void unlock() {
        lockOn = false;
    }

    @Override
    public Result<BalanceAccount> getStoredResult() {
        return storedResult;
    }

    @PotentiallyBlocking
    @Override
    public void submitAndStoreResult() {
        storedResult = submit();
    }

}

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Q: How to use DevExpress Logify with Postsharp 5.0 Logging along with Serilog DevExpress Logify supports SeriLog and logs all fatal erros to its server. According to their document when ever serilog logs an error it will automatically trigger Logify as follows
 Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
            .WriteTo.Seq("http://localhost:5341").MinimumLevel.Error()
            .WriteTo.Console(LogEventLevel.Error)
            .WriteTo.LogifyAlert()
            .ReadFrom.AppSettings()
            .CreateLogger();

its working fine when using Serilog but the moment I use postsharp the event is not logged.
  LoggingServices.DefaultBackend = new SerilogLoggingBackend();

How can I solve this?

A: According to the aforementioned link, currently, it is necessary to access the LogifyAlert.Instance property before creating LoggerConfiguration to initialize a Logify engine inside a plugin.
LogifyAlert client = LogifyAlert.Instance;
...
Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration();

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"""Tests for export."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

from tensorflow.core.framework import tensor_shape_pb2
from tensorflow.core.framework import types_pb2
from tensorflow.core.protobuf import meta_graph_pb2
from tensorflow.python.estimator.export import export_output as export_output_lib
from tensorflow.python.framework import constant_op
from tensorflow.python.framework import dtypes
from tensorflow.python.framework import sparse_tensor
from tensorflow.python.ops import array_ops
from tensorflow.python.platform import test
from tensorflow.python.saved_model import signature_constants

class ExportOutputTest(test.TestCase):

  def test_regress_value_must_be_float(self):
    value = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.string, 1, name="output-tensor-1")
    with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
      export_output_lib.RegressionOutput(value)
    self.assertEqual('Regression output value must be a float32 Tensor; got '
                     'Tensor("output-tensor-1:0", shape=(1,), dtype=string)',
                     str(e.exception))

  def test_classify_classes_must_be_strings(self):
    classes = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, 1, name="output-tensor-1")
    with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
      export_output_lib.ClassificationOutput(classes=classes)
    self.assertEqual('Classification classes must be a string Tensor; got '
                     'Tensor("output-tensor-1:0", shape=(1,), dtype=float32)',
                     str(e.exception))

  def test_classify_scores_must_be_float(self):
    scores = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.string, 1, name="output-tensor-1")
    with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
      export_output_lib.ClassificationOutput(scores=scores)
    self.assertEqual('Classification scores must be a float32 Tensor; got '
                     'Tensor("output-tensor-1:0", shape=(1,), dtype=string)',
                     str(e.exception))

  def test_classify_requires_classes_or_scores(self):
    with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
      export_output_lib.ClassificationOutput()
    self.assertEqual("At least one of scores and classes must be set.",
                     str(e.exception))

  def test_build_standardized_signature_def_regression(self):
    input_tensors = {
        "input-1":
            array_ops.placeholder(
                dtypes.string, 1, name="input-tensor-1")
    }
    value = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, 1, name="output-tensor-1")

    export_output = export_output_lib.RegressionOutput(value)
    actual_signature_def = export_output.as_signature_def(input_tensors)

    expected_signature_def = meta_graph_pb2.SignatureDef()
    shape = tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto(
        dim=[tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto.Dim(size=1)])
    dtype_float = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_FLOAT")
    dtype_string = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_STRING")
    expected_signature_def.inputs[
        signature_constants.REGRESS_INPUTS].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="input-tensor-1:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_string,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))
    expected_signature_def.outputs[
        signature_constants.REGRESS_OUTPUTS].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="output-tensor-1:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_float,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))

    expected_signature_def.method_name = signature_constants.REGRESS_METHOD_NAME
    self.assertEqual(actual_signature_def, expected_signature_def)

  def test_build_standardized_signature_def_classify_classes_only(self):
    """Tests classification with one output tensor."""
    input_tensors = {
        "input-1":
            array_ops.placeholder(
                dtypes.string, 1, name="input-tensor-1")
    }
    classes = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.string, 1, name="output-tensor-1")

    export_output = export_output_lib.ClassificationOutput(classes=classes)
    actual_signature_def = export_output.as_signature_def(input_tensors)

    expected_signature_def = meta_graph_pb2.SignatureDef()
    shape = tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto(
        dim=[tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto.Dim(size=1)])
    dtype_string = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_STRING")
    expected_signature_def.inputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_INPUTS].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="input-tensor-1:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_string,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))
    expected_signature_def.outputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_OUTPUT_CLASSES].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="output-tensor-1:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_string,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))

    expected_signature_def.method_name = (
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_METHOD_NAME)
    self.assertEqual(actual_signature_def, expected_signature_def)

  def test_build_standardized_signature_def_classify_both(self):
    """Tests multiple output tensors that include classes and scores."""
    input_tensors = {
        "input-1":
            array_ops.placeholder(
                dtypes.string, 1, name="input-tensor-1")
    }
    classes = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.string, 1,
                                    name="output-tensor-classes")
    scores = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, 1,
                                   name="output-tensor-scores")

    export_output = export_output_lib.ClassificationOutput(
        scores=scores, classes=classes)
    actual_signature_def = export_output.as_signature_def(input_tensors)

    expected_signature_def = meta_graph_pb2.SignatureDef()
    shape = tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto(
        dim=[tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto.Dim(size=1)])
    dtype_float = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_FLOAT")
    dtype_string = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_STRING")
    expected_signature_def.inputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_INPUTS].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="input-tensor-1:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_string,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))
    expected_signature_def.outputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_OUTPUT_CLASSES].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="output-tensor-classes:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_string,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))
    expected_signature_def.outputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_OUTPUT_SCORES].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="output-tensor-scores:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_float,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))

    expected_signature_def.method_name = (
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_METHOD_NAME)
    self.assertEqual(actual_signature_def, expected_signature_def)

  def test_build_standardized_signature_def_classify_scores_only(self):
    """Tests classification without classes tensor."""
    input_tensors = {
        "input-1":
            array_ops.placeholder(
                dtypes.string, 1, name="input-tensor-1")
    }

    scores = array_ops.placeholder(dtypes.float32, 1,
                                   name="output-tensor-scores")

    export_output = export_output_lib.ClassificationOutput(
        scores=scores)
    actual_signature_def = export_output.as_signature_def(input_tensors)

    expected_signature_def = meta_graph_pb2.SignatureDef()
    shape = tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto(
        dim=[tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto.Dim(size=1)])
    dtype_float = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_FLOAT")
    dtype_string = types_pb2.DataType.Value("DT_STRING")
    expected_signature_def.inputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_INPUTS].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="input-tensor-1:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_string,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))
    expected_signature_def.outputs[
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_OUTPUT_SCORES].CopyFrom(
            meta_graph_pb2.TensorInfo(name="output-tensor-scores:0",
                                      dtype=dtype_float,
                                      tensor_shape=shape))

    expected_signature_def.method_name = (
        signature_constants.CLASSIFY_METHOD_NAME)
    self.assertEqual(actual_signature_def, expected_signature_def)

  def test_predict_outputs_valid(self):
    """Tests that no errors are raised when provided outputs are valid."""
    outputs = {
        "output0": constant_op.constant([0]),
        u"output1": constant_op.constant(["foo"]),
    }
    export_output_lib.PredictOutput(outputs)

    # Single Tensor is OK too
    export_output_lib.PredictOutput(constant_op.constant([0]))

  def test_predict_outputs_invalid(self):
    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
        ValueError,
        "Prediction output key must be a string"):
      export_output_lib.PredictOutput({1: constant_op.constant([0])})

    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
        ValueError,
        "Prediction output value must be a Tensor"):
      export_output_lib.PredictOutput({
          "prediction1": sparse_tensor.SparseTensor(
              indices=[[0, 0]], values=[1], dense_shape=[1, 1]),
      })

class MockSupervisedOutput(export_output_lib._SupervisedOutput):
  """So that we can test the abstract class methods directly."""

  def _get_signature_def_fn(self):
    pass

class SupervisedOutputTest(test.TestCase):

  def test_supervised_outputs_valid(self):
    """Tests that no errors are raised when provided outputs are valid."""
    loss = {"my_loss": constant_op.constant([0])}
    predictions = {u"output1": constant_op.constant(["foo"])}
    metrics = {"metrics": (constant_op.constant([0]),
                           constant_op.constant([10])),
               "metrics2": (constant_op.constant([0]),
                            constant_op.constant([10]))}

    outputter = MockSupervisedOutput(loss, predictions, metrics)
    self.assertEqual(outputter.loss["loss/my_loss"], loss["my_loss"])
    self.assertEqual(
        outputter.predictions["predictions/output1"], predictions["output1"])
    self.assertEqual(outputter.metrics["metrics/value"], metrics["metrics"][0])
    self.assertEqual(
        outputter.metrics["metrics2/update_op"], metrics["metrics2"][1])

    # Single Tensor is OK too
    outputter = MockSupervisedOutput(
        loss["my_loss"], predictions["output1"], metrics["metrics"])
    self.assertEqual(outputter.loss, {"loss": loss["my_loss"]})
    self.assertEqual(
        outputter.predictions, {"predictions": predictions["output1"]})
    self.assertEqual(outputter.metrics["metrics/value"], metrics["metrics"][0])

  def test_supervised_outputs_none(self):
    outputter = MockSupervisedOutput(
        constant_op.constant([0]), None, None)
    self.assertEqual(len(outputter.loss), 1)
    self.assertEqual(outputter.predictions, None)
    self.assertEqual(outputter.metrics, None)

  def test_supervised_outputs_invalid(self):
    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "predictions output value must"):
      MockSupervisedOutput(constant_op.constant([0]), [3], None)
    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "loss output value must"):
      MockSupervisedOutput("str", None, None)
    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "metrics output value must"):
      MockSupervisedOutput(None, None, (15.3, 4))
    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, "loss output key must"):
      MockSupervisedOutput({25: "Tensor"}, None, None)

  def test_supervised_outputs_tuples(self):
    """Tests that no errors are raised when provided outputs are valid."""
    loss = {("my", "loss"): constant_op.constant([0])}
    predictions = {(u"output1", "2"): constant_op.constant(["foo"])}
    metrics = {("metrics", "twice"): (constant_op.constant([0]),
                                      constant_op.constant([10]))}

    outputter = MockSupervisedOutput(loss, predictions, metrics)
    self.assertEqual(set(outputter.loss.keys()), set(["loss/my/loss"]))
    self.assertEqual(set(outputter.predictions.keys()),
                     set(["predictions/output1/2"]))
    self.assertEqual(set(outputter.metrics.keys()),
                     set(["metrics/twice/value", "metrics/twice/update_op"]))

  def test_supervised_outputs_no_prepend(self):
    """Tests that no errors are raised when provided outputs are valid."""
    loss = {"loss": constant_op.constant([0])}
    predictions = {u"predictions": constant_op.constant(["foo"])}
    metrics = {u"metrics": (constant_op.constant([0]),
                            constant_op.constant([10]))}

    outputter = MockSupervisedOutput(loss, predictions, metrics)
    self.assertEqual(set(outputter.loss.keys()), set(["loss"]))
    self.assertEqual(set(outputter.predictions.keys()), set(["predictions"]))
    self.assertEqual(set(outputter.metrics.keys()),
                     set(["metrics/value", "metrics/update_op"]))

  def test_train_signature_def(self):
    loss = {"my_loss": constant_op.constant([0])}
    predictions = {u"output1": constant_op.constant(["foo"])}
    metrics = {"metrics": (constant_op.constant([0]),
                           constant_op.constant([10]))}

    outputter = export_output_lib.TrainOutput(loss, predictions, metrics)

    receiver = {u"features": constant_op.constant(100, shape=(100, 2)),
                "labels": constant_op.constant(100, shape=(100, 1))}
    sig_def = outputter.as_signature_def(receiver)

    self.assertTrue("loss/my_loss" in sig_def.outputs)
    self.assertTrue("metrics/value" in sig_def.outputs)
    self.assertTrue("predictions/output1" in sig_def.outputs)
    self.assertTrue("features" in sig_def.inputs)

  def test_eval_signature_def(self):
    loss = {"my_loss": constant_op.constant([0])}
    predictions = {u"output1": constant_op.constant(["foo"])}

    outputter = export_output_lib.EvalOutput(loss, predictions, None)

    receiver = {u"features": constant_op.constant(100, shape=(100, 2)),
                "labels": constant_op.constant(100, shape=(100, 1))}
    sig_def = outputter.as_signature_def(receiver)

    self.assertTrue("loss/my_loss" in sig_def.outputs)
    self.assertFalse("metrics/value" in sig_def.outputs)
    self.assertTrue("predictions/output1" in sig_def.outputs)
    self.assertTrue("features" in sig_def.inputs)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  test.main()


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A Notice of Motion was brought forward by Councillor Kerrie Reay to find a location for the new Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) in Sooke – with emphasis on reconsidering the John Phillips Memorial Park (JPMP) location.
The matter was brought back into light at Monday night's council meeting because the current VIRL library (located on Anna Marie Road) is already at maximum capacity – and that further delay on making a final decision on the library's new location may result in Sooke not having a new library until 2020 or later.
According to Reay's report, Sooke was one of the first jurisdictions to express desire to proceed, putting the District of Sooke on top of VIRL's consolidated library list. In 2012, VIRL conducted a community consultation in Sooke to identify a parcel of land for the library.
"But this was delayed by the municipality again. For the past two years, the district has been unable to identify a parcel of land for its location," Reay said.
The suggested JPMP location- which has been subject to intense public discussion since 2010 due to site's history and cultural significance to Sooke – was met with opposition from members of the public as well as councillors Brenda Parkinson and Ebony Logins.
A final decision has been in limbo for two years; with discussions from council considering multiple options that have either been too small, too costly, or just not wanted by the public. Even a possible land swap with the Lions was brought up at one point, though the piece of property was just too small.
"We even thought to go to developers and owners of land who want to grow their projects and do business, but that proved to be too expensive," said Councillor Rick Kasper.
With public focus and opposition remaining firm on protecting the John Phillips Park location, Kasper noted a final decision still needs to be made soon.
Mayor Maja Tait noted another path to take would be setting the focus on the town centre – and perhaps fitting the new library into those set of plans.
For the time being council will currently hold out on Reay's motion to progress with the JPMP location of the new library, with a decision to be considered in the next council report on the matter.


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worlds beyond these: part 2 & some reflections
If you haven't read Part 1 of this series, you might want to go back and at least read the introduction before continuing here.
Li and John both commented that it would be a good idea to mark these as non-fiction. I've added it as a label, and put a note up top here and in Part 1 as well.
Part 2 is the second and last example dealing with denial. It's a little harder to explain, because unlike Part 1's example, I'm pretty sure I never got to witness the worst of it. It's sort of like reading a novel where the protagonist keeps on noticing people playing cards, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything until two weeks later when you're trying to describe the book to a friend. I didn't put everything together until years after all these little snapshots of interactions occurred.
Part 2: More Denial
Snapshot A: church
I'm thirteen, my one brother is ten, and my youngest brother is four. So after my dad passes away, when it's communion-time at church, my mum goes up first, and then when she returns to the pew I go up with my ten-year-old brother. That way there's always someone old enough to be responsible with the four-year-old. Nothing more to it than that.
The whole time my mum is standing in line at the front of the church, the people behind us are whispering things like: "That's not allowed. A divorced woman taking communion... that's not allowed. Why doesn't the priest do something about it? Why doesn't he talk to her? Who does she think she is? I suppose it's the modern way... but it's not allowed. Well, if the priest wants to help her pretend..."
It was an open casket visitation. The obit was in the local paper. There was a church funeral. There was a condolences notice in the church newsletter. There were In Memoriam masses which were also announced in the church newsletter.
Even if they missed all that — Catholic congregations are big around here and you don't get to know everyone — there's no excuse.
I could have had a dad who was disabled and found it too difficult to physically make it to church.
I could have had a dad who wasn't Catholic but who agreed that the kids would be raised Catholic.
But no. They had to go there.
Snapshot B: music class interrogations
There's a girl, let's call her Vera, in music class. I only met her when I started high school. But she knows about me and my family a little bit, because her family is friends with my mum's hairdresser.
A couple of times a week, when we're getting our musical instruments out of their cubbyholes or putting them back, she asks me questions.
"Does your mum wear makeup?" she says.
"Lipstick."
"So, would you say your mum wears a lot of makeup?"
"Just lipstick."
"Do you think your mum is pretty?"
"She was a model in high school."
"You're lying."
"She wasn't a famous model. She modelled clothes from home sewing patterns."
"Did your dad know how to cook?"
"Yeah. He was good at it."
She laughs at me. "Oh yeah, sure. Hamburgers and hot dogs."
"His first job in Canada was working as a cook."
And on. Sometimes I'll interrupt her and ask what the point of all these questions is. She shrugs and acts like they're no big deal. They aren't presented like I've written them here — just one or two a day, a few times a week — but if the same question was asked more than once and I varied in my answer at all, I'd get grilled on it.
She says her hairdresser contact gave a different answer than mine. I ask her what the hell business it is of any of them and tell her I'm tired of being mined for gossip.
She says she just wants to know and that she doesn't mean anything by it.
The thing is, the incidents I described in Part 1 only started after the questions started. And Natasha and Vera knew each other.
I understand that there was a time (in some places that time is now) where a family that's been abandoned by one or the other parent will pretend the absent parent is dead. I get that. But I doubt very much that these pretending families will go through such an elaborate charade that they'll find a body to display at a funeral home for a couple of days, hold a church funeral for it, and convince the priests in two parishes to go along with the story.
Reading this post over again, it sounds like these things happened in a much smaller community than they did. We lived just outside of a small town until I was ten, but before my father passed away we moved to a suburb of 300,000 people. There were 1,800 people attending my high school the year I graduated, and the students who went there lived in two different municipal counties. The church where my dad's funeral was held had over 2,000 people in the parish.
There is a line where assumptions turn to malice. And I think these examples show two points that line intersects.

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Would you like some milk with that?
Never has such a delicious word been loaded with as much historical baggage.
During his 2003 State of the Union (SotU) address, President George W. Bush made the following statement:
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
The primary reason that President Bush said this is a convoluted tale straight out of a John Le Carré or Frederick Forsyth novel. The disinformation alluded to in the SotU was disinformation in itself, as members of his White House, ex-Italian spy agency SISMI figures, and rogue CIA and Pentagon analysts had created forged documents using letterhead and stamps stolen from the Niger embassy in Rome the night of January 1, 2001 to create an official order from Iraq for 500 tons of yellowcake uranium to be delivered by Niger mining operations.
The narrative that the Bush administration was assembling was that Saddam Hussein's leadership in Iraq was jeopardizing the stability of the Middle East and the safety of all countries around the world because he was (1) restarting the Iraqi nuclear weapons effort, (2) had a biological weapons capability, and (3) was actively encouraging the training of Al Qaeda personnel in the country.
The first of these arguments was made by pointing to some aluminum tubes that Iraq had ordered and spreading the idea that they were suitable for (1) making centrifuge tubes used to purify uranium from yellowcake to more fissionable material or (2) making short-range rocket casings. Well, the >100,000 aluminum tubes never reached Iraq as they were successfully indicted by American officials. Additionally, there was no evidence presented by the Bush administration that other components used in making gas centrifuges were on order from anywhere.
The other element here was the yellowcake order from Niger. A dossier of numerous documents, apparently showing communications between Iraqi and Niger governments, mysteriously were delivered to the ex-SISMI agent Rocco Martino, who had been fired from SISMI for a variety of performance issues. The person who delivered them to Martino was not known to him. Martino then sold them on to French intelligence, who sent them on to British – and perhaps other – intelligence services, who then shared them with the U.S. or they were directly shared with the U.S. and British intelligence were simply cited in the SotU to give some "it wasn't us!" cover to the administration.
To acquire affirmation of the deal, the Bush administration sent Joseph Wilson, ex-U.S. ambassador to Niger to see if he could substantiate the origin of the documents and their existence in Niger records. He could not. Instead, he told the Bush administration the truth, which annoyed them. For reasons that still elude me, this resulted in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice-President Cheney's chief of staff, telling Robert Novak, a syndicated columnist who was considered politically conservative, that Ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie Wilson (née Plame) was a CIA agent. Novak published Valerie Wilson's role in the CIA, effectively ending her career as a covert agent for the United States. Why? Apparently, just to kick Ambassador Wilson in the yarbles. Libby was later indicted on five Federal charges of lying, obstructing justice, and the like, although his 30-month prison term was immediately voided by President Bush.
As for restarting the Iraq nuclear weapons effort, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released an amended report in March 7, 2003, eleven days before "shock and awe" campaign was initiated by the "coalition of the willing." The IAEA weapons inspectors left Iraq on March 19, 2003. The following is text directly from the conclusion of the IAEA weapon inspectors' report:
There is no indication of resumed nuclear activities in those buildings that were identified through the use of satellite imagery as being reconstructed or newly erected since 1998, nor any indication of nuclear-related prohibited activities at any inspected sites.
There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import uranium since 1990.
There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import aluminium tubes for use in centrifuge enrichment. Moreover, even had Iraq pursued such a plan, it would have encountered practical difficulties in manufacturing centrifuges out of the aluminium tubes in question.
Although we are still reviewing issues related to magnets and magnet production, there is no indication to date that Iraq imported magnets for use in a centrifuge enrichment programme.
(British spelling of "aluminum" and "program" retained from the original text)
That pretty much takes care of the second leg of the three-legged U.S. invasion of Iraq argument.
The third leg is the biological weapons capability argument. On February 5, 2003, the Bush administration sent Secretary of State General Colin Powell to the United Nations General Assembly to present arguments for interruption of President Hussein's weapons of mass destruction campaign in Iraq. Along with his speech, Secretary Powell held up a vial of white powder during his speech and indicated that it was weaponized anthrax bacteria. Here is the complete speech Secretary Powell made to the U.N.:
This element of the story was discredited by the Iraq Survey Group, a group of at least 1,400 inspectors from the U.K., Australia, and the U.S. led by veteran weapons inspector David Kay, in his October 2, 2003 report to both houses of the U.S. Congress. In the final report, completed by Charles Duelfer on September 30, 2004 – one year later than the initial report to intelligence committees, he indicated that…
"The former regime had no formal written strategy or plan for the revival of WMD after sanctions. Neither was there an identifiable group of WMD policy makers or planners separate from Saddam" tasked to take this up once sanctions ended.
In other words, there were no WMD and at the time of the U.S. invasion of Iraq to halt Iraqi WMD programs, there was no discernible strategy to rebuild the WMD capability destroyed in the First Gulf War (1991) and constrained by the IAEA weapons inspection program in place since then.
Since the U.S. invasion, there have been tens of thousands of Iraq casualties (dead and wounded; verified numbers are difficult to obtain) and millions of Iraqis have fled ongoing violence in Iraq to surrounding countries. Iran, a country dominated by Shiite clerics, has made a strategic alliance with Iraq's new Shiite-centric government, leading to the disenfranchisement of the Sunni population and Sunni politicians. Some portion of the Sunni population have joined ex-Ba'athists, expelled from the Iraqi government and army by Ambassador Paul Bremer shortly after his arrival in Iraq, and formed Daesh (aka ISIL or ISIS), ravaged Syria (another Shiite-dominated country allied with Iran) and Iraq, not to mention been implicated in attacks in other countries. And Iraq, once dominated by a brutal Sunni strongman who imprisoned, tortured, and killed his opposition and gased Kurdish tribes in the north, is still in chaos, thirteen years and counting after the U.S. invasion.But Hussein was our brutal strongman. His weapon systems? Almost entirely sourced from the U.S. in the 1970s through '90s as a (1) bulwark against "radicalized" Iran and (2) a stop-gap against USSR expansionist policy in the area. Most of the strongmen in the area have enjoyed American backing. Saudi Arabia? Jordan ? Iran (during the Shah's reign)? Syria (Assad)?
But Hussein was our brutal strongman. His weapon systems? Almost entirely sourced from the U.S. in the 1970s through '90s as a (1) bulwark against "radicalized" Iran and (2) a stop-gap against USSR expansionist policy in the area. Most of the strongmen in the area have enjoyed American backing. Saudi Arabia? Yemen? Kuwait? Egypt? Jordan ? Iran (during the Shah's reign)? Syria (Assad)? About any "…stan" after the USSR reverted to its pre-imperial states (Uzbekistan, Krygzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, all with brutal dictators)? All were or are ruled by military dictatorships who Hoovered up as much foreign aid as possible and placed it directly in their own bank accounts. All had separate purchasing agreements with western weapon systems manufacturers so that (fill in the blank of the country U.S.-affiliated countries wanted to hold in check) would not make inroads in the region.
And Hussein, awful person that he was, did the job for us until U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie gave Hussein a nod and a wink about possibly invading Kuwait in 1990. Before that? There was the U.S.-backed Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), which resulted in 105,000-200,000 Iraqis killed, another 400,000 wounded, 70,000 prisoners taken by Iran and, on the Iranian side, another 200,000-262,000 dead, about 400,000 wounded. And a stalemate. The astute reader will note that this war started soon after the Iranian students took U.S. Embassy hostages (1979) and Ayatollah Khomeini assumed leadership in Iran. Oh, and Hussein's gasing of the Kurds? Conducted using American chemical weapons.
The takeaway for all of this should be that it is rare that a single incident involving relations between countries can be reduced to an isolated incident. As a parting example, a significant source of Iranian aggression in 1979, leading to the exile of the Shah to the U.S., was the result of a 1953 CIA-backed coup against Mohammad Mosaddeq, democratically elected (and idiosyncratic) prime minister of Iran. The Shah, vigorously pro-western, spent the next 26 years suppressing Shiite clerics who dared to argue with his lifestyle (lavish) or political approach (authoritarian). In 1979, it boiled over. Or you can go back further and look at how the petroleum industry was initiated in Iran in the first decade of the 20th C. Or you can look at how Britain and Russia attempted to play The Great Game in Iran (as well as the rest of the region) starting back in the 1600s. Your choice, but nothing is as simple as it seems. In any country you name.
All, in some way, because of some forged documents regarding yellowcake. It is the latest and perhaps the definitive example of the law of unintended consequences ever visited on a country and maybe the human race. Let's all make sure this sort of nonsense doesn't happen again. To anyone.
And let's not even start on Marie Antoinette's "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!"
Aluminum tubes: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/washington/us/the-nuclear-card-the-aluminum-tube-story-a-special-report-how.html?_r=0
Yellowcake story: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/07/yellowcake200607
Timeline of Iraq-related events: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/iraq-weapons-inspections-fast-facts/
Author makingsenseofcomplicationsPosted on September 5, 2016 September 5, 2016 Categories Complications, One at a TimeTags #history, #leadership, #learning, #life, #longreads, #thedailypost, #warandpeace
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This week has been another up and down week for me. The beginning of the week was particularly difficult when my already severe pain levels increased further but thankfully they've settled a bit since. I've had a useful medical appointment this week that is hopefully going to finally lead on to me getting help with the pain. I'm also due to have another MRI scan tomorrow to check that there is nothing else going on in my spine that could be aggravating my pain.
I'm still only managing to concentrate for small periods of time so I'm not getting to read as much as I'd like. I'm grateful to be able to read even a little though and am hoping it will get easier in time. I did manage to finish some books this week that I've been reading for a few weeks so I was pleased about that.
It's been a good week where my blog is concerned though. Thanks to my new scheduling pattern, I had enough posts set up ready to go so that my blog kept going as planned even when I wasn't around much. It gives me real satisfaction to keep my blog running, even during the tough times so I was really glad that I'd worked out scheduling before this rough patch.
I really enjoyed reading this book, it was one of those reads that is really hard to put down once you've started reading it. It was different to anything else I've read recently and kept me guessing all the way through. I'm on the blog tour for this book today and so look out for my interview with Siobhan MacDonald.
Wonder Cruise is such a lovely novel, I found that I wanted to read it slowly to savour it and I really didn't want it to end. I hope to get my review up this week. I'll definitely be looking out for more of Ursula Bloom's novels in the future.
This book is such a gorgeous read, I absolutely loved it! It had such depth to it and yet was never heavy-going. I hope to have my review of this up on my blog this week.
This is a novella released for World Book Day and my first ever Rainbow Rowell book! I loved it, it's such an adorable read! This is the only book I managed to read from start to finish in the course of this week.
This is a fascinating read about a young woman who runs away from her family to escape an arranged marriage, but that is only the beginning of what happened to Jasvinder. This is ultimately an inspiring read and I recommend it. I hope to have my review ready to post very soon.
Re-blog from Laura at 125Pages where I wrote a guest post for her about how I approach blogging.
My usual WWW Wednesday Post, Stacking the Shelves Post and Weekly Wrap-Up Post. Plus more reviews and an author Q&A/guest post.
This book has got better as it's gone along and I'm quite enjoying it now.
It's so frustrating that I can only read in short bursts at the moment because this is a book I would have devoured normally. It's a brilliant novel though and I highly recommend it. When I'm not able to read I'm thinking about this book and wishing I could get back to it.
I've only managed to read the first few chapters of this due to my lack of concentration but I've loved what I've read and I'm so looking forward to reading more. They writing is so beautiful and every single page feels like a treat.
I was thrilled to receive a copy of this book last week and have been saving it until I could read it in big chunks but I've had a tough couple of days so I decided to start reading this as I figured I deserved a treat. It is so good, I'm very much enjoying it.
This book is really good, it's a bit different to anything else I've read in a while and I'm finding it very hard to put down.
I couldn't resist starting this book at the weekend! I've only read the first few chapters so far as I'm still not able to read very much in one go at the moment but it's very good.
I'm still really enjoying this book, it's one of those books that gives me such a lift every time I read some of it.
I've read a little bit more of this since last week and it's a got a bit better so I'm going to keep reading.
This is a fascinating book. It's due to be published tomorrow so look out for it. I've only read the first third so far but I'd definitely recommend it.
I really enjoyed this book. I posted my review yesterday so you can read it here if you'd like to.
I loved this book so much, it's a definite 5 star read for me. I'm part way through writing my review now so I should have it up on my blog very soon.
Get lost in Victoria Walters' immensely touching debut novel, and discover a world that will capture your imagination and heart.
This is the first Rainbow Rowell book that I've read and I really enjoyed it, it's a sweet story. I do have a couple of Rainbow's novels on my TBR and I'm more keen than ever to read them now.
I've been excited to read this since before it was released and ever since I received a review copy I've been so keen to pick it up. I really hope to read it this week if I can, especially as I'm featuring Heidi Perks on my blog very soon.
Teenager Abigail Ryder is devastated when she gets home from school to find her family gone.
Nothing makes sense. Things are missing from the house and her stepsisters' room is completely empty. But the police think she's trouble, and when grandmother Eleanor tells her to forget them all and move on, there's no choice other than face the future – alone.
I love Marcie Steele's writing so I can't wait to read her latest novel. I'm in need of another feel-good read at the moment and I feel sure this will fit the bill!
All Riley Flynn wants is to meet someone who makes her happy. But attracting the right kind of man is not easy, and with her heart still hurting from her last break-up, Riley believes she'll never find love again.
A year ago, Sadie Stewart's whole world was shattered when her husband, Ross, died. She has struggled to keep herself together for the sake of their young daughter, but with the anniversary of his death approaching, Sadie finds herself overwhelmed by grief.
Sadie and Riley work at Chandlers shoe shop, in the charming town of Hedworth. But when Chandlers is threatened with closure, the friends are confronted with the loss of not only their jobs, but also their support network – the glue that holds them together when they are close to breaking.
I still haven't figured out how to challenge myself to read my best books in a way that I can track my progress on my blog (see this post here to find out what I mean about best books) but I'm going to make a start on reading some of my own books by adding one or two into my selected reads each week. I'm a fan of Ian McEwan and have had this book on my TBR since it first came out, I've been wanting to read it but haven't found the right time so I've decided to just get on with it!
Your husband goes out to buy a newspaper. He never comes back.
Months later, an unexpected phone call puts you and your daughter in unimaginable danger.
Even if he were still alive, your husband can't save you now.
He told you way too many lies for that.
I was thrilled to receive a copy of In Too Deep via The Book Club. I have read a couple of Samantha Hayes books in the past and really enjoyed them so I was very much looking forward to starting this one.
From the first pages of this novel I was completely hooked. In the opening chapter a man and a woman argue, one pushes the other and it appears that the one who fell is dead. From this point on this book is near impossible to put down!
The premise of In Too Deep is great, the idea of someone's husband going out for a newspaper one morning and never coming back is immediately intriguing. I was suspicious about most of the characters in this book at one point or another as none of them seem to be completely honest and you don't know who is keeping the biggest secrets. I wondered how much I could trust Gina and what she was saying about her relationship with her husband because as the book goes on we find out snippets about their relationship that don't quite tally with what she says. Their daughter Hannah has secrets of her own that she seems determined not to share with anyone, and because her mum is so wrapped up in her dad's disappearance she doesn't really notice what's going on in Hannah's life. Susan was an intriguing character too but because we don't know anything about her to begin with it wasn't easy to weigh her up for a good while.
Rick's disappearance was the second trauma to befall this family. A few years earlier their son Jacob had been killed in a hit and run, and the driver was never found. This increases the mystery of this novel as it adds another level of intrigue to the twists and turns within the story.
I read a lot of psychological thrillers, and I'm finding it increasingly easy to work out what is going on but I have to say that with this book even as I reached the halfway point I still hadn't worked it out and I loved that! Any thriller that can keep me in the dark for that long is a winner in my opinion. Once I passed the halfway point I did start being able to piece things together and my suspicions about certain characters, and what might really be going on began to grow. I couldn't read this book fast enough to find out if my suspicions were correct.
I thought the ending of this book was brilliant; it fitted the story perfectly and allowed the characters to remain true to who they had been throughout the whole book and I appreciated that.
In Too Deep is fast-paced, unpredictable and utterly thrilling! I rated this book 4.5 out of 5 and highly recommend it.
I received a copy of this book from Net Galley via THE Book Club in exchange for an honest review.
In Too Deep is due to be published by Random House on 5th May.
I've not had the best week in terms of my health, I'm still struggling to find the balance between controlling pain but not ending up feeling out of it on painkillers. The result at the moment is that I'm feeling quite awful all of the time, so my reading is suffering as I can't concentrate on books for more than around ten minutes at a time.
I've had a good week in terms of blogging though. It's made such a huge difference to me having my dictation software, I'm dictating just about everything now (even tweets & Facebook updates) so it's great. Finally working out how to schedule posts in advance, and also how to schedule links to my blog posts to go out on social media using an app, has been a revelation. I'm managing my time better now and it's been great this week that I've had posts up every day on my blog as it was all scheduled in advance during the short periods when I've felt a little better.
This is actually a play script but it was easy enough to read as it's predominantly got just the two characters throughout. This a fictional conversation between Alice (who Alice in Wonderland was based on) and Peter (who Peter Pan was based on) and it's fascinating. I bought this book a while ago but wish I'd read it sooner now as it was brilliant. I plan to review this on my blog quite soon.
I finished reading this very late on Friday night and so haven't managed to review it yet but I will be doing very soon. I really enjoyed this book, it kept me hooked all the way through it.
Monday: Q&A with Kayte Nunn (author of Rose's Vintage) PLUS an international giveaway!
I treated myself to this book last week and couldn't resist starting it the other day. It's about the Titanic disaster but focuses on the Californian – the ship who was near enough to potentially help but they didn't react. It's a novel but has been very heavily researched. I've only read the first few chapters so far but it's very good.
I'm very much enjoying this book, it's brilliant. The only reason for me not finishing it sooner is due to me not being able to read much this week. I hope to read more of it very soon.
I've read the first third of this book but I'm not feeling very motivated to pick it back up, it just isn't grabbing me at all.
This is non-fiction and whilst I know it's probably going to be quite a tough read later on, at the moment it's fascinating reading about the family dynamics and how they all got on before the problems started.
This book is wonderful. It was written in the 1930s and is about a spinster, Ann, who always listens to what her brother tells her and lives a very sheltered existence. Then one day she comes into a sum of money and on a whim books a cruise! I've only read the first few chapters but it's such an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to reading more when I feel better. If you want to know more about this book, I wrote a post about it on my blog yesterday – you can read that here.
I only started reading this late last night so have only read a couple of chapters so far but I really want to read more of it as soon as I can. I'm on the blog tour for this book on Sunday so look out for my post then.
Please forgive any formatting errors in my post this week, my home wifi is playing up and web pages keep either failing to load or partially loading so it's quite hard to get a post ready. On top of that WordPress hasn't been working too well for me this week either.
I was thrilled to get the chance to read this book through THE Book Club recently. I'm about halfway through the book at the moment and finding it really hard to put down, and so far I still haven't worked out what is going on (which is great, I love being kept guessing until the end!).
I knew I was going to enjoy this novel, but I didn't expect it to get to me in the way that it is doing. This novel has made me laugh and it's made me cry; it's so good! I want to know how things will turn out for everyone but I also don't want the book to end as I'm enjoying it so much!
When Emma leaves her Cornish hometown of Talting for a summer in Devon, the last thing she dreams of is falling in love. But sometimes the people who affect us the most come along when we least expect it. As the summer comes to the end, will it herald the start of something that could last for ever?
I haven't been well this week so have only managed to read a few chapters of this so far but it is utterly wonderful. It's been quite a long time since I read a book set in the 1930s and I'm just absolutely adoring it, it's so refreshing. I'm willing Ann on to break free of Cuthbert and to experience some of what life has to offer her.
This is another boak that I've only managed to read the first few chapters of this week, due to not being well again. It's quite apparent already though that this is going to be a fascinating read and I'm keen to get back to it to read more.
If I'm going to be completely honest I have to say that I am struggling to read this one. It's had so much hype and so many people have loved but I'm really struggling to read it. I don't mind reading books where I don't like any of the main characters but I do find it really difficult when they don't feel rounded out enough for me to get a feel for who they are. I'm going to persevere with this little bit longer because it's a review book and I have only read about a third of it so far so I'm going to give it a bit longer and maybe my opinion will change.
Due to my not being well this week, I've not managed to read any more of this book at all. It's such a fascinating read and I really do want to finish it but I'm thinking of maybe putting it to one side for a while until I'm feeling more able to read it in bigger chunks and to take in better what I'm reading.
I loved this novel, it was an incredible read. I've already reviewed it, you can read my review on the link above.
This was a new short story in the Meet Cute series and it's no secret that I've adored all of them so far. This was a lovely addition to the series, I'll have my review up very soon.
This was another new Meet Cute short story, which was released last week, and I think this one is going to have to be placed joint favourite with The Boy at the Beach as I completely and utterly adored it! I'm part way through writing my review now so that will be up on my blog soon.
This was an absolutely fascinating book. It's a short read, and is actually a script for a play but it's easy to read as it just focuses on the two characters. It's an imagined conversation that is taking place between the real Alice (who Alice in Wonderland was based on) and the real Peter (who Peter Pan was based on). There is so much packed into this short script that really makes you think, it's truly brilliant. I'm working on my review at the moment so should have that ready to post on my blog soon.
I was offered the chance to review this book and when I read the synopsis there was no way I could refuse, it sounds so intriguing! I was also offered a place on the blog tour, which I accepted to I will have a Q&A with the author and, all-being-well, my review of the book on 24th April so please look out for that.
It made my week when I was offered a review copy of this book at the end of last week! I've been wanting to read this since I first heard about it and can't wait to start reading. I've loved all of Chris Cleave's previous novels so have very high hopes for this one!
I recently read a review of this on a blog I follow and immediately pre-ordered a copy! I'm drawn to novels about the Titanic but this is from a different perspective so sounds fascinating. I really want to start reading it right away but I need to finish up some review books first and then I'll be straight on to this!
I added this book to my wish list quite recently after reading Cleopatra Loves Books fab review of it; I knew it was a book I'd have to read as it sounded so good! Anyway, I happened to notice it was on offer for Kindle this week and so I treated myself, I hope to read it very soon!
I'm still reading quite a lot of non-fiction and so when I read a great review of this on Postcard Reviews, I bought it straight away. It sounds like a very interesting read.
This book popped up on my Amazon recommendations recently and so as it was on offer I decided to give it a go. It sounds like a really good read so hopefully I'll enjoy it.
This is a book I've been looking forward to for a while but had forgotten I'd pre-ordered it so it was a nice surprise when it appeared on my Kindle this week.
Another new book I treated myself to when I spotted it in a deal on Kindle this week.
This book is free on Kindle Unlimited at the moment so I couldn't resist downloading it, it sounds like a good read.
I was thrilled to win a giveaway on Goodreads for a copy of The Perfect Girl by Gilly MacMillan. The email telling me I'd won a copy ended up in my spam folder so I had no idea I'd won this until the book arrived through my letterbox this week. I can't wait to start reading this – I loved Gilly's previous novel Burnt Paper Sky so have very high hopes for this!
I was offered the chance to read and review this book for the publisher, Impress Books, a little while ago and I jumped at the chance! It was exciting to receive a beautiful proof copy of the book along with a really nice postcard and lovely note from the author, Annabel Abbs. I'm very much looking forward to reading this novel, I'm sure I'm going to love it. I recently took part in the cover reveal for The Joyce Girl and so you can read more about the book in this post if you'd like to.
I've loved the previous Samantha Hayes books that I've read so I was excited to receive a review copy of her new novel. It's due to be released in May so I'll definitely be reading and reviewing it before then.
The above four books were all offered to me for review and I jumped at the chance as they all sound like really good reads. I was thrilled that all four authors also agreed to being interviewed by me for my blog so these interviews will be coming soon – please look out for them.


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Turning up the heat against insider dealing
By Anna Rothwell2014-08-15T10:46:00+01:00
New offences are proposed for the market abuse of the wholesale gas and electricity markets.
The government has launched a consultation on proposed new criminal offences for insider dealing in and the manipulation of the UK's wholesale gas and electricity energy markets.
These new offences would make it a criminal offence to fix the price of energy at an artificial level, or use inside information to acquire or dispose of energy products on the wholesale market. It would also be an offence to make misleading signals, use deception or a fictitious device, or conceal facts about wholesale energy prices to manipulate the market.
These criminal offences are to supplement the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) civil enforcement regime for market abuse in wholesale energy markets. This regime, created in June 2013, gave the CMA powers to impose unlimited fines, require the disclosure of information and carry out inspections. This June, Ofgem referred the big six energy companies to the CMA for a full investigation – the first major referral to the new competition agency since it began work on 1 April 2014.
An earlier investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Ofgem into whistleblower allegations that the UK gas market had been manipulated by price reporting agencies found no evidence of this occurring. However, the recent issues statement published by the CMA on 24 July 2014 highlighted the manipulability of prices in thinly traded or opaque markets, and the tacit collusion between energy companies (as opposed to explicit agreement outlawed by the Competition Act 1998) as areas which will be subject to investigation.
Why are new criminal offences necessary?
While offences of insider dealing and market manipulation in relation to financial markets have existed since the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (supplemented with the establishment of the FCA and the market abuse offence introduced by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2001), commodity trading, including electricity and gas trading, is generally not covered by these offences, unless it is considered to be trading in derivatives on commodities. Only about 30% of gas volumes and 3% of electricity volumes take place on markets regulated by the FCA. In addition, given the nature of the market in wholesale energy, the position established by the manipulator can be shortlived, and the relevant markets difficult to define, making it complicated evidentially to prosecute these trades under the existing cartel offence in section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002.
An example of wholesale gas market manipulation in the United States, which demonstrates how the interactions between energy and financial markets create the potential for market abuse and the difficulties these complex trades cause prosecutors, is that of Amaranth Advisors LLC's head trader, who was found guilty in 2010 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of market manipulation. In summary, it was alleged that Amaranth sold large quantities of gas futures on the day they were due to expire, driving down the closing price to benefit swap positions that Amaranth separately held. Interestingly, this case resulted in a ruling by a US Appeals Court in 2013 that the FERC had overstepped its authority. The Appeals Court overturned the trader's $30m fine, holding that the FERC can only prosecute matters arising from the physical trading in gas, whereas the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulates the natural gas futures markets.
As highlighted in the government's impact assessment of the proposed new criminal offences, the FCA has the power to bring enforcement action (both civil and criminal) against traders who breach the regulation on energy derivatives in a regulated market. But if a similar energy derivative were traded on a platform that is not regulated by the FCA, then Ofgem and the CMA can only seek civil sanctions. The proposed new offences seek to address this disparity between the regulation of the financial markets and the wholesale energy markets.
The government is proposing to introduce the offences into law by using the power in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, enabling the sanctions regime to be put in place by March next year. While this is a faster process than the introduction of primary legislation, a major disadvantage will be that such regulations can only create criminal sanctions with a penalty of up to two years' imprisonment.
In contrast, insider dealing and market manipulation in the financial markets attract a maximum penalty of seven years, and the cartel offence in section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002 attracts a maximum penalty of five years.
So, while the government places emphasis on the need for prison sentences for the worst instances of wholesale energy market abuse, and criminal sanctions to dissuade offenders in a market where financial incentives alone may not be sufficient, the proposed maximum sentence does not achieve the stated aim of ensuring consistency of treatment and effective deterrence. The government's own consultation paper states that it is mindful of the arguments that there is continuing market risk created by the lower maximum sanction, yet by proposing a significantly lower maximum sentence the government is failing to act consistently in its haste to introduce legislation.
Another, this time welcome, difference to the current insider trading of financial products and cartel offences, is that the proposed new offences will extend both to individuals and companies.
However, should manipulation of the wholesale gas and electricity markets be uncovered, it remains to be seen whether the CMA will, in practice, have a similar lack of appetite in relation to prosecuting energy companies or hedge funds to that demonstrated by the Serious Fraud Office in relation to the banks fined for their involvement in manipulating the Libor rate. If, however, the CMA is prepared to be bolder than the SFO, and use its powers to prosecute energy companies and hedge funds, it could engineer a positive and powerful shift in corporate culture across the much-maligned energy sector.
Anna Rothwell is a solicitor at Corker Binning
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A kick-ass Taxi app idea that solves real-life problems will multiply your profits.
And how is it possible?
Currently, taxi -hailing app is one of the most profitable sub-niches in the on-demand app ecosystem. Take for an instance:
The Uber Cabs – This on-demand taxi hailing app was introduced in 2009. And just in a span of eight years, it has transformed into a $3 billion venture with around 40 million monthly active riders.
Another example is of Lyft: This taxi-hailing app is just limited to selected cities in the USA. Still, it has around 13.9 million monthly active users and is worth $2 million venture.
Ola Cabs available in more than 100 Indian cities is today, a $5 million venture!
Bottom-line: On-Demand Taxi Apps are in great demand! The aforementioned taxi apps have recorded an impressive growth in just a few years. They are just the tip of an iceberg!
There are several such apps across the world which are earning tens of thousands of dollars, making their way into the user's daily routine.
Do know what led to such a tremendous growth? – The changing consumer behavior!
Consumer behavior has evolved drastically. Nowadays, people want more convenience and comfort. They want everything at their doorstep, with just a tap on the smartphone.
And Apps like Uber caters to this need for ease, comfort, and convenience.
The user can hail a cab right at their doorstep, at any given hour of the day, by just tapping on their smartphones. Result – Immense Response from the users who commute regularly. Moreover, most taxi apps follow a two-way business model. (Registered) Cab drivers or car owners also get an opportunity to earn some extra money, through this service.
So, long story short, Taxi Apps address real-life problems faced by two different set of users – Cab Drivers and Commuters – through a single platform. It is more like hitting two birds with a single shot.
And that's precisely apps like Uber is making their way into the app market, earning $$$!
Sounds like an interesting opportunity to monetize, isn't it?
But, you are still not sure about taking a plunge. Something holds you back?
Is it the competition?
Do feel a bit apprehensive about the niche being a little over-crowded?
True, there are many players in the niche. Obviously, more players = high competition. But, look at the greener pasture!
A competitive niche is often validated. And so, it is like half the battle won!
How? You will ask.
It's simple – A validated niche means you already know what users want. You know their problems. You just have to think an out-of-the-box solution and provide it through your app. This makes it easier to strike a chord with the users.
Just for an instance: You can build a taxi app, providing transport facilities specifically to female commuters/passengers who have to travel at an odd hour (may be at late in the night). Here, you focus on very specific problems faced by women i.e., safety and security, and provide an easy, feasible and quick solution through your app. Also, your app can offer a limo rental service for the couples who want a romantic night out!
There are plenty of areas where you can pitch your idea, provided your app solves a specific problem.
What we mean here is: You need a killer idea that solves a real problem + good engineering + excellent UX. And BAM! You are ready to cash-in even when the marketplace is super competitive.
It is important that you look at the on-demand economy, especially taxi app, as an ocean of opportunities. You need to explore it further and identify various problems faced by daily commuters, provide an interesting and feasible solution. Chances of your app hitting the jackpot will manifold!
What about the budget? How much does it cost to build an app like Uber?
It is important to note that taxi app is not a single app. It is a set of two different apps – Passenger app and Driver app, along with an admin panel.
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But, if we talk about a taxi app with basic features, it will cost you around $12-$20k.
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Some of the basic features in passenger app include:
Register and Sign-In
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Basic features in Driver app include:
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If any section of box is sagging or warped badly, "paint" inside with water, and weight with wood blocks. Leave over night to dry.
If any parts are missing, cut cardboard of matching thickness to match missing section.
Cut and fold Gummed Hinging Tape to fit into the inside of all glued seams and breaks. If box is white or if you are willing to color tape to match box color, cut and fold tape to fit on outside of seams and breaks where extra strength is needed (box bottom where puzzle pieces rest while stored). When working with corners, cut tape so that it folds over itself and doesn't bunch up.
Dip prepared tape into can of water; then insert quickly onto seams and breaks; smooth with finger and screwdriver. If parts of tape do not want to stick after a few minutes, "paint" some Elmer's Glue-all into opening and smooth tape in place.
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The incident was isolated. Statistics confirm such events are rare.
But when the headlines report yet another officer was "assassinated in an unprovoked attack on cops," (NYPD officer Miosotis Familia was killed Tuesday night), it begins to feel like a trend.
Law enforcement officers have always understood the risks associated with their job.
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 143 officers died in the line of duty last year, including 19 in Texas.
Not all line-of-duty deaths are at the hands of an enraged criminal — 27 of the 67 deaths recorded by the NLEO so far this year, for example, were traffic-related.
The cause of death does not change the stark reality that the officers died in service of their communities, working for the people they were sworn to protect.
And the perception that the dangers of the job have increased — the feeling that wearing a badge is now the equivalent of wearing a target — takes a toll on officers and the people they serve.
So it's important to remember as we honor last year's fallen heroes, how much these officers sacrificed to keep us safe.


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TGW Logistics Group as an international, fast growing company is one of the global players in the intralogistics industry. In order to further enable and continue our growth, we are currently looking for an IT Application Engineer for our central IT, located in the Holding company.
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Successfully completed higher technical school (HTL), university of applied sciences (FH) or university degree in the field of IT
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In this position, you can expect the following benefits, among others.
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Q: Macros with extra parameter at the end? I am not exactly sure what to title this.  But, this is the third time I have seen this phenomena in a C macro.
#define sigemptyset(what)   (*(what) = 0, 0)
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                                         eh?  why not just ((*what) = 0)

Is there a point to that extra zero?  To my understanding (1, 0, 0, 0), for example, would just evaluate to 1 (the first entry).

A: The comma operator yields the value of its right operand, not the left operand.
UPDATE: as pointed out by @Kninnug  in the comments, sigemptyset is a POSIX function specified to return an int (specifications: here). By using (*(what) = 0, 0) it guarantees that the macro yields an int even if *(what) is of another type than int (the sigemptyset argument should be of type sigset_t).

Two things come to my mind with your macro definition:
If it had (void *) 0 as the right , operand, it could mimic a function that returns a null pointer:
#define sigemptyset(what)   (*(what) = 0, (void *) 0)

int *p = sigemptyset(q);

It can be useful if all your other sig functions are supposed to return pointers.
The second thing that comes to my mind is to allow debugging by changing the 0 with a printf call when needed:
 #define sigemptyset(what)   (*(what) = 0, printf("sigemptyset\n"))


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At the time of economic transition in Serbia it is absolutely a necessity to have a good legal support for investments in Serbia and regional countries.
Our Law office seeks to attract foreign Companies wishing to expand their business in Serbia and to provide legal logistics for them in the best possible way with the aim of legally protecting their businesses and investments.
The law office services are provided in excellent Russian language and also in English, with high effectiveness and without loosing unnecessary time.
All the time we are in touch with the client, trying to meet up all his demands.
Adress: 11103 Belgrade, street Majke Jevrosime number 40.