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Q: Is "dance around" a valid phrasal verb? I think the  idiomatic expresssion "dance around" a subject, an issue meaning, avoid addressing a subject or an issue, is a common metaphor as in:

When it comes to money, however, we find lots of ways to dance around the subject, engage euphemisms to shield reality, or avoid the topic altogether. From  Women, Money & Cheesecake:
  By Brona Pinnolis, Linda A. Tripp, Paulette Williamson
But she, too, found it easier to dance around the subject rather than actually just say out loud what they were both thinking. From Just the Sexiest Man Alive
  By Julie James

Curiously I couldn't  find its meaning in any online dictionary (can't tell about the OED) and the only reference available appears to be the following page from thesaurus.com.
Is it because it is a very recent expression or because it is not as common as I guessed it was?
Whatever the case, is it a valid expression that can be safely  used, at least, colloquially?

A: To dance around something, phrasal verb: Longman Advanced American Dictionary

*

*to avoid discussing something or dealing with it directly

*As in:

*"The governor spent the day dancing around reporters' questions".

Difficult to find, but this dictionary has it. No etymology with Longman. The link is to the public access.  Unlike the OED, apparently paywall does not allow one to even view a link. In italics is publicly available. I have access to the full version, to which I answer.
Here is its use in an AmE newspaper :  google books
Reading Eagle - Page 32

Reading Eagle - Dec 11, 2003 - Newspaper - Full view Berks
  lawmakers twirled around the question when asked where they stood.
  "Squarely on both feet," joked Hep. Samuel E. Rohrer, a Robeson
  Township Republican. "I'll guess I have to dance around the issue
  because I don't know"

I hear it used in AmE frequently, especially in our raucous politics.

A: The phrase dance around (an issue) is not likely to be considered a true phrasal verb because it is merely a figurative extension whose component parts may still be analyzed to reach its meaning, unlike, say,  put up, carry through, or come around.
The metaphor was available long before the expression became popular in the 1970s–80s:

This becomes strictly a standoff argument, a clear sign we are in one of those "who, me?" periods of diplomacy and world history when both sides say "You're to blame" and both exclaim: "Who, me?" Diplomats, of course, don't put it so bluntly since they dance around the language as delicately as a couple doing the minuet in the Court of Louis XV.  — Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA), 11 June 1951.

While this linguistic minuet illustrates one possible source for the expression, the sheer length of the simile — including the name of a French king — tells you it's not yet the expression itself.
A less elegant dance occurred to Hubert Humphrey before the 1968 presidential election:

Earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minn., Humphrey acknowledged that he is trailing Richard M. Nixon, but he charged that his Republican opponent of "dancing around the fire" on major issues. — San Bernardino Sun, 25 Sept. 1968.

Another ancestor could be the defensive footwork in boxing:

I now began to dance around my adversary in the conventional style, and had just given him "one for his nob," when looking over his shoulders I discovered the amazed | faces of Dion Boucicault and William Stuart. Against the dark background of the room the two heads of these gentlemen loomed up like another pair of boxing-gloves. — Joseph Jefferson, with Laura Keene, The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, 1889, serialized: The Century Magazine, 39 (n.s. 17)/5 (Mar. 1890), 654f.

Rather than attack a problem directly, someone can dance around the issue like a boxer avoiding a blow, at the same time never giving the metaphorical opponent "one for his nob."
By the 1970s the expression with which we're familiar emerges:

We cannot dance around the issue—our mandate is clearly before us, he said.  "A critical element of your charge, therefore, is to ultimately propose a revenue plan which will permit the state to continue to speedily adopt the primary responsibility for financing public education." — Daily Illini (U. of IL Champaign-Urbana), 28 Sept. 1972.
Nixon changed the rules which tended to tie his predecessor to the status quo. When the Joint Chiefs asked the Secretary of Defense to secure a national policy on CBW [chemical, biological weapons] in 1969, Laird was able to request a NSSM study on the subject, instead of having to dance around the issue as McNamara had been forced to. — Appendices: Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy, Part V: Establishing Arms Control Negotiating Positions, Richard Huff, Burton Rosenthal, eds., June,1975.

The dance is metaphoric, but the preposition around is still locative, around something but never addressing it directly.
To make the difference clearer, look at the following sentence:

Police say the rider was speeding on Sandau Road near Isom Road when he came too fast around the corner and crashed into the wall at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday. — KABB San Antonio, 6 June 2018.

Around the corner describes the direction this unfortunate motorcyclist was travelling before he slammed into a retaining wall. Now compare this usage to come around as an idiomatic phrasal verb:

He urged me to not disclose a position, hoping I would come around to supporting the bill.  — George R. Ariyoshi,  With Obligation to All, 1997.
It was at dusk when Larry came around the house in a brand new station wagon that he had bought for the band. — Idris Muhammad Inside the Music: the Life of Idris Muhammad, 2012.
Just as I was releasing my grip the lorry went over a bump and the tailgate came up and hit me on the chin. I was knocked unconscious. I came around quickly to find Paddy in a more distressed state than I was. — Willie McCarney, Big Boys Don't Cry, 2017, 43.

None of these meanings can be analyzed simply as come + around: a phrasal verb is almost never merely the sum of its parts. Dancing around an issue is metaphor.


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Q: Can't move data in ExecuteInEditMode I try to move all button data to another one and put it in Start(), it work.
like this:
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But when i put it in [ExecuteInEditMode] and try to edit it in editor, I get this:

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someone say :"Unity is not serializing my class"
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Autonomous Tractor Cooperation Lays Out Plan to Slowly Introduce Driverless Tractor
By Ian Gronau posted on February 29, 2016 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Autonomous Tractor Cooperation or ATC, a Fargo, N.D.-based company is looking to advance driverless vehicle technology in the U.S. and is working with a handful of retailers to phase in its diesel-electric motors and then its AutoDrive system based off proprietary technology called laser-radio navigation system (LRNS).
Kraig Schulz, CEO of Autonomous Tractor Cooperation or ATC, has noticed that while European farmers seem anxious to get out of the tractor cabs in favor of self-driving equipment, American and Canadian farms would rather be eased out, for many, but not all, field activities.
It's for this reason the Fargo, N.D.-based company plans to release its proposed autonomous tractor solution in stages — giving the market a chance to warm up to the idea of completely driverless tractors. ATC has spent the last few years developing the pieces of its autonomous solution, and has begun work with 4 retailers to bring their product to market.
"From the start we were big believers that in order to make a ground-based vehicle autonomous, it was going to have to have an electric drive," says Schulz. "That's where we decided to start.
Much of the existing electric drive technology didn't really work because of the high starting torque needed, Schulz says. Tractors today use their transmissions to basically transfer all their horsepower to the ground at 0 RPMs, and the industry just didn't have an electric motor drive system that could do that. So we set out to build one, adds Schulz.
Internal Overhaul
ATC developed a diesel-electric motor they call the eDrive system. Using proprietary electric wheel motors and an electronic torque controller, eDrive replaces a tractor's transmission, differential and axles with four simple motors. Schulz says that their 400 horsepower eDrive system provides 20-30% better fuel efficiency, simplified repair, quieter operation and 20,000–25,000 hours of new life to a retrofitted tractor at a fraction of the cost of a new tractor.
"Once we had the electric drive system in place, we could start thinking about layering the guidance needed for autonomy on top of that," says Schulz. "The vast majority of the agricultural applications use GPS for corrections right now, but just like the automobile industry realized a while ago, GPS is not going to be reliable, safe or secure enough for true autonomy on its own."
ATC then began designing it's AutoDrive system that is based off another piece of proprietary technology called laser-radio navigation system (LRNS).
"Autonomous automobiles are using optics and maps for guidance, but there aren't any street signs in the field, so that obviously wasn't going to work either," says Schulz. "The LRNS essentially uses two radio beacons in the field that are portable and two beacons on the tractor and they all triangulate. It has much better characteristics than GPS because it's in-field and provides a cleaner signal. Also, instead of having point-to-point estimates in linear distance like GPS that might be straight through a hill, our signal follows the contour of the land."
For full autonomy to be possible, Schulz also notes that a user needs to have complete control over the engine, be able to stop the vehicle immediately and have the ability to sense any nearby objects or movement — what he calls perimeter safety. The final ingredient to the autonomy recipe is a learning capacity to control both the tractor and the implement in the same way that a farmer would.
"Just because we tell a tractor to plow the field in a given pattern, doesn't mean the tractor knows how to be a farmer," says Schulz. "It doesn't know good from bad. We have to be able to train it just like you would a young farmer. In addition to all the controls and sensors the tractor has to have a learning capacity so it can actually understand how to farm — not just how to move."
ATC developed a diesel-electric motor they call the eDrive system. Using proprietary electric wheel motors, eDrive replaces a tractor's transmission, differential and axles with four simple motors. The company's 400 horsepower eDrive system provides 30% better
Phasing In Evolution
Schulz admits full implementation is still a few years off. While ATC is perfecting the technology, it must also be able to package it in a way that makes economic sense for a farmer.
ATC decided to introduce their technology incrementally to both help "ease" the farmer out of the cab and compartmentalize upgrade costs. They've started by launching their eDrive motors to 4 participating dealers and are currently retrofitting several tractors.
"Ideally, in the future dealers will buy the product from us and install it for their customers," says Schulz, "With the dealers we have now, we agreed that they'd buy the first eDrive unit, and we'd install it. That way they'd have a demo tractor and a reference point for future installs. Right now we're in the middle of installing the motors on three John Deere tractors from 100 to 400 horsepower and a 400 horsepower John Deere high clearance sprayer."
The work that goes into a retrofit is considerable, requiring a complete strip down of the existing drivetrain which leave basically only the cab, frame and the engine if the farmer chooses not to replace it. Schulz says that in theory it won't matter which brand of tractor is used because the various frames are similar and the principals behind the conversion are the same.
"We're getting more interest from the independent dealers right now," says Schulz. "We're probably looking at something that's going to be very demand driven initially. Once we have the eDrive out there though, farmers can have an electric tractor that they can try. Then we'll add auto-steering, navigation and a safety perimeter so the farmer can see that the tractor knows right where it is and can safely navigate in a complex environment.
"Then we'll layer in implement management so the farmer can train the tractor. This way, farmers and dealers can upgrade over time and get comfortable with the base technologies essentially one at a time."
KEYWORDS AutoDrive system autonomous ag vehicles autonomous systems Autonomous Tractor Cooperation eDrive system full implementation Kraig Schulz
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Ian Gronau is a Contributing Editor for Lessiter Media, with primary support responsibilities for Precision Farming Dealer, Strip-Till Strategies and the Strip-Till Farmer Website. He is a graduate of Chicago's Columbia College and has been preparing content for magazines, websites and newspapers since 2009, and has been recognized with several awards. Contact: igronau.ag@gmail.com
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This is a Andy Warhol tee from HYSTERIC GLAMOUR. HYSTERIC GLAMOUR collaborated with the Andy Warhol Foundation.
The long-sleeved tee with HAMBURGER illustration is cool.There is an angel inside of the tee which is my favorite part.
What an awesome shirt!!! Takako has an amazing closet!


We had a discussion yesterday with a local community hub and during that time they made us realise that we are going to come across situations where an organisation doesn't have a website to act as their node on the network but still wishes to use, say, the broadcast service. In theory, any static point on the Internet can become a form of node on the network, with limited functionality.
To tackle the problem, the idea proposed is that of a virtual node. simply put: we could create a thin layer that acts like a bunch of nodes on the network with a particular service but is an interface to specific functionality provided by social media accounts. It is a bit more complicated, as displaying the information has to adhere to the terms of service (if there are any) associated with the social media company.
It's possible to be even more general and — given rules — could convert any form of structured text or web API into service information — so you could set it up enabling your freely hosted site to have some way of broadcasting information on the network, though in a limited capacity, through the virtual node.
Proposal Notice: this functionality isn't yet available; it is an idea that we are going to work through in the future.
With the potential expansion of a regional network, there may be a large variety of groups, each using the network for different reasons; we'll quickly end up with a lot of unrelated information at any given point, which is essentially noise and something that needs to be avoided. To tackle this problem, there comes a potential design solution that can be built into the underlying protocol — organisations can register a band with the regional network for others to join, or join a band if it already exists. This band can then be used in the URI to talk to a specific spectrum of the regional network (for example: spring://esusx.uk:carers) which will limit the information to that band thus filtering the noise and presenting a clearer, more relevant image. By building it into the protocol and URI specification, as opposed to running it as a network service, we are creating scopes within the topology of the network.


14 albums into his solo career, 19 with other bands/projects and a lot of guest spots under his belts Jorn Lande is a heavy metal phenomenon of his time. If born in the eighties he would have been bathing in dollars… But this is the wrong decade, so sales of more than 2 million albums is an achievement. Alas the quality of his releases seems to be on the vane, at least with the previous outings that has since 2009 only been one studio album, the others being two live albums, one greatest hits and one DIO tribute. Until now!
Opener "My Road" is a short half-song, not an intro not a full song – not all that entertaining as it never develops. The title track is same old from JORN and the "ok-tag" is very frequent during my listening sessions. The finest moments are the CHRISTOPHER CROSS cover "Ride Like the Wind" (already used by SAXON way back) and the IRON MAIDEN-esque "Ride to the Guns". A pity that 50% of the merely two really good tracks is a cover… It seems Jorn Lande needs an outside to write for him, but on the other hand he has enjoyed mighty fine sales figures… The overall feeling is, again, that of BLACK SABBATH with DIO on 50% glow. Or the odd effort "Black Morning", where the band opts for a hair metal power ballad, which feels off the post in this context. Otherwise I dare say that the fans as well as the more seldom listener have all heard this one before.


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How the World Retires
By BlackRockon November 14, 2015
BY CHIP CASTILLE
Retirement today bears little resemblance to what it was for prior generations. In the United States and many other parts of the world, the way people prepare for retirement has changed dramatically. Few people can look forward to the 20th Century ideal of living comfortably off a pension. Even those who have saved in retirement accounts are faced with retirements that may last two to three times as long as was the norm a generation ago.
Increasingly, the burden of funding retirement has fallen on people's own shoulders. It's not surprising that growing numbers of people are working past what was once thought of as retirement age, whether because they want to or need the income. Today, 20% of Americans 65 or older are still in the labor force compared with 13% in 2000.
This transformation of the retirement landscape can be bewildering. And it's not just a U.S. phenomena – it's happening around the world. As part of our global retirement research we spoke to couples in Mexico, England, Chile, Australia, Germany and here in the U.S. to see how others are preparing for 21st century retirements.
But first, let's explore how and why retirement is changing across the globe, and we'll finish up with some thoughts about what you and your family can do. The fact is comfortable retirement is within reach. But it takes resources, knowledge and commitment to get there. There are three factors that will shape retirement in the years ahead:
Longer lives, fewer children
Around the world, people are living longer thanks to improved standards of nutrition, medicine and public health. Worldwide, some 800 million people are 60 or older. By 2050, the number will more than double to about 2 billion. As people live longer and have fewer children, meaning fewer people paying into the system, skewed populations will put enormous pressure on public and private pensions. Specifically, the World Bank puts the global dependency ratio at roughly 54% today. In other words, the proportion of people who have aged out of the labor force is higher than those who are still working.
The World is Getting Older
]Of course, for individuals, the prospect of a long life is great news. But it does raise a major question: Will people have enough resources to live comfortably all those years or will they outlive their money? Most people react to the possibility of a longer life span by stepping up their saving, hoping to put away enough money to cover any eventuality. But the total size of your nest egg can be misleading. As I'll explain, it's more useful to think in terms of the annual income your savings will generate. That makes it easier to figure whether you'll have the means to pay the costs of a long lifetime.
A gap in retirement savings
The stark reality is that many people are falling short on their retirement savings goals. BlackRock's 2015 Global Investor Pulse Survey finds that, on average, Americans ages 55-64 require an average of $45,400 annually to satisfy expenses in retirement. Unfortunately, they've only saved an average of $136,200, yielding them just $9,153 of annual income – a gap of $36,300, excluding Social Security.
"Americans ages 55-64 have an average of $136K in retirement savings, leaving them with an annual retirement income gap of $36K, excluding Social Security."
The good news is that even those in late middle age can take steps to shore up their retirement finances. It's vital that people set—and stick with—larger annual savings targets. They might also think about continuing to draw a paycheck beyond traditional retirement years.
Shifting the focus to income
When they think about financing retirement, most people focus on wealth accumulation—building a savings stockpile big enough to pay for living expenses, discretionary items like travel and, eventually, the costs of special care. Setting aside something for kids or elderly parents may also be part of the equation. The trouble is, individuals have no way of knowing how long they'll live, which means they can't tell how long their savings will last. So they agonize: Do I need $1 million, $2 million, $3 million? What if something awful happens? Meanwhile, their mood swings with every change in the value of their 401(k).
We believe it's important to look at retirement investing in a different way. Instead of focusing on the size of the nest egg, we need to think in terms of retirement income. How much annual income will you need to fund the lifestyle you want? If you are able to plan to achieve a specific retirement income goal, having a plan feels more meaningful and relatable to our daily lives.
INTERACTIVE TOOLCALCULATE THE COST OF YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME
What does this mean in personal terms? Remember this is not simply an American problem – it's felt across the globe. While retirement systems may differ from country to country, here we are focusing on some common themes.
What it's like to prepare for retirement
We recently spoke with couples nearing retirement age in the United States and five other countries. Each country is different in how retirement is financed and every couple's circumstances are unique. Yet, we found remarkable similarities in the sorts of things they hope for, what they worry about and the way they think about the next stage of their lives.
JUAN ANTONIO & YOLANDA
Juan Antonio and Yolanda live in Northern Mexico with their youngest son, who recently finished college and is looking for a job. They had to scale back on expenses to pay for private college for their children, and are both still working to rebuild their savings.
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They both love what they do. He's been in sales all his adult life and she's spent decades teaching English and writing in elementary schools. Juan Antonio says he needs to continue working for five more years. If he retired today, his pension would amount to the equivalent of $320. Yolanda has no pension and will teach as long as possible. "We plan to save as much as we can from the extra income I could earn in another five years," Juan Antonio explains. For now, they watch their expenses. "We must buy only what's necessary in order to have some luxuries for Christmas and family gatherings," Yolanda says. Juan Antonio adds: "Money – or the lack of it – is a concern as we age. I didn't think about a retirement plan when I was younger. If I had saved the right amount of money since then, I would not be in the situation I am now."
When they do retire, Juan Antonio and Yolanda say they'll continue doing the work they love, though scaled back. Juan says he will give professional sales advice and Yolanda says she will continue teaching in some capacity. Both would like to travel.
JIM & LYN
Surrey, United Kingdom
Many people fear losing their jobs, but Lyn says she's sorry she wasn't laid off after a merger a few years ago. Now she'll have to wait until she's 60 before starting to collect her pension. After years on the job and no children to care for, Lyn and Jim are more than ready to move on to the next phase. They consider themselves to be very fortunate because they expect a substantial income from their workplace pensions, supplemented at 66 by state pensions—enough to keep up their standard of living and pay for a life of travel and adventure.
When asked whether she's concerned about running out of money if they live to a very long age, Lyn says she and Jim will have the equity of their home as a backup. Jim is also confident that they will "spend more in our early years of retirement knowing full well that we will slow down in later years." Their plan is to wait until they can pay off their mortgage and collect their retirement pay. Then there's no shortage of things on their wish list: camping, theater, socializing, and maybe a year in Australia. Lyn says she may want to get a part time job or do charity work. "I don't want to just retire and stop – I want to retire and take a different direction for a few years."
"We want to enjoy life," Jim says.
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Larry Mayer
Chuck Pagano is retiring after two seasons as Bears defensive coordinator and nearly four decades as a coach at the NFL and collegiate levels.
Before joining the Bears in 2019, Pagano served as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts for six seasons from 2012-17. He retires at the age of 60 after coaching 18 years in the NFL and 18 years in college.
"After 36 years of coaching the game I love, I have decided to retire from the National Football League," Pagano said in a statement.
"I'd like to sincerely thank the McCaskey family, Ted Phillips, Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy for the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing organization. Also, many thanks to the Irsay family and the Colts organization. I am forever grateful to that community and to the support they have always given me both on and off the field. I'd also like to thank all the coaches, players and staff throughout my career. Thank you will never be enough to express my gratitude.
"As much as I love coaching, it takes a lot of time away from your family and loved ones. I'm excited to start this new chapter of my life and can't wait to be able to spend more time with my family. This has been an amazing ride and I have made countless relationships that I will cherish forever."
Pagano was hired by the Bears to replace Vic Fangio, who left to become head coach of the Denver Broncos. In two seasons under Pagano, the Bears defense ranked fourth in the NFL in points allowed (18.6 per game) and eighth in yards (324.1) in 2019 and 13th in points (23.0) and 11th in yards (347.3) in 2020.
"I did not know Chuck at all prior to these last two years," said coach Matt Nagy, "and what he's brought to us and what he's taught us-everybody in our family here-is second to none. For him to come to me [Tuesday] morning and break the news to me and just say it's time to call it a career and he's going to walk away, he's sacrificed, his family's sacrificed so much for him and now it's time for him to sacrifice for them. He's at total peace with it, and so I just think again thank you coach for that and he's going to be a great grandad and enjoy that family time."
As Colts head coach, Pagano compiled a record of 53-43 in the regular season and 3-3 in the playoffs. He led the Colts to three straight playoff appearances from 2012-14, including AFC South Division titles in 2013 and 2014, and an appearance in the 2014 AFC Championship Game.
A native of Boulder, Colo., Pagano became only the second head coach in NFL history to register at least 11 wins in each of his first three seasons with a team and became the third head coach in Colts history to reach the playoffs in each of his first three years.
Pagano's first season in Indianapolis in 2012 proved to be challenging yet inspirational when he was forced to take a leave of absence just three games after being diagnosed with a curable form of leukemia. Serving as the team's interim head coach, offensive coordinator Bruce Arians led the Colts to a 9-3 record.
Indianapolis secured a wild card berth, extending the season for Pagano's return. He came back after missing 12 weeks and led the Colts to a win over the Texans in their season finale to finish with an 11-5 record.
Pagano's battle with leukemia led him to form the Chuckstrong Foundation, which has raised more than $4.7 million for continued cancer research.
"When you sit back and you realize what this man has been through and what he's done for this league and what he's done for so many coaches in this league, including myself," Nagy said, "and what we've learned from him not just as a coach but as a person, this guy's been through it all. I'd be remiss if I didn't just thank him from all of us."
"With Chuck, I just want to echo what Matt said," said general manager Ryan Pace. "Beyond football, just the person he is, the man that he is, I personally just learned so much from him, and that's past football, just the human being that he is. The things that he's been through and the experiences that he's had, I think we're all better from being around Chuck Pagano the last two years and just appreciate him immensely."
Prior to joining the Colts, Pagano spent four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, serving as defensive backs coach from 2008-10 and defensive coordinator in 2011. He has also worked in the NFL as a defensive backs coach with the Cleveland Browns (2001-04) and Oakland Raiders (2005-06).
Pagano's 18 seasons at the collegiate level were primarily as a defensive assistant at USC (1984-85), Miami (1986 and 1995-2000), Boise State (1987-88), East Carolina (1989 and 1992-94), UNLV (1990-91) and North Carolina (2007).


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This volunteer-focussed project will preserve and celebrate the heritage of cricket in Yorkshire as a unifying force in this socially diverse county. It will partner amateur clubs and leagues in four areas – starting with Leeds, then Bradford, Scarborough and Sheffield – training participants in heritage preservation and access techniques, whilst raising the profile of League, women's and Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) cricket.
It will facilitate social inclusion; benefit and inspire a wide range of people; strengthen community relationships and identities; inform activities for people living with dementia, depression and loneliness; generate education resources which connect cricket and social history; and create legacies of increased resources, skills, knowledge, interest, pride and resilience. 'The project will help clubs to understand, safeguard and celebrate their heritage. It is anticipated that, following success with the selected areas, the project will eventually be rolled out county-wide.
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There's a new Japanese restaurant in Maginhawa that's making a lot of buzz since it opened last month with its beautiful plating and Instagram-worthy spread. I was a bit iffy to try it myself as I've been to several restaurants that focused more on design than taste. But curiosity hit me bad and soon I found myself in front of Soru Izakaya one Saturday afternoon.
We were welcomed by dark and warm interiors as well as Japanese inspired murals and wall designs. There were not a lot of diners too at 4:30 p.m. but the place was quite warm as not all A/C units were on.
We decided to go with Spicy Maguro Salad (PHP290), Oh Umi Maki (PHP390), Shake Belly Aburi (PHP220), Kuro Dragon Maki (PHP480), Aburi Moriawase + Sake Carafe (PHP480), Bacon Enoki (PHP65), Saikoro Wagyu Cubes (PHP135) and Shiitake Mushrooms (PHP50).
First served was the platter of aburi--shake, maguro, saba, horse mackarel and tako.
Since there were four of us, I was only able to taste the maguro (tuna) and it was pretty good. It was a bit spicy from the wasabi but it enhanced the taste of the aburi. Though the platter seems a bit pricey, the free sake carafe made it a good deal.
Next served was the plate of Kuro Dragon Maki. I have to admit, we ordered this because I was hoping I'd get to take a photo of Soru's beautiful plating and artistic way of serving Japanese mayo. Unfortunately, instead of a dragon design, I got abstract wiggly lines. Though I was disappointed with the presentation, the maki's taste didn't. It was pretty good. The unagi was fresh and I loved how the cream cheese, ebiko and teriyaki sauce added flavor without overwhelming or masking the beautiful seafood's taste.
Spicy Maguro Salad was served soon after and it was not the type I was looking forward to.
The tuna bits were not as fresh as the one in the aburi platter.
The dish was also very dependent on the spicy Japanese mayo as the parts that didn't get much of the dressing were on the bland side.
The salmon belly aburi was great. Served warm and topped with teriyaki sauce, truffle mayo and ikura, a bite would bring you straight to salmon heaven.
I just found the price a bit too steep as other well-loved Japanese restaurants offer this for less than a hundred a piece. I guess truffle mayo costs an additional thirty bucks.
It was love at first bite with the Oh Umi Maki. The plate of shrimp tempura and salmon cubes topped with salmon and tempura flakes and sweet teriyaki sauce and fragrant truffle mayo made my taste buds go crazy. Though purists would say that there are too many things going on and masks the delicate taste of salmon and shrimp, this plate of goodness is absolutely delectable! I might be a bit biased though as I love salmon.
The yakitoris were great as well. Each one was drizzled with a sweet sauce.
My favorite was the wagyu stick. It had a nice bite to it and was seasoned well.
Overall, it was a good meal but pricey for an establishment in Maginhawa. Service though needs a bit of improvement as the servers were not so attentive during our visit.
Soru Izakaya is located at Ground Floor, 140 Maginhawa Street, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City.


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I guess I'll wait too?
I want a lot of people involved with the event RP.
I guess I will continue waiting.
It's wouldn't be much of an event with out a bunch of people.
XD Yes Sayuri brought chocolate cake. And would probably get yelled at by Corbin.
I'm going to be gone for a while. Just thought I let you guys know.
If you need any help with the plot, feel free to ask me.I actually already have a idea for later on. How about one of the leaders actually is corrupt and is a secret spy for the cops or something like that. But if you want to do that you need to have someone you don't expect him to be "the one" how about Marks he's social enough so he can be corrupt. And if you think it doesn't make sense this is a roleplay a lot of senseless things can happen here.
I've got a pretty solid idea for a plot. I just need participants.
The leaders wouldn't be corrupt. The three of them all agreed on this together, and know how much trouble they'd get in if they were to be caught. Marks would never betray his friends, and neigther would Sado or Cobin. The three of them are bros. If any of them were to be "corrupt" it wouldn't be because they chose to be, but because of an outside force.
Just because a lot could happen in this RP, doesn't mean everything should happen. Keep in mind, we do have standards. Especially when talking about the official story line.
Location : D-d-d-digital world, bro.
Did you have something special in mind?
Halloween Digimon have come to destroy us all! ...I don't know where that came from.
how do you put a were wolf in a costume?
Lav can just like... Go as himself.
Tei would cosplay. Marrow would eat all the candy, and Cam would hide.
Our leaders would be Icedemon (Cobin), Vampire (Sado), and DRAGON MANCERRRRR (Marks). And it's probably Marks' fault that they're dress up, rofl.
uuuh Jaya would probably be one of those cute witches and Alfred would probably just hand out candy to kids and make fun of Cobin.
And Frapper would be a BAT wow that was funnier in my head.
We need a seasonal topic board, haha.


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Q: Using SharePoint PowerApps, How to add custom validation on List Form In SharePoint Online, I have created a simple power app on a custom List. I want to add a validation on Title Column (Start with "Project -") on Form Submission. That is, user should not be able to submit the Form if Title column value doesn't start with "Project -". User should see an error and then they should modify the Title value and save again.
I found Validate function in PowerApps link but
unable to understand how to apply this to the form for my custom validation.
Please let me know how to add custom validations on list fields in Power App Form?
Thanks in advance

A: You can use the OnSave event of the SharePointIntegration control for this. You can extend this event with a formula that checks if one or more conditions are fulfilled.
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Q: Delete parent and child records depending on search text Depending on a search text in my application I have to delete parent and child records from a table in the following format:
tabItem
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If I type for example "information" in a textbox inside my application and click on "Filter", I have to remove every parent and child item if the lowest item in the tree contains "information".
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Now I have to delete the item that contains "information" and all of it's parents and grandparents.
I tried it by using the following cte:
WITH cte_toDelete
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But when I run these lines, I get the following error:

The statement terminated. The maximum recursion 100 has been exhausted before statement completion.

What is wrong with my cte?

A:
CTE allows The maximum 100 recursion only

we can change its setting by using MAXRECURSION, value for MAXRECURSION can be in between 0 to 32,767
for more info MAXRECURSION
WITH cte_toDelete
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Katja MILIČ - slovenska pianistka in pedagoginja, Trst

Pianistka Katja Milič je začela s študijem klavirja na šoli Glasbene Matice v Trstu. Leta 1986 je diplomirala z odliko na državnem konservatoriju "G.Tartini" v Trstu, pod mentorstvom prof. Neve Merlak.
Glasbeni študij je nadaljevala na Fakulteti za glasbeno umetnost na Univerzi v  Beogradu, v razredu klavirskega pedagoga Arba Valdme. Tu je leta 1988 diplomirala  z odliko in prejela  nagrado iz sklada "J. Pavlović" za najboljši uspeh Fakultete.
Izpopolnjevala se je pri priznani koncertistki in pedagoginji Mariji Tipo na "Conservatoire Superieur de Musique" v Ženevi (Švica).
Svojo visokošolsko glasbeno izobrazbo je Katja Milič dopolnila na kölnski "Visoki šoli za glasbo" v Aachnu (razred prof. Ulle Graf), kjer je diplomirala z odliko ("Künstlerische Reifeprüfung"-1995) in dosegla najvišji akademski naziv s "Konzertexamnom" leta 1998.
Izpopolnjevala se je na mojstrskih tečajih pri Igorju Lazku, Helmutu Deutschu, Sergiu Perticaroliju, Andrásu Schiffu, Menahemu Presslerju in Karl- Heinzu Kämmerlingu.

Katja Milič je dobitnica več prvih in drugih nagrad na klavirskih tekmovanjih, med katerimi izstopata prvi nagradi na 20. Republiškem tekmovanju študentov Akademij za glasbo Srbije v Beogradu in na 16. Zveznem tekmovanju študentov Akademij za glasbo Jugoslavije v Dubrovniku.
Na klavirskem tekmovanju v Benetkah je osvojila prestižno nagrado "Premio Venezia `87" in nastopila z recitalom v Veliki dvorani gledališca "La Fenice".

S solističnimi recitali, v raznih komornih zasedbah in kot solistka z orkestrom je nastopila v Italiji, Sloveniji, Nemčiji, Belgiji, Hrvaški, Srbiji in Črni gori, Avstriji, Franciji in na Nizozemskem. Kot cenjena komorna glasbenica in klavirska spremljevalka je nastopila na domačih in tujih koncertnih odrih, na glasbenih tekmovanjih in na mojstrskih šolah priznanih violinistov kot so L. Kaplan, M. Vaiman, K. Okayama, I. Rashkovsky, P. Munteanu in O. Krysa.Bila je umetniška sodelavka-pianistka  mojtrskih šol Sommerakademie Univerze »Mozarteum« v Salzburgu.

Snemala je za RAI v Italiji, za RTV v Sloveniji, za RTV v Beogradu in za BRF v Belgiji. Krstno je izvedla in posnela več skladb slovenskih in italijanskih skladateljev.
Svojo pedagoško dejavnost je začela  leta 1985 na šoli Glasbene Matice v Trstu, kjer je bila od leta 1991  stalno nameščena profesorica klavirja.
Katja Milič je od leta 2000 docentka na "Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln" in profesorica klavirja na glasbeni šoli "Musikschule der Stadt Aachen" v Aachnu (Nemčija).

Neznano leto rojstva (živeči ljudje)
Živeči ljudje
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Diplomiranci Univerze v Beogradu
Milič, Katja

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Submission to the Threatened Species Strategy Consultation
2020, November 20 - 00:00 — isocr
The Campaign for a National Memorial and Museum to Extinct and Endangered Australian Species was set up in the wake of the pronouncement on the 18th of February 2019 that the Bramble Cays melomys had been driven to extinction. This was the 100th species to be driven to extinction since European colonisation of Australia and the first Australian species to go extinct as a direct result of climate change, as its habitat, the Bramble Cays islands of the Torres Strait, had been overwhelmed by rising sea levels caused by global warming.
We have previously petitioned Parliament for a National Memorial and Museum to Extinct and Endangered Australian Species to be established in Canberra, where it would complement places such as the National Museum of Australia, the Australian War Memorial and Reconciliation Place, in enabling us to remember the losses of the past, reflect on the present crisis, and resolve to grow a better future in which no more of our endangered species become extinct. In order to ensure the ongoing commitment of the Australian government to the cause of preventing further extinctions, we have also petitioned that the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (The EPBC Act) be amended so that whenever a new species is declared critically endangered or extinct, the Minister responsible for administering the Act is required to commission, fund and personally open a new exhibit in the Memorial.
The Bramble Cays Melomys was not on the current Threatened Species Strategy's list of 70 priority species. A small brown marsupial hopping mouse-like animal, it was not especially photogenic, did not (before its extinction) have huge significance to the Australian community, nor was it considered the lynchpin of an ecosystem, except inasmuch as all animals within an ecosystem are a vital part of that ecosystem. Preventing its extinction in-situ would have required widespread systematic action against climate change, an area in which Australia is widely assessed to be a global laggard. Even preventing its extinction through removal to a captive breeding program or less-inundated island was apparently not considered worthwhile by the Commonwealth or Queensland state governments. While it was listed under the EPBC Act, its recovery plan was apparently not adequately funded or acted upon.
It is precisely because the Bramble Cays Melomys fits poorly within the proposed criteria for a Threatened Species Strategy – yet caused Australia to be singled out in a UN report on the world's extinction crisis, and mobilised our own community campaign – that we suggest that the proposed strategy is insufficient. The loss of even a small, unprepossessing brown island marsupial is a tragedy both in and of itself, and because it is a symbol of the widespread loss of species which together make up Australia's extinction crisis.
Professor Graeme Samuels' draft review of the EPBC Act indicated that the current legislative and protection framework is not protecting Australia's environment or species, which are in an overall state of degradation and decline which can only accelerate extinction. Without strategies that both acknowledge our existing losses and aim not just to preserve a few icons of our ecosystems, but the entire ecosystems, these losses will continue. Future generations will not even realise what exactly they have lost, only be haunted by the awareness that their lives are poorer in ways they cannot measure.
Principles for a Threatened Species Strategy
Accordingly, our suggested general principles for a Threatened Species Strategy are:
The strategy must not just be a "feel good exercise", which only looks forward to targeting photogenic species as a bandaid preservation solution. It should soberly acknowledge the depths of Australia's extinction crisis and the extent of our losses. Only with such an upfront acknowledgement can the urgency of action be appreciated.
The strategy should target the overall threats to Australia's threatened species: the twin and interrelated processes of habitat destruction and degradation and climate change.
While highlighting ecologically significant and iconic species is important in raising community and government awareness of the need for action, this should be done in order to highlight the importance of preserving the species' habitats and ecosystems, not to prioritise zoo-centric "rescue" and "lifeboat" programs which leave behind these ecosystems and the many other plants, animals, insects, and other living things which make up and live within them.
The First Nations of the Australian continent should be considered as just another partner but as the key leaders in directing the repair of the environmental damage that European settlement has recklessly inflicted upon Australia's environment and species. Like the species themselves, their knowledge of our environment and ecosystems is irreplaceable and endangered.
Our Campaign supports Professor Samuels' proposal for an independent environmental regulator and the strengthening and enforcement of environmental laws with teeth that will discourage habitat destruction, as the current legislative framework has failed to do. If the recommendation for an independent regulator is rejected by the current government, we suggest that the Threatened Species Commissioner should have a defined role in receiving community reports of environmental damage and "naming and shaming" the individuals, businesses, and governments whose actions cause or contribute to species extinction, habitat loss and climate change.
Answers to discussion paper questions
1 What has been the most valuable contribution or outcome of the Australian Government's current Threatened Species Strategy, and why?
Raising awareness of the extent to which Australian species are threatened, and giving hope that their extinction is not inevitable if sufficient action and investment is taken.
2 What are the three most important changes you would like to see in a new Threatened Species Strategy, and why?
Acknowledge the extent of existing losses and the current trajectory towards further losses, in order to truly and accurately realise the extent of action required.
Prioritise preserving entire ecosystems, not just individual species within them. Species may be icons of ecosystems, but this does not mean that preserving individual species can substitute for the ecosystem as a whole.
Orient actions towards combating habitat destruction and degradation and climate change. This includes addressing the "upstream" factors of, for example, unsustainable agricultural practices, land clearing, and carbon and other pollution, rather than simply acting "downstream" to "rescue" species from a situation which is not inevitable but human-caused, in many cases by factors well within the scope of the Commonwealth government to act upon.
3a. Do you think the proposed elements of the new Threatened Species Strategy provide a sound foundation for increasing security and supporting recovery of Australia's threatened species? (Yes, no, unsure).
3b. Why do you think this?
See our opening statement and statement of principles above. Specifically, it is evident from the ongoing and accelerating rate of extinction that the existing strategy has not been broadly effective at protecting "threatened species" as a whole, rather than the favoured few, and the proposed strategy does not represent any fundamental shift in approach.
4 Have we missed an important element? Please tell us about it.
See answers to Question 2. In addition, strategies to overcome the extinction crisis must be led by First Nations people and knowledge if they are to be truly effective.
5 How important do you think each of the prioritisation principles in the current Threatened Species Strategy is for identifying priority species in the new Strategy? (Extremely important, very important, moderately important, slightly important, not at all important)
As explained above, prioritising particular species above preserving their ecosystems is misconceived.
6. Could you suggest improvements to these prioritisation principles in a new Threatened Species Strategy? Why do think these improvements are important?
The principle of dovetailing with "Australian government programs and priorities" is particularly misconceived and suggests circular reasoning, or the tail wagging the dog. If a species or ecosystem is considered valuable and worth preserving according to more objective criteria such as ecosystem or cultural importance, then Australian government programs and priorities should be designed to reflect that, rather than the other way around.
7. Please rate each of the proposed action areas by their level of importance for inclusion in a Threatened Species Strategy (extremely important, very important, moderately important, slightly important, not at all important)
We consider Mitigating Priority Threats (climate change, environmental degradation) and Preserving Habitats to be the most important of the priorities listed. Suggesting that the Commonwealth's role is limited to "partnerships", "investment guidance" and "inspiring change", while reasonable actions in and of themselves, deliberately understates the Commonwealth's critical role in making effective environmental laws, enforcing the laws and funding necessary action.
7b. Why did you rate the action areas this way?
8 Have we missed an important action area? Please tell us about why it should be included.
As well as overlooking the key governmental roles of making the law, enforcing the law, and funding effective actions, the First Nations of the Australian continent should be considered as not just another "partner" but as the key leaders in directing the repair of the environmental damage that European settlement has recklessly inflicted upon Australia's environment and species. Like the species themselves, their knowledge of our environment and ecosystems is irreplaceable and endangered.
As suggested above, the Threatened Species Commissioner should have the power to "name and shame" environmental laggards and malefactors.
9 What are the action areas where Commonwealth leadership would create the most value through a new Strategy? How could the Commonwealth best create value in that action area?
Without disparaging the work done by Dr Box and her colleagues, it is obvious that thorough reform of the environmental legal framework, enforcement of the environmental laws, and an increase of several orders of magnitude of funding for environmental protection is needed if Australia's species are truly to be no longer threatened.
10 What work are you or your organisation undertaking that aligns with the Threatened Species Strategy?
Our campaign will continue to remind Australians of the extent of our losses and press for effective action to prevent further species and habitat loss.
11 What are the opportunities to partner with the Australian Government on a new Threatened Species Strategy?
We are citizens of Australia who desire our government to recognise and act upon the magnitude of the environmental threats of climate change and land and habitat degradation which are driving our extinction crisis.
We also believe that creating a national memorial and museum to our endangered and extinct species would be one way to keep our losses in the forefront of policy makers' minds, ensuring that there is a consequence and a memory, if only symbolic, of each and every species rendered extinct on their watch.
12 Do you have any other comments on what you would like to see in a new Threatened Species Strategy?
See the opening statement above.
James Haughton (james.k.haughton AT gmail DOT com)
Lev Lafayette (lev.lafayette AT isocracy DOT org)
Campaign coordinators, on behalf of the Campaign for a National Memorial and Museum to Extinct and Endangered Australian Species.
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WeHero 2021 Corporate Impact Report
2020 in Review & Revisiting the Data
At the end of 2019, WeHero set out on a journey to prove what we already fundamentally believed: investments in Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Volunteering have positive ROI for both B2B and B2C businesses. From our experience in the space, we had experienced this, but we spent a month diving into the research to ensure that we fully understood the drivers of these trends. We wanted to be able to partner with our clients to get the highest return on their investment across social impact strategies and corporate volunteering. What came out of that journey, was our first ever WeHero Corporate Impact Report.
Just over a year later, we wanted to refresh our work and reflect on 2020 and look ahead to 2021. 2020 will always be remembered as one of the most challenging years of our lives. Millions died while families were torn apart due to social distancing. The ripple effects of COVID-19 spread far as lower-income students struggled to keep up in school and families struggled to avoid eviction and keep food on their tables. Unfortunately, we were reminded again about the lack of racial and social equality in our country and the need for systemic change. To make matters even more complicated, those who wanted to lend a hand were challenged at how to support in a safe and impactful way. Businesses, who play such an important role in giving back, lost their entire workforce to home-offices far from where support was needed. Not to mention, many corporate budgets shrunk and corporate philanthropy became harder to justify.
The CSR community was dealt a challenging hand this year, but almost a year into the global pandemic, we've never been more proud to be part of this community. CSR professionals found ways to overcome the challenges of distance and virtual meetings to deliver impact to the people and places that need it the most. Whether it was delivering medical supplies to first responders, or educating their company around the importance of diversity and inclusion, CSR professionals found ways to make it work.
Predicting what's going to happen over the next 12 months is always a fool's errand. Don't ask us to show you our predictions from last year! We largely expect status-quo for the first nine months of the year as the world struggles to vaccinate our entire population. However, because we've adapted to this new normal, we expect the CSR world to largely keep moving in the same direction, but more efficiently. This will be a massive driver for impact around the world.
It's hard to predict where help is going to be needed the most, but with changes in the Presidential Office, we expect increased social programs. However, this won't go far enough to eradicate homelessness and starvation. With the trend of increased income inequality becoming too difficult to stop, lower-income people will still need to be supported.
One of our fundamental beliefs is that the importance of environmentalism will gain more traction and we expect increased CSR focus on supporting our environment. This isn't going to happen overnight especially when it will require heavy supply chain change. However, over the next 5 years, employees and customers will demand these changes to happen.
While a lot has changed this year, the data and our fundamental belief in the importance of Employee Volunteering and Corporate Social Responsibility has not changed at all. People want to buy from and work for, businesses that give back to the community. We saw these trends continue through powerful data:
Employees who feel that their organizations are involved with and give back to their communities are up to 13x more likely to enjoy going to work than those who do not see that connection.
Nine out of ten employees feel that companies that sponsor volunteer activities cultivate better work environments than companies without these programs.
Firms with high employee engagement see increased earnings per share over their peers, and 1% changes in engagement can drive significant fluctuations in revenue.
All businesses need to be thinking about their own social impact strategies. WeHero is here to be your partner as you build a CSR strategy from the ground up or if you just need help executing the components of your strategy. Don't hesitate to reach out.
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First, set the finished line. Make a competition between 2 players. Each player has to keep the Bunny Cone Balance on any handy fingers,or palm. Then, make a move and see who will be the first who reach the finished line without dropping the cone !


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package org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service.impl;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.SuffixFileFilter;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.GeneralLedgerConstants;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service.EnterpriseFeederNotificationService;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service.EnterpriseFeederService;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service.FileEnterpriseFeederHelperService;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.report.LedgerSummaryReport;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.service.OriginEntryGroupService;
import org.kuali.kfs.gl.service.impl.EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper;
import org.kuali.kfs.sys.Message;
import org.kuali.kfs.sys.batch.InitiateDirectoryBase;
import org.kuali.kfs.sys.service.ReportWriterService;
import org.kuali.rice.core.api.datetime.DateTimeService;

/**
 * This class iterates through the files in the enterprise feeder staging directory, which is injected by Spring. Note: this class
 * is NOT annotated as transactional. This allows the helper service, which is defined as transactional, to do a per-file
 * transaction.
 */
public class FileEnterpriseFeederServiceImpl extends InitiateDirectoryBase implements EnterpriseFeederService {
    private static org.apache.log4j.Logger LOG = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(FileEnterpriseFeederServiceImpl.class);

    private String directoryName;
    private String glOriginEntryDirectoryName;

    private OriginEntryGroupService originEntryGroupService;
    private DateTimeService dateTimeService;
    private FileEnterpriseFeederHelperService fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService;
    private EnterpriseFeederNotificationService enterpriseFeederNotificationService;
    private String reconciliationTableId;

    private ReportWriterService reportWriterService;

    /**
     * Feeds file sets in the directory whose name is returned by the invocation to getDirectoryName()
     *
     * @see org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service.EnterpriseFeederService#feed(java.lang.String)
     */
    public void feed(String processName, boolean performNotifications) {
        // ensure that this feeder implementation may not be run concurrently on this JVM

        // to consider: maybe use java NIO classes to perform done file locking?
        synchronized (FileEnterpriseFeederServiceImpl.class) {
            if (StringUtils.isBlank(directoryName)) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("directoryName not set for FileEnterpriseFeederServiceImpl.");
            }

            //add a step to check for directory paths
            prepareDirectories(getRequiredDirectoryNames());

            FileFilter doneFileFilter = new SuffixFileFilter(DONE_FILE_SUFFIX);

            File enterpriseFeedFile = null;
            String enterpriseFeedFileName = GeneralLedgerConstants.BatchFileSystem.ENTERPRISE_FEED + GeneralLedgerConstants.BatchFileSystem.EXTENSION;
            enterpriseFeedFile = new File(glOriginEntryDirectoryName + File.separator + enterpriseFeedFileName);

            PrintStream enterpriseFeedPs = null;
            try {
                enterpriseFeedPs = new PrintStream(enterpriseFeedFile);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                LOG.error("enterpriseFeedFile doesn't exist " + enterpriseFeedFileName);
                throw new RuntimeException("enterpriseFeedFile doesn't exist " + enterpriseFeedFileName);
            }

            LOG.info("New File created for enterprise feeder service run: " + enterpriseFeedFileName);

            File directory = new File(directoryName);
            if (!directory.exists() || !directory.isDirectory()) {
                LOG.error("Directory doesn't exist and or it's not really a directory " + directoryName);
                throw new RuntimeException("Directory doesn't exist and or it's not really a directory " + directoryName);
            }

            File[] doneFiles = directory.listFiles(doneFileFilter);
            reorderDoneFiles(doneFiles);

            LedgerSummaryReport ledgerSummaryReport = new LedgerSummaryReport();

            List<EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper> statusAndErrorsList = new ArrayList<EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper>();

            for (File doneFile : doneFiles) {
                File dataFile = null;
                File reconFile = null;

                EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper statusAndErrors = new EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper();
                statusAndErrors.setErrorMessages(new ArrayList<Message>());

                try {
                    dataFile = getDataFile(doneFile);
                    reconFile = getReconFile(doneFile);

                    statusAndErrors.setFileNames(dataFile, reconFile, doneFile);

                    if (dataFile == null) {
                        LOG.error("Unable to find data file for done file: " + doneFile.getAbsolutePath());
                        statusAndErrors.getErrorMessages().add(new Message("Unable to find data file for done file: " + doneFile.getAbsolutePath(), Message.TYPE_FATAL));
                        statusAndErrors.setStatus(new RequiredFilesMissingStatus());
                    }
                    if (reconFile == null) {
                        LOG.error("Unable to find recon file for done file: " + doneFile.getAbsolutePath());
                        statusAndErrors.getErrorMessages().add(new Message("Unable to find recon file for done file: " + doneFile.getAbsolutePath(), Message.TYPE_FATAL));
                        statusAndErrors.setStatus(new RequiredFilesMissingStatus());
                    }

                    if (dataFile != null && reconFile != null) {
                        LOG.info("Data file: " + dataFile.getAbsolutePath());
                        LOG.info("Reconciliation File: " + reconFile.getAbsolutePath());

                        fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService.feedOnFile(doneFile, dataFile, reconFile, enterpriseFeedPs, processName, reconciliationTableId, statusAndErrors, ledgerSummaryReport);
                    }
                }
                catch (RuntimeException e) {
                    // we need to be extremely resistant to a file load failing so that it doesn't prevent other files from loading
                    LOG.error("Caught exception when feeding done file: " + doneFile.getAbsolutePath());
                }
                finally {
                    statusAndErrorsList.add(statusAndErrors);
                    boolean doneFileDeleted = doneFile.delete();
                    if (!doneFileDeleted) {
                        statusAndErrors.getErrorMessages().add(new Message("Unable to delete done file: " + doneFile.getAbsolutePath(), Message.TYPE_FATAL));
                    }
                    if (performNotifications) {
                        enterpriseFeederNotificationService.notifyFileFeedStatus(processName, statusAndErrors.getStatus(), doneFile, dataFile, reconFile, statusAndErrors.getErrorMessages());
                    }
                }
            }

            enterpriseFeedPs.close();
            generateReport(statusAndErrorsList, ledgerSummaryReport, glOriginEntryDirectoryName + File.separator + enterpriseFeedFileName);

            String enterpriseFeedDoneFileName = enterpriseFeedFileName.replace(GeneralLedgerConstants.BatchFileSystem.EXTENSION, GeneralLedgerConstants.BatchFileSystem.DONE_FILE_EXTENSION);
            File enterpriseFeedDoneFile = new File (glOriginEntryDirectoryName + File.separator + enterpriseFeedDoneFileName);
            if (!enterpriseFeedDoneFile.exists()){
                try {
                    enterpriseFeedDoneFile.createNewFile();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    LOG.error("Unable to create done file for enterprise feed output group.", e);
                    throw new RuntimeException("Unable to create done file for enterprise feed output group.", e);
                }
            }

        }
    }

    /**
     * Reorders the files in case there's a dependency on the order in which files are fed upon. For this implementation, the
     * purpose is to always order files in a way such that unit testing will be predictable.
     *
     * @param doneFiles
     */
    protected void reorderDoneFiles(File[] doneFiles) {
        // sort the list so that the unit tests will have more predictable results
        Arrays.sort(doneFiles);
    }

    /**
     * Given the doneFile, this method finds the data file corresponding to the done file
     *
     * @param doneFile
     * @return a File for the data file, or null if the file doesn't exist or is not readable
     */
    protected File getDataFile(File doneFile) {
        String doneFileAbsPath = doneFile.getAbsolutePath();
        if (!doneFileAbsPath.endsWith(DONE_FILE_SUFFIX)) {
            LOG.error("Done file name must end with " + DONE_FILE_SUFFIX);
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Done file name must end with " + DONE_FILE_SUFFIX);
        }
        String dataFileAbsPath = StringUtils.removeEnd(doneFileAbsPath, DONE_FILE_SUFFIX) + DATA_FILE_SUFFIX;
        File dataFile = new File(dataFileAbsPath);
        if (!dataFile.exists() || !dataFile.canRead()) {
            LOG.error("Cannot find/read data file " + dataFileAbsPath);
            return null;
        }
        return dataFile;
    }

    /**
     * Given the doneFile, this method finds the reconciliation file corresponding to the data file
     *
     * @param doneFile
     * @return a file for the reconciliation data, or null if the file doesn't exist or is not readable
     */
    protected File getReconFile(File doneFile) {
        String doneFileAbsPath = doneFile.getAbsolutePath();
        if (!doneFileAbsPath.endsWith(DONE_FILE_SUFFIX)) {
            LOG.error("Done file name must end with " + DONE_FILE_SUFFIX);
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("DOne file name must end with " + DONE_FILE_SUFFIX);
        }
        String reconFileAbsPath = StringUtils.removeEnd(doneFileAbsPath, DONE_FILE_SUFFIX) + RECON_FILE_SUFFIX;
        File reconFile = new File(reconFileAbsPath);
        if (!reconFile.exists() || !reconFile.canRead()) {
            LOG.error("Cannot find/read data file " + reconFileAbsPath);
            return null;
        }
        return reconFile;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the directoryName attribute.
     *
     * @return Returns the directoryName.
     */
    public String getDirectoryName() {
        return directoryName;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the directoryName attribute value.
     *
     * @param directoryName The directoryName to set.
     */
    public void setDirectoryName(String directoryName) {
        this.directoryName = directoryName;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the originEntryGroupService attribute.
     *
     * @return Returns the originEntryGroupService.
     */
    public OriginEntryGroupService getOriginEntryGroupService() {
        return originEntryGroupService;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the originEntryGroupService attribute value.
     *
     * @param originEntryGroupService The originEntryGroupService to set.
     */
    public void setOriginEntryGroupService(OriginEntryGroupService originEntryGroupService) {
        this.originEntryGroupService = originEntryGroupService;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the dateTimeService attribute.
     *
     * @return Returns the dateTimeService.
     */
    public DateTimeService getDateTimeService() {
        return dateTimeService;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the dateTimeService attribute value.
     *
     * @param dateTimeService The dateTimeService to set.
     */
    public void setDateTimeService(DateTimeService dateTimeService) {
        this.dateTimeService = dateTimeService;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService attribute.
     *
     * @return Returns the fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService.
     */
    public FileEnterpriseFeederHelperService getFileEnterpriseFeederHelperService() {
        return fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService attribute value.
     *
     * @param fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService The fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService to set.
     */
    public void setFileEnterpriseFeederHelperService(FileEnterpriseFeederHelperService fileEnterpriseFeederHelperServiceImpl) {
        this.fileEnterpriseFeederHelperService = fileEnterpriseFeederHelperServiceImpl;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the enterpriseFeederNotificationService attribute.
     *
     * @return Returns the enterpriseFeederNotificationService.
     */
    public EnterpriseFeederNotificationService getEnterpriseFeederNotificationService() {
        return enterpriseFeederNotificationService;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the enterpriseFeederNotificationService attribute value.
     *
     * @param enterpriseFeederNotificationService The enterpriseFeederNotificationService to set.
     */
    public void setEnterpriseFeederNotificationService(EnterpriseFeederNotificationService enterpriseFeederNotificationService) {
        this.enterpriseFeederNotificationService = enterpriseFeederNotificationService;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the reconciliationTableId attribute.
     *
     * @return Returns the reconciliationTableId.
     */
    public String getReconciliationTableId() {
        return reconciliationTableId;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the reconciliationTableId attribute value.
     *
     * @param reconciliationTableId The reconciliationTableId to set.
     */
    public void setReconciliationTableId(String reconciliationTableId) {
        this.reconciliationTableId = reconciliationTableId;
    }

    public void setGlOriginEntryDirectoryName(String glOriginEntryDirectoryName) {
        this.glOriginEntryDirectoryName = glOriginEntryDirectoryName;
    }

    protected void generateReport(List<EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper> statusAndErrorsList, LedgerSummaryReport report, String outputFileName) {
        reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Output File Name:        %s", outputFileName);
        reportWriterService.writeNewLines(1);
        generateFilesLoadedStatusReport(statusAndErrorsList);
        reportWriterService.pageBreak();
        report.writeReport(reportWriterService);
    }

    protected void generateFilesLoadedStatusReport(List<EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper> statusAndErrorsList) {
        boolean successfulFileLoaded = false;
        reportWriterService.writeSubTitle("Files Successfully Loaded");
        for (EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper statusAndErrors : statusAndErrorsList) {
            if (!statusAndErrors.getStatus().isErrorEvent()) {
                reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Data file:               %s", statusAndErrors.getDataFileName());
                reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Reconciliation file:     %s", statusAndErrors.getReconFileName());
                reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Status:                  %s", statusAndErrors.getStatus().getStatusDescription());
                reportWriterService.writeNewLines(1);

                successfulFileLoaded = true;
            }
        }
        if (!successfulFileLoaded) {
            reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("No files were successfully loaded");
        }

        reportWriterService.writeNewLines(2);

        boolean unsuccessfulFileLoaded = false;
        reportWriterService.writeSubTitle("Files NOT Successfully Loaded");
        for (EnterpriseFeederStatusAndErrorMessagesWrapper statusAndErrors : statusAndErrorsList) {
            if (statusAndErrors.getStatus().isErrorEvent()) {
                reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Data file:               %s", statusAndErrors.getDataFileName() == null ? "" : statusAndErrors.getDataFileName());
                reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Reconciliation file:     %s", statusAndErrors.getReconFileName() == null ? "" : statusAndErrors.getReconFileName());
                reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("Status:                  %s", statusAndErrors.getStatus().getStatusDescription());
                reportWriterService.writeNewLines(1);

                unsuccessfulFileLoaded = true;
            }
        }
        if (!unsuccessfulFileLoaded) {
            reportWriterService.writeFormattedMessageLine("All files were successfully loaded");
        }

    }

    /**
     * Sets the reportWriterService attribute value.
     * @param reportWriterService The reportWriterService to set.
     */
    public void setReportWriterService(ReportWriterService reportWriterService) {
        this.reportWriterService = reportWriterService;
    }

    /**
     * @see org.kuali.kfs.sys.batch.service.impl.InitiateDirectoryImpl#getRequiredDirectoryNames()
     */
    @Override
    public List<String> getRequiredDirectoryNames() {
        return new ArrayList<String>() {{add(getDirectoryName()); }};
    }
}

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Celebrity General News COVID-19: Brazil Education Minister Fined For Going Maskless
COVID-19: Brazil Education Minister Fined For Going Maskless
by Top Flyers on 1:30:00 pm in Celebrity, General, News
Brazil's education minister has been fined for failing to wear a face mask at a rally for President Jair Bolsonaro, who has himself repeatedly flouted Brasilia's masks-in-public rule amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Abraham Weintraub, one of the far-right president's most controversial ministers, appeared at a rally organized by Bolsonaro supporters Sunday.
He shook hands and posed for pictures with demonstrators — many of whom also went without masks, which have been mandatory in public in the Brazilian capital since April.
That got him a 2,000-real ($385) fine from the Brasilia district government for being "caught in public without a protective mask," according to Brazilian media, which ran photos of his fine slip.
Weintraub said on Twitter he had not yet been notified of the fine but that it appeared authentic.
"They're trying to shut me up at any price," he said.
Bolsonaro, who has likened the new coronavirus to a "little flu" and condemned the "hysteria" around it, also regularly goes without a mask at weekend rallies by his supporters, though he has not been fined so far.
Weintraub has repeatedly been embroiled in controversy, making anti-Chinese comments that were widely deemed racist, misspelling words in official documents and on Twitter, and recently saying the Supreme Court's justices are "criminals" and should be "thrown in jail."
He alluded to that comment again Sunday, telling demonstrators: "I've already said my piece on what I'd do with those criminals."
As coronavirus has surged in Brazil, which now has the second-highest death toll worldwide after the United States, tension has been mounting between Bolsonaro and both state authorities and the legislative and judicial branches of government.
The Brasilia government had banned last weekend's rallies on grounds of fighting the spread of coronavirus.
On Saturday, after police broke up a protest camp by one group of hardcore Bolsonaro supporters, the activists tried to storm the Supreme Court building, then shot fireworks at it.
On Monday, authorities arrested six far-right activists for "anti-democratic acts." The arrests were ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Chief Justice Jose Antonio Dias Toffoli called the fireworks shot at the Supreme Court an "attack" and said in a statement he would not accept threats against the court.
By Top Flyers di 1:30:00 pm
Label: Celebrity, General, News


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Tyreek Hill is complaining about lack of targets in K.C.? Is there no way to make receivers happy nowadays?
TOPICS:A.J. BrownAmerican football in the United StatesAntonio BrownAustin EkelerBen RoethlisbergerBig BenDavante AdamsDeadspinKansas City ChiefsKansas City Chiefs seasonMetcalfNational Football LeagueNFLPatrick MahomesShannon SharpeSportsSports in the United StatesStefon Diggsthe NFLTravis KelceTua TagovailoaTyreek Hill
Since Patrick Mahomes took over as the quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2018, Tyreek Hill is fourth in the NFL in targets, behind only Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, and former teammate Travis Kelce. Yet despite this hefty usage in the Chiefs' offense, Hill wanted more.
In an interview with Shannon Sharpe, Hill explained that although he enjoyed his time with the Chiefs, around the midpoint of last season, he started to doubt his future with the team. The star wideout was upset that his involvement in the offense would decrease from week to week, claiming that in some games he'd only get two targets, and that wasn't as many as he would've liked. But the thing is, that's more or less untrue.
Since arriving in South Beach, Hill has only had good things to say about his team, and especially his quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Hill even went as far as to say that in some areas Tua was preferable to Mahomes. Now, obviously, the six-time Pro Bowler isn't going to say anything negative about the team he's currently for, especially when they're in the middle of a playoff push. However, Hill never shared this same sort of sentiment about Mahomes, despite Mahomes being regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in the league for the last four years of Hill's career in Kansas City.
Hill only had 14 games with five or fewer targets with Mahomes in Kansas City. Six of those came in 2019. To be fair, one of those games saw Hill play only seven snaps, so let's say five of his 13 least-involved games happened in 2019. Five more happened in 2021. Hill claims in his interview that he didn't really get frustrated with his target share until the middle of last season, so where was this obsession with targets in 2019? Hill had the same number of games with five or fewer targets in 2021 as 2019, but now it's a problem? I don't get it.
Yes, Hill has only one such game in 2022, but to say he wasn't getting used enough in Kansas City is laughable. Not only was Hill the seventh-most targeted player in the NFL last year, which would put him above the likes of DK Metcalf, Austin Ekeler, and A.J. Brown this year, but the Chiefs were also a very good team, prone to playing with a lead, meaning the passing game often became much less prevalent as games wore on. That's not the case as much in Miami. Only four of their games this year have seen the Dolphins leading by more than a touchdown after three quarters. That's a little less than one-third of their total games.
Through thirteen games in 2021, the Chiefs had accrued seven such contests. Obviously, your team is going to run the ball a lot more when you've already got the game in hand with only one quarter left to play. Essentially, Hill got upset because his team was so good, they would rather rest him than wear him out. That's some super entitled B.S. right there if you ask me.
Ben Roethlisberger has talked about similar misunderstandings with his former receivers, as well. On his podcast, Big Ben talked about how prior to games where the Steelers were going to face bad run defenses or where bad weather was imminent, he'd talk to specific receivers and say "Hey, we're going to run the ball a lot." He claims he'd tell his receivers this on Wednesday or Thursday, several days in advance to get them prepped for what was bound to be a low-usage game. Roethlisberger claims that throughout the week, his receivers would always tell him things like "Hey, I'm with you," "I understand," or "I just want to win," but when game time came around, they would get frustrated at their lack of targets.
The Steelers were one of the most top-heavy receiving corps for years in the twilight of Big Ben's career, so the fact that his best receivers would get frustrated is just another example of spoiled receivers always wanting to be in the spotlight. Roethlisberger never names the receiver in question, but I think we're all thinking the same guy. I'm not saying Hill is as bad a person as Antonio Brown, but I doubt he ever wants to be put in the same sentence as AB from a personality perspective.
#Tyreek #Hill #complaining #lack #targets #K.C #receivers #happy #nowadays
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Hang En, in Vietnam, is the world's third largest cave and even has its own climate as well as a river and jungle.
And there's no doubt pitching up your tent here for a camping holiday would be unlike any other and give you that perfect spot on the beach.
Currently considered to be the 3rd largest cave in the world after Hang Son Doong and Deer Cave in Malaysia, Hang En is quickly becoming one of the most recognisable and impressive caverns on the planet. Deep in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, the two day, one night adventure has been said to have the biggest 'wow' factor in all of Vietnam.


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes, in collaboration with USAA, the city of Colorado Springs, and the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, today announced Colorado Springs as the nation's newest Military Spouse Economic Empowerment Zone (MSEEZ). A collaborative effort among the local business, civic, and military communities to address the economic impact of military spouse unemployment and underemployment on 21st century military families, MSEEZ establish geographically-focused employment networks to connect military spouses to local career opportunities.
Recognized as a "Great American Defense Community" by the Association of Defense Communities, Colorado Springs has established itself as a leading military support community.
Recognizing the tremendous economic impact of military spouse unemployment and underemployment, the Colorado Springs MSEEZ will work as a grassroots effort to address the issues created by military spouse unemployment.
"Military spouses are an incredibly valuable asset in our nation's workforce, especially in a military strong community like Colorado Springs. By earning the empowerment zone designation, we help open career doors between spouses and the employers who can benefit from their talent and experience. Providing this pathway is one way of supporting those who steadfastly serve our nation," said Rich Burchfield, Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC chief defense development officer.
Hiring Our Heroes will launch MSEEZ throughout 2018 in cities across America. Building on a robust network of national and local employers, educational institutions, and community resources, these MSEEZ will foster collaboration between key stakeholders to help identify best practices that will support and advance the mission of connecting military spouses with meaningful employment opportunities, ultimately strengthening the financial security of our 21st century military families.


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The journey forges the experience.
Christian Fréchette is a real lover of the restaurant business. His solid French and Italian cuisine background don't stop him to explore different styles and flavors of the world. His strength? To transmit his knowledge and the profound desire to see those around him evolve. or him, cooking is balance, exchange and sharing!
At ten years old, Christian cooked spaghetti dinner for his family and the neighborhood. Never at that time would have he dreamed of the doing the same thing 35 years later. His passion for cooking has been part of his whole life. While working with his mentors, Patrick Laignel de la Falaise Saint-Michel and Roland Ménard of the Hovey Manor confirmed Christian's desire to make a career out of his passion. What he loves most, is to receive people and make sure they have a good time.
A warm and sophisticated atmosphere since 47 years!
Located in downtown Sherbrooke for over 47 years, Da Toni gained acclaim over the years thanks to the combined effort of its owners and staff who run this hot spot restaurant.
Mr. Toni Danella opened Da Toni on Wellington st north in a building that already gathered attention by it's originality. In 1987, Da Toni moved to it's present location on the corner of King St W. and Belvédère N.
History will remind us that a young scottish businessman, Andrew Paton (1833-1892), founded in 1866 a wool factory here in Sherbrooke. In 1891, the Paton employed over 750 workers and was one of the most important factory of it's kind in Canada.
Left vacant since 1978, it's in the building that was known before as the Paton factory store that Da Toni is now located.
In June 2007 , Daniel Schoolcraft and Hélène Deppisch join Christian Fréchette, chef and co-owner to form the new team still in place.