2 1/2 cups flour "up"
In a large bowl mix sugar, butter, egg, vanilla and salt. Use the Power Blitzer handheld blender in medium speed, scraping the bowl in regular intervals, as soon as the mixture is light and fluffy, for 2-3 minutes. Add the flour and the ground chocolate. Blend the mix in low speed, scraping the bowl in regular intervals, until they are mixed well, for 2 to 3 minutes. If the dough is very soft, you must cover it and put in the fridge until it's firm enough in order to shape the cookies, 30 to 40 minutes. Ready to bake!
Preheat the oven at 175°C and lightly grease the Big Top cookie molds. Place baking paper in order to fill them and bake. Separate the dough in two equal parts and press it inside the molds, while keeping the molds straight. Place the filled Big Top Cookie in the oven and bake for 30 - 35 minutes. Insert a toothpick in the center of the cookie. When the toothpick comes out clean and the ends are done, the cookie is ready. Take out the molds of the oven in order for them to cool completely (about 20 - 30 minutes). The cookie will be very soft until it is cool. We suggest placing the molds in the fridge or the freezer, so as for the cookie not to break when you take it out of the mold. In order to take out the two halves of the cookie from the molds, place a plate on top of the mold and turn it upside down. We a slight pressure, free the cookie from the sides and softly pull the mold.
Pour the fresh cream with the sugar in a pot, stir and place on the stove. Use Robo Stir (automatic stirrer), your mixture will not stick or get burnt. As soon as the mixture begins to boil and starts to rise, lower the flame in medium and boil for 3 more minutes. Take out of the flame and add the lemon juice and rind.Stir and leave for 5 minutes for the cream to cool.
Spread the lemon cream on half the cookie, leaving 3 cm from the edge. Garnish the plate with the rest of the cream, together with chocolate pieces and enjoy!


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Paul D. Ryan & Brad Schneider
Compare the voting records of Paul D. Ryan and Brad Schneider in 2017-18.
Paul D. Ryan
Represented Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. This is his 10th term in the House.
Brad Schneider
Represented Illinois's 10th Congressional District. This is his 1st term in the House.
Paul D. Ryan and Brad Schneider are from different parties and disagreed on 65 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
But they didn't always disagree. Out of 26 votes in the 115th Congress, they agreed on 9 votes, including 9 major votes.
Paul D. Ryan was the Speaker of the House. The Speaker votes at his discretion.

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Hi everyone! I just got back from my most challenging hike up to date and it feels really fulfilling to be able to successfully finish a major hike with minimal complications. In this blog post, I will try to summarize my take on climbing Luzon's 5th highest mountain and the Philippines' 11th highest and my 18th mountain – Mt. Amuyao.
This hike tested not just my patience but also my physical limits. Fortunately, I was with a great group that helped each other complete the hike successfully. Read on below to know more about what transpired from April 22 until April 24.
Day 0 – Heto na, heto na, heto na, ahhh!
The group decided to rent a van for this trip. Our contact person is Tristan Santos (0917-578-3875). The pickup points were at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong and at Centris Mall in Quezon Avenue. At around 10:00PM, after everyone was finished eating dinner, we all headed to the van to jump-start our three days and two nights of adventure. Here we go!
Day 1 – Pat-Yay Kang Bata Ka!
It was a long drive going to Batad. Good thing that the van's seats were comfortable enough to let us get some decent sleep. Somewhere along the way, we got stuck in traffic because of road construction. I was not sure how long this lasted because eventually, I fell asleep and only woke up when we made a quick stop over in Nueva Vizcaya.
After about two more hours, we finally arrived in Banaue where we had our pictures taken real quick before we fetched our guide for this trip, kuya Marvin, and went to Hidden Valley Restaurant to eat our breakfast.
We made sure to eat heavy because we knew we still had a long day ahead of us. After everyone was stuffed, we then drove to the Batad jump-off which is just a quick 15-min ride from the restaurant. Upon arrival, everyone then started repacking their bags and changing to comfortable hiking clothes. As soon as everything was good to go, we all gathered and prayed for guidance and proceeded with the hike.
We passed by a registration area 20 minutes into the trail. Here, we also met up with our second guide, kuya Jose. It was also during this time when we first sighted the majestic view of the Batad Rice Terraces. Our guide said that we would have to cross parts of the terraces in order to get to our campsite at Pat-Yay.
Batad Rice Terraces as seen from the registration site of Batad. Incredible, right?
Now, coming from the photos I saw online, I imagined the pathway of the terraces to be cemented so I was not worried. True enough, during the first few parts of the terraces, the path was cemented and straightforward. What caught us off-guard; however, was when we had to step/jump from one unstable rock to another because somehow, the path was not cemented anymore. And because we were walking on rice terraces, the path was really narrow and can only accommodate one person at a time. This meant having to really concentrate on the trail because one wrong move can make me fall five to six meters into a muddy field and that thought alone made me cringe.
Walking along the rice terraces. Of course these are the relatively safe parts because we couldn't bring ourselves to take photos of the more challenging parts. Lol. But as shown, the fall to the other side is about five to six meters.
Aside from the rice terraces, the trail also includes a generous amount of stairs that we had to climb one by one. It might sound easy but in reality, these stairs caused the death of our knees and this made me realize that I would rather ascend a mountain via a steep slope made out of land than stairs made out of rocks or concrete.
After about three hours, we reached Cambulo village where we took a rest and had lunch. There were a lot of dogs in the area and being the dog-lover that I am, I made friends with some. We only had a quick break because we knew that we still needed to trek a couple of more hours to reach our campsite in Pat-Yay and we wanted to, as much as possible, reduce the time for night trek.
Again we passed through a series of stairs and narrow rice terraces before reaching the mossy forest. It was not as enchanting as that of Mt. Pulag's or Mt. Tabayoc's but this was where I was most afraid mainly because of the said presence of limatik or leeches and myths about roaming spirits. Before entering the mossy forest, we all agreed that as much as possible, the group should stick together in the trail or at least nobody should be left alone. And because there were a lot of trees in this part, it was difficult for the sunlight to enter the forest making it a bit dim. Soon, we had to take out our headlights to aid our visibility of the trail especially since there are still cliffs we had to be wary of.
When the sun was completely gone, we only had our headlights to depend on. It was difficult because the heat and the light attracted a lot of insects causing them to go to our faces every now and then. As a mode of precaution, those that were in front gave signals or warnings of possible threats along the trail (i.e. cliffs, thorny plants, low headroom because of branches, etc.) to those who were at the back. The trail was a mixture of assaults and steep and slippery descents which made the night trek extra challenging. During this time, my knee was already acting up and the slippery trail made it worse. But because the plan was to really push ourselves to get to Pat-Yay (or else, Pat-Yay kang bata ka), I brushed the knee pain away and continued with the night trek.
After the slippery part, we arrived at the irrigation part where we had to, again, step/jump from one unstable rock to another while being mindful of the cliff on one side and the stream of water on the other. My mindset was that, if I lose my balance, I have to make sure I fall into the stream instead of the cliff – that it was better to get my shoes wet than to fall into oblivion. True enough, I slipped and fell in the stream.
And finally, after six gruelling hours of steep assaults, slippery descents and narrow paths after Cambulo, we reached Pat-Yay village – That is a total of nine hours of trek for the first day. Because it was already eight in the evening, the villagers were already inside their respective houses and we decided to rent one bunk house for everyone instead of pitching our tents. The breeze was already cool yet some of us, including myself, decided to take a bath before eating our yummy Adobo for dinner.
Day 2 – Wala Na Bang Mas Itatarik Pa?
We woke up at around 6:00AM only to be greeted by the beautiful view of Pat-Yay village facing the rice terraces. While some of us cooked breakfast, the others started to fix their things. The villagers were also already up and about and they watched as we did our morning routine. Aside from preparing breakfast, the group also decided to prepare everyone's packed lunch so as not to set up the cook-set again along the trail.
The happy group at Pat-Yay village. The surroundings made the morning extra peaceful.
We resumed our trek at around 8:20AM. Again, we had to pass through a series of rice terraces before entering another mossy forest. The assaults during the trail were extra exhausting because our legs were already hurting coming from the previous day of hiking for about nine hours.
Somewhere along the mossy forest, my group mate saw a leech that attached itself to my other group mate's bag. Fortunately, nobody from our group got bitten or had a really serious encounter with the limatik because I, myself, would not know how to react.
The steep trek in the mossy forest continued for a couple of hours until we reached a waiting shed where we had our lunch. While eating; however, we noticed the abundance of bees that made it difficult for us to stay put in one place. We were also able to refill our empty bottles with water because there was a nearby water source.
I was pacing with these two, strong people during the last two major assaults.
As the air got thinner, we knew we were already high up but we were not able to appreciate our altitude until we got out of the forest and saw the ranges of mountains. Our eyes feasted on the incredible view around us that made me affirm that this was worth the long hours of exhausting trek.
This was the stunning view welcomed us as soon as we got out of the forest. Almost there!
Because we were already out of the forest, the trail was now open and again, full of cliffs. In order to keep my composure, I focused on the trail without looking at either side. It was not long after when the transmitter/satellite of ABS-CBN came to view and that indicated that we were almost at the summit! And by the time we reached it around 4:00PM, I let out a sigh of relief. It felt great to be able to step on a flat surface again!
After we greeted all the other hikers in the area, we found a spot to pitch our tents. Unfortunately, the group did not have any extra groundsheet for my friend and I so we just decided to sleep in the bunker house. It was a good thing that we arrived relatively early because the bunker house is on a "first come, first serve basis". Instead of setting up the tent, we used it as a mat and placed it at one area inside the bunker house. Then of course, we proceeded with taking photos at the summit! The breeze was really cold yet it did not stop some of us from taking our sweaty shirts off (I was challenged by my hike mate, Rowe, to do this).
Just before sunset; however, the clouds enveloped the summit and we were left with no clearing. The temperature also dropped by nightfall and it was amusing how everyone could see their breaths, in the form of fog, whenever they talked (because it was that cold). Aside from our clothes that kept us warm, we found extra comfort in our sumptuous dinner, sinigang na baboy! What made eating difficult; though, were the insects that flew everywhere. There was even a time when one got stuck inside my baunan but it was a good thing that I was almost done with my food and so not much was wasted.
Eventually, the clouds enveloped the summit causing the "whiteout" and cold temperature. Also, I've become really fond of doing pistol squats recently.
I enjoyed staring at the night sky and watching as the clouds pass from one mountain to another. For a brief time, it rained while we were doing socials and we feared for the view the following day. Fortunately the rain was just quick to pass and it was back to socials before getting some shut-eye.
Day 3: Kung Di Mo Na Kaya, Kaya Mo Pa!
Much like what happened in Mt. Pulag, I was not able to sleep well during the wee hours of the night because of the cold that I even ended up using my emergency blanket. At around 4:45am, I just decided to get up and prepare for the sunrise. As I got up, I felt my already sore legs get extra sore. Wow. When I got out of the bunker house, there were already a lot of hikers gathered around the small space in the summit waiting for the sunrise.
Pre-sunrise photos. The views were just jaw-dropping.
We each had to find our own spots to take photos of the sunrise but it was difficult with so many people unknowingly photobombing each others' photos. Fortunately, my group mates were able to find a lone spot where were able to take photos of everything without worrying about other people being in the photo.
At around 6:00AM, the sun started to rise and enveloped the sky with warm hues. It was a magnificent sight to behold especially since I was watching it on top of a mountain. Yes, there was a sea of clouds but according to our guide; it was not as remarkable as it usually is. Nonetheless, we were still thankful that we had good enough clearing to witness the sunrise.
After everyone was satisfied with their photos, we then proceeded to have breakfast – sinigang, danggit, toccinong isda and spam. Yummy! We were then quick to pack our things and take our last couple of photos at the summit. The clouds during this time reminded me of when I was at Mt. Ulap – big, puffy and white.
First photo shows the satellite/tower at the summit. Some time after the sunrise, the clouds have become big and puffy.
The view as seen from Mt. Amuyao's summit. Stunning!
Just before 9:00AM, we were ready to descend. Our guide said that the descent should last for about four hours based on our pace.
Final photo ops at the summit just before descending. Look at how happy we are!
I knew we were going to pass by a lot of stairs along the trail but I did not expect it to be about 75% of it. The stairs were reminiscent of Mt. Ulap's trail going to Sta. Fe. We were extra careful in descending because the trail was made slippery by the small rocks and because our legs were already sore.
When we arrived at the first waiting shed after an hour and twenty minutes, we took a break to eat our snacks and re-hydrate. The descent was really draining because the trail was open so we were directly below the sun battling its unmerciful heat. Wanting to get down as quickly as we can, we started running. Some of us slipped, tripped and/or had a minor case of a twisted ankle but these cases did not stop us from still running down.
I got nervous when I saw the rice terraces because I thought of what we had to go through in Batad. The rice terraces in Barlig; however, seemed to be more established so everything was cemented and there were no instances where we had to jump from one rock to another unlike in Batad.
After passing through the rice terraces, we had to go through the irrigation. Again, unlike in Batad, the path along the irrigation in Barlig is wider and not next to cliffs. Whew. After several minutes, we arrived at a community with really friendly locals. It was either they congratulated us or they inquired about our experience during the trek.
Just as when I thought the descent was over, our guide pointed us to where our rented van was supposed to fetch us. In order to get there we had to, that is right, climb a seemingly unending flight of stairs. I kept telling my hike mates that if my knee could talk, it would have probably cursed me a million times already. Lol. Climbing one step at a time, we eventually reached the part where our van was waiting. I immediately put my bag down and sat beside it. After some time, it sunk in that we have successfully completed the Reverse-Traverse of Mt. Amuyao marked with a 9/9 difficulty (according to some hikers)!
(Left) The last but really long flight of stairs that we climbed. (Right) Post-hike feels!
Everyone took their time eating lunch, taking a bath and doing their personal business inside the bathroom (lol) before going home. We made a stopover along the highest point of the Philippine highway system in Halsema Highway where we bought and ate snacks. By 9:00PM we were already in Baguio City where we ate our dinner before heading back to Manila.
To Lory and EJ who invited me to this climb to celebrate their first monthsary. Congratulations, lovebirds!
To Kim for giving me Efficacent Oil and massaging my sore muscles, for lending us your tent that we used as a mat and for the pre-cooked adobo!
You will pass by a lot of communities in Batad. There will be sari-sari stores from Batad Saddle until Cambulo. Expect to pay more than the regular prices though.
Bring at least 3L of water and refill at water sources accordingly. Before the climb, I thought there will only be one water source (in Cambulo), turns out, there are more including one in the mossy forest.
There are a lot of bees along the mossy forest. Be careful not to get stung.
Balancing skills are important especially when passing the pilapil or rice terraces and the irrigation in Batad.
Always remember to "observe silence" when doing socials in Pat-Yay as the villagers are very particular with noise.
During the climb, we were told to not make unnecessary noise along the trail and at the summit in order not to disturb those that guard the mountain so that they would give us clearing during one of the highlights of the climb, the sunrise.
There are a lot of insects especially at night. It is best to eat dinner inside the tent or bunk house.
Because of the cold temperature, expect your tummies to act up. Bring necessary medicine.
There is a bathroom inside the bunker house at the summit but it is much like the one in Saddle Camp of Mt. Pulag so yes, you have been warned.
Prepare for climbing A LOT of stairs. It may seem easy but it will make you want to curse whoever it was who invented the stairs.
The going through steep assaults coupled with carrying heavy packs may cause cramps or spasms because of muscle fatigue. Help prevent this by eating salt even at the slightest discomfort.
Here is the video that summarizes our hike to Mt. Amuyao. This video also contains insights from my hike mates and I.
7:40AM – ETA Banaue. Stop over for photos.
8:30AM – ETA Hidden Valley Restaurant. Eat breakfast and buy packed lunch.
9:40AM – Arrival at Batad Jump-Off. Repack and do final preparations.
1:30PM – ETA Cambulo. Eat lunch.
8:00PM – ETA Pat-Yay Village. Socials and rest for the night.
6:00AM – Call time for breakfast.
12:30PM – Arrival at waiting shed. Eat lunch.
4:00PM – ETA Summit of Mt. Amuyao. Set camp. Socials.
10:10AM – Arrival at first waiting shed. Rest.
12:30PM – Arrival at Barlig village. Fix up and eat lunch.
8:50PM – ETA Baguio. Eat dinner.
Even though there were so many instances during the trail when I re-evaluated why I was even there to begin with, maybe because of exhaustion or fatigue added to the fact that my shoe broke on the first day, I am extremely proud that I was able to conquer my most difficult climb up to date.
My legs were sore for about four days since we got back and it was difficult to walk and climb up and down the stairs (again) but it was a happy kind of pain that reminded me of how I was able to exceed what I thought was my limit.
Thank you, Lord, for guiding and giving everyone the strength that we needed to successfully finish the Rev-Trav.
And thank YOU for reading this long blog entry!
Wow, beautiful landscapes! Congratulations for the 18th Hiking!
Eh blogger ka naman talaga, luuh. Haha! Me also! Dala ka ng Efficascent Oil ah. Haha!
Ahahaahahhaahahha!!!! Natawa ko sa "for teaching me how to be redundant".
Congrattss to us! Mt. Patukan naman!!
Hala Will, narinig ko tawa mo just by reading your comment. Haha!
Hello. Fantastic post! Do you need a sleeping bag if you are staying in the bunkhouse at the summit, and does anyone know if there are any shops in Barlig?
You're welcome! Take care and have fun in Mt. Amuyao!
Really glad to know that. 🙂 Thank you very much for reading my post and leaving a nice comment!
nice hike and blog maam, thanks for sharing.
tanong lang po, may limatik ba anywhere along the route?
Hi, thanks for the comment! As for your question, yes, meron po along the mossy forest but super dalang lang po pag maaraw.
Well written blog, detailed, and full of fun. Its like having the same experience by just reading. This made me excited for my Mt. Amuyao hike this Dec 29-30 ! Kudos Camae !


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InHand Router Flaws Could Expose Many Industrial Companies to Remote Attacks
Several serious vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in industrial routers made by InHand Networks could expose many organizations to remote attacks, and patches do not appear to be available.
Eduard Kovacs
The flaws were discovered nearly one year ago by researchers at industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO in IR615 LTE routers made by industrial IoT solutions provider InHand Networks. The company has offices in China, the U.S. and Germany, and its products are used all around the world. InHand says its customers include Siemens, GE Healthcare, Coca Cola, Philips Healthcare and other major companies.
According to an advisory published last week by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), OTORIO researchers discovered a total of 13 vulnerabilities in the IR615 router.
The list includes critical cross-site request forgery (CSRF), remote code execution, command injection, and weak password policy issues, as well as high-severity improper authorization and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
CISA warned that malicious actors could exploit the vulnerabilities to take complete control of affected devices and intercept communications in an effort to steal sensitive information.
OTORIO told SecurityWeek that it has identified thousands of internet-exposed InHand routers that could be vulnerable to attacks, but the company noted that exploitation from the internet requires authentication to the router's web management portal. An attacker could authenticate to the device using default credentials or by leveraging brute-force attacks to obtain login credentials. Brute-force attacks are made easy by the router's weak password policy and a flaw that can be used to enumerate all valid user accounts.
The cybersecurity firm warned that an attacker could leverage the vulnerabilities to infiltrate an organization. From the InHand device, the attacker could move to other industrial systems within the victim's network.
"The attacker may abuse the Remote Code Execution vulnerability to get a first foothold on the device via running CLI commands; implant a first backdoor on the device as a persistence stage; and start scanning the internal organization network in order to elevate the attacker privileges and move on to sensitive assets on the network," explained Hay Mizrachi, penetration tester at OTORIO. "The final objective is to achieve Domain Admin privileges on the organization. Of course, if there are additional sensitive networks such as OT networks, the attacker can try to get a foothold and disrupt the day-to-day functioning of the product line floor to cause additional damage and financial costs."
OTORIO reported its findings to InHand Networks, through CISA, in November 2020. However, CISA said in its advisory that the vendor "has not responded to requests to work with CISA to mitigate these vulnerabilities." CISA has provided some generic mitigations to help impacted organizations reduce the risk of exploitation.
SecurityWeek has reached out to InHand Networks for comment and will update this article if the company responds.
UPDATE 06/30/2022: InHand has informed SecurityWeek that an advisory addressing the vulnerabilities has been published. An update that should patch the flaws has been released.
Related: Cisco Patches Dozen Vulnerabilities in Industrial Routers
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Written By Eduard Kovacs
Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a contributing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia's security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor's degree in industrial informatics and a master's degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.
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CloudBees Core for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Now Available in the Pivotal Services Marketplace
SEATTLE, WA. – KUBECON | CLOUDNATIVECON 2018 – December 11, 2018 – CloudBees , the enterprise DevOps leader powering the continuous economy, announced today at KubeCon that CloudBees Core™ for PCF is available for download from Pivotal Services Marketplace , a trusted source to help Pivotal Cloud Foundry® (PCF) customers understand, install and succeed with platform add-on services.
With CloudBees Core , Pivotal Cloud Foundry customers can leverage dynamic continuous integration and continuous delivery workloads no matter where they are running them, whether on-premise or in the cloud.
CloudBees Core is a cloud native, continuous delivery solution that can be hosted on-premise or in the cloud. It provides a shared, centrally managed, self-service experience for development teams. CloudBees Core is fully compatible with Pivotal Container Service (PKS) and customers now have a wider range of platforms to target for application delivery.
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TV Legends Revealed: Is There a Special 'Lost' Episode of 'Cheers'?
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TV URBAN LEGEND: A special episode of "Cheers" was produced to help sell U.S. savings bonds.
One of the great things about the current era of technology and pop culture is the sheer volume of content available to fans of television and film. DVD collections and streaming services have made it easy to gain access to nearly any TV series you might want to check out. However, there still remains a bit of a treasure trove of material that has never been made publicly available since its original airing (or, in some cases, since it was produced). For instance, the original "Big Bang Theory" pilot, feauring a much different (and sexually active) version of Sheldon Cooper, has never been included in any release. And due to concerns about the racial stereotypes, "Amos and Andy" will likely never hit the market through official channels. Some of these episodes, however, eventually end up getting released, like the infamous "R-rated" episode of "Dexter's Laboratory."
In an entirely different category are the episodes made specially for the United States government, including a "lost" episode of the classic sitcom "Cheers"!
In 1935, legislation was passed to establish a new form of security sold by the United States Treasury that would be called a savings bond. These debt securities would allow the government to, in effect, borrow money from its own citizens, which became critical once the United States entered into World War II. There was a great propaganda push to encourage citizens to purchase "war bonds" (as they became known), which even found its way on the covers of popular comic books like "Batman" and "Superman."
Following the end of World War II, the government had to work a little harder to convince people to purchase these bonds, as the war effort was no longer the big selling point. During the 1950s, then, the Cold War was used instead. In addition, while many celebrities endorsed war bonds during World War II, the early days of television worked perfectly as a propaganda tool. So a number of popular TV series of the late 1950s and early 1960s made special promotional episodes, which were then shown at schools or civic assemblies. "Mr. Ed" and "Leave It to Beaver" both produced special episodes, but one of the more infamous ones was "Father Knows Best" (a full 30-minute film), in which the show's creator and star Robert Young, depicted the cast living under despotic rule.
During President Ford's tenure, there was a new influx of propaganda produced for savings bonds. Thus, special episodes were filmed for a number of popular sitcoms of the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Taxi," "WKRP in Cincinnati" and "Benson." One of the most famous, though, was this special episode of "Cheers," dubbed "Uncle Sam Malone," in which the gang at Cheers convinces a skeptical Diane of how awesome savings bonds are.
Although the episode was never officially made available, its writer Ralph Phillips (he also penned the "Benson" one), recently posted the episode on Vimeo:
By the 1990s, sitcoms were still helping out, but just by making commercials for savings bonds (the cast of "Frasier" did one). Nowadays, paper bonds no longer exist, and the current low rate of return on modern digital-only bonds are so low they've effectively become a thing of the past. But for many years, U.S. savings bonds played a major role in the lives of many Americans.
The legend is ...
STATUS: True
Be sure to check out my archive of TV Legends Revealed for more urban legends about the world of television.
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Love To Read About Your Farm Life - But where Are The Pictures?
I really like to read about your farming life but I would also like to see pictures of your animals, projects you do, and 'stuff around your place'..... tid-bits of your homesteading lifestyle. Thank You! Keep up the great work.


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#310080 - 08/10/09 03:09 PM Suspend Mode?
Can we Suspend the MS instead of turning it off? That would be a good feature.
#310081 - 08/12/09 12:29 AM Re: Suspend Mode?
yes, we can, BUT the problem is for the older MS user that on old mainboard is not available on BIOS the suspend mode.
IF we choose to develope the Suspend mode, then the ALL MS worldwide MUST make the mainboard upgrade to K10N78.
#310082 - 08/12/09 11:58 AM Re: Suspend Mode?
Ok, I can wait two minutes more to turn it off and on again then And all the tiny lights can be turned on during Christmas time too !!


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Q: Compare occurrences between str in two lists I currently learning python and here is my issue:
list1 = ["ilovepython","ilovec#"]
list2 = ["love","python"]

I wish to use list2 to check each item in list1, the output would be something like this:
in "ilovepython":
number of "love" = 1
number of "python" = 1
in "ilovec#"
number of "love" = 1
number of "python" = 0

What could be the way to write this code?
Here is my code:
list_a = ["ilovepython","ilovec#"]
check = ["love","python"]
result = []

for string in list_a:
    count = 0
    tmp = string
    while check in tmp:
        count += 1
        idx = tmp.find(check)
        tmp = tmp[idx+1:]
    result.append(count)

print(result)

But I was confused if I have to check by a list of str.

A: Here is how you can use a nested for-loop with formmatted strings:
list1 = ["ilovepython","ilovec#"]
list2 = ["love","python"]

for i in list1: # For every string in list11
    print(f'in "{i}":') # Print the string
    for j in list2: # For every string in list2
        num = i.count(j) # Store the number of occurrences of the second string in the first string
        print(f'number of "{j}" = {num}') @ Print the number of ocurrences with a formatted string

Output:
in "ilovepython":
number of "love" = 1
number of "python" = 1
in "ilovec#":
number of "love" = 1
number of "python" = 0

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LOS GATOS, Calif., April 19th, 2016 - Tigo®, the Smart Module market leader, today announced that the newly released TS4-R platform for the retrofit/Add-on solar system received the European standards EN 62109-1:2010 certification by TÜV Rheinland, a global leader in independent testing, inspection and certification services.
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE no. 178 dated 7 September 2010 ' Regulations on...
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE no. 178 dated 7 September 2010 ' Regulations on setting up and management of the public register of subscribers opting out of ...
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE no. 178 dated 7 September 2010 – Regulations on setting up and management of the public register of subscribers opting out of the use of their phone numbers for the purposes of commercial selling and/or promotions
(as published in Italy´s Official Journal no. 256 dated 2 November 2010)
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
Having regard to Article 87 of the Constitution;
Having regard to Article 17(2) of Act no. 400 dated 23 August 1988;
Having regard to Section 130(3-bis) of the Personal data protection Code as per legislative decree no. 196 dated 30 June 2003, including subsequent amendments thereof;
Having regard to Section 20-bis of the decree no. 135 dated 25 September 2009 as converted, with amendments, into Act no. 166 dated 20 November 2009;
Having regard to Section 55 of the Electronic Communications Code as per legislative decree no. 259 dated 1 August 2003, including subsequent amendments thereof;
Having regard to the preliminary resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers in the course of its meeting of 16 April 2010;
Having obtained the opinion by the Authority for Communications Safeguards;
Having consulted with the Italian data protection authority pursuant to Section 154(4) of legislative decree no. 196 dated 30 June 2003;
Having heard the opinion rendered by the Council of State – Consultative Division for Regulatory Instruments in the course of the sitting held on 17 May 2010;
Considering that he cannot endorse the opinions rendered by the competent Parliamentary Committees insofar as they envisage application of an interim regime, whereas the mechanisms currently in force in Italy are the only ones that may be enforced pending implementation of the new regulatory framework as well as being the only ones in line with European legislation;
Having regard to the resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers in the course of its meeting of 9 July 2010;
Acting on the proposal submitted by the Prime Minister, being the interim Minister for Economic Development, jointly with the Minister for Public Administration and Innovation;
The following Regulations:
1. For the purposes of these Regulations,
a. "Code" shall mean the personal data protection Code as approved by legislative decree no. 196 dated 30 June 2003, including subsequent amendments thereof;
b. "subscriber" shall mean any natural or legal person, body or association that is party to a contract with the provider of publicly available telephone services for the supply of such services, or is anyhow the recipient of such services also by means of pre-paid cards, and whose number is contained in the directories mentioned in Section 129 of the Code;
c. "operator" shall mean any natural or legal person that plans to process the data mentioned in Section 129(1) of the Code in its capacity as data controller under the terms of Section 4(1)f. of the Code for the purpose of sending advertising and/or direct selling materials, or for the performance of market surveys and/or commercial communications, by using telephones;
d. "register" shall mean the public opt-out register referred to in Section 130(3-bis) of the Code;
e. "subscriber directories" shall mean the directories referred to in Section 129 of the Code;
f. "Ministry for Economic Development" shall mean the Communications Department at the Ministry for Economic Development;
g. "registrar" shall mean the Ministry for Economic Development or any third party that may be tasked with implementing and managing the service.
1. These Regulations shall apply to the opt-out register referred to in Section 130(3-bis) of the Code.
2. These Regulations shall only apply to the phone numbers contained in subscriber directories as per Section 129 of the Code.
3. These Regulations shall not apply to processing operations performed for the purposes referred to in Section 7(4)b. of the Code in respect of data that is not taken from publicly available subscriber directories and has been lawfully collected by data controllers from either data subjects or third parties in compliance with the right to object mentioned in Section 7(4)b. and Sections 13, 23, and 24 of the Code.
Creation of the Register
1. The Ministry for Economic Development shall set up a public opt-out register in pursuance of Section 130(3-bis) of the Code as well as in compliance with the provisions set forth in Article 4 hereof.
2. Without prejudice to their right to object to processing operations performed by individual entities under the terms of Section 7(4)b. of the Code, any data subject whose phone number is contained in the subscriber directories mentioned in Article 2(2) hereof may object to processing of the said phone number as performed by using telephones for the purposes of sending advertising and/or direct selling materials or else for the performance of market surveys and/or commercial communications.
Implementation and Management of the Register
1. The Ministry for Economic Development shall undertake to implement and manage the register also by committing such implementation and management to third parties, which shall bear any and all financial and organizational costs, by way of a contract for the provision of services in accordance with the Code for Public Contracts Relating to Works, Services and Supplies as contained in legislative decree no. 163 dated 12 April 2006. If implementation and management of the register are committed to third parties, the said contract shall lay down the following in compliance with both the Code and these Regulations, after hearing the Italian data protection authority with regard to such matters as fall within the relevant scope of competence and by also taking account of the supervisory and control functions referred to in Article 12(1) hereof:
a. The general terms applying to effective and efficient performance of the service, duration of the contractual relationship, and the obligations vested in the contractor;
b. The parameters for calculating the consideration due, subject to any measures falling under the Ministry´s scope of competence, which shall take account of the actual costs for operating and keeping the register;
c. Duration of the contract, grounds for withdrawal from, suspension and termination of contract, the guarantees to be provided and the liability vested in the contractor along with any penalties for non-performance;
d. The obligation for the contractor to ensure service continuity and transfer of all the data in case and until a new contractor takes over;
e. The obligation to allow supervisory and control activities by the Ministry for Economic Development regarding compliance with the contract for the provision of services.
2. Implementation and operation of the register shall have to be ensured factually within ninety days as from publication of these Regulations, also in case they are committed to third parties. To that end, the Ministry for Economic Development or the contractor, as the case may be, shall
a. Hear and consult with the main operators within thirty days of the said initial deadline;
b. Arrange for and implement the technical and operational mechanisms applying to functioning of the register and access by the operators within sixty days of the said initial deadline, partly following the outcome of the consultation procedure mentioned under a.;
c. Arrange for and implement the technical and operational mechanisms for subscribers to sign up to the register within ninety days of the said initial deadline.
3. Under Section 20-bis(2) of decree no. 135 dated 25 September 2009 as converted, with amendments, into Act no. 166 dated 20 November 2009, the Register shall be set up once all the steps in the procedure described in paragraph 2 have been completed.
Entities Obliged to Access the Register and Mechanisms for Signing up
1. In order to process data for sending advertising and/or direct selling materials or else for the performance of market surveys and/or commercial communications by means of the telephone, each operator shall lodge an application with the registrar including
a. Documents certifying the operator´s identity; where the latter is a natural person, a valid ID shall be enclosed, whilst an ID of the interim legal representative along with the relevant articles and memorandum of association shall be submitted by legal persons and bodies whether incorporated or not;
b. A statement to the effect that the calling line identification system mentioned in Article 9 hereof has been implemented; alternatively, the information identifying every entity that will be in charge of getting in touch with subscribers shall be included if third parties are entrusted with making the phone calls and/or sending materials;
c. The updated, publicly available subscriber directory/-ies making up the source(s) of the personal data to be processed by the given operator.
2. Within fifteen days of receiving the said application, the registrar shall allocate authentication credentials and authorization profiles to the operator and publish the operator´s identifying information – including the relevant contact details – in an ad-hoc list that shall be available on the public register´s website for no longer than twelve months as from the date the register was last accessed by the operator. The operator shall notify the registrar without delay of any changes in the data communicated at the time the access application was lodged. Validity of the registration shall expire after twelve months from the date the register was last accessed.
Access Costs
1. The operators required to access the register shall pay the registrar the relevant access fees at yearly intervals or else for such shorter periods as may be necessary to the individual operator subject to the limitations set forth by the registrar. Where the registrar is other than the Ministry for Economic Development, it shall draft a yearly plan of operational and management costs for the register including a proposal on the fees to be applied in the subsequent year; the said plan shall be notified to the Ministry for Economic Development by the 30th of November and approved by the Ministry via the decree mentioned in Section 130(3-ter)b. of the Code.
Any and all revenues from the register access fees shall only be relied upon with a view to management of the register; they may not be increased by the registrar for purposes of gain. The Ministry for Economic Development shall autonomously lay down the yearly plan of costs along with the applicable fees in connection with the first implementation and starting up of the register – including such items as may be prove to be necessary for the purpose of the information campaign referred to in article 11 hereof – and shall verify the yearly plan drafted subsequently by the registrar.
2. If the register is managed directly by the Ministry for Economic Development, the revenues from payment of the access fees shall be paid into the State balance and then re-allocated to the corresponding chapters of expenditure of the Ministry for Economic Development. The Ministry for Economic Development shall undertake to manage the register by relying on such human and material resources as are available pursuant to the legislation in force.
Mechanisms and Timeframe for Subscribers to Sign up to the Public Register
1. Each subscriber may request the registrar to include the respective phone number – as contained in the directories referred to in Article 2(2) hereof – in the register, free of charge, according to at least the following mechanisms:
a. By filling in an ad-hoc electronic form on the registrar´s website; in this case, the subscriber shall provide identification information including his/her Tax ID along with an e-mail address, and the number to be included in the register;
b. By calling the toll-free number made available for this purpose by the registrar from the telephone line whose number corresponds to the one that is to be included in the register, in which case the same information as per letter a. above shall have to be provided; this system will have to operate via automated call response, however it must be possible for the subscriber to obtain non-automated telephone assistance in case of sign-up difficulties and/or problems or if the information is to be modified or erased;
c. By sending a registered letter or a fax to the registrar´s address and enclosing a copy of a valid ID; in the latter case, the date on which the letter or fax is actually received by the registrar shall be taken into account for the purposes of Article 8 hereof;
d. By sending an email.
2. Where several phone numbers have been allocated to the same subscriber, all of them may be included in the register providing any of the mechanisms described under letters a., b., c. and d. above is used. Confirmation of registration shall always be provided to the subscriber.
3. Where a subscriber has signed up to the register, no processing of his/her data shall be allowed for the purposes of sending advertising or direct selling materials and/or for the performance of market surveys or commercial communications by means of the telephone, irrespective of the industry sector or commodity concerned. The fact that a subscriber has signed up to the register shall not prevent processing of that subscriber´s data for the said purposes by any entity that has collected or is collecting the data in question from sources other than the directories mentioned in Article 2(2) hereof – providing this was or is done in compliance with Sections 7(4)b. , 13, 23 and 24 of the Code.
4. Each data subject may update or modify the respective data or sign out of the register according to the same mechanisms followed for signing up. Each subscriber may sign up to or out of the register, or sign up again to the register, without any limitations whatsoever.
5. Any subscriber that has signed up to the register shall be included therein for an indefinite amount of time unless he/she signs out or is struck off the register in pursuance of paragraph 6 below. A subscriber may only record his/her preference in the public register for the phone number(s) specified by and allocated to him/her; no preference may be recorded in respect of numbers allocated to other subscribers.
6. The preference recorded with the register shall be struck off automatically whenever the given number is allocated to a different subscriber or is no longer active; to that end, the register shall have to be updated automatically at least at 10-day intervals on the basis of the information contained in the unified subscriber database referred to in resolution no. 36/02/CONS by the Authority for Communications Safeguards as published in Italy´s Official Journal no. 72 dated 26 March 2002.
To that end, the registrar shall become a party to the framework agreements mentioned in resolution no. 36/02/CONS by the Authority for Communications Safeguards, which regulate provision of the services referred to in Section 55 of legislative decree no. 259 dated 1 August 2003, or else acquire the data contained in the said unified subscriber database, and shall regularly update the information it holds.
7. Subscribers may sign up to the public register at any time, including holidays, at least with regard to the automated sign-up mechanisms. The registrar shall keep the logs of the accesses to the sign-up, update and sign-out systems along with logs of the sign-up, update and sign-out operations performed by subscribers for twelve months as from the date of their generation - including the sending of any correspondence and the respective attachments – by ensuring their completeness, integrity, non-modifiability and verifiability. The said logs shall be protected by the registrar against unauthorized access so as to allow them to be only accessed for inspection by the Italian data protection authority and/or judicial authorities.
Technical Mechanisms Applying to Operation of the Register and Access by Operators
1. Each operator shall adapt its own technological infrastructure intended to interface with the public register to the technological and operational standards set forth by the registrar upon consultation with the main telephone operators. Operators may only access the register in order to fulfill the obligations arising from paragraphs 3-bis, 3-ter, and 3-quater of Section 130 of the Code.
2. The registrar shall record the subscriber´s preferences and strike such record off the register, as the case may be, as expeditiously as possible and anyhow by the workday following the day on which the subscriber´s application was received. No operator shall be required to access the register at intervals of fewer than 15 days.
3. Consultation of the register shall not allow transferring the personal data contained therein. Automated systems must be in place to enable the registrar to receive the operator´s electronic list, match it with the data contained in the register, update it as necessary, and return it to the operator in an ad-hoc section of the website; alternatively, the updated list may be emailed to the operator without the latter in any way being in a position to extract the data contained in the register. The registrar shall enable the individual operators´ queries within 24 hours.
4. The registrar shall determine the electronic format for transmitting the lists lawfully held by operators with a view to matching them with the public register and updating them as appropriate; to that end, account shall also be taken of technological developments.
5. Logs of access, updating, and operator disconnection events shall be kept by the registrar for twenty-four months as from their generation in respect of each operation performed by the operators in accessing the system and updating the lists based on the data contained in the public register; completeness, integrity, inalterability and verifiability standards shall be complied with in this regard. The said logs shall be protected by the registrar against unauthorized access so as to allow them to be only inspected either by the Italian data protection authority for personal data protection purposes or by judicial authorities.
Calling Line Identification Presentation Requirements
1. Any operator processing data in pursuance of these Regulations shall be required to ensure presentation of calling line identification whenever they call subscribers, without in any way modifying this feature.
1. Regardless of a specific request made by the data subject, the operators and/or the respective data processors or persons in charge of the processing shall accurately inform data subjects, at the time of calling them, that their personal data were taken from subscribers´ directories; they shall also provide them with the details required in order for them to record their preferences in the opt-out register. Simplified mechanisms may be implemented to provide the said information.
Information Campaign for Consumers
1. Under section 4 of legislative decree no. 206 dated 6 September 2005 and within the framework of the resources available for the relevant purposes as per the Fund referred to in section 148 of Act no. 388 dated 23 December 2000, the Ministry for Economic Development and the Prime Minister´s Office shall implement and foster, in co-operation with the National Consumers´ and Users´ Council, an information campaign targeted at subscribers, which shall have to be put in place within the initial six months of operation of the register as from the date on which the latter is actually implemented. The said campaign shall be such as to foster full awareness of consumers´ rights along with the mechanisms to object to the processing of their data for the purposes of sending advertising materials and/or direct selling and/or for the performance of market surveys or commercial communications by means of the telephone. For the aforementioned purposes, all the operators authorized to provide publicly available telephone services shall make available similar awareness-raising tools to their subscribers with regard to their right to opt-out; to that end, they may also include specific information notices in billing records/documents.
Supervision by the Italian Data Protection Authority and Penalties
1. The registrar shall ensure that the register may be accessed by the Italian data protection authority to perform checks on organization and operation of the register as well as to perform any other checks or inspections that are found to be necessary in pursuance of the Code.
2. The penalty set forth in Section 162(2-quater) of the Code shall be imposed in case of breach of the right to opt-out under the terms laid down in these Regulations.
Protection of Subscribers
1. The remedies available in Part III of the Code shall be relied upon by subscribers in case of breach of any provisions contained in these Regulations.
1. Should the 90-day period referred to in Article 4(2) hereof expire to no avail, and pending implementation of the register, any data subject whose personal data is contained in the subscriber directories mentioned in Section 129 of the Code may exercise their right to object via the operator they have entered into a contract with for the provision of telephone services; to that end, the subscriber´s objection to processing of the data for the purposes referred to in section 7(4)b. of the Code shall be recorded in an ad-hoc textual field linked to the number that is allocated to the said subscriber in the current unified database – pursuant to the resolutions no. 36/02/CONS and 180/02/CONS by the Authority for Communications Safeguards.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 above, the rules set forth in Articles 5, 7, 8 and 10 hereof shall apply as related to security measures, access to and consultation of the data, information obligations vested in operators, simplified, free-of-charge recording of subscribers´ preferences and keeping of records and access logs. The Italian data protection authority shall be allowed to access the unified database in order to perform such checks and controls as may be found necessary in pursuance of the Code. Operators shall be enabled to look up the preferences recorded by data subjects, under non-discriminatory conditions, also following an update of publicly available online subscriber directories; such update shall be performed by adding a notice to the said directories and/or to a section thereof where the subscriber´s objection shall be recorded.
This decree, bearing the State´s official seal, shall be added to the Official Collection of Regulatory Instruments of the Italian Republic. Everyone shall have to abide by it and ensure that it is abided by.
Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 7 settembre 2010, n 178 Regolamento recante istituzione e gestione del registro pubblico degli abbona


Humanity has spent centuries eking out their survival on the planet Eden. But now they are ready to expand their colony, and explore the dangerous wilds. Three strangers agree to go west and see what dangers, and excitement, this alien planet has to offer.


The Skype console, running on a Microsoft Surface Pro, just don't accept the input from the wireless adapter. The monitor shows a blank screen.
I would like to be able to join the domain a Skype Room System device directly from the SRS settings window and during SRS wizard.
It will allow to control SRS devices though the Group Policy.
An almost real meet with a far away friend or family member. The idea consists of a phone booth, a room with a 7 feet screen from the ground up, where you can see the the whole person in real size. The experience can be made as real as possible. with a holografic screen, creating deapth behind a glass(without 3d goggles) and multi vector sensors in the room creating a 3d projection in real time on the other side and a multi vector camara that is inside the screen and also at the point where you look, so you and the person that you are meeting are really looking each other in the eye. The phone booths can be produced as a large box with a door and shipped to every city or village, you can put it in shopping malls offices and so on. If you want quality time with your family friend or would like to have a personal meetup it would be the next best thing to meating for real and would save a lot of travell time. Instead of phone booth it can of course also be a conference room and in stead of 3d a different approach can also work 100 layer glass and projecting a part of the 3d image each in a layer of the glass. or using several layers of transparent oled to build the 3d image. Research sould be really done into this.
We find that remote users hear an echo of themselves in all of our conference rooms, which are fairly standard - TV with webcam on top, using the webcam microphone. The sound from the TV gets picked up by the webcam and sent back across the call, causing an echo on the far end. Other products (like GoToMeeting) are smart enough to detect this echo and not send it back across the line. I think personal Skype have this capability as well.
More. options. for. skin. tone.
The presentation stage should automatically close and revert the display back to Speaker.
Skype for business needs functionality to be able to "raise a hand" and sort participant list according to order in which hand was raised.
Skype for business needs functionality to be able to "raise a hand" and sort participant list according to order in which hand was raised. Needed for managing large meetings and manage interruptions. Would also like to be able to Mute All and selectively Unmute selected participants.
Allow members of a S4B meeting to remotely control cameras with pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) capability so that remote participants can "look around" a large room or zoom in on a person who is speaking. This was possible 10 years ago with Polycom devices and would be great now, especially for larger conference rooms. Ideally, S4B would detect that the camera was PTZ capable and automatically display up/down/left/right arrows and zoom in/out buttons.
We currently have touchscreen interactive displays (Sharp Aquous Boards) in our conference rooms but we would lose the touchscreen functionality of the room's display with the new Skype Room Systems.
Specifically, we would lose the ability to whiteboard or annotate over power point presentation using the room's touch display during Skype meetings if we deployed the new Skype Room Systems. This is huge barrier preventing us from purchasing and deploying the new SRS.
Extend Skype Broadcast into the meeting room with the same one click join. Detect the broadcast link then open a browser. Companies with limited broadcast and no budget for Kollective etc. may have plenty for streaming to rooms.
Currently, only a couple of manufacturers make 'Skype room system' docks. The app is available within the store, however doesn't function on any other devices. Allow users to use the app on other devices/docks and make it easier for Administrators to get SRS deployed.
Allow users to have a personal meeting url that doesn't change. Makes things easier for scheduling recurring meetings, etc.
When the camera attempt to follow too many faces, it ends up not following any. Ability for a user to pan when they want to look would be excellent!
Currently the steps are not even correct (they list old Microsoft Azure connect) and the script does not even download. TBH this whole process is conveluted. Why cant an appropriate room with features be added through Exchange Admin console via HTTP (not powershell). I currently will not be recommending this to any of my clients as it seems like an ophaned child, and unfinished/beta. The documentation is light on details, does not work and provides me no faith that its an enterprise product thats ready for the market adoption.
Allow a policy for the Surface Hub that can be configured to allow an option for automatically generate Skype Meeting details when book a room with a Surface Hub device.


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Q: Existe alguna alternativa a  en Chrome? Lo que quiero hacer es que apenas ingrese a mi pagina web suene una canción de fondo, pero el autoplay no funciona, según tengo entendido este fue anulado por los navegadores porque las paginas abusaban de el con el spam.

A: Aún funciona el autoplay en los navegadores, pero otra forma de iniciar la reproducción apenas termine de cargar la página es con Javascript:
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<script>
   window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',()=>{
      document.getElementById('audio').play();
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Under the LTPA, QinetiQ maintains and provides operational support to aircraft fleets and unmanned aerial vehicles to Maintenance Levels 1 and 2. Highly specialised teardown, inspection and test of decommissioned aircraft are also carried out.
MOD's Test & Evaluation Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR) are supported by QinetiQ's capability for trial installations, modifications and upgrades. Customers are able to assess the effectiveness of UORs with a minimum of delay, while maintaining a high level of support and integrity of recorded aircraft flight data.


I got Yankee Candle Mountain Lake as a present for my brother, who really enjoys this type of scents. It's currently available as a treasure for a limited time and together with Yankee Candle Nature's Paintbrush and Yankee Candle Autumn Night, which are both in stores now, I think you have a perfect Autumnal or transitional trio if you are a cologne type fragrance fan.
Official scent notes in Yankee Candle Mountain Lake are: mountain pines and cypress with notes of lily and musk.
So yeah, it's a men's shower gel fragrance. These are most often called "cologne" scents but since this so fresh and watery, I'd say it's more of a shower gel. I smell bergamot and sage as top notes, mixing with a strong water note and underlined by oak, lily and pine.
It's OK, very green and watery, with the wood base notes taking it into a very masculine territory.
If you liked Over the River from Yankee, you'll enjoy this as well. It's a nice year round scent but works great as a transition fragrance, say in November. It also works really well paired with Yankee's Sea Harbor.
The scent throw on my large jar of Yankee Candle Mountain Lake is about an 8.


Is there any problem applying tumble dry after washing MIKI HOUSE products?
Our products carry generally the labels showing how to wash and you are requested to respect the instruction.
Especially the drying in the tumble dry is strictly prohibited for a risk of shrinking.


Mel Gibson is back in the director's chair for the first time in almost 10 years with his latest feature, Hacksaw Ridge. The film tells the story of Corporal Desmond Doss, a real-life soldier during World War 2 who became the first ever "conscientious objector" to be rewarded the congressional Medal of Honour.
The film focuses on Doss (played by Andrew Garfield) and his saving of 75 soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. It recounts how he developed this attitude of not using a gun at war, as well as his treatment during training in the army.
Hacksaw Ridge, helped by phenomenal acting, beautiful camerawork, and astonishing and viscerally violent battle scenes, establishes itself as one of the greatest war movies ever made, as well as one of Gibson's finest films, 2nd only to Braveheart, and not by much. It is also a fascinating exploration of humanity, faith, and morality.
The performances in this film are fantastic. Hugo Weaving is terrific as Tom Doss Desmond Doss' father and traumatised World War 1 veteran. His heart-break at the prospect of his two sons going to war comes across instantly which makes his character instantly sympathetic, despite his drunken tendencies.
He is not the only one, and special shoutouts must go out to Sam Worthington (Captain Glover), and Luke Gracey (Smitty Ryker) who both put in terrific performances as men who strive so hard to break Doss' faith and get him to quit the army, but who ultimately become confidants of Doss' when things go south.
However, possibly the biggest surprise of the entire film must be the performance of Vince Vaughn who turns in one of the greatest performance of his entire career as Sergeant Howell. He is intense, commanding, yet occasionally humorous in his role which ALMOST makes him the star performer.
However, the accolade of star must go to the absolutely mesmerising Andrew Garfield who puts in, undoubtedly, his best ever performance as Desmond Doss. His infectious optimism makes the character instantly likeable while also making it more despairing when Doss is in peril. His chemistry with Dorothy Schutte (Teresa Palmer) is natural, which makes the relationship between the characters instantly charming and believable, while also establishing a pick-up line for the ages.
Not only that but Doss comes across as a genuine hero whose sole mission is to save lives instead of taking them, whether it is friend or foe, without firing off a single shot.
While the romance plot line is charming, Hacksaw Ridge is, after all, a war movie, and a cracker of a war film at that. Doss' training is done terrifically well and his struggle to convince those in command to take him seriously as a soldier and to allow him to serve is great as well.
Andrew Garfield may be a pacifist, but the second ya lie down for a quick disco-nap, he'll steal your boots.
However, what will stick in most people's memories for years to come is the actual violence and, good lord almighty, does the violence in this film stick with you. The build-up of tension before battle leaves the viewer in a paranoid and nervous state which means that, when the guts and gore kick-off suddenly, it hits you like a runaway freight train.
It is absolutely masterfully done from start to finish by a director who is one of the best in the business when it comes to violence. Never before has a depiction of a war left an impression on me than Hacksaw Ridge. The violence is captured like a horror movie, it is legitimately terrifying. So much so that I had to leave the screening for about 5 minutes just to catch my breath.
This is helped in no small part to the astonishing cinematography from Simon Duggan (iRobot, The Great Gatsby). The action feels grounded, dirty, gritty, and claustrophobic. The action feels despairing, hopeless, and eternal. It leaves the viewers willing for it to end for the safety of the characters, which is key for any war film. While the gore is sickening at times, at the end of the day, that is how it had to be considering the fact that the Battle of Okinawa is considered to be one of the bloodiest battles of World War 2.
Unfortunately, as with any film, Hacksaw Ridge is not flawless. In particular, the crescendo of hopeful music during the closing scenes left an impression of slight bias on this writer and felt out of tone with the grim and horrific realities of war which this film establishes. As well as that, there is a lack of satisfying pay-off for the arc of Desmond's brother.
Ultimately, Hacksaw Ridge is an incredible piece of filmmaking and a fantastic return for Mel Gibson. Terrifically acted by all involved, with violence which sticks with you for days after viewing, it is possibly the finest war film since Saving Private Ryan, despite the slight weaknesses which I have outlined. There is so much more which I can say about it, but I would rather you to go watch it yourself. All that's left to say is welcome back Mel Gibson.


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Bergdahl Returns To US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after he gained his freedom in a Taliban prisoner exchange, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back on American soil.
Hillary Defends Prisoner Swap
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she won't second guess the Obama administration's decision to swap five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay for a U.S. soldier held by the Taliban, but she notes that America's allies often make such deals.
Was this the right move?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faces mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won freedom for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after five years in Taliban hands.
Former POW and Alabama Senator Jeremiah Denton Dead at 89
Former Alabama Sen. Jeremiah Denton, who survived 7½ years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and alerted the U.S. military to conditions there when he blinked the word "torture" in Morse code during a television interview, has died. He was 89.


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namespace FinancialPlanner.Data.Entity
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;

    public partial class Credit
    {
        public int PkCredit { get; set; }
        public string UserName { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public Nullable<decimal> Amount { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> FkPeriod { get; set; }
        public Nullable<System.DateTime> BeginDate { get; set; }
        public Nullable<System.DateTime> EndDate { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> WeeklyDOW { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> EverOtherWeekDOW { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> BiMonthlyDay1 { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> BiMonthlyDay2 { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> MonthlyDOM { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly1Month { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly1Day { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly2Month { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly2Day { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly3Month { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly3Day { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly4Month { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> Quarterly4Day { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> SemiAnnual1Month { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> SemiAnnual1Day { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> SemiAnnual2Month { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> SemiAnnual2Day { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> AnnualMOY { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> AnnualDOM { get; set; }
        public bool DateRangeReq { get; set; }

        public virtual Period Period { get; set; }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

import pytest

from ...language import Language
from ...vocab import Vocab

def test_issue1654():
    nlp = Language(Vocab())
    assert not nlp.pipeline
    nlp.add_pipe(lambda doc: doc, name='1')
    nlp.add_pipe(lambda doc: doc, name='2', after='1')
    nlp.add_pipe(lambda doc: doc, name='3', after='2')
    assert nlp.pipe_names == ['1', '2', '3']

    nlp2 = Language(Vocab())
    assert not nlp2.pipeline
    nlp2.add_pipe(lambda doc: doc, name='3')
    nlp2.add_pipe(lambda doc: doc, name='2', before='3')
    nlp2.add_pipe(lambda doc: doc, name='1', before='2')
    assert nlp2.pipe_names == ['1', '2', '3']


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Q: Office add-in for word, excel and outlook i've created an word 2010 Add-in with the VS 2012 word Add-in template and ribbon designer component.
It is possible to use this plugin in other office products, like Excel or Outlook if I add the other interop dlls?
How can I differ which office product (word, excel or outlook) actually is used to run differnt code segments in the add-in?
Or must I create for each an own plugin with own ribbon!?
Please give me some hints.
Regards

A: If you link statically to the Office Interop assemblies, then you will need to build a different version for each Office version you plan to support. A much better alternative I would recommend you investigate is to use NetOffice, which provides the Office API in a version-independent form:
http://netoffice.codeplex.com/


A Rufus Teague Multi-Pack all three Rubs for one special price. Rufus pulled this recipe out of thin air. Folks have really taken a shine to it. Not a lot of heat but a bit more spicy, it just makes stuff real good. Go ahead, rub it on anything. Its good on all of it - beef, pork, chicken, espically fish. Even use it as an ingredient or on non-grillin' stuff. Makes everything good.


H10 Casa Mimosa features 2 outdoor swimming pools and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a swim-up bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This luxury hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden.
Located in Eixample, this luxury hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Casa Mila, Passeig de Gracia, and Rambla de Catalunya. Casa Batllo and Tivoli Theatre are also within 15 minutes. Diagonal Station is only a 3-minute walk and Provenca Station is 8 minutes.
Along with 2 outdoor pools, this hotel has a restaurant and a fitness center. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a swim-up bar, and a rooftop terrace are onsite.
All 48 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Comforts include premium bedding and down comforters, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like espresso makers and bathrobes.
H10 Casa Mimosa offers 48 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, slippers, and designer toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include espresso makers and complimentary bottled water. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Onsite venue #2 - restaurant. Open select days.


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Fruits Basket The Final Season Episode 3
By DoubleSama | April 20, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment
Time Skip and New Character Designs?
Let's start off this review of Fruits Basket The Final Season Episode 3 by taking a look at the OP. I don't remember where I saw this, but someone pointed out that Momiji Souma has a brand new character design in the OP for this season.
Now, we've already seen Momiji in The Final Season. Wasn't he just in the previous episode? And there, he looked the same as he always has. But in the OP, it looks like Momiji has finally hit puberty. So, does that mean we're going to get a time skip?
At the very least, I think it must mean that we won't see Momiji again until the following school year — this one just ended. However, that doesn't seem like enough time for Momiji to grow as much as he appears to have in the OP.
Kimi Toudou
Momiji's new design is really messing with my expectations for this series. It would be really strange for it to have a time skip of a year or more right now. And I doubt this series is going to extend beyond Tooru, Yuki, and Kyou's graduation. But at the same time, it looks like Momiji is 3 years older.
Also, Momiji isn't the only character with an upcoming change in design. If you paid attention to the ED (which apparently I did more than the OP), you'll have noticed that Isuzu Souma is shown with short hair.
At the end of this week's episode, it was implied that Akito caught Isuzu sneaking around the Souma estate, had her confined, and cut her hair off. The last time we saw Isuzu, she was with Ren. So I guess whatever those two were planning didn't go well.
I Hope It Snows Soon
Previously, Kagura Souma was probably the best girl of the series in my eyes. And to her credit, she's still definitely up near the top of my rankings. But over the course of the 2nd Season and the few episodes we've had so far in this season, Isuzu may have surpassed Kagura.
Character design definitely plays a role in how I view characters, though. So once we actually get to see Isuzu's short-haired design within the series, we'll see if I still like her as much. Generally, I prefer longer-haired female characters.
But, there's actually a third character vying for the top spot. I'd call her the dark horse of the competition, but that's literally Isuzu. Of course, I'm talking about Machi Kuragi. I think this episode did a lot for her character, both in terms of development and just making her seem cuter.
Machi looking at Yuki
Machi has a very simple character design. But I don't dislike it. I especially liked the outfit she was wearing within her apartment. She's wearing dark, dull colors. And while you might at first think this is because she can't be bothered to wear something "nicer," it's actually quite fashionable.
As for her character, there was a decent amount of development added for Machi as well. Yes, we got scenes of her being embarrassed, which was cute. But more importantly, we got an explanation for why she acts in the seemingly erratic way she does.
It's not that Machi is a delinquent in any way, or even crazy. Her adverse reactions to thinks she perceives as perfect or flawless are symptoms of her past trauma. And I loved the scene toward the end of the episode of Yuki snapping the chalk that was placed in front of Machi. It shows her that someone understands.
Graduation Confessions
Since this episode takes place during graduation season, there were a couple of love confessions that people made. But, what's different about these confessions compared to regular ones is that since they all involved someone who was graduating, the confessors had no expectations of a "yes."
Why does this matter? Well, it was a good way to tie together a few different characters' arcs. And it did so without the trope of someone confessing and having the other person apologize because they actually like someone else.
In a lot of other romance anime, there would be a focus on these failed confessions. But Fruits Basket doesn't really care about those. Of course, there are failed confessions, such as Arisa confessing to Kureno. However, there are some strange circumstances surrounding why Kureno rejected her, and I feel like they'll still end up together.
Motoko confessing to Yuki
Other than that one, I don't believe we've seen any other failed confessions. We know they happen because girls confess to Yuki (and probably Kyou) all the time — as do boys to Kimi. But failed love doesn't really seem to be what this series is all about.
Back to the confessions within this episode, though, neither were really confessions. First, we had Motoko Minagawa "confessing" to Yuki by telling him that he made her high school life enjoyable and that she hopes he has an enjoyable future — Motoko is the one graduating.
After that, we had Naohito Sakuragi do the exact same "confession" to Motoko. And, while normally you'd expect someone like Motoko to reject Naohito because she already loves Yuki, she doesn't. She wishes for him to have a good future as well because she understands exactly what he's doing, the same thing she did with Yuki.
What do you think of Fruits Basket The Final Season Episode 3? Do you think there's going to be a time skip now that the school year is over? Has your favorite character changed over the course of the series? And what did you think of the "confessions?" Let me know in the comments.
My review of Episode 4 is available.
To Your Eternity Episode 2


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"It's time for NPR to get off the government payroll," Hamilton Nolan writes. As long as NPR takes a single dollar from the U.S. government," he writes, "it will be forced to appease and cater to Congressional Republicans, who know that NPR is a convenient target in the culture war."
First let's step back and dig into NPR's public financing. The truth is that NPR is hardly on the government payroll in the first place. It receives only 2% of direct funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting within the federal government. The lion's share of NPR's revenue comes from distribution services, sponsorships and station programming fees, as the graph below shows.. As long as NPR takes a single dollar from the U.S. government," he writes, "it will be forced to appease and cater to Congressional Republicans, who know that NPR is a convenient target in the culture war."
But that's where it gets complicated. Public radio stations that pay NPR for content receive about 10% of their funding -- about $90 million -- from CBP. Public radio stations also receive about 6% of their support from state and local governments. Universities and foundations, which often receive government support, account for another 20-25% of their revenue. The upshot is that public radio stations that play NPR programming receive one of every six dollars from direct government support, and even more from indirect government spending.
Is this a great national disaster? Smarter people than I have said yes. I say it isn't.
Smart in-depth reporting of public policy issues has almost never been self-financing. In the halcyon days of fat newspapers, Afghanistan scoops were cross-subsidized by the auto and classifieds section. Now that readers can go to Carfax for auto news and Craigslist for apartments, newspapers are losing that cross-subsidies model and the challenge of paying for a fleet of serious reporters is becoming more naked.
Gawker's Nick Denton explained to The Atlantic's Jim Fallows that he struggles to come up with market-oriented solutions for "the worthy topics" in journalism. "Nobody wants to eat the boring vegetables," he said. "Nor does anyone want to pay [via advertising] to encourage people to eat their vegetables." Paying for serious, reported journalism, he continued, might require local volunteer efforts and donations by philanthropists.
In other words, we have a market inefficiency. Even the most prurient minds in the biz acknowledge that the advertorial DEMAND for serious journalism is insufficient to cover the necessary SUPPLY of serious journalism. Somebody has to close the gap: Like philanthropists, non-profits, and government. All of three of those benefactors could theoretically compromise news-gathering. I see no evidence that one is so much worse than the other, or that NPR is failing the public because of the existence of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
If anything, publicly supported media like the BBC, PBS and NPR are more trusted than "independent" news like Fox or MSNBC. If we supposedly think publicly supported news is so discredited by its relationship to government, what does it mean that we consider privately supported news even worse?


Due to a lack of accurate survey elevations for many peaks and saddles in the region, the lower reaches of this list are made up of several summits with overlapping prominence ranges. The value listed here is the clean prominence, so the list cuts off at 1620 feet of clean prom, just below Bluff Mountain. But the unranked peaks below could very well be on the "Fifty Finest" list--for example, Bald Knob could have as much as 1640 feet of prominence, more that Bluff's clean value. To claim a list completion, a climber should probably do the unranked peaks to increase the chance that the actual top 50 were climbed.
Finally, this list shows Rocky Mountain, VA with 2272 feet of prominence, but there are several nearby peaks (Pleasant, Maintop, Bald) with 4040-to-4079 foot contours that could perhaps "steal" the prominence from Rocky. So it is probalby wise to visit those contenders, too.
Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 2000 by Edward Earl, Andy Martin, and Ron Tagliapietra.
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Q: How to display MeshRegion without vertices I'm writing a library for handling very large and complicated (boundary) mesh regions on the order of ~150,000 vertices, ~450,000 edges, and ~300,000 triangles. The regions themselves are the cortical surfaces of brains (derived from MRI experiments), and the convention for such surfaces is to plot only the colored triangles with no edges or vertices.
I've noticed that, while it's pretty straightforward to plot the region as a Graphics3D form in which each triangle is rendered as something like Polygon[vertexCoordinates, VertexColors -> colorData], these rather large graphics3d objects don't rotate or render at all quickly. In fact, they're painfully slow when compared to similar routines in other languages, including Matlab.
My suspicion was that a MeshRegion or BoundaryMeshRegion would include some under-the-hood optimization and render/rotate more quickly. In some tests, this seems to be true; in fact, the MeshRegion graphics render and rotate almost instantaneously by comparison with the Graphics3D objects.
My question is this: can I display the MeshRegions without displaying the vertices and lines? I can edit the color of the triangles easily enough via the MeshCellStyle option, but I can't find any way to entirely eliminate the points and lines. Even MeshCellStyle -> {{0,All} -> Opacity[0], {1,All} -> Opacity[0]} does not entirely clear them from the display, and they continue to obscure the visualization of the triangles. Weirdly, however, this seems to work for smaller/simpler meshes.
For example; the following produces two (very slightly) different-looking meshes:
GraphicsRow[
  Map[
    MeshRegion[
      {{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}},
      Polygon[{{1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {1, 3, 4}, {2, 3, 4}}],
      MeshCellStyle -> Append[#, {2, All} -> Gray],
      Lighting -> "Neutral"] &,
    {{}, {{0, All} -> Opacity[0], {1, All} -> Opacity[0]}}],
  ImageSize -> 10*72]

However, this code produces a mesh that still contain a lot of blue...
MeshRegion[
  pialMeshLH,
  MeshCellStyle -> {
    {0, All} -> Opacity[0],
    {1, All} -> Opacity[0],
    {2, All} -> Gray}]

Even more confusingly, the following code renderes something incomprehensibly gray and blue:
MeshRegion[
  pialMeshLH,
  MeshCellStyle -> {
    {0, All} -> Gray,
    {1, All} -> Gray,
    {2, All} -> Gray}]

Ignoring scale/zoom, here's approximately how I would like this rendering to look (this rendered via Graphics3D):

The brain shown here is not a real person's brain, but is the pial surface of the left hemisphere of the fsaverage brain in the (open source) FreeSurfer software suite.  I've created an approximately 9MB binary file that contains just the vertex and face data for this mesh and uploaded it to filedropper (you can download it here: http://www.filedropper.com/fsmesh); the following function will read it into Mathematica, given the filename:
ReadFSMesh[filename_String] := Block[
  {$ByteOrdering = 1},
  With[
    {dat = Import[filename, "Real64"]},
    With[
      {n = Round@dat[[1]], m = Round@dat[[2]]},
      MeshRegion[
        Partition[dat[[3 ;; (3*n + 2)]], 3],
        Polygon[Round@Partition[dat[[(3*n + 3) ;; All]], 3]]]]]];

Ideally, I'd like to know if it's possible to either (A) speed up the rendering and rotation of complex Graphics3D objects or (B) remove the edges and vertices displayed in the MeshRegion so as to speed up their display.
Thanks in advance.

A: I suppose MeshRegion and Graphics3D have similar methods of the visualization. However, Graphics3D is more convenient and GraphicsComplex can increase the performance:
mesh = ReadFSMesh@"fsmesh.bin";
brain = GraphicsComplex[MeshCoordinates@#, MeshCells[#, 2]] &@mesh;

Graphics3D[{EdgeForm[], Gray, brain}, Lighting -> "Neutral", Boxed -> False]

Also you can increase the quality with VertexNormals. Since you don't know them you can restore them like in my answer here. I assume your surface consists of triangles only with a proper (clockwise or counterclockwise) order of vertices. Vertex normals are calculated as an average normal of neighborhood triangles.
normals[p_List, cells_] := Module[{t0, t1, t2, P, ux, uy, uz, vx, vy, vz},
  {t0, t1, t2} = Transpose@cells[[All, 1]];
  P = SparseArray[Join @@ (Transpose@{#, Range@Length@#} & /@ {t0, t1, t2}) ->
     ConstantArray[1, 3 Length@t0]];
  {ux, uy, uz} = Transpose[p[[t1]] - p[[t0]]];
  {vx, vy, vz} = Transpose[p[[t2]] - p[[t0]]];
  P.Transpose@{uy vz - uz vy, uz vx - ux vz, ux vy - uy vx}]

brain2 = GraphicsComplex[MeshCoordinates@#, MeshCells[#, 2],
     VertexNormals -> normals[MeshCoordinates@#, MeshCells[#, 2]]] &@mesh;

Graphics3D[{EdgeForm[], Gray, brain2}, Lighting -> "Neutral", Boxed -> False]


As a leader, you should also assess your organization. You can do this in quiet reflection, a great reason to take a strategic pause. You can gain further insight by asking key colleagues and customers for feedback. You can engage your team in the dialogue.
Who are we today, as a team and company?
What do we bring? What are our signature strengths and talents?
Are we putting our strengths to use and doing the kind of work we love?
Are we adding value in ways that mean the most to us, the company, our customers, clients and industry?
Where are we heading? Are we positioned to create the best possible outcomes now and in the year(s) ahead?
Are we truly thriving—or just getting by?
What do I (we) value most deeply, and what are my (our) greatest motivations?
Making a meaningful contribution to company, customers, patients, colleagues, industry, family, friends, community, environment, world, etc.
Take time to assess your reputation with customers and clients. How are you perceived? Are the relationships as strong as they need to be? Are there concerns or problems to be addressed? How can you leverage, change, or improve your reputation?
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Track symbols are the optical link between blocks, switches, signals and other objects on the track plan and serve as an orientation to the user. They themselves, however, do not represent block-to-block connections, these connections are established by routes. Using the Analyzer it is possible to convert the optical connection represented by the track symbols to effective routes usable by Rocrail.
The symbols do not represent a certain length of track - a single track symbol can stand for a few centimetres distance, or even for many meters. This allows to create schematic, compact track plans. Track symbols should always be used sparingly, since each object takes processing power.
More information on using track symbols can be found in chapter Track Layout and in the Step-by-Step guide chapter 6.1.


This is the way that in our Golden Pages has been entered Tm Technologies Ltd with address Varna, Gen. Stolipin 52	and phone 052 655675. The main activity of the company is Tm Technologies Ltd is "Computer and Information Systems". If you write by mistake the name of the company in latin characters, you will see	TM TECHNOLOGIES LTD or TM TECHNOLOGIES LTD. If you use phonetic or BDS layouts, you are probably searching for Tm Technologies Ltd if you have entered TM TECHNOLOGIES LTD	or TM TECHNOLOGIES LTD.