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U.S. Troops in Iraq Remain at Risk, Retain Right of Self-Defense, Press Secretary Says
Jan. 4, 2022 | By Jim Garamone , DOD News |
Even though the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has changed, the troops are still in a hazardous environment and retain the ability to defend themselves, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby told reporters today.
The mission of U.S. forces shifted from combat to advise and assist two weeks ago, per an agreement between the United States and Iraq. Yet troops advising and assisting Iraqi forces are at risk.
Forces launched strikes against rocket-launching sites near Green Village in Syria and shot down two armed drones targeting forces in Al Asad Air Base. There were no casualties among friendly forces.
The strikes against the rocket-launching sites were not airstrikes, Kirby said. Forces hit the sites to ensure rockets were not launched against coalition forces.
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Qasim al-Araji, National Security Advisor of Iraq, and Iraqi Staff Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir al-Shammari, deputy commander, Joint Operations Command for Iraq, inspect body armor during a visit to Al-Asad Air Base last month. The Iraqi officials visited the base to get a firsthand look at how the new advise and assist relationship between U.S. and Iraqi forces is working.
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But that begs the greater question of if U.S. personnel are at risk in the mission. "They clearly are at risk in the region," Kirby said. "I mean, one of the reasons why these sites were hit was [that] we had reason to believe that they were going to be used as launch sites for attacks on Green Village. So clearly, our men and women remain in harm's way. And we have to take that threat very seriously. We always have the right of self-defense."
Kirby would not say who manned these rocket-launching sites. "That said, we continue to see threats against our forces in Iraq and Syria by militia groups that are backed by Iran," he said. "But again, I don't have specific attribution on who was responsible for these specific sites."
Iran is a major player in Iraq and U.S. officials have been consistently concerned about the threats to U.S. forces in the region. "That is not a new concern," Kirby said. "And I think we've seen in just the last few days, that there have been acts perpetrated by some of these groups that validate the consistent concern that we've had over the safety and security of our people."
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On Russia, Kirby said should NATO allies ask for more U.S. capabilities in Europe, "we would be positively disposed to consider those requests." Still, he noted, the United States has a "very large and robust footprint" in Europe that complements the sizable capabilities that European allies possess. "There already exists a lot of capabilities [in Europe]," he said. "And some of those capabilities could be moved around — if that was, in fact, the request and was decided that would be the most prudent thing to do."
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There are many options that President Joe Biden has if Russia decides to launch another incursion into Ukraine, Kirby said, but nothing has been asked for yet.
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Hi.I've found the typo error in this book, on page 188.There must be count equals to 2 because of 3 element in the fromArray stream.So it should be 3 instead of 2 on the comment.
Confirmed and added to the errata crediting you. Thanks for noticing and pointing it out!
In chapter 4, Using Terminal Operations for the min() and max() operations, the method signatures are missing the Comparator interface.
Welcome to CodeRanch! Thanks for letting us know about that error. I've added it to the errata list and credited you. Good catch!
In the middle of the page it says "It could be added to both, buth then ...". I think this is not true because inner classes cannot have static declarations.
I take it back. It's not inside another class - where I accidentially put it in my thought. Therefore, it is correct.
Page 6 - You are correct that it is correct. We have a lot of places where there are multiple classes in the same example. It's easier to make them non-public so we can refer to one set of line numbers. That way we are't saying things like "on line 4 in class Y" in descriptions.
Page 17 - You are correct. I've logged this.
There're 2 missing '0' on parameters column, 2 missing 'void', 2 missing 'boolean' on return type column, 2 missing 'accept' and 2 missing 'test' on 'single abstract method' column on table 4.9, on page 211.And as well, the same kind of typo error on page 212 on table 4.10(continued), with columns both return type and single abstract method and on page 212, 213 on table 4.10, with columns both return type and #parameter.But there is another typo error related to table number on page 212.It should be table 4.9(continued) instead of table 4.10(continued).
Javid Azimli wrote: There're 2 missing '0' on parameters column, 2 missing 'void', 2 missing 'boolean' on return type column, 2 missing 'accept' and 2 missing 'test' on 'single abstract method' column on table 4.9, on page 211. And as well, the same kind of typo error on page 212 on table 4.10(continued), with columns both return type and single abstract method and on page 212, 213 on table 4.10, with columns both return type and #parameter.
They aren't missing. That's a design/layout decision. The idea is not to repeat information within a cell when it is identical. And the parens aren't there because they are showing the type of the parameter. When there are zero parameters, there aren't types to explain.
Javid Azimli wrote: But there is another typo error related to table number on page 212.It should be table 4.9(continued) instead of table 4.10(continued).
Now that is in fact a layout/rendering error!
There's an error on page 49 that says "Finally, the method calculateSpeed() is a static member and, like MAX_SPEED, it is available without an instance of interface.".I think this is not true about interface, there couldn't be an instance of interface, because we can't create an instance for interface.Perhaps you know this, but this such an error violates java rules.
"an instance of a class that implements the interface". The later is more precise, but implied from the former.
Javid Azimli wrote: I think this is not true about interface, there couldn't be an instance of interface, because we can't create an instance for interface.Perhaps you know this, but this such an error violates java rules.
Yes, we are well aware that you can't instantiate an interface directly without creating an instance of a class that implements an interfaces. It's common, though, to pass objects using interface references (like passing an ArrayList as a List reference). When talking about such objects, it is easier to refer to them as instances of the interface, as this is more concise and has the same meaning as the longer form.
In other words, this is a minor language issue. If you hear someone say an "instance of an interface" they are using shorthand for "an instance of a class that implements the interface." I prefer the short form, but others may feel more comfortable saying the whole thing every time.
No, It's definitely mistake by saying instance of interface.You could say "reference to an interface".So, you said "Yes, we are well aware that you can't instantiate an interface directly without creating an instance of a class that implements an interfaces.", and from your saying we can guess that we could get an instance of interface via directly creating the class that implements this interface.You can't create an instance of interface neither directly nor indirectly.I don't agree with you about this issue, and I don't believe that vast majority of java professional programmers would say that this's correct one on the book.It's my opinion.I just reported that as an error.If you insist that you're correct, then give me evidence(java related web site link) about this issue.
Both Scott and I have said that means "you can instantiate a class that implements an interface". Not everything in English is so precise. The question is whether it is clear. Scott and I (and our tech editors) believe it is implied that "instance of interface" implies "a class that implements an interface". You don't. So we have a difference of opinion. You understand how interfaces/classes work which is what's important on that page. Oh, and good luck on the test!
Hi guys, on chapter 3, page 143, it says "There is also a class called Comparator," it should say interface!
Please check here and here for errata; I think you have found a new erratum.
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Tiny stand or bungee device to run on stage?
Topic: Tiny stand or bungee device to run on stage?
I rarely tape onstage but a Charlie Hunter run is coming. My manfrotto is just a little big, wondering (seen them not sure what they're called) about one of those bungee wraparound things for cellphones and standalone recorders? Or a cheap tiny stand?
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Which Manfrotto do you have that's too big? Is it the 5001B Nano?
So old I can't read the numbers,, I've had this stand since 2000 or so. 2 feet is about lowest it'll go.
I'm always up front. I use a pair of stands and extensions that I've cobbled together. One of the stands is a vocal-type mic stand that I cut in half. The other is a short kickdrum stand. Both are folding tripod stands. I have them adapted for 3/8-16 thread, which is the smaller thread set for mics. The extensions are 3/8-16 all-thread rod from the hardware store, with female thread rod connetors to provide a female thread for attaching the extensions. The extensions range from 6" to 3'. The 3/8-16 extensions are a fairly small diameter, and help keeps things low profile.
THe stand that I cut in half is a 2'->4' stand w/o any extensions, and can go to 7' with a single extension. The kickdrum stand is short, and only extends from base height of maybe 6" to 1'. With the extensions, can go to 4' or 5' and be stable.
Thanks Cooker this should do it.
There are a bunch of options in this thread.
I am still using the 003 base with the 122b. Pretty compact, but you can get a bit of height if needed. The base also works with just a stud. There is a more compact base available, as well as shorter extension poles.


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CAN ONE WRONG CLICK DESTROY YOUR CAREER? — AM I NEXT?
CAN ONE WRONG CLICK DESTROY YOUR CAREER?
There should be little or no doubt that we are living in dangerous times when a slip of the tongue or innocuous actions can have enormously disproportional consequences on one's career. Especially today when social media can provide an outsized megaphone to all manner of crazies – and character assassination by association has been weaponized.
The mid-16th-century proverb "Birds of a feather, flock together," is often the unwarranted short-hand for assuming the guilt of an individual because of their association with another undesirable individual. Often destroying their credibility and reputation without a shred of actual evidence.
In today's post, I will demonstrate how easy it is to become negatively associated with an undesirable individual.
Here is an innocuous request from an individual asking me to join their network. And with a push of a button, forever linking me with this individual on social media. Imagine if I was tired or distracted and pushed the button. Or simply desirous of increasing my contact list. In the blink of an eye, I might have provided my detractors with a reason for not hiring me, not promoting me, no giving me that critical loan, or even worse, getting me terminated in the next cycle of layoffs. All over an innocent act, and one that means nothing.
So what is so special about this individual who has requested I join his network? It appears that the individual in question has a storied past – and not one that appears to be mainstream or without controversy. Claiming to be a realist, not a racist, this former long-time school psychologist for troubled children was the subject of a Southern Poverty Law Center complaint.
Are you willing to gamble your future on the Laws of Chance and Unintended Consequences? Google that name before pushing that button.


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Cycling and Leisure Breaks in Rural Spain
Cycling Holidays and Breaks in Spain
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The Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season.
Chris Froome made history in Madrid when he became the first rider to win the Vuelta a España and Tour de France in the same year since Bernard Hinault in 1978.
He also became the first Briton to win the event, the first Briton to win a major Tour other than the Tour de France, and the first cyclist to take the double since the Vuelta was moved to late season in 1995.
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Veritas Consulting is a pure health and safety and CDM Coordinator consultancy. We operate in all sectors of the United Kingdom. A corner stone of our business is the provision of CDM Coordinator and other Health and Safety related services.
It is our intention to provide a no fuss CDM Coordinator Services that compliments the requirements of the team and the project, with a CDM C service that looks beyond the CDM Coordination; drawing on our experience of similar projects.
Upon appointment Veritas Consulting would organize a series CDM reviews and implementation workshops to identify and agree the CDM requirements and deliverables for the project.
This includes reviewing present safety legislation and offers an interpretation and perspective sufficient for each designer to understand their duties and obligations; this being particularly appropriate for items such as façade access, plant replacement strategies, cleaning and maintenance regimes.
The process culminates with reviews of the proposed works, considering the physical constraints of the buildings involved identifying key safety issues and the risks associated.
As an option this can then be incorporated into a CDM risk register as a precursor to establishing whether the hazards could be eliminated by design; or then if this is not reasonably practicable looking at methods of combating the risks at source.
Following these workshops, as the design progresses we hold regular design review meetings to ensure that the designers are giving regard to avoiding risks to health and safety, combating sources of risk and giving priority to measures which protect persons at work during construction and cleaning and maintenance activities.
Via this mechanism we assist the team to deal with issues to help bring the project in line with the requirements of prevailing legislation and end user expectation.
Client and project manager briefings would also be held to agree reporting requirements, attendance at meetings and the execution of the commission.
We also like to discuss any FM requirements for the completed works and any integration with standing requirements for health and safety files or operating and maintenance manuals or other maintenance regimes the client may have so that we might start to progress them sufficiently to define the clients requirements and ensure as we move to a tender process that we have identified the necessary requirements to deliver the right solution.
In the same way that consideration is given to design, thought must also be given to 'buildability' issues.
Common to our obligation to ensure that a health and safety file is produced is our philosophy to ensure it is available at the time of practical completion, this we see as a function of our responsibilities during the entire project making sure that the file is not a 'last thought' and barely fit for purpose. The document needs to be thought about at the start of the project and the progress reported against at all stages with the document presented in whatever format the end user requires.
Some of this is reflected in our overall methodology but of particular note from our perspective would be a design solution that deals with issues such as the physical condition of the building, occupancy levels, escape routes and compartmentalization etc; consideration of clear and defined cleaning and maintenance strategies so the client can easily implement them in accordance with current Workplace H&S legislation.
Designers are required under the CDM Regulations to eliminate or reduce the risk involved in construction, cleaning and maintenance.
(a) How the design can be built and erected safely.
(b) Where work at height cannot be avoided, design in edge protection or other features that expedite safe access and erection and/or anchorage points, etc. for nets or harnesses; and early installation of permanent access.
(c) Designing to minimize health risks with materials.
(d) Designing to simplify future maintenance and cleaning work.
During construction ongoing issues such as the use of dense blocks, heavy lintels and materials, working from height is either eradicated or kept to a minimum, avoiding where possible hand vibration syndrome operations, avoiding the use of scaffolding (an acknowledged poor performer for health and safety).
Consideration also needs to be targeted to workplace separation of pedestrian and vehicles transport, protection against noise, dust and vibration through the buildings.
Appropriate health and safety systems falls into a number of areas, these being those implemented during the design stage, those to deliver safer 'buildability' and those that the client and end user of the project inherit.
End users of a construction project need to be able to use the building and ensure that they can implement a safe system of work for their employees that comply with prevailing workplace legislation. These can be covered in the designer's contract, but the CDM coordinator needs to be particularly careful to ensure that the design has properly addressed the hazards and any designer's risk assessments for cleaning and maintenance are identified in the health and safety file.
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New strategic communications master's degree offered by World Campus
A new 30-credit master of professional studies in strategic communications degree being offered online through Penn State World Campus includes courses in strategic communications theory and implementation, digital media analytics, multimedia content development and delivery, ethics and decision-making and social media communications.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Communications professionals seeking to advance in their fields can now earn a master's degree in strategic communications online from Penn State.
Applications are being accepted for a new 30-credit master of professional studies in strategic communications degree being offered exclusively online by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications through Penn State World Campus. Courses will begin in fall 2018.
The degree teaches students to manage "the whole communications system for any brand, corporation, government agency, media outlet or educational or nonprofit organization," said Frank Dardis, lead faculty member for the program.
Dardis said specialized knowledge in messaging and managing communications is more important than ever because of the rapidly expanding array of communication channels.
"People have many more avenues of information in the world at their disposal," he said. "It's much harder to harness and manage that and to know how to communicate which ways to which people."
Strategic communications jobs are expected to grow at a faster than average rate of 13 percent over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Professionals with a master's degree earn salaries as much as 50 percent higher than their colleagues, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
The master's program includes courses in strategic communications theory and implementation, digital media analytics, multimedia content development and delivery, ethics and decision-making and social media communications.
"Our program prepares students to understand the modern information environment and to excel in managerial and upper-level roles within the ever-evolving strategic communications industry," Dardis said.
The College of Communications also offers a bachelor's degree in strategic communications online through World Campus.
Visit the Penn State World Campus website for more information about the new master's degree.
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Dr. Froum is the editorial director of Perio-Implant Advisory e-newsletter, as well as a contributing author for DentistryIQ and Dental Economics. He also serves on the board of editorial consultants for the Academy of Osseointegration's Academy News.
Recently, a combined effort by the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) resulted in the Proceedings of the World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions. These changes for the new classification of periodontal and peri-implant diseases included labeling tooth and dental implant disease as well as staging (I–IV), distribution (generalized versus localized), rate of progression, and anticipated response to treatment.1 Although the new classification was comprehensive in discussion as far as the justification for labeling types of disease, very little was said regarding the treatment for disease. In addition, what was mentioned about anticipated response to treatment for disease was based on classical periodontal treatment methods.
Recently, a committee representing both the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) met with the charge of updating the 1999 classification of periodontal disease and conditions.1 The Proceedings of the World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions consists of 19 review papers and four consensus reports.
This article will provide a simple summary of the new classification of periodontal disease and peri-implant disease, as well as discuss staging and progression of periodontitis. This information can be used to explain treatment needs to both patients and insurance companies. For more detailed information regarding changes to disease classification, it is recommended that the full proceedings of the World Workshop of the AAP and EFP be consulted.
Not a day goes by without a radio, television, internet, or newspaper ad promoting dental implants to the public at significantly discounted prices. These ads often offer the implant, abutment, and crown for a price that is slightly more than the cost associated with the lab fee and materials, along with a treatment expiration date.
Much to the chagrin of practicing dentists in proximity to these discount offices, dental implants are being used as a loss leader—a service offered below market price to entice new patients into a practice with the goal of later selling more profitable services.1 Various dental groups on social media have tried to tackle the topic of discounted dental implants—usually with contentious debate. Phrases such as "commoditization of dental implants" and "race to the bottom" are used to describe practitioners and offices that advertise discounted implants.
Some dentists have condemned discount dental implant centers as providing cheap, low-budget dentistry. Many of these dentists have kept a business-as-usual approach and kept their normal treatment costs. On the other hand, some dentists have reduced their dental implant price to compete with discount dental implant offices and not "lose out" on potential patients.
Before you decide on what approach you will take, let's look at the history behind the growth of dental implants while keeping a few scientific and economic principles in perspective.
Dental implants have become one of the most popular and rapidly growing techniques for replacing missing teeth. While their predictability, functionality, and durability make them an attractive option for patients and clinicians alike, complications can arise at any stage from patient assessment to maintenance therapy. Dental Implant Complications: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment, Second Edition, updates and expands the hallmark first edition, which was the first comprehensive reference designed to provide clinicians of all skill levels with practical instruction grounded in evidence-based research. Featuring cases from a variety of dental specialties, the book covers the most commonly occurring implant complications as well as the unique.
The long-term success rate of dental implants has been well-documented in the literature1 and is a technology that has been a boon to the financial element of dentistry. Similarly, retention of teeth with moderate to advanced bone loss via various periodontal treatment methods has enjoyed similar to higher long-term success rates….


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Judgment and Mercy
by John R. de Witt
Generation to Generation
When I began to consider what I should say in these pages, I found myself pulled in two directions. My first impulse was to lament the spiritual decay that people of my generation have observed at close range and to urge the next generation to carry on the struggle against it with unremitting faithfulness and courage. Upon reflection, however, it seemed right to me that we should also thank God for the amazing works of grace that are being accomplished at the present time, even under a clouded sky and in adverse circumstances. Perhaps I can manage the feat of moving in both directions at the same time.
Almost fifty years have elapsed since I was ordained to the gospel ministry. When I was a theological student and then a young pastor, many of us were impatient with much that we observed in the churches, but we also believed that we were on the verge of an awakening. We expected that such a movement of the Holy Spirit would sweep away the debris of liberal theology, restore the faltering church to the faith of the Scriptures, and bring about untold numbers of conversions. That our hopes have largely remained unfulfilled hardly requires evidence.
During the 1960s I gained a new perspective, while living for some years in the Netherlands and in England where the Christian witness had already deteriorated to an extent unthinkable at the time on this side of the Atlantic. I found that many Europeans tended to look upon the American churches with envy and disdain: envy because religious life in the United States was still so apparently vibrant; disdain because in their view we had not yet come to terms with the realities of modern life and thought. Since then the position in the United States has changed radically, and the very decline to which in our arrogance we thought ourselves immune is now apparent at every turn.
No simple explanation can be given for what has been taking place, and it is essential to maintain a historical perspective. In biblical times and across the centuries there have been other periods of similar barrenness that God has mercifully interrupted with reformation and revival. Those wise in their own eyes, past and present, have regularly belittled the "credulity" of Christians and declared the gospel to be unworthy of serious consideration, but the desert sands of infidelity are littered with the whitened bones of foolish people who said to themselves and to others, "There is no God."
It should also be considered whether we may be living under a divine judgment, a famine "of hearing the words of the Lord" (Amos 8:11). Is such an act of God the reason for the pervasive decay in many of the denominations whose testimony was once firm but who have lapsed into doctrinal, theological, and moral confusion? Is the widespread ineffectiveness even among churches that have continued to be formally orthodox a sign of God's displeasure? Surely I am not alone in describing much of what passes for Christian faith as superficial and hereditary, lacking in knowledge, faith, and fervor.
I do not write, however, as one with his back against a wall. The present disarray is no cause for disillusionment or despair. On the contrary, if we have eyes to see them, there are many reasons for gratitude and hope. I mention only a few.
We must be thankful for the availability of Christian books and periodicals. I remember as though it were yesterday when the first slender volumes published by the Banner of Truth Trust appeared on the shelves of our seminary bookshop in 1958. No one could then have predicted what would happen subsequently, but those little books proved to be a harbinger of the literary torrent that followed from publishers in many parts of the world. The writings of the Reformers, the puritans, and their successors have been reissued in numbers without historical precedent. Moreover, others are building on that foundation and giving us books that explore the teachings of Scripture and apply them to our own situation.
We can be thankful for earnest, faithful preachers of the gospel. While historic Christian churches in Europe, Canada, and the United States have collapsed, the gospel is being preached with power in our own land and over vast reaches in other parts of the world. The very fact that ecclesiastical ties are being stretched and even broken is itself an indication of authentic life. Lines of division have been drawn by courageous leaders who have chosen the path of obedience to God over denominational loyalty. Ours is a time of vigorous growth in Africa, Asia, and South America, a fact of which we should never lose sight.
We are right to be thankful for strong, sturdy congregations in which the lamp of the gospel is burning brightly. There are many that have not substituted "feelings" for truth; that elevate faithfulness to God and His Word above all other considerations; that continue to honor the Lord's Day; that joyfully worship in accordance with biblical principles; and in which people — the elect — are being brought to Christ in saving faith.
Above all, we must be thankful that the universe, the world, and the church are in the hands of a sovereign God whose purposes are indefectible, whose plan is every day being carried out, who will unfailingly bring to Himself every one for whom our Savior died, and who must in the end receive all praise and glory.
Dr. John R. de Witt served as a pastor for almost sixty years. He was associate editor of The Banner of Truth magazine, translator of Herman Ridderbos' Paul: An Outline of His Theology, and author of several books, including What Is the Reformed Faith?
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Jaitley's Jumla
The nation was informed by Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister of India, on October 1, 2016 that at the end of the first quarter of the Income Declaration Scheme, 64,275 declarants have collectively disclosed Rs 65, 250 crore, boasting that the government had taken serious steps to unearth black money at "domestic and foreign level."
Really Mr Jaitley? After recovering a mere Rs 1 crore per person, are you again trying to fool the nation, just as your predecessor did, that you and your government have put in their best efforts in retrieving the country's black money stashed away abroad. The real black money holders of our country must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Do you, Mr Jaitley recall the black money figure estimated by your own Party at US$ 1500 billion amounting to Rs 90 lakh crores, which they swore to the nation they would retrieve once in power?Where does your 'recovered' money of Rs 65,000 crores touch that figure? Do you think the people of this country can be fooled by your great achievement of whitening Rs 65,000 crores? You have already become a figure of ridicule among the people who know the truth, and of the general fraud and deception once again being played on our people. Every petty realtor in this country, a breed multiplying alarmingly, as our country urbanizes, can shell out much more of unaccounted money than the Rs 1 crore per head at any given time. The Finance Minister has committed the greatest betrayal of the Indian people by abetting his predecessor, and following his own duplicitous fraud on the people of India, with yet another 'jumla'.
Besides, there appears to be a blanket ban regarding the modalities of recovery of black money from the 65,000 people, the nature of the enquiry, the procedures, and to what extent the veracity of disclosures was checked. A disturbing news item appeared in the highly respected Economic Times on October 1, 2016, with the headline that 'Roadside eatery owners declare Rs 50 crore under the black money scheme in Mumbai.' The humble eateries consisted of vada pav centres, dosa centres, sandwich centres and also a jalebiwala in south Mumbai, and had reportedly been raided by the Income Tax authorities, and coerced to pay under IDS. Come on Mr Jaitley, don't test our sense of humour to this absurd extent. Surely, these roadside vendors do not constitute the highest league of black money holders in our country that need priority attention! And can there be a more revealing instance of benami, conspiratorial transactions, for which you are stated to be the biggest beneficiary. Your entire exercise smacks of yet another jumla to deceive the people of India, and requires an immediate investigation.
The world knows my painstaking efforts to inform the nation about the plunder of India and the illegal flight of unaccounted money into foreign banks under the UPA regime. I have appeared as a petitioner before the Supreme Court seeking stringent government action to check this flight of capital and constitution of a Special Investigation Team to monitor the repatriation of black money back to India.
Our Hon'ble Finance Minister has been an active agent the entire black money operation that was unfolding in our country over the last decade. He was Leader of the Opposition, when the UPA Government was stubbornly refusing to avail of the German Government's offer to share the names of the Indian black money account holders at the LGT Bank, Leichtenstein Bank that it had obtained.
I will repeat a few questions to Mr Jaitley from my detailed list of questions posted on my blog on 15TH April, 2016, which will remind my readers of his diabolic role in the fraud –
Why did you not as Leader of the Opposition, insist upon the disclosure of this information in national interest? Instead, you appear to have joined hands with your predecessor Chidambaram, in his case that the German Government never gave us any names.
Are you aware that when the SIT ordered that copies of the Government's correspondence with the German Government be made available to me, I was given 17 letters, but with blacked out names of the writers and receivers of the correspondence?
Have you seen that in one of the e mails, your predecessor and his accomplices made one slip and forgot to blacken the e mail address of one Ms Anita Kapoor, a favourite of the previous regime, who not surprisingly was rewarded by becoming Chairman CBDT by you, and has been getting some assignment or other after retirement?
The originals of these 17 letters remained in the Finance Ministry, now under your charge. If you were an honest Finance Minister, you would have exposed the truth that this fraudulent correspondence was not between the Government of India and the Government of Germany in connection with Germany's offer to give us the names of the illegal account holders, but between the CBDT and the Central Tax Office in Germany about the Double Taxation Treaty.
I accuse you of being in conspiracy with the previous dispensation, and cheating on your own Prime Minister. It is your actions of conspiracy with the former regime that led your Party President to make his famous 'election gumla' remark. I am taking this matter to the Supreme Court and will ask for a public confession from your President as to the circumstances which led him to do so.
There is enough public talk that this whole Income Disclosure Scheme is nothing but another innovative money sharing scheme. And judging from the pittance of Rs 65,000 crores that has been 'recovered', this public talk might well be true.
I suggest that it is still not too late for Modi and the nation to get rid of you, the presiding fraud of the Finance Ministry.


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Q: Getting an error "Object variable not set" using VB I'm trying to write a program, which will delete every first letter of the words in MsgBox. Here is my code:
Sub Test
dim k as String
dim f as String
dim bd as String
k = inputbox("input text")
f = "inputed text:" & chr(9) & k & chr(13)

bd = bd + Split(mid(k,1,1))

for i = 2 to len(k)
if mid(k,i-1,1) = "" then bd = bd + Ucase(mid(k,i,1)) else bd = bd + mid(k,i,1)
next i

f = f & "result of work:" & chr(9) & bd
MsgBox f

End Sub

I'm getting error here: bd = bd + Split(mid(k,1,1))

A: If you want removing of first letter of any wards in a string, please test the next code:
Sub deleteFirstWdLett()
 Dim x As String, i As Long, arr
 x = "My dog has three houses" 'consider it the InputBox string
 arr = Split(x)
 For i = 0 To UBound(arr)
    arr(i) = Mid(arr(i), 2)
 Next
 Debug.Print Join(arr, " ")
End Sub

What to happen if the word consists in only a letter? Should it be removed, resulting an extra empty space (as it happens above)? Should the code skip such cases? I cannot understand the reason of doing that, so I cannot imagine what you really need, from this point of view...

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There are a multitude of statements in the Qur'an on the subject of human reproduction which constitute a challenge to the embryologist seeking a human explanation for them. It was only after the birth of the basic sciences which contributed to our knowledge of biology and the invention of the microscope, that humans were able to understand the depth of those Qur'anic statements. It was impossible for a human being living in the early seventh century to have accurately expressed such ideas. There is nothing to indicate that people in the Middle-East and Arabia knew anything more about this subject than people living in Europe or anywhere else. Today, there are many Muslims, possessing a thorough knowledge of the Qur'an and natural sciences, who have recognized the amazing similarity between the verses of the Qur'an dealing with reproduction and modern scientific knowledge.
I shall always remember the comment of an eighteen-year-old Muslim, brought up in Saudi Arabia, commenting on a reference to human reproduction as described in the Qur'an. He pointed to the Qur'an and said,
"This book provides us with all the essential information on the subject. When I was at school, my teachers used the Qur'an to explain how children were born. Your books on sex-education are a bit late on the scene!"
If I were to spend as long on all the details of reproduction contained in the Qur'an, as the subject merits, this pamphlet would become a book. The detailed linguistic and scientific explanations I have given in The Bible, The Qur'an and Science are sufficient for the person who does not speak Arabic nor know much about embryology to be able to understand the meaning of such verses in the light of modern science in more depth.
It is especially in the field of embryology that a comparison between the beliefs present at the time of the Qur'an's revelation and modern scientific data, leaves us amazed at the degree of agreement between the Qur'an's statements and modern scientific knowledge. Not to mention the total absence of any reference in the Qur'an to the mistaken ideas that were prevalent around the world at the time.
Let us now isolate, from all these verses, precise ideas concerning the complexity of the semen and the fact that an infinitely small quantity is required to ensure fertilization. In chapter Al-Insaan the Qur'an states:
"Verily, I created humankind from a small quantity of mingled fluids." Qur'an, 76:2
The Arabic word nutfah has been translated as "small quantity". It comes from the verb meaning 'to dribble, to trickle' and is used to describe what remains in the bottom of a bucket which has been emptied. The verse correctly implies that fertilization is performed by only a very small volume of liquid.
On the other hand, mingled fluids ( amshaaj ) has been understood by early commentators to refer to the mixture of male and female discharges. Modern authors have corrected this view and note that the sperm is made up of various components.
When the Qur'an talks of a fertilizing fluid composed of different components, it also informs us that human progeny will be formed from something extracted from this liquid. This is the meaning of the following verse in chapter as-Sajdah:
"Then He made [man's] offspring from the essence of a despised fluid." Qur'an, 32:8
The Arabic word translated by the term 'essence' is sulaalah which means 'something extracted, the best part of a thing'. In whatever way it is translated, it refers to part of a whole. Under normal conditions, only one single cell, spermatozoon, out of over 50 million ejaculated by a man during sexual intercourse will actually penetrate the ovule.
Once the egg has been fertilized in the fallopian tube, it descends to lodge itself inside the uterus. This process is called the 'implantation of the egg'. Implantation is a result of the development of villosities, which, like roots in the soil, draw nourishment from the wall of the uterus and make the egg literally cling to the womb. The process of implantation is appropriately described in several verses by the word 'alaq, which is also the title of the chapter in which one of the verses appears:
"God fashioned humans from a clinging entity." Qur'an, 96:2
I do not think there is any reasonable translation of the word 'alaq other than to use it in its original sense. It is a mistake to speak of a 'blood clot' here, which is the term Professor Hamidullah uses in his translation. It is a derivative meaning which is not as appropriate in this context.
The evolution of the embryo inside the maternal uterus is only briefly described, but the description is accurate, because the simple words referring to it correspond exactly to fundamental stages in its growth. This is what we read in a verse from the chapter al-Mu'minoon:
"I fashioned the clinging entity into a chewed lump of flesh and I fashioned the chewed flesh into bones and I clothed the bones with intact flesh." Qur'an, 23:14
The term 'chewed flesh' (mudghah) corresponds exactly to the appearance of the embryo at a certain stage in its development.
It is known that the bones develop inside this mass and that they are then covered with muscle. This is the meaning of the term 'intact flesh' (lahm).
The embryo passes through a stage where some parts are in proportion and others out of proportion with what is later to become the individual. This is the obvious meaning of a verse in the chapter al-Hajj, which reads as follows:
"I fashioned (humans) a clinging entity, then into a lump of flesh in proportion and out of proportion." Qur'an, 22:5.
Next, we have a reference to the appearance of the senses and internal organs in the chapter as-Sajdah:
"... and (God) gave you ears, eyes and hearts." Qur'an, 32:9
Nothing here contradicts today's data and, furthermore, none of the mistaken ideas of the time have crept into the Qur'an. Throughout the Middle Ages there were a variety of beliefs about human development based on myths and speculations which continued for several centuries after the period. The most fundamental stage in the history of embryology came in 1651 with Harvey's statement that "all life initially comes from an egg".
At that time, when science had benefited greatly from the invention of the microscope, people were still arguing about the respective roles of the egg and spermatozoon. Buffon, the great naturalist, was one of those in favor of the egg theory. Bonnet, on the other hand, supported the theory of 'the ovaries of Eve', which stated that Eve, the mother of the human race, was-supposed to have had inside her the seeds of all human beings packed together one inside the other.
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Covid-19 Update: Sun. 7th March 2021 – 3 Deaths – 525 New Cases.
Only YOU and YOU alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.
Eighteen (18) new killer Covid-19 cases confirmed in Co. Tipperary.
The Department of Health has confirmed that there has, sadly, been 3 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,422.
There have been 525 new additional virus cases reported here within the Irish Republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 223,219.
Of the cases today; 214 are in Dublin, 37 in Meath, 28 each in Offaly and Limerick, 25 in Wicklow, with the remaining 193 cases located across 19 other counties.
Relevant to midnight yesterday, March 6th, there were 18 new killer virus cases confirmed in Tipperary in the 24 hours to midnight last night, with 227 new cases within the past 14 days. There have been 5,014 cases in Tipperary relevant up to midnight on Wednesday, March 5th last.
Head of the Health Service Executive Mr Paul Reid has stated that vaccinations of people considered high risk, because of serious illness will start in the middle of the coming week.
There are 423 people with Covid-19 in hospital today, and of that number, 103 are in ICU's, according to Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub.
Some 346,256 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to March 4th, with 147,617 persons having received their second dose.
The total worldwide number of virus cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at well over 116.6 million confirmed, with global deaths at almost 2.59 million.
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Applying Gene Editing Technology to RNA Diseases
"CRISPR-Cas9" (pronounced "crisper") is an acronym for the full name of a new cutting edge, gene-editing technology: "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat - Cas9".
CRISPR-Cas9 has garnered wide research interest for its capacity to target and correct disease-causing mutations. A naturally occurring gene editing technology, it was first identified in bacteria, which use it to protect against invasive viruses.
CRISPR and DM
DM is a disease of RNA processing, and understanding RNA binding proteins is at the core of understanding DM. It is the reduced availability of the RNA binding proteins muscleblind and CUGBP1 that cause the alterations in RNA splicing leading to many, if not all, of the signs and symptoms of DM.
New Breakthroughs in Targeting RNA from University of California
Dr. Gene Yeo's lab at University of California, San Diego focuses on how gene expression is controlled at the level of RNA, the intermediary step in the DNA to RNA to protein pathway by which genes produce proteins.
His lab is specifically interested in RNA processing, RNA binding proteins, and how defects in RNA binding proteins cause neurological and neuromuscular diseases like DM.
In a recent publication in Cell and a more detailed commentary on technology development in Bioessays, Yeo and colleagues show that incorporating a fluorescent tag into the CRISPR-Cas9 system allows them to target and track the movements of RNA within individual living cells.
Importantly, the binding of the CRISPR-Cas9 tracker did not appear to influence the level of RNA or its function, letting it function as an inert tracking tool. We know that proper RNA localization and movement within the cell is essential to faithfully transmit the genetic code into protein synthesis.
This latest publication offers an opportunity to better understand the disease mechanisms in DM (through precise tracking of intracellular movement of RNA), an essential step in therapy development.
CRISPR for DM Mouse Models
Another important use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology is in the development of better DM mouse models to support studies of disease mechanisms and developing therapies.
This novel gene editing approach allows triplet repeat expansions to be precisely inserted into the mouse DMPK and ZNF9 genes in the same locations the expansions occur in the human genes. MDF is currently working with researchers to improve DM models, including mouse models, and make them available to our research community through this strategy.
The Future of CRISPR
Although there are considerable hurdles to overcome, we will likely see CRISPR-Cas9 technology in clinical trials in the next several years as a novel, potentially disease-mitigating approach.
Since editing of the genome is involved, unintended consequences could be severe, so the first uses of CRISPR-Cas9 in humans will draw considerable attention from national regulatory authorities like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US, and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Europe.
We look forward to gene editing progress on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 to treat disease, and learning more about the potential for this approach to edit the CTG and CTTG expansions in DM1 and DM2.
For more information on CRISPR, see a recent New Yorker article, The Gene Hackers.
Programmable RNA Tracking in Live Cells with CRISPR/Cas9.
Nelles DA, Fang MY, O'Connell MR, Xu JL, Markmiller SJ, Doudna JA, Yeo GW.
Cell. 2016 Apr 7. Epub 2016 Mar 17.
Applications of Cas9 as an RNA-programmed RNA-binding protein.
Nelles DA, Fang MY, Aigner S, Yeo GW.
Bioessays. 2015 Jul. Epub 2015 Apr 16.
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 * simple mysql select statement
 *
 * @link http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/select.html
 */
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	/**
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	 */
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	/**
	 * @var array { int => string }
	 */
	private $expressionList = array();

	/**
	 * array[int]['columnName'] = columnName:string
	 * array[int]['type']       = type:string
	 * array[int]['value']      = value:mixed
	 * array[int]['operator']   = operator:string
	 *
	 * @see AbstractStatement (OPERATOR_* constants)
	 * @see Query (TYPE_* constants)
	 * @var array (see above)
	 */
	private $conditionList = array();

	/**
	 * @var array { int => array { 'columnName' => string, 'desc' => bool } }
	 */
	private $orderByList = array();

	/**
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	 * required Select::$limit > 0
	 *
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	 */
	private $offset = 0;

	/**
	 * @param  bool $distinct
	 * @return Select this
	 */
	public function setDistinct($distinct = true) {
		$this->distinct = (bool) $distinct;
		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * @param  string $columnName
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	public function addExpression($columnName) {
		$this->expressionList[] = $columnName;
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	}

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	 * @param  string $columnName
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	 */
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		$this->conditionList[] = array(
				'columnName' => $columnName,
				'type'       => $type,
				'value'      => $value,
				'operator'   => $operator
		);
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	}

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				'columnName' => $columnName,
				'desc'       => (bool) $desc
		);
		return $this;
	}

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	 */
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		$this->limit = $limit;
		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * @param  int $offset
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	 */
	public function setOffset($offset) {
		$this->offset = $offset;
		return $this;
	}

	/**
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	 */
	public function isDistinctEnabled() {
		return $this->distinct;
	}

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	 */
	public function getExpressionList() {
		return $this->expressionList;
	}

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		return $this->conditionList;
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	/**
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	public function getOrderByList() {
		return $this->orderByList;
	}

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	public function getLimit() {
		return $this->limit;
	}

	/**
	 * @return int
	 */
	public function getOffset() {
		return $this->offset;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Query
	 */
	public function assemble() {
		$query = new Query();
		$sql   = 'SELECT';

		if ($this->isDistinctEnabled()) {
			$sql .= ' DISTINCT';
		}

		if (count($this->getExpressionList())) {
			foreach ($this->getExpressionList() as $nr => $expression) {
				if ($nr !== 0) {
					$sql .= ',';
				}
				$sql .= ' '.$query->ph(Query::TYPE_COLUMN, $expression);
			}
		}
		else {
			$sql .= ' *';
		}

		$sql .= ' FROM '.$query->ph(Query::TYPE_TABLE, $this->getTableName());

		if (count($this->getConditionList())) {
			$sql .= ' WHERE';
			foreach ($this->getConditionList() as $nr => $condition) {
				if ($nr !== 0) {
					$sql .= ' &&';
				}

				$sql .= ' '.$query->ph(Query::TYPE_COLUMN, $condition['columnName']);
				$sql .= ' '.$condition['operator'];
				$sql .= ' '.$query->ph($condition['type'], $condition['value']);
			}
		}

		if (count($this->getOrderByList())) {
			$sql .= ' ORDER BY';
			foreach ($this->getOrderByList() as $nr => $orderBy) {
				if ($nr !== 0) {
					$sql .= ',';
				}

				$sql .= ' '.$query->ph(Query::TYPE_COLUMN, $orderBy['columnName']);
				if ($orderBy['desc'] === true) {
					$sql .= ' DESC';
				}
			}
		}

		if ($this->getLimit() >= 1) {
			$sql .= ' LIMIT '.$query->ph(Query::TYPE_INT, $this->getLimit());

			if ($this->getOffset() >= 1) {
				$sql .= ' OFFSET '.$query->ph(Query::TYPE_INT, $this->getOffset());
			}
		}
		return $query->setQuery($sql);
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Q: Simple two digits permutation value check I am trying to make a basic "lockbreaker". A user has 100 "passcodes" (total number of possibilities) to go through and the loop will go through all of them one by one, put the value in the Input field, and click the button (NOTE: All this is done by the JS, not user). On clicking the button the value is checked by another function named "check()". The function check has the variable xyz which has the passcode as 18. If the value submitted in the input field is equal to 18, it displays "Yes" in    p element named as "para".
Then the loop is checking if p has an text of "Yes" in it. If it has so, then it will terminate then and there and alert the user the code is i. If it doesn't match continue the loop till 100 (the last possibility). Here is what I have tried so far. Apologies, but I was out of touch with JS quite a few months, and was more focused on Java and Python.

<input id = "text">
<button id="bttn" onClick="check()">Click</button>


Anne Summerfield was brought up in one of the most boring towns in England, which may explain why she's always written stories. Last century she had short stories published in Virago and Serpent's Tail anthologies, in Mslexia magazine and on Radio 4. More recently she won the Exeter Writers Short Story competition, was shortlisted for the first Exeter Novel Prize, has had flash fiction included in several National Flash Fiction Day FlashFloods, and stories in Shooter magazine and the Refugees Welcome Anthology.


It's hard now to imagine a world without smartphones but, with few notable exceptions, it took Apple and its iPhone to really popularise the concept - and revolutionise the world of personal electronics in the process.
You may then find it even harder to comprehend that the iPhone is only 10 years old - a landmark which it reaches today with the anniversary of its unveiling at the 2007 Macworld expo.
Ambitious as it was to deliver "a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device," all in one back in 2007, it all seems rather quaint now - even down to the relative lack of bombast and polish that would surround a modern iPhone launch. Just check out poor Stan Sigman of Singular - he wouldn't get away with stumbling over flashcard prompts at a global Apple event these days.
But Apple knew it was onto something special - today also marks the 10 years since it changed its name from Apple Computers Inc to simply Apple Inc, acknowledging that the lines between what a computer could be were about to change dramatically.
"iPhone is an essential part of our customers' lives, and today more than ever it is redefining the way we communicate, entertain, work and live," said Tim Cook, Apple's current CEO, of the anniversary.


"King James" made a name for himself even in high school, helping them win the state title with an undefeated record. In the BNA, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat as a power forward. For the Cavs, he's passed several milestones to become their all-time assists leader and has been named MVP and NBA all-star multiple years. LeBron's POP! is going fast! Be sure to order yours today! Available to ship now!


Querying: what kind of a salesman are you?
I remember when we were shopping around for new couches. The saleslady didn't seem to know a lot about the couch set we were looking at and did a lot of head scratching. Since she had so little information or knowledge about the couches, we were at an impasse. When hubby accidentally discovered that the center back folded down into a console with drink holders, heaters for either ends of the couch and back vibrators, we nearly jumped out of our collective skins.
Clunk. Say, dearie, do you work on commission? If so, I gotta wonder at the size of your paychecks.
So she made a sale quite by accident. She had nothing to do with it because the merits of the couch spoke for itself. Lucky her.
Just like the couch saleslady, we assume you are the professional trying to close the deal. This means you have to show me how the center console folds down and has drink holders and buttons for heat and back vibration (which is damned fabulous, I might add) because I might not discover it on my own.
Is the story strong and marketable?
Can I sell the story and the author?
Is there a large audience for this book?
What is the author's promo plan?
How many people know her?
Is she immersed in the community who might read her book?
This kind of sales job is much more effective than telling me you're open to suggestions. We always have suggestions. And so do our marketing and sales folks. What we need to know is that you've taken the steps to sell yourself.
Now, I really must get back to my couch. Beagle…fire up the blender!
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2 Responses to Querying: what kind of a salesman are you?
Great post. You raised an angle I'd not thought of before but will definitely use when I get to querying!
Just so you know, my couch comes with a built-in blender AND a beagle.


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A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty, Book Review
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty by Mimi Matthews covers the course of women's fashion and beauty changes from the 1840s through the 1890s, basically the length of Queen Victoria's reign and influence. The book speaks to a lot of what initially drew me into researching the period of 1880-1930 in terms of the dramatic changes from restrictive, complex clothing and social customs to riding bicycles and wearing looser, linear garments without even a corset for shaping (or at least without the appearance of one).
I like the opening dichotomy of the book, "Though a young and eventually transformative queen had ascended the British throne in 1837, ordinary women of the 1840s had very little freedom of their own" (Matthews, 3). This would largely remain true throughout the reign of Queen Victoria. Women at this time anticipated that they would need assistance just to put on their clothing (which is why the closures were typically in the back) let alone doing much of anything on their own without a chaperone.
Part I details silhouettes, the types of fabrics used, appropriate undergarments, millinery, footwear, outerwear, accessories, jewelry, and for which time of day and activity these items would have been appropriate. References to different lady's magazines are made throughout and builds confidence in the reader as to how these distinctions are being made. It also mentions the Victorian Dress Reform movement and technological advancements in sewing and dressmaking in the 1850s; the exploitative nature of the garment industry and the impact of the American Civil War in the 1860s; the fashion inspirations from nature in the 1870s; the free-flowing, Aesthetic dress movement, Eastern-Asian influence on fashions, and the black evening dresses of the 1880s; and the New Woman of the 1890s.
I appreciated that Matthews includes a caricature (below) from Punch in 1895. I think today it might be easy to assume that fashions of the previous decades were always taken seriously, even if they seem outlandish to us today, and this is a great example of how – no matter the decade – everyone is a fashion critic. Sleeves became enormous in the 1890s and Punch has no issue poking fun at this style.
From page 75 in A Victorian Lady's Guide. Originally shown in Punch, Or the London Charivari, 1895.
I like Matthews' systematic approach to detailing elements within each period. Although for some fashionable elements, of course, they did not neatly occur with the specific years of a decade (especially thinking of the two bustle periods), I think this is still a sensible way to group these styles.
Part II discusses "What to Wear and When to Wear It." The distinctions made during the Victorian period between what and when to wear certain ensembles can be difficult for us to comprehend today. Not only were there different kinds of dress for different times of the day, you would never, for instance, wear the same outfit for "walking" as you would for a "visiting" dress, though both occasions might take place during the afternoon. These inherent social rules were very clear and understood at the time, though they began to break down at the turn of the century.
I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Holiday Fashion within Part II, as this is something I have not studied very much myself. Matthews writes that the seaside costumes for most of the Victorian period were similar to walking costumes, and their fashionable details changed through the decades as walking costumes did in terms of silhouette, differing mainly in terms of fabric. It makes sense that the seaside costumes would resemble the walking costumes considering that a lady was primarily meant to enjoy the seaside by sight and walking. She might, however, wish to bathe, and bathing machines did later develop for the purpose of bathing, not to be confused with the athletic activity of swimming. This, of course, required a bathing costume, though most magazines advised a lady not to let herself be seen in this outfit (hence the bathing machine).
A lace seaside costume with lace-trimmed parasol meant to be worn while walking on the shore, from page 97 in Victorian Lady's Guide. (Freja: Illustrerad Skandinavisk Modetidning, 1882. Nordic Museum, Sweden).
Along with further details on types of sportswear, dress for different types of rites of passage are mentioned like marriage, maternity wear, and mourning. I think mourning wear from this period is notably complex and was perhaps oversimplified in this brief section, but all of the important points were covered.
Part III covers Victorian beauty, beginning the hair, both care and style changes through the decades, skin care, and cosmetics. It can be both interesting as a little bizarre reading some of the recommendations from this period! Make-up was still largely looked upon with disdain by the end of the 19th century, meant for the likes of actresses and prostitutes, but a lady might still respectably use face powder, cheek rouge, lip salve, and perfume in moderation. Matthews mentions some of the natural ways a lady might stain her cheeks red (hopefully without arousing suspicion that she had done so) by "strawberry juice, crushed geranium leaves, and rubbing one's cheeks with a red-coloured flannel" (p143). Matthews makes note of the home remedies some ladies would use along with recipes provided from lady's and "domestic" magazines, with the understanding that these methods were meant to be used discretely, otherwise risking ridicule or comparison to a lady of the night.
A perfectly lady-like product from page 134 in A Victorian Lady's Guide, Advertisement for Pears Soap, 1886.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it as an excellent reference tool for fashion historians or as an introductory book to the period for those who are new to learning about this information.
The way the information is blocked by decade and concisely organized makes it easy to understand or reference the information at a glance. Matthews' coverage of the period is detailed in its understanding of the full spectrum of fashion and beauty and seems to be very well researched. Mimi Matthews herself researches and writes on all aspects of the 19th century and it shows in reading her research here. The book is written so that it is palatable enough for someone new to this period, but also provides details from firsthand sources, like lady's magazines and other material from the 19th century that provides a depth to the writing. Well researched and worth a read!
Matthews, Mimi. A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty. South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2018.
-Danielle Morrin
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Q: Regex, removing recurring characters but keeping at least one I'm using this
html = html.replace(/([^0-9]).*?\1/ , "");

but it's not quite doing what I'm trying to do. I want to replace the doubles within a string, but still keep at least one of them. Can't seem to figure out how to go about this.

A: THink you mean this,
str.replace(/(.)\1+/g, '$1')

or
str.replace(/([^0-9])\1+/g, '$1')


Last week, Edinburgh City Council seized over £50,000 worth of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) as part of a major crackdown on legal highs. (Read our full coverage here). The Student's Rosie Barrett met with Detective Chief Inspector Garry Mitchell to discuss Operation Redwall and the dangers of NPS.
Interview conducted by Rosie Barrett on Monday, 2 November, 2015. The following has been abridged for space and clarity.
The Student: What is Operation Redwall, and what have you achieved so far?
DCI Garry Mitchell: Operation Redwall is Police Scotland's national response to tackling issues associated with New Psychoactive Substances.
In August last year, we did the first national day of action at Police Scotland. We targeted 58 premises in one day that were selling NPS across the length and breadth of the country. At that point in time, we recovered over 3,000 sachets of NPS.
Working with trading standards and a number of other organisations, we were able to get a snapshot of which shops were selling—which substances were there—and that was really beneficial.
Over the course of the work we've done, we have recovered over two metric tonnes of various different herbal materials that are used in the production of synthetic cannaboids.
We are closely working with Europol and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. We are actually in some instances leaders in some of that work. So that work is continuing and we're also in dialogue right now with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to support some of that work.
In August this year, Trading Standards applied to the court for NPS forfeiture orders. They targeted 13 stores and I think it was eight [that] voluntarily handed them over.
What happened to the five head stores that didn't comply?
That's an issue for Trading Standards. But the fact that proprietors are actually handing over voluntarily some of these products, you have to ask yourself the question – do the proprietors know what they're selling, why they're selling it and the harm it potentially causes?
You've probably seen them—Google them, they'll generally have on them "Not For Human Consumption", "Not For Sale Under 18". It's plant food, it's research chemicals, it's this that and the other.
Everybody knows that people are actually consuming them to try and get an effect that loosely mimics control drugs because they're deemed legal.
Legal does not necessarily mean safe. A lot of these products are actually extremely dangerous.
When you actually see the impact that taking these substances has, on families, communities, it's horrendous.
We work with a young woman who has fought tooth or nail to save her family. Her son is addicted to NPS, and it has destroyed their family. This woman is slowly but surely trying to put her family back together again with support from Action for Children, Social Services and other partners to try and get her family, particularly her son, back in a place that is safe.
We've interviewed a range of students, and quite a prevalent problem is that students will say "oh it's legal, so it's fine." How would you respond to that?
They are legal. But what you then need to consider is the health implications.
Now, the police aren't all about taking legislation and ramming that legislation in people's faces. Regardless of what I say to you about not taking NPS, students will take NPS.
If you take NPS, you're endangering your life, you're endangering your future. Some—albeit it is significantly decreased—do contain control drugs, so you end up maybe with a drugs possession charges.
So these are the things that in a bar on a Friday or a Saturday night you don't neccesarily think about. So you get caught up in the moment, but that moment might significantly affect your future.
So, are some of these substances legal just now? They are. Absolutely, they're legal. Ask yourself a question; why is that the case?
Some of these substances are derived from the chemical compound of methadrone. So what these people do is they change the molecule ever so slightly. That substance that's just been produced, nobody knows how that's going to react.
We can seize a particular product around the country, but it's not always the same thing that's in it.
With synthetic cannaboids in particular, the way that that gets produced is people will buy kilos upon kilos upon kilos upon kilos of herbal materials, throw it on the floor, then mix the synthetic materials with acetone. And then make it into a liquid. Then they'll spray the material –so that's not very good quality control. They'll then turn it over with a shovel. Literally, turn it over with a shovel until it dries and then they'll spray it again.
The toxicity that is in some of these substances is off the scale. So you could have a very strong percent of that toxicity in a small area where that material is and in another area of that material not much going on. There's no control mechanism. There's no pharmaceutical company saying this has been done under controlled circumstances.
Could you talk about the involvement of organised crime gangs in the production of NPS?
That is ever becoming an increasing issue, because organised criminals will invariably get involved in any commodity that is going to make them money. 66 per cent of organised crime gangs in Scotland deal with control drugs.
So can you make as much or a similar amount of money selling in a legal world as you can in an illegal world? The answer to that is yes. So they will absolutely look to that world to increase their profits, and again to reduce their risk of getting caught.
Edinburgh is the first city council to get seizure orders. Will we see that spread across the country?
Hopefully. We've already had some conversations with our trading standards colleagues, and that would be the aspirational thing. That would be brilliant.
Will we see new legislation brought forward to create a Blanket ban across all NPS?
For the legislation that's in right now, and we have supported this fully, there would be no possession offence. However, if you're found with it, we'll take it off you.
So that legislation is being written predominantly for those that would get involved with the sale and supply of NPS. Not for individuals. The legislation does say if you try and import it you will be charged with that.
But the bottom line is, there's legislation there, it's drafted.
You're doing a lot to target head stores, but what about sales of NPS on the internet?
We'd like to do more. The European Monitoring Centre For Drugs and Drug Addiction Report 2014 [found] that at that point in time there were 651 internet shops in Europe. The actual figure is likely to be much higher than that.
So there's a whole host of things that the internet is facilitating, and it's a very challenging area for the law enforcement to get into. And that's not to say we're not going to deal with it, we'll absolutely try to deal with it, but the issue's there and that's not going to go away.
How are legal highs imported to Scotland from countries such as China?
Let's just say a package gets sent [from] China to potentially Eastern Europe. Some of those packages were then being redirected by the mail to the UK, because packages into Eastern Europe weren't being checked.
So, what they've done is circumvent that. [NPS] would be described as "car wash", so it's getting mailed around the globe packaged up as a completely different substances. Inside, it's potentially nice wee shiny packages of dangerous substances.


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La route nationale 6 (RN 6) (Tours du Nord) è una strada statale del Madagascar lunga 750 km, che collega Ambondromamy a Antsiranana.

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Company is a European global market and technology leader offering innovative high-tech solutions for professional kitchens all over the world. The group currently employs roughly 2.000 people in 30 offices worldwide.
• The position reports to the Finance and Administration Director Japan and in a functional reporting to the Global IT Vice President IT Infrastructure.
• Responsible for managing company assets, electronic systems and local IT-projects for the APAC region.
• Cooperate with the global IT-department in Europe to follow standards for all local IT-related issues.
• Manage all aspects of technology, including laptops, desktops, tablets, servers, supported software, telephone system, cellular phones and data plans, copiers and printers.
• Provide support to staff on all company-supported applications, troubleshoots computer problems, determines source and advises on appropriate action.
• Coordinate basic user technical training and remediation activities, as well as activities in support of user training and assistance requests for all programs.