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About the Mini Cooper-Countryman
The Mini Cooper-Countryman is a subcompact four-door SUV that was introduced by Mini Cooper in 2011. Since then, it has undergone some changes and is currently in its second generation of production (2017-present). The Mini Cooper-Countryman is a truly unique vehicle that blurs the lines between SUV and wagon, offering seating for up to four people and up to 17.6 cubic feet of storage space behind its rear row (2019 model year). In the current generation (2017-present), the Countryman is even available in a hybrid trim (the S E).
If you're looking for a vehicle that will turn heads and that comes with a number of available engine configurations, the Mini Cooper-Countryman may be right for you.
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Mini Cooper-Countryman Trim Configurations
The Mini Cooper-Countryman is currently in its second generation of production (2017-present) and has undergone many changes over the years. During its first generation (2011-2016), three engine options were available: a standard 1.6L four-cylinder at 121 hp, a turbocharged 1.6L at 181 hp, and a turbocharged 1.6L at 208 hp.
Beginning with the 2017 model year, the Countryman is offered with a standard turbocharged 1.5L three-cylinder engine at 134 hp, an optional turbocharged 2.0L four-cylinder engine at 189 hp, a more powerful turbocharged 2.0L engine at 228 hp, and a unique turbocharged three-cylinder with electric motor and 7.6 kWh battery at 221 hp.
Mini Cooper-Countryman First Generation (2011-2016)
Unless otherwise noted, the following trim features are based specifically on the 2016 model year:
17-inch wheels (alloy)
Keyless ignition and push-button start
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Turbocharged 1.6L engine at 181 horsepower
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Turbocharged 1.6L engine at 208 hp
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Unless otherwise noted, the following trim features are based on the 2018 model year:
17-inch wheels with summer performance tires
Simulated leather upholstery
Rearview camera with parking sensors
Keyless entry and ignition
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Optional eight-speed transmission
Standard manual transmission
Bolstered front seats
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A: Considering BMW acquired the Mini brand in 1994, all Mini models technically have a BMW engine. Specifically, the 2018 Mini Cooper-Countryman base trim comes standard with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine at 228 hp.
Reliability Research
RepairPal gave the Mini Cooper Countryman an overall reliability rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, which RepairPal describes as Above Average. This rating ranks the Mini Cooper Countryman 19th out of 21 among subcompact cars.
Cost RepairPal reports that the average total annual cost for repairs and maintenance on a Mini Cooper Countryman is $880, compared to an average of $520 for subcompact cars and $719 for all the vehicles RepairPal considered in its dataset.
Frequency According to RepairPal, Mini Cooper Countryman owners bring their vehicles into a repair shop for unscheduled repairs an average of 0.6 times per year, compared to an average of 0.3 times for subcompact cars and 0.5 times for all the vehicle models RepairPal considered in its dataset.
Severity RepairPal reported that the probability of a repair being a severe or major issue is 11% for the Mini Cooper Countryman, compared to an average of 11% for subcompact cars and 13% for all the vehicles RepairPal considered in its dataset.
RepairPal Reliability Ratings are based on the actual cost, frequency, and severity of unscheduled repairs and maintenance on make/model data for select 2010-2019 vehicles. The reliability of a specific vehicle may vary depending on its maintenance and driving history, model year, trim, and features.
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Q: In an Ember view, what's the best way to run code after the rerendering of an internal child view? I found a lot of questions about how to initialize jQuery plugins with dynamic data etc and usually the answer is that you should use the didInsertElement hook. My problem is that when using ember-data, initially the view is inserted empty and the template vars are filled afterwards through the bindings. Thus in didInsertElement the elements I need are not there.
I found a solution that works for me but I think there must be a better solution.
In addition to the didInsertElement method I also observe the attributes in the controller and call my code from there, too, wrapped in a Ember.run.next so the child view is rendered before.
Is there a better solution to react to updated child views?

A: It depends a bit on the size of your application, and the number of elements your view is rendering.
Edit: You might successfully observer the isLoaded property of the RecordArray. Some details here: https://github.com/emberjs/data/blob/master/packages/ember-data/lib/system/record_arrays/adapter_populated_record_array.js#L21
One option that I have used for views that have a single object as their content is something like:
MyApp.CustomView = Ember.View.extend({
    content: null,

    contentObserver: function() {
        this.rerender();
    }.observes('content')
}

If your view contents is a list, it makes little sense to re render the view for each item in the list, though.
However, I think this approach is fairly similar to what you are already doing, though.
Another approach is to implement your own adapter with Ember Data. This way, you can tell the rest of your application that it's finished loading your data. Something like:
MyApp.Adapter = DS.Adapter.create({
    //Finding all object of a certain type. Fetching from the server
    findAll: function(store, type, ids) {
        var url = type.url;
        jQuery.getJSON(url, function(data) {
            store.loadMany(type, data);
        });

        //Perform some custom logic here...
    }
}

This should work, but its not as generic as it should/could be though.
Also, you might want to take a look at this commit, which allows for registering a one-time event.
https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/commit/1809e65012b93c0a530bfcb95eec22d972069745#L0R19

A: I had this problem and came up with a solution: make a handlebars helper that tells you when the sub-section has rendered. Hope that helps some other folks!

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American actor – Sean Penn took a swing at President Trump in response to the latter's contracting of COVID-19.
Penn, who is also a close friend to Hugo Chavez, a socialist dictator, tweeted, "I like presidents who don't get COVID-19."
I like presidents who don't get Covid-19.
— Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) October 4, 2020
However, a fellow actor also took a jab at Penn in his insensitive post.
James Woods shot back and him, saying, "I like presidents with brass balls."
Sean Penn's animosity towards the president runs deep, as depicted in his 176-page fiction novel, entitled Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff.
According to the Daily Mail, his novel talks about a "modern American man, entrepreneur, and part-time assassin."
A line that later caught the attention of the readers read, "I am Bob Honey. That's who I am. Sir, I challenge you to a duel. Tweet me, b****. I dare you."
Given that President Trump is an active Twitter user, the main character, Bob Honey, left no doubt on who he portrays.
Penn has been open in his disdain for the president. In a January report of Time Magazine, he called President Trump, an "enemy of mankind."
"Trump is an enemy of Americans, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and every new child born. An enemy of mankind. He is indeed an enemy of the state," Penn told the outlet.
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Following a migration from Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 to SBS 2008 users were complaining that Exchange was slower than before in some scenarios. How could this be? The new machine had 64-bit goodness and far more RAM than before.
I checked out the machine's performance and noticed something odd. Store.exe, the Exchange database, usually grabs vast amounts of RAM, but in this case it was using surprisingly little, around 640MB. Could this be related to the performance issue?
I speculated that Exchange memory usage was limited in some way, so looked up where such a limit is set. I found this article. Ran ADSI Edit and there it was, a 640MB limit (or thereabouts), set in msExchESEParamCacheSizeMax.
I removed the limit, restarted Exchange 2007, and it immediately said "thank you very much" and grabbed 8GB instead.
Why did this setting exist? No doubt because back in the days of SBS 2003 and a much less powerful 32-bit machine, someone set it in order to prevent store.exe from crippling the box. It is another example of why Small Business Server is harder to manage than full server setups when Exchange invariably has a dedicated server (or several).
SBS 2008 cannot be installed as an in-place upgrade; but the official migration process does preserve Active Directory; and since that is where this value lives, and since it is not specific to any version of Exchange, it was dutifully transferred.
Why wasn't the setting discovered and changed before? Well, you will observe that it is somewhat hidden. The main chances of finding it would be either if you were deeply schooled in the ways of Exchange, or if one of the Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) tools picked it up, or if the users screamed that Exchange was slow (which is what happened) and you figured out what was wrong.
The SBS BPA did not notice it. The Exchange BPA did, kind-of. It was not shown as a critical problem, but listed for information under "Non-Default Settings", ironically with a tick beside it, as "Maximum ESE cache size changed". Summoning help on this setting leads to this article which refers to Exchange 2000.
An admin failure, yes, but arguably also a defect in Exchange and SBS. Typical Microsoft: critical setting, hard-coded when it would make more sense to use a percentage value, not checked by setup and persistent across major upgrades of Exchange, deeply buried in Active Directory.
Mentioned here just in case it saves someone time when trying to figure out why their shiny 64-bit Exchange 2007 is running worse than 32-bit Exchange 2003 ever did.
I think this is more of an Exchange "overclocking" than someone limiting the hit of Exchange on an underpowered box. By default if you aren't using the /3GB switch, Exchange only uses 576 MB, so in this case someone was telling Exchange to use more than the default. This article actually recommends it as a step to optimize Exchange 2003 – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998057(EXCHG.65).aspx.
The real question is why wouldn't Microsoft give you more of a warning in the Exchange BPA. OK, its not going to kill Exchange to drag that setting into EX2007, but since you have to move to a new server with Exchange 2007 (SBS or not), why bring that limit along? Definitely a mistake by the Exchange Team for bringing that setting forward into what is undoubtedly going to be a much more robust 64-bit server… And for recommending the setting in the first place. Since any Exchange 2007 upgrade would have been caught by this, I don't think its an SBS specific issue.
Since any Exchange 2007 upgrade would have been caught by this, I don't think its an SBS specific issue.
If used to optimize with a larger value, that's true. If used to limit the memory, more likely to be SBS since otherwise Exchange usually has its own dedicated box. I take the point though.


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tree branches, and of course..nets.
a crosshatched pattern is achieved.
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the early Japanese prints that I've studied.
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1985-2000. [46] The 70s saw much of this come to the fore, when Apartheid's strangled economy and Escom's surplus saw three coal stations being mothballed. It is a thin hope that this will work. [93] It attempted to stress that cheap prices were helping people, but one may argue that all they did was pass the problems onto the future people, who now suffer from even greater electricity prices. There is no point marketing as a monopoly. Johannesburg: Eskom, [1986-2001]. [116] But, this success was due to its monopoly position, where it could expand at will. Austrian economics is based in the idea of praxeology, the idea that a priori principles can be used to justify further propositions and principles. Instead, they unsustainably expanded demand. [108] One can argue that it was too rapid, as the 1994 report states that non-paying customers are a huge threat to Eskom's financial stability. It tried to act like a business all the way into the 90s, but was restrained from invoking proper market strategies, such as a floating price of electricity. Johannesburg: Free Market Foundation, 2011. As such, this paper will be examining Escom/Eskom under this lens, focusing on its founding in 1922, its troubled period during the mid-1980s and transition into democracy during the 1990s. In the 1992 annual report, electricity is stated to be becoming increasingly political, as the need arose to electrify the homelands. [142] Escom, Annual report, Johannesburg: Eskom, 1994, [1995], 9. [113] The Eskom Chairman at this time made some appropriate requests, calling for the government to enact more economically liberal policies to encourage foreign investment. [61] On the contrary, as a monopoly, Escom cannot adequately account for shortages and surpluses, as it has no ability to gain information from price signals, consumer actions or competitors. [138] Kenny, "The rise and fall of Eskom – and how to fix it now," 7. [22] To accomplish this endeavour, Escom was expected to be run as a meritocratic organisation. [126] As Kenny argues, the White Paper made attempts at privatisation, but without any commitment or coherency. Kenny, however, believes that Escom's problem is purely present day governance. If you don't, you are unsustainable. [24] Inherent in the act was, what this paper aims to show as one of the prime causes of Escom's downfall, restrictions on Escom's pricing system. The primary case material and historiography was developed to show how Escom/Eskom's ignorance of economics led to its downfall. In a free market, producers would adjust by raising the price of beef. [86] But Eskom's transition to a business-like institution is misguided, as Kantor's earlier arguments have shown. Because the price was unrealistic, it had to eventually rise – which shocked the economy. [36] Even while private suppliers were still meant to be the primary suppliers, the annual report does discuss calls for government power stations near mines. With the stipulations and regulations wrought by Escom, incentive for private competition fell away. [43] Christie, "Better than van der Bijl dreamed: Escom 1948-75," 157. [4] Austrian School of Economics, Library of Economics and Liberty, accessed Oct 10, 2017, http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/AustrianSchoolofEconomics.html. [31] William Hoyt of South African Railways was also instrumental in his call for the VFPC to face state competition or even expropriation. "I, Pencil." In The Liberal Tide: From Tyranny to Liberty, edited by Jim Peron, 85-92. It needed to expand electrification, but without profit. "That which is seen and that which is not seen." In The Liberal Tide: From Tyranny to Liberty, edited by Jim Peron, 59-80. Conserve electricity without raising prices. This is an oft cited reason for Eskom's eventual productive failure. The historiography of Escom/Eskom is, unfortunately, at risk of forming an echo chamber. Library of Economics and Liberty. [106] Escom, Annual report, Johannesburg: Eskom, 1993, [1994], 9. Escom may have only been declared an official monopoly in 1948 when the National Party nationalised the electricity industry but, for all intents and purposes, it already wielded monopoly power. The economy became accustomed to unrealistically priced electricity. [135] Kenny, "The rise and fall of Eskom – and how to fix it now," 5. Education for skilled workers, among others. Joining ESCOM will allow you to benefit from a training focused on innovation, green chemistry and sustainable development. 07738, Ciudad de México 2009-2013. [132] Kenny, "The rise and fall of Eskom – and how to fix it now," 5. [100] James Jude Hentz, "The Two Faces of Privatisation: Political and Economic Logics in Transitional South Africa," Journal of Modern African Studies 38, no. What the Commission suggests here is merely a marketing campaign aimed at convincing consumers not to use as much electricity. This is not only my bias against non-Austrian schools, but actually an observation that no aspect of Eskom's and South Africa's electricity policy really reflected sound economics under any conception. This over electrification is fundamentally to do with a calculation problem. "The Two Faces of Privatisation: Political and Economic Logics in Transitional South Africa," Journal of Modern African Studies 38, no. Accueil International Welcome at ESCOM Chimie. Prices aren't just means to make individuals rich. [96] The economy was still bad, however, but Eskom did not need to cut costs going into the year. [89] Escom, Annual report, Johannesburg: Eskom, 1987 [1988], 7. These crucial dates contain the key content needed to establish the reason for Escom's downfall as Eskom. It was an "exit strategy". The Eskom Research team has identified that the future of power engineering lies in the wisdom and experience of the engineers, technologists and technicians of today. These include the fact that the state enterprise fell victim to the socialist calculation problem, a principle of Austrian economics that will be elucidated in the next section. [40] This further highlights the importance of cheap coal for Escom's performance and may explain more recent difficulties in Escom's functioning, as coal prices go up due to mismanagement and rising labour costs. As we can see in contemporary South Africa, our economy could not handle the shock of raised electricity prices. [70] Brian Kantor, "The Pricing of Electricity in South Africa: A Critical Assessment of the De Villiers Commission of Inquiry," Managerial and Decision Economics 9, no. [69] But without sustainable pricing, this will fall apart. [1924], 5. To learn more about career opportunities, Insertion professionnelle, Our campus is located less than one-hour north from Paris and hosts about 650 students, Surrounded by one of the most beautiful forests in France, Compiègne benefits from free. [35] This further highlights the role of mining magnates selfishly manipulating the political system to benefit their industry. The previous historiography and case study aimed to examine the secondary material with the lens of Austrian economics, setting forth a history of Escom/Eskom while reviewing past examinations. All the aforementioned historians have concerned themselves mainly with the MEC. [123] Going towards 2000, the annual reports reveal nothing more substantial. 2 (2000): 203. The Austrian School of Economics hails back to 1871, when Carl Menger founded the school with the publication of the Principles of Economics. [163] Eskom have again applied to NERSA for an urgent 17% increase in tariffs for 2019/2020 in an attempt to make up a R27.323 billion shortfall, Eskom is citing lower returns due to lower sales volumes as main reason for … They should have raised their prices so that richer consumers could subsidise expansion into rural areas. [2] While Escom did seem to perform, for the most part, effectively for much of its existence, we must not then think that something changed. The Austrian school will provide a fresh look at a subject which has, relatively, been under threat of an echo chamber. Temba A. Nolutshungu (Johannesburg: Free Market Foundation, 2011), 99. It was ordered by decree and not by market demand. [16] One can see how this is unsustainable: simply, a decreasing supply with increasing demand – with no ability to check that without political lobbying. https://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/files/BusinessDay_newspaper_article.pdf. [86] Escom, Annual report, Johannesburg: Eskom, 1987, [1988], 9. [52] Steyn maintains that the commission had an ulterior motive of ousting the incumbent Escom leadership, but nothing in the primary case material backs up that assertion. They were the capital holders and needed electricity the most. When it does not, it loses money. Kantor (1988) argues convincingly that Eskom should have at least just priced to cover its costs. Not only will this act as damage control against the dying parastatal, but will lead to a more sustainable industry led by an incentive to do well and to keep the business afloat. Now, this may have been necessary due to a need to uplift much of the people of South Africa, but Eskom could have done it while retaining economic sense. Hopefully, this paper will provide a decent departure from the orthodoxy and reveal the uneconomic nature inherent in Escom/Eskom, rather than just its face-value political activities and importance. Kenny, Andrew. [72] Kantor then proceeds to argue a salient point: that if Escom (now Eskom) is to be a monopoly, it should act like one. This explanation is credible. The Electricity Act was not introduced in a vacuum. With the information garnered from this paper, hopefully researchers and policy-makers will be able to push policies that address the issue inherent in all state enterprises and avoid the continuing downfall of our economy and industrial society. [115] Through the ownership of the commanding heights, the ANC had firm control over the economy. [8] Jim Peron, "Two-Minute Reads on Economics," in The Liberal Tide: From Tyranny to Liberty, ed. This paper analyses the history of Escom/Eskom from its founding to the end of the 20th century, with the aim of establishing the key reasons why Eskom has become a failing parastatal. [84] Kenny, "The rise and fall of Eskom – and how to fix it now," 5. Hazlitt, Henry. [1] This will be explored in the historiography. David MacDonald (HSRC Press, 2008), 52. [13] This distortion causes inappropriate behaviour by actors. Being a monopoly prevented it from observing and adapting to competitors' signals, as well as having any incentive to work effectively. [136] Southall, "The ANC, black economic empowerment and state-owned enterprises: a recycling of history?" 203-204. Achieve maximum availability of power stations. [39] Renfrew Christie, "Better than van der Bijl dreamed: Escom 1948-75," in Electricity, Industry and Class in South Africa (State University of New York Press: Albany, 1984), 150. As such, it doesn't need to be coddled by government. [10] Prices are integral to the economic process as they allow the sharing of information and cooperation without explicit communication. From what started as a perceived model state institution, is now an underperforming parastatal facing corruption allegations, inefficiency and an inability to effectively perform its function. [131] Clark, Manufacturing Apartheid, xi. Conserving electricity without raising prices is economically unsound. [54] Commission of Inquiry into the Supply of Electricity in the Republic of South Africa, Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Supply of Electricity in the Republic of South Africa, Pretoria: Government Printer, [1984], 1-2. Escom/Eskom annual reports post the De Villiers Commission reveal an unfortunate propensity for uneconomic behaviour. Prices are integral for the economy and an ordered society. Austrian economics provides a theoretical framework from which to examine Escom/Eskom. Rather, Eskom rushed in, built the infrastructure and then wasn't even making the minuscule income it could with its prices due to non-paying customers. [8] Prices expose the state of the supply and demand of a product, allowing agents to understand its scarcity or abundance, as well as the demand of other people. He argues that Escom, prior to these events, was meritocratically run. [87] They sure did try, though, with price decreases continuing right till 1996, when they proudly emphasised that South Africa had the cheapest electricity in the world.[88]. Rather, Escom/Eskom's monopoly status led to the more fundamental problem of the socialist calculation problem. [39] To provide profundity to this point, Escom did have to undertake a huge rationalisation policy when World War 2 caused coal shortages. He argued that people too often judge the merits of a policy or institution based on its immediate consequences, often ignoring the long-term consequences or the hidden opportunity costs. In line with the De Villiers Commission and internal Escom decision-making, the enterprise wanted to transition into a business. [138] This may be the case, but their leadership definitely was not competent in matters of economics, as will be seen in the subsequent section. HSRC Press, 2008. The Electricity Act's restrictions, combined with Escom/Eskom's refusal to raise prices (and their pride at lowering them!) [19] While Escom was founded in the service of a few mining magnates and their government allies, this paper is analysing Escom as an economic entity with an intended purpose. [102] The NP understood this and why they did it, so privatisation was, in fact, undoing their own strategy. Electrification of areas is sufficient to generate demand. As is seen in the Escom annual reports, this is achieved by cutting costs. [17] As a state institution, even if unique in its structures, Escom was still state-owned and thus did not have the incentives that a free market alternative would have. Eskom can't blame the government for this. [12] Leonard Reed, "I, Pencil," in The Liberal Tide: From Tyranny to Liberty, ed. The new chairman in the 1997 annual report stated the government's desire to privatise Eskom by 1998 as well as Eskom's adoption of Black Economic Empowerment policies. [28] With the restraints of the Electricity Act, however, Van der Bjil would not achieve his wish of a private sector led electricity growth. Finally, the government directly interfered with Eskom's productive capacities. … The electrification exceeded expectations. [117] The Financial Mail maintained that, while looking good in the short term, this expansion was not effectively planned, as no long-term sufficiency was considered, such as renewable energy. "Energy, environment and Urban Poverty in South Africa." Energy Policy 21, no. They were wrong. White paper on the Energy Policy of the Republic of South Africa. It was their obsession with cheap prices that led to them shrinking their business rather than raising prices. Instead, they were given political instructions to inform their pricing. [110] The goals relevant to this discussion are: The 1994 election and settlement provided some certainty for the markets, but slow growth and high crime were still restraints. "The Pricing of Electricity in South Africa: A Critical Assessment of the De Villiers Commission of Inquiry." Managerial and Decision Economics 9, no. This allows the business to run sustainably, as prices serve to provide a means of rationing scarce goods. Our engineering programme allies courses in the following fields : At the end of the engineering programme, ESCOM offers 12 majors in 6 different sector orientations : learn more about majors offered at ESCOM Chimie, see the link Majors. Southall, Roger. Interestingly, Andrew Kenny (2015) disagrees that Escom faced Afrikanerisation. "The ANC, black economic empowerment and state-owned enterprises: a recycling of history?" in State of the Nation: South Africa 2007, edited by Sakhela Buhlungu, John Daniel, Roger Southall & Jessica Lutchman, 201-225. [141] Escom, Annual report, Johannesburg: Eskom, 1993, [1994], 10. "Escom to Eskom: From racial Keynesian capitalism to neo-liberalism (1910-1994)." In Electric Capitalism: Recolonising Africa on the Power Grid.
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In many ways the founding of Walker Services Group, LLC—in January of 2006—reflects lessons from Jesus' miracle when he fed the crowd. We read in Matthew 14 how Jesus used a boy's simple meal of five loaves and two fish to feed over 5,000 people, how the young boy could have held on to his small meal but gave it to Jesus, how the disciples saw the boy's "little" while Jesus saw a need to collect the excess, how the disciples spent their time focused on what they didn't have while Jesus brought attention to what they did have, and what seemed like a miracle to the disciples was simply a reminder that "nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37).
In the years since Walker Services Group was formed, the "little" that was brought to Jesus on that first day has directly and indirectly impacted thousands of lives. Whether you are a business owner, CEO or emerging leader, let's discover how Walker Services Group can help you increase your impact in the world where you are called to make a difference. TYJ.


April 10, 2009 — AKVIS Software Inc. announces the release of AKVIS Retoucher plug-in v.3.5. The plug-in allows restoring damages photos by removing dust, scratches, stains, and by reconstructing the missing parts of a photo. The new version fixes bugs and improves compatibility with the newest versions of Photoshop CS3, CS4 on Macintosh and Windows. Upgrade for registered users is free.
Few things in life stir our memories and emotions the way photographs do. Unfortunately, as time goes by, old photographs fade out, get stained, or get otherwise damaged. In order to preserve them, many people digitize their photos to pass these cherished images on to future generations.
AKVIS Retoucher plug-in restores damaged photographs with minimal effort and amazing results. Surface defects such as scratches, water spots, flakes and stains can be removed automatically, just select the defects and run the program. The wide variety of capabilities are demonstrated at the Examples page at akvis.com.
Besides, the software is able to reconstruct the missing parts of a photo using the information of the surrounding areas. So you can restore a torn photo or a photo with some parts missing.
AKVIS Retoucher is also a handy tool for improving the composition of your photos. You can remove date stamps, logos, small irrelevant details (wires, refuse bins, etc). If you need to increase the canvas size (from one side or proportionally) to bring the main object into focus, AKVIS Retoucher will help you to fill the blank areas of the canvas with appropriate image textures.
The application is straightforward and can be used by amateur photographers who have never performed retouching/image restoration before. The main rule is to mark the entire area, you want to restore (for example, the entire scratch) . Otherwise, AKVIS Retoucher will try to re-create the scratch, as it analyses the neighboring pixels to fill in the damaged area.
Version 3.5 fixes some bugs and improves compatibility with the newest versions of Photoshop CS3, CS4 on Macintosh and Windows.
The full functional trial version of AKVIS Retoucher is available at the Download page.
AKVIS Retoucher Plugin is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel Photo-Paint, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Ulead Photoimpact, Picture Publisher pro and other digital imaging software that supports third-party plugins. The software runs on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista and on Macintosh Mac OS X 10.3.9-10.5, PowerPC / Intel.
AKVIS Retoucher sells for $87 USD, downloadable from akvis.com. Home users can enjoy the full line of AKVIS plugins in the AKVIS Alchemy bundle (Enhancer, Chameleon, Stamp, Retoucher, Coloriage, Noise Buster, Decorator, Sketch, LightShop, SmartMask, ArtSuite, Magnifier and ArtWork) for $325 USD. For business licenses consult the official web-site. One license key allows activating the software on two different computers.


The Coronel Steps of Faith: Our daughter Gina and husband Adam big move!
We have been very busy helping my son in law pack their home, it seems with the packing of our home and now their home that our new ministry is moving people!
Adam left up to Colorado to buy a home and we have Gina and the kids staying with us... Yes with us as we were blessed with an apartment for two months free as someone had a contact and had to leave and had two months left so we move in and it was perfect all of our needs!! God is Good!!
Please be praying that all goes well for Adam & Gina and the kids!!


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By Design (1993) 0 Word Processor DOS
By Design is an add-on set of document design utilities, fonts, and clipart for WordPerfect. Graphics include lead characters, page borders, graphics fonts, and page headers. Templates include newsletters, letterheads, title pages, and business forms.
CADKEY (1988) 1 Graphics Engineering DOS
CADKEY is a 2D/3D mechanical CAD (computer aided design or computer aided drafting) software application released for various DOS, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Originally released for DOS in 1984, CADKEY was among the first CAD programs with 3D capabilities for personal computers.
CalcStar (1980) 1 Spreadsheet DOS CPM
CalcStar is a spreadsheet from MicroPro, somewhat like VisiCalc but using commands similar to WordStar. You can also format content similar to WordStar. It was available for CP/M and DOS, and often part of early 80s system's bundled software.
Celebrity (1987) 1 Word Processor DOS
Celebrity is a powerful word processing program that includes a Speller, Thesaurus, Forms System, Report Writer, Calculator, Calendar, and File Cabinet. It was advertised as a solution for novice users, however the command based interface makes it less than user friendly.
Chart-Master (1985) 0 Presentations Graphics DOS
Chart-Master, originally introduced in 1981 by Decision Resources, Inc., was the first software that could produce presentation quality graphics with a plotter on a personal computer. Decision Resources also produced Sign-Master and Diagram-Master. They were acquired by Ashton-Tate in 1986. This program was also bundled in the Master Graphics Presentation Pack.
ChiWriter (1990) 3 Word Processor Mathematics DOS
ChiWriter is a WYSIWYG scientific text editor for DOS. Created by Cay Horstmann in 1986, it was one of the first that could write mathematical formulas on common PC computers.
Citrix Multiuser Link (1991) 0 Communications DOS OS2
Multiuser Link is a telecommunications program that Connects a PC running DOS or OS/2 to a Citrix Multiuser system via standard RS-232C serial directly or with a modem.
ClickArt Personal Publisher (1986) 0 Publishing DOS
ClickArt Personal Publisher is a simplified, Mac-like desktop publishing program. It was later purchased by Software Publishing Corporation and turned in to PFS:First Publisher, who then in turn sold it to Spinnaker Software where it became Easy Working Desktop Publisher
CO/Session (1992) 0 Communications DOS
CO-Session is a remote communication access program that supports remote control, file transfer, automates session, and promoted itself as faster and more powerful than Carbon Copy Plus.
ColoRIX (1990) 0 Graphics DOS
ColorRIX is a simple mouse-driven painting program for DOS. It features the ability to easily work with pallets and gradients. It was bundled with some video cards, and supported many custom resolutions. VGA Paint, on standard IBM VGA hardware, supports an undocumented 360x480 256 color mode.
VGA 1.x
COMit (1994) 0 Communications DOS Windows
COMit, from TradeWind Software, is a small, lightweight, and easy to use telecommunications terminal emulator for MS-DOS systems. OEMs commonly bundled it with modem hardware.
Company Ladder (1990) 0 Presentations DOS
Company Ladder is a budget oriented tool that specialized in making corporate organizational charts. It could handle large numbers of entries and print high quality graphs.
CompuServe Information Manager (1989) 0 Communications DOS
CompuServe Information Manager is the client software used for accessing the CompuServe service.
Corel Presentations (1995) 0 Presentations DOS
Corel Presentations (which is often referred to simply as Presentations) is a presentation program akin to Microsoft PowerPoint and OpenOffice.org Impress.
Corporate Ladder (1989) 2 Graphics DOS
Corporate Ladder is a quick and easy text-mode DOS based tool for creating organization charts and similar documents such as process-flow diagrams, decision trees, procedure diagrams, forms, and labels.
Correct Grammar (1989) 0 Word Processor Utility DOS
Correct Grammar is a grammar checking and analysis tool for DOS. Correct Grammar incorporates technology from the Houghton Mifflin CorrectText system.
CorrectStar (1984) 0 Word Processor Utility DOS
CorrectStar, from MicroPro International, is an add-on spell checker for WordStar 3.3. It was sold both bundled with WordStar and separately. Later versions of WordStar integrated the spell checker.
Crosstalk (1983) 0 Communications DOS
Originally released in 1982, Crosstalk XVI, from Digital Communications Associates Inc of Alpharetta, Georgia, is a powerful telecommunications program for the IBM PC with many scripting features. "XVI" means "16", and refers to the powerful new 16-bit x86 CPUs found in IBM PC's and compatibles. It was followed up by the MK 4 and Communicatior products.
XVI 3.3x
MK.4 2.x
Communicator 2.x
Dac-Easy Word (1987) 0 Word Processor DOS
DAC-Easy Word is a budget word processor package. It can have up to four document windows open, can work with large-ish documents, supports macros, features drop-down menus, built-in help, and includes a mailing list manager.
Dan Bricklin's Demo (1988) 0 Presentations DOS
Dan Bricklin's "Demo" is a tool for creating tutorials, interactive application demonstrations, and interface prototypes. It has a powerful scripting system, with the ability to store and manipulate both text and graphics screens, and a redistributable runtime. author of VisiCalc. Demo was first released in 1985 by Dan Bricklin's consulting firm Software Garden. It was later sold under Peter Norton Computing, and then Sage Software.
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DataPerfect (1993) 0 Word Processor Database DOS
DataPerfect, originally written by Lew Bastian, published through WordPerfect Corp, and later through Novell, was a fast, memory efficient, but capable relational database for DOS. WordPerfect Corp sold the product alongside their other DOS based office products, such as WordPerfect and PlanPerfect. In 1995 Novel released DataPerfect as freeware and development was continued by its original author until about 2008.
DeluxePaint (1988) 20 Graphics DOS
DeluxePaint, from Electronic Arts, is a bitmap pixel graphics editor that was ported to DOS from the Amiga.
DesignCAD 2D (1988) 5 Graphics Engineering DOS
DesignCAD is a low end, but well featured, drafting program. It was sometime a companion product to DesignCAD 3D.
DesignCAD 3D is a powerful, easy to use, and low cost DOS based CAD program that claimed to have all of the features of the more expensive CAD programs. It competed against low-cost CAD programs such as TurboCAD, Generic CADD, and Drafix. It was sometimes sold alongside DesignCAD 2D
Diagram-Master (1985) 0 Presentations DOS
Diagram-Master, from Decision Resources and later Ashton-Tate, is a graphics tool specifically geared toward making organization and Gantt charts. It can produce very high-quality presentation graphics using laser printers and plotters. Supports CGA, EGA, and the IBM Professional Display. This program was also bundled in the Master Graphics Presentation Pack.


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Legendary Nalgene quality in a growler size. Made from tough, impact resistant, BPA free Tritan copolyester. It's dishwasher safe and won't retain odors. And of course it's leak proof – after all it is a Nalgene.


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Q: Change hibernate ValidationMessage.properties i want to change default spring validation message file from ValidationMessage_en.properties to ValidationMessage_fa.properties file
the ValidationMessage_fa.properties still exist in org/hibernate/validator/ValidationMessages_fa.properties or in detail (.m2/repository/org/hibernate/validator/hibernate-validator/6.2.5.Final/hibernate-validator-6.2.5.Final-sources.jar!/org/hibernate/validator/ValidationMessages_fa.properties)
but i dont how to replace that

A: add config item as follow:
spring.web.locale=fa
spring.web.locale-resolver=fixed


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COVID-19: Putting the General Data Protection Regulation to the Test
McLennan, Stuart; Celi, Leo Anthony G.; Buyx, Alena
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is very much a global health issue and requires collaborative, international health research efforts to address it. A valuable source of information for researchers is the large amount of digital health data that are continuously collected by electronic health record systems at health care organizations. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be the key legal framework with regard to using and sharing European digital health data for research purposes. However, concerns persist that the GDPR has made many organizations very risk-averse in terms of data sharing, even if the regulation permits such sharing. Health care organizations focusing on individual risk minimization threaten to undermine COVID-19 research efforts. In our opinion, there is an ethical obligation to use the research exemption clause of the GDPR during the COVID-19 pandemic to support global collaborative health research efforts. Solidarity is a European value, and here is a chance to exemplify it by using the GDPR regulatory framework in a way that does not hinder but actually fosters solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
JMIR Publications Inc.
McLennan, Stuart et al. "COVID-19: Putting the General Data Protection Regulation to the Test." JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 6, 2 (May 2020): e19279 © 2020 The Author(s)


The drain cap features a solder cup and drain port. The fitting is designed to fit over the end of pipe to seal the end as well as provide a means to drain the pipe. Please refer to NIBCO technical data sheets and catalogs for engineering and installation information. In addition to its inherent qualities of beauty, durability and low maintenance, copper's reusability makes it an ideal application in sustainable projects. NIBCO® copper fittings are manufactured in an ISO 9001 certified facility, and backed by a 50-year limited warranty. Because of its longstanding reputation for precision in design and manufacturing, NIBCO is the preferred brand in the industry.