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Strong and heavy, lightly colored.
Strong and hard without being extremely heavy. Rich dark brown in color, often with a highly figured grain.
Extremely dense and durable tropical wood, yellow to dark brown in color. Teak is most often used for outdoor furniture, on which it develops a grey patina over time as it is exposed to the elements.
An exoticly grained tropical wood that is closely related to rosewood but is more environmentally sensitive.
Wood treated with a chemical that causes the surface to darken dramatically. It differs from stained wood in that its surface is altered chemically rather than merely coated.
Term used to describe furniture components that are milled completely from natural wood.
Product formed by bonding layers of wood or synthetic materials together, which are then applied to a substrate.
wood fibers and usually coated with veneer or laminate.
Hard, clear, heat-resistant coating applied to natural or painted surfaces.
Renewable coating that protects surfaces while enhancing wood grain.
oak to produce a smooth, matte finish. Must be reapplied periodically.
grain. Can be water- or oil-based and is usually covered with a top coat such as varnish, oil or wax.
Renewable finish used to protect and enhance appearance.
Can be used on bare or stained wood and buffed to a high gloss.
Flat sawn (or plain sawn) wood is the most commonly used lumber. The grain on its face can feature both straight and "cathedral" shaped figuring. The end grain shows a horizontal or slightly cupped pattern.
Quarter sawn wood has a fine and straight grain pattern on its face. Dramatic flecking and wavy ribbons called "medullary rays" are present in red and white oak. The end grain has a nearly vertical pattern. Quarter sawn is a more expensive process compared to flat sawn and yields a very stable finished product.


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Nasser Ahmed Muthana, known in jihadist circles as Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni, is a British propagandist, recruiter, facilitator, and foreign fighter for ISIS and an internationally designated terrorist. Muthana often encourages fellow Muslims to make hijrah (migration) to ISIS-held territory,Abul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter post, June 29, 2015, 8:09 a.m., https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the/status/615492325398192129. and has directed viewers to his private messaging account on Surespot.Abul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter post, June 29, 2015, 7:13 a.m., https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the/status/615478067348271104. He has also published incendiary and violent messages threatening the lives of kuffar (nonbelievers). In 2014, Muthana appeared in an ISIS video in which he propagandized for the group and told viewers that its fighters "will even go to [fight in] Jordan and Lebanon with no problems, wherever our sheikh [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi] wants to send us.""Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni from Britain - ISIS 'No Life Without Jihad' Video," LiveLeak, accessed July 8, 2015, http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a5_1403639105#u4qsCO6H0hJxZMlb.99.
Muthana is part of a network of English-speaking recruiters and facilitators. On Twitter, U.K.-born recruiter Raphael Hostey (a.k.a. Abu Qaqa) calls Muthana "a beloved brother" who has "been here since I entered Syria."Qa'qa' al-Baritani, Twitter post, June 5, 2015, 3:39 a.m., https://twitter.com/an_Najdee/status/606726996111048704. Neil Prakash (a.k.a Abu Khaled al-Cambodi) also references Muthana, and touts Muthana's violent history.Abu Khaled the Australian, June 3, 2015, 6:13 a.m., https://twitter.com/Ak47zNeedLove/status/606041016861343744.
Before joining ISIS, Muthana had been on track to study medicine, and had received offers to study at four U.K. universities. He was last seen in the United Kingdom in November 2013.Tom Whitehead, Claire Duffin, Philip Sherwell and Richard Spencer, "Iraq crisis: British student identified as recruiting Isis jihadists," Telegraph (London), June 20, 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10916124/Iraq-crisis-British-student-identified-as-recruiting-Isis-jihadists.html.
In March 2015, the United Kingdom designated Nasser Muthana under its Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 ("TAFA 2010")."Operation of the UK's Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 September 2014 to 31 December 2014," HM Treasury, March 2, 2015, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411231/2014Q4-WMS.pdf. On September 28, 2015, the United Nations added Muthana to its list of Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals."Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12059.doc.htm.
@mistyvt_theAbul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter, accessed July 1, 2015, https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the.
Abu Al-Yemeni Muthana "Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12059.doc.htm.
abulmuthannaAbul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter post, June 29, 2015, 7:13 a.m., https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the/status/615478067348271104.
Abul-MuthannaAbul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter, accessed July 1, 2015, https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the.
Abul-MuthannahQa'qa' al-Baritani, Twitter post, June 5, 2015, 3:39 a.m., https://twitter.com/an_Najdee/status/606726996111048704.
Abu Muthana Al Yemeni"Operation of the UK's Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 September 2014 to 31 December 2014," HM Treasury, March 2, 2015, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411231/2014Q4-WMS.pdf.
Abu Muthanna al-YemeniTom Whitehead, Claire Duffin, Philip Sherwell and Richard Spencer, "Iraq crisis: British student identified as recruiting Isis jihadists," Telegraph (London), June 20, 2014, hhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10916124/Iraq-crisis-British-student-identified-as-recruiting-Isis-jihadists.html.
Abdul Muthana"Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12059.doc.htm.
Abul-Muthanna YemeniAbul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter, accessed July 1, 2015, https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the.
Abu Muthana"Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, .
Abu Muthanna"Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, .
Nasir Muthana"Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, .
Nasser Ahmed Muthana"Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, .
The U.K. Treasury designated Nasser Muthana under its Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 ("TAFA 2010")."Operation of the UK's Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 September 2014 to 31 December 2014," HM Treasury, March 2, 2015, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411231/2014Q4-WMS.pdf.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury added Nasser Muthana to its list of Specially Designated Nationals."Counter Terrorism Designations," U.S. Department of the Treasury, September 29, 2015, http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20150929.aspx.
The United Nations Security Council added Nasser Ahmed Muthanna to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals."Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List," United Nations, September 28, 2015, http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12059.doc.htm.
Nasser Ahmed Muthana, known in jihadist circles as Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni, is a British propagandist, recruiter, facilitator, and foreign fighter for ISIS and an internationally designated terrorist.
"Alhamdulillah 18 brits dead, cures the hearts of the believers and angers the hearts of the kuffar…" (Tweet)Abul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter post, June 29, 2015, 8:06 a.m., https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the/status/615491504027627520.
"Man it felt so good to see the rafidha get a taste of their own medicine, may Allah accept him as a shaheed and enter him into Firdows, Ameen" (Tweet)Abul-Muthanna Yemeni, Twitter post, June 27, 2015, 9:56 a.m., https://twitter.com/mistyvt_the/status/614794437437353985.
"…Other than implementing the law of Allah […] and fighting the enemies of Allah you see no one who does it like us […]. And we are a state who is implementing the sharia [Islamic law] in both Iraq and Sham. And look at our soldiers, we understand no borders […] we have participated in battles in Sham and we will go to Iraq in a few days and we will fight there […] and come back and we will even go to Jordan and Lebanon with no problems, wherever our sheikh [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi] wants to send us." (ISIS propaganda video)"Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni from Britain - ISIS 'No Life Without Jihad' Video," LiveLeak, accessed July 8, 2015, http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a5_1403639105#u4qsCO6H0hJxZMlb.99.


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McCormick, Mullican named all-state
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Ansley Mullican and Morgan McCormick have been most valuable players, the best players at their positions in District 6-AAA and two of the best players in Region 3-AAA. Now, the two Lady Pioneers can say they are two of the best soccer players in the state.Following junior years where Mullican and McCormick helped lead the Warren County High School soccer team within one win of a state-tournament bid, both players were named to the Tennessee All-State soccer team.It has been over a decade since the last Warren County athletes were named to an all-state team following a dominating season. Robert Garibaldi and Jimmy Barnes were the last two players to be selected to the all-state team while playing the same sport. Garibaldi and Barnes were senior leaders on the 2001 boys soccer team which made it to the state tournament.Cody Robinson was a preseason all-state football selection by several publications two years ago as well, but Mullican and McCormick started this year under the radar on the state level before making a splash for the Lady Pioneers.The duo of Lady Pioneers were no strangers to local accolades as McCormick came into the 2012 season as the reigning District 6-AAA MVP while Mullican was the midfielder of the year in the district in 2011.Mullican and McCormick swapped awards this season as Mullican claimed the District 6-AAA MVP award after scoring 23 goals in the regular season to go along with 14 assists.


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Largest Cities in Djibouti
Facts about Djibouti
Official languages: French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
Capital: Djibouti
Population: 740,528 residents
Population density: 32.20 residents per km²
Currency: DJF
Internet TLD: .dj
ISO codes: DJ, DJI, 262
The dialing code for Djibouti is +253
Djibouti, a city-state with a desert as a hinterland, is located in East Africa on the strait between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Mastered Arabic for centuries, it had been a French colony since the 19th century. It has been independent since 1977.
In relation to the size of the country, the country has wide access to the sea. At the moment enormous expansions of the port facilities are being built not least by investors from the Arabian Peninsula. With the expected completion in 2006, the country will have one of the largest container terminals in the region. Since Ethiopia does not have its own access to the sea, the landlocked country conducts a large part of its trade via Djibouti.
Other important economic factors are the railway line to Addis Ababa and the financial aid from France.
Biggest Cities of Djibouti by Population
# City Population Latitude Longitude
1 Djibouti, Djibouti 624,002 11.589 43.145
2 Ali Sabieh, Djibouti 40,185 11.1558 42.7125
3 Danan, Djibouti 40,185 11.1833 42.9333
4 Tadjourah, Djibouti 22,304 11.7878 42.8822
5 Obock, Djibouti 17,887 11.9669 43.2883
6 Dikhil, Djibouti 12,154 11.1045 42.3697
7 Arta, Djibouti 6,136 11.5264 42.8519
Djibouti: Djibouti City
The capital is called Djibouti City or just Djibouti, just like the country. The city of Djibouti is right at the entrance to the Gulf of Tadjoura. There is also a port here that is particularly important for Ethiopia and its economy. There is also an international airport in Djibouti.
Many people live in the city of Djibouti, as more and more people are moving from the countryside to the cities. But many end up in the slums. The population is estimated to be around half a million. If you want to read more about Djibouti City, you can find more information under "Everyday Life".
Countries neighboring Djibouti
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Sun Valley Ski Resort Maintains Charm
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Sun Valley Idaho is a remote town at the mouth of the Sawtooth Mountains, originally founded as a junction for the continental railroad by the Union Pacific Railroad. This destination grew popular as it invented the ski chair lift, and established the first ski resort in the world. Today, the resort town of Sun Valley is especially popular among students.
"I have a season pass to Snowbasin, which gives us five free days [skiing] at Sun Valley, so we take a weekend and go party," senior student Johnny Jergensen said.
Jergensen and his friends are not the only group that makes the journey to Sun Valley each year. Other students work around school, schedules, and breaks to make the worthwhile trip.
"Sun Valley is a blast," senior Cody Saunders said. "The Mountain is awesome, the runs are great, and The Village and town it's in is super cool."
While Sun Valley may be the top rated ski mountain in the United States, students say that the resort town has much more to offer. The Sun Valley natives are always seem to be looking for a friendly conversation.
"You can talk to everyone, they're all super nice and love to tell people about the resort and their lives. They're really outgoing," Jergensen said.
The town has even more to its culture beyond the people. Founded in 1936, the privately managed city maintains its authentic look and many of its original structures.
"It's kind of just like a little Christmas town. They have lights everywhere and all the buildings are covered in them. Most of the buildings are made out of wood like an old classy town," Saunders said.
Sun Valley Resort will remain open for winter operations until early April, with summer activities following shortly. The town itself never sleeps on the season, offering plenty of local shopping and authentic restaurants.
"The Whole town is top notch… My favorite restaurant is a little Mexican place called Despo's," Jergensen said.
For more information on lodging, conditions, and activities, visit Sun Valley's website: https://www.sunvalley.com/.


troubling disconnect between the economy's productivity and ordinary workers' wages that has emerged over the last 40 years. As shown in Figure 1-15, real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees roughly kept pace with productivity growth in the nonfarm business sector during the early postwar years. But starting around the 1970s, a large gap emerged between overall productivity and an ordinary worker's take-home pay.


While Putin is preoccupied with the conquest of Ukraine, his previous commitment to disarm Syria of its weapons of mass destruction seems to have at least been pushed to the back burner, assuming it was ever serious to begin with.
The US ambassador to the United Nations has launched a broadside against the Assad regime in Syria for its tardiness in complying with the programme to remove its stockpile of chemical weapons, despite the government in Damascus recently accelerating the timetable for their destruction.
"Syria refusing to seriously negotiate & is (about) to miss another deadline," Samantha Power tweeted on Wednesday evening. "Good that #Syria finally began moving chemical weapons, but curious it does so only when there's a looming @UN or @OPCW meeting" she added.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was put in charge of the removal of Syria's chemical weapons following the large scale chemical weapons attack in Ghouta on 21 August last year and under an ambitious timetable, all chemical weapons were supposed to have left the country by 4 February, but the deadline has been moved back to the end of June. After seeking another delay as recently as two weeks ago, the Syrian government has backtracked again and said it will get rid of all weapons by the end of April.
It's important to note that Putin would have likely not have anything to say about Syria to begin with without access to the Mediterranean, via the Black Sea and its Crimean naval base.


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Q: removing notes from a string with regex (in access VBA) I have an issue with something that seems rather trivial but it ain't working, so I'm wondering what I am overlooking.
I have following string :
Just some blablabla with some notes on the end *1 *2

and I need to strip the 'notes' from the string so that it becomes as follows :
Just some blablabla with some notes on the end

My regex is as follows :
regex.Pattern = "^(.*)(\*[0-9]+\s?)+$"

So basically what it should do is look at the end of the string to see if it can find an asterisk followed by one or more integers and an optional space. Unfortunatly if I run this the way I stated it only removes the last note, and leaves the first as below
Just some blablabla with some notes on the end *1

Where is my logic going wrong ?
Thanks in advance!

A: The problem on your regex is that you are using a greedy operator:
^(.*)(\*[0-9]+\s?)+$
   ^----- here

Change it to a lazy one (or ungreedy) by adding a ? so it will match the first match of *1
^(.*?)(\*[0-9]+\s?)+$
    ^---- here

Working demo

As an additional note, you could use this regex too:
^(.*?)\*\d

A: You're using (.*), which is greedy. As the engine backtracks, the second group only matches once. Change (.*) to a match-aware construct, see the following regex:
^([^*]+|\*(?!\d))+(\*[0-9]+\s?)+$

Here is a regex demo.
Or you can use a reluctant match from Fede's answer as well, though mine is optimal.

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Drawn by palm trees, warmer weather, and the Pacific Coast, my friend and I recently took an extended weekend getaway to California. Having already been to LA and San Francisco, the next California coastal towns on my list were San Diego and its upscale seaside community La Jolla (pronounced "La Hoy-ya").
We spent our first night in La Jolla, then, the next three nights, we stayed near the Little Italy neighbourhood near Downtown San Diego. In both areas we booked accommodations via Airbnb, and used Uber for all our transportation needs.
Known for museums, zoos and sea world, San Diego has numerous ticketed tourist attractions and tours. But if you're like us and would prefer a modern mix of local experience in San Diego, read on!
Here's our list of six things to do in San Diego that aren't ticketed attractions.
San Diego has a surprisingly robust dining scene with little pockets of boutique restaurant blocks scattered throughout the city. We stayed in the Little Italy district and loved the stretch of hip restaurants each serving unique menus in a trendy environment. San Diego sure knows how to take advantage of its good weather; many of its restaurants along India Street and Kettner Boulevard have patios for al fresco dining, or giant windows that open to let in fresh air.
Two restaurants we went to included Kettner Exchange (with a rooftop patio) and Queens Landing (located in a heritage home with patio and "front yard" seating). For healthy eats, Gratitude Cafe was a clean and modern restaurant we went back to twice, while Juice Crafters offered cold-pressed juice, smoothies, and acai bowls to-go.
There's a 3km stretch of trail running alongside Sunset Cliffs Boulevard which winds along the Pacific Coast with unblocked views of the ocean. We saw lots of runners exercising along the coastline, photographers snapping the scenic view, as well as picnickers spread out on blankets down by the beach or sitting on the flat rocks. The hike is beautiful at all hours, but for a sunset experience, visit at dusk and watch the sun set into the Pacific Ocean.
The equivalent of Vancouver's Granville entertainment district, San Diego's Gaslamp district is full of restaurants, bars and clubs. This is one of the more lively spots to spend a Friday or Saturday night in San Diego.
Coronado Island is a neighbourhood in the south of San Diego, and its main attraction is the historic Hotel del Coronado. We could have taken a ferry to the Island, but the ferry lands on the opposition side of the island from the hotel, so we took an Uber instead and got dropped off right at the main entrance of the hotel. We explored the grounds a bit then plopped down white sand beach. It's super clean and well maintained but make sure you bring your own towel to sit on because individual beach chair rentals are $20 USD each!
La Jolla is an upscale beach suburb about 30 minutes away from downtown San Diego. We walked from Windandsea Beach to La Jolla Cove; along the way there is a strip near the Children's Pool with tons of seals and sea lions. We were amazed at how close we could get to them – although there are signs everywhere saying to maintain a respectable distance and to not take selfies with the wild animals. The ocean view is beautiful, but if you get a chance, walk along the residential blocks too. Every home is different and many are beautifully adorned with cactus, succulents, and other landscaping details.
How many times do you get to say you walked over the border to Mexico?! For $2.50USD take the "blue line" Trolley towards San Ysidro; the last stop is at the Mexican border. Cross the border and pass through customs on foot and you're set for a day-trip in Tijuana. Be sure to visit Anthony Bourdain's Taco Alley while you're there!


Al-Faraj, FAM, Scholz, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8919-3838, Tigkas, D and Boni, M 2015, 'Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations' , Water Policy, 17 (5) , pp. 865-886.
There is growing concern in Iraq about the inefficiency of reactive drought management practices. Corresponding actions are largely characterized as emergency-based responses that treat the symptoms of drought rather than consider the vulnerability components associated with impacts. The Diyala watershed shared between Iraq and Iran has been used as an example transboundary river basin marked by ineffectiveness of drought management. The standardized precipitation index and the reconnaissance drought index were used to determine the historical meteorological drought episodes and the analysis indicated climate change-induced alterations in the area. Spatiotemporal drought maps were drawn, which can be used for the identification of the drought prone areas and assist proactive planning. The paper discusses the underlying causes of impairments of drought management policies, challenges and difficulties accompanied with the governance of drought in Iraq. Given the influence of climate change and the upstream anthropogenic pressures, the time has come to adopt a gradual nation-wide transition step to drought risk planning incorporating a management approach at transboundary scale. Moreover, the institutional and technical water vulnerability components associated with drought management should be considered in an integrated manner. The paper presents a generic technical template to support decision-makers in drought risk management.


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Romantic Verona – City of Love
Italy boasts several romantic and historical cities, but one of them made its mark because of a classic Shakespearean play. This city of love is called Verona located in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. Although it is less popular than its neighbor Venice, Verona exudes a distinct charming and relaxing vibe.
Exploring Verona exposes you to the transition of art and architecture from the medieval and early renaissance to the more contemporary Western European. Verona is indeed a city with a passion for the arts as evident in the number of art museums, castles, old squares, fortifications and centuries old churches it houses. In addition, you will notice a number of well-preserved Roman ruins around Verona, as it was once a prominent Roman city.
To start your love affair with Verona, visit its historical center where you can find some of its most notable attractions like the Piazza dei Signori, Corso Porta Borsari, Teatro Romano, Duomo di Verona, Giardino Giusti, and San Fermo Church. Lose yourself to the city's exquisite cafes, craft and couture shops, and quaint inns called osterie. All of these things make Verona what it is; elegant and warm, modern and ancient. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the richness of its culture and its love for the arts.
Perhaps the most famous structure that celebrates this Roman Empire era is the Arena. Dating back more than 800 years old, this enormous amphitheater attracts the most number of tourists. Being here gives you a glimpse of how Roman spectators flock to the area to witness great gladiator fights and performances. Even though a big section of the outer ring was damaged from an earthquake in 1117, the inner section is still very much intact. The Arena is still used to hold impressive opera performances.
Verona is the setting for "Romeo and Juliet". If you want to relive the love that has moved the world for many centuries, drop by Juliet's House, Casa di Giulietta. The house is situated in Via Cappello, just off the Piazza delle Erbe. This balcony is supposedly where Romeo proposed his love for Juliet. Just below the balcony is a small courtyard that houses a statue of the tragic, star crossed lover.
The Piazza delle Erbe is considered to be the heart of the city and contains the 14th century Gardello Tower, the Britney Verona fountain and a scenic local market. Another fascinating structure you should visit is the 14th century Castelvecchio. This fortified red brick castle lies on the banks of River Aldige, and is home to the city art museum. While here, you will find a bountiful collection of precious paintings and sculptures from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Aside from the museum, the old castle ramparts are also worth the exploring.
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Moving this spring? Watch out for rental scams!
In 2016, more than 35 million people in the U.S. changed residences. Each year, the May-September months are the most popular times of the year to make a move. And it's no wonder why. For one, the weather is warmer in the spring and summer, so no dealing with freezing temperatures or snow on the ground while moving. Additionally, millions of college graduates start to look for their first home and parents wait for summer breaks to minimize disruption for their school-aged children. It's an exciting time, but if you are not careful, you may fall for the fraudulent rental scam.
The fraudulent rental scam begins innocently enough. A consumer searches for an apartment or house to rent on a listing website such as Craigslist or Zillow. After finding one that she is interested in, the consumer contacts the seller. Many fraudsters are careful to make sure their listings give off every impression of being legitimate. These scammers may negotiate the price, a pet policy, and even who is responsible for maintenance. Some fraudsters will even go so far as to make the prospective renter sign a bogus lease to give you every confidence that you are actually renting the apartment.
Once trust is developed, the scammer will then ask the prospective renter to pay a security deposit or the first month's rent. While these scam artists may be convincing, they have no actual apartment to lease and simply disappear once they receive the money. In some cases, the victim will even show up with a moving truck to the place they thought they were renting, only to find out that the listing was fictitious, there is no actual apartment, and they are out a hefty sum of money.
Never pay by wire transfer. Pay your security deposit/first month's rent with a check, credit or debit card. Payments made with a wire transfer or cash are impossible to trace, leaving you with little recourse should you fall victim to this scam.
Do not pay for anything before you see the inside of the apartment. Many scammers will come up with convenient excuses for why you cannot see the apartment. You should insist on viewing the apartment before you pay any money. If the landlord or person offering you to rent does not comply, it is a scam.
If you are moving to a new city and cannot visit before the move, ask a friend to look at the apartment. Even if your friend cannot comment on the apartment's appearance or location, knowing that the rental is legitimate will give you peace of mind and protect you from falling victim to a scam. If you don't know anyone in the city and cannot travel to your new home before moving in or paying a deposit, do some research on the listing agent or management company to make sure that your contact is an actual employee. You can do this by using a search engine to find the phone number for the company and calling them.
Be wary of leasing an apartment from someone who is far away, but offers to mail you the key once they receive payment. This is a red flag of a scam. The fraudster will simply end communication with you once they receive your money.
Spotting a rental scam can be tricky. If you suspect that you have become a victim, report it immediately. You can file a complaint at Fraud.org via our secure online complaint form. We'll share your complaint with our network of law enforcement and consumer protection agency partners who can and do put fraudsters behind bars.


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Martz and Bevilacqua: Photography Exhibition Under Way
by Alive Staff Writer
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in downtown Tampa will be showcasing work by Amy Martz and Maria Bevilacqua through July 26. The exhibition, New Visions, examines landscapes from disparate points of view. Read more about the artists below.
Tampa contemporary artist Amy Martz is celebrated for combining photography, painting and graphic design to display her unique perspective of visual environments. Her motivation is to artistically highlight artisanship, architecture, history and surroundings by abstractly capturing and composing elemental details in a fresh way so that people discover and appreciate their surroundings.
Martz is best known for her incredible use of natural lighting as well as her visual studies of the built environment. Her work provides a refreshingly unique, unexpected perspective that compel you to experience even the mundane on a visceral level.
Martz is the featured artist for Tampa's only 4-Star hotel, Le Meridien, where her "Tampa Discovery Moments" Art Collection is displayed throughout the hotel's guest rooms, lobby, and the hotel brand's award winning arrival art.
Limited editions from Le Meridien Tampa's collection can be seen soon for sale at the Tampa Museum of Art, the Henry B. Plant Museum, and various boutique art galleries throughout the Tampa Bay area. Several pieces from the series have been acquired by the esteemed permanent art collection of Tampa's History Center, as well as the
City of Tampa's permanent art collection.
Maria Bevilacqua is an award winning artist|photographer whose work has exhibited in museums internationally. This body of work reflects her own life s inspiration and challenges. Her interest lies in the folding of her interior world into a complex personal history and her evolving understanding of landscape. Living and traveling in different parts of the world provides a dislocation from place. This isolation is necessary because her work is relational and self oriented which allows you to get visually lost in the residual haunting of her history. Her interest lies in exploiting the contradiction between what we know to be there and what we actually see. The mashing of landscape to mask and reveal what is below the surface; hiding what is secret or revealing what is hidden beneath. Evoking memory and emotion in this visual narrative where she and her subject become inseparable.
Bevilacqua received her BFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Drawing and Printmaking with a minor in Communications and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She is the recipient of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art Exhibition Award. Bevilacqua currently lives and works in Tampa,
where she is the Director of Creative Marketing for MaintenX International as well as the owner of Maria Bevilacqua Photography.
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts' New Visions — Two Different Views of Places That Surround Us
By Julie Garisto, AliveTampaBay Correspondent — Maria Bevilacqua and Amy Martz escort us to locations from a distance and up close.
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EOS skin products, a company with massive and growing popularity, is changing the face of lip balm. This company appeared on the scene only 7 years ago, but in that time has created a new mold for lip balm design and marketing and now sells over a million products each week. EOS, which stands for Evolution of Smooth, is run by two men who took the time to learn what women, the primary purchasers of lip balm, want in this product.
What are the characteristics that make EOS lip balms so popular? The company chose to offer a "pot" or spherical container in addition to the traditional standard of a tube. They use all or mostly organic ingredients. The company's website boasts that the products are hypoallergenic and avoid the use of petroleum-based products. And they offer a variety of delicious-sounding flavors.
EOS's lip balm flavors have clearly been thought through. Many of them sound like a delicious but health-conscious snack or dessert, like Coconut Milk, Sweet Mint, and Blueberry Acai. Some of them are slightly exotic, but appealing, like Blackberry Nectar. And some are slight variations of a familiar standard, such as Vanilla Bean and Fresh Grapefruit. The company seems to take an appealing scent or flavor and combines it with a trendy, healthy-sounding ingredient, the kind of thing you would see advertised at your local Whole Foods Market as a "super food." Check this on evolutionofsmooth.de.
EOS's lip balm flavors follow the company's pattern of offering a fun, enjoyable product to its customer. The emphasis on natural ingredients and avoidance of harsh chemicals along with the unique package and delectable, fresh-sounding flavors appeal to a customer who wants to enjoy their lip balm. They've helped transition lip moisturizers from a simple drug store necessity to an indulgence. Go straight to this related link, for more of EOS.


Chief Executive, Jon Sparkes' blog: More rough sleepers will be helped this winter after the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon and Housing Minister, Kevin Stewart MSP, accepted the short-term recommendations of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group.
The quiet determination that has been present in the meetings since the Action Group started work on 5 October continued as we started the 4th meeting by reviewing the implementation of the actions we recommended for this winter.
Chief Executive blog: With the festive season behind us, members of the Scottish Government's Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group were as focused as ever when we met for the fifth time in Shelter Scotland's offices in Edinburgh this week.
That sense of resolve sums up the atmosphere of the 2nd stakeholder workshop of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group which took place yesterday. Colleagues from across housing, charities, justice, health, councils, housing associations and faith groups gathered to hear about and input to the progress the Action Group has made so far on recommending solutions to the Scottish Government on ending rough sleeping in Scotland and transforming the use of temporary accommodation.
Chief Executive blog: Recommendations for ending rough sleeping in Scotland are nearing completion.
Chief Executive blog: There was consensus for the principles of what we want to recommend at last week's meeting of the Scottish Government's Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group.
Yesterday saw the eighth meeting of the Scottish Government's Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HRSAG).
Jon Sparkes' latest blog on the Scottish Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group. "I am delighted to begin this blog by confirming that this week, Kevin Stewart, Minister for Local Government and Housing has accepted in principal the recommendations from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group on how to transform temporary accommodation."
Today is a significant day in our efforts to end homelessness in Scotland for good as Local Government and Housing Minister, Kevin Stewart confirmed that the final recommendations of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) have been accepted by the Scottish Government.


Post Election Call for Unity - Noah's Ark & Co.
Noah's Ark's first KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR Event featuring Mormonism and True Islam happened on 11/5/16 - pre-election weekend here in Metro-Atlanta, GA.
For the evening presentation, it was an attempt to invite the local community to learn more about their Mormon and Muslim neighbors and to foster understanding and friendship between these two faiths.
In the afternoon, there was also an opportunity to serve together in a Blood Drive as a community and get to know each other better.
Combined, there were 20 people from both faiths who donated blood that afternoon and there were 107 people who attended the evening's presentation.
I personally loved everything. Everything was very satisfying.
Loved the presentation materials; both faith's speakers were amazing.
I loved how the event gave 2 communities to come together and discuss about their religious beliefs.
I loved how both faiths could interact in peace and harmony.
Our common values; life of a Mormon woman; cleared misconceptions about Mormons.
Mormonism & Islam has a lot of similarities, Mormonism encourages family connection deeply; Loved the concept of Noah's Ark!!
Muslims & Mormons are so alike; Believing in God is important; Mormons are great people!
That there are a lot of commonalities between religions; Love for humanity; Role of modesty in religion.
Hijab is to allow women to focus on important aspects of faith (& less important distractions); Qur'an speaks about Jesus Christ; Different sects within Islam.
Sisterhood; Brotherhood; Respect for each other.
Indeed it was a great weekend to get to KNOW and SERVE together as neighbors and new friends.
Looking for faith leaders in the community willing to host the next KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR Event in the Metro Atlanta area (click here to download the evening's program) and stand up for UNITY & FRIENDSHIP after this divisive election.
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Q: Should I move some dependencies to `runtime` in Gradle in Android Studio? Using gradle-lint-plugin in Android Studio, it hints that
:lintGradle

This project contains lint violations. A complete listing of the
violations follows.  Because none were serious, the build's overall
status was unaffected.

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:43 compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.0'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:44 compile 'com.android.support:design:24.1.0'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:45 compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.1.0'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:52 compile
'com.github.gigamole.arcprogressstackview:library:+'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:53 compile 'com.github.dexafree:materiallist:3.2.1'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:54 compile 'com.android.volley:volley:1.0.0'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:55 compile 'com.cocosw:bottomsheet:1.+@aar'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:57 compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:58 compile 'com.github.shem8:material-login:1.4.0'

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:64
compile('com.github.ozodrukh:CircularReveal:1.3.1@aar') {
    transitive = true; }

this dependency should be moved to the runtime configuration since it
has no classes warning   unused-dependency
app/build.gradle:74 compile 'com.github.rey5137:material:1.2.4'

? app/build.gradle: 11 problems (0 errors, 11 warnings)

To apply fixes automatically, run fixGradleLint, review, and commit
the changes.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Should I take the advice? If those dependencies should be in runtime, Why does every dependencies wiki/doc don't say that and insist telling us to put dependencies in compile?
Edit: I try to take the advice, in other words, change the keyword compile to runtime, like runtime 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.0'. However, Android Studio hints that
Error:Could not find method runtime() for arguments
[com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.0] on object of type
org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

Please install the Android Support Repository from the Android SDK
Manager. Open Android SDK Manager

So what's the problem?

A: I believe apk is android for runtime, e.g.:
apk 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.0'

Some say package
https://stackoverflow.com/a/28473873/360211
Maybe both work, maybe there is no difference, maybe there is. I don't know  as very ungoogleable terms.

A: You should put dependencies that you need for compilation in compile, this includes classes you use directly in your sources.
You should put dependencies that you don't need for compilation, but need at runtime in runtime, those are not available on the compile classpath, but they will be available at execution.


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module Takeout
  class Response
    attr_accessor :headers
    attr_accessor :body
    attr_accessor :response
    attr_accessor :options

    def initialize(options={})
      if block_given?
        yield self
      else
        extract_instance_variables_from_options(options)
      end
    end

    def extract_instance_variables_from_options(options)
      # Set instance variables
      @headers = options[:headers] || ''
      @body = options[:body] || {}
      @response = options[:response] || {}

      # Clean instance variables out of options hash and set that as options instance variable
      [:headers, :body, :response].each { |v| options.delete(v) }
      @options = options
    end
  end
end

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Someone Put Japanese Names in the China-Coded Fantasy Fiction I'm Reading. Why Am I Surprised? (not a rhetorical question)
Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sara K.
Recently, I've been reading a lot of anglophone (i.e. originally written in English) fantasy fiction set in pseudo-China. The prevalence of Japanese-sounding names and obvious analogues for Japan strikes me.
The first question is: why do so many anglophone fantasy writers put (pseudo-)Japanese in their (pseudo-)China?The second question is: why do I find this surprising?
Since I am a thousand times better at reading my mind than reading other people's minds, I'll start with the second question.
Before I learned Mandarin, I read a few fantasy novels in China-coded setting (such as Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep). However, the overwhelming majority of speculative fiction I've read with any kind of Chinese setting has been wuxia, xianxia, xuanhuan, and qihuan originally written in Chinese. Since 'wuxia, xianxia, xuanhuan, and qihuan' is a mouthful, I'm just going to lump them all under 'fantastical fiction'. Thus, in my mind, fantastical fiction written in Chinese sets the standard for what I expect for a fantasy story set in (pseudo-)China.
Guess what: references to Japan, Japanese people, or recognizable analogues are rare in what is written in Chinese.
I cannot recall one reference to Japan or Japanese people in any of Jin Yong's wuxia novels. What I remember are references to: Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongols, Tanguts, Miao, Russians, Portuguese, Manchu/Jurchens, Khitans, and Bai. I'm sure I'm forgetting some ethnic groups. (Some of those ethnic groups are so little-known in English that my spellchecker flags them).
I recall a few brief references to Japanese people in Gu Long's novels (note: I haven't read every Gu Long wuxia novel). The protagonist of Passionate Wastrel, Infatuated Hero by Zheng Feng interacts with Japanese people and even spends some years (off-page) living in Japan; that is the most blatant reference to Japan I have found in fantastical fiction originally written in Chinese.
So when I encountered one fantasy novel after another in a China-coded setting with blatant references to a Japan-analogue (Descendant of the Crane, The Poppy War, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns) my eyebrows were raised.
Looking at that list of ethnic groups which appear in Jin Yong's fiction, I see a pattern: they are all ethnic groups which are officially recognized as ethnic groups of China, would almost certainly be recognized if they were not currently assimilated into other groups (Khitan, Tangut), or are a major ethnic group in a special-administration region (Macau/Portuguese). Yes, 'Russian' is one of the officially recognized ethnic groups of China. Jin Yong constrained himself to ethnic groups which are included in the 20th century conception of China… which excludes Japanese. Clearly, not all 20th century wuxia writers (*cough* Gu Long *cough*) avoided mentioning Japanese people, but the focus was on the peoples of 'China' as understood in the 20th century.
That raises another question: what about Koreans? Koreans are also an officially recognized ethnic group of China. Koreans have had a big impact on Chinese history. The only wuxia novel (or any other work of Chinese fantastical fiction) I recall with Koreans is, once again, Passionate Wastrel, Infatuated Hero by Zheng Feng. Heck, one story arc takes place in Korea, one of the major characters is Korean. But why only that novel? My only answer is… too speculative to share in public.
Getting back to books written in English…
The reason The Poppy War has a Japan analogue (Mugen) is obvious: it's inspired by the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the Nanjing Massacre. The reason for including (pseudo-)Japan and Japanese names in Descendant of the Crane and Forest of a Thousand Lanterns is not obvious.
My speculation is that, other than China, Japan is by far the most visible East Asian culture among English-speakers. To serve an English-speaking audience, these writers code the not-Chinese ethnicity as Japanese, and the neighboring country an archipelago with a Japanese-sounding name.
People writing in English conform to the mental maps of East Asia shared by a preponderance of English speakers, in which China and Japan loom large, and other ethnic groups (including ethnic minorities within China and Japan) are hardly visible. These novelists write to their reader's expectations. I'm an oddball because I'm a native English speaker who has considerable exposure to a different way of mapping out ethnic geography in East Asia.
To be fair, The Poppy War also has 'Hinterlanders' who seem to be coded as Uighurs, albeit Uighurs from the era when they practiced shamanism and not Manichaeism or Islam (or maybe they are intended to be pseudo-Mongols, or an amalgam of Central Asian ethnic groups). The Poppy War also shows cultural/ethnic diversity within Nikara (pseudo-China) by showing cultural differences between the north and south, including colorism towards the darker-skinned southerners.
Again, where are the (pseudo-)Koreans? A few fantasy novels in English based on Korean culture/history are in my long TBR list, but I have not read any yet. I have read translations of a few fantasy stories written in Korean, but none of them were set in (pseudo-)Korea. The presence of pseudo-Japanese without pseudo-Koreans… to me, it's conspicuous.
Also… Vietnamese? The only Chinese fantastical fiction novel I can think of which has a story arc in Vietnam and some Vietnamese characters is, surprise-surprise, another novel by Zheng Feng (specifically, The Fantastic Theft of the World).
Though Korean pop culture is becoming more popular among English speakers every year, that awareness does not seem to have penetrated the English-language reading public. Hence, the disproportionate presence of pseudo-Japan versus pseudo-Korea.
I want to point out one major exception: the Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu. An ethnic group which is Austronesian-coded is featured (Austronesians inhabited southeastern China prior to the arrival of Chinese-speakers, and are the indigenous people of Taiwan), as well as an analogue for the Xiongnu (whose ethnic origins are a historical mystery). This is a different map of ethnicity within Chinese society from any other work I've discussed. It makes sense given that it's based on late Qin/early Han China.
You could argue that fantastical fiction written in Chinese should not be my default for how I imagine fantastical East-Asian settings. But, for better or worse, that is how I read. Thus, seeing East Asian settings which have pseudo-Chinese and pseudo-Japanese and no other ethnic groups (no pseudo-Korean? no pseudo-Miao? no pseudo-Manchu?) breaks my suspension of disbelief. Ironically, seeing how East Asia is depicted in fantastical fiction written for anglophone audiences (which theoretically includes me) helps me better understand my own mental map of East Asia.
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If you have a lump in your throat thinking about your child's senior year, you're not alone. In fact, you're normal.
For the past 17 or 18 years, you've learned the true meaning of sacrifice, love, and of course, selflessness.
From waking at 2 am, 4 am and 5 am with a newborn, to 2 am, 4 am and 5 am sleepless nights worrying about how you can help your child succeed in their AP English class while also keeping their varsity spot and competitive edge in sports or activities, you've learned that sleep just isn't necessary when it comes to your kids.
And today marks the start of their last year at home [gulp].
And even though my kids are both 10 and under, I get hit with this big deep pit in my stomach (and watering eyes that I try to hide) each and every time I share a senior portrait session with the parent.
Because I realize that the small, bumbling little boys who crawl into my lap while I'm editing your Senior's photos won't always be as they are now. They will be different. They will become their own people, they will grow up and they won't need me quite as much anymore...just like your child.
But even though the couch snuggles, endless hours at the playground, and help with arts and crafts are now in the past for you?
You can't wait to see what they do with their future, in this bittersweet world that is truly theirs for the taking.
And you sit down and realize, you've never felt this proud of your child in your life. Whether they worked their bums off to get a C in math after struggling, or managed to hit straight A's - both show they're willing to put in the work and care for their future.
Whether they've been playing softball or hockey since age 5, or have found a new love of playing the guitar - they're figuring out who they are and what they will become.
And I would be absolutely honored to record beautiful photographs of your senior. You will always keep these photographs close to your heart, and share laughs, tears and feelings of pride as you look back at them over the years and see the changes. This is their last year as a child, let me help you capture it timelessly.
Make sure that you take advantage of this special time to capture your child's look, and personality.
Plus, add on a Senior Confidence element and put everything you love about your child into words...packaged up and ready to go with them off to their next great adventure.
Shoot me an email and let's connect about planning your Senior's Photos!


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Category: Journal Entries
Interviews / Journal Entries
Taking the Lead on Syria: One-on-One with Baroness Cox
Caroline Anne Cox, whose official title is The Baroness Cox, of Queensbury, is a member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...
Journal Entries / Legal Briefings
Legal Briefing- April 2019
Diplomacy President Bashar Al-Assad accepted the credentials of the Brazilian and Indian ambassadors to Syria. With these recent appointments, officially all member states of the BRICS countries now have ambassadors in Syria. The Baghdad...
Legal Foundations for Reconstruction: One-on-One with Nayiri Boghossian
Nayiri Boghossian is a Syrian lawyer currently based in Dubai. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Damascus in 1997 and trained at the law firm...
Legal Briefing- March 2019
Finance The Damascus Securities Exchange launched its first ever stock market index DLX to measure the performance of its five leading companies, which are Al-Aqeelah Takaful Insurance Co., Al-Baraka Bank – Syria, Cham Bank,...
Legal Briefing- February 2019
Reconstruction The British Syrian Society held a two-day conference in Damascus entitled What Comes Next After the War? involving citizens, Prime Minister Imad Khamis, government ministers, public officials and experts to discuss post-war reconstruction,...
Legal Briefing- January 2019
International Trade A delegation of Syrian businesspersons visited the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to further develop UAE-Syrian economic relations. They set off on a tour of sites in Abu Dhabi and...
Marota City, the new district in Damascus destined to host modern real estate developments within a space of 2,149,000 square meters, may be a giant construction site at the moment. However, if a controversial...
Legal Briefing- December 2018
International The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus after a hiatus of six years in an effort to develop bilateral diplomatic and economic relations with Syria. The reopening of the embassy was...
Legal Briefing- November 2018
Government Reshuffle President Bashar Al-Assad reshuffled the cabinet of Prime Minister Imad Khamis. The following ministers were appointed to their respective portfolios: Minister of Interior Major General Mohammed Khaled Al-Rahmoun; Minister of Water Resources...
Legal Briefing- October 2018
National Administrative Reform Program (NARP) The government is looking at activating and expanding the authorities of the board of directors of public sector entities rather than relying solely on the executive decision-making powers of...


"These are the sprouting directions I received from longtime Shiloh Farms customers, Bill and Gini Woodworth of Michigan.
Every few months, Bill calls in to place an order, which always includes a few pouches of the Shiloh Farms Organic Mung Beans. Now, before I started working at Shiloh Farms, I hadn't really heard about Mung Beans (apart from Chinese dessert menus) and didn't know much about them. While I've since done a little research, I am still interested in how our customers use them and, on his last order, I asked Bill about what he does with his mung beans. He and his wife, Gini, gave me very detailed instructions for sprouting them. They said it was easy, and really, it didn't sound hard – but who has time to do this?
I was intrigued. I took home a sample packet of mung beans, borrowed one of my mom's old mason jars she had used for canning, and put cheesecloth on my shopping list. It took me a couple of weeks to get my act together and make the special trip to the local dry good store for cheesecloth, but I finally had everything I need to start sprouting the mung beans. I started the sprouting process and it really was as easy as Bill and Gini had promised – in no time at all, I had a jar full of sprouts! I was very impressed with myself, but now what? What do I do with these fantastic little sprouts?
I added them to my salad of fresh greens and they were yummy! I think they would be a tasty addition to a sandwich as well, and I would like to try making them into a veggie burger or some kind of stir fry. Gini also told me that if I couldn't eat them all right away, they freeze really well.
Sort and rinse the mung beans. Bill recommended starting with ¼ cup of mung beans.
Soak the beans overnight. Place the beans in the mason jar with just enough water to cover them. Cover the opening of the jar with cheesecloth, and screw the jar ring on to secure.
In the morning, pour the water out the jar. Do not remove the cheesecloth – pour the water off through it. Extra Tip: Don't get rid of the soaking water! Since it contains all the nutrients from the mung beans, Gini will use the soaking water to water her house plants!
Rinse the beans. Through the cheesecloth, add fresh water to the beans. Give them a gentle swirl and then pour the water off again.
Store in a dark cupboard to start sprouting! Gini advised laying the jar on its side to give the beans a little more room to sprout, which is a great idea! My jar filled up with little sprouts quickly; this is a good way to let the sprouts have room to grow!
The next day, repeat steps 4-5.
By Day 3, you should have little sprouts growing! Keep repeating steps 4-5 until the sprouts reach the desired length. Bill doesn't let his sprouts grow longer than an inch.
Storage: Make sure the sprouts are completely dry before storing in an airtight container. They should keep in the refrigerator for up to a week. Gini also added that if she doesn't think she will eat all the sprouts in one week, she will store them in the freezer until she is ready to use them.
Have a tip or technique you would like to share with us? Contact Beth at (800) 362-6832 or info@shilohfarms.com!


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Q: Dealing with blank or null in ssrs In my report, I have an expression which is used to pass a parameter to a child report parameter which is set to allow null values. The expression is :
=IIf(Parameters!Lead.Value = "False",Nothing,Fields!Paid.Value)
The above expression returns values only when Fields!Paid.Value is not blank. Therefore when Fields!Paid.Value is blank I get an error
"the value provided for the report parameter is not valid"
How do I modify my expression to parse these two conflicting issues?
What I want is to be able to return values when the Fields!Paid.Value is blank or when it is not. So at all time when the expression runs corresponding values are returned without the error stated above.
Thanks for helping out.

A: The first thing you do, wherever you have used the "Paid" parameter, set it to allow null value. Allow null only not blank.
The second thing about the expression, use something like this,
=IIF(Parameters!Lead.Value "FALSE", Nothing, IIF(IsNothing(Fields!Paid.Value),0,Fields!Paid.Value)


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How to Play, Listen to Your Cosmic Playlist, Horoscope on Spotify
By Nina Godlewski On 1/22/19 at 3:35 PM EST
Spotify users already get playlists made specifically for them based on their listening habits and their favorite bands and musicians but now there's another playlist made for them, this time based on their astrological sign.
Last week Spotify announced there were 12 new playlists available on the streaming service, one for each astrological sign, for those listeners in the United States. Each playlist is curated by astrologer Chani Nicholas.
A photo of the horoscope that accompanies the Cosmic playlist on Spotify. Spotify
Nicholas created the playlists based on the "theme of the moment" each sign is going through. The playlists will be updated each month with songs fit to the month's outlook. They're also accompanied by a reading for the sign as well.
The playlists were released just in time for the lunar eclipse that happened Sunday night or early Monday morning for those in the U.S. "You can use it for inspiration. You can use it for healing. You can use it for reflection. You can use it for your own personal morning dance party. It's a collection of theme songs for your month, astrologically speaking," said Nicholas.
How to access your monthly Cosmic Playlist on Spotify:
There are a few ways for listeners to find their astrological sign specific playlist. The first way is for users to go to the link that has all of the cosmic playlists on it. That link is available here.
Users can also open up the app on their phone and or whatever device they listen on and type in either their sign, or "pop culture." When they type in "pop culture" users should select the top result and the playlists appear at the top under the "Trend watch."
Users who want to be able to easily find their sign's playlist every month should save the playlist by tapping it and then selecting "follow" at the top. Once they open the playlist they'll see their horoscope for the month and the explanation of what all the songs were chosen for.
Spotify also shared the horoscopes on its Twitter account for those who prefer to find their new playlists that way. The new playlists aren't the only new thing coming to Spotify, there is also a feature reportedly in the works that annoys users to mute or block artists they don't want to hear on any of their playlists or when using the service.
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