Telecom Review - Outlook to 2019: What should we expect?
Year 2019 has been linked with the rollout of fifth generation technology (5G). Industry experts have embarked on their 5G journey and are aspiring to see their efforts bear fruit in 2019. However, other trends are expected to impact the telecommunications industry. Technological advances have created what is dubbed the 'digital era' and are paving the way for significant IT and network architecture changes in 2019.
A recent study by S&P Global Ratings forecasted global telecom revenue growth of 2%-3% through 2019 driven primarily by broadband as demand for high speed data continues to increase. In fact, the revolution of increased data consumption will persist in 2019 with even greater volumes of data generated by new technologies. Streaming video on ultra-high-definition TV screens, virtual reality applications, real-time online gaming, and smart homes are trends that emerged a couple of years ago and that require high-capacity, low-latency network connections.
According to Ericsson's 2018 Mobility Report, there are strong indications that indoor customer-provided equipment (CPE) and pocket routers for mid-band will be available by the end of 2018 and 5G-compatible smartphones are forecasted to be launched in Q2 2019. Second-generation chipsets are expected by the end of 2019, which will enable more 5G-capable devices with enhanced architectures and lower power consumption.
Chinese colossus Huawei has been heavily investing in 5G with the aim of becoming the industry's pioneer in this field. In fact, at Huawei' 9th Global mobile Broadband Forum which was held in London, Huawei's Rotating Chairman, Ken Hu, announced the shipment of Huawei's first 10,000 5G base stations, outlining the company's vision for the future of 5G.
Hu emphasized that governments should accelerate the process of harmonizing and releasing continuous bands of large-bandwidth 5G spectrum in order to speed up deployment, and at a total cost lower than 4G.
"We believe 5G will make an important and lasting contribution to society. At Huawei, we are working hard to make 5G networks stronger, simpler, more intelligent, and more secure", he said.
In 2019, investment in capital and wireless spectrum for 5G is expected to be substantially higher than prior generations of wireless deployments because carriers need new wireless spectrum, deeper fiber backhauls, particularly in key urban markets, and substantially more cell sites to deliver the benefits of 5G. In this context, network element virtualization, improved spectrum efficiency, and the use of fiber optics will generate potential cost benefits.
5G deployment's timeline will vary by markets and regions because it is bound to policies, financial resources, regulatory frameworks and demand on technology. The deployment is also expected to be initially limited to denser urban and suburban markets.
Artificial intelligence is said to be driving the growth of the telecoms industry. CSPs are nowadays harnessing the power of AI to process and analyze the huge volumes of data in order to provide better customer experiences, improve operations, and increase revenue through new products and services. Forward-thinking CSPs will focuse their efforts on four main areas where AI has already made significant inroads in delivering tangible business results: Network optimization, preventive maintenance, Virtual Assistants, and robotic process automation (RPA).
Artificial intelligence applications in the telecommunications industry use advanced algorithms to track patterns within the data in order to detect and predict network anomalies, and allow operators to proactively fix problems before customers are negatively impacted. In the short-term, network automation and intelligence will enable better root cause analysis and prediction of issues. On the long term, these technologies will allow creating new customer experiences and dealing efficiently with business demands.
According to a survey by Deloitte, 40% of telecom, media and tech (TMT) executives say they have reaped "substantial" benefits from cognitive technologies, with 25% having invested $10 million or more. More than three-quarters expect cognitive computing to "substantially transform" their companies within the next three years.
A hybrid cloud offers enterprises the scalability and cost benefits of a public cloud with the security and privacy of a private cloud. It is estimated that in approximately 75% of businesses choose hybrid cloud for the flexibility it provides.
Enterprises are now accessing SaaS, IaaS and PaaS solutions from multiple providers. Equinix anticipates that 2019 will see the next level of challenges associated with hybrid cloud and multicloud approaches. Equinix believes enterprises will struggle with expanding their security perimeters, as well as integration and management issues as they pursue hybrid multicloud architectures.
These predicted trends indicate that enabling capabilities such as security, analytics and data exchange in close proximity to the cloud is a must for seamless cross-border data flow, and the right interconnection partner can help organizations navigate through the complexity of cloud.


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If you're planning a beach wedding or a causal homecoming look, a linen suit made from flax fibers is soft, flowing, and perfect for warm weather. The drawback? It can wrinkle easily if you're traveling. So, keep linen suits on a hanger in a garment bag until it's time to give it a final steaming before its big moment.
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REVIEW: "Going Forth by Day" by Andrew Johnson
Review of Andrew Johnson, "Going Forth by Day", in Myths, Monsters, and Mutations, edited by Jessica Augustsson (JayHenge Publications, 2017): 73-97. — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman. (Read the review of the anthology.)
This is one of the longest (if not the longest) in the anthology, and that's partly why I saved it for one of the last. I wanted something that I could settle down in and sink my teeth in to, to revel in the development of world and story and character that simply can't be done in 2 pages but can be done in 25 pages. From the start, Johnson doesn't disappoint, introducing us to Neferkaptah, recently deceased, and yet about to become a central character of the story. On the second page we meet Cleo, the sorceress who has summoned an ancient Egyptian back from the dead, whose surprise at her success made me burst out laughing.
I really, really enjoyed this romp of a story, following Cleo and Neferkaptah's adventures through early 20th C New York City, with funny little injokes and all the unexpected gaffes and amusements that naturally follow upon reviving a four thousand year old mummy. And revivified mummies are not the only supernatural characters to take their places upon the stage…
This story was worth saving for the last. It was witty and entertaining, and the way in which Neferkaptah interacts with a world thousands of years separated from his own is skilfully written.

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Sorry, have to correct myself. Ostrom uses the term "commons dilemma" for a subset of common-pool resource problems, namely appropriation problems: "[O]ne of the important problems facing the joint users of a common-pool resource is known as the "appropriation problem"...
Hmm... Let's see how Ostrom (1998), "Coping with Tragedies of the Commons", defines the problem: "Examples also exist of commons dilemmas that have continued unabated, but one conclusion that can firmly be made in light of extensive empirical evidence is...
(Argh - I meant GH, not JH - apologies to both.)...
Then we're fine, and your beef is with the term "Tragedy of the Commons" and the unfounded implications that some draw from it. So just some tidying up: - "Iterated" isn't necessary. The basic idea is clear in the one-shot-game...
Sigh ... you're missing the point, I think. If you are worked up about facile or mendacious uses of simple game theoretic models to justify preexisting beliefs - like "the Tragedy of the Commons implies we should always solve it...
GH, icehawk et al. have it exactly right. Just because there are mechanisms for solving the Tragedy of the Commons doesn't mean it's nonsense and there's nothing to be learned from analysing it. I just picked up a 1st year...
"Marx read Smith but not, perhaps, Ricardo" Have a look at site:www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works ricardo Marx was _very_ well read. BTW, a quick search of the same archive turns up nothing for Marx on Maxwell, but there's a mss by Engels on...
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"We've got a long long long way to go from here before you actually hit starvation." But you don't have to go very far before you get famines and millions of deaths. In a famine, people don't die randomly. The...
If anyone is looking for a reasoned argument to be a bit less pessimistic, this on why a crash out in March is unlikely by Simon Wren-Lewis is very good: https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2018/07/brexit-endgame-second-stage-which-is.html FWIW I reached a broadly similar conclusion - crash...
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And since Polynesia keeps coming up: "Much human adaptation depends on the gradual accumulation of culturally transmitted knowledge and technology. Recent models of this process predict that large, well-connected populations will have more diverse and complex tool kits than small,...
There's another argument that I think supports your (Frank's) view. I think you'll like it, partly because it also has a close parallel in evolutionary biology. A standard argument in growth economics is that the rate of innovation (new ideas,...
Commented on Unsustainable Interstellar Civilization, Hotspot Colonies, and Dwarf Culture
Wonderful! And absolutely on target. I haven't thought about that movie for years. LOL much appreciated. :)...
I am with EC on this one. I think the distinction is more or less what Judea Pearl (pioneer in computing/AI/statistics/machine learning) is trying to convey here, in an interview about his new book: https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-build-truly-intelligent-machines-teach-them-cause-and-effect-20180515/ (Confession: I haven't read the...
Commented on Why I barely read SF these days
MS: "You claimed intent, and implied this is what they are trained to do: "conventionally trained economists try to externalize". Sorry, this is silly. Internalising externalities is part of basic economics training." H: "Yes, I claim intent, because that is...
I think you are probably thinking of "consumer surplus". Related example: there is an argument that GDP does not properly capture the impact of the internet on economic growth and welfare because so much of the consumption is of goods...
Sigh ... this may be so, but it still isn't what you claimed. You claimed intent, and implied this is what they are trained to do: "conventionally trained economists try to externalize". Sorry, this is silly. Internalising externalities is part...
"Stuff that falls outside the standard economics framework includes producing children, donating organs, breathable air, fish in the ocean, wildlife and wildlands in general, carbon underground, and so forth." I'm sorry but that's just not the case. All this stuff...
"[W]hat is the value of something that, if it ceased to exist, would instantaneously cause the entire economic system within which you are valuing it to also cease to exist?" It's not a meaningful question in a standard economics framework....
Not an example of what you claimed. You claimed intent: "conventionally trained economists try to externalize". This is silly. Conventional training for economists is to internalise externalities, i.e., they are taught to try to do the opposite of what you...
Err ... hmm ... I don't know where to start, there is so much misunderstanding there of how economists use "value". Value in economics is based on what individuals are willing to give up to get something. There are problems...
Worth noting that Preobrazhensky was (a) a close ally of Trotsky's, and (b) advocated a model of economic development where the surplus product of the traditional sector (i.e. agriculture) would be mobilised to support investment in industry. Not a million...
"It demonstrates that those who keep arguing the Soviets did it all by themselves with no technology transfer from the west are (at best) mistaken." Err... nobody here was arguing the the Soviets did that, or indeed that any late-industrialising...
(which is the same thing as "missing" as in "omitting", yep, true)...
I didn't miss it - was thinking about Trotsky, didn't want to load the question, but maybe should have given your point. I am assuming a leadership that either did or didn't choose the Stalin FFYP strategy, but that isn't...
(Or the North American Commonwealth, for that matter.)...
"maybe I'm right that they couldn't have done it without the help they did get from the west (especially in the period after the Russian Civil War and before Hitler went off his nut and started a two front war)...
"Let's look at Soviet Industrialization. The problem is that the counterfactual is ignored. Namely, how would an evolving Russian Empire look like without the Soviet Union?" You are mixing two different counterfactuals. Yours is October Revolution (1917). The one we...
"you missed some key differences" Well, I didn't necessarily miss them, I was just listing a few similarities and one big difference (Stalin) and hoping for a response. :) (For which, thanks!) "most important of all, imagine how the USSR...
I read icehawk's claim differently: "The Soviets achieved huge economic gains with fairly limited support from the West both before WW2 and in WW2." "Huge economic gains" meant (to me) the rapid industrialisation in 1928-40. I haven't looked at the...
"While we're agreeing to disagree, I'm curious as to how you're qualifying the above..." You can point to particular material or products where Western deliveries were big, sure. I specifically mentioned tanks and aircraft because you specifically referred to them...
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Ioan commented on Crawling from the wreckage
"And we can safely agree that conditions for such levels of development weren't developed enough pre-war, it is only after the war was over and new status-quo was pretty much established, we could say something definite about comparing states and epochs within same period. Not to talk about post-Cold War globalization, that allowed things like HDI to be calculated on common basis, and etc." While we have to be careful in applying modern HDI to older times, the alternative isn't to assume that all European countries were equally developed. That's why I await historian's attempts to calculate historical HDI the...
Dave Lester commented on Crawling from the wreckage
Charlie, In an effort to cheer you up -- and since I no longer have a sensible outlet for a bit of fan-fic... ... here are some insider facts and rumours about the "Manchester College", that may be of use if you decide to go with a "side-quest" for a quick Laundry novel. Just remember everything is possible in a Wheeler-Everett Multi-verse, and that causality is not necessarily what it appears to be. Facts ----- The Manchester Baby really did start the use of software. Though Kilburn and Williams (both dead) were really just testing their cathode ray tube storage...
Elderly Cynic commented on Crawling from the wreckage
Er, not all of that is quite correct. What or who started software is moot. Without denying what you say: weaving cards and knitting patterns are programs, and the latter are amazingly powerful; Ada Lovelace first described modern software for a general-purpose computer; and David Wheeler (of Cambridge) is usually credited with inventing subroutines and libraries. No, the Atlas 1 was NOT the first computer with a floating-point unit. The English Electric Mercury II was first commissioned in 1958, had one, and even it was probably not the first....
Sorry about the confusion over Atlas and Mercury: these are two rooms next to one another and both machines were way before my time! Software -- quite agree, though I'd heard the one in which Tony Hoare invented the use of stacks for subroutines. Nevertheless, I find the Laundry series is best (for me) when the weirdness is "close" to the real world; it doesn't take much in the way of tweaks to get interesting stories....
Whereas my first job was programming a Mercury :-) I used the Atlas/Titan at Cambridge, too. Yes, those were the days when Manchester led the world in computer design....
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American actor and singer Nick Jonas sustained injuries while playing softball on Sunday. Now, videos of the Jonas Brother Singer getting into an Emergency room has gone viral on social media. Page Six shared the video, in which Nick can be seen limping into the hospital along with his older brother Kevin. According to the news outlet, Nick was several innings into a softball game when he appeared to be hit in the groin with the ball.
'Breaking Bad' actor Bryan Cranston gets hit during All-Star Celebrity softball game
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softball Association of India to hold Asian Games trials from December 20
PTI / Dec 18, 2021, 13:53 (IST)
The softball Association of India (SBAI) on Saturday announced that it will hold a two-day selection trial for women probables for the 2022 Asian Games from December 20 in Faridabad.
IOA chief Narinder Batra meets officials of 9 sports federations
PTI / Feb 16, 2022, 12:15 (IST)
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra met officials of nine national federations, including esports, chess, sepaktakraw, and softball among others at the Olympic Bhawan here.
38th Jr National softball Championship to be held in Phagwara from Sep 26-30
PTI / Sep 25, 2021, 12:22 (IST)
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Tokyo Olympics: Japan win softball gold in 2-0 shutout of United States
Reuters / Jul 27, 2021, 19:25 (IST)
Hosts Japan waved to mostly empty stands after winning their second straight gold medal in softball on Tuesday by beating the United States 2-0 at the Tokyo Games, using two-way player Yamato Fujita's bat, ace Yukiko Ueno's arm and all-around sharp defensive play.
Olympics: Australia's softball squad arrives in Japan for training camp
Reuters / Jun 01, 2021, 09:39 (IST)
Australia's softball squad arrived in Japan for a pre-Olympic training camp on Tuesday, even as a majority of the Japanese public opposes holding the world's biggest multi-sports event in a country where the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow.
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Q: bash set environment variable before command in script I compile my project with:
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The debug variable changes some compiler flags in the Makefile
Instead of typing this repeatedly in the shell, I wrote this script (lets call it daemon):
#!/bin/bash

inotifywait -q -m -e close_write `ls *.c* *.h*` |
while read; do
    make -j4
done

so I just do ./daemon which automatically builds whenever a file is written to.
However, I would like to be able to pass the debug=no make -j4 to the ./daemon script like this:
./daemon debug=no make -j4
So I modified the script:
#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage `basename $0` [COMMAND]"
    exit 1;
fi
inotifywait -q -m -e close_write `ls *.c* *.h*` |
while read; do
    "$@"
done

This works with ./daemon make -j4 but when I say daemon debug=no make -j4 I get the following error:

./daemon: line 9: debug=no: command not found

How can I make it so debug=no is recognized as a variable and not a command in the daemon script?
Thanks

A: The expansion of "$@" is parsed after any pre-command assignments are recognized. All you need to do is ensure that debug=... is in the environment of the command that runs make, which is your daemon script.
debug=no ./daemon make -j4

A: Variable expansions will only ever become arguments (including the zeroth argument: the command name).
They will never become:

*

*Redirections, so you can't var='> file'; cmd $var

*Shell keywords or operators, so you can't var='&'; mydaemon $var

*Assignments, including prefix assignments, so you can't var='debug=yes'; $var make as you discovered

*Command expansions, loops, process substitutions, &&/||, escape sequences, or anything else.

If you want to do this though, you're in luck: there's a standard POSIX tool that will turn leading key=value pairs into environment variables and run the program you want.
It's called env. Here's an example:
run() {
  env "$@"
}

run debug=yes make -j 4

Though TBH I'd use chepner's solution

A: You always need to put the (env) variable settings at the beginning of the command, i.e. before "daemon".

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On Saturday May 27, 2017 there was a peacebuilding service project that allowed us to do some work for members in the community. Everyone who came split into two different groups and my group was able to go to Aunty Dawns house. Upon arrival, we met Sam Wasson, a BYU-Hawaii student and relative who does a lot of work at her home. As we walked to meet Aunty Dawn and her friends, we first sang the Hiki Mai (https://socialwork.byuh.edu/hikimai) and then greeted with hugs and kisses. The aloha spirit felt there was so warm and inviting; we were ready to get to work. We trimmed plants, planted new plants, cut down trees, and whatever else needed to be done. The property was so beautiful! It was hot, and the work at times was hard, but it was also such a fulfilling experience. Sam, villi, and Joe taught us to husk coconuts which I had never technically learned before, so that was awesome. Talking story, working, and listening to music all together was such a great bonding experience for all those that came. I think I can speak for all of us there when I say that it was such a rewarding day to be able to serve and connect with the land. Big Mahalo to Sam and Aunty Dawn for letting us come and work, as well as for the pizza at the end. Also a big mahalo for the community and reconciliation group at the Mckay Center for putting on this event. As I woke that morning, I was unsure if I wanted to attend, however I am so glad that I did, as I was able to leave with a heart full of aloha for the island and the Laie community.


Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 4,593,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. Extending from the Skagerrak, which it borders in the south, c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) northeast to North Cape and Vardø on the Barents Sea in the extreme northeast, the country forms a narrow mountainous strip along the North Sea in the southwest and in the west the Atlantic Ocean, whose local waters are also called the Norwegian Sea. It has a long land frontier with Sweden in the east and in the northeast borders on Finland and Russia. Oslo is the capital and largest city. The nation's outlying possessions are Svalbard and Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean and Bouvet and Peter I islands in the S Atlantic; Norway also has claims in Antarctica.
The coastline, c.1,700 mi (2,740 km) long, is fringed with islands (notably the Lofoten islands and Vesterålen) and is deeply indented by numerous fjords. Sognafjorden, Hardangerfjord, Nordfjord, and Oslofjord are among the largest and best known. From the coast the land rises sharply to high plateaus such as Dovrefjell and the Hardangervidda. Galdhøpiggen, in the Jotunheimen range, is the high point (8,098 ft/2,468 m); west of it lies Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier field in Europe. The mountains and plateaus are intersected by fertile valleys, such as Gudbrandsdalen, and by rapid rivers, which furnish hydroelectric power and are used for logging. The Glåma, in the south, is the most important river. Because of the North Atlantic Drift, Norway has a mild and humid climate for a northern country.
Most of the population is concentrated along the southern coast and valleys, where the chief cities—Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, and Drammen—are located. Farther north along the coast is Trondheim, and in the extreme north are Narvik, Tromsø, and Hammerfest. The majority of Norwegians are of Scandinavian stock, but in the northern county of Finnmark, Lapps and Finns predominate.
The literary language of Norway for many years was Danish, from which Riksmål (officially Bokmål), one of the two official idioms of Norway, is derived (see Norwegian language and Norwegian literature). Landsmål (officially Nynorsk), the other official idiom, is similar. Frequent spelling reforms account for the variation in Norwegian place names.
The Lutheran Church is the state church, but all other religions enjoy freedom of worship. The king nominates the nine bishops and other clergy of the Lutheran Church. The educational level in Norway is very high; the leading universities are in Oslo (founded 1811) and Bergen (founded 1946).
Almost three quarters of Norway's land is unproductive; less than 4% is under cultivation and the country imports over 50% of its food. The vast mountain pastures are used for the grazing of cattle and sheep, and, in the north, for reindeer raising. About one quarter of Norway is forested; timber is a chief natural resource and is the basis for one of the main industries. The beautiful Norwegian fjords and the midnight sun of the far north attract many tourists. Fishing (notably of cod, herring, and mackerel) is important, and fresh, canned, and salted fish from Norway are exported to the entire world.
The country's chief industries are petroleum and natural gas production, shipping, and trading. Since the discovery of petroleum in the Ekofisk field in 1969, the petroleum and natural gas industries have become vital to Norway's economy, bringing increased employment, but also increased inflation and a vulnerability to fluctuations in the world petroleum market (most of the oil and gas is exported). Other mineral resources include pyrites, copper, titanium, and iron ore, which are heavily mined, and some coal, zinc, and lead. Nickel, aluminum, ferroalloys, and semifinished steel are produced. Almost all of Norway's electricity is supplied by hydroelectric power, and the country exports hydroelectricity as well. The food manufacturing, pulp and paper, electrochemical, electrometallurgical, and shipbuilding industries are important to the economy. The great Norwegian merchant fleet carries a large part of the world's trade. The chief trading partners are Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United States.
Norway is a constitutional monarchy; executive power, while nominally held by the monarch, is exercised by a council of ministers led by the prime minister. Legislative power is vested in the 165-member parliament or Storting. The three main parties are the moderately socialist Labor party, the pro-free enterprise Conservative party, and the Christian Democratic party. Norway is divided into 19 counties or provinces (Nor. fylker ).
The history of Norway before the age of the Vikings is indistinct from that of the rest of Scandinavia. In the 9th cent. the country was still divided among the numerous petty kings of the fylker. Harold I, of the Yngling or Scilfing dynasty (which claimed descent from one of the old Norse gods), defeated the petty kings (c.900) and conquered the Shetlands and the Orkneys, but failed to establish permanent unity. Harold's campaigns drove many nobles and their followers to settle in Iceland and France. In the next two centuries Norsemen raided widely in W Europe and established the Norse duchy of Normandy. Harold himself concentrated on developing a dynasty; before he died (c.935) the country was divided among his sons, but one of them, Haakon I, defeated (c.935) his brothers and temporarily reunited the kingdom.
Christianity, brought by English missionaries, gained a foothold under Olaf I and was established by Olaf II (reigned 1015–28). Olaf II was driven out of Norway by King Canute of England and Denmark, in league with discontented Norwegian nobles; however, his son, Magnus I, was restored (1035) to the Norwegian throne. Both Magnus and his successor, Harold III, played a vital part in the complex events then taking place in England and Denmark. After Harold died while invading England (1066), Norway entered a period of decline and civil war, precipitated by conflicting claims to the throne.
Among the major events of 12th-century Norwegian history were the mission of Nicholas Breakspear (later Pope Adrian IV), who organized the Norwegian hierarchy, and the rule of Sverre, who created a new nobility grounded in commerce and, with the help of the popular party, the Birkebeiner, consolidated the royal power. His grandson, Haakon IV, was put on the throne by the Birkebeiner in 1217; under him and under Magnus VI (reigned 1263–80) medieval Norway reached its greatest flowering and enjoyed peace and prosperity. During this time Iceland and Greenland recognized Norwegian rule.
The separate development of Norway was halted by the accession (1319) of Magnus VII, who was also king of Sweden. He was unpopular in Norway, which he was compelled to surrender (1343) to his son, Haakon VI, husband of Margaret I of Denmark. Margaret subsequently united the rule of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark in her person and in 1397 had the Kalmar Union drawn up. Although the union was strictly a personal one, Norway virtually ceased to exist as a separate kingdom and was ruled by Danish governors for the following four centuries. Its power had greatly declined even before Margaret's accession, however, and its trade had been taken over by the Hanseatic League, which maintained its chief northern office at Bergen.
Norway's political history became essentially that of Denmark. Christian III of Denmark (1535–59) introduced Lutheranism as the state religion. Under Danish rule Norway lost territory to Sweden but developed economically. The fishing industry flourished (late 17th cent.), lumbering became an important industry (18th cent.), the merchant class grew, and Norway became a naval power. During the Napoleonic Wars, Norway was blockaded by the British. In 1814, Denmark, which had sided with France, was obliged to consent to the Treaty of Kiel, by which it ceded Norway to the Swedish crown in exchange for W Pomerania.
The Norwegians resisted union with Sweden and attempted to set up a separate kingdom, with a liberal constitution and a parliament, under Prince Christian (later King Christian VIII of Denmark). A Swedish army obliged Norway to accept Charles XIII of Sweden, but the act of union of 1814 recognized Norway as an independent kingdom, in personal union with Sweden, with its own constitution and parliament. Despite some Swedish concessions to growing Norwegian nationalism, Swedish-Norwegian relations were strained throughout the 19th cent. Johan Sverdrup, the Liberal leader, succeeded in making the ministry responsible to parliament despite royal opposition (1884), but other problems remained.
The Norwegian interest in obtaining greater participation in foreign policy came to a crisis in the late 19th cent. over the issue of a separate Norwegian consular service, justified by the spectacular growth of Norwegian shipping and commercial interests. Finally, in 1905, the Storting declared the dissolution of the union and the deposition of Oscar II. Sweden acquiesced after a plebiscite showed Norwegians nearly unanimously in favor of separation; in a second vote Norway chose to become a monarchy, and parliament elected the second son of Frederick VIII of Denmark king of Norway as Haakon VII.
Norway attempted to remain neutral in World War II, but in Apr., 1940, German troops invaded, and in a short time nearly the whole country was in German hands. King Haakon and his cabinet set up a government in exile in London, and the Norwegian merchant fleet was of vital assistance to the Allies throughout the war. Despite the attempts of Vidkun Quisling to promote collaboration with the Germans, the people of Norway defied the occupation forces. German troops remained in Norway until the war ended in May, 1945. Although half of the Norwegian fleet was sunk during the war, Norway quickly recovered its commercial position. Postwar economic policy included a degree of socialism and measures such as price, interest, and dividend controls.
Norway was one of the original members of the United Nations (the Norwegian Trygve Lie was the first UN Secretary-General), and it became a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. King Olaf V succeeded to the throne in 1957. Norway joined the European Free Trade Association in 1959. Norwegian voters rejected membership in the European Community (now the European Union) in 1972, but trade agreements with the market were made the next year. Between 1965 and 1971 the Labor party was out of power for the first time since 1936.
The Labor party returned to power in 1971 under the leadership of Trygve Bratteli, whose government resigned but was restored to power in the 1973 elections. Bratteli was succeeded as prime minister by Odvar Nordli in 1976, who was quickly succeeded (1977) by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway's first woman prime minister. Brundtland was defeated by Conservative Kåre Willoch in the 1981 election, but she returned to the office of prime minster in 1986 and 1990. In 1991, Harold V succeeded his father Olaf V as king of Norway.
Norway sparked international controversy in 1992 when it refused to conform to the International Whaling Treaty (see whaling). During 1993, the Norwegian government facilitated secret negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which led to agreements on Palestinian self-rule. In 1994, Norwegian voters again rejected membership in the European Union (EU). Bruntland resigned in 1996 and was replaced by Thorbjørn Jagland. Following elections in 1997, Jagland resigned and Christian Democrat Kjell Magne Bondevik became prime minister, heading a center-right coalition government that included the Center and Liberal parties. In Mar., 2000, Bondevik resigned after losing a key vote in parliament, and Labor party leader Jens Stoltenberg formed a new government. In parliamentary elections in Sept., 2001, Labor suffered a significant setback, with nonsocialist opposition parties winning a bare majority of the seats. Bondevik again became prime minister, heading a center-right minority government consisting of the Christian Democrat, Conservative, and Liberal parties. Parliamentary elections in Sept., 2005, brought Labor and its allies into office, and Stoltenberg became prime minister. The far-right Progress party, espousing a populist, anti-immigration platform, became the largest opposition party after the vote.


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Q: Laravel Dropdown Form Get Form Database I am using laravel 5.4 . I am trying to get data form Department table and data come also the problem there more dropdown menu come also please tell how can i solve this problem. Thanks advance.[

                        {{Form::label('department','Department')}}
     @foreach($department as $value)
      {{Form::select('department',[$value->name], ' ', array('placeholder' => 'Select Department','class'=>'form-control'))}}
     @endforeach

A: It's not entirely clear what you're after. Your current code seems to output several select boxes, one for each department and my best guess is that you want to output only one select box, with each department as an option in it. You can achieve that by doing something like this (You may have to adapt this code slightly to suit your needs):
The manual approach

    Department
    <select id="department" name="department" class="form-control">
        <option value="">Select Department</option>
        @foreach ($departments as $department)
            <option value="{{ $department->id }}">{{ $department->name }}</option>
        @endforeach
    </select>

Using Laravel Collective's Form Builder

    {!! Form::label('department', 'Department') !!}
    {!! Form::select('department', ['' => 'Select Department'] + $departments->pluck'name', 'id')) !!}

A: Try to do this way :-

  {{Form::label('department','Department')}}
  <select class="form-control" name="department">
    @foreach($department as $value)
      <option value="$value">$value</option>
    @endforeach
  </select>


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Susan DuPont McConnell, of Charlottesville, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, with family at her side. The cause of death was Ovarian Cancer.
Susan was born on October 25, 1950 in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the daughter of J. H. Tyler McConnell and Jean Ellen DuPont Shehan, both of whom pre-deceased her. In 1968, she graduated from Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. Susan continued her education at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education, where she was a member of the first graduating class of women in 1972. A devoted mother and grandmother, Susan is survived by her two daughters, Stephanie Rinehart Keen, her husband, Kevin and Caroline Rinehart Cardais, her husband Zach; and by four grandchildren, Lyndsey Keen, Brandon Keen, Tyler Cardais, and Hayes Cardais; her sister, Marion McConnell Lassen, her husband, Kai; and brother, James H. T. McConnell, Jr.
Susan lived a life of service and worked steadfastly to enable others. She was the chairman of the Board of Directors at Foxcroft School, on the original property council for Montpelier where she was instrumental in getting the property available to the public. Susan was a longtime member and vice-chair of the University of Virginia Cancer Center Advisory Board. Her altruistic spirit led her to volunteer at the UVA Infusion Center for over 6 years and she organized an annual appreciation lunch for the staff members at the Cancer Center. Susan was a regular volunteer at the 5:00 o'clock Sunday service dinners at Christ Episcopal Church. Susan was a proud member of the Free Union Homemakers Club.
For a quarter of a century, Susan consistently visited Clifden, Ireland where she was regarded as a local. Her love for the country and its people, inspired her to breed her own herd of Connemara ponies at Oakfields Farm in Free Union, Virginia. She served as President of the American Connemara Pony Society, the official recording secretary of the history of ICCPS, and the Chair of the Inspection Committee. Respected for her knowledge and passion for the breed, Susan encouraged members of the ACPS to "always try and do better." She was committed on an international level to the representation of the Connemara pony and was honored with the Michael O'Malley Award in 2018. It is impossible to overstate Susan's importance to the promotion of the Connemara pony, both in the United States and around the world. As much as Susan was devoted to her farm, her work as a volunteer and to her friends; her greatest love was always her daughters and their families. "Nana" was admired and adored by her grandchildren. The legacy of her giving spirit, hard work, natural curiosity, and zest for life will live on through them.
Susan's family would like to thank the dedicated staff at the UVA Cancer Center for their compassionate care, Dr. Susan Modesitt, and Dr. Peyton Taylor. The family would also like to thank Susan's supportive circle of friends. A memorial service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, Virginia at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions in Susan's memory may be made either to the UVA Cancer Center (for research on ovarian cancer and clinical trials) at UVA Health Foundation, P.O. Box 800773, Charlottesville, VA 22908 http://get-involved.uvahealth.com/goto/SusanMcConnell or to Foxcroft School at 22407 Foxhound Lane, Middleburg, VA 20117.
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BETHESDA, Md. -- A lot of talk this week at Congressional CC has centered around golfers starting one of their first two rounds on the difficult par-3 10th. For those teeing off the front nine, though, playing No. 2 just one hole into to their round won't be much easier.
Tipped out, the mammoth par-3 second measures a meaty 233 yards. It plays even longer.
A daunting sign greets players on the second tee.
Slightly uphill and well guarded by bunkers and deep rough, balls finding any part of the narrow green drew cheers from the gallery during Wednesday's practice round. One group coming through showed just how tough it can play.
First, David May flared an iron right and came up about 30 yards short of the putting surface. Bennett Blakeman, next to play, hit hybrid, but despite his ball just landing on the front, it bounded through to and into a buried lie on the bank behind the green.
Perhaps Fred Funk, who came to the hole next along with Chad Campbell, has the best attitude when dealing with what will surely be one of the toughest holes all week when stretched out. The 55-year old stepped up onto the tee, pulled out a fairway wood and remarked "One of the shorter par 4s out here," to draw a big laugh from the crowd. Funk then hit his shot and upon seeing it land short of one of the greenside bunkers, yelled out, "Not even close!"
Funk may have been kidding when he referred to it as a par 4. But maybe treating it as one during what could be a tough week of scoring, isn't such a bad idea.


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Q: How to load an image (blobs) into Hbase I am trying to load an image from hdfs into a table
how can I load the image into HBase and retrieve it later?
Is there an examples that I can follow?

A: HBase Storage Module for Thumbor does something similar.
But please think twice before using HBase for BLOB storage, it's not the best choice.


The Quality Team of OregonASK serves afterschool programs by offering observation and assessment based on Oregon's Quality Standards for Afterschool & Summer Programs. Like the Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) for licensed child-care sites, using our Framework creates opportunities for continuous improvement and recognizes a job well done.
The training philosophy at OregonASK is to improve the the quality of afterschool programs by providing relevant training and resources, including over 100 hours of training to nearly 400 afterschool providers in the last year. Half of those training hours were related to offering STEM content in afterschool. We worked on the road this spring, packing up our Wilsonville office to take trainings to school age providers in Springfield, Eugene, Medford, Bend, and Newport. More than 100 afterschool professionals attended our Road to Quality training events this spring.
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Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old man who dropped out of high school as a young boy and remains bitter about losing a spelling bee. Thus, now older and wiser, he finds a way to enter the National Quill Spelling Bee by abusing a loophole which states that anyone past the 8th grade cannot compete. As he abandoned his studies before passing 8th grade, he decides that he has every right to qualify for the competition, to the annoyance of entrants' parents and contest officials alike as, of course, his age gives him an unfair advantage despite his educational failures. Along the way he meets a young boy named Chaitainya who appears to have no friends his own age and who Guy Trilby gladly takes under his debauched, f-word riddled wing.
'Bad Words' is a darkly humorous comedy about tackling inner youth and overcoming personal failures. It has been directed by and stars Jason Bateman ('Arrested Development', 'Identity Thief', 'Horrible Bosses') in his movie directorial debut alongside Andrew Dodge who is also on the team as first-time screenwriter. The movie premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and will have limited release in the US next year on March 21st 2014.
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Speedy reminisces about the coal barges on the Delaware canal.
We were finishing dinner on the picnic table behind our house. Our lawn dissolved into the woods, which held in its bosom a minor Pennsylvania creek that grew from gully washes and insignificant streams and eventually made a small dent in the Delaware River not too far from the spot where, on average, the big river began to back up twice a day from the heaving oceans. My father was reminiscing about going to the canal when he was just small and watching barges loaded down with coal creep along at mule speed from the mines on their way to Bristol.
Unburdened, the barges floated lighter and higher on the way home. "I was happy for the mules heading upstream," he said. The business of carrying light and heat captured in rocks of carbon down the canal was over by the time he started going to school. The extraction of ancient carbon wasn't over—not by a long shot—but industry had found that it was more efficient to use combustion engines to bring the coal to market, instead of mules, men and gravity pulling barges over sleepy water.
Later, Izzy commits a hippie faux pas while riding with Juliana in a 1957 Dodge Regent to see the Fifth Dimension at the music circus outside of Lambertville.


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Where whips and chains live: Inside D.C's only private kink club
Media Credit: Photo Illustration by Katie Causey | Hatchet Staff Photographer
Handcuffs are just one of the restraints and toys available to the "kinksters" who attend the Crucible, D.C.'s only private kink club.
By Madelyne Ashworth Feb 9, 2015 12:48 AM
While whips and chains may not be part of everyone's typical Friday nights, an intimate D.C. group prefers to mix pleasure with pain, bringing sexual fetishes to life in a club created by Frazier Botsford.
Botsford, the 70-year-old owner and operator of The Crucible, the District's only private kink club, explained that his two-room club is a space for anyone interested in BDSM, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity.
"It's important because you're almost outcasts, and when you find like-minded people, it's eye-opening," he said. "We're really close to being a family. When you walk in, everyone says the same thing: I'm home."
The club, located on M Street near North Capitol Street, allows any member to partake in alternative activities, ranging from dripping hot wax onto another player to tying someone's hands to the ceiling to practice flogging.
The space has one large room for "play," where members communally act out BDSM "scenes," and includes a smaller room for more intimate play if so desired.
But Botsford has already begun to move into a new, larger location, which will have three private rooms. The new space's main area is adorned with BDSM toys such as whips, ropes and handcuffs. There's also seating and a wall lined with dungeon furniture, including bondage crosses and spanking benches.
He declined to provide the club's new address. The Crucible website states, "As soon as we get our permits all in order, we'll announce our new location here."
Botsford, who members call Uncle Frazier, has run The Crucible for nearly two decades. Determined to create a safe space for people to explore their sexual boundaries and interests, he began the process of opening The Crucible in 1997.
The club now has 2,500 paying members with private events held several times each week. While a visit to the club may not necessarily end in sex, members go to have sexual experiences with a strictly kinky dynamic.
Adults interested in trying out the club can attend a monthly Dungeon 101 event, led by Dungeon Monitors, who supervise all club activity. The monitors are trained by the Black Rose, a group that teaches those interested about power-play sex. Some events have a reduced cover charge if you can present a valid college ID.
Fondly referring to themselves as "kinksters," members include those who have unorthodox fetishes or ways to express their sexuality. FetLife, a social media site similar to Facebook with about 3 million members, has bolstered the BDSM community's ability to connect with one another.
"All of [kink] is held together with underlying principles of keeping everything safe, sane and consensual," said Amanda Horne, a GW senior who uses FetLife.
Members may go alone and play with those they meet at the club or come with a partner or group, but all attendees must first sign up for the annual $25 membership. Each event has a cover charge of about $20. Everyone must be at least 18 year old and agree to all Crucible rules and regulations.
"It's practice and understanding everything that's going on. The rules are very basic and people know what they can and can't do. [The Crucible] is almost self-policing, and some of our members have been there for 20 years," Botsford said. "There are hardly any problems."
When it moved to its M Street location in 2012, neighbors asked the city to remove the club. They did not understand what type of people the club would attract, Botsford said.
"The appeal lasted six months," he said. "By the time that six months rolled around, they had realized we were exactly who I told them we were: basic, caring, socially responsible people. They declared us to be 'good neighbors' and they dropped the appeal."
This article appeared in the February 9, 2015 issue of the Hatchet.


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Inns on the outs
By: David Winzelberg	April 9, 2020	Comments Off on Inns on the outs
PAUL AMORUSO: 'Lenders are showing empathy, especially if you've had a good track record.' (Photo by Judy Walker)
As the COVID-19 pandemic and its social-distancing routines continue to restrict activities, keep people at home and strain the economy, the hospitality industry is feeling a lion's share of the pain.
Analysts who track the lodging sector have issued dire predictions, forecasting future loan defaults for hotel owners as a result of an extended period of reduced revenue.
Trepp, the Manhattan-based firm that covers the commercial mortgage-backed securities loan industry, projects a whopping 34.8 percent cumulative default rate for CMBS property loans in the lodging sector nationally within the next year or so.
Here on Long Island, the numbers are staggering.
Long Island tourism accounts for $6.1 billion annually, generating some $740 million in tax revenues, according to Discover Long Island. The area's losses from the COVID-19 restrictions and slow downs could reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
STR, the company that compiles hotel statistics, is reporting record-low occupancy rates at hotels throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties. For the week ending on March 28, the average occupancy rate at hotels here plunged to just 25.8 percent, which according to STR, is the lowest ever recorded. The hotel occupancy rate on Long Island, which usually averages in the 65 to 70 percent range, has dropped dramatically from 65.2 percent in the first week of March.
"This is the lowest weekly occupancy rate we have ever recorded," said Jan Freitag, a senior vice president at STR. "We unfortunately expect that for the coming weeks, hotel occupancy will remain at all-time low levels."
The 369-room Melville Marriott, owned by Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex, has a $59
million balance on its CMBS property loan. (Photo by Judy Walker)
Another crucial stat, revenue per available room (a.k.a. RevPAR), helps show the financial impact hotel owners are feeling from the substantial decline in guests. Average RevPAR at Long Island hotels fell from $88.16 at the beginning of March to a paltry $29.20 by the end of the month, according to STR.
"For the U.S., STR expects that RevPAR will decline 50 percent this year, marking the sharpest decline in our dataset," Freitag said.
Hotel owners have been scrambling to protect their assets, seeking concessions from their lenders and pursuing help in the form of federally-backed assistance, such as the Payroll Protection Program. The PPP offers low-cost (and sometimes forgivable) loans in exchange for employers retaining at least 75 percent of their workforce.
"Lenders are showing empathy, especially if you've had a good track record," said Paul Amoruso, a Jericho-based hotel owner and developer, who has interests in seven hotels, including four on Long Island.
Amoruso has ownership interests in the Homewood Suites in Melville, the Hampton Inn in Commack, and two Hilton Garden Inns in Melville and Port Washington. He has applied for the PPP.
"It's a great program," Amoruso said. "It will help keep more employees while utilizing the capital to get past the next couple of months."
View Long Island hotel occupancy statistics below
Considered essential businesses by the state, most hotels here are open. One notable exception is Jake's 58 in Islandia, which closed its casino on March 14 and its 227-room hotel the following day. Employees at Jake's 58, owned and operated by Delaware North, which also manages the gaming venue for Suffolk OTB, were either placed on temporary leave with one week's pay and up to eight weeks of paid health benefits or are staying on at a slightly reduced rate of pay, according to a company spokesman.
The lobby of the 114-room Hilton Garden Inn in Riverhead, where occupancy has dropped
to around 20 percent. (Photo by Judy Walker)
The Long Island hotels that remain open have reduced staff and closed on-site restaurants. Along with the loss of business meetings and social events and the resulting drop in guests, revenue has all but disappeared.
Lee Browning, who owns the 131-room Marriott Residence Inn and the 114-room Hilton Garden Inn, both in Riverhead, has never seen business this bad.
"We're holding at around 20 percent occupancy," Browning told LIBN. The ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn, which can hold up to 300 people, has gone dark. Events account for about 30 percent of the hotel's revenue.
"We've had rebookings of wedding events and room blocks," Browning said.
Like Amoruso, Browning is also filing for the PPP.
"Everyone will benefit from it," he said. "We're going to pay people to sit home."
And while the virus rages, some hotels are seeing guests checking in because they need to separate from families and self-quarantine, which is causing special attention towards protecting staff and other guests.
"We give them a pitch when they check in," Browning says. "We tell them to stay away from others and to leave the room when it's cleaned. We have to protect our staff."
Despite the possible risks, Browning said the morale of his workers is good.
"My employees are willing to work," he said. "Overall, people are handling it well. We're all in this together."
And while the business is suffering through its worst-ever crisis, hoteliers like Amoruso remain optimistic about the future.
"Corporations are calling for July and August meetings," he said.
Amoruso is also moving forward with plans to develop two new hotels. He is planning to build a 100-room Hampton Inn near Republic Airport in Farmingdale and has another project on the drawing board for Jericho. That one, is a $43.6 million, 180-room boutique hotel to be built on 5.88 acres of parking lot at the Jericho Plaza office complex.
"No one has a crystal ball," Amoruso said. "If you have the right product, your costs are streamlined and you have a good brand, it will be fine. As soon as things clear up, the customers will be back."
He added that the timing of the recovery is the question.
"We'll re-evaluate on a monthly basis," Amoruso said.
Freitag says it's anybody's guess as to what's going to happen next.
"It is too early to tell when the business and leisure traveler will return," he said. "However, that return will be closely linked to the decline of COVID-19 cases."
Long Island hotel stats
Date Occupancy Rate % change RevPAR % change
March 1 – 7 65.2% -9.8% $88.16 -8.50%
March 8 – 14 52.9% -28.0% $69.24 -31.20%
March 15 – 21 32.1% -57.8% $37.81 -63.80%
Occupancy rates and RevPAR change year-over-year | Source: STR
CMBS exposure for Long Island lodging properties
Property Current Loan Balance
Marriott Melville $59 million
Hilton Long Island Melville $34.18 million
Homewood Suites Carle Place $32.5 million
Homewood Suites Melville $23.08 million
Hilton Garden Inn Melville $21.01 million
SpringHill Suites Carle Place $20.15 million
Holiday Inn Express Hauppauge $10.2 million
Holiday Inn Plainview $10.07 million
Holiday Inn Express Riverhead $8.62 million
Hampton Inn Jericho $8.56 million
Five Towns Inn Lawrence $9.79 million
Roslyn Hotel $9.42 million
Ramada Rockville Centre $9.31 million
Ruschmeyer's Montauk $4.01 million
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