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Where is Kelvin Fletcher's Farm? All you need to know ahead of his new BBC show
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By Selina Maycock
Where is Kelvin Fletcher's farm? Fans are wondering ahead of the Emmerdale and former Strictly star's return to screens with his own reality TV show.
The soap actor and his wife Liz Marsland are expecting their third child together (opens in new tab) but as they make room for the pitter-patter of tiny feet, the couple who are also parents to daughter Marnie (opens in new tab), five, and son Milo, three (opens in new tab), have their work cut out as they're letting the cameras into their home.
Kelvin, who is best known for playing Andy Sugden on Emmerdale, has teamed up with the BBC to make his own real-life show called Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure as he attempts to make farming both his life and his day job.
He's not the only celebrity to attempt life on a farm - he follows in the footsteps of Jeremy Clarkson, Matt Baker and more recently Mrs Hinch.
If you're wanting to see farmer Fletcher in action, we have all you need to know...
Where is Kelvin Fletcher's farm?
Kelvin Fletcher's farm is located on the edge of the Peak District National Park. He purchased the 120-acre property to start a new life with his wife Liz instead of pursuing a Hollywood dream which had originally been his plan A, following his Strictly Come Dancing win.
But despite growing up on a farm as an actor in Emmerdale, in real life, the star has "zero farming experience" as he revealed, "At the start of all this, Gilly [the farmer next door-turned-teacher] assumed a level of knowledge that I just didn't have. Bless her, but I spent a lot time saying: 'Can we just rewind. What is a ewe? Is it a boy or a girl sheep?' She'd just laugh, but seriously, she needed to break it down to basics."
The show will see the family try to bring the farm back to a state of "working glory" and the highs and lows will be all caught on camera.
Kelvin will delve into livestock markets, sheep wrangling, and the maintenance of a huge estate with endless outbuildings and an unmanageable cast of animals.
How much is Kelvin worth?
Kelvin Fletcher is worth an estimated £5 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The Oldham-born actor and model took drama classes from the age of seven and his breakthrough role was playing Andy Sugden in ITV soap Emmerdale.
In 2019 he took part in BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing and was crowned winner of the glitterball trophy alongside partner Oti Mabuse.
Aside from acting, he has also done some racing and competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and the Porsche Supercup series.
Now he'll be getting to grips with driving a tractor...
When is Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure on the BBC?
Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure is on BBC One on Monday, 17th January at 8.30pm and on catch up on the BBC iPlayer.
A teaser for the opening episode of the six-part series explains, "A month in and the jobs list is mounting, along with their stress levels. It's a baptism of fire, but luckily for them, their no-nonsense next-door neighbour, Gilly is on hand to help.
"Before investing in their own livestock, Kelvin and Liz get some hands-on experience with Gilly's flock of sheep, but the harsh realities of animal husbandry soon hit home.
The sight of a sheep's maggot-infested foot is too much for Kelvin to bear and he starts to wonder if this new life really is for him."
Kelvin has 28 sheep with the hope of the flock growing to 'about 80' by next year.
They also have three pigs, three alpacas, two rabbits.
"It will be a busy spring," said Liz. "We will have lambing season, pigs being born, and this baby..."
Kelvin uploaded an announcement for the show start date, and captioned a new photo, 'At least we look like farmers! (ish) Can't wait for you to see this show! Starting a week today Monday 17th January BBC One 8.30pm @bbciplayer #KelvinsBigFarmingAdventure'
Tune in to Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure is on BBC One on Monday, 17th January at 8.30pm and on the BBC iPlayer.
Selina Maycock
Senior Entertainment Writer
Selina is a Senior Entertainment Writer with more than 14 years of experience in newspapers and magazines. She currently looks after all things Entertainment for Goodto.com, Woman&Home, and My Imperfect Life. Before joining Future Publishing, Selina graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2006 with a degree in Journalism. She is fully NCTJ and NCE qualified and has 100wpm shorthand. When she's not interviewing celebrities you can find her exploring new countryside walking routes, catching up with friends over good food, or making memories.
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North and South Korea to unite at Winter Olympics: here are the hidden agendas behind this sports diplomacy
January 22, 2018 10.19am EST
Dr Udo Merkel, University of Brighton
Dr Udo Merkel
Senior Lecturer in Events Management, University of Brighton
Dr Udo Merkel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
University of Brighton provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.
North and South Korean officials meet with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in Lausanne on January 20. Laurent Gillieron/EPA
For many Western ears, Pyongyang and Pyeongchang sound very similar. Both are names of cities on the divided Korean peninsula. But the former is North Korea's capital and show city, and the latter is the host town of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea's Gangwon Province. It is located just 80km south of the heavily fortified border between the two countries.
Some observers may think that this choice of location was ill considered. But it allowed South Korea to claim in its application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2011 that the event would also contribute to an improvement of inter-Korean relations.
As the games approach, this is becoming more of a reality. On January 17, the two Koreas agreed to march under one flag, and to field a joint women's ice hockey team. And on January 20, representatives from both countries met at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss and agree the details of North Korea's participation in the Winter Olympics.
The focus of the Lausanne meeting was on Olympic protocol. The unified team at the opening ceremony on February 9 will be called Korea, marching with the Korean Unification Flag, carried by an athlete from each country. The team's anthem will be the Korean folk song Arirang. Under a "wild card" system, North Korean athletes will compete in figure skating, skiing and the joint ice hockey team.
Until the final days of 2017, this looked extremely unlikely as the governments of both Korean states had not talked to each other for over two years.
Foreign policy – and sports diplomacy is part of that domain – usually happens behind closed doors, as do the processes behind it. Detailed knowledge of North Korea and the country's internal, political dynamics is also rather limited. This is the most secretive and least understood country in the world, and as a result, some issues have been overlooked or misrepresented regarding the upcoming Olympics detente.
Much reference has been made to Kim Jong-un's New Year's speech on January 1 in which he wished Pyeongchang all the best for a successful Winter Olympics and offered to talk about the participation of North Korean athletes. But to consider the speech as the trigger of recent events is wrong. He was simply responding – albeit belatedly – to a speech given by the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, in June 2017 at the opening ceremony of the Taekwondo Word Championships in Muju, South Korea in which Moon explicitly proposed to send a unified Korean team to Pyeongchang to improve inter-Korean relations.
Moon also reminded his audience of sport's power to improve relations by referring to the "Sunshine Policy", which was in place from 1998 to 2008. It focused on engagement and rapprochement and led to the two countries marching together at various Summer and Winter Olympics as well as other regional sporting competitions.
The Korean Unification Flag, waved at the East Asian Football Federation Women's Cup in 2005. Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
What most commentators overlooked was that Moon's invitation to North Korea was also an encrypted diplomatic message to the US administration that the newly-elected South Korean government did not intend to follow the more confrontational, often incoherent, foreign policy approach favoured by the American president, Donald Trump.
By using his New Year speech to make his announcement, Kim knew it would attract both national and international attention. His words were clearly chosen for both audiences and contained two interrelated but different messages. For his domestic audience, they read: "I have Korean unity and reunification on my radar and will not forget it despite being preoccupied by developing our nuclear programme, testing missiles, UN sanctions, US threats, the warmonger Donald Trump, and so on."
For the South Korean listeners, his words meant: "OK, I've got my missiles working now. That's the American imperialists sorted. But I think we Koreans are somehow stuck in a cul-de-sac and, perhaps, should talk. Let's keep it easy and simple at the beginning, leave Donald Trump out of it and talk about sport; and then we see where we go from there."
The speed of the subsequent developments indicates that North Korea had thoroughly thought about this and was well prepared when the first talks between representatives of the north and the south took place on January 9. In comparison, almost a decade ago, negotiations between the two countries to send a unified team to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics took several months and led to nothing.
There is little doubt that the world of international sport continues to be a serious and very useful diplomatic tool. On this occasion, it may be a significant stepping stone for an improvement of inter-Korean relations. But, that depends on how serious Kim is as there is some concern that this is just a well-timed but short-lived public relations stunt. It also depends on whether this kind of sports diplomacy is fully embedded in a wider foreign policy from both North and South Korea that aims to achieve the same objectives.
Sport on its own is fairly powerless, but when skilfully integrated it can make significant contributions and promote wider foreign policy tools. It also provides the Korean people with access to a field of politics that usually lacks transparency.
For the IOC, this recent development was of course extremely good news and may distract from the Russian doping scandal and their other major concern, the steadily declining interest in hosting mega sports events.
Sport diplomacy
Talks between North and South Korea have led to the rogue North agreeing to send a delegation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Reuters
The Winter Olympics and the two Koreas: how sport diplomacy could save the world
Koreas North (red) and South battle it out. EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun
North Korea uses sports to show off — and reach out
Local residents holding Chinese and Olympic flags attend a rehearsal in Chongli county of Zhangjiakou ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Reuters/Jason Lee
Why countries should break the crippling cycle of hosting big sporting events
The Russian flag will not fly at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. EPA/Hannibal Hanschke
Russia's humiliating ban from the Winter Olympics is the right move to protect integrity in sport

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More than three-quarters of parents still feel responsible for their adult children's financial security
More than three quarters (76%) of parents with children aged 18-40 said they still felt responsible for their child's financial security some or all of the time, according to new research from Legal & General.
9 in 10 parents with children aged 18-40 said they still felt responsible for their overall wellbeing some or all of the time
Two-thirds (66%) of those surveyed said they had provided financial assistance to their adult children within the past year
Legal & General surveyed over 1000 parents with children aged between 18 and 40 as part of its 'Forever a Parent' campaign
The FTSE 100 insurer surveyed over 1000 parents with children aged between 18-40, with the findings showing that the majority of parents (90%) felt responsible some or all of the time for their adult child's overall wellbeing.
The new figures come as part of Legal & General's 'Forever a Parent' campaign, which aims to highlight the importance of parents taking steps to safeguard their children financially, including by having appropriate protection policies in place. Despite this, less than half (47%) of those who said they felt financially responsible some or all of the time had taken out a life insurance policy.
The survey also found that parents were putting their money where their mouth is, by continuing to support their adult children financially. Two-thirds (66%) had provided financial assistance within the past year, with nearly a quarter (24%) gifting more than £1000. Worryingly, a third (33%) of parents had helped with general living costs in the last year and one in ten (10%) had helped with mortgage or rental payments in the last five years.
However, despite the considerable support provided on housing by the Bank of Mum and Dad, which last year Legal & General research found would lend £6.5bn, less than one in ten (9%) parents had helped their children with a house deposit since their child became an adult.
Of the 87% of respondents who had provided their child with some form of financial assistance, the top 5 reasons were:
General Living costs (43%)
To pay a bill (23%)
Grocery shopping (23%)
University education fees (20%)
To pay for commuting or travel costs (16%)
Since their children had turned 18, parents had been asked to provide support on:
Financial advice (46%)
Career plans (40%)
Cooking (37%)
Car trouble (29%)
Surprisingly, parents felt slightly more responsible for the financial security of their sons (79%) than daughters (72%), whilst mothers were more likely to feel responsible (93%) for the overall welfare their adult child than fathers (88%). The sense of responsibility for their child's overall wellbeing also declined with age, with younger parents aged between 35 and 44 the most likely to feel responsible for their children aged 18 and over (99%). By comparison, 86% of parents aged 55+ said they still felt responsible for their children.
Finally, highlighting the valuable support parents continue to provide their adult children, a fifth (20%) of parents had been turned to by their children for financial advice within the last month.
John Hyde, Managing Director, Legal & General, Direct Insurance, comments:
"No matter their age, as parents we always feel a sense of responsibility for the wellbeing of our children. Whether it's making sure they're financially secure or helping them with life's big moments, such as buying their first home, our research shows that parents continue to support their children, aged 18 or 40. Perhaps more worryingly, parents are still relied upon for more pressing financial matters, such as paying credit card bills and grocery shopping.
"However, no matter what support we provide, being a parent doesn't stop after we're gone and the question we all need to ask is whether that security will continue should the worst happen.
"With our Forever a Parent campaign, we want to encourage more parents to think about how they can safeguard their children, whether it's making sure there's an emergency fund if a tragedy strikes or by taking out a life insurance policy to help their families when they're no longer around. After all, family is the most important factor in our lives and making sure they're looked after and are financially secure is the top priority for any parent."
The information contained in this press release is intended solely for journalists and should not be relied upon by private investors or any other persons to make financial decisions.
ABOUT LEGAL & GENERAL
The Legal & General Group, established in 1836, is one of the UK's leading financial services companies. As at 30 June 2017, the total value of assets across the group was £951.1 billion, including derivative assets. We also had over 9.5 million customers in the UK for our life assurance, pensions, investments and general insurance plans.
Alyson Bowcott
Insurance, General Insurance and Health
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Bloom is the second studio album by Australian singer Troye Sivan, released on 31 August 2018 through EMI Music Australia and Capitol Records. The album follows up his 2015 debut studio album, Blue Neighbourhood, and features guest appearances from Gordi and Ariana Grande. It was preceded by the release of the singles "My My My!", "The Good Side", "Bloom", "Dance to This" and "Animal".

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the album was nominated for three awards; Album of the Year, Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release.

Composition
Bloom has been called Sivan's "sex album", as well as "darker", "more guitar-driven" and "more danceable" than his previous material. It has also been described as containing material about defiant gay expression; the first song, "Seventeen", is about a sexual experience Sivan had with a man he met on Grindr. Sivan wrote most of the album with American musician Leland and Canadian musician Allie X. The album's production was primarily handled by Bram Inscore, Oscar Görres, Oscar Holter and Ariel Rechtshaid.

Release and promotion

"My My My!" was released as the lead single from the album on 10 January 2018, and was accompanied by a music video directed by Grant Singer. The second single "The Good Side", was released nine days later. It is an acoustic track about a breakup, with Sivan explaining that the song is an open letter to an ex-boyfriend. The title track "Bloom", a song about anal sex, which was promoted by the hashtag "#BopsBoutBottoming" that was trending on Twitter, was released on 2 May as the third single. "Dance to This", featuring American singer Ariana Grande, was released on 13 June as the album's fourth single. The fifth single, "Animal", was released on 9 August. On 14 June, Sivan announced a Target special edition would be released featuring two new songs, "This This" and "Running Shoes". The album was released on 31 August 2018 by EMI Music Australia and Capitol Records.

Sivan promoted the album via the Bloom Tour, which began on 21 September in Irving, Texas, and ended on 30 November 2019 in Chengdu, China.

Critical reception

Bloom received widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album has an average score of 85, based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Giving the album a perfect score, The Independents Douglas Greenwood wrote, "Making perfect pop isn't easy, but Troye Sivan is a star who's done his homework. With one foot in pop's past and another in its present, Bloom is a record that could turn its considerate maker into one of mainstream music's most revered and fascinating talents." AllMusic critic Neil Z. Yeung stated that "Bloom is an unambiguous statement from Sivan, clear in its intent to celebrate the highs and lows of queer love through the eyes of a proud pop star in the making." Annie Zaleski from The A.V. Club opined that "Blooms beauty and gifts reveal themselves gradually over time."

Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis stated that "the results are characterful", elaborating: "Bloom is done and dusted in 35 crisp minutes – a time at which some pop albums are reaching their mid-point – and feels like a coherent, artist-led album rather than a bet-spreading collection of songs designed to hit every popular musical base." Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone said, "Well beyond the already stellar dismissal of heteronormative storylines in pop love stories, Sivan finds a wealth of ways to bring about fresh reflections on age-old themes with undeniable charisma." The Line of Best Fit writer Claire Biddles stated, "Bloom is an exceptional pop album, but maybe more importantly it's a beacon for queer people who struggle to reconcile our neuroses – societal and personal – with our potential for joy and love."

Year-end lists

Commercial performance
Bloom debuted at number three in Australia, making it Sivan's highest-charting studio album in his home country. It opened at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 72,000 album-equivalent units, including 59,000 pure album sales. It is his highest-charting release and best sales week to date on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

Notes
  signifies a co-producer
  signifies an additional producer
  signifies a vocal producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

2018 albums
Troye Sivan albums
Albums produced by Ariel Rechtshaid
Albums produced by Alex Hope (songwriter)
Albums produced by Jam City
Albums produced by Michael Uzowuru

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The Congress-led Rajasthan government has decided to honor those who adopt stray cows on Independence day and Republic day.
The Directorate of Gopalan has issued a letter to all district collectors demanding them to motivate donors, NGOs, social workers, and cow lovers to adopt stray cows and felicitate them on August 15 and January 26.
The Directorate of Gopalan of the state government works for cattle conservation, research, and development.
"The idea behind the step is to conserve cows with cooperation from people. Those who adopt stray cows and undertake welfare activities will be felicitated by district collectors on the occasion of Independence day and Republic day," Vishram Meena, director, Gopalan directorate, exclaimed.
"The directorate issued a letter to all district collectors on December 28 with details of the campaign for the conservation of stray cows. There are people who adopt stray animals in cow shelter homes. They celebrate their birthdays, wedding anniversaries and such occasions by spending time with their adopted cows. We have asked the collectors to push such initiatives," he stated.
Meena stated the interested parties can give their proposal to the respective district collectors.
After verification of the claims, the collectors will felicitate such human with a certificate at the district level, he said.
The order also mentions that whoever wants to adopt cows can deposit the amount decided by the local cow shelter and can visit the cows anytime.
Those who want to keep the stray cows at their houses can also do so, it added.
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Place the raw cashews in a bowl. Cover and let soak overnight, or for at least 8 hours.
Drain the cashews and put them back in the bowl. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Once boiling, pour the water over the cashews. This step will kill possible bacterias. Drain the cashews.
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package algs.example.chapter7.fifteenSolitaire.fixed;

import algs.model.list.DoubleLinkedList;
import algs.model.searchtree.IMove;
import algs.model.searchtree.INode;

/**
 * A popular solitaire game (found at Cracker Barrel restaurants around the
 * United states!) is formed by a triangular piece of wood with fifteen holes
 * in it forming a pattern of five rows:
 *
 *

 *       o
 *      o o
 *     o o o
 *    o o o o
 *   o o o o o
 *

 *
 * All but one of the holes is filled with a golf tee. You can move a tee by
 * jumping it over an existing tee to land in an empty hole. The goal is to
 * remove all Tees.
 *

 * This looks like it could be solved by depth-first search since the number
 * of moves at any time is bounded and changes decrementally as the game
 * progresses.  Even if there are thirteen moves to make with 3 moves allowed
 * at each turn, this only means 3^14 or 4,782,969 possible moves. Certainly
 * doable on modern machines.  We only need to determine the initial state and
 * goal state. Now here it gets tricky since these are both up to the player.
 * That is, the only goal is to produce just a single Tee standing. We start
 * by trying for the "Bingo!" on the first pass, that is, start with the initial
 * state with the middle hole open (the third one on the third row) and try to
 * get the last Tee to end up there.
 *
 * Steps to an implementation:
 *

 *
 Develop the class implementing INode. For inspiration, check out the
 * existing ones in the repository (EightPuzzle, TinyPuzzle). This class
 * (JumpingSolitaireState) handles it.
 *

 *
Write constructor (both default and with pre-filled values). This is
 * dependent upon storing the state simply as a boolean[] array of filled values
 * for each peg location. Note how we reify the moves ONCE and use this for
 * the validMoves() method. Also note that we could generalize this to any
 * triangular puzzle (or any other shape for that matter!) but this is for
 * a future extension by the interested reader!
 *
Write copy() method to invoke the obvious constructor.
 *
Write equals() and equivalent() methods using the state.
 *
Provide default implementations for score(int),score()
 *
Create key() from the filled array.
 *
Provide default storedData(),storedData(Object) implementations.
 *
Provide reasonable toString() that tries to show triangle (but mainly fails)
 *
Provide validMoves method that traverses all available moves to see which
 *     ones are legal
 *
nodeLabel() is used during the DOTTY generation of graph images. For now
 *     this is not an issue, so provide some meaningless behavior.
 *
Important: If this class is ever to be stored within a binary tree, then
 * the key() method must be meaningful and the compareTo(JumpingSolitaireState)
 * method must also be provided.
 *
Important: If this class is ever to be stored within a hash table, then
 * the hashCode() method must meaningful and correct.
 *

 *

 *
 * That's it. This implementation took about 30 minutes. Now let's try it out.
 * This is all accomplished in the {@link TestJumping} class which executes an
 * unbounded DFS on the search tree.
 *

 * Ok, so fail on first guess (0 open, 1651 closed). Try to see if we end up
 * with a peg in the corner (0, 10, 14). These fail as well. Ok, so now let's
 * try to end at any old location (1,2,3,5,6-9,11-13). Place in loop and see
 * what happens (this is all done in TestJumping class). Aha! Found it. You
 * end up with a single peg in the 12th spot (middle of lowest row). QED.
 * Can we ever end up with a peg in the middle? Look at second test case in
 * TestJumping
 *
 * @author George Heineman
 * @version 1.0, 6/15/08
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class JumpingSolitaireState implements INode, Comparable<JumpingSolitaireState> {

	/**
	 * Instead of just representing the state as a two-dimensional array, we
	 * encode all possible jumps and store boolean array if specific position
	 * is empty. Start counting at 0 from the top row moving downwards. Note that
	 * we could have constructed a search to handle any kind of Triangular game,
	 * but we are staying focused instead on this specific puzzle.
	 */
	boolean filled[] = new boolean[15];

	// computed static
	public static int compMoves[][];

	/** Each of the triples represents a move (from, over, to). */
	public static final int moves[][] = new int[][] {
			{0, 1, 3},    /* from, OVER, to. */
			{0, 2, 5},
			{1, 3, 6},
			{1, 4, 8},
			{2, 4, 7},
			{2, 5, 9},
			{3, 1, 0},
			{3, 4, 5},
			{3, 6, 10},
			{3, 7, 12},
			{4, 7, 11},
			{4, 8, 13},
			{5, 2, 0},
			{5, 4, 3},
			{5, 8, 12},
			{5, 9, 14},
			{6, 3, 1},
			{6, 7, 8},
			{7, 4, 2},
			{7, 8, 9},
			{8, 4, 1},
			{8, 7, 6},
			{9, 5, 2},
			{9, 8, 7},
			{10, 6, 3},
			{10, 11, 12},
			{11, 7, 4},
			{11, 12, 13},
			{12, 7, 3},
			{12, 8, 5},
			{13, 8, 4},
			{13, 12,11},
			{14, 9, 5},
			{14, 13, 12}};

	/** Stored data. */
	Object data;

	/** Computed score for this node. */
	int score;

	/** Initialize to default configuration (start w/ middle open). */
	public JumpingSolitaireState () {
		for (int i = 0; i < filled.length; i++) {
			filled[i] = true;
		}

		filled[4] = false;
	}

	/** Initialize to pre-existing board state. */
	public JumpingSolitaireState(boolean[] pre) {
		for (int i = 0; i < filled.length; i++) {
			filled[i] = pre[i];
		}
	}

	/** return copy of node. */
	public INode copy() {
		return new JumpingSolitaireState (filled);
	}

	/** Ensure equivalent method based on equals. */
	public boolean equivalent(INode state) {
		return equals (state);
	}

	/** Must implement equals */
	public boolean equals(Object o) {
		if (o == null) return false;
		if (o instanceof JumpingSolitaireState) {
			JumpingSolitaireState jss = (JumpingSolitaireState) o;
			for (int i = 0; i < filled.length; i++) {
				if (filled[i] != jss.filled[i]) {
					return false;
				}
			}
			return true;  // ALL MATCH!
		}

		return false;  // NOPE.
	}

	/** suitable unique key for this node. */
	public Object key() {
		StringBuilder key = new StringBuilder();
		for (int i = 0; i < filled.length; i++) {
			if (filled[i]) { key.append ('T'); } else { key.append('F'); }
		}
		return key.toString();
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		int sum = 0;
		int pow = 1;
		for (int i = 0; i < filled.length; i++) {
			if (filled[i]) {
				sum += pow;
			}
			pow *= 2;
		}

		return sum;
	}

	/** Set score for this node. */
	public void score(int s) {
		score = s;
	}

	/** Return computed score for this node. */
	public int score() {
		return score;
	}

	/** Helper debugging method. */
	public String toString () {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		String pre = "    ";
		int idx = 0;
		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
			sb.append(pre);
			for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
				if (filled[idx++]) {
					sb.append('*');
				} else {
					sb.append('.');
				}
				sb.append(' ');
			}
			sb.append('\n');

			if (pre.length() != 0) {
				pre = pre.substring(1); // trim by one
			}
		}

		return sb.toString();
	}

	public Object storedData(Object o) {
		Object x = data;
		data = o;
		return x;
	}

	public Object storedData() {
		return data;
	}

	/** Run through all moves and add triple if available. */
	public DoubleLinkedList<IMove> validMoves() {
		DoubleLinkedList<IMove> list = new DoubleLinkedList<IMove>();

		for (int i = 0; i < moves.length; i++) {
			int from = moves[i][0];
			int over = moves[i][1];
			int to  = moves[i][2];

			if (filled[from] && filled[over] && !filled[to]) {
				list.insert (new JumpMove (from, over, to));
			}
		}

		return list;
	}

	// GRAPHICAL representation hard since this is triangle. Avoiding for now
	public String nodeLabel () {
		return (String) key() + "|{" + score + "}";
	}

	/** Support some meaningful comparison. */
	public int compareTo(JumpingSolitaireState jss) {
		for (int i = 0; i < filled.length; i++) {
			if (!filled[i] && jss.filled[i]) { return -1; }
			if (filled[i] && !jss.filled[i]) { return +1; }
		}

		return 0; // must be same!
	}
}

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Adult Swim announces Metal Swim 2 compilation featuring Baroness, Sunn O))), Eyehategod, and more
April 26, 2019 serverdrwecki
Adult Swim, the beloved TV programming block and conduit for some of the most amazing modern music, just unveiled the second volume in their Metal Swim compilation series, Metal Swim 2.
The digital-only, streaming collection is a great overview of the current metal scene, pulling together exclusive songs from the likes of Baroness, Sunn O))), Eyehategod, Botanist, Author & Punisher, Oathbreaker, Alien Weaponry, and many more. The compilation will be available to stream in its entirety starting next Friday, May 3rd, over at AdultSwim.com.
Metal Swim 2 was curated by Laura Sterritt, a producer that has been part of the Adult Swim team since 2015. She had this to say about the music available on this comp: "The spirit of metal manifests for listeners in all kinds of ways: as an art form, as an emotional outlet, and just good ol' fashioned fun. I was excited to curate this group of forerunners from metal's wide swath of subgenres, so both longtime metalheads and newcomers alike could find something within that resonates with them."
The full tracklist for the compilation has yet to be revealed and won't be until stream goes live on May 3rd. What we do know is that in addition to the artists mentioned above, Metal Swim 2 will feature tracks from The Body, Akvan, Nervosa, Dreadnought, Volahn, and Dark Castle, as well as something from Kat Katz and Andy Gibbs of Thou. The collection also boasts original artwork (see above) from Becky Cloonan, the Italian comic book creator who became the first female artist to draw the main Batman title in 2012.
Adult Swim has been a huge supporter of metal over the last decade, releasing exclusive tracks from the likes of Mastodon, Absu, and Sleep as part of their ongoing Singles Program series. And in 2010, they released the first Metal Swim compilation, which featured rare and unreleased work from Isis, Death Angel, Ludrica, and Skeletonwitch, among a host of other tunes. All of them are still available for download through their music site.
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Q: Selector being performed when trying to set UITextField text i'm trying to clear a UITextField whenever the UIControlEventEditingChanged event is being performed.
However, when I set the text to nothing, the UIControlEventEditingChanged event is being called again, and this is the way it keeps going.
This is my code:
- (void)updateText {
    //other code
    textfield.text = @"";
    //other code
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [textfield addTarget:self action:@selector(updateText) forControlEvents:UIControlEventEditingChanged];
}

I would like to be able to set the text of the text field without it looping infinitely!
Any help appreciated.

A: Not sure this is the best way, but before you do your programmatic update to the textfield you could remove your UIControlEventEditingChanged listener and then add it again afterwards.

A: do
- (void)updateText {
    //other code
    if (![textfield.text isEqualToString:@""]){
       textfield.text = @"";
    }
    //other code
}

it is probably not the most elegant solution but it is very quick and will surely work

A: An alternative to deregistering for the event, and reregistering is to put in a BOOL to guard against this particular recursion.
@interface MyClass : () {
    BOOL clearText;
}

and in the method:
- (void)updateText {
    if (clearText){
        clearText = NO;
        return;
    }
    //other code
    clearText = YES;
    textfield.text = @"";
    //other code
}

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If you're a proper Ford or Vauxhall nut you no doubt find any excuse to pledge your allegiance to your favourite marque.
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package org.ops4j.pax.jdbc.test.derby;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Configuration;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Option;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.util.Filter;
import org.ops4j.pax.jdbc.test.AbstractJdbcTest;
import org.osgi.service.jdbc.DataSourceFactory;

import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.OptionUtils.combine;

public class DerbyDataSourceTest extends AbstractJdbcTest {

    @Inject
    @Filter("(osgi.jdbc.driver.class=org.apache.derby.jdbc.AutoloadedDriver)")
    private DataSourceFactory dsf;

    @Configuration
    public Option[] config() {
        return combine(regressionDefaults(), //
                mvnBundle("org.ops4j.pax.jdbc", "pax-jdbc"), //
                mvnBundle("org.apache.derby", "derby") //
        );
    }

    @Test
    public void createDataSourceAndConnection() throws SQLException {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.setProperty(DataSourceFactory.JDBC_URL, "jdbc:derby:memory:pax;create=true");
        dsf.createDataSource(props).getConnection().close();
    }
}


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NetActuate Launches, Offers Global Managed Colocation in 40 Worldwide Datacenters
SAN JOSE, CA (PRWEB) JULY 15, 2016
With a global presence in 40 carrier hotels around the world and 25 internet exchanges, NetActuate launches its suite of services — from colocation to infrastructure management.
NetActuate, Inc., a leading internet service provider operating one of the world's most connected networks, launched managed colocation services in over 40 data centers.
The company's footprint includes major global markets spanning South Africa, Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia, including India and mainland China. NetActuate provides full service managed colocation and other services to multinational companies, or companies that require a presence in multiple geographic locations around the world.
Customers can choose solutions from managed colocation to complete stack development and infrastructure management. However, no matter what level of service they select, customers can rest assured they will have access to NetActuate's network operations expertise and unique presence in carrier hotels.
Through managed colocation, NetActuate assists customers in rolling out and operating a complex global online presence.
"Our customers tend to have unique requirements and are drawn to co-location either for significant cost advantages on certain workloads, or for full control of the network stack for complex deployments and performance optimization " noted Mark Price, President of NetActuate, Inc. "We pride ourselves on giving customers the flexibility from co-location deployments without having to take on all of the related headaches such as cross-border regulations and a myriad of different vendors to keep track of"
Through its extensive presence, NetActuate takes the lead working with suppliers, addresses shipping and cross border issues, and coordinates qualified staff and resources in each PoP. It also allows cross-connections to every major carrier and cloud around the globe.
Those with larger network demands can call on NetActuate for advanced services such as turn-key build and operate or build, operate, and transfer models to ensure a seamless transition from its customers Infrastructure, in addition to operations teams with 24×7 follow-the-sun support to meet business goals.
Customers interested in Colocation, IP Transit, Transport, Operations & Dev Ops services can call 1 800-419-COLO (toll free) or +1 707-706-COLO internationally, or visit https://www.netactuate.com to learn more.
About NetActuate, Inc.
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Art contest for Ix the Interloper!
It's time for phase 2 of the Design-Your-Naut 2 contest! In this phase, we are looking for your ideas on how to visualize the winner of phase one: Ix the Interloper!
You can submit your ideas here! You can use whatever medium you can muster (even bake a pie) as long as it results in a single image file. The contest is open until Tuesday, November 3rd, Midnight Pacific time.
Once all the submissions are in, we will pick the five finalists. These will all receive a cool t-shirt and custom icon in-game.
These five finalists will then all be put up for a vote to determine the final winner! The winners' idea will be recreated ingame, and the winner will also receive an Awesome Clunk statue!
Time to get creative, and show us your awesome ideas!


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The basic premise of online craps is to predict the outcome, roll the dice and see if you are a winner. A typical game of online craps comprises of two phases: the coming out phase and the points phase. The coming out phase is the initial throw of the dice, while the point phase is what can potentially follow.
In the Coming Out Phase, which is also known as the shooting phase, you need to try and roll a 7 or 11 (called a neutral) on the pass line bet in order to win. If you roll a 2, 3 or 12 (called Craps) instead, you will automatically lose. And if you roll a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, the number will establish a 'point', in which case the game will progress to the point phase.
In the Point Phase, you have to try and roll a number equal to that of the 'point' in the coming out phase. If you roll a 7 before attaining a number equal to that of the 'point', you will lose and a new game will begin. During the point phase, you have the option to place side bets such as an Odds Bet. This means that if you win, you will receive the original bet and odds bet for additional ways to win.
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Q: In JavaScript how to concat multiple files into an array of objects I'm trying to convert multiple files from a single directory into a single file containing an array of all the objects from the other files. For example each file contains a rule:
rule1.js:
rule = {
    rule: function(value){
        if (value==1){
            return true
        }
        return false
    }
}

and the final file should be as:
rules = [{rule1.js}, {rule2.js}..]

I need a final file in JS, looking for a something like gulp-concat, but into an array. any idea on how to do so?


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Film Noir Board
By Eric Somer
HELL'S HALF ACRE (1954)
Republic Pictures, 91m 5s
Donna Williams (Evelyn Keyes) looks for the husband she lost in HELL'S HALF ACRE
Film noir boundaries extend beyond the continental US to Hawaii in HELL'S HALF ACRE, a noir entry seldom referenced but more than worthy of review. The film's atypical setting does nothing to defy the conventions of the genre, but rather confirms the adaptability of the sturdy noir narrative. Honolulu might be a tourist trap by day, but nocturnal activity plays out in night clubs, dance halls, flop houses and dark alleys. It's a complicated urban network best approached with extreme caution.
Not exactly the most conventional of film noir title treatments
In terms of the main protagonist's inescapable connection with poor choices made in the past, HELL'S HALF ACRE is among the best examples of noir existentialism. The story commences on a happy note, with Chet Chester (Wendell Corey) enjoying a night at his club with ladyfriend Sally Lee (Nancy Gates). The tone quickly changes, though, when Chester's shady background resurfaces in the form of his erstwhile syndicate associate Novak (Robert Costa), who plans to blackmail Chester. Lee puts an abrupt halt to the scheme with a well-placed bullet to Novak's forehead. Chester pragmatically thinks it best he takes the rap, so he sends Lee on an errand to hire an appropriate attorney for his defense. But the third and most violent member of the disbanded syndicate Roger Kong (Philip Ahn) suspects Lee is making off with syndicate money, so he roughs her up a little too much. Over in the states, Donna Williams (Evelyn Keyes) has a hunch her husband Randy, presumed killed in Pearl Harbor, is really alive in the form of Chester. She travels to Honolulu to learn the truth, with Lida O'Reilly (Elsa Lanchester) available as her tour guide. Williams proves to be both right and wrong about her husband.
Out of the past: a photo from 1941
Wendell Corey (I WALK ALONE [1947], SORRY, WRONG NUMBER [1948]) leaves a strong impression as Chester, a somber man bound to his criminal past, which, like his facial scar, stubbornly remains in the present. Chester seems to have concluded long ago there would be no going back to being Randy. He is a deserter turned racketeer, not a hero, like his 11-year-old son has been brought up to believe. Chester recognizes the futility in even considering going backwards when he explains to the boy's mother, "His father's dead. He died the day Chet Chester started to live..." This theme of the walking dead reaches its apex when Chester calmly notifies authorities of his impending murder.
Chet Chester (Wendell Corey) and Donna Williams (Evelyn Keyes)
With location footage from Waikiki Beach to the A'ala district, the always interesting backdrop alternates between picturesque and austere. The peripheral characters who inhabit the more dismal locales are a seedy lot indeed. In a disquieting moment of grotesque sexuality, sweaty and unkempt Tubby Otis (Jesse White) surely would have raped Williams (inexplicably nude under a bed sheet!) were it not for the timely intervention of Chester. Then there is the presence of practiced noir dame Marie Windsor, who always adds an element of raw sex with her statuesque physicality and tempting bedroom eyes. Law enforcement operates on a level commensurate with the local hoodlums; police chief Dan (Keye Luke) is just fine with using people as bait, like underworld information guy Ippy (Leonard Strong) and even Williams. An arch criminal's death by police gunfire in front of a sign that reads "Clean Up Hell's Half Acre" no doubt will frustrate liberal viewers.
HELL'S HALF ACRE reunites the creative force behind the prior year's excellent noir film CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (1953): director and associate producer John H. Auer, screenwriter Steve Fisher (I WAKE UP SCREAMING [1941]), and cinematographer John L. Russell (PSYCHO [1960]).
Framed at the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.37:1, the Blu-ray version available from Olive Films is true to their usual standards (great transfer, no extras).
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ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949)
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BIG CLOCK (1948)
BIG COMBO (1955)
BIG HOUSE U.S.A. (1955)
BIG SLEEP (1946)
BLAST OF SILENCE (1961)
BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
BODY AND SOUL (1947)
CHICAGO CALLING (1951)
CONFLICT (1945)
CRISS CROSS (1949)
CROOKED WAY (1949)
CRY VENGEANCE (1954)
DARK MIRROR (1946)
DEADLINE - U.S.A. (1952)
DESPERATE (1947)
DESTINY (1944)
DETOUR (1945)
ESCAPE IN THE FOG (1945)
FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1975)
FLESH AND FANTASY (1943)
GILDA (1946)
GLASS KEY (1942)
GUILTY (1947)
GUN CRAZY (1950)
HE RAN ALL THE WAY (1951)
HIGH TIDE (1947)
HITCH-HIKER (1953)
I WALK ALONE (1947)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)
KEY LARGO (1948)
KILLER IS LOOSE (1956)
KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK (1950)
KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
KISS OF DEATH (1947)
La Chienne (1931)
LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947)
LOOPHOLE (1954)
MALTESE FALCON (1941)
MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF (1950)
MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
MURDER MY SWEET (1944)
MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (1945)
NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950)
NIGHTFALL (1957)
NORA PRENTISS (1947)
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951)
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)
PHANTOM LADY (1944)
PITFALL (1948)
POSSESSED (1947)
PRICE OF FEAR (1956)
PUSHOVER (1954)
QUICKSAND (1950)
RAW DEAL (1948)
RECKLESS MOMENT (1949)
ROADBLOCK (1951)
SCANDAL SHEET (1952)
SCARLET STREET (1945)
SET-UP (1949)
SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954)
SHOCK (1946)
SORRY WRONG NUMBER (1948)
STORM FEAR (1955)
STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY (1945)
STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
T-MEN (1947)
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1948)
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
THREAT (1949)
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY (1951)
TOO LATE FOR TEARS (1949)
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
WHIRLPOOL (1949)
WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
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Since November 2008, Wal-Mart has been disputing, at enormous legal cost, a citation for inadequate crowd management leading to the death of a Jamaican temp worker in Valley Stream, N.Y. during a post-Thanksgiving sale.
The U.S. Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reported 4,693 workplace fatalities in 2011, almost on par with 2010, which registered 4690 workplace. . In other words, every single work day has seen 18 families not having a family member return home from work!
In 2011, the Census of Fatal Injuries started tracking incidents involving temporary workers, spurred by reports that contractors face higher levels of workplace safety issues, due in large part to the absence of safety training.
Workplaces are peer groups and everyone, without exception, must be assured of a risk-free, safe and secure work environment. When a new permanent or temporary worker comes on board – to handle hazardous work, employers cannot ignore the need to have each worker sufficiently protected through appropriate gear, effective training and a support system in case of an accidental injury.
Large employers with poor safety records face enhanced criminal felony penalties. The injured workers and/or their families participate in the penalty assessment exercise.
The OSHA verifies the illness and injury records of all employers.
Assessment teams keep a close eye on specific industries or hazards, including refineries, chemical plants and facilities creating combustible dust. These teams conduct unannounced inspections, reviewing safety documentation and records and requiring enhancements to the regulations.
OSHA also works closely with the Department of Justice to ensure criminal prosecution where appropriate. Information about violators is posted online.
While working to improve the new standards applicable to the various industries, OSHA has strictly instructed the employers to ensure that workplaces are free from 'recognized hazards' which could cause injury or death. OSHA's website also helps employers understand the various rules and guidance for reporting employee data accurately.
Prevention is the only cure for such violations and OSHA has vowed to prevent incidents through timely intervention and strict measures like the Severe Violators' List. The program focuses on employers who continually disregard their obligations to their workers and willfully and repeatedly exposing employees to hazards in the workplace which result in a fatality or catastrophic situation.
To be removed from the SVEP, an employer would need to pay all penalties, resolve all violations and complete all settlements. If an employer fails to meet the criteria for resolution and closure, OSHA does offer another re-evaluation, only after an additional 3 year period!
Employers are required to implement an effective and up-to-date safety and health program, provide employee training and have a proper process for the management of all equipment. Employee training on safety policy including safety procedures, incident reporting and mitigation of safety hazard should be a part of every worker's on-boarding processes. Training should be provided in a language and vocabulary the worker can understand.
Companies using temporary workers must also ensure that the workers received proper safety. When incidents occur, the company and the supplier of the contract worker can both be considered liable. To ensure compliance with OSHA standards, conduct internal audits continuously brief supervisors and workers on safety procedures, conduct internal audits of all facilities, and stay abreast of injury trends avoid repeating the mistakes made by the other employers.


The modern kitchen is likely to contain so many pieces of equipment that it is almost impossible to have them all out and available at the same time: unless, of course, you have a huge kitchen. My slow cooker has been hiding in the cupboard for a while and had been rather forgotten, until last week, that is, when I needed to cook a ham. Using the slow method, I thought, would make a change. As it was still sitting on the counter it seemed sensible to use it for this recipe. On a busy day it was helpful to prepare the food early in the day, returning later to a hot meal with minimal last minute work. The instructions below include the (original) stove top casserole method as well as my slow cooker version.
This recipe is adapted, using several substitute/extra/changed quantities of ingredients, from one found in The Complete Farmhouse Kitchen Cookbook. The original was called Beef and Haricot Casserole and supplied by Jean Welshman of Malton, East Yorkshire. I see no reason why almost any bean could be substituted (butter beans or kidney beans are both good), even baked beans at a pinch. I also increased the amount of tomato and added tomato purée to give an extra rich flavour and managed to use some sweet and delicious baby carrots found on our local market. Once I successfully substituted a pig's kidney for some of the beef to make a steak and kidney version. This would not be the same without the wine, of course, but it could be replaced with extra water. I freeze ends of bottles of wine, both red and white, to use in recipes. I'm sure some would disapprove, but it works for me even though the flavour is probably not a patch on using fresh. If I was cooking for guests, however, I would definitely open a bottle! This casserole freezes well, according to the original instructions, although I have not tried it. I would however not freeze the dumplings which are easily made freshly when needed.
1. If using a slow cooker it should be pre-heated on *High while the initial cooking takes place. This takes about ½hour.
2. Gently fry the bacon in the oil for about 5minutes and then remove from pan to a dish, leaving bacon flavoured fat.
3. Chop the beef into 2.5cm/1inch cubes and fry in the bacon flavoured oil until browned. Place with the cooked bacon.
4. Peel and slice the onion, dice the garlic and add to the pan. Fry gently. If using baby carrots simply top and tail them and clean well. Larger carrots can be either well washed or peeled & sliced in 1.25cm/½inch rings. Add these to the pan along with the tomato pieces, tomato purée, herbs and red wine. Crumble in the stock cube and stir very well. Return the meats to the pan, bring to the boil, reduce heat and cook for 5minutes.
Turn the meat and vegetable mixture into an ovenproof dish, cover with a sheet of greaseproof paper (as an extra seal) plus a lid and place in the oven. Cook for 1½-2 hours on a gentle heat.
Turn the meat and vegetable mixture into the slow cooker crock, cover with a sheet of greaseproof paper (as an extra seal) plus the lid, turn down to *Automatic and leave to cook for 5 or more hours. Beans should be heated up before adding to the mixture. The cooker should be turned up to *High again for the final cooking period, especially if Dumplings are being added.
6. If you would like a slightly thicker gravy this can be done towards the end of the cooking time using a beurre maine: combine the butter and flour and gradually add to the liquids in the casserole. Stir in well. Alternatively, for a mixture that lacks liquid, extra water can be added, or some of the water from the beans, though be aware that this may be salty.
7. Strain the beans from their liquid, stir them in and cook for another ½hour. Suet Dumplings should be added at the same time as the beans as they take around 20 minutes to cook. Season to taste.
8. This casserole has a rich gravy so it is easier to serve the meal in bowls. A green vegetable is a good accompaniment and adds a different colour. Serve with potatoes or suet dumplings, cooked as part of the dish (see 7 above). Alternatively, this casserole is delicious with creamy servings of Coleslaw and Potato Salad. (This last link gives a recipe for Rosy Potato Salad which uses beetroot as well. You could omit this if you wish although beetroot and beef go well together) .
*NOTE: My Cordon Bleu slow cooker has three settings: Automatic, Low and High. Cooker instructions vary so these are guidelines only. Please consult the instruction booklet for your machine.


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Q: (Mongoose Model) is not a constructor error Thanks in advance for your attention on this trivial problem that I'm totally stumped on. I'm working on the FreeCodeCamp Node.js and MongoDB projects, and am having trouble with a Mongoose model. Here is the POST handler that's causing the issue:
const User = require('./models/user')

...

app.post('/api/exercise/new-user', (req, res) => {
      var newUser = new User({name: req.body.username});
      console.log("newUser", newUser);
      newUser.save();
      res.json({
        message: "New user created!",
        username: newUser.name,
        user_id: newUser._id
      });
    })

And here is user.js:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');

exports.User = mongoose.model("User", new mongoose.Schema({
  name: { type: String, required: true }
}));

What happens when I make a POST request at that /api/exercise/new-user, is my browser simply displays text saying User is not a constructor. Here is the Glitch project in it's entirety so you can see the rest of the context (there isn't a whole lot). If you show the app in Glitch and use the "Create new user" input you'll be able to recreate the issue. As far as I can tell I don't have any weird little capitalization mistakes, but of course that's something you miss all the time!
As a secondary question, how is it that the way I'm seeing this is that it shows up in the browser as simply that string, and not in my console or something like that? So far the only response that I understand I'm sending is that JSON, how is that string making its way there at all?

A: Well, it was something very simple! In my server.js file where I'm handling the POST request, I simply didn't import the User model correctly, I went from this:
const User = require('./models/user')

To this:
const { User } = require('./models/user')

Whoops! Hopefully this can give someone else an idea of what could be going wrong in their own code if they come across this.


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Digital Media & Data Privacy Law
Stop Faxing
Topics: Data Security
I've long thought that sending faxes was a pretty silly means of communication. Don't send me a fax. I don't want it. At some point I'm hoping that even my kids' doctor's office will get dragged into the 20th century and drop their insistence on faxing. In the meantime a pdf will be fine, thanks. In addition to the many reasons faxes are antiquated and annoying, the SEC has just provided us another reason to avoid them: they encourage violations of Reg. S-P!
The Rule
Reg. S-P's Safeguards Rule requires that every broker-dealer registered with the SEC adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to:
insure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information;
protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of customer records and information; and
protect against unauthorized access to or use of customer records or information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.
The Allegations
Craig Scott Capital, LLC, a broker-dealer in Uniondale, New York, had written supervisory procedures that purported to describe the manner in which the firm complied with the Safeguards Rule. But those procedures allegedly had some problems. For example, the procedures said the "Designated Supervisor" was responsible for ensuring compliance, but did not identify the Designated Supervisor. Also, the procedures allegedly contained blanks to be filled in later, such as: "[The Firm] has adopted procedures to protect customer information, including the following: [methods]."
But let's get to the faxes. As last month's administrative order sanctioning Craig Scott Capital says:
From January 20, 2012 until approximately June 2014 (the "Relevant Period"), CSC used email addresses other than those with the Firm's domain name--@craigscottcapital.com – to electronically receive more than 4,000 faxes from customers and other third parties. These faxes routinely included sensitive customer records and information, such as customer names, addresses, social security numbers, bank and brokerage account numbers, copies of driver's licenses and passports, and other customer financial information. During the Relevant Period, Taddonio and Porges, CSC's principals, as well as other CSC employees and registered representatives, also used their personal (i.e., non-Firm) email addresses for matters relating to the business of CSC. CSC did not maintain and preserve either these faxes or this email correspondence as required by Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 17a-4 thereunder.
The problem was the same as with all faxes: nobody wants them. They want emails instead. So when the firm set up an electronic faxing service, they added an extra step in the communication chain, and routed the faxes to email addresses. While they should have sent those faxes to email addresses with the firm's domain name, thousands went to personal email addresses instead. Those personal email addresses were outside the firm's communication management system, and the data in the faxes was unprotected.
The violations of Reg. S-P and Rule 17a-4 have cost Craig Scott Capital a $100,000 penalty and left the firms' principals subject to cease-and-desist orders.
A Three-Step Data Security Plan[1] for Your Business
Have a good reason for the communication methods your firm uses. Do you have a plan for your faxes? Can you protect the integrity of the data they contain? If not, quit it with the faxes.
Keep your business in front, and party in the back. Are you using personal emails for your business? Can you protect the integrity of the data they contain? If not, quit it with the personal emails and save them for your fantasy jai alai league. They are a terrible idea.
Re-read your data security procedures. Do they have actual blank spaces that will leave you exposed later? Fill those, and then look for your other problems, which you surely have.
[1] This is an incomplete plan. You need way more than this plan.
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Wind Assisted Propulsion Solutions are making headway
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Boomsma Shipping signs contract with Econowind
Even with the restrictions and challenges that face the shipping industry at the moment, with the Covid-19 pandemic and the low oil prices, wind assisted propulsion solutions are still making headway. Econowind and Boomsma Shipping announced their collaboration earlier this month with the installation of two VentiFoils on one of Boomsma's vessels. The installation of the system is scheduled for September 2020, barring any delays given the current situation. The installation will then be monitored and evaluated throughout 2021.
"We believe it is necessary and very important to accept sustainability challenges to reduce our environmental footprint. Together with the IMO decarbonization goals for 2050 we want to do our part to reduce our fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as soon as possible." states Johan Boomsma, co-owner of Boomsma Shipping. "With the help of the Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) project we will install this innovative technology on one of our vessels and research the actual operations. And monitor the savings, which are expected to be in the region of 10%. Doing so, we will contribute to an environmentally friendlier shipping industry."
The VentiFoils (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion Units) by Econowind are designed as optimal compact (non-rotating) wing profiles, creating superior thrust by means of the principle of boundary-layer-suction, for which ventilators are mounted inside the VentiFoils. The VentiFoils are integrated in a specially designed Flatrack from which a folded VentiFoil can be deployed. Due to the generated thrust by the VentiFoils, the thrust of the propeller can be reduced to maintain the same speed leading to fuel savings and emission reductions.
"We are delighted to move onto the installation stage of the project, working hand-in-hand with the team at Boomsma Shipping. The new Flatrack design has the flexibility of a container, being movable by the hatch crane, needs limited installation time and has possibility for use on several vessels." Frank Nieuwenhuis, CEO of Econowind, summarizes.
Come along on a wind-assisted ride
During the docking of the MV Ankie of Jan van Dam Shipping in January 2020 at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard, the first retrofit Econowind Ventifoil wind-assisted system was installed. This installation featured two, 10-meter wings that will generate significant force allowing the vessel to reduce motor power and thus save energy. In a second step, the units will be extended by a further six meters. The 3,600 DWT general cargo vessel MV Ankie, made its first voyage with the two wings installed, sailing for Wagenborg from Delfzijl to Hamburg, onwards to Norway and then back to Rotterdam.
The deployment of the Econowind Ventifoil can be clearly seen in this time lapse video aboard the MV Ankie. This 3,600DWT general cargo vessel of Van Dam Shipping is operating in the North Sea. The installation was done as part of the WASP project
This first voyage is a big step for Jan van Dam, who has been hoping to combine modern shipping with wind propulsion for almost 40 years. "We expect to show in the WASP research project this first step will be economically feasible. We are hoping to set the next steps as well in a new-to-build ship in the coming years, getting step-by-step into low and even zero emission shipping" Jan van Dam states.
For Econowind it was the first commercial installation of their Ventifoil system. The wind-assisted system was developed over the past three years supported by an EU backed grant and this first voyage marks a significant milestone for the company in bringing their technology to a shipping market eager to deploy credible decarbonization solutions. "We are confident that such an innovative company as van Dam Shipping will manage to get the most out of the system and we are really excited to share the results in the coming months." stated Frank Nieuwenhuis, CEO of Econowind. Both Econowind and van Dam Shipping are convinced the Ventifoils will give significant savings and thus be an important solution to help shipping reach the IMO decarbonization goals for 2030 and 2050.
About the WASP project
The WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project, funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to the tune of €5.4 million. The project brings together universities, wind-assist technology providers with ship owners to research, trial and validate the operational performance of a selection of wind propulsion solutions thus enabling wind propulsion technology market penetration and contributing to a greener North Sea transport system through harvesting the regions abundant wind potential. This fully aligns with the wider programmes' objective of promoting the development and adoption of products, services and processes to accelerate the greening of the North Sea Region.
The project has 15 partners from 7 different countries within the North Sea Region, to be more specific: The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom. Both Boomsma Shipping as Scheepvaartbedrijf Van Dam are partners in the project. Netherlands Maritime Technology Foundation is lead beneficiary and has the overall responsibility for the project.
Read more about the project and its progress >>
About Econowind
Econowind is a Dutch based company related to HCP and Conoship international and fully dedicated to wind-assisted ship propulsion. Econowind developed the prize winning eConowind-unit. With support in the form of a subsidy by the European Union and the three northern Dutch counties (SNN) with the VIA funding for regional development.
The subsidized project ended mid-2019 with the test execution of the complete working prototype on a vessel at different sea states. The market introduction started in 2019 and the system has since then been further developed as retrofitted Ventifoils directly to ships. From late 2019 Econowind participates in a WASP-study of application of the unit in regular sea services.
Read more about Econowind and its services >>
Podcast Aronnax
In this episode Fathom World editorial director talks to co-owner Frank Nieuwenhuis and technical director and system inventor Guus van der Bles from Dutch solution provider Econowind, about the system , its abilities and how they see wind solutions being used in a decarbonised shipping industry.
More details about this podcast can be found here
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Nella teoria dei giochi, un gioco bayesiano è un gioco in cui le informazioni dei giocatori sulle caratteristiche degli altri giocatori (per esempio i loro payoff) sono incomplete. Seguendo il suggerimento di John C. Harsanyi si può modellizzare un gioco di questo tipo inserendo la Natura tra i giocatori, cioè immaginando che le caratteristiche dei giocatori siano "estratte a sorte".

Tali giochi sono chiamati bayesiani a causa della analisi probabilistica inerente al gioco. I giocatori hanno inizialmente convinzioni o credenze (belief) riguardo ai tipi degli altri giocatori (dove un belief è una distribuzione di probabilità sui possibili tipi per un giocatore), e li aggiornano secondo la regola di Bayes in modo da tenere conto della nuova informazione ricevuta nel corso del gioco.

Equilibrio di Nash bayesiano
In un gioco non-bayesiano, un profilo di strategia è un equilibrio di Nash se ogni strategia di tale profilo è una miglior risposta al complesso delle altre strategie nel profilo: vale a dire, non vi è alcuna strategia che un giocatore può giocare la quale porti a un miglior payoff, date le strategie scelte dagli altri giocatori.

In un gioco bayesiano i giocatori cercheranno di massimizzare il loro payoff atteso, date le loro convinzioni circa gli altri giocatori.

Un equilibrio di Nash Bayesiano è definito come un profilo di strategie e credenze specificate per ogni tipo di ogni giocatore circa i tipi degli altri giocatori. Questo profilo è tale per cui ogni giocatore massimizza il suo payoff atteso, date le sue convinzioni circa i tipi degli altri giocatori e le strategie dagli altri giocatori.

Questo concetto di soluzione in giochi dinamici dà luogo spesso a una abbondanza di equilibri, a meno che non vengano imposte ulteriori restrizioni sui belief dei giocatori. L'equilibrio di Nash Bayesiano risulta quindi essere uno strumento parziale per quale analizzare i giochi dinamici a informazione incompleta.

Equilibrio bayesiano perfetto - EBP
L'equilibrio di Nash bayesiano in generale non è sufficientemente selettivo per i giochi dinamici, ovvero quei giochi in cui i giocatori effettuano le mosse in sequenza, anziché contemporaneamente. Si tratta di problemi analoghi a quelli dell'equilibrio di Nash in giochi d'informazione perfetta e completa, che può sottendere incredibili minacce e promesse. Per questi giochi si può ricorrere al concetto di equilibrio di Nash perfetto nei sottogiochi.

Tuttavia, non è possibile avvalersi di questa soluzione nei giochi ad informazione incompleta in quanto tali giochi tipicamente non hanno sottogiochi propri.

Un concetto di soluzione che risulta essere un raffinamento sia dell'equilibrio di Nash bayesiano che dall'equilibrio di Nash perfetto nei sottogiochi, è lequilibrio bayesiano perfetto (EBP). L'EBP aderisce allo spirito degli SPE, in quanto esige che in ogni circostanza le mosse successive debbano essere ottimali. Per poter dare un senso a quanto appena affermato, lo EBP introduce belief sui nodi che appartengono ad uno stesso insieme di informazione, aggiungendo delle opportune restrizioni a questi belief.

Statistica bayesiana
Teoria dei giochi