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Q: C++ atof invalid use of void bug Please Help I'm so close to finishing this huge project.
I don't understand an error I'm receiving
score-=(double)atof(kitty.pop_front());

!invalid use of void expression
kitty is a deque type string. Score is a long double. I'm not good with type conversions but the error seems really unrelated?
I tried other forum's solutions but they are all relatively unrelated.

A: dequeue::pop_front() returns void:
void pop_front();

So you can't use it in an expression that way.
You could instead do:
score-=(double)atof(kitty.front().c_str());
kitty.pop_front();

A: If the value in the deque is std::string, the atof function call should be:
score -= atof(kitty.front().c_str());

The reason is that atof expects a const char* parameter, and std::string::c_str() returns a const char* that represents the string.
Second, the front() function returns the value that is at the front of the deque.  If you want to remove the value from the front, then you call kitty.pop_front().

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"The sound a Latin cat in Harlem would dig."
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Dig My Feeling is so real and so brilliant in evoking different sentiments throughout. There's a bittersweet sadness in The Day It Rained, reminiscent of crooners like Nat King Cole. In Broasted or Fried and New Day Magic, you're easily lost in a feeling of camaraderie as the funky and orchestral sounds of a big band jam come together. And, in Round Trip, The Thrill Is Gone and the title track, you get to relive the simple joy of superb Latin Jazz. The 11-track album is sure to become a favorite for any gem collector.
Willie Bobo, born William Correa in New York City, passed away from cancer in 1983. He was a musician's musician – drummer and singer – who continues to inspire artists to this day. He liked to refer to his style of music as "the sound a Latin cat in Harlem would dig."
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He was an old man. Through exercise, diet, genes, and luck, he remained trim and unbent. The calendar told the truth. Eighty-five years were behind him, and seven years since his wife died. He checked his watch, and downed the blue pill with the bottle of water provided in the back of the limo, as he rode toward the brothel on the outskirts of Las Vegas. His name was Alan. He had flown from the East Coast for no reason other than his current purpose, and shook his head as he realized he was going through with it.
A one-story, light brown building with faux clapboard siding, punctuated by several oddly placed windows, and surrounded by desert with tower-studded hills in the distance, appeared ahead. In the desert heat, the building and landscape shimmered, seemed to merge into an endless expanse of ugliness. Alan had selected the smallest and most remote brothel he could find, to remain as anonymous as possible, and he chose well. He had arrived at nowhere. The limo driver pulled into the parking lot, where two cars occupied the long row of parking spaces in front of the building.
"Here you go," the driver said. "You sure you don't want me to wait?"
"No thank you," Alan said. "I'm all set." Alan had arranged for another limo to pick him up. He could not bear the thought of riding back with the same driver after he was done.
He walked inside to a low-ceiling, softly lit, L-shaped space, decorated with dark wood paneling. To the right was a large well-stocked bar. Small square tables with two chairs each, were scattered around the center space. Large replica paintings of classic nudes, hung on the walls, a brothel version of the sad eyed children prints. The place had looked elegant on its website. No one was at the bar or the tables. As he wondered what he should do, a door beside the bar opened, and a Rubinesque, fiftyish woman with tinted gray hair that shone even in the subdued light, walked over to him.
"Welcome," she said. "You are right on time. Follow me."
She led Alan down a long corridor, and gestured toward the room at the end. He entered, and was met by another woman, tall, blonde hair, lean face and body, with hazel eyes and a prominent nose, perhaps in her late twenties. She wore a short red dress and black undergarments that showed through the gossamer fabric. She held out her hand.
"I'm Julie," she said.
He shook her hand.
"I'm Alan."
He sat in the chair in the corner of the spacious windowless room, a third of which was taken up by an over-sized bed, covered by a plush purple comforter. The only other furniture was a small night stand beside the bed, and to his surprise, a large bookcase filled with titles he did not recognize.
"I had asked for someone older," he said.
"I'm old enough," Julie said.
"Do you mind my asking, is Julie your real name?"
"You may call me anything you wish. In here, I am Julie."
When Alan said nothing further, Julie moved closer and stood directly in front of him.
"Do you want to get right down to business," she asked, "or play a little first? Or you can tell me what you would like."
She rested a hand on Alan's knee, and looked him over as she waited for his answer.
"Can we talk a little?" he asked.
"It's your time," she said.
"I've read a lot before I came here," he said, "about." He paused, uncertain.
"Sex workers," she offered.
"I hope you want to be here."
"I'm here by choice, as you are."
"I read that most prosti, sex workers, were abused when they were young."
"I'm nobody's victim," she said.
Alan stood up, and put some distance between them.
"I need to explain why I'm here."
"You don't," she said.
"Yes, I do. Since my wife died, I've had no one to hold, no one to touch, to look at. I tried dating, but that went nowhere. With every hearty conversation in my health club locker room, breakfast at the senior center, with every solitary night, I find it harder to breathe."
Julie kept the space between them.
"Loneliness," she said. "Yes, I understand."
She took off her clothes with a practiced casualness, a small peformance with each garment, and motioned to Alan to do the same. He undressed and followed Julie onto the bed. They felt each other for awhile, then Julie slipped a condom onto Alan, and guided him inside her.
"Thank God," he said.
Tears tumbled down his cheeks onto Julie's breasts, tears that extinguished his desire, tears that would not stop for his shame. Julie kissed him on the forehead, so gently that he was unsure what he had felt. She gave him what he could not give to himself. Absolution.
"I forgive you," she whispered.
Kenneth Margolin is a former attorney, father of two adult daughters, and lives with his wife, Judith, in Newton, Massachusetts. His publications include articles in professional journals, monographs, a book chapter on Facilitated Communication, and a journalistic essay in Sport Literate Magazine. Margolin is relatively new to fiction writing and has had short fiction published in PIF online magazine, Peeking Cat Poetry Journal, Short Fiction Break, and Evening Street Review.


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In areas of longstanding conflict like the Middle East, South Asia and the Korean Peninsula, the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction can be expected as long as we fail to introduce alternatives that redress the security deficit. We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use.
Why all the hand-wringing about the Russian election meddling when the U.S. has meddled in elections and done a lot worse (eg. coups, assassinations, etc.) in scores of countries all over the world since WWII. Did we really expect Putin to just take it on the chin when he found out what we were up to in Ukraine in 2014? Why should Iranians take our President seriously when he talks about wanting to give them the fruits of freedom and blessings of democracy when we overthrew the only democratic government they've ever had because their prime minister refused to be an American puppet?
Do we ever expect anyone to take us seriously in our fight against 'Islamic terrorism" while we continuously turn a blind eye to the mischief making of Sunni states like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan who are responsible for the lion's share of terrorist attacks against the West while sanctioning, bombing and hectoring Shiite states like Syria and Iran who have no history of ever carrying out any terrorist attacks against the West and are waged in a mortal battle against the very Sunni terrorists who threaten us?
Will the U.S. ever be able to live in peace with the rest of the world as long as our government holds onto the mindset that it has a God-given right to do whatever it wants to outside of its borders because we are Americans? How is this ideology any better than that of the Islamic radicals we've been fighting for most of the 21st century?
Considering where it's being held this year, so much the better. The less publicity for Chairman Cheeto, the better.
Jazz, that's a lot to unpack. I'd try to stay current and not step back and raise the sins of the past as there is nothing we can do about it.
As to Putin and our 2016 election. It was an act of war from the Russians and an act of treason from the Republican nominee. If there is a shred of American Exceptionalism both should be handled immediately. Sadly, those who promote that myth are mainly in league with the enemy.
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I take extreme exception (ha!) to the very term 'American Exceptionalism'. It is, to be frank, un-American (irony!). We are a collection of diverse individuals who sometimes get it right and sometimes get it wrong (we seem to be in a definite down-cycle now). Even with Obama in office we EFFed up Afghanistan pretty badly. 'Americanism' is a thing, and fortunately it's the same thing it's always been: pursuit of the dream, kind to strangers, community spirit, fierce defense of independence for nation and self, etc..
The extreme irony of MAGA is that if you point to ANY time when you think America WAS great, we had bigger problems than we do today in the most important areas: racism, sexism (and harrassment), homophobia, xenophobia . . . intolerance. Despite having a jerk for a CinC, this nation's consciousness is higher than ever before. I have great hope for us, if we can just survive the current rot at the top.
I agree with you 100% about Trump's treason but whether you call Putin's election meddling an act of war or not doesn't change the fact that he didn't do anything that the U.S. hasn't done in the past, and that we and other nations will continue to do in the future. I'm sure we can give as good as we take when it comes to cyberwar and I'm sure Iran's nuclear scientists can give you a first-hand account of what I'm talking about.
Also note that Putin may have leaked DNC emails but he didn't doctor them, as evidenced by the fact that the subjects (Donna Brazille, Neera Tanden, John Podesta) never refuted any of them. One thing that stuck out to me in the emails is Tanden and Podesta lamenting how poor Hillary's judgement and political instincts are, and that Hillary would have continued to give big-money speeches behind closed doors for Wall Street types right up until election day if they hadn't intervened to get her to stop.


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Filling Global Shipping Data Gaps with Air and Ocean Visibility
The supply chain industry has been put to the test this year, and the challenges are far from over. While over the road transportation is a key focus for many companies, international transport is becoming increasingly complex for global organizations.
Trade wars and tariffs aside (and that's a big aside), supply chains are dealing with volatile ocean and air freight conditions. Both are grappling with capacity constraints that are drastically increasing rates. From the global pandemic to extreme weather events, shippers with international supply chains have had to be resilient.
For some shippers, these roadblocks may lead them to re-think shipment mode, switching between ocean and air depending on market condition and supply chain needs. However, shippers should not need to sacrifice visibility if they need to quickly change course. With insight across air and ocean cargo, they can increase agility and mitigate supply chain disruption.
How Covid-19 Has Impacted Air and Ocean Freight This Year
Covid-19 has caused unexpected and turbulent shifts for transportation, including air and ocean. When Covid-19 restrictions first went into place, passenger flights quickly decreased causing limited capacity for freight that would typically travel in the belly of the plane.
While ocean cargo faced its own shifts, such as decreased volumes from China, it became a back up option to some shippers that typically relied on air. For example, one project44 customer — a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company — quickly switched to from passenger air shipments to ocean carriage in order to continue moving critical European supply flows to the U.S.
Recently, container capacity in Asia was limited, making it harder for shippers to secure ocean cargo. In a recent FreightWaves article, Containers are 'the New Gold' Amid 'Black Swan' Box Squeeze, Ocean Audit founder Steve Ferreria said, "It's not really a shortage. It's more that the containers are out of position. Because of strong growth in places like Africa and South America — the more minor trades — the containers are out of position."
While ocean capacity is returning to normal levels, there is a high level of freight driven by ecommerce and peak season. With increased volume, space is tight and rates are high.
Meanwhile, air haulers are finding more creative solutions. An increasing number of airlines are starting to fill passenger aircrafts to the brim with cargo. In hopes to turn around the air cargo market while travel remains considerably low, these airlines like United, Delta, American, and Emirates are trying out cargo-only flights.
Why Natural Disasters are Creating More Problems for Supply Chains
On top of a global pandemic, extreme weather events cannot be ignored. Natural disasters are nothing new for supply chain professionals, however, the rate of these events continues to increase. Over the last 20 years, climate-related disasters have increased 83% with China and the United States suffering from the highest number of natural disasters.
Each weather event can cause a different impact on the supply chain. As we near the end of a very active hurricane season, there have been 11 hurricanes, 17 tropical storms, and 1 subtropical storm during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. These storms make it challenging to plan ocean cargo and mitigate delays in transit and at potentially impacted ports.
Many supply chains are used to planning for weather events, however, circumstances have changed with increased disasters on top of a global pandemic. When faced with unexpected or potential extreme weather delays, one option is to switch to air freight. While it might cost more, it would allow shippers to expedite cargo and ensure it's not delayed by the storms.
The Flexibility to Switch from Ocean to Air Freight without Gaps in Visibility
While this year's hurricane season is coming to an end, and many are hopeful for a Covid-19 vaccine in the near future, this year has proven that supply chains must be ready for any disruption that comes their way. Rather than planning for various disruptions that could occur, shippers should focus on increasing agility to shift gears quickly when faced with future challenges.
A key piece of gaining the control needed for this level of agility is having visibility across the entire supply chain. This means gaining access to real-time transportation visibility data across modes and regions.
In a recent CSCMP session, Gregory Pritchard, Head of Global Logistics and JAPAC Distribution at AbbVie, discussed ways real-time visibility can help supply chains navigate disruption, explaining, "Immediate real-time understanding of the position of your shipments, and then being able to respond, creates a level of added assurance for your customers and enhances that service experience."
As global trade and international supply chains become more complex, project44 has built a comprehensive solution creating a seamless visibility experience across modes and regions. This means the ability to quickly switch from air to ocean cargo, or vice versa, and being able to track your shipment the entire time.
Remember the pharmaceutical company mentioned earlier in this article that had to quickly move freight to travel by ocean instead of air when Covid-19 first hit? They were able to easily set up project44's ocean tracking solution to keep a close eye on their high-value freight and know when it would arrive.
And it works the other way too. project44 launched air freight visibility in May, allowing global shippers to fill visibility gaps in the journey of high-value or urgent cargo. As these disruptions continue to evolve, extensive real-time visibility will enable supply chains to remain agile with optionality and a single source of truth.
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Assistant Professor of Management
Competitive (Commensurate with
Tenure Track or Tenured
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POSTING DETAIL INFORMATIOON
Posting Number: FY19000772019
Job Open Date: 06/03/2019
Job Close Date: 09/05/2019
The Department of Business Administration in the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management at Morgan State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in Management (Organizational Behavior/Human Resources/Strategy). The position will commence Fall 2020.
The School of Business and Management is AACSB accredited and housed in a beautiful new building with state of the art technology and a Capital Markets and Marketing Lab, as well as have growing programs that engage students and the local/business community. The School of Business and Management faculty are research-active. Therefore, the successful candidate must actively engage in research, as well as teach Management and Strategy courses along with Entrepreneurship (as a secondary interest).
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT
Please have all requested documentation ready to upload when applying for this position, or you will not be able to submit.
3. Unofficial copy of academic transcripts
4. Provide contact information for three references
5. Statement of Teaching Philosophy
6. Statement of Research Philosophy
The successful candidate will have achieved a PhD in Management (Organizational Behavior/Human Resources/Strategy) or another related field from an AACSB accredited institution. Must maintain a consistent publication record in Premier Scholarly Journals, demonstrate teaching competence as well as provide departmental, college and university service. Additional MBA background in Business and experience in online teaching are desirable. Candidates must provide evidence of teaching competence and have potential for excellence in Scholarly Research.
Internal Number: FY19000772019
About Morgan State University
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
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An Asian White Knight Saves Ascent Solar
The flexible CIGS solar panel manufacturer lives to fight another day.
Eric Wesoff August 15, 2011
CIGS solar vendor Ascent Solar has found a savior.
A few month's ago, we had begun to prepare the obituary for flexible CIGS solar manufacturer Ascent Solar (NASDAQ:ASTI) -- one of the casualties of the solar shakeout.
In April, the Thornton, Colorado-based Ascent had a market capitalization of $69 million. 2010 sales were a mere $811,000. The market capitalization of the company has since dropped to $23.78 million.
At the end of the first quarter of 2011, the firm was in the midst of a major strategy shift -- moving from building-integrated and building-applied PV to niche markets like military and defense; off-grid charging solutions in developing countries; power for portable electronics; and products for rooftop integration on buses, trucks and trains.
Ascent believed that it could sell its products in these markets at more attractive margins than were possible for ground-mount applications or BIPV markets.
The company was also reducing staff, cutting back on operating expenses, and switching CEOs -- not signs of a thriving company.
At that time, the firm was awaiting word on a DOE Loan Guarantee for its planned FAB3 production line with a nameplate capacity of 150 megawatts per year. The DOE might be a little flinchy on loan guarantees furnished to marginal firms, given the recent political spotlight shone on these activities.
But in a global solar market all about ramping up big and scrubbing cost out, Ascent seemed to have surrendered -- resigning themselves to solar luggage and battery chargers a la Konarka. The firm seemed to be leaving massive and growing residential, commercial and utility markets to the big boys and the CIGS startups like Solyndra, MiaSolé, NanoSolar, and Solar Frontier that are playing a much higher-stakes game.
And today's upcoming quarterly earnings statement, given the current punishing market, only seems to suggest more bad news.
But Ascent has found a savior. And that savior has shifted the company's strategy back to rooftops.
The firm is being bailed out, big time, by an Asian conglomerate called TFG Radiant, which has signed a long-term strategic partnership including investment, a joint development agreement, and construction of a fab in East Asia. TFG Radiant Group is a joint venture of Radiant Group, a Chinese construction and real estate conglomerate, and Tertius Financial Group, a Singapore-based investment firm.
The release declares the deal to be worth approximately $450 million. According to the company, TFG Radiant has purchased 6,400,000 shares of Ascent stock at a price of $1.15 per share ($7.36 million), which represents a premium of 56 percent relative to the closing price of Ascent stock on August 12, 2011. TFG Radiant has rights to purchase additional shares at an even higher price. TFG Radiant also has the exclusive East Asian license for the technology.
What does this mean? Michael Kanellos, editor-in-chief of GTM, suggests it indicates that China is more open to innovation than the U.S. (he offers up the Asian customer list of Innovalight as an additional example).
But here's the problem. Regardless of the new owner or cash infusion, Ascent's flexible CIGS-based solar modules on polymide substrates are widely viewed to have a capex that is considerably higher than the industry average. Conversion efficiencies are in the single digits.Unless the Asian conglomerate can scrub out lots of cost and bump up efficiency, Ascent's technology and economics are playing catch-up behind the crystalline silicon vendors and the thin film leaders.
TFG Radiant will build its first facility in China, with a projected investment of more than $165 million and an annual production capacity of 100 megawatts.
We'll have a better idea of just what TFG Radiant acquired at this afternoon's quarterly earnings call from Ascent. We'll update the article at that time.


Who said yoga poses needed to be difficult or that you even needed yoga clothes! Here in the beautiful mountains of New Hampshire during one of the best fall foliage displays I can remember in years, is Mountain pose.
Stand tall with your feet hip distance apart for easy balancing (you can also have your feet together if you like). Keeping a slight bend in your knees, roll your shoulders open and draw them down your back away from your ears. Having your palms forward with thumbs outward help give you that wonderful heart opening. Draw your tailbone down as you lift your chest slightly. Engage your core and breath. If you like, close your eyes and just get centered and grounded.


For 50 years, Kannur in Kerala has been driven by the 'eye for eye' motto and violence has largely played out between Left and Right. The result: More than 250 political killings.
Kannur: Cries for peace rent the air in Kannur, long identified as the killing fields of Kerala for its history of political violence, as parties parade the victims' photographs on the campaign trail this election season.
For 50 years, politics in Kannur has been driven by the motto "an eye for an eye", culminating in over 250 political murders of workers representing either side of the ideological divide.
But having lost many a loved one, locals are now desperate to move on from this legacy, and their leaders have taken note.
Photographs of the victims are ubiquitous on the campaign trail in the state, what with political parties looking to tap the local disenchantment with violence and bloodshed, as well as the deep sense of loss, ahead of the Lok Sabha election.
All of Kerala's 20 Lok Sabha seats will vote the same day, on 23 April.
"Our men have been martyred and their blood will not go in vain. We should fight to stop this bloodshed," said a young CPI(M) supporter in Elayavalli when ThePrint asked him what he thought was the main political issue in Kannur this election.
Attending a rally of CPI(M) candidate P.K. Sreemathi, who has hit the campaign trail with appeals rooted in the development brought by the state's Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, Pramod said the narrative was changing in Kannur.
Kannur largely comprises people belonging to the Thiyya (OBC) community and Muslims, important vote-banks for both the Left and the BJP, the political front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
There have been casualties of other hues too, but the violence in Kannur has largely played out between the Left and the Right, the CPI(M) and the RSS.
While the clashes took place even before 1969, the hostilities are believed to have taken a turn for the worse after the killing of RSS leader Vadikkal Ramakrishnan that year.
Political experts trace the bloody nature of political conflict in Kannur to the fact that the district has been a socially- and economically-backward region with a penchant for arts that focus on physical fitness and strength: Theyyam, Kalaripayattu, Angam, Kudipaga.
Kannur is part of the Malabar region, which historically saw several radical movements against feudalism, and experts say it's in the local DNA, the readiness to die for their political parties.
People in Kannur shed blood with pride, said political researcher and analyst T. Sasidharan, who has authored the book Radical Politics of Kannur.
Mohammed, whose 27-year-old son Shuhaib, a Youth Congress leader, was killed in February 2018 in Mattanur by suspected CPI(M) workers, is ambivalent about the use of his photos in the election campaign.
Twenty kilometres away from Mattanur, in the village of Pinarayi, Narayani, who is in her 60s, sits alone on a cane chair at her house, watching the campaign vehicles of CPI(M) pass by announcing the party's promise of progress and stability.
Tears roll down her cheeks as she talks about her husband, Chavaserry Uthaman, an RSS-BJP worker allegedly killed by CPI(M) workers in 2002.
Her husband isn't the only one she lost. In 2016, her son Remith, 28, was killed too, in an attack she claims was carried out by a group of CPI(M) workers.
Remith is believed to have been killed to avenge the death of a local CPI(M) branch secretary Mohanan, who was hacked to death at his toddy shop in village Paduvilayil, a few kilometres away from Pinarayi.
"Six men came wearing masks and they entered the shop and hacked him to death," said Mithun, Mohanan's son.
Mohanan was known to have been an extremely compassionate and helpful man.
Leaders of the BJP-RSS and the CPI(M) acknowledge the change in attitude among cadres, and their weariness with violence.
"A lot of innocent people have been killed from our party," said T. Anil, a local CPI(M) area committee member in Pinarayi.
"This election, we have been telling people we will give those who have lost their loved ones justice. We are trying to stop [the violence], and have been, in a big way, sensitising our cadres against resorting to violence," he added.
"If you listen to what the RSS leaders have been saying, they too are hoping to curb the violence," he said.
Even so, there is an evident effort to invoke this weariness with violence to score a point over rivals.
M.P. Sumesh, the BJP mandala president in Thallassery, said people of Kannur should use the ballot to register their protest against political killings, taking a potshot at the CPI(M).
"The CPI(M) has been… using their politburo, state secretaries and zilla secretaries and other officials to fuel passions," he added.
"In Kannur, people should use the ballot to create a change and tell the other side that they will not accept another drop of blood on Kannur soil," added Sumesh, a survivor of a suspected political attack.
In 2008, a seven-member gang had assaulted him, inflicting deep wounds on his head and face and cutting off his left hand.
K. Sudhakaran, the candidate of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) from Kannur, said people were fed up with the killings, before taking on a partisan tone.
"People are hoping for a verdict against the CPI(M)'s murder politics," he said.
Political researcher and analyst Sasidharan said political parties were milking the deaths of workers to gain votes in Kannur.
"It is sad… The main reason for these murders is the lack of political knowledge. Most of these party workers are not well-educated and the political leadership is using them for their own vendetta agenda," he added.


To understand how a Sunday school teacher's $10 gift to one student resulted in the purchase of $1,865 worth of life-changing items from the Lutheran World Relief Gifts catalog, you have to start with Marlene Perrotta.
Marlene is the director of the Upper Elementary Class Faith Formation class at Morning Star Lutheran Church, in Matthews, North Carolina. About two years ago she started a program of giving each student $10 on her or his birthday. The deal was the money had to go toward helping someone.
This year, one of her fifth graders, 10-year-old Grace Baker, suggested that the group of 10 students pool their money.
With $100 to work with, the young philanthropists decided they wanted to choose an organization or cause that would make the most of their gift. Pastor Naomi Carriker met with the class and gave them some ideas, including Lutheran World Relief's Gifts catalog, which includes a range of practical and valuable gifts that improve the lives of people living in poverty around the world.
Then, Grace suggested an idea to further multiply the gift: they asked the entire congregation to join them in giving. The goal was $500.
The class put together a special presentation for the congregation. They laid out what they hoped to accomplish, what some of the gifts were, and how families might use them.
Lilly Grace Treese, 10, said going before the congregation was her favorite part. "Presenting to the congregation and asking for their help. It's good to help people in other countries," she said.
When the collection concluded, the students had $1,767 in donations! Combined with their initial $100 from Marlene Perrotta, the class of 10 students now had enough to purchase two cows, a piglet, a hen and chicks, medical supplies, a smokeless cook stove, two fruit tree seedlings, playground toys, an emergency water filter and the shipment of 12 quilts. They even donated the remaining balance – $2.61 – to Lutheran World Relief to be used where needs are greatest.
While the students were proud that they helped other people in need, they also took away other things from working together.
"My favorite part was choosing the piglet," said Lauren Roberts, 11.
The kids of Morning Star are a great example of the amazing things God does through all people — big and small, young and old.
If you'd like to harness the group power of giving in your congregation, consider hosting an LWR Gifts Drive. This downloadable resource makes it easy for your congregation to spread the word, collect gifts, and transform the lives of people in need around the world!


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Бульвар Пушкина () — бульвар протяженностью около 750 метров, расположенный в городе Кременчуг (Полтавская область, Украина). Бульвар носит имя поэта Александра Сергеевича Пушкина.

Описание
Бульвар расположен в центральной части города и проходит от Юбилейного парка до площади Независимости, пересекая улицы Николаевскую, Театральную и Первомайскую. На нём располагается Городской дворец культуры, один из корпусов Кременчугского национального университета имени Михаила Остроградского,  здание банка, Приднепровский рынок, а также жилые дома. Сквер, расположенный на бульваре, занимает площадь 2,44 га.

История

Центр культурной жизни в XIX веке
До 1899 года улица называлась Городовой и представляла собой единое целое с нынешней улицей 29-го сентября. На месте нынешней части бульвара, ограниченной улицами Театральной и Первомайской, располагалась Красная площадь, через неё проходила Городовая улица.

В период активного развития города в XIX веке на улице появились многие важные постройки: Пушкинская народная аудитория, Дом мировых судей. На улице также располагался молитвленный дом «Клауз», Московское страховое общество, Санкт-Петербургское страховое общество, проживали купцы, чиновники, врачи, военные.

В 1899 году Городовая улица была переименована в улицу Пушкина в честь 100-летия со дня рождения поэта. Сам поэт бывал в Кременчуге дважды: в мае 1820 года по дороге в Екатеринослав (ныне Днепр) и в августе 1824 года по дороге из южной ссылки в Михайловское. Поэт останавливался в доме родителей своего друга по лицею Антона Антоновича Дельвига. Дельвиг после окончания учёбы гостил летом в Кременчуге, тепло отзывался о городе и в письмах приглашал Пушкина к себе погостить.

Революционные события 1905 года не обошли улицу стороной: 5 февраля 1905 года на Красной площади состоялся многолюдный митинг, ставший продолжением череды забастовок. 18 октября того же года в Пушкинской народной аудитории собрался митинг в ответ на царский манифест. В результате драки, завязавшейся с казаками, свыше 100 человек было ранено, один убит.

Послевоенное советское восстановление

Во время Второй мировой войны вся застройка улицы была уничтожена. Новый ансамбль улицы формировался в послевоенный советский период.  Вдоль улицы были построены новые пятиэтажные жилые дома. В 1955 году на пересечении с Соборной улицей планировалось создание Театральной площади с постройкой нового драматического театра. Планы по строительству театра не были осуществлены, площадь оставалась безымянной до 1967 года, затем стала носить имя Площадь Революции (ныне Площадь Независимости).

Изначально посередине новосозданной улицы Пушкина проходила проезжая часть. К 1 мая 1961 года был заложен бульвар, обустроены аллеи, по краям которых разместились насаждения робинии обыкновенной формы «сферическая», тополя, липы.

В 1968 году в честь 25-й годовщины освобождения города от немецкой оккупации на месте бывшей Красной площади был насыпан земляной курган, на вершине которого была установлена гранитная плита с надписью: «Здесь будет сооружён мемориальный комплекс «Холм Боевой Славы» воинам Советской Армии, погибшим в боях за Кременчуг в годы Великой Отечественной войны». На холме были установлены гильзы с землёй с мест боевой славы (Москвы, Одессы, Севастополя и других городов). На сооружение комплекса проводился сбор средств среди жителей города, велась работа над проектом. В 1983 году началось строительство первой очереди, холм практически разровняли. Однако вскоре работы прекратились, мемориал не был построен.

В 1972 году в начале бульвара был открыт Городской дворец культуры, ставший самым большим дворцом культуры города. Типовой дворец получил индивидуальное оформление, над которым трудился украинский художник-монументалист Задорожный Иван-Валентин Феодосиевич. Перед зданием был открыт фонтан, являвшийся одновременно частью системы технического охлаждения воды для дворца.

В 1977 году два сквера на улице Соборной (тогда — Ленина), разделяемые до этого бульваром Пушкина, были объединены в единый сквер Октябрьский. Улица, таким образом, оказалась разделена на две части. Часть, располагавшаяся за улицей Ленина, получила название  в честь дня овобождения из немецкой оккупации: улица 29-го сентября.

В начале 80-х была произведена реконструкция бульвара. По проекту городского архитектора Расстрыгина был сооружен ансамбль из четырёх фонтанов, символизирующих времена года. В 1984 году во время земляных работ по прокладке теплотрассы был обнаружен клад из серебряных и золотых изделий весом в 30 килограммов: несколько столовых серебряных наборов российского производства, японские серебряные чарки, обломки и целые золотые и серебряные изделия, а также золотые монеты, которые были квалифицированы как коллекционные. Клад был сдан государству.

В 1985 году на бульваре был установлен бюст Пушкина авторства скульпторов И. Ястребова и Ю. Шорохова и архитекторов Л. Расстрыгина и С. Ткаченко.

Период независимости Украины

22 февраля 1990 было принято решение горисполкома № 137 «О сооружении памятника Т.Г. Шевченко в Кременчуге», после чего на бульваре Пушкина возле здания Проинвестбанка был установлен посвященный этому памятный знак. Сам памятник был открыт в другом месте, на берегу Днепра, 24 года спустя.

В 1994 году был остановлен фонтан у городского дворца. В 2013 году на бульваре планировалось сооружение нового фонтанного комплекса, которое не было осуществлено. По состоянию на 2016 год, на бульваре действуют уже существующие фонтаны.

В 1995 году на доме номер 18 была установлена мемориальная табличка, посвященная Сергею Петровичу Шпаковскому — командиру взвода 496-й отдельной разведывательной роты 236-й стрелковой дивизии, Герою Советского Союза, который проживал в этом доме с 1944 по 1991 год. В 2002 году на доме номер 21 была установлена мемориальная доска в честь заслуженного врача УССР Бориса Ивановича Нагайченко. В 2008 году было принято решение об установке на доме номер 20 мемориальной доски, увековечивающей память заслуженного врача УССР Валентины Тимофеевны Федько, которая проживала в этом доме с 1963 по 2006 год. Доска открыта в 2009 году. В том же году на здании открыта мемориальная доска Михаилу Георгиевичу Козенко, общественному деятелю и бывшему руководителю города.

В 2010-х годах на перекрестке ул. Первомайской и бульвара Пушкина планировалось строительство двух 26-этажных жилых домов, которое по состоянию на 2018 год не было осуществлено.

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L'Open des Pays-Bas féminin 2005 est l'édition 2005 du tournoi de squash Open des Pays-Bas qui se déroule du  au  à Almere. Le tournoi fait partie de la catégorie WSA Silver 25 et il est doté de  de prix.

Le tableau est composé de 16 participantes dont quatre qualifiées.

Nicol David remporte le titre en s'imposant face à la  mondiale  Rachael Grinham.

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Video clips that you capture or import into Adobe Premiere Elements all wind up in the Media Window. When you select a clip in the Media window, a preview of it appears in the tiny preview window in the upper-left corner. If the clip is audio or video, you can play it by clicking the Play button just to the left of the preview window. You can move to specific parts of the clip by using the slider underneath the preview window.
The clip previews provided in the Media window are pretty small. If you get tired of squinting, you may want to load the clip into the Monitor window to preview it. Besides giving you a bigger window in which to preview the clip, the Monitor is also where you will pare the clip down to just the portion you want to use in your movie.
1. Switch to the Editing workspace mode by choosing Window –> Workspace –> Editing.
Alternatively, you can click the Edit button on the Premiere Elements toolbar.
The Monitor window appears, if it wasn't already open.
2. Click and drag a clip from the Media window and drop it in the Monitor window.
The clip appears in the Monitor window.
3. Use the playback controls at the bottom of the Monitor window (as in Figure 1) to preview the clip.
Figure 1: Control playback in the Monitor by using these controls.
Click the Step Forward button. The clip moves forward by one frame. You can also press the right-arrow key on your keyboard to move forward one frame at a time.
Click the Step Back button. The clip moves back a frame. You can also control the Step Back function by pressing the left-arrow key.
If you want to remember a certain spot in the clip, move to the spot and click the Set Marker button. This places a marker at the current location in the clip. A marker is kind of like a virtual stick-on note.
Place the mouse pointer directly on the Shuttle control. Click and drag the control to the right. Notice that as you drag the Shuttle farther to the right, the clip advances forward at an increasing rate. Drag the Shuttle left to play the clip backward. Let go of the Shuttle by releasing the mouse button. The Shuttle snaps back to the middle and the clip stops playing. Shuttle controls have been common on professional video equipment for years because they provide quick yet precise control over playback.
As a clip plays, notice that a pointed indicator moves to show you your current location in a clip. This pointed indicator is often called the CTI, short for current time indicator. Another common name for the CTI is playhead.
In addition to the visible Monitor window controls, Adobe Premiere Elements allows you to rely heavily on keyboard buttons as well. Premiere Elements uses the industry-standard key combination of J-K-L to control shuttle operation in the Monitor window. Press J to shuttle back, L to shuttle forward, and K to stop. Notice that the J, K, and L keys are conveniently located right next to each other on your keyboard.


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Activists on targeting of Dr Khan: 'India's human rights appallingly deteriorated'
In a solidarity statement, about 100 activists and scholars have said that the recent targeting of Dr Zafarul Islam Khan for his Facebook post "thanking" Kuwait for expressing solidarity with Indian Muslims suggests how human rights in India have been "appallingly deteriorated." Dr Khan is chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission.
In his short Facebook post (also posted on twitter), Dr Khan thanked Kuwait "for standing with the Indian Muslims", insisting, "The Hindutva bigots calculated that given the huge economic stakes involved the Muslim and Arab world will not care about the persecution of Muslims in India."
"The bigots forgot that Indian Muslims enjoy huge goodwill in the eyes of the Arab and Muslim world for their services over centuries to Islamic causes, excellence in Islamic and Arabic scholarship, cultural and civilisational gifts to world heritage", Dr Khan said, adding, "Names like Shah Waliullah Dehlavi, Iqbal, Abul Hasan Nadwi, Wahiduddin Khan, Zakir Naik and many others are respected household names in the Arab and Muslim world."
"Mind you, bigots, Indian Muslims have opted until now not to complain to the Arab and Muslim world about your hate campaigns and lynchings and riots. The day they are pushed to do that, bigots will face an avalanche", he warned.
The solidarity statement says, "A few politicians with ulterior motives and news channel anchors known for spreading bigotry and Islamophobia have mischievously sought to misinterpret his statement and ridiculously label him as anti-Hindu and anti-India", adding, Dr Khan had only "reiterated what many citizens of India, public figures, international institutions, various European governments, USA and UN human rights mechanisms have repeatedly underlined."
"Dr Khan is a man of integrity. He is a scholar who is known to stand up for constitutional freedoms and values", says the statement, adding, "His work as the Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission has been warmly applauded by human rights activists and NGOs across different faiths."
Dr Zafarul Islam Khan takes strong stands against extremism of all sorts. That makes him a prominent critic of RSS
"His timely interventions on problems of minorities in Delhi have made him a respectable figure among not only Muslims but Sikh, Christians, Jains and Parsis. He is a humanist in the truest sense of the word", the statement underlines, noting, "The hateful propaganda against Dr Khan is one more illustration as how certain Indians fail to differentiate between Hinduism, a religion and Hindutva which is a supremacist political ideology."
Praising Dr Khan as a "leading Indian intellectual", who is an alumni of the "esteemed" Jamia Al-Azhar and Manchester University, the statement says, he enjoys "great respect in the Arab and Muslim world", and is "known for taking bold public positions."
Thus, it says, "He issued a statement opposing the barbaric crimes of ISIL (IS or ISIS) and Boko Haram against minorities", adding, "He takes strong stands against extremism of all sorts. That makes him a prominent critic of RSS."
The statement asks the "appropriate authorities in the Government of India to take "strong legal action against those who are distorting Dr Khan's Facebook post."
Meanwhile, Dr Khan, referring to the tweet which forwarded the Facebook post, has said, it wasn't his intention to pain some people, and he realizes the post was "ill-timed and insensitive" in view India facing a medical emergency and fighting an unseen enemy."
Apologizing for his statement, he says, he has always "defended India" and he wouldn't complain against the country "to any other country or Arab or Muslim world." Stating that he loves his homeland which is "part of Islam", Dr Khan, at same time, takes exception to "a section of media which distorted my tweet and attributed to me things I never said."
"Legal notices have already been served on the news channel which championed in distorting my statement", he says, adding, "If need be, further legal steps will be taken."
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BU has received a verbal commitment from goalie Shane Starrett of the Selects Hockey Academy U18 squad at South Kent School. The 6-5, 190 lb. senior netminder from Bellingham, Mass., previously played for Catholic Memorial High School, which is the alma mater of BU Coach Jack Parker and assistants Mike Bavis and Buddy Powers, as well as assistant captain Garrett Noonan.
OverTheBoards.net reports that, this season, Starrett has posted a 24-12-4 record in 2047 minutes played, a 1.90 GAA and a .915 save percentage for the SHA U18s, who finished in first place in the Midget Major U18 division of the U.S. Elite Hockey League. Playoffs begin next weekend in Wayne, N.J.
Starrett, who plays summer hockey with the New England Nordiques, was ranked #35 among North American goalies in NHL Central Scouting's midterm rankings.
Among the highlights of his junior year at CM was a 41 save, 2-2 OT tie against Brendan Collier and eventual repeat state champ Malden Catholic.
2014 recruit Jack Eichel, playing his fifth game for the NTDP U18s, scored his second goal, which proved to be the game winner in the U18s' 3-1 win against Green Bay, and earned 2nd-star honors. Eichel has a combined 21 goals and 15 assists this season.
Anaheim Ducks' Nick Bonino, in Arizona for tonight's game against the Coyotes, spent the off day at the Angels training camp where he and a few teammates took part in batting practice and Nick got to stand in on pitches from Jared Weaver.
Rick DiPietro stopped 22 shots in a 4-3 Bridgeport win over Adirondack for his first win since clearing waivers.
● Senior defenseman Kathryn Miller interviewed by Hockey East Online.
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Ok from the title u would think i wont watch this (since i have a fear of horror movies) But this one is really good and cute!
Ok so the story is about a girl Asuka who is an art student with her 2 best friends.One day when coming back from an art excursion,the girls are in a car crash and Asukas friends are killed.A few weeks later Asuka is drawing in the art room when she sees her 2 late friends in the rafters.She then figures out that she can see ghosts and from then on she starts to help ghosts with there problems so that they can pass on.Along the way though she meets a mysterious guy named Kaito,who has afew secrets.
U should check this drama out at mysoju.com.Have fun!


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Although casement windows date back to the 17th century, many homeowners in Cambridgeshire are choosing them today because of their simplicity and ease of use. These windows are ideal if you want your home well ventilated. In fact, many people install them in their summer homes because of how well they let in a cool breeze. They are also great if you are looking for a view of the outdoors. There are some areas in the home that are particularly ideal for casement windows.
Places that are hard to reach, such as over the kitchen sink or bathtub are great for casement windows because the window has a handle and is therefore easy to open. Humid rooms are another place that can be greatly improved using casement windows – as mentioned, they let in a cool breeze. Casement windows are ideal for dark rooms too – their design allows more light into any room where they are installed. You can also install a casement window at the staircase landing in order to better ventilate your home. Many facilities for the elderly install casement windows because they are much easier to open than other types of windows and are less likely to get stuck.
When installing casement windows make sure that they open outwards – these window are designed to open like doors, and if they open inwards they will take up room. You should make sure that your windows are energy efficient. This means that you should get double glazing – it makes your home more comfortable as there are no drafts, and it lowers your power bills.
One of the best installers of casement windows in Cambridgeshire is Salmons Bros. Limited. They are able to customize your windows into whatever style you want. They are also fast, so your new windows will be installed in a short time.


CLOVIS, Calif.—Since taking over as CEO of Pelco by Schneider Electric in November of 2015, Sharad Shekhar has worked tirelessly to create a new identity for Pelco within the larger Schneider Electric organizational structure.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—A lot is being done when it comes to ensuring that IoT devices are cybersecure, integrated and valuable to end users. Five panelists at a TechSec Solutions session explored exactly what the industry is doing to rein in the technology.
CLOVIS, Calif.—The new CEO of Pelco by Schneider Electric, Sharad Shekhar, is ready to "dig his heels in" and looks to grow sales and be aggressive, he told Security Systems News.
CLOVIS, Calif. —Herve Fages, former CEO of Pelco, has a new job heading up MultiSight, a new VSaaS company owned by Schneider Electric.
OMAHA, Neb.—With the goal of increasing the percentage of revenue it derives from services from 25 to 40 percent, G4S Technology, a national systems integrator and project management company for electronic security systems and communication networks, has launched a new division.
CHELMSFORD, Mass.—Axis Communications, a provider of network video surveillance solutions, retained the top spot in IHS Research's annual rankings of the top video surveillance companies, according to a news release.
RESTON, Va.—Video analytics provider Object Video announced in June that it has signed a patent licensing agreement with Vivotek. Meanwhile, its patent battle with major video surveillance providers Samsung and Bosch will continue, with an International Trade Commission trial scheduled to begin this week.


Just to continue the sugar theme for this week a little longer, I just read an interesting article in Science Daily that scientists have now found the link between Insulin Resistant (Type II) Diabetes and diets loaded with high fructose corn syrup. No big surprise, but interesting reading! Check it out here.


Fertilizer can enhance soil nutrients and increase crop yields, but farmers' gains from the use of different types of fertilizer is highly contingent upon the nutrient composition of soil. Farmers often make decisions about the use of fertilizer based on soil tests that are averaged over large tracts of land. Because nutrient composition of soil can vary widely within even very small areas, recommendations may not match farmers' conditions on their own plots. As a result, farmers may make input decisions on poor information for their own personal context. For example, in the context of this evaluations, farmers frequently overuse fertilizers.
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation in Gujarat, India to determine whether larger-scale publicly available soil data meets farmers information needs and to test the impact of targeted input recommendations for cotton farmers. The evaluation aims to determine whether plot-specific or less granular recommendations for nutrient management can more cost-effectively improve input adoption decisions and productivity with high returns for farmers.
Researchers will assign 4,200 cotton farmers in 48 villages to one of three information sources and one of two delivery channels. Villages will be randomly assigned to receive information that is (i) customized at the plot-specific level, (ii) customized at the 10-acre grid composite-level, or (iii) the government-generated fertilizer recommendations. Researchers will compare inputs practices and yields across farmers who receive information of varying specificity. Villages will receive this information either through (a) an established mobile phone-based agricultural advisory service or (b) soil health cards. Researchers will assess differences in uptake across the two distinct channels of information delivery. Researchers will also investigate whether returns vary for different types of farmers, the relevant variability in soil nutrient composition, and how the soil nutrient variability affects fertilizer recommendations across relatively proximate cotton farmers.
Working with Precision Agriculture for Development, the team will also perform A/B experiments around the timing and content of messages to understand impacts on input adoption practices. Soil testing validation exercises will identify and evaluate field-based soil testing kits and scanners as lower cost alternatives to lab-based testing. If these lower cost soil testing technologies perform well in India, or cost-effective technologies exist that have been tailored to the African setting but remain un-tested by independent researchers, the research team plans to pilot quality validation exercises of the kits in at least one Sub-Saharan African setting, most likely Kenya.


Please refer to [SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio|SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 7.1 Overview], Here you can find installation guides and other information about SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS).
You do not require to install at all client machines nor server.
Yes, it support remote database, You can connect to remote server/databse from NWDS.
NWDS should install on Developer machine or who devloping SAP NetWeaver applications.
Please let me know if this statement is true..
NWDI is a client software and does not need database.....SAP WAS JAVA, we can install on any one development server and which need database..Is this a true statement?
- if you have the scenario, that you have only NWDS on client side, and you don't test locally on client side, then of course there's no need for DB on client side, only the server side J2EE engine uses its DB (where you deploy centrally - "via NWDI").
- if you have local j2ee engine too (see Developer Workplace Installation) where you test your changes locally before checkin then of course that local j2ee engine will use its locally installed DB (coming with DWI installation), and you still deploy to the central j2ee server (which of course has its own DB) as mentioned in the previous point.


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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has slashed its benchmark rate, the policy rate by 100 basis points (bps), signalling a return to monetary easing after a year of tightening.
The bank reduced the rate from 14.5 per cent to 13.5 per cent today after concluding its 100th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on May 29.
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, who chairs the seven-member committee, said at a news conference in Accra yesterday that the reduction in the rate followed the waning in risks to the inflation and growth outlooks, which had occasioned a sustained rate-hold between May 2020 and March this year.
He said the bank now expected the rate cut to blend with existing fiscal and monetary policies to boost growth at a time when data showed a stronger rebound in economic activities.
Some analysts, however, told the Graphic Business that the cut was "a huge surprise," given that inflation had not fully stabilised in spite of falling from 10.3 per cent in March to 8.5 per cent in April.
Dr Addison said after cutting the rate by 150bps in March 2020, the central bank was met by dampened growth and rising inflation on the back of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"To complicate matters, this (2020) was also an election year and so we were not about to reduce the rate when we were not sure of all of that stance relative to inflation and growth. So, the prudent thing was to keep the rate where it was," he said at the 100th MPC press conference of the committee since its establishment in 2002.
"Now, come 2021, that whole risk of elections is over us. Global growth is picking up and continuous to be favourable. Domestically, in the past two-to-three months, we have seen non-resident investors come in strongly to take our bonds and we have seen inflation come down in April. The argument then is, what is the central bank waiting for," the Governor asked.
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                        {

                        ?>
                        <option value="<?php echo $i; ?>" <?php if ($result_cart->item_quantity == $i) { echo "selected"; } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option>
                        <?php
                        }
                        ?>

                    </select>

                $<?php echo $result_cart->reduced_price; ?>
                $<?php echo $result_cart->item_quantity * $result_cart->reduced_price; ?>
                <a title="Delete" href="delete-cart.php?id=<?php echo $result_cart->cart_id; ?>" class="delete">

<?php
}
?>

I need to automatically calculate the Subtotal Price and Total prices of cart on Changing the Quantity of particular items. I'm new to Ajax.
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After refering these questions I tried to use something like this $('.quantity').on( "change", "select", function() {But Not getting Result.
Please help me. Do I need to Change the whole coding Structure.

A: You are changing the DOM after ajax success (using the html() method). The  element is replaced with a new one, thus your events are removed.
Also, your other fix is only applying the change on quantity elements that also have been removed. Try something like
$(document).on( "change", ".quantity", function() {}

A: i have found 2 issues:

1. always use jQuery's document-ready function around DOM related events:

$( document ).ready(function() {
     //DOM EVENTS
});

2. your event doesn't work on live-generated DOM elements:

$( '.quantity' ).change( function(){} );

change it to:
$( document ).on('change', '.quantity', function(){} );

this will also add event listeners to DOM elements with the class "quantity" that have been generated after the document loaded for the first time.

A: This is not the best solution but, at least, it may work as a workaround. Your can do the following in your code:

I assume that your "select" is removed and re-appended on the ajax call success callback, so, the events won't be binded more than once.


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< img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=XX-XXXXXXX-X&cid=reciepient_id&t=event&ec=email&ea=open&el=LabelName" >
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A: Maybe the image is cached, since it's not downloaded again you won't see it in GA. That's just one of the reasons what you are doing is a terrible idea.
The biggest reason would be because Gmail will cache images for users. So if you send this email to say 100 users, google will cache download the image once and serve to all users. So you'll see a single hit no matter how many users (or no users) open your email.
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Google Analytics is not a good tool for mail tracking.


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