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Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit saves worlds from the heartless
By Jupiter Hadley On Feb 21, 2022 0
Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit is a dice rolling game where you have to work together as a team to save worlds from the heartless, co-operating with careful dice-allocation and dice-sharing to overcome the darkness corrupting each world.
Each player takes a character card. These characters are each heroes from the Kingdom Hearts series and have slight differences in that each of the five moves you can do cost different dice for different players. Worlds are picked, depending on difficulty and then health trackers and corruption trackers are set up, and play begins. In each turn, you will roll and then spend your dice. The dice can be used on your own powers, but you will need to be able to unlock a whole portion for the dice to count. Sometimes your power costs one die to 'Ready', other times it can cost five. Once you've Readied, you can then spend to 'Set', and finally, you can spend another to 'Go'. If you do complete a section, no matter what one it is, at the end of your rolls you can gift dice of the same symbol to friends who need exactly that number to complete theirs. This means there is a lot of dice needed to do anything. You do get to re-roll dice up to three times, but it is still tricky.
Also, one of the six dice has a heartless symbol on it, which means you cannot assign dice on that reroll.
Because you can spend your extra dice on other player's boards, you will need really good cohesion with your teammates in order to actually execute the different moves and attack the bad guys — who do get a turn between each player's, where they are attacking that player and getting stronger in the world. Attacking the enemy is basically just pushing them back, so you will need to really focus on what character does what. Some characters are better at healing, for example, which does need doing as the game progresses and everyone gets low on health.
You do get bonus cards in Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit, which can help you along the way. These often count as a dice symbol (sometimes more than one!), give you a new roll, or give health to a player. Obtaining these does cost a lot of dice, but if your team is able to keep completing different sets and then passing useful dice around to everyone else, you can get a good system going!
We struggled with defeating the bosses in our time with the game, and often found ourselves trying very hard to attack, when some characters just weren't really fit to attack. We did start gaining ground as we used abilities to remove die from the attacking opponents, but it was hard-fought Enemies are challenging, and it does become a game where you do need to work together! That said, we all had fun with Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit, and the design of the player cards are really nice!
You can get Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit on Amazon.
Love both video games and board games? Here's our list of some fantastic crossover games.
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Horticulture Week Business Award - Garden Centre Outlet of the Year (small-to-medium)
Winner - North One Garden Centre
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North One Garden Centre, which is situated in Islington, north London, has proven skill and expertise in the art of urban retailing where space is at a premium and 70% of the customers are aged under 40.
The centre provides a green oasis in an urban environment and describes itself as a truly life-enhancing space for all who visit. Its team of passionate professionals strive to deliver unique plants and products displayed in inspiring, innovative ways, bringing drama and excitement to all visitors.
North One has consistently led the way for urban garden centres and continues to build its customer base and deliver impressive sales growth year on year. The centre's founder, Beryl Henderson, oversees the business, providing valuable input and guidance based on her years of knowledge of the industry and the business specifically.
Creative director Paul Holt has been instrumental in building North One's reputation as a go-to destination for an amazing selection of interior products, including unusual houseplants and fabulous pots.
The main team working alongside Holt is comprised of staff who have been with the garden centre for more than five years, and their dedication to delivering excellent, informed and friendly customer service is at the core of North One's continuing success.
Louise Alhadeff, North One's plant director, works with the outdoor plant team to ensure that the quality and range of all the plants on offer are maintained to the highest possible standard, sourcing from specialist nurseries across the country. Sales of outdoor plants continue to make up 50% of the centre's overall annual turnover.
Strong demand for outdoor plants remains but year-round houseplant sales have helped to weather-proof the business. Rather than diversifying, North One has stuck to its core values of selling plants and plant-related products.
The garden centre is prominent in the print media and on the radio, while its social media following continues to grow. Instagram followers organically rose by 300% between January 2017 and January 2018 without paid promotions.
With no space to expand, North One has recently extended opening hours and now offers a seven-days-a-week delivery service. In this way the centre hopes to continue to grow and build on the success of 2017.
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Q: Showing a set is a Borel set I have the following setup: denote $\mathcal{B}$ the Borel $\sigma$-algebra on $\mathbb{R}$ and $\lambda$ the Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}$. Let $\mathcal{M}$ be the $\sigma$-algebra generated by $\{A_1 \times A_2: A_1, A_2 \in \mathcal{B}\}$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$.

If $S \in \mathcal{M}$, then we want to show that $\{x: (x, c+x) \in S\}$ is in $\mathcal{B}$ for all $c \in \mathbb{R}$.

I've observed that $\mathcal{M}$ is a sub-$\sigma$-algebra of the product $\sigma$-algebra for $\lambda \times \lambda$. I only see that $\{x: (x, c+x) \in S\}$ represents the $x$-values for which the lines $y=x+c$ intersects $S$. However, I don't know to where to go from here to show that it is Borel.

A: The basic idea with most of these exercises is two notice that the sets in question are defined by some equations from which you can build a function.
In that sense consider the function $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R^2,\ x\mapsto (x,x+c)$. This function is clearly continuous as it is component-wise continuous.
Now, as with open sets, Borel sets are sent back to Borel sets by continuous functions. This is, if $f:X\to Y$ is continuous, then if $B\subseteq Y$ is Borel, then $f^{-1}[B]\subseteq X$ is Borel.
Your set is precisely the inverse image of $S$:
$$f^{-1}[S]=\{x:\ f(x)\in S\}=\{x:\ (x,x+c)\in S\}.$$
So as $S$ is a Borel set, then $f^{-1}[S]$ is also a Borel set.

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The Buzzards Bay region has hundreds of beautiful outdoor places to explore. When you're outside on a walk or hike, it's easy to take a few simple precautions to keep you and your family safe from ticks and other insects. Our restoration ecologist Sara Quintal shares a few tips she follows to protect herself when she's outdoors.
When you're out for a walk or doing yard work, pull your socks over the hem of your pants to keep any insects from getting underneath your pant legs.
One of the best ways to protect yourself from ticks and other insects is to dress appropriately. That means long pants and covered shoes. Boots that go up to your knees will provide you with great protection from ticks that crawl low to the ground.
Too warm to wear big boots? You can be comfortable and safe at the same time with a pair of light sneakers or regular hiking shoes. All you have to do is pull your socks over the hem of your pants. That's an easy way to keep any insects from getting underneath your pant legs.
There are lots of reasons why you should stay on the trail when you're out for a walk: to protect nature, to stay safe during hunting season, and to prevent picking up insects. On a mowed trail, you're much less likely to come into contact with ticks. That's because ticks tend to cling to tall plants and grass blades low to the ground. Just stay on cleared trails, and you're less likely to encounter insects at all.
Stick to cleared trails to avoid ticks that may be clinging to tall grasses and plants.
Another way to protect yourself from insects of all kind is to wear insect repellent. Some people prefer natural products to repel bugs. If you're going to be outside for a long time, you may want to choose a product that includes DEET, which typically does a more thorough job of keeping insects away.
Whether you've been out for a walk or just doing yard work, it's a good idea to check yourself for ticks before you go inside. Have a buddy check your backside, too – because you can't always see back there! Check your legs, arms, waistline, and the back of your neck for any hitchhikers, and then do a more thorough check once you're inside. Remember to check your dog after a walk outside, too!


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Ceccarelli, Daniela and Spagnoletti, Matteo and Bacciu, Donatella and Danin-Poleg, Yael and Mendiratta, Deepak Kumar and Kashi, Yechezkel and Cappuccinelli, Pietro Antonio and Burrus, Vincent and Colombo, Mauro Maria (2011) ICEVchInd5 is prevalent in epidemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated in India. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol. 301 (4), p. 318-324. eISSN 1618-0607. Article.
Integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) of the SXT/R391 family are self-transmissible mobile elements mainly involved in antibiotic resistance spread among γ-Proteobacteria, including Vibrio cholerae. We demonstrated that the recently described ICEVchInd5 is prevailing in V. cholerae O1 clinical strains isolated in Wardha province (Maharashtra, India) from 1994 to 2005. Genetic characterization by ribotyping and multiple-locus SSR analysis proved the same clonal origin for V. cholerae O1 isolates in Wardha province over an 11-year period and was used to assess the correlation between strain and ICE content among ours and different Indian reference strains. In silico analysis showed the existence of at least 3 sibling ICEs of ICEVchInd5 in V. cholerae O1 El Tor reference strains, isolated in the Indian subcontinent after 1992.


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Casiola welcomes Michael-Scott Lester as their first Chief Financial Officer
News, What's going on at Casiola?
Tampa executive Michael-Scott Lester adds finance, strategy, and accounting expertise to Orlando's fastest-growing vacation home management company.
Casiola, one of Orlando's fastest growing vacation home management companies, announced today that Michael-Scott Lester, a seasoned financial executive, has joined the company's leadership team as their first Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Michael brings more than 16 years of experience in finance, strategy, and accounting. Before joining Casiola, Michael served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at 4L Law Firm Services, outsourcing accounting, billing and CFO advisory services for midsize law firms and was Florida Managing Partner at Ximplifi, a technology-focused accounting professional services firm assisting clients in the vacation rental industry with better financial system automation, fractional CFO and outsourced accounting services. Prior to that, Michael spent nearly 13 years as a Senior Manager at the "big four" global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), including over two years on assignment in Europe.
"Michael's extensive background in finance and accounting makes him a great fit for his new role at Casiola," said Casiola Founder & CEO Dennis Goedheid. "We welcome him to our team and look forward to his contributions in the financial and contractual management of Casiola's rapid growth through partnerships, licensing, and acquisition".
Michael's hire follows Casiola's launch of its international expansion with Casiola Aruba in January 2021 and the strong financial performance in the first 6 months of 2021. Casiola has been growing with double digits every year and the crisis in 2020 accelerated the growth possibilities for the Orlando-based vacation home market disruptor.
"I'm excited to join an executive team at Casiola that has been so smart and savvy with its business strategy," said Michael Lester. "I am impressed by the team's dedication to growth and innovation, its devotion to Casiola's guests, owners and employees, and its commitment to extraordinary hospitality as a core priority of the company."
Michael-Scott Lester is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Florida and graduated with a Masters and Bachelors degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida. Michael is a board member with the University of South Florida School of Accountancy Accounting Circle Board, Vice President of the Bay Crest Park Civic Association, and was on the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) Supplier Advisory Council in 2020.
About Casiola
In 2014, Dennis Goedheid moved to Central Florida and began managing vacation rental properties in the Greater Orlando area. Starting with only 27 units, Casiola vacation homes quickly developed a reputation for providing top-quality service to both owners and guests. They have grown exponentially since then and now, halfway through 2021, serve as the leading vacation home rental management company in Orlando and Aruba, managing over 400 properties .
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A pallet of 3000 large 'C3 size' book wraps, also known as cardboard mailers. The size of these quality wraps is 311x240mm (length x width), and the depth is adjustable between 0-50mm. Perfect for a variety of uses, these are extremely high quality cardboard mailers manufactured in the UK specifically to help save on postage costs, while maintaining strength and durability during transit. The size of mailer represents the maximum 'large letter' size allowed for royal mail purposes, if sealed at less than a 25mm depth (max royal mail large letter size is 353x250x25mm). The weight of each mailer is 120g. They are the same mailers as used by Amazon for mailing out their books, and the original Bukwrap brand. All our book wraps contain 'peel & seal' strips with permanent strong adhesive for easy and efficient application and use.


RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States Olympic Committee apologized on Thursday to the people of Brazil for the behavior of four American swimmers who were found to have lied about a gunpoint robbery, prompting enormous criticism of the Games host city.
America's official Olympic body acknowledged that one of its athletes had committed an act of vandalism in a gas station restroom and the swimmers had handed over money to security staff after they'd demanded payment for the damage in the early hours of Sunday.
"The behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of Team USA," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said in a statement released on Thursday night.


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Q: WSO2APIM - Application visible to all admins Using WSO2AM 2.1.0 we have a question.
By default the applications of the store are created by subscriber and each subscriber can see only own application (what makes sense).
However here we have an environment where admins want to create a clientapplication configuration and then just pass client credentials to the clients (or developers). In this case - is it possible for admins could see/access applications of other admins?
Edit: I thought I could see applications of other users in the carbon console logged in as an administrator (under service providers). but apparently I see only mine .
Thank you in advance

A: Have you enabled the application sharing feature?
https://docs.wso2.com/display/AM220/Sharing+Applications+Between+Multiple+Groups


Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement in honor of those brave military patriots who gave their lives for our nation, to protect and preserve our way of life and the freedoms we cherish as Americans, on this Memorial Day.
"The men and women who have served this nation as members of the Armed Forces have earned our respect and our gratitude, as well as, our recognition of their ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. Today, we commemorate their devotion to our Country and her people. Today we remember them and their families who have been left to mourn them and we share in their loss.


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Q: What is the mocking framework of choice in Unit Test Library for Windows Store Applications? When I write unit tests I like to use Rhino Mocks.
So when I started my first Windows Store application I naturally started with my unit tests first.  When I tried to add RhinoMocks via NuGet I recieved the following error

Could not install package 'RhinoMocks 3.6.1'. You are trying to
  install this package into a project that targets
  '.NETCore,Version=v4.5', but the package does not contain any assembly
  references that are compatible with that framework. For more
  information, contact the package author.

I had the same issue with Moq.
Is there a mocking framework for .NETCor,Version=v4.5?

A: I made this for use with Windows Phone 7, should work with Win 8 as it's just a post build step:
http://dontcodetired.com/blog/post/Introducing-%28probably%29-The-Worlds-Only-Mocking-Framework-for-Windows-Phone-7-%28WP7%29.aspx

A: Most mocking frameworks are based on Reflection.Emit.  Unfortunately Reflection.Emit isn't in WinRT.  This means you can't do dynamic proxies. (I.e. Run-time mocking). This leaves pre-generation of mocks that get referenced at compile-time.  The only framework I know of is an experimental branch of Moq: https://github.com/mbrit/moqrt

A: Here are my suggestions, be aware I haven't tested any of these myself yet.  Here is a link to an article discussing the first two options.

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*TypeMock Isolator - expensive, but looks like it would do the job

*Microsoft Fakes (evolved from a project at MSR called Moles)

*Instead of mocking (or doing dependency injection), you could use a different technique.   You could use parameterized injection and just pass in the information you need to test.  This reduces to large objects to delegates and primitives, relieving the need for a mocking framework. Here is more about this, including an example of the technique in action.

A: Actually, Philipp Dolder, one of the contributors to FakeItEasy has come up with an interesting and working approach based on Portable Class Libraries.
http://www.planetgeek.ch/2013/02/01/fakeiteasy-and-windows-store-apps-are-becoming-friends/
In essence, he proposes the following solution:

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*Put all your productive code that will be TDD-ed into a PCL class library where you select whatever target frameworks you like to support

*Create your test assembly as a regular class library

*Add the references to FakeItEasy and your test framework(s) of choice (e.g. NUnit + FluentAssertions) to your *.Test assembly

*Only put the UI stuff that you can't test into a Windows Store App project

A: I know the original question is old but there are many of us still out there trying to accomplish mocking in Windows Store Apps.
I have recently started to use MoqaLate which states: Mocking for Windows Phone & Windows Store apps.
It actually physically creates the MockingClasses after you Build your solution.
So, after build you will have a folder with some Mock implementation of your classes.
I think is not the best option. Run-time mocking will be the ideal but in the meantime it creates the mocks for me.


No farewell to winter yet. It is cold in balmy Britain.
New evidence has cast doubt on claims that the world's ice-caps are melting, it emerged last night.
. . . Figures show that there is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than is usual for the time of year.
Except for Western Europe, much of the world has suffered the heaviest snowfalls in decades, and the Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age.
Lord Keynes famously said, When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?
If you are a global warming spear-carrier you drop warming like a hot potato and talk about climate change. As you do, the businesses out to make big bucks from us by trading carbon credits continue to expand.
We support freeing ourselves from oil dependence, but if we do this based on the wrong set of facts we may face consequences unfriendly to our wallets and our lives. We note that the European Union has developed plans to do just that.


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Een taart is een meestal cirkelvormig en vaak zoet baksel dat in veel landen voornamelijk wordt gegeten tijdens feestelijkheden, bijvoorbeeld bij het vieren van een verjaardag. In veel landen wordt taart ook als nagerecht geserveerd.

Etymologie
Het woord taart is afgeleid van het Oudfranse torte of tarte, dat op zijn beurt afkomstig lijkt te zijn van het Latijnse torta (gedraaid baksel). Dit woord is de vrouwelijke vorm van het voltooid deelwoord van torquere (draaien). Mogelijk is het ook afgeleid van een ander Latijns woord, tortula (klein wit broodje). Het Franse woord tartre ("wijnsteen") kan ook nog de huidige woordvorm met -a- hebben beïnvloed.

Kenmerken
Het gebak is luchtig.
De vorm is meestal rond en plat van boven.
De buitenkant is vaak voorzien van sierlijke, kleurige ornamenten zoals gekleurde (siroop)lijnen, chocolade- of notenstrooisel of platte stukjes chocolade.

Soorten
Er zijn diverse typen taart. Een taart met veel suikerschuim wordt een schuimtaart of meringuetaart genoemd.

In Nederland zijn de appeltaart, chocoladetaart, aardbeientaart, kwarktaart, monchoutaart, kersentaart, mokkataart en slagroomtaart populair, in België ook de suikertaart. Vlaaien zijn wezenlijk verschillend van taarten omdat de bodem van een ander soort deeg is gemaakt. Ze worden echter soms wel tot de taarten gerekend.

Wordt de taart bij een speciale gelegenheid (zoals een verjaardag, bruiloft of jubileum) gegeten, dan wordt er vaak een toepasselijke tekst op aangebracht door middel van glazuur, marsepein of chocolade. Tegenwoordig kan er een (eetbare) foto op aangebracht worden.

In het geval van een verjaardag is het wereldwijd gebruikelijk om een aantal kaarsjes, al naargelang de bereikte leeftijd, in de taart te steken. Deze kaarsjes zijn zeer kort en dun, en dienen te worden uitgeblazen. Volgens bijgeloof haalt men het volgende jaar als alle kaarsjes worden uitgeblazen.

Een andere specifieke taart is de bruidstaart, die wordt gegeten bij een bruiloft.

Quiche
Ook een quiche wordt wel als taart gezien, hoewel deze wezenlijk andere kenmerken heeft. Zo is hij niet zoet, maar hartig; er zitten vaak groenten, en/of vlees en vis in en deeg is het belangrijkste ingrediënt. Men spreekt wel van een hartige taart.

In de taal
 Het woord taart wordt soms als scheldwoord gebruikt voor iemand van het vrouwelijk geslacht. "Ouwe taart" heeft een betekenis die vergelijkbaar is met  "oud wijf". Het Engelse slangwoord tart heeft eenzelfde gevoelswaarde.
 De taart staat centraal in enkele zegswijzen, waarbij er veelal een negatieve lading aan gegeven wordt. Zo betekent "iemand van de taart geven" of "iemand een taart geven" iemand een draai om de oren geven of hem berispen. "Van de taart krijgen" betekent slaag krijgen. "Taart eten" betekent het gelag betalen.

In de wiskunde
Een specifiek model grafiek heet de taartgrafiek of -diagram (pie chart), vanwege de sterke gelijkenis met een in taartpunten gesneden taartvorm.
Om ervoor te zorgen dat de taart in gelijke delen wordt verdeeld, wordt de taart vanuit het midden aangesneden.
Bekend is de opgave waarbij persoon A een driehoekige taart in twee delen moet verdelen, en ook het eerste stuk mag kiezen, maar waarbij persoon B mag aangeven door welk punt op de taart de taartsnede moet gaan. De vraag is dan waar B dat punt moet kiezen, zodat er voor hem een zo groot mogelijk stuk overblijft.
Bewezen kan worden dat bij n taartsneden een ronde taart in ½.n.(n+1)+1 stukken (die in grootte en vorm variëren) verdeeld kan worden. Zoals te verwachten is, zijn dat bij 1 snede 2 stukken en bij 2 sneden 4 stukken, maar bij 3 sneden kunnen er 7 stukken ontstaan (namelijk als de derde snede de andere twee niet in hun kruispunt kruist).

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By partnering with Year Up Atlanta, Rollins, Inc. gained access to a pipeline of talent ready to drive company growth – and connected young adults to skills and resources leading to meaningful careers.
"Rollins has been a corporate partner for several years and our interns have been very successful. The Year Up interns have been incredibly motivated and eager to make a positive impact. They are very well prepared, not just in terms of their technical skills, but how to communicate and present themselves in a business environment."
Year Up Atlanta seeks to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up Atlanta achieves this mission through a one-year, intensive training program that provides low-income young adults, ages 18-24, with a combination of hands-on skill development, college credits, and corporate internships.
Rollins, Inc. recognized that in order to grow, it needed to find innovative ways to improve its sales and service programs through new technologies and processes.
In 2012, Rollins, Inc. started partnering with Year Up Atlanta and immediately realized they had found access to a pipeline of motivated young adults who were eager to make a positive impact at the company. In addition to finding talent that was ready to drive company growth, Rollins, Inc. was also able to build a stronger future workforce and foster interest in the consumer services field.
Source: Year Up. Rollins, Inc. Case Study. 2015.


Smile Doctors of Cypress - Northwest is owned and operated by Scott Law Ortho Corp, P.C.
Dr. Michael Hagan is a US Army veteran who enjoys giving back to his community.
Dr. Hagan attended the Colorado School of Mines as an undergraduate and earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree and orthodontic specialty certificate from the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. He also spent four years in the US Army and left with the rank of Captain.
Dr. Hagan is a member of the American Association of Orthodontists, Texas Association of Orthodontists, and American Dental Association, among others. He is also a member, and past president, of the Cy-Fair Kiwanis.
In his spare time, Dr. Hagan can be found supporting local charities and enjoys skiing, golf, swimming, and training Rigsby, the family dog.
My second time having braces and they are by far the best option for orthodontics. Patty was so helpful and patient with me. Robin explained the administrative side of my treatment plan so perfectly, and Dr.Hagan is by far the sweetest guy ever. Thanks Team, see you in a few months !!!


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Google Translate For Android Hits Version 2.0, Receives Conversation Mode, Updated UI
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2011/01/12 11:16am PDT Jan 12, 2011
As far as Android translation apps go, Google Translate is still among the best available - sure, it isn't perfect, but it's free and for the occasional translation it'll suffice. To celebrate the app's first birthday, Google has updated it to 2.0 and added a new feature called "Conversation Mode."
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Conversation Mode allows you and your foreign friend to speak in two different languages before having Google Translate display the words you say onscreen in your native languages (as seen in the second screenshot above). For now, it only works with Spanish and English, and it has problems with regional accents, background noise, and rapid speech, but it's a start. This version of Translate was also demoed using German at the 2010 IFA conference:
Version 2.0 also includes an updated UI, which looks quite slick. Google seems to have finally realized that people appreciate good-looking user interfaces - let's hope this carries over to the rest of their Android apps (and the Android OS itself, too).
Try v2.0 of Google Translate for yourself using the QR code and the AppBrain link below:
AppBrain Link
conversation mode
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Die École nationale des sciences géographiques (ENSG Géomatique) ist eine französische Ingenieurhochschule, die 1941 gegründet wurde.

Die ENSG veranstaltet etwa zehn Erstausbildungszyklen, die von der Technikerstufe bis zu den Stufen Masters und Mastères Spécialisés reichen, und organisiert ein umfangreiches Weiterbildungsangebot in allen Bereichen der Geomatik.

Die ENSG mit Sitz in Champs-sur-Marne ist eine öffentliche Hochschule. Die Schule ist seit dem 1. Januar 2020 Mitglied der Gustave Eiffel University.

Berühmte Lehrer
 Jean-Jacques Levallois (1911–2001), französischer Geodät
 Pierre Tardi (1897–1972), französischer Geodät und Astronom

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Yhonnie Scarce awarded $60,000 Yalingwa Fellowship
Tuesday February 11th, 2020
Kokatha and Nukunu woman Yhonnie Scarce, a renowned contemporary artist, has been awarded the Yalingwa Fellowship, a $60,000 award for First Nations artists currently living and working in Victoria who have made an outstanding contribution to creative practice in the First Peoples arts community and are at a critical moment in their career.
The Fellowship forms part of Yalingwa, a multi-faceted initiative designed to support the development of outstanding contemporary Indigenous art and curatorial practice with a primary focus on South East Australian First Nations artists. It represents a significant partnership between Creative Victoria, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Following an open call for submissions, Scarce was awarded the Fellowship by the Yalingwa Advisory Group, which includes members of the Indigenous arts and wider community as well as representatives from Creative Victoria, ACCA and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
The Advisory Group noted the breadth of the artist's contributions to Australian art.
"Yhonnie Scarce has made a critical contribution to the development of contemporary art practice locally, nationally and internationally through major public installations, exhibitions and her mentorship of other Indigenous artists. Her work encompasses architecturally-scaled public art projects to intimate assemblages, replete with personal and cultural histories, in ways which are at once autobiographical and ancestral.
The Yalingwa Advisory Group recognises Yhonnie's enormous contribution to the First Nations arts community as an artist, mentor and teacher, and her unique approach to the use of glass blowing in her practice. The panel highlighted Yhonnie's courageous, politically driven yet deeply personal story telling as highly significant, particularly the innovative ways in which she addresses some of the turbulent and rarely discussed sides of our history," said the Yalingwa Advisory Group.
Scarce's practice explores the political nature and aesthetic qualities of glass, using her body and breath to create anthropomorphic objects imbued with Aboriginal culture and history. Her work often references the ongoing effects of colonisation on Aboriginal people; in particular, her research has explored the impact of the removal and relocation of Aboriginal people from their homelands and the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Family history is central to Scarce's work and, drawing on the strength of her ancestors, she offers herself as a conduit, sharing their significant stories from the past.
Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley, said, "This Fellowship recognises Yhonnie's incredible works and career so far and her ongoing leadership in upskilling the next generation of First Nations artists."
"The Victorian Government is proud to support Yalingwa as part of our ongoing commitment to putting First Nations' art and creativity at the heart of our creative state."
Victoria Lynn, Director, TarraWarra Museum of Art, said Yhonnie is an incredibly deserving recipient of this prestigious award.
"The Yalingwa Fellowship will allow Yhonnie to enter into a new phase of research and will provide the support to develop and expand her immense creative vision.
TarraWarra Museum of Art is delighted to work with Creative Victoria and ACCA to showcase the incredible First Nations art community of Victoria through the Yalingwa initiative, which will also see a major exhibition of First Peoples art open at the Museum in 2021, curated by Stacie Piper," Ms Lynn said.
Image: Yalingwa Fellowship recipient Yhonnie Scarce at the announcement of the 2020 Yalingwa Fellowship at TarraWarra Museum of Art, 11 February 2020. Photo: Tiffany Garvie.


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Someone is profiling you as you surf the internet- How private is the click you just made?
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Social media is always a concern that is very poorly understood and executed by Organizations. The integration of social media with their marketing strategies by businesses and other organizations is going to continue to raise new privacy concerns. For instance, hospitals and physicians and other groups are promoting the use of social networking sites by physicians to help their patients. One of the companies who sell hospital systems had an authentication system linked to Facebook to provide access to the patient care system. This could be a disaster to manage if any of the users are not able to manage their personal privacy settings which are always a user purgative for a social networking site. Most social networks have good search capabilities which people use to find their friends or activities, information they might be interested in. This is a double edged sword. It is pertinent to be aware of privacy settings, especially when messages travel between different social networks (…
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'A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada: The Journals, Letters and Art of Anna Langton'
Posted on November 25, 2010 | 1 comment
Barbara Williams (ed.) A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada: The Journals, Letters and Art of Anne Langton, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2008
Was Anne Langton a proto-blogger? At first glance you'd have to say no: mid 30s (huh!), spinster, she traveled with her parents and aunt to live with her brother on a property in Upper Canada in the mid 1830s. She began writing a journal to send to the brother who remained in England as the rest of the family sailed away. She knew that she couldn't keep up her writing on a long term basis, so she divided the year into quarters, then wrote a daily diary for the first month of each quarter; then the next year the second month of each quarter; the next year the third etc. In this way, she eventually covered the whole year although it ended up taking her four years.
But she certainly had the blogger's sensibility of consciously framing everyday events as a potential blog-post:
Did you ever a write a journal with the intention of sending it to anyone? I think it would be difficult to do with simplicity. One is tempted to act sometimes with the page in view that has to be written, and a day's proceedings would be often diverted from their ordinary course by the recollection that they were to be recorded. It is different in stirring scenes where events are leading you; but in the employments of everyday life, especially when information has to be collected, inferences drawn, and an average estimate to be formed from the narration, journalizing does become difficult. (Oct 1838)
Anne Langton was born in 1804 into an aristocratic, mercantile family and spent her early years at the family home, Blythe Hall, parts of which dated back to the 12th century. Between the age of eleven to sixteen she traveled with her family, including her maiden Aunt Alice, on an elongated Grand Tour. The desire to escape the shame attached to the decline in their family fortunes led to their extended absence, but eventually the family business in Liverpool foundered and they had to sell Blythe Hall. Anne's future took a definite turn for the worse: no coming out, and greatly reduced marriage prospects. Her brother John, unable to make money by tutoring students, emigrated to Upper Canada and in 1837 his parents, Aunt Alice and Anne joined him, leaving behind another brother William, his wife and three small daughters. John prepared a house for them, close by his own more humble cottage, although it was not completely finished by the time they arrived and it took over a year to paper the walls so that the logs were no longer visible.
The family was just the type of emigrant that Upper Canada wanted: English, economically self-sufficient, and genteel. They brought with them their furniture and possessions, and joined an elite circle of friends and settlers. They engaged in regattas, ploughing matches, church activities and 'bees' to help their friends erect buildings but social distinctions were always maintained. For example, the gentry would dine and dance in the house, while the rest would hold their own celebration in the barn. The ladies of the house undertook charitable activities, and acted as healers and midwives among the sick and needy of the parish.
The life of the 30-plus spinster living with her family was a very constrained one. She desperately wanted to see Niagara Falls but her mother would not allow her to; she was berated for walking alone in the woods, and her mother was very nervous about her boating on the river, their main form of communication during the winter months. She was a talented artist, but mainly painted landscapes or just occasionally portraits of family and friends- never as a form of income. She established a small school, and started the circulating library.
She has a quick, discerning eye and a Lizzy Bennett-like humour. She does not seem to have any close female friends or, indeed, love interests, and the journal is silent about her brother's marriage. This must surely have caused her some qualms: she had reconciled herself to- even welcomed- the idea of them growing old together, acting as housekeeper in their shared home.
The diary entries are interspersed with letters written not only by her, but also her mother and occasionally the men of the family. She finally achieved her goal of covering the whole year. The entries become sparser after a few years, which is perhaps to be expected, but I found myself missing her as she moved off into middle age and relative silence. The book has a generous, well-written introduction and its conclusion allows you to say your farewells to her. The introduction in particular is interspersed with Anne's sketches and portraits. This is not the first published version of her journals: there were two preceding versions, and Williams has recovered some of the text that had been omitted from the previous publications.
What happened then? Her mother and aunt died of a form of malaria, and after her mother's death she returned to England, undecided whether to work as a governess in a friend's school or not. As it was, her brother John and his wife Lydia back in Upper Canada asked her to return to help with the children, which she gladly did. The family moved to Peterboro where John pursued a political career. She spent her life as a maiden aunt; she traveled with her many nieces and nephews accompanying them on trips, and died at the ripe old age of 88.
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City Council directed Entergy to pursue power plant in 2015, months before company's application for Michoud site
Michael Isaac Stein
At a late October council meeting, a protester calls for a new vote on the Entergy New Orleans power plant.
At a council utility committee meeting last year, a protester calls for a new vote on the Entergy New Orleans power plant.
Months before Entergy applied for its proposed power plant in eastern New Orleans, and over two years before the New Orleans City Council approved the application, the council directed the company to use "diligent efforts" to develop a new plant in the city.
In November 2015, the City Council passed a resolution that committed Entergy New Orleans to "pursue the development of at least 120 megawatts of new-build peaking generation capacity within the City of New Orleans." Peaking plants are designed to augment an energy system when demand is unusually high. They typically spend the bulk of the year dormant.
It specifically lists two Entergy-owned facilities as potential locations: A.B. Paterson, which was shut down after Hurricane Katrina, and Michoud, which would be decommissioned seven months later in June 2016. Both were located in eastern New Orleans. The resolution was written and recommended by the council's utility consultants, who are paid to advise the council in its role as Entergy New Orleans' regulator.
The power plant that was ultimately approved by the City Council in March 2018 closely mirrors that description. The blueprint calls for a 128-megawatt peaking gas-plant at the Michoud site. Power plant critics see this symmetry as evidence that the outcome of Entergy's application was determined before the community had time to weigh in.
The 2015 resolution has gone largely unnoticed, even by city officials involved in utility regulation. Councilwoman Helena Moreno, who chairs the council's utility committee, wasn't aware of it, according to her chief of staff. But it is now a key aspect in a legal dispute between opponents of the power plant and the city.
The plaintiffs in the suit argue that the contracted utility consultants had already made up their minds by the time the power plant application process began. They claim that the process leading up to the vote violated due-process rights and that the advisers played conflicting roles as both advocates for the plant and fact-finders for the City Council.
But the consultants argue that plant opponents are misinterpreting the 2015 resolution. They note that neither the resolution nor a related federal settlement agreement commits Entergy to building a plant, only that the company "use reasonable diligent efforts to pursue" new production capacity in the city.
The 2015 settlement
The 2015 council resolution ratified a portion of larger settlement deal made at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates the interstate transmission and sale of electricity. That settlement was negotiated by the council's utility advisers on its behalf and was finalized in August 2015. The next month, those advisers presented the council with a resolution to approve the settlement.
It passed through the utility committee with no comments in opposition. It was then approved in the full city council through the consent agenda, meaning it didn't come up for public debate.
"The settlement agreement was approved through full public, transparent, full participation meetings at both the FERC and the Council," said the city's lead utility legal adviser, Clint Vince. "It was widely hailed as a very successful negotiation."
According to opponents of the proposed plant, the council didn't properly inform the public that Entergy and the council had a prior agreement on a power plant before Entergy submitted its application.
Two resolutions written by the council's utility advisers in 2016 and 2017 and related to the new plant begin with fairly extensive backgrounds, but nonetheless omit the 2015 resolution. It was mentioned, however, in the resolution that ultimately approved the plant in March 2018.
During Entergy's application process in 2017, plant opponents tried to submit testimony from Dr. Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice that described the 2015 deal and what Wright characterized as the advisers' potential conflict of interest. But the advisers successfully moved to have it stricken from the record.
"This was a hard-fought thing, and I think the advisers were very proud of the settlement they came out with."
—Former City Councilwoman Susan Guidry
The advisers argued that since parts of the testimony dealt with legal interpretations and Wright is not an attorney, those sections should be removed. They also said that Wright's interpretation was wrong.
Emma Hand, who works with Vince at the law firm Dentons US, told The Lens that the settlement and resolution "imposed no requirement for any specific plant to be proposed to the Council and clearly contemplated that any specific proposal, such as [the eastern New Orleans plant], would be required to be reviewed and approved by the Council."
As the advisers noted in their filing asking to have Wright's testimony taken out of the record, the FERC settlement says that Entergy's commitment to pursue a new plant was subject to the "mutually satisfactory resolution of all material considerations," including affordability for ratepayers and whether alternative projects would be more economically feasible.
That language, Vince told The Lens, "gave the Council full jurisdiction over all aspects of the decisions."
An administrative hearing officer, who presides over utility regulation, agreed with the advisers.
But former Councilwoman Susan Guidry, the only member of council to vote against the plant in March 2018, said that the 2015 settlement deal may have had lasting influence over the advisers' decision making.
"This was a hard-fought thing, and I think the advisers were very proud of the settlement they came out with," Guidry said. "So I would think that the advisers saw it as future planning, and a win, something that they would use an outline or guiding document for the future."
Monique Harden, who represents the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the council, told The Lens that whether or not the resolution was binding, it set the course for Entergy's application process. She said that the council and its advisers should have informed people about the context of Entergy's application.
"By keeping it silent, by keeping it covered up, by keeping information stricken from the record, the previous council did not want to come clean on the terms and conditions of their prior deal with Entergy," said Monique Harden, the assistant director of law and policy at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.
On Wednesday, during a meeting of the council's utility committee, Harden criticized Councilman Jay Banks — who joined the council in May 2018, two months after the power plant vote — for recently serving as the director of governmental relations for one of the utility advisers, Legend Consulting Group Limited. In a statement, Banks said that he worked for the company until June 30, 2017 — before he officially qualified as a council candidate for the 2017 election. It's unclear when he began at the firm, but he worked there for much of the plant application process. His name and resume appeared in a 2016 bid for a contract renewal Legend submitted to the council.
"By keeping it silent, by keeping it covered up, by keeping information stricken from the record, the previous council did not want to come clean on the terms and conditions of their prior deal with Entergy."
—Attorney Monique Harden
Banks did not include his work for the advisers on his 2016 or 2017 financial disclosure statements filed with the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
The lawsuit claims that the advisers were biased by their role in negotiating the 2015 FERC settlement. It asks that the council's March 2018 vote be overturned, Entergy's application for the plant be reopened and that the advisers be recused from assisting the council in its decision-making process.
The groups had put that suit on hold in January, pending a potential council vote on a resolution to rescind the plant's approval because of Entergy's alleged role in the hiring of paid actors to appear at 2017 and 2018 council meetings to support the plant. (Entergy New Orleans has denied that it knew about or authorized the scheme.) But council members announced this week that they would not reconsider the plant's approval.
The council is instead considering a resolution that would allow the plant to move forward but impose a $5 million fine against the company. That vote is expected at Thursday's council meeting.
The advisers
New Orleans is rare in that it regulates its utility at the local level, through the City Council, instead of at the state level. It is also set apart by how heavily it relies on outside consultants to perform the responsibilities of regulator.
In 2015, a report from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General found that the city spent 96 percent of its $7.2 million regulatory budget on outside consultants in 2013.
"The issue is not whether the Council should use outside consultants; the issue is whether the Council should use outside consultants for everything," the report said. "The Council's regulatory approach and practices lacked basic controls to ensure transparency, prevent misconduct, and promote effective decision-making."
In 2015, the consultants were called to bat for the city in negotiations between Entergy's various corporate branches, including Entergy New Orleans. After more than 50 years, the companies were ending their Entergy System Agreement, which allowed them to share generation and transmission infrastructure.
The resulting settlement, made at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, included a requirement that Entergy pursue new peak generation within New Orleans. Hand, one of the legal advisers, said the provision was added due to the anticipated closure of the aging Michoud plant.
"The recent mischaracterization of the settlement language is not only unfortunate, but indefensible, and, I fear, intentional."
—Clint Vince, City Council utility adviser
"The whole settlement was a package of different options that Entergy agreed it would start pursuing and taking a look at, and then whatever options out of the set of stuff we knew were reasonable near-term options, that we would hopefully come up with the best combination," she said.
She said that this was vital to ensuring that New Orleans had its own "transmission pricing zone" in the new system that Entergy was joining, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. This would "ensure that [New Orleans] customers would only bear the costs of transmission upgrades that directly benefit [New Orleans] customers," rather than having to pay for upgrades outside of the New Orleans system.
Entergy New Orleans, Vince said, was not seeking an exclusive pricing zone. The advisers pushed for it to be part of the settlement.
"The system agreement termination presented an unusually contentious and complex set of issues," Vince said. "The TPZ issue was particularly threatening to the City because Entergy Louisiana was planning a number of expensive transmission projects in the western part of the state that would have provided little or no benefit to New Orleans ratepayers. However, those ratepayers would have had to bear a significant cost burden."
"The recent mischaracterization of the settlement language is not only unfortunate, but indefensible, and, I fear, intentional," he said.
'Do we dive into the past or dive into the future?'
Former Councilwoman Susan Guidry, the sole no vote in March 2018, told The Lens that although the plan may have made sense in 2015, it isn't the right one in 2019.
"Times change so fast in this industry," she said. "What you thought in 2015 isn't something to rely on today."
She pointed out that Entergy has significantly lowered its demand projections twice since 2015. One of these reductions caused Entergy to withdraw its application for a 226 MW plant and reapply in July 2017 with two options, the original 226 MW plant and the 128 MW alternative that was eventually chosen by the advisers.
She said that new options, such as battery storage as a reserve energy source, have made leaps forward in recent years and made peaking plants a more outdated option. She also pointed to demand response programs, which aim to reduce demand at peak times rather than increasing supply.
"The buck ultimately stops at the city council, not the advisers."
Though the FERC settlement called for alternative projects to be considered, Guidry has previously expressed doubt that they were. When she voted against the plant last year, Guidry said the council lacked a "complete analysis of other alternatives" and was not given a full set of options for conditions — possibly including caps on costs and emissions — that could be included as part of an approval vote.
"Do we dive into the past or dive into the future?" she said this week. "We're at a crossroads. And building this plant is going to send us into the past and we're going to be paying for it long after it's of any further to use to us."
Guidry said that Vince used to call her with updates on the negotiations, describing how he was wrangling concessions from Entergy. In retrospect, however, she said she isn't sure what was going on behind the scenes.
"What's been pretty sickening throughout this process is the City Council being blindly led by the advisers when they bear the responsibility of ensuring that the record is complete and the information is accurate," Harden said. "But the buck ultimately stops at the city council, not the advisers."


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Inter-Research > MEPS > v593 > p73-95
MEPS 593:73-95 (2018) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12505
Spatial patterns of distribution and relative abundance of coastal shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
David Acuña-Marrero1,2,*, Adam N. H. Smith1, Pelayo Salinas-de-León2,3, Euan S. Harvey4, Matthew D. M. Pawley1, Marti J. Anderson5
1Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (INMS), Massey University, 0745 Auckland, New Zealand
2Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador
3Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC 20036, USA
4Curtin University, 6845 Perth, Australia
5New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS), Massey University, 0745 Auckland, New Zealand
*Corresponding author: d.acuna-marrero@massey.ac.nz
ABSTRACT: A better understanding of the patterns of distribution and abundance of sharks and their potential biological and environmental drivers is essential to develop and evaluate spatial management plans for conservation and fisheries. Benthic and pelagic baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) were used to describe spatial and temporal patterns in coastal shark assemblages in the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR). From 629 stereo-BRUV deployments, 877 sharks from 10 species were recorded. Shark assemblages displayed high spatial variation, likely in response to the diversity of habitats occurring in the GMR. The relative importance of environmental and biological drivers differed among shark species according to their mobility. Some species were widespread across the Galapagos Archipelago (GA) but occurred primarily only as either juveniles (Carcharhinus galapagensis) or adults (C. limbatus and Triaenodon obesus), while others were more spatially restricted and associated with geographical features (Sphyrna lewini and Galeocerdo cuvier) or specific habitats (Triakidae spp. and Heterodontus quoyi). The highest diversity of sharks was found in the Centre South bioregion of the GA, in areas with heterogeneous habitat and high overall fish diversity (islets and Floreana Island), while the greatest total abundance of sharks was recorded at the northern oceanic islands of Darwin and Wolf. Overall, the GMR harbours a unique coastal shark community that varies in composition across the GA. It is dominated by large semipelagic species but is also characterised by the presence of less mobile benthic species that are not found near other oceanic islands in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region.
KEY WORDS: Shark conservation · Baited remote underwater video · BRUV · Marine protected areas · Environmental drivers · Shark-habitat selection · Elasmobranchs
Cite this article as: Acuña-Marrero D, Smith ANH, Salinas-de-León P, Harvey ES, Pawley MDM, Anderson MJ (2018) Spatial patterns of distribution and relative abundance of coastal shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 593:73-95. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12505
Published in MEPS Vol. 593. Online publication date: April 12, 2018
Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599


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Q: Paging Server Side Data On Client in Delphi XE using App tethering I have Server And Client App.
From Server side there are 2 buttons.
1st button "Display Data On Server".
2nd button "Send Data to Client".
In a Server side i'm using FDQuery1, SringGrid1, TetheringManager1 and TetheringAppProfile1.
From Client Side only 1 button "Connect".
In a Client Side I'm using StringGrid1, TetheringManager1 and TetheringAppProfile1
So First Client Connecting to the Server then Server Side sending data to client.
Server "Send Data to Client" button
Code:
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
var rec:integer;
begin
  FDQuery1.SQL.Text := 'SELECT * FROM names';
  FDQuery1.Open;
  rec := FDQuery1.RecordCount;
  FDQuery1.First;

  if rec>0 then
  begin
    while not FDQuery1.Eof do
    begin
      TetheringAppProfile1.Resources.FindByName('Vefa').Value:=FDQuery1.FieldByName('Name').AsString;
      FDQuery1.Next;
    end;
  end;

Client Side Receive
Code:
procedure TForm2.TetheringAppProfile1Resources1ResourceReceived(
  const Sender: TObject; const AResource: TRemoteResource);
var i:integer;
begin
  for i := 0 to TetheringAppProfile1.Resources.Count do
    StringGrid1.Cells[1,i]:=AResource.Value.AsString;
end;

But When I send data from Server to Client I see like this:

A: You can collect the names into a TStringList and then send that either as a string, using the TStringList.Text property, or as a stream.
To send as a string (and assuming a resource name = NameList), the SendDataClick event handler could look like this:
procedure TServerForm.btnSendDataClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  sl: TStringList;
begin
  sl := TStringList.Create;
  try
    sl.Add(StringGrid1.Cells[1, 1]);
    sl.Add(StringGrid1.Cells[1, 2]);
    sl.Add(StringGrid1.Cells[1, 3]);
    TetheringAppProfile1.Resources.FindByName('NameList').Value := sl.Text;
  finally
    sl.Free;
  end;
end;

I simply copied the names from the grid, you could do it directly from the db records.
And the client OnResourceReceived:
procedure TClientForm.TetheringAppProfile1Resources2ResourceReceived(
  const Sender: TObject; const AResource: TRemoteResource);
var
  sl: TStringList;
  i: integer;
begin
  sl := TStringList.Create;
  try
    sl.Text := AResource.Value.AsString;
    for i := 0 to sl.Count-1 do
      StringGrid1.Cells[1, i+1] := sl[i];
  finally
    sl.Free;
  end;
end;

I suggest you also read about passing streams in Malcolm Groves blog


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Back before Black Mirror made us question the potential consequences of new technologies, there was another anthology TV series that made us question reality itself. The series in question was, of course, The Twilight Zone. If you missed the original or the subsequent revival attempts don't worry because you'll get a new chance to see what the big fuss is all about in just a couple of months. A new Twilight Zone reboot is currently in the works and will follow closely in the footsteps of the original judging by the teaser revealed during last night's Super Bowl. Check it out below.
The teaser is simple and yet very effective at conveying what the original Twilight Zone was going for. There's surrealism, eerie music, and a narrator that makes every word seem more unsettling than it should. In other words, the perfect formula. Fans of the original will probably tell you that no one can ever replace Rod Serling but Jordan Peele is definitely doing a great job in this first teaser, so we'll just have to wait and see.
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Are you wondering what side dish to prepare for chapati, roti and parathas, here you will find more than 100 side dishes for chapati, roti and pooris both gravy and dry version (South Indian and North Indian Recipes).
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Hey..pls share that tip wid me too.. I never get my rotis lik balloons..
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Choose a dry sabji without fresh coconut and without vegetables with water content like radish, pumpkin etc. You can make tomato thokku (with more oil) for chapati. It will last long.
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Journey of Article 21 in context of Right to Privacy
February 12, 2021 October 23, 2020 by The Legal State
The journey of Article 21 in the context of the Right to Privacy
Introduction to the Right to Privacy
It has been 71 years of the making of our constitution and from that time many amendments have been faced by our constitution in various provisions. But I am talking about that part of the constitution which has now been considered as one of the most important articles of our Indian constitution and it has faced many changes in its meaning and now the scope of this article has become much wider than it was at the beginning of 1990s.
The bare language of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution says like that- NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF HIS LIFE OR PERSONAL LIBERTY EXCEPT ACCORDING TO PROCEDURE ESTABLISHED BY LAW, NOR SHALL ANY PERSON BE DENIED EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW OR THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF INDIA.
But this article includes much more rights than it states in bare language, the scope of the article is much wider than its bare language.
The right to privacy is considered to be the most essential fundamental right of a person and it is considered as a facet of the right to life and personal liberty enshrined under Article 21 of our Indian constitution and the Right to Privacy is recognized as a fundamental right in many judicial pronouncements.
The journey of ARTICLE 21 in the context of RIGHT to PRIVACY is very long, from "KHARAK SINGH VS UNION OF INDIA1" to "GOVIND VS STATE OF M.P2" in 1975 to "R.RAJGOPAL VS UOI3" in 1994 to "JUSTICE K.S. PUTTUSWAMY & ANR. VS UOI & ORS" in 20154. The journey of the right to privacy is very long and it has gained much more meaning to its real definition.
The right to privacy means every person has the right to certain confidential and surreptitious part of their life, which cannot be disclosed in public. And this right of a person is required to be protected by the effect of law and right to privacy is basic human rights in most or we can say in all the countries of the world.
Following are some landmark judgment given by the honorable Supreme Court in the context of the right to privacy:
KHARAK SINGH VS STATE OF U.P. [AIR1963SC1295][1] – A minority opinion recognized the right to privacy as a fundamental right. The minority judges said that the right to privacy was both the right to personal liberty and freedom of movement as well.
GOVIND VS STATE OF M.P[2] In this case, the SC confirmed that the right to privacy is a fundamental right. The right was said to include and protect personal intimacies of the home, marriage, family, motherhood, etc. but it also observed that it was subject to "compelling state subject".
R.RAJGOPAL VS UNION OF INDIA[3]– The apex court said that the right is a part of the right of a person to personal liberty that is guaranteed under the Constitution. It further recognized that the right to privacy can be both an actionable claim and also a fundamental right.
PEOPLE'S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTY VS UNION OF INDIA[4]– This case before the Supreme Court extended the right to privacy to communications. The court laid down regulations in interception provisions in the country like such orders were to be issued by the home secretaries only, the necessity of the information was the considered, etc. Further, it capped two months onto the life of an interception order.
JUSTICE K.S. PUTTUSWAMY & ANR. Vs UOI & ORS"[5] in 2015.- The Unique Identity Scheme was discussed along with the right to privacy. The question before the court was whether such a right is guaranteed under the Constitution. The attorney general of Indian argued that privacy is not a fundamental right guaranteed to Indian citizens.
ALSO READ : Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India -Section 377
The right to privacy (article 21) is essential because it ensures that there will not be any intervention in a person's private life which should not be made in public and it ensures the protection of the individual. The right to privacy is a right to be let a person in his own life and right to let alone or we can say right to take their own space.
We have to understand the right to privacy in its real context it is not a right against physical restraint but it is a right against psychological restraint or encroachment of right.
We need to understand this right as an example, considering a condition of war, suppose we are in a state of war and if government keeps an eye on our all activities and surveillance on our social media activities then we cannot hold the government guilty of infringing our fundamental right of privacy this right is not absolute, it can be dismissed at the time any kind of emergency.
But if we are in normal circumstances like at peace and if the government does anything like this then it will be a violation of our fundamental rights or a woman or a man is indulge in some private act at their personal place or their own premises and a person without their permission enters into their premises then it will be trespass and also that person will be guilty of intervening in a person's privacy i.e. he /she will be held liable for infringing a fundamental right to privacy of a person.
The right to privacy is not explicit in the constitution of India, so it is a subject of judicial interpretation and the discretion of judges. Judicial interpretation and fundamental rights bring it within the purview of the fundamental right.
Right to Privacy (article 21) not only means having our own space in our daily life or in our practical life or in physical matters but it also refers to the virtual world and digital privacy.
It means we have the right to privacy for our internet social life also but it is sometimes infringed by the government also for the purpose of serving security they sometimes keep surveillance on our social media activity and our Google activity but we cannot ask the government any question regarding that so there is need to some improvement in implementing our right to privacy on physical as well as the virtual world.
NIKITA JAISWAL
(Writer, The Legal State)
[1] KHARAK SINGH VS UNION OF INDIA- on 18 December 1962 Equivalent citations: 1963 AIR 1295, 1964 SCR (1) 332
[2] Govind vs State Of Madhya Pradesh & Anr on 18 March 1975.Equivalent citations: 1975 AIR 1378, 1975 SCR (3) 946
[3] R. Rajagopal vs. State Of T.N on 7 October, 1994,Equivalent citations: 1995 AIR 264, 1994 SCC (6) 632
[4] People'S Union Of Civil Liberties … vs. Union Of India (UOI) And Anr. on 18 December, 1996 , Equivalent citations: AIR 1997 SC 568, JT 1997 (1) SC 288, 1996 (9) SCALE 318, (1997) 1 SCC 301, 1996 Supp 10 SCR 321, 1997 (1) UJ 187 SC
[5] Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd.), and ANR. Vs. Union of India and Ors. [AUGUST 24, 2017] Citation : 2017
604 SC Judgment Date : Aug/2017
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Q: Update Z values on a line feature I'm using ArcMap 10.1 with Info License. Here is my issue. I have a section of track line with incorrect Z values applied. There are over 15,000 vertexes that I need to update all at once. I know I can do it manually but that would take forever. Basically I just need to add 2 ft. to the existing Z values.
How can I go about doing this?

A: This can be a bit tricky with polylines as the z-values of each vertice are not immediately accessible through the shape field. You will need to access the polyline geometry object (Shape field) with SHAPE@ and drill down further to get to each point in the polyline geometry. Here is a python and arcpy code snippet for how to access the z-values of the vertices of a specific line in a polyline feature class.
id_field = 'TARGET_FID' #field identifies which features need to be shifted
id_value = 12 #value in id_field that identifies specific feature that needs to be shifted
shift_value = 2
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor("Breaklines", ['SHAPE@', id_field]) as u_cur:
    for row in u_cur:
        if row[1] == id_value:
            geometry = row[0]
            pts = geom.getPart(0) #get polyline geometry
            pt_array = arcpy.Array() #create array to house new points
            for pt in pts:
                pt.Z += shift_value #shift z value
                pt_array.add(pt) #add point to array
            new_polyline_geometry = arcpy.Polyline(pt_array, None, True) #important to enable z-value by having the third parameter set to True
            row[0] = new_polyline_geometry #set row[0] which is SHAPE@ (geometry object)
            u_cur.updateRow(row)

In a nut shell:

*

*loop over the vertices of the polyline geometry

*update each z value of the point geometry

*add the updated point to an array

*once all points in the polyline have been adjusted:

*

*create a new polyline geometry with the point array, making sure to set it to z-enabled

*then update the old polyline geometry with the newly created geometry

Currently this will only work on the first part of the geometry, see pts = geom.getPart(0), however it can be easily edited to work on the line if it has multiple parts. By updating the code and integrating another loop and using the .partCount of the Polyline object.

A: If you use arcpy.da.UpdateCursor, you can access and edit Z-values with 'SHAPE@Z'. Key though, is to use explode_to_points argument; this allows you to cycle through the vertices without having to deal with geometry and array objects.
Required word of caution: arcpy.da.UpdateCursor of course updates your data. Work on a copy of your original data.
fc = "path to fc"
z_increase = 2

with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(fc, 'SHAPE@Z', explode_to_points=True) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        cursor.updateRow([row[0] + z_increase])

A: Block:
def plineZ(shp):
 arr=arcpy.Array();pM=arcpy.Point()
 part=shp.getPart(0);n=len(part)
 for i in xrange(n):
  p=part.getObject(i)
  pM.X=p.X;pM.Y=p.Y;pM.Z=p.Z+2*0.33
  arr.add(pM)
 return arcpy.Polyline(arr)

Expression:
plineZ( !Shape! )
Run it on Shape field using backup copy of feature class. Works for single part polylines only