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Interview de Mme Isabelle Servoz Gallucci (Conseil de l'Europe)
What are the main priorities and objectives of the Council of Europe in Kosovo?
Wherever the Council of Europe works, it protects and promotes human rights, democracy and rule of law. Here, the Council of Europe has concentrated its efforts on activities related to an efficient judiciary, the fight against economic crime and money laundering, minority rights protection, cultural diversity, access to education, inclusive education, freedom of expression and of the media, and election observation. The Council of Europe works to support local efforts, including through backing up the important work of civil society organisations such as PL4Y International.
According to you, how can sport be a tool to bring people together?
Sport brings communities together and has therefore a social and cultural impact. It is a unifying tool. It is an opportunity to receive education. It is a language that everyone understands and a tool of mutual understanding. This can actually be summed up by referring to the Olympic Games philosophy of friendship, respect and excellence. Sport helps developing more cohesive, tolerant and inclusive communities that value diversity.
Why did the Council of Europe decide to support PL4Y International's activities in Kosovo?
The Council of Europe promotes the above-mentioned core values notably through the carrying out of activities bringing people together. When it came to support a project aiming at contributing to social inclusion of youth in society, especially of children and youngsters from minority communities, the Council of Europe sought the best partner to implement it in practice. Considering the long experience of PL4Y International in the whole region, and the aim of the organisation to – precisely – contribute to the social inclusion of all kids, especially the most vulnerable through sport and games, PL4Y International appeared to be the best possible partner. And the Council of Europe is very pleased with this choice, which proved to be the right one.
Finally, we were very pleased to welcome you to our Joint Event in Skenderaj. What are your impressions on this day?
The Joint Event was a real success! Some 70 kids from Albanian, Roma and Serbian communities gathered, playing altogether all day; trainers and volunteers, also from different communities, whose time, energy and commitment was genuine and sincere. No political consideration, one common language: sport. There was laughter, fun, enthusiasm and friendship. It was a success not only because it brought together kids from all communities, religions and cultures, but also because it could not have been organised without the strong commitment and dedication of all the partners involved, including the local authorities, and of course the parents who saw the value of encouraging their children to participate in the event in Skënderaj/Srbica, despite the difficult experiences and history which exists between people in this region.
Thank you for the invitation, for the great time spent there, for the wonderful work carried out with the kids, the trainers and volunteers. And you went far beyond than that as the project, indirectly and inevitably, brought together the local partners, stakeholders and the parents. Thank you for your impressive efforts and unfailing dedication. Your action, our support together with other partners, have been rewarded, and we have once again learned from children: they showed – and reminded – us the way for integration and inclusiveness, respect and tolerance.


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Q: Google Sheets, Multiple IF, AND Statements with point ranges So I am using a google spreadsheet to track students points on a math test. I give them a grade based on their points and there end up being a lot of alternatives. We have levelled points so the information below shows first the grade they would get then the total points they got and then the C or higher level points they have.
E   5 pts

D   7 pts 2 c+

C   9 pts 3 c+

B   11pts 5 c+

A   13 pts 6 c+

Currently, I have a Google sheet that tallies up there points when I input and I have a column for total points and C or higher points.
I was attempting to do it with multiple IF and AND statements but it isn't working correctly (I end up with the wrong Grade coming out)
Here is the code I tried:
=If(W3<5,"F",IF(AND(W3>=5,X3<2),"E",If(AND(W3>=7,1<X3<3),"D",If(AND(7<W3<9,X3>=2),"D",IF(AND(W3>=9,2<X3<5),"C",IF(AND(8<W3<11,X3>=3),"C",IF(AND(W3>=11,4<X3<6),"B",IF(AND(10<W3<13,X3>=5),"B","A"))))))))

I'm hoping there is an easier way to do this or someone spots my mistake. It isn't the end of the world if it isn't possible because I can just look at the results but it is more fun to be able to figure out how to have it down automatically.

A: ARRAYFORMULA variant of this solution which will auto-populate grades for all rows. can be pasted in any column on the second row
={"GRADE";
 ARRAYFORMULA(IF(LEN(W3:W),
              IF(W3:W<5,  "F",
              IF(W3:W<7,  "E",
              IF(X3:X<2,  "E",
              IF(W3:W<9,  "D",
              IF(X3:X<3,  "D",
              IF(W3:W<11, "C",
              IF(X3:X<5,  "C",
              IF(W3:W<12, "B",
              IF(X3:X<6,  "B", "A"))))))))), ))}

A: Google sheets doesn't like logical expressions with more than one operator (e.g., 1<X3<2), so those will need to be broken up into two expressions with the AND() operator (e.g., AND(1<X3, X3<2)).
There seem to be some holes in the possible value combinations though, which become obvious if you graph them out:

A simpler way to write the logic would be to take a kind of "weaving" pattern to each successive conditional, as illustrated below. This approach lets us avoid having to describe ranges or use AND() operators, and ensures there are no combinations that are undefined.

This approach can be described in pseudocode as:
1:  if      (W3 < 5)  F
2:  else if (W3 < 7)  E
3:  else if (X3 < 2)  E
4:  else if (W3 < 9)  D
5:  else if (X3 < 3)  D
6:  else if (W3 < 11) C
7:  else if (X3 < 5)  C
8:  else if (W3 < 12) B
9:  else if (X3 < 6)  B
10: else              A

The Google Sheets formula for this would be:
=IF(W3<5,"F",IF(W3<7,"E",IF(X3<2,"E",IF(W3<9,"D",IF(X3<3,"D",IF(W3<11,"C",IF(X3<5,"C",IF(W3<12,"B",IF(X3<6,"B","A")))))))))

A: One method is to use the AND operator repeatedly to limit the value range. If the answer can be further simplified, please kindly share in this post.
The following code demonstrates how to use AND operators repeatedly to limit the value range:
=If(W3<5,"F",IF(AND(W3>=5,X3<2),"E",If(AND(W3>=7,1<X3<3),"D",If(AND(AND(6<W3,W3<9),X3>=2),"D",IF(AND(W3>=9,AND(2<X3,X3<5)),"C",IF(AND(AND(8<W3,W3<11),X3>=3),"C",IF(AND(W3>=11,AND(4<X3,X3<6)),"B",IF(AND(AND(10<W3,W3<13),X3>=5),"B",IF(AND(W3>=13,X3>=6),"A","undefined")))))))))

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Published by the Pirate FM News Team at 8:02am 15th December 2013.
We are being urged to have our say over the service we get from Cornwall's biggest hospitals.
It is as inspectors from the Care Quality Commission prepare to visit early next year.
They want to know what we think of Treliske, the West Cornwall in Penzance and St Michael's hospital in Hayle.
Before the inspection in the New Year, the CQC will be holding 2 listening events to hear local people's views about the Trust and its services. The events are both taking place on 21st January at 6.30pm, with one at Truro College and the other at St John's Hall on Alverton Street in Penzance.
"The Care Quality Commission have updated their inspection methods, and as part of the new system they are keen to hear from local people about their views and experiences of services from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
"I am disappointed that the CQC aren't holding an event in North or East Cornwall and I have raised my concerns about this with them. I know that the event in Truro will be too far for most people in North Cornwall to attend, but if you still want to make your views know before the inspection you can e-mail the Care Quality Commission on enquiries@cqc.org.uk<mailto:enquiries@cqc.org.uk>."


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El St. Johnstone Football Club es un equipo de fútbol profesional de Escocia, situado en la localidad de Perth. Fue fundado en 1884, y actualmente está en la Premier League escocesa.

Debe su nombre a que, en la Edad Media, la ciudad de Perth era conocida como St. John's Toun por Juan Bautista. En el escudo aparece un Agnus Dei asociado a ese santo.

Historia

El equipo de fútbol St. Johnstone se funda en 1884, a partir de varios miembros del equipo de cricket de Perth que querían realizar otro deporte cuando la temporada de cricket concluía. Poco después se convirtió en el principal club local. Durante su historia el St. Johnstone tuvo poco éxito en las competiciones nacionales, aunque en 1969 consiguió llegar a la final de la Copa de Escocia para caer ante el Celtic Glasgow.

Su mejor temporada la realizaron en 1970-71, cuando St. Johnstone terminó en tercera posición solo por detrás de Celtic y Aberdeen. Esto les permitió jugar por primera vez la Copa de la UEFA en 1971, y en esa edición eliminaron a Hamburgo SV y Vasas Budapest para terminar cayendo ante el NK Zeljeznicar. El equipo jugó en Primera hasta la temporada de 1975, cuando se reestructuró el campeonato y el equipo de Perth fue relegado a la First Division.

Regresó a la máxima competición en 1983, aunque solo estuvo una temporada y después descendió en dos ocasiones consecutivas hasta caer a la Second Division en 1986. Esto provocó una crisis económica en la institución, que terminó con el abandono del propietario. Pero el traslado al nuevo estadio de McDiarmid Park fue un revulsivo para el St. Johnstone, que terminó por ascender a la Premier League en 1990. Aunque en liga no realizaban grandes papeles, sus máximas intervenciones las realizaban en las competiciones de Copa de Escocia y Copa de la Liga, llegando a la final de esta última competición en 1998-99 que perdió ante Glasgow Rangers.

Tradicionalmente St. Johnstone está considerado un equipo ascensor que suele descender a Primera División y ascender a la Premier con frecuencia. Su última participación en Premier fue en la temporada 2003-04, y tras cinco años en la segunda categoría regresó a la máxima competición en la temporada 2009-10.

Equipación
 Uniforme titular: Camiseta azul con laterales blancos, pantalón blanco y medias azules.
 Uniforme alternativo: Camiseta celeste con laterales azules, pantalón y medias celestes.

Estadio
St. Johnstone juega sus partidos como local en McDiarmid Park, un campo situado a las afuertas de Perth. Es un campo con capacidad para 10.800 personas, que fue inaugurado en el año 1989. Posee todas sus gradas cubiertas, tiene hierba natural, y es el primer estadio de Escocia que tenía todas sus localidades de asiento.

Debe su nombre a Bruce McDiarmid, un granjero local que cedió sus terrenos como regalo a la ciudad.

Participación en competiciones de la UEFA

Jugadores

Jugadores destacados
  Tommy Cairns
  Callum Davidson
  Alex MacDonald
  Stevie May
  Neil McBain
  Ally McCoist
  David McCracken
  Danny Griffin
  Paul Ramsey
  Nick Dasovic
  Fran Sandaza
  Jason Scotland

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Entrenadores

  Peter Grant (1919–20)
  Jimmy Buchan (1920–22)
  David Taylor (1924–31)
  Tommy Muirhead (1931–36)
  David Rutherford (1936–47)
  Jimmy Crapnell (1947–53)
  Johnny Pattillo (1953–58)
  Bobby Brown (1958–67)
  Willie Ormond (1967–73)
  Jackie Stewart (1973–76)
  Jim Storrie (1976–78)
  Alex Stuart (1978–80)

  Alex Rennie (1980–85)
  Ian Gibson (1985–87)
  Alex Totten (1987–92)
  John McClelland (1992–93)
  Paul Sturrock (agosto de 1993–septiembre de 1998)
  Sandy Clark (septiembre de 1998–septiembre de 2001)
  Billy Stark (abril de 2001)
  John Connolly (mayo de 2004)
  Owen Coyle (abril de 2005–noviembre de 2007)
  Derek McInnes (noviembre de 2007–octubre de 2011)
  Alec Cleland (interino) (octubre de 2011–3 de noviembre de 2011)
  Steve Lomas (noviembre de 2011–junio de 2013)
  Tommy Wright (junio de 2013-)

Récords
 Mayor asistencia:
 Recreation Grounds: 12,000 vs Clydebank (Division Two, 14 de abril de 1923)
 Muirton Park: 29,972 vs Dundee (Scottish Cup, 10 de febrero de 1951)
 McDiarmid Park: 10,545 vs Dundee (Premier Division, 23 de mayo de 1999)
 Mayor victoria: 13–0 vs Tulloch (Copa Perthshire, 17/9/1887)
 Peor derrota: 11–1 vs Montrose (Liga del Norte, 1/4/1893)
 Mayor racha sin derrotas: 21 (2008–09)
 Mayor compra: £400,000 por Billy Dodds (Dundee, 1994)
 Mayor venta: £1,750,000 por Callum Davidson (Blackburn Rovers, 1998)
 Más apariciones con su selección nacional: Nick Dasovic – 26 apariciones con
 Más apariciones con el club: Alan Main – 361
 Máximo goleador histórico: John Brogan – 140
 Más goles en una temporada: Jimmy Benson – 44 (1931–32)
 Más goles en un partido: Willie McIntosh – 6 (vs Albion Rovers, League Cup, 9/3/1946)

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Palmarés

Torneos Regionales (50)

Supplementary Cup (1): 1948-49
Dewar Shield (8): 1907-08, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1934-35, 1958-59, 1960-61, 1966-67, 1982-83
Forfarshire Cup (5): 1992-93, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2011-12
Perthshire Cup (24): 1889-90, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1895-96, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1920-21, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1963-64
Atholl Cup (5): 1899-00, 1900-01, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08
Wallace Cup (3): 1922-23, 1925-26, 1927-28
Reid Charity Cup (4): 1888-89, 1889-90, 1894-95, 1895-96

Torneos Nacionales (10)

Scottish Championship (Segunda División) (7): 1923-24, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1996-97, 2008-09
Copa de Escocia (2): 2013-14, 2020-21
Copa de la Liga de Escocia (1): 2020-21
Scottish Challenge Cup (1): 2007-08

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Sitio web oficial
 St. Johnstone en UEFA.com
 St. Johnstone en BBC Sport
 con informaciones , resultados , clasificaciones  y estadísticas
 soccerway.com

St. Johnstone FC
Equipos de fútbol de Escocia

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Graduate clinicians in the School of Health and Medical Sciences' Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) and Physician Assistant (PA) programs participated in an Interprofessional Education (IPE) experience on Friday, September 7th. The IPE experience co-organized by SLP and PA faculty allowed first-year students from each program to collaborate while performing physical examinations specific to their respective training. Co-leads of the interprofessional experience are Nina Capone Singleton, PhD, CCC-SLP and Michelle McWeeney, MS, PA-C. In addition, faculty members Tatiana Dell'Aquila, MS, PA-C, Christine Fernandez, MD and Abby Saunders, MS, PA-C, supervised the students along with adjunct faculty who are alumni of the Department of SLP: Matthew Masiello, MS, CCC-SLP, Christina Barnes, MS, CCC-SLP, and Stefani LaManna, MS, CCC-SLP.
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This initiative is just one of many best practices implemented at SHMS to develop in future healthcare providers the team building skills and partnership necessary to provide patient centered care. By bringing students from different disciplines together, it also encourages an understanding across disciplines, which is vital to providing improved healthcare outcomes for patients. The IPE experience additionally aims to build empathy for the patient populations served. The students were excited to work with and learn from one another, and the faculty continues to create additional interprofessional education opportunities.
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As fans know by now, Khloe was not at all happy about the rumors that she is expecting her second child with her ex, Tristan Thompson! That being said, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star wanted to make it as clear as possible that was not the case, in a series of tweets.
Now, one insider explains why she was so 'upset' about the pregnancy speculations and felt the need to clap back.
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Home History and Culture Historical Account of African Moors and how they civilized Europe.
Historical Account of African Moors and how they civilized Europe.
Haruna Mwanje
About four hundred and twelve years ago, King Phillip III of Spain passed a decree. This was one of the earliest examples of ethnic cleansing.
King Phillip III ordered the expulsion of hundreds of thousand Muslim Moors at the importance of the Spanish inquiry. This initiated the most brutal occurrences in the history of Spain.
In reality, it was ancient Africans that brought civilization to Spain and large parts of Europe. It is not the other way around as many scholars relate. A knowledge which they get from traditional wisdom.
The Moorish people from North Africa arrived in Spain in 700 A.D. These are the Africans that civilized the primitive European tribes.
In this article, we shed more light on Moorish advances in mathematics, space science, art, and philosophy. We will show you how these advances helped drive Europe out of the Dark Ages into the Renaissance.
Before the Moors, the first civilization of Europe was established on Crete, island of the Greek. This was in 1700 BC and the Greeks were primarily civilized by the Black Africans of the Nile Valley.
The Greeks then passed on this acquired culture to the Romans who in the end lost it. This led to the Dark Ages that lasted for five centuries. The Moors reintroduced civilization to Europe. This is the group of Black Africans that brought the Dark Ages to an end.
When history is taught in Europe, the period called the "Middle Ages" is generally referred to as the "Dark Ages." This is described as the period during which civilization in general, including the arts and sciences, laid rather idle. Of course, this was true for Europeans but not for Africans.
According to Cheikh Anta Diop, "During the Middle ages, the great empires of the world were Black (African) empires. The educational and cultural centers of the world were mainly African. Moreover, during that period, it was the Europeans who were the unruly barbarians."
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, many of European warring tribes from the Caucasus were pushed into Western Europe. This was due to the invading Hun tribe. The Moors (who were mainly Muslims) invaded Spanish shores in 711 A.D. Africans civilized the wild European tribes from the Caucus. They (The Moors) eventually ruled over Spain, Portugal, North Africa and Southern France for over seven hundred years.
Generations of Spanish rulers have tried to erase this era from the historical record. However, recent scholarship sheds new light on how Moorish advances in mathematics, astronomy, art, and philosophy helped propel Europe out of the Dark Ages into recovery.
A famous British historian, Basil Davidson, notes that "During the eighth century, there was no land more admired by its neighbor, or more comfortable to live in, than a rich African civilization which took shape in Spain."
The Moors were unquestionably Black. This is why in the 16th century, an English playwright, William Shakespeare, used "Moor" as a synonym for African.
Moorish Spain and the rest of Europe
Education was universal in Muslim Spain. In Christian Europe, however, 99 percent of the population was illiterate. Even kings could neither read nor write. The Moors boasted a remarkably high literacy rate for a pre-modern society.
During an era when Europe had only two universities, the Moors had seventeen in Spain. The founders of Oxford University were inspired to form the institution after visiting universities in Spain. According to the United Nations' Education body, "The oldest university operating in the world today is the University of Al-Karaouine." This university is located in Morocco. It was founded during the times of the Moorish empire in 859 A.D. by a black woman named Fatima al-Fihri.
In Mathematics, the number zero (0), the Arabic numerals, and the decimal system were all introduced to Europe by Africans. This assisted them to solve problems far more quickly and accurately, laying a foundation for the Scientific Revolution.
The Moors' scientific curiosity extended to flight and polymath. Ibn Firnas made the world's first scientific attempt to fly in a controlled manner in 875 A.D. His attempt worked, but his landing was less successful. However, Africans took to the skies some six centuries before the Italian Leonardo Da Vinci developed a hang glider.
Therefore, the Moors helped to lift the general European public out of the "Dark Ages." This paved the way for the Renaissance period. In fact, a large number of the traits on which modern Europe brags came to it from Black (Muslim) Spain. Namely; free trade, diplomacy, open borders, etiquette, advanced seafaring, research methods, and key advances in chemistry.
Further advancement
At a time, the Moors built 600 public baths and the rulers lived in luxurious palaces. Monarchs of Germany, France, and England convinced their subjects that cleanliness was a sin at about the same period. The European kings dwelt in big barns, with no windows or chimneys, often with only a hole in the roof. This was for the exit of smoke.
In the 10th century, Cordoba was not just the capital of Moorish Spain. It was also the most important and modern city in Europe.
Cordoba had a population of half a million. It also had street lighting, fifty hospitals with running water, five hundred mosques, and seventy libraries. One of the libraries held over half a million books. All of these achievements occurred at a time when London had a predominantly illiterate population of around twenty thousand.
This population had largely forgotten the technical advances of the Romans some six hundred years before. Street lamps and paved streets did not appear in London or Paris until hundreds of years later.
The old-fashioned Christian Europe was a miserable lot. It was characterized by wide spread squalor, barbarism, illiteracy, and mysticism.
In Europe's great Age of Exploration, Spain and Portugal were the leaders in global seafaring. It was the Moorish advances in navigational technology that paved way for the Age of Exploration. Such advances include the astrolabe and sextant, plus their improvements in cartography, and ship building.
Thus, the era of Western global dominance of the past half-millennium originated from the African Moorish sailors. These were the Moors of the Iberian Peninsula during the 1300s.
Africans and the discovery of America
African Moors, among others, had established contact with Americans before Spanish Monarchs commissioned Columbus' search for land to the West. They had also left a lasting impression on Native culture. One can only wonder how Columbus could have "discovered" America when a highly-civilized people watched him arrive on America's Shores!
An irresistible body of new evidence proves that Africans had frequently sailed across the Atlantic to the Americas. This evidence dates many years before Columbus and indeed before Christ.
Dr. Barry Fell of Harvard University highlights an array of evidence of Moors in America before Columbus.
This is in scriptures, oral traditions, coins, eye witness reports, ancient artifacts, Arabic documents, and inscriptions.
The strongest evidence of African presence in America before Columbus comes from the pen of Columbus himself.
In 1920, an American historian and a linguist, Leo Weiner of Harvard University, explained how Columbus noted in his journal in his book. Weiner presented this in his book titled "Africa and the Discovery of America".
From his explanation, Columbus notes that the Native Americans had confirmed that "Dark skin people had come from the South-East. They came in boats, trading in gold-tipped spears."
The Moors in Spain not only collected and spread the intellectual advances of ancient Egypt, Greece and Roman civilization. They also expanded on that civilization and made their own vital contributions.
These were in fields of astronomy, pharmacology, maritime navigation, architecture, and law.
There are long-time false tales given by some western scholars. One of them is that, "The African continent made little or no contributions to civilization." Another speaks of how its people are naturally primitive. These have, unfortunately, become the basis of racial bias, slavery, colonialism and the ongoing economic oppression of Africa.
If Africans continue to re-write their true history, they will reveal a glory that they will unavoidably seek to evoke. After all, the greatest threat towards Africa is having a glorious past.
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Q: Visual Studio 2015: C++ REST API (Casablanca) failing compilation in VS includes/headers I installed Visual Studio 2015 Professional edition today and created a C++ Win32 console application
Then I want to use C++ REST SDK (Casablanca), so I downloaded it v14 using NuGet package manager And created a sample program using this link
However, when I compiled, I am getting errors in VS includes..

Clicked on first error, it takes to here

Can't understand why VS includes are failing compilation.
So, I created another project and just put "hello world" and it worked fine
Please help
Edit: Pasting error test

1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(100): error C2737: 'std::is_same_v': 'constexpr' object must be initialized
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(100): error C2998: 'const bool std::is_same_v': cannot be a template definition
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(245): error C2737: 'std::is_integral_v': 'constexpr' object must be initialized
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(245): error C2998: 'const bool std::is_integral_v': cannot be a template definition
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(282): error C2737: 'std::is_floating_point_v': 'constexpr' object must be initialized
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(282): error C2998: 'const bool std::is_floating_point_v': cannot be a template definition
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(295): error C2737: 'std::is_arithmetic_v': 'constexpr' object must be initialized
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(295): error C2998: 'const bool std::is_arithmetic_v': cannot be a template definition
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xstddef(697): error C2737: 'std::is_function_v': 'constexpr' object must be initialized
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xstddef(697): error C2998: 'const bool std::is_function_v': cannot be a template definition
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1113): error C3861: '__builtin_huge_valf': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1118): error C3861: '__builtin_nanf': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1123): error C3861: '__builtin_nansf': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1176): error C3861: '__builtin_huge_val': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1181): error C3861: '__builtin_nan': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1186): error C3861: '__builtin_nans': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1239): error C3861: '__builtin_huge_val': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1244): error C3861: '__builtin_nan': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\limits(1249): error C3861: '__builtin_nans': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(524): error C2275: '_To': illegal use of this type as an expression
1>  c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(521): note: see declaration of '_To'
1>  c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(526): note: see reference to class template instantiation 'std::is_assignable<_To,_From>' being compiled
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(524): error C2275: '_From': illegal use of this type as an expression
1>  c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(522): note: see declaration of '_From'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(524): error C3861: '__is_assignable': identifier not found
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(524): error C2975: '_Val': invalid template argument for 'std::integral_constant', expected compile-time constant expression
1>  c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\xtr1common(21): note: see declaration of '_Val'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(1245): error C2061: syntax error: identifier '__make_integer_seq'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(1249): error C2065: '_Vals': undeclared identifier
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(1249): error C2975: '_Vals': invalid template argument for 'std::integer_sequence', expected compile-time constant expression
1>  c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(1190): note: see declaration of '_Vals'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(1252): error C2061: syntax error: identifier 'make_integer_sequence'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 14.0\vc\include\type_traits(1261): error C2631: 'identity': a class or enum cannot be defined in an alias template
1>c:\users\arunav\documents\visual studio 2015\projects\consoleapplication1\consoleapplication1\stdafx.cpp : fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation

A: I installed Visual Studio Community Edition 2015. After that I installed Casablanca from NuGet. And all worked. I seems that the installation was corrupted / was a RC, as
Casablanca Version --> cpprestsdk.v140.windesktop.msvcstl.dyn.rt-dyn.2.8.0


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Cruz returns to Trump's 'New York values' in Iowa attack ad
By Jesse Byrnes - 01/25/16 06:54 PM EST
Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzSunday shows preview: Lawmakers gear up for Senate impeachment trial Senate GOP mulls speeding up Trump impeachment trial The Hill's Morning Report — President Trump on trial MORE's presidential campaign has launched an ad attacking Republican rival Donald Trump as embracing "New York values."
The 30-second ad running statewide in Iowa Tuesday starts with video of Trump noting he's "lived in New York City and Manhattan all my life."
"So my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa," the celebrity real estate tycoon adds in the video.
The ad goes on to hit Trump over his previous support for abortion rights, including footage of him saying he's "pro-choice in every respect" when asked in an interview if he'd ban partial-birth abortion.
The spot also features a clip of Trump knocking Iowa voters during a campaign rally when he said, "How stupid are the people of Iowa?"
Trump made that comment during a rally in November when he was battling Ben Carson and cast doubt on the retired neurosurgeon's story of once trying to stab someone.
The ad released Monday evening doubles down on the Texas senator's attack against Trump's "New York values." Democrats including Hillary Clinton, as well as some Republicans from New York, have slammed Cruz for the comments.
Trump has invoked the response from New York City to the 9/11 terrorist attacks to push back on the criticism.
Cruz and Trump are sparring with just a week to go until the Iowa caucuses Feb. 1.
The businessman's campaign launched its first attack ad on Friday targeting Cruz on immigration, and Cruz hit back with an ad going after Trump on eminent domain.
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3020.one Planet
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Welcome. You have landed in the middle of a story on Moon 17.
This story began on page 4320 and as started to be recorded in Moon 1.
This story is working its way into the future to page 1,
which will be on June 10th, 2030. Will you be on the same pages with us?
March 26-April 24, pages 3674-3646
As the people of 3020 watched the old movie, exactly 1000 years old, they saw how much fear had gripped the planet in the year of 2020, but at the same time, there were also glimmers of hope. An entire school of 500 Navajo children and adults who were living in the middle of Apache country continued to dream their dreams in a time when the people of the world had forgotten how to dream.
These Navajo were an ancient people who had been taught the power of dreaming from their ancestors. Navajo is not what they originally called themselves. The word Navajo was only first used in 1780. The Navajo and Apache were like one family, one clan at a time. The Navajo clan lived in a vast valley and when the Spanish first came upon them they called them "Apaches de Navajo." The was a word from Spanish which means "farm fields in the valley." They were thus labeled as "Apaches who farm fields in the valley," and this was eventually shortened to just "Navajo." But this is not what they called themselves. They called themselves, and still refer to themselves as "Diyin Dine'" or "Children of the Holy People," and they often just shorten that to Dine' and this is the language they also speak. They speak Dine'. Because of it's complexity, it was used as a secret code by the U.S. Marines in WWII. The military referred to the Dine' as "Code Talkers."
News of a Pandemic, a virus the labeled as Covid-19, spread quickly across the entire planet as the people had easy access to instant communication from every country. The virus seemed to spread as fast as the fires in the Amazon and Indonesia, but now that this spread was endangering their own health and life, the people began to wake up. As the death toll rose from the virus, fear gripped many people. Markets began to crash, companies began to close, and unemployment was on the rise. Many people didn't know how they would pay their mortgage or rent or buy food, and so they hunkered down into survival mode.
The principal of the Dine' school, on the other hand, knew that he had to keep dreams of his children above the cloud of fear. He was there to see a better future for the generations to come. He wanted to create a clear path to a future that had a healthy Earth with clean oceans, pure water, clear air, with sustainable communities that worked with each other harmoniously.
He did the math to make sure that his focus was in tack. The world population at that time was just under 8,000,000,000. The number of people who had contracted the Covid19 virus as of March 27, 2020 was reported at 529,000. This was much less than 1% of the entire world population which meant that over 99.999% of the world did not have the virus and remained cautious but healthy. He looked at the number of deaths and those who survived the virus; the survival rate was 81%. There was much hope.
The principal worked at a small school in the Dine' village in North America. He would tell his students of the Global Goals. Even though they lived far from the ocean, and most had never even seen it, they learned about goal #14 which was to help clean the oceans and they wondered how they could help. They knew that they were all connected. The vision of their school was "Every Dream Achieved" and so the principal set out to collect all the dreams of the students and teachers in the village. He kept them in the "Dream Safe." He gave each dream a page number because he knew it was an important part of their story. Each year, on March 14, Pi Day, he would ask the students to give their revised dreams. He knew that as they grew and evolved in their consciousness, so would their dreams. He recalled a verse from his childhood upbringing, "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me."
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B and I love traveling. We've been around the globe together, from Cambodia to Mexico City, Burlington to Los Angeles.
I'm not gonna lie, traveling has slowed down a bit since FW was born eight months ago. Since then, the only places we've gone outside of Cleveland have been New York to see my family and Columbus for a weekend getaway. But we finally got in a little family vacation, with a trip to Asheville and Atlanta.
1. Go early. We bought tickets for 9 a.m. and got to the house around that time. It was great- not only was it nearly empty (look at all my photos – where are all the people?!) but it was prime time for FW. He is a morning person and naps well in the a.m. so going there when he was in a good mood – and then sleepy – was perfect! He was great for the self-guided house tour and even napped a little bit.
Selfie when got there. See – nobody on the lawn or anywhere!
Don't waste time going to the ticket office the day-of your visit. You'll either waste time in line or not be able to get in and see the house when you want (fact- this happened to B and I a few years ago when we first went to Asheville around Christmastime. We went to get tickets the day of and they were sold out!). Instead, buy tickets in advance. I've been told that some AAA offices sell discount tickets (not the ones in Cleveland, sadly), but if you buy your tickets more than week in advance, the Biltmore often offers a discount. And if you're going with a baby, great news – they're free!
My definition of "traveling light" has changed significantly since FW was born. Babies need so much stuff! But for the Biltmore, since I knew we'd be walking around a lot and have a baby to carry, I wanted to bring as little stuff as possible. And we did! In my Baggu (which has become my all-purpose FW bag) I had our Skip Hop diaper changing system with some diapers and wipes, 2 small toys, a bottle, my wallet, my Baby Bjorn and our tickets. That was it. And guess what – I didn't even use any of the toys OR the bottle during the trip!
4. Go stroller-less if possible.
5. Explore more than just the house.
The Biltmore is more than just the beautiful historic home. It has several gardens, a village (with a winery!), walking trails, ponds, etc. If your baby is being good, explore as much of it as possible! And if you're going early (see tip #1), you'll find you have much of the grounds to yourself.
I highly recommend you visit the Biltmore the next time you're in Asheville. It's a great place to check out – with or without a baby!
I definitely need to get back there too! We had to miss out on the winery because it wasn't open yet when we were there on a Sunday.


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About EBLIP
Obtaining Journal Titles via Big Deals Most Cost Effective Compared to Individual Subscriptions, Pay-Per-View, and Interlibrary Loan
Kathleen Reed Vancouver Island University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9972-9322
https://doi.org/10.18438/B8132V
A Review of:
Lemley, T., & Li, J. (2015). "Big deal" journal subscription packages: Are they worth the cost? Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 12(1), 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2015.1001959
Objective – To determine if "Big Deal" journal subscription packages are a cost-effective way to provide electronic journal access to academic library users versus individual subscriptions, pay-per-view, and interlibrary loans (ILL).
Design – Cost-per-article-use analysis.
Setting – Public research university in the United States of America.
Subjects – Cost-per-use data from 1) journals in seven Big Deal packages, 2) individually subscribed journals, 3) pay-per-view from publishers' websites, and 4) interlibrary loans.
Methods – The authors determined cost-per-use for Big Deal titles by utilizing COUNTER JR1 metric Successful Full-Text Article Request (SFTAR) reports. Individual journal subscription cost-per-use data were obtained from individual publishers or platforms. Pay-per-view cost was determined by recording the price listed on publishers' websites. ILL cost-per-use was established by reviewing cost-per-article obtained from libraries outside of reciprocal borrowing agreement networks. With the exception of pay-per-view numbers, title cost-per-use was averaged over a three-year period from 2010 through 2012.
Main Results – Cost-per-article use for journals from Big Deals varied from $2.11 to $9.42. For individually subscribed journals, the average cost-per-article ranged from $0.25 to $84.00. Pay-per-view charges ranged from $15.00 to $80.00, with an average cost of $37.72.
Conclusion – The authors conclude that Big Deals are cost effective, but that they consume such a large amount of funds that they limit the purchase of other resources. The authors go on to outline the options for libraries thinking about Big Deal packages. First, libraries should keep Big Deal packages in place if the average cost-per-article is less than individual subscriptions. Second, libraries could subscribe only to the most-used journals in Big Deals, cancel the packages, and rely on ILL and pay-per-view access. Third, consortia could be joined to favourably negotiate Big Deal package prices. Fourth, Big Deals could be dropped completely. Fifth, individual libraries armed with JR1 reports can negotiate with publishers for better deals.
Kathleen Reed, Vancouver Island University
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Reed, K. (2016). Obtaining Journal Titles via Big Deals Most Cost Effective Compared to Individual Subscriptions, Pay-Per-View, and Interlibrary Loan. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 11(1), 66–67. https://doi.org/10.18438/B8132V
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25 Family-Friendly Halloween Movies for Kids That Will Give Everyone a Delightful Fright
Satisfyingly hair-raising.
By Dana Baardsen and Latifah Miles
Clue kids in on the spooky side of Halloween that goes beyond tricks and treats. With a range of classic and contemporary films — from Beetlejuice shenanigans to Casper the Friendly Ghost — it's fun to experience the scares with a little silliness. These family-friendly films will give you chills, thrills, and a lot of laughs this October.
Oh, and don't worry, we could never forget to add the classics to this list. There's just something about classic Halloween flicks that makes them all so eerily relevant today, and we still can't quite figure out what it is. Maybe those witches we were watching really were casting love spells. Anyway, check out our top picks.
It's 1993 on Allhallows Eve, and someone has lit the black flame candle. Three wild witches rise from the dead, fully intending to suck the lives out of little children so they can stay young forever.
Scary? Not in the least. Hocus Pocus will have your child laughing as Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy experience a modern Halloween night that gets interrupted by three determined kids and a talking cat.
More: Classic Halloween Movies If You're In the Mood for a Scare
Double, Double Toil and Trouble
Hollywood's dynamic sisterly duo is stirring up double the trouble in this made-for-TV Halloween classic from 1993.
Upon discovering their Aunt Agatha is an evil witch who's holding her own sister captive and aiming to destroy the twins' father's life, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are determined to overcome their aunt's black magic.
Coco might be the cutest Dia de los Muertos flick out there, but it's still packed with plenty of spooks. This story of a young boy who wanders into a different world to learn about his ancestry is beautifully told through music, fun characters, and eye-catching graphics.
D.J. Walters is known for having a wild imagination, and while that might sound like a good thing, it's not. He believes that his neighbor is responsible for Mrs. Nebbercracker's disappearance — but no one believes him. Meanwhile, strange happenings around his neighbor just get worse and worse ...
Halloweentown / Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
As one of Disney's best made-for-TV movie ideas, this double feature of Halloweentown movies invites children to explore a world of witches and ghosts! These comedy-adventures follow the lives of a teen witch, Marnie, and her grandmother, Aggie, as they push their supernatural powers to the limit in hopes of saving their magical world from the evil Kalabar and his son.
The Dog Who Saved Halloween
When a family moves into a new home, Zeus, a talking dog, discovers an unusually scary pooch — along with a haunted house. What unfolds next is a ton of mystery and adventure. You'll be on the edge of your seat waiting to see if Zeus can conquer ghosts, find a missing cat, and face his fears without missing out on trick-or-treating.
Beetlejuice is the classic Halloween-time tale of newlyweds Barbara and Adam's untimely deaths. In limbo before they can earn their entry into Heaven, the two are sentenced to occupy their former house, haunting the new occupants, including their curious daughter, Lydia.
In order to earn their entry to Heaven, the couple recruits scaremeister Beetlejuice to scare the family away, not realizing they've made a deal with the devil. Don't be surprised if your child begs you to play "Jump in the Line" on repeat.
Inspired by Roald Dahl's 1983 novel The Witches, a 7-year-old boy eavesdrops on a witches convention while on vacation with his grandmother. He learns that the Grand High Witch is brewing up a plan to turn all the children of England into mice.
Best for middle school-aged children, Nicolas Roeg's 1990 adaptation of this sinister tale is subtly scary, with a disturbing air that adheres to Dahl's original story.
Addams Family Values
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, but underneath the gothic dreads and mournfully decorated lifestyle, the Addams family is just like yours and mine, minus an aunt who's wanted as a black-widow murderess (hopefully).
Between Gomez and Morticia's newborn baby, Uncle Fester just barely dodging death, and Wednesday and Pugsley making the great escape from summer camp, this dark comedy is great for kids of all ages, with a few adult jokes thrown in to keep parents intrigued as well.
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At home, Coraline feels ignored and incredibly bored. She longs for adventure, affection, and her parent's attention.
She finds a secret world, adjacent to her own, that looks perfect on the surface. It's bright and happy — and in this world, she is the apple of her parents' eye! But there is something creepy and strange lurking beneath the surface — and Coraline has to get out before it's too late!
Not all ghosts are ghoulish! Introduce your child to Casper, and rest assured he'll be the friendliest ghost they know.
Ghost therapist Dr. Harvey and his daughter, Kat, are the newest homeowners of Whipstaff Manor, with a mission to help the house's apparitions transition to the "other side," and, unbeknownst to Harvey, unlock the mansion's alleged treasure.
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
The entire family will love to go on a spooky adventure with Curious George. Will he be able to pick the perfect pumpkin and win the costume contest at the fair? Grab a candied apple and hit play to find out!
Is it just us or are you getting all of the nostalgia feels right now?! Tia and Tamera, aka the twins who ran the '90s, played two witches who were separated at birth.
On their 21st birthday, they stumble upon each other again and discover that their striking good looks aren't the only things they have in common! The twins have to use their joint powers to save the world by traveling back to the land where their birth mother lives.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This classic Halloween 'toon is the perfect thing to play during the days leading up to the holiday. Since 1966, families have treasured this heartwarming, totally enchanting Halloween-themed movie, and it's easy to see why.
Alvin & The Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman
Your favorite cartoonish chipmunk considers himself a monster master in this tall tale of supernatural phenomenon. When Mr. Talbot moves in next door, Alvin can't help but notice his animal-like mannerisms, and he comes to the conclusion that he's a werewolf!
Once young Theodore is bitten by Talbot's pup and begins to chew on socks, his brothers band together to save the youngest from his — gasp — werewolf state.
Spookley: The Square Pumpkin
Oh, how we love Spookley the pumpkin, who feels left out because of his square shape. Spookley's three spider friends (Edgar, Allan, and Poe) do what any friends would do and convince him that he has no reason not to be considered the "pick of the patch" on Halloween. Aww!
Halloween gets a little wacky in Hotel Transylvania — Dracula's "five-stake" resort. Adam Sandler is the voice of Dracula, and Selena Gomez is the voice of Dracula's daughter, 118-year-old Mavis. Despite all of the monsters and mummies lurking around, trouble only starts when an ordinary person walks in.
Spooky Buddies
A spooky movie featuring adorable and adventurous pups? Sign us up! Back in 1937, a group of puppies were captured by an evil warlock to be sacrificed to the dark world. Just as the town sheriff was about to save them, it was too late — and all but one were gone. Pip, the pup who escaped, turned into stone and became a ghost.
Fast-forward to present day and a new group of woofers are on a school trip with their owners. Your family will follow the investigative doggies as they embark on a journey to find out what happened so long ago, and attempt to release little Pip. This movie has warlocks, adventure, and a generous sprinkle of cuteness — Halloween gold!
Teen Witch
Every teenage girl wants to be the cool girl, right? In this flick, Louise is told by a psychic that she possesses extraordinary powers: She can cast spells!
Join Louise as she rattles off spells, getting everything she ever wanted — until she finds out you might not always truly want what you wish for ...
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
If you're a millennial parent, you know all about the spooky stories created by R.L. Stine. In this film version, the creepy characters from those stories have come to life, and it's up to the legendary author and his pals to get them back on the pages before the take over.
There's just no excuse to not watch this classic at least once during the month of October. Everyone will be glad you put it on for your next monster-thon.
Only Tim Burton has an imagination big enough to craft and produce a stop-motion film dedicated to the merging of every kid's favorite holidays and somehow make it cute and creepy.
Unsatisfied by Halloweenland's lack of meaning, the Pumpkin King wanders outside his realm for a little inspiration. It's upon his discovery of Christmastown that he decides what's missing from his ghoulish kingdom are some chestnuts roasting and smiles all aglow.
If your kiddo loved the spooky Halloween-meets-Christmas themes in The Nightmare Before Christmas, then Tim Burton's Corpse Bride will be right up their alley.
Created with the same eerie stop-motion animation technique, the main character is a soon-to-be married man who is lured down to the underworld to marry a mostly dead corpse bride. Meanwhile, his actual human bride is aboveground, trying to figure out why her groom has ghosted her.
Victor Frankenstein, a science enthusiast and social outcast amongst his peers, only needs one friend — and that's his beloved dog Sparky. Unfortunately, Sparky is involved a tragic accident, and Victor is advised by his teacher to use a bit of afterlife, seamstress skills, mad scientist skills, and a dash of electricity, to piece him back together.
The experiment is a success — but it turns out that several neighborhood kids want to bring their pets back to life, and that may be a problem.
Norman Babcock isn't like the other 11-year-olds in his small town. Instead of hanging with friends and playing video games, Norman spends his time chatting with the ghosts of the recently departed. No one believes him until his ability to reach the other realm is needed in order to save his neighborhood from impending doom.
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For many people, the word, "conflict" probably conjures up images of screaming, yelling and maybe the occasional swordfight. While conflict does have some negative connotations, there are actually circumstances where it can be useful if managed properly. In fact, during an ERP implementation, conflict can lead to some great discussions about organizational change and business process reengineering and it can actually result in increased user acceptance and enterprise software use.
Conflict cannot be left to run wild, however. Unchecked, conflict can develop into emotional and personal attacks on the perspectives and capabilities of others. Instead of focusing on what is best for the organization, team members focus on defending their own viewpoint in order to preserve their personal sense of pride. This type of conflict should be avoided during an ERP implementation – or really any large project the company undertakes – because ego should never take priority over organizational goals.
Organizations should assess the type of conflict that is brewing among their project teams and be able to differentiate between constructive conflict and emotional conflict. Unlike emotional conflict, constructive conflict is about searching for truth and finding the best way to solve a problem.
Conducting business process workshops and welcoming input from employees in a variety of departments is one example of how constructive conflict can lead to ERP success. Employees will inevitably have different viewpoints about how to improve a process and all of these viewpoints can be valuable. When organizations discourage disagreement in order to avoid conflict, the dissonance does not disappear – it is internalized as bitterness as employees become frustrated at not having a voice. This bitterness may later be manifested as change resistance because employees are more likely to reject changes that have been determined without their input than changes that came as a result of compromise.
Organizations should keep their eye out for "quiet" employees who are not sharing their opinions because silence does not always indicate agreement. If opinions are shared in the early stages of a project, organizations have more flexibility to accommodate new ideas.
To ensure that conflict contributes to ERP success, organizations must develop a comprehensive organizational change management strategy that addresses how they will manage conflict when it arises. Discouraging emotional duels and unnecessary swordfights and encouraging constructive discussion is the key to implementing an ERP system that meets both organizational goals and individual needs.
Learn more by watching our free, on-demand webinar, Organizational Change Management: A Critical (and Often Overlooked) ERP Implementation Success Factor.


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Seeing any Bugatti Veyron—heck, any Bugatti—on a public road will induce a double take, but the one-off collaboration between the automaker and the French artist Bernar Venet? Well, that's essentially unheard of.
Car spotter Jeroen, a popular YouTuber with an uncanny ability to stumble across the rarest and most unique cars in the world, happened across the outlandish Bugatti Grand Sport Venet while at work, of all places.
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Jeroen gives us a lengthy walk around the supercar, a model that Bugatti billed as the "fastest artwork ever."
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet
Dozens of math and scientific formulas—the very same used by the Bugatti engineers when they developed the Veyron—cover the car in a finish similar to that of rusted metal. A common theme of Venet's art, rusted metal conveys a sense of industrial permanence, according to the artist.
Venet is a conceptual artist based in New York who was tapped by Bugatti back in 2012 to create a special edition of the already rather unique Veyron. The car was exhibited at Art Basel Miami Beach when it was first unveiled and has popped up here and there since. It is not known who the Veyron's current owner is, although Jeroen spotted the car in the Netherlands.
Jeroen tells us that the Grand Sport Venet was brought to the Netherlands for the official introduction of the new Bugatti Chiron to the market.
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Q: Unit test with angular 5. I am trying mock a service but I receive : "[object ErrorEvent] thrown" I am trying mock a service but I receibe : "[object ErrorEvent] thrown".
I'm trying using the way proposed by snorkpete:
Unit testing and mocking a service with DI
This is the test that is returning the error:

import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { MyComponent1Component } from './my-component1.component';
import {MyService1Service} from '../../service/my-service1.service';
import {MyComponent2Component} from '../../components/my-component2/my-component2.component'

fdescribe('MyComponent1Component', () => {
  let component: MyComponent1Component;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<MyComponent1Component>;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ MyComponent1Component,MyComponent2Component ],
      imports: [],
      providers: [{ provide: MyService1Service, useClass: MockService }]
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));

  beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent1Component);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    fixture.detectChanges();
  });

  it('should create', () => {
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
  });
});

class MockService {

 id: 1;
 userId: 'ruben';
 body: 'test';
};

This is .ts component1 src/app/my-component1/my-component1.component.ts:

import { Component, OnInit,Renderer2,ViewChild,ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
import {MyService1Service} from '../../service/my-service1.service';
import { Post } from '../../models/post';
@Component({
  selector: 'app-my-component1',
  templateUrl: './my-component1.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./my-component1.component.css']
})
export class MyComponent1Component implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild("myButton") myButton: ElementRef;
  constructor(private renderer: Renderer2, private _myService1Service: MyService1Service) { }
  public messagge1: Post[];

  func1(){
    this.renderer.addClass(this.myButton.nativeElement, "my-class");
    this._myService1Service.test();
  }

  ngOnInit() {

    this._myService1Service.getPost().subscribe(
      result =>{
        console.log("from component1")
        console.log(result);
        this.messagge1=result;
      },
      error => {
        console.log(error);
      }
    )
  }
}

This is the html component1 src/app/my-component1/my-component1.component.html:

  my-component1 works!

<button #myButton (click)="func1()">press me</button>
<app-my-component2 *ngIf="messagge1" [messagge1]="messagge1">loading...</app-my-component2>

This is the .ts component 2 src/app/components/my-component2/my-component2.component.ts:

import { Component, OnInit, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { Post} from '../../models/post'
@Component({
  selector: 'app-my-component2',
  templateUrl: './my-component2.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./my-component2.component.css']
})
export class MyComponent2Component implements OnInit {

  @Input() messagge1: Post[];
  constructor() { }

  ngOnInit() {
    console.log("from component2")
    console.log(this.messagge1);
  }

}

This is the html component2 src/app/my-component1/my-component1.component.html:

  my-component2 works!

This is the model returning by the service, src/app/models/post.ts:

export interface Post {

 id: number;
 userId: string;
 body: string;

}

This is the service, src/app/service/my-service1.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import {HttpClient, HttpHeaders} from '@angular/common/http';
import {Post} from '../models/post';

@Injectable()
export class MyService1Service {

  constructor(public http: HttpClient) { }

  test(){
    console.log("test");
  }

  getPost(){
  return this.http.get<Post[]>(`http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts`);
 }
}

Can someone help me know why I receive the error and check if I am correctly implementing the snorkpete answer?
Thanks very much.

A: This worked for me
     beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {

            fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent1Component);
            component = fixture.componentInstance;
            tick();
            fixture.detectChanges();
          }));

because service request on Oninit are asyncrone


DIFC - Dubai, March 09, 2011 -- Moody's Investors Services has today assigned provisional (P)Aa3 ratings to both the GMTN programme of IPIC GMTN Limited ("IGL") as the issuer of the notes and the proposed notes to be issued under the programme. The programme was established in November 2010 and Moody's has reviewed the base prospectus (dated November 1, 2010) and the supplement number 1 (dated March 4, 2011).
The notes under the programme are issued by IGL, a Cayman Islands-based finance vehicle wholly-owned by International Petroleum Investment Company P.J.S.C. ("IPIC"). The programme and the notes' ratings are in line with IPIC's Aa3 issuer ratings as IPIC is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteeing the notes and the notes will rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of IPIC.
IPIC's ratings are derived off Abu Dhabi's Aa2 sovereign ratings and currently factor very high support from the government of Abu Dhabi, given the company's central policy role in developing the Emirate's wider hydrocarbon sector as evidenced by 26 years of regular government equity injections in support of IPIC's investments. It remains heavily funded directly by the government in addition to its own capital market and bank borrowing activities. Furthermore, the government has formally assured Moody's that it fully and unconditionally stands behind IPIC for any debt - both principal repayments and debt servicing - on a timely basis in the event that the company were unable to provide for itself, a policy that is also expected to remain in place for the foreseeable future. Whilst this commitment is substantial and will continue to result in Moody's considering it appropriate to reflect this support in meaningful uplift to the ratings of IPIC, the one notch distinction between IPIC's rating and that of the sovereign reflects the absence of an explicit government guarantee.
The last rating action was on November 11, 2010 when Moody's assigned Aa3 ratings to IPIC's proposed issues of USD1,000 million of senior notes due 2015 and USD1,500 million due 2020.
International Petroleum Investment Company ranks amongst Abu Dhabi's sovereign-owned investment vehicles, also often referred to as sovereign wealth funds. It was created by Emiri Decree in 1984, initially as a 50:50 joint venture between the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and later brought under direct government ownership. IPIC plays an integral role in the Abu Dhabi government's policy of safeguarding transportation and export of its crude oil by identifying long-term international investments in hydrocarbon markets with a focus on downstream operations.


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Q: Can Exchange Tasks be Automated via PowerShell? I can't seem to find a way to run the various Exchange tasks (Establish E-mail Address, Remove Exchange Attributes, Create Mailbox, etc) from Powershell. It seems unlikely to me that Exchange tasks are not possible to automate; does someone have a starting point for me to automate repetetive Exchange tasks?
PowerShell would be the preferred language, but if there is no way but via .NET or similar I could go that route.

A: You can script everything for Exchange in PowerShell, assuming you're on 2010. You can script and awful lot in 2007 as well.
Here is a good resource for Exchange 2010 scripting.
Also, I know that "Google it" is not an acceptable answer here, which is why I provided you with a real answer, but there are literally hundreds of useful results when googling Exchange AND PowerShell.

A: Have a look at the Exchange Management Shell (It's a PowerShell module). It's installed with Exchange 2007 and above, and in fact it in essence is Exchange. All tasks performed in the Exchange Management Console are in fact just EMS commands. Every time you perform a task in the EMC, it will show you the exact EMS command that it is running "behind the scenes." That alone is a great learning tool.


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Phidgets are truly exceptional. Actual out of the box usefulness with
their software. The python interface can be difficult to use when
compared to other API's. Phidgeter provides logging, network, display
and convenience functions for Phidgets. Use it with
BlueGraph for example,
for more straightforward data visualization.

Here's some examples with Phidgeter:

from phidgeter import relay

phd_relay = relay.Relay()
phd_relay.one_toggle()

Emit data from a Phidget IR sensor on the command line:

import time

from phidgeter.temperature import IRSensor

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ir_temp = IRSensor()
    ir_temp.open_phidget()
    while(1):
        print ir_temp.get_temperature()
        time.sleep(0.10)

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I write my best work when I'm at my worst. There's something about the nihilism of a truly bad depressive episode that lets me write recklessly, building bridges between ideas with ease, creating a flow of words that carries readers through my ideas like a river carries a rowboat. There's something about the feeling that nothing matters that sparks creativity. There's just one big problem — how on earth do I find the motivation to start typing away when I want to blink out of existence?
The tortured artist is a common cliché, but it can be beyond your control when you struggle with an ongoing mental illness. And, if you're like me, not writing through the dark days isn't an option — after all, I need to complete my pieces by their assigned deadlines so I can feed myself next week. On some days, that alone is enough of a push to get me typing away. On other days, though, it isn't. So here are a few of the strategies I've used to get words on the page when my brain doesn't feel much like cooperating.
When I was a kid living on a ranch in the mountains, my parents adopted a donkey. They are inordinately thoughtful creatures, which leads to them being mislabeled as stubborn. You could try and pull Emily Louise with a tractor and she wouldn't budge an inch unless you could convince her there was a damn good reason for her to take a single step forward. And if you did, you'd have to convince her there was a reason to take another step in the same direction.
Emily Louise, largely retired from having to deal with our nonsense, living her best life in the snow. And moving forward, because Mom's holding a marshmallow and that seems like a really good reason to move forward.
When her feet got stuck, we couldn't convince her to move forward, but we could usually convince her to move in any other direction besides that one. The distraction of changing direction was frequently enough of a change that she forgot why she didn't want to go forward, so off she'd go, heading the right direction the next time you asked her.
My point is — get sidetracked. If you can't move forward on a project, step sideways to something else (It's exactly what I'm doing in writing this when I have tasks due today). Stop beating your head against the brick wall of writer's block, and see if there's a way you can walk around it. Getting words on your paper is hardest when you absolutely need to get them down, so try starting on something that doesn't need to be done right now. You may find your flow carries you right past that writer's block.
I'm not an outline person. I know where I start, I know what I need to cover, and I know where to end, and I write from start to finish. Changing up my method, however, is a great way to change the way I'm thinking, which, when I'm not thinking normally, can push me back into a better headspace for writing.
Outlining your article, blog, chapter, or project is like creating a to-do list. I need to write these things today; is one of them an easy spot to start? If so, don't start at the beginning, start there. Warm up before you get to the hard part.
I'm really guilty of listening to the same Spotify list ad nauseam, working in the same space (my teeny home office), and generally getting in a big funk because I feel like I do the same thing every single day. Rather than living through a Ground Hog Day-esque existence until the weekend comes, I make a point to switch it up when I'm feeling bad.
Take three minutes to find a new artist or playlist. Go take your laptop to work standing at the kitchen counter. Open the blinds. Open the windows. Choose a different coffee shop. Whatever your habit is, change it. Even if it's for one day. You may be able to shake your miserable mood for long enough to get some real work done.
Now that I've sidetracked myself, excuse me while I go move my laptop to the kitchen table and find a new playlist.