text:
package org.wso2.siddhi.extension.timeseries;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.wso2.siddhi.core.ExecutionPlanRuntime;
import org.wso2.siddhi.core.SiddhiManager;
import org.wso2.siddhi.core.event.Event;
import org.wso2.siddhi.core.query.output.callback.QueryCallback;
import org.wso2.siddhi.core.stream.input.InputHandler;
import org.wso2.siddhi.core.util.EventPrinter;

public class KernelExtensionTestCase {

    static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(KernelExtensionTestCase.class);
    private volatile int count;
    private volatile boolean eventArrived;

    @Before
    public void init() {
        count = 0;
        eventArrived = false;
    }

    @Test
    public void testKernelMaxStreamProcessorExtension() throws InterruptedException {
        log.info("KernelMaxExtension TestCase");
        SiddhiManager siddhiManager = new SiddhiManager();

        String inStreamDefinition = "@config(async = 'true')define stream inputStream (price double);";
        String query = ("@info(name = 'query1') from inputStream#timeseries:kernelMinMax(price, 4, 17, 'max') " +
                "select *" +
                "insert into outputStream;");
        ExecutionPlanRuntime executionPlanRuntime = siddhiManager.createExecutionPlanRuntime(inStreamDefinition + query);

        executionPlanRuntime.addCallback("query1", new QueryCallback() {
            @Override
            public void receive(long timeStamp, Event[] inEvents, Event[] removeEvents) {
                EventPrinter.print(timeStamp, inEvents, removeEvents);
                eventArrived = true;
                for (Event event : inEvents) {
                    count++;
                    switch (count) {
                        case 1:
                            Assert.assertEquals(54.0, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 2:
                            Assert.assertEquals(51.75, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 3:
                            Assert.assertEquals(50.44, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 4:
                            Assert.assertEquals(48.26, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 5:
                            Assert.assertEquals(49.85, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 6:
                            Assert.assertEquals(49.94, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 7:
                            Assert.assertEquals(50.3, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        default:
                            org.junit.Assert.fail();

                    }
                }
            }
        });

        InputHandler inputHandler = executionPlanRuntime.getInputHandler("inputStream");
        executionPlanRuntime.start();

        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.07d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.77d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.1d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.9d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{54d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53.59d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.88d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.12d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.66d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.38d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.58d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.36d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.71d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.81d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.1d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.96d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.96d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.67d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.47d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.45d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.42d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.58d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.19d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.01d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{45.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46.37d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.56d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.26d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.22d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.25d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46.9d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.85d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.53d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.56d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.65d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.94d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.61d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.4d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.89d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.98d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.45d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.35d});

        Thread.sleep(1000);
        Assert.assertEquals(7, count);
        Assert.assertTrue(eventArrived);
        executionPlanRuntime.shutdown();

    }

    @Test
    public void testKernelMinMaxStreamProcessorExtension() throws InterruptedException {
        log.info("KernelMinMaxExtension TestCase");

        SiddhiManager siddhiManager = new SiddhiManager();

        String inStreamDefinition = "@config(async = 'true')define stream inputStream (id int, price double);";
        String query = ("@info(name = 'query1') from inputStream#timeseries:kernelMinMax(price, 3 , 16, 'minmax') " +
                "select price, extremaType , id " +
                "insert into outputStream;");
        ExecutionPlanRuntime executionPlanRuntime = siddhiManager.createExecutionPlanRuntime(inStreamDefinition + query);

        executionPlanRuntime.addCallback("query1", new QueryCallback() {
            @Override
            public void receive(long timeStamp, Event[] inEvents, Event[] removeEvents) {
                EventPrinter.print(timeStamp, inEvents, removeEvents);
                eventArrived = true;
                for (Event event : inEvents) {
                    count++;
                    switch (count) {
                        case 1:
                            Assert.assertEquals(54.0, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 2:
                            Assert.assertEquals(50.35, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("min", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 3:
                            Assert.assertEquals(51.75, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 4:
                            Assert.assertEquals(47.95, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("min", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 5:
                            Assert.assertEquals(50.44, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 6:
                            Assert.assertEquals(45.6, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("min", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 7:
                            Assert.assertEquals(48.26, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 8:
                            Assert.assertEquals(49.85, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 9:
                            Assert.assertEquals(46.9, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("min", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 10:
                            Assert.assertEquals(48.05, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("min", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 11:
                            Assert.assertEquals(49.94, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 12:
                            Assert.assertEquals(48.5, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("min", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        case 13:
                            Assert.assertEquals(50.3, event.getData(0));
                            Assert.assertEquals("max", event.getData()[1]);
                            break;
                        default:
                            org.junit.Assert.fail();
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        InputHandler inputHandler = executionPlanRuntime.getInputHandler("inputStream");
        executionPlanRuntime.start();

        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{1, 51.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{2, 51.07d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{3, 51.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{4, 50.77d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{5, 51.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{6, 51.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{7, 51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{8, 51.1d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{9, 50.9d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{10, 51.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{11, 51.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{12, 52.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{13, 53d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{14, 53.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{15, 54d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{16, 53.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{17, 53.59d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{18, 52.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{19, 51.88d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{20, 52.12d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{21, 51.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{22, 51.66d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{23, 52.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{24, 51.38d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{25, 51.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{26, 51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{27, 50.58d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{28, 50.36d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{29, 50.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{30, 50.71d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{31, 51.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{32, 51.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{33, 50.81d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{34, 51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{35, 51.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{36, 51.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{37, 51.1d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{38, 51.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{39, 50.96d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{40, 49.96d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{41, 49.67d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{42, 50d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{43, 48.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{44, 49.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{45, 49.47d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46, 48.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47, 48d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48, 47.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49, 48.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50, 49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51, 48.45d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52, 48.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53, 49.42d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{54, 50.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{55, 49.58d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{56, 48.19d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{57, 47.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{58, 48.01d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{59, 46.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{60, 45.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{61, 46.37d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{62, 47.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{63, 47.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{64, 47.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{65, 47.56d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{66, 48.26d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{67, 48.22d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{68, 47.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{69, 47.25d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{70, 46.9d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{71, 47.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{72, 47.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{73, 48.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{74, 49.85d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{75, 49.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{76, 49.53d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{77, 48.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{78, 48.56d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{79, 48.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{80, 48.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{81, 49.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{82, 49.65d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{83, 49.94d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{84, 49.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{85, 48.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{86, 49.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{87, 49.61d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{88, 48.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{89, 49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{90, 49.4d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{91, 50.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{92, 49.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{93, 50.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{94, 49.89d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{95, 49.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{96, 48.98d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{97, 48.45d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{98, 49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{99, 48.35d});

        Thread.sleep(1000);
        Assert.assertEquals(13, count);
        Assert.assertTrue(eventArrived);
        executionPlanRuntime.shutdown();

    }

    @Test
    public void testKernelMinStreamProcessorExtension() throws InterruptedException {
        log.info("KernelMinExtension TestCase");
        SiddhiManager siddhiManager = new SiddhiManager();

        String inStreamDefinition = "@config(async = 'true')define stream inputStream (price double);";
        String query = ("@info(name = 'query1') from inputStream#timeseries:kernelMinMax(price, 4, 16, 'min') " +
                "select *" +
                "insert into outputStream;");
        ExecutionPlanRuntime executionPlanRuntime = siddhiManager.createExecutionPlanRuntime(inStreamDefinition + query);

        executionPlanRuntime.addCallback("query1", new QueryCallback() {
            @Override
            public void receive(long timeStamp, Event[] inEvents, Event[] removeEvents) {
                EventPrinter.print(timeStamp, inEvents, removeEvents);
                eventArrived = true;
                for (Event event : inEvents) {
                    count++;
                    switch (count) {
                        case 1:
                            Assert.assertEquals(50.35, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 2:
                            Assert.assertEquals(47.95, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 3:
                            Assert.assertEquals(45.6, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 4:
                            Assert.assertEquals(48.05, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        case 5:
                            Assert.assertEquals(48.5, event.getData(0));
                            break;
                        default:
                            org.junit.Assert.fail();
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        InputHandler inputHandler = executionPlanRuntime.getInputHandler("inputStream");
        executionPlanRuntime.start();

        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.07d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.77d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.1d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.9d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{54d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{53.59d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.88d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.12d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.66d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{52.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.38d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.58d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.36d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.71d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.81d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.1d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{51.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.96d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.96d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.67d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.47d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.7d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.45d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.42d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.58d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.19d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.01d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{45.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46.37d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.56d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.26d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.22d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.25d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{46.9d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{47.35d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.44d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.85d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.53d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.56d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.75d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.2d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.65d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.94d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.05d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.95d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.61d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.5d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.4d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.3d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.8d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{50.15d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.89d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49.6d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.98d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.45d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{49d});
        inputHandler.send(new Object[]{48.35d});

        Thread.sleep(1000);
        Assert.assertEquals(5, count);
        Assert.assertTrue(eventArrived);
        executionPlanRuntime.shutdown();

    }

}


While the site had dedicated parking and a one-way system in place, poor maintenance and weak segregation was the root cause of the accident. A paved pedestrian only area have been created to improve vehicle, pedestrian segregation. Delivery vehicles now have to use a different route into the site.
All areas have been resurfaced, and improved drainage added. Barriers have been added to protect pedestrians from lift trucks working in the loading bay areas, along with a clearly marked crossing area.
While there remains a necessity for pedestrians to be in the service area there is a much improved level of segregation, and this reduces the risk of future accidents. Defining the parking and loading areas provides more efficient use of the space available and prevents damage to vehicles by fork lift trucks.


text:
package org.ldp4j.application.sdk.internal;

import org.ldp4j.application.sdk.spi.ObjectFactory;
import org.ldp4j.application.sdk.spi.ObjectParseException;

public class IntegerObjectFactory implements ObjectFactory<Integer> {

	@Override
	public Class<? extends Integer> targetClass() {
		return Integer.class;
	}

	@Override
	public Integer fromString(String rawValue) {
		try {
			return Integer.parseInt(rawValue);
		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
			throw new ObjectParseException(e,Integer.class,rawValue);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public String toString(Integer value) {
		return value.toString();
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Inaugurated in 2013 in Mirabel, Cité 7 is a condo project by Danam Bonzaï. Its contemporary design and premium geographic location make for a distinguished project that sets new standards in the housing industry. Voyou was called upon to launch an original strategy capable of attracting a clientele already in high demand through the region's growing condo base. In short, our mission was to create a powerful advertising campaign that would secure a prominent market position from the get-go.
Voyou - Creative Performance has been behind Bath Depot's success since the very beginning. With the opening of branches in Ontario, the company had to revamp its creative communications strategy to give the company a national flavour. This meant a redesign of the brand's visual representation. Bath Depot can now focus on communications tailored to its customers, increasing its market share and continuing its development.
Our goal: rejuvenate the banner's image to appeal to a wider pool of potential customers and continue to reach its current base. To raise its profile significantly, we had to create more media buzz around San Francisco's offer. Targeted and well-defined efforts allowed the banner to shine in a powerful, inspiring way.


Kauai's hurricane season stretches from the beginning of Summer through the end of Fall (June through November in our hemisphere) so being ready in the event of an emergency isn't just a good idea, it's part of responsible safety planning. The following check-list is based upon recommendations by the Kauai Civil Defense Agency to get you through at least 3 days post-natural-disaster. Also, most of these provisions can be stored in an easy to grab-and-go location like the trunk of a car or near the entrance (or exit) of your home or place of employment.
Medication: Extra medications are a good idea, especially if your livelihood depends on it. Examples of this would include heart pills or doses of insulin. Also, consider packing rash-cream for babies and first-aid implements like bandages, aspirin, and Ibuprofen to reduce swelling of injuries.
Food: It's recommended that you have a minimum of 3-days-worth of food, per-person; If you stock away 7-10 days-worth, even better – especially if you have pets. Think like a camper: pack items that don't require refrigeration like individually packaged cereals and fruit cups, beef-jerky, nuts, seeds, granola and high-calorie nutrition bars.
Bug Repellent: Kauai is host to a robust variety of tiger mosquito, so pack plenty of bug goop or citronella candles. Also, consider some of the alternatives that are not only healthier for you, but eco-friendly as well.
Personal Toiletries: Consider packing castile soap as part of your toiletry-kit, it is gentle enough for skin, hair and teeth, but may also be used for laundering clothes. Also, avoid common skin conditions by doing like the locals do. Pick up a big bottle of Selsun-Blue and use it at least once a week, to wash hair and skin, to stave off microbial infections.
Water: It's recommended that 3 quarts be the absolute minimum per person, per day; Aim to cover at least 3-days-worth in your disaster survival kit. But to maximize hydration, drink all-natural coconut water. Mixed with a little salt, it's proven to hydrate better than many leading sports-drinks.
Cash: Having some cash on hand makes sense, when the power may be out for a while leaving automated access to your funds impossible. Also, after a natural disaster it could be a while before ATM machines and banks in the area reopen for business.
Ice-Chest or Cooler: You may need to keep some stuff cool (think food, medications and compresses used to treat injuries).
Portable Radio and flashlights: A necessity if you are going to stay informed during a disaster and move about safely at night. Just be sure to either bring extra batteries, or invest in solar powered equipment and forgo the batteries.
Clothing: You are going to need at least a couple changes of clothes and a heavy duty rain-poncho, rain-coat, or storm-worthy umbrella. Packing an extra pair of prescription eye glasses would also be wise. Also, consider packing tabis for the family for tramping through mud and muck. They're easy to keep clean; just rinse with water and air dry.
Valuable papers and Identification: Be sure to bring any important documentation you may need such as proof of house insurance, deeds to your house and personal identification.
Special needs plan: This comes into play when you must consider people that are elderly with limited mobility, handicapped in some way, or if you've a newborn at home. Making plans in advance will go a long way in reducing the likelihood that you'll unwittingly put loved ones in harm's way.
Water Purification Kits or tablets: After a natural disaster, such as that inflicted by a Hurricane, access to clean drinking water could be at a premium. So make things easier and healthier, should you need to purify what water you do have access to.
And remember, that even the busiest person can prepare a disaster preparation kit. Just break it down into manageable steps. For instance, every payday, you could add another item like extra batteries and water purification tablets. You could designate different days of the week to put together copies of your important documents and consolidate all of your medical prescriptions into one easy-to-grab bag. Most supplies will fit into a single backpack or two if you plan and pack carefully. So make a list and check it regularly to see if there is something else you may need in the event of an emergency.


text:
San Francisco Chronicle Homepage
State leaders vowed recall reform after the failed attempt to oust Newsom. Those efforts have stalled
Fire Tracker
Quake Tracker
Drought Map
Air Quality Tracker
Video & Visuals
Newsroom News
Chronicle Store
SF Homeless Project
Top Wineries
Vault: Our S.F.
Portals of the Past
The Doodler
Total SF
Fixing Our City
It's All Political
Art & Exhibits
Why you absolutely should not watch the Tyre Nichols police killing video
Here's what California's big weather shift will bring to the Bay Area today
Steph Curry asks leaders of his affluent enclave to halt multi-story...
Did S.F. police do the right thing in Pelosi attack? Experts break down...
Will California keep getting hit with rains this year? Here's what to...
Big shift in California weather might bring chance of rain to these Bay...
It's about to get extremely cold in the Bay Area and Sierra Nevada
Timberwolves top Memphis after moment of silence for Nichols
The man running South Lake Tahoe's premier ski resort has been on the...
A $1.75 million S.F. home became one couple's 'House from Hell.' Now...
Bob Egelko
June 16, 2022 Updated: June 21, 2022 6:19 p.m.
Zig Jiang, 47, carries a sign Sept. 8, urging voters to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom on a bridge overlooking the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press 2021Show MoreShow Less
Gov. Gavin Newsom urges the crowd to vote at a union event Sept. 14, the day of the gubernatorial recall election, in S.F.
Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle 2021Show MoreShow Less
In the wake of a failed campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom that cost state and local governments more than $200 million, state officials spoke last fall about the need to change California's permissive recall system — one that requires the lowest percentage of signatures of any state to qualify for the ballot, does not require any allegations of wrongdoing by the official facing recall and allows a recalled official to be replaced by a candidate who received far fewer votes.
"Should we have a recall at all? Or, like an impeachment system, people removed for cause?" Secretary of State Shirley Weber, California's top elections officer, asked at an online forum sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley in September, two weeks after 62% of the voters rejected a Republican-led effort to remove Newsom.
Nine months later, and after the high-profile recalls in San Francisco of three school board members and District Attorney Chesa Boudin, the urgency of overhauling the process seems to have faded. Two measures to change part of the system have been introduced, but are still awaiting their first hearing, and it's uncertain when, or if, they will appear on the ballot for voter approval.
The proposed constitutional amendment SCA6 by Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton (Orange County), would revamp procedures for replacing recalled state officials, which now allow potential successors to run in the same election as the recall, with the candidate receiving the most votes taking office for the rest of the term. If Newsom had been recalled, he would have been succeeded by Republican Larry Elder, a talk-show host who got 48% of the successorship vote — the same percentage received by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger when he replaced Gov. Gray Davis in a 2003 recall election.
Under SCA6, if a governor was recalled less than 14 months after taking office, a successor would be chosen in a special election. If the recall was later, the lieutenant governor would become governor for the rest of the term. And if a lower-level state official was recalled, the governor would appoint the successor. The measure would not increase signature requirements or change any other rules for recalls.
Newman has experienced the system firsthand: He was recalled by voters in his district in 2018 after voting for an increase in the state's gasoline tax, then regained his seat in 2020 by defeating Ling Ling Chang, the Republican who had replaced him.
"I don't have an ax to grind, but I do have insight on how this (recall process) can be misused for political reasons," Newman said. By removing partisan replacement elections from the recall ballot, he said, "we can restore the recall process to basically a referendum on integrity or performance" of the officeholder.
As for proposals to require recall sponsors to present specific accusations of wrongdoing by the officeholder and collect more signatures to qualify for the ballot, Newman said that they seem like good ideas but that he wants to keep things as simple as possible. Recalls of state officers have been authorized in the California Constitution since 1911, requiring voter approval for any changes, and some voters would regard any far-reaching measures as "an attempt to make less likely the recall of someone who deserves it," he said.
SCA6 was introduced in January but has not yet had a hearing, and Newman said he may not seek to put it on the ballot until November 2024. It would need a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of the Legislature by June 30 to qualify for the November 2022 ballot.
A second measure, SCA3 by Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, would take a different approach to recall elections, allowing the challenged officeholder to appear on the ballot for potential successors and remain in office by receiving the most votes. But it was introduced in December 2020, months before the Newsom recall had qualified for the ballot, has not advanced out of its first committee and apparently will not make this year's ballot.
The California Legislature wants to eliminate traffic-ticket late fees, but Gov. Newsom may not be on board
The cruelest summer yet? California is facing drought, heat, blackouts and fires — all at once
One measure affecting some local recalls, AB2582 by Assembly Member Steve Bennett, D-Ventura, won Assembly approval last month on a largely party-line vote and awaits hearings in the state Senate. Like Newman's measure, it would eliminate the simultaneous two-part election on recalling an official and choosing a successor, instead requiring the replacement to be chosen according to local law, by appointment or a special election.
But the bill would apply only to the smaller cities and counties governed by state election laws and not to more populous local governments — including San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties — that enact their own rules in local charters. San Francisco's laws, for example, allow Mayor London Breed to choose an interim successor to Boudin, with an election in November for the remaining year of the district attorney's term.
The same political forces that ousted Boudin are preparing for another potential November vote in Los Angeles County, where Boudin's predecessor in San Francisco, George Gascón, was elected district attorney in 2020 on a similar platform: an end to death penalty prosecutions and three-strikes sentences of up to life in prison for repeat felons, no more prosecution of juveniles as adults, and a halt to seeking cash bail for misdemeanors or nonviolent felony charges.
After a previous recall effort failed to qualify, a campaign led by prosecutors in Gascón's office and police groups says it has collected the 567,857 signatures it needs by July 6 to place the question on the November ballot in the nation's most populous county. Those signatures have not yet been certified.
California voters are regularly asked whether to keep officials in the office to which they were recently elected. A study found an average of 13 state and local recall elections per year in California between 1995 and 2020.
Track water shortages and restrictions across Bay Area
Updated to include drought zones while tracking water shortage status of your area, plus reservoir levels and a list of restrictions for the Bay Area's largest water districts.
Despite the limited scope of a proposal like Newman's, it could have a significant effect on future statewide recalls if it became law, said Eric Schickler, a political science professor at UC Berkeley.
Since Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, like Newsom, is a Democrat, Schickler said, "I think the folks pushing the recall wouldn't have done it if Kounalakis had been the successor."
He noted that opinion polls after the Newsom vote showed solid majorities for tightening recall laws — requiring specific allegations of wrongdoing by the targeted official, many more signatures on recall petitions and a runoff election between the top two candidates if a recall vote gains a majority. But public attention seems to have waned, lawmakers are wary about offending their constituents, and the recent San Francisco votes indicate support for the recall process, Schickler said.
Weber, who appeared to be advocating wholesale changes in the process last fall, did not respond to requests for comment.
An overhaul is apparently no longer on the agenda, said Bruce Cain, a Stanford political science professor.
"Out of sight, out of mind," Cain said. "Newsom won, and the Elder scare was defeated handily. In the meantime, having a kill switch when an official seems out of line — Boudin, the three school board members — appeals to the modern temperament, in part because social media can whip up a frenzy in a jiffy and outside money finds a cause to champion."
Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: begelko@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @BobEgelko
The Chronicle's flagship news podcast. Listen and subscribe on your favorite app. Click the player below for the latest episode.
Reach Bob on
Bob Egelko has been a reporter since June 1970. He spent 30 years with the Associated Press, covering news, politics and occasionally sports in Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento, and legal affairs in San Francisco from 1984 onward. He worked for the San Francisco Examiner for five months in 2000, then joined The Chronicle in November 2000.
His beat includes state and federal courts in California, the Supreme Court and the State Bar. He has a law degree from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and is a member of the bar. Coverage has included the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, the appointment of Rose Bird to the state Supreme Court and her removal by the voters, the death penalty in California and the battles over gay rights and same-sex marriage.
Top of the News
Legendary S.F. stripper Carol Doda immortalized in new North Beach mural
San Francisco's North Beach has always been the place to worship Carol Doda. Now such devotion can continue in perpetuity.
By Nanette Asimov
Curry asks leaders of affluent enclave to halt multi-story housing plans
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Opinion: Why you absolutely should not watch Tyre Nichols police killing
By Julie Scelfo
Will California keep getting hit with rain this year? Here's what to expect
By Gerry Díaz
Native Son: At low tide, San Francisco Bay reveals its mysterious skeletons
By Carl Nolte
sfgate.com

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


We are attempting to deploy a commercial application that chose to use ClickOnce as the deployment model. when we attempt to start the application as a published application from Windows 2008R2,the application fails to start. As far as we understand, Windows 2008 R2 does not support this yet. Is there a workaround for this issue which can be used with WebConnect?
(call the copy test.exe, for example, and save it in the same Windows directory).
Publish test.exe and write the desired URL of the .Net application in the parameters line.
In case that you have more than one Terminal Server, perform step #1 on each one of Terminal Servers.


Is there a better alternative to iMake?
Is iMake really the best app in Source category?
Will iMake work good on macOS 10.13.4?
iMake... This action makes the creation of Makefile easier to compile the source codes.
iMake needs a review. Be the first to review this app and get the discussion started!
iMake needs a rating. Be the first to rate this app and get the discussion started!


The Privacy Manager software allows access to every individual networked speaker. Volume, channel, and tone (EQ) adjustments may be made on a per speaker basis.
When connected to a Dynasound Networked sound masking system, Privacy Manager's main screen offers simple tools for making sound level adjustments on a system-wide, per zone or per speaker basis. The main screen displays all network devices and provides access to detailed settings and functions.
In this example the display indicates that a DS3008 sound masking and paging processor is transmitting via the network to multiple DS8000 speaker controllers.
Every Dynasound networked sound masking device contains four independent sound masking generators. The equalizer screen on the right provides access to the four generators. In the default configuration generators A and B are ganged allowing two channel masking signals to be adjusted with one EQ.
When connected to a DS8000 network speaker processor the Input Manager provides per channel equalization and level control for incoming network signals, such as paging or background music.
The Output Manager provides a matrix mixer which allows any mix of network channels and internal generators to be routed to any speaker. The standard configuration provides two channels of broadcast sound masking on network channels 7 and 8, alternating between speakers. The individual volume, as well as the mix of audio channels , for each individual speaker can be adjusted.
Software releases include Dynasound Privacy Manager and Privacy Manager Remote with API. These releases are for Windows operating systems.
Privacy Manager Remote / API Release Version 1.1 February 17th 2015.


text:
Q: Cannot Open Database - The User Login Failed - VB.NET 2012 MVC 4 Edit: The SQL connection has gotten updated.
The Controller:
Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Function SQLSelect() As ActionResult

    Dim theconnection As New SqlConnection("Data Source=MSSQLSERVER;server=(localdb)\Projects;Database=test_drive_database;User Id=xxxx_user-PC\xxxx_user;password=;Trusted_Connection=True;Integrated Security=True;")
    theconnection.Open()

    Dim queryString As String = "SELECT * FROM ColorTable"
    Dim command As New SqlCommand(queryString)
    command.BeginExecuteNonQuery()

    command.CommandTimeout = 15
    command.CommandType = CommandType.Text

    'Printing Out the SQL Result

    Return ViewData("command")

End Function

The Error Messages:
Cannot open database "test_drive_database" requested by the login. The login failed.

Login failed for user 'xxxx_user-PC\xxxx_user'.

How to find out why exactly the login failed?
Notice: No password is used.
Addendum:
        Dim theconnection As New SqlConnection("Data Source=MSSQLSERVER;server=(localdb)\Projects;Database=ColorTable_database.sdf;Integrated Security=sspi;")
    theconnection.Open()

This is also a variation I have tried, though I am getting the same error message.

A: Reference Connection strings for SQL Server
Change your connection string in the following way:
Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

If you want to login with default login(Window Login) then use the following one for the Trusted Connection:
Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;

So your connection object should be as:
Dim theconnection As New SqlConnection("server=(localdb)\Projects; _
                          Database=test_drive_database;Trusted_Connection=True;")

If this does not solve the problem then it may be permission problem of the user.
Check the reference links:
SQL Server Asp.Net - "Login failed"
Login failed for SQL Server user through asp.net page
SQL Server: Login failed for user
Login failed for user

A: try to add "Trusted_Connection = true;" on the connection string.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


The photo was made by Nikon D3200 camera gives a image excellent quality. It was stored in the category "Animals", largest size is 6016×4000 pixels, you can download it to JPG format. We were tagged: Cat, Redhead, Winter, Red-headed Cat, Pet, Stomach.


The subset of nodes is contained in the top left-hand quarter of the rectangle and has nodal dimensions floor((n+1)/2) and 3 to capture all geometrically distinct counts.
where k indicates the position of the start node in the quarter-rectangle.
For each n, the maximum value of k is 3*floor((n+1)/2).
To limit duplication, only the top left-hand corner 8 and the 7 and 6 to its right are stored in the sequence, i.e. T(2,1) = 8, T(2,2) = 7 and T(2,3) = 6.


Our offshore software application progress enterprises are tailored to deliver effects that you just anticipation from outsourcing work IT software. As an overseas term extensive website augmentation organization, we also activity in a number of with the most widely used available resource technologies like PHP, Mysql database, Linux, Apache and create useful resource frameworks, CMS methods and online store responses.
industry experts come up with increased exceptional remedies that surge costs to small establishments. We makes a speciality of overseas software package progression if you use Microsoft Systems like asp.world wide web, vb.world-wide-web, c, sql web server, silverlight, Sharepoint host, Biztalk host and microsoft dynamics. For an overseas internet page progression organization, our world wide web makers utilize LAMP modern advances - Linux, Apache, Mysql database and PHP.
Our PHP programmers have performed number of world wide web software programs between essential CMS and social media website to challenging organization needs. We behavior a radical research within your internet business and demand with your employees to achieve in order the right way.
artwork, instuction videos and animation. Our products come with contracting out helping, operational and advancement operations. We deal with IT development, operations and service plans. Our offshore merchants are personalised with therapy and they are generally perfect.
We resource computer program/software preservation professional services from out Indian native overseas laptop computer applications progression centre. We seek advice from to the anticipations to generally be detailed extensively to make sure that we may easily build the results you wish. We show results closely with these buyers in the initiation time frame.
We have apple iphone application form development professional services to individuals considering that Apple revealed iphone SDK number one time. Know additional information on how cooperation works. Why try to find the expertise of our overseas outsourcing work service providers Offshoring internet business methods using our solutions imply relocating and transiting your techniques to a new quite a lot of area. But, along with us, you will not even come to feel the changeover.
in Japanese European countries. If you're scouring the web into the future to avail technology success offerings from the local respected offshore software package products progression organization, this is easy to depend upon us. You are actually on the best spot. Let?s us become your outsource mate for all of your on-line marketing campaigns considerations.
Slow down Transporting - Offshore delivery could believe it or not be painfully moderate and ineffective. This outcomes in frustration by it supervisors and specialist many people as worth discover important features will not be sent often plenty of, or comfortably good enough. Also, all of our services are freed from visibility lapses, slow downs, and mishandling of client specifics.
Low Fine quality - Terribly architected solutions with incredibly good scale phone numbers of imperfections. Deficiency of intelligent evaluations make regression verification a big challenge. For the reason that each individual business happens featuring its developed of completely unique complications and method specialties, any of these yearnings a personalized-built software application alternate choice to satisfy the latest ambitious priorities. We try to infuse pace, preciseness and flawlessness inside of your hard strategies, in that way paving the trail for maximum shopper fulfillment.


text:
Reel News Daily
Friends of RND
Cinemit
Directed by Women
Free Screenings
New York Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival
Review: 'Don't Go' is mysterious and visually delicious.
Posted on October 26, 2018 by Liz Whittemore — Leave a reply
OPENS IN THEATERS TODAY!
Somewhere between dreams and reality lies a terrifying hidden truth… Reeling from the shock of their young daughter's death, Ben (Stephen Dorff) and Hazel (Melissa George) attempt to restart their lives in a picturesque seaside village. But when the girl begins appearing to Ben in a haunting recurring dream, he becomes convinced that she is attempting to make contact from beyond the grave—and that his nightmare may hold the key to bringing her back to life. As Hazel begins to fear for her husband's sanity, they are each drawn into a mystery far beyond their understanding. This tantalizing psychological puzzle plumbs the depths of grief and guilt as it unravels the dark secret at its center.
Don't Go boasts so visually striking sequences. Using overly saturated light and tones to express memory or dream states, makes it a feast for the eyes. The reoccurring imagery is clever and precise. The story is one of a lost marriage exacerbated by the sudden death of this couple's young daughter. When Dorff's character convinces himself that he can bring her back from the beyond, his buried guilt drives him, and everyone around him to their breaking point. With great performances from stars Stephen Dorff, Melissa George, and Aoibhinn McGinnity Don't Go still remained a mystery to me after watching and rewatching the final 20 minutes. I'm not quite sure what was real but if that was the intent, then plot well laid out. The simple fact that I'm still attempting to untangle it says a lot about Ronan Blaney's writing. You can catch Don't Go In theaters today. Check out the trailer below!
A FILM BY DAVID GLEESON
Ronan Blaney (The Back of Beyond, Love Bites)
Stephen Dorff ("True Detective", Blade, Somewhere, Public Enemies)
Melissa George ("Grey's Anatomy", "The Good Wife," "In Treatment")
Aoibhinn McGinnity ("Quarry", Love/Hate)
Simon Delaney (The Conjuring 2, Delivery Man)
Charlotte Bradley (The Boys and Girl from County Clare, The Gift)
Luke Griffin (Band of Brothers, Pure Mule)
This entry was posted in Go To The Movies, in theaters, Reviews, Trailer, What To Watch This Week, Woman Lead, Women in Film and tagged David Gleeson, Don't Go, ifc films, Liz, melissa george, October release, Review, stephen dorff, trailer by Liz Whittemore. Bookmark the permalink.
About Liz Whittemore
Liz grew up in northern Connecticut and was memorizing movie dialogue from Shirley Temple to A Nightmare on Elm Street at a very early age. She will watch just about any film all the way through (no matter how bad) just to prove a point. A loyal New Englander, a lover of Hollywood, and true inhabitant of The Big Apple.
View all posts by Liz Whittemore →
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 review: The world premiere of 'The Night' is as captivating as it is terrifying.
Review: Indie Sci-Fi Comedy 'The Wave' starring Justin Long and Donald Faison, directed by Gille Klabin is one insanely weird trip.
Review: Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez Is Another Netflix Doc Win
Review: 'Three Christs' brings heavenly performances.
Review: 'Reality Queen' is funnier than actual reality.
Review: 'The Sonata' has a script and score to die for.
I'm Baaaaaack….and Here's My Top 50 of the Decade
Review: With a script by Shia LaBeouf, 'Honey Boy' is a personal triumph.
Review: 'The Wolf Hour' will close in on your comfort level.
Review: 'Grand Isle' is much like the hurricane it's set against.
Fandango Special Offers
'Race' Gift With Purchase
Fandango VIPs, get a FREE song download of "Let the Games Begin (From Race)" by Aloe Blacc with ticket purchase.
AMC Service Fee Waiver
Use your AMC Stubs number during checkout & have the service charge waived.
Copyright © 2020 Reel News Daily All Rights Reserved.
Go To The Movies
by Liz Whittemore time to read: 1 min
Go To The Movies	Review: 'The Dark' brings new light to…
Film Festival	New York Film Festival Reviews: 'A Faithful …


text:
IMX Software Achieves a Microsoft Gold!
IMX Software Achieves a Microsoft Gold ISV/Software Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network
IMX Software, the global leader in banknote trading and travel money technology solutions, today announced its latest Microsoft partner status of Gold Independent Software Vendor/Software Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network, demonstrating its continued ability to meet Microsoft customers' evolving needs in today's dynamic business environment. To earn a Microsoft Gold Competency, organisations must complete a rigorous set of tests to prove their level of technology expertise, have the right number of Microsoft Certified Professionals, submit customer references and demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction by participating in an annual survey.
IMX Software provides solutions to a significant number of blue chip banking and travel money clients across the globe. Its solutions, built on Microsoft .NET, support the operations of clients engaged in global wholesale currency and banknote trading; currency distribution and fulfilment; and the branch and online retailing of foreign exchange products. In 2010, following significant product investment, IMX Software delivered its new Global Trading System (GTS) to its first client. Building on twenty years of industry and product expertise, GTS consolidates wholesale trading, retail and e-commerce solutions on an advanced, single .NET technology platform to deliver significant business process, systems integration, reporting and compliance benefits to customers.
"The Gold ISV (Independent Software Vendor/Software Competency) status is a recognition of the on-going investment IMX is making to support and harness modern technology standards to differentiate our products and services, as well as demonstrate our commitment to an expanding list of customers relying on Microsoft-based enterprise solutions," said Bill Tickner, Chief Executive Officer at IMX Software. "In early 2012 we will launch the industry's most modern and integrated banknote and FX trading system which is built entirely on Microsoft's open, industry-leading technology."
The Microsoft Gold Competency signifies to the market that a company has demonstrated the highest level of skill and achievement within a given technology specialisation. "The Microsoft Partner Network is designed to empower solution providers to succeed in today's business environment. By achieving the prestigious Gold competency, participating companies are provided with a rich set of benefits, including increased customer visibility through branding and accessibility, training and support," said Jon Roskill, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. "We are proud to put forth a program that provides the right resources to help a company develop the expertise customers demand in today's competitive market and also provides the community and infrastructure that can connect them to one another, lowering costs for all parties."
– ends –
Bill Tickner


text:
<?php

namespace Mailgun\Messages\Exceptions;

use Mailgun\Exception;

class MissingRequiredMIMEParameters extends \Exception implements Exception
{
}


text:
Gomez Falls to Nation's No. 2 Player
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech's Guillermo Gomez drew the nation's No. 2-ranked player in the first round of the main draw at the D'Novo All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., and fell in straight sets Thursday. But the sophomore from Alicante, Spain rebounded to win his first consolation match, also in straight sets.
The sophomore from Alicante, Spain, ranked No. 33 in the nation, lost, 6-2, 6-4, to Denes Lukacs of Baylor. He returned to the court a few hours later to eliminate Chris Clayton of Harvard, 6-0, 6-2. Gomez had been seeded into the main draw, while Tech teammates Kevin King and Eliot Potvin were unable to advance through qualifying.
"Guillermo played hard and very solid from the first to the last point," said Tech head coach Kenny Thorne, "and the Baylor player is very good. He rebounded nicely this afternoon, however."
Gomez moves on in the back draw to face an Moritz Baumann of WisconsIn Friday.
January 17, 2020 Jackets Prepare for MLK Invitational Tournament
Tech welcomes three nationally ranked teams for its annual MLK weekend tournament
Jackets Prepare for MLK Invitational Tournament
January 12, 2020 Tech Handles Georgia Southern in Doubleheader
Tech Handles Georgia Southern in Doubleheader


Keith Wilson from Wilson Offroad in Fayetteville, NC sent us some photos of his Jeep Cherokee XJ from the Amp Tour Tough Truck Competition. Keith pushed his Jeep to the max and took home 1st place in the competition. The Jeep sports a 4.5" BDS short arm lift kit, 32" Kumho M/Ts and 4.56 gears. Keith told us he was jumping the truck high and landing hard. "This is why I run BDS, not only for the warranty, for the strength and dependability".


text:
The best video games of 2015
[MUSIC] 2015 was a really impressive year in terms of quality releases. But I couldn't possibly play them all. But of the ones I did, these are my top video games of the year. Of course keep in mind that these are no specific order so be sure you stick around to make sure your favorite game made my list. [MUSIC] Ori and the Blind Forest is a gorgeous open world platforming adventure game that I adored from way back in March. You love those old school Metroid and Castlevania games map play style? Well, Ori is for you. Up next is Bloodborne. This game had it all. A horrific atmosphere, terrifying enemies and a difficulty that may or may not have made me cry myself to sleep. Bloodborne is not for the timid, but it's easily one of 2015's best. Back in June, Rocksteady Studios finished their Arkham trilogy with Batman: Arkham Knight. Sure, the PC version of this game was kind of a hot mess, But the console version's fared much better. The game introduced the Batmobile and is one of the best looking titles of the year. If you didn't play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, you need to do that right now. This massive open world action role-playing game was a joy to roam and explore. And it's probably the largest game, in terms of scale and scope, that you'll ever play. So I had a Rocket League addiction for three months straight. From seemingly out of no where the game became one of the years most addictive online titles, the rules are simple. Two teams of cars have to bounce a ball into the other teams goal with, but it's frenetic pace and action made this a competitive gamers dream and solidified it as an E-sport instant classic. One single release Nintendo was able to unmark the dreams of the generation with Super Mario Maker. Giving Wii owners access to a legacy of Super Mario Brothers assets spent across multiple generations. Endless potential on an infinite amount of downlable levels. Makes it one of 2015's most impressive releases. The Wii U also had one of the year's best online shooters. Splatoon's third-person team-based multiplayer proved to be a winning formula out of the gate, with players competing to cover a map with their team's paint, all while battling it out with paint-based weapons and abilities. 2015 also saw the return of Sneak in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. This game delivered on nearly every level weaving an intricate and bizarre story into the Metal Gear universe. Stealth and action game play were all top notch, the game introduced new play styles as well as [INAUDIBLE] I had a blast this year with Until Dawn. This PS4 exclusive put you in control of a winter cabin, teen horror story. Now, I'm sure you've played the Butterfly Effect game before, but Until Dawn actually pulled it off in thrilling fashion. We went back to the wasteland this year in Fallout 4, the worse kept secret in gaming. Sure it played a lot like Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but exploring the commonwealth, building settlements, and looting the world never felt so good. Rise of the Tomb Raider seemed to improve on the 2013 reboot in multiple categories, including my personal favorite More tombs. Rise of the TombRaider featured gorgeous environments, jaw dropping action sequence, and like, I don't know like 30 fights with bears. 2015 was another stellar year for indie games and Undertale might be the years best. It's an endlessly clever and at times flat out hilarious RPG with a unique combat system and totally memorable storyline. I also love Axiom Verge, another throwback title with the retro art style carved from that Metroidvania age we all grew up playing. But the way Axiom Verge combined old and new school gaming tropes is what made it shine and kept me glued to my seat. Kerbal Space Program really surprised me this year, proving itself as a really compelling if totally silly space simulator. This one had endless replay value as you attempt to launch tiny Kerbals into space without accidentally killing them all. FInally on my list is Life is Strange, a narrative driven tale that thrives on the woes of being a teenager. I've heard this one described as Donnie Darko meets My So-Called Life. And if that's not enough to get you interested, Well I don't know what is. So there you have it. These are my favorite games of 2015. Like I said, at the top, couldn't possibly play everything the year had to offer, so be sure to sound off on Twitter and let me know what you loved in 2015.
See how easy it is to upgrade your garden lighting to LED
Stuber cast relives its craziest Uber experiences
Spider-Man: Far From Home director talks postcredit scene shocks
We're not ready for the deepfake revolution
I got my face professionally scanned for wrinkles and UV spots
How fast is T-Mobile's 5G network? We took it for a test drive...
AT&T 5G network has some of the fastest speeds we've seen
Get weird with Razer's new energy drinks
Ai-Da, the AI artist
War of the Worlds terrifies its live audience with holograms...


text:
HOBSON'S CHOICE
Hobson's Choice, a comedy, by Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) is still amusing more than a hundred years after its New York City premiere at the Princess Theatre on November 2, 1915. Within a week, the production moved to the Comedy Theatre where the production scored a total of 135 Broadway performances. Seven months later, the comedy was produced at London's Apollo Theatre opening on June 24, 1916. Hobson's Choice moved to the Prince of Wales Theatre on November 20, 1916. The London production ran for more than 400 performances before touring the cities of Great Britain. The production toured for years sometimes returning to cities visited previously since it was still popular. Hobson's Choice is Brighouse's most famous play.
Brighouse, a prolific British playwright, originally belonged to Annie Horniman's (1860-1937) Gaiety Theatre group in Manchester, England. During Brighouse's time with this group, he established a relationship with Ben Iden Payne (1881-1976) who directed many of Horniman's productions. Payne, a native of Manchester, moved in 1913 to the United States. When the London producers would not mount Hobson's Choice, Payne produced it in New York for the Schubert Organization.
The title of this play was a common term in Great Britain and was also known in the United States. I have seen newspaper advertisements with the banner HOBSON'S CHOICE as well as articles proclaiming a politician was faced with a "Hobson's Choice." The term originated in the sixteenth century. Tobias Hobson (1544-1631) was the owner of a livery stable in Cambridge, England. He believed each horse needed an equal period of work and rest and he would never allow a horse to leave the stable out of its turn. He offered customers the choice of either taking the horse he had placed in the stall nearest the door or taking nothing. This practice became known as "Hobson's Choice" and it signified that the choice was between either taking what was offered or receiving nothing. It also became known as "no choice."
It is fascinating to see how Brighouse clearly incorporates "Hobson's Choice" situations into his play multiple times. Each "Hobson's Choice" moment leads to the next situation in the plot. Act One is set in the interior of Hobson's Boot Shop in Salford, Lancashire, England. The year is 1880. Henry Horatio Hobson, the shop's owner, has three daughters: Maggie who is age 30, Alice is twenty-three and Victoria is twenty-one years. Henry spends a lot of his time at the "Moonraker's", a local pub. Maggie manages the shop and she is an excellent sales person. The daughters receive no payment for their labors. Maggie delivers her first ultimatum to her father when he threatens to fire his best boot maker, young Willie.
Act Two takes place in the same location one month later. Maggie comes to the shop, where she no longer works, to invite her sisters to her wedding. She is to marry Willie that afternoon.
Act Three is set in a cellar space that is a workroom, boot shop and living-room. Maggie and Willie are hosting their wedding reception for her sisters and their boyfriends. Hobson arrives and he is distraught since he is charged with drunken trespass resulting in damages for goods ruined in the neighbor's cellar. Once again Maggie manages the situation to her benefit and Hobson is placed in a position to take her choice in order to escape ruination.
Act Four is in Hobson's living-room that is attached to his shop. It is eight o'clock in the morning. It is one year later than Act Three. Hobson is very sick as a result of chronic alcoholism. He is living alone since all the daughters are married. The issue becomes who will take care of him. Once again Maggie provides Hobson with a final "Hobson's Choice."
While this plot outline will not bring a smile to your lips, the lines of the play will. It is a fast paced comedy that allows Maggie to be a spunky, take-charge female character. Some reviewers who saw the original production believed it was a bow to the suffragettes. The London critics labelled the play "a sparkling comedy." It was a relief from the dreary days and nights of World War One.
It was believed by the reviewers that this play provided the right amount of laughs to make it an event that was pure escapism. But it seems to me that this delightful comedy written in a time of war does reflect on daily life during a war that makes nearly everyone eventually faced with a "Hobson's Choice." The housewife who plans to spend her meat rations on a day when the butcher only has pork that her family will not eat. The young man who has not enlisted in the armed services and is confronted with the stigma of being a coward. The soldier whose turn it is to climb out of the trench and cross No Man's Land. I would think that many audience members who viewed this play during the war understood that point despite the merriment presented on stage. Brighouse served the Royal Air Force during World War One as a member of the intelligence staff of the Air Ministry and undoubtedly saw his share of "Hobson's Choice" situations.
Brighouse's Hobson's Choice continued to have a life long after the conclusion of World War One. It has had several major revivals as a play in the United Kingdom and the United States. This listing represents several of the professional productions: a 1964 version was produced by the National Theatre in London; 1977 Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut; 2002 Off-Broadway production at Atlantic Theatre; a 2011 production at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England and the 2016 production mounted by Theatre Royal of Bath, England that toured the West Country in the spring prior to opening in London at The Vaudeville Theatre on June 8th and closing September 10, 2016.
Hobson's Choice was adapted as a musical titled Walking Happy. The production opened on November 26, 1966 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway. It ran for 161 performances. The play was also developed into a popular ballet in 1989 titled Hobson's Choice by David Bintley (1957- ). This ballet toured to Hong Kong during January, 2011.
The play was also made into several films beginning in 1920. This first version was silent and it was directed by Percy Nash and made in the UK by Master Films. A 1931 film directed by Thomas Bently was made by British International Pictures and unfortunately there is no available version today. The 1954 film Hobson's Choice is still the favorite starring Charles Laughton with John Mills and directed by David Lean for London Film Productions.
In 1950 BBC-TV created a version of Hobson's Choice for "Sunday-Night Theatre." Hobson's Choice in 1967 was remade by BBC-TV into a one season series. UK Granada Television in 1962 made a ninety minute version of Hobson's Choice. In 1983, Hobson's Choice was also made as a television film with the same title by CBS Entertainment Productions for the United States audience.
Not to be forgotten is the BBC radio play version of Hobson's Choice in 1942. It was still being aired into 1944. This delightful comedy has had a long, productive and varied run during the past hundred years.
Labels: Annie Horniman, Ben Iden Payne, Charles Laughton, David Bintley, David Lean, Harold Brighouse, HOBSON'S CHOICE, John Mills, Tobias Hobson, WALKING HAPPY


text:
Coachella 2019: What to eat and drink at the…
Coachella 2019: What to eat and drink at the festival, how to skip the line and Roy Choi debuts KogiTown
The 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has revealed its food and drink lineup.
Kombucha sommelier Brady Leffler, 31, of Los Angeles, shows off several varieties of the fermented drink at the Kombucha Bar at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Vanessa Franko | vfranko@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2019 at 11:40 am | UPDATED: April 3, 2019 at 5:58 pm
In its early years, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival had one hotly anticipated lineup announcement — the musicians.
Now, in year 20, people are still making fake posters with their dream performers, but that's not the only list that has fans of the festival talking.
Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella lifer or prefer to watch from afar, get weekly dispatches during the Southern California music festival season. Subscribe here.
In addition to the initial lineup and the revelation of the DoLab performers, people love to see which food and drink vendors are coming to the festival, which returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 12-14 and April 19-21. Over the years Coachella has elevated its food and beverage program into a showcase for up-and-coming and established chefs.
Last year we saw the debut of the Indio Central Market, a food hall the size of a performance tent, which not only included outposts of some of the hottest restaurants around Los Angeles, but also a kombucha bar. The Indio Central Market will be back for 2019 with 15 or so curated restaurants from around the country.
(By the way, last year we embarked on a mission to eat every taco at Coachella. Since many of these spots are coming back, you might want to peep that report.)
The festival has also teamed up with Postmates Pickup so you can skip the line at some of the spots by ordering through the Coachella app, according to a press release about the new service. (Think of it like mobile ordering at Disneyland.)
Festival goers will be able to order food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and merchandise. Last year was the first where you could order merch via the Coachella app. You need a Postmates account, but then you can open up the app, select "Postmates Pickup," log in to your account, browse offerings and place an order.
Also, AEG Presents is going to have this service at other festivals, including the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in L.A. and more.
Here's more on the food at Coachella 2019:
Beef dumplings with sweet onion and aged soy from Ms Chi during the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 13, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
The Kombucha Bar inside the Indio Central Market at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Spicy Tuna Poke available from Sweetfin Poke in the Indio Central Market during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
A moment in front of the Indio Central Market at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova/Daily Breeze)
Indio Central Market
The Indio Central Market, which made its debut in 2018, is back and packed with more eateries. Among the spots coming to the festival are Van Leeuwen's ice cream, Fat Dragon, Fuku, Hawkin's House of Burgers, Vegatinos, Ramen Hood, Ms. Chi, Hanjip, Milk Box, Konbi, Sweetfin Poke, Lamill Coffee, George & Mirtha's, Dream Donut Truck, Cheezus and Wingman.
Does your resume sing? Coachella, Stagecoach to launch hiring soon
Coachella 2020: Here's your chance to design one of the festival's artistic recycling bins
How to get Coachella and Stagecoach festival passes if you're a Coachella Valley resident
Coachella 2020's passes have sold out and here's what the internet has to say
The Coachella 2020 festival lineup: The 5 biggest takeaways
Other featured food
Coachella has an extensive list of food vendors listed on its site, and it tells you if you can access them with a regular pass or a VIP pass.
Among the VIP highlights are Madre, which has a popular location in Torrance (but we don't know if the chapulines will be on the Coachella menu), The Rose Venice and beloved sushi spot KazuNori.
In the general admission area, it looks like Roy Choi is going to have dedicated spaces for Kogi Burritos, Kogi Tacos, Chego and a Chego Fries in an area called KogiTown near the main food court. According to the website, it's the 10th anniversary of Choi at Coachella. The menu options will include Ooey Gooey and Kimchi Fries, short rib, chicken or tofu tacos and burritos, plus Chego's Chubby Pork Belly Bowl, Sour Cream Hen House and the Leafy T.
And yes, Shake Shack is back.
There are also some food spots in the 21-and -older area, including the return of Beer Belly. Another option is Square Peg Pizza, a new spot from Tyler Anderson and former "Top Chef" contestant Bruce Kalman that's going to open in Connecticut this year.
As we mentioned above, Postmates has teamed up with Coachella for mobile ordering for the first time.
You can order food, as well as beer, wine, margaritas, vodka cocktails and sangria via the Coachella app.
Here's who's participating as of now — Top Round, Hanjip, Ms. Chi, Fat Dragon, Trejo's Tacos, Sweetfin Poke, Pizzanista, Wolf, Monty's Good Burger and Cheezus.
You will get a notification when your order is ready and you can select a location for pickup (there will be locations in both VIP and GA areas). If you're using the feature to buy merch, you can get that at the main merch tent.
Knowing how notoriously bad the cell service can get at Coachella, we'll see how mobile ordering handles the peak times at the festival.
Back for its sixth year, this popular series, which also does many events beyond Coachella, features notable chefs cooking a four course family-style dinner in the picturesque VIP Rose Garden.
Here's what's really cool about this year's chef lineup — it's predominantly women and includes a number of "Top Chef" alums, including Shirley Chung, who had a Ms. Chi outpost in the Indio Central Market last year and is also back there this year.
This meal is a $225 add-on to a ticket, but you get a welcome cocktail plus beer and wine and access to the VIP Rose Garden all day. Each seating is at 6 p.m.
Here's the chef lineup:
April 12: Shirley Chung (Ms Chi Cafe) and Casey Thompson
April 13: Nyesha Arrington and Jessica Largey (Simone) Note: This dinner is sold out.
April 14: Elisabeth Prueitt, Katie Hagan-Whelchel and Leah Chin-Katz (Tartine Bistro)
April 19: Adam Sobel (Cal Mare) and Ray Garcia (Broken Spanish and B.S. Taqueria)
April 20: Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken (Border Grill)
April 21: Jason Neroni (The Rose Venice)
Coachella got into the pop-up realm in 2015. It's always been for VIP passholders only, but this year it looks like there's only one restaurant — an outpost of Gwen. Curtis Stone and his brother Luke are bringing the L.A. spot back for a second year.
To dine at Gwen, you need to make a reservation via Open Table.
The popular Craft Beer Barn is back, as is Beer Belly's Rare Beer Bar and The Cabin, which had fancy cocktails.
The Kombucha Bar, which debuted in 2018, will return, as will the "secret" PDT Tiki bar, the Heineken and Absolut outposts.
Other drinking spots include Block Party, which is described as a "modern beer garden" that will be next to the Indio Central Market, the Broken Shaker cocktail bar in the VIP Rose Garden and Cupcake Vineyards' Frozie Factory, where you can have your face imprinted on a frozen wine cocktail.
Sign up for the Festival Pass newsletter to have our latest Coachella updates delivered to your inbox and follow along with all of our Coachella festival coverage.
LAKERS: Kobe's wife files for divorce
Vanessa Franko
Vanessa Franko is the Digital Director of Entertainment for the Southern California News Group. The lure of palm trees and covering pop culture brought her to The Press-Enterprise in Riverside in 2006. Vanessa has reported on everything from the Palm Springs International Film Festival to the MLB All-Star Game as a reporter, photographer, videographer and on-camera personality. She's won awards for her coverage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and for crime reporting in her home state of Maryland. Vanessa studied multimedia storytelling as a Knight Digital Media Center fellow in Dec. 2011 and has taught college courses in digital journalism. She's seen shows at every major concert venue in Southern California, but most special was when Paul McCartney played the high-desert roadhouse Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown for a couple hundred fans in Oct. 2016. Her album collection numbers in the thousands (including a couple hundred on vinyl) and when she isn't hunting for records, she and her husband like to check out the best in Southern California craft beer and watch sports. She also had a cameo in the 1992 Atlanta Braves highlight film, Lightning Strikes Twice!
Follow Vanessa Franko	@vanessafranko
Here's when the Buffalo Wild Wings in Temecula will open
Donut Bar will open Saturday, Jan. 25, in downtown Riverside
Nutrition: Should I be eating less red meat or not?


Enjoy a complete Australian outback experience, you will discover Kakadu National Park where stunning wildlife and natural vistas await before crossing the border to visit amazing Purnululu National Park, the Mitchell Plateau and lovely Broome.
Highlights: Enjoy ancient Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr, absorb the beauty of Hawk Dreaming and Cannon Hill in Kakadu, cruise the Yellow Water Billabong, enjoy the Dawn Break Sunrise Cruise on Katherine Gorge, explore the Bungle Bungle Range, visit Piccaninny Creek and Cathedral Gorge, explore Zebedee Springs and Emma Gorge, cruise through Chamberlain Gorge, take a helicopter flight over Mitchell Falls, admire Gwion and Wandjina rock art, discover Windjana, Bell, Galvans and Barnett River gorges, torch in hand, wade through Tunnel Creek, cruise ancient Geikie Gorge.
Inclusions: Accommodation, all accommodation is fully ensuited, meals, expert services of the Kimberley's best Driver-Guides and Operations team, Travel in a deluxe 4WD vehicle, all sightseeing, park and cruise fees.


Home / Casino Tricks and Tips / Where to play casino games?
Places to Play Casino Games.
There are several places in which you can play casino games. The most obvious places is, of course, the good old casino. Traditionally, the best casinos in the world are in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States of America. However, this is not the only place in the world where you will find casinos. Every major city in the world nowadays has several casinos – from London, to Beijing to Caracas and Kampala, you can easily find a casino in any of these cities. All you have to do is walk in and get ready to spend some money.
In these casinos you will find food and drinks and a wide range of games which you can play at your own leisure and pleasure. Different casinos have different rules that govern them. For example, there are some casinos which you can only join if you have a black jacket. Therefore, before waltzing your way into a casino, make sure you find out the rules of that casino before embarrassing yourself.
Another place where you can play casino games is in the comfort of your home. You can do this by asking your friends to come over and maybe bring a friend or two. There are many advantages of doing this as opposed to playing casino games in an ordinary casino. The main advantage is that you get to make your own rules.
Any of the traditional rules of casinos that you do not find comfortable with, you can break them upon agreement. Another advantage is that you have the liberty to set your own maximum and minimum bets. In ordinary casinos, these limits are usually set by the casino management.
Therefore, if you are in a casino and cannot afford the maximum wager, you will have to leave the table. However, this is not something that you will have to worry about if you are playing casino games in the comfort of your own house. You just have to reach a consensus with the other members of the team and you will agree on what is going to be the maximum and what is going to be the minimum bet.
Another advantage of playing a casino game at home is that you get to save a lot of money. In a casino, you will have to buy overpriced drinks and foods and, in some cases, tip the waiters and the waitresses. This is something that you will not have to worry about if you are playing casino games in the comfort of your own basement at home.


It's time to face facts. It is not a given that just because you have a website your site is being found either on the search engines or by potential clients. Websites can be had now via India at a fraction of the cost here, Verizon and hundreds of other companies out there are now offering free or next to free websites for their customers, my uncle is designing one for his rubberband balls as we speak. Heck, you can even design a great looking one on your Mac. However, if you are a business, and if one of the main purposes of your website is to draw traffic to your site and act as lead generation, you are going to need to have a search engine optimized site that will be ranked prominently on the major search engines, not an online business card.
Studies have shown that only 1 out of 5 people will click to page 2 of a search engine to find what they are looking for. 80 percent will not leave page one. Forget page 6. So how do you ensure ranking high in what is known as the "organic" or FREE middle section of a search engine page?
Well here we go: Make sure your website is well optimized and designed with time tested SEO practices to ensure high ranking in the major search engines — Google, Yahoo, MSN and BING. There is a delicate balance between a search engine optimized site that the search engine crawlers will find and a well designed site that is pleasing to the eye and not so busy as to be more of a distraction than anything else. A good web designer that is capable of encompassing both elements is hard to come by, but they are out there. If your site is so keyword rich that the flow is awkward, the navigation confusing and the readability is difficult, customers will be turned off and lose interest.
On the other hand, a beautifully designed site with un-tagged graphics and/or flash media, barely any keywords or meta tagging, no titles or descriptors, and lacking in inbound links will be ranked low on the search engines, and you can kiss all of that money spent on design bye bye as it has just been lost to the black hole of search engine hell.
The key to a functional site that will draw traffic and encourage click throughs is to have a well designed, easy on the eye, easy to navigate site that also contains smart SEO practices.
Using internal, outbound and inbound links. Lots of them.
Have easy to opt in boxes, and have them placed in obvious spots that don't have to be hunted down.
Have options on the home page especially for taking action: great content converts and adds to retention on site which leads to conversions.
Be written to appeal to an 8th grade audience. Really.
SEO is an ever-evolving science. A quality website designer will make sure your site is kept current to keep up with the emergence of new techniques, keywords and tools. It may not be free, but the value added will in time pay for itself many times over. If your product and service is quality, you will see ROI. Remember that at the end of the day the best websites out there can only bring traffic to your site. It can't convert the business or retain the customers for you — that is your job. You don't want your website to be just another pretty face, you want it to bring in business. So go get 'em.


3 bedroom apartment in River Garden apartment, Thao Dien Ward, District 2. Close to British International School and An Phu supermarket. 3 bedroms/2 bathrooms (bathtub and shower), 1 living room and kitchen. Usage of 153 sqm, located in 7th floor, nice balcony. Facilities: common swimming pool, tennis court and gym room, shops and supermarket, coffee shops, security 24/24. Brand new. Rental price: 1,200 USD/ month (Partially furnished with home appliances) or 1,500 USD/month (Fully furnished with home appliances and Furniture).


As a paid subscriber to The Sedgwick County Post you will receive access to exclusive content on thesedgwickcountypost.com. However, you may also wish to receive the print version of The Sedgwick County Post as well. Please indicate how you would like to receive your subscription below.
Online and Print - $1,368 per year - $124 savings!


text:
Huge backlog in operations building due to lack of PPE and staff testing
A lack of vital protective equipment and long waits for coronavirus test results are stopping hospitals from tackling a huge backlog in operations, a key NHS leader is warning. Patients whose surgery has been postponed because of the pandemic face even longer delays because hospitals are having to wait for as long as 13 days for the outcome of tests, Chris Hopson told the Guardian. That along with ongoing shortages of the sterile gowns that operating theatre teams needed to perform surgery safely remained "major obstacles" to the NHS's reopening, added Hopson. "My concern about reopening the NHS is that people are massively underestimating how difficult and complex it's going to be to restart the full range of services and levels of activity that are needed. Hospitals cannot do that until doctors and nurses can have regular tests for coronavirus and get the results back very quickly, to prevent asymptomatic staff – or patients arriving for an operation – inadvertently bringing the virus in with them, added Hopson. In pointed criticism of ministers, he said: "The gap between the tone and content of the government's statements on testing and the difficult reality on the ground is painfully wide and needs to be closed quickly. "It's particularly unfair to ask a patient whose operation has already been delayed to start the difficult process of isolation without being certain that they can actually perform the surgery when the due date arrives." NHS England bosses are understood to be sympathetic to Hopson's concerns and share what he called hospital bosses' "deep frustration" at ministers' failure to solve either problem. "It would be premature and inadvisable to attempt a return to 'business as usual' before the testing regime is operating effectively and accurately in all parts of the country and significantly increased supplies of PPE can be guaranteed to protect staff and patients.
Qantas pauses plane deliveries from Airbus, Boeing due to virus
The airline had expected to add three Boeing 787-9 jets to its fleet by the end of 2020 and to start taking delivery in August of the first of 18 Airbus A321neos due by 2022. Many carriers around the world have grounded the bulk of their fleets and halted aircraft deliveries in response to the pandemic, leading Airbus and Boeing to cut production rates.
What does PM's lockdown exit plan mean for the economy?
And the coronavirus emergency has delivered the largest dose of uncertainty in the lifetimes of just about anybody who is today running a business. How can you employ staff, rent premises, borrow money, make investments when you don't know how long you will have to burn through cash while no revenues come through the door? How can you make any important decisions whatsoever when you simply don't know whether there will be any demand for your goods, your services, when you finally do re-open? So does Boris Johnson's "first sketch of a road map for reopening society" help alleviate that lethal, all-encompassing, uncertainty for UK businesses? The industrial harmony that reigned when the Government unveiled the jobs furlough scheme in March seems to have dissipated. Gallery: Coronavirus turns the world into a ghost town (The Atlantic) But, of course, this raises questions about what "phased" means exactly. While that remains unclear many businesses in this sector will be looking for the C


To see incredible wildlife of Gorillas and their natural life, there are three places in Central Africa – Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The total population of gorillas left in these countries is less than 900. The National Geographic and World Wildlife Fund have different figures of 700 and 880 respectively.
Explore the natural habitat of the gorillas in the beauties of rainforests with trekking safari. There are two densely forested mountain areas – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda and the Virunga Mountain region located in the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and DRC. There are also four national parks, where gorilla trekking safari can be done.
Out of total 900 gorillas, around 480 gorillas inhibit in the Virunga Mountain, which is almost half of their total population. The Volcanoes National Park located in Virunga Mountain region of Rwanda has 10 Gorilla groups especially for safaris – the highest among all the regions. Hence, you cannot ignore visit to see gorillas in Rwanda, which has incredibly scenic mountains and volcanoes covered with dense forest.
In order to experience the unforgettable and unbelievable trekking trip, you need to plan out the trip. The following shall help your gorilla trekking.
The gorilla trekking can be done all round the year, but the best time is between June to September and December to February. During this period, the climate is dry and sunny. Since Rwanda is located above 2000mtrs of sea level, the climate is unpredictable and you can expect rains anytime. It is better to check Rwanda's climate before trekking.
The official permit is required in all the gorilla trekking safaris. The cost of permit is expensive and is different in all the national parks and trekking locations. Rates differ based on season. The peak season is considered from June to September and December to February. The peak season cost of permit in Rwanda is approx. $750 whereas in Uganda it is $600.
If you are visiting Rwanda, you can buy the permit from Rwandan Tourism Board Office (ORTPN) either through email or by calling in person. Booking permit through tour operator is convenient way and has to be done in advance – even before 3-4 months in peak season.
The entire gorilla trekking is divided into groups based on their family and the area they inhibit. There are groups like Sabyinyo, Agashya, Umubano, Susa, Karisimbi, Hirwa, Kwitonda etc. You can ask for particular group for trekking, but it is not guaranteed by the park headquarters. The groups change their location based on climatic conditions.
Gorillas are prone to human diseases. If you have infectious disease, avoid going near the gorillas. Don't cough or sneeze near the gorillas.
Keep safe distance of at least 5-7 meters.
Avoid throwing left over eatables or snacks packets in front of them.
Wear proper trekking suits and shoes. Carry waterproof backpacks along with you, as the weather is wet and humid.
Follow the basic rules regarding toilet etiquettes, littering and cleanliness.
Don't panic when the gorilla charges you. Instead, stay calm and crouch down slowly.
Don't use flash while taking photographs though the climate may be dark. Using of flash camera is not permitted.
Keep your trekking an awesome moment to remember. Preserve the gorilla groups in their natural environment for the future generation to enjoy.


James Wan has fast become one of the most prominent directors in the world of horror cinema. With stellar features like Saw, Dead Silence and Insidious under his belt, Wan continues his winning streak with The Conjuring, a truly chilling take on the haunted house film.
The Conjuring follows paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorna Warren (Vera Farmiga) as they investigate the case of a family who believe their home to be haunted by a demon. The film is reportedly based on a real case that the Warrens worked on.
Opening with titles reminiscent of The Exorcist with striking yellow text against a black background, Wan gives us an insight into his inspirations for The Conjuring which become further apparent throughout the feature. There's also early references to Richard Attenborough's Magic and Wan's own Dead Silence in the film's tense and darkly comic opening scene which showcases one of the Warren's previous cases.
This nostalgia for classic horror becomes even more apparent when we are introduced to The Perron family, who live in a large, old-fashioned house that screams parallels with Amityville's 112 Ocean Avenue. Despite this fond nostalgia Chad and Carey Hayes' narrative and set-pieces feel staggeringly fresh – as do Wan's inventive scares. By taking the genre and the ghost-hunting angle back to the 1970s, The Conjuring provides an inventive spin on concepts that could be classed as clichéd.
Wan's direction is packed with unexpected scares and horror set-pieces all executed with an unsettling sense of tension. Standouts scares come from a game of hide and clap gone wrong and a children's toy mirror in which evil spirits appear - the latter of these is likely to have you hunched back in your seat, hands clenched. The aesthetic of The Conjuring is not particularly gore-heavy, with Wan favouring haunting chills instead of gross-out visuals, a decision that makes The Conjuring a classy, atmospheric watch.
The Conjuring is given further conviction by a stellar cast, each bring a powerful emotion to their respective parts. These characters expand beyond simple triggers for the film's horror, The Hayes captures a distinct human side to all their characters from Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson's Warrens to Lili Taylor's Carolyn Perron. Farmiga is particularly excellent as she showcases her character's growing weakness as a result of the her toiling psychic gifts.
The Conjuring is a tense, downright chilling take on the haunted house film skilfully executed by James Wan. The feature pays homage to several genre classics whilst still feeling like a fresh and original addition to the genre.