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JdC - Garden Trends 2018 : Beautiful, blue & worldwide!
The selected picture is somewhat reminiscent of a David Hockney painting. The 3 universes of JdC - Garden Trends are represented : Gardening, Building & Landscaping and Outdoor living.
The « Journées des Collections Jardin » is now becoming: « JdC - Garden Trends ». The 3 JdC logo elements no longer need to be explained, as « Journées des Collections » has become renowned in the world of gardening and DIY distribution.
Despite the lack of business events in april, a key month to develop product listings, surrounding countries should not become indifferent towards « Garden Trends ».
In recent years, gardens have been invaded by the presence of swimming pools. As a result, customers' expectations are increasing with the rise in heat waves over the last few years. Jdc is now creating a real swimming-pool village, to accommodate your needs.
Lawn Mowers & Motorized Tools' Village who made a recent comeback to JdC, has confirmed they will expand their location in the exhibition area. Likewise, the BBQ village, will move to a larger location in the Rabateau aisle to accommodate more suppliers.
More than 150 « international » suppliers (50%) are exhibiting at JdC and will present European supply offers to French distributors. JdC is now geared towards international buyers, « It's obvious that the JDC is now shifting towards international buyers »: always on the lookout for the latest innovations to stand out from the crowd: « 2/3 of the 360 exhibitors at JdC are not exhibiting at other European tradeshows ; therefore a lot of new products are exclusively presented on our tradeshow »,says Mr. Jean-Luc Garnier, JdC's Tradeshow Director.
In order to support this approach, JdC's marketing team has been enhanced with the addition of a Visitor Relations Manager dedicated to international buyers.
These buyers as well as french retailers, will benefit from a personable approach combining expertise and conviviality.
1200 purchasing decision makers are expected to visit JdC 2018 in Marseille.
A promising 2018 tradeshow for the French and European world of distribution.


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Q: SQL Server trigger won't run the complete update statement? Problem: I wrote a trigger that is supposed to update the INVOICE table after an INSERT into the LINE table but it won't update the invoice table. The trigger fires but the Update statement block won't execute.
I debugged while I executed the INSERT into the line table and found out as soon as the it gets to the UPDATE statement it jumps over it and doesn't run that code. I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days now.
Here is my trigger code
ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trgInvoiceInsert] ON [dbo].[LINE]
AFTER INSERT
AS
  declare @linUnits numeric(9,2);
  declare @linPrice numeric(9,2);
  declare @invNum   int;

  select @linUnits = LINE_UNITS from inserted;
  select @linPrice = LINE_PRICE from inserted;
  select @invNum = INV_NUMBER from inserted;
BEGIN
 UPDATE i --From here it jumps to the start of the next Update
    SET INV_SUBTOTAL = INV_SUBTOTAL + (@linUnits * @linPrice)
 FROM dbo.INVOICE as i
 WHERE i.INV_NUMBER = @invNum

 UPDATE i
    SET INV_TOTAL = INV_SUBTOTAL + INV_TAX
 FROM dbo.INVOICE as i
 WHERE i.INV_NUMBER = @invNum

 PRINT 'Trigger fired Successfully.'

END

A: Well, using a statement like this:
select @linUnits = LINE_UNITS from inserted;

indicates that you're assuming that the trigger fires per row - it does not.
SQL Server triggers are fired once per statement - so if your statement inserts multiple rows into the Line table, your trigger will fire once for the complete statement, but the Inserted pseudo table will contain multiple rows of data.
So you need to rewrite your trigger to take that into account - the Inserted table can (and will!) contain multiple rows - and your trigger code needs to deal with that.

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Despite a Virginia law and university policy banning smoking within 25 feet or inside of campus buildings, smokers often clog the entranceway to the JC and other highly populated areas around campus.
Students with sensitivity toward smoke, ranging from annoyance to severe medical symptoms, are often forced to walk through packs of smokers. Smokers, under Virginia law, retain their right to smoke in designated public areas as a personal freedom.
What is the university smoking policy?
In accordance with the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act, university policy promotes a healthful and safe work environment for students, faculty and staff while still preserving the right to choose to smoke.
Smoking is only permitted in designated areas marked by signs. Hallways, classrooms, restrooms and all public areas are smoke-free.
Smoking is permitted outside of buildings not designated as hazardous.
The policy was last updated in 2004, but currently a student task force is working on updates.
Several administrators are responsible for the enforcement of the smoking policy, including the assistant vice president and chief human resources officer, the associate provost for personnel & budget, and the assistant vice president for university services. Duties include implementing and enforcing the policy in their areas of work and inform faculty, staff and students under their jurisdictions of the policy provisions.
What changes are being suggested?
At a student government forum in 2011, students debated the current policy and how amendments could help provide rights to both smokers and non- smokers on campus. Suggested changes included more signage, which have since been posted at the JC East entrance, North Plaza entrance and the main entrance to SUB I.
"The question has always been: How to respect one's right to smoke and one's right from smoke? The goal is, through education initiatives undertaken by WAVES and by clearer and common signage, we will encounter fewer problems," Williams said.
Though cognizant of the intrusion smokers cause on non- smokers,Williamsisanadvocate of personal rights and thinks it is important to reach a compromise between the two groups.
The current university policy was approved and implemented under former Senior Vice President Maurice Scherrens. New Senior VP J.J. Davis is set to officially assume her role on March 4, providing an opportunity to sign off on a new policy.
Signs may be posted not to smoke in front of entrances, but these same entrances are where most ashtrays are located. With all of the problems on a college campus, is this one really that important? As far as I've been able to tell there are no smoking specific areas on campus. Maybe we should focus on bigger problems instead of worrying about where people smoke.
If they will provide some choices to the smokers than I think it will be easy for them to control this, they should make some designated areas for smoking and should allow students to use electronic cigarettes.
Smoking bans are necessary, it helps to keep people away from tobacco products, millions of smokers die every year due to this dangerous addiction.


In a recent op-ed piece for the (London) Independent ("The danger of this infantile anti-Americanism," 15 May 2003) Gavin Esler  joins a growing chorus of prominent commentators decrying what they perceive to be an ever escalating "anti-Americanism in this country" (Britain).
Esler's argument is that the British are prey to a "catastrophic failure of understanding of the most powerful democracy in the world." But a closer inspection of the article reveals that the failure of understanding is Esler's and the catastrophe is that so many column inches are wasted focusing on a 'straw-man' whilst the US military invades and occupies another sovereign nation with impunity.
The gravamen of Mr. Esler's argument appears to be that "a profound British ignorance and intellectual arrogance towards the United States" is a major causal factor in our "creeping anti-Americanism." Undoubtedly there are those whose dismay at US foreign policy is coupled with anti-Americanism but these attitudes are different not in degree but kind. That many people are incapable of making such seemingly simple distinctions is not commendable but Mr. Esler should be wary of pointing the finger given the frequency with which he, and many of his colleagues, makes the same mistake.
For instance, George Robertson (NATO Secretary General) apparently relayed to Esler his belief that British and European anti-Americanism has moved beyond being "criticism of individual policies or even an individual president." The implication being that both are on a sliding scale of anti-Americanism with recent British views moving toward the more pernicious end of the measure. Unfortunately, Mr. Esler's inability to notice the difference in kind between these positions inevitably leads him to disregard the arguments of many anti-war protestors who have no such difficulty.
Indeed, Mr. Esler notes, with exasperation, that "[f]or weeks, radio phone-in shows have been full of people describing George Bush and the US military as being morally as bad as Saddam Hussein." Overlooked, by Esler in his rush to defend "the most powerful democracy in the world" from "trite anti-Americanism" (Jack Straw), is any notion that anti-war protestors might have a position worth engaging. Instead, it seems, they simply represent "the usual patronizing British attitude" towards Americans. The result? Another baby is thrown out with the bathwater.
Furthermore, one can't help but notice the striking functional similarities between this latest worry over anti-Americanism and the notion that to disagree with Israeli foreign policy is tantamount to anti-Semitism. Regularly overlooked in the latter case is the logical impossibility of being anti-Semitic, for opposing illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, whilst supporting the cause of the Palestinians, when they themselves are Semitic people. But shout "anti-Semitism," however false, loudly enough and the resulting tinnitus ensures that many mainstream journalists fail to hear subsequent arguments that could provide a balanced debate.
None of these points should be taken to suggest that racism is not a very real and present danger in all corners of the world, nor that we should waver in our to efforts to stem its flow. And of course, "infantile anti-Americanism [is] unjust, unreasonable and absolutely not in Britain's interest." However we would do well to remember what happened to the boy who cried, "Wolf!" too often.
In the meantime, journalists should direct their attention to the 'cries' of the overwhelming majority of the international community. A community that cannot understand how the leaders of an "almost entirely benign continent" like the U.S. can wage an illegal and immoral war on another nation with such limited condemnation by the mainstream media.
This serious shortage of adequate analysis by most mainstream media need not be seen as an intentional effort to stifle dissenting voices. Unfortunately, for anyone hoping that the 'corporate' media will be able to offer impartial examinations on issues as important as the 'allied' invasion and occupation of Iraq, or the Israel/Palestine predicament, the results, alas, are astonishingly similar.
Richard Hine is a doctoral student at King's College London (Philosophy). He is currently organizing a conference in London on the 'Propaganda Model' and mainstream media bias/self-censorship.
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$A loses ground on trade deficit numbers
The Australian dollar was over half a US cent lower at noon, following disappointing foreign trade figures.
At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the local unit was trading at 103.24 US cents, down from Monday's local close of 103.86 US cents.
Since 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the local currency has traded between 103.24 US cents and 103.73 US cents.
The local unit fell around a quarter of a US cent after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported Australia had posted a trade deficit of $205 million in February, seasonally adjusted, from a downwardly revised surplus of $1.433 billion in January.
This was the first time Australia recorded a deficit since March 2010.
Economists' forecasts had been for a surplus of $1.1 billion for February.
At 1129 (AEST), just before the release of the data, the dollar was trading at 103.53 US cents, and fell to 103.24 US cents by 1153 (AEST).
ICAP senior economist Adam Carr said that while the headline figure had surprised the market, the details revealed a decent result for the month.
"If you look at why February shrank, you can see imports, particularly capital goods imports, actually very strong," Mr Carr said.
"We also didn't see a further collapse in coal exports.
"Generally speaking, it was a very good set of numbers and it shows that the underlying economic growth for Australia is very strong."
He expected the local currency to bounce back on Tuesday, as the market digested the data.
The next focus for currency traders will be at 1430 (AEST) on Tuesday, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meets and is widely expected to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.75 per cent.
Mr Carr said investors will focus on the wording of the central bank's statement, rather than the decision itself.
"They're certainly not going to say anything that's going to indicate to the market that they're going to cut.
"They're not going to say anything that's going to justify market pricing, so the risk has to be that the market pricing reverses and the Aussie dollar benefits from that."
Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was stronger at noon.
At 1200 AEST on the ASX 24, the June 10-year bond futures contract price was at 94.465 (implying a yield of 5.535 per cent), up from 94.435 (5.565 per cent) on Monday.
The June three-year bond futures contract was trading at 94.930 (5.070 per cent), up from 94.890 (5.110 per cent) previously.
Australian trade goes into deficit
Infratil to boost investment in business

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This is a decent one
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The great Baker off
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The best place to play and all that
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This game's going to cut you down
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Touchdown in London town
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News Kevin Butler's On A Horse For Resistance 3
Not the best Resistance 3 commercial to kick-off Kevin Butler's tenure in SCEA's new Long Live Play initiative, but it gets the point across
Butler's on a horse, pleading with the resistance to use their PlayStation Move Sharp-Shooters against the Chimera. Catch the TV spot after the jump.
Sat 3rd Sep 2011
News Resistance 3 Debuts Solemn New Commercial
There have been plenty of live-action Resistance 3 adverts
The first batch were exclusively in live action. But that won't stop the marketing execs that be from peddling more live action Capelli to your screen. "Silence Before Storm" features train cars, the American midwest, Chimera, and the dystopian lifestyle we've come to expect of the...
Wed 31st Aug 2011
News Kevin Butler Returns To PlayStation In Dramatic Style
After concern that PlayStation icon Kevin Butler had quit Sony late last week, we can confirm that the straight-faced executive is back
Sony's announced via the PlayStation Blog that it's launching a brand new marketing campaign with Butler at the forefront. The new campaign is entitled 'Long Live Play' and is set to takeover various websites, TV...
News Kevin Butler Leaves Sony?
It seems Kevin Butler, president of many things PlayStation related, is taking time out from the company
The fictional character executive revealed on his Twitter account overnight that he is leaving PlayStation in order to head up his Uncle's economy flooring company. Butler even updated his Twitter profile picture to reflect the change. Whether...
News Kevin Butler Lines Up The Position Of First Person Sensei For Killzone 3
As is a tradition for every big PlayStation 3 release in North America, Kevin Butler's back with a couple of new advertising slots
The commercials, which focus on the PlayStation Move Sharp-Shooter peripheral and Killzone 3 itself, are not Kevin Butler gold like previous spots, but are definitely worth a look if you're a fan of the fake executive...
Fri 18th Feb 2011
Guerrilla Games
News This Is How Japan Sells Yakuza: Of The End...
Zombies. Zombie, zombie, zombies.
Wed 16th Feb 2011
Yakuza Of The End
News Dead Space 2's Marketing Campaign Misses The Point Entirely
The original Dead Space was good because of its atmosphere and intellectual commentary
It was scary because of the things it didn't show you, not the things it did. So forgive us for labelling EA's "Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2" marketing campaign as the worst thing ever. While the mature ladies spew hyperbole such as, "I think it'll...
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News "Offensive" PlayStation Move Advertisement Banned For Being "Too Violent"
"Move into the fight" is the tag-line for Sony's print The Fight: Lights Out campaign
Unfortunately for the platform holder, no one will be moving anywhere as the campaign has been banned in Britain. The spot — which depicts a player throwing pretend punches and grasping a digital character in a head-lock — received eight complaints and has...
Wed 22nd Dec 2010
The Fight Lights Out
News "Boombassador Of Deals" Kevin Butler Teams Up With Best Buy For Holiday Sale
Kevin Butler disarms a bomb and delivers a baby in this brand new Best Buy commercial
He also happens to team up with a Best-Buy employee for a sweet PlayStation 3 holiday deal. Boom!
News Kevin Butler Sells It Straight In New North American PlayStation Commercials
Sony's released a fresh batch of North American holiday ads, once again revolving around fake executive Kevin Butler
In the two new spots designed to push the PlayStation 3 this Christmas, Butler solves a myriad of family crisis'. "Dad With A Dilemma" can't find a way to please both his wife (who wants a blu-ray player) and his children...
News We're Not Quite Sure What Sony Norway Were Smoking When They Cooked Up The MoveMen
We understand that in Europe Daft Punk and electro-disco culture is a big deal
What we don't understand is what it has to do with PlayStation Move. For as much as we love the sidechained bass synths in this Sony Norway commercial, we're not sure it says anything about the strengths of Move at all.
Interview How Remothered: Broken Porcelain Defies Horror Tropes in the Light of Day
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News Sony Insists PS4 Is Still the Best Place to Play with Montage Trailer
News Faust Can Eat His Opponent in Guilty Gear Strive and It's Freaked Us Out
News The Last of Us 2 Job Listing Asks for PC Experience, Has Some PlayStation Fans in an Uproar
Rumour Job Listings Suggest Bethesda Is Moving onto The Elder Scrolls VI as Starfield Development Nears Completion
Talking Point In a Week Full of PS4 Game Delays, Are You Disappointed?
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Hands On Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Is Good Fun, But It's Far from Perfect
Round Up Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Reviews Don't All Live Up to the Potential
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Federal government investing $13.5M to turn Martello Tower into a s'more
NB, News
Posted by Brandon Hicks
Saint John — It appears that the Carleton Martello Tower will be under fire once again. The federal government announced Sunday that it would be investing $13.5 million to convert the masonry fort into a giant campfire treat.
"I'm very excited," said Mayor Mel Norton. "It's been sitting there for more than 200 years, just looking delicious, so I'm happy to see that the federal government is as invested as we are in making the most of this historical site."
Work on the project is already underway, with some of the country's finest architects and pâtissiers slaving away over hot stoves preparing new designs for the refurbished tower. Not only must it be beguiling and respectful to its cultural heritage, but also 100 percent edible.
"This is a massive undertaking," said Scott Lloyd, head of chocolate construction. "We've got to import over 100,000 grams worth of chocolate chips from Switzerland. That's the easy part — the challenge is making sure that they're secure and don't all fall out of the side when you squeeze the crackers. That shit is annoying as fuuuuuuuuck."
The insertion of the tower between graham crackers is expected to be the most difficult and costly aspect of the conversion, said Norton, as it will require uprooting the tower itself, and placing it between two specially made wafers.
"The crackers are not in single, solid pieces," he explained, "but instead, they can be broken off into several hundred individual servings — one for each family in the West Side area."
City officials say that the update is expected to be completed by late August — just in time for an end-of-summer Martello roast. Norton said he has already picked out his best scary stories.
"…And only 2 or 3 of them have to do with the city's budget," he said proudly.
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What It's Like to Get an Abortion in Georgia
Vice.com ^ | 11/25/19 | Kimberly Lawson
Posted on 11/26/2019 4:01:19 PM PST by spintreebob
Abortion access varies widely for people in different parts of the country. We're going state by state.
Georgia made national headlines in May when Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a bill that would ban abortion after 6 weeks and define fetuses as people. While the law has been blocked as legal challenges proceed against it, the reality is that it's already difficult to get an abortion in the state.
What Georgia state law says about abortion: People seeking abortions in Georgia face a number of restrictions. Abortions are prohibited after 20 weeks unless the pregnant person's life is in danger, their physical health will be severely compromised, or there's a lethal fetal anomaly.
According to the Women's Right to Know Act, which passed in 2005, patients seeking an abortion must be:
· counseled before the procedure about potential medical risks associated with having an abortion and carrying the pregnancy to term
· told the probable gestational age of the fetus
· informed about the possibility of receiving financial assistance from the state for prenatal care and childbirth
· reminded that the "father" is liable for child support
· informed where they can obtain an ultrasound free of charge
· given state-sponsored materials that "describe the unborn child, list agencies that offer alternatives to abortion, and contain information on fetal pain."
After receiving this mandated counseling, patients have to wait at least 24 hours before their abortion appointment. In cases where an ultrasound is performed, providers have to offer patients the opportunity to see the image and listen to the fetal heartbeat. Georgia only allows publicly funded insurance like Medicaid and plans purchased from the state to cover abortion care in cases of rape, incest, or if the patient's life is at risk. For minors, a parent or guardian must be given 24 hours notice prior to the procedure.
Additionally, crisis pregnancy centers receive public funding in order to "encourage childbirth instead of voluntary termination of pregnancy."
What it's like seeking an abortion in Georgia
This is one woman's story.
One morning in 2013, Susana, whose last name has been withheld to protect her privacy, woke up feeling nauseated. Although she was on the birth control pill, she immediately suspected she was pregnant. She bought an at-home pregnancy test from a nearby dollar store. It was positive.
Susana, who lived in Georgia at the time, calculated that it had been six or seven weeks since her last period, so she knew she had the option of having a medication abortion, which is FDA-approved for the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. She was 19 and not ready to have kids, and especially not with her boyfriend at the time—the relationship was tumultuous, she said.
In an interview with VICE, Susana, who's now 25, shared more about her experience of getting an abortion in Georgia—and how she initially ended up at an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What did you do after you found out you were pregnant? Susana: I went to what I thought was a health clinic, but it turned out to be one of those fake pregnancy clinics. The name was so benign. It was really weird. I didn't do a blood test, I just did the urine test at the clinic, which confirmed the pregnancy.
While the test was processing, I was taken to a prayer room. It was all under the assumption that I would have the baby. [A woman] was like, 'Let's pray for the life of the baby and that you'll be fine.' I told her I'm an atheist and I don't pray, and she's like, 'OK, that's fine, I'll pray anyway.' At the end of it, she gave me a pair of yellow baby booties. I thought, why did you have to make this so real all of a sudden for me? They called several times [after that initial visit], asking me about how my pregnancy was, and telling me that they have a lot of resources, diapers and all of that stuff. It was just uncomfortable and mostly awkward.
When did you decide to have an abortion? Within a few days after learning I was pregnant. It feels like a blur now. I was Googling everything—abortion clinics, how the process goes, everything. When I called the clinic, they told me to call back within 24 hours to actually make the appointment. I was confused. [When I called back] it didn't take long to schedule the appointment...within a week and a half. I was fortunate enough that it was in the same city I lived in.
What was the appointment like? The clinic was located in an office complex. There were protesters at the entrance—they were standing there with signs. My boyfriend and I drove in circles all around the building so that they wouldn't see us drive straight to the clinic. I didn't know if they could tell, but I didn't want them to identify our car.
When we were in the waiting room, there were a lot of women by themselves. We all knew why we were there because these were the only services offered. It was quiet. I don't think there was even a TV on in the waiting room. The nurses or techs weren't particularly comforting—it felt like maybe the DMV.
What else do you remember about the appointment? It felt very procedural. I had the ultrasound that they make you have—I just assumed it was so they could see how far along I was.
After the ultrasound, I was put in a room with like four or five chairs with desks attached to them like in middle or high school. That's when the nurse asked me a few questions: Am I being forced to do this? Am I volunteering to do this? It wasn't like, hey, are you fine. It was more like a formality, kind of like running through a questionnaire.
Then I was given the medication and painkillers and sent home. I was told to take the next day off if possible. They told me to buy pads, and take the painkillers.
How much did it cost? I think it was about $400. My boyfriend gave me $100, and the rest I already had saved.
Is there anything else you want to share about your experience? I had a medication abortion and I was fortunate enough that it was pretty straight-forward. It wasn't scary. I took the pill in the comfort of my own home, which I really appreciated. I didn't have to travel out of town, I wasn't underage, I had enough money saved up, my parents were supportive—all of that really made the decision a lot more clear. All those things that are supposed to deter people from having abortions—they do, but not because people don't want to have abortions. It's because there are too many burdens.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife; real; reality
why did you have to make this so real all of a sudden for me?
This quote says it all. Important decisions should be made in a fantasyland and not in reality?
1 posted on 11/26/2019 4:01:19 PM PST by spintreebob
To: spintreebob
I read these stories and in all of them women are never held responsible for their own negative choices at all.
2 posted on 11/26/2019 4:16:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
Why don't they ask the babies how it is to be aborted in Georgia?
3 posted on 11/26/2019 4:17:34 PM PST by Meatspace
To: Meatspace
Why not ask the baby and the mother if the baby could be adopted?
4 posted on 11/26/2019 4:22:48 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
What it's like when a hip magazine gets sold and goes Woke.
5 posted on 11/26/2019 4:25:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
When Vice edits an interview it's for clarity, when Center For American Progress or Project Veritas edits an interview it is because 'they are like totally dishonest!'
Or as most people call it, "What it's like to murder a baby in Georgia".
7 posted on 11/26/2019 4:59:50 PM PST by joma89
The Vice "journalist" puts the word "father" in quotation marks.
8 posted on 11/26/2019 6:14:09 PM PST by mumblypeg


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Q: symfony2: ContextErrorException on production server "Erroneous data format for unserializing" I want to deploy symfony2 application. On localhost works perfect, the only difference my web directory is in public_html, but when I installed on my prod server, after register some user, the exception has been thrown. Looks like unserializing can't decode, my entity "0:{}":
ContextErrorException: Warning: Erroneous data format for unserializing 'CodeCats\PanelBundle\Entity\User' in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php line 869

    in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php line 869
    at ErrorHandler->handle('2', 'Erroneous data format for unserializing 'CodeCats\PanelBundle\Entity\User'', '/home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php', '869', array())
    at unserialize('O:32:"CodeCats\PanelBundle\Entity\User":0:{}') in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php line 869
    at ClassMetadataInfo->newInstance() in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php line 2444
    at UnitOfWork->newInstance(object(ClassMetadata)) in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php line 2546
    at UnitOfWork->createEntity('CodeCats\PanelBundle\Entity\User', array('id' => '1', 'username' => 'tomek11', 'email' => 'tomek11@gmail.com', 'password' => '2f5e325c351294588e238389d1cc86a39a0c58f2', 'grade' => 'USER', 'avatar_id' => null, 'companyEmail_id' => null), array()) in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Internal/Hydration/SimpleObjectHydrator.php line 132
    at SimpleObjectHydrator->hydrateRowData(array('id1' => '1', 'username2' => 'tomek11', 'email3' => 'tomek11@gmail.com', 'password4' => '2f5e325c351294588e238389d1cc86a39a0c58f2', 'grade5' => 'USER', 'avatar_id6' => null, 'companyEmail_id7' => null), array('id1' => array('name' => 'id', 'type' => 'integer'), 'username2' => array('name' => 'username', 'type' => 'string'), 'email3' => array('name' => 'email', 'type' => 'string'), 'password4' => array('name' => 'password', 'type' => 'string'), 'grade5' => array('name' => 'grade', 'type' => 'string'), 'avatar_id6' => array('name' => 'avatar_id', 'type' => 'integer'), 'companyEmail_id7' => array('name' => 'companyEmail_id', 'type' => 'integer')), array()) in /home/progress/domains/progress-checker.pl/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Internal/Hydration/SimpleObjectHydrator.php line 48

Additional info: The magic gpc in turned on.
Update
my check.php result:
** Mandatory requirements **

 OK       PHP version must be at least 5.3.3 (5.4.29 installed)
 OK       PHP version must not be 5.3.16 as Symfony won't work properly with it
 OK       Vendor libraries must be installed
 OK       app/cache/ directory must be writable
 OK       app/logs/ directory must be writable
 OK       date.timezone setting must be set
 OK       Configured default timezone "Europe/Warsaw" must be supported by your installation of PHP
 OK       json_encode() must be available
 OK       session_start() must be available
 OK       ctype_alpha() must be available
 OK       token_get_all() must be available
 OK       simplexml_import_dom() must be available
 OK       detect_unicode must be disabled in php.ini
 OK       PCRE extension must be available

** Optional recommendations **

 OK       Requirements file should be up-to-date
 OK       You should use at least PHP 5.3.4 due to PHP bug #52083 in earlier versions
 OK       When using annotations you should have at least PHP 5.3.8 due to PHP bug #55156
 OK       You should not use PHP 5.4.0 due to the PHP bug #61453
 OK       When using the logout handler from the Symfony Security Component, you should have at least PHP 5.4.11 due to PHP bug #63379 (as a workaround, you can also set invalidate_session to false in the security logout handler configuration)
 OK       You should use PHP 5.3.18+ or PHP 5.4.8+ to always get nice error messages for fatal errors in the development environment due to PHP bug #61767/#60909
 OK       PCRE extension should be at least version 8.0 (8.32 installed)
 OK       PHP-XML module should be installed
 OK       mb_strlen() should be available
 OK       iconv() should be available
 OK       utf8_decode() should be available
 WARNING  posix_isatty() should be available
          Install and enable the php_posix extension (used to colorize the CLI output).

 OK       intl extension should be available
 OK       intl extension should be correctly configured
 OK       intl ICU version should be at least 4+
 WARNING  a PHP accelerator should be installed
          Install and enable a PHP accelerator like APC (highly recommended).

 WARNING  short_open_tag should be disabled in php.ini
          Set short_open_tag to off in php.ini*.

 OK       magic_quotes_gpc should be disabled in php.ini
 OK       register_globals should be disabled in php.ini
 OK       session.auto_start should be disabled in php.ini
 OK       PDO should be installed
 OK       PDO should have some drivers installed (currently available: mysql, pgsql, sqlite)

A: Ok it's the issue (and possible solutions):
http://www.doctrine-project.org/jira/browse/DDC-3120
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/11056

A: For those still coming across this issue, updating the doctrine/orm dependency worked.
My new doctrine dependency line in composer.json:
    "doctrine/orm": ">=2.2.3,<2.5",
Then I updated composer as per usual from the command line: php composer.phar update

A: Since it's the top Google result for this error I'll just paste the dirty quick fix here to get you going more easily.
Note: In nearly every case you shouldn't modify any vendor files like this. However, if you have some dependency problem which couldn't be solved for some reason here's the trick for you.
This is a Doctrine error, so you should modify the Doctrine ORM bundle a bit.
Add your PHP_VERSION_ID to the newInstance() function in
/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php

The final result looks like this for me:
public function newInstance()
{
    // echo PHP_VERSION_ID; die();  // Uncomment this, in case you don't know your PHP_VERSION_ID
    if ($this->_prototype === null) {
        if (PHP_VERSION_ID === 50429 || PHP_VERSION_ID === 50513 || PHP_VERSION_ID === 50603 || PHP_VERSION_ID === 70009) { // This is the tricky line
            $this->_prototype = $this->reflClass->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
        } else {
            $this->_prototype = unserialize(sprintf('O:%d:"%s":0:{}', strlen($this->name), $this->name));
        }
    }

    return clone $this->_prototype;
}

The original solution can be found here: https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/11056

A: I had the same issue. I solved it by updating "doctrine/orm" package in Composer.json to "~2.4" version and then running:

composer update doctrine/orm
from the command line. This should only update the concerned package. After this refreshing the webpage and/or logging in again and the error was gone.
Hope this helps.


Who turns the song towards me?
This melody seeks to set right me.
Rain is nowhere….but I am in rain.
I got the upsetting curse not to listen this song.
My heart vehemently turns down the sound.
No humans perceive the sound of my heart's whispering.


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package example

import scala.scalajs.js
import js.annotation.JSExport
import org.scalajs.dom

object ScalaJSHackathon extends js.JSApp {
  def main(): Unit = {
    val paragraph = dom.document.createElement("p")
    paragraph.innerHTML = "Hello from Vienna!"
    dom.document.getElementById("playground").appendChild(paragraph)
  }

  /** Computes the square of an integer.
   *  This demonstrates unit testing.
   */
  def square(x: Int): Int = x*x
}

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We have lots of ideas for the future and will take some time to build them. We will have more 3D and are coming up with ways to make the 3D more 3Der. The trick is getting the projector to display the colors juuusssttt right.
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Камп () — тауншип в округе Ренвилл, Миннесота, США. На 2000 год его население составило 207 человек.

География
По данным Бюро переписи населения США площадь тауншипа составляет 73,9 км², из которых 73,8 км² занимает суша, а 0,1 км² — вода (0,14 %).

Демография
По данным переписи населения 2000 года здесь находились 207 человек, 91 домохозяйство и 54 семьи.  Плотность населения —  2,8 чел./км².  На территории тауншипа расположено 96 построек со средней плотностью 1,3 построек на один квадратный километр. Расовый состав населения: 98,07 % белых, 0,48 % c Тихоокеанских островов и 1,45 % приходится на две или более других рас.

Из 91 домохозяйства в 26,4 % воспитывались дети до 18 лет, в 53,8 % проживали супружеские пары, в 2,2 % проживали незамужние женщины и в 39,6 % домохозяйств проживали несемейные люди. 34,1 % домохозяйств состояли из одного человека, при том 17,6 % из — одиноких пожилых людей старше 65 лет. Средний размер домохозяйства — 2,27, а семьи — 2,96 человека.

23,7 % населения — младше 18 лет, 4,3 % — в возрасте от 18 до 24 лет, 29,0 % — от 25 до 44, 24,2 % — от 45 до 64, и 18,8 % — старше 65 лет. Средний возраст — 42 года. На каждые 100 женщин приходилось 113,4 мужчин.  На каждые 100 женщин старше 18 приходилось 129,0 мужчин.

Средний годовой доход домохозяйства составлял 32 500 долларов, а средний годовой доход семьи —  37 813 долларов. Средний доход мужчин —  27 344  доллара, в то время как у женщин — 26 250. Доход на душу населения составил 15 422 доллара. За чертой бедности не находилась ни одна семья и 3,4 % всего населения тауншипа.

Примечания

Тауншипы округа Ренвилл (Миннесота)

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Q: How to control the concurrency of future.sequence in scala? I know that I can transform a Seq[Future[T]] into a Future[Seq[T]] via
  val seqFuture = Future.sequence(seqOfFutures)
  seqFuture.map((seqT: Seq[T]) => {...})

My problem now is, that I have 700 futures in that sequence and I want to be able to control how many of them are resolved in parallel as each future will call an internal rest api, and having 700 requests at the same time is like fireing a dos-attack against that server.
I rather only have something like 10 futures being resolved at a time.
How can I achieve that?

Trying pamu's answer I see the error:
[error] /home/philipp/src/bluebat/src/main/scala/com/dreamlines/metronome/service/JobFetcher.scala:32:44: com.dreamlines.commons.LazyFuture[A] does not take parameters
[error]         val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_()))
[error]                                            ^
[error] /home/philipp/src/bluebat/src/main/scala/com/dreamlines/metronome/service/JobFetcher.scala:32:28: no type parameters for method sequence: (in: M[scala.concurrent.Future[A]])(implicit cbf: scala.collection.generic.CanBuildFrom[M[scala.concurrent.Future[A]],A,M[A]], implicit executor: scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext)scala.concurrent.Future[M[A]] exist so that it can be applied to arguments (List[Nothing])
[error]  --- because ---
[error] argument expression's type is not compatible with formal parameter type;
[error]  found   : List[Nothing]
[error]  required: ?M[scala.concurrent.Future[?A]]
[error]         val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_()))
[error]                            ^
[error] /home/philipp/src/bluebat/src/main/scala/com/dreamlines/metronome/service/JobFetcher.scala:32:42: type mismatch;
[error]  found   : List[Nothing]
[error]  required: M[scala.concurrent.Future[A]]
[error]         val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_()))
[error]                                          ^
[error] /home/philipp/src/bluebat/src/main/scala/com/dreamlines/metronome/service/JobFetcher.scala:32:36: Cannot construct a collection of type M[A] with elements of type A based on a collection of type M[scala.concurrent.Future[A]].
[error]         val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_()))
[error]                                    ^
[error] four errors found

A: FoldLeft
Simple foldLeft can be used to control the number of futures that run concurrently at a time.
First, let's create a case class called LazyFuture
case class LazyFuture[+A](f: Unit => Future[A]) {
  def apply() = f()
}

object LazyFuture {
  def apply[A](f: => A)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): LazyFuture[A] = LazyFuture(_ => Future(f))

  def apply[A](f: => Future[A])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): LazyFuture[A] = LazyFuture(_ => f)
}

LazyFuture stops future from running immediately
val list: List[LazyFuture[A]] = ...

list.grouped(concurFactor).foldLeft(Future.successful(List.empty[A])){ (r, c) =>
  val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_()))
  batch.flatMap(values => r.map(rs => rs ++ values))
}

Change concurFactor accordingly to run multiple futures concurrently.
concurFactor of 1 will run one future at once
concurFactor of 2 will run two futures at once
and so on ...
def executeBatch[A](list: List[LazyFuture[A]])(concurFactor: Int) =
   list.grouped(concurFactor).foldLeft(Future.successful(List.empty[A])){ (r, c) =>
      val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_()))
      r.flatMap(rs => batch.map(values => rs ++ values))
    }

Complete code
  case class LazyFuture[+A](f: Unit => Future[A]) {
    def apply() = f()
  }

  object LazyFuture {
    def apply[A](f: => A)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): LazyFuture[A] = LazyFuture(_ => Future(f))

    def apply[A](f: => Future[A])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): LazyFuture[A] = LazyFuture(_ => f)
  }

  def executeBatch[A](list: List[LazyFuture[A]])(concurFactor: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[List[A]] =
    list.grouped(concurFactor).foldLeft(Future.successful(List.empty[A])) { (r, c) =>
      val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_ ()))
      r.flatMap(rs => batch.map(values => rs ++ values))
    }

Limiting the execution context
You can also limit the computation resources by limiting the number of threads in the execution pool. But, this solution is not so flexible. Personally, I do not like it.
val context: ExecutionContext =
  ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(8))

You have to remember to pass correct execution context which is an implicit value. Sometimes we do not know which implicit is in scope. It's buggy
Warning
When future is constructed like below
val foo = Future {
     1 + 2
} // future starts executing

LazyFuture(foo) // Not a right way

foo already started executing and cannot be controlled.
Right way to  construct LazyFuture
val foo = LazyFuture {
  1 + 2
}

or
val foo = LazyFuture {
  Future {
   1 + 2
  }
}

Working example
package main

import scala.concurrent.{Await, ExecutionContext, Future}
import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration

object Main {

  case class LazyFuture[A](f: Unit => Future[A]) {
    def apply(): Future[A] = f()
  }

  object LazyFuture {
    def apply[A](f: => A)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): LazyFuture[A] = LazyFuture(_ => Future(f))
    def apply[A](f: => Future[A]): LazyFuture[A] = LazyFuture(_ => f)
  }

  def executeBatch[A](list: List[LazyFuture[A]])(concurFactor: Int)
    (implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[List[A]] =
    list.grouped(concurFactor).foldLeft(Future.successful(List.empty[A])) { (r, c) =>
      val batch = Future.sequence(c.map(_ ()))
      r.flatMap(rs => r.map(values=> rs ++ values))
    }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

    val futures: Seq[LazyFuture[Int]] = List(1, 2, 3, 4, 5).map { value =>
      LazyFuture {
        println(s"value: $value started")
        Thread.sleep(value * 200)
        println(s"value: $value stopped")
        value
      }
    }
    val f = executeBatch(futures.toList)(2)
    Await.result(f, Duration.Inf)
  }

}

A: Concurrency is of Scala Futures is controlled by the ExecutionContext. Note that futures start executing on the context immediately after creation, so the ExecutionContext of Future.sequence doesn't really matter. You have to supply the appropriate context when creating the original futures from the sequence.
The default context ExecutionContext.global (usually imported through import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global) uses as many threads as there are processor cores, but it can also create many additional threads for blocking tasks, that are wrapped in scala.concurrent.blocking. This is usually the desired behaviour, but it's not suitable for your problem.
Fortunately, you can use ExecutionContext.fromExecutor method to wrap a Java thread pool. For example:
import java.util.concurrent.Executors
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext

val context = ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10))
val seqOfFutures = Seq.fill(700)(Future { callRestApi() }(context))
val sequenceFuture = Future.sequence(seqOfFutures)(ExecutionContext.global)

The context can also be provided implicitly of course:
implicit val context: ExecutionContext =
  ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10))
val seqOfFutures = Seq.fill(700)(Future { callRestApi() })
// This `sequence` uses the same thread pool as the original futures
val sequenceFuture = Future.sequence(seqOfFutures)


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The shortage of materials and the need for housing after both World Wars lead to the use of non-traditional materials in building. Some four-in-a-block houses and social housing tenements were built using these materials.
The Main Types
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The main types of non traditional building make use of concrete in different forms, some as concrete frames, some as poured concrete and some as prefabricated blocks. Steel was also used, sometimes to sheet the outside, sometimes to provide framing. Timber dwellings were also built.
The main technical problem with the concrete types is the rusting of any metal reinforcement encased in the concrete.
Most of these building types have now been improved or demolished so it may be difficult to establish exactly which type of construction you are looking at. Technical staff in your local council housing department or housing association may be able to help with identification.
Cladding on low rise buildings such as those discussed above is not generally regarded as a fire risk as it was applied directly to the walls without leaving a gap that could lead to fire spread. However, if your building appears to be covered with any kind of panel system, you may be required to get an EWS1 form completed in order to allow purchasers to obtain a mortgage.
More about cladding and fire risk.
Perhaps the biggest problem for owners is that, while these are often now good homes, it is very hard to sell these houses.
Orlit flatsJohn GilbertBefore improvement and over cladding.
Up to the mid 1950s, non traditional construction types used to build flats were:
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No Fines
Used for a number of types of blocks of flats, these were made from a type of poured concrete building that contained no fine aggregates. While they provided better insulation than other concrete types, they were broadly equivalent to an uninsulated cavity brick wall. Reinforcement was usually at eaves level or above windows. Wider openings (over 1500mm or 5 feet) had precast lintels cast into the structure. In four storey flats it was usual to have the second floor structure formed using in situ concrete with the first and third floors constructed from timber joists.
A problem with these is that it can be difficult to move the position of a door or window as the lintels are cast in to the structure.
No fines constructionJohn GilbertLarge aggregate and concrete render
Crosswall Construction
Used in 1950s four storey tenements flats. These had concrete walls running front to back and the second floor was also made of concrete. Front and back walls were generally made of brick. The main problems arise from Damp Proof Courses above openings and concrete floors, particularly in higher blocks.
Glasgow Foam Slag
Made from precast concrete panels made using foamed slag, sometimes formed off site. Like No Fines, the building would be rendered externally. When used in four storey tenements, the second floor was usually concrete with the first and top floors in timber.
Boot Pier and Panel system
These were usually semi detached but four-in-a-block flats were also built in the interwar years in Dundee and Glasgow.
Atholl Steel
This was used in some four-in-a-block flats built after 1945. These had a steel frame and bitumen-painted steel sheet external walls. Condensation could occur within the wall and then rust the external steel panels.
Precast panel and system building
You should consult a professional about any major repairs to these types of building, ideally someone who has experience of working on your type of building. Your local council housing department or housing association may be able to give you names of companies they have worked with in the past. They will not however be able to make any recommendation as to which firm to use.
Further reference:
"A Guide to Non-Traditional Housing in Scotland" by the Scottish Office Building Directorate 1987 (May be available from your local library or second hand online.)
Precast Concrete and System Building
Cladding and fire risks