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Empirical Studies on the Economic Impact of Trust
Empirische studies over de economische impact van vertrouwen
Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you cannot be too careful when dealing with strangers?" This survey question is frequently asked to thousands of individuals globally. The aim of this question is to obtain a measure for how trusting individuals are towards people they do not know, but with whom they nonetheless interact. This thesis shows that trust has substantial economic consequences.
Currently, in economics trust is often disregarded. It is difficult to reconcile trusting behavior with the classical view of 'economic man' as a completely rational, self-interested being. This thesis includes four studies where this behavioral assumption does not hold, however. In fact, they show that more trust is better in various dimensions. From individual income and the location decision of multinational firms to the productivity and technological development of countries: trust matters. Each study identifies how trust generates economic value, and how large the effect of trust is. Furthermore, the development of trust is modeled to explain why there exist such large differences in trust levels between individuals, regions and countries.
Keywords Interpersonal trust, social capital, economic performance, foreign direct investment, multinational strategy, total factor productivity, technological development, absorptive capacity, instrumental variables, endogeneity
Promotor J. Veenman (Justus) , Ph.H.B.F. Franses (Philip Hans)
Publisher Erasmus Research Institute of Management
Sponsor Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Prof. dr. C. Bjørnskov, Prof. dr. J.J. Vromen, Prof. dr. H.D. Webbink, Prof. dr. J.M. Dagevos
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de Bliek, R. (2015, May 21). Empirical Studies on the Economic Impact of Trust (No. EPS-2015-324-ORG). ERIM Ph.D. Series Research in Management. Erasmus Research Institute of Management. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/78159
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Despite a slow start to sales in the new-crop year, the apple category is showing strong signs of growth, according to a new industry analysis.
The latest Fruit Tracker Fast Facts video analysis of Nielsen scan data from Wenatchee, Washington-based Stemilt Growers finds that despite a short crop, apple sales are comparable to last year at the same time.
Stemilt's analysis of December 2018 U.S. retail scan data shows average weekly dollars and pounds of apples sold were flat compared to December 2017. The average U.S. store sold 1,685 pounds of apples per week in December 2018, bringing an average of $2,710 to the store each week.
The category's top apple variety, gala, has rebounded from its December 2017 performance, with volumes and dollars up 11% year-over-year.
Gala made up approximately one-quarter of apple sales in December 2018 with an average retail price of $1.29 per pound. Honeycrisp led the top 5 apple varieties in average retail pricing with an average price per pound of $2.28. Honeycrisp represented 17.4% of apple category sales and 24.6 percent of the dollars. Dollar sales of Honeycrisp were up 4% in December 2018 when compared to the year prior. Granny Smith, fuji, and red delicious rounded out the top five apple varieties in December 2018.


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Q: mysql stored procedure error in creation I am new in learning stored procedure.Now I am trying to make a procedure which will generate a random number and store it in a variable and then insert the value in another table.
create procedure getRand()
begin
delcare rc varchar(255);
SELECT CHAR(ROUND(65 + FLOOR( RAND() * 57 ))) into rc;
insert into Rand_loader (snum,rnum) values (rc,rc);
end//

But when I tried to run this on mysql then it gives this error
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'rc varchar(255);
SELECT CHAR(ROUND(65 + FLOOR( RAND() * 57 ))) into rc;
insert' at line 3

I am unable to understand this error.Ill appreciate your helpPlease help me to solve this

A: Try below code. It works for me
DELIMITER $$

CREATE
    /*[DEFINER = { user | CURRENT_USER }]*/
    PROCEDURE `yourdatabasename`.`getRand`()
    /*LANGUAGE SQL
    | [NOT] DETERMINISTIC
    | { CONTAINS SQL | NO SQL | READS SQL DATA | MODIFIES SQL DATA }
    | SQL SECURITY { DEFINER | INVOKER }
    | COMMENT 'string'*/
    BEGIN
 DECLARE rc VARCHAR(255);
SELECT CHAR(ROUND(65 + FLOOR( RAND() * 57 ))) INTO rc;
INSERT INTO Rand_loader (snum,rnum) VALUES (rc,rc);

    END$$

DELIMITER ;

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A: You have written "declare" wrong.
CREATE PROCEDURE `getRand`()
    LANGUAGE SQL
    NOT DETERMINISTIC
    CONTAINS SQL
    SQL SECURITY DEFINER
    COMMENT ''
BEGIN
declare rc varchar(255);
SELECT CHAR(ROUND(65 + FLOOR( RAND() * 57 ))) into rc;
insert into Rand_loader (snum,rnum) values (rc,rc);
END

A: You just need to replace declare with DECLARE and always try to use capital letters while writing SQL commands.

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Syrian units of measurement
A number of units of measurement were used in Syria to measure length, mass, capacity, etc. The Metric system was adopted in 1935 in Syria.[1]
1 System before metric system
1.1 Length
1.2 Mass
1.3 Capacity
System before metric system[edit]
A number of units were used.
Length[edit]
One pic was equal to 0.582 m.[2][3]
Mass[edit]
A number of units were used to measure mass. One rottolo was equal to 1.785 kg.[2][3] Some other units were given below:
1 drachme = 1/600 rottolo
1 pesi = 1/600 rottolo
1 metecali = 1/400 rottolo
1 mitcal = 1/400 rottolo
1 once = 1/60 rottolo
1 zurbo = 27.5 rottolo
1 cola = 35 rottolo
1 cantar = 100 rottolo.[2][3]
Capacity[edit]
Several units were used to measure capacity. One rotl was equal to 3.2 l.[2][3] Some other units are given below:
1 makuk = 250 rotl
1 garava = 450 rotl.[2][3]
^ Cardarelli, F. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins. London: Springer. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
^ a b c d e Washburn, E.W. (1926). International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology. 1. New York: McGraw-Hil Book Company, Inc. p. 12.
^ a b c d e Cardarelli, F. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins. London: Springer. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
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Spark EDM is a comprehensive production tool for creating the pulse-pounding sounds of Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Techno, House, and more. The third Arturia software instrument based on the Spark Engine, Spark EDM incorporates 14 high-quality effects, 16 independent audio outputs, 480 cutting-edge instruments, and 30 kits, with 3 powerful sound engines. The EDM-style GUI is easily adaptable to any controller thanks to the MIDI Control Center, so you can really get hands-on with the software. The incredibly intuitive workflow of Spark EMD uses drag and drop, shortcuts, and instant tweaking for fast and easy inspiration. Packed with 1920 dance-style patterns, SPARK EDM has the tools for today's electronic music.
This is a stand-alone product. Spark EDM IS NOT an expansion pack for Spark.
As with all major operating system updates, it is vital to check the compatibility of your hardware and software before upgrading your system. For new computer owners, it' highly advised to check with manufacturers on when they expect their products to be fully compatible with the latest operating system.


Donors in the United States may not give directly to Indian nonprofits and receive a tax deduction in the US.
By giving through CAF America, US donors can make tax effective donations to any successfully vetted foreign charitable organization.
Giving to a foreign nonprofit without conducting due diligence on the organization and its staff is a risk for any donor.
India has close to 3 million nonprofits according to some estimates, but only a small percentage can legally receive foreign funding under India's Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA).
Giving to a non-FCRA compliant organization or to a non-FCRA account is a legal risk for the recipient organization and a reputational risk for the donor.
There are 3 forms of nonprofits in India: Public Charitable Trusts, Societies, and Section 8 Companies; to work with nonprofits in India, grantmakers should be familiar with each form.
CAF America can currently expedite grants to more than 200 FCRA-compliant and vetted nonprofits. We can conduct due diligence on any FCRA-registered nonprofit and make grants to these organizations if they pass our vetting process.
Thinking of making a charitable donation to a nonprofit in India? While the country is home to the most nonprofits in the world, giving to India can be complicated even for experienced grantmakers.
One of the fastest–growing countries in the world, India is home to more than 1.3 billion people, though it is estimated that approximately 270 million Indians live in poverty. These significant levels of poverty may account for the presence of an estimated 3 million nonprofits operating in the country. This robust nonprofit sector, combined with the presence of a thriving Indian diaspora community in the US are a driving force behind cross-border giving to India. However, the best avenues to do so are not always clear.
American citizens who want to support charitable initiatives in India and receive a tax-deduction have a few options to consider: they may donate to a US-based nonprofit which has programs in India, a "friends of" organization which supports an Indian nonprofit, or use an intermediary grantmaker (such as CAF America) to tax-effectively support the organizations and causes they value. To learn more about mechanisms for international grantmaking, see Chapter Four of Cross-Border Giving: A Legal and Practical Guide (Charity Channel Press, 2018).
United States law requires that foreign charitable organizations, such as those operating in India, undergo extensive due diligence (either an expenditure responsibility or an equivalency determination) to establish whether donations to these organizations can be tax-deductible or to ensure that they are not taxable expenditures for 501(c)(3) grantors. As the leader in international grantmaking, CAF America maintains unparalleled knowledge of US and recipient country regulations governing cross-border giving and the receipt of foreign funding. We have found it to be useful to share this information with our donors so they too can be aware of the challenges that their preferred organization faces on-the-ground.
Only a small percentage of Indian charities are legally able to receive foreign funding under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA). Under FCRA, which was tightened and revised in 2010, Indian nonprofits of all shapes and sizes must register with the federal government to legally receive foreign funding. FCRA was designed "to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality … and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to the national interest…". Unfortunately, FCRA status is tenuous, with charities having licenses revoked and bank accounts frozen in recent years. The International Center for Not-for-profit Law (ICNL) estimates that only about 29,000 nonprofits are registered under FCRA. Since 2010, it has become more difficult for organizations to receive FCRA status if they do not already have it.
Beyond the FCRA registration, it's important to note that India's impressive nonprofit sector includes, according to certain estimates, more than a million operational nonprofits that are not registered at all with the government. Given this expansive and complex nonprofit landscape, as well as the need to navigate the rules and regulations of both donor and recipient jurisdictions, as a donor and/or grantmaker, it's vital to have a comprehensive understanding of the local context, as well as the requirements and conditions impacting cross-border giving to India. Ensuring that your gift is made in full compliance with all relevant laws, and also doing your due diligence on the nonprofit, will help provide peace of mind that your gift was made to the correct organization, that it was actually received by the organization, and that it will be used for its intended purposes.
Within the context of cross-border giving, US grantmakers are required to conduct either an equivalency Determination – ED (a substantial process to evaluate whether the foreign organization would qualify as an equivalent of a US 501(c)(3) organization) or an expenditure responsibility – ER (a process ensuring that the granted funds will be used for exclusively charitable purposes, in which case the review is focused on the charitable project and a "pre-grant inquiry" about the organization conducting the project).
Moreover, for cross-border grants to be legally compliant, tax-effective, safe, and in-line with best practices, the vetting process on the recipient organization should extend to reviewing compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations. Whether conducting ED or ER, vetting requires an understanding of the legal and financial status, organizational structure, and governance of the organization. As such, it is essential to be aware of the available legal structures for charitable entities under local laws.
Public Charitable Trusts can be established for purposes such as poverty relief, education, medical relief, or for other public utility purpose. Public Charitable Trusts are regulated on state level, as federal law governs only private trusts (the Indian Trusts Act of 1882). The key difference between a private and public trust is whether the beneficiary population is a substantial segment of the population (i.e. serving the public).
Societies are membership organizations that can be registered for charitable purposes and are regulated by the Societies Registration Act (1860).
Section 8 Companies: These are limited or private limited companies governed under the federal Companies Act (2013), which are committed to promoting commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment or any such other object. Any profits or income of section 8 companies must be used exclusively to further these purposes, its members being precluded from receiving dividends.
When considering whether ED or ER is a better fit for a particular grant or grantee in India, grantmakers should be well-acquainted with these three types of nonprofit organizations. Furthermore, since state regulations play an important role in governing nonprofits, some of the aspects grantmakers verify during the course of the due diligence process—such as dissolution, permitted activities etc.—may in fact be covered by state law.
Endowment support and the interest earned on such investments are also considered foreign contributions. Even direct donations—which do not allow for a tax-deduction in the US— to an Indian nonprofit made by an Indian citizen living in the US are considered foreign contributions if the individual has become a citizen of a foreign country.
To gain (and maintain) FCRA registration, Indian nonprofits must file a form FC-3 and a) register with the Central Government; b) agree to accept contributions through designated banks; and c) maintain separate books of accounts with regard to all receipts and disbursements of funds. Additionally, the nonprofit must renew their registration every five years and post quarterly reports regarding the receipt of foreign contributions on their own website or the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Annual reports, form FC-4, must also be submitted to the Ministry.
the manner in which it was used.
The number of FCRA-compliant nonprofits is constantly in flux. Between 2011-2015, the Indian government canceled approximately 20,000 FCRA licences. Since 2015, FCRA registration and reporting has moved entirely online. While this was welcomed by the Indian nonprofit sector, it also increased the requirements for reporting. Now every foreign contribution must be publicly reported, whereas previously only contributions in excess of $146,000 were affected by this requirement. Additionally banks must now also report to MHA all foreign contributions that an individual or organization receives within 48 hours. Lastly, annual returns must be filed (form FC-4), along with confirmation that the nonprofit has "not used foreign funds for activities that are likely to prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of the country, the security, strategic, scientific, and economic interests of the State and the public interest". This latest modification raises concerns for many organizations. As donors may expect, the broad language used in this section allows for a broad interpretation of this requirement. In practice, it is very likely to inhibit the use of foreign funding for human rights issues, legal rights, policy, governance, electoral reform, and other sensitive issues.
Watch Listing of Donors: On the 16th of June 2016, the government canceled the registration of NGO Sabrang Trust, an organization run by civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad, after receiving funding from the US-based Ford Foundation. Ford Foundation was put on a "watch-list" by the Ministry of Home Affairs following a Gujarat government complaint that it was "interfering in India's internal affairs" and "promoting communal disharmony" through engagement with Sabrang Trust.
According to data from May 2016, the Ministry of Home Affairs had put eighteen major foreign donors on this watch list. While it appears that in some cases the proper procedures under FCRA were not followed, these examples also provide insight on how the Indian nonprofit, as well as the foreign donor need to be aware of these regulations and how they may affect their activities in India.
Harming the Recipient nonprofit: An Indian nonprofit that attempts to receive foreign funding without FCRA status is committing a serious offense under Indian law, likely resulting in the closure of the nonprofit and a significant warning to the foreign donor. However, even if a nonprofit is in good standing with the FCRA, foreign funding can come under strict scrutiny and the organization may face suspension or cancellation of its FCRA status if requirements are not met.
This statement from the Supreme Court indicates that FCRA will increasingly be relied upon by the authorities in an effort to ensure compliance of the nonprofit sector with the strict requirements of Indian Law.
Only time will tell how India's nonprofit sector will evolve and how these latest developments on the regulatory arena will impact the capacity of Indian nonprofits to receive foreign funding. What we can do, based on the lessons learned in India and other jurisdictions, is to assert that the key to supporting Indian nonprofits in the future lies in the grantmakers' thorough knowledge of the requirements impacting foreign charitable donations and the commitment to a regulatory compliant grantmaking.
How Can CAF America Help?
CAF America has made more than 1,400 grants totaling nearly $7 million dollars to FCRA-registered nonprofits in India within the past 5 years. We maintain full legal compliance with Indian laws and work with our partner office, CAF India, to keep abreast of the ever-changing regulatory environment impacting Indian nonprofits. CAF America can expedite grants to 200+ Indian charities within a week.
From the Field: Beyond our focus on regulatory compliance, more recently, we have been working with our grantees in India to combat credit card fraud. We became aware of a new practice where individuals posing as professional fundraisers offered to run fundraising campaigns in the US or globally for Indian nonprofits. Organizations looking to identify a solution for expanding their fundraising across borders should proceed carefully, as often times these individuals create the appearance of a legitimate campaign. Contact CAF America at info@cafamerica.org to learn more about this issue.


If Midland really owe the debt, then you will have to wait till 2015 to remove that entry from your credit report.
Look up FCRA Section 604(A)(3). Even if they did purchase the account you never had an account with them and therefore they do not have the right to pull your credit.
Also you might want to educated your self about FDCPA because you might be able to sue them and collect some money in the process.
Be sure to keep a copy of any hand written disputes that you made, and make sure you date them.


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Bloom Times for Asiatic Lilies and Day Lilies
Written by April Sanders; Updated September 03, 2019
Day lily blooms last for one day.
1 How Long Do Daylilies Last?
2 Different Types of Daylilies
3 What Are Examples of Perennial Plants?
4 Why Do Daylilies Open & Close?
Asiatic lilies (Lilium asiatic) are true lilies prized for their showy blooms and ease of care. Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, Asiatic lilies are some of the earliest blooming members of the Lilium family. Day lilies are also prized for their hardy nature and prolific blooming, but they are not true members of the lily family. They belong to the genus Hemerocallis. Asiatic lilies and day lilies have different blooming times.
Asiatic Lily Blooms
Asiatic lilies feature flowers that open towards the sky. The blooms are available in a wide range of colors and are often "freckled," or dotted with black spots. Each long, tall stem is lined with small, thin leaves and tipped with a clump of large flowers. Most cultivars do not have a fragrance, but they are still desirable for the fact that they do not have to be staked, for their overall durability and for their early blooming time. Most Asiatic lilies bloom in May or June, depending on the cultivar and climate. A few bloom in July.
Asiatic Lily Care
Asiatic lilies grow best in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, although some cultivars can grow in USDA zone 3 with winter protection. They need well-draining soil or their bulbs may rot, and they should be planted in holes that are about three times as deep as the height of the bulb. Asiatic lilies thrive in full sunlight and rich, slightly acidic soil. To encourage reblooming, gently remove the flower heads when they start fading, but leave the stems and foliage to die back to the ground. This ensures that nutrients are returned to the bulb.
Day Lily Blooms
Day lilies are part of the Hemerocallis family, which means "beautiful for a day." They are so named because each bloom lasts only for a day, but each plant usually blooms for a long period of time. This means that as one flower is fading, another one is opening. The flowers begin to bloom in the spring and may bloom well into autumn, depending on the cultivar. The flowers grow in clumps and spread as they mature, which takes about three to four years. Mature clumps can produce as many as 400 flowers in a single growing season, and each clump blooms on average for a little over a month. With more than 35,000 cultivars in a stunning array of colors, shapes and sizes, it is easy to find the perfect day lily for your garden. Staggering the cultivars ensures that your blooms last for months.
Day Lily Care
Day lilies are among the easiest perennials to grow. They can grow in most soils, are drought-resistant and can even tolerate wet soil occasionally, although they do best in soil that drains well. An inch or so of water per week is ideal. Day lilies enjoy full sun or partial shade and grow best in USDA zones 3 through 9. The hardiness zones vary a bit by cultivar, so check the tag for a plant that thrives in your area before you buy it. Bright-colored cultivars do best in full sun, while pastel flowers, in general, do best with some afternoon shade. Daylilies are relatively pest-free, and insect control methods are not usually necessary, according to the University of Minnesota Extension.
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Sanders, April. "Bloom Times for Asiatic Lilies and Day Lilies." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bloom-times-asiatic-lilies-day-lilies-68506.html. 03 September 2019.
Sanders, April. (2019, September 03). Bloom Times for Asiatic Lilies and Day Lilies. Home Guides | SF Gate. Retrieved from http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bloom-times-asiatic-lilies-day-lilies-68506.html
Sanders, April. "Bloom Times for Asiatic Lilies and Day Lilies" last modified September 03, 2019. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/bloom-times-asiatic-lilies-day-lilies-68506.html
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The Planning Commission held a public hearing Dec. 15 to gather community input on proposed Zoning Bylaws to mitigate the adverse secondary impacts associated with adult entertainment facilities.
As Chair Jaime Heins explained, such businesses are constitutionally protected under freedom of speech and cannot be banned outright, but cities and towns do have the same authority as they have for other businesses to regulate where and how they may operate based on the potential adverse secondary impacts.
Heins added that no specific application has been submitted to the Development Review Board for such a business, but noted that there had been a nonspecific inquiry this fall about establishing such a business.
The impacts of the adult entertainment use must be comparable to a non-adult entertainment use allowed in the district.
The business must not be located within 1,000 feet of an existing school, library, daycare facility, religious facility, public park, or residential zoning district, or within 150 feet of a public right-of-way.
Adult entertainment uses, specifically defined in the bylaws, must be separated from one another by at least 1,000 feet to avoid clustering of such businesses, which would exacerbate adverse secondary impacts.
Adult entertainment use must not have any storefront window, marquee, sign, or other display visible from a public vantage point depicting or portraying specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities which are defined.
Adult-oriented merchandise, specifically defined in the bylaws, must not be displayed in a location that would be visible from a public vantage point.
Persons under the age of 18 may not be permitted to enter and a prominent, two-foot-by-two-foot sign to that effect must be posted at each entrance.
Such businesses must be appropriately screened from public view.
Several members of the public appeared at the hearing to voice their concerns about the adverse impacts such a business would have, largely focusing on their beliefs that adult entertainment facilities would generally degrade Shelburne's community character. More specifically, some worried about noise, increased traffic, and the need for additional police due to the business. Heins also submitted for the hearing record emails he received from Shelburne residents expressing similar concerns.
After hearing public testimony and reviewing the proposal, the commission voted to forward the proposal as amended to the Selectboard for its consideration. The Selectboard will also hold a public hearing when it discusses the proposal.
If an application for an adult entertainment business is filed after the Selectboard adopts these Bylaw amendments, the DRB would also hold a public hearing on the application and review the proposal to determine if it met all the conditional use requirements before it made a decision. In addition to the specific criteria, the DRB would review hours of operation, onsite parking to ensure it met the anticipated customer base for the business in order to prevent overflow parking issues in adjacent neighborhoods, safety issues due to increased traffic, impact on town services such as police, and other issues as it would for any business application, to mitigate any adverse secondary impacts.
In other business, the Planning Commission reviewed previously discussed amendments related to sidewalk and path requirements, briefly discussed whether amendments to regulations about Planned Unit Developments in the Rural District should be considered at a later date, were briefed on a recent court decision on signage requirements, and were informed about a recent population projection developed by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission that projected population growth in the county at just 0.2%.
The next meeting of the Planning Commission will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7pm in the Municipal Center.


This guide explains how you can use mod_mysql_vhost to create simple virtual hosts on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. With mod_mysql_vhost, lighttpd can read the vhost configuration from a MySQL database. Currently, you can store the domain and the document root in the MySQL database which results in very simple virtual hosts. If you need more directives for your vhosts, you'd have to configure them in the global section of lighttpd.conf, which means they'd be valid for all vhosts. Therefore, mod_mysql_vhost is ideal if your vhosts differ only in the domain and document root.
mysql-vhost.sql            = "SELECT docroot FROM domains WHERE domain='?';"
I will now configure two virtual hosts, one for www.example.com (with the document root /var/www/www.example.com/web) and one for www.example.org (with the document root /var/www/www.example.org/web).
That's it, the vhosts are now configured and working, and no lighttpd restart is required.
and call http://www.example.com and http://www.example.org in a browser. http://www.example.com should show www.example.com, and http://www.example.org should display www.example.org.
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Mr. Mokyr writes in the Atlantic that progress isn't natural, that humans invented it not too long ago. He gives many philosophical reasons for his thinking. Quotes some historians. They seem to agree that progress came about when people stopped caring about their ancestors.
This was a departure from the beliefs of most societies in the past, which were usually given to some measure of "ancestor worship"—the belief that all wisdom had been revealed to earlier sages and that to learn anything one should peruse their writings and find the answer in their pages. In the Islamic world, wisdom was found in the Koran and the Hadith (which consists of sayings and acts attributed to the prophet Muhammad); in the Jewish world it was the Torah, the Talmud, and the sayings of Chazal; in China, wisdom was contained in Sishu Jizhu, the four books of commentary on Confucius compiled in the 12th century. In late medieval Europe, wisdom was found in a limited number of ancient texts, above all those written by Aristotle.
Progress arose, not out of a desire to better ourselves or protect our children but from, "The increasing disrespect for ancient learning…" that made us forget about what had come before and focus on what came next.
One might think from reading the above that Mr. Mokyr is being anti-progress. I mean, to say progress isn't natural is to say human beings aren't natural. It seems to imply that we're doing something that must therefore by default be "unnatural" which has a negative connotation. He builds on the ideas presented to show how this so-called disrespect for ancient knowledge actually allowed thinkers to aggregate rather than isolate the understanding of the ancients.
It was a turning point when intellectuals started to conceive of knowledge as cumulative. In the past this had been questionable: Much ancient knowledge, after all, had been lost when manuscripts were destroyed. But after 1500, the printing press and the proliferation of libraries made such losses increasingly unlikely. The moderns could know what the ancients did, but they continuously added to the stock of useful knowledge.
You see, we could take what they knew and what we learned and put it all together. The makings of broad learning. Though being an expert and having specialized knowledge is important I think that knowing a bit about a lot is also important.
I don't agree that progress is new or unnatural at all. I think progress is in our nature. I think it brought us out of the cave. It was progress that drove us to make spear points, clothing, to hunt as groups, to domesticate animals, to farm, and to create great works of art and poetry. The same desire for progress that created the iPhone created the wheel. You see, I don't actually think mankind has changed all that much. We think we are much better than our ancestors, and in that regard Mokyr is right, but the truth is we only know more things. What drives us is the same as what drove them, we call it progress but I think perhaps it is better explained as the inborn desire to be creators and masters. In some degree the desire for progress is the desire to be a god.
I suggest that perhaps this is why some find progress so offensive a thing. Not because they think man is trying to supplant God but rather they fancy themselves to be the ones in power and man's progress threatens their own godhood. This does explain why they think they know better than anyone else, why they think they can control the climate, why they seek ever more control over people's lives. The left and the right practice unrighteous dominion over their fellows and will even try to stop the inborn right of progress in order to accomplish it. Progress is change and change brings fear with it. Progress is often only accomplished by setting aside the norm. That's what Mokry was pointing out. But that's not disrespect. It's understanding.
This is why the idea of man as an agent unto himself is so important to understand. You are your sovereign and your neighbor is his sovereign. Working together you can create incredible things and the progress of man is insured. Working to control each other will never work and only result in poverty and enslavement.
Progress is the most natural thing in the world.
Progress isn't Natural – Humans invented it—and not that long ago.


'Toronto police have arrested three people, including a teenage girl, following a string of robberies that saw female escorts attacked in their hotel rooms by people posing as clients.
The arrests announced Wednesday come a day after police said two escorts — a 22-year-old and a 29-year-old — were targeted in separate incidents occurring hours apart.
The most recent attack took place on Tuesday at a west-end Quality Suites at Carlingview Drive and Dixon Road.
Police allege one of the two victims was sexually assaulted by multiple men. The other was held against her will by the suspects, police said.
"She was abducted or forcibly confined and taken with them because she did not have any money with her at that time," said Staff Insp. Mike Earl said of the latter victim. " They pressured her to contact her boyfriend to bring money."
Investigators allege that in incidents dating back to Oct. 25 a total of five women opened their hotel room doors — four in the west-end, one in the east — expecting a client only to be rushed by multiple suspects.
Police say the rooms were ransacked and the women assaulted, with their personal belongings, cash and other items taken.
Two men, aged 20 and 22, along with a 17-year-old girl are charged with robbery and related offences, while three others are sought by police.


This offseason, the Corvette went through a comprehensive rebuild aimed at creating a reliable but also, no excuses build for NASA Super Touring 2. The build included a forged LS6 motor with custom cam and headwork from American Heritage Performance. We added aFe Power Tri-Y headers to help the power band and put on some Trackspec Hood Louvers to handle all the additional heat. Additionally, Tway Motorsports installed all there custom aero kits and suspension updates from Pfadt Controls, as well as adding a 4 stage dry sump to increase the longevity of the motor.
Our game plan was to run in the Super Touring 2 race class, an 8 to 1 wt/hp class. The car makes a little more power than needed for ST2, so we detuned it a bit on the engine dyno. However, we discovered the Friday before that the engine wasn't running correctly on that tune. Instead of heading home, we opted to run in the higher ST1 race class, which is 5.5 to 1 wt/hp, where our unrestricted engine tune was working fine. We would be hilariously out gunned in horsepower, but at least we'd be on track.
Sunday morning, we experienced an electrical gremlin with the throttle body and missed qualifying. We traced it to either a bad connection or the throttle control computer getting heat soaked. We would start DFL in ST1, but at least with within the correct group, first green flag. The pole sitter set down a qualifying lap of 1:46.7, 3 seconds faster than any lap we put down all weekend. P2 through P5 had all set qualifying times in the 1:50's, so expectations were to fight for a podium step.
The green flag fell and it was futile trying to beat the higher horsepower cars to the first corner. P4 and P3 were converted Nascar Trucks. Lots of power, no grip. I had to focus on my corner speeds to get around them. It took 2 laps to clear both of them, but by that time, P2 and P1 had checked out. Best I could do was get within 3 seconds of P2. I pushed hard, but the over drove the car a bit causing the A6 tires to go away. I had to back off to ensure our 3rd place finish.
Follow along with the season on the Tway Motorsports Blog.


Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats have had a pretty good 2018. After years of struggling, the Denver group established themselves as one of the best working live bands with their explosive combination of roots-rock and revved-up R&B, and managed to capture that sound on their second album Tearing at the Seams.
The band is marking the video with another release: their own line of craft chocolate. Their keyboardist Mark Shusterman helped develop the flavor, called "A Little Honey," a mix of Costa Rican cacao, organic honey, blood orange and marigold petals. Sold via the band's website, its profits will go to the Marigold Project, Nathaniel Rateliff's foundation he founded last year, which supports nonprofit organizations working on "issues of economic and social justice," and Denver Urban Garden, which is working to help bring sustainable community gardens to the band's home city.


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I'm likely to get into trouble for this article, but, I think [this] needs to be said… agencies, for the most part, don't truly help their clients. There, I've said it.
Quickly qualifying this statement I am speaking of how smaller SME's and Charities struggle with how their website has been put together. Here's a typical example of a web project… a client approaches a web agency and is convinced to work with them, plans are made… the client goes off and creates content while the web agency designs a home page, a few category pages, and some others, like the about us page. The design is signed-off and the project is brought to completion. Problem… the project is brought to completion for the web agency and NOT the client. In fact, the client is often then approached to take-up an SEO and Google AdWords campaign, all while trying to add the content into the shiny new website templates.
Now, of course, there will be exceptions to this, but, this process is repeated up and down the country, and the problem is this… the client is left trying to make the website work with absolutely no idea as to whether it is going to achieve any business goals.
Think of this… how many website design agencies claim to "listen to you" and to "work with your goals"… when in actuality they turn over a website that may look great, but will prove useless to the client unless they do spend further on SEO, CRO, and Digital Marketing.
Surely, a far better process is to first learn what the client is attempting to achieve: without this, the website will likely fail. The website design agency will get their money and increase their portfolio, but, the client will be left with something about as useful as a Manchester United front line (I can finally say this after all these years!!!).
Recently, I've been privileged to lead some SME mentoring for the Nottingham Trent University Business School: what has become abundantly clear is that this pattern is repeating itself here in Nottingham. A client worked with a recommended web agency only to end up spending a lot of money on an 'average' website that meets no business objectives for the client. Here's the rub, often our web agencies are full of young techies and designers rather than those who understand business.
WHAT A CLIENT NEEDS IS AN AGENCY THAT CAN EXTRACT THE GOALS &, OBJECTIVES OF THEIR CLIENT, AND THEN PLANS HOW TO MEET THESE!!
Then move into the final stages of prepping for launch.
This all sounds so simple… but believe me, most website design agencies will simply hand over an 'empty' website and await their client to add the content. It's like this… if we employ an architect to build for us a school, we wouldn't just ask them to go away and come back with a school building, would we? Each floor, corridor, and room, would be carefully planned for its use. Why is it not the same for websites? I'll tell you why, because, web agencies have come about through the development of technology and not through business development… it's still a relative 'newby' on the block and even now most agencies haven't a clue about marketing (instead, taking cues from Google or merely repeating the mass marketing hyperbole of the marketing world… which if you ask me, much of which exists to feed itself rather than serve clients).
I started ACTISmedia simple because of one thing… I saw successful web agencies not help their clients achieve their goals and I've seen awful agencies (who couldn't drive a car of a cliff even if you ruined the handbrake) who left SME's shelling out money without truly reaping the benefit of the web.
Let's face it… done well, the web presents opportunities to SME's that only the big boys can often enjoy… email marketing can be effective and relatively low in costs – much cheaper than getting another salesperson, Adwords (if done well) with excellent Landing Pages combined with automated email marketing can strengthen the reach, engagement, and customer retention for most businesses.
The thing is, even with my own business, it has taken a few years to fine tune this, with a few mistakes along the way. We now though, I believe, have an offering which is truly beneficial to a small SME. If you're looking for a Nottingham Website Design agency, then please do get in touch. We can sit with you to see how your plans can best be used on the web, to drive more enquiries, more sales, or to share more information.


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Q: document db - denormalized references - best practice Yo - this is not a ravendb issue per se - it's another design question
pertaining to document dbs in general.
So I've been using DenormalizedReference quite a bit and it has
just occured to me that in a lot of places this makes DDD rather hard.
So, say for instance i have an object that has a child collection:
 List<DenormalizedReference<SomeType>>

This child collection is created when the parent is instanciated with
an overloaded constructor accepting a List<SomeOtherType>
now - in the ctor i'd like to create this list from the SomeOtherType
collection being passed in - which means i will need to create a new
SomeType for each SomeOtherType.
Without passing in the DocumentSession into my domain - which i'm not
going to do - this wont work because when the parent AR is saved we
lose the properties on each child object except for Id and Name
How is everyone else handling this?

A: You can't do that.
Or rather, you shouldn't do that.
There are several ways to resolve this, usually using a static gateway to get the session, but the problem is that this approach creates a lazy loaded collection, with all the problems that this have.
RavenDB was specifically designed to avoid this sort of issues. And you can include items to avoid going back to the server, but you shouldn't try to move between ids and types transparently like that.


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Q: Group by based on last entry of filter in Elastic Search I have a scenario similar to the following:
An index that contains purchased items of a store, where each item have an order_id.
And I need to group by color of only last item of each order.
Data structure:
{
    "order_id": 1,
    "product_id":235233
    "color": "Blue",
    "purchase_date": "2020-08-21T05:53:43.362Z"
},
{
    "order_id": 1,
    "product_id":2352662
    "color": "Black",
    "purchase_date": "2020-08-23T05:53:43.362Z"
},
{
    "order_id": 2,
    "product_id":855477
    "color": "Blue",
    "purchase_date": "2020-08-22T05:53:43.362Z"
},
{
    "order_id": 2,
    "product_id":322352
    "color": "Red",
    "purchase_date": "2020-08-24T05:53:43.362Z"
},
{
    "order_id": 3,
    "product_id":3225235
    "color": "Red",
    "purchase_date": "2020-08-25T05:53:43.362Z"
}

Expected result
Black:1 (color of last product of order_id 1)
Red:2 (color of last products of order_id 2, 3)
Based on this answer, I could get last item of each order as whole item, but what I am looking for is getting items count per color directly
POST /items/_search?search_type=count
{
    "aggs": {
        "group": {
            "terms": {
                "field": "order_id"
            },
            "aggs": {
                "group_items": {
                    "top_hits": {
                        "size": 1,
                          "sort": [
                            {
                                "purchase_date": {
                                    "order": "desc"
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

And the following gives me items count per color for all items of order, not just last one of each order.
GET /items/_search?search_type=count
{
 "size":0,
  "aggs": {
    "colors": {
       "terms": {
        "field": "color.keyword"
        }
     }
  }
}

A: An alternative approach to the problem would be to create and maintain a separate index (latest_by_order) that keeps track of the latest document for each order.
This can be achieved using transforms (see docs).
Such transform can be created using the following command:
PUT _transform/latest_by_order
{
  "source": {
    "index": "items"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "latest_by_order"
  },
  "latest": {
    "unique_key": ["order_id"],
    "sort": "purchase_date"
  }
}

Then, the secondary analysis can be done on top of the new (transformed) index.
The following request:
GET latest_by_order/_search
{
  "size": 0,
  "aggs": {
    "count_by_color": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "color.keyword"
      }
    }
  }
}

will yield the following response:
{
  "took" : 2,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 3,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : null,
    "hits" : [ ]
  },
  "aggregations" : {
    "count_by_color" : {
      "doc_count_error_upper_bound" : 0,
      "sum_other_doc_count" : 0,
      "buckets" : [
        {
          "key" : "Red",
          "doc_count" : 2
        },
        {
          "key" : "Black",
          "doc_count" : 1
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

A: You could use group by color and order by the max of the purchase_date like so:
{
  "size": 0,
  "aggs": {
    "group": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "color.keyword",
        "order": {
          "by_latest_purchase": "desc"
        }
      },
      "aggs": {
        "by_latest_purchase": {
          "max": {
            "field": "purchase_date"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

but you'd still end up with blue b/c it's a color that exists in your docs and I don't know if it can be filtered away.

When in doubt (or all else fails), scripted metric aggregations to the rescue:
{
  "size": 0,
  "aggs": {
    "by_color": {
      "scripted_metric": {
        "init_script": "state.by_order_id = [:]",
        "map_script": """
          def color = doc['color.keyword'].value;
          def date = doc['purchase_date'].value.millis;
          def order_id = doc['order_id'].value;

          def current_group = ['color':color, 'date': date];

          if (state.by_order_id.containsKey(order_id)) {
            def max_group = state.by_order_id[order_id];
            if (date > max_group.date) {
              // we've found a new maximum
              state.by_order_id[order_id] = current_group
            }
          } else {
            state.by_order_id[order_id] = current_group;
          }
        """,
        "combine_script": """
          def colors_vs_count = [:];

          for (def group : state.by_order_id.entrySet()) {
            def order_id = group.getKey();
            def color = group.getValue()['color'];
            if (colors_vs_count.containsKey(color)) {
              colors_vs_count[color]++;
            } else {
              colors_vs_count[color] = 1;
            }
          }

          return colors_vs_count;
        """,
        "reduce_script": "return states"
      }
    }
  }
}

yielding:
...
"aggregations" : {
  "by_color" : {
    "value" : [
      {
        "Red" : 2,
        "Black" : 1
      }
    ]
  }
}

Here's a JSON-friendly, condensed version of the script:
{"size":0,"aggs":{"by_color":{"scripted_metric":{"init_script":"state.by_order_id = [:]","map_script":"          def color = doc['color.keyword'].value;\n          def date = doc['purchase_date'].value.millis;\n          def order_id = doc['order_id'].value;\n          \n          def current_group = ['color':color, 'date': date];\n          \n          if (state.by_order_id.containsKey(order_id)) {\n            def max_group = state.by_order_id[order_id];\n            if (date > max_group.date) {\n              state.by_order_id[order_id] = current_group\n            }\n          } else {\n            state.by_order_id[order_id] = current_group;\n          }","combine_script":"          def colors_vs_count = [:];\n          \n          for (def group : state.by_order_id.entrySet()) {\n            def order_id = group.getKey();\n            def color = group.getValue()['color'];\n            if (colors_vs_count.containsKey(color)) {\n              colors_vs_count[color]++;\n            } else {\n              colors_vs_count[color] = 1;\n            }\n          }\n          \n          return colors_vs_count;","reduce_script":"return states"}}}}


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We are always looking for talented people to grow with us—especially in the areas of sales and installations. If you are interested in exploring opportunities at Otter Creek Awnings, please send your resume and a cover letter by email to Customer Support. Candidates who have skills and qualifications that are aligned with open positions and areas of interest will be contacted. Bring your energy to one of Vermont's most well respected companies and share in the success of our growing company. Otter Creek Awnings has been in business for over 40 years and prides ourselves in providing exceptional products and impeccable service in a fun, friendly and professional way that our customers will remember.
OTTER CREEK AWNINGS has an excellent opportunity for a year-round Lead Installer position. This position is full time and is one of three teams of Installers. Company vehicle for business use during business hours, overtime, paid vacation and Holidays. Requirements include: Ability to do physical work for a full eight-to-ten-hour work day Able to lift at least fifty pounds (50) repeatedly during the work day Able to be at work by 7:00 A.M Some knowledge of hand tools required. Training provided on the job. Hardworking, reliable and energetic applicants encouraged to stop by to fill out an application at 19 Echo Place, Williston VT or email: rpaquette@ottercreekawnings.com No phone calls,please.
OTTER CREEK AWNINGS has an excellent opportunity for two seasonal awning installers for the 2019 season. These entry-level positions will assist the lead installer from April through October. Requirements include: Ability to do physical work for a full eight-to-ten-hour work day Able to lift at least fifty pounds (50) repeatedly during the work day Able to be at work by 7:00 A.M Some knowledge of hand tools required. Training provided on the job. College students are encouraged to apply.  Hardworking, reliable and energetic applicants encouraged to stop by to fill out an application at 19 Echo Place, Williston VT or email: rpaquette@ottercreekawnings.com No phone calls,please.


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Q: Allow access for MQTT on Ubuntu Server running on Azure I have a Ubuntu Server 14.04 running on an Azure machine. I have installed MQTT broker on this Ubuntu Server. Moreover, I have multiple ESP8266 devices that are assumed to subscribe and publish to different MQTT topics via this broker. Now my problem is that when I connect two devices to Broker, one for receiving data and other for publishing, they work fine but as I try to connect one more device to broker all devices stop working and my ESPs just display this message "trying to connect Broker" over and over again.
(In endpoints of my machine I've added 1883 for HTTP, 443 for HTTPS and 22 for SSH)
My question is how I can allow multiple devices to communicate with MQTT broker running on Azure broker?

A: All client devices needs to have unique client ids. The situation you have described sounds exactly like what happens if all your esp8266 devices have the same hardcoded client id

A: MQTT clients get clientID as parameter before connection to provide uniqueness. ESP8266's has unique ChipID. So use it to hit the issue.
Here the example for Arduino firmware :
WiFiClient wifiClient;
PubSubClient mqttClient(wifiClient);
mqttClient.setServer(MQTT_BROKER, MQTT_BROKER_PORT);

String clientId = "IoTDevice-" + String(ESP.getChipId());
mqttClient.connect(clientId.c_str(), MQTT_USERNAME, MQTT_KEY);

Here is NodeMCU firmware example :
mqtt_cli:connect(MQTT_BROKER, MQTT_BROKER_PORT, 0, CALLBACK_FN);

mqtt_cli = mqtt.Client("IoTDevice-"..node.chipid(), 120, MQTT_USERNAME, MQTT_KEY);


Citation: Yee, W.L., Chapman, P.S. 2018. Irrigation and grass cover effects on pupal survival rates in soil and adult emergence patterns of Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae). Environmental Entomology. 47(2):457-466. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvx209.
Interpretive Summary: Cherry fruit fly is a threat to the commercial cherry industry in the western U.S. The fly's ability to survive in dry climates affects its distribution and pest status, but it is unclear if its surival rates are increased by irrigation in different soils. Personnel at USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA determined the effects of adding water to bare and grass-covered soils on survival rates of fly pupae in central Washington. Results showed that fly pupae survived equally well in irrigated and unirrigated bare soils, but suffered relatively high mortality in unirrigated grass-covered soils. Results are important because they show that unirrigated, grass-covered soils or mulch barriers in mid- and late-summer could reduce fly survival, thus suppressing fly abundance.
Technical Abstract: Western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae), occurs in unmanaged cherries (Prunus spp.) across dry climates in Washington State and other regions in western U.S.A. and Canada. To help explain the fly's distribution in arid climates, we determined the effects of adding water to bare and grass-covered soils on pupal survival rates and adult emergence patterns of R. indifferens in central Washington. Water was added (irrigated) or not to bare soil and grass-covered soils in open-ended pots pressed into the ground. Larvae were added to pots and pupal survival and adult fly emergence determined over three seasons. Moisture was higher in irrigated than unirrigated treatments but within irrigated treatments, moisture in bare versus grass-covered soil did not differ. Even in unirrigated treatments, humidity in soil 5 cm below the surface where many pupae reside was >60%, including during summers. Pupal survival was greater in bare (24.5-47.7%) than grass-covered soil (6.7-17.0%). Irrigating bare soil had no effect on pupal survival or adult emergence, but in grass-covered soil, irrigation increased pupal survival (15.2-17.0% versus 6.7-9.5%) and adult emergence (two of three years, 12.8 and 24.1 versus 1.1 and 11.6%). Results suggest R. indifferens pupae tolerate unirrigated soils during summer because soil moisture and high humidity there prevents desiccation, contributing to the fly's wide distribution and abundance in dry climates, and that dry, grass-covered soils or mulch barriers in mid- and late-summer could reduce fly survival.


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The scientists behind the experiment said that only a few people had the knowledge to make it happen.
And how did they gain this knowledge?
"To construct the virus, the researchers say they followed a recipe they downloaded from the internet and used gene sequences from a mail-order supplier."
There really is everything on the Internet.


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Weekend Fix Reviews
My entertaining book about hillwalking - the Weekend Fix - has been out for over a year now, but has only recently started to garner reviews. I'm pleased to say they are positive - although I would tell you that, wouldn't I!
From The Angry Corrie noting favourably that 'the great man' (Hamish Brown) had provided an introduction and concluding with "It is a rare volume that could inspire me to climb Billinge Hill!", to the Scots Magazine informing their thousands of readers that "This book is an easy and enjoyable passage to the misty mountains, as seen through the eyes of one who really knows them and really loves them", via The John Muir Trust Journal's verdict of "Well written and full of humour", I've been fortunate in coverage.
However my favourite review so far has been Carey Davis in March 2011's TGO, a quote from which is reproduced below. Carey is new on the block but watch this young man, he will go far I am sure...
"It might fool you into thinking this is a book about the outdoors – which it is, and a very good one. But beneath the descriptions of Craig Weldon's innumerable days on the hill there is a human story: an understated, poignant coming-of-age tale."
So with endorsement from The Scots Magazine, The Angry Corrie, and TGO, if you haven't bought a copy yourself yet, why not treat yourself?
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The Blackbird and the Rowan Tree
A blackbird in our garden has taken to singing a recognisable tune, over and over: The Bonny Lass o Fyvie. Several times an hour, amongst what seems like otherwise random warblings, the unmistakable first five notes pour out from our troubadour on the telegraph pole. Along with the days getting longer and warmer, the song of the blackbird is one of the sure-fire indicators of spring.
Did I say the days were getting warmer? I hadn't been up the West Highlands since November, so it was a grand pleasure to head for Rannoch Moor at the weekend. Here though, you would think winter was still in full swing.
The Rannoch Rowan:
We stopped at the Rannoch Rowan, known in my circles as 'the tree you say hello to when you're driving past.' I don't know who started this tradition, but it goes back longer than I do. There is something inspiring to the northward-bound mountaineer in its lone, windswept tenacity.
This was the first time I have stopped at the Rannoch Rowan rather than drive past. We intended to climb a small hill - only 492m high - at its back. This hill looks nothing special when traversing Rannoch Moor - all attention is taken up with the bigger hills and island-studded lochs all around. This means that this wee pair of hills, Meall Mor & Meall Beag, is utterly neglected. As the connoisseur of viewpoints well knows however, the mucklest brae is no aye the brawest.
Near the top of Meall Mor:
Cairn:
Looking over Rannoch Moor:
At the side of Meall Mor is a memorial. We wandered over to take a closer look.
Traversing to the Monument:
The Monument:
Who was the momument for? A plaque on the side explained.
Memorial Plaque:
What a magnificent place to have a memorial! And a quiet place too. Although an easy walk - one for a quick stop-off on a fine day north perhaps - and despite the exilharating views, we had this wee hill all to ourselves.
Blackmount Panorama:
On my arrival back home, the blackbird was still perched on the telegraph line, singing lustily, his handsome black plumage and yellow beak and eyerims gleaming in the evening sunshine. On impulse I whistled the first five notes of The Bonny Lass o Fyvie. He immediately sang it back. Spring is definitely here in the Lowlands.
Above Glen Lochay
A misty, dull day. The car wound its way along the Glen Lochay road towards the day's objective: Beinn nan Oighreag. It is 2983ft high though, according to the SMC guide The Corbetts and Other Scottish Hills, was resurveyed in the 1930s and temporarily found to be a Munro, resulting in "a flurry of activity unequalled to the present." And this was the 1930s! The area certainly felt quiet enough today. There was nobody else about except the local farmers and their stock. This was one of my earliest Munro-bagging areas, easily accessible from Helensburgh, and I hadn't returned for years. The wee narrow road and rocks felt homely, couthy. I had preferred instead to return time and again to the more exciting landscapes of the Blackmount and Glencoe. A red squirrel dashed across the road in front of the car to the sanctuary of some trees, and fortunately I missed hitting it.
Hielan' Coos:
There wasn't much to see in the clag, and I resigned myself to an uninteresting slog up and down. Annoying, as the forecast had been good. But wait - what was that ahead?
Clouds clearing:
A temperature inversion!
Breaking out the clouds:
Looking across Glen Lochay:
I had broken out the clouds at an old summer shieling. The change in warmth, visibility, light and mood was marked. I practically danced up the ridge to the top, revelling in the situation.
Footprints up Beinn nan Oighreag:
The top has a Big View, ennobled by snowy tops. East, the massed bald peaks of the Ben Lawers group. Ben Vorlich south in the sun; Meall Ghaordie's ridges west with the distant rocky peaks of Glencoe beyond. And far to the north, sailling above all, the distinctive white clog of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest peak.
Ben Vorlich in the distance:
Loch Lyon:
I had looked down on this ridge years ago from Meall Ghaordie, thinking that it would be a chore to have to ascend some day. Now here I was, and thanks to the weather it was proving to be a better top than the Munro. I took some more photos, delighted how the day had turned out.
Summit Panorama:
Fort William in the Rain
Due to the nature of the superlative scenery and possibilities for outdoor pursuits in Lochaber, its main town, Fort William, is a major tourist hub: but despite this, it is not somewhere people stop for long. It is somewhere hillwalkers pass through on their way to more interesting places, stopping only to buy chips from the takeaway and refill the car with petrol. This is probably because the town itself is industrial, a no-nonsense commercial hub of Lochaber that houses workers for the aluminium factory situated at the base of Ben Nevis. If you end up in Fort William during the day, it is probably because the weather is too bad for the hills; and as many visitors' memories of the town are of trudging up and down the High Street in the rain, passing time by peering disinterestedly into gear shops, it has gained an even poorer reputation amongst the outdoor fraternity than it deserves.
Drab Fort William (photo courtesy George Quinn):
Yet there are interesting, untrumpeted sights in Fort William!
In all the years I've passed through the town, it was only recently I've been to Inverlochy Castle. This ruin is wedged tight against an iron railway bridge, and exists as a neglected curio rather than a tourist attraction in its own right, despite its history. Battles were fought here in 1431 and 1645, the latter the sharp end of one of the most astonishing forced marches in Scottish history, when the Duke of Montrose brought his small force of royalist Highlanders overnight through a blizzard across the hills to the Fort, and soundly defeated the surprised Campbell defenders, the Duke of Argyll escaping in a galley.
Inverlochy Castle:
Having thus visited the 'old castle' at Inverlochy (the new one is a posh Victorian hotel) I thought that was it, but no - I was excited to discover the fort that gives its name to Fort William still exists! I had always been under the impression that it had been demolished to make way for the West Highland Railway.
The remains of the fort are fragmentary, but they are still there: cut off from the town by the coastal dual carriageway. Built by Cromwell's forces to control this strategic point in Lochaber, it was reinforced and renamed after William of Orange in the 1690s. Of all the forts in the Highlands, this must have seemed to the defenders to be deepest in hostile territory, surrounded by glowering mountains. The men of Lochaber were the staunchest supporters of the exiled Stuarts, and the area was first to rise and last to disperse during the '45. Fort William however, could be supplied and reinforced by sea, and it was this that enabled the defenders to see off its final seige by Cameron of Locheil in 1746.
Fragmentary rampart of the original Fort William:
The history of this area is fascinating, and an appreciation of this is the key to enjoying mooching around the Fort in the rain. A visit to the West Highland Museum makes it all hang together: the crofting and clan lifestyles, the support for the Stuarts, artefacts of agriculture and warfare, fascinating mementos of the Jacobites like a secret royal painting that can only be seen by holding a specially shaped mirror up to it. The owner of this painting would be committing a rebellious act by displaying it, and its scrambled image was a way of protecting them during the Hanoverian crackdown on suspected Jacobites.
Secret Jacobite painting, © West Highland Museum:
Fort William makes so much of its outdoor attractions, that its historical ones are afterthoughts: but next time you are stuck in Fort William in the rain, ignore the gear shop displays and seek out Inverlochy Castle, the old Fort, and the West Highland Museum.
The Birdman of Ardmore Point
On a grey, soft, windless, listless day, the sort of day when time seems frozen and spring is just marking time, we took a walk around the Ardmore Peninsula. This is a special yet neglected place, the western end of the Highland boundary fault that runs the length of Scotland from just near Stonehaven on the east coast. The rocks here are the same conglomerate so noticeable on Conic Hill on the other side of Loch Lomond:
Ardmore Rocks:
Ardmore's bedrock is a knobbly height that was offshore just after the ice age, but is now connected to the rest of the land by a rasised beach. A handsome Georgian mansion sits in a commanding position looking up the Clyde, with its back to the prevailing westerlies and surrounded by wind-sculpted trees. Just from its location alone it feels that it must have a dramatic history, but there is little on the internet about it.
There were half a dozen cars parked at Ardmore, but it felt deserted, other walkers hidden in the bushes and folds of rock of the peninsula. The Clyde was asleep, the only noise coming from a container ship making its ponderous way upstream. The docks opposite - that once hosted scores of hammer-ringing shipyards - were utterly silent.
Inverclyde from Ardmore:
As we came around the point, off the muddy path and onto the coast rocks, it felt a long way from anywhere. The air was fresh, human noise non-existant, only the sound of ducks and their splashes on the still water. Crocuses and the first daffodils of the year brought a dash of colour to drab scene. The rocks of the peninsula petered out to a viewpoint over the Clyde. To the left: the Lowlands. To the right: the Highlands.
Soft Loch:
It was in this quiet area one of aviation's forgotten pioneers practiced his inventions. Although human gliding and the internal combustion engine were largely German innovations towards the end of the 19th century, everyone knows that it was the American Wright brothers, in 1903, who were the first to sucessfully marry the two together. But several men across Europe and North America had been in the race. One was Percy Pilcher, an English naval officer then technician at Glasgow University, who held the world distance record for a flight in a glider.
Fields behind Ardmore:
The fields where Percy perfected his craft lay on the low hills behind Ardmore Point. On each flight he would have looked beyond the point to the shipyards of Port Glasgow and the hills of Argyll. Towards the end of the 19th century he had built a 4hp engine, and married it to a triplane. The big exhibition flight was to take place in public on 30 September 1899 at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire.
Pilcher's plane:
Engineers in 2003 proved that Pilcher's machine could have flown in 1899, four years earlier than the Wright brothers. So why is Percy Pilcher not the name written into the history books? On that fateful day of 30 September 1899, he decided that the weather was too bad to risk his new aeroplane, and he would give a demonstration instead in his glider. He crashed and died, Britain's lead in aviation dying with him.
Ardmore and the fields west of Cardross is a peaceful place. But it was very nearly the place that incubated the first heavier-than-air human flight.


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En mathématiques, et plus particulièrement en théorie des nombres, le biais de Tchebychev est la remarque selon laquelle, la plupart du temps, il y a plus de nombres premiers de la forme 4k + 3 que de la forme 4k + 1. Ce phénomène fut remarqué pour la première fois par Pafnouti Tchebychev en 1853, mais il n'en existe pas encore de démonstration rigoureuse.

Description précise
Soit π(x; 4, 1) (respectivement π(x; 4, 3)) le nombre de nombres premiers de la forme 4k + 1 (respectivement 4k + 3) inférieurs à x. D'après la version quantitative du théorème de la progression arithmétique, on a

c'est-à-dire que la densité asymptotique des nombres premiers de la forme 4k + 1 dans l'ensemble de tous les nombres premiers est 1/2. On pourrait penser que l'ensemble des x pour lesquels π(x; 4, 1) > π(x; 4, 3) est lui aussi de densité asymptotique 1/2, mais en fait le cas π(x; 4, 3) ≥ π(x; 4, 1) est beaucoup plus fréquent ; par exemple, dans l'ensemble des x premiers  < 26833, l'inégalité (large) est toujours vraie, et on n'a l'égalité que pour x = 5, 17, 41 et 461 () ; 26 861 est le plus petit nombre premier x pour lequel π(x; 4, 1) > π(x; 4, 3) — ce qui fut observé par John Leech en 1957 — et le suivant est 616 841.

Généralisations
Plus généralement, si 0 < a, b < q sont des entiers premiers avec q, si a est un carré modulo p et si b n'est pas un carré modulo p, on a π(x; q, b) > π(x; q, a) plus souvent que l'inégalité opposée (autrement dit, ces x sont de densité asymptotique > 1/2) ; ce résultat n'a été démontré qu'en admettant l'hypothèse de Riemann généralisée. Knapowski et Turán avaient conjecturé que la densité des x pour lesquels π(x; 4, 3) > π(x; 4, 1) était égale à 1, mais (toujours sous l'hypothèse de Riemann généralisée), il est possible de montrer que cet ensemble a une densité logarithmique approximativement égale à 0,9959.

Le résultat revient, pour k = −4 à déterminer le plus petit p premier tel que  (où  est le symbole de Kronecker) ; pour un entier donné k (non nul), on peut se demander quel est le plus petit p vérifant cette condition

La suite de ces p pour  k = 1, 2, 3, ...est
2, 11100143, 61981, 3, 2082927221, 5, 2, 11100143, 2, 3, 577, 61463, 2083, 11, 2, 3, 2, 11100121, 5, 2082927199, 1217, 3, 2, 5, 2, 17, 61981, 3, 719, 7, 2, 11100143, 2, 3, 23, 5, 11, 31, 2, 3, 2, 13, 17, 7, 2082927199, 3, 2, 61463, 2, 11100121, 7, 3, 17, 5, 2, 11, 2, 3, 31, 7, 5, 41, 2, 3, ... ()

Pour les entiers négatifs k = −1, −2, −3, ..., la suite des  p est
2, 3, 608981813029, 26861, 7, 5, 2, 3, 2, 11, 5, 608981813017, 19, 3, 2, 26861, 2, 643, 11, 3, 11, 31, 2, 5, 2, 3, 608981813029, 48731, 5, 13, 2, 3, 2, 7, 11, 5, 199, 3, 2, 11, 2, 29, 53, 3, 109, 41, 2, 608981813017, 2, 3, 13, 17, 23, 5, 2, 3, 2, 1019, 5, 263, 11, 3, 2, 26861, ... ()

Dans tous les  cas, si |k| n'est pas un carré, il y a plus de p tels que  que de p tels que  si l'hypothèse de Riemann généralisée est vraie.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 J. Kaczorowski, « On the distribution of primes (mod 4) », Analysis, vol. 15, 1995,

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Théorème de la théorie des nombres
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