Tanzania is home to some of the best and awe-inspiring natural wonders of the world. From the great migration to the highest point in Africa, there is plenty to see and do here.
Let's find out 5 of the top tourist attractions in Tanzania.
Perhaps one of the most famous parks in all of Tanzania, and the world, is the Serengeti National Park, a vast wilderness of open plains and home to wildebeests in their millions and zebra in the hundreds of thousands.
You will see all the big five here but the spectacle and natural wonder that tourists travel from all corners of the world to see is the wildebeest migration that sees the animals cross the perilous waters of the Mara and Grumeti rivers in search of fresh pasture.
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park will offer tourists a chance to see some great animals but its true highlight is the mountain itself that stands 5895 meters above sea level. Its white-capped peak is recognizable anywhere and attracts tourists far and wide to climb to its top.
The vegetation and landscape changes as you make the ascent from farmlands to rainforests that are home to some of Africa's giants including elephants and buffalo. You will also find a barren moonscape landscape that is as desolate as the surface of the moon.
The best part about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's tallest free-standing mountain, is that it is not actually a climb but more of a trek. There are 7 routes and you can climb the mountain from 6 – 11 days depending on the route you choose.
Unguja or Zanzibar features beautiful white sands and is a great holiday destination for island lovers. Its capital Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site and offers interesting alleyways and closely set Arabian style buildings. You can get lost in the maze without a guide but it does indeed offer a great adventure.
The azure blue waters are great to swim in and you can even spot dolphins playing close by. Pemba island which is part of the Zanzibar archipelago offers one of the best diving and snorkeling zones in the area. Beautiful coral reefs and colorful marine life attracts visitors from all over the globe.
Zanzibar is also known as the Spice Island and you can go on a spice tour and learn about the spices.
Two-thirds of Lake Manyara National Park is covered by water which makes it an excellent destination to watch beautiful flamingoes and is a bird watchers paradise. It also boasts a high population of hippo and elephants.
Another of Lake Manyara's highlights are its tree-climbing lions that seem adept at scaling the region's trees. In fact, one of the best ways to spot lions is to look up a tree.
Baboons are another of Lake Manyara's iconic figures with the park having the largest number of baboon concentration in the world. Some of the best activities to partake in Lake Manyara include canoes and mountain bike tours.
The erstwhile capital of Tanzania, it is still the largest city in the country. There are many places that you can visit in the city and you can also enjoy the beach. The city has a very good night life and if you want to enjoy food and drink in Tanzania then you will not be disappointed in Dar.


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Q: Open API Android Card Swiper with Payment Processing I am looking for an Android compatible credit card swiper that comes with software which will process payments.  The software must have an open API so I can integrate it into my app.  Does anyone know of something that will do this?

A: One option is Innerfence. Your can either use their sold-separately swiper, or enter the CC number manually.
Square had an open API, but from what I understand they abandoned it some months ago.

A: try this: http://paypal.com/here
in Paypal's Profile | My Selling Tools | Instant Payment Notification (IPN) set a post-transaction callback URL that puts the transaction into your own database - Paypal will do a POST to your URL with everything they can share about the transaction (a lot).  Then program your app to request a query to that database.  My experience has been that the IPN callback happens within 2 seconds so it should take you a max of 4 seconds to query your own database from your app and get any (reasonable) answer you need about the transaction.
Doing it this way also keeps your PCI compliance profile/posture very low and you have few if any compliance responsibilities, unlike you would if your app actually saw the CC number or CVV.

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Q: How to generate table with dropped down lists? For my system when i select a department name from Departments(dropped down list) and a program name from Programs (dropped down list),it should generate a table - reading ax excel file in php. I tried just to read an excel file and it works. How can I connect the selections with the file below in PHP and MySQL?
The code that I found for reading the excel file is below:

Read Excel file

<?php
    include 'reader.php';
    $excel = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader();
?>

Sheet 1:

    <?php
    $excel->read('prog.xls'); // set the excel file name here
    $x=1;

    while($x<=$excel->sheets[0]['numRows']) { // reading row by row
      echo "\t
\n";
      $y=1;

      while($y<=$excel->sheets[0]['numCols']) {// reading column by column
        $cell = isset($excel->sheets[0]['cells'][$x][$y]) ? $excel->sheets[0]['cells'][$x][$y] : '';
        echo "\t\t$cell	\n";  // get each cells values
        $y++;
      }

      echo "\t
\n";
      $x++;
    }
    ?>


We�ve all watched when outfielders collide going for the same pop up on the baseball field.
Or when two players stutter-step as they near each other, one eye on the ball, unsure who will make the catch only to have the ball plop on the turf in front of them.
The out isn�t made, and other team scores.
Assumptions in life are sometimes made. You think the other guy is going to get the ball, or your spouse is going to pick up the toilet paper on their way home. Frustration sets in when you�re in the bathroom and reach out to discover an empty cardboard roll.
Other times you yell you�ve got the ball and your teammate doesn�t listen. Instead they charge and slam into you. You tell your kids to move the gear out of the way after a day at the beach, only to pull into the driveway and run over one of the chairs.
You might call for the ball, only to have your teammate swoop in and nab it in front of you. Or, after confiding in a co-worker your ideas, you learn they went to the higher-ups, pitched and took credit for your creativity.
Being unheard, ignored and manipulated never feels good.
Effective communication requires trust, listening and talking with a purpose.
Don�t assume. Reach out to the friend you think is upset with you because they didn�t respond to your text. Connect. Set aside time with your spouse to actually talk and look into each other�s eyes. Create one-on-one moments with those who matter instead of hearing things secondhand.
You can�t do squat about those who blatantly ignore you. It doesn�t matter how loud you yell or what you say, there will always be those unwilling to cooperate. They might be arrogant, think they know better or are simply lazy. If you can, avoid these stress-inducing folks and instead surround yourself with those more respectful.
Expectations might not always be met, but even then, find the confidence to continue to call out and rush the ball. Learn to trust. If your teammate calls for the ball, back off and have faith they will follow through and commit. If it still doesn�t work out, take solace that you�ve tried your best.
Give your focused attention to those willing work together and you might avoid some of the collisions and missteps. Better communication just might lead to the third out and advance you to the next inning.


i need some clarification on this topics.
for ex:ours is a service consulting company. i have to prepare blue print with 5 cocodes.But the thing is we have cocodes in three different countries.italy(3 cocodes),russia(1 cocode) and france(1 code).so the chart of accounts are different to each other.so i need to took 3 controlling areas.right?and i have to use the funds management area also for these 5 cocodes.later i need to consolidate at cocode level.
one more thing france will be the central point fr all.Means they want regulate allthe things from france.how can we do that?
how can we design this issue in a beeter manner.i am looking for best one.
your help will be appriciate with points.
if you have any blue print template with this model,please send to suitor999@yahoo.com.
you can set up the same chart of account for each company code (and three country chart of account as alternative for the different countries), so you can have one single controlling area for each company code.
When you create a G/L account it is possible to fill in the field Alternative account number (see the help).
When you want you can assign this to the countries own chart of account and report on this.
In this case I advise you to use one chart of accounts and use Alternative account number for reporting by country.
Now it is possible to use one controling area. This is use-full when you want to make total reports over the company codes.
In controlling you store document currency, company currency and controlling area currency. It is possible to use paralel currencies.
the account number from a country chart of accounts if your corporate group uses a standard chart of accounts.
The alternative account number is only issued in the financial statement if you explicitly assign it to the relevant items in the financial statement version.
In case of Chart of account You have to use diff COA country wise because of the leagal requirement. You can use the fuctionality of Group chart of account or country chart of account.


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OpinionPuerto Rico
Trump came to Puerto Rico like an emperor: with pomp and little sympathy
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
The president's visit to the hurricane-stricken island – in which he threw paper towels and bags of rice into a crowd – seemed to be an exercise of self-congratulation
'Hurricane Maria was not enough to bring the Puerto Rican people to its knees. I doubt that Tuesday's farce will dent our resolve.' Photograph: Thais Llorca / Pool/EPA
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Last modified on Wed 4 Oct 2017 10.02 EDT
President Donald Trump arrived in Puerto Rico like an emperor, coming to scold his uncooperative subjects. "I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack," he said during a visit to the island on Tuesday. He might as well have blamed us for throwing ourselves in the path of a hurricane.
Apart from the cost, the worst part about this catastrophe for Trump seems to be how damn ungrateful these Puerto Ricans are. The president called the mayor of San Juan, the capital, a "politically motivated ingrate" over the weekend. Then, on Tuesday, he suggested the island was exaggerating its woes. Puerto Rico isn't facing "a real catastrophe like Katrina" the president said. Just grow up and stop all your whining, in other words.
Trump arrived on the island more than two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit. Despite what he claims, the situation is still devastating. Only 5% of the electrical grid has been repaired; only 17% of the cellphone towers are working and more than half the island has no running water. Most of Puerto Rico's 3.5 million citizens have to stand every day in hellish lines for food, water, gas and medicines. This is the new normal for us and our families.
Puerto Rico: Trump appears to complain about cost of relief effort
Yet, the president spent much of his time on the island patting his administration on the back for how well it is handling everything. "You can be very proud. Everybody around this table and everybody watching can really be very proud of what's been taking place in Puerto Rico," he said.
'You've thrown our budget a little out of whack', Trump tells Puerto Rico – video
During a "press conference" at the Luis Muñiz air national guard base in San Juan – in which he took no questions from the press – Trump praised the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, military commanders and a half-dozen members of his cabinet, who accompanied him to Puerto Rico.
He reserved nothing, not one word of encouragement and empathy for the Puerto Rican people, who are the ones that have shouldered the brunt of this tragedy all by themselves.
Many don't agree at all with Trump's rosy self-assessment. On Tuesday, Oxfam America released a rare statement criticizing the administration for its response to the disaster: "The US has more than enough resources to mobilize an emergency response but has failed to do so in a swift and robust manner."
And if all of this wasn't enough, after his pompous speech, Trump was taken to see the devastation in one of the wealthiest municipalities of the whole island: Guaynabo. Even in forgotten, neglected Puerto Rico, Trump reminds us that there is a pecking order – and it's the rich and powerful living in gated communities who come before all others.
And what did Trump do in Guaynabo? He threw out rolls of paper towel and bags of rice to the well-heeled Puerto Ricans. It was a pathetic performance, and deeply offensive, especially as people in the interior of the island have next to nothing.
Trump throws paper towels into crowd in Puerto Rico – video
As I write this, a dear friend from Puerto Rico messages me to say: "It's bewildering to hear the president joke about how much this tragedy is costing him while I'm scrapping to pack a flat rate box with sausages, batteries and lanterns to my family, some of whom I haven't spoken to in two weeks."
"That while he's throwing paper towels to a crowd like a five-year-old at a carnival basketball game, I try to keep a straight face for the next customer at work, while looking up prices for a small generator to ship to my aunt who is now living in the darkness of the San Sebastián mountains."
Hurricane Maria was not enough to bring the Puerto Rican people to its knees. I doubt that Tuesday's farce will dent our resolve. It has only served to make us more aware of the truth – which is that we must save ourselves.
Susanne Ramírez de Arellano is the former news director for Univision in Puerto Rico

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back Largo
The Label Review Grid Overview and what you can do with it.
Largo allows you to view annotations with the same label in a regular grid. The annotations can belong to a single volume or an entire project. You can quickly select annotations to change their labels, attach new labels or delete them.
How to use Largo
There are two ways to run Largo. To review annotations of an entire project, click on the
Largo re-evaluation
button in the project overview. To review annotations of a volume, click on the
button in the sidebar of the volume overview. Project guests are not allowed to use Largo.
The initial view of Largo shows a sidebar with all available label trees of the project or volume. When you select one of the labels, all annotations to which this label is attached will be shown in the grid. You can navigate the grid in the same way than the thumbnail grid of the volume overview.
When you hover your cursor over an annotation you can see the button in the upper right corner. A click on this button will open the image or video annotation tool in a new window and focus on this annotation. Use this to review an annotation with its surroundings if you are uncertain what it may be.
Also displayed on hover is the big symbol. This symbol indicates the "dismissal" of an annotation. Click on an annotation in the grid to mark it as dismissed. You can dismiss annotations belonging to differen labels, too. Once there are dismissed annotations, the
button in the sidebar becomes clickable. Click this button when you are finished marking annotations as dismissed to continue to the next step.
The second step in Largo is the re-label step. In this step all annotations that were previously marked as dismissed are displayed in the grid, no matter what their original label was. If you now hover over an annotation in the grid, the big symbol appears. This symbol indicates a re-labeled annotation. To re-label an annotation, select a label from the label trees in the sidebar and then click on an annotation in the grid.
To quickly dismiss or re-label consecutive annotations, press the Shift key when you click on an annotation. This will dismiss/re-label all annotations between the current one and the last one you have selected.
to the first step at any time. Your re-labeled annotations will not be forgotten. When you are finished re-labeling the annotations, click
in the sidebar. When a Largo session is saved, one of three things can happen for each annotation:
If the annotation was dismissed but not re-labeled and if the label that should be detached was attached by you, the label is detached from the annotation. If this was the only label of the annotation, the annotation is deleted.
If the annotation was re-labeled and the previous label was attached by you, the previous label is replaced by the new label.
If the annotation was re-labeled and the previous label was not attached by you, the new label is attached to the annotation in addition to the previous label.
Project experts and admins can choose to enable the "Force delete/re-label" switch. If a Largo session is saved with this switch enabled, the behavior described above changes as follows:
If the annotation was dismissed and not re-labeled, all instances of the dismissed label are detached from the annotation. If these were the only labels of the annotation, the annotation is deleted.
If the annotation was re-labeled, all instances of the dismissed label are replaced by (one instance of) the new label.
When the Largo session has been saved, Largo is reset and you can start a new session.
Example use cases
Now that you know how to use Largo, here are some use cases for what you can do.
Review annotation errors
The annotations displayed in a grid make it very easy to spot errors like in the example above. Use Largo to review the annotations and dismiss all annotations that have the wrong label. In the re-label step, assign the correct labels or delete annotations that make no sense at all by not assigning them a new label.
Confirm annotations of others
BIIGLE allows users to attach multiple labels to a single annotation. This way users can confirm labels of other users or suggest a different label. In Largo you can display, "dismiss" and re-label all annotations where you want to confirm or suggest a different label. Don't worry if you forgot to re-label an annotation. If the label attached to the annotation was not created by you, it won't be deleted. Take care not to enable the "Force delete/re-label" switch in this case.
Two step annotation process
The first step of a two step annotation process is to find objects of interest in the images or videos you annotate. You don't care what kinds of objects you see but just mark all with the same label (maybe "Interesting"). In the second step you sort these interesting objects into their specific label categories. For this step you can use Largo. Select the "Interesting" label and all of your annotations will be displayed. Now you pick one label (e.g. "Starfish") and dismiss all starfishes that you see. In the re-label step, you simply re-label all dismissed annotations as starfish and save. Then continue with the next label.
You can perform the two step annotation process with multiple users, too. One user is responsible of finding objects of interest in the images or videos. The other user (e.g. an expert) then assigns specific labels to the annotations using Largo. With the "Force delete/re-label" switch enabled, the expert can replace the generic "Interesting" labels with the specific ones.
Annotation examples
The dismiss step of Largo can serve as an annotation reference. Annotators can check existing annotations of specific labels if they are unsure which label to use for a new annotation. Note that this can be done in the annotation catalog of a label tree, too, but Largo displays only project- or volume-specific annotations.


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Water surfaces offer a unique challenge for the vision: extreme reflection, severe glare, sprays and salt.
It is important to make sure that eyes are protected and sunglasses fit comfortably. And to achieve this goal, lenses are an important asset.
Carl Zeiss Vision Sunlens is the division dedicated to developing, designing and producing non-prescription sunlenses. It is part of the Carl Zeiss Vision Group, the world leader in optics.
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National and State Education Leaders Come Together for State Alliance for Clinical Educator Preparation and Partnerships
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kaaryn Keller, Director of Communications
October 14, 2012 E-mail: press@caepnet.org
The State Alliance was established in 2010 to implement recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning, including the following:
There must be an intense focus on developing teaching practice and P-12 student learning;
Higher education and school districts must share accountability and responsibility;
Educator preparation providers must attract more academically prepared and more diverse cohorts of students;
The reward structure in academe and P-12 schools' staffing models must shift;
States and accreditation agencies must strengthen their scrutiny, and preparation programs must become more accountable for meeting school needs and improving P-12 student learning;
States should help ensure that future teachers are prepared to fill the staffing needs of P-12 schools;
Federal agencies should support a clearly defined research agenda.
Alliance states work with one another and with national experts to pilot approaches to implementation and bring new models of clinical preparation to scale.
WHAT: State Alliance for Clinical Educator Preparation and Partnerships biannual meeting
WHO: National and state educational leaders from Calif., Colo., Ky., La., Md., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., and Tenn., including:
David Monk, Professor of Educational Administration and Dean of the College of Education, Pennsylvania State University
Lawrence Picus, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professor of Education Finance and Policy, USC Rossier School of Education
Karla Eslinger, Missouri Assistant Commissioner, Office of Educator Quality, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
"Hap" Hariston, Missouri Director - Educator Preparation, Office of Educator Quality
James G. Cibulka, President, Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
Ann Nutter Coffmann, Senior Policy Analyst, Teacher Quality, National Education Association
WHERE: Hilton Hotel St. Louis Downtown; 400 Olive Street; St. Louis, Missouri
WHEN: October 18–19, 2012
For more information, please view the State Alliance agenda online at http://caepnet.org/working-together/state-partners/state-alliance.
The goals of the Alliance for Clinical Teacher Preparation—a group of states committed to major transformation of educator preparation policies and practices–are three-fold: (1) to foster collaborative partnerships among schools, districts and higher education, (2) to develop more effective state policies which support innovation, research, strong clinical preparation, and partnerships so that teachers are better prepared to meet the needs and challenges of a diverse student population, and (3) to increase use of formative and summative candidate performance assessments to ensure candidates can demonstrate knowledge and skills needed in today's classrooms, and to collect data on candidate performance in classrooms to help preparation programs improve.
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (www.caepnet.org) ensures the preparation of highly qualified educators through the accreditation of programs in which data drive decisions; resources and practices support candidate learning; and candidates demonstrate knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions to raise P-12 student achievement.


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India's new citizenship law is not just against Muslims
It reflects a widespread fear among people in the northeast of being overrun by 'outsiders'
Nirendra Dev, New Delhi
Published: December 20, 2019 05:44 AM GMT ▾
Updated: December 24, 2019 05:16 PM GMT
Protesters shout slogans from a bus after being detained by police during a demonstration held against India's new citizenship law in Bangalore on Dec. 19. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP)
The uproar over the new citizenship law in India has two distinct dimensions. They are quite different but the dividing line, while crucial, is often misunderstood.
In the rest of India, including the national capital, the central belief is that the amended Citizenship Act (initially enacted in 1955) is discriminatory against Muslims, a charge naturally denied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling BJP.
The bill amended citizenship bill allows illegal migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to become Indians, provided they are not Muslims. Protestors across India say the law discriminates people on the basis of religion.
The fear, however, is different in the far-flung northeastern states, a region that contains prominent Christian tribal communities such as the Nagas, Mizos, and Assamese (among an overwhelmingly Hindu population). They believe extending citizenship to migrants from Bangladesh will result in natives and tribal people being swamped by "outsiders."
The term "outsiders" in India's northeast does not necessarily refer to foreigners as another term used is "plain manu" (people from the plains or the rest of India)." The fear of being 'swamped' remains very strong, however, whatever the definition.
It is in this context that we must examine what a Naga Christian lawmaker, K.G. Kenye of the Naga People's Front party, said during the parliamentary debate on Dec. 11.
India's citizenship bill stokes fears of migrant invasion
Protests spread over India's controversial citizenship law
Anti-citizenship law protests spread across India


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Streaming's Summer of Hell, Movie Theater Woes, and CNN's Risky Pivot
September 2, 2022 Eliza
Today's episode is about the entertainment and media industry's tumultuous summer, the streaming wars, a come-to-Jesus moment for movie theaters, and a dramatic revamp at CNN—which tells a lot about the state of the news industry. My guest is Matt Belloni, host of the Ringer podcast The Town and a founding partner at Puck News. He tells us what he's hearing from his deep industry sources about the future of the blockbuster, the demise of the romantic comedy, the purge at HBO Max, and the murky path forward for Netflix. He also indulges me as I try to think of restaurant analogies for all of the major streaming companies as they try to differentiate themselves in a crowded field. (If you're not familiar with the amenities of the Tri-State area, this might be a good time to look up "Wawa.")
If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at [email protected] You can find us on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_
In an effort to understand differentiation in streaming, Derek and Matt compare the major streaming companies to restaurants.
Derek Thompson: I'm really interested right now in the way that the streamers are trying to differentiate themselves, because I feel like in the before times, before inflation, before the pandemic inevitably, before you had rising interest rates and these companies' stock prices collapsing, there was this anticipation or this expectation that they could just grow and grow and grow. And when your fortunes seem relatively infinite in terms of growth, you don't really have to differentiate. You're just trying to make as much stuff as possible. But now that it seems like the pie is a little bit more zero-summy, I see them trying to differentiate themselves.
And I thought that one fun, silly, maybe entirely stupid way to think about their attempts to differentiate themselves is to think about the streaming companies as restaurants. So I have three restaurant metaphors that I want to throw at you. And then you can throw back at me any deeply held criticism that you have. So this is for Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video. We'll save HBO Max for the end.
So Netflix is like Starbucks. It's everywhere. It's popular. It's almost a utility. A lot of people use Starbucks as a literal public restroom that happens to just serve coffee. And the same way that Starbucks has surprisingly sophisticated espresso equipment and a handful of high-end roastery locations that serve pretty fancy coffee, Netflix is this incredibly widespread, popular public utility that seems kind of middlebrow, but also is always reserving a bit of its slate for Oscar and Emmy fare. So it's mostly middle class, but it has a couple of things that it really wants to be prestige.
Disney+ is like Dunkin Donuts. It's fundamentally a kid's food place, but somehow most of the clientele is actually adults. These are donuts. It's cake with icing on it, but people are eating it. Adults are eating it who are 40 years old and it's like, yeah, OK, fine. You have sugar cake for breakfast.
Matt Belloni: Or 50, if you're Ben Affleck.
Thompson: Or 50 if you're Ben Affleck, right. And it's the same with Disney+. Disney+ is Pixar and superheroes, but it's fundamentally for children ages zero to 100. That would be their tagline.
Belloni: And you're right, because Disney says that the majority of their customers on Disney+ are adults with no children, which is a shocking stat to me.
Thompson: A shocking stat, but not shocking if you think of them as Dunkin Donuts, because Dunkin Donuts serves cake for breakfast, but somehow Ben Affleck is there every day.
Amazon Prime Video is like Wawa. And if you don't live in the New Jersey area, this is going to be a little bit tougher for you. But Wawa is basically this very popular convenience store, kind of like a mega 7-11, but it also serves some original food. And that to me is what Prime Video is. I use Amazon Prime Video mostly to rent movies and buy movies when I realize that they're available to rent and buy. But every once in a while, I'm hanging out in Amazon Prime Video and I'm like, "You know what? Yes, I will watch Bosch. I will watch a few episodes of Reacher." And that's the same way that you're in the Wawa. You're buying your whatever, your gum and your aspirin, and then you're like, "You know what? I could really use a hoagie." And so you make use of their ready-to-go features.
So that brings me at last to HBO Max, which really stumps me because I'm actually not sure what [David Zaslav] is trying to build here. Is it a place for adults, like prestige and drama and dragons? Is it something else? So I give you way too much with that prompt, but if you have any objections to my metaphors, let me know and go with HBO.
Belloni: Yes. I think there is a restaurant analogy here because for much of its existence, HBO was trying to be, let's call it a Ruth's Chris or Morton's or Mastro's these days, where it's a national fancy steakhouse, where there were a lot of people that it was for, but there were just as many people, if not more, that it was not for. And you knew when you saw the HBO brand that this was either for me, or it was not for me.
What they've tried to do with HBO Max over the past couple years is introduce some fish and some veggie options and things that will bring in a different clientele into the fancy restaurant. And that seems to be the model for HBO Max. Now what's coming is they're going to mash it up with Discovery. So they're going to basically try to take the Mastro's and combine it with an Outback Steakhouse, and then maybe throw in a couple Big Macs from McDonald's and see if they can bring more people into this, let's call it a food court of meat , where there's the fancy version, there's the midlevel version, and then there's the dirt-cheap 90 Day Fiance version of the hamburger. And they're going to see if they can take that global and compete with a Netflix with that kind of product.
And I'll be honest, I am in the target demo for HBO. I am a white male in his 40s who loves premium television. HBO is for me, but over the past couple years, they've done stuff that my wife loves and they've done more women-oriented shows. She loves The Flight Attendant and she was watching more of the reality stuff. So they think that they can create this thing that appeals to men, appeals to women, appeals to premium, appeals to down market, all in one place. And whether that works, we'll see.
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In its desire to transition towards a technology driven capital market as well as protect investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has said that the Commission would soon come out with regulations that would guide such products in the capital market.
This was disclosed by the Acting Director General of the SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk during the presentation of a Lecture by Mr. Ade Bajomo, Vice President FinTech Association of Nigeria titled "Market Impact of the FinTech Revolution" in Abuja, Wednesday.
Uduk who also announced Bajomo as Chair of the Capital Market Committee on Fintech Roadmap for Capital Markets in Nigeria, said the SEC as the apex regulator of the Nigerian Capital market is interested in investments that Nigerians are making especially with the advent of digitalization.
"If we will regulate this market and understand what is happening we need our staff to understand the rudiments of FinTech. Very soon the whole world will move to technology for regulation. Other jurisdictions have already gone far into it with some of them already amending their rules in that direction.
"The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is on it and there is a lot on it already all over the world and we can't be left behind.
We are very much interested in some of the most active areas of Fintech innovation like block chain technology, crypto currencies and how they affect investors" she said.
She stated that as regulators of the capital market, it is the responsibility of the SEC to find out how such investments are going on and if they meet set standards because when investors lose money they will come back to the SEC adding "That is why we are seeking to understand what FinTech is all about to enable us regulate the market properly.
Recalled that during the last Capital Market Committee meeting in Lagos, the Committee agreed to set CMC to set up a Committee to draw a Fintech Adoption roadmap for the Capital Market.
The SEC Boss alluded to the growing influence of Fintechs as she stated the need for the Capital Market to take advantage of the Fintech offerings in moving the Capital Market forward. She equally emphasized the focus of the Commission on capacity building, knowledge sharing, advocacy and collaboration with relevant entities.


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Apr 7 1966 to Apr 11 1966
Jack Nicklaus wins the 30th Masters Tournament
In an 18-hole playoff, Jack Nicklaus earned his third Green Jacket and became the Masters first back-to-back champion.
Nicklaus ended regulation at 288 tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot 70 in the extra round to defeat Jacobs by two strokes and Brewer by eight. That year any player within 10 strokes of the lead qualified for the final two rounds.
Source: The Official Site of the Masters Tournament Added by: Colin Harris
Who was the first back-to-back winner of The Masters? It was Jack Nicklaus, and he completed the feat at the 1966 Masters.
Nicklaus, the 1965 champion, plus Gay Brewer and Tommy Jacobs all finished 72 holes tied at even-par 288. So the trio headed into an 18-hole Monday playoff, which Nicklaus won by shooting 70. Jacobs had a 72 in the playoff and Brewer a 78.
Brewer had a chance to win in regulation, but bogied the 72nd hole. He did return to win the 1967 Masters, however.
His victory at the 1966 Masters was Nicklaus' third win at The Masters, and his fifth major championship victory.
The 1966 Masters was the final playing appearance in the tournament by Byron Nelson, who missed the cut.
Source: golf.about.com/Brent Kelley Added by: Colin Harris
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A Guide to Japanese Monsters: Tanuki
by Bokksu Staff
What are Tanuki?
The tanuki is an animal known as a racoon dog that is native to Japan. It has thick fur, a bushy tail, a mask of white around the eyes, and a body shape and size that is similar to the racoon. The tanuki may resemble the racoon, but it is from a different family, known as Canidae, and comes from East Asia rather than North America. In fact, the tanuki is related more closely to foxes, wolves, and dogs than to racoons. Tanuki are quite social animals that often live in mated pairs and hibernate during the winter.
Tanuki in Japanese Mythology
In folklore, tanuki are considered Japanese mythological creatures with supernatural abilities (yōkai). They feature heavily in legends as bake-danuki, which literally means "monster tanuki." The oldest tales depict tanuki as evil doers who possess humans and bear bad omens. Later tales portray tanuki in an endearing and favorable way—more of a harmless prankster and symbol of prosperity. In fact, a better translation than "monster tanuki" is "trickster tanuki" because in most stories these Japanese mythical creatures are harmless except for their penchant for deception.
According to folktales, tanuki are merry mischief makers. They beat their big belly drums deep in the forest to scare unsuspecting hunters and woodsmen, just for the fun of watching them flee and stumble and lose their way. Other legends highlight their ability to shape-shift, usually just to mess with humans. One such tale is Shirodokkuri, or White Wine Bottle. The tanuki transformed itself into a white wine bottle. Whenever someone tried to grab it, it would roll around and never get caught.
A very famous legend is Bunbuka Chagama, which dates back to the 16th century. In one version, a priest places a teakettle (chagama) on the hearth and it turns into a half-tanuki, half-teakettle creature. The priest decides to sell it to a passing peddler. The peddler finds out about the tanuki's supernatural abilities, and the chagama and peddler turn these powers into profit by having the tanuki perform tricks for money. The tanuki ends up having a comfortable life with the peddler, who shares his food and treats the tanuki well.
Tanuki in Art
In the traditional art of Japan, the tanuki has a leaf on its forehead. The leaf symbolizes nature, which the tanuki gets its power from. More modern art portrays tanuki with a big belly to show its jovial nature and love of food and drink. The tanuki also dons a straw hat, a bottle of sake, and an IOU note that it never pays. This is in reference to an old song about the tanuki stealing sake on a rainy night.
One startling feature is that the tanuki is often shown with large male parts. This comes from the old practice of hammering gold leaf inside tanuki scrotum, which is legendarily strong but stretchy. Balls of gold (kin no tama) and the slang word for testicles (kintama) are part of the word play. Now the well-endowed body part simply represents stretching one's dollar.
It's no wonder the cute but complex tanuki has appeared in another more modern artform—movies and video games. The Studio Ghibli movie, Pom Poko, features a posse of tanuki who band together to save their forest home from urban expansion using all the guile and magic they can muster. In Super Mario Bros 3, a "tanooki" suit enables Mario to outwit enemies by turning into statues, levitating, or smacking opponents with their tail.
Tanuki Objects and Gifts
Because of their mythical ability to attract wealth and tendency to be jovial, tanuki statues are frequently found around bars, restaurants, and stores. Since tanuki are irresistibly adorable in real life, it's also no surprise that Japanese people love to cuddle up to tanuki stuffed animals and buy tanuki-themed toys. Tanuki pop up in quite a few products and merchandise in Japan.
Did you know that Pokémon is an abbreviation of Pocket Monster? And did you know that many of the individual characters are inspired by mythical creatures like the tanuki or bake-danuki? Takuni is a Pokémon creature that is based on the tanuki. Takuni has a green leaf on its head, a bushy tail, and racoon-like eyes. Whiscash is based on the Namazu, a giant catfish that causes earthquakes.
Pokémon-inspired gifts from Bokksu Market are perfect for people who appreciate the complexity and playfulness that Japanese monsters like tanuki are known for. For example, Pokemon Origami are a crafty gift to give someone in your life who enjoys the art of paper folding.
If more socializing is your thing, The Pokémon Chopsticks Learning Game teaches chopstick skills while also providing hours of entertainment.
Or how about the Pokémon Lacquerware Bowl? It will make you feel like the characters Pikachu, Eevee, and Snorlax are your breakfast companions while you eat your cereal.
If you prefer savory foods, the Pokémon Noodle: Soy Sauce Flavor instant ramen will make you think of your new favorite Pokémon card, Takuni, as you slurp your soup.
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Mari (Previously known as Kyoka) is a second generation member of Crystal Rose under Team K and her member colour is Peach.
She would like to improve her singing skills with KRP as well as make new friends.
She is very close to Setsuna.
Her performance preference in KRP would be a song with ore Japanese lyrics or a live performance with the other members and if they were to live in Germany.
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Pharmacare debate a symptom of chronic electoral grandstanding
By Tim Powers Jun. 19, 2019
It looks like we are about to step backwards as politicians want to be safe in talking about some romantic health-care system that doesn't exist as opposed to the one that does.
Dr. Eric Hoskins, chair of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, and Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor speak to the media in June 2018. The group's June 12 final report will become a political football heading into the fall election, write Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
OTTAWA—On June 12, an advisory council appointed by the Trudeau government recommended the establishment of a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system. When fully actualized in 2027, it is estimated it would cost $15-billion dollars per year.
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By Press Trust of India | London | Last Updated at January 12 2017 19:43 IST
Stonehenge, one of the UK's most iconic tourist spots, is to get a 3-km-long tunnel that will help in cutting traffic congestion and improving journey time to the World Heritage site.
The dual carriageway tunnel will be built under the pre-historic monument in Wiltshire, south-west England, as part of a 2 billion pound scheme.
UK transport minister Chris Grayling said today that the tunnel will "transform" the busy A303 highway by "cutting congestion and improving journey times" and provide a "boost" to the UK economy.
"This major investment in the south-west will transform the A303 and benefit those locally by cutting congestion and improving journey times.
It will also boost the economy, linking people with jobs, and businesses with customers - driving forward our agenda to build a country that works for everyone and not just the privileged few," he said.
The move is aimed at preserving views of the ancient site, which have been damaged for almost 90 years since the A303, which now carries up to 30,000 vehicles a day, was opened just 165 metres from the stone circle.
A public consultation to get the views of drivers and residents opened on Thursday and will run until March 5.
Some campaign groups has expressed their reservations over the move.
In a statement, the Stonehenge Alliance group said: "The Alliance does not advocate new road building at Stonehenge, but accepts the need to improve the tranquillity and appearance of the World Heritage Site and its setting."
"If the government insists on widening the A303 by means of a tunnel, it must be sufficiently long to avoid any further damage to (Stonehenge) and its setting. Work on the tunnel is due to start in 2020 and be completed by 2029," the statement said.
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No UN mandate for Libyan ground operations, regime change – Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov addresses press conference following the Russia-NATO Council meeting in Berlin (AFP Photo / John Macdougall) © AFP
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 does not provide a mandate for ground operations in Libya, nor should NATO be aiming for a regime change.
NATO ministers, who are holding a two-day meeting in Berlin, have their plate full over the Libyan crisis, which has created a deep fissure in the western military bloc over military strategy.
Meanwhile, the implementation of a European missile defense system, which Moscow says should be a joint venture between Russia and NATO, also ranks high on the agenda.
Addressing a news conference on Friday, Lavrov expressed concern that NATO was exceeding its UN mandate.
"Today we see actions that in a number of cases go beyond the framework drawn by the UN Security Council," he said. "There is talk already that Resolution 1973 can even be used for a ground operation. However, the resolution does not imply such actions. The Security Council has not authorized such actions."
Watch Sergey Lavrov's full speech
Russia, together with Brazil, China, India, and Germany, abstained from voting on the UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force in Libya and the implementation of a no-fly zone over the country.
NATO forces, made up primarily from France, Britain and the US are now tasked with protecting civilians in Libya, although Russia says regime change may be on the cards.
Lavrov stressed that the Security Council itself – not Russia – is fully responsiblefor political control over the implementation of the resolution.
"The UN Security Council itself plays the role of a watchdog of the implementation of resolutions that it passes," the Russian foreign minister said. "The UN Security Council should, and will, exercise political leadership over all actions that are planned in its resolutions and political control over these actions, not spilling beyond the framework of the objectives stated in these resolutions."
Lavrov added that NATO should restrain itself from attempting "regime change" against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Yet that seems to be exactly what the NATO coalition seems to be pursuing. What started out as a mission to "protect civilians and enforce a no-fly zone," has transformed into an effort to depose of a leader without having a clear understanding as to the nature of the rebel opposition.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US President Barack Obama signed their own self-styled resolution published simultaneously in three daily newspapers, The Times of London, Le Figaro of France, and the United States' Washington Post saying Al Qathafi must "go and go for good."
"So long as Gaddafi is in power, NATO and its coalition partners must maintain their operations so that civilians remain protected and the pressure on the regime builds," the three leaders wrote … "Britain, France and the United States will not rest until the UN security council resolutions have been implemented and the Libyan people can choose their own future."
Meanwhile, Lavrov called intelligence reports that al-Qaeda may be attempting to take advantage of the uprising "disturbing."
The Russian foreign minister said in order for the situation in Libya to normalize, it is essential to use diplomatic measures.
"We believe that it is extremely important to put the situation onto a political track and switch to political-diplomatic methods in settling the problem as urgently as possible," Lavrov said.
"It is more useful in determining what that future would be, not by making external ultimatums, but by encouraging all those who want a new Libya to sit at the negotiating table and seek an agreement, instead of chasing each other with heavy and other various armaments in a bid to inflict losses on the enemy, and when a tremendous number of civilians are in danger and getting killed in the course of this process," he said.
Lavrov also touched upon another issue of crucial importance within the Russia-NATO framework, and that is Euro missile defense, which Moscow says will exist as a threat to its national security unless Russia is brought on board the project at all levels of interoperability.
Otherwise, Russia will seek guarantees that the system cannot compromise Russia's defenses.
"How to further act on the issue [of building a missile defense] is a matter that should be referred to military professionals," Lavrov said. "They will have to agree on technical, geographic and other parameters that will guarantee, in the legal sense, the fact that no component of the future missile defense system would be targeted at any member of the Russia-NATO Council."
It is essential "to begin talks by coordinating the concept and architecture of the future system proceeding from the risks that exist in the sphere of missile proliferation," he said.
Russia envisions "totally different world" with joint missile defense
Moscow says the mutual development and operation of a European missile defense system would benefit bilateral relations, while also telling Europe it cannot afford to be a passive spectator to the debate.
"If we manage to reach agreement on the project of equitable access to the European antiballistic missile defense system, we'll live in a totally different world then," Russian ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin told reporters on Thursday at a meeting organized by Germany's Society for Foreign Affairs.
Arguing that Russia and Europe are suffering from "a deficit of common business and common capital," Rogozin said that the implementation of a common defense system would not only promote the security of the entire European continent, but would work to remove age-old suspicions.
"We need capitalization of our relations and the European missile defense project gives us a chance in this sphere," Rogozin said.
Russia and NATO formally agreed to cooperate on the Euro missile defense system during the November 2010 Russia-NATO Council summit in Lisbon, where Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was special guest.
NATO command wants there to be two independent systems that exchange information, while Russia, arguing that such a sophisticated system with potential to increase further on its doorstep, is pushing for a joint system with full-scale interoperability.
The stakes in this debate are high, but perhaps highest of all for Europe, which could find itself in the middle of yet another arms race. Therefore, Rogozin warns, Europe cannot remain a "passive observer" of the talks that will have an impact on European-Russian relations for many years to come.
Missile defense needs some "wise-men" input
Rogozin, therefore, is calling for the creation of discussion panels made up of European and Russian defense experts – "wise men, as he calls them – to give in-depth consideration to the implications of missile defense for the region.
"Some European skeptics say Europe is a passive observer in the Russian-US talks on the issue," Russia's NATO envoy said. "I would like to propose setting up some kind of a public and expert movement for successful implementation of this joint project."
"I suggest you think of setting up a group of European 'wise men' to support official talks, first between the US and Russia, and then between Russia and NATO, with their discussions and new initiatives," Rogozin added.
"Our American colleagues have similar technologies. The Europeans do not have them. But as the talk is about the European continent, we believe…the Europeans have to think themselves and be responsible for their own security.
"Europe cannot be an observer to the creation and deployment of weapons on its territory," Rogozin said.
The Russian NATO envoy said Russia is ready to get on board the program under one condition: "We need strict legal guarantees that the system will not target Russian strategic deterrence potential. That is our national interest, which we cannot put in doubt. We cannot risk our national interests and sovereignty guarantees."
He also called on his Western colleagues to see Russia as a partner, not as a potential enemy.
"Missile defense should be smart, it should be proportionate to real danger," he said.
Meanwhile, Russia would also oppose any plans for a missile shield in the north of Europe, since any potential missile threat can come only originate from the south.
"We believe there should be no (missile defense) systems, weapons or information means first and foremost in the Baltic-Kaliningrad region," Rogozin told reporters in the German capital. "There is nothing to fear there, there is no potential adversary and no military infrastructure shall be deployed there that would only create new threats.
"We believe it is absurd to claim that potential future missile challenges may target Europe from all directions. Nobody is threatening Europe even theoretically from the Atlantic Ocean and from the north the only threat are polar bears," Rogozin added.
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It's a battle 65 million years in the making.
Dinosaurs battle aliens in the aptly named first episode of digital comic book "Dinosaurs vs. Aliens," posted online at Yahoo Monday, July 23.
From acclaimed filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black films) and graphic novel superstar, Grant Morrison (Batman, All Star Superman), the so called "motion comic series" begins with a short narrated piece that sets the stage for the dramatic action: When aliens attack Earth, our planets only saviors are prehistoric beasts, which are more intelligent than humanity ever imagined.
"Originally, I came up with the concept of, what would happen if aliens invaded earth 65 million years ago and the dinosaurs had to defend the Earth against these alien invaders," Sonnenfeld explained in an interview posted along with the episode.
"Themes of apocalypse are very potent right now," writer Grant Morrison told Wired. "Dinosaurs dominated the planet for 165 million years. Human civilizations has been around for 6,000 years and we're already well on the way to rendering the planet uninhabitable for ourselves and other species.
"Both dinosaurs and aliens can be seen as representatives of where we are as people right now," Morrison said.
Dinosaurs vs. aliens isn't just a video series, it's also the comic book of the future. You can download an app that will offer the comic online from Google Play and install it on your tablet.
Then prepare for the prehistoric battle.


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Times are a changin'
At the start of a new year we look ahead to identify broad technological advancements with disruptive potential – and examine likely security implications. I believe there are two trends which will shape IT security in a profound way.
Many future scenarios are forecast – and indeed likely: major cyber attacks are expected to have increasingly severe consequences for individuals, organisations and economies while traditional AV effectiveness continues to decline; organisations are predicted to move more and more IT functions into the cloud; remote working will become more prevalent, making secure access a priority; proliferation of endpoints as IoT gains momentum, with resulting DDoS threats as we have already seen from Mirai; mobile will be even more central; operating systems more secure. However this post focusses on two major technology trends which will have huge impact – Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.
AI, and specifically Machine Learning (ML), is becoming better and better at doing what humans have always done. The performance of image recognition and speech recognition these days is truly impressive, with error rates often better than humans. Progress has been made on more complex AI challenges such as identifying and understanding emotions. AI will displace a number of jobs in the near-to-medium term – such as truck drivers, paralegals, and even software developers. A Japanese insurance firm is replacing 34 claims adjustors with AI. Robotics can do many physical tasks. A 2015 Forrester report concluded that 25% of all job tasks would be replaced by AI by 2019. New jobs will supplant many lost ones and people will need to upskill.
In the security field, AI/ML increasingly powers defence mechanisms to identify patterns, for use in spam filtering, phishing protection, malware detection, network intrusion and biometric recognition. Cyber attackers will also make adversarial use of AI/ML. As AI/ML-based defence relies on algorithms, these could be counteracted. The challenge for security solution developers is going to be how to deal with cyber attacks which take into consideration AI/ML-based defence measures, and use their own AI/ML to counter attack like a galactic robotic battle. The winner of these battles will oscillate between defender and attacker – likely having serious impacts on IT security landscape in the process.
Blockchain technology is poised to take off across a variety of domains. The technology has inherent security attributes with multiple copies of the blockchain ledger ensuring a high degree of trust in the data. Obvious applications include public registers for land ownership as well as for high-value assets such as diamonds, for identity records, health care records, smart contracts and banking. The technology can be useful in areas such as key management for PKI encryption, ensuring data integrity while maintaining data transparency, and in storing DNS entries thereby helping mitigate DDoS attacks. Over a billion dollars are reported to have been invested in blockchain-related start-ups. However the technology does pose new security challenges such as consensus hijacking and smart contract management.
Security will continue to be central for any new technology in the face of threats growing in intensity and sophistication. Even though some technology trends such as more secure operating systems and devices are helpful, severe attacks from state and criminal actors are eroding CIOs' confidence. Prof Richard Benham of the National Cyber Centre predicts that a major bank will fail this year as a consequence of cyber attack.
It may be AI and Blockchain where the most intense battles are held – and which will thereby shape the IT landscape more than others. Security operations which will thrive going forward are those keeping a sharp eye on disruptive technology and trends, those capable of rapidly reacting to meet emerging needs. In the words of a great Nobel Prize winner:
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a changin'
There's a battle outside ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
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package org.perfcake.idea.editor.editor;

import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor;
import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorPolicy;
import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorState;
import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.WeighedFileEditorProvider;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer;
import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiManager;
import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlFile;
import com.intellij.util.xml.DomManager;
import com.intellij.util.xml.ui.DomFileEditor;
import com.intellij.util.xml.ui.PerspectiveFileEditor;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.perfcake.idea.editor.components.ScenarioComponent;
import org.perfcake.idea.model.Scenario;

/**
 * Created by miron on 10. 10. 2014.
 */
public class ScenarioEditorProvider extends WeighedFileEditorProvider {
    @Override
    public boolean accept(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile file) {
        PsiManager psiMgr = PsiManager.getInstance(project);
        PsiFile psiFile = psiMgr.findFile(file);
        if (psiFile == null || !(psiFile instanceof XmlFile)) {
            return false;
        }
        DomManager manager = DomManager.getDomManager(project);
        return !(manager.getFileElement((XmlFile) psiFile, Scenario.class) == null);
    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    public PerspectiveFileEditor createEditor(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile file) {
        PsiManager psiMan = PsiManager.getInstance(project);
        XmlFile scenario = (XmlFile) psiMan.findFile(file);
        Scenario s = DomManager.getDomManager(project).getFileElement(scenario, Scenario.class).getRootElement();

        DomFileEditor<ScenarioComponent> designer = new DomFileEditor<>(s, "Designer", new ScenarioComponent(s));

        return designer;
    }

    @Override
    public void disposeEditor(@NotNull FileEditor editor) {
        Disposer.dispose(editor);
    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    public FileEditorState readState(@NotNull Element sourceElement, @NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile file) {
        return FileEditorState.INSTANCE;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeState(@NotNull FileEditorState state, @NotNull Project project, @NotNull Element targetElement) {

    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    public String getEditorTypeId() {
        return getClass().getName();
    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    public FileEditorPolicy getPolicy() {
        return FileEditorPolicy.PLACE_BEFORE_DEFAULT_EDITOR;
    }

}

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Q: why is my variable in a nested function with array.forEach use undefined in Javascript I am sorry if the answer here is obvious, I am mostly a c/c++ guy and javascript is relatively new to me.
I am using THREE, bundling with browserify. In one module, I am creating an array of mesh objects that I need to access in a nested function using forEach(...), but I keep getting an error, that the corresponding object is not defined. I am suspecting that the problem is related to me actually defining the array in a separate callback function that is defined in parallel with the nested function using the forEach(). I have been trying to "declare" the variable globally, before I assign it to the array in the callback function, but that doesn't work. In c++ I would define an uninstantiated object globally (or in a class header) and then instantiate it in some function later, while accessing it in yet another function after that. Below is the relevant code and the variable that keeps coming back undefined is called "mesh". Note that I am not even sure why setPallete(...) and update(...) are implemented as nested function (a strange concept to me)? In another incarnation of this code, I implement them as "standalone" (e.g. not nested) functions and things are working, but in that code I am not using browserify to bundle, because I have just one, monolythic script. So maybe this has soemthing to do with that.
Thank you for your help.
let mesh;   //try global definition -- no dice

module.exports = function (app) {

    const totalMeshes = 40;
    const subdivisions = 300;
    const numSides = 8;
    const openEnded = false;
    const geometry = createGeometry(numSides, subdivisions, openEnded);
    const container = new THREE.Object3D();
    const lines = newArray(totalMeshes);

    ShaderLoader("scripts/Grp3D/lib/shaders/tube.vert", "scripts/Grp3D/lib/shaders/tube.frag", function (vertex, fragment) {
      const baseMaterial = new THREE.RawShaderMaterial({
            vertexShader: vertex,
            fragmentShader: fragment,
            side: THREE.FrontSide,
            extensions: {
              deriviatives: true
           },
           defines: {
              lengthSegments: subdivisions.toFixed(1),
              ROBUST: false,
              ROBUST_NORMALS: false,
              FLAT_SHADED: true
           },
           uniforms: {
             thickness: { type: 'f', value: 1 },
             time: { type: 'f', value: 0 },
             color: { type: 'c', value: new THREE.Color('#303030') },
             animateRadius: { type: 'f', value: 0 },
             animateStrength: { type: 'f', value: 0 },
             index: { type: 'f', value: 0 },
             totalMeshes: { type: 'f', value: totalMeshes },
             radialSegments: { type: 'f', value: numSides }
           }
        });

        lines.map((_, i) => {
           const t = totalMeshes <= 1 ? 0 : i / (totalMeshes - 1);
           const material = baseMaterial.clone();
           material.uniforms = THREE.UniformsUtils.clone(material.uniforms);
           material.uniforms.index.value = t;
           material.uniforms.thickness.value = randomFloat(0.005, 0.0075);
           mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
           mesh.frustumCulled = false; // to avoid ThreeJS errors
           return mesh;
        });

        lines.forEach(tmesh => container.add(tmesh));
    });

    return {
        object3d: container,
        update,
        setPalette
    };

    // animate in a new color palette
    function setPalette (palette) {
        tweenr.cancel();
        lines.forEach((mesh, i) => {
           const uniforms = mesh.material.uniforms;
           uniforms.color.value.set(palette);

           const delay = i * 0.004;
           uniforms.animateRadius.value = 0;
           uniforms.animateStrength.value = 1;
           tweenr.to(uniforms.animateRadius, { value: 1, duration: 0.5, delay, ease: 'epxoOut' });
           tweenr.to(uniforms.animateStrength, { value: 0, duration: 1, delay, ease: 'expoInOut' });
        });
    }

    function update (dt) {
       dt = dt / 1000;
       lines.forEach(mesh => {  //undefined when the code runs
            mesh.material.uniforms.time.value += dt;
       });
    }
};

A: Few problems here:
wrong const lines = newArray(totalMeshes);
correct const lines= []; //In Js its not necessary to have a predefined length.
You need to put data in above lines array as well.

A: I hope I get this right. You probably mean the container variable etc., right?
The problem I see is that you are adding a anonymous callback function to ShaderLoader which takes two parameters. This function is called within ShaderLoader somewhere. Within the scope of ShaderLoader your variable container etc. is not available anymore.
You are using const here, which is block scoped. I found an article which explains it in a very good way.


Paola Antonelli is the Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art. Her most recent blockbuster show, Talk to Me, explored the communication between people and objects: from chairs that talk to subway kiosks.
It's pretty easy to get overwhelmed and frustrated by all the human-object interactions in the modern world. I've never used a "coin return" button on a vending machine that worked and there is interesting criticism of the increasingly common "pictures under glass" type of interface on the iPhone and iPad.
But as Paola Antonelli explains to producer Benjamen Walker (from Too Much Information), the evolution of communication design is pointing to a world that minimizes human-object interfaces and leaves us to free to focus on real human habits and needs.


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Basel Action Network Article Summary
The proliferation of electronic devices during the 1990s created a hazardous waste epidemic within the United States. In 1997, a 501(c)3 charitable organization formed to combat the growing public health threat of hazardous electronics waste pollution. Over nearly 20 years, Basel Action Network (BAN) has emerged as the only charitable organization that provides electronic waste information for scholars and…
The proliferation of electronic devices during the 1990s created a hazardous waste epidemic within the United States. In 1997, a 501(c)3 charitable organization formed to combat the growing public health threat of hazardous electronics waste pollution. Over nearly 20 years, Basel Action Network (BAN) has emerged as the only charitable organization that provides electronic waste information for scholars and journalists. The organization expanded its roles in identifying polluters by presenting information in public forums, including on the BAN website. On its website, BAN recently disclosed news that concerns the indictment of an electronics recycling firm executive for criminal trafficking.
E-World Executive Focus of US Government Criminal Investigation
Records unsealed from the Federal District Court in San Diego confirm the indictment of E-World Recyclers CEO, Robert Erie. Mr. Erie's indictment, which the government issued in late December of 2014, included the charges of perjury, falsifying business records, and trafficking counterfeit goods. Erie presented the court a guilty plea, with the case still pending before the federal bench as of June 2015. E-World plays an integral role in the hazardous electronics waste disposal industry, with customers for the company including Sony, FedEx, Hitachi, and Samsung.
Details of the Indictment
The United States government charged E-World for concealing the storage of imitation consumer electronics products that the company was hired to destroy. Federal charges claim that beginning in late 2009, E-World received 38 shipments of counterfeit designer electronics, such as headphones and smart watches. Under a contract signed with Cycle Chem, Incorporated, E-World had the legal obligation to destroy the counterfeit electronics. However, as the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection Agency discovered, an E-World employee hid all of the counterfeit electronics at a neighbor's home and private storage facility. Mr. Erie then attempted to sell the fake electronics products, most of which the indictment claims sold under well-known brand names. The United States government also charged Mr. Erie with presenting false reports that detailed the destruction of the counterfeit goods.
BAN Reacts to E-World Indictment
After the indictment, BAN's Executive Director, Jim Puckett, issued a statement that emphasized the continuing problem of corruption within the electronics recycling industry. "The electronics recycling industry continues to be engulfed in scandal after scandal, which has involved unethical exportation, dumping, or abandonment of hazardous materials and exposure of private data," said Puckett. "And now we see yet another example of corporate malfeasance by one of the recycling industry's leading actors and this time we are talking about blatant criminal fraud. I think the lesson here is to use only electronics recyclers employing the most accountable certification programs and to back it up with your own due diligence."
In response to the growing number of egregious electronics recycling incidents, BAN Certification program to promote electronics recyclers that follow strict government mandated electronics recycling guidelines. BAN removes any organization that violates the proper methods for recycling hazardous electronics components, as well as mishandles the destruction of private data.
The implications of the E-World indictment include the possible loss of business with the company's high-profile clients. Erie faces felony charges that potentially include a maximum of 10 years in a federal prison and a fine that approaches $2 million. The next court date on June 29 should set the date for the federal trial.
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