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Amnesty on issuing fines for littering and dog fouling could be introduced in Conwy
The council also says dog walkers who fail to keep their pet on a lead will only be fined if they refuse to use one when requested
Shane BrennanLocal Democracy Reporter
A two week amnesty on fining people for litter and dog fouling could be introduced
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A two week amnesty on issuing fines to dog walkers and litter bugs in Conwy could be introduced.
The move comes as councillors heard stories from constituents complaining about the over zealous enforcement of Fixed Penalty Notices by Kingdom Security .
The private firm is tasked with handing out fines on behalf of the council for offences such as dropping litter, not clearing away dog fouling and failing to keep dogs on leads in designated areas.
Councillors heard how one elderly woman feels she can no longer take her dog out for a walk after getting a fine and another person who was penalised for littering when a baby dropped its dummy out of its pram.
Cllr Mike Priestly put a motion before a meeting of the full council today calling for a ban on issuing fines for two weeks over the summer for littering and dog fouling, saying instead people should be spoken to about their actions and warned they could be fined for it.
He said the council should be rewarding good behaviour to stop anti-social behaviour.
Illegally parked Kingdom warden dishes out £100 fine to pensioner for having dog off lead
Cllr Priestly said: "We have heard stories like the elderly lady who who was tackled for not having her dog on a lead and now she does not want to go out with her dog. This could end up being a social services issue.
"And we have heard about people being tackled when a baby dropped its dummy out of a pram.
"I am sure you will all agree that when out campaigning, dog fouling was a big issue on the door step. It should not be about giving a fine every time, it should be about education.
"If someone is spotted dropping a cigarette butt they should be engaged with and told they could be fined for dropping litter.
"I think that if someone has been responsible and put their cigarette butt in a bin we should approach them and tell them they are being responsible and put them into a prize draw rather than following elderly women around who are out walking their dogs in case they let it off the lead."
Conwy Borough's chairman and vice-chair step down
Cllr Julie Fallon said: "There have been so many issues raised with me about this. A lot of people think that it's some kind of money raising scheme and it reflects badly on us."
Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the amnesty which will now be considered by a scrutiny committee.
Earlier in the meeting members heard from Abergele councillor, Mark Baker, who has cabinet responsibility for regulation. He told them that for the next few months, while the council consults on its Public Spaces Protection Orders, people who do not have their dogs on leads would not be automatically penalised. Rather an officer will approach them and ask them to put the animal on a lead and a fine will only be issued if they refuse to do so.
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He said: "There is clearly an issue and we we are trying to find the best way forward while also representing the wishes of the community. My parents have five dogs so I can understand peoples feelings on this."
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LONDON, U.K. – 11th July 2017 – Emarsys, a leading global marketing cloud company, announces the findings of a commissioned study – conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Emarsys – on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Marketing Readiness in the retail and e-commerce industries. The study, entitled 'Building Trust and Confidence: AI Marketing Readiness in Retail and e-Commerce1', sought to understand if there is still a gap between the readiness of AI marketing solutions to execute on real-time B2C marketing campaigns, and the readiness of marketing tech users and business decision makers to adopt AI marketing technology. Businesses polled across US, UK, Germany, France and Australia had revenues from at least $50m to more than $5bn.
The study highlighted that marketers and business decision makers polled believe AI-powered marketing will shift the role of marketing toward more strategic work (79%) and make marketing teams more efficient (86%) and effective (86%), as well as enabling them to focus on value-generating tasks as AI automates workflows (82%) and reinventing the way that marketers work (82%). However, it also flagged that 70% of business decision makers believe that their marketing team lacks the technical skills to leverage AI marketing technology, and don't necessarily understand AI marketing, which are both potential barriers to mainstream adoption of AI marketing technology.
What we believe is also clear from the study and other Forrester reports cited is that AI marketing enhances personalization of omnichannel customer experiences as consumers interact with retail brands across various touchpoints. This is paving the way for retailers to leverage AI marketing to personalize the customer journey (54%) and better understand customer behaviors (54%). However, this means that nearly one in two retail brands are missing out on the valuable personalization capabilities that AI marketing offers.
Opportunities for retail and e-commerce organizations identified in the study include the ability for AI to transform the role of marketers; the ability for AI to drive continuous CX evolution; and AI marketing maturity providing competitive differentiation. 88% of those polled agree or strongly agree that AI marketing will reinvent the retail industry and 81% of them believe AI marketing will reinvent what their company does.
With regards to planning, investment and timelines, 78% of retail organizations polled said spend on AI marketing technologies will increase over the next 12 months by at least 5% or more. On average, three out of five retail and e-commerce firms polled expect to implement AI marketing technologies within the next 12 months, but 63% of all those polled said it will take more than 3 years to fully leverage AI marketing. However, 54% of 'experts2' believe it will take less than two years.
Respondents from 717 businesses surveyed for the study in US, UK, Germany, France and Australia had revenues from at least $50m to more than $5bn.


The Legion Project is a nice hangout that opened not long ago. It's just a quarter sim, but looks much bigger due to the use of off-sim elements and different levels in the landscape. The quiet streets surrounded by high mountain peaks and pine trees remind me distantly of Twin Peaks.
The Legion Project was carefully created for you to hang out, enjoy some music, play your tunes and take amazing pictures. Designed for those who want to spin and party without being added to a staff or hired at a club, the Legion provides open streams and two different stages for your musical enjoyment. All are welcome.
The first stage is right at the landing point, near the water, with rugs in the grass to sit and listen to the music and a retro bar for your convenience.
The other stage is at the end of a short street with a handful of small shops.
The creators seem to have a thing with religion - or actually not - regarding a sign saying 'religion free zone' and a street with two abandoned churches.
The Legion is a nice corner of the Port Said sim. It is attractive for photographers and invites to stay for a while. The only thing that I missed was an easy way to walk from one level to the other: once I disappeared between the terraces and I was glad that I had 'double click to teleport' activated in my viewer.
Here's your taxi to visit the Legion Project.


Why is a Server function on component not being called?
To present my problem, here is entire code chain, from start to finish (to point where it doesn't work). I won't paste entire code because it not all relevant.
To this point replication works just fine. Because I can call ActionButtonOne from client.
But when I set Break Point inside ServerCreateActionState_Implementation(), it is never reached. So I assume it is never executed.
Now the question is, what I'm doing wrong here ?
I will answer myself. The issue as it happens was very trivial.
Ability actor just didn't had any owner. So It didn't know it could be affected by my Character.
So if you have similar issue. Make sure that actor is owned by something.
You answer really helped me. I didn't knew something like that even existed.
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Q: Find Link that matches search box I have a search box and on the same page I have a list of links
If I type in the search box.. "Test1".. then I should be returned with that link.. if I type in.. "Te".. then I should be returned all of the links.
I have read about using .filter but not sure how to implement it.

$("#ButtonSearch").click(function() {
  var textboxValue = $("#SearchLink").val();
  $("a").each(function() {
    // here is where I am stuck.. how do I compare textboxValue to each of the link's text and return a match?
  })

});

<input type="text" id="SearchLink" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" id="ButtonSearch" />

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A: To achieve this you can use the filter() method to return only the elements which contain the textual value you're searching for.
To preform a case-insensitive comparison you can simply convert both the element's text and the value you're searching for to the same case, in the example below I made them both lower case.
Also, presumably you want to hide the entire li element, not just the a, if the text is not found so I amended the selector used. Try this:

$("#ButtonSearch").click(function() {
  var textboxValue = $("#SearchLink").val().toLowerCase();

  if (textboxValue) {
    $("li").hide().filter(function() {
       return $(this).find('a').text().toLowerCase().indexOf(textboxValue) != -1;
    }).show();
  } else {
    $('li').show();
  }
});

<input type="text" id="SearchLink" />
<button id="ButtonSearch">Search</button>

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Note that this will also show all the li elements again if no value is entered in the box. It will also search for a match anywhere within the text of the a element. If you specifically only want to find a match at the beginning of the text, replace != -1 with == 0.

A:

$("#SearchLink").keyup(function() {
  var keyid = $("#SearchLink").val().toLowerCase();

    var filter = keyid;
    count = 0;
   // console.log(filter);
        // Loop through the comment list
        $(".search_area li").each(function(){

            // If the list item does not contain the text phrase fade it out
            if ($(this).text().search(new RegExp(filter, "i")) < 0) {
                $(this).fadeOut();

            // Show the list item if the phrase matches and increase the count by 1
            } else {
                $(this).show();
                count++;
            }
        });
});

<input type="text" id="SearchLink" />

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this code with live search without search button

A: The solution is to use indexOf method. You have to iterate all hyperlink elements using each function and show only those that contain textboxValue.

$("#ButtonSearch").click(function(){

    var textboxValue = $("#SearchLink").val();
    $('.slider').each(function(){
       var exist=false;
       $(this).find('ul li').each(function(){
         if($(this).find('a').text().toLowerCase().indexOf(textboxValue.toLowerCase())!=-1){
          $(this).show();
          exist=true;
        }
        else
           $(this).hide();
       });
       if(exist==false){
          $(this).prev('h4').hide();
       }
      else{
          $(this).prev('h4').show();
       }
    });
});

<input type="text" id="SearchLink" />
<button type="button" id="ButtonSearch">Click</button>

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A: First, lowercase both the hrefs and the value of the input. Second use indexOf to see if an href contains the value like this:
var textboxValue = $("#SearchLink").val().toLowerCase();

$("a").each(function(){
   var href = $(this).attr("href").toLowerCase();
   if(href.indexOf(textboxValue) !== -1) {
       // matched
   } else {
       // not matched
   }
})

EXAMPLE:

$("#SearchLink").on("input", function() {
  var value = $(this).val().toLowerCase();
  $("a").each(function() {
    var href = $(this).attr("href").toLowerCase();
    if (href.indexOf(value) !== -1)
      $(this).css("background", "red");
    else
      $(this).css("background", "white");
  })

});

<input type="text" id="SearchLink" />

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A: You can do it easily and you are too near of your code.
Just try this :
$("li a").each(function(){
    var link = $(this).attr("href");
    if(link.search(textboxvalue)){
         // Here Place code if keyword match
    }else{
        //Here you can hide mismatch link. . .
        $(this).hide();
    }
});

A: 2 versions. One for the href, one for the text

$("#ButtonSearch").click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  var textboxValue = $("#SearchLink").val().toLowerCase();
/*  $("#Slide5 li").each(function() {
    $(this).toggle($("a[href*=" + textboxValue + "]",this).length>0);
  });*/
  $("#Slide5 li a").each(function() {
    $(this).closest("li").toggle($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(textboxValue) !=-1);
  });
})

<input type="text" id="SearchLink" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" id="ButtonSearch" />

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A: Check out the solution from the https://jsfiddle.net/2nh8aszc/7/
$("#ButtonSearch").click(function() {
  var textboxValue = $("#SearchLink").val().toLowerCase();

  $("#Slide5 ul li a").each(function(index,anchorTag) {
    // here is where I am stuck.. how do I compare textboxValue to each of the link's text and return a match?
    if($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(textboxValue.toLowerCase())!=-1){
         // Here Place code if keyword match
         $(this).parent('li').show();
    } else{
        //Here you can hide mismatch link. . .
        $(this).parent('li').hide();
    }

  });

  if($('#Slide5 ul li').length == $('#Slide5 ul li:hidden').length){
    $("#Trig5").parent('h4').hide();
  } else {
    $("#Trig5").parent('h4').show();
  }

});

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This bundle of parts in a body bag is the end result of all the upgrades and tampering I did to a Desert Eagle EBB. It's all snapped housings and popped gears now.
At least the motor still works.
So you have an EBB pistol? You've doubtlessly noticed that it has very poor power, a laughable "blow back" effect, and a slow cycle time even with fresh batteries – it's not too hard to pull the trigger faster than the gun can shoot.
Well, here's how to turn that EBB into a fast-firing, crisp cycling, FULL-AUTO, high-velocity (for an EBB) machine pistol!
Oh, and of course in the end the gun died from all my upgrades, so ya takes your chances.
The theory is the same for all EBBs, but the one I used here is a Desert Eagle made in the USA by SoftAir. Doing all the upgrades I described resulted in the death of the gun, but you can perform at least some of the upgrades safely (or at least with minimal resulting abuse to the gun's internals).
The total modifications are pretty straightforward – in fact, almost exactly (in concept) what you do to an AEG to upgrade it.
The higher muzzle velocity was the single mod that most decidedly led to the EBB's demise. You should actually be able to make the rest of the modifications with minimal problems. I'd do it if I had another EBB.
The battery upgrade consists of a modification to allow the gun to accept a 9V battery (which is really just a package of 6 cells, each a little smaller than an AAA cell) instead of the usual 4 AAA cells.
This can be seen on the left – it was done by cutting away the inside of the battery compartment until a 9V could fit where previously only 4 AAAs would. The Desert Eagle's fat grips doubtlessly made this easier.
Feeding the motor more power by way of the 9V cell makes the motor run faster, which in turn makes the entire action of the gun work faster (increasing RoF and lowering cycle times).
Note that a 9V battery will not last as long as the 4 AAA cells.
To give the gun full-auto capability, you can connect an additional switch to your gun so that the motor is connected to the battery terminals when you press the second switch. You can then use the second switch as a full-auto trigger (keeping the original semi-auto trigger) or you can put the two together to make an AUG-style select-fire trigger: pull for one shot in semi-auto, pull all the way back for full-auto.
Note that preserving semi-auto fire mode allows you to fire a couple shots in semi after using full-auto to make sure the spring is stored in a decompressed state.
Take a look at the picture and you can see the switch I used hanging below the trigger guard.
Take a look at the connections between the motor and the battery compartment. One wire will connect a terminal of the battery compartment directly to a terminal of the motor. Locate the equivalent of this connection on your EBB – we will leave this connection alone.
It is the other battery and motor terminal that we are interested in.
This other battery terminal and motor terminal are connected to each other via a switch which is controlled by the trigger assembly. We will connect our full-auto switch between these two terminals, IN ADDITION TO the existing wires. In this way, pushing our full-auto switch will run the motor independant of the original trigger.
All that needs to be done is to connect the battery terminal to one end of our switch and connect the other end of the switch to the motor terminal. Done! You now have a semi-auto trigger (the original trigger which still works) and a full-auto trigger (the switch we just installed).
If you wish, you may connect the full-auto switch somewhere on the gun to use separately. But if you wish to make a select-fire trigger, you should mount the switch in the following way.
To install your new full-auto switch so that you have a select-fire trigger, test your trigger to see how far back it needs to go to fire in semi, and locate the switch BEHIND the trigger behind that point – but not so far back that the trigger won't push it.
You'll need to trial-and-error it to find the best mounting point depending on your switch and your gun.
You may need to trim away the rear of the trigger and/or recess the switch somewhat.
Friendly note: this is what finally did my gun in. Attempt at your own risk.
Once the gun was open, the spring was easily accessed from the top of my gun. I could pop the spring out and do my worst – which consisted of adding a spacer behind the spring, thereby increasing power.
I cut a 7mm long segment of a suitably-sized brass tube and inserted it. A test fire worked fine, so the gun was reassembled and I fired wildly away for approximately 15 rounds before the gears ground and started spinning freely. Whoops. That was that. When I removed the battery little bits of black plastic (from one of the gears, I found) fell out.
Before the gun gave out, I could tell it was firing HARD just from the sound and feel. How hard? Well, I did not chrono it, but I did perform a non-scientific test that should speak volumes.
In stock form, the gun fired at a relatively low velocity (typical for an EBB) using .12g BBs. The built-in hop-up was quite good, and the gun was VERY accurate at about 20-25 feet.
I could fire at my bare hand and foot with only a very slight twinge of pain upon BB impact in stock form. After adding the spacer, though, things were a little different.
After re-assembling the gun and firing a couple rounds, I shot the tough part of my palm as a test.
YEEEOUCH!! Damn, that hurt! My palm had that "on fire" feeling that quickly gave way to a painful throb that didn't subside for a good few minutes and left a nice red mark.
Didn't have a chance to see what effect the increased velocity had on accuracy, either. As mentioned, the gun only lasted about 15 shots total.
From a little more digging, it looks like something else may have been more to blame for the stripping of gears besides just the spring's increased tension.
In another gun I am looking at (a mini MP5) the spring is nearly fully compressed when the piston is cranked all the way back. *IF* the spring in the EBB was also almost fully compressed when the piston was all the way back, that means that a 7mm spacer – not being flexible – would have made further compression impossible before the piston was actually all the way back. That in turn means that the gears would have to be forced to slip in order for the gun to fire – chewing them up in the process. A few of those would be enough that last 1 or 2 teeth.
Don't know if that happened on the EBB but it's a distinct possibility. Watch for it if you are attempting your own spring upgrade.
Well, there's how to upgrade your EBB to death. I didn't have a chance to try a smaller spacer, but I think that any added spacer will probably cause the most strain on the internals.
The rest of the mods, though (the 9V battery and the full-auto) worked just fine in my EBB for many rounds and would probably be safe to perform. Your mileage may vary.
Why it died: The problem was mainly stripped gear teeth due to the big spacer I originally put into the EBB's spring. The 7mm spring spacer was too big – the spring was 100% compressed up against the (rigid) spacer BEFORE the gears had pushed the piston all the way back. That means that the gun needed to "hop" the last gear teeth to fire. It only took a few shots to wreck things.
I noticed that only the last tooth of the sector gear (the one that pulls back the piston) was stripped, along with the last tooth on the other teeth of the gear (the ones facing "into" the other gears).
I cut away the last gear tooth on the sector gear as well as the gear-tooth-track on the piston. This makes the piston release one gear tooth earlier than originally. This is good, since those teeth were messed up and slipping anyway.
To compensate for the shorter piston compression that results, I added a small spacer (4-5mm) which is a little shorter than the spacer that originally did the damage. I reassembled the gun and it works! Velocity even seems comparable to stock performance – maybe even a little harder.
Not being able to leave anything the hell alone, I tested short bursts of fullauto on 12V. The thing absolutely pisses BBs, the slide whizzing back and forth in a blur. A nice ozone smell is generated.
Oh, and the piston doesn't have a chance to actually return fully during the firing cycle – meaning that the BBs don't go very far and are very low velocity.
And 12V on semi-auto is far too much – the gun fires and is halfway through firing the next shot by the time the slide comes back from the first. Kinda mucks up the whole operation of semi-auto.
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Is Saltwater a Mixture, Compound, or Solution?
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Granted that saltwater is a commonplace substance, and understanding that it is a solution as opposed to a mixture or compound may seem nit-picky or uninteresting. But actually, comprehending this physical chemistry distinction is an achievement well worth grappling with for the purpose of accuracy and personal knowledge.
Saltwater is classified as a solution because it consists of salt, a solute distributed evenly in water, and a solvent. Furthermore, saltwater is also considered a homogeneous mixture because the composition and properties are consistent, chemical bonding has not occurred, and it can be mechanically separated.
In addition to defining saltwater as a solution in the realm of physical chemistry, this article will describe why it is a solution, how it is also a homogeneous mixture, and describe the process of combining salt and water. Finally, the mechanical solution reversal process will be examined.
A solution can take the form of a gas, liquid, or solid and consist of more than one solute substance that dissolves in a solvent substance. The solvent is the majority of the mixture. Together, the solute(s) and the solvent create a homogeneous mixture with too microscopic particles to be seen. Additionally, a solution may be physically changed but has not been chemically transformed.
Why Is Saltwater a Solution?
Saltwater adheres to the definition of a solution because:
It is a mixture in which a high salt concentration is dissolved in water and is uniformly or homogeneously distributed.
Saltwater can be separated or broken down into compounds.
That being so, saltwater is in the liquid form. Water is the solvent, and salt is the solute that dissolves into the water. In addition to the liquid, solutions can be found in a gas or solid form or phase.
Physical Phases and Examples of Solutions
Gas – air, natural gas, nitrogen
Liquid – saltwater, blood, milk, rubbing alcohol
Solid – alloy, ice
Saltwater Compounds, Elements, and Formulas
Moreover, both salt and water are formed by chemically combining the elements into a formula, as summarized by this table. The formulas or compounds are then physically combined to create the saltwater solution.
Compounds Elements Formula
Salt (solute) Sodium (Na) and Chloride (Cl) NaCl
Water (solvent) Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O) H2O
Since one of the components is the universal solvent, water is further specified as an aqueous solution. In a saltwater solution, the particles are so small that one type of molecule is dissolved into another kind of molecule and spread evenly throughout the liquid. The particles cannot be seen, and they cannot settle out of the liquid.
The molecules remain chemically the same because the bonds have not been broken during dissolution. As a result, a physical method of separation can be used to re-create the salt and water compounds. A chemical change has not been made.
Saltwater as a Homogeneous Mixture
A solution consists of a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances in which one or more solutes are dissolved in a solvent. According to the components of physical chemistry, all homogeneous mixtures are solutions.
In contrast, a heterogeneous mixture contains at least two components that are not uniformly or evenly dispersed throughout the mixture and are identifiable as being different. For example, if salt and pepper are mixed together, the different salt granules and pepper flakes can be identified. The proportion of salt versus pepper may be different as well. Heterogeneous mixtures are not solutions.
Process of Combining Salt and Water to Form a Solution
Saltwater is a solution that breaks down salt into smaller pieces due to being mixed with water. When dissolved, the particles are so small that they cannot be seen. Saltwater, due to an intermolecular attraction, is more likely to dissolve within one another and is termed as miscible because the substances mix equally in all proportions.
If you would like to see the chemistry of solution formation on a microscopic level, view this short video, which is less than one minute long. The narrator describes how water is attracted to the positive and negative ions of salt and how dissolution occurs, and the solution is formed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zePYWZ2AjnI
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Solution Formation Animation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zePYWZ2AjnI)
How Long Does It Take to Dissolve Saltwater?
The rate of dissolution of salt into water is affected by the collision that occurs between the solvent and the solute. It is influenced by stir speed, temperature, and the size of the salt particles.
To speed up the process, stir more rigorously, heat the mixture, and use smaller salt particles. Interestingly, heating up the mixture also affects the amount of salt that is dissolved as well as how quickly.
Solution Separation Process
The solution can be separated into its two compounds by mechanically capturing water condensation and salt residue in a distillation process. Other physical methods of separation may include filtration, crystallization, or evaporation.
Sea salt is known to be obtained by the evaporation of seawater via heat from the sun. The seawater is collected into a pond and processed through an evaporation technique that removes the liquid leaving only the sea salt for harvesting.
In this seven-minute video, a high school science instructor demonstrates the physical change of solubility. What's interesting is that he also shows the change in physical state by removing the salt compound from the liquid without creating a chemical change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk-5hyjkk6w
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A solution is within the physical chemistry field by definition because it pertains to the study of chemical systems. The formation of a solution, or the solution process, is a physical change, not a chemical transformation.
Specifically, the saltwater chemical elements combine to make compounds, and the compounds combine to create a homogeneous mixture or solution. In the end, water droplets can evaporate or be mechanically boiled to separate from the salt substance. Therefore, the solution can be ultimately separated because the chemical bond is not broken. Physical changes are made, but new substances are not created.
Although it can be difficult to determine if a chemical change has occurred when mixing solutions, there are multiple indicators to watch for that may take place. If the solution has changed color, temperature, or there is a gas forming, the solution is more likely a chemical change. For instance, common chemical reactions are burning wood or a rotting banana.
Detailed and extensive physical chemistry books, such as the Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, describe the subject comprehensively.
Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, the Chemistry Concepts Coloring Book contains, among other lessons, a visual of solutions and its relationship to the matter at the most basic level. Physical chemistry is a vast subject, with solutions being a small but integral part.
Chemistry Concepts Coloring Book
The concept of physical chemistry aids in understanding why saltwater is, in fact, a solution. By defining a solution and specifically using the compounds that form saltwater as an example, it is understood that a homogeneous mixture is created by physically combining the salt and water compounds uniformly, thus creating a solution. Solutions are always considered homogeneous mixtures.
In addition, a saltwater solution can, in turn, be separated by a physical method to return to compound substances.
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Q: Invoke and Delegates in events - Why does the actions happen in this (unexpected) order? I had a problem with component events which could be solved by using a delegate.
I haven't worked with delegates before, so I tested a little bit and found this strange behaviour:

When using delegates the actions happen in a for me completely unexpected order.

First sample:
string Tracker = "";

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Tracker = "A";

    BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
    {
        Tracker += "B";
    });

    Tracker += "C";
}

After this Tracker contains ACB. Don't know how it works, but it seems to work as described.

Second sample:
string Tracker = "";

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Tracker = "A";
    MessageBox.Show(Tracker);

    BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
    {
        Tracker += "B";
        MessageBox.Show(Tracker);
    });

    Tracker += "C";
    MessageBox.Show(Tracker);
}

After this Tracker also contains ACB, but the message boxes are shown in this order:

... and not A AC ACB as I would expect.
What is the explanation?

A: sample 1:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Tracker = "A";

    BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
    {
        Tracker += "B";
    });

   Tracker += "C";
}

First tracker is assigned,
next you push a delegate asynchronously on the GUI queue, so it is not happening until it gets a chance.
So next Tracker becomes AC.
Then the GUI thread comes free and hence you get ACB.
sample 2:
string Tracker = "";

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Tracker = "A";
    MessageBox.Show(Tracker);

    BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
    {
        Tracker += "B";
        MessageBox.Show(Tracker);
    });

    Tracker += "C";
    MessageBox.Show(Tracker);
}

Still the same thing happens:
First the messagebox will appear for A, I think this is logical.
Next the delegate is pushed on the queue of the GUI thread
then Tracker becomes AC, and the messagebox is schedulled to run on the GUI thread and it is schedulled to show AC. But, because something else is schedulled on the GUI thread, that other thing is going to come first.
So first the delegate is going to execute, and then the AC is going to show.
If my explanation is still unclear at some point, post a comment, and tell me which part needs more elaboration.
But the bottom line is that actions are pushed to the GUI thread, and are executed by the GUI thread in the order as they appear to the GUI thread.

A: This requires understanding how the dispatcher loop of a UI thread works.  When you use BeginInvoke(), you post a message to that loop that tells it to go look at the invoke queue.  That message is processed only after your code stops running and the Click event handler returns.  So what follows is that the Tracker += "B"; statement will execute later, after your Click event handler stops running.
The MessageBox class also uses a dispatcher loop, but it is its own and not associated with the dispatcher loop of your program.  Which allows it to be modal.  So your Click method stalls on the last MessageBox.Show() call, its dispatcher loop starts dispatching messages and that triggers the invoked method.  Another MessageBox.Show() call, you see it first.  The dispatcher of the 2nd call is stuck until the dialog is closed.
This is a kind of re-entrancy that can cause very hard to diagnose bugs.  It makes the Application.DoEvents() method so dangerous.  Reasoning through the order in which code runs becomes very difficult.  MessageBox.Show() is in fact the equivalent of DoEvents().  But not quite as nasty, it acting like a dialog and disabling all other windows minimizes the number of mishaps.  It eliminates the odds that user-triggered events run in an unexpected order.  But doesn't eliminate them completely, it can't stop code.

FWIW, using BeginInvoke() like this can be very useful.  It can solve a number of problems caused by balky classes that generate events but don't respond well when you do "too much" inside the event handler.  The TreeView class is notable as a very temperamental class like that.  By using BeginInvoke(), you can be sure that the code runs after the code inside the balky class completed.


In William Shakespeare?s two most popular works of art, Macbeth and Hamlet, several parts of the plays are similar. These two plays can be compared easily because Shakespeare used the same formula for each of his tragedies. The tragedies use supernatural incidents to intrigue the reader?s interest and included in the play is a hero who has a tragic flaw, which eventually causes him to make a fatal mistake. Throughout both of these plays, Shakespeare uses the leit motif of poison, death, ambition, and appearances can be deceiving.
We are first introduced to poison in Hamlet in the very beginning of the play. King Hamlet is killed when his brother, Claudius, pours poison into his ear while King Hamlet is asleep in his apple orchard. This causes a fast but excruciating death. Poison is later brought back into the play when Claudius will try to slip a poison into Hamlet?s drink of wine. His plan backfires when his wife takes a drink from the cup instead of Hamlet and the poison eventually kills her. During the time of that incident, Hamlet is fencing with Laertes. Laertes sees that Hamlet if far beyond him in his fencing ability, so he decides to wipe the blade of his sword with a cloth soaked in poison. As the fight goes on Hamlet is cut on the arm, causing the poison to slowly seep into his blood. While they are fencing Hamlet is able to switch swords with Laertes and when he stabs him he unknowingly poisons him with the blade of Laertes own sword, eventually leading to his death. Although actual poison was used throughout the play, the poison of the mind was just as important. When Hamlet had learned that Claudius had killed his father for his own greed, Hamlet?s mind was poisoned. All he could think of was a way to avenge the death of his beloved father. Later when Hamlet had accidentally killed Polonius thinking he was Claudius, Hamlet had also accidentally ?poisoned? two separate minds; Laertes and Ophelia. When Laertes had learned of the actions of Hamlet, he was poisoned in the same fashion as Hamlet when he had learned of the incident involving his father. Ophelia was weaker against the poison and let it pull her into insanity. Ophelia escapes the poison when she takes her own life by drowning herself.
In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the leit motif of poison in the same manner. Although there is no actual poison being used, the mental poison is being used frequently. The first instance would be when the witches had told Macbeth that he would eventually become the king. He instantly became infatuated with what would happen to him. He believed that he could confide in Lady Macbeth, his wife. To speed the process of Macbeth becoming king, Lady Macbeth creatively devised of some way to murder the king. When Lady Macbeth learns that the king will visit her house, she said, ?Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty?Come to my woman breasts, and take my milk for gall?.? (Act I Scene v) She said this for the spirits make her stronger, but alas, it was to late because the poison had already taken its toll on her mind.
The theme of ambition also plays a key role in both of Shakespeare?s plays. Although in Shakespeare time, ambition was seen as wrong, he was still able to fit it into his plays. In Hamlet ambition is the cause of the downfall of two of the major characters; Polonius and Claudius. Polonius? ambition to be trusted and all knowing led him to a life of spying. He would spy on people to learn the truth of private conversations and other important events. While he was spying on Queen Gertrude and Prince Hamlet, Hamlet made the mistake of stabbing at Polonius when he was hiding behind a curtain. Claudius is the entire reason the story of Hamlet is even told. His ambition to become king was overcome by greed. He wanted everything and he was not willing to let anything stand in his way. He was over come by his emotions and killed his brother, thus the cause for the entire story.
In the play Macbeth, ambition was the downfall of two more characters; Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. When the witches had told Macbeth of their prophecies, he instantly thought of murder, treachery, and deceit. He wanted everything for himself and no one else. He wrote a letter to his wife about the meeting with the witches and explained their prophecies to her. When she had read the letter her ambition and darkest side had been released. When her husband returns and they learn of the visit from the king, Lady Macbeth thinks this is the perfect time to kill the king so that she and her husband can rule the land. After they had killed the king, she thought that they could just wash the blood off of their hands. Eventually, her wicked deeds had got to her head and she went insane and died. Knowing that his queen was dead, Macbeth went partially insane because he felt that Lady Macbeth was the only one he could confide in. This made him careless in his fight and almost welcomed his own death.
Things are not always what they seem, is another theme shared by both of Shakespeare?s great plays. In Hamlet, things seem to be true and honest but in reality they are infested with evil. Four characters in Hamlet are hiding behind masks of falseness and they are Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and the king Claudius. From behind their masks they appear to be sincere people but they are sinister.
Polonius always wants to keep up the appearance of a loving and caring person. Polonius will speak to his son with advice that sounds sincere but is really rehearsed, hollow, and without feeling. Polonius also hid his daughter Ophelia from Hamlet and told her that Hamlet only lusted for her. Throughout the play Polonius pretends to care for people while he lies, manipulates people, and eavesdrops on people during their conversation. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern lied to Hamlet telling him about England. They eventually told him but when they did they had to hide behind a different mask to lie to the king. Claudius hides behind a mask when he talks to Hamlet, Gertrude, and everyone at his presentation. He talks to Hamlet to try to ease the pain of his father?s death. Then he seduced Gertrude so when he killed the king she would come to him so he could have a queen. When he talked in front of everyone he gave a great speech about how much he missed his brother and how great he was, but in reality in all of these situations, he was hiding behind a mask of falseness and was appearing to be a good guy.
In Macbeth, almost everything was not as it seemed. When the witches told Macbeth that he would become the king he instantly thought of the benefits. Unbeknownst to Macbeth his entire life would fall apart and he would eventually die. Also his wife had the same goals in mind and she also perished in her greed. After Macbeth killed the king, he would see spirit like daggers appear before him, while his wife would see blood stained permanently on her hands. The illusions were obviously not there, but they helped each character go insane.
It is evident that Shakespeare used a strong similar story line in all of his tragedies. Clearly, Hamlet and Macbeth are similar stories because they share several themes. In the end, when these plays are perceived, all that is left to be found is death.


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When you decide to pack up all of your belongings and move to a new home, timing is everything. More often than not, your move-in and move-out dates won't align perfectly. In those cases, things can become a little complicated.
The easiest way to deal with a messy move? Rent a storage unit. You'll need a place to store a large majority of your belongings until they can be moved into your future home. Not only will you have a little extra space for all of those boxes, you'll also have an area where you can put bulky pieces of furniture until they can be retrieved at a later time.
You might worry that renting a storage unit is a moving expense you can't afford, but in reality, it's a way you can save a little money. Storing your belongings in a moving truck after you leave your old home can be extremely pricey, especially if you're renting the vehicle by the hour. In comparison, storage units are fairly inexpensive and much more spacious.
Furthermore, most storage units are temperature-controlled. That means you can store sensitive items in there without worrying that the heat or cold will damage anything. Storage units are also safer than moving vans or trucks. Most are equipped with security cameras, trusted personnel, and a personalized code you can use to access your belongings.
In need of a storage unit during your move in the Dayton area? Contact American Way Van & Storage today. They can provide you with convenient storage solutions for homes and businesses that are in transition. Each of their storage facilities is guarded 24 hours a day and is protected against fire, heat damage, and other hazards. Call 937-898-7294 to speak to an American Way Van & Storage representative about various options and prices.


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Q: Concurrent update to DBF files with Advantage Local Sever and FoxPro Is it safe to update DBF files using Advantage Local Server .Net provider whilst a FoxPro application is running that may also be accessing the DBF files? i.e. does Advantage take care of row locking?

A: Advantage can be used for concurrent access between a .NET application and a VFP application using our compatibility locking. When in compatibility locking mode Advantage accesses the tables using the same mechanism as VFP. Therefore row locking will be handled by Advantage.
The Advantage .NET data provider also contains an additional object called AdsExtendedDataReader which provides more ISAM functionality. You can use an AdsExtendedDataReader to explicitly lock records. You can get more information here.


Any work done on a non-residential property in the City of Spartanburg will require a commercial building permit. Commercial building permits are only issued to state and city licensed contractors.
Depending upon the type of work to be done, a number of the applications may need to be completed. For assistance regarding building permits, please visit our Building Inspections page.
If demolition is required prior to exterior work beginning on your site, a demolition permit application will need to be completed. For exterior work, a site plan must also be submitted to the City Planning Department for review. Depending on the work scope, additional applications may also be need to be submitted.
For interior work on your commercial space, the following applications may need to be completed, depending upon the scope of the work.
Work done to any commercial fire alarm or suppression systems may require one or more of the following forms, depending upon the work scope.
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Episode 136, "The Hellfire Gambit"
By xteam on December 24th, 2019
X-Men #152, December 1981
In Which We Find That You Can't Keep Your Emmas Straight From Your Ororos Without A Program, That Kitty Pryde Does Not Just Wake Up Looking This Good, And That Sebastion Shaw Is One Corset Short Of A Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Episode 135, "X-Men Minus One!"
By xteam on December 8th, 2019
X-Men #151, November 1981
In Which We Discover That Kitty Pryde Is Not A Girl and Not Yet a Woman But She Might Be A Really Old Woman, That In The X-Mansion Swim Wear IS Formal Wear, And That Hellfire Guards Need Their Uniforms For A Lot More Than Just Guard Duty!
Episode 134, "I, Magneto…"
By xteam on July 30th, 2019
X-Men #150, October 1981
In Which We Learn That Wolverine Is A Serial Lady Dunker, That Scott Summers Finds Impossible Lovecraftian Geometry Surprisingly Sexy, And That While Magneto May Be An Insane Despot, His Musings On Government Resource Allocation Are Surprisingly Compelling!
Episode 133, "And The Dead Shall Bury The Living!"
By xteam on April 25th, 2019
X-Men #149, September 1981
In Which We Find That Wolverine Skipped the Entire Underpants Grappling Section of The Workplace Harassment Manual, That There Is Never a Piece of Food That Can't Be Improved By Shoving More Food Into It, And That The X-men Don't Understand Kitty And Never Will Because They Are Stupid And Old And Smelly And She Hates Them Sooooo Much!
Episode 132, "Cry, Mutant!"
By xteam on January 6th, 2019
X-Men #148, August 1981
In Which We Discover That Wolverine Is A Dark Master Of The High Shoulder Stab, That You Can Say Whatever You Want About Caliban's Hideous Disfigurement, But He Can Get You Into Any Club in Manhattan, And That It Is Not Even The First Time Tonight That Someone Has Stripped Under A Table at Club Infinity!
Episode 131, "Rogue Storm!"
By xteam on December 2nd, 2018
X-Men #147, July 1981
In Which We Learn That The Professor and Doom Are Subscribers To The Same Torture Room Monthly, That Henchmen Only Really Hench For The Fringe Benefits, And That Wolverine Is Working Hard To Broaden Himself With More Focused Mindless Slashing!
Episode 130, "Murderworld!"
By xteam on October 23rd, 2018
X-Men #146, June 1981
In Which We Find That There Is Surprisingly Little Difference Between Fine Spa Amenities And Nightmare Death Traps, That Wolverine's Disgust of Op Art Stems From His College Roomate's Magic Eye Posters – A Robust Collection of Marijuana Leaves and Dongs, And That Apparently What You Get For The Assassin Who Has Everything Is Novelty Neckties!
Episode 129, "Kidnapped!"
By xteam on August 21st, 2018
X-Men #145, May 1981
In Which We Discover That If Nothing Else The Opera Is A Perfect Place To Bone Down, That Doctor Doom Decorations Nefariously Emphasize Form Over Function, And That A Surprisingly High Percentage of the X-men Are Experts in Nude Combat!
Episode 128, "Even In Death…"
X-Men #144, April 1981
In Which We Learn That A D'Spayre Family Reunion Will Always Run Out Of Apostrophes, That As Far As Cyclops Is Concerned The Color Of Money Is Ruby Red, And That For A Demonic Incarnation Of The Darkest Human Emotions, D'Spayre Sure Tosses A Lot Of Evil Spaghetti At The Wall Hoping Something Sticks!
Episode 127, "Demon"
By xteam on June 3rd, 2018
X-Men #143, March 1981
In Which We Find That Xavier's Woods Is No Place For Erotic Tree Removal, That This Is Not The First Time Kitty's Perfume Has Been Confused With An Evil Miasma, And That Moving In On Logan's Girl Has Two Parts: 1- Upside Down Kissing and 2- You In Two Parts!
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Homeschool Science Curriculum – What Options are Available?
Classical Conversations / Homeschool Curriculum / Homeschool Science Curriculum - What Options are Available?
With so much emphasis on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), it can seem daunting to homeschool parents to choose science curriculum for their students, particularly during the high school years. It can be confusing to wade through the options and to consider the standards of each state.
Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions when we look for the perfect science curriculum. Perhaps it is time to set aside our concerns about careers and focus on the educational system and methods that produced great scientists in the past. There are a few things to note about scientific pioneers.
They were all curious about the world around them.
They were all careful observers of the world around them.
They were almost all classically educated.
It's a curious fact that most of the world's scientific innovators were educated at a time when science was not even a school subject. Most of them, like Galileo, Copernicus, and Isaac Newton, came of age in a time when students focused almost exclusively on education in the language arts of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
How did this education prepare them for making such important scientific breakthroughs? First, their educations fostered a keen intellectual curiosity so that they learned to ask good questions. Secondly, their studies led them to be attentive to details so that they became careful observers of the world around them. After all, it's difficult to translate Latin sentences from Caesar's Gallic Wars if you don't pay close attention to the details. In addition to being careful observers of the world, these scientists were classically educated which means they were constantly trained to put their thoughts into writing.
How should we study science?
The modern reaction to studies, which show a country testing behind others in science and math, is typically to teach those subjects at younger and younger ages. Instead, we should focus on training our students in the skills listed above: curiosity, careful observation, and copious recording of thoughts. In other words, we need to train our students in the skills that form and inform the scientific mind.
What are the goals for homeschool science curriculum in elementary school?
One of the most disappointing things about science curriculum for the youngest grades is the lack of wonder. In the early years, we need to train our children to be curious and to observe carefully. They won't do either of these if they are bored to tears. The most important consideration for curriculum for these ages should be whether or not the book encourages them to be curious. It is often better to choose science encyclopedias written for children or whole books about something they are interested in (plants, planets, insects) than it is to give them a textbook crammed with random, shallow, boring facts about a wide variety of subjects.
In addition to seeking out resources that spark wonder, parents should plan to spend time outdoors observing nature. Small children need to see scientific wonders, not just read about them. Finally, parents should train these little students to spend time looking, really looking, at the wonders around them. In other words, take a nature walk armed with a field guide, a sketchbook, and colored pencils. Let them start early to make their own science notebooks.
What are the goals for homeschool science curriculum in middle school?
Another sad deficit of science curricula today is the lack of talking about scientific history, of introducing students to the real people who devoted their lives to scientific discoveries. Middle school is a good time to study the history of science. "Meeting" the real scientists will satisfy their curiosity but will also inspire them to ask their own scientific questions and seek answers.
Middle school is the perfect time to train students to do science instead of just reading about it. Students should participate in a science fair so that they can ask their own questions (curiosity), conduct their own research (careful observation), and relate their findings to others.
What are the goals for homeschool science curriculum in high school?
In high school, students will be introduced to different branches of science like biology, chemistry, and physics. Students should continue to ask good questions, to conduct their own research (usually through labs) and to record their findings. Although they will most likely rely on a textbook during these years, it is important to continue to encourage their curiosity. Resist the urge to have them simply memorize the information in the textbook long enough to pass the test. This process of cram, test, and dump, has nothing to do with the scientific mind.
Students would do better to summarize the chapters of their textbooks in their own words, be pointed to additional readings about a subject that interests them, spend more time on their labs and lab notebooks, and continue to conduct their own research by writing scientific research papers. It is also important for our students to continue to study the history of the scientists who made breakthroughs in each of these fields. What is the study of biology without lessons on Aristotle, Linnaeus, and Gregor Mendel? What is the study of chemistry without reading about Antoine Lavoisier, Robert Boyle, and Madame Curie?
Which is better: textbook or real life?
Our choice of homeschool science curriculum should not be an either/or between textbook and real life. Students should read about science and do science. The choice of books will depend upon the field of study. For example, an astronomy class might rely on a book of history about famous astronomers, a traditional astronomy textbook, and a book of star maps. However, this class would not be complete without regular trips outside to gaze at the stars.
What about the science fair project?
Homeschoolers can be tempted to pursue high school science without labs. After all, there's a lot of equipment involved, and a lot of mess. Many schools are even being swayed by new technologies like "virtual dissections." However, no science education is complete without doing labs, so homeschool families should find a local group like a Classical Conversations community to do labs with other students.


The IISD Guide to Negotiating Investment Contracts for Farmland and Water is a legal and policy tool for governments and communities that are involved in negotiating investment contracts with foreign investors. The guide focuses on a particular type of contract involving long-term leases of farmland. Part I, Preparing for Negotiations, is designed to assist in the preparatory phase. Part 2, Model Contract, is structured like an investment contract for the lease of farmland and proposes model provisions.
This type of investment contract is part of a broader legal framework for foreign investment, which operates within three areas of law: domestic law, investment contracts and international investment treaties. Domestic law is the foundation for any potential investment and should govern most of the issues arising, including the legal instrument to be used, such as a lease, licence or permit. The contract will then identify a narrower subset of issues specific to that particular investment, like the size, duration and lease rates. Investment treaties should play the smallest role, dealing essentially with egregious violations such as an expropriation without any compensation.
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This project provides a standalone installer for MongoDB. This is designed for
use in virtual machines.

It reads a configuration file and performs the following steps:

- Download a MongoDB binary distribution
- Unpack and install the MongoDB files
- Create a mongodb user
- Create directories under /var
- Create a config file
- Create an upstart script
- Ask upstart to start the service

Get it from [GitHub](https://github.com/jamespharaoh/hq-mongodb-installer) or
[RubyGems](https://rubygems.org/gems/hq-mongodb-installer).

## Usage

The script takes a single argument, which is the configuration file to use.

The script requires full sudo access with no password.

## Configuration file

Sample configuration files can be found in the test directory. The following
example should also be indicative:

	---
	install:
	  filename: mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.4.3.tgz
	  dirname: mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.4.3
	  sha1: 95bc0e0f66e64c66029b555726f4153e4b66c298
	  urls:
	  - http://192.168.222.1:8998/mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.4.3.tgz
	  target: /opt/mongodb-2.4.3
	user:
	  name: mongodb
	  create: true
	dirs:
	  - /var/log/mongodb
	  - /var/run/mongodb
	  - /var/lib/mongodb
	servers:
	  config:
		exec: mongod
		runlevels: 2345
		config: |
		  port = 27019
		  configsvr = true
		  logpath = /var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log
		  logappend = true
		  pidfilepath = /var/run/mongodb/mongodb.pid
		  dbpath = /var/lib/mongodb

You can start more than one server by adding more to the configuration file.
They will each have their own upstart script and config file on the target host.
You'll need to create separate data directories for each one.

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Q: How to accept objects from one Class into a Subclass of that class I have two basic classes:
This is my english interpretation of the code:
The Entree class is supposed to take in a name, and then some ingredients (it makes an array out of those), and then there is this hasIngredient function that lets me check if the array has certain elements...
Then there is the PricedEntree class which extends Entree. It inherits a construct, but then also takes the array and uses the "as" and puts it into "ingredient", and cycles through it (via foreach).
I want to use the PricedEntree class, because I want access to the getCost method; but I cannot seem to be able to make a valid instantiation of PricedEntree. I am getting an error saying:
"Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Elements of $ingredients must be Ingredient objects in /Library/WebServer/Documents/ex_f_6.1.php:22
Stack trace:
#0 /Library/WebServer/Documents/ex_f_6.1.php(43): PricedEntree->__construct('soup', Array)
#1 {main}
  thrown in /Library/WebServer/Documents/ex_f_6.1.php on line 22".

What valid arguments do I need to put into PricedEntree?
Also, what of line #21? I don't know if Entree should be referenced.
Ultimately, I want to access objects that already exist in my parent class from my subclass.
Note: I am working with David Sklar's Php book.
My code:
<?php

class Entree {

public $name;
public $ingredients = array();
public function __construct($name, $ingredients) { if (! is_array($ingredients)) {
throw new Exception('$ingredients must be an array'); }
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->ingredients = $ingredients;
    }
public function hasIngredient($ingredient) {
return in_array($ingredient, $this->ingredients);
} }

class PricedEntree extends Entree {
    public function __construct($name, $ingredients) {
        parent::__construct($name, $ingredients);
        foreach ($this->ingredients as $ingredient) {
            if (! $ingredient instanceof Entree) {  //<---***** I don't know if 'Entree' is used correctly here
                throw new Exception('Elements of $ingredients must be Ingredient objects');
            }
        }
    }

    public function getCost() {
        $cost = 0;
        foreach ($this->ingredients as $ingredient) {
            $cost += $ingredient->getCost();
        }
        return $cost;
    }
}

$soup = new Entree("mushroom_soup", array("yellow_feet","monkey","black_trumpet","toadstool"));
print $soup->name;
print "\r\n";
print_r($soup->ingredients);
print "\r\n";

$monkey_magic = new PricedEntree("soup", array("yellow_feet","monkey","black_trumpet","toadstool"));
print "\r\n";

?>

A: Your PricedEntree class checks to see if the array of ingredients is an array of Entree objects, you're sending it an array of strings. This line of code doesn't seem to make any sense:
if (! $ingredient instanceof Entree) {  //<---***** I don't know if 'Entree' is used correctly here
    throw new Exception('Elements of $ingredients must be Ingredient objects');
}

It looks like you're missing an Ingredient class that should be there instead.
Why would the ingredients to your PricedEntree each be an Entree?


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St Patrick's Athletic FC have today announced the signing of three new players – David Rogers, Billy Gibson and Michael Keane who will immediately join the first team squad. The club have been working off a small squad this season and these additions will be crucial to our attempts to stay in contention for trophies.
With upcoming UEFA cup games with Odense, it was vital for us to add to the panel and we have done that by the addition of these players who fit in to our own wage structures and player profiles.
It is our intention to continuously improve the squad and there may be other signings within the transfer window.
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Food packaging focuses on recyclability
April 3, 2020 by The Circular Economy Team
Attitudes among retailers and brand-owners towards the use of recycled plastics, and particularly recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), have shifted significantly since the troubled times for plastics recycling back in 2016, an energy and renewables consultant has claimed.
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Virgin Trains has handed over its old uniforms to a prison in Northumberland to be recycled by its textiles team. This follows the launch of Virgin Trains' new body-neutral uniform range designed by sustainable fashion designers Gerardine and Wayne Hemingway for every gender, size and shape across both the East and West Coast. Approximately 30m tonnes of corporate wear are sent to landfill each year in the UK.mittee
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Alexander Spearman (1901–1982), British Member of Parliament
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Clyde Spearman (fl. 1932–1946), American baseball player
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ANA chief calls for stricter gun laws
Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for HealthLeaders Media, January 15, 2013
It's hard to fathom that the devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT, was a month ago. On one hand, the horror of the event feels fresh, the wound still gaping and unhealed.
On the other hand, our short attention spans and the media's 24-hour news cycle have made other events, from the fiscal cliff debate to the NHL lockout, claim center stage.
Will Newtown fade from the public's memory? Will the issues and debates surrounding that day and its aftermath get drowned out by whatever else is grabbing our attention at the moment?
There's one group that's determined to ensure that the answer to that question is a loud, resounding "no." That group is nurses.
"This is a conversation that needs to continue," ANA president Karen Daley told me over the phone last week. She pledged that nursing groups will continue to tackle gun control head on, both now and in the coming months. "Nurses across the country understand the toll of this public health issue."
In the days following the Newtown shooting, the ANA and 34 other nursing organizations across the country sent a joint letter to President Obama, congressional leaders, and leaders of the National Governors Association and The United States Conference of Mayors.
The groups called on policymakers to restore access to mental health services for individuals and families; to increase students' access to nurses and mental health professionals from the elementary school level through college; and to ban assault weapons and enact other meaningful gun control reforms.
According to Daley, the issue of gun control isn't necessarily a political one.
"This is a public health issue," she says. "This is a safety issue for families."
She says nurses regularly counsel patients about everything from the importance of wearing seatbelts and sunscreen to quitting smoking. Moreover, nursing groups often weigh in on issues that affect the health of our society.
"Gun violence cannot fall outside that," she says.
The call to action is two-fold, addressing both access to mental health services and guns. As funding for mental health services has undergone dramatic cuts, guns have become easier than ever to get.
Not surprisingly, gun violence is up, too. Last year was a particularly deadly one. By the Washington Post's count, there were 14 mass shootings in the United States in 2012, including two of the worst the country has ever seen.
"If that's not an epidemic..." Daley says, her voice trailing off. "Gun violence in general is potentially threatening to outnumber auto accidents in terms of morbidity."
The outrage in Daley's voice was palpable as she talked about the day of the Newtown shooting. "People have the ability to indiscriminately just kill and mow down," she said. "That we allow that kind of military-style weaponry in the public domain is just unacceptable."
Daley was among the stakeholders invited to the White House as Vice President Biden developed the gun control proposal that he'll unveil to the public and to the president this week.
On Monday, President Obama again said that he'd "vigorously pursue" the proposal's recommendations and work toward an assault weapon ban.
Daley pledged that nurses will be on the forefront of that work.
"People trust us to do the right thing. We do understand that this is about public health and safety," she says. "As a profession we have an obligation to speak up...certainly we believe that this is a critically important time and it is a tipping point."
Moreover, she says that the nursing community will "stay on top of this," even if the public's memory fades.
"We'll be staying active in this conversation as congress takes it on," she says. "ANA and other leaders within the nursing community will be front and center...if time does temper their memory of the horrific nature of this event, we'll be there to remind them."
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International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions
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24th UN/INTOSAI Symposium in Vienna
The 24th UN/INTOSAI Symposium, which was jointly organized by the INTOSAI General Secretariat and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), was held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna from 31 May to 2 June 2017.
Entitled "Digitalization, open data and data mining: relevance and implications for SAIs' audit work and for enhancing their contributions to the follow-up and review of the SDGs", the 24th UN/INTOSAI Symposium focused on two themes that will be of considerable importance for the work of SAIs in the forthcoming years:
the implications of digitalization, open data and data mining for the audit work of SAIs, and
the possibilities of SAIs to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this context, the participants engaged in intensive discussions on the following issues:
What are the opportunities, but also the challenges, created by digitalization, open data and data mining for the audit work of SAIs?
What kind of practical experiences have SAIs made in the framework of their audits with regard to digitalization, open data and data mining and which best-practice examples can be derived therefrom?
How can SAIs – as a follow-up to the results of INCOSAI XXII in Abu Dhabi 2016 – contribute to the implementation of the SDGs in the best possible manner?
The function of the technical chair was excellently carried out by Mr Chris Mihm of the SAI of the United States of America.
The event was attended by more than 150 participants, and among these were heads and high-ranking representatives of more than 70 SAIs and of several international institutions (UN DESA, UN OIOS, International Budget Partnership, the Austrian Development Agency – ADA and the German Society for International Cooperation – GIZ).
The discussions showed that new information technologies and possibilities for the use of data entail profound opportunities, but also great challenges for SAIs. SAIs are aware of the fact that in times of increasingly available information they are playing a highly important role as the providers of qualified information through their audits. They, however, also know that digitalization comes with great expectations towards SAIs and changes the requirements regarding their audit work. Consequently, the exchange of experiences and of best-practice examples is of great importance. At the same time, the follow-up on the results of INCOSAI XXII in Abu Dhabi showed that SAIs are cognizant of the important contributions that they can make towards the successful implementation of the SDGs. Furthermore, they are taking concrete steps to put the commitment of INTOSAI in this regard, as laid down in the Abu Dhabi Declaration, into practice in the upcoming years.
The final highlight of the symposium was the adoption of the conclusions and recommendations by the participants on the last day. These conclusions serve as an important guideline for SAIs concerning "Digitalization, open data and data mining" both for their audit work and also with regard to their contribution to the implementation of the SDGs.
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