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Die Obere Burg ist ein herrschaftliches Anwesen in Rheinbreitbach, einer Ortsgemeinde im rheinland-pfälzischen Landkreis Neuwied, das auf das 14. Jahrhundert zurückgeht. Sie ist Sitz der Gemeindeverwaltung und steht als Kulturdenkmal unter Denkmalschutz. So benannt wurde die Obere Burg zur Unterscheidung von der nördlicher gelegenen Unteren Burg.

Geschichte
Die Burg war zunächst als Lehen des Kölner Stiftes St. Maria ad Gradus im Besitz eines Junkers von Lewendal. 1655 war sie laut einer Mitteilung aus Köln ins Eigentum von Dr. Adolf Bequerer übergegangen und fiel durch Heirat seiner Frau wenige Jahre später an Peter von Geyr. Ab 1730 gehörte sie auf diesem Wege der Familie von Buschmann, ab 1829 dem Kölner Johann Wilhelm Schmitz. Um diese Zeit kam es zu einer deutlichen Erweiterung des nördlichen Flügels. 1907 erwarb der Schriftsteller Rudolf Herzog die Obere Burg, der sie im Stil des Historismus ebenfalls ausbauen ließ und hier 1943 verstarb.

Zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs kam es zu Beschädigungen des Gebäudes, die erst Jahrzehnte später teilweise behoben wurden. Mitte der 1980er-Jahre wurde das Anwesen von den damaligen Eigentümern zum Verkauf ausgeschrieben. Im Jahre 1990 erwarb die Ortsgemeinde Rheinbreitbach die Burg, um dort ihren Sitz einzurichten und sie als kulturelles Zentrum zu nutzen. Bis 1993 wurde das Gebäude einer umfangreichen Innen- und Außensanierung unterzogen. 1992 kam es zur Gründung des Förderkreises Obere Burg, der die Ausrichtung kultureller Veranstaltungen unterstützt, darunter von Kunstausstellungen, Konzerten und Lesungen.

Anlage

Den Ursprung und Kern des Gebäudes bildet ein dreistöckiger Mittelbau, auf dessen Ostseite ein Maßwerkerker angebracht ist. Südlich schließt sich ein als Kelter erbauter und zeitweise als Esssaal genutzter Gebäudeteil an. Der Nordflügel der Oberen Burg mit Bibliothek und "Kapelle" weist zwei Treppengiebel auf und im Erdgeschoss zwei Tonnengewölbe. Überragt werden diese Gebäudeteile von einem vierstöckigen, ursprünglich dreistöckigen Turm. Die Inneneinrichtung des Gebäudes umfasst (Stand 1940) zahlreiche Gemälde aus dem 19. und 20. Jahrhundert sowie einige Skulpturen. Die Burg ist auf ihrer Ost- und Südseite in einen Park eingebettet, in dem alljährlich im August das sog. Parkfest stattfindet.

Literatur
 Heinrich Neu, Hans Weigert: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Neuwied (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz. Band 16 Abt. II), Schwann, Düsseldorf 1940, S. 353–356:
 Georg Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler – Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7, S. 866.

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 Förderkreis Obere Burg

Einzelnachweise

Burg im Landkreis Neuwied
Kulturdenkmal im Landkreis Neuwied
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STEVE JACKOWSKI
fr.stevejackowski.com (site en Français)
The Misogynist
The Shadow of God
The Silicon Lathe
L'Ombre de Dieu
Translation Complete. Now the Hard Work Begins.
The translation of The Shadow of God is finally done - at least we're done with the first pass. For those of you who may not have followed our progress on this effort, you might want to have a look at Translating My Novels and Another Translation Challenge: Shaggy Dog Stories. These two posts discuss the approach that Peyo Amulet and I took and some of the initial challenges we encountered.
Overall, it has taken about a year to get through our process. Of course Peyo had other translation projects to work on so he wasn't on this full time. Plus, our process allowed for a fair amount of down time. Essentially, it went as follows:
Peyo would translate 50 pages on his own, run them by a fellow professor of French, and then email them to me.
I would read the 50 pages carefully, making comments on anything that needed attention: typos, misunderstanding of certain colloquial expressions, issues with tone and imagery.
Peyo and I would meet in person or via Skype and would review and discuss each change. Usually it took about 3 hours to get through 50 pages - some of our discussions turned into debates, usually about tone, style and how pacing needs to change in French.
Among the open issues we had were what to do with the Shaggy Dog Stories, final formatting of dialogue, and language. Often Peyo would push for more formal/literary language, where I was pushing for more colloquial French, particularly with dialogue.
For the Shaggy Dog Stories, we finally decided to translate them into French, then to add a footnote to explain the play on words in English. I think this reads well.
We got through the final 50 pages in October and began the somewhat arduous process of reassembling and reformatting the document. It may seem like a minor issue, but in French, quotation marks are followed by a space. Question marks, exclamation points, colons, and semi-colons are preceded by a space. While MS Word inserts these for the French Language, the version of Word that Peyo used would line wrap them and sometimes we'd end up with a question mark, exclamation point, colon, etc. alone on a line. Or they'd split oddly across lines. I finally figured out how to force Word to use non-breaking spaces with these characters and the document cleaned up nicely.
I forwarded the reassembled book to a French friend and she tore through it, finding countless typos and making a number of suggestions. Peyo reviewed and incorporated these and today, I sent copies out to a well-known French author and to two friends who claim to be Monsieur and Madame Tout-le-Monde. They wanted to be among the first to read the book. I've asked them to be brutally honest. Specifically, I want to know:
What do they think of the story (of course)?
Do they think it would appeal to a French audience and if so, who would like it?
How is the translation - does it come across as too literary for a psychological thriller? Did the dialogue match up with the characters and their personalities?
With luck I'll have their comments back in a few weeks. While waiting, I'm searching for someone who can redo the front and back cover to replace the English. Then Peyo and I will make one more pass before seeking a French publisher. We also need to create a French web page for The Shadow of God (now L'Ombre de Dieu) on this site or perhaps even create a French version of the entire site. After all, if it goes well for L'Ombre de Dieu in France, I'll want to translate The Silicon Lathe, and Ethics (which I might actually publish there). Clearly there's still a lot to do.
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Cookery Demonstration, Northern Ireland
From sumptuous dinners at Titanic Belfast (the World's Leading Visitor Attraction) to drinks with the Lord and Lady of the castle, Northern Ireland offers something unique and truly authentic for international incentive groups.
Rayanne House, Belfast
Incentive itineraries require exclusive experiences that immerse participants and leave them feeling rewarded, invigorated and inspired. Here in Northern Ireland, extraordinary travel experience await, with bespoke attractions that include after-hours visits, behind-the-scenes tours, and "meet-the-curator" encounters.
Reward your incentive group with a lavish afternoon tea at Hillsborough Castle, official residence of the British Royal Family, or treat them to a gala dinner with the Lord Mayor of Belfast at Belfast City Hall, one of the city's most iconic buildings. Alternatively, let them mingle with government ministers at a drinks reception in the marbled splendour of the Great Hall at Stormont Parliament Buildings.
Let's not forget the Game of Thrones® effect. As the smash hit fantasy series draws to a close, incentive programmes are capitalising on time-limited opportunities to tour the numerous, stunning film locations of Northern Ireland. The magic of Westeros and Winterfell can be enjoyed through private corporate events in exclusive, heritage venues.
Northern Ireland is home to some of the world's magnificent parkland gold courses. Consider Derry~Londonderry, the "city with the shortest drive to the Opens", for golf-loving incentive travelers, at less than one hour's drive from Royal Portrush and Ballyliffin Golf Club (set to host the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open). With a range of Stay and Play golf breaks, participants will be spoilt for choice both on and off the course.
Contact Meet in Ireland today to plan your incentive itinerary in Northern Ireland, one of the most interesting incentive destinations in the world.
We are here to make the process of hosting an incentive trip to Northern Ireland as easy and enjoyable as possible.
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Tourism Northern Ireland
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Getting started with Chord Maestro is easy. Just download the appropriate installer from the download page and then follow the steps in the following video to complete the initial application setup! After you complete the initial setup, check out the overview videos below to get a better idea of how to use the tool.
This next next video provides short overview of Chord Maestro's main features.
This video gives a more lengthy discussion about how to use the different Chord Maestro features.


Use Case: Include links to NI subVIs in my VIPM 2010 palette.
Additionally it would be awesome if I could use Insert >> Folder of VIs to do this as well.
Currently LLB are, by default, not visible in the dialog and no nothing when selected.
It should be fixed in the next release.
PS - My grammar should be filed as a bug!


Welcome to Eldey Airport Hotel, a family run three star hotel, located only a 10 minute drive away from Iceland's main airport – Keflavik International Airport. We have everything you need to get started on your adventure around Iceland, whether it be a good nights rest or some in depth information about navigating your way around the country.
At the hotel bar Vindbarinn you can enjoy a drink inside our lounge, in our outdoor seating area or better yet in our open air hot tub. You can wind down in the sauna, chat with friends in the lounge, or borrow a book or dvd if you prefer. We offer free wifi throughout the hotel and free parking on the grounds.
In our Guest Information Centre you can have access to a computer, scanner and printer, to get all the necessary papers you need to continue your travels. Our 24 hour lobby will help you to check in and give you all the information you need.
Eldey Airport Hotel has 50 rooms, all equipped with a cable TV, free wifi, blanket, bathroom, hair dryer, closet and safe. All bathrooms have a bathtub and shower, with complimentary shampoo/shower gel.
Next to our reception area we have a Guest Information Centre where our staff can help you to choose what kind of tours you would like to book. Our friends at Travice are the best priced in the area and work as a connection service to the big companies based out of Reykjavík. They also do their own private tours and we can definitely recommend them.


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5 Foreign Stocks Yielding over 4.5%
https://www.dividend.com/news/2016/05/30/5-foreign-stocks-yielding-over-4-5/
Sam Bourgi May 30, 2016
Dividend.com's Foreign Dividend Stocks page tracks companies that are based outside the United States but have shares that trade on U.S. exchanges. These shares are called ADRs (American Depository Receipts).
Foreign stocks have long captured the imagination of investors. The ability to capitalize on overseas markets can offer tremendous diversification benefits for market participants seeking to maximize yield in a low-growth domestic market. Although U.S. investors have a lot to be thankful for since the presidential election, having at least some foreign exposure is rarely a bad idea.
While investing abroad can result in high yields, it also requires a steady hand and an understanding of both the risks and opportunities of international markets.
Want to learn more about ADRs? Click here.
G-20 Dividend Yields
As the chart above clearly illustrates, dividend yields are much higher abroad than in the U.S. In theory, developed economies have higher yields than their emerging market counterparts, given the size, penetration and maturity of their respective industries. Strong, stable companies are in a better position to declare higher payouts.
This is certainly the case for the Group of 20, a self-appointed international forum for 20 major economies. As of early 2017, Italy tops the list with the highest yield, followed by Australia, the United Kingdom, Russia and the European Union. The United States is in the bottom half of the list with an average dividend yield of 2.02%. Although its position improved by one compared to a year ago, average yields have decreased by 21 basis points over that period.
From our universe of 297 foreign dividend stocks, we have concentrated on five companies that yield over 4.5%. They are presented below. Each of these companies has been a dividend payer for at least five years and has an average five-year dividend growth rate of more than 0%.
Stay up to date with the highest-yielding stocks and their latest ex-dividend dates on our High Dividend Stocks By Yield page.
Royal Bank of Canada – Yield 4.97%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY ) is Canada's largest bank by market capitalization. It is also among an elite list of financial institutions to have paid out a dividend for over 100 years. To learn more, read 5 Canadian Companies That Have Paid a Dividend for Over 100 Years.
RY yields 4.97% as it pays out $3.48 annually. It trades at a P/E ratio of $12.72, based on 2017 earnings. RY enjoys a sizable share of Canada's banking industry, and is making significant inroads into the U.S. market. This gives the bank solid growth prospects at home and south of the border.
BP – Yield 6.89%
BP PLC (BP ) is one of the world's largest oil and gas producers. Based in the United Kingdom, the company provides its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and petrochemical products for a variety of industrial purposes. The company operates two dedicated business segments: exploration and production, and refining and marketing.
BP's dividend yield has declined to 6.89% from 7.59% a year ago. The annualized payout for BP at present stands at $2.38. The company's share price has weakened since the start of the oil-price collapse. However, its investment in renewable energy puts it in a good position to leverage future demand drivers in the global market.
Royal Dutch Shell – Yield 7.22%
Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A ) is another energy leader that offers a significant yield. At 7.22%, the company's dividend is nearly three times bigger than the average for basic materials. It also boasts an annualized payout of $3.76, which is paid quarterly.
The British-Dutch multinational is headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the UK. Despite the recent market crash, the company has enormous growth potential from both its shale and deepwater assets, making RDS-A a strong candidate for future gains.
National Grid – Yield 5.81%
Over the past three decades, the UK-based National Grid (NGG ) has grown into one of the largest utilities in the world. A dividend yield of 5.81% and an annualized payout of $.374 make NGG a strong dividend play when compared to the broader utilities average.
The company continues to perform well amid new rate schemes in the United States and continued incentive revenue in its home market. Both factors are resulting in returns on equity that are significantly higher than U.S.-based regulated utilities.
GlaxoSmithKline – Yield 4.44%
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK ) is a global pharmaceutical and healthcare group based in the UK. The company was founded in 1999 and has quickly emerged as a leader in the creation, development and manufacturing of drug products.
GSK yields 4.44% and pays $1.93 annually. Despite suffering from patent woes, the company continues to enjoy new product growth. Combined with its broad restructuring plan and impressive pipeline of products, GSK appears to have solid growth prospects.
U.S. investors looking to expand their horizons with foreign stocks have a lot to gain by exploring these five dividend plays. When it comes to long-term investing, diversification is the name of the game. Given that only 10% of the average U.S. investor's portfolio is comprised of foreign stocks, looking abroad may offer a sound value proposition.


Marathon Sprint – We Got This!
Today marks the three-month anniversary since Ryan stopped receiving baclofen from his surgically implanted abdominal pump. More precisely, it happen at 11:23 AM that day. After an aggressive and nerve-racking ten-month schedule to reduce his dosage it finally happened. In total, Ryan was on baclofen for two years and four months.
If you remember, I set a window of three to six months after we stopped the baclofen to get the pump removed from his body. Well, I can see no reason not to do this as soon as possible. Ryan clearly doesn't need it and getting another piece of hardware removed from him can only be positive. It will be wonderful to look at his stomach and not see a huge bulge, like he swallowed a comically-sized hockey puck and it's pushing its way through the colon.
So today (like every other day, I suppose), Sue and I will be on the phone talking to hospitals, doctors, and insurance. I'll call the Neurological Surgeon from Morristown, NJ — who put it in — to see if she has a recommendation on who should take it out from our area. I'll also ask IBRF for a referral. I even check with Kessler Institute; where Ryan spent five months in rehabilitation.
I was just about to say that at least we wouldn't be talking to an attorney today about the pending civil case, but I then remembered we must. What can I say? It's a typical day of piles of paperwork, back-to-back phone calls, and monotonous red tape. Sue takes the brunt of this, spending every available weekday (and many weekend) minute dealing with one issue or another. Her morning and evening commutes are consumed with working through these nightmarish problems. Evening are spent on the computer and phone.
She does all this and works hard at a career that provides for our family, never sacrificing either for the other. She does both superbly and I seldom hear her complain. That's not to say it's not noticeable and it's not beating her down. She doesn't so much drift off to sleep each night as collapse from exhaustion and frustration. Oh yes, I hold Ryan's attackers accountable for this too.
This is a terrible life that was aggressively forced on our family. It never lets up. It's intense and there's never a day off for either of us. Saying Sue takes a "vacation day" is a joke. Nothing short of mocking. Her days off are used for Ryan's surgeries, appointments, legal battles, or being able to put together some uninterrupted time to plow through a particularly difficult problem. How does she do it?
It's an eternal marathon… run at a flat-out sprint speed.
God, please let there be NO early release for Austin! There is no rest for the Diviney family.
Ken, Reading all you and Sue have to do EVERY day is unthinkable, but we know unconditional love keeps moving you and will continue to ,till Ryan is better.
Amazing it's been 3 mos without Baclofen ,hope you have pump removed soon. Could it be a little uncomfortable for Ryan?
Why there should be any "red tape" in cases like Ryan's is beyond me.They NEED all medicines ,procedures, 24/7 care, equipment,etc. that is available, and to make things more difficult for you and Sue is cruel.
Ken, I presume this surgery will take place after Ryan's eyes heal. I can't imagine the pain involved in suturing the eyelids! Those of us who have had abdominal surgery can relate to the pain from incisions of this area! Aarrgg! 🙁 Prayers and more prayers needed for Ryan, especially during the next several weeks. He is always on our mind. We also lay the blame on the perpetrators, of course!
Poor Sue! I don't know how she does it along with her job that involves a lot of travel. I wish she had a competent assistant, but know this would be expensive. I know her "Crew" helps as much as possible, thankfully.
Thank you for this very important and informative update.
And in the meantime Ryan's attacker sits in prison getting three meals and a cot and a lot of time on his time. A lot of time to remember what he and his fellow idiots did to Ryan, his family and his internet family.
My prayers continue for Ryan and his family. I know that our Lord is with all of you each moment of the day. He will never give more than you can't handle.
It's just so unfair — what this "nice young man" Austin VanTrease did to Ryan, and to you and your family. In one moment of horrific rage, he stole so much — I can't even do it justice with words.
I suggest you make a packet for the judge, compiled of the blog posts that capture the loss, suffering and heartache. Be sure to include today's post.
Ryan will always be an inspiration to us, along with you, Sue and Kari. We're just going to keep on standing by you the best way we can. And pray for healing and never give up.
Thinking of you all and keeping you in my heart.
Sue does an outstanding job and we pray for Ryan's family each day for strength and support. God Bless you.
You both are amazing! So happy Ryan hasn't needed those meds for 3 months! Just plain awesome!
Did the baclofen help alot with his tone…if he had any? Ben struggles alot with this. He had a trial when we were at shepherds but it made him soooo sleepy! Granted that was only 3 months after the accident!
There's no way to gauge how much it helped, but it did seem to. The best thing for Ryan (for tone), aside from exercise, is the HBOT. We started noticing him begin to loosen in about 4 – 6 months.


"Fruitvale Station" star Michael B. Jordan is being eyed for a major role in Roland Emmerich's "Independence Day" sequel, multiple individuals familiar with the 20th Century Fox project have told TheWrap.
Jordan has not yet received an offer, nor does one seem imminent. 20th Century Fox and Emmerich had no comment, with official casting news expected closer to the holidays.
Emmerich has met with several up-and-coming young actors, including Jordan, who is high on the studio's list. Fox execs like Jordan for the part — his name has been thrown around repeatedly in creative meetings — and Jordan is interested, multiple individuals with knowledge of the star's thinking have told TheWrap.
Should Fox make an offer, the studio would effectively be doubling down on Jordan's star potential, as the actor is poised to play the Human Torch in its "Fantastic Four" reboot, as TheWrap first reported.
It's unclear whether Will Smith will return for the sequel, or what part Jordan is being eyed for. A representative for Smith told TheWrap that the actor's status regarding the "Independence Day" sequel remains unchanged — meaning he's not officially involved at this time.
Emmerich recently sat down with screenwriter James Vanderbilt ("The Amazing Spider-Man") and producers Dean Devlin and Harald Kloser to discuss the sequel, which is scheduled to blow up theaters on July 3, 2015, though recent reports suggest it could be delayed to 2016. Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman are expected to reprise their roles.
Jordan has bided his time since earning rave reviews for Ryan Coogler's award-winning Sundance film "Fruitvale Station," which have helped establish him as a serious contender in the Oscar race. The only project he has signed on to is MGM's "Creed," in which he would play the grandson of Rocky Balboa friend/foe Apollo Creed.
And there's no bigger day to save than Independence Day.
Jordan, who next stars in FilmDistrict's romantic comedy "That Awkward Moment," is repped by WME, the Schiff Co. and attorney Gregory Slewett.


Last year there was talk that Clemson's entire starting D-line might declare for the NFL draft and ALL be drafted in the first round. Instead, they chose to all come back and dedicate the season to a Clemson national championship. I read that these young men literally took over practices and had meaningful discussions with any player they thought needed motivation at practice.
Dexter Lawrence goes 6-5, 340 lbs. Strong as an ox. He can not be moved. The inside dive on ZoneRead plays does not exist, so the Clemson DEs can run wild and clean up on the QB.
Christian Wilks 6-4 , 315 lb DT that is so agile that he has played in the backfield and taken direct snaps on fake punts. The most amazing - Clemson has positioned him as a hybrid LB/safety against spread teams using bunched receiver formations. Let that sink in. The All American grad student, gave up 1st round draft money to come back for this moment. He wanted a National championship for Clemson. Until last night, he was most proud of his Campbell Trophy (called the Academic Heisman) for football's best scholar athlete.


The food is healty and tasty.
Mrs. Daniela offers carefully prepared homecooked dishes and typical regional specialities from Liguria and Piemonte cusine accompained by fine local Italian wines.
Mrs. Daniela,the landlady,will be very happy to welcome you as her guest and make your staying confortable.
Villa Rosa is an ideal choice for those who want to spend a nice holiday relaxing and in comfort.
Daniela will be very enthusiastic in ensuring herguest needs.


New Delhi: India's main opposition Congress party on Tuesday revealed that Modi-led government officials and BJP leaders were involved in a money laundering scam that exchanged demonetised currency notes past the deadline set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for commission.
During a press conference at the Congress headquarters, former Indian law minister Kapil Sibal, played out a video clip of a sting operation in which, he claimed, a government official said BJP's top leadership was involved.
The official, reportedly identified as one Rahul Ratharekar from the government's intelligence agency, claimed to an undercover reporter that officials from 26 department were involved in the money exchange operation.
According to Indian media, the video was shot at a Mumbai hotel in July last year. RBI's deadline to exchange old currency expired on December 31, 2016.
A media outlet, citing Sibal, reported that the Indian intelligence agency official said currency notes worth thousands of crores were printed abroad and transported into India by special aircraft.
According to report, a team of government officials drawn from different departments were engaged in the exchange of old notes for new post demonetisation.
Another video clip showed the official of a private bank carrying out the exchange of old currency for new ones.
He, however, did not authenticate the videos and maintained that all the names mentioned in the clip were in the public domain and could be independently verified by the official.
The former Law Minister's press conference on Tuesday was said to be the second in a series on the issue of demonetisation. On March 26, Sibal had reportedly played out another sting by TNN, where an alleged BJP worker was involved in such an exchange of old currency.


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 * This is the IP packet segmentation and reassembly implementation.
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 * OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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 * This file is part of the lwIP TCP/IP stack.
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#include <string.h>

#include "lwip/opt.h"
#include "lwip/ip.h"
#include "lwip/ip_frag.h"
#include "lwip/netif.h"
#include "lwip/snmp.h"
#include "lwip/stats.h"

static u8_t ip_reassbuf[IP_HLEN + IP_REASS_BUFSIZE];
static u8_t ip_reassbitmap[IP_REASS_BUFSIZE / (8 * 8) + 1];
static const u8_t bitmap_bits[8] = { 0xff, 0x7f, 0x3f, 0x1f,
  0x0f, 0x07, 0x03, 0x01
};
static u16_t ip_reasslen;
static u8_t ip_reassflags;
#define IP_REASS_FLAG_LASTFRAG 0x01

static u8_t ip_reasstmr;

/*
 * Copy len bytes from offset in pbuf to buffer
 *
 * helper used by both ip_reass and ip_frag
 */
static struct pbuf *
copy_from_pbuf(struct pbuf *p, u16_t * offset,
           u8_t * buffer, u16_t len)
{
  u16_t l;

  p->payload = (u8_t *)p->payload + *offset;
  p->len -= *offset;
  while (len) {
    l = len < p->len ? len : p->len;
    memcpy(buffer, p->payload, l);
    buffer += l;
    len -= l;
    if (len)
      p = p->next;
    else
      *offset = l;
  }
  return p;
}

/**
 * Initializes IP reassembly and fragmentation states.
 */
void
ip_frag_init(void)
{
  ip_reasstmr = 0;
  ip_reassflags = 0;
  ip_reasslen = 0;
  memset(ip_reassbitmap, 0, sizeof(ip_reassbitmap));
}

/**
 * Reassembly timer base function
 * for both NO_SYS == 0 and 1 (!).
 *
 * Should be called every 1000 msec.
 */
void
ip_reass_tmr(void)
{
  if (ip_reasstmr > 0) {
    ip_reasstmr--;
    LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG, ("ip_reass_tmr: timer dec %"U16_F"\n",(u16_t)ip_reasstmr));
    if (ip_reasstmr == 0) {
      /* reassembly timed out */
      snmp_inc_ipreasmfails();
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Reassembles incoming IP fragments into an IP datagram.
 *
 * @param p points to a pbuf chain of the fragment
 * @return NULL if reassembly is incomplete, ? otherwise
 */
struct pbuf *
ip_reass(struct pbuf *p)
{
  struct pbuf *q;
  struct ip_hdr *fraghdr, *iphdr;
  u16_t offset, len;
  u16_t i;

  IPFRAG_STATS_INC(ip_frag.recv);
  snmp_inc_ipreasmreqds();

  iphdr = (struct ip_hdr *) ip_reassbuf;
  fraghdr = (struct ip_hdr *) p->payload;
  /* If ip_reasstmr is zero, no packet is present in the buffer, so we
     write the IP header of the fragment into the reassembly
     buffer. The timer is updated with the maximum age. */
  if (ip_reasstmr == 0) {
    LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG, ("ip_reass: new packet\n"));
    memcpy(iphdr, fraghdr, IP_HLEN);
    ip_reasstmr = IP_REASS_MAXAGE;
    ip_reassflags = 0;
    /* Clear the bitmap. */
    memset(ip_reassbitmap, 0, sizeof(ip_reassbitmap));
  }

  /* Check if the incoming fragment matches the one currently present
     in the reasembly buffer. If so, we proceed with copying the
     fragment into the buffer. */
  if (ip_addr_cmp(&iphdr->src, &fraghdr->src) &&
      ip_addr_cmp(&iphdr->dest, &fraghdr->dest) &&
      IPH_ID(iphdr) == IPH_ID(fraghdr)) {
    LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG, ("ip_reass: matching previous fragment ID=%"X16_F"\n",
      ntohs(IPH_ID(fraghdr))));
    IPFRAG_STATS_INC(ip_frag.cachehit);
    /* Find out the offset in the reassembly buffer where we should
       copy the fragment. */
    len = ntohs(IPH_LEN(fraghdr)) - IPH_HL(fraghdr) * 4;
    offset = (ntohs(IPH_OFFSET(fraghdr)) & IP_OFFMASK) * 8;

    /* If the offset or the offset + fragment length overflows the
       reassembly buffer, we discard the entire packet. */
    if ((offset > IP_REASS_BUFSIZE) || ((offset + len) > IP_REASS_BUFSIZE)) {
      LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
       ("ip_reass: fragment outside of buffer (%"S16_F":%"S16_F"/%"S16_F").\n", offset,
        offset + len, IP_REASS_BUFSIZE));
      ip_reasstmr = 0;
      snmp_inc_ipreasmfails();
      goto nullreturn;
    }

    /* Copy the fragment into the reassembly buffer, at the right
       offset. */
    LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
     ("ip_reass: copying with offset %"S16_F" into %"S16_F":%"S16_F"\n", offset,
      IP_HLEN + offset, IP_HLEN + offset + len));
    i = IPH_HL(fraghdr) * 4;
    copy_from_pbuf(p, &i, &ip_reassbuf[IP_HLEN + offset], len);

    /* Update the bitmap. */
    if (offset / (8 * 8) == (offset + len) / (8 * 8)) {
      LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
       ("ip_reass: updating single byte in bitmap.\n"));
      /* If the two endpoints are in the same byte, we only update that byte. */
      LWIP_ASSERT("offset / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap)",
                   offset / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap));
      ip_reassbitmap[offset / (8 * 8)] |=
        bitmap_bits[(offset / 8) & 7] &
        ~bitmap_bits[((offset + len) / 8) & 7];
    } else {
      /* If the two endpoints are in different bytes, we update the
         bytes in the endpoints and fill the stuff inbetween with
         0xff. */
      LWIP_ASSERT("offset / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap)",
                   offset / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap));
      ip_reassbitmap[offset / (8 * 8)] |= bitmap_bits[(offset / 8) & 7];
      LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
       ("ip_reass: updating many bytes in bitmap (%"S16_F":%"S16_F").\n",
        1 + offset / (8 * 8), (offset + len) / (8 * 8)));
      for (i = 1 + offset / (8 * 8); i < (offset + len) / (8 * 8); ++i) {
        ip_reassbitmap[i] = 0xff;
      }
      LWIP_ASSERT("(offset + len) / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap)",
                   (offset + len) / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap));
      ip_reassbitmap[(offset + len) / (8 * 8)] |=
        ~bitmap_bits[((offset + len) / 8) & 7];
    }

    /* If this fragment has the More Fragments flag set to zero, we
       know that this is the last fragment, so we can calculate the
       size of the entire packet. We also set the
       IP_REASS_FLAG_LASTFRAG flag to indicate that we have received
       the final fragment. */

    if ((ntohs(IPH_OFFSET(fraghdr)) & IP_MF) == 0) {
      ip_reassflags |= IP_REASS_FLAG_LASTFRAG;
      ip_reasslen = offset + len;
      LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
       ("ip_reass: last fragment seen, total len %"S16_F"\n",
        ip_reasslen));
    }

    /* Finally, we check if we have a full packet in the buffer. We do
       this by checking if we have the last fragment and if all bits
       in the bitmap are set. */
    if (ip_reassflags & IP_REASS_FLAG_LASTFRAG) {
      /* Check all bytes up to and including all but the last byte in
         the bitmap. */
      LWIP_ASSERT("ip_reasslen / (8 * 8) - 1 < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap)",
                   ip_reasslen / (8 * 8) - 1 < ((u16_t) sizeof(ip_reassbitmap)));
      for (i = 0; i < ip_reasslen / (8 * 8) - 1; ++i) {
        if (ip_reassbitmap[i] != 0xff) {
          LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
           ("ip_reass: last fragment seen, bitmap %"S16_F"/%"S16_F" failed (%"X16_F")\n",
            i, ip_reasslen / (8 * 8) - 1, ip_reassbitmap[i]));
          goto nullreturn;
        }
      }
      /* Check the last byte in the bitmap. It should contain just the
         right amount of bits. */
      LWIP_ASSERT("ip_reasslen / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap)",
                   ip_reasslen / (8 * 8) < sizeof(ip_reassbitmap));
      if (ip_reassbitmap[ip_reasslen / (8 * 8)] !=
        (u8_t) ~ bitmap_bits[ip_reasslen / 8 & 7]) {
         LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
          ("ip_reass: last fragment seen, bitmap %"S16_F" didn't contain %"X16_F" (%"X16_F")\n",
        ip_reasslen / (8 * 8), ~bitmap_bits[ip_reasslen / 8 & 7],
        ip_reassbitmap[ip_reasslen / (8 * 8)]));
        goto nullreturn;
      }

      /* Pretend to be a "normal" (i.e., not fragmented) IP packet
         from now on. */
      ip_reasslen += IP_HLEN;

      IPH_LEN_SET(iphdr, htons(ip_reasslen));
      IPH_OFFSET_SET(iphdr, 0);
      IPH_CHKSUM_SET(iphdr, 0);
      IPH_CHKSUM_SET(iphdr, inet_chksum(iphdr, IP_HLEN));

      /* If we have come this far, we have a full packet in the
         buffer, so we allocate a pbuf and copy the packet into it. We
         also reset the timer. */
      ip_reasstmr = 0;
      pbuf_free(p);
      p = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, ip_reasslen, PBUF_POOL);
      if (p != NULL) {
        i = 0;
        for (q = p; q != NULL; q = q->next) {
          /* Copy enough bytes to fill this pbuf in the chain. The
             available data in the pbuf is given by the q->len variable. */
          LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
           ("ip_reass: memcpy from %p (%"S16_F") to %p, %"S16_F" bytes\n",
            (void *)&ip_reassbuf[i], i, q->payload,
            q->len > ip_reasslen - i ? ip_reasslen - i : q->len));
          memcpy(q->payload, &ip_reassbuf[i],
            q->len > ip_reasslen - i ? ip_reasslen - i : q->len);
          i += q->len;
        }
        IPFRAG_STATS_INC(ip_frag.fw);
        snmp_inc_ipreasmoks();
      } else {
        LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG,
          ("ip_reass: pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, ip_reasslen=%"U16_F", PBUF_POOL) failed\n", ip_reasslen));
        IPFRAG_STATS_INC(ip_frag.memerr);
        snmp_inc_ipreasmfails();
      }
      LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG, ("ip_reass: p %p\n", (void*)p));
      return p;
    }
  }

nullreturn:
  IPFRAG_STATS_INC(ip_frag.drop);
  pbuf_free(p);
  return NULL;
}

static u8_t buf[MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(IP_FRAG_MAX_MTU)];

/**
 * Fragment an IP datagram if too large for the netif.
 *
 * Chop the datagram in MTU sized chunks and send them in order
 * by using a fixed size static memory buffer (PBUF_ROM)
 */
err_t
ip_frag(struct pbuf *p, struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *dest)
{
  struct pbuf *rambuf;
  struct pbuf *header;
  struct ip_hdr *iphdr;
  u16_t nfb = 0;
  u16_t left, cop;
  u16_t mtu = netif->mtu;
  u16_t ofo, omf;
  u16_t last;
  u16_t poff = IP_HLEN;
  u16_t tmp;

  /* Get a RAM based MTU sized pbuf */
  rambuf = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, 0, PBUF_REF);
  if (rambuf == NULL) {
    LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG, ("ip_frag: pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, 0, PBUF_REF) failed\n"));
    return ERR_MEM;
  }
  rambuf->tot_len = rambuf->len = mtu;
  rambuf->payload = MEM_ALIGN((void *)buf);

  /* Copy the IP header in it */
  iphdr = rambuf->payload;
  memcpy(iphdr, p->payload, IP_HLEN);

  /* Save original offset */
  tmp = ntohs(IPH_OFFSET(iphdr));
  ofo = tmp & IP_OFFMASK;
  omf = tmp & IP_MF;

  left = p->tot_len - IP_HLEN;

  while (left) {
    last = (left <= mtu - IP_HLEN);

    /* Set new offset and MF flag */
    ofo += nfb;
    tmp = omf | (IP_OFFMASK & (ofo));
    if (!last)
      tmp = tmp | IP_MF;
    IPH_OFFSET_SET(iphdr, htons(tmp));

    /* Fill this fragment */
    nfb = (mtu - IP_HLEN) / 8;
    cop = last ? left : nfb * 8;

    p = copy_from_pbuf(p, &poff, (u8_t *) iphdr + IP_HLEN, cop);

    /* Correct header */
    IPH_LEN_SET(iphdr, htons(cop + IP_HLEN));
    IPH_CHKSUM_SET(iphdr, 0);
    IPH_CHKSUM_SET(iphdr, inet_chksum(iphdr, IP_HLEN));

    if (last)
      pbuf_realloc(rambuf, left + IP_HLEN);
    /* This part is ugly: we alloc a RAM based pbuf for
     * the link level header for each chunk and then
     * free it.A PBUF_ROM style pbuf for which pbuf_header
     * worked would make things simpler.
     */
    header = pbuf_alloc(PBUF_LINK, 0, PBUF_RAM);
    if (header != NULL) {
      pbuf_chain(header, rambuf);
      netif->output(netif, header, dest);
      IPFRAG_STATS_INC(ip_frag.xmit);
      snmp_inc_ipfragcreates();
      pbuf_free(header);
    } else {
      LWIP_DEBUGF(IP_REASS_DEBUG, ("ip_frag: pbuf_alloc() for header failed\n"));
      pbuf_free(rambuf);
      return ERR_MEM;
    }
    left -= cop;
  }
  pbuf_free(rambuf);
  snmp_inc_ipfragoks();
  return ERR_OK;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Well, sort of. The US Congress ruled in 2011 that the amount of tomato paste in pizza sauce meant that pizzas could be counted as a vegetable and included in school lunch programs as one of the little 'uns five-a-day. Nice one, America.
And it's literally called the 'Pizza theorem'. Used in elementary geometry, the pizza theorem allows you to work out the equality of two areas that arise when you partition a disc in a certain way. It's called the pizza theorem because it mimics the technique traditionally used to divvy up pizza into slices. It's also pretty complicated, so we won't get too muddled into the dark number-y underbelly of it all. But basically: if two people were to split a pizza sliced in a manner according to the nitty gritty of this theorem, taking alternating slices as they go along, then they would each get an equal amount of pizza by the end. Which is the just the sort of maths we can get behind.
A recent survey of 2,000 adults in the UK, commissioned by PerfectHome, found that 45% of the Brits surveyed said that they would choose pizza over all other types of cuisine when ordering a takeaway. That statistic increases to 50% when narrowed down to just London, underlining the capital's unrelenting passion for all things pizza.
Yes, as if Hawaiian pizza wasn't controversial enough, it turns out that it's name is also somewhat more than a little misleading. In fact, it's just a blatant lie, really. Located a hell of a long way from Honolulu, Greek-Canadian Sam Panopoulos is the man who is regularly cited as having created the world's first Hawaiian pizza at his Ontario Satellite Restaurant back in 1962. The savoury and sweet topping has since gone on to cause endless pizza party debates over the decades.
Everything is bigger in Texas. Even the pizza. The Moontower Pizza Bar in the Texas town of Burlson has claimed the record for the world's largest pizza commercially available with its nearly 2m long cheese-topped construction. Dubbed 'The Bus' because of its overwhelming size, the pizza measures in at 1.98m² and is cooked in a rotating oven for a mere half hour before its then placed in a custom-made box and sent out for order. The Bus costs roughly £230, includes a single topping and requires a 48 hour notice before you want it delivered. Which is pretty fair, to be honest. I mean, it's the sort of pizza that could feed an entire village. Just maybe not a Texan one.
The written word "pizza" first appeared in a Latin text from a little Italian town in 997 AD. The text apparently stated that a tenant of a particular property was required to give the bishop of the town twelve pizzas every Christmas Day, and another twelve every Easter Sunday. That sounds like a pretty sweet deal for the bishop to us.
The future is now, people, and it's coming in delicious printed food form. Tech startup BeeHex has been harnessing technology to 3D-print pizza. Funded by a $125,000 grant from NASA in 2016, the printer's intended purpose was to create a way for astronauts to make their own personal pizzas while out on missions. The nifty little robot can 3D-print and bake a pizza in six minutes, making the robot uprising only all the more inevitable.


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Floating or sinking?
The Argentine peso fell sharply when trading started in the newly floated currency, following the abandonment of the dual exchange-rate system that had temporarily replaced the dollar peg. Floating the peso is a central element in the government's efforts to bring the country's economic and political crisis under control. But even if calm is eventually restored to the foreign exchange markets, economic recovery is a long way off
Duhalde faces a daunting task
WATCHING the inevitable can sometimes be an uncomfortable experience: and so it was for most Argentines when the peso was finally floated on Monday February 11th. As trading got under way, the peso sank (in spite of central bank intervention): not surprising in view of the economic and financial crisis facing Argentina, but still a painful development for citizens watching the value of their assets shrink. For more than ten years, the peso was fixed by law at par with the American dollar. That link was finally abandoned last December. The subsequent temporary dual exchange-rate has now gone as well; and the peso's international value is significantly less than half the level of a few weeks ago.
Painful it may be: but the sharp depreciation of the peso is widely seen as an essential prerequisite of economic recovery. Not that there can be much hope of any early improvement in the lot of the average Argentine. The country is now in its fifth year of recession and unemployment is reckoned to be around 20%, perhaps more. When President Eduardo Duhalde took power on January 1st, he was the country's fifth president in a fortnight. His task was, initially, to stop the economic and political crisis worsening; and then, to take a grip on the enormous problems facing Latin America's largest economy.
After making some rash—and hastily abandoned—promises, Mr Duhalde's government has at last come up with an economic plan that at least begins to tackle some of the most pressing challenges. But it is, perhaps inevitably, risky; and the greatest risk of all, in the short term at least, is the decision to float the peso. When they met in Ottawa at the weekend, the finance ministers of the G7 gave a cautious welcome to Mr Duhalde's reform plans, but talked about them as being a first step and thus implying that more would be expected from Buenos Aires before anyone got their chequebooks out.
More than any other factor, it was the refusal of the now-disgraced government of President Fernando de la Rua (forced out of office in December) to contemplate devaluation that precipitated the current crisis. The early benefits of the 1991 convertibility law, which established the currency board and, in effect, prevented the central bank from printing money, had been substantial. Hyperinflation was quickly brought down from over 3000%. But as the dollar appreciated in the late 1990s, the peg turned into a straitjacket for Argentina. Government spending rose, and so too did government borrowing, on a scale that was clearly unsustainable in the long-term. Interest rates rose, prices and wages fell. The economy slumped: it is now in its fourth successive year of recession. Something clearly had to give. In the end it was the currency board and the government—and the country's large government debt. (Argentina's default was the largest sovereign-debt default in history.)
Mr Duhalde inherited a freeze on most bank deposits, put in place in a last desperate attempt to save the currency peg. The public outrage at the freeze was what toppled Mr de la Rua but, for the time being, many of the restrictions remain in place to prevent a run on the banking system. The government's recovery plan, announced by Jorge Remes Lenicov, the economy minister, on February 3rd, involves both floating the peso and transforming a largely dollarised economy into one that must work in pesos. Originally, Mr Duhalde had rashly promised to repay dollar savings in dollars while converting the banks' dollar loans into pesos. Under the new plan, dollar loans will be turned into pesos at par. But dollar savings will be converted at a rate of 1.4 pesos to the dollar, and will then be indexed to inflation. The banks themselves will be compensated for their losses with government bonds.
On paper, the government is committed to tight monetary and fiscal policies, which should be the necessary accompaniment to freeing the peso. The central bank will print no more than 3.5 billion pesos this year. The budget, announced on February 5th and now being debated in Congress, is austere: it maintains the 13% cut in public-sector wages and pensions imposed last year; increases spending only on emergency help for the poor; and forecasts a fiscal deficit of 3 billion pesos, down from 10 billion pesos (then $10 billion) last year.
But the central bank lacks genuine independence and an inflation target. The government may find the easiest way to stick to its budget is to let inflation reduce the value of spending. It has also put off much-needed structural reform of provincial-government finances, a commitment made by the previous government to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a condition of its loan agreements. But Mr Duhalde has now announced sweeping constitutional changes, which include replacing the current presidential system with a parliamentary democracy.
After his short-lived dalliance with isolationist talk, Mr Duhalde and his government seem committed to engaging with the IMF. They need the IMF's help and Mr Remes expressed disappointment on February 6th that the Fund had offered little in the way of public support for the government's economic plan. But the government is in contact with the Fund, whose officials have been in Buenos Aires. Mr Remes is due in Washington, DC, on February 12th, though the Fund has stressed that, as yet, no talks are planned on specific new loans.
The IMF is acutely conscious that the finger of blame is already pointing at it for failing to prevent the crisis in Argentina
But there is another broader reason for the IMF's current softly-softly approach. The Fund is acutely conscious that the finger of blame is already pointing at it for failing to prevent the crisis in Argentina. After all, it provided new financial assistance as recently as last August. Some critics have asked why it did not urge more radical reform on Buenos Aires. The IMF is always in a dilemma in such crises. If it provides help to a country whose policies are insufficient, in the Fund's view, to stabilise the economy, it is failing its duty to member governments and, ultimately, the taxpayers around the world who underwrite its resources. But if it withholds support, it risks driving the target economy into an even deeper slump, for which it will surely get the blame.
That dilemma will endure. But improvements can be made. The Argentine crisis has already strengthened calls for a better international early-warning system. And the Ottawa meeting endorsed the idea of a better system for more orderly sovereign-debt restructurings. This is an issue recently raised by the IMF's first deputy managing director, Anne Krueger. Such reforms will not help Argentina. But they may help others to draw lessons from the latest emerging-market crisis.


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Mariya Matveyevna Stepanova (Russian: Мария Матвеевна Степанова) (1811 or 1816 – 1903) was a Russian opera singer who created the leading soprano roles in A Life for the Tsar, Ruslan and Lyudmila, and Dmitry Donskoy.

Stepanova was born into a family of musicians active in the Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg. She initially studied to be ballet dancer and was then trained in singing by Catterino Cavos. She made her operatic debut in 1835 and the following year created the role of Antonida in Glinka's A Life for the Tsar. She sang with the Imperial Opera at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in Saint Petersburg until 1846 and then at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow until 1855 when she retired from the stage. During that time, she periodically returned to perform in Saint Petersburg where she created the role of Ksenia in Anton Rubinstein's Dmitry Donskoy in 1852.

Stepanova died in Saint Petersburg in 1903 and is buried in the city's Novodevichy Cemetery.

References

1903 deaths
1810s births
19th-century women opera singers from the Russian Empire
Russian operatic sopranos
Singers from Saint Petersburg
Sopranos from the Russian Empire
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
Year of birth uncertain

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Businesses run on information! The more accurate, timely and credible that information is, the easier it will be for the organization to be successful.
In most organizations, information is spread across systems that support different functions—accounting, purchasing, manufacturing, engineering, maintenance operations, sales and marketing, and distribution to name a few.
Historically, the way differing systems treat the same data elements—customer name and numbers, part numbers, etc.—has been a serious hindrance to delivering quality information across the enterprise. This resulted in problems such as duplicate, out-of-date and inaccurate data, confusion as to which system should be the control point for which data element, and the inability to reconcile information across systems.
Master Data Management: What is it, why's it good?
Reporting and analytics are more consistent and credible for customer service and decision making.
MDM is an ongoing process—not a one-time project. It comprises enterprise level policies, processes and tools to define and manage the organization's critical data in a single "master file". The intent of MDM is to ensure that data can be shared easily and consistently between all appropriate personnel and departments.
Of course, no enterprise exists in a vacuum and neither can MDM. Any definition of master data must take into account the needs of external organizations—suppliers, customers, channel partners, etc. In many cases, there has been progress guided by external forces—trade organizations, regulatory bodies, and consumer 'super powers', etc. The Universal Product Code (UPC) is just one example of a singular data definition.
What Does MDM Mean For MRO?
Unfortunately for many, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) has received very little attention when it comes to data management. Since there are few common standards to use, you are at the mercy of your distributor as the "gatekeeper" of your MRO data definitions.
The cross-reference of available material to replace the product supplied.
While your distributor is probably a trusted and reliable business partner, your MDM needs are surely low on their list of priorities.
You need to take control of your own MRO master data definitions, if you are to ensure that the data usage requirements of all your departments are met. Only in this way can you reach your goals for better customer service, fewer maverick stockpiles of inventory, and increased classification accuracy—ultimately leading to a reduced cost of doing business.
So who replaces the distributor as the gatekeeper for your MRO master data definition?
Experience shows that MDM for MRO must have two owners: Maintenance Operations, and Procurement. The rationale is that maintenance and reliability needs are different from—but of equal importance to—the requirements of procurement. Also, although technology can be used to automate many of the manual tasks in creating a master data catalogue, it's not appropriate that the overall process be owned by your IT or ERP group.
So Maintenance Operations and Procurement must come together—with relevant tools and domain expertise—to ensure the uniformity, accuracy, and consistency of shared master data to optimize supply and minimize risk.
Remember that there is no single accepted solution or set of standards for master data management for MRO. So you need to define your goals clearly. This is important, because you will probably use a partner who has the specialized tools to handle data cleansing. They'll be ready to assist you, but you'll need to tell them exactly what you're trying to accomplish—and what success looks like to you!
Now, sourcing may seem to be an unusual item for data cleaning and enhancement. But experience shows that the ability to efficiently source and acquire MRO components will be the true measure of MDM success. Too many times we have seen MDM projects, where the focus has been on the ability to find and manage MRO inventories, with little attention on the ability to procure. This 'oversight' is only exposed when a critical component is required, and we come to find that the item is no longer available or obsolete!
You should consider MDM for MRO to be part of an ongoing, defined process—with standards and workflows—to ensure that the data requirements of all interested parties are served. Your process should contain the necessary quality controls to ensure that no shortcuts are taken to serve one stakeholder to the detriment of others.
This is NOT a one-time cleanup to be handled by a third party, without direction. MDM for MRO is an ongoing methodology, with clear internal definition of the needs, rules, and requirements that define success, and the participation of all stakeholders.
If you adhere to this guidance, then you will be able to regain control of MRO, no longer being held hostage by its data, and you can achieve your objectives for MRO savings.
Lack of, or poor, taxonomy.
It's our experience that the biggest challenges will arise from the stewardship of data. This means the focus is typically on standards rather than use—leading to poor customer service, maverick inventories, inaccurate classification, and ultimately, a higher cost of doing business.
SDI can be the trusted advisor to coordinate MDM efforts between your Maintenance, Operations and Procurement and ensure a unified view of your enterprise data that is consistent with all stakeholder requirements.
As-a-service, SDI can cleanse your data and prepare it for upload into your systems. Or, as part of a customized solution, we can implement it to improve other aspects of your MRO supply chain. We can also help utilize data for identifying parts that are repairable, and facilitating the repair process and related logistics.
What Benefits Should You Expect?
Based on our experience with data management for MRO programs, you should see benefits across your entire MRO process. In addition to clarity, leverage, compliance and savings, a coordinated MDM program will result in reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable assets and throughput.
So what benefits should you expect? We'll know better once we've talked to you and taken a look at your data. With our Master Data Assessment, we can undertake a fine-tooth-comb audit to determine the completeness and accuracy of your data.
You can request a Master Data Assessment on our web site. Let's discuss taking a deep dive into your data, so we can see how much opportunity you have for improvement. Once we know that, you can decide how to proceed!
You can manage as much of the MDM process as is right for your MRO supply chain. SDI can handle MDM as-a-service, or as part of an enterprise solution. It's your data. So it's your choice.
Contact us today for a Master Data Assessment and take your first steps to retake control of your MRO data management.


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An intercollegiate community of foreign policy writers, in collaboration with students worldwide.
Chris Newton
U.S. Policy
Federal Pushback on Blackwater
This Wednesday, four former private security guards were sentenced for various counts of voluntary and attempted manslaughter with a count of murder for their role in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis and wounded nearly 20 others. These men were all American contractors under the private military company (PMC) Blackwater USA (now dubbed Academi), and were hired by the State Department to protect American diplomats at the height of the Iraq War. The conviction of these contractors not only represents the end of a long battle by victims, witnesses, and federal prosecutors to hold these men accountable for their actions, but also indicates a shift in the relationship between the U.S. military and the PMCs it hires. Prosecutors have begun to rein in the agency of security companies under the patronage of the government, and in doing so have sent a clear message necessitating an adherence to the "rule of law, even in times of war."
The incident that prompted this process, the massacre in Baghdad's Nisour Square, was allegedly a case of a misunderstanding that quickly and fatally escalated beyond reason. The contractors, believing they were threatened by a car bomb from an approaching vehicle in the square, fired upon the driver and a nearby policeman, killing them both. The Blackwater team, who claim to have then been fired upon by Iraqi police, responded in turn by retaliating against both the police in the square and nearby civilians, allegedly under the impression that they were under attack by disguised insurgents.
This attack incensed the Iraqi public and people across the world, prompting investigations by the FBI and reports by Iraqi authorities, the U.S. military, and the UN, among others. The FBI found that 14 of the 17 killed in the event were unnecessarily targeted, and further review by the military even suggests that none of the people killed in the fighting were legitimate targets at all. Further indicators of undue aggression on the part of Blackwater's contractors can be seen in reports by the House Oversight Committee, which note that the frequency and deadliness of Blackwater's engagements in Iraq regularly reached unacceptable levels, especially when considering the fact that Blackwater was the aggressor in over 80% of the conflicts its contractors were involved in.
The UN, however, went a step further, releasing a report in 2007 striking at the heart of what made this incident so exceptional in the first place. The panel that investigated this issue referred to the Blackwater contractors as mercenaries, a view that the U.S. military fervently opposes but must ultimately address, at least in part. The report notes that the "trend towards outsourcing and privatizing various military functions" has greatly expanded the presence of PMCs in the U.S. and elsewhere, and when considering the amount of influence that these companies have in respect to global affairs, stricter regulation becomes an obligation.
It was Blackwater contractors, after all, that were able to so profoundly impact the opinions of Iraqis on America during the infamous event in 2007. Private or not, Blackwater and PMCs like it represent American interests abroad when they are in the employ of the government. Thus, they should be expected to abide by and be held accountable to the legal standards befitting the American troops they supplement.
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No husband or wife ever wants to learn that they've been deceived by the other, the truth is, it hurts deeply. Infidelity is a topic nobody really wants to deal with but once again the truth is it happens and in order to move on with either mending your marriage or through other options, you must deal with it (the infidelity). Not dealing with it can impact your life in ways you never imagined (example: future relationships, self esteem, personal appearance, communication, job performance, personality, health, etc.).
Below are some key areas to seriously consider when dealing with infidelity in your relationship. The important thing to remember is not to make immediate life changing decisions when you're experiencing anger, betrayal, hurt, fear, or a desire for revenge. Take all the time you need to collect your thoughts, think about and if need be (pray) about your decision, seek professional or spiritual counseling, your final decision can be just as impacting as learning about your soldier's infidelity.
As crazy as it may sound, someone else has gone through infidelity and their marriage survived, so-can-yours.
Confession – you've confronted your soldier about the infidelity and he/she has come clean and confessed their wrong-doing, asked for your forgiveness and has promised to end the affair. He/she could have lied about the affair but they didn't. The fact that he/she confessed to you openly and honestly indicates that they want to right their wrong-doing.
Forgiveness – with an open and honest confession now on the table, you must now search deep within yourself to find the love and strength to forgive your soldier. The truth is we all have made mistakes and someone forgave us. If you truly and sincerely love your soldier, you too can hopefully find the power to forgive.
Communicate (talk, talk, and talk again) – communicating about what you feel to your soldier and how this situation has impacted you is absolutely crucial, if you don't talk about it, he/she will never know. The key word is talking (not shouting, swearing, threatening, pointing fingers, etc.) in a manner that your soldier can hear, feel and understand your anger, pain, and hurt.
Kids – if you have small children try to keep the home atmosphere as normal as possible. If you and your soldier need to talk, have the children play in another room or safe location where they are unable to hear your conversation. Your little ones don't understand the feelings you're going through and will often-times be emotionally effected when they see that you are stressed, upset, and/or crying. There may be times where you will need to release and that's ok and normal, perhaps taking a long walk alone would be appropriate.
Time and Healing – there is a saying time heals all wounds while there is some truth to the saying, the person who is hurting has to allow time for the healing process to be completed and it doesn't just happen overnight, it takes time. How much time? Until you feel healed. Important – the time and healing phase is not a time to beat your soldier up-side the head with their infidelity, if you need to talk about something that is bothering you, create an atmosphere for open dialogue for you and your soldier to talk, openly, honestly, and respectfully to one another. Healing from this hurt is crucial to you moving forward.
Counseling – seeking professional or spiritual guidance is ok. Everyone copes with traumatic situations differently, some cope better alone, while others need outside intervention. Whatever you do, don't feel like you're all alone and there is no one to help you. The military has marriage counseling programs for each branch of the service, to find a program for yourself, you can go online to http://www.militaryonesource.com or call their 24/7 toll free line at 1.800.342.9647. You can also contact or visit your base Chaplin.
Marriage Recovery – the big question, do you mend the marriage or leave it? Hopefully there is a chance to mend it but the end decision is ultimately yours to make. Whatever your decision, take all that you've gone through as a learning experience. A marriage is like a long-term stock investment, it's going to endure some turbulent times, but in the end if it's a good stock, it's going to bounce back and chances are you're going to have more after it recovers than you did when you initially invested.
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Central Children's Home is an orphanage that was established in 1883. It is the second oldest children's home in NC and the oldest black orphanage in the US. In 2000, NC34's leadership project involved painting buildings, landscaping, installing a playground, repairing a fountain and sidewalks, and engaging children in painting murals. Budget: $57,000.
In July 2011, WorldLegacy's NC129 leadership team chose this orphanage for their project. This was an extreme makeover of a cottage as well as a monetary contribution for the day-to-day operation of the orphanage. This leadership project created the following: $10,000 for day to day purchasing of groceries and supplies, appliances (two sets of washers and dryers) ten beds, mattresses and linens, six dressers, chests, desks, and chairs. For the sitting/game room, they provided two couches, four chairs, a coffee table, two end tables, two new TVs and a piano bench. There were major repairs of the cottage including carpeting in over ten rooms, twenty-three blinds, drywall, painting over twelve rooms, and four new computers. Budget: $40,000.
In 2015, NC152 caused an amazing project at the Central Children's Home in Oxford, NC. Their mission was to inspire the young men currently living in the McDougle Cottage as well as the boys who have yet to move in. They created a space that would feel like home. They refurnished six bedrooms with new bedding, blinds and hampers. They painted accent walls in each bedroom and added inspirational quotes to those walls. They supplied three bathrooms with new towels, shower curtains and towel racks. They created a five-person computer lab in a multi-purpose recreation room, complete with desks, chairs, and internet access. They painted an original mural in the multi-purpose recreation room along with the youth who lived in the orphanage.They furnished the living room area with a large flat screen TV, DVD player, and DVDs. Budget: $30,000.
Central Children's Home – Masonic Home for Children – COVID 19
In March, 2020, WorldLegacy NC181 caused an amazing project at the Central Children's Home in Oxford, NC at the exact time that COVID 19 was gaining momentum in the United States.
With vision and commitment anything is possible, even in the time of COVID-19. WorldLegacy's NC181 Leadership Team, provided everything necessary for the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford, NC (MHCO) to have an extreme makeover of the boy's living quarters. Originally, eleven people from all over the world were going to paint eight bedrooms and create a fully functional and beautiful game room and a storage room during the weekend of March 20 – 22nd, 2020. In addition, the team was donating new bedding for the bedrooms, all the paint, new window treatments, ceiling tiles, gaming equipment, furniture, TVs, shelving, and inspirational artwork for each room. This project was driven by a vision to leave a lasting gift to these children and have them get that they matter.
When WorldLegacy received the call that the MHCO was closed to non-essential people, the administration assumed the project would be cancelled. Throughout their Leadership training, NC181 Leadership experienced achieving "impossible results" and how a great team can have a huge impact on the lives of others. Obstacles are just opportunities to play an even bigger game. The project was not cancelled. NC181 Leadership chose to complete everything required for the extreme makeover by March 22nd, except for painting the rooms and the final installation of the furnishings. In addition, the team chose to raise $5000.00 so that MHCO could hire painters when the Home was reopened.
WorldLegacy NC181 Leadership has a vision of a connected world filled with responsible and courageous people. They are committed to a world where children grow up believing in possibility and that they matter. During the weekend, without any of the children knowing, a team of angels prepared for a future surprise. Little did they know it would be an entire year before the team was allowed to deliver everything to the orphanage. NC181 Leadership is committed to creating a space where children, who cannot live with their biological families, feel like they are valuable, are loved, and have a home.
The list of items the team procured in one weekend and delivered one year later is as follows: complete painting supplies, 24 gallons of premium paint, five commercial grade wire shelves, 16 heavy duty storage bins with lids, two 40 inch. 4K HDR TVs with stands, one XBOX, three Xbox games, two big and tall racing style gaming chairs, solid wood coffee table, area rug, six foot brown leather couch, sixteen twin sheet sets 550 thread count, seventeen cordless blinds, eight pillows and comforters, posters for each room, and ceiling tiles.
Budget: $24,490.
WorldLegacy Project: Santa arrives early at children's home
By Artelia Covington
OXFORD – With Christmas just around the corner, Santa and his elves arrived early for the Central Children's Home in Oxford. The WorldLegacy of Chapel Hill gave the home a new playground and some much-needed landscaping.Starting in mid-September, the WorldLegacy's members spent their Saturdays for 10 weeks working at the home. Besides the playground and landscaping, they repaired a fountain in front of the home's chapel and did some painting.
"I loved those times," said Stewart Wilde, a participant. "The kids would come out while we were working. They were so happy to see us and would even work with us."
The group wanted to show the home's children that they, too, can make a difference in someone's life.
I think it gave them a sense of satisfaction that they helped make this all work," said Wilde.
The WorldLegacy provides seminars or workshops offering professional training for young people. About 30 people belong to it.
"I got involved in the program because, while I considered myself to be successful, I wanted to get better," said Wilde.
The Central Children's Home, on West Antioch Road near Oxford, was founded in 1883, making it the second oldest children's home in Oxford, after the Masonic Home for Children. The Central Children's Home is on 345 acres and includes five cottages, an administration building, a gymnasium, dining hall, a chapel, and 24 acres of farmland.
At its beginning, the home was supported primarily by Baptist churches, Sunday schools and private donations. In 1887, the state began providing some funding.
Now, the home's two largest contributors are the General Baptist State Convention and the state. The home also receives money from the Duke Endowment Fund.
The home currently serves 42 children ages 4 to 18. It can serve as many as 56 children. Most of the children are from adoptions that failed and who are in foster care. Others are placed there by the Granville County Department of Social Services to protect them from abuse or neglect.
The staff of 35 includes social workers, counselors and administrators. Two resident advisers live with the children in cottages.
"We hope that people will understand that while there are things that the children may need as far as material possessions, we give them all the love and nurturing that they need," said Michael Alston, the home's executive director.
Wilde echoed Alston.
"The Central Children's Home had very little in terms of things, but the kids were happy, and it was obvious that they were loved," he said. The WorldLegacy held a party at the home to celebrate when the project was completed in November. The children created murals and other artwork on the playground. "The kids wrote a rap song in celebration of the completion of the project," Wilde said. Alston said that the group plans to come back and complete other projects including a volleyball court and a pavilion.
Reprinted from The Herald-Sun, (Durham, NC)
One Giant World of WorldLegacy Givers
As a member of WorldLegacy's NC129 Leadership Team, I was part of an absolutely amazing team project! We sourced a children's home that needed many repairs as well as love. The "meat" of the project was completed before we stepped foot on the property by enrolling others in our vision and collecting donations, both monetary and in kind. By the first day of the project we had 2000 sq. ft of carpet and a professional crew of people to install it, 20 gallons of paint, $7000 in IKEA furniture, $6000 toward our goal of $10k to be used by the home for groceries, three computers, an artist to paint a beautiful mural, volunteers to help us complete and food to make them happy! Working as a team the remaining items came naturally and our project was complete on time in excellence! With the vision in mind for the girls we were making a difference for, it was simple. We knew these girls mattered and are going to make a huge difference in the world and now they know it too! This WorldLegacy project has forever changed my life! Sarah H. Adams
The Children and staff at the Central Children Home of North Carolina, 211 W Antioch, Oxford, NC, are receiving an extreme makeover this weekend! Members of the NC129 Leadership Team from the WorldLegacy in Morrisville, NC are partnering with the local community and a number of local retailers such as Lowes, to create a new, beautifully decorated living and working space for the children they serve. This project is a part of their three-month leadership development program at the WorldLegacy. This extreme makeover will include carpeting, new furniture, bedding, televisions, computers, painting, window treatments and repairs to make their space fabulous, and much more!
What makes this project unique is that the WorldLegacy Leadership team must design the project start to finish, cannot use any of their own money, must involve the community to do 75% the work and need to have it complete in two days.
This facility chosen for this project provides a safe environment for the children who would otherwise be at risk as they play and learn necessary life skills. This project helps to keep these children in a safe and nurturing environment, far away from the probable likelihood of being abandoned or left alone and in harms way. The NC129 Leadership Team requests your help to make this project possible this weekend, July 23rd and 24th, 2011.
This is your opportunity to give back to the community and make a difference. Volunteers, monetary and in-kind donations are requested. The refurbished facility will send a powerful message to these children that they matter, are loved and are valued.
Project Dates:
Saturday, July 23, 2011 – 8:00 AM start time
Sunday, July 24, 2011 – 8:00 AM start time
A team of leaders representing WorldLegacy have come together and taken a stand to make a difference in the world. Our diverse group of empowering leaders, from several regions of the United States and Canada, decided to focus on the domain families for our team's community project and identified the Central Children's Home of North Carolina (CCH-NC) as a place where we can make an impact and difference in the world starting in North Carolina.
About Central Children's Home of North Carolina
CCH-NC provides family centered services, via an appropriate period of residential group care for children and youth from age 9 – 21. These children cannot remain in their own homes due to substance dependency, neglect or abuse. By providing a wholesome atmosphere conducive to their emotional, educational, social, spiritual and physical growth and development CCH promotes positive family functioning and/or independent living.
Details of the Project
As members of our own respective communities throughout the US and Canada, we understand the essential component of a community is FAMILY. When children and families are healthy, well cared for and shown love and support their self-esteem and self-worth improve, which ultimately creates a strong community foundation.
Our WorldLegacy Leadership team, known as NC129, is committed to creating an empowering environment for the children of Central Children's Home by providing upgrades and improvements to Bryant Cottage, the campus' girl's cottage.
To create this environment we are asking for support in the following areas: volunteers to donate their time, skills, and talents; monetary donations for one year of groceries and supplies; equipment and household items to include washers and dryers, televisions, bedroom furniture, lounge furniture and computers; and home improvement materials and labor to include carpet, drywall and paint. We will also need food and beverages on the actual work days to keep our volunteers in good health as they work!
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Machangding (), established during Japanese rule in Taipei, Taiwan. It originally had training grounds and horse riding activities, hence the name.

It was west of , near the region of today's Wanhua District, south shore, near the Xindian Creek and Youth Park (青年公園, originally a training ground). Since it is also close to Songshan Airport and was used for airport training, it was also known as "Taihoku South Airport" (; closed in 1949).

During the White Terror (ca. 1947–1987), the waterfront area became an execution ground. People executed in the area include Chen Yi. It is now designated the Machangding Memorial Park. In the past,  Xindian Line had a , but after World War II was renamed to .

Persons executed here
Chen Yi
Song Feiru (宋斐如)
Huang Wengong (黃溫恭)

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Q: Presentation of dates sent over JSON in Single Page Applications I'm developing a single page application using backbone.js, mustache and jquery for the front end and Groovy on Grails for the backend.  My app needs to show some dates to the user in the interface (exact dates formatted according to the user's locale rather than "30 days ago" or whatever), and all data is sent to the UI using JSON with the dates encoded in ISO 8601 standard.
However when I need to show a date on screen i'm not sure of the best way of going about this, should I use javascript to convert the date to something human readable?  And how do I get the user's locale and work out what the date format is?  Is there a good library to do this?  Another approach would be to include the date in the JSON twice, once using ISO8601 and another human-readable given the locale in the request header.
Just wondered if other people have tackled this and what your final solutions were.  Cheers.

A: If you really need to send ISO8601 (like you use this representation somewhere), you probably need to create your own, custom solution (no cross-browser formatting method in native JavaScript exists).
There is a JQuery Globalization plugin which will allow you to format dates correctly but I didn't have time to look into it, so I am not sure what is its input.
On the other hand, if you don't have to do anything to dates maybe sending out already formatted dates would be a good idea (it is certainly easier to implement)...

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Who love Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean here?
I have been such a big fan of Johnny Depp since I don't know when.
Perhaps way back before Edward Scissorhands or 21 Jump Street.
But for sure, Pirates of the Caribbean series are one of my favorite movie series with Johnny in it.
And I was super lucky to get to the set of the first movie, Pirates of the Caribbean - the Curse of the Black Pearl, when I visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines in May 2017.
I know it's been almost a year now but I haven't really shared the stories.
Wallilabou Bay, that's the name of the Bay that has been used as the set of Port Royal. Remember the scene when Elizabeth Swann was kidnapped by the pirates, Pintel and Ragetti, from her father's mansion? Also when Jack Sparrow was jailed and later on helped by Will Turner to escape? Or when Jack Sparrow was about to hang in one of the arch stones in Port Royal, where you saw lines of hanged pirates' skeletons in the beginning of the movie? Those are some of the scenes made in this very Bay.
When I heard that Wallilabou Bay was used as the movie set of the first movie of the Pirates of the Caribbean, I didn't think twice in deciding to go here, even after spending my whole morning till lunch time swimming and snorkeling in Bequai. Being Johnny Depp's huge fan, I felt like I have to see this place!
So as soon as I got out of the ferry which took me from Bequai, I called our rented taxi to pick us up and take me to the Bay. My friend Tina, who went to Bequai with me, was tired and wanted to go back to the hotel directly, so I went to the Bay myself.
It took me around 40 minutes to go here from the port in Kingstown, St. Vincent, where I took the ferry to and from Bequai. Along the way, as we drove up to the mountainous area and down to the Bay, the view was fantastic. We passed a great view here and there as we climbed up just to go down to the bay area.
And as we arrived, it was only me there!
With two pirates standing tall at the gate.
Felt like having this bay for myself.
So, besides meeting Pirates of the Caribbean at Wallilabou Bay, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, you will also enjoy the breathtaking view.
That's the first thing that stole my attention.
The clear blue sky, crystal water, glittering sun and the breeze!
Like the ones that I tried to capture on my photos.
Don't miss the 'mini museum' they have here as well.
Well, not really a museum but more like the place where they put some of the properties left from the movie set. We have some photos and mementos as well there.
They put photos of the main actors and the crew as well.
Not to forget the costumes and other properties such as coffins, old phones and Victorian home accents.
It's fun to see them there.
My driver told me that Johnny loved St. Vincent & the Grenadines so much, especially the food, that he even had one special chef from St. Vincent and the Grenadines who stayed with him after the movie was done.
Well, there is a bar near the area as well and we took some times to sip some local soda and fried finger food while enjoying the breeze.
It was a great visit to the Bay to meet Jack Sparrow!
So, if you're around and a big fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean just like me, don't miss Wallilabou Bay.
Mirip2 kepulauan seribu mbak. Aihhh itu covin property film atau beneran?
iyaaa mba Ratu...itu properti film :)..I will be afraid to see the real one..
Woow, lucky you visited all places n other things where n when the movie was done. (forget about my English, dear Indah.) The scenes were so beautiful. Btw I watched E.Scissorshands with JD in it but not The Pirates from the Carribean. I thought u took Chef from there on your back home...l.o.l.
You should watch Johny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Bundaaa..he's brilliant!
I love Jack Sparrow, lucky you can meet pirates thr carribbean and beatiful place like that. Love that.
Me! Me, love Capt. Jack Sparrow l. I named my fish Jack Sparrow as well. Haha.
How lucky you are, mba Indah. Wish I could go and visit Wallilabou Bay. Awesome!
How incredibly cool! I am definitely adding Wallilabou Bay to my travel bucket list! Looks like quite an adventurous place to explore.
I never saw the movies, but the set looks so interesting.


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Q: awk - parse text having same character in fields as delimiter Consider this source:
field1;field2;"data;data field3";field4;"data;data field5";field6
field1;"data;data field2";field3;field4;field5;"data;data field6"

As you can see, the field delimiter is being used inside certain fields, enclosed between ". I cannot directly parse with awk because there is no way of avoiding unwanted splitting, at least I haven't found a way. Moreover, those special fields have a variable position within a line and they can occur once, twice, 4 times etc.
I thought of a solution involving a pre-parsing step, where I replace the ; in those fields with a code of some sort. The problem is that sed / awk perform greedy REGEX match. So in the above example, I can only replace ; within the last field enclosed in quotes in each line.
How can I match each instance of quotes and replace the specific ; within them? I do not want to use perl or python etc.

A: Using gnu awk you can use special FPAT variable to have a regex for your fields.
You can use this command to replace all ; by | inside the double quotes:
awk -v OFS=';' -v FPAT='"[^"]*"|[^;]*' '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) gsub(/;/, "|", $i)} 1' file

field1;field2;"data|data field3";field4;"data|data field5";field6
field1;"data|data field2";field3;field4;field5;"data|data field6"

A: As an alternative to FPAT you can set the awk FS to be double quotes and then swap out your semicolon delimiter for every other field:
awk -F"\"" '{for(i=1;i<=NF;++i){ if(i%2==0) gsub(/;/, "|", $i)}} {print $0}' yourfile

Here awk is:

*

*Splitting the record by double quote (-F"\"")

*Looping through each field that it finds ({for(i=1;i<=NF;++i))

*Testing the field ordinal's mod 2 if it's 0 (if(i%2==0))

*If it's even then it swaps out the semicolons with pipes (gsub(/;/, "|", $i))

*Prints out the transformed record ({print $0})


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