The first case of this course provides an opportunity to prepare a segmented variable costing (contribution margin, behavioral) income statement and analyze the information. This is a very small company and the information may seem simplistic at first glance. Don't forget that numbers and hands-on practice best illustrate many basic accounting concepts.
The Serious Reader Company is a small online retailer operating out of a garage apartment. The owner buys books at garage sales, thrift shops, library sales, and whenever an opportunity arises. The company classifies all books into five categories based on cost of acquisition and estimated sales price. See below for details about books purchased and sold during the last year (20XX).
In addition to purchasing inventory (used books), the company incurs some operating expenses.
• Prepare a segmented variable costing (behavioral) income statement for the company in good format.
• Prepare a second variable costing statement assuming 90% of all the books in each category purchased were actually sold.
• Prepare a third variable costing statement assuming that the price is increased by 50% for all five categories (use original sales information).
• The owner enjoys the used-book business. Any suggestions as how to turn this into a full-time business venture so the owner can quit his other job? Prepare another income statement to support your idea.
Interpret the results from the computations and explain how the information is useful. Write a 4- or 5-paragraph memo to the owner of the business. Start with an introduction and end with a recommendation. Each of the four or five paragraphs should have a heading.
Short essay to comment on the questions below (use Word). Start with an introduction and end with a summary or conclusion. Use headings. Maximum length of two pages.
• Why do many organizations make the effort to prepare a different type of income statement for internal purposes?
• Variable costing is not just about preparing income statements. Provide at least three scenarios in which understanding how costs behave is useful.
Each submission should include two files: (1) An Excel file; and (2) A Word document. The Word document shows the memo first and short essay last. Assume a knowledgeable business audience and use required format and length. Individuals in business are busy and want information presented in an organized and concise manner.
You are applying for a managerial position at an innovative and rapidly growing company. This is a dynamic company that wants an individual who adds value to the organization. Managers at this company wear many hats, so the position requires managing products, people, and financial aspects of running the company.
As part of the interview process, you are required to make a presentation covering four different topics, one per module for this course.
You choose the company and the new product that you want to showcase in your presentation. It can be real or fictitious (based on an industry). This is for background purposes only. The presentation is to showcase your abilities and what you can contribute to the organization.
IBIS World (access on the Portal through the Online Classroom & Library, Additional Library Resources link) and BizStats have estimates of cost of goods sold and some other categories of operating expenses. Information about contribution margins is not available, but adding new products typically mean incurring both fixed and variable costs. Consequently, cost of goods sold is a reasonable estimate. Net operating income as a percentage of sales or some variation thereof may also be relevant if the new product is expected to contribute significantly to the bottom line. As a candidate for a position you would not have internal information available, but being resourceful and being a skilled researcher are desired traits for the position. IBIS World also has a wealth of other market statistics that may be helpful. Use listed background material and other resources as needed.
Include the following items in your presentation.
• Present an idea for a new product.
• Show some cost estimates and pricing suggestion for this product based on research.
• What approach would you use to determine selling price (for example cost plus or target costing)? It is important when choosing a design.
• Explain your rationale for the pricing approach.
• Show expectations of growth and potential profit.
Submit a PowerPoint presentation or a Word Document. A PowerPoint presentation should have no more than six slides and a Word document cannot exceed two pages. Use words, tables, and graphs to make a succinct presentation. Document all sources and provide links at the end. It is acceptable to add another slide or page to list the sources.
The Director of Annie Smith Dance Center is asking for assistance with the financial aspects of running a professional group of performers. She wants financial information presented in an easy to read format and a better understanding of the profitability of the concerts and the organization as a whole.
The Annie Smith professional group features three styles of dance concerts each year. Two of the dance concerts showcase a different genre. The third performance is a Christmas Spectacular, which is the most popular and is therefore scheduled every year. The table below provides information about expected ticket sales for the performances.
Ms. Smith has prepared a tentative schedule for the coming season. The table below also shows the type and number of performances and direct cost per type of concert.
*Examples of direct fixed costs are costumes, rehearsals, royalties, guest artist fees, choreography, and salaries of production staff, music, and wardrobe for each of the concerts. This amount does not change with the number of performances.
Variable costs associated with each performance are shown below.
• Summarize key financial information in a table as shown below.
• Use the information in the table you completed to compute the number of performances required to break even for each concert. Do not include general and administrative expenses. These are separate computations for each dance concert.
• Compute break even for the organization as a whole (include all fixed expenses) and express the result in revenues instead of the number of performances.
• Ms. Smith wants the Dance Center to generate at least $200,000 in operating profit. What level of revenues does the performance group need to achieve to meet this goal? Prepare an income statement in good format to support the computations.
• Give a recommendation about changes Ms. Smith can implement to achieve the target profit. Support your idea with computations.
Write a 4- or 5-paragraph memo to the owner of the dance center to assist her in interpreting the financial analysis. Start with an introduction and end with a recommendation. Each of the four or five paragraphs should have a heading.
Start with an introduction and end with a summary or conclusion. Use headings.
• What are some shortcomings of multi-product even analysis?
• How does demand and resource constraints affect this type of analysis.
Each submission should include two files: (1) An Excel file and (2) a Word document. The Word document shows the memo first and short essay last. Assume a knowledgeable business audience and use required format and length. Individuals in business are busy and want information presented in an organized and concise manner.
Second part of the presentation. See background information for the Module 1 SLP.
• What about special pricing for some markets or customers?
• Determination of customer profitability.
• Show effect on revenues and profitability based on stated assumptions.
• Potential advantages and disadvantages, both financial and non-financial.
Combine the submissions from prior module(s) into one file before uploading to the SLP 2 Dropbox.
Three divisions of a CMI are involved in a dispute. Division A purchases Part 101 and Division B purchases Part 201 from a third division, C. Both divisions need the parts for products that they assemble. The intercompany transactions have remained constant for several years.
Recently, outside suppliers have lowered their prices, but Division C refuses to do so. In addition, all division managers are feeling the pressure to increase profit. Managers of divisions A and B would like the flexibility to purchase the parts they need from external parties at a lower cost and increase profitability.
• Division A purchases 2,700 units of product part 101 from Division C (the supplying division) and another 1,300 units from an external supplier.
• Division B purchases 1,100 units of Part 201 from Division C and another 700 units from an external supplier.
• Note that both divisions A and B purchase the needed supplies from both the internal source and an external source at the same time.
The managers for divisions A and B are preparing a new proposal for consideration.
• Division C will continue to produce Parts 101 and 201. All of its production will be sold to Divisions A and B. No other customers are likely to be found for these products in the short term, given that supply is greater than demand in the market.
• 2,000 units from an external supplier at the market price of $900 per unit.
• 900 units from an external supplier at $1,800 per unit.
The fixed overhead for Division C is $1,200,000.
• Set up a table similar the one below to compute the difference between the current situation and the proposal for Divisions A and B.
• Compute the operating income for Division C under the current agreement and the proposed agreement.
• Is the revised agreement a good idea? Support your answer with computations.
Write a 4- or 5-paragraph memo to the division manager explaining the analysis performed. Start with an introduction and end with a recommendation. Each of the four or five paragraphs should have a heading.
Why is transfer pricing such a significant issue both from a financial and managerial perspective?
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) has a series of YouTube Videos on Trends in Management Accounting. We will continue to review and discuss some of these trends to learn about developments in this field for discussions in this course.
Comment and expand on a topic discussed in the videos and provide a real world example from the news or your own experience.
Presence during both weeks of the module and a minimum of three postings are expected, one original posting and two responses to colleagues. Minimum required participation does not guarantee a perfect score.
T&P Fashion Shops is a new chain that operates 10 stores in major malls throughout the United States. Each store manager is responsible for preparing a flexible budget for the store. T&P headquarters accumulates and analyzes the information for each store and in the aggregate.
Below is the forecast (budgeted income statement) for the Houston store showing the breakdown of fixed and variable expenses in columns two through four. The last column shows the actual results.
• Variable expenses are based on revenues and we assume that the percentage remains constant for flexible budgeting purposes.
• Fixed costs are all within the relevant range.
• Other expenses are all specific to this store. Headquarters pay for marketing and corporate overhead expenses.
1. Prepare a flexible budget and show variances for the year that passed. Indicate whether the flexible budget variances are favorable or unfavorable.
2. Headquarters are contemplating charging each store a 5% marketing expense based on sales. How will that affect the operating profit of the store and the money available for managerial bonuses based on actual results for the past year? Summarize the information in a table.
Write a 4- or 5-paragraph memo to the division manager explaining the flexible budget variances; how to interpret the information and what action, if any to take. Comment on the 5% marketing proposal too. Start with an introduction and end with a recommendation. Each of the four or five paragraphs should have a heading.
• Discuss how to interpret static and flexible budget variances.
• What are the benefits of variance analysis? How can such analysis be detrimental rather than beneficial to the organization?
Fourth and final part of the presentation.See background information for the module one SLP.
Make comments and suggestions on the following topics in your presentation.
• Enterprise and corporate performance management.
• The balanced score card.
• How to foster goal congruence for the organization and employees.
Combine the submissions from prior module(s) into one file before uploading to the dropbox.


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our Youth and teens Ministry
Dr. Kenneth Campbell, youth ministry Director
elder mark richard, youth and teens pastor |
children's worship
Children's Worship, for ages 5 to 11 years old, meet in the Health and Wellness Center gym. At 8:15 a.m., Children's Worship meets on 2nd and 4th Sundays; at 11 a.m., Children's Worship meets on 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays. For information, contact Kenneth Campbell at .
Children Worship is a child-friendly worship service for youth ages 5-to-11 years-old, in which children experience worship and Christian messages on their level to promote their spiritual development.
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BOY SCOUTS troop #74
scoutmaster Allen andrews
Scouts BSA is the traditional Scouting experience for youth in the fifth grade through high school. Service, community engagement and leadership development become increasingly important parts of the program as youth lead their own activities and work their way toward earning Scouting's highest rank, Eagle Scout.
Cub Pack #74
cubmaster enoch wisdom
Cub Scouting is a program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), whose overall mission is to help young people (in grades one to five) build character, learn citizenship, and develop personal fitness.
jessica wilson, cluster liaison
Our purpose of the Girl Scout Program is to inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. (Ages 5-17)
Junior Ushers
fred ladson, director
purpose: to edify the body of Christ and offer assistance and hospitality to members, visitors and friends. The ministry exists to groom and nurture the youth while preparing them for the responsibility of the Senior Usher Ministry.
-We serve as doorkeepers and watchman of the church on the 3rd and 4th Sunday and other times as needed.
-We meet when needed by the advisors of our ministry
-The Junior Usher Ministry offers young people a chance to serve and to learn the duties of the Senior Ushers. Junior Ushers also have an opportunity to fellowship with one another and with other youth in area churches.
Jericho Boys To Men
deacon george holmes, director
TEENS IN PRAISE
michelle wright, Director
The Purpose of the teens in praise choir is to provide service music at the 11 am worship service each 3rd Sunday.
Rehearsal Times: 1st, 2nd, and 4th Mondays at 6:30 PM
Teens In Praise Membership
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We sing in uniform shirts on the 3rd Sunday
teen praise team
Tia durant
VIBE TEEN CHURCH
VIBE is a concept based on Matthew 4:14-16. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. The VIBE is our church! We want You to join us at The VIBE!
VIBE is a term that describes the life and light our Christian faith represents. We ( the youth and teens) want our light to shine so others can see the light within our lives and we can glorify our God! Don't Stop Our VIBE!
We meet every 2nd and 5th Sunday of the Month.
youth and teens praise dancers
Alexis Brooker, choir director
v. Lynn ross, parent liaison
The purpose of this auxiliary is to provide a mechanism for children age 5- 12 to actively participate in the worship experience as they render inspiration through Christian song. More importantly, serving in this capacity fosters an opportunity for young minds to heighten their awareness of the ONE, TRUE LIVING GOD. It also teaches them the importance of servitude. The choir's major purpose within the church family will be to provide music for the 11:00 am WORSHIP HOUR during the months of September - April of the following year.
Rehearsal Times
The BBYC rehearses on 2nd and 3rd Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. in the Main Sanctuary building. Additional rehearsals may be called if necessary. The choir sings every 3rd Sunday during the 11:00 a.m. worship service.
Youth Choir Ministry Registration
Parent's Name*
Child's Name*
Child's Age*
Young Women of excellence
deaconess norma brown
Leading ladies
girls growing in grace
YOUTH AND TEENS DAY
melanie byrd, director
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Minister John Lakin, III
Young Adult Bible Study
Reverend Crystal evans
We meet on Tuesdays at 6 PM.
young adult ushers
thomas johnson, jr

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Marijuana legalization bill passes House
By Dan McKay / Journal Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 at 10:41pm
Updated: Friday, March 8th, 2019 at 12:09am
A mature medical cannabis plant is cultivated at the Ultra Health growing facility in 2015. (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal)
SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers late Thursday pushed the state closer than ever toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults.
In a late-night debate on the House floor, Democratic Rep. Javier Martinez of Albuquerque unveiled legislation crafted after bipartisan, bicameral talks involving House Democrats and Senate Republicans.
The state House passed the bill 36-34 – the first recreational marijuana proposal ever passed by one of New Mexico's legislative chambers. No Republican voted for the bill.
Martinez, a co-sponsor of the legislation, House Bill 356, said the vote was a "watershed" moment in the movement to legalize cannabis in New Mexico.
"This is truly a compromise bill," he said as he unveiled changes to the original proposal.
Legalization has faced skepticism from some moderate Democrats in the Senate, where previous bills have failed.
But three Republican senators have been working with Democrats this session on a legalization proposal, providing a narrow path to approval if they can carry a bipartisan bill through both the House and Senate.
Martinez said Thursday that the House bill now includes a variety of ideas originally contained in the Senate version – including a plan to offer retail sales of marijuana largely at state-run stores. Private businesses could sell recreational cannabis in certain circumstances, such as if a state store isn't nearby.
The compromise, Martinez said, also would require people to keep receipts showing they purchased their marijuana legally, and they could carry only 1 ounce of cannabis and couldn't grow it on their own – in contrast to the previous version of the House proposal.
Martinez said he and his colleagues gave up quite a bit in the spirit of compromise. Republican Sen. Cliff Pirtle of Roswell – a co-sponsor of the Senate bill – sat with Martinez during the House debate as an expert witness.
Although no House Republicans voted for the bill, there had been signs that one or more might support it. Still, the debate might have softened some of the opposition.
"I like the state control," Rep. Kelly Fajardo, R-Belen, said during the debate. "I know this took a lot of work."
The state-run stores – an idea that first surfaced in the Senate bill – appeal to many because it would give the state strong regulatory controls and make it easier to keep cannabis products away from children, supporters said.
The compromise bill, supporters say, also makes it clear that employers could still maintain drug-free workplace policies.
Recreational marijuana sales could begin in mid-2020. Taxes on cannabis sales would be in the range of 17 percent.
"Prohibition does not work," Rep. Antonio "Moe" Maestas, an Albuquerque Democrat and co-sponsor, told his colleagues. "Let's put the cartels out of business."
Opponents of the bill, in turn, raised questions about worsening New Mexico's problem with impaired drivers, conflicts with federal law and a variety of potential unintended consequences. Some complained that it was difficult to digest such a complex proposal given all the changes in the new version.
"We're ignoring federal law," House Minority Whip Rod Montoya, R-Farmington, said.
More changes to the proposal, of course, might be in store.
Each chamber must approve identical legislation by noon March 16 to send a bill to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
"With nine days left in the session," Pirtle said in an interview, "there's plenty of time."
Lujan Grisham has said she is open to legalizing recreational marijuana, but only if there are safeguards to prevent use by children, protect the medical marijuana program, and address workplace intoxication and driving under the influence.
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who took office Jan. 1, succeeded Republican Susana Martinez, who opposed legalization.
Getting the legislation to the governor may hinge on winning over some Republican senators.
Besides Pirtle, Republican Sens. Mark Moores of Albuquerque and Craig Brandt of Rio Rancho have been working on marijuana legalization. They have been working with Democratic senators, too.
But their proposal, Senate Bill 577, hasn't advanced as far as the House bill has. It has cleared two committees and must pass one more before reaching the full Senate for consideration.
"The possibility of bipartisan compromise between the House and Senate is very real," House Speaker Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, told reporters Thursday.
Journal Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Boyd contributed to this article.


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Linné on line – Quarks and leptons, the smallest building blocks of matter?
Linné on line Physics and the Cosmos Physics and the Cosmos Quarks and leptons, the smallest building blocks of matter?
As far as we know today quarks and leptons are the smallest building blocks of matter. In the beginning of the 1960's one had discovered a large amount of different particles, most of them so called hadrons, which interact via the strong force, but also some leptons which are not affected by the strong force. This complicated the simple picture that everything consists of protons, neutrons and electrons. In addition to these "necessary" particles there was a plethora of particles that did not seem to fit the bigger picture and for this reason were not needed.
In 1964 Murray Gell-Mann and Georg Zweig independently presented a new way of getting all the different particles into order. They introduced a new sub-level, the quarks. With the help of three different quarks they could explain all the known hadrons and in addition predict the mass of a new particle which had not yet been observed but later confirmed their model. The three different quarks where called up u, down d, and strange s. There are two different kinds of hadrons, states consisting of three quarks called baryons and states consisting of a quark anti-quark pair called mesons. A proton for example is a uud state and a neutron is a udd state. In the same way as earlier in history one succeeded in explaining a large amount of different particles by introducing a small number of building blocks.
In the beginning a lot of people doubted that the quarks really existed and instead they maintained that the quarks where only mathematical constructions. One reason for this skepticism was that one had never observed single quarks. In order that the proton and neutron get the correct electric charge the quarks must have charges which are fractional. The u quark has the electric charge +2/3 and the d quark -1/3 in units where the electron has charge -1 and the proton +1. But no one has ever observed a particle with fractional charge. The proof that quarks really exist came in 1969 when one observed the substructure of the proton in an experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in California. This discovery was later awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize. By irradiating a fixed target of protons with high energy electrons and studying how the electrons were scattered one could deduce that the proton has a substructure, the quarks.
Even after discovering the quarks there were lots of questions that remained to be answered about the interactions of the quarks. Some of these questions have been partially answered today. For example: What keeps the quarks together in the proton?. However, many questions still remain unanswered. For example whether quarks have substructure, what gives the quarks their masses, how many generations of quarks and leptons are there and how many forces are there in nature.
To answer these questions one is performing a number of different particle physics experiments. These are often based on colliding high energy particles such as electrons and protons with each other and studying the particles that are produced. Some examples are the electron-positron collider LEP at CERN, the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab and the upcoming proton-proton collider LHC at CERN. One is also trying to do experiments to answer these questions at lower energies such as the WASA experiment at the The Svedberg Laboratory in Uppsala. There is also a large number of other experiments which use different techniques, for example to detect neutrinos and study their interactions.
An introduction to particle physics has also been prepared by The Particle Data Group which is called The Particle Adventure.


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Archive for February 13, 2013
New JLA member Katana begins her own monthly series today
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First appearing in DC Comics in 1983, the character of Katana, formerly a member of Batman's Outsiders, was rejuvenated as a member of the Birds of Prey in the New 52 last year, replacing Barbara Gordon/Batgirl as the third team member. If you haven't seen her before, what you need to know is that Katana's real name is Tatsu and she has been busy seeking vengeance against the Yakuza for killing her husband. With her trusty Soultaker sword by her side she's a force to be reckoned with, and she will be featured as a newer breed of superhero in the new Justice League of America beginning next week with Justice League of America Issue #1 (not to be confused with the Justice League series). But if you want to get an early look at Katana, you can pick up Issue #1 today of her own new monthly series. We at borg.com previewed Issue #1 this week and think this series will be an interesting and unique addition to the New 52 line-up.
Written by Ann Nocenti with art by Alex Sanchez, the story is packed with the spirit of ancient Eastern influences, swordplay and mysticism. Nocenti counts herself a fan of Akira Kurasawa and Katana's story will be familiar to fans of his films. Artist Alex Sanchez has created a modern yet ancient-inspired fictional setting in his Japantown, part of San Francisco. DC Comics has shared with borg.com some original art pages from Katana, Issue #1 reprinted here.
Tags: Alex Sanchez, Ann Nocenti, Birds of Prey, DC Comics, Justice League of America, Katana, martial arts, New 52, original comic art


This article is a short summary of Wario World.
Wario World is a Nintendo GameCube game in the Wario series.
"READY TO RUMBLE WITH WARIO?
You'd BETTER be ready, punk! Some evil jewel transformed all of my treasure into monsters, and now I gotta go to this weird world and beat it out of 'em! There are plenty of goons waiting for a shot at old Wario, but don't worry about me, baby—I'm ready to brawl! I'll be throwing punches, charging through crowds, and piledriving ugly mugs right and left. What you gotta worry about is keeping me alive. Can you handle that, or do I have to give you a knuckle sandwich too?"
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UmiDigi has been consistent this year with the release of some greatly affordable smartphones that looks quite good. The UmiDigi A1 Pro is one of the Chinese OEM's 2018 releases, and it is quite a package. It is crafted in a fancy way in which modern smartphones are made to boost its aesthetic appeal. The smartphone which packs low-level specs has some nice additions like USB Type-C that are not usually seen in this category. According to UmiDigi, this is the first smartphone to feature MediaTek's new MT6739 budget chipset.
You have to give kudos to UmiDigi on this smartphone because it has found a way to make a smartphone that looks good and sells cheap.
The UmiDigi A1 Pro has rounded edges and well built plastic rear covering with a metallic frame coated in silver colour. Also, the rear appears to be curved with the dual camera, LED flash and fingerprint sensor arranged vertically at the mid-upper area of the rear.
Screen size is not as big as in some of the other smartphones and resolution is not top notch either. Instead, what you've got is an average sized screen with a budget HD+ resolution. In accordance with recent development, the screen has reduced bezels but there is no notch on the 5.5-inch display.
The display on the UmiDigi A1 Pro smartphone is not the only thing average as you also have a somewhat average battery capacity too in play with the rest of the meagre specs, Inside, you will find a 3, 150mAh battery which is enough till the end of the day depending on usage. You also get a USB Type-C port and quick charge, an uncommon occurrence for budget smartphones.
The camera performs adequately with available background blur effect and a number of other features. The main shooter is made of a 13MP primary sensor assisted by a 2MP camera that gathers more details. Over to the front camera, the UmiDigi A1 Pro has a 5MP sensor in charge.
The UmiDigi A1 Pro is not a powerful smartphone rather it is a budget smartphone which makes it alright that it only offers a MediaTek M6739 quad-core processor. As for the graphics, instead of the arbitrary Mali GPU, there is a PowerVR IMG 8XE GPU.
To make multi-tasking a bit easier, the UmiDigi A1 Pro ships with a 3GB RAM but much lesser storage space of 16GB out of which about 12GB is available for use. This is not really a problem has a memory card can expand this to 128GB at maximum. On a good side, it comes with Android 8.1 Oreo and it is also free from bloats as it is a stock ROM.
UmiDigi A1 Pro price starts at $140. You can buy the UmiDigi A1 Pro from leading online stores. UmiDigi A1 Pro price in Nigeria starts at around 40, 000 Naira depending on the deal and your location.


Maybe having apps like how jolicloud do?
But instead of opening a new web-window for them like Jolicloud do you could have a "pop up screen" like how you view the text messages from the phone on the computer? I got jolicloud ages ago and never really liked it that much, I prefer AirDroid.


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Q: How do I resolve this "Do not treat position as fixed; only use immediately and call `holder.getAdapterPosition()` to look it up later" error? I'm developing a music player to use on my smartphone and it has this error, I've searched for solutions and tested it in my code but nothing solves it or leaves me with even more errors.
I tested the app on my smartphone and it starts and it finds the files through the function of reading external storage, but it closes as soon as I click to play a song.
@Override
    public void onBindViewHolder( MusicListAdapter.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        AudioModel songData = songsList.get(position);
        holder.titleTextView.setText(songData.getTitle());

        if(MyMediaPlayer.currentIndex == position){
            holder.titleTextView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FF0000"));
        }else {

        }

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Śliwice – gmina wiejska w Polsce położona w województwie kujawsko-pomorskim, w powiecie tucholskim. W latach 1975–1998 gmina administracyjnie należała do województwa bydgoskiego.

W skład gminy wchodzi 17 sołectw: Brzeźno, Brzozowe Błota, Byłyczek, Krąg, Laski, Linówek, Lińsk, Lipowa, Lisiny, Lubocień,
Łąski Piec, Okoniny, Okoniny Nadjeziorne, Rosochatka, Śliwice, Śliwiczki, Zwierzyniec oraz wieś Główka.

Siedziba gminy to Śliwice.

Według danych z 30 czerwca 2007 gminę zamieszkiwały 5463 osoby.
Według danych z 2014 roku gminę zamieszkiwały 5592 osoby.

Struktura powierzchni
Według danych z roku 2005 gmina Śliwice ma obszar 174,75 km², w tym:
 użytki rolne: 25%
 użytki leśne: 65%

Gmina stanowi 16,25% powierzchni powiatu.

Demografia
Dane z 30 czerwca 2007:

 Piramida wieku mieszkańców gminy Śliwice w 2014 roku.

Zabytki
Wykaz zarejestrowanych zabytków nieruchomych na terenie gminy:
 zespół kościelny parafii pod wezwaniem św. Katarzyny w Śliwicach, obejmujący: kościół z 1830; cmentarz przykościelny; grotę Matki Boskiej z Lourdes z 1908; ogrodzenie z bramami z 1830, nr A/268 z 30.11.2004 roku
 cmentarz rzymskokatolicki z połowy XIX w. w Śliwicach, nr A/1089 z 24.11.1993 roku.

Drogi dojazdowe
Drogi dojazdowe do gminy:

Sąsiednie gminy
Cekcyn, Czersk, Osie, Osieczna, Osiek, Tuchola

Przypisy

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This paper derives from a research project, which sets out to address practitioner dissatisfaction in the area of Knowledge Management. The author discusses common weaknesses in existing thinking about Knowledge Management and in prevailing models in particular. Modelling processes are considered and underlying assumptions that are required to be addressed in any attempt to create a Knowledge Management Model are examined. An overview is provided of the initial stages in the development of a new, synthetic and general model, The Knowledge Core©, with assumptions underlying this signposted and their influences upon modelling are discussed.
KM appears to be firmly established as a strategic management tool (Rigby & Bilodeau, 2007). However, practitioners and academics seem to be expressing dissatisfaction with its performance in organisational settings (e.g., Rigby & Bilodeau, 2007; Smith, 2003). Theorists have been discussing dissatisfaction and potential deficiencies in the field for some time, particularly the lack of common framework to bind the process to situated settings (Rubenstein-Montano et al., 2001; Holsapple & Joshi, 2004; Metaxiotis et al., 2005; Mekhilef & Flock, 2006; Limone & Bastias, 2006). This lack of satisfaction, where KM is ranked 22 of 25 strategic management tools in a survey of 1221 global executives (Rigby & Bilodeau, 2007), coupled with an identified gap in theory, could cause a critical loss of resource value for organisations. These problems are succinctly acknowledged by Chun et al. (2008) who state that 'despite the importance of knowledge as an asset, few organisations truly understand what it means to be a knowledge-based firm and how to manage knowledge to achieve its goals' (p. 1).
These apparent deficiencies led to an extensive enquiry into the field (Griffiths & Morse, 2009). Conducting an evidence-based meta-analysis of 287 pieces of academic and practitioner KM literature and 71 KM models and frameworks, we concluded that a common framework of KM appeared plausible, existing across the disciplines of Business & Management; Engineering; Decision Science; Computer Science; Medicine & Health; and Social Science. We further concluded that this framework consisted of 16 common CSFs. In a distillation of our results we proposed four functions of KM (Capturing & Storing, Creating, Sharing and Applying) and twelve enablers (What Is Known, Extending What is Known, Reflecting, Context, Motivation, Artifacts, Space, Culture, Organisational Structure, Knowledge Structure, Catalysts, Transmission). Examining the sample of 71 models and frameworks we exposed a potential gap in current research where 0 (zero) models, and only 1% of the literature in the original meta-analysis, identified all 16 CSFs.
This paper attempts to progress our research by suggesting a general model for the field, represented through The Knowledge Core Model. The search for new models and frameworks has been criticised by some theorists as being a contributing factor to the apparent poor performance of KM as a strategic management tool: 'The profusion of terms...flippancy as to the way the concept is used, ignorance of the classical categories of thought and the frivolous abuse of fashions...are constructing a "Tower of Babel", provoking injustice and unease in the unnecessary formulation and accelerated substitution of propositions of new models and expressions without allowing them to mature and without making a minimal effort to contrast them to prior ones' (Bueno, translated from Spanish and cited in Limone & Bastias, 2006, p. 40).


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Mark Di Vincenzo Shares Why Your Pinkie Is More Powerful Than Your Thumb And Other Facts Designed To Make Us Healthier, Wealthier And Wiser
On 04.29.11, In Entertainment, by Bill Frank
Mark Di Vencenzo, author of YOUR PINKIE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN YOUR THUMB
Mark Di Vincenzo is a journalist with nearly a quarter century of experience.
He was the first reporter in Ohio to write about the state's first AIDS victim and about one of the first Ohioans diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Mark moved to Virginia, to work for the Daily Press. There, he exposed wrongs, such as rampant abuses at public mental hospitals and decades of neglect by the agencies that monitor the environment.
Newspapers from coast to coast, from The Washington Post to the Spokane Review, published many of his stories, regardless of their length.
Mark has won numerous awards, competing against reporters from throughout the South.
During the summer of 2007, Mark left daily journalism to pursue book projects.
Born and reared in Cleveland, Mark is a first generation American who graduated with honors from Bowling Green State University.
Mark live in Newport News, Virginia a town famous for citizens William Styron, Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey.
Mark is married with two daughters. His oldest daughter attends Oklahoma University.
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Thom Yorke headline tour coming to Manchester
Radiohead front man Thom Yorke is set to perform headline shows in Europe this May and June in addition to his previously announced appearance at Sonar Festival in Barcelona.
Thom will be performing a live mix with Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri, playing tracks from across his solo material. There will also be a special guest appearance from Oliver Coates.
As well as dates in major cities across Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, Thom will perform at just three UK venues including Manchester's Palace Theatre on Sunday 10th June.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 23rd March with demand expected to be high.
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Rajasthan's "Golden City" sits in the desert in westernmost India. A historic town that is home to 80,000 people (at least during the tourist high season), Jaisalmer is a charmingly crumbling place. In the past, some of the old city walls and ancient buildings were taken down so that the stones could be used in newer constructions, but that practice has largely stopped thanks to a growing tourism industry.
Though this place does have a small-town feel, it is hardly undiscovered. Tourism is the industry in Jaisalmer, and any nonlocal can expect to deal with gently aggressive, but ever-present, barkers and an air of commercialism. There is a well-trod path between camel safaris in the desert and guided tours of the spectacular Jaisalmer Fort. The aged infrastructure, including an old sewage system, struggles to keep up with the influx of tourists, especially during the desert festival, which takes place annually.


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The 100 Review Season 4 Episode 11: "The Other Side"
Content Warning: This review discusses individual and mass suicide, as depicted on the show.
Surprise! I'm salty about Jaha! Shocking, I know. That's kind of been a running theme for me this season. I just don't get why anyone gives him the time of day after everything he's done. But at least Octavia got to become heda, right? Who cares that it came at the expense of Clarke's character arc when we have Niylarke snuggles and Blake sibling hugs!
We open in the bunker, with Bellamy yelling at Jaha and Clarke for sealing the bunker. Clarke honestly believes that if Luna had won no one would have survived. Abby interrupts and decides to contact Marcus on the outside. Octavia answers the radio, giving them the news that she won. She also tells them that she found a solution to selecting which members of the clans would survive (offscreen ofc), but they'll be pissed if they find out Skaikru sealed the bunker. Jaha decides for plot reasons that it's too dangerous to re-open the bunker and let the Grounders in even though they're all being sensible about the whole thing. Clarke looks conflicted.
Cut to Becca's lab, where Raven is talking to Imaginary Becca as she problem solves building a fancy spacesuit to survive longer on her suicidal jaunt to space? Her nose starts bleeding (for the third time that day) and she sees Sinclair before passing out. In Arkadia, Monty is being the mom friend for all the Delinquents who decided to die instead of go to the bunker. Riley ODs on psychedelic tea. Monty plans on leaving for the bunker; Jasper decides to brew kool-aid tea to kill them all before the death wave hits.
In the bunker, Clarke and Abby feel bad about sealing the bunker; Jaha doesn't give a crap about how they feel. He encourages Clarke to be strong like he is, and she's totes cool with having a war criminal as a mentor. Murphy agrees to guard Bellamy. In Becca's lab, Raven's new alter ego Sinclair won't let her kill herself, and she agrees to keep fighting. In Arkadia, Monty has his own pep talk with Harper. Unlike Raven, though, she tells Monty that he's not enough to make her want to live. In Polis, Octavia blackmails Echo into not telling everyone Skaikru sealed the bunker by telling her she knows Echo dishonored the conclave.
In the lab, Imaginary Sinclair helps Raven figure out that if she could restart her brain and purge the ALIE code, she might survive. Imaginary Becca wants her to kill herself as a genius rather than live as 'normal' and with pain. Raven decides to choose life (yay! That's my lil' birb!). In the bunker, Abby goes to treat Bellamy's wounds and he convinces her to help him escape. Abby knocks Murphy out with a drug, then they agree to open the door together or die trying.
In the bunker, Niylah shames Clarke about not letting everyone into the bunker, but it's not enough to keep her from wanting Clarke in her bed. Clarke still believes she's saving the human race and not just her people (oh, honey). In Polis, Octavia agrees to let the rest of the Grounders enter the temple and learn that Skaikru betrayed them all. Back in the bunker, Abby confronts Jaha and knocks him out when he refuses to open the door. Clarke finds Murphy knocked out and chases after Bellamy. She threatens him with a gun but can't actually pull the trigger.
Bellamy emerges from the bunker to find Octavia. They hug. Just in time for the other Grounders to arrive, none the wiser that Skaikru had locked them out. Octavia blocks Echo from entering, but Echo faces her impending death like a bamf.
Back at the lab, Raven's working on getting rid of the ALIE code by submerging in a cold tank and shocking her heart/brain into restarting. She gets a nice ego boost from Imaginary Sinclair. In Arkadia, Jasper commits suicide by tea. They really try to make this a moving scene, but since Jasper has been an utterly selfish dick for two seasons, it doesn't work. Monty realizes that everyone else took the kool-aid tea and goes in search of Harper, who decided not to die after all.
Raven survives her reset in the lab and radios the rest to let them know she's alive. In the bunker, Jaha is pissed that Skaikru has to narrow down their survivors down to 100 just like all the Grounder clans did. Gee, if only Clarke someone had made a list of the most critical personnel necessary for survival in just such a scenario as this. WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE.
Tonight's Pseudo-Profound Assertion: "How we feel about ourselves is irrelevant, Abby. We all have done things to save our people, unconscionable things. We put our people first, that is how we live with ourselves." —Jaha
Octavia was able to find a peaceful solution for which Grounders will survive offscreen, but we needed a whole episode devoted to the conclave? After Clarke wanted to find a peaceful solution but Roan arbitrarily said no?
I realized watching this episode that Octavia has become the new Clarke, or at least, who Clarke ought to have been. Octavia became the heda of the coalition via the conclave and chose to save every clan, rather than Clarke taking the flame and doing the same. Octavia became the one to help the Grounders select 100 survivors to enter the bunker, after Clarke was guilted for doing the same thing for Skaikru. Octavia united Grounders and Skaikru into 'wonkru', rather than Clarke, whose arc this season seemed to be her continuing Lexa's legacy in just that way.
As much as I love this trajectory for Octavia, getting it at the expense of Clarke's character arc hinders my enjoyment of it. Clarke has struggled in all three seasons to see beyond putting Skaikru first and thinking of life in terms of survival. Most of this season set up her arc as learning to aside clan loyalty to perceive Grounders and Skaikru alike as 'one people', the way Lexa would have wanted. Roan reminded her of Lexa's legacy; Niylah reminded her of it. And then the show threw it all away.
It's not even so much that Clarke didn't take the flame and become heda. Sidestepping the colonialist implications of that narrative direction was a good choice. It was the careless way in which the show handled the "future of the human race" idea. Last episode, she transitioned from wanting any human clan to survive to claiming that 'humanity' = Skaikru. This is, frankly, out of character with the trajectory she'd been on.
Framing her choice as a fear that Luna would survive and let them all die doesn't actually solve the problem. It may sound reasonable but it relies on the ridiculous assumption that if Luna had won, all the Grounders would have abided by her decision to let no one access the bunker. Because Grounders just really care about following the rules? It's about as dumb as Echo being shamed into not telling everyone about the bunker because she dishonored the conclave. Why would the Grounders care that she 'dishonored the conclave' at this point? They're all about to die. Who cares if she shot someone with arrows instead of Roan slicing them with a sword?
Having Clarke say "Luna would have let everyone die, I just wanted humanity to survive" over and over doesn't make it true. And the idea that she would so blindly believe and follow Jaha in this is patently absurd, but I'll get to that later.
The show has really not handled suicide well, whether individual or mass. Was Harper that guilt ridden? To the point that she'd lie in the cruelest way possible to Monty, only to change her mind? Why not talk about her guilt instead of "I don't love you enough to live for you", which…talk about buying into gross stereotypes about people who die by suicide. However unintentional it may be, Harper's narrative buys into the incorrect assumption that people who die by suicide do it out of selfishness or lack of love for people who care about them.
I can't even give the writers props for trying to wring whatever meaning they could out of Jasper finally following through on his suicidal impulses. Jasper has been too much of a selfish jerk for two seasons for his death to have any kind of resonance. He survived the end of last season to yell at Clarke, prop up Bellamy, and take bunch of other delinquents with him in his hedonistic nihilism. How Meaningful™. I feel bad for Monty but little else. Monty had to suffer because Jasper and Harper decide to be dicks and the writers don't know how to handle the topic of suicide with anything approaching sensitivity.
In plot news, we're back to the list of 100 people. As if the doomsday bunker wasn't enough redundancy for one season. Precisely what message is this repetition meant to convey? That no matter what they do Skaikru will have the exact same choices to make? Only now Clarke isn't the one making the list so people will be okay with it? This just brings me back to the observation that Octavia is the new Clarke, only now with people listening to her.
Then again, they may not actually repeat the making of a list. Knowing this show, they probably will hold a lottery in the end even though that's a terrible idea. Relying on a random drawing of the only people who know how to operate any of the machinery in the bunker when the other 1100 people who are living in it are technophobic is, quite frankly, idiotic.
If the future of the human race relies on them all surviving, making a list of systems that need to be operated and the necessary personnel to man them isn't cutthroat. It's just common sense. With a lottery system you could, for example, end up with 20 soldiers and no medic (given that there are only two known medics in Skaikru). The absolute last thing you would want to do is leave this up to random chance. A lottery might sound fair, but it's the quickest way for every single human being to die short of them all not living in the bunker in the first place.
More than anything, I wonder why anyone still listens to Jaha at all. He's a known war criminal, torture advocate, and all around unfeeling, unrepentant jerk. He should not have been in charge of helping Skaikru get Arkadia ready at the beginning of the season much less the de facto chancellor in the bunker. Last time I checked, Marcus Kane had been elected chancellor of Skaikru so…
Why does no one seem to remember that Jaha led the ALIE movement and advocated brutal torture, self-harm, and violence? Given what ALIE made Raven do to convert her, Abby ought to be the first in line to wave two giant middle fingers in Jaha's face whenever he opens his mouth. Then there's the whole ALIE forced her to torture her own child thing. And all because Jaha found the torture loophole and convinced ALIE to use it.
Precisely zero people should be giving Jaha the time of day in making any kind of decisions about the future of Skaikru. He makes zero apologies for any of the decisions he's made. In fact, he spends a good portion of the time soliloquizing about how everything he or anyone else does is fine so long as they do it 'for their people'. Is he meant to be sympathetic? The ethics of this show have been so muddied for so long that it's hard to parse out exactly how individual actions are meant to land.
Lexa Count: 0
The Flame: 0
Lincoln count: 0
Niylarke cuddles were nice, but felt rather perfunctory.
Death Toll: 20ish(?) Skaikru: Riley, Jasper, the rest of the Arkadia Delinquents who committed suicide; unspecified number Grounders who were not chosen to enter the bunker, at least several hundred, I'm guessing.
The tranq Abby uses looks a lot like an epi pen.
Despite my nitpicking, Henry Ian Cusick did do a great job directing this episode given what he had.
How the hell is Raven going to get to land, much less the bunker, in time?
Who was Murphy this episode? He of all people would understand Bellamy's desire to get Octavia because of what so recently happened with Emori.
Sloppy pacing this episode, the resolution was rushed and anticlimactic.
Yay Raven! (side note: she has gorgeous eyelashes)
Working Theories
Could Be Cool: The writers find a way to carve something meaningful out of all this repetition.
Wouldn't Surprise Me: Monty and Harper will rescue Raven, but the show will only address the time constraints minimally, if at all.
Total Crack: Jaha realizes he's a jerk and voluntarily leaves himself off the list.
Have something other than absurd theories you want to discuss that might take more than a comment? Join us in the forum!
Tune in next week for Marcus arguing they should hold a lottery as if that was a good idea and we hadn't already tread this ground at the beginning of the season!
VACATION ALERT: I will be gone for the next two weeks on vacation, but don't despair! We will have someone doing basic recaps of The 100 while I'm gone, and as soon as I'm back, I'll be whipping out a retrospective of the season. There will be plenty of salt to go around, I promise! See you on the other side!
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Kaspersy Blocking Log File Access Fix.
"Cannot open the Microsoft Jet engine workgroup information file."
If you are in this camp, hopefully Kaspersky will issue their fix quickly and get you up and running soon. Please follow the Kaspersky link for status updates or contact Kaspersky for additional information.
Scott, Got it fixed thanks for the quick reply. The fastest way to fix it, is to delete the system.mdb file if it is at a 0 byte size. I found the system.mdb file in the same directory as the rest of the logging program files. Thanks for the help.
Kapersky reports that they have issued a fix, which should make its way to all users in the next few days.
I'm getting lots of reports from users of a return to normal functionality, so it appears Kaspersky has distributed thier fix to most users.


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Apple unveils Watch with larger-display and FDA-approved EKG reader
JP Mangalindan
Chief Tech Correspondent
Yahoo Finance September 12, 2018
Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday announced a significant update to the Apple Watch sporting significantly larger displays with an FDA-approved EKG feature.
The Apple Watch Series 4 models sport larger screens that display over 30% more than the previous generation, Apple says. Other hardware improvements: the "digital crown," or turn dial on the watch's side, has also been improved to include haptic feedback, while the watch's speaker is now 50% louder. The Apple Watch Series 4 is powered by a new dual-core 64-bit processor to deliver up to twice the performance of last year's models while maintaining "all-day" battery life.
The all-new Apple Watch Series 4 with over 30% larger displays.
"Every detail has been thoughtfully considered, and it's just beautiful," declared Apple COO Jeff Williams onstage at Apple's Cupertino, California headquarters.
In addition, Apple also beefed up the Apple Watch's ability to detect motion and heartbeat, including whether a user falls. The watch can also detect lower heart rates, as well as catch most cases of irregular rapid heartbeats, or "atrial fibrillation." But perhaps most notably, the Apple Watch now lets users perform an electrocardiogram, or EKG, making the Apple Watch Series 4 the first FDA-approved, over-the-counter EKG consumer device. Performing EKGs can help users detect heart disease. Williams said the EKG features will roll out later this year.
Apple watch series 4 EKG
Preorders for Apple Watch Series 4 begin on Friday, with units expected to ship on September 21. Prices start at $399 for the non-cellular aluminum models in space gray, silver and gold, and $499 for the non-cellular stainless steel models in silver, "polished graphite" and gold. Meanwhile, the Apple Watch Series 3 will remain available for sale at $379.
The company also unveiled several new watch faces that take advantage of the larger displays, including images of your loved ones and more fitness information.
Traditionally, Apple has kept quiet on the specific sales figures for the Apple Watch since it first launched more than three years ago. However, Apple CEO Tim Cook referred to Apple Watch sales in 2016 as "off-the-charts" and sales during the 2017 holiday season as record-breaking.
"Apple Watch isn't just the number one watch world in the world — it's the number one watch period," emphasized Cook onstage at Wednesday's event.
A report from Canalys estimates Apple shipped 3.5 million Apple Watches worldwide during the second quarter of 2018, up 30% during the same period last year. However, Apple's total share of the smartwatch market dipped, down from 43% to 34% during the first quarter of this year, indicating the smartwatch market overall has become more crowded and competitive.
JP Mangalindan is the Chief Tech Correspondent for Yahoo Finance covering the intersection of tech and business. Email story tips and musings to jpm@oath.com. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook.
More from JP:
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Bitcoin advocate Charlie Shrem: Here's how long you should hold your crypto
Reddit co-founder: Why I'm betting on bitcoin despite its volatility
Nvidia CEO: 'Computer graphics will never be the same again'
Amazon self-published authors: Our books were banned for no reason


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#ifndef CLICK_WEPENCAP_HH
#define CLICK_WEPENCAP_HH
#include <click/element.hh>
#include <clicknet/ether.h>
#include <elements/wifi/rc4.hh>
CLICK_DECLS

/*
=c

WepEncap

=s Wifi

Turns 802.11 packets into ethernet packets

=d

=e

  wifi_cl :: Classifier (0/00%0c,
                         0/04%0c,
                         0/08%0c);

  wifi_cl [0] -> Discard; //mgt
  wifi_cl [1] -> Discard; //ctl
  wifi_cl [2] -> wifi_decap :: WepEncap() -> ...

=a WifiEncap
 */

class WepEncap : public Element { public:

  WepEncap() CLICK_COLD;
  ~WepEncap() CLICK_COLD;

  const char *class_name() const	{ return "WepEncap"; }
  const char *port_count() const	{ return PORTS_1_1; }
  const char *processing() const	{ return AGNOSTIC; }

  int configure(Vector<String> &, ErrorHandler *) CLICK_COLD;
  bool can_live_reconfigure() const	{ return true; }

  Packet *simple_action(Packet *);

  void add_handlers() CLICK_COLD;

  bool _debug;
  bool _strict;

  u_int32_t iv;
  struct rc4_state _rc4;
  String _key;
  int _keyid;
  bool _active;
 private:

};

CLICK_ENDDECLS
#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Q: nodemon not applying changes automatically to the app When I save changes to the app nodemon says 'restarting due to changes'.
But when I refresh my localhost it does not apply the changes.
Everytime I have to run nodemon app.js to see the changes in my app. Why is it happening so?
Below is the app.js code:
const express = require('express')

// create express app
const app = express();

//register view engine
app.set('view engine','ejs');

//listen for requests
app.listen(3000);

app.use((req,res)=>{

    console.log('new request made');
    console.log('Host:',req.hostname);
    console.log('Path:',req.path);
    console.log('Method:',req.method);

});
//multiple get request handlers for diff webpages
app.get('/',(req,res)=>{

    const blogs = [
        {title: 'Yoshi finds eggs', snippet: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur'},
        {title: 'Mario finds stars', snippet: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur'},
        {title: 'How to defeat bowser', snippet: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur'},
      ];

    res.render('index',{title:'Home',blogs:blogs});  //the path for html webpage is always relative unless provided absolute. the root dir name of the path should be specified.
});

app.get('/about',(req,res)=>{
    res.render('about',{title:'About'});

});

app.get('/blogs/create',(req,res)=>{
    res.render('create',{title:'Create blog'});
});

app.get('/featured',(req,res)=>{

    res.send('
Featured page
');
});

//redirects
app.get('/about-us',(req,res)=>{
    res.redirect('/about');          //express send this response to the browser and automatically set status code to 301.
});

//setup 404 page(this functionality always at last beacuse this displays 404 page when any of the above urls is not found)
app.use((req,res) => {
    res.status(404).render('404',{title:'Error 404'});
});

package.json code:
{
  "dependencies": {
    "ejs": "^3.1.6",
    "express": "^4.17.2"
  }
}

Versions:
nodemon 2.0.15,
node v16.13.2,
npm 8.1.2

A: Restarting server is one thing, refreshing browser is another thing. For server watching I use nodemon. Nodemon can see when changes occur in any types of files. But nodemon cannot refresh browser page. For this We may use two additional packages - connect-livereload,livereload.
npm install connect-livereload livereload

Below example:

Folder & File structure :

app.js
const path = require("path");
const livereload = require("livereload");
const connectLivereload = require("connect-livereload");
const express = require("express");
const port = 3000;

const liveReloadServer = livereload.createServer();
liveReloadServer.watch(path.join(__dirname, "views"));

liveReloadServer.server.once("connection", () => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    liveReloadServer.refresh("/");
  }, 50);
});

const app = express();
app.use(connectLivereload());

app.set("view engine", "ejs");

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.render("index");
});

app.get("/about", (req, res) => {
  res.render("about", { title: "About" });
});

//listen for requests
app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server is  listening at http://localhost:${port}`);
});

index.ejs
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>ejs & express</title>

This is great and it works perfectly!

Welcome to using EJS with nodemon and livereload

about.ejs
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>ejs & express</title>

This is great and it works perfectly!

Welcome to About Page !

package.json
{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon app.js -e ejs",
    "watch": "nodemon --ext ejs",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "connect-livereload": "^0.6.1",
    "ejs": "^3.1.6",
    "express": "^4.17.2",
    "livereload": "^0.9.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^2.0.15"
  }
}

npm run watch
We run app.js with command npm run watch
Now it works like a charm !
Output :


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Q: How to remove all of certain data types from list? I am having some trouble removing only strings from a list of strings and integers. This may seem silly, yet it's true:
>>> A = [1, '2', '3', 4, '5', '4', 6, 56, 7, '4', 6, '543']
>>>
>>> for i in A:
        if type(i) is str:
                    A.remove(i)

>>> A
[1, '3', 4, 6, 56, 7, '4', 6]

Does anybody have any ideas as to what is happening, or if I am simply doing something wrong?

A: Alternatively, you can use built-in filter function:
filtered_A = filter(lambda i:not(type(i) is str), A)

A: Removing elements while loop over the list does not work.
Use list comprehension instead:
>>> A = [1, '2', '3', 4, '5', '4', 6, 56, 7, '4', 6, '543']
>>> [x for x in A if not isinstance(x, str)]
[1, 4, 6, 56, 7, 6]

A: Never alter(especially add or remove elements) the container you're looping on, because iterators on that container are not going to be informed of your alterations and, as you've noticed, that's quite likely to produce a very different loop and/or an incorrect one.
Like in this case, the first element to be removed from the list is '2'. In the next iteration, the loop will work for A[2], which is now 4. Hence, the loop never ran for element '3'.
List comprehensions are best choice for such cases.

A: In [1]: A = [1, '2', '3', 4, '5', '4', 6, 56, 7, '4', 6, '543']

In [2]: [x for x in A if type(x)!=str]
Out[2]: [1, 4, 6, 56, 7, 6]

A: Don't remove elements from the list you are looping over, since you won't catch every element:
A = [1, '2', '3', 4, '5', '4', 6, 56, 7, '4', 6, '543']

for i in A:
    print(repr(i))
    if type(i) is str:
        A.remove(i)

# 1, '2', 4, '5', 6, 56, 7, '4', '543'

If you need an explicit loop, copy the list (see the section about for-loop in the tutorial):
for x in A[:]:
    if isinstance(x, str):
         A.remove(x)

In this case you should use a list comprehension, though.
[x for x in A if isinstance(x, int)]

A: If your intent is to keep only number-like objects in your list, then that can be made more explicit by using:
A = [1, '2', '3', 4, '5', '4', 6, 56, 7, '4', 6, '543']

from numbers import Number
A[:] = [el for el in A if isinstance(el, Number)]
# [1, 4, 6, 56, 7, 6]

Then, if you wanted to narrow down on specific types of numbers (eg, just ints), you could do:
A = [1, 1.0, 1j]

from numbers import Integral
A[:] = [el for el in A if isinstance(el, Integral)]
# [1]


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Q: Remove, or ignore whitespace missing after parentheses I'm trying to configure Uncrustify to prettify some obj-c files.
With a code like this:
- (IBAction) blah:(id)sender {

which is fine to me, I obtain this:
- (IBAction) blah:(id) sender {

which is not fine anymore.
I tried setting sp_after_sparen to ignore or remove, but the space is still getting added.
Could you please point me the right config element to use?
Thanks.

A: You should set sp_after_oc_type = remove. You can find a well-commented uncrustify config for Objective-C here: https://gist.github.com/940977


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Some time ago I posted extracts from a cluster of poems of mine inspired by one of the novels and the life of the Devonian writer Mary P. Willcocks who was born in 1869 140 years ago. Some ten years older than Mary Webb by 1908 - by which time she had completed two novels - Willcocks had established a status as an esteemed national writer of fiction. The writer was born and spent most of her life in Devon and there is some justification for a consideration of her writing as being as significant to Devon as was Webb's to Shropshire; it is in any case quite possible that Webb was influenced by Willcocks' work whilst she was completing the first of her novels (The Golden Arrow). Willcocks' novels - though they are not restricted to the county - do on the whole focus around the Devonian scapes of moor and sea and her stories are awash with local (late C19/early C20 ) and mostly rural characters. As a Devonian I would love to have had the opportunity to read her novels some years ago. During times when I have turned to Mary Webb, looking for someone who was able to bind external landscapes to internal manifestations of personality and plot - and finding in her just that ability to capture the timeless essence of a particular scene and mould it so as to transform her characters into seemingly real people one could have met at the time and inevitably drawing one to make visits to the Shropshire places which inspired her - it would have been even better if Willcocks' novels had been available because in them more local Devon scenic representations are there to be cherished and identified with. In them a contemporary women reader would have found strong female characters who again and again re-affirmed their links with the maternal past of the 'corner of earth' from their origins in the southern part of Devon.
It is always fascinating to keep an eye on the way that fashion (the literary canon) changes according to whim and taste as the decades go on, and recently, rather surprisingly, in the Guardian Books Blog Mary Webb has been re-assessed as 'brighter and better' - than Hardy with his Dorset associations. Willcocks is a writer who should by rights be re-established as one of Devon's foremost writers of fiction in the early 1900's. You should find here several reviews of the time which indicate how Willcocks - labelled in 1913 as 'essentially of the School of West Country novelists' - was viewed by contemporary critics; it is incredible to think that a writer of her then status should have been erased from the local literary canon so rapidly.
I came across Willcocks by means of serendipity when I was in one of the Devon libraries looking up someone else; a poster had been left asking if anyone was interested in Devon's 'lost feminist writer'; of course I was and I have to thank Bob Mann for this introduction to the writer. He has since written of her in several local magazines and as far as I know is the only person at present promoting her and her books. You should find details of his book on Ivybridge which gives an account of the novelist's life and books. There was an article in The Devonian Yearbook in 1913 by the then City Librarian of Exeter, H. Tapley-Soper, which assessed her work up until then and as Mann himself noted, a box of manuscripts and letters about the writer is held at the Devon Record Office.
Mary Willcocks was born on a farm at Cleave, near Ivybridge and many scenes from her novels are set in that part of the county - although the geographical range of her fictional landscapes extend far from her home county. What particularly interests me are the ways that novelists negotiate the boundaries between the real and fictional in their choice of place and character names - some disguising completely any link between a real life or place and its fictional representation; some enhancing the original names and others deliberately playing on encoded symbolic links so as to intensify dynamics of the plot and narrative. Willcocks frequently makes use of the novelist's ploy of shuffling around names and places so that real people and places are not always easily identified and yet special significance is often encoded within her cleverly chosen names. The title of her first book Widdicombe for example - which was published in 1905, when the writer was in her thirties - ingeniously incorporates the ambiance of the famous Dartmoor village (actually spelt Widecombe) whilst not in fact being set there. (Interestingly there is a Widdicombe (hamlet?) which is a mile or two south-west of Torcross). Perhaps Willcocks guessed that selecting that name as a title would attract readers, who would assume the book to be about Dartmoor's most famous village. Perhaps also she intended to deepen the emotive connotations associated with this village at the heart of the moorland. In the novel the plot evolves around the family of the elderly curate Mr Rosdew, his daughter Genefer and his nieces Silphine and Rosemary, all of them well-differentiated and richly portrayed; the surrounding rural landscapes are throughout evoked as reflections and projections of a character's inner-scape.
Mann and Tapley-Soper identify Willcock's 'Widdicombe' as based on the village of Yealmpton a village just to the south of the writer's childhood home. Liskeard and the surrounding area - as Liskerret, (which was I understand the original designation of that town)- also features later in the book when Silphine, the main character, moves there. Apparently Willcocks stayed there many times. Did she, I wonder, actually stay at St CleerLiskeard) from where 'north and south of the high tableland where the cottage stood was the sea'. The novel is centred around its original source-village of Yealmpton, but the heart of its action features another location which it seems to me (have not come upon anyone else's comments about this) is probably derived from another village close to Willcocks's own roots - Cornwood - which also features in a lat er book of hers and is to the north of Ivybridge and her home-farm Cleave.
In the novel the locality between Cornwood and Ivybridge is suggested by the manor home of the 'Calmady' family home of 'Foxes Woodland' and the associated 'old manor-house tumbling to ruin [that's] been a farm since the Calmadys removed to Foxes Woodland, where 'Raleigh' was supposed 'to have played bowls and smoked ... and said his prayers in the Chapel' . Scenic details of the locality describe the 'southern edge of the moorland marked by a ring of tors' and it is 'close to the waters of the Widey' (in the novel the river Widey is the Yealm). These topographical sitings fit into the Cornwood location. More than that, the manor of Fardel in the village had a chapel and was associated with the Raleigh family; probably Willcocks had visited the place as a youngster and knew it well.
A similar transferal of names and real people probably happens with the characters in the novel; Willcocks herself admitted that after publication 'the original of Granny Rosdew' (one of the significant of the women in the book - based on the writer's own Grandmother perhaps?) 'sent for me [and] We had a heart to heart talk and she called me an "impudent hussy" ... the twinkle in her eye consoled me, all the same'.
There is at least one character in the novel whose name and fictional representation is one and the same - the writer makes no effort to disguise Dr Budd - whose reputation in the book is described as 'the cult of the famous West Country doctor [which] seems likely to be handed down to children's children'
I could happily continue musings about this novel and writer - there is much to say - but this is supposed to be a blog and I must anyway go and look out another book and forgotten writer for next time. Maybe one or two who find this will be tempted to hunt out Willcocks' first novel and savour its Devon links.
(picture of M.P. Willcocks is reproduced above, Courtesy of Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter.)
Posted by Julie Sampson at 2:00 pm
Labels: Devon Writers
Thank you so much for posting this! I have an old english literature text book, which mentions, and I quote "Mary Willcocks, before she went wrong on woman's rights". I was rather horrified by this review and Ever since then I'v been curious to know who Mary was. I couldn't find any information anywhere! So again, thank you so much for your research, it was very interesting.
Julie Sampson 11:36 am
Also commented:
'Thank you so much for writing this post! Ever since I discovered Mary Willcock's name in an old English Literature book, I'v been dying to know more about her. Your blog not only provided a factual and informative account of her writings, it also gave an insight into the locations behind them. I was wondering where you found copies of Widdicomb, are there any websites that are selling them? Thank you again!'
Ray Girvan 10:21 pm
Sorry if this is a very belated comment: the London Devonian Year Book 1913 article is online (with a presumably public doman image) at the Internet Archive: see Miss M.P. Willcocks as a novelist.
Do send feedback on this blog.


The bold lines and innovative shapes of the Diavel Dark merge to create a superb, unmistakable design, capable of turning every head. The unique character of the powerful 162 hp* Testastretta 11° Dual Spark engine, ensuring muscular torque, combines with the athletic ease of a chassis built to provide riding pleasure beyond all expectations.
The stance of the Diavel is that of readiness, dominance, and confidence bordering on superiority. Lateral radiators add muscle to its broad "shoulders," which then taper down across the engine and into the belly-fairing with its oil cooler, giving shape to the athlete. A massive 240 section rear tyre is the perfect example of how Diavel designers used a no-compromise attitude when applying their wish list of features. The sheer width of rubber communicates so much power and style that the R&D team vowed to find, and succeeded in finding, a way to make it handle - even if they knew the image would send a seismic shock through the industry. The Diavel is a true Ducati, born from a passion for motorcycling and designed to deliver authentic Ducati performance in every respect.


This Tuesday 7 July, the ILO Liaison Officer in Myanmar, Mr Steve Marshall, intervened in the panel discussion organized by the World Bank and the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development "Building resilience, equity and opportunity in Myanmar: the role of social protection". Mr Marshall underlined the need and benefits for social protection tools to be mainstreamed in the country's rural development framework to achieve inclusive growth. He also underlined the role of social protection floors in enhancing resilience and social cohesion, which are crucial elements in a fragile and post-conflict setting and a central element in achieving an internationally endorsed human right. In that respect, social protection is a key component of Myanmar transition process.
For more information on ILO's work in Myanmar, click here.


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"Wild Eyes" is the 11th single by Japanese voice actress and singer Nana Mizuki, released on May 18, 2005.

The single reached number 13 on the Japanese Oricon charts.

Track listing
Wild Eyes
Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
Composition, arrangement: Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)
Ending theme for anime television series Basilisk

Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
Composition, arrangement: Junpei Fujita (Elements Garden)
Ending theme for anime television series Basilisk
76th Star
Lyrics: Nokko and Sawa Chihiro
Composition: Akio Dobashi
Arrangement: Kōta Igarashi
Opening theme for Drama CD Itazura na Kiss

Lyrics: Nana Mizuki
Composition, arrangement: Kōta Igarashi
Ending theme for Drama CD Itazura na Kiss

Charts

Nana Mizuki songs
2005 singles
Songs written by Nana Mizuki
2005 songs
King Records (Japan) singles