Slovakia exports primarily Cars ($15B), Video Displays ($5.2B), Vehicle Parts ($5.07B), Broadcasting Equipment ($1.98B) and Refined Petroleum ($1.57B).
It supplies these products principally to Germany ($15.5B), the Czech Republic ($7.47B), France ($4.67B), Austria ($4.39B) and the United Kingdom ($4.39B).
Slovakian import consists also of Vehicle Parts ($6.87B), Broadcasting Equipment ($4.99B), Cars ($2.3B), Crude Petroleum ($1.79B) and Broadcasting Accessories ($1.5B), provided chiefly by Germany ($12.9B), the Czech Republic ($11.1B), China ($5.89B), Poland ($4.25B) and South Korea ($4.11B).
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weGather is the perfect home for treasured family snaps
By David Pierini • 9:18 am, November 28, 2016
Recording family histories can begin by uploading a photo and sharing it with relatives so they can help fill in stories.
Photo: weGather
Rachel LaCour Niesen was grieving the loss of her grandfather in 2013 when she posted a photo of him on Instagram to celebrate his legacy and asked family members to share their memories.
In a way, the celebration of him hasn't ended, with more than 32,000 followers from around the globe contributing their cherished family photos and stories on the popular Instagram feed, SaveFamilyPhotos.
LaCour Niesen's personal mission to help families celebrate and keep their stories alive has now branched out into a website and apps for iOS and Android called weGather.
Every vintage picture tells a story, don't it?
By David Pierini • 6:00 am, May 23, 2014
Courtesy of @savefamilyphotos
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Rachel LaCour Niesen's passion for vintage photos started when she walked down her grandmother's wood-paneled hallway to look at a bedroom wall that held a carefully edited family history.
There she saw a photo of her father standing proud in his cap and gown on graduation day, an aunt sitting poolside during a swim meet and a happy couple cutting their wedding cake. The imprint those pictures left on LaCour Niesen lies at the heart of her @savefamilyphotos project on Instagram, where she curates a collective history. She invites people from around the world to send her a digital copy of a cherished family photo and brief story that, in many cases, gives the photo its emotional muscle.
"The treasure is not just the photo but the story that comes with it," LaCour Niesen told Cult of Mac. "I believe stories are the currency of our past, present and future. Without them, we are bankrupt. Our family photos trigger those stories. They are like glue that holds my story — and our stories — together over time."
Throwback Thursday, Facebook and Instagram have made personal blasts from the past a weekly — if not an hourly — ritual. The web is awash in fuzzy Polaroids, vintage Kodachromes and black-and-white snaps, uploaded by individuals with hard drives full of memories and shared by everyone.

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The current St Andrew's Primary School in Bearsden - where the new school will be built.
A proposed final design for the controversial new merged Catholic primary school in Bearsden is to be unveiled at a drop-in community information event next week.
Despite a long running campaign by parents of pupils at St Joseph's Primary School in Milngavie to save thier school from closure the new school will be built on the existing St Andrew's Primary School site in Bearsden. It will cater for pupils from St Andrew's and St Joseph's and the current St Joseph's Primary School will be closed.
The council says they have collated feedback from previous events to inform their proposed final design.
A planning application is being lodged later this month.
Council leader Rhondda Geekie said: "This is an exciting development and we are working hard to ensure that the school meets the needs of the people who are going to be using it. We have recently opened Lenzie Meadow to some excellent feedback from pupils, parents and teachers alike.
The architects for the new school, Holmes Miller, and council representatives will be at the event to provide information and answer any questions and allow people to have their say.
The event is being held at St Andrew's Primary School, Duntocher Road, next Wednesday, October 12 from 2pm to 8pm.
For further information or if you have any enquiries about the new school development, please contact the council's' Primary School Improvement Programme on 0300 123 4510.


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Randolph County Parcel Maps (Illinois)
Randolph County Assessors play a role in property tax assessment by determining the value of taxable property in their county or local area. As part of this job, Assessors in Randolph County, Illinois maintain detailed neighborhood maps that contain a range of information. These Randolph County parcel maps include property lines, parcel numbers, street numbers, boundary locations, and lot dimensions. They may also show public land, unclaimed parcels, roads, and geographical features, as well as flood zones and zoning boundaries. Randolph County parcel maps may also include information on current property owners, property assessments, and property tax payments, including any tax liens or foreclosures. These Randolph County maps can be valuable resources for property owners and prospective buyers, and they may be available on the Assessor Office website.
Randolph County Assessor's Office Chester IL 1 Taylor Street 62233 618-826-5000
Randolph County Town and City Halls provide municipal services for their town or city, as well as preserving important records like vital documents and property records. These property-related documents can include parcel maps, which show all the parcels in Randolph County and provide information on property boundaries, unclaimed parcels, parcel numbers, and lot dimensions. They also show public and private land, zoning boundaries, flood zones, and geographical features in Randolph County, Illinois. Some Randolph County parcel maps also include property owner information, property appraisals, and property tax assessments, including tax liens or foreclosures. Town and City Halls may also have historical maps, and many provide online access to their parcel maps through the Town or City Hall website.
Chester City Hall Chester IL 1330 Swanwick Street 62233 618-826-2326
Randolph County Clerks maintain and preserve public records for a county or local government, including vital documents and property records. These property records often include parcel maps, which provide information about public and private property, geographical features, and zoning boundaries, including flood zones, building zones, and regulatory restriction areas. Randolph County parcel maps also provide information on all the parcels in the area, including current owners, appraisal values, property tax assessments, unclaimed parcels, and parcel numbers, as well as property lines and boundary markers. They may also include information on tax liens and foreclosures in Randolph County, Illinois. These parcel maps may be available online at the Clerk Office website.
Coulterville City Clerk Coulterville IL 114 N 4th St 62237 618-758-2813
Evansville City Clerk Evansville IL 403 Spring Street 62242 618-853-2613
Prairie Du Rocher Clerk Prairie du Rocher IL 209 Henry Street 62277 618-284-7171
Randolph County Clerk Chester IL 1 Taylor Street 62233 618-826-5000
Red Bud City Clerk Red Bud IL 200 East Market Street, Stop 1 62278 618-282-2315
Sparta City Clerk Sparta IL 114 West Jackson Street 62286 618-443-2917
Randolph County Recorders of Deeds ensure the accuracy of property, land, and property tax records by keeping real estate ownership documents. The Recorder of Deeds also keeps detailed maps on their county or local area, including parcel maps. These Randolph County parcel maps show all the properties in the area, including property lines, parcel numbers, lot dimensions, and boundary markers. They also show public and private land, zoning boundaries, flood zones, and geographical features, and some may list property ownership information, property appraisals, and the property tax history, including Randolph County tax assessments, tax liens, and foreclosures in Randolph County, Illinois . These parcel maps are valuable sources of information for property owners and prospective buyers, and they may be available on the Recorder of Deeds website.
Randolph County Recorder of Deeds Chester IL 1 Taylor Street 62233 618-826-5000
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package c5db.client;

import c5db.client.generated.Call;
import c5db.client.generated.Response;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import io.netty.channel.Channel;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandler;

public interface MessageHandler extends ChannelHandler, ChannelInboundHandler {

  ListenableFuture<Response> call(Call request, Channel channel);

  ListenableFuture<Response> buffer(Call request, Channel channel);

  ListenableFuture<Long> callScan(Call request, Channel channel);
}

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Spacious 3 level in established neighborhood. Large open floor plan with granite and stainless in the kitchen. Gorgeous built-in for TV and more. 3 bedrooms on one level with master bath in master bedroom. Soaring vaults, huge bedrooms, upgrades galore.
The average asking price of a 3 bedroom Isanti home in this zip code is $237,526 (6.8% less than this home).
This home is priced at $172/sqft, which is 13.1% less than similar homes in the 55040 zip code.
Hwy 65 east to Whiskey Rd, north to Wendover, west to 11th, north to Blossom Blvd, west to home.


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package com.vmware.vim25;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

/**
 *
Java class for VirtualMachineFileLayoutExFileInfo complex type.
 *
 *
The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
 *
 *

 * <complexType name="VirtualMachineFileLayoutExFileInfo">
 *   <complexContent>
 *     <extension base="{urn:vim25}DynamicData">
 *       <sequence>
 *         <element name="key" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}int"/>
 *         <element name="name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
 *         <element name="type" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
 *         <element name="size" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}long"/>
 *         <element name="uniqueSize" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}long" minOccurs="0"/>
 *       </sequence>
 *     </extension>
 *   </complexContent>
 * </complexType>
 *

 *
 *
 */
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "VirtualMachineFileLayoutExFileInfo", propOrder = {
    "key",
    "name",
    "type",
    "size",
    "uniqueSize"
})
public class VirtualMachineFileLayoutExFileInfo
    extends DynamicData
{

    protected int key;
    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected String name;
    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected String type;
    protected long size;
    protected Long uniqueSize;

    /**
     * Gets the value of the key property.
     *
     */
    public int getKey() {
        return key;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the key property.
     *
     */
    public void setKey(int value) {
        this.key = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the name property.
     *
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link String }
     *
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the name property.
     *
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link String }
     *
     */
    public void setName(String value) {
        this.name = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the type property.
     *
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link String }
     *
     */
    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the type property.
     *
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link String }
     *
     */
    public void setType(String value) {
        this.type = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the size property.
     *
     */
    public long getSize() {
        return size;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the size property.
     *
     */
    public void setSize(long value) {
        this.size = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the uniqueSize property.
     *
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link Long }
     *
     */
    public Long getUniqueSize() {
        return uniqueSize;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the uniqueSize property.
     *
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link Long }
     *
     */
    public void setUniqueSize(Long value) {
        this.uniqueSize = value;
    }

}


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Q: Does $i^T=-i$ or $i^T = i$ ?(T is transpose) Assume $A$ is a skew-symmetric matrix(its eigenvalues is zero or purely imaginary). If $x$ is its eigenvector,  we have $$x^TAx=\lambda|x|^2$$, take transpose on both sides. we have $$-x^TAx=(\lambda|x|^2)^T$$
If $\lambda \in \Bbb{R}$,then $\lambda = 0$. If $\lambda$ is purely imaginary, the equation hold if and only if $i^T = -i$. but $i$ is a number, its dimension is $1$. So I think its transpose is itself. what's wrong?

A: The formula $x^T A x=\lambda |x|^2$ holds for real matrix $A$ and real eigenvector $x$. In that case, there is no reason that $x$ is a real vector. So this formula does not hold.
In the complex case, $x^* Ax=\lambda |x|^2$ holds (if $Ax=\lambda x$ holds,) where $|x|^2=x^*x$ and $x^*$ is conjugate transpose of the vector $x$.

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Dr. Riegy Wood IV grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma where his father, Dr. C. Rieger Wood, III is a general dentist and instructor at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry (OUCOD) and his mother, Donna, is a hygienist and chairman of the OUCOD hygiene program. From an early age, dentistry has been a big part Dr. Wood's life. He grew up working at his father's private practice, helping with several different jobs from answering the phones to chair side assisting.
Dr. Wood attended the University of Oklahoma for undergraduate studies and dental school. While in dental school, he volunteered at multiple clinics providing free dental care to patients in need. After graduating, he moved to Kansas City and completed his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. While in residency, Dr. Wood's training focused on anesthesia, trauma and reconstructive surgery, dentoalveolar, pediatric, and craniofacial surgery. He continues to have special interest in dentoalveolar, implant, and pediatric surgery. He currently maintains hospital privileges at Shawnee Mission Medical Center and Shawnee Mission Surgery Center.
Dr. Wood joined Great Plains Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2017 with Dr. Dan Nielson, who was his senior resident during their training. They enjoy working together as a team to provide the highest level of care.
Dr. Wood is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association, Kansas Dental Association, and the Kansas 5th District. He enjoys giving back to the community and volunteering with the Mission of Mercy's in Oklahoma and Missouri. When Dr. Wood is not in the office, he enjoys spending time with his wife Kathryn, playing golf, going to the lake, and spending time with family.


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using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Tfs.Proxies;

namespace MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Tfs
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Handles all communication with the Team Foundation Server
    /// </summary>
    internal class TeamFoundationServer : IServer
    {
        Assembly clientAssembly;
        Assembly versionControlClientAssembly;

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates an instace of the TeamFoundationServer class
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="clientLocation">The local file path containing the TFS libraries. null if TFS is in the GAC.</param>
        public TeamFoundationServer(string clientLocation)
        {
            if (clientLocation == null)
            {
                try
                {
                    clientAssembly =
                        Assembly.Load(
                            "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a");
                    versionControlClientAssembly =
                        Assembly.Load(
                            "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a");
                }
                catch {}

                if (clientAssembly == null)
                {
                    clientAssembly =
                        Assembly.Load(
                            "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a");
                    versionControlClientAssembly =
                        Assembly.Load(
                            "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                string clientFilePath = Path.Combine(clientLocation, "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.dll");
                string versionControlClientFilePath = Path.Combine(clientLocation, "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.dll");

                clientAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(clientFilePath);
                versionControlClientAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(versionControlClientFilePath);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieves the latest changeset ID associated with a path
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="localPath">A path on the local filesystem</param>
        /// <param name="credentials">Credentials used to authenticate against the serer</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public int GetLatestChangesetId(string localPath, ICredentials credentials)
        {
            int latestChangesetId = 0;
            string server;

            Workstation workstation = new Workstation(versionControlClientAssembly);
            WorkspaceInfo workspaceInfo = workstation.GetLocalWorkspaceInfo(localPath);
            server = workspaceInfo.ServerUri.ToString();
            VersionControlServer sourceControl = new VersionControlServer(clientAssembly, versionControlClientAssembly, server, credentials);

            Workspace workspace = sourceControl.GetWorkspace(localPath);
            WorkspaceVersionSpec workspaceVersionSpec = new WorkspaceVersionSpec(versionControlClientAssembly, workspace);

            VersionSpec versionSpec = new VersionSpec(versionControlClientAssembly);
            RecursionType recursionType = new RecursionType(versionControlClientAssembly);

            IEnumerable history = sourceControl.QueryHistory(localPath, versionSpec.Latest, recursionType.Full, workspaceVersionSpec);

            IEnumerator historyEnumerator = history.GetEnumerator();
            Changeset latestChangeset = new Changeset(versionControlClientAssembly);
            if (historyEnumerator.MoveNext())
            {
                latestChangeset = new Changeset(versionControlClientAssembly, historyEnumerator.Current);
            }

            if (latestChangeset.Instance != null)
            {
                latestChangesetId = latestChangeset.ChangesetId;
            }
            return latestChangesetId;
        }

    }
}


At PRWeek, we have spent much of the summer analysing the changing patterns of influence in society, which have an impact on anyone working in marketing, PR and media today.
The September 2016 issue of the magazine, therefore, brings the publication of a series of analyses looking at: how new types of influencers are gradually replacing traditional media and celebrities as a means of engaging consumers; identifying and profiling 50 of these new influencers; interviewing a handful of them to understand what makes them tick; and quizzing some Generation Z consumers to understand their social-media habits.
Increasingly, we will see brands and agencies, possibly media owners, setting up 'influencer' divisions as the commercial world struggles to understand the new ways of engaging audiences.
Having observed/endured first the dot.com revolution of the late 90s, then the social media explosion of the 2000s, this feels to me like the third age of digital marketing.
Interestingly, new influencers further alter the balance of power within our world.
They have gained influence without the backing of traditional media organisations, without training as journalists, without building celebrity through established means.
They also challenge the rules of communications strategy established over the past decade, blurring the distinction between paid, earned and owned media channels.
Indeed, whether, or how much, to pay these influencers is a huge issue in PR and advertising at the moment.
It causes a deepening problem in defining either discipline. It is also why we see media-buying agencies establishing influencer divisions.
Each marketing specialism has a theoretical advantage in the war over the new influence landscape.
The media guys may have the scale and data to ensure effective campaigns. The advertising guys may have the superior creative and planning departments to wow young bloggers and vloggers. But, really, influence should be the domain of PR professionals.
It is what the PR industry has always specialised in. Earned-media specialists need to adapt quickly.
They need to prove that they understand these complex new maps of influence. Moreover, they must prove that they 'get' these new influencers and are best placed to understand how consumers are influenced.
Depending on how one approaches it, new influence offers either a defining opportunity or an existential crisis for PR.


"Submarine" is the story of Welsh 15-year-old Oliver Tate as he attempts to solve the universal problem of figuring out how to get laid. He navigates these dangerous waters by making astute observations, taking studious notes, and eventually setting plans in motion that utilize his findings. He applies logic whenever possible, trying his absolute best to play himself up and gain the interest of a classmate named Jordana. Meanwhile, his parents' dying marriage is put in danger by the recent appearance of his mother's old flame, and he uses similar strategies to try and save their relationship.
Wouldn't YOU want to stop this guy from banging your mom?
Written and directed by Richard Ayoade (who you may know as Moss from the British sitcom The IT Crowd), the film absolutely oozes style. While it shares many stylistic similarities to the films of Wes Anderson (as well as the films that influenced Anderson, chiefly "Harold and Maude" in this case), it manages to find a voice all its own. This is largely thanks to the tremendous script by Ayoade, which is adapted from the novel by Joe Dunthorne with whimsical cinematic flair. The dialog is witty and engaging, and the narrative structure follows a classical and clearly demarcated act structure. The cinematography and editing compliments the film's dry sense of humor beautifully and makes for a wonderfully melancholy aesthetic atmosphere.
Featuring original score by Andrew Hewitt and a slew of beautiful original songs by Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, the soundtrack is exactly the kind of lovelorn fair you might expect from a great coming-of-age film. It matches the quiet, dreary tone of suburban Wales, contributing to the very personal nature of an intimate character story such as this. Music is an important part of appealing to the romantic in all of us, and the film even highlights this explicitly in a scene where Oliver's father gives him a mix tape upon finding out that he has a girlfriend. In that light, the success of the soundtrack is a tremendously important one.
Perhaps even more important than the music is the performance of the protagonist, and Craig Roberts does a phenomenal job as Oliver Tate. Oliver is a great character that wants to approach everything with logic and sensibility but is often confronted with the harsh emotional reality of other people's lives. It forces him to confront his own emotions (as any great coming-of-age story should), and Roberts handles the subtlety and awkwardness of such moments fabulously. He's never too cold or too affected, either of which could have easily happened in a less sure-footed performance. He also handles the comedy brilliantly, delivering a very well-written script with confidence (or lack thereof, when necessary).
WILL THEY HOLD HANDS? You'll have to watch the film to find out!
"Submarine" is my favorite coming of age film since "Rushmore," which is one of my absolute favorite films. They're similar in many ways, but Ayoade manages to carve out a unique directorial voice that I'm very excited to see more of in the future. His script is tremendous as well, and I would love to see what he could do with original material. I do hope that this film does for Craig Roberts what "Rushmore" did for Jason Schwartzman, though. I highly recommend it to anyone who would enjoy this sort of thing, which is to say anyone with a soul.
If you do watch it, I recommend playing "Spot the Stiller." No, the executive producer credit doesn't count.


I met in the evening at President Young with the Legislature. An arangement was made by the members to assemble at the social Hall on the 2d Monday in Dec & organize & adjourn to Fillmore. This was done to sustain our own acts. Then at Fillmore we would organize to Accomodate Gov Cummings as he Considered that the Seat of Government. Then we would adjourn back to Great Salt Lake City to spend the session to accomodate all parties.


The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board will be asked to approve a new $200 million investment in India under a controversial and highly risky lending model at its third AGM in Mumbai on June 25-26. Indian civil society groups are urging the AIIB not to invest.
The AIIB does not have strong enough safeguarding policies necessary to track the projects or sub-investors into which the NIIF will then invest, or to ensure they will cause no harm to local people, according to a new report today "Risky Venture" by Bank Information Center Europe and Centre for Financial Accountability-India.
I am a journalist with Financial Express, and I write on infrastructure in India. Grateful if you could let me know more about your research on the proposed investments and/or investment guidelines at AIIB. Thanks and look forward to hearing from you.


Please view the online program schedule or the online speaker index for the most up-to-date schedule information..
A .pdf file of the final printed program [PDF, 2MB], program abstracts [PDF, 1MB], and program at a glance [PDF, 600KB] are available.
These searchable documents are provided for your convenience. The printed program and abstracts were current at time of printing, however, please view the online program schedule or the online speaker index for the most up-to-date schedule information.
A mobile app for the SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP17) is available for download. Plug www.tripbuildermedia.com/apps/siamevents into your browser. The link will automatically detect the type of device and take you to the right place to download the app. It can also be viewed in HTML5 if you connect using your computer. You will be requested to set up an account to use the mobile app. This will allow you to share your calendar of show events across devices. You can then select OP17 from the list of 2017 SIAM events on the app or mobile site to view the schedule, browse speakers, attendees and exhibitors, view maps and building layouts, sync events with your mobile calendar, create your own show by selecting specific sessions, and more!
Can't make it to OP17 or missing a talk at the meeting? Tune into the conversation on the SIAM events app. Just go to the sessions that interest you and click on the "Discuss" button to read what attendees are saying about the talks.


I'm currently working on a large project for a SAS customer. The project comprises many activities and phases, so there is a need to track progress on many different levels. During a recent meeting the project manager announced, "I'm putting together a status deck, and I'll include some Harvey Balls for each item."
"Harvey whats?" I said, nearly spitting out my coffee.
I've since learned that Harvey Balls are a project-management thing. They are used as way to communicate qualitative progress towards a goal: not just whether an item is complete, but also how far along it is. (Please, don't confuse these with Harvey wallbangers, which are used to measure progress towards something else.) Harvey Balls remind me of the little circles that I see in Consumer Reports product reviews.
A web search will yield lots of examples of how to add Harvey Balls to your PowerPoint slides and Excel spreadsheets -- favorite domains of project managers. However, there isn't much (any?) about how to use these in SAS, so with this blog post I hope to corner the market.
the hexadecimal code of the character we want.
For a more data-driven approach, I decided to encode the Harvey Balls in a numeric SAS format. In my mapping, I set values between 0 and 4, inclusive. 0 means "empty" or no progress, whereas 4 means "full" or complete. 1 through 3 represent a quarter, halfway, and three-quarters, respectively.
Here's a partial listing of the PROC REPORT code that uses the format. Note that I added some other appearance treatments to the report column with the Harvey Ball. Because the font glyph tends to be small, I bumped up the font size to 18 points. I also specified Lucida Sans Unicode as the font face because I know that font contains the right glyphs. Finally, I tweaked the alignments to account for the larger padding that accompanies the larger font size, ensuring the data looked vertically aligned properly in each row.
define dev  / '% Dev' format=hb.
Bonus: If you have SAS 9.4, you can modify this program to place the report directly into PowerPoint! This makes it perfect for consumption by project managers everywhere.
Thanks Dino -- hopefully you've learned your lesson about mixing project management with cocktails.
☠ ☎ ☔ ☕ ☘ ☭ ☯ ♞ ♘ ♚ ♕♬♻ ⚓ ⚽ ⛄ ⛷ (this sample is from Miscellaneous Symbols category).
The size of the circle is the same in the default HTML destination.
But, when using Powerpoint or Excel the empty circle and the disk are smaller than the other ones.
In other words, the font "Lucida Sans Unicode" is not take into account. It is converted to "Courier".
I'm using Microsoft Office 365.
The example works for me and font sizes are as expected for all symbols, but here are some ideas.
First, when using PPT or Excel, make sure that there are no other ODS destinations open. The styles/options set by one ODS destination may influence what you see in others. In EG you might have SAS Report or HTML on by default, and in SAS Studio you have HTML5 by default. Here's an article about how to control this in EG.
Next, when specifying a font in code for Windows, the font name needs to be exact. Check the font names in your Windows Font directory.


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    single: Tutorial

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Introduction
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In order to help you manage e-commerce web application based on Sonata, you'll find here tutorials that will help you deal with the installation and the understanding of the e-commerce bundles of Sonata.

This first tutorial provides a simple use case that allows you selling jerseys and mugs.

At the moment, let's make it simple! Other use cases will be added shortly.

So, let's get started!

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

    Create a category <create-category>
    Create a collection <create-collection>
    Create a product <create-product>
    Basic options for product providers <product-provider-options>
    Create a delivery method <create-delivery-method>
    Create a payment method <create-payment-method>
    Extend the e-commerce part of Sonata <extend>
    Interact with other bundles <interact>


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Melbourne Business School News Investing to change lives
Investing to change lives
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We specialise in mutually beneficial, innovative and collaborative approaches to solving complex problems in industry, community and government contexts. We bring a powerful combination of empathy, rigour, integrity and relevance to all of our endeavours.
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Younger Looking Skin - In Six Steps!
Younger looking skin can be yours in six easy steps. Hyaluronic acid benefits, youthful skin cream, humectants, proper hydration, and phytonutrients will all result in younger skin!
The path to younger skin is really not that complicated. There are a few basic steps that will result in better skin tone, and give you that radiance that you are looking for.
Providing you do not smoke or drink excessively, its pretty straightforward.
Younger looking skin requires a strong defense against free radicals and oxidative stress. Juicing dark fruits and vegetables with high phytonutrient content will make a noticeable difference in the texture and appearance of your skin.
The best fruit juices would be pomegranate, berries like acai, blueberries, blackberries, plum, and just a bit of citrus like orange thrown in for the vitamin-c content.
Vegetable juices like leafy greens, celery, carrots, beets, yellow and orange peppers, are examples of vegetables packed with free radical fighting phytonutrients!
The rest of your nutrition for younger skin should include quality proteins, a good quality multivitamin mineral supplement, and a high grade omega 3 source like fish oils round out the nutritional needs of your skin.
Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occuring compound in the body. It becomes depleted with age and this results in a loss of firmness and elasticity in your skin. Hyaluronic acid benefits restore suppleness and elasticity, resulting in younger looking skin.
Clean pure water is THE best way to hydrate your skin and your entire body. Water is vital, and you should drink enough water to make your urine run clear. That's a good way to determine whether you are properly hydrated.
Water is also important for hyaluronic acid benefits, because the sodium hyaluronate in your body needs sufficient water to work properly and promote better skin texture and health.
Willard's Water concentrate can be added to your water as an antioxidant and it also helps the water hydrate better by reducing surface tension of the water molecules. It will make drinking water more alkaline and also contains beneficial antioxidants as well.
Younger looking skin requires gentle cleaning with a mild soap that will not irritate or dry out your skin. These are soaps such as Olay® foaming face wash, Neutrogena, dove unscented beauty bar, Cetaphil, liquid or bar, and Basis sensitive skin bar.
A good cleansing soap should never irritate your skin or leave it feeling dry. The skin should be left feeling clean and soft. Also using wash cloths can be too abrasive and leave the skin feeling irritated. Wash your face with just your hands and soap if your skin is sensitive.
There are a number of good antioxidant based anti-wrinkle creams on the market. Always choose a product that makes your skin feel good as well as look good, and NEVER irritated! These products really do promote younger skin!
The above compounds are the latest examples of cutting edge products designed to improve skin tone and elasticity, smooth out wrinkles, eliminate sagging, improve skin luminosity, firmness, and result in younger looking skin!
Humectants are compounds that draw moisture to the skin from the surrounding air. I can only recommend one such product from my own personal experience. It contains the humectant called NaPCA (Pyroglutamic acid).
It comes in regular and a formula with added Aloe Vera. Both of these product are superb and will result in younger skin.


The average dumpster load is like an archeological dig. You never know what's in there. Old rugs. Scrap wood. Uncle Elmer's bottle cap collection.
But sometimes, you have a huge load of one thing.
Dirt from your extensive landscaping project. The concrete chunks you j-j-j-jackhammered out from your old patio. Shingles from a roofing re-do.
That's called a straight load, also known as clean fill.
We know — calling a bin full of dirt "clean" seems like a misnomer. But in dumpster lingo, clean means you know exactly what you're getting. No rusty nails mixed in with the concrete. No pieces of wood in the load of roofing shingles.
Bin There Dump That operators are happy to take your straight loads of material. But there are a few things you should know about this dumpster rental FAQ.
Many landfill operators have special pricing for straight loads of material. Depending on what you have in there, a straight load can cost less to dispose of than mixed a load.
So in order to give you accurate pricing information, your local Bin There Dump That operator needs to know if you have a straight load of material, and exactly what it is.
Tell us when you call.
Local Bin There Dump That operators determine their own pricing.
Some franchises charge for the bin plus its weight. So the heavier your items, the more you'll pay. Straight load materials — tile, concrete, shingles — tend to weigh more than items from a typical attic clean-out.
If your rental location offers "all-in" pricing, that price tag usually includes approximately 1 to 2 tons of junk. The heavier items in straight loads could exceed that weight limit.
But if landfills in your area offer discounts for disposal of straight loads, that could reduce the price you'll pay.
That's why it's important to talk to your bin operator about your materials before you rent your bin.
When you talk to your local Bin There Dump That operator about your straight load of materials, they can also help you figure out what size dumpster bin you'll need to hold it all.
The 4- and 6-yard dumpsters are a good fit for small jobs — maybe for all the old tile from your kitchen and bathroom renovations.
The 9- and 10-yard bins are our franchise operators' most commonly requested sizes. Putting on a new roof? Removing a patio? A mid-sized dumpster is likely a good fit for your project.
The 14- and 20-yard dumpsters are for the largest projects. Because straight loads are typically heavy — concrete, roof shingles, soil — they aren't meant for these largest bins. The loads would be too heavy.
You can always rent more than one smaller bin if you have an oversize load of material.
An important reminder: Whether you have a straight load or mixed materials, not just any material can go in a dumpster. Household hazardous waste isn't allowed.
That means no propane tanks; ammunition; leftover paint, paint cans or paint thinner; stains and varnish; household cleaning products; batteries; fluorescent light bulbs; tires, motor oil, gasoline or antifreeze; aerosol cans; pesticides and fertilizers; pharmaceuticals and bio-medical waste.
If you have a straight load, chances are there's back-stressing labor involved. You've been carrying piles of tile, loads of roof shingles and really heavy chunks of concrete.
When it's time to hoist that load into our residential-friendly dumpster, we make it easy. Carry those heavy items directly into the dumpster bin through the convenient rear doors, instead of hoisting them up over the sides.
Questions about straight loads — or any other dumpster rental FAQs? Contact your local Bin There Dump There operator.
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Is there internal reluctance for executives to tackle digital subjects and to carry on with it within their company?
As seen from the side of the business manager, IT, digitalizing means always more costs of protection and budget, but let us recognize that the counterpart of digitization means more turnover, more information available, and more productivity. They are, therefore, gains to support these costs.
Digital means it should be complex and the natural tendency is to leave it to specialists: the IT or outsourcing department, SDI – CISO. However, these are players who are rarely integrated into the heart of the company's decision boards and councils (Codir, Comex council administration).
If we see it from the side of the IT department, the main part of the job consists of dealing with emergencies, being focused on productivity service, solving bugs and unavailability.
With very tight staff, these priorities are done to the detriment of more structuring and yet essential tasks, such as updating IS, training users, raising awareness of risks, and typical tasks that enable avoiding cyberattacks or fixing them with as little damage as possible.
As seen under the prism of governance, digital technology, for twenty years, permitted a corporate culture focused on the search for transversality and the fluidity/availability of information, to the detriment of a culture of secrecy.
Moreover, employees are less aware of the risks and the value of information that they hold.
The classification of documents (industrial secret, confidential company, etc.) seems to have disappeared from many companies.
What are the Solutions?
We have measured, during exchanges with leaders that digital subjects from the angle of risk and vulnerability, remain a subject with which business leaders and boards of directors are not comfortable with. Many administrators call for the creation of digital committees so that these subjects are addressed with more pedagogy so that all decision-makers measure the issues better.
The challenges are twofold: to draw up an inventory of the company and its subsidiaries (in the short term), and why not of its main suppliers, and to focus on people by training employees to deal with the culture of the company (a long-term goal).
A 360° Inventory Including An Internal R'u Safe Scoring On Bank Communication Applications
Companies face some awareness issues when it comes to measuring the vulnerability of their company toward external attacks but also toward the risks of internal fraud; and the latter mainly concerns the treasury departments and executives who, detecting a vulnerability, decide to take advantage of it without necessarily having premeditated their act which is not in accordance with the law.
Companies that have suffered ransomware attacks and have difficulty recovering their data and their level of activity are generally ill-prepared companies that buried their heads in the sand or were in denial with the pretense that: "It happens to others!". For medium-sized companies with a CIO or CISO, the latter is considered an external diagnosis, as an intrusion likely to demonstrate rather than support its recommendations, and budgets commensurate with the challenges with its general management.
It is on the strength of this analysis that we, at R'U SAFE, have developed diagnostics with assessment tools, giving a clear picture of the risk, clearly understandable to general management.
For this awareness to take place, we have combined five areas of expertise within the "PACK R'U SAFE" diagnosis to paint a faithful picture of the state of maturity of the structures. We assess both the quality of the shell but also the corporate culture, the quality of human factors being identifiable by an analysis of the application of the GDPR within the company.
This combination and the links we establish between expertise and the application of ISO 27001 methodologies are unique. 7 days to put it all on the table!
Our "FOCUS R'U SAFE" diagnosis focuses on the two most neglected areas of expertise in the company, even though they concentrate on the greatest vulnerabilities in cash management security scoring and the measurement of maturity and the impact of cybersecurity.
The challenges we identify are to rebalance the circulation of information in companies while maintaining a spirit of sharing. There is too much circulation of sensitive information "unknown" in the company. Just consider this: how many unopened and unclassified files do we have in our mailbox; these are sometimes emails we are in copy, as a report or "just in case, information that we hold "without knowing it" but we are responsible for.
The return to a more selective or confidential culture requires time and a training effort for all employees. It is all about creating a virtuous circle to place the data in a better-controlled environment.It is important to be well trained, and we identify three poles of teaching.
Called data security, the first one concerns cybersecurity issues (iso 27001 and cash management). Some courses are for everyone in order to better share a common language with digital specialists, the others are more dedicated to the IS department and lead to a certification.
The second pole of teaching deals with the respect for employees and customers, leading to the voluntary restriction of personal data: called data compliance. The course is all about principles linked to the European GDPR (General Data Protection Rules).
The third one, and most innovative, concerns data governance, or data management. We envision it for decision-makers and strategists.
More aware, members of committees and boards of directors will better identify the strategic nature of the budgets requested by IS.
The fight against cyber threat has resulted in many companies accumulating protection systems, technical solutions, yet it does not allow the invulnerability of the citadel. Any company is likely to be attacked, it is the resilience and education of employees that must now be given priority.
Considering that security is mainly the business of specialists, i.e. the IS department, is to take the risk of demobilizing or, worse, of not feeling individually concerned by this. In this matter the D&IM will provide new insights to the governance.
The New Function of Companies Entering the Digital Economy Profile – Document and Information Manager (D&IM)
With regard to entrepreneurial responsibilities, the CEO must be omnipresent and omniscient. The impossibility of such an exercise has forced them, since the creation of the first public limited companies around 1865 depending on the country, to delegate their powers according to internal professions that they all had to assume together. Having become overwhelming, these strategic, technical, and coordinating functions of the CEO forced them to delegate what was becoming too complex for one man to assume. Thus, born were COOs, CFOs, CCOs, CTOs, CMOs, etc.
On the threshold of the 2000s, never had upheaval been as sudden and abundant as that of multimedia. In a kind of panic related to new emerging issues, organization, and infinitely advanced technologies, companies have organized themselves by expanding or subdividing existing functions. This "off the cuff" movement does not respond to the problem of Documents and Information (D&I), which requires a height of view, a vision in perspective, and an authority that the 16 main information functions counted in different organizations do not satisfy. And the CEO remains responsible without being able to act with the aplomb or the accuracy necessary to preserve – inescapably and confidentiality, the need to know, the quality of information; and recently, disinformation whose inflation is galloping.
The Substance Justifies the Form
Essentially, it is only by precisely understanding the role and position of D&IM that we appreciate its dimension, which is absent from related professions. On the form side, what does the D&IM function add to the existing one to be more successful?
There are three possibilities:
The consideration and implementation of the D&IM function by the CEO
The addition of the function within the CODIR,
Outsourcing to a consulting partner
What exactly is the D&IM and its function?
The D&IM function aims to identify, enhance, and control documentary processes in the organization.
The D&IM is an actor in the governance of the company and a leader at the service of the operational departments in their internal and external activities.
The D&IM is a change management professional.
The D&IM is working on the urbanization of the D&I system. It formalizes the organization's documentary policy by verbalizing the cognitive loads, processes, and life cycles of the D&I to guarantee the company with regard to its environment.
The D&IM works in conjunction with the company's support functions: DOI, DSI, DAF, RM, RSSI, HRD, etc.
General Principles – The Function of D&IM
The D&IM performs a transversal function of the organization. Today, it imposes itself on the company by:
The competitive advantage provided by the control of Documents and Information (D&I)
The growing volume and complexity of information, digital, and paper media to be mastered within the organization
The criticality of the documents in the organization's environment (technical, legal, regulatory, capital value, disinformation, etc.)
The control of costs and risks (creation, production, software and hardware tools, flows, reuse, use and authorization, restitution, destruction, etc.)
The technical and economic obligation to control the life cycles of documents
The complexity of today's organizations (VUCA) regardless of their size
The D&IM does not necessarily have a direct hierarchical position, vis-à-vis the various actors of the organization, but always a role of governance. They exercise local and international leadership on all D&I matters. The hierarchical position of the D&IM in the organizational chart of the organization is a direct or functional attachment to the general management which entrusts it with its mission. They are aware of and can participate in the definition of the company's overall strategy.
They are the guarantors of the application of a D&I policy in line with the strategy of the organization.
The function of the D&IM is recognized as essential for the governance of the organization by the general management and by the operational departments.
Since the D&IM is the link between the actors involved who are responsible for the operational implementation of the D&I strategy and the actors concerned who are the users of the information assets:
The D&IM belongs to the general management. As members of the Management Committee, they are directly involved in the company's strategy. They are committed to the result.
The D&IM intervenes at the level of the operational departments. They participate in the project launch committee and in the steering committee. However, they are not responsible for the operational implementation, nor for the management of the operational teams, or for the budgets of the departments involved.
D&IM Missions
The missions of the D&IM are thus to guarantee the correct identification of documentary sources, their uses, the risks, constraints, and challenges; to define the D&I strategy in line with the company's overall strategy.
The D&IM declines the D&I strategy for the entire "D&I Network", the organization, and for each operational department. He steers the implementation of the D&I strategy and reports to General Management and the "D&I Network". Therefore:
The D&IM issues a detailed opinion on the technical and legal tools of the "D&I Network"
The D&IM qualifies and guarantees control of the D&I relationship with the organization's third parties
monitors the implementation and compliance with the guidelines
proposes areas for improvement and be a vector of documentary innovation
At the level of the operational departments:
The D&I strategy is broken down into an action program for each operational department (tactics for the implementation of the D&I strategy) materialized by measurable objectives in the short and medium terms, achieved in collaboration with operational departments and third parties. Dashboards are set up, including performance indicators (KPIs) and monitoring of the achievement of objectives/performance).
This strategy is updated according to the indicators (human, time, financial, etc.). It oversees the D&I coordination of the departments with their operational departments (equivalent to a D&I steering committee). It exercises monitoring and control of D&I action programs (guarantor of compliance with the strategy), such as participation in steering committees, monitoring of dashboards, etc. It monitors compliance with common D&I standards.
Change management:
The D&IM animates the D&I network. It is a role of federating actors: communication, promotion, and education of the function, with the establishment of a D&I community of practice and rights of use to be reserved for them. The D&IM proposes and holds, if necessary, training courses, seminars, webinars, etc.
Resources and outsourcing
The D&IM must have the resources in relation to the objectives retained in its missions for the organization. These resources are external, internal, and financial. They include the animation of a network and an ad hoc staff.
Like all the major departments sitting on the CODIR, the D&IM presents an operating budget (operation, R&D, etc.), and an investment budget correlated with the other departments.
The D&IM function may be entrusted to a third party, but in order to be operational and able to exercise its right of veto, to any of the departments sitting on the CODIR, other than the CEO. It is, therefore, up to the latter to subcontract the function to an external firm, duly authorized to exercise it and report to it.
What are the limits of the consultant compared to a D&IM
In large companies, the consultant often only has a fragmented vision of the organization. They will never have the culture of the organization or the links with the various actors. They will also not be aware of opportunities to promote the D&I documentary function. They are present only occasionally and only have an advisory role: they are not a decision-maker and the CEO, to whom they report risks never put the D&I issue at the forefront of decision-making. In essence, nothing will really change but it is a gradual way to persuade the CEO to start the process.
The return to a more selective or confidential culture requires time and a training effort for all employees.
It is all about creating a virtuous circle to place the data in a better-controlled environment. Culture, as well as new tools, will help.
Tackling the Cyber Risks with a three in one automatization
Organizations are subject to strong competition and are looking for levers to increase their productivity, and thus, gain market share.
One of the highlighted areas is the digitization of business processes and working tools, this digitalization results in the transformation of activities within the organization.
This quick digitalization, also called Industry 4.0 in the concerned industries, leads to the adoption of more and more software, and therefore, increasing dependence of the organization on its information system.
This dependence results in strong demand by the organization for its information system, which requires it to deliver the highest level of infrastructure, availability, and business application, while controlling its costs.
Cyber Risks: Damocles' Sword Hanging Over the Organization
The information system is central and vital for the organization. It becomes a privileged target: industrial espionage, data theft, voluntary destruction, encryption, and ransom. As these cyber risks become increasingly prevalent, many laws and regulations tend to impose the adoption of adequate measures to mitigate risks: Bâle, GDPR (RGPD), SOX, NADCAP, ISO 27001/2, etc.
This triple constraint: company requirements, regulatory requirements, and consideration of cyber risks, oblige the information systems to adopt a virtuous approach, maintaining regularly updated systems and software.
Without going into details and technical considerations, the information systems and their underlying rchitectures are increasingly complex and nested (On-Premise, Cloud, Hybrid, Virtualization, Containerisation, etc.).
Cybersecurity Recommendation: The Critical Importance of Implementing Updates
The complexity of information systems raises the possibility of an increase in risks due to loss of control.
The French Agency for Information Systems Security (ANSSI) supports French companies by providing them with a guide to take back control of their risks and information system.
This guide proposes 42 technical and organizational measures, which can serve as a basis for an action plan to increase the overall information system security level.
Essential Measures
The information system security level is equal to the lowest security level of one of its components. This is why mastering the information system urbanism is essential.
One of the essential steps to achieve this mastery is the modeling of an application mapping, allowing to identify the place and the role of all the tangible and intangible assets of the information system, thus the identified data allows the application mapping to conduct impact studies, implement defense strategies, and draw up maintenance and update plans.
More than 40% of global security incidents are caused by a lack of updates on the targeted equipment. With the help of application mapping, it is important to reconcile, on one hand, the economic stakes of the organization and the consequences due to the unavailability of its information system, and on the other hand, scheduling regular updates of all information system equipment.
An organization's productivity loss caused by the downtime of information systems can be reduced by increasing communication (planning and reminding) between the technical teams and the business teams.
This communication facilitates the acceptance of measures, improves the business's confidence in the information system, and allows business teams to organize in the absence of their digital tools.
Monitoring the proper application and effectiveness of the measures is essential in order to build a solid safety policy.
These measures, which are central to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002, can be implemented in successive iterations, materialized by the famous Plan Do Check Act, and thus limit the burden on the technical teams to implement them.
Regular audit results highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the measures in place, help consider corrective action plans, and identify regressions if they occur.
Internal and external auditors rely on factual evidence to establish their ratings and recommendations. The measures described above strengthen the maturity of the information system and provide the elements of response to the auditors.
When drawing up the Master Plan for the information system, it is essential to integrate the implementation of measures for each project.
Moreover, since the application mapping is central to considering an effective security policy, it is important to transcribe each information system evolution in the application mapping in order to remain accurate.
The Cloud – A Finality?
We observe a process that aims to see many scopes of the organization's information system migrate from a traditional model, also referred to as on premise, to spaces belonging to third-party entities, also known as the cloud.
Under the generic name cloud, it is necessary to distinguish the two different concepts. On one hand, the remote Datacentre allows hosting all or part of the servers that make up the Enterprise Information System. On the other hand, the SaaS (Software as a Service) and IaaS applications (Infrastructure as a service) are entirely the supplier's responsibility.
In both cases, the objectives pursued by the companies are transferring the associated risks, responsibilities, and costs, and switching the investment budgets (CAPEX) into the operating budget (OPEX).
The purpose of these suppliers, like any organization, is to lead economic logic to make profits. The choices and investments that are necessary to maintain a high level of security, are often not communicated thoroughly, only through displayed labels which suggest that they follow the main recommendations. At the same time, they face the same difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified technical profiles.
Finally, they are privileged targets of attackers because they centralize large volumes of data.
The keyword for deciding on a cloud migration of an information system component is pragmatism. Is the tool critical? How long can we do without it? Is the data sensitive or critical for the company, for its activity? Consequently, not all components of the information system are intended to leave the organization.
Take the case of a classic industrial site with production units, quality department, logistics, and finance.
What happens in case of communication loss? Do the degraded procedures ensure, at a minimum, continuity of services and that the company meets its obligations to its customers? Are the business teams prepared for this possibility?
The same questions apply to a healthcare facility where all information and healthcare devices are controlled by the information system?
The hybridization of the information system makes it possible to take advantage of the best of both approaches.
Process Automation: An Essential Tool
The information system maintenance operations, mainly the application of updates, are becoming more and more numerous and complex to apply.
Human intervention must be kept to a bare minimum to ensure a high level of reliability. The adoption of automation tools is now becoming indispensable within the information system.
It allows technical teams to model maintenance operations and also formalize knowledge and practices that were not transcribed but only transmitted orally.
The adoption of automation tools allows the IT department to become more mature, from both, a technical and an organizational point of view.
The choice of tool depends on the organization's constraints. In a simple scheduler or more advanced orchestrator, the need to control triggers between different sequences and operations is a decisive selection criterion.
However, the development of these processes requires numerous skills:
Mastery of the technical environments and dedicated technical languages allowing the automation of tasks
Maintaining a high training level of the involved resources
At the same time, the information system is constantly evolving, meaning that this change requests migrations, promotion of environments, new business tools, etc.
As a result, automation chains must be constantly reviewed and refined to take into account the new constraints.
Any new project within the information system must include an impact analysis and an update cost of the automation task.
The more complex and interwoven the information system is, the more difficult it is to define maintenance processes that take into account the many constraints.
In addition, any need to modify these processes quickly becomes extremely complex.
In this context, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) allows efficient response and sustainably to the modelling of complex environment maintenance processes.
Robotics enables the generation of entire processes without any human intervention, through a no-code approach. The adoption of automation is, thus, facilitated because it requires little technical expertise. The processes obtained are optimized to guarantee a minimum downtime of the business applications.
Whether the Enterprise Information System (EIS) is On-Premise or partially migrated to the Cloud, the mastery of application mapping is a prerequisite for any development of a security policy.
Armed with this mapping, the analysis of data flows of the information system serves as the basis for the writing of all processes that will allow keeping all equipment up to date.
The adoption of a scheduler or an orchestrator makes it possible to automate all the sequences and operations that contribute to maintain operations. To overcome the complexities of setting up and supporting automation, the use of robotics will ensure that processing times are reduced, the error rate is reduced and security is strengthened.
The solution published and distributed by xSécu makes it possible to put in place concrete measures, check their proper application, and measure their effects:
Robotics and Orchestration of maintenance processes
Automatic communication of maintenance schedules to the business teams
Ongoing audit of key equipment control points
Automatic alert on thresholds crossed or events detected
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Eric Berlanga Eric is an Information Systems Manager, software engineering expert, and founder of a publisher of cyber security solutions. For over 20 years, he has put his technical expertise and his functional perspective at the service of customers from all perspectives of life, such as; banking, finance, transport, medical industry, digitization of business processes, diagnosis of IT maturity, development, and implementation of cyber defense strategy. Eric Gormand Eric Gormand defines himself as an entrepreneur, but he has evolved over the last thirty years in positions of responsibility in the public service, in a large industrial group, and in the management of SMEs. His aeronautical training, as a combat pilot, gave him a pragmatism, adaptability, and resilience that allows him to accomplish his "missions" (deliverables) including in degraded mode. Curious and agile, he acts as a project manager and has expertise in the field of governance. Philippe Blot Lefevre Philippe is a serial entrepreneur in risk management. By working with people, he raised Concept-Consolidation, his financial reporting software package, to rank No. 1 worldwide. Mentor and coach of change management, he takes into account our supersensitive dimension to reduce the divergences between individual and collective interests, and increase performance. In the 2000s, he defined the profile of the Document & Information Manager (D&IM), a member of governance who guarantees the quality and use of Documents & Information, their life cycles, risks, human constraints and techniques, and the issues. Philippe has published "Right of Use and Protection of Digital Information" (ed. Editea 2007). Parham MOILI Parham is a senior certified ISO/IEC 27001 lead auditor and lead implementor. For more than 25 years, he has been wearing new uses and new technologies within large companies and supports the digital transformation of organizations, business processes, and information systems. His excellent knowledge of banking communication applications and Electronic Data Management (EDM) allowed him to create 2 Scoring repositories on Cash Management administration (AUSECAF) and Security of the EDI banking platforms (SECEDI). He is the founder of the PECB certified training AUSECAF (Anti-fraud security audit on banking communication applications). For more information on this global article, you can reach Parham at +33 (0) 650 00 03 89 – pmi@rusafe.fr
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After returning from Switzerland with great enthusiasm and experience, Mr. Roberto Adda started working with partner Mariano Pegoraro.
He is only thirty years old when, by divide by his partner, he founded the "OFFICINA MECCANICA DI PRECISIONE ADDA ROBERTO O.M.P.A.R.".
On 2 August 1965 he assumed his first employee, Lucio Bisarello (called Pino), who joined him for many years, first as a worker and later, thanks to mutual esteem, as the manager of the workshop.
In January 1966, O.M.P.A.R. Participates at the first exhibition of ornaments held at Giardini Salvi, the historic venue of Vicenzais fair.
O.M.P.A.R. is industrialized and in few years the number of employees increases.
Mr. Adda thanks to his entrepreneurial ability immediately reinvents his profits in the construction of the new building and in the purchase of new machine tools.
From the very beginning, it buys high quality and precision machinery to ensure a high reliability product that will always characterize its working philosophy.
With this model born the idea of universal machine, which is suitable for various types of manufactoring, for exaple bracelet decoration and medal diamond cutting.
The chain to be machined with excellent results needs to be calibrated. With the first diamond engagement tests on the chains, the first technological problems are highlighted.
First machine with mechanical synchronization between tool and workpiece.
Manual universal lathe for rings, bangles and watch cases.
The chain locking sistem by means of a vice made up of two disks, is introduced for the first time. The continuous search for a product of ever increasing quality encourages Mr. Roberto to develop a 2-head vertical diamond spindle with spindles of very high precision, conform to perfectly mirror speckled surfaces on all types of chain.
The first logo O.M.P.A.R., which identifies and makes the product recognizable throughout the world, is born.
Diamond cutting machine with synchronism between tool and workpiece with vertical and horizontal head spindle.
Diamond cutting machine for lapping and chamfering big chains.
With the addition of the new building, the assembly department is best organized.
In line with his entrepreneurial vision,Mr. Roberto continues to invest in his company.
It is during this period that Mr. Roberto decides to develop a universal diamond cutting machine with 2-head (vertical-horizontal) and with features that make it suitable for performing any kind of decoration on jewelery objects.
The precision of mechanical machining, the large dimensions of the cross-table as well as the wide range of accessories, give this machine the qualities of great versatility of use.
There is the introduction of the electronic component applied to the already established mechanical precision.
This marriage is developed and improved over the years, until it reaches the quality standard of our day.
to serve as the CEO of the company.
the brand of benevolence is added to the existing logo.


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Bio Launches Efforts to Expand Global Arms Control Body
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Sierra Leone's President, Dr Julius Maada Bio, has launched a vigorous effort to expand the membership of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the key instrument for regulating the global arms trade.
The ATT covers the production, movement and stockpiling of weapons, as well as human rights issues that are salient in armed conflict. It is the first international treaty that aims to achieve responsible arms transfers by establishing global standards and promoting transparency and accountability in the global arms trade.
Sierra Leone was elected President of the ATT in August last year and has focused on strengthening efforts to eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and ensuring efficient stockpile management as the main theme of its one-year presidency.
The ATT already has 110 state parties, including four Permanent Members of the UN Security Council – United States, China, Britain, and France. Currently, 28 African countries are state parties, including Ghana, Nigeria, Senega, South Africa and Namibia, and 12 African countries are signatories but are not yet state parties.
Sierra Leone ratified the Arms Trade Treaty on 12 August 2014, as the 43rd UN Member State and 4th African country to do so.
In a letter addressed to other Heads of States that are not yet members of the ATT body, President Bio appealed to them to make an important contribution to ending the illicit trade of arms and realising the full potential of the ATT by signing and ratifying the treaty.
Said President Bio in a note accompanying the letters: "In 2020, Sierra Leone had the singular honour to be elected President of the 7th Conference of States Parties to the Treaty. Our recent history of civil war and successful disarmament programme means that we particularly value the work that we all do at the ATT. I believe we all share the same goal of preventing weapons from being illicitly traded and reducing the human cost of armed conflicts."
The ATT is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. President Bio's envoy in Geneva, Ambassador Dr Lansana Gberie, has been meeting Ambassadors of countries that have not yet ratified the ATT to hand-deliver President Bio's letter.
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Judd Trump Wins Northern Ireland Open For The Third Time
Posted by Roland Arum on November 26, 2020
Judd Trump once again had the last laugh at the Northern Ireland Open, lifting up his trophy excitedly and wearing his characteristic smile.
It's the third time Juddernaut will be winning this competition in the last three years after winning also in years 2018 and 2019.
Judd Trump still be the first to record three wins on the trot in the same championship since legendary Stephen Hendry last did so in the UK Championship between years 1994 and 1996.
The world number one held off a late rally from his opponent and veteran, Ronnie O'Sullivan to record a 9-7 win, just like he did in the other years.
This 19th ranking title has helped the world number one skip Mark Selby and Neil Robertson into sixth place on the all-time list.
The 31-year-old took the game by the scruff of its neck from start to finish after managing to come out tops in a scrappy opening frame.
Juddernaut ended the morning session with a 5-3 advantage and quickly made it 7-3 two frames into the evening session of the final showdown.
This was Ronnie's first final since he lifted his sixth world championship crown back in August. Many would have described him as out of sorts, because he played with so much patience which is uncharacteristic of him. However, this patient play must have been his brilliant plan to topple over his opponent, Trump who was superb on the night. No matter how brilliant the plan he had cooked up must have been, it was nothing compared to what Trump had in stock. The 31-year-old was unplayable and the 43-year-old Ronnie was always going to play catch up.
But Ronnie's plan worked for a while though. He narrowed the lead to two before Trump won another, leaving him at the brink of defeat.
Contributions of 93 and 74 placed the world number two in a very good position to force the game into a deciding frame but he choked and let Trump claim another silverware with an impressive break of 83.
It's the fourth final in a row between these familiar enemies and oddly, Trump has come out tops in all four. Great win for the world number one!
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Q: EWS API trying get appointment starting from a modified date I am currently working on an app that checks all appointments on an individual email, it can update appointments, delete them, create new etc. This part is working already.
I am now trying to put all appointment starting from a specified last modified time into a list, and here is my issue. Code:
public void getByModifiedDate(CalendarFolder calendar)
{
bool found = false;

string date;
Console.WriteLine("Modified date: ");
date = Convert.ToString(Console.ReadLine());

List<TAppointments> tempList = new List<TAppointments>();
var appointments = getAppointments(calendar);
//loop through every appts on calendar
foreach (Appointment a in appointments)
{

    if (a.LastModifiedTime.ToString() == date)
    {

        TAppointments app = new TAppointments(a.ICalUid.ToString(), a.Subject.ToString(), a.Start.ToString(), a.End.ToString(), a.LastModifiedTime.ToString());
        currentApp = app;
        tempList.Add(app);
        found = true;
    }

}
  if (!found)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("No appointment found.");
   }
    printAppointments(tempList);
 }

Here I can only find a single item, because well that's what I coded. Is there a way to specified a starting date? Something like lastmodifiedtime >= date? I've made some researched and did not find anything.

A: I fixed my case. I simply converted my specified date to DateTime, then I could compare it properly, as seen below. I hope it helps some people who has the same issue.
   foreach (Appointment a in appointments)
        {
            if (a.LastModifiedTime >= Convert.ToDateTime(date))
            {
                i++;
                TAppointments app = new TAppointments(a.ICalUid.ToString(), a.Subject.ToString(), a.Start.ToString(), a.End.ToString(), a.LastModifiedTime.ToString());
                currentApp = app;
                tempList.Add(app);
                found = true;
            }

        }


A.J. Mahari has written 5 ebooks that all deal with aspects of what she has termed the "core wound of abandonment" in Borderline Personality Disorder. In this bundle you can purchase all 5 ebooks together. This bundle package is for anyone wanting to learn much more about Borderline Personality Disorder whether you have BPD or are a Loved One – a non borderline – and know someone who had BPD.
Abandonment is at the core of Borderline Personality Disorder. This unresolved abandonment trauma plays an important role in everything "borderline".
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder – The Lost Self – The Impact of The Core Wound of Abandonment Book 1 features a thorough examination and explanation geared toward helping you understand Borderline Personality Disorder and gain insight into and awareness of the impact of the core wound of abandonment in BPD.
It is the first ebook in what will be a series of 3 explaining, from the inside out, the many layers and various aspects of the impact of what A.J. has termed the "core wound of abandonment" that she identified in her journey of recovery as the wound that is central to what BPD actually is and how and why it persists.
This ebook includes 141 pages that provide a deeper understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder. Mahari has written a series of 3 ebooks that explain, explore, examine and define what she has termed, "the core wound of abandonment in BPD. This ebook, the 4th in this series explains the on-going impact of unresolved abandonment when someone has BPD.
Mahari outlines what she has identified as the impact of the core wound of abandonment. This 4th ebook, "The Lost Self" in this series provides understanding about how the core wound of abandonment has impacted the lost borderline self and what that really means in terms of how BPD is experienced by those who have it.
This ebook "Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder – The Lost Self" – The Impact of the Core Wound of Abandonment will add to your understanding of the abandonment that is so central to Borderline Personality Disorder and how it drives every symptom/trait of that people with BPD manifest.
First, one has to know what the core wound of abandonment is. And in this Ebook and the 5th Ebook of this series A.J. Mahari expands on the impact of this core wound of abandonment explaining many of the mystery puzzle-like aspects and manifestations of BPD so that those with BPD and those who are family members, loved ones or relationship partners of someone with BPD – non borderlines can really increase their awareness of just how to create the kind of change that recovery from BPD requires.
This ebook features 133 pages of must-read information that explores the reality of The Rock and a Hard Place of and in Borderline Personality Disorder – outlining how the unresolved abandonment of the core wound of abandonment in BPD provides obstacles to recovery that need to be understood in order to challenge them and to begin to – or continue to – get better.
It is the 5th ebook in this series of 5 Ebooks on the central and most important aspect of Borderline Personality Disorder – abandonment and its consequences explaining, from the inside out, the many layers and various aspects of the impact of what A.J. has termed the "core wound of abandonment" that she identified in her journey of recovery as the wound that is central to what BPD actually is and how and why it persists. understanding this core wound of abandonment and the obstacles it presents to recovery will help those with BPD find their way to the healthy change they so long for.
The Rock and a Hard Place in and of BPD looks at 35 main Rock and a Hard Place aspects of BPD for both those who have BPD or for those who are in any type of relationship to or with someone who has BPD – non borderlines.
Mahari explores the question as to what is normal versus abnormal and looks the reality that there is normal in what is the otherwise abnormal of BPD. Also examined is Borderline Ambivalence, Fear, Defensiveness, Emotional Dysregulation, Borderline Projection, The Masks of BPD, Grandiosity and Narcissism in BPD, the impact of Negative Psychological Associations and BPD, BPD and Devaluation, Self-Harm and Borderline Skewed Reality.
The Rock and a Hard Place in and of BPD will help you to understand much more about the inner-workings of Borderline Personality Disorder whether you are a someone with BPD looking for a way to increase your own awareness and insight or a non borderline in search of a better over-all understanding of why the person with BPD in your life thinks and acts the way that he or she does.


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Four women in the City Attorney's Office accused James Messer of harassment. One said it has gone on for two years.
FORT PIERCE — Embattled City Attorney James Messer on Friday resigned from his $174,200 job in the face of at least four employee sexual-harassment claims.
The City Commission, meeting in special session Friday morning, accepted his resignation unanimously. He was not in attendance.
Because Messer's resignation is "without conditions," he is not entitled to severance pay, city officials said.
Each of the four complaints constituted instances of sexual harassment, an investigator found.
The investigation found that Messer routinely talked about his past sexual experiences, told administrative assistants to look on applicants' Facebook pages to see if they were "hot," called a woman back from maternity leave a "milk maid" and referred to her office as "lactation room," and commented on whether some women should lose weight.
The employee who returned from maternity leave said she felt pressure to conceal her breast milk in the employee refrigerator fearing that if Messer saw it, he would make faces and remark that breast feeding was "unnatural," according to the 177-page report.
Messer told one administrative assistant that he could not hire an attractive Filipino woman who applied for a position in the City Clerk's Office because, "I'll be in jail tomorrow," according to the report.
During the investigation Messer admitted he "had a propensity to not act appropriately regarding some women," the report states.
Messer said he felt he could say what he wanted until someone objected. At the same time, however, he wrote a workplace policy prohibiting the use of sarcasm and making political or sexual statements, the report stated.
Messer, according to the investigator, questioned why the four women didn't ask him to stop.
"Why didn't she just come to me and say, 'Hey, Jim, you're being a knucklehead and knock this nonsense off'?"
Federal law makes it the responsibility of the supervisor, and not the employee, to refrain from making harassing statements, the investigator told the City Commission.
One of the women who complained told the investigator she had been subjected to Messer's harassment for two years.
That angered Commissioner Tom Perona.
"What does that say about us as a city that we didn't know about this?" Perona asked.
County Attorney Dan McIntyre, who filled in as acting city attorney for Friday's meeting, cautioned the City Commission against saying anything that could identify the complainants or make the city liable.
The City Commission on Aug. 1 ordered the investigation into Messer and the complaints.
Once the complaints came to light, all four of the employees were placed on paid administrative leave. Messer, however, was permitted to remain on the job, a decision the City Commission made to assure Fort Pierce continued to have legal representation.
The women will be asked to return to their jobs on Monday, City Manager Nick Mimms said.
Former County Judge Ben Bryan was named interim city attorney.


There is one active ingredient: yeast. Just 1 teaspoon, when combined fully into the flour, has the power to transform the dough into something wonderful.
Recently I have started to use the bread making process to pray. I am not an expert prayer, nor am I an expert bread-maker. But last night a group of us went on a journey together to make bread, and pray at the same time. We thought of a person or situation that we wanted to pray for. And we combined flour, salt, water and yeast together. There was a point when it was chaos as each of us had a sticky gooey mess. But gradually as we all wrestled with and punched the dough, it became a prayer. A hardworking tough prayer, but a prayer nonetheless.
We put our bread in bowls and waited for them to rise, and to everyone's delight, they rose! We shaped them into symbols which represented our prayers and our faith. And then baked them.
Yesterday I made a loaf and it was only when nearly all the water was added, I remembered I hadn't put the yeast in! I put it in with the rest of the water and hoped for the best. The results were a bit of a disaster. It struck me that yeast, is very powerful, even though the amount you use is tiny. But if it's not fully integrated throughout the dough, the loaf ends up bulgy and lumpy.
Here is a picture of the bread made by our "star baker" last night. Just one of many examples of how a sticky mess was transformed into something beautiful yesterday evening.
Lets ask God how we might be transformed by his divine yeast today, as we place ourselves and our world into the hands of the Divine Breadmaker. And let's also think about how we can, with His help, be the yeast in our society today.