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Bill Merritt June 1, 2009	 November 18, 2020 Leave a comment
In this post-9/ll world, the take- over of a United States embassy by foreign nationals is the kind of thing you'd think you'd hear about – even the takeover of a not-very-important embassy in a minor African country. You'd think.
So, why haven't you heard that on April 22, 2004, the security guards at the American embassy in Liberia mutinied and held hostage the embassy staff, including the ambassador, until Pakistani soldiers showed up to free them? Nothing, as far as Google can tell, ever appeared about it in any place where you would have seen it. Not a single article in a magazine or newspaper. Not a word on CNN or Fox or ABC or any of the others. Nothing on the radio. Nary a rant by Limbaugh, or Sharpton, or Coulter, or Hannity, or Huffington.
In fact, the only mention I could find that anything unusual happened at all came from two short pieces on a website called The Perspective, which is devoted to goings-on in Liberia. The first, dated April 23, 2004, was by one Josephus Moses Gray (someone for whom, evidently, English is not the mother tongue). The second was a press release put out the next day by Christina Porche, the Public Information Officer at our embassy in Monrovia – who, presumably, uses English quite clearly, at least in private. Clarity, however, does not appear to be the point of her press release.
Gray's article is entitled "Inter-Con Security Guards Stage Mutiny at U.S. Embassy In Liberia," and is notably short on the sort of details an American reader would like to know. It does tell us that the mutiny started in the morning hours when "aggrieved" security guards besieged the embassy compound and blocked the main entrances "in protest for job benefits reportedly due them."
What, exactly, these missing job benefits were is difficult to winkle out, but it had something to do with the mutineers' not receiving "their 'just' benefits from their employer despite of their commitment to duty." According to the guards: "family members of their colleagues who died on duty during the last rebel war on Monrovia received benefits while they have been left out. They stated that they work for eight hours stand- ing on their legs daily without a break, adding: 'we have not received our medical and transportation benefits'"
You can read the entire text at the Perspective, if you wish. But what, exactly, happened at the embassy, or why, isn't going to become much clearer.
To give Gray his due, initial dispatches from conflict zones are often pretty confused. It's the follow-up reports you look to when you want to know what really went on – which is where Porche's press release should come in. But embassy press releases are government documents, and searching for truth in government documents can be like looking for a dropped contact lens by the glow of a black hole. What you hoped might illuminate the situation sucks light away.
Her press release informs us that:
". .. some employees of Inter-Con Security Services, Ltd., per- formed a work stoppage at the U.S. Embassy Compound at Mamba Point near Monrovia. They temporarily impeded access to and from the compound by Embassy employees and visitors. . . .
The vast majority of Inter-Con employees have served the Embassy faithfully, including during the assaults on Monrovia last summer, providing the critical security necessary to keep our Embassy open. We are grateful to them for this and there- fore attempted to mediate. However, we were unsuccessful in alleviating their concerns. Their grievances appeared to be about bonuses that they felt they were owed …
When it became obvious that a resolution was impossible, the Embassy requested assistance from the Liberian National Police (LNP) and UNMIL security in order to reestablish control over its entryways and remove all protesting Inter-Con guards from the compound."
And that, friend of Liberty, is that. The written information available in America for civilian consumption about the day the security guards mutinied at one of our embassies contains nothing more of any substance. If you want to know more, you are going to have to rely on word on mouth.
One of the joys of living overseas is that you hear plenty of words from a lot of mouths. Here in Gaborone, Botswana, almost every American in an official capacity knows other Americans in similar official capacities in other countries. The Regional Security Officer has counterparts at all our embassies around the world. They talk on the phone, they email one another, they get in touch by secure transmission to exchange secret messages that the rest of us aren't supposed to know about, and sometimes they meet in person and discuss security matters and whatever gossip pops into their heads. Ditto the Chief of Mission at the Centers for Disease Control, the Post Commandant for the Marines, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy, and whatever it is they call the lady who runs USAID. Sometimes, some of them even talk to unofficial me. Here, as close as I can make out, is what happened in Liberia:
As part of the great American legerdemain of pretending that our government really isn't as big as it really is, routine security duties at our embassies are regularly contracted out to private firms. In Monrovia they were handled by an out- fit called Inter-Con, which used Liberian nationals to do the actual guarding.
Embassy staff reporting to work at about 7:30 on the morning of April 22, 2004 were intercepted by Inter-Con's security guards, told that the embassy had been taken over, and herded into the chancellery. The guards were armed, but only in the sense that Fred Flintstone was armed. They carried clubs. The few embassy employees who allowed that, no, they had better ways to spend their day than locked in the chancellery were clubbed for their temerity, but not very hard. This lockup is, apparently, what Porche was referring to when she mentioned that the guards "temporarily impeded access to and from the compound by Embassy employees and visitors."
One interesting part of all this is that the embassy folks liked the guards. They had worked with them, sometimes for years, and had developed some real friendships. During the Liberian civil wars, the guards had lived in squalid conditions in a camp across the street, just so they could get to the embassy and protect Americans lives. The Marines more than liked the guards. They admired and respected them. Guards had died fighting beside Marines when the embassy was attacked by one or the other of the ragtag armies roaming around Monrovia. This is what Porche refers to as "services during last summer." The Marines weren't about to tum their M-16's on the guards after service like that. They went into lockup along with the other Americans.
Another interesting part is that there was nothing political about the mutiny. The whole thing was a job action, albeit the kind of job action that Old Joe Hill could have only dreamed
of. As a job action, it was aimed at Inter-Con, not at the United States. And plenty of Americans at the embassy thought that Inter-Con had it coming. Now I don't pretend to know what Inter-Con's true personnel policies were in Monrovia in April of 2004, but I have heard some pretty Dickensian stories. In fact, it was stories like Inter-Con's that caused mill owners in Charles Dickens' time to pull handfuls of gold from velvet pouches to send to the downtrodden in Africa.
I have heard that Inter-Con security guards worked 36S days a year. None of this frou-frou business of vacations or holidays, or time off to attend the birth of your first child, or your wife's funeral; or, certainly, time off to be sick. You miss a day at work, you are fired. "Oh, just a touch of malaria," was a reply an embassy staffer was likely to hear when he asked a guard why he was shivering so violently in the lOS-degree heat. Security guards who'd put their lives on the line to defend Americans when the embassy came under siege a few months earlier couldn't even get the day off to stay home and die. So whatever the embassy staff were thinking as the guards herded them into captivity, it wasn't the same thoughts that would have been running through their heads if they had been carried off by a mob of Iranian students chant- ing "God Is Great."
The ambassador tried to talk the guards down, couldn't, and called for help. By 4:00 in the afternoon, the embassy was filled with Pakistani troops armed a lot better than Fred Flintstone, the security guards decided they had made their point, the siege ended, and the staff were let out in time to tell their families over supper, "You won't believe what happened at work today." That eight-and-a-half hours of foreign occupation of our embassy appears to be what Porche meant by a "work stoppage."
The next day, as far as I can tell, the guards were back on the job, staff members greeted them cordially, bygones were bygones, Christina Porche began to consider how she was going to frame her press release, and no hard feelings all around.
As takeovers of embassies go, Americans have seen worse. In fact, the most damaging thing to come out of the whole affair was the embarrassment suffered by the Security Officer who saw his embassy occupied by guards from the very guard-service he'd contracted to do the securing. Or perhaps it was the embarrassment felt by the American government, which didn't want it getting around – at least not back home – that in this day and age, our embassies are still so easy.
It's hard to know what to make of all this. In a world in which our government seems to have a talent for overreact- ing, it's a relief to learn that sometimes it doesn't. At a time when the news media seem to be in a constant bay of hysteria, the relief comes doubled. Still, a forcible takeover of a U.S. embassy by foreign nationals, and you don't read one word about it until nearly five years later? And even then, only in a journal of opinion?
Whatever … it mainlines directly into my libertarian fantasies about how the government, the press, and plenty of big- wigs I don't even know about work hand in glove in glove to make sure the rest of us hear only what they want us to hear. Make of it what you want, but the way this bit of news went nowhere for so long might be the most suggestive part of the entire episode
Bill Merritt
Bill Merritt is a sometimes author in Portland, Oregon. Among his books are Where the Rivers Ran Backward, an account of his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam and Crackers, a memoir about growing up in the South during the Fifties and Sixties while not necessarily being part of the Civil Rights Revolution.
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Q: Hey need help with a mysql exception i am getting abt communication link failure Hey guys, i m running a mysql server on my host machine.
The code is provided below.When i try 2 run the same code from another machine connected to the same router.I get the exception that I hav provided below the code.
Please help.
Code:-
import java.sql.;
import java.io.;
public class Login{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
Connection conn = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://"+br.readLine()+":3306/";
String dbName = "p2p";
String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String userName = "root";
String password = "123";
System.out.println("Please input Username:");
String user=br.readLine();
System.out.println("Please input Password:");
String pass=br.readLine();

try {
  Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
  conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url+dbName,userName,password);
  String sql="select password from newuser where username='"+user+"'";
  Statement stmt=null;
  ResultSet rs=null;

  try{
      stmt=conn.createStatement();
      rs=stmt.executeQuery(sql);
     if(rs.next())
     {
         if(rs.getString("password").equals(pass))
          System.out.println("true");
         else
          System.out.println("false");
     }
     else System.out.println("false");
     }
  catch(Exception e){System.out.println(e);}
  conn.close();
  } catch (Exception e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

}
}
Exception:-
com.mysql.jdbc.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure

The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driv
er has not received any packets from the server.
        at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createCommunicationsException(SQLError.java:1
112)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:346)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.coreConnect(ConnectionImpl.java:2334)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.connectOneTryOnly(ConnectionImpl.java:2
371)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2163)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.<init>(ConnectionImpl.java:794)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getInstance(ConnectionImpl.java:374)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java
:305)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:525)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
        at Login.main(login.java:20)
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: 192.168.1.23306: 192.168.1.23306
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1128)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1098)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1061)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.ja
va:244)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:295)
        ... 9 more

A: Are the machines on the same network or allowed in the same VLAN. The error that you are getting means the program cannot even see the MySQL server. Another possibility, check the account on MySQL and make sure that the both servers are in the allowed HOSTS for the account.

A: Your stack trace has this line:
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171) at Login.main(login.java:20) Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: 192.168.1.23306: 192.168.1.23306 at

Which means your Java process doesn't know about host address 192.168.1.23306

A: Hey guys, i got the error.
Instead of using br.readLine() when i put the actual ip of the mysql server m/c the program runs.

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Sunny Saha to exit Turner's Asia Pac business
10th January 2014 @ 11:35
Turner Broadacasting System Asia Pacific is saying goodbye to long-serving managing director of entertainment networks Sunny Saha ahead of Ricky Ow's arrival on Monday.
Saha has decided to step down from his role as MD and senior VP and will exit Turner International at the end of February.
This comes ahead of former Sony Pictures Television Asia boss Ow's first day at TBS Asia Pacific as president on Monday.
A Turner spokesman told TBI Ow would decide whether to appoint a direct replacement once his feet were under the table. He is replacing Steve Marcopoto, who stood down at the end of the year following a massive round of staff cuts and restructuring across the Turner International business.
Saha has been with Turner since September 2000. During that time he has lead advertising and sales research in India and South Asia; the Asia Pacific sales team; all kids and entertainment channels in the region; and most recently, the overall Asia Pacific business. He is also currently general manager of kids networks, along with his MD/SVP role.
Gerhard Zeiler, president of TBS International, said: "Turner owes Sunny a great debt of gratitude. With passion and great professionalism, Sunny has safely guided Turner's southeast Asia Pacific business and its kids networks in Asia Pacific through a period of rapid change as a thoughtful business leader and strategic mind."
"Turner is set for new growth," added Saha. "At the same time, I am looking for new challenges. Leaving on a high note ensures that the transition will be handled smoothly for all our employees and business partners."
Tags: Gerhard Zeiler, Ricky Ow, Steve Marcopoto, Sunny Saha, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific
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WWD: LILY JAMES, RICHARD MADDEN ATTEND 'CINDERELLA' SCREENING IN NY
At a Sunday night screening of the new film adaptation of "Cinderella," Lily James, the actress playing the title role, was gushing and gushing about her leading man, Richard Madden.
Cinderella was swept off her feet all right.
At a Sunday night screening of the new film adaptation of "Cinderella," Lily James, the actress playing the title role, was blushing and gushing about her leading man, Richard Madden.
"The thing I love about Richard is — he's an obvious choice for the role because he's so good looking — but there's so much more to him," she said. "He's deep, he's funny, he's sexy, he's charismatic." What can't this Prince Charming do? Best known as the dreamy Robb Stark, may he rest in peace, on "Game of Thrones," this is just Madden's fifth movie.
For his part, Madden was attracted to the challenge of interpreting a character who was in only a few scenes in the original animated film.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ethan Hawke and Patti Smith were among those in attendance at the Cinema Society-hosted screening at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, but this being a Disney screening a number of actors, like Gina Gershon and Edie Falco, brought their kids along.
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Store: Family Games, 2-Player Games, Editor's Pick 2 Player Games
Edition: Hive
Series: Hive
Theme: Bugs / Insects
Genre: Abstract Strategy
Format: Boardless Games
Other: Available on iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, 2006 Board Game Geek Gift Guide
Home > Family Games > Bugs / Insects >
Hive: Pocket
8+ 20-30 minutes 2
Designer(s): John Yianni
Publisher(s): Gen Four Two Games
Hive pocket is the very same wonderful game we all love, but in a compact version. With all its pieces in a portable small cloth bag, this game can provide fun just about anywhere! This edition includes two bonus pieces, "The Mosquito" and "Ladybug," expansions to the game which provide additional hours of fun!
The object: To surround your opponent's queen bee while trying to block your opponents from doing the same. Each player has 13 tiles; representing different insects. Each insect has a unique way of moving (as in chess) and resembles the movement of the insect depicted on the tile. Content: 26 Hexagonal tiles Rules Cloth bag.
Ages: 8 and up
Hive: Pocket has the following expansions available:
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by Bradley Ruff
Similar to chess! A must buy for the abstract strategy lover!!!
I received Hive Carbon as a Christmas gift this year (2011) from a friend and we haven't stopped playing! The game has many similarities to chess (e.g. both are abstract strategy games that help develop critical thinking skills), yet the rules are simple enough that Hive Carbon can be learned to play in as little as 5 minutes. The pieces are made of bakelite and are durable. Game play lasts around 10 minutes. The inclusion of the mosquito and the ladybug makes Hive Carbon a better buy than Hive. The game is portable and is a fantastic pub game. If you enjoy abstract strategy games that you can take anywhere, Hive Carbon is a must buy!!!
by Thomas Smith
This is good stuff…
This is good stuff… really good… pure strategy and tactics… no luck here. Like chess the opening is all about strategy. Which pieces will you bring out first and where will you place them. The middle game is the battle, one that usually goes back and forth several times. Often you will think you have it won… but then find you lack the fire-power… coming up one piece short of making the final kill. And the end game is pure tactics… a blunder against a better player, and you will lose. This game has become one of our favorite lunch-time games at work. It's awesome… it's deep… the more you play (like chess) the more you see how good this game really is. And it plays in 20-30 minutes which makes it excellent for those times when you do not have a lot of time (like lunch). It is also easy to transport, plays almost anywhere, and the Bakelite pieces are of the highest quality (thick and heavy… they feel good in your hands and stay-put on the table)… what more can I say?
by Dmitriy P.
Player 1 always wins
Any good board game normally has simple rules, but is built in such a way that it is not obvious how to build a winning strategy.
This game is quite the opposite.
As you can see from the picture, there are 5 different creatures, each has its own rules how it can move during the game, plus the game has its own constraints such as the hive has to be connected at all times. The only thing that is not taken into consideration when you make a move is maybe the layout of stars in the sky.
So after you spent 15 minutes reading the rules, and another hour trying to explain it to your kids, you get to play maybe 10 or 15 times, and by then all players have pretty much figured out the winning strategy. Because of the constraint that the hive has to be connected at all times, you use your ant to lock in the enemy bee, and then you can tell exactly in how many turns you win. First player who can do it wins. This is normally player 1 unless you are new to the game.
You then use the two other ants to make it impossible for the bee to escape; you use your choice of grasshoppers or spiders to take the remaining 2 squares. Once you started winning, the fact of it is obvious to both players, and nothing can be done about it. You have about 8 more turns before the end of the game, and it is clear who won, so you just stop the game at that point.
The author spent too much time trying to come up with a set of complicated rules, and it still doesn't give any flexibility to the game.
The only good thing about this game is maybe the quality of porcelain pieces - they feel really good in your hand. But of course there is no much use of it since the game is quite unplayable.
Alan How
Hive is an abstract game of placement for two people. Each uses 11 hexagonal pieces, which are made of smooth wood about 1 cm in thickness and which provide a quality feel to the game. The eleven pieces are a queen, 3 ants, 3 grasshoppers, 2 spiders and 2 beetles. Each player has an identical set that is distinguished by the background colour of the sticky label (which is already attached to the wood when you get your game). While they look pleasant on a display -- metallic silver and metallic blue -- under fluorescent light they can be hard to tell apart. [Funagain Editor's Note: This issue has been resolved in the second edition of the game; the material and construction of the pieces is the same as before, but the tiles are now nonrefelective and the colors are thus easily distinguished.]
The game is played with each player playing one piece at a time and the object is to capture your opponent's queen. This is achieved when the queen is surrounded by pieces, and mainly this will be with your pieces. Each type of insect has its own movement rules. For example, once placed the grasshopper can jump to a vacant space along a straight row of joined pieces, while the ant scoots around the edge of the pieces to a new position, a move that is incredibly good at times. Except for the first turn, when pieces are first placed on the board, they must only touch their own colour. When they move (on a subsequent turn) they must form one continent, i.e. all pieces must be linked somehow. Your queen has to be played during the first four turns and this is also a telling time, as it can end up in the middle of a load of pieces and be "in check" early on, or find itself stranded at the edge of the developing continent and unprotected.
The game reminds me of the old Hartland Trefoil classic (sadly, out of print now) called Ancient Kingdoms. This game was about hexagonal tile placement and movement of pieces and was for 2 to 5 players. But it had a similar feel to it as pieces were moved into better positions.
The rulebook is extraordinarily good: the colours match the colours of the pieces, there are good examples and the clarity of the rules is first class. Why comment on this? Well, since this is a first production you do not normally get either this attention to detail or this quality. It all comes at a cost of course. The game is 20 in the UK, but if you are at all interested in abstract games, then you should consider this. It plays quickly, has an addictive quality and, with so many options in the play, does not have a perfect strategy or set so many initial moves.
After several games now, I am uncertain about the position of the first player. We have had more first player wins than second, but this is simply resolved by reversing the order in the next turn. It could be argued that the second player can counter any move by the first player, but I haven't played sufficiently to guarantee that this is the best way of playing second. (The website says that there is no advantage in going first, but I can only comment on the games I have played so far.) Like chess, there is plenty of room for analysis. Personally, the rule I like the best is that all pieces have to be in contact. This makes for some interesting plays as the continent stretches out.
The game is readily available in England and also from the www.hivemania.com website, which itself is well constructed and will provide sufficient further information for you to follow up this review. Some of the site is still under construction, but there are some pictures of the prices, which are useful to see.
The cover of the game says, "Hive is a game crawling with possibilities". This set my mind working to the various puns that could be used in the game. The best I came up with was an "all ant attack", but working with insects I'm sure you will do better.
While I do not rush to get abstract games, this one has more appeal than most, plays quickly and is well produced. I would recommend adding it to your collection, even if you only have a casual interest in abstract games.
John McCallion
Hexagonal tiles show your creepy-crawly warriors: Ants, Grasshoppers, Spiders, Beetles and Queen Bee. Players in turn form a turbulent hive of insects by laying a piece adjacent to others. After the Queen Bee is placed (no later than the fourth turn), turns may consist of moving placed insects. Queen Bees move one space, and Spiders three spaces, around the hive's edge. Beetles move one space, and may jump onto an adjacent insect, thereby immobilizing it. Ants move anywhere they please around the hive. Grasshoppers jump over one or more pieces. Insects cannot move if they would split the hive into several sections. You win by surrounding the enemy Queen Bee; its adjacent friendly insects contribute to its defeat. This game's chess-like strategy will leave you itching to explore more of its subtleties.
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Current Events, Politics, Parody And Other Musings: President Obama Proclaims Diversity A "Value"
Speaking recently about the assassination of five Dallas police officers, President Obama tried to highlight and defend American "values." One of the values he extolled was "diversity." Can someone please inform the President that diversity isn't a value? In the context that he placed it, values, according to Webster's New Unabridged Dictionary, are defined thusly: Ethics. Any object or quality desirable as a means or as an end in itself. Implies intrinsic desirability or spiritual qualities of mind and character, or moral excellence.
A value might be cleanliness, freedom, honesty or courage. Conversely, diversity is defined as: the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness. There are diverse outcomes of major surgery. One of which is death. This is not usually desirable. There are a diversity of terrorist threats out there. This does not make them spiritual or of moral excellence. There exist a great diversity of invasive species, diseases and mental and physical pain. This fact alone, of course, does not make them intrinsically desirable.
As regards this fact, one would hope there is not a diversity of opinion.


In July 2017, the Government announced that making tax digital (MTD) will commence in April 2019 for VAT registered businesses with an annual turnover above the VAT threshold - it will be delayed until (at least) 2020 for all other businesses.
To reiterate - only businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will have to keep digital records, and initially only for VAT purposes from 2019. This means that businesses and landlords with a turnover below the VAT threshold will be given more time to move to the new digital system.
As VAT usually requires quarterly returns, most businesses will not need to provide information to HMRC on a more regular basis than they do now.
Ease of access - because its online you can access your businesses records from anywhere in the world, at any time without having to download and install anything on your computer.
Real time financial information – you and your business with have access to up-to-date, real time financial information. This means that you won't have to wait until your accountant files your tax return to have a good idea of the profit you've made.
Backup and data security - you don't need to pay extra for online backups because they are done for you.
No physical records - you can issue sales through the software and you can upload your expense receipts meaning that all of your records can be found online.
Multi user access - its easy to collaborate online with your accountant. You don't have to physically drop your records off to your accountant as they can be given access to your records online.
Automatic updates - because the software is online you'll always be using the newest version of the software - there are no updates required. Updates are free and instantly available.
Xero is the Rolls-Royce of online bookkeeping packages. It is easy to use, integrates with many other supplementary/specialised software packages specific to your industry and (as they state in their slogan) it really is beautiful. It does come at a price though!
"Perfect for our larger and/or more complex clients"
FreeAgent is perfect for simple businesses and is arguably the easiest to use. Natwest & RBS are currently offering it for free with their business bank accounts which is an unbelievable offer!
"Ideal for our contractors/freelancers and simple business customers"
Quickbooks is relatively inexpensive but it is not as user friendly in comparison to its competitors. It does everything that you need in an online bookkeeping package.
"Not as expensive as the other software packages but it is quite easy to make mistakes - good if you know what you're doing"
Undoubtedly the UK's largest bookkeeping software provider before the digital era - it may have come too late to the party though! Sage are currently behind in developing their online offering in our opinion and we are yet to be convinced whether it can compete with its up and coming younger siblings.
"Recommended to current Sage desktop users that would prefer not to learn a totally different software package"
"The biggest risk is not taking any risk.


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Q: Linq expression not working as expected I want to select some values from a collection of strings, I wrote it one using LINQ and one using a foreach statement.
With the foreach version I get a list of about 300 entries.
List<string> res = new List<String>();
foreach (var l in anchors)
{
      if (l.Attributes["href"] != null)
      {
          res.Add(l.Attributes["href"].Value);
      }
}

With the LINQ version I get null:
IEnumerable<string> res2 = anchors.Select(l => l?.Attributes["href"]?.Value);

A: With the linq, you're getting null values as well and adding it to your enumerable. It's not identical to your foreach. Change it to:
IList<string> res2 = anchors.Where(l=>l.Attributes["href"] != null).Select(l => l.Attributes["href"].Value).ToList();

A: The .? syntax returns null if the item it is applied to returns null. In this case, null is added to the output.
With the check if (l.Attributes["href"] != null) it is not added to the output.
To mimic that in LINQ, add a Whereclause.


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import { Component, OnInit, Input, EventEmitter, Output } from '@angular/core';
import {KNode} from '@colabo-knalledge/f-core/code/knalledge/kNode';
import {ModerationService} from '../moderation.service';
import {MatSnackBar} from '@angular/material';

@Component({
  selector: 'user-moderation',
  templateUrl: './user-moderation.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./user-moderation.component.css']
})
export class UserModerationComponent implements OnInit {
  @Input() user:KNode;
  @Output() deleted = new EventEmitter<string>();

  constructor(
    private moderationService:ModerationService,
    private snackBar: MatSnackBar
  ) { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

  deleteUser():void{
    if(window.confirm("Are you sure you want to delete user " + this.user.name + ' and all of its data?')){
      this.moderationService.deleteUser(this.user._id).subscribe(this.userDeleted.bind(this));
    }
  }

  userDeleted(success:boolean):void{
    console.log('userDeleted',success);
    this.deleted.emit(this.user._id);
    this.snackBar.open("User deleted", "", {duration: 2000});
  }

}

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The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year.
In the wake of a tumultuous business climate, boards of directors are increasingly looking within their own ranks when seeking CEO replacements. That's the word from leadership advisory firm Heidrick & Struggles, which notes that the number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year.
From July 2009 to mid-October 2010, nine directors became permanent CEOs at firms they served, compared with four directors in the previous year, data show. Additionally, three directors were named interim CEOs in 2010.
"Boards are being confronted with market-driven disruptions and are showing a willingness to make a change if a lower risk solution is readily available," says Heidrick & Struggles Vice Chairman John Wood in explanation. "Choosing a current director as CEO is a highly pragmatic decision by the board -- a practical solution to an atypical set of circumstances."
Frequently they can step right into the role, many having been former chief operating officers.
They are obviously familiar with the company, its business and its culture.
For the board, by selecting one of their own they know they are likely to have someone aligned with their thinking.
The vice chairman points out that such a decision may bring added pressure to the director-turned-CEO, however. "Since they have been working together as directors for so long, and presumably have been in alignment, there is a heightened expectation about performance."
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Ratings: Factual series has become a late 2018 success drawing a big crowd at 8:30 and helping Nine win Thursday.
ABC upstages ARIA Awards, SBS drama fails.
Ratings: Hard Quiz, Mad as Hell lead entertainment shows, while viewers shun SBS boxing drama.
Ambulance Australia, Good Doctor draw Tuesday crowds.
Ratings: Medical shows rule on Tuesday, and SBS enjoys an improved share.
Ratings: Factuals enjoy a resurgence with impressive numbers for Nine. But comedy under-performs elsewhere.
ABC plays hard on Wednesday, as 10 struggles.
Ratings: If only 10 had Tom Gleeson & Shaun Micallef in their schedule they might have improved on a disappointing night.
Ratings: Seven won every slot except one last night. Socceroos score for 10 Boss.
Ratings: 1.84m watch Cross Counter's win and the momentum flows through to primetime for Seven.
Ratings: The block nudges 1.3m, Seven News wins slot, Russell Coight best of a bad night for TEN.
The Block, Rake upstage Pilot Week launch.
Ratings: TEN's experiment is off to a soft start. Nine leads primary channels, Seven wins the night.
The Block scores for Nine, multichannels push Seven to win.
Ratings: Curiosity is over for some comedy viewers, Jack Irish strong for ABC.
Ratings: Little Big Shots, All Aussie Adventures & Jack Irish all do good business against Nine juggernaut.
Are TV property shows too obsessed with makeovers?
TV Tonight asks House Rules' own judge if a genre is stuck in one form of storytelling?


In my estimation, using the template usually adds worth: it let us you concentrate on the primary topic (that is after all recording your company idea) while offering a confirmed structure with regard to putting points together.
But why wouldn't you write this type of plan to begin with? The response to this is simple – a minimum of it would be to me: your company plan retains you on the right track and let's you will get detailed understanding into your business endeavor. You might write this type of plan at the start of a brand new project or if you wish to start up a brand new business. Therefore basically, this plan can help you firstly and like a second advantage will give you support in communicating your company idea much more clearly in order to others.
Who'll those others be? Maybe your own boss who would like to be convinced that the specific task will produce added value towards the business or you will need a endeavor capitalist (or even your financial institution manager for instance) to aid your concept financially. Which means you'll want to be obvious about what you need to achieve along with a template with regard to writing a company plan may support this.
Which service or product are a person selling?
How would you sell your own product?
Whom have you been competing along with?
At that price would you sell your own product?
We mentioned 'at least'. In some instances, your company plan will have to be more in depth. In individuals cases a smartly designed and appropriately created theme can include value for your business strategy. Think concerning the following: a appropriately defined theme is caused by hours as well as weeks (perhaps even several weeks) associated with experienced work come up with into that one single record. You can't fail with which. And if you want to convince others that the business idea would have been a success, utilizing a proven theme does surely increase your tale.
How long does it take to create a company plan? This really depends upon the indisputable fact that you attempt to cover. In my opinion, you would a minimum of spend about 30 days to put together everything.
What now ? with this plan of action the moment it is completed? Again, this answer really is easy: you maintain reviewing this. If a person successfully began up your company, you may wish to see how you performed inside a couple of years. You may only certainly say that when comparing information. Your company plan is the greatest source with this comparison.
Using the template for the business strategy review may again make sure that you compare each and every relevant information also it allows you to see where you have off monitor or exactly where you arrived at your meant goals.
However the truth to become told, a theme does pressure you right into a specific framework. Having stated that, this framework let's you consider the main a part of your work: on filling out the gabs and this is actually the most important a part of any company plan!


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Outrageous abuse is being inflicted on North Korean people, here's why it matters
Category: Opinions
By JoAllie Paluchak
Published in: Vol. 117, No. 4
Disturbing reports have surfaced from defectors in South Korea and North Korea about women being brutally raped and executed in political prisons camps in North Korea. Under the rule of Kim Jong-Un, North Korea is considered to be "one of the most repressive countries," according to Human Rights Watch.
In addition, basic freedoms that we take for granted in America, such as the freedom of speech has been completely restricted for all citizens since 2014 under the Kim family's political dynasty. Furthermore, the reasons why these women are in these camps are for political offenses which include: watching non- state television broadcasts, using foreign media devices (Chinese mobile phones), and having SD cards and USBs that contain unauthorized videos of outside news, films or even TV dramas. Thus, if you are found guilty or even seen as a suspect of housing any of the above stated restricted items, you are sent to a political prison camp where guards are told to starve, mentally and physically abuse, sexually assault and implement forced labor unto all individuals.
The Human Rights Watch states: "UN officials estimated that between 80,000 and 120,000 people are imprisoned in political prison camps."
Multiple defectors have provided their observations and personal experiences of the violence to South Korea's Unification Media Group. One defector, Park Ju-yong, announced that he grew up in a North Korean prison camp for just over the duration of two decades. Throughout his time in the camp, he grew to understand the dynamic between the prison guards and the women in the camps. Park asserted that the guards would rape the women in the camps daily and if the women were to become pregnant, they would be taken away and killed by the guards in private. In conjunction, Park stated an unimaginable act to us Americans: "After giving birth, women are not only executed, their newborn babies are fed to guard dogs."
It's also common for people to be stoned to death, where the prisoners would be forced to kill one of their own by throwing thousands of stones at the victim. "People would throw their rocks hard. Each time the rock would hit the victim, their bodies would burst with blood. Their flesh would fall off until you could see their bones, and they would die without execution by gun," Park stated.
However, the violence has become so extreme that a former North Korean guard, who is also a defector, reported that the number of deaths from beating prisoners was so high at one point the guards were encouraged to be less violent with the women and men. The former guard also stated that women who engaged in sexual acts would get "easier jobs" when it came time for the guards to assign the various forced labor jobs conducted in the camps.
After researching various articles, there is no inclination that these camps will cease relatively soon for the 80,000 to 120,000. South Korea is hesitant to fully commit to helping these individuals out of fear for their own lives and country. Moreover, the emptiness of viable aide for these prisoners begs the question: who will step in and advocate for North Korea's people and their rights?
JoAllie Paluchak can be reached at voices.spectator@gmail.com.
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Were You Even Listening? Ep. 038: Spotify Wrapped 2019 + Top 100 Songs
By Britton Rozzelle & Natalie Wiepert
To wrap up the year, we go over our Spotify Wrapped lists and discuss the Pitchfork Top 100 Songs of 2019 list, which is whack as hell and sort of not great.
Lancer Letter: A busy holiday season
By Richard Scaletta | General McLane School District Superintendent
The month of December is a very busy time in the school district. Our students are involved in many projects and performances that get everyone into the holiday spirit.
Biased algorithms: the latest evolution of systemic racism
By Zeila Hobson
The insidious nature of racism allows it to permeate every structure of society; everything from science, to legislation, to public school curriculum, to entertainment media has had to evolve out of presenting racist ideology.
School resource officer discusses bullying, internet safety and more
By General McLane School District
General McLane School Resource Officer Jose Montes talks safety to 5th and 6th grade students.
General McLane alumni and teacher run the Marine Corps Marathon
Less than two weeks ago, the General McLane community made their mark at the 2019 Marine Corps Marathon.
Lancer Letter: Cats continued — The recent show, Old Deuteronomy and the superintendent's experiences
General McLane Superintendent Richard Scaletta reflects on his time starring in the high school's production of 'Cats' this fall.
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Q: MongoDB RegEx not finding any results when string contains parenthesis When using regex to allow for case insensitivity, it only works for plain strings. The db query returns no results when parenthesis or other special characters are used for the name.
Example: "Push It" will work fine and return songs. However when searching "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", it returns no songs. How can I make the Regex allow for these special characters?
Any suggestions would be great.
const lowercaseName = new RegExp(`^${name}`, 'i')
const songs: any = await Song.find({ name: lowercaseName, artist_id })

A: You should escape all the special characters in the string that you are sending. Try this:
const lowercaseName = new RegExp(`^${name.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')}`, 'i')
const songs: any = await Song.find({ name: lowercaseName, artist_id })


Some time ago, I started dating this amazing guy. Everything was great and we got along in every way. However, he had finished a two-year relationship right before we started dating, and after a few months he said he wasn't ready. We concluded that probably not enough time had passed since his previous relationship, and that he could not be emotionally available to me or anyone else. My heart was broken, but as we both really liked and admired each other, we decided to stay friends. Now we spend time together, but I am still in love with him. How do I know if he is ready for a relationship? When that happens, how can I make him see me as a romantic interest once again? P.S. We are gay. Thank you so much!
It sounds like the first question is how honest your friend is being with you. Is he really "not ready" to be in a relationship, or is he hesitant about being in a relationship with you? If you truly believe that your former flame can keep burning, then you need to have a conversation. Ask him how he feels about his ex, and how he feels about you. Remind him of the fun you've had together, and tell him you want to keep having adventures with him. However, I would caution you to examine your expectations. It is possible that he will remain your friend, but fall for someone else. If that time comes, make sure that you are open to other matches whose flames are burning brighter for you.


Seurasaari Island and Open-Air Museum and Rock Church are good opportunities to explore the local culture. You'll explore the less-touristy side of things at Ekenas Archipelago National Park and Nuuksio National Park. There's much more to do: steep yourself in history at Sea Fortress Suomenlinna, admire the masterpieces at Kansallisgalleria, and pause for some serene contemplation at Helsinki Cathedral.
To see where to stay, traveler tips, ratings, and more tourist information, read Helsinki route planner.
If you are flying in from Australia, the closest major airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport. In June, daily temperatures in Helsinki can reach 21°C, while at night they dip to 11°C. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 9th (Sun) so you can travel back home.


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Police appeal after assault in Cramlington
Police are appealing for information after a 23-year-old woman was attacked by a man in Cramlington.
Thursday, 22nd February 2018, 9:53 am
Updated Thursday, 22nd February 2018, 9:55 am
News from Northumbria Police
At about 12.30am on Saturday, a 23-year-old woman was assaulted by an unknown man while walking home along the cycle-way leading from Cramlington village towards the Mayfield estate.
Officers would like to speak to the man in question about the incident and are asking anyone with any information to come forward.
Neighbourhood Sergeant Steven Nicklin condemned the incident and wanted to reassure the local community. He said: "Cramlington Neighbourhood Police are carrying out additional patrols in the area to deter such offenders.
"We want everyone in Cramlington to feel safe while walking home and these additional patrols should help reassure local residents."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference 80 190218, or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


"It's so cool how we can see colors in music," a young Emma Scribner commented while listening to the radio with her mother in the car. Her mom stopped, concerned about her elementary-school-aged daughter. "Are you hallucinating?" she asked.
It was the day Scribner realized not everyone sees the world the way she does.
"It's easy to think whatever you're experiencing might be normal," she says. But Scribner soon learned that the patterns, shapes, and colors she sees in response to rhythms and beats are a unique expression of synesthesia—a condition which frequently affects those with epilepsy.
Diagnosed with the chronic seizure disorder when she was 6 years old, Scribner—now a junior studying neuroscience at UT—says she's always been fascinated by the brain.


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As far as business buzzwords go, ROI practically has celebrity status, making an appearance at every planning meeting. And why not? Knowing that what you're investing in business is making a positive impact is a necessary part of planning strategy going forward. But while ROI is useful for initiatives like switching to a new supplier or changing sales tactics, determining an ROI for marketing can cause some confusion.
Segmentation might be one of the oldest tenets of marketing, even if the vendors peddling their wares in the 1800s didn't realize it. Even in the most primitive selling environments, you wouldn't find an umbrella vendor trying to coax buyers when it was sunny. Instead, he'd wait until it started to rain to correctly identify the segment of the population most in need of an umbrella at that moment.
Last year, Coca-Cola and The Cyranos McCann agency launched an intriguing attitude test in Spain. The Coke Tweet Machine allowed people to pay for a Coke with their digital footprint – specifically their tweets. After requesting their twitter @username, the vending machine in El Prat de Llobregat ran a quick sentiment analysis on a consumer's past tweets and the more positive they were, the lower the price the machine offered them for a Coke.
They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but Carlsberg proved that free beer is a different story altogether: Armed with a huge billboard and a fully stocked keg, Carlsberg managed to engineer what may have been the most buzzworthy sampling program of all time.
Do Pop Up Shops Help Boost Marketing via Brand Engagement?
Flash mobs, daily deals and disappearing photo messages… we're ready to call it: The 2010's are the decade of impermanence. Maybe it's the shifting structure of society, maybe it's the prevalence of social media, or maybe it's just that our attention spans have been fried by watching too many flash mob wedding videos on YouTube. Whatever it is, people today really love novelty.
All's fair in love and war, and on the battleground that is business, intelligence is more than fair: It's the biggest difference between the company that claims victory and the one licking its wounds and limping home.


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Canada Masked vandals who caused $100,000 in damage in Hamilton planned ahead
Masked vandals who caused $100,000 in damage in Hamilton planned ahead
A broken window is seen at Donut Monster, in Hamilton, Ont., on March 3, 2018.
HO-Reuben Vanderkwaak/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Peter Goffin
Published March 5, 2018 Updated March 5, 2018
The masked vandals who caused up to $100,000 in damage in Hamilton on Saturday night were organized and likely planned their actions ahead of time, police said Monday.
Around 30 people assembled in a city park before marching down a busy street, hurling rocks through shop windows and at people's homes, police said.
"We know this is not a spontaneous act committed by these people," Insp. Paul Hamilton said. "This was very well planned, very well executed."
Members of the group carried a banner with them that read, "We are the ungovernables."
"I can't give you a name for this group and we haven't identified anybody yet," Hamilton told reporters on Monday.
Vandals wore multiple layers of clothing that took off to change their appearance as they fled the scene – a common tactic at major demonstrations, he said.
An event billed as the Southern Ontario Anarchist Bookfair took place in downtown Hamilton over the weekend, the inspector said.
"I'm not connecting this to the bookfare specifically, but like-minded people attended that event from right across the province, so we are investigating the possibility that there are people from outside this community that committed these acts," he added.
Police initially received calls about people causing "mischief" in the park Saturday night. The two or three officers who arrived at the scene were "not prepared for 30 or so adults, so they had to retreat and call for backup," Hamilton said.
The group scattered, some of them getting into vehicles, when about 30 officers from various units showed up, police said.
Hamilton called on witnesses, and even vandals themselves, to speak to police.
"Not everybody threw rocks at windows that night, so maybe there's somebody in that group that doesn't agree with the philosophy of this group and what took place," he said. "We really hope that one of those people would step forward and provide us with some information."
Masked mob of 'ungovernables' in Hamilton, Ont. cause $100,000 in damages
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Visit the world's first lifesize monopoly game in Hong Kong! We have the perfect hotel for you to stay at while you're there!
Sanford Travel recently sent two of our travel queens, Gemima Mennell and Helena Jamieson to Hong Kong for an educational. They raved so much about the Hotel Vic on the Harbour that we had to share!
Gemima Mennell our Leisure specialist said "The hotel was absolutely stunning. We could not fault the rooms which all offer Harbour Views, they were beautifully presented with so many amenities including a Travel buddy phone that you can take with you and use the maps, apps and internet.
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Birmingham, AL – January 31, 2014 – QuickTrick™ Alignment, manufacturer of Portable and Compact Alignment tools for cars, trucks and fleets announces their hot new product taking the industry by storm. The company has experienced explosive sales growth, which can easily be attributed to the product's accuracy, as well as the fact that it pays for itself after only two uses.
With a QuickTrick™ tool, you can do your own front and rear alignment in your shop, in the pits and anywhere on the go, so you save money and aggravation. This kit is so complete it even comes with tape measures and Allen wrench. The system measures caster, camber and toe, so you can adjust every available spec on your car. Also available, is the QuickSpecs™ Alignment Database with access to OEM wheel alignment specs from 1960-2012 on all passenger vehicles sold in North America. QuickSpecs™ is available on iPhone and on the website.
After hands on research and development, the company has developed a QuickTrick™ Alignment application for almost every type of vehicle on the road, track and even off-road.
All of the QuickTrick™ systems are designed for ease of use and accuracy to within 0.1 degree on caster and camber and 1/64th of an inch on toe. The average consumer can obtain measurements in 5 minutes or less. All systems come with simple and easy to understand instructions as well as videos on "How-To" on the website.
Parent company Alignment Simple Solutions manufactures QuickTrick™ Products; US made portable and compact alignment measuring systems for fleet & consumer vehicles. Alignment Simple Solutions is committed to manufacturing quality products, providing jobs in the US and giving back to the community at large. The company has been recognized with the Alabama Governor's Excellence Award (2012), nominated for the Manufacturer of The Year Awards (2013), the Alabama Small Business of the Year (2013), and the 2014 DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. For more information go to quicktrickalignment.com or call 205-475-2419.


Liverpool's first and only independent online music festival The 2ubeXtra returned on Wednesday 13th April 2016 to showcase four bands each evening over the course of eight nights.
The 2ubeXtra is delighted to announce that MiC LOWRY will be headlining the event tonight Thursday 14th April.
Described as "The next big thing to come out of the UK" by BBC 1XTRA, MiC LOWRY are quickly establishing themselves as one of the most exciting young RnB groups in the world right now. Following their second release 'Supermodels' featuring Wiley, 'Bad Intentions' is their newest offering, cementing what's becoming a signature hybrid of glossy, vibrant and leftfield RnB.
Bring your ticket to the box office outside the Venue(PMA) on 2nd floor at LIPA. Here you can collect your wristband for the festival!
More info about the Festival here: Live now day 1: The 2ube Xtra Festival 2016!


An online-magazine about creative industries, a blog from designer Tina Roth Eisenberg, the relaxing ocean and other resources that inspire Mac Funamizu.
In the section "Resources" those in creative professions talk about websites that they often visit in search of new ideas. In today's issue — the selections of designer Mac Funamizu.
The creative director for the service Any+Times, Inc. He worked for ten years as an English teacher and decided to become a designer in 2005. His favorite book is, "Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work" by Michael Michalko. He is inspired by the work of Jonathan Ive, Don Norman and Toshiyuki Inoko.
Recently, I've become more interested in the creative industries. I gradually transitioned from the sphere of visual design to work as a creative designer or director. My main instrument is my brain, not my hands. Fast Company is an excellent resource for all those who are interested in innovation, personal development and design. It inspires me most than all the others.
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This is a simple site with relaxing melodies and vignettes. I love the ocean, even on a computer screen. I often visit Calm to relax and get concentrated.


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Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, commonly referred to as Waxholmsbolaget, is a shipping company owned by Stockholm county council and is responsible for the seaborne public transport in the Stockholm archipelago and Stockholm harbour. The company, which is mostly tax-funded, carried about 4.3 million travellers in 2003, covering a region from Arholma in north of the archipelago to Landsort in the south.

The company owns 20 archipelago boats, and four boats for the inner-city Djurgården ferry line. The operation of the ships is handled by several contractors, some of whom also operate their own ships on behalf of Waxholmsbolaget.

History

The origins of the company lie in the Djurgårdens Ångbåts-Aktie-Bolag, which was established in 1849. The company operated a steamboat service to the Stockholm archipelago, using the paddle steamers Ran and Aegir on routes from Stockholm to Vaxholm and Dalarö. The new steamboats answered a demand for travel to and from the archipelago, both from affluent Stockholmer's building summer villas on outlying islands, but also from archipelago residents who travelled into the city to sell fish and vegetables at the market.

In 1869 the company was transformed into the Waxholms Ångfartygs Aktiebolag, which came to be popularly known as the Waxholmsbolaget. Shares were issued in the new company, and a new propeller powered steamboat, the Fredriksborg, was built. In 1881, the Waxholm joined the fleet, establishing the design of what became the typical archipelago steamer. However, in 1898, dissatisfaction with the services provided by the Waxholms Ångfartygs Aktiebolag led to the foundation of a competitor, the Stockholm - Vaxholms Rederi AB. In 1901, the two companies merged to form a new company, the Waxholms Nya Ångfartygs AB, which continued to be popularly known as the Waxholmsbolaget.

In 1913, the Enskilda Bank took over the running of the Waxholmsbolaget, in order to expand operations and offer a better service throughout the archipelago. One of the changes introduced during this period was the company logo, a "W" on a blue and yellow background, designed by . In 1946, Rederi Svea became the majority shareholder.

In 1964, the company was renamed as Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, under the ownership of the Vaxholm Municipality. Three years later, in 1967, ownership was transferred to a joint body of the City of Stockholm and County of Stockholm. In 1971, with the incorporation of the city into the county, ownership moved to Stockholm County Council.

In 1970, Waxholmsbolaget took over the services and fleet of the  company, which had been founded in 1863. This company operated ferry services within Stockholm city and the inner archipelago, including the Djurgården ferries.

Current fleet
The current fleet owned by the Waxholmsbolaget comprises three classic vessels, nine ice-strengthened ferries, eight fast ferries and four ferries for the urban Djurgården ferry service.

Classic ferries

Ice-strengthened ferries

Fast ferries

Djurgården ferries
See article Djurgården ferry

Notable past fleet

The following notable vessels were formerly part of the Waxholmsbolaget fleet:
 Angantyr (between 1968 and 1978)
 Express I (as the Express, between 1900 and 1913; as the Express I, between 1913 and 1960)
 Fredriksborg (between 1869 and 1882; now the Katarina)
 Östanå I (between 1913 and 1957)
 Östanå II (between 1913 and 1951)
 Saxaren (between 1929 and 1964; now the Gustafsberg VII)
 Valkyrian (between 1918 and 1964, now the Drottningholm)
 Waxholm (between 1881 and 1956)
 Waxholm (as the Express II, between 1913 and 1964; as the Waxholm, between 1964 and 1978)

References

External links

Transport in Stockholm County
Transport in Stockholm
Stockholm archipelago
Swedish companies established in 1849

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Home · Business Storytelling · Storytelling: Microsoft is Agile?
SAP the multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations stands for Suffer After Purchase. Obviously, this was a joke. However, in this joke was a reflection of team's sentiments of having worked on the applications provided by SAP.
So, what happened? Why did a group change Suffer to Satisfied?
Well, because for every one suffer story there were many satisfied stories and that changed their view.
Similarly, when is comes to Microsoft and Agility there is a story we tell ourselves.
Here is a great example from Steve Denning Article Surprise : Microsoft is Agile in which we see how stories change views.
This is how Steve explains it in his article.
Microsoft? Agile? Are you kidding?" The image that many have had of this giant corporation with 2014 revenues of $86 billion and 128,000 employees is that of a giant battleship that is strong and powerful but slow to maneuver and not always customer-friendly.
Several months later in July 2015, when the members of the Learning Consortium visited Aaron and Microsoft's Developer Division, what we found was less like a giant battleship and more like a flotilla of speedboats operating and maneuvering in an orchestrated fashion.
The Developer Division is about 4,000 people, working in hundreds of teams, each of 10 to 12 people, working in 3-week sprints. Aaron's specific group is Visual Studio Online. This group comprises 35 teams totaling about 450 people. Aaron himself oversees five teams.
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After reading this story there is no doubt in our mind that Microsoft is not a giant battleship and more like a flotilla of speedboats. Effective Storytelling is at the heart of this change.
If you want to change minds , change the stories. Believe it or not, we believe in stories.


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Q: How to view the innards of a Java object in scala? I am learning scala on jvm and am stuck at trying to view the innards of a URL object.
scala> val cnnLocate = new java.net.URL("http://www.cnn.com")
cnnLocate: java.net.URL = http://www.cnn.com

scala> cnnLocate.getContent()
res14: Object = sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream@3eb738bb

scala> var dump = cnnLocate.getContent()
dump: Object = sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream@672872e1

scala> dump
res15: Object = sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream@672872e1

Since I am getting back an object, I want to know how I can view the innards of the object since I have no clue what it contains.
Any gurus?
Thanks!

A: Scala is built on top of the Java Virtual Machine Specification. You can use he Reflection API to inspect the Object as a Standard Java Class. You can list and detail the members, types of the members, method names, your can retrieve the comments in the specified Class, clone the Class spec rewrite some members from your code and create a new Object from it if you wish...
"Scala runs on the Java platform (Java Virtual Machine) and is compatible with existing Java programs."

A: You can use Java Reflection API to see what the objects contain.
Debuggers in IDEs typically allow inspecting live classes.
In case of the JDK and open source classes, like here, you can typically look up the sources via for example grepcode.com see the structure from there:

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Quality measures are used to evaluate the performance of health systems and providers with a goal of improving health care quality. Quality measures are becoming an integral component of health care as the health care system moves to value-based payment models that focus on quality and cost. Increasing utilization of quality measures will benefit the country's progression towards high-quality, patient-centered, and accessible care. These measures hold providers accountable for the quality of their services and their patient's satisfaction. With increased accountability and profitable incentives, the US health system can identify and fill the gaps in patient care.
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Structure measures describe the presence of something that is associated with quality.
Process measures are actions associated with quality.
Outcome measures are the end results attributed to healthcare products and services.
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