text:
/*
 * GetVariableValueResponse.java
 *
 */

package org.eclipse.php.internal.debug.core.zend.debugger.messages;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.eclipse.php.debug.core.debugger.messages.IDebugResponseMessage;
import org.eclipse.php.internal.debug.core.zend.communication.CommunicationUtilities;

/**
 * @author guy
 */
public class GetVariableValueResponse extends DebugMessageResponseImpl
		implements IDebugResponseMessage {

	private byte[] variableValue = null;

	/**
	 * Sets the DefaultExpression result.
	 */
	public void setVarResult(byte[] varResult) {
		variableValue = varResult;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the DefaultExpression result.
	 */
	public byte[] getVarResult() {
		return variableValue;
	}

	public void deserialize(DataInputStream in) throws IOException {
		setID(in.readInt());
		setStatus(in.readInt());
		setVarResult(CommunicationUtilities.readStringAsBytes(in));
	}

	public int getType() {
		return 1032;
	}

	public void serialize(DataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
		out.writeShort(getType());
		out.writeInt(getID());
		out.writeInt(getStatus());
		CommunicationUtilities.writeStringAsBytes(out, getVarResult());
	}
}


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app.controller('MyInfoController', ['$scope', 'UserService', 'cordovaUtil', 'platformUtil', '$stateParams', '$q', MyInfoController]);
app.controller('TeacherListController', ['$scope', 'UserService', 'ClassRoomService', '$stateParams', TeacherListController]);
app.controller('UserInfoController', ['$scope', 'UserService', '$stateParams', 'AppUtil', 'cordovaUtil', UserInfoController]);
app.controller('StudentListController', ['$scope', 'ClassRoomService', 'CourseService', '$stateParams', StudentListController]);

function TeacherListController($scope, UserService, ClassRoomService, $stateParams)
{
	$scope.title = "课程教师";
	$scope.emptyStr = "该课程暂无教师";
	var self = this;
	this.initService = function() {
		if ("course" == $stateParams.targetType) {
			self.targetService = self.loadCourseTeachers;
		} else if ("classroom" == $stateParams.targetType) {
			$scope.title = "班级教师";
			$scope.emptyStr = "该班级暂无教师";
			self.targetService = self.loadClassRoomTeachers;
		}
	};

	this.loadClassRoomTeachers = function() {
		ClassRoomService.getTeachers({
			limit : 10000,
			classRoomId : $stateParams.targetId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.users = data;
		});
	};

	this.loadCourseTeachers = function() {
		UserService.getCourseTeachers({
			limit : 10000,
			courseId : $stateParams.targetId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.users = data;
		});
	};

	$scope.loadUsers = function() {
		self.targetService();
	}

	$scope.getUserAvatar = function(user) {
		if (user.avatar) {
			return user.avatar;
		}

		if (user.mediumAvatar) {
			return user.mediumAvatar;
		}

		return "";
	}

	this.initService();
}

function StudentListController($scope, ClassRoomService, CourseService, $stateParams)
{
	$scope.title = getTitle($stateParams.targetType);

	function getTitle(targetType) {
		if ("classroom" == $stateParams.targetType) {
			return "班级学员";
		}

		return "课程学员";
	}

	function getEmptyStr(targetType) {
		if ("classroom" == $stateParams.targetType) {
			return "该班级暂无学员";
		}

		return "该课程暂无学员";
	}

	$scope.canLoad = true;
    $scope.start = $scope.start || 0;

	$scope.title = getTitle($stateParams.targetType);
	$scope.emptyStr = getEmptyStr($stateParams.targetType);

	$scope.loadMore = function(successCallback){
        if (! $scope.canLoad) {
            return;
        }
        setTimeout(function() {
        	$scope.loadUsers(successCallback);
        }, 200);
    };

	function getClassRoomStudents(targetId, callback) {
		ClassRoomService.getStudents({
			start : $scope.start,
			classRoomId : $stateParams.targetId
		}, callback);
	}

	function getCourseStudents(targetId, callback) {
		CourseService.getStudents({
			start : $scope.start,
			courseId : $stateParams.targetId,
		}, callback);
	}

	function getStudentArray(resources) {
		var users = [];
		for (var i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
			users[i] = resources[i].user;
		};

		return users;
	}

	$scope.loadUsers = function(successCallback) {
		var service;
		if ("classroom" == $stateParams.targetType) {
			service = getClassRoomStudents;
		} else {
			service = getCourseStudents;
		}
		service($stateParams.targetId, function(data) {
			if (successCallback) {
              successCallback();
            }
            var length  = data ? data.resources.length : 0;
            if (length == 0 || length < 10) {
                $scope.canLoad = false;
            }
			var users = getStudentArray(data.resources);
			$scope.users = $scope.users || [];
            for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
              $scope.users.push(users[i]);
            };

            $scope.start += 10;
		});
	}

	$scope.getUserAvatar = function(user) {
		if (user.avatar) {
			return user.avatar;
		}

		if (user.mediumAvatar) {
			return user.mediumAvatar;
		}

		return "";
	}
}

function MyInfoController($scope, UserService, cordovaUtil, platformUtil, $stateParams, $q)
{
	var self = this;
	this.uploadAvatar = function(file) {
		$scope.showLoad();
		UserService.uploadAvatar({
			file : file.files[0]
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.hideLoad();
			if (data.error) {
				$scope.toast(data.error.message);
				return;
			}
			$scope.userinfo.fileId = data.id;
			$scope.userinfo.mediumAvatar = data.url;
		});
	};

	$scope.showSelectImage = function(e) {
		if (platformUtil.native && platformUtil.android) {
			e.preventDefault();
			cordovaUtil.uploadImage(
				$q,
				app.host + '/mapi_v2/User/uploadAvatar',
				{ token : $scope.token },
				{ file : "" },
				"image/*"
			).then(function(data) {
				if (! data) {
					alert("该功能仅支持客户端!");
					return;
				}
				$scope.userinfo.fileId = data.id;
				$scope.userinfo.mediumAvatar = data.url;
			});
		}
	};

	$scope.loadUserInfo = function() {
		$scope.showLoad();
		UserService.getUserInfo({
			userId : $scope.user.id
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.userinfo = data;
			$scope.hideLoad();
		});
	};

	$scope.generArray = ['female', 'male'];

	$scope.updateUserProfile = function() {
		var userinfo = $scope.userinfo;
		var params = {
			'fileId' : userinfo.fileId,
			'profile[nickname]' : userinfo.nickname,
			'profile[gender]' : userinfo.gender,
			'profile[signature]' : userinfo.signature
		};
		if (userinfo.signature == "") {
			$scope.toast("签名不能为空!");
			return
		}

		if (userinfo.nickname.indexOf(".") != -1 || userinfo.nickname.indexOf("^") != -1) {
			$scope.toast("昵称不能包含.^等特殊字符!");
			return
		}
		$scope.showLoad();
		UserService.updateUserProfile(params, function(data) {
			if (data.error) {
				$scope.toast(data.error.message);
				return;
			}
			$scope.toast("更新成功!");
			cordovaUtil.updateUser(data);
			$scope.hideLoad();
		});
	};

	$scope.uploadChange = function(file) {
		if (file && file.value) {
			self.uploadAvatar(file);
		}
	}
}

function UserInfoController($scope, UserService, $stateParams, AppUtil, cordovaUtil)
{
	var self = this;

	$scope.isFollower = null;
	$scope.uiBarTransparent = true;

	$scope.changeTabStatus = function(headTop, scrollTop) {
		var transparent = scrollTop < headTop;
		if (transparent == $scope.uiBarTransparent) {
			return;
		}

		$scope.$apply(function() {
			$scope.uiBarTransparent = transparent;
		});
	}

	this.isTeacher = function(role) {
		return AppUtil.inArray('ROLE_TEACHER',role) > 0;
	}

	this.getUserLearnCourse = function() {
		UserService.getLearningCourseWithoutToken({
			userId : $stateParams.userId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.courses = data.data;
		});
	}

	this.getUserTeachCourse = function() {
		UserService.getUserTeachCourse({
			userId : $stateParams.userId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.courses = data.data;
		});
	}

	$scope.isUnOwner = function() {

		if ($scope.user && $scope.user.id == $stateParams.userId) {
			return false;
		}

		return true;
	};

	$scope.loadUserInfo = function() {
		$scope.showLoad();
		UserService.getUserInfo({
			userId : $stateParams.userId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.hideLoad();
			if (! data) {
				$scope.toast("获取用户信息失败!");
				return;
			}
			$scope.userinfo = data;
			$scope.isTeacher = self.isTeacher(data.roles);
			if ($scope.isTeacher) {
				self.getUserTeachCourse();
			} else {
				self.getUserLearnCourse();
			}

			if ($scope.user) {
				UserService.searchUserIsFollowed({
					userId : $scope.user.id,
					toId : $stateParams.userId
				}, function(data) {
					$scope.isFollower = (true == data || "true" == data) ? true : false;
					console.log($scope.isFollower);
				});
			}
		});
	};

	this.follow = function() {
		UserService.follow({
			toId : $stateParams.userId
		}, function(data) {
			if (data && data.toId == $stateParams.userId) {
				$scope.isFollower = true;
				cordovaUtil.sendNativeMessage("refresh_friend_list", {});
			}
		});
	}

	this.unfollow = function() {
		UserService.unfollow({
			toId : $stateParams.userId
		}, function(data) {
			if (data) {
				$scope.isFollower = false;
				cordovaUtil.sendNativeMessage("refresh_friend_list", {});
			}
		});
	}

	$scope.changeFollowUser = function() {
		if (true == $scope.isFollower) {
			self.unfollow();
		} else {
			self.follow();
		}

	}
}

app.controller('TeacherTodoListController', ['$scope', '$stateParams', 'AnalysisService', TeacherTodoListController]);
function TeacherTodoListController($scope, $stateParams, AnalysisService) {

	Chart.defaults.global.tooltipTemplate = "<%= value %>";
	Chart.defaults.global.tooltipEvents = [""];
	Chart.defaults.global.animation = false;
	Chart.defaults.global.tooltipFillColor = "rgba(0,0,0,0)";
	Chart.defaults.global.tooltipFontColor = "#000";
	Chart.defaults.global.scaleLineColor = "rgba(0,0,0,0)";

	var self = this;

	$scope.initChartData = function() {
		$scope.showLoad();
		AnalysisService.getCourseChartData({
			courseId : $stateParams.courseId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.hideLoad();
			if (data.error) {
				$scope.toast(data.error.message);
				return;
			}
			$scope.charts = data;
		});
	}

	$scope.loadCharts = function() {
		setTimeout(function(){
			for (var i = 0; i < $scope.charts.length; i++) {
				initChart($scope.charts[i], i);
			};
		}, 10);
	};

	function initChart(chartData, id) {
		var ctx = document.getElementById("chart_" + id).getContext("2d");
		var chartLineColor = chartData.chartLineColor || "#37b97d";
		var data = {
		    labels: chartData.labelData,
		    datasets: [
		        {
		            label: "My First dataset",
		            fillColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)",
		            strokeColor: chartLineColor,
		            pointColor: chartLineColor,
		            pointStrokeColor: "#fff",
		            pointHighlightFill: chartLineColor,
		            pointHighlightStroke: chartLineColor,
		            data: chartData.pointData
		        }
		    ]
		};

		var defaults = {
			scaleShowGridLines : true,
			bezierCurve  : false,
			pointDot : true,
			pointDotRadius : 2
		};

		function showToolTips(lineChart) {
			var activePoints = lineChart.datasets[0].points;
			lineChart.eachPoints(function(point){
				point.restore(['fillColor', 'strokeColor']);
			});
			Chart.helpers.each(activePoints, function(activePoint){
				activePoint.fillColor = activePoint.highlightFill;
				activePoint.strokeColor = activePoint.highlightStroke;
			});
			lineChart.showTooltip(activePoints);
		}
		var myLineChart, chart = new Chart(ctx);
		var render = Chart.types.Line.prototype.render;

		Chart.types.Line.prototype.render = function(reflow) {
			var self = this;
			render.call(this, reflow);
			setTimeout(function() {
				showToolTips(self);
			}, 10);
		};

		myLineChart = chart.Line(data, defaults);
	}
}

app.controller('HomeworkTeachingController', ['$scope', '$stateParams', 'HomeworkManagerService', HomeworkTeachingController]);
function HomeworkTeachingController($scope, $stateParams, HomeworkManagerService) {

	var self = this;

	this.filter = function(data) {
		var users = data.users;
		var homeworkResults = data.homeworkResults;
		for (var i = 0; i < homeworkResults.length; i++) {
			homeworkResults[i]["user"] = users[homeworkResults[i]["userId"]];
		};
		data.homeworkResults = homeworkResults;
		console.log(data);
		return data;
	};

	$scope.showHomeWorkResult = function(homeworkResult) {
		alert("暂不支持在客户端批改作业");
	};

	$scope.initTeachingResult = function() {
		HomeworkManagerService.teachingResult({
			start : 3,
			courseId : $stateParams.courseId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.teachingResult = self.filter(data);
		});
	};
}

app.controller('ThreadTeachingController', ['$scope', '$stateParams', 'ThreadManagerService', 'cordovaUtil', ThreadTeachingController]);
function ThreadTeachingController($scope, $stateParams, ThreadManagerService, cordovaUtil) {

	var self = this;

	$scope.courseId  =$stateParams.courseId;

	this.filter = function(data) {
		var users = data.users;
		var threads = data.threads;

		for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
			threads[i]["user"] = users[threads[i]["userId"]];
		};

		data.threads = threads;
		return data;
	};

	$scope.showThreadChatView = function(thread) {
		cordovaUtil.startAppView("threadDiscuss", {
			type : "thread.post",
			courseId : thread.courseId,
			lessonId : thread.lessonId,
			threadId : thread.id
		});
	};

	$scope.initQuestionResult = function(limit) {
		$scope.showLoad();
		ThreadManagerService.questionResult({
			start : limit,
			courseId : $stateParams.courseId
		}, function(data) {
			$scope.hideLoad();
			$scope.teachingResult = self.filter(data);
		});
	};
}

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text:
Q: Set MPI to run on a range of ports I have a mpirun version of mpirun (Open MPI) 1.8.7 and using a Centos7 operated cluster.
To set my firewall configs between the nodes, I need to know which ports does MPI use? Or set specific ports range to mpirun commands?
Looking at the man page, there is no such option. I tried to set some environment variables but didn't work.

A: You can limit the port range in the openmpi-mca-params.conf (from that link:)

By default, two files are searched (in order):
$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf: The user-supplied set of values takes the highest precedence.
$prefix/etc/openmpi-mca-params.conf: The system-supplied set of values has a lower precedence.

The following settings appear to be relevant for the used ports:
         MCA btl: parameter "btl_tcp_port_min_v4" (current value:
                  "1024", data source: default, level: 2 user/detail,
                  type: int)
                  The minimum port where the TCP BTL will try to bind
                  (default 1024)
         MCA btl: parameter "btl_tcp_port_range_v4" (current value:
                  "64511", data source: default, level: 2
                  user/detail, type: int)
                  The number of ports where the TCP BTL will try to
                  bind (default 64511). This parameter together with
                  the port min, define a range of ports where Open
                  MPI will open sockets.

         MCA oob: parameter "oob_tcp_static_ipv4_ports" (current
                  value: "", data source: default, level: 9 dev/all,
                  type: string)
                  Static ports for daemons and procs (IPv4)
         MCA oob: parameter "oob_tcp_dynamic_ipv4_ports" (current
                  value: "", data source: default, level: 9 dev/all,
                  type: string)
                  Range of ports to be dynamically used by daemons
                  and procs (IPv4)

See ompi_info --param btl tcp --level 9 and ompi_info --param oob tcp --level 9. Setting these values should allow you to limit the port range, that OpenMPI will attempt to use. But I am not quite sure how this would improve your security? Most attackers would be able to find any open port range? It usually is more important, what is actually listening on those ports, isn't it? Better move your firwall outside your cluster and make be sure of which services are listening on the open ports.

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Q: Controlling variables for different kind of measures I would like to test group differences for further measures controlling for other variables.
However, the measures are from different types :
- continuous variables
- discrete positive variables (some with a lot of zeros)
- dichotomous variables
- nominal variables
For continuous variables, it is easy, I use linear regression analysis. As for dichotomous variables, I use logistic regression. But for others?
For discrete positive variables, do I use Poisson regression models (and zero-inflated models for measures with a lot of zeros)?
For nominal variables, do I use multinomial logistic regression?
Or is there something I don't understand in controlling variables?

A: The model type you specify only depends on your output variable/outcome that you're modeling. So, if your outcome is continuous, then use linear regression but if it's not continuous you have to use something else.
In general, if your inputs are discrete you have to use some binary encoding to properly capture their representation.
As a concrete example, consider the following model:
Output:

*

*Income (continuous)

Inputs:

*

*Age (continuous)

*Degree Attained (categorical - discrete)

*Gender (dichotomous - discrete)

*Number of children (nominal - discrete)

This is what your matrix should look like.
Age | Degree_HighSchool | Degree_College | Degree_None | Gender_Male | Gender_Female | NChildren_1 | NChildren_2| ... | NChildren_n
23  | 1                 | 0              | 0           | 1           | 0             | 1           | 0          | ... | 0

The number of children is actually a little more complicated because with sufficient range and density, it can be approximated by treating it as a continuous input. In general though, for inputs with few distinct values and that are nominal it's better to use the binary representation.
The coefficients that you ultimately learn from these binary encodings is a single coefficient for each group, which makes sense because from their you can see what function is being learned.
Hope that helps.
Edit
Here's the list when you're referring to those 4 as your outputs.

*

*Different continuous variables

*

*[0, $\infty$) = Log-Normal, Gamma, Gompertz, Weibull and others

*[0, 1] = Beta regression

*discrete positive variables (some with a lot of zeros)

*

*[0, $n$) $\forall n \in \mathbb{N}$ = Poisson regression (or Negative-Binomial)

*[0, $n$) $\forall n \in \mathbb{N}$ = Zero-inflated Poisson or Tweedie

*Dichotomous variables

*

*{0, 1}, Bernoulli

*Categorical variables

*

*{0, 1, 2, .., K}, Multinomial Logistic

*Nominal variables

*

*{0< 1< 2< ...< K}, Ordered Probit/Logistic

It's worth noting that there are many variants on this and you can even do mixture of these and make much more complicated distributions.


NAEA Propertymark Protected firm LCP has analysed HMRC's Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) statistics for 2018 and found that it brings mixed fortunes, with receipts from the three per cent additional duty (HRAD) suffering the largest drop.
To make a fair comparison with 2017, the analysis adds back transactions and receipts from the Welsh Revenue Authority (as Wales has been omitted from the HMRC SDLT report since Q2 2018). It also takes into account First Time Buyers' Relief introduced in November 2017.
Tax receipts for 2018 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are down 8.5 per cent on 2017 and amount to £8.669bn, a loss of revenue of £802m.
Transactions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland fell 2.6 per cent from 2017 and now stand at 1,083,970.
Receipts from the Higher Rate for Additional Dwellings (HRAD), the additional 3 per cent SDLT on buy-to-lets and second homes, have fallen 14.2 per cent from 2017, amounting to a £285m drop.
The 3% HRAD receipts now represent 18.8% of total tax take, compared with 21.1 per cent in 2017.
This is a result of a fall in HRAD transactions of 4.6 per cent since 2017.
217,800 buyers have claimed First Time Buyers' Relief, amounting to relief of £517m although this appears to be plateauing.
HMRC's report for 2018 will not come as a surprise to most as there has been very little positive news of late. The successive tax hikes introduced on residential property and the lack of a clear Brexit scenario looms heavily over the UK.
Transactions have fallen by 2.6 per cent in 2018 and now stand at just over 1 million. This compares with HM Land Registry data for 2018, which reports a 4 per cent fall. On a more granular level, HRAD transactions, i.e. those which include the 3 per cent additional duty, have been hardest hit, with a fall of 4.6 per cent.
"The 2.6 per cent fall in transactions reported in HMRC's 2018 SDLT report reinforces the surfeit of statistics, showing buyers now holding back. The febrile political climate around the UK's departure from the EU and stagnating prices, have brought ever growing uncertainty to the residential market, following several years of increased taxation".
First-Time Buyers' Relief was an initiative introduced to help many struggling to get on the housing ladder and amounted to £517m in 2018. This represents a saving for the average purchaser of £2,374 at a crucial time when they are saving for their first deposit. However, take up appears to be plateauing, with 60,700 transactions claiming FTBR in Q4 2018, compared with 59,000 in Q3; a rise of just 2.9 per cent.
With the housing market in such a parlous state, it can only be hoped that Chancellor Philip Hammond will not implement an additional levy of 1 per cent on non-residential purchasers, proposed in the last Budget. This would seem to be particularly imprudent in light of the UK's need to build on global investment as it exits the EU.
Foreign investors represent a significant proportion of buyers, particularly in new build developments. The December LCPAca Residential Index recorded a 20.8% premium in Greater London for new build versus older stock. With developers currently struggling and scaling back projects, this new tax would not be welcome as the higher end stock enables developers to build out much needed affordable housing. It is also unlikely to have a material impact on tax revenues, given the recent trend of falling receipts, alongside steadily rising tax rates.
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Little ones delight in learning new things! Register your child along with a caring adult for this fun-filled opportunity. Themes that may explored include: the beach, fascinating world of bugs, fun with food, super science, motion in the ocean, and more! Enriching activities such as related stories, finger plays, introduction to games and sports, music and movement, colorful parachute play and yoga will fill the class! A daily project and snack will be part of the fun. Let Miss Mary's expertise guide you and your little one, along with your new friends through this great summer adventure!
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A grand jury on Wednesday indicted two men with conspiracy to smuggle surface-to-air missiles, designed to bring down aircraft, into the United States for use abroad.
The U.S. attorney's office said the charges were against Chao Tung "John" Wu, 51, and Yi Qing Chen, 41, both naturalized U.S. citizens born in China and now living in California.
The two men were approached by an undercover agent who told them that the missiles would later be sent outside the United States. The bribes, including one for $2 million, were to be paid to foreign officials. Countries involved were not identified.
Wu's attorney, Gerson Horn, said an undercover agent had tried to buy weapons from Wu and that Chen was allegedly involved in the negotiations. He said the agent "initiated the negotiations and persisted in the negotiations but it never bore fruit ... with either one of them."
The charges marked the first time an anti-terrorism statute, adopted in 2004, has been used. It calls for a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years and the possibility of life in prison without parole if convicted.
The men have been in custody since August when they were arrested as part of Operation Smoking Dragon, a U.S. undercover investigation into smuggling operations in Southern California. The men were originally charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and Ecstasy and importing millions of counterfeit cigarettes, the AP reports.
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Q: How to generate an editable document using prawn I'm new to Ruby on rails. I work on Rails 5. I have a requirement of generating PDF document on click of a button with the details in the database, which I achieved using PRAWN gem. Now there is a requirement that On click of a button I should get an option, in which I should be able to select whether to generate a document in PDF or editable format(DOCX or any other format).
Can we achieve this with PRWAN gem in rails 5?
Please suggest me if there are any other options available.

A: The gem Prawn works only the pdf.
I belive that all you need is the gem htmltoword
Usage:
require 'htmltoword'

# Configure the location of your custom templates
Htmltoword.config.custom_templates_path = 'some_path'

my_html = '
Hello
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document = Htmltoword::Document.create(my_html, word_template_file_name)
file = Htmltoword::Document.create_and_save(my_html, file_path, word_template_file_name)


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Q: How to divert connection or packet before routing decision entering the default chain using iptables before the packets ports (443) entering the firewall i would like to divert incoming packet of server (443) to input chain goes to FORWARD chain
so thats the incoming packets 100.43.xx.xx --sport 443 are send it to FORWARD instead of input chain
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tcp 6 431977 ESTABLISHED src=192.168.xx.xx dst=100.43.xx.xx sport=33575 dport=443
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how to configure this in OUTPUT,FORWARD,POST AND PREROUTING CHAIN
my iptables rules
root@kali:~#iptables-save
-A POSTROUTING -o dms0 -j MASQUERADE
-A INPUT -i dms0 -p tcp -s 100.43.xx.xx --sport 443 -j DROP
-A INPUT -i dms0 -p udp -m multiport --sport 22,443,1080 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
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A: ORIGINAL_DESTINATION='100.43.1.1'
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Published On: 21 Mar, 2018
If you guys have watched the television show Black Sails, a pirate drama, then you might probably be familiar with the character Eleanor Guthrie, the owner of a saloon. You guys might not be in wonder listening that the English actress, Hannah New, who is also notable for Queen Leila in the 2014 Disney movie Maleficent, portrayed the character of the saloon owner. Well, gorgeous Hannah is more than just a pretty face; she is one of those actresses with an excellent educational qualification.
Hannah New's Career And Earnings
English actress, Hannah's acting career took a spectacular U-turn and opened the doors when she was approached by American talent manager, Stacey Castro, in Barcelona, Spain in 2009. And her professional career kicked off in 2010 when she had a guest appearance in episodes of TV shows El club del chiste, and La Riera. Not only that, Hannah was offered with a role of Rosalinda Fox in the television show The Time in Between.
Later in 2011, the beautiful and talented Hannah (age 33) appeared with a lead role in Shelter, an unaired television pilot. In the year 2012, she portrayed the character Eleanor Guthrie in the Starz TV show Black Sails and also acted as Queen Leila, Princess Aurora's mother, in the Disney film Maleficent in 2014. These two shows can be the so-called breakthrough of her career. In the year 2014, Hannah portrayed a lead role in the thriller Under the Bed.
Moreover, with her immense popularity and breakthrough in several movies, the 33-year-old Hannah possibly has a net worth in a million figures. As far as net value is concerned, Hannah perhaps has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand.
Is Hannah New Married?
Hannah's character as a lesbian in her drama Black Sail has accumulated a huge appraisal. Since she portrayed the character with such ease, most of her the viewers and her fans were curious about her real-life sexual orientation and wondered about her dating life.
However, it has come to light that she is straight in sexuality despite her character in a drama. Taking the insight into her relationship affairs, she has not been vocal about her relationship with her possible boyfriend.
Nevertheless, on 13 February, Hannah took her Twitter to state that she is celebrating Valentine's Day but not with her boyfriend. Not only that, her fans are seldom asking about her relationship status while some of them are asking her to make a girlfriend or boyfriend. Moreover, the 33-years-old Hannah seems to be single as her fan wishes on her birthday writing that she would get a new boyfriend as a gift on her birthday.
Born in 1984, Gorgeous model, Hannah New celebrates her birthday on May 13 every year. Hannah, whose hometown is Balham, London, attended ballet school at the age of four and later joined National Youth Theatre. Talking about her family, she is the youngest daughter of her parents and has two older sisters as her siblings. She attended the University of Leeds where she studied English and Spanish.
Hannah later moved to Barcelona, Spain, and studied there for three years, further learning the Meisner technique. Besides acting career, Hannah also has a love for cultures and has traveled to over twenty countries including Bolivia. In the year 2018, Hannah will appear in a TV show Trust in which she will be portraying the role of Victoria.
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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, also known as Gitmo, is a United States military prison that is located on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The purpose of the facility is to house enemy combatants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces, mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gitmo has become a leading symbol of the United States' approach to their "War on Terror", but the detention center is also globally known for the human rights violations committed there. The majority of prisoners that have been in the facility were never charged with a crime or were never put on trial for their alleged crimes. For almost two decades now, the facility has been continuously in violation of international law, participating in torture, inhumane conditions, unfair trials or military commissions, and illegal and indefinite detention. Nevertheless, the facility has gone unchecked for years and the international community is still wondering whether or not the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is ethically and legally allowed to remain open.
Guantanamo Bay was established under President Bush's administration in 2001 following the 9/11 attacks. Under Bush, detainees were captured on foreign soil, not charged with any crime, brought to Guantanamo, detained indefinitely without trial, and denied access to counsel. While Bush's efforts to fight the War on Terror were generally supported by the country and Congress, it soon became glaringly obvious that this fight had no scheduled end and this "ongoing threat" is now virtually indefinite. Interrogation of the detainees at Guantanamo began on January 23, 2002, and although the interrogations were conducted in a manner that was determined to be in violation of international norms and standards, the interrogations continued, even after the improper conduct was revealed.
The operation of Guantanamo Bay continued under President Obama's administration, even though he promised during his presidential campaign that he would close the facility. Gitmo remained open for the entirety of Obama's presidency, and while the majority of the detainees were either resettled, transferred, or repatriated within those years, there remained 41 detainees at the end of his presidency. While President Obama ran on the promise that he would close Guantanamo Bay permanently, Donald Trump promised he would keep Gitmo open indefinitely and fill it with more detainees. In keeping that promise as president, Trump signed an executive order on January 30, 2018 to keep the facility open, and vowed not to transfer another detainee outside of Guantanamo.
The United States has been found multiple times to be in violation of international law in regard to the treatment of the detainees at Guantanamo. The inhumane treatment of the detainees at Guantanamo began under the Bush Administration, after the U.S. military admitted to the use of interrogation techniques that the international community had condemned as torture. At this point, the majority of the world is well aware of the human rights violations that have occurred, and continued to occur, at Guantanamo.
A report by the Center for Constitutional Rights published in 2006 titled "Report on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment of Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba" detailed the various and numerous forms of torture and interogation methods used by the U.S. military. The report is compiled from dozens of first-hand accounts from the detainees themselves regarding the acts of abuse that they endured for years at the hands of American soldiers. Contrary to what the Bush Administration and the Secretary of Defense at the time claim, the Guantanamo prisoners were not "the worst of the worst." According to the report, "the U.S. military has openly acknowledged that many of the men at Guantanamo do not belong there." Many of the detainees at the facility have absolutely no ties or connections to terrorist organizations, and yet they have been denied access to legal representation and counsel to fight on their behalf.
Since its establishment, dozens if not hundreds of innocent men have been imprisoned and mistreated in Guantanamo, but regardless of presumed innocence, just about every detainee that has stepped foot in the facility has been tortured and abused. Due to these aggressive and unnecessary techniques, many detainees "lost their sanity," "tried to commit suicide, some multiple times," and undertook "hunger strikes to protest conditions at Gurantanamo" which "resulted in the military intransally force-feeding over thirty prisoners." According to Human Rights First, there have been nine detainees who have died at Guantanamo. Lastly, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights, the detainees in custody have been psychologically, physically, and sexually abused, and have experienced degrading treatment that has been left unchecked for two decades.
Out of the roughly 780 detainees that have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, 40 detainees remain after two decades of the facility's operation. Three presidents have come and gone since then, each with a different viewpoint and opinion about whether or not to keep the facility up and running. Newly elected President Biden launched an official review into the facility in February of 2021, "reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the controversial facility with the aim of doing so before he leaves office," according to Reuters. Keeping the same opinion as President Obama, Biden vowed to close the facility during his election bid, but it was unclear how he plans to go about it within the next four years. This does not, however, come as a shock, since multiple former and current detainees have penned letters to President Biden urging him to close the facility, once and for all. Only time will tell if he keeps his promise during his presidency and finally puts an end to the inhumane abuse that countless detainees have endured, in the hopes that no one else has to suffer from the same injustice.
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Q: Crystal Reports: how to repeat Details A section on every page I'm creating a report in Crystal. It's a pretty basic report: I have two groups based on the same date field: year and month.
Those two groups serve as a way of organizing my details. I have the details hidden so they can be drilled down upon.
So when you first view the report, you just see the year(s) for group 1, and then the months for group 2.
If I wasn't using the grouped dates in this way, and was just creating a basic table, I would put the field headers in the page header section, which would automatically put the field headers on every page. However, since I have the grouped dates (hiding the details) on my first page, I can't put the field headers in there.
As a result, I created two detail sections (A and B). I put my field headers in A with the suppress formula (not onfirstrecord). This serves my purpose, but for when the report details fill up multiple pages, my Details A sections will only display on the first page.
Is there some formula or other way for me to:
1) Keep my field headers in Details A, but repeat the field headers on each new page?
2) or, move my field headers to the Page Header section, but somehow suppress it when my groups are being displayed on my main page (where the year and month groups can be drilled down on)?
Thank you!

A: You may want to use a repeated group header.
To do this open the Change Group Options dialog (right click on a group header, then choose Change Group). On the Options tab check Repeat Group Header On Each Page.
Put your headers for your detail section in a group header (maybe an additional one just for this purpose). Repeat this header on each page.
You can even detect if the header is printed the first time or if it is repeated using InRepeatedGroupHeader. This way you can implement a 'continued' on a repeated group header.


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Love the packaging for Made Collection, the first flash-sale site for premium American-made products. Packaging design by John Kieselhorst and designers TC Cleary, Chad Poorman.
Designed by Henrik Preutz and proposed in blue, yellow and black, this suspension is for the IKEA PS Collection 2012.
Pets Rock. Purina ONE, sponsors of the 2012 Pitchfork music festival and Zeus Jones created a series of posters celebrating the awesomeness of pets and music. By Lab Partners, Brent Couchman, Tad Carpenter and Eight Hour Day.
Tristan Eaton collaborates with soccer superstar and Red Bulls forward Thierry Henry on a mural. Henry shot soccer balls at targets that released triggers and actions that revealed the 24 x 21 ft mural of bulls charging.
IkHa, a popup restaurant filled with Ikea hacked furniture in Filmhuis Den Haag theatre in The Hague. Designed by Oatmeal Studio.
Beautiful Images of Cosmic Impacts from Wired Science.
Magpie Studio invents a new type of ruler for Icon Magazine's Rethink page.
Letterpressed wine labels for Porseleinberg by Fanakalo.
A new way of eating apples, by the french food design studio Miit.
Interview with top medical animator, James Archer. His 3D medical illustrations captivate the viewer with their diffuse lighting, organic hues, intimate depth of field, and overall softness that make anatomy and science look almost poetic.
Created by Portland street artist, Rx, these prescription bottles have been modified to hold a bounty of street art stickers. Warning: May cause adrenaline rush, incarceration, and/or fine if taken on city streets.
High security hand cuffs are less secure when you can simply laser cut or 3D print keys as shown in a workshop Friday at the Hackers On Planet Earth conference.
The new head office of Pride And Glory Interactive in Krakow by Morpho Studio.
Paper Wreath by Chiori Ito Design.
The Knelt Desk by Ubiquity Design Studio.
FEATUREDThis week's roundup from NOTCOT.org includes saucy Victorian pop-ups, glass blowing and indoor tents.
Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque Florale Edition - A collaboration with avant-garde floral artist Makoto Azuma. Beautiful!!!
Thule Gauntlet MacBook Air Sleeves - Stitch-free, heat welded seams and an additional fold at the entry point create water-resistant defense!
VIDEOWatch as record covers are transformed into notebook covers in 12 Inch Notes.
Frank Gehry Conjures a Pastel Duplex in New Orleans's 9th Ward.
Its Nice That interviews illustrator Tim McDonagh.
Drowning in Debt Salt and Pepper Shakers by Sebastian Errazuriz for Kikkerland.
VIDEOPlant Study by Kurt Kaminski showcases beautiful biology, collected around Los Angeles and filmed under a microscope.
Critically endangered Spoonbilled Sandpiper chicks hatch at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. The tiny chicks have almost heart-shaped spoon-like beaks!
VIDEOWTPh? What the Phonics by Momo Miyazaki and Andrew Spitz is a device that helps with pronouncing the street names in Denmark.
Cloud House, a weekend home in rural Colorado by Axis Mundi.
VIDEOAudible color by Hideaki Matsui and Momo Miyazaki recognizes shades of color as sounds.
Launched in 1991 by Neville Brody and Jon Wozencroft, 'Fuse' is a design and experimental typography publication with some of the greatest contemporary artists of font design.
Squid Kids Ink's A-Drive ~ your old floppy disks gets reborn as a vinyl toy!
Hutong Bubble 32 is a metallic bubble built in a small courtyard in Beijing.It provides a toilet and a staircase that extends onto a roof terrace for a newly renovated courtyard house.
De Etende Mens, a new exhibition exploring the culture of food and eating by design at Designhuis, Eindhoven.
Love these new laser etchings from illustrator Jason Theilke.
Villa P by Architektonicke Studio Atrium in Karlovarská ul., Košice, Slovakia.
The Brick and Flip clock by Erwin Termaat for Leff Amsterdam.
Design & build of Six Barrel Soda Co. in Wellington, New Zealand, by Common. They completed everything from naming to branding to cafe design and build.
Nike's incessant drive to push creative limits has resulted in their partnership with creatives at Hush and architecture firm Skylab for the creation of 'Camp Victory' at the Olympic Running Trials in Oregon.
Measure by Fabrice Le Nezet - a concrete and metal physical representation of the idea of measure. "The objective was to 'materialize' tension in a sense, to make the notions of weight, distance and angle palpable..."
Cork Picture Rail Design by Erin Deighton ~ nice idea to combine a ledge to place frames on and still pin to the bottom!
Vertical Density, series of images that translate the ceaseless landscape of skyscrapers in Hong Kong.
Geometric Wood Puzzles! "Once you've completed the Atom, the Molecule poses the next challenge, and then the Particle will stump you. Up for the ultimate challenge? You can tackle the Cell."
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Unfold Studio's 3D Printing Kiosk 2.0 ~ For the exhibition After the Bit Rush, Design in a Post-Digital Age. "Kiosk is a project that explores a near future scenario in which digital fabricators are so ubiquitous, that we see them appear on street corners"


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Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
Deborah Crombie's fans will be glad to get their hands on her twelfth novel, Where Memories Lie. This is another of the Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James series that will catch your attention from the first page. While the greater portion of the plot takes place in modern London, another plotline sets its story in Europe of 1938 when the Nazi were interring Jews, those that could not escape.
Gemma's friend Erika Rosenthal and her husband David were two of the luckier ones who left in the nick of time. Her father, a jeweler, was supposed to follow them. He eventually died in one of the camps. But one of his extraordinary pieces of art deco jewelry – a brooch – has gone up for sale at Sotheby's. Where has it been? How did it get out of Nazi Germany? Who has put it up for sale?
When a young woman working at the prestigious auction house in London is run down, Gemma asks for Duncan to work the case. Another person connected to the auction house is also run down. By this time, the author has been letting us know what had happened years ago in Germany and then wartime London.
Where Memories Lie is cleverly written, making it very hard to put the book down. I like the characters in that they live everyday lives as well as working at their chosen professions. They have the same joys and downtime that we all have. It makes them real. I'm always glad to see a new Deborah Crombie mystery.


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Xcel Energy has been a wonderful BestPrep partner for more than 30 years. Early on, the company was active in BestPrep's programs, helping to prepare students with business, career, and financial literacy skills that inspire success in work and life. The company shares BestPrep's values of closing the opportunity gap and presenting students to various career paths, making an incredible impact on Minnesota students. The company is well known for supporting the community, taking it upon themselves to make a positive influence by being a good neighbor, advocate, and environmental steward.
Xcel has participated in nearly all of BestPrep's programs: eMentors, Classroom Plus, Minnesota Business Venture, and the Technology Integration Workshop. In fact, volunteers have participated more than 600 times over the last ten years.
One of BestPrep's longest-standing programs, eMentors, is an email mentoring program that offers high school students the opportunity to develop a relationship with a mentor in a professional field. Xcel Energy has volunteered with students through eMentors for ten years, focusing on students in and outside of the Twin Cities. Through the program, Xcel Energy volunteers engage with students and discuss topics including college and career experience, career exploration, professionalism, networking, and communications skills.
Xcel Energy volunteer gives tour to students on Career Day
Additionally, the company has volunteered with BestPrep's Classroom Plus program as guest speakers, mock interviewers, and office tour guides. One of the most valuable opportunities Xcel provides to students is a Career Day, where employees speak to students about careers in energy, including public policy, information technology, human resources, electricity, and advertising. BestPrep's CEO, Bob Kaitz, explained "Xcel is unique and gives a different perspective. It's good to have students know the options that are out there. They've been an exemplary partner."
Xcel Energy employees also volunteer at BestPrep's summer business camp, Minnesota Business Venture. The company has volunteered as Resident Business Leaders that guide students into creating business plans and Business Plan Judges, who listen to the students' business plan presentations at the end of the week.
Chris Clark and Dave Harkness of Xcel Energy accept Humanitarian Award
Xcel Energy has also provided support as participants and sponsors at BestPrep's three events. In 2001, former CEO Jim Howard keynoted at the Annual Luncheon, and another former CEO, Dick Kelly, participated in an onstage panel at the Educational Forum in 2009. In 2017, CEO Ben Fowke was the keynote speaker at BestPrep's Annual Luncheon. The company was recognized in 2016 as the Birdies for BestPrep Humanitarian Award winner for its long-term and ongoing support. Xcel Energy has provided continual board leadership for more than 20 years, with two individuals, Mark Fritsch (2003-2005) and Dave Harkness (2017-2019), serving as board chairs.
Hats off to our featured partner Xcel Energy for showing continued commitment to educating and preparing Minnesota youth for a better future!
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Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect.
The International Energy Agency projected in 2014 that under its "high renewables" scenario, by 2050, solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar power would contribute about 16 and 11 percent, respectively, of the worldwide electricity consumption, and solar would be the world's largest source of electricity. Most solar installations would be in China and India.
Photovoltaics were initially solely used as a source of electricity for small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to remote homes powered by an off-grid rooftop PV system. As the cost of solar electricity has fallen, the number of grid-connected solar PV systems has grown into the millions and utility-scale solar power stations with hundreds of megawatts are being built. Solar PV is rapidly becoming an inexpensive, low-carbon technology to harness renewable energy from the Sun.
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This is a list of episodes of Superman: The Animated Series.
Season One (1996–97)
All episodes of season one except the first five and last two were shown out of production order when originally aired.
Season Two (1997–98)
Episodes of season two originally aired Saturday mornings prior to The New Batman/Superman Adventures.
Season Three (1998–99)
Episodes of season three originally aired in the Kids WB! block of The New Batman/Superman Adventures.
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Who benefits and loses from large developments in Eastern Africa's rangelands?
Photo credit: Jeremy Lind
September 10th, 2018 Jeremy Lind
The past ten years have seen the spread of large-scale investments in infrastructure, resources and land across pastoral areas of eastern Africa.
In the past, these areas were insignificant to states in the region and large capital from beyond – at least, compared to the region's agrarian highlands and Indian Ocean coast. But the recent rush to construct pipelines, roads, airports, wind farms, and plantations (to give a few examples) is changing that. It signals a new spatial politics that binds the pastoral margins ever closer to state power and global capital.
Benign development?
These various designs on the range to develop infrastructure, resources, and towns as new industrial centres and markets are often seen benignly. Officials in government and donor agencies tend to view these as part of wider commercialisation and growth dynamics – a sign that the margins are catching up with the rest of the region.
Some even go so far as to see them as a precursor to peacebuilding of restive frontiers, ushering in stability through diversification and the creation of new livelihoods outside of livestock-keeping.
What is certain is that large-scale investments will have far-reaching consequences for the future of pastoralism in the region. Many powerful actors are involved, from international corporations and financiers to states and local elites, but many important questions are raised too. Who benefits and who loses out? Do such large-scale projects really deliver poverty-reducing development, as is often claimed?
These questions are explored through a stream of five panels and 17 papers organised by researchers from the PASTRES (pastoralism, uncertainty, resilience) project and the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Programme (APRA) at the upcoming African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference.
Big plans: big delivery?
Early debates on large-scale investments in pastoral areas turned on headline grabbing figures of the size of proposed projects, such as the $23 billion price tag for the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor project (LAPSSET), or the scale of proposed land takes for commercial agriculture, such as the 300,000 hectare land lease (since cancelled) to Indian Karuturi Global in Ethiopia's Gambella Region.
A decade on, the large-scale investments have advanced in a more piecemeal way, as the challenges of implementation have mounted.
LAPSSET's grand modernist vision has not materialised in a sudden multi-billion dollar bang but rather emerged incrementally, such as through the completion of the Isiolo-Moyale highway and the recent opening of Isiolo's airport. Mass expropriations to establish large-scale commercial farms have by-and-large not come to pass, as only a small part of an agreed area is actually farmed.
how developments lead to conflict
But the focus on 'opening up' the frontier through new infrastructure and investments in land and resources has had other consequences.
Proposed infrastructure and investments have ignited intense competition for and revaluation of land as local elites, and other domestic and foreign investors, jostle to claim tracts of land.
In and around Isiolo, which is being reimagined as an industrial centre and gateway to northern Kenya, proposed investments have set in motion an economy of anticipation as diverse actors rush to collectively and individually lay exclusive claims to land at the town's edges. A similar dynamic plays out in Lokichar – the base of operations for nascent oil development in Kenya's Turkana County – where fencing has multiplied around town as area residents race to claim plots to develop housing, shops and guest houses.
Development of oil, wind and geo-thermal reserves has fuelled other competitions around 'local content' – the industry term for procuring goods and services from local suppliers and workers. The footprint of these developments, and the arrival of workers and contractors from outside of local areas, sit uncomfortably with the reality of work opportunities that are thinly spread and temporary.
Protests by residents and political leaders in south Turkana halted Kenya's Early Oil Pilot Scheme in June barely days after it was launched to great fanfare by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Operations only resumed in late August after political concessions to address local demands for greater opportunities for work, contracts and tenders.
How local elites benefit from big projects
In this and other instances of protest, local elites have advanced their own interests by playing on the legitimate concerns of residents living adjacent to development sites concerning inclusion, rights and compensation.
Various local interlocutors have positioned themselves as key liaisons between investors and communities in and around sites of operational activity, including political aspirants, ward and sub-county administrators, brokers, elders, seers, and young people.
Local capital has been the greatest benefactor of investments in oil in Turkana, or wind in Kenya's Marsabit County. Wealthier local elites – many with connections in politics or who have worked for international relief or church organisations – have constructed rental housing, guesthouses, bars and restaurants – mostly to serve visitors from other parts of Kenya coming in search of work and business, as well as the staff of larger sub-contracting companies.
Early signs of the future of pastoralism
Thus, while the impacts and influences of large-scale investments on pastoralism still unfold, the early signs can be seen. New territorialisations, local contestations and struggles, and enrichment of local elites are all part of an emerging picture of how the pastoral margins are transforming.
These examples also show how large-scale investments enmesh with local political and social relations. Designs on the range by planners and investors are being redrawn and in some cases extraverted by various local interests.
The future of pastoralism in eastern Africa is being negotiated now. How it will look is something that involves relationships at all levels, from the headquarters of multi-national investors, to the ministerial corridors in Nairobi and Addis, and all the way down to the elder's tree, bars and cafes in the region's growing small towns.
The future of pastoralism in the context of uncertainties generated by new investment will be the central theme of our discussions at the ASA conference in Birmingham. If you are at the conference, following the full stream and attend the panels (starting on Wednesday 12 September at 3.30 pm in Aston Webb – WG12 – see here, here, here and here for timings and details of the other four panels on Thursday 13. Note these are correct timings of the panels, but not necessarily the papers). If you are unable to be with us, watch this space for reports on the discussions, and notices of publications emerging.
Africa Sustainability Hub, Blog, Europe Hub, Pastoralism, Resource Politics
PASTRES
Bioleft Project in Comunes meeting
Open access and open science: A historic opportunity
Pastoralism, Uncertainty & Resilience
Navigating through floods and droughts with dryland buffaloes and swimming camels 27th January 2023
The true role of ethnicity in Sahelian herder-farmer conflicts 20th January 2023
Approaching the capital: Nomadic pastoralist (im)mobilities in Mali 13th January 2023
Zimbabweland
Negotiating 'belonging' in Zimbabwe's land reform areas 30th January 2023
Preparing for the next pandemic: lessons from Zimbabwe 16th January 2023
Why livestock keeping can be good for the environment 9th January 2023


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Q: Calculated column referencing rows in another table I have a table with a column containing formulas referencing items in another table. The table with the formulas looks like this
Formula
A+B
A*B-C
X+Y-Z
...

and the look-up table looks like this
Id        Value
A         10
B         200
C         75
...       ...

I want to derive a new column in the table with the formulas, with the result of evaluated expression:
Formula     Result
A+B         210
A*B-C       135
X+Y-Z       5
...         ...

Currently the two tables are placed in an SQL Database, with the formula table being quite small (about 300 million rows) and the look-up table being quite large (also about 300 million rows).
Other methods than using SQL are welcome. Actually any method will do, as long as it does the job in an efficient manner. Any ideas for processing such as task?

A: SQL with a Cursor:
Tables:
Create Table #formulas
(
f VarChar(25)
)

Insert Into #formulas Values
('A+B'),
('A*B-C'),
('X+Y-Z')

Create Table #v
(
id char(1),
v Int
)
Insert Into #v Values
('A', 10),
('B', 200),
('C', 75),
('X', 100),
('Y', 110),
('Z', 10)

Create Table #t
(
 f VarChar(25),
 v Float
)

Walk through your recs with a Cursor:  Create a dynamic SQL statement and execute into a table #t.
Declare @vStr nVarChar(50)
Declare @v1 nVarChar(20)
Declare @op1 nVarChar(20)
Declare @v2 nVarChar(20)
Declare @op2 nVarchar(20)
Declare @v3 nVarchar(20)

Declare vCursor Cursor For
   Select
      (Select distinct v From #v Where id = Substring(f,1,1)) As 'v1',
      Substring(f,2,1) As 'op1',
      (Select distinct v From #v Where id = Substring(f,3,1)) As 'v2',
      Substring(f,4,1) As 'op2',
      (Select distinct v From #v Where id = Substring(f,5,1)) As 'v3'
   From #formulas;

Open vCursor
Fetch Next From vCursor Into
@v1,
@op1,
@v2,
@op2,
@v3

While @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
  Begin
      Set @vStr = Case When @v3 Is Null
      Then 'Select '''+ @v1 + @op1 + @v2 + ''',(' + @v1 + @op1 + @v2 + ')'
      Else 'Select '''+ @v1 + @op1 + @v2 + @op2 + @v3 + ''',(' + @v1 + @op1 + @v2 + @op2 + @v3 + ')'
      End
Insert Into #t(f,v)  Execute (@vStr)
     Fetch Next From vCursor Into
       @v1,
       @op1,
       @v2,
       @op2,
       @v3
  End

   Close vCursor
   Deallocate vCursor

Select * From #t
   Drop Table #formulas
   Drop Table #v
   Drop Table #t

Result:
f           v
10+200      210
10*200-75   1925
100+110-10  200


Published: June 12, 2013 at 08:45 p.m.
Updated: June 12, 2013 at 09:33 p.m.
Michael Vick wants Chip Kelly to pick a starting quarterback before the Philadelphia Eagles roll into training camp -- and DeSean Jackson agrees -- but it's not about to happen.
Offensive guard Evan Mathis doesn't see what all the fuss is about.
"I haven't been evaluating our quarterbacks because I'm focused on the offensive line, but I really don't see the point of Chip Kelly naming a starting QB before camp," Mathis told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
"This is an entirely new coaching staff with an entirely new offense, which isn't even fully installed yet. It's not rocket science; whoever the coaches feel will help the team the most will win the job after proving himself in training camp and preseason."
Kelly said it in fewer words: "To make any decisions on who someone is from wearing shorts and T-shirts doesn't make sense to us."
Mathis is wise to fall in line. Kelly didn't voyage to Philly to pander to DJax (who's coming off a flat campaign) or Vick (who's lucky he's still with the team).
Besides, the issue with the Eagles hasn't been the Week 1 starter but finding a quarterback who has the strength to go the distance. Vick has plenty to prove before he floats any further demands around the building. Following Kelly's lead would be a start.


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Q: How to get the start time of an SQL process? A job running on our SQL server failed.  We are running MS SQL server 2005.
While investigating, the following question came up: When was this process initiated on the server?  Is there any query I can run that will give me this information?

A: This should give you what you need
SELECT
    Jobs.name,
    StartTime = CONVERT
        (
            DATETIME,
            RTRIM(run_date)
            )
            +
            (
            run_time * 9
            + run_time % 10000 * 6
            + run_time % 100 * 10
        ) / 216e4
    ,
    endTime = CONVERT
        (
            DATETIME,
            RTRIM(run_date)
            )
            +
            (
            run_time * 9
            + run_time % 10000 * 6
            + run_time % 100 * 10
            + 25 * run_duration
        ) / 216e4
FROM
    msdb..sysjobhistory JobHistory
    INNER JOIN msdb..sysjobs Jobs
        ON Jobs.job_id = JobHistory.job_id
WHERE
JobHistory.step_name = '(Job outcome)'

A: USE msdb
SELECT * FROM dbo.sysjobs_view

A: using management studios, you can right click the job and click view history.  this will containt the list of executions for the job.


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Minister of Science and Sport, Kristy Duncan, alongside MP Sonia Sidhu announces funding for Sheridan College which will strengthen local economy and train the next generation
Brampton, ON – Collaborations between college researchers and businesses help our national and local economies thrive and prepare young Canadians for the jobs of the future. Canada's colleges are at the heart of communities across the country and fuel research that helps businesses innovate and grow.
Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport – alongside Sonia Sidhu, the Member of Parliament for Brampton South – announced nearly $150,000 in funding to support research at Sheridan College. This funding is part of a $57-million investment through the College and Community Innovation Program (CCI) that Minister Duncan announced on June 13, 2019.
The grant for Sheridan College will allow researchers at the Screen Industries Research and Training Centre to buy the equipment they need to develop interactive computer-generated 3D characters. These animated characters can be used in a range of industries, from films and gaming, to healthcare and wellness to create new products and services that will benefit all Canadians.
This investment is part of Canada's Science Vision and the Government of Canada's historic commitment of more than $10 billion to science and research. It includes the largest ever boost for college research funding.
Minister Duncan also signed the Dimensions Charter at Sheridan College. Institutions that endorse the charter commit to embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusiveness in their policies, practices, action plans and culture.
"Our government is committed to returning science and research to their rightful place. That's why we're investing in students and small-to medium-sized businesses so they can work together to make discoveries and continue innovating to improve the quality of life of all Canadians. These collaborations will boost economic development and create jobs across the country."
~ The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport
"I am proud to be part of a Government which is so dedicated to science and research. The investment being celebrated today will not only enhance Canada's world-class research capacity, but will also help businesses innovate to create growth, and help colleges train the next generation of researchers and entrepreneurs. I am particularly delighted that Brampton South's own Sheridan College is benefitting as well, and I can wait to see the developments they make."
~ Sonia Sidhu, Member of Parliament for Brampton South
"NSERC values the tremendous contributions of Canada's colleges in the research and innovation ecosystem. Today's investment will enhance our country's world-class research capacity, help businesses innovate to create growth, and train our next generation of researchers and entrepreneurs."
~ Dr. Marc Fortin, Vice-President, Research Partnerships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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SURVEY COULD RESURRECT ROUTE 6 PROJECT
LEE FOSTER; Courant Staff WriterTHE HARTFORD COURANT
Plans for a Route 6 expressway may seem like they've faded away, with government agencies unable to agree on a route and funding spent on other projects, but Rep. Rob Simmons, R-2nd District, hopes a new opinion poll will help resurrect the project.
Starting in late February, graduate students at the University of Connecticut's Center for Survey Research and Analysis will begin telephoning residents in Andover, Bolton, Columbia and Coventry, asking questions about a potential expressway, starting with whether residents believe there should be one at all.
"The UConn poll will be conducted professionally. People will respond anonymously so we will be able to assess what the people in the affected towns are really thinking," Simmons said Friday from the center's office in Storrs.
For at least 40 years, officials have looked for ways to reduce through traffic on the 11-mile stretch of Route 6 called "Suicide Six" for its frequency of serious accidents. A plan for an east-west expressway from Bolton to Willimantic has been stalled for years, with state officials approving a slightly different route from the one acceptable to federal agencies. Late in 2001, federal officials demanded the state use $50 million in federal funds, set aside for 15 years for a Route 6 expressway, on other road projects.
Despite improvements to the existing state road, "the need has not gone away," state Rep. Pamela Z. Sawyer, R-Bolton, said Friday.
Sawyer has long supported an expressway. She joined Simmons to announce the survey. Sawyer said she would introduce legislation to create a task force to study a "greenway" version of an expressway project.
The greenway would encompass undeveloped land, stopping the "sprawl" of residential development through a rural and historic portion of eastern Connecticut, Sawyer said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the federal Environmental Protection Agency both support a route that would cross the environmentally sensitive Hop River, while the state agencies back a route that would stay north of the river, but take more homes and businesses.
Simmons said he was confident federal highway money would be available if a plan were accepted by all parties.
"If there's forward motion on the project, the funding will come," Simmons said.
William F. Turner of SBC SNET handed Simmons a company check for $5,000 Friday to help pay for the survey.
Simmons said another $2,500 was being sought to cover the remaining expense, but municipalities along Route 6 would not be asked to contribute to avoid a perception of bias in the results, Simmons said.
The telephone company has an interest in resolving the Route 6 issue because its employees and customers use the road, Turner said.
"We not only want to keep our customers safe, but our employees safe as well," he said.


- Understanding of your community and aligning the same with events whenever necessary.
- Make sure your common area is utilised and you keep it updated.
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This book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational resources (OERs) into the teaching and learning process.
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It's best to search in an OER repository as a starting point, using the browse functions when available to locate materials by education level, material type, and subject. Limitations to / differences between the search algorithms on these repositories make a one-size-fits-all approach difficult, so try to be flexible when considering the key words you are using to search.
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Home > News > KHS America Academic Alliance Announces Melody Competition Winner
KHS America Academic Alliance Announces Melody Competition Winner
Mt.Juliet, TN - May, 2017 | Competitions | KHS America | TBA
Congratulations to Quinton Porter, junior at Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth, TX, for being selected as the winner of the 2017 TBA Student Melody Competition. Mr. Porter began studying piano at the age of 10, and started playing oboe in the 6th grade. As his interest in music grew, Quinton also learned to play the guitar, saxophone, flute, clarinet, and trombone. He currently doubles on oboe and English horn in his high school band, participates in the youth group at his church, and is an active member of the Boy Scouts of America.
Quinton's winning melody, entitled "Devils Perspective", will be used as thematic material for a new wind ensemble piece composed by Grammy nominated composer Rick DeJonge. The resulting piece will be premiered by the United States Air Force Band of the West on Thursday, July 20 at 7:30 pm in the Lila Cockrell Theatre during the Texas Bandmasters Annual Convention. As the composer of the selected melody, Quinton, a parent and his band director will be flown to San Antonio and given accommodations at the Marriott Riverwalk to attend this premiere courtesy of the KHS America Academic Alliance.
The 2017 Student Melody Competition received 89 entries submitted by 6th - 12th grade students from across the state of Texas. A panel comprised of KHS America Academic Alliance Musicians, Educators, Composers and Industry Professionals initially narrowed the field to four finalists before selecting the winning melody. The three runner-up melodies will be featured on the Jupiter Website and Jupiter Facebook page, with one being posted each week starting on Monday, May 8th and continuing through Monday, May 22nd.
Quinton's Winning Melody
View Devil's Perspective Melody in PDF form.
Download the full score and parts for the Devil's Perspective Melody.
Download the mp3 for Devil's Perspective Melody.
2nd Place - Obed De la Cruz
View Numinous in PDF form.
3rd Place - Luis C. Gonzalez
View Someday in PDF form
4th Place - Aleksys Arredondo
View Quensav in PDF form.
For more information about the competition and awards visit the KHS America Academic Alliance TBA Student Melody Competition web page on the Jupiter website.
For more information on the KHS America Academic Alliance visit
AcademicAlliance.com


The Orca Dive Club at Merville in Grand Baie employs a team of trained professionals to ensure that you have the most enjoyable comfortable and safe diving experience. The club is open all year round from 8am until 6pm for booking. The boat leaves twice a day, 9 am in the morning and 1.30 pm in the early afternoon and it takes between 10 and 45 minutes to reach the dive spots. Extended opening hours can be arranged to allow you the flexibility of getting the most out of your diving holiday. The club also offer night dives.
The club has a particularly spacious and comfortable boat which can easily accommodate up to 16 divers. It offers bench seating, sun canopy and a small dive platform with a ladder. The diving centrehas 10 brand new complete sets of rental equipment from Mares and Aqualung. They also offer computers, torches and SMBs for rent.
A wide range of packages is offered to you: easy diving courses, full certification courses (PADI) & (NAUI), daily diving excursions, night dives, private dives, and exclusive dive charters.


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Just the other day, I was standing in a room and noticed a woman across the way looking at me. You know that look, the one where they are sure they know you but just can't quite place where they know you from. Moments later a look of recognition came over her face and she rushed over to where I was standing. With great effort, we communicated; between her fluent Spanish and my limited Spanish we figured out that we knew each other from the HTM Food shelf in Savage, MN.
With deep emotion she recalled how we had prayed with her when her husband was sent to prison. She was so grateful that we helped her get diapers when her baby was small and there was no money for expensive diapers. From her perspective, HTM had changed the direction of her life; we gave her hope when she had none. She said it had been some time since she "needed" to come get food at the food shelf.
It does not always seem like what we do for the people matters when we do not see immediate results. People hurry in to get some food and a quick prayer, then after 30 minutes of shopping, they rush back to their lives. But she had remembered me across that room, because I had prayed with her when she came to the food shelf. After we parted I felt such exhilaration, it was one of those moments when God reminded me that good works do matter.
Isaiah 45:5 – I will strengthen you and prepare you for this day, transforming your fear into confident trust.


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Jimmy Big Time - 2009
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