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"People Pay Thousands of Dollars to do What we do Every Day"
"Here is a great perspective of a day in our life…yesterday we walked down to centro, where we both had the most amazing hour-long couples massage," says David Smolyn, 51, who, along with partner Randy Hodgson, 58, splits his time between Puerto Vallarta, and Toronto.
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The Best Small Town for Expats in Panama?
Colorful birds swoop in and out of the trees of the rainforest landscape. Combined with a blue sky, it makes a soothing palette—perfect for days that flow like honey, slow and sweet. We sit on the large terrace, sipping wine and chatting about life in small, sleepy El Valle, Panama.
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Our $1,800-a-Month Ecuador Life Gives Us the Freedom to Travel
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My wife, Rita, and I have always loved to travel. There is just something about visiting someplace new and different, that keeps us feeling young and enjoying life. Unfortunately, travel can be an expensive hobby, so we used to have to limit ourselves to one or two trips a year.
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Priceless Friendships in Historic Southern France
By Barbara Diggs |
"I never tire of looking out my window, seeing the centuries-old buildings, and wondering about the people who lived here before us," says Holly Kurzman, who moved from San Francisco to Pézenas six years ago. Holly and her late husband Chris had long contemplated moving to Europe, but began seriously eyeing France shortly after Chris retired. "We were fed up with the rat race and cost of living in...
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Why I Love My Friendly, Peaceful Panamanian Neighborhood
By Larke Newell |
I live in a community called Caimito, between Boquete and David, Panama. We are the only expats in the area, and all of my neighbors go out of their way to help in any way they can. They even watch over my house when I'm away. I find it a comfort to know, that there is a land as peaceful and accepting as Panama.
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Our High-Spec Ecuador Penthouse Cost $500,000 Less Than it Would in the U.S.
By Jerry Anderson |
Ecuador had been on our radar as a potential home overseas for a while… My wife Barbara and I had read articles in International living about it, but a chance encounter with a lady who'd lived in Cuenca pushed us over the edge.
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I Bought My Beach Townhouse in Tamarindo, Costa Rica For $85,000 Cash
By Jackie Minchillo |
When Chicagoan John Marrero started his international house hunt in Costa Rica in 2013, he had tropical villa dreams in mind. Maybe Spanish style, a tropical landscape, maybe an ocean view. "I originally planned to put $100,000 down on a place...
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A City View Condo For $166,000…the Zero-Stress Lifestyle is Free
I'm sitting at a pub eating proper U.K.-style fish and chips, sipping a local microbrew, and watching the beautiful people (and cars) go by. This is Panama City, so it's lovely and warm. It was clear skies all afternoon so, as soon as the clock hit 5 p.m., I headed out for a bit of sun and social time.
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What I Love Most About My Home in Thailand Are the Differences
By Ros Cuthbertson |
After many years of working in rewarding careers my husband Alan and I decided we wanted more out of life. We had previously traveled to Asia, Europe, South America, and North Africa and enjoyed the thrill of discovering new places...
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Q: jQuerys $.data() vs. DOM Object property I recently needed to append some data to dynamically created LI elements. In my first instance, I used .data() in a way like
var _newli = $('
foobar
');
_newli.data('base', 'ball');
// append _newli to an `ul`

that.. was terribly slow. This logic happens in a loop which can easily grow up to 500+ items, it took ages! Sometimes it even broke the javascript execution time frame.
So I changed to $.data(). Somehow, attaching data to an object with that is like 8x faster than doing it over the .data() method call. So now it looked like
var _newli = $('
foobar
');
$.data(_newli[0], 'base', 'ball');
// append _newli to an `ul`

That was/is indeed faster, but still it took like 3-4 seconds(!) to build up all my elements (In my real code there are like 6 calls to $.data per element).
So I was really stuck with that, I asked myself why the heck to use .data() or $.data() anyway? I could just attach my data to the DOM object. So I did
var _newli = $('
foobar
');
_newli[0].base = 'ball';
// append _newli to an `ul`

Voila, wow to my shock, that was incredibly fast! I couldn't believe that this ran so good without any disadvantage. So that is what is my question all about actually. I didn't find any disadvantage for this technique so far on the net. There are reads about circular references you can create using this way, but AFAIK "only" on IE's and only if you refer to objects.
Any thoughts experts ?
update
Thanks for the good comments and postings guys. Short update @patrick dw:
You are right, I was passing the underlaying DOM element when using $.data(). It does not even work with jQuery objects, at least not as expected.
The idea about using one object and pass it through $.date() I had myself, but then again I was so shocked about the performance difference I decided just to ignore the .data() method like forever.

A: You are correct about circular references, that isn't an issue outside of IE, and in IE it only becomes an issue when JavaScript has a reference to a DOM object, and a JS object is assigned to one of the DOM object's properties. I believe this can be resolved by simply by nullifying any references in JS to the DOM object.
The $().data() method is an overly complicated wrapper for $.data() (see jQuery.fn.data: http://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/src/data.js#L126, which in turn calls jQuery.data: http://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/src/data.js#L20), so cutting out that middle man will save a non trivial amount of time, especially if it's to be done 500 times.
In this case, the $().data('foo', 'bar') method doesn't do much more than el.foo = 'bar'. Do what's fastest.

A: When trying to add custom properties to a NodeList object the browser (IE) might disallow it. See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2010JanMar/0864.html

A: These might help:

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*Can I just make up attributes on my HTML tags?

*Add custom attribute to HTML tags
And read the following on using a custom DTD:

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*http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/customdtd.html
In short, for the most part I don't think you'll run into any problems using custom attributes. Most sensible/current browsers will fine with it. I will say, I did run into problems with a webapp I developed for MobileSafari, which forced me to resort to using $.data hidden elements. Fortunately, I did not have 500+ elements, but more like five or six.

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O mare putere este o națiune sau un stat care are capacitatea să-și exercite influența la scară globală. Marile puteri au întotdeauna o mare putere economică, militară, diplomatică și culturală, ceea ce impune națiunilor mai mici să ia în considerație opțiunile marilor puteri mai înainte de a lua propriile hotărâri.

Statutul de mare putere este recunoscut de cele mai multe ori prin participarea la conferințe precum cea de la Viena sau la structuri internaționale precum Consiliul de Securitate al ONU.

Termen de "mare putere" a fost folosit pentru prima oară pentru denumirea celor mai importante națiuni ale Europei din perioada postnapoleoniene. De atunci, balanța internațională a puterii s-a modificat de mai multe ori, în mod special în timpul celor două conflagrații mondiale. Lista marilor puteri este în continuă schimbare, iar criteriile după care este întocmită această listă sunt subiect de dezbatere (sunt subiective] .

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You don't need to be the Sugar Plum Fairy to make this special holiday punch. Sugar-frosted plums, grapes and cranberries give a gorgeously wintery look to this sparkling non-alcoholic punch.
Place the sugar in a shallow dish. Beat the egg whites until frothy. Dip the cranberries and grapes in the egg whites and shake off the excess; roll in the sugar. Arrange coated fruit on a wire rack to dry for at least 1 hour. Skewer cranberries, grapes and sliced plums on decorative cocktail picks.
Stir the Sparkling white grape juice with the cranberry juice and lime juice in a pitcher or punch bowl. Serve over ice and garnish with cocktail picks.


absolutely brilliant!!! I love the match-but-not-match....and Mike is obviously pretty darn tickled with them both!!! 'Good job, I'm proud of you!", as my 3 year old grandson used to tell me!!
The cardigan looks fabulous with the stripes. I think you did an excellent job with your modifications. The hat looks great too. Great for stashbusting as I hate having leftovers too unless I decide to knit a hat from them.
Lucky Mike! A sweater and a hat! Love your story about the sweater.. Fair play to you, it looks awesome. And that hat, had to favourite the pattern (which is free, whoohoo!) as I intend to use all the these scraps of yarn left as well.
well, if that isn't the best stash busting sweater I've ever seen, I don't know what is! well done!
The set looks great Michelle. That cardigan fits Mike great and you did a fab job knitting it up. It looks so cleanly knit, ya know?!
Hat and sweater look great! I love the stripes.


Brian is a slave and has been ever since he has been sold into slavery by his parents as a teenager. One day he is being sold by his current owner. Who will be his new owner? Will life be better with his new master?
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One of the most prevalent problems with IP networks occurs when IP subnet masks are incorrect. This seems to happen frequently because the concept of the subnet mask is not understood accurately. In this Byte-Sized lesson, we'll consider a single example where the mask is incorrect and we will analyze the problem that it creates.
In Figure 1, we see a group of cameras in the subnet 192.168.2.0 and a recorder in the subnet 192.168.4.0. Notice that the third camera has a different subnet mask than the other cameras. Now if the first camera with address 192.168.2.10 tries to deliver a video file to the recorder at 192.168.2.100, everything should work just fine. But, if the third camera tries to deliver its video to the recorder, it won't be able to do it. Let's analyze why.
When TCP/IP software in that camera is ready to deliver the packets containing the video, it will first see it is configured to deliver it to address 192.168.4.100, the recorder. Now the mask plays a role. Since the camera is configured to use the mask 255.255.255.0, it knows that it is on a network where the first three bytes make up the network address. So, it is on network 192.168.2.0. Since the recorder is on a different subnetwork, 192.168.4.0, the camera knows it must send the packets to the local router. To start sending packets, it must know the mac address of the router. To obtain it, it will broadcast an ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) request asking, "What is the mac address of router?" The router will reply with its mac address and the packet flow can start. The router will relay the packets onto the 192.168.4.0 network and to the recorder.
On the other hand, when the camera with address 192.168.2.30 tries to do the same thing, there will be a problem. This will also be configured to use 192.168.4.100 as the recorder's address. However, when the camera's TCP/IP software inspects the mask and the camera's own address it will determine that the first two bytes define its own network, 192.168.0.0. Therefore it will conclude that it is on the same network as the recorder at address 192.168.4.100. Because it believes it does not need the router to make the delivery of the video, it will send an ARP broadcast asking for the mask address of 192.168.4.100. Broadcast packets do not pass through routers. They are restricted to their own subnet. As a result, there will be no reply to the broadcast request and the video flow will not be possible. To summarize, the third camera thought it was on a network that was much larger than the one it was really on and that larger network contained the recorder it wanted to use.
(1) The subnet mask determines the size of the subnet by determining the address range that can be used.
(2) All devices on a subnet must use the same mask.
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Author Spotlight: Jason Brannon
[box]Jason Brannon, author of The Maze, was kind enough to offer some kind words about my forthcoming novel The Bargain. I thought I'd do him a favor and give him a shout out here on my Author Spotlight feature.
Brannon has been writing and selling fiction for nearly 20 years. After spending most of his writing career crafting novels like The Cage and Lake October for the horror and dark fantasy crowd and selling more than 150 short stories to various magazines and anthologies, he felt the call to dedicate his talents to God. The Maze, his first faith-based novel, is a step in that direction. Over the years, Brannon has seen numerous works translated into German, nominated for the occasional award here and there, and even optioned for film. He currently maintains a website at www.jasonbrannon.us [/box]
ADG: How'd you get into writing? What was that process like?
JB: I started writing at age 16 in high school. I had an English teacher who was very supportive of my endeavors. That led to an editor's position for the school literary magazine. From there, I began writing short stories and submitting them to small magazines. Once I sold my first story, I was hooked, and I've been at it ever since.
ADG: You've had a pretty long journey as a writer. Where did you come from before The Maze and what prompted your switch?
JB: I started out writing horror and dark fantasy (a la Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, the usual suspects from that genre). I sold quite a few short stories to magazines and anthologies, saw a lot of those stories collected into volumes, and then moved on to novels. I edited a few horror magazines, interviewed some of the genre's biggest names, and even did some minor work for a short time for The Horror Channel. However, I was never into extreme horror, and I never felt that the horror tag placed on my stories did them justice. I was more of a Twilight Zone kinda guy (quite, brooding, atmospheric), and horror/dark fantasy was the closest thing I fit into (although most of the time I didn't really fit there at all). My favorite writer of all time is Ray Bradbury, and that sort of tone and feel was more my speed. I was also raised in a Christian home, and somehow morals and Biblical themes always had a way of cropping up in my work. Eventually, I began to feel pulled in a different direction. I matured as both a writer and as a person and took a hard look at how I was using my talents. After some soul-searching, I decided to take my writing in a different direction. The Maze was my first effort to write fiction that combined faith and fantasy.
ADG: You're not the only one who's work doesn't easily slide into the box of a particular genre. It sounds like you were writing a type of literary speculative fiction, maybe with a supernatural bent. Would you agree? Also, what would you say to writers whose work doesn't easily fall into a particular genre?
JB: That description sums up my writing pretty well. Everything I've ever written or attempted to write always has some sort of speculative bent. I've tried writing in a variety of genres, and invariably, the idea takes a strange turn. I even tried my hand writing a romance novel once, and instead of your garden variety boy-meets-girl story, I ended up with a tale about two soul mates who kidnap Father Time and force him to turn back the clock so that they can avoid wasting many of their adult years on partners who ultimately weren't right for them. Nicholas Sparks it wasn't! With that said, I'd tell writers whose work doesn't fit into a nice, tidy box that they should write what drives them. Chances are if the story is something that interests them it will interest other readers too. I think too much emphasis is placed on genre at times. A good story is a good story no matter how it's categorized.
ADG: Where'd you come up with the idea for The Maze?
JB: The main idea behind The Maze is that all of our actions have consequences. Sins require punishment. We can't just do as we please without seeing repercussions. I wanted to get that message across but in a way that readers of dark fantasy and horror might find intriguing. When my tastes began to change, and I made the conscious decision to use my talents for God, I found it difficult to locate the kinds of books I wanted to read. The Maze, in a sense, is the kind of book I had hoped to find. The story has been described by some readers as the kind of book Edgar Allan Poe and C.S. Lewis might have written in collaboration, and that basically sums up my tastes in a nutshell.
ADG: How long did it take you to write?
JB: The Maze, without a doubt, has been the most difficult of all the books I've written. In the course of six years the book was written, rewritten, sold to an agent who had to drop me as a client because of health reasons, lost to a hard drive crash and partially recovered, rewritten again, signed to a second agent, rewritten as a YA novel, finally sold to a publisher, rewritten several more times, and at last released.
ADG: Pretty crazy journey. I know writers who have given up on novels after hard drive crashes (interviewer's note: I believe writers should rely heavily on cloud-based storage—see Google Drive or SkyDrive or Dropbox—to avoid these calamities). Do you feel the journey benefited the final product at all, or do you think it damaged it?
JB: I know the stories I've worked on the most generally end up being my best work, but I've never had to rewrite something as YA. First off, I agree about cloud-based storage. All of my books are backed up that way now, and it's somewhat of a relief to know that if the Toshiba gives up the ghost all is not lost. In the case of The Maze, I think the struggles actually helped the novel in quite a few ways. Primarily, it helped me figure out what the book was about and what I was trying to say. The Maze is a pretty concept-heavy book in some ways, and I don't think I had a good handle on that concept early on. Revisions and rewrites certainly helped to cement what the book was about and developed the rules by which the maze is governed. Another benefit of the struggle was that it forced me to examine how determined I was to make a change in my own writing and my life. At any point I could have kept writing the things I knew and was comfortable with and given up on taking my books in a new direction. However, that wasn't where my convictions were at the time, and so I kept writing and rewriting.
ADG: You shift POV from first to third a few times. Did that give your editors any problems? Why not stay entirely in third?
JB: The shift never really seemed to be an issue. Parts of the book seemed better suited to first person because I want people who read this to use the narrative for self-reflection whenever applicable. I certainly did throughout the entire writing process. In the book, the maze is described as a mirror for the soul, and first person lends itself pretty well for that kind of introspective.
ADG: Anything else you want to say about the book?
JB: The Maze is the most difficult book I've written, but it's the one I'm most proud of as well. The feedback has been amazing, and it's gratifying to hear people talk about taking notes from your book that they will go back and study later. If I had any doubts about the direction I've gone with my writing, I only need to read the reviews that The Maze has received to confirm that I made the right decision.
ADG: Any upcoming projects? What do you have in the works for your fans?
JB: I've finished a sequel to The Maze called The Piper's Song that picks up where The Maze left off, although there are no immediate plans for it at the moment. I've also finished a novel called The Tears of Nero that is best described as a healthy mixture of Indiana Jones, the television show LOST, and Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. Also, there is movie interest in both The Maze and The Tears of Nero.
ADG: Can you give any details on production companies or option details, or are those pretty tightly wrapped up?
JB: Nothing's set in stone at this point so I probably shouldn't say much. Nonetheless, it's pretty gratifying just to know there is some interest.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that lost all his work to a freak computer crash accident. Google Drive is now mandatory. Great interview. I'll have to read The Maze!


James Burns catches up with Steve Sansweet to find out what he'll be doing in LA this weekend with Rancho Obi-Wan and Target. Steve also opens up the first Smugglers Bounty box from Funko, and we find out what's inside.
Teresa Delgado, from Fangirls Going Rogue and Star Wars Bookworms, joins James to talk collecting which includes Hallmark, Funko, Disney Infinity 3.0, Her Universe and much more too.
It's another action packed edition of the Star Wars Collectors Cast!


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The Rogue Folk Club presents The Paul McKenna Band
Mel Lehan Hall at St. James - 3214 West 10th Avenue27 Oct '19 @ 8:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Since being awarded the title of "Best Up and Coming Artist of 2009″ at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, The Paul McKenna Band has gone from strength to strength touring extensively throughout Canada, the USA and Europe. In 2012 Paul was named "Scots Singer of the Year" and the band was nominated for "Folk Band of the Year" at the same awards ceremony.
Combining their love for folk and traditional music, as well as original songs and tunes; The Paul McKenna Band has been captivating audiences with live performances of their potent original compositions and arrangements at both home and abroad. Concert highlights include performances at The Vancouver Folk Music Festival (2017), The Edmonton Folk Festival, Celtic Connections in Glasgow and the Fylde Folk Festival in England.
The exciting sound of The Paul McKenna Band is created through outstanding vocals, driving guitar and bouzouki, intense fiddle playing, a warm pairing of flute and whistles and dynamic bodhrán and percussion. With a contemporary approach to songs, although not straying too far from their roots, their arrangements are both fresh and innovative.
Sunday, October 27th 2019
8pm (doors open at 7pm)
Mel Lehan Hall at St. James - 3214 West 10th Avenue
Tickets for $26 / $22 members
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Is there anybody who might be able to tell me the difference of "Yours sincerely" and "Sincerely yours"? Is it a difference between British English and American English?
Yours sincerely is the standard and polite way of ending a letter. The words mean very little.
Sincerely yours sounds warmer, more friendly, more personal. You can use it when you are writing to a friend.
In the UK, traditional valedictions have largely been replaced by the use of Yours sincerely or Yours faithfully, a shorter form of the archaic "I am yours sincerely."
"Yours sincerely" is typically employed in British English when the recipient is addressed by name and is known to the sender to some degree, whereas "Yours faithfully" is used when the recipient is not known by name (i.e. the recipient is addressed by a phrase such as "Dear Sir/Madam").
One way to remember this is the saying "S and S never go together" (for "Sir and Sincerely" respectively). When the recipient's name is known, but not previously met or spoken with, some people prefer the use of the more distant "Yours faithfully", at the risk of annoying the recipient.
In the US, "Sincerely yours" or "Sincerely" is commonly used in formal correspondence. "Faithfully yours" is rare. Other formulas such as "Best wishes" and "Best regards" (see below) are also common in formal correspondence.
In contrast to British English (see above) there is no special convention for combining these with any particular salutation.
Generally speaking, yours sincerely is the standard way to end a letter. Sincerely yours is a somewhat less common variant.
If it ends 'Yours sincerely', this tells me nothing about the feelings of the writer.
If it ends with 'Sincerely yours', it doesn't tell me much, but it does suggest a bit that the writer is trying to 'be my pal'.
If the modern formulas are commonly held to be largely devoid of meaning - akin to the rather cheesy-sounding "Well, that's all for now", just an attempt to sign off without being too abrupt - it matters little what one uses.
If various constructions are held to connote some attempt to communicate feelings towards the recipient, it would be good to know what exactly is being attempted. The disparity of opinions above ('this means he's being sincere' / 'No, it just means he's American') cautions us to be aware that our first interpretation may not be the one hoped for by the writer.
I usually stick to rules for business letters (Yours faithfully) - I take that to mean I haven't lied and/or I hope/have faith they'll respond the way I ask. I'm not really offering them my undying devotion (I remain, your faithful servant . . .).
A complimentary close or complimentary closing is an expression or phrase that immediately precedes the signature in a letter, email, or other correspondence. The word or words so written express respect, esteem, or regard for the person to whom the correspondence is directed.
In American English, a complimentary close is also less commonly referred to as a valediction, which usually means the act of saying farewell, especially orally.
This kind of ceremonious closing is still in use in some countries, for instance in France and Italy , and in formal correspondence in the military.
In the UK, traditional complimentary closes have largely been replaced by the use of "Yours sincerely " or "Yours faithfully", a shorter form of the archaic "I am yours sincerely". Yours sincerely is typically employed in British English when the recipient is addressed by name and is known to the sender to some degree, whereas Yours faithfully is used when the recipient is not known by name (i.e. the recipient is addressed by a phrase such as "Dear Sir/Madam").
One way to remember this is the saying "S and S never go together" (for "Sir and Sincerely" respectively). When the recipient's name is known, but not previously met or spoken with, some people prefer the use of the more distant Yours faithfully, at the risk of annoying the recipient.
In the US, "Sincerely yours" or "Sincerely" is commonly used in formal correspondence. "Faithfully yours" is rare. Other formulas such as "Best wishes" and "Best regards" (see below) are also common in formal correspondence. In contrast to British English (see above) there is no special convention for combining these with any particular salutation.
I have been doing some research for you. When i saw your question i really wanted to know the answer as well. I want to become an English teacher, so I thought i would help you.
Yours sincerely is typical British English and it must be used when writing to someone that you have met or spoken to. It is necessary that you address them by their first names, sign the letter Yours sincerely,and use your first name in the signature. This way of ending a letter is more personal.
Coming back to your question I would definitely chose "Sincerely yours" because you are aware of the persons name, although if it is a formal letter I would advise you to use "Yours Sincerely".
This is my first year at university so I am not sure that all the information that i gave you now is completely right. I did my best to find the correct information for you. I must admit that I thought English was a very easy language but I think i was wrong. Now while going to University I learn so many new things.
English is not my mother tongue but I am doing my utter best to understand and learn everything that has to do with the English language.
I know your name (nickname) and I rather stick to the British English then American English.
Though both are one and the same, the latter shows little more intimacy.
I've just checked some letters I received from English and American Universities,sending me their prospectus.
The letters from UK are signed with "yours sincerely" and these from the USA are signed with "sincerely".
if you know the name of the person with whom you write then it is "sincerely yours", if not it is "yours sincerely"
In British English that is incorrect.
If you know the name use Yours sincerely; if you do not know the name use Yours faithfully.
We have covered the Yours sincerely/Sincerely yours topic before and came to the conclusion that the first is British English word order and the second is American English word order.


Cooking is among the surest ways to access ancestral memory. The food we eat tells a story of where we've been and where we're going. Recipes are passed down from generation to generation. They change over time as each generation adds their own interpretation, while remaining true to the original themes like so many stories passed down orally. Despite the fact that most blacks of the Diaspora have never had African food, the legacy of the African past is evident in all of the "soul foods" of the New World. From the inclusion of African ingredients like okra and black eye peas, to the methods of frying in oil, and stewing in rich heavily spiced sauces, Africa lives on in the soul cuisines of the American south, Latin America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. It is perhaps no coincidence that our food is called "soul food." For the foundations of Diaposoran soul food lay in the harsh crucibles of slavery, segregation, and material deprivation that have characterized black life in the New World. It was precisely the ability to "make something out of nothing" combined with deep spirituality and faith in God that allowed African descended people to survive in their new homelands.
Imani (faith) is the last principle of Kwanzaa and it happens to fall on New Year's Day, a day already imbued with spiritual significance for African Americans. African American churches hold "Watch Night" services on New Year's Eve and black households can be found serving black eyed peas and greens (usually collards) on New Year's Day. The black eyed pea is eaten for good luck and greens are eaten for financial prosperity in the year to come. These traditions pre-date Kwanzaa as cultural markers for African Americans and I have taken to combining them with a traditional African dish as our family's New Year's Day meal. I enjoy combining foods from around the Diaspora to showcase the continuity of African food ways and to celebrate the ingenuity of African peoples to incorporate European and Native American elements into creolized soul cuisines.
This year, I plan to make my favorite Senegalese dish Chicken Mafe, a peanut stew prevalent throughout much of West Africa. When I lived in Fort Greene, Brooklyn in the late 1990's, Mafe was my favorite dish at a Senegalese restaurant on Fulton Street owned by Chef Pierre Thiam. Chef Thiam now owns Le Grand Dakar Restaurant in Brooklyn.
1. In a large pot, heat oil under medium-high heat and brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken and set aside.
2. In the same pot, add the onion and sauté until translucent.
3. Add bell pepper, carrots, cabbage and potato and stir approximately 5 – 10 minutes.
4. Add garlic and stir for 1 minute.
5. Stir in peanut butter and tomato paste. Add chicken stock or water as needed to mix and reach desired consistency.
6. Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining ingredients except fish sauce and chicken and stir approximately 5 minutes.
7. Add chicken, cover and stew 30 minutes to 1 hour until chicken is done and vegetables are cooked through.
8. Add fish sauce and stir approximately 1 minute.
9. Serve with rice or couscous.
*Note: Based on a recipe of Chef Pierre Thiam, owner of Le Grand Dakar Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY. When I lived in Fort Greene in the late 1990's, Chef Thiam owned a restaurant in the neighborhood called Keur N'Daye. This was my favorite dish!
Steven Allwood is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology and a passionate foodie. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and two daughters. Steven blogs at SteveAllwood.blogspot.com.
Having grown up in Ohio, and my mother was from Philly, she always cooked blackeyed peas for New Years Day but I don't remember her giving the history behind it. She just said that's what they did in Philly. She also made a sauerkraut salad to go with the peas. Not sure where she got that from, but we lived in a small town with German ancestry, so that might explain it, but that was one, delicious meal! The Peanut Stew looks and sounds absolutely delicious! I must try it with tofu. As a vegetarian, what can I substitute the fish sauce with?
Hey, Wanda! Try substituting fish sauce for soy sauce. Thanks for visiting!
a pressure cooker recipe! yes, I'm for it. I love how you brought some of Brooklyn with you down to Atlanta where the food is Southern and diners are very loyal to it. And, so wonderful to see the kiddo's learning about their heritage at such an early age. Thanks for the recipe. Have never had mafe before. In fact, don't think I've ever had anything from Senegal!
This entry was posted on December 31, 2011 by Bren Herrera in 2011, Imani, Personal Story, Recipe and tagged chicken, Chicken Mafe, Imani, lamb, Peanut Soup, Senegalese, SteveAllwood.blogspot.com, Steven Allwood, stew.


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Bradley Dean, Sean Allen Krill, Bryce Pinkham, and More Join CHESS Benefit Concert; Full Cast Announced!
The concert will be held on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm ET at the Broadhurst Theatre.
The complete cast and creative team have been announced for the one-night-only benefit concert of the legendary musical Chess on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm ET at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Joining the cast are Bradley Dean as "Ivan Molokov," Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill as "Walter de Courcey," and Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham as "The Arbiter" with Kate Bailey, Joe Beauregard, Neal Benari, Brendon Chan, Nkrumah Gatling, Masumi Iwai, Nina Lafarga, Ross Lekites, Austin Lesch, Alicia Lundgren, Sean MacLaughlin, Robin Masella, Kaitlin Mesh, Katerina Papacostas, Julius Rubio, Emily Stillings, Stephen Tewksbury, and Christopher Vo rounding out the ensemble.
As previously announced, the concert will star Darren Criss as "Freddie Trumper", Lena Hall as "Florence Vassey", Ramin Karimloo as "Anatoly Sergievsky" and Solea Pfeiffer as "Svetlana Sergievsky". The evening, a benefit for the Entertainment Community Fund, will be presented in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman whose award-winning Broadway credits include Ain't Too Proud, Green Day's American Idiot and Spring Awakening.
The concert celebrates the gorgeous score by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and celebrated EGOT winner Sir Tim Rice, and features a new book by Emmy Award winner Danny Strong.
Joining previously announced Tony Award winning Director Michael Mayer, the creative team consulting for the one-night-only concert production will include Lorin Latarro (Movement), Kevin Adams (Lighting), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound), David Rockwell (Scenic), Lisa Zinni (Clothes), Brian Usifer (Music Supervision, Additional Arrangements and Additional Orchestrations), Roberto Sinha (Music Direction), and Anders Eljas (Arrangements and Orchestrations). Casting is by Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA. Lisa Lacucci will serve as Production Stage Manager.
Chess is a love story set against the historic Cold War chess battles between the United States and Russia where ideologies dangerously clash. Strong's new book is sharp, funny and captures the tension of the era as the iconic score keeps the stakes high from start to finish.
Broadway Bares to Take Place This June at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom
Broadway Bares will once again kick off Pride week in New York City with two performances featuring more than 150 of the city's dancers on Sunday, June 18, 2023, at Hammerstein Ballroom. See how to purchase tickets!
Shop for Your Valentine in BroadwayWorld's Theatre Shop
Shop official merchandise from Hadestown, Some Like It Hot, A Beautiful Noise, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish and more for your Valentine this holiday! Shop for items like the Mean Girls Really Pretty Mug, Beautiful Noise On The Rocks Tumbler, the Wicked Women's For Good V-Neck Tee, and many more!
Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards, honoring the best in Cabaret performances in NYC which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
11-year-old Nathan Broxton went viral after a video of him singing 'Naughty' from Matilda the Musical went viral on TikTok. After seeing the video, Delta sent Broxton and his family to New York City to see his very first Broadway show. Watch him be surprised by Kristin Chenoweth after his interview on The TODAY Show now!
Bane Griffith Joins MJ THE MUSICAL as 'Little Michael' Beginning Tonight
Bane Griffith will be joining the cast of MJ in the role of 'Little Michael' beginning tonight, Tuesday, January 31, sharing the role with Christian Wilson. Originally from Houston, Texas, Bane will make his Broadway debut in the production.
CABARET, A NEW BRAIN, and More Set For Barrington Stage Company's 2023 Season
Barrington Stage Company has announced its 2023 season, that will feature two major musical revivals, two world premiere plays, and two modern classic play revivals. The season kicks off with Cabaret, playing June 14-July 8 on the Boyd-Quinson Stage.
Designers Behind BLACK PANTHER and More Join THE WIZ; Full Design Team Announced!
The design team has been announced for the all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz. The Wiz will launch a national tour in Fall of 2023 in Baltimore, MD before returning to Broadway for a limited engagement in the 2023/24 season. Learn more about the team and the production here!
All New Production of PETER PAN Will Embark on Tour in 2024
An all-new production of the timeless Tony Award-winning Broadway classic, PETER PAN will embark on tour in 2024! The new production will premiere at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN this December.
Lena Hall, Brittney Johnson, Eleri Ward Set For BROADWAY SINGS ADELE at Sony Hall
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The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Exercising, According to a Trainer
Brandi Kupchella
I have some tough love for you today, fitness friends. It's about your workouts. Can we speak frankly? You go to the gym several times a week, sometimes twice in one day. You attend classes, you get your sweat on, and yet something is missing. You aren't as fit as you should be. What is happening?
As a certified group exercise trainer and indoor cycling instructor, I've taught hundreds of classes. And based on what I see, I think a lot of you are unintentionally shortchanging yourself. Your fitness journey should be constantly evolving and changing, adapting, and growing. Taking a step back and looking at your overall approach will help you work out smarter, and maybe harder. You'll be glad you did.
These Are the Biggest Mistakes Trainers See in the Gym
1. You Aren't Paying Attention
Let's face it, some instructors are better than others. But let's assume you aren't wasting your time with the minority of bad trainers. When you go to a class, are you truly listening to what you are being told to do? Do you pay attention to alignment cues in yoga? Do you check your form in weight training? When your cycling instructor tells you to add resistance, do you?
Listen to what these people in spandex wearing microphones are telling you. They are certified experts who take continuing education classes and spend countless hours outside of class creating a quality workout. They have taken on the burdens of exercise selection, interval timing, choreography, and sequencing from you. You just have to show up and do what they say. You know you won't do it at home - that's why you go to a class. You wouldn't ask an accountant to do your taxes and then scribble all over the return as she was filling it out would you?
Sometimes the key to success is recognising that you can't get there on your own, and allowing someone to help you on your fitness journey means that you'll get to your destination faster. Trust us. We want to get you there as badly as you do. So do what we say, please.
2. You Aren't Working Hard Enough
Here's a dose of tough love: instructors know how hard you are working, and that you probably aren't working hard enough.
Example: you are in an indoor cycling class and your instructor asks you to add resistance to simulate a hill climb. Everyone adds gear, except for you because you are hedging and don't want it to be "too hard." When the music picks up tempo and the entire class is straining to keep up, there you are, pedalling like a demon with no effort - barely breaking a sweat - do you think the instructor can't see that?
Another example: you are in a weight-training situation and even though you've been doing the same moves for months now, you are using the same weights. You wonder why you aren't getting stronger. Guess what? You aren't challenging your muscles when you pick the same weights every time. Pick up something heavier. Try it. What is the worst thing that can happen? It's too heavy and you have to switch back down to finish? Congratulations, you have achieved a higher level of muscular fitness. Do that every time.
It May Look Fancy, but This Protein-Packed Egg Dish Takes All of 15 Minutes
Final example: you are in a HIIT class that is working in 45-second intervals. There are people that are going to go half-speed the entire time. And there are people that are going to stop working halfway through the interval. You know how I know? Because I CAN SEE THEM! Don't be self-conscious; no one is staring at you while you work out. But your instructor is scanning the room for safety reasons and can see how hard you are working. Chances are, you are saving a little back, just in case. Stop doing that and you'll see better results, I promise.
3. You Aren't Competing With Yourself
The best way to gauge your fitness is not by watching what the person next to you is doing. Who knows what they had for breakfast that morning? How many workouts a week they do when you don't see them in class? How much of their ability is biologically set before they even walk in the room? It's not about them. It's about you and what you can achieve. Whenever I do drills or set up exercises for my participants, I want them thinking, "Today I am going to do more than I did last time. I am going to add more gear. I am going to hold my sprint longer. I am going to pick up the eight-pound dumbbell instead of the five. I am going to try push-ups on my toes before I go to my knees."
Don't be afraid to be the hardest worker in the room and stand out because of that. You go to your classes to improve yourself, not to fade into the crowd and be a cookie-cutter human being. You have special strengths and abilities. You may struggle at push-ups but you can plank for two minutes without faltering. You may have spaghetti arms but can crush weighted squats all day long. Be you. Don't worry about anyone else. Stay on your own mat, mentally and physically. Your fitness will blossom. S'truth.
1 Expert Shares Why You Need to Focus on the Short Term to Hit Long-Term Goals
4. You Don't Accept What You Can't Change
In conjunction with the adage above, you have to be honest with yourself and set reasonable expectations. You can't do 1,000 burpees in 10 minutes and you will never change the basic biology of your body. If you are bottom heavy, you will likely always trend that way when gaining weight. If all the women in your family get saggy underarms by the time they are 40, guess what? You probably will too. And no amount of treadmill work will change your DNA. However, you can tone and shape that bottom, heavy or not. You can strengthen and tighten your triceps to help that underarm sag. There are many ways you can improve the body you have. But no amount of exercise will completely transform you into someone else. And you shouldn't want it to. You were made to be you, unique and special. You can be the best you possible. And that should be your goal. How many Jillian Michaels does the world need? Just one. And she is unique and special in her way. The world needs your best you - so go after it. Once you accept that, you can stop fighting your body and start working with it to achieve your goals.
5. You Reward Workouts With Food
We all do it. Now that I've worked out, I can go have that bin of pasta I've been craving. I can hit the drive-through for that burger and fries "because I've earned it." You haven't though. You've earned the right to refuel your body. You've worked so hard to achieve a higher level of fitness, to lose weight, to feel good about yourself. And yet you sabotage it, sometimes daily, by rewarding your fitness work with food.
At some point, we were taught that we have to earn the right to eat through exercise. And that if we've earned it, we can have whatever we want. And we do. And then some more. And we wonder why we aren't achieving our goals. It's time we stepped back from food. Instead of it becoming a reward system, it should be a means to an end. It should enable our recovery and power our efforts. The reward for the work is not a consumable. It's an intangible. It's something you can't measure. It comes from within us. It's called pride. Satisfaction. Self-confidence. Empowerment. You can't get those things from a drive-through, fitness friends. If you want the burger, eat it. But don't confuse yourself about why you are having it. You haven't "earned" it. You've allowed it. And that's OK, once in a while. The next time you see that neon sign calling to you, though, think about where you are really headed, physically, and whether that detour is worth it on your path to well-being. If not, keep driving.
Best of luck on your path to greater health and wellness. Remember, you can start each day fresh. Leave the previous workouts behind. Take each class like it's your last. And be kind to yourself: you've only got the one body, so help it go the distance.
Teen earns £500 a month decluttering strangers' wardrobes
Ella McMahon, 19, spends up to nine hours decluttering her clients' wardrobes.
People Are Loving This Chef's Easy Knife Tips On TikTok
Professionally trained chef, Stove Garden, has gone viral on TikTok for making videos that debut his top tips and cooking hacks.
Blue Monday: How to give grumpiness the boot
Not all men are grumpy...it just feels like that sometimes. Here's how to tackle your grumpy this Blue Monday.
Kylie Jenner's baby shower dress is so demure
Kylie Jenner enjoyed a giraffe-themed baby shower ahead of the birth of her second child and looked gorgeous in a white knitted maxi dress. See pictures:
Miranda Lambert feels 'fired up' as she shares important message about music and creativity
Miranda Lambert has taken to Instagram to offer a glimpse into her musical mindset. The country star shared a quote by Vince Gill that hinted at the "awkward time" artists face in the modern world when "creative brains are being sorely mistreated". MORE: Miranda Lambert delights fans with celebratory announcement during break from work Miranda regrammed the original post from musician Courtney Patton, and added: "I needed a little fire today. Preach, Vince." The full quote reads: "The devaluatio
Drew Barrymore turned to Courteney Cox during pregnancy scare
Drew Barrymore turned to Courteney Cox during a pregnancy scare on the set of Scream after becoming "so close" to her co-star.
Olivia Culpo appears to joke about American Airlines dress code incident
'American Airlines does not approve of this dress but we do,' one fan jokes
Cardi B getting a face tattoo of her son's name?
Rap star Cardi B wants to get her baby boy's name inked on her face.
All you need to know about Married at First Sight Australia's new series
TV viewers in the UK became obsessed with Married at First Sight Australia in early 2021 as E4 aired series six. And fortunately for fans, there are more episodes on the horizon. MORE: MAFS star Martha Kalifatidis pleaded with Michael Brunelli to delay proposal The gripping reality show is coming back for a ninth series, this time welcoming a fresh batch of hopeful singles who will all meet their spouse for the first time at the altar. Not only is the show hugely popular thanks to its drama, but


It is never the wrong time to make changes for the better, to refocus and reset your sites. Why not take a minute to jot down 4 things you can to do improve your health this month. Maybe take one walk and enjoy fresh air, maybe take one bike ride, maybe make one healthy food choice, and maybe schedule one massage.
What you do matters, especially when it comes to your own health.
Every seven years your body completely regenerates. All your cells, tissue, habits, and even external features change. You are what you eat and you become what you live today. Because what you do matters!
Now, the hard part is holding yourself accountable to see if you accomplished your goal! Why not let someone else in on your venture if you choose to take this challenge?
The "Sleep in America" Poll (2002) showed that 58% of adults in the U.S. experienced symptoms of insomnia a few nights a week. Sleep is the ultimate rejuvenator and regenerator. Deep rest and sleep is one of the main states that allows the body to do its self-healing and to keep us looking younger.
With good rest and sleep the immune system stays intact and the youthful glow remain in the eyes and face. Insomnia, can keep us from maximizing our abilities to do most anything. Stress, depression, decreased melatonin, medications, and medical conditions are all very valid reasons for sleep to be disrupted. But valid or not we need our sleep!
Bowed legs can indicate lacking minerals. Thick yellow toenails can indicate of poor circulation (common among those with a passion for sugar…creates inflammation, irritates blood vessel linings, reduces blood flow, yadda yadda yadda). Did you know that if the hairs on your toes do not grow, that is also a sign of poor circulation?


Why produce a sustainability report?
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Sustainability reporting is growing. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards sustainability reporting framework was launched in October 2016. It has over 300 pages of technical guidance. Our user friendly guide, not only explains the Standards but makes reporting more accessible. The reporting package is aimed at making the process of sustainability reporting more cost effective, providing legal and best practice guidelines in one place.
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GRI has produced quick overview of where all G4 content can be found in the GRI Standards. The overview will help organisations which are moving from G4 to the Standards.


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Q: Update relationship properties in rails I'm using Neo4j gem with only ActiveNode. I'm able to create a relationship property but how do I access and update it?
I can write the entire thing as a cypher query using Neo4j::ActiveBase.current_session.query('Cypher Query')
But how do I write it without using cypher?

A: If you have, say, a Person model with a friends association, you could do one of the following
Person.friends.each_rel do |rel|
end

Person.friends.each_rel.map do |rel|
end # or any other `Enumerable` method

Person.friends.each_rel.to_a

There is also an each_with_rel which gives both the node and the relationship


We thank Mrs. Gene Meisner, grandmother of 3GNY member Justin Waiser, for sharing with us her inspiring and courageous story of survival.
Gene Meisner is an 87 year old Holocaust survivor born in Kalish, Poland. She is a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, as well as several different work camps, including the notorious women's concentration camp Ravensbruck. During the war, she was separated from her husband Sam Meisner and miraculously found him afterwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Meisner immigrated to the United States shortly after the war. They are the parents of a son and daughter: Michael Meisner, the first child born to Holocaust survivors in the United States, and Paulette Waiser. Gene Meisner is currently a Vice President of Investments at Smith Barney.
Thanks to the JCC for hosting us.


Carli Mosier is a native Texan who's been a voice actor for over a decade for ADV Films which is now Sentai Filmworks and Funimation. You've heard her in Halo Legends, Nerima Daikon Brothers as Detective Yukika, One Piece including singing the closing credit song for Season 5, Heaven's Lost Property, Baka and Test and many many more. Her favorite character to date is Toko Fukawa/Genocider Sho in Danganronpa. Most recently she's been in New Game as Shizuku and her fat cat Mozuku, Juliana Lloyd in Devil's Line, Garo: Vanishing Line, and her most recent show is Doreiku. Aside from voice acting, Carli is also passionate about civic engagement and wants to encourage all people to register and go vote! She is thrilled to be at this convention and hopes to see you this weekend!


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Azure.Databricks.Client;
using Storage.Net.Blobs;
using FileInfo = Microsoft.Azure.Databricks.Client.FileInfo;

namespace Storage.Net.Databricks
{
   class DbfsStorage : IBlobStorage
   {
      private readonly IDbfsApi _dbfs;

      public DbfsStorage(IDbfsApi dbfsApi)
      {
         _dbfs = dbfsApi;
      }

      public async Task DeleteAsync(IEnumerable<string> fullPaths, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
      {
         await Task.WhenAll(fullPaths.Select(fp => DeleteAsync(fp))).ConfigureAwait(false);
      }

      private async Task DeleteAsync(string fullPath)
      {
         fullPath = StoragePath.Normalize(fullPath);

         await _dbfs.Delete(fullPath, true).ConfigureAwait(false);
      }

      public async Task<IReadOnlyCollection<bool>> ExistsAsync(IEnumerable<string> fullPaths, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
      {
         return await Task.WhenAll(fullPaths.Select(fp => ExistsAsync(fp))).ConfigureAwait(false);
      }

      private async Task<bool> ExistsAsync(string fullPath)
      {
         fullPath = StoragePath.Normalize(fullPath);

         try
         {
            await _dbfs.GetStatus(fullPath).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         catch(ClientApiException ex) when(ex.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
         {
            return false;
         }

         return true;
      }

      public async Task<IReadOnlyCollection<Blob>> GetBlobsAsync(IEnumerable<string> fullPaths, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
      {
         return await Task.WhenAll(fullPaths.Select(fp => GetBlobAsync(fp))).ConfigureAwait(false);
      }

      private async Task<Blob> GetBlobAsync(string fullPath)
      {
         fullPath = StoragePath.Normalize(fullPath);
         FileInfo status;
         try
         {
            status = await _dbfs.GetStatus(fullPath).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         catch(ClientApiException ex) when(ex.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
         {
            return null;
         }

         return new Blob(fullPath, status.IsDirectory ? BlobItemKind.Folder : BlobItemKind.File)
         {
            Size = status.FileSize
         };
      }

      public async Task<IReadOnlyCollection<Blob>> ListAsync(ListOptions options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
      {
         if(options == null)
            options = new ListOptions();

         var result = new List<Blob>();

         await ListFolderAsync(options.FolderPath, result, options).ConfigureAwait(false);

         if(options.MaxResults != null)
         {
            result = result.Take(options.MaxResults.Value).ToList();
         }

         return result;
      }

      private async Task ListFolderAsync(string path, List<Blob> container, ListOptions options)
      {
         IEnumerable<FileInfo> objects;

         try
         {
            objects = await _dbfs.List(StoragePath.Normalize(path)).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         catch(ClientApiException ex) when(ex.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
         {
            objects = new List<FileInfo>();
         }

         List<Blob> batch = objects
            .Select(DConvert.ToBlob)
            .Where(options.IsMatch)
            .Where(b => options.BrowseFilter == null || options.BrowseFilter(b))
            .ToList();

         container.AddRange(batch);

         if(options.Recurse)
         {
            await Task.WhenAll(batch.Where(b => b.IsFolder).Select(f => ListFolderAsync(f.FullPath, container, options))).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
      }

      public async Task<Stream> OpenReadAsync(string fullPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
      {
         fullPath = StoragePath.Normalize(fullPath);

         var ms = new MemoryStream(0);
         try
         {
            await _dbfs.Download(fullPath, ms).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         catch(ClientApiException ex) when(ex.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound || ex.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
         {
            return null;
         }
         ms.Position = 0;

         return ms;
      }

      public Task<ITransaction> OpenTransactionAsync() => Task.FromResult(EmptyTransaction.Instance);

      public async Task WriteAsync(string fullPath, Stream dataStream, bool append = false, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
      {
         if(dataStream is null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dataStream));

         fullPath = StoragePath.Normalize(fullPath);

         if(append)
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(append), "append mode is not supported");

         await _dbfs.Upload(fullPath, true, dataStream).ConfigureAwait(false);
      }

      public Task SetBlobsAsync(IEnumerable<Blob> blobs, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => throw new NotSupportedException();

      public void Dispose()
      {

      }
   }
}

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Mental health, Methods, Technology	 May 7, 2015 March 18, 2019
A new questionnaire measures people's "no mobile phone phobia" or nomophobia
Do you get intensely anxious when your mobile phone runs out of battery or you don't know where it is? If so, researchers in the US believe you could be showing signs of a distinctly modern malaise: "nomophobia", or "no mobile phone phobia".
To galvanise more research into the phenomenon, Caglar Yildirim and Ana-Paula Correia have developed a 20-item nomophobia questionnaire. The pair began by interviewing nine undergrads (five women) who were identified as being heavily dependent on their smartphones. Discussions with these students revealed four key themes, providing inspiration for the new questionnaire.
The first theme was "the fear of not being able to communicate". Here's 22-year-old Tracy illustrating the point: "I just blew through my first 300 mins a couple of days ago. I was like 'Now how are people going to call me?' Even that makes me have a feeling of anxiety." The researchers included questionnaire items to tap this theme including: "I would feel nervous because I would not be able to receive text messages and calls" (answered on a 7-point scale from "strongly disagree" to "disagree").
The second theme was losing connectedness. The students described the fear of being disconnected from their online identities, especially on social media, and of wanting to be able to keep up to date with notifications on their phones. Twenty-one-year-old Olivia said she that in certain situations ("like on the bus or if I am sitting outside the classroom waiting for the class to start") she wouldn't know what to do with herself without her phone. One of the questionnaire items to tap this theme was: "I would feel anxious because I could not check my email messages."
Not being able to access information was the third theme. "I like having information at my fingertips like if I don't know the answer of something, I wanna know it right away … If I couldn't … that would make me uncomfortable," said Olivia. This factor was measured with questionnaire items like "Being unable to get the news on my smartphone would make me nervous."
Finally, the students spoke about the fear of the loss of convenience of a smartphone and how they were vigilant to ensure they always had battery charge. "If it does die, you lose your peace of mind," said John. On the questionnaire, this was measured with items like "If I could not use my smartphone, I would be afraid of getting stranded somewhere."
Next, the researchers had 300 more students fill out the new questionnaire, and then checked that there were correlations between the students' answers to the items that were meant to tap into the same theme or factor. This was to test the so-called "internal consistency" of the proposed factors and, on that measure, the new questionnaire came out well. Scores on the nomophobia questionnaire also correlated with an existing scale – the "Test of Mobile Phone Dependence" – lending further support to the idea that new questionnaire is measuring what it's supposed to (known as "construct validity").
Yildirim and Correia said nomophobia is a plausible candidate for being seen as a new form of "situational phobia" – i.e. an intense fear that's triggered in specific circumstances, in this case, when one's smartphone is unavailable (existing situational phobias recognised by psychiatry include fear of flying and fear of bridges). The researchers said that research into nomophobia is scarce but they hope their new questionnaire will help – especially to find out other psychological problems that tend to go together with nomophobia, and which demographic groups are most vulnerable to the postulated condition.
Yildirim, C., & Correia, A. (2015). Exploring the dimensions of nomophobia: Development and validation of a self-reported questionnaire Computers in Human Behavior, 49, 130-137 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.059
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Moroccan women, like women in many postcolonial societies, are under particular pressure to perform their traditional role as wife and mother, whilst aspiring towards a more 'modern' model of femininity. These conflicting desires are often expressed in terms of language use, where French is perceived as the language of modernity and globalisation, whilst Arabic, in its various forms, represents tradition and 'authenticity'. In this chapter I propose to examine the French language women's press to show how language use can reflect the hybrid linguistic identities of Moroccan women today. I will begin with a brief overview of the role and status of the French language, before focusing on the growth of the French language women's press over the last decade, and analysing a cross-section of magazines.


The new red band trailer for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For has been revealed, scroll down to watch it. (Though not if you're under 18 or your boss is watching over your shoulder...).
The three-and-a-half minute preview was unveiled over the weekend at San Diego's Comic-Con, ahead of the film's release next month.
The sequel, which is once again written by Frank Miller and directed by Robert Rodriguez, sees Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Jaime King, Jude Ciccolella, Powers Boothe, Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis all reprise their roles, while Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lady Gaga and Jeremy Piven are among the new names in the cast.
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For will be released into UK cinemas on August 29th, with the US release coming a week earlier on August 22nd.


One day after a senior Polish defense official told a Polish TV station on Dec. 6 that the country was "actively working on" joining NATO's nuclear sharing arrangements, the country's defense ministry denied that Poland was "engaged in any work aimed at joining" the arrangements.
In its Dec. 7 statement, the ministry said that the comment by Deputy Defense Minister Tomasz Szatkowski "should be seen in the context of recent remarks made by serious Western think tanks, which point to deficits in NATO's nuclear deterrent capability on its eastern flank." The statement observed that some of these think tanks have recommended expanding the number of countries that base U.S. nuclear weapons on their soil.
NATO's nuclear sharing program is currently believed to consist of the deployment of 200 tactical B61 gravity bombs on the territory of five NATO members: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey. Most of these countries also maintain aircraft to deliver the weapons.
Like all other NATO members except France, Poland already participates in the alliance's nuclear decision-making as a member of the Nuclear Planning Group, which acts as NATO's senior body on nuclear matters. In addition, Poland contributes non-nuclear capabilities such as aircraft in support of the alliance's nuclear mission.
NATO officials have repeatedly stated that the alliance is not considering the basing of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of new member states.
Szatkowski's statement "is but the latest sign of that development," he added.


The pro-life committee undertakes a number of projects that focus on the right to life from conception to natural death. In October, we organize and promote the annual Life Chain event which occurs on the first Sunday of October. It's peaceful, prayerful way to show one's opposition to the Culture of Death. In January, we work with Springfield Right to Life to collect signatures for the annual Signature Ad in the State Journal-Register which is taken out on the Monday closest to the anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states. We also help to organize the March for Life to Washington D.C. for the 8th grade students which is coordinated through the Diocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult ministries. During Lent, we participate in a peaceful prayer vigil at Planned Parenthood during 40 Days for Life. Fr. Joe picks a day that he can participate and we put the word out via the website and bulletin. We also write a weekly "Pro-life corner" which appears in the bulletin throughout the year. We encourage parishioners to attend rallies sponsored by Springfield Right to Life or the Diocesan Office for Pro-Life and Special Ministries. If you are interested in joining the pro-life committee and helping us to speak out for those who have no voice, please contact Claudia Connelly (see contact info below).


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Proposed northern Minnesota nickel mine signs deal with Tesla
The planned Tamarack mine in Aitkin County would produce nickel as its primary metal, making it a rarity in the U.S. The project is a joint venture of global mining giant Rio Tinto and Canadian junior mining company Talon Metals.
— Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune
By Mike Hughlett , Star Tribune
Talon Metals, the company behind a proposed Minnesota nickel mine, said Monday it has made a major supply deal with Tesla.
The electric vehicle giant has committed to buy 75,000 metric tons of nickel concentrate over six years from Talon's planned mine in Tamarack, about 50 miles west of Duluth. Tesla would also have rights to go above that amount.
The deal calls for Talon to make "commercially reasonable efforts" to open the mine by Jan. 1, 2026.
Nickel is a key ingredient for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Tesla has been increasingly hammering out deals directly with producers of the metal, as well as other components of lithium-ion batteries.
"This agreement is the start of an innovative partnership between Tesla and Talon for the responsible production of battery materials directly from the mine to the battery cathode," Talon's CEO, Henri van Rooyen, said in a press statement.
Essentially, Tesla would claim more than half of the mine's production of nickel concentrate, which would be further refined before it could be used to make batteries.
Talon and its partner — global mining giant Rio Tinto — would create a rarity in the United States with the Tamarack project: a mine whose primary product is nickel, with copper as a secondary mineral.
Still, Talon must prove the economics of the mine to investors. And it has not yet undergone the state's environmental and mine permitting process, which is expected to begin in earnest next year.
Talon's pitch for the mine includes a "direct air" carbon capture system, which would suck CO2 from the air and permanently store it in rock waste from the mine. It is still in development, though a project based on a similar idea opened earlier this year in Iceland.
The concept may have helped sell Tesla on the Tamarack project.
"The Talon team has taken an innovative approach to the discovery, development and production of battery materials, including to permanently store carbon as part of mine operations," Drew Baglino, Tesla's senior vice president of powertrain and energy engineering, said in a statement.
"Responsible sourcing of battery materials has long been a focus for Tesla," he said, "and this project has the promise to accelerate the production of sustainable energy products in North America."
The Tamarack Mine is likely to face opposition from environmental groups concerned with acid waste polluting lakes, rivers and wetlands.
With the EV market expected to grow exponentially, Tesla and other automakers have been increasingly making agreements directly with commodity suppliers to lock in materials for batteries.
Tesla's Elon Musk has publicly expressed concerns over nickel resources, saying in 2020 he would award a "giant contract" to nickel miners who can extract the mineral in an efficient and environmentally conscious way.
Last year, Tesla made a deal with mining giant BHP for an undisclosed amount of nickel from Australia. Also in 2021, Tesla also agreed to buy 42,000 tons of nickel over several years from a mine in New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific.
Tesla's agreement with Talon is its first for nickel in the United States. The automaker also has deals directly with suppliers of lithium and graphite materials, other key battery components.
Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest mining company, began a serious prospecting program near Tamarack 20 years ago. In 2018, Rio signed on Talon as a joint venture partner for the mine; the smaller company now has a 51% stake in Tamarack.
Talon is based in the British Virgin Islands and run from Canada; its shares were at 47 cents Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange when trading was halted on news of the Tesla deal.
Mike Hughlett covers energy and other topics for the Star Tribune, where he has worked since 2010. Before that he was a reporter at newspapers in Chicago, St. Paul, New Orleans and Duluth.
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The correct title of this article is Revelation #9. The hash is not shown due to technical restrictions.
This article is about the song Revelation #9
For Revelation #12 see Revelation 12
"Revelation #9"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Get Your Gunn
1993 at Studio 13 in Deerfield, Florida
Nothing, Interscope
Madonna Wayne Gacy
"Revelation #9" is a soundscape and b-side of the 1994 album Portrait of an American Family. It was released officially on the "Get Your Gunn" single in 1994 and to date it stands as the song with the longest run time in the band's catalogue. (however, since the track is simply a sound experiment technically the longest original song is I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies, ignoring any remixes or covers that may be longer)
The lines "Don't tell your momma that I brought you here / 'cause there ain't no going back now" was sometimes used as an intro to "Dope Hat" during the Self Destruct tour and Portrait of an American Family tour. During the latter sometimes the entire track would be played as an introduction to the show as well. (Example).
Part of the song includes parts of the track May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces from the EP Smells Like Children.
This song's title and music inspired by the Beatles' song "Revolution 9".
1 About the song
2.1 Singles
About the song[edit]
In a December 4, 1995 interview with The Gaston Gazette, Madonna Wayne Gacy was questioned about the song:
The Gaston Gazette: "How much stuff on "Revelation #9" is backwards?"
Madonna Wayne Gacy: "Well, there are 13 exact tracks on "Revelation #9", it consists of 13 tracks in which at least 6 are reversed."
The Gaston Gazette: "When we played it backwards, we heard things like 'Welcome to the other side'."
Madonna Wayne Gacy: "Oh yeah, there is all kinds of fan stuff on there, it's playable in any direction. It is equally playable in any direction. It has an equal number of tracks in each direction."
Singles[edit]
Versions[edit]
Revelation #9 — Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.
Lyrics[edit]
are you listening to me?
we are our own wicked gods
with little "g"'s and big dicks
constantly inflicting a slow demise
sadistic stick it to my ribs
i'll spread me open
we try to die
are all your infants in abortion cribs
we run like roaches
i know your poison in our space we'll...lie
to an obscene god we will dance and spit you hear boy?
don't tell your momma that i brought you here
you're on the other side now
there ain't no going back now
don't tell your momma that i brought you here boy!
'cause there ain't no going back
don't tell your momma that i brought you here stick me to my ribs
'cause there ain't no going back now
don't tell your momma that i brought you here we try to die
are all your infants in abortion cribs?
i know your poison in our space we'll lie
don't tell your momma
don't you tell your momma! don't you tell your momma!
jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world
until on one day they ain't precious and innocent any more
jesus loves the little children of the world
all the christian soldiers marching in the cold...
wear the cross of jesus while marching on and on...
don't you tell your momma that i came here and i put this in you!
don't you tell your momma! don't you tell your momma! don't you!
there's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going
there's no knowing where we're going or which way the wind is blowing
is it raining? is it snowing? is a hurricane a-blowing?
not a speck of light is showing so the danger must be growing
hey jew, let me thank you for wasting our time! fuck your time! asshole!
fuck your shit, you fucking... shit! fucking ho! fucking ho! come on, rape her!
get her!
manson has probably killed the pigs without the gang!
your mother fucks the sausage
every mother...
hallelujah, motherfucker! hallelujah!
goddamn millionaire! goddamn millionaire!
son of a bitch!
don't you tell your momma i brought you here!
don't you tell your momma! don't you tell!
if you call 407-997-9437...
you're on the other side now! you're on the other side now!
don't you tell your momma that you were here!
you're on the other side now!
there ain't no going back once you've been here, brothers and sisters!
there ain't no going back!
don't you tell your momma you was here!
don't you tell your momma you was here, you hear me?!
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Q: How to get access to a containerized postgresql database from outside / apps I have been struggling to get connection to postgresql container from both localhost and from outside.
Here is the very nice demo which works as such very well as it is demonstrated at https://linuxhint.com/postgresql_docker/. And below is the docker-compose.yml by which the postgres:12.2 and pgadmin are containerized and run. And indeed after running the docker-compose.yml file (by docker-compose up -d) they work.
You can then go in your browser to http://localhost:8080/ and have the direct access (with given crendentials, i.e., admin@linuxhint.com, secret) to pgadmin and start operating on your postgres:12.2 installation on docker.
However my difficulties start when I try to find get connection to this postgres:12.2 -database directly from localhost or outside/some application/ip (like Java Spring Boot).
Admittedly I am not an expert with docker, just the student - so, I asking for help. Hopefully someone can show me what should be done to make connection possible to (this) containerized postgres database from outside/app. I am using Win 10.
UPDATE:

*

*Can anyone say why a web-app (added below to docker.compose.yml, see below) is shutting down persistently after its launching?

*docker logs  gives the following error:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dataSource' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceConfiguration$Hikari.class]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceInitializerInvoker': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.UncategorizedScriptException: Failed to execute database script; nested exception is org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Failed to obtain JDBC Connection; nested exception is org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection to localhost:5433 refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.

*here is Dockerfile for the app:
FROM  maven:3-jdk-11
VOLUME /tmp
EXPOSE 8095
ADD /target/spring-boot-demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
RUN ls -ls
ENTRYPOINT ["java","-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom","-jar","/app.jar"]

*and here is connection details in the application.properties file:
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/postgres
spring.datasource.username=admin
spring.datasource.password=secret

*two other servies (db and pgadmin starts normally)
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.7"

services:

# ========== ADDED APP ===============
 web:
   #restart: on-failure
   image: app-springboot-postgresql
   build: ./
   ports:
     - "8095:8095"
   environment:
     WAIT_HOSTS: postgres:5432
   depends_on:
    - db
# ========== ADDED APP ===============

  db:
    image: postgres:12.2
    restart: always
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: postgres
      POSTGRES_USER: admin
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
      PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data
    volumes:
      - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"

  pgadmin:
    image: dpage/pgadmin4:4.18
    restart: always
    environment:
      PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: admin@linuxhint.com
      PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: secret
      PGADMIN_LISTEN_PORT: 80
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    volumes:
      - pgadmin-data:/var/lib/pgadmin
    links:
      - "db:pgsql-server"

volumes:
  db-data:
  pgadmin-data:

A: docker-compose.yml publishes port 5432 of Postgres to machine where docker daemon runs.
So applications should connect to 127.0.0.1 as Postgres host and 5432 as Postgres port assuming they run on the machine.

A: Check if they are in the same network:
docker network ls

# Output

NETWORK ID          NAME                DRIVER              SCOPE
e094bb99be32        bridge              bridge              local
cde9fb0d3fef        django              bridge              local
1aeb83753889        host                host                local
f152a346ca96        none                null                local
348c59c37462        web                 bridge              local

Then inspect the network:
docker network inspect django

# Output

[
    {
        "Name": "django",
        "Id": "6f5fd395946d1bff8583a4ddbe4fb8ea1204875124679f878d24a57f3601b0e6",
        "Created": "2020-10-11T13:16:42.750571609+02:00",
        "Scope": "local",
        "Driver": "bridge",
        "EnableIPv6": false,
        "IPAM": {
            "Driver": "default",
            "Options": null,
            "Config": [
                {
                    "Subnet": "172.20.0.0/16",
                    "Gateway": "172.20.0.1"
                }
            ]
        },
        "Internal": false,
        "Attachable": true,
        "Ingress": false,
        "ConfigFrom": {
            "Network": ""
        },
        "ConfigOnly": false,
        "Containers": {
            "079d303b3c2d17196e7cb49056ec7cfc7385c480c3cbf225dc51e53ebeb43f10": {
                "Name": "pgadmin",
                "EndpointID": "10e1f181f18e751ce0b3521f537e30948433e62b454fb9707b96333395f5ba36",
                "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:14:00:04",
                "IPv4Address": "172.20.0.4/16",
                "IPv6Address": ""
            },
            "bff75ff8e23ab998cfc99bc87bec05ea9fb55adbcae1993da1cbc719eea90fd3": {
                "Name": "postgres",
                "EndpointID": "edd547148b50c6c3319f2b65ec151816e14f9ea9e7dd9acb9b5895d44fcd6cda",
                "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:14:00:02",
                "IPv4Address": "172.20.0.2/16",
                "IPv6Address": ""
            }
        },
        "Options": {},
        "Labels": {}
    }
]

In the example above postgres and pgadmin are in the same network, so they see each other.
If in you case they are not in the same network, define it explicitly.
# docker-compose.yml

services:
  django:
    container_name: dj
    build:
      context: ./server
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - staticfiles:/app/staticfiles
      - mediafiles:/app/media
    command: gunicorn nohchi_mott.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
    env_file: ./server/.env
    expose:
      - 8000
    networks:
      - web
      - django
    depends_on:
      - db
  db:
    container_name: postgres
    image: postgres:12.0-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=false"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
    expose:
      - 5432
    networks:
      - django
    env_file: ./db/.env
  pgadmin:
    container_name: pgadmin
    image: dpage/pgadmin4:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - pgadmin_data:/var/lib/pgadmin
    env_file: ./db/pgadmin/.env
    links:
      - db:pgsql-server
    networks:
      - web
      - django
    depends_on:
      - db

volumes:
  staticfiles:
  mediafiles:
  postgres_data:
  pgadmin_data:

networks:
  web:
    external: true
  django:
    external: false


After months of planning the country's first national IT threat service has issued its first threat report to a few early members and is ready to launch a campaign to expand its numbers, including lowering its fee for small businesses.
"We didn't want cost to be a barrier to people being able to get in," Robert Gordon, executive director of the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX) said Wednesday in explaining why the introductory fee for a small business was cut from $5,000 to $2,000 a year.
For the lower fee members will still get threat reports, but won't be allowed to download electronic data feeds into their systems. Gordon said it was felt small companies wouldn't benefit from that service. The exchange will discuss with these companies if there are other services that can be added.
Mid-size businesses can join for $20,000 a year and will be allowed to exchange threat data electronically (when it goes live early next year) and named access to the exchange's proprietary knowledge database.
Gordon also said the exchange's first monthly report was shown Wednesday at a closed symposium in Toronto for companies that have already signed up or are in the process of becoming paying members. Eventually that report will be issued weekly to members. Also, by the second week in February the exchange will have a portal the sharing of electronic threat data and an online collaboration space for members.
Over time the number of services will be expanded.
Director of the exchange come from some of the country's biggest enterprises including Air Canada, Bell Canada, Canadian National Railway, Manulife, Telus, TD Bank and Royal Bank.
While many CISOs and infosec pros already get information from vendors, blogs and some threat data from vendors and services they subscribe to, the not-for-profit CCTX hopes to show value by tailoring reports and threat feeds for Canadian customers who don't want to know about the latest malware sweeping other parts of the world.
The exchange also differs from other threat intelligence groups set up by industry associations and limited to verticals such as the healthcare or financial sectors by having a broad audience.
The cross-industry appeal of the exchange has drawn the admiration of Rick Howard, chief security office of Palo Alto Networks, who was one of the keynote speakers at Wednesday's symposium and who believes the CCTX is the first national threat exchange in the world.
That's "fantastic," he said in an interview.
Having at least one person on the IT or security team dedicated to gathering and handling threat intelligence – even if that person works half time on it – is vital, Howard said. "There has to be somebody tracking adversary activity" in addition to having prevention controls, detection and eradication teams.
Gordon also announced that EWA Canada will be the exchange's managed security service provider, and will provide analytics, The exchange itself also has its own analysts.
The exchange now has 30 organizations either accepted as members or are in the process of of joining. Gordon said he'd like that number doubled by the end of 2017.