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Q: DB2 Select where not equal to string that is NULL I have COLUMN1 CHAR(1) in MYTABLE where all rows are NULL and here is my sql query:
SELECT COLUMN1 FROM MYTABLE WHERE COLUMN1 != 'A'

it returns nothing because all rows have NULL in COLUMN1. I suppose it should return everything. How do I make it work? I don't wanna use
COALESCE(NULLIF(COLUMN1, ''), '*')

because it slows down the query. Is there any other alternatives?

A: If you really want NULLs, then why not
SELECT COLUMN1 FROM MYTABLE WHERE (COLUMN1 != 'A' OR COLUMN1 IS NULL)

???

A: Your supposition is wrong.  Basically all comparison operators with NULL return "false" or NULL (which are both filtered out in a WHERE clause), except for IS NULL and IS NOT NULL.
So, your query should be:
WHERE column1 <> 'A' OR COLUMN1 IS NULL

Or, alternatively, use COALESCE() (NOT NULLIF():
WHERE COALESCE(column1, '') <> 'A'

A: Think to the semantic of NULL. You can use it the way you want, but it is meant to mean "unknown". Unknown = 'A'? Nope. But unknown != 'A'? Nope. We simply don't know what it is, so almost all comparisons will fail.
You can use IS NULL and IS NOT NULL, two special operators designed to work with NULL. So you can do something like:
SELECT COLUMN1 FROM MYTABLE WHERE COLUMN1 != 'A' OR COLUMN1 IS NULL

But first ask yourself: is this what you want? Are you really using NULL for unknown values? SQL semantics for NULL is perfectly logical if you consider it an unknown value, but it complicates everything unnecessarily in all other cases. Basically, introducing NULL in SQL was probably a mistake, because the problems it causes in 1 day are more than the problems it solved in the relational theory's history until now.

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The Price of Brexit: The Martyrdom of Business?
Richard Marshall
With Brexit now only a matter of months away, and nothing agreed, either with the EU or within the British cabinet, the martyrdom of our business to the cause of an ideologically driven Brexit appears as real a possibility as ever. It seems that there are some in Government, and millions across the country hell-bent on Brexit at any cost; a cost which I fear they can neither fathom nor understand. Recent studies which showed most Brexit voters would rather a hard-border in Ireland than remaining in the customs union are the epitome of the Brexit farce, and the inability of so many to realise the effects of such actions. They would have us create the biggest security hole anywhere in the world at a time when international terrorism is highly dangerous: and if ever radicals in Ireland needed fuel for action then this would be it…
But as the title suggests, the sinking of our economy seems to be the last concern to most in Government, with no positive noises and even less progressive action. Lets just take a second to review what business has been saying in the past week.
Jaguar Land Rover, which employs near 40'000 people in the UK as of yesterday questions the logic of a hard Brexit, calculating that it would lose in the region of £1.2bn per year to trade tariffs; the inevitable result of a destructive Brexit. The company even questioned whether remaining in the UK would be profitable should this eventuality occur? Similarly, Airbus which employs around 11'000 people in the UK has raised concerns about Brexit and the risk it may be forced to withdraw funding should a poor or no deal be the result of thus far fruitless negotiations. In this instance however, Jeremy Hunt, who clearly knows a lot about running a large organisation, which must be why the NHS is doing so well at the moment (in his mind at least, if not to the rest of the population), declared Airbus's concerns "completely inappropriate"… as if he expects everyone to just say nothing and wait for the end. Funny really, it was okay for businesses who backed Brexit to speak, and its okay for those still brave or stupid enough to invest in Britain to do likewise, but anyone who fears the real and present dangers of this calamity must be silent: how's that for democracy?!
And lets not forget the comments recently from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). They have warned that the current Brexit process is "death by a thousand cuts" for an industry which relies on frictionless trade. Recent figures show that investment from companies represented within the SMMT has been halved from the first half of 2017.
The director of the CBI summed up the current situation best, when she said "facts ignored today mean jobs lost tomorrow". Worryingly, we live in a world where facts are just what politicians say they are, when the people chose to believe them. No longer are experts, business and those with years of experience listened to, but cast off as "traitors" to the cause. What we need, as Stephen Martin argued, is "less antagonism and more pragmatism": we should be so lucky. As long as it suits individuals like Boris to sabotage the governments position on Brexit, we will continue down the slippery slope to disaster.
For me, much of the government's position can be summed up in one short phrase: "F*** business" in the words of our eloquent Boris… which is ironically what he and the government will end up doing if they don't get their act together pretty damn quick! The complacency is galling, as is the complete disregard ministers seem to have for the thousands of workers and their families whose futures are threatened by their ideological squabbles.
So many in this country are so eager to sacrifice their children's futures, the economy and business to the blood stained alter of Moloch. It genuinely terrifies me. But then, every country ends up with the government it deserves, and I truly believe that we have just that, populated by pompous self-opinionated toffs who think they know more about business that business.
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Black Friday 'early birds' head to US stores. (Shutterstock)
With many major US retailers opening their doors to shoppers at 5 a.m. on Friday, early risers ventured out, hoping to find gifts to tuck under the Christmas tree before products sell out.
The day after the US Thanksgiving holiday, known as Black Friday, officially kicks off the year-end shopping season. In most past years, retailers have hosted 'doorbuster' discounts of 50 percent-or-more-off everything from clothing and toys to TVs, prompting shoppers to line up for blocks outside stores and crowd into malls to scramble for deals.
But as online shopping has taken off, Black Friday crowds have dwindled, particularly in 2020 when people were still unvaccinated and worried about Covid-19.
Regardless, early queues were expected, with some shoppers worried that an ongoing supply chain logjam might prevent retailers from stocking sought-after items such as Hoverboard scooters, Nerf toys, Oculus Quest 2 headsets, AirPods Pro earbuds, and MacBook Air laptops.
Walmart, Best Buy and Target this year did not require shoppers who have been vaccinated to wear masks, but some indoor malls kept existing mask requirements.
A report by consumer research platform Attest showed about two-thirds of 1,000 people surveyed on Nov. 13 were comfortable shopping in-person despite the ongoing pandemic.
"People are looking to get back to normal," said Rod Sides, Deloitte's US retail leader. "The early online birds, and the birds that went into the store, may get the worm."
A Deloitte survey showed people had already spent 80 percent-85 percent of their budgets before Black Friday. Still, the consultancy said two-fifths of respondents would line up at stores on Black Friday between midnight and 6 a.m.
Nivia Lopez, 26, from Bolingbrook, Illinois, has already scratched perfumes and makeup from Ulta Beauty off her Christmas list, but is venturing out to Victoria's Secret, Best Buy and Nordstrom on Black Friday. Lopez, who typically shopped on Thanksgiving before stores increasingly closed on the holiday, took advantage of early online deals.
As stores welcome holiday shoppers, some may be reevaluating their security measures after high-end stores in some US cities were targeted by brazen "smash-and-grab" robberies, where masked thieves stuff bags full of merchandise.
Online vs Standing in Line
US consumers enter the holiday season flush with spending power thanks to a still-hefty pile of savings from multiple rounds of government pandemic relief, and now double-digit year-over-year wage increases as businesses compete for scarce workers.
Data out Wednesday showed consumer spending grew by a greater-than-expected 1.3 percent in October. Spending on big-ticket items like automobiles lifted the headline figure, but the data also showed broad-based spending increases on services like travel.
Online and brick-and-mortar retailing come together just outside the store. This Black Friday, retailers including Target, Macy's and Walmart, allocated more floor space and workers to online pick-up stations and curbside parking.
Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, hired 150,000 workers for the holidays, many for these jobs. Target added more than 18,000 "drive-up" parking spaces, more than doubling spots versus last year.
Curbside pickup increased 92 percent in November compared to 2019, according to Adobe Digital Economy Index, which showed 23 percent of online orders on Nov 23 were for curbside pickup.
Hayden Willis and Grace Lafortune, visiting Chicago for Thanksgiving, lined up early on Black Friday before flying home to Seattle, despite doing some holiday shopping earlier in the week.
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As of Nov 23, out-of-stocks messages had already risen 8 percent versus the prior week, according to Adobe. Through most of November, out-of-stocks were up 261 percent versus 2019.
"There are already reported shortages of toys in a number of big sellers in North America and I think you'll see similar shortages in electronics," said Andy Halliwell, senior director of retail at consultancy Publicis Sapient.
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"Instead of seeing eight piled-high boxes of TVs, you might see three or four stacks of TVs. You might see fewer bicycles on the racks," NPD analyst Marshal Cohen said.
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Thailand takes steps to boost FDI
by Zonezi
Tax exemptions and other incentives are set to spearhead Thailand's efforts to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) in targeted areas of the economy.
The initiatives form part of a broader range of incentives and reforms aimed at increasing capital inflows into Thailand, with a particular focus on tapping investment for planned industrial clusters in the eastern economic corridor (EEC) project, an initiative of the public-private Pracha Rath scheme.
However, while efforts to stabilise the Thai economy are beginning to yield results, challenges, such as lower external demand and political uncertainty, remain a concern.
Tapping key markets
Speaking during a visit to China at the end of June, Somkid Jatusripitak, Thailand's deputy prime minister, said the government's new incentives and support package would be implemented in the third quarter of 2016.
Somkid was in China to highlight the opportunities for investors in the special industrial zones located throughout the EEC, which encompasses the provinces of Chon Buri, Rayong and Chachoengsao.
"The government is transforming the economy to a higher level," Somkid told investors. "During this period of change, we need more investment from outside – and China is one of the targets."
Planned incentives include corporate and personal income tax privileges beyond those already provided by Thailand's Board of Investment (BoI), Somkid said. The raft of incentives will be bolstered by regulatory and legislative reforms aimed at improving the laws governing industrial management, financial services and investment.
The government has also said it would provide approximately 4160 ha of land as well as key infrastructure, such as the East-West ferry development project, to develop and support dedicated industrial estates – biotech, biofuel, aviation, IT and digital, medicine and medical equipment – throughout the EEC, with an expected total investment of between $55bn and $58bn, according to local media reports.
Thailand is also keen to boost capital inflows from India. During a visit to the country in mid-June, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government planned to introduce measures aimed at facilitating the flow of investment from India. He also highlighted the importance of speeding up negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two countries.
Targeted investment
While Thailand's government is still finalising its incentive package, the government has already announced several measures aimed at attracting businesses.
In late June the revenue department announced plans to offer foreign experts operating in key fields tax exemptions for terms of between 10 to 15 years. The proposed waiver is scheduled to come into force in 2017, although details have yet to be made public.
The BoI, meanwhile, approved a personal income tax cut for foreign researchers and experts working in targeted industry clusters. The sectors, which are viewed by the government as key drivers of growth include: next-generation cars, smart electronics, logistics and aviation, biofuels and biochemical, and industrial robotics, among others.
In a similar move, the Cabinet signed off on a proposal at the end of May to double tax breaks for investors who launch or break ground on a new project in 2016.
Tackling shortfalls
Thailand has struggled to attract international investment in recent years, with political unrest and ensuing military intervention dampening overseas interest. Data issued by the BoI showed that applications from foreign investors for new projects fell from 3469 in 2014 to 1038 in 2015.
Local investors also appear to be adopting a cautious approach, according to a statement issued on June 30 by the Bank of Thailand (BoT). The central bank noted that although private investment had increased, the spread across the sectors of the economy was far from even.
While investment in alternative energy and telecommunications in May was up, the BoT noted that inflows "in other sectors stayed at a low level in line with remaining gaps of capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector".
"This was consistent with a slower growth in total financing of businesses for real investment," the BoT concluded.
Stability will be key
In late May, the ratings agency Moody's noted government efforts to stabilise the economic situation and encourage growth and investment, but warned that ongoing political uncertainty remained a major concern.
"Such risk still weighs on FDI in the kingdom as well as Thai economic performance," Christian de Guzman, vice-president and senior credit officer for sovereign risk at Moody's in Singapore, said.
Moody's caution over the impact of Thailand's political climate on FDI was echoed in a report issued by the World Bank at the end of June.
"Foreign direct investments are likely to remain subdued, reflecting soft external demand and continuing political uncertainty," the report said.
The World Bank added, however, that Thailand's central location in East Asia meant it was well placed to leverage planned reforms in education, competitiveness and skills into trade and investment opportunities.
While acknowledging the concerns raised by analysts, the government remains upbeat about Thailand's prospects for boosting incoming investment levels next year.
Officials expect political tensions to ease once general elections scheduled for the middle of 2017 have taken place, while the full implementation of incentives and FDI support, which is also targeted for next year, should further enhance the investment climate.
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Dobrach ist ein Gemeindeteil der Kreisstadt Kronach im Landkreis Kronach (Oberfranken, Bayern).

Geographie
Der Weiler liegt auf einen Höhenzug, der gegen Süden zum Kleinen Roten Bühl () ansteigt, gegen Westen in das Tal des Stübengrabens und gegen Osten in das Tal des Fischbachs abfällt. Eine Gemeindeverbindungsstraße führt nach Hinterstöcken (0,3 km südöstlich) bzw. nach Vogtendorf zur Kreisstraße KC 12 (1,2 km nördlich).

Geschichte
Gegen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts gab es in Dobrach 3 Anwesen (1 Fronsölde, 2 Häuser). Das Hochgericht übte das Rittergut Fischbach in begrenztem Umfang aus. Es hatte ggf. an das bambergische Centamt Stadtsteinach auszuliefern. Die Grundherrschaft über die Anwesen hatte das Rittergut Fischbach inne.

Mit dem Gemeindeedikt wurde Dobrach dem 1808 gebildeten Steuerdistrikt Fischbach und der 1818 gebildeten Ruralgemeinde Fischbach zugewiesen. Am 1. Mai 1978 wurde Dobrach im Zuge der Gebietsreform in Bayern in Weißenbrunn eingegliedert.

Einwohnerentwicklung

Religion
Der Ort war ursprünglich rein evangelisch-lutherisch und ist nach St. Jakobus (Fischbach) gepfarrt.

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Geographie (Kronach)
Ort im Landkreis Kronach
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Recently, my firewall on my laptop was somehow removed and about 26 malicious files viruses, 5 different trojans and some other things I can't identify got installed, how do I remove them? my service is not registered and when I go to search for the file and delete it (I search my entire pc) it can't find it! HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!
This beauty belongs to my friend in S. Cal. She says it blooms once a year then goes dormant (dies back) until the following year and repeats the cycle. Sorry, this is the only picture I have. Can anyone identify it?
I am trying to double the output of a 1.5v battery to 3v i have setup a capacitor parallel circuit like this --------------+ capacitor - -------------+ capacitor - --------------- + Battery ------- + Multimeter - ------- - Multimeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However i am not getting the output of 3v, i did this yesterday and had 3v but today im only getting 1.5 i tested the battery on its own and that is 1.5 so why is it that i am not getting 3?
I want to charge rechargable batteries with one solar panel and use the batteries to run fans in my home to save on summer cooling costs. The central air can handle night cooling. What will I need and how do I set it up ?


Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas reported the alleged Gupta offer to Nhlanhla Nene.
Ajay Gupta allegedly offered Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas R600,000 in cash in a black plastic bag at his family compound in Johannesburg last year, on the day he offered Jonas the job of finance minister.
Gupta also allegedly promised Jonas a further R600-million, to be paid in instalments, if he agreed to "work with us".
The explosive claim is believed to be contained in Jonas's affidavit submitted to former public protector Thuli Madonsela as evidence during her state capture investigation.
Sources close to the probe said Jonas claimed in his affidavit that "work with us" meant he was expected to push for the approval of the nuclear procurement programme, estimated to be worth R1-trillion, and fire some National Treasury officials who were critical of the programme.
He named the officials as director-general Lungisa Fuzile, his deputies Ismail Momoniat and Andrew Donaldson, and chief procurement officer Kenneth Brown.
The sources said Jonas confirmed in the affidavit that the Gupta brother offered him then finance minister Nhlanhla Nene's job during their meeting in Saxonwold on October 23 last year. This was just six weeks before President Jacob Zuma fired Nene on December 9, replacing him with Des van Rooyen. Sunday Times confirmed that telephone records will show that Van Rooyen visited the Gupta compound the night before he was appointed.
In his affidavit, Jonas allegedly adds that Gupta made the offers in the presence of Zuma's son Duduzane and businessman Fana Hlongwane.
The Sunday Times can confirm that after leaving the Gupta compound, Jonas called Nene to inform him that he had been offered his job. Nene has given a statement to Madonsela confirming the phone call.
Jonas's allegations are believed to have been reflected in Madonsela's highly contested report on state capture.
She was due to release her report last Friday but was halted after Zuma and Van Rooyen applied for an interdict to stop her.
On Friday, Van Rooyen asked for his application to be withdrawn, claiming Madonsela had made no adverse findings against him.
Zuma's application will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on November 1.
Gupta lawyer Gert van der Merwe yesterday confirmed he was in possession of Jonas's affidavit after requesting a copy during a meeting with Madonsela.
He denied that Gupta had been "in such a meeting with Jonas" and said he "has never offered the deputy finance minister anything".
Van der Merwe added: "I have a complete and comprehensive version of what happened when the deputy minister was at the Gupta compound and this version can be corroborated by witnesses who are willing to testify under oath on the contrary to Jonas's version."
Approached for comment, Hlongwane said he had told Madonsela "everything about the meeting, under oath". He declined to comment further.
Hlongwane sent Madonsela a letter on September 29 saying Duduzane had convened a meeting with him and Jonas at the Hyatt hotel in Johannesburg because Jonas had allegedly made statements that the businessman was blackmailing him.
Hlongwane said he had "proposed we move that meeting to a private venue. All parties agreed to this." The venue was the Gupta compound.
In his letter, Hlongwane strongly denied Jonas's claims.
"During this discussion, a Gupta member entered the room briefly and then left.
"I categorically deny there was ever a discussion or offer, by anybody, of any government position to deputy finance minister Jonas. No commercial discussion took place either."
Madonsela refused to comment about the matter, saying she was no longer the public protector.
"The matter is before the court, which will decide whether the report must be released or not. Let us all respect the judiciary processes," she said.
Jonas did not respond to questions this week.


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Protests in Nazareth, rejecting Netanyahu's visit, and confrontations with the occupation in the West Bank
On Wednesday, Israeli police arrested more than 15 Palestinians of the Green Line who participated in a demonstration in central Nazareth to protest against a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the city.
The police assaulted the demonstrators with repression, beatings and wastewater spraying. The arrests included a number of political leaders, activists, and assistants of the Arab representatives in the Knesset.
The demonstration took place at the invitation of the national forces in the city of Nazareth against Netanyahu's visit to one of the vaccination centers against the Corona virus and to the municipality of Nazareth, as it is a misleading visit that is part of Netanyahu's election campaign, as he seeks recently to attract the votes of Palestinians within the Green Line before the next Israeli elections, and to cause a rift in Ranks of the unified list of Arab parties.
The Anadolu News Agency said that a number of protesters were injured, including Arab Knesset deputies, Matans Shehadeh, Aida Touma Suleiman, Heba Yazbek and Sundus Salih, in addition to former MP Jamal Zahalka.
Since the start of the Corona epidemic at the beginning of last year, several areas with the Green Line have witnessed protests against discrimination practiced by the Netanyahu government against the Palestinians of the interior.
The protests included an open strike called by local councils and Arab municipalities inside the Green Line last May, denouncing the government's decisions that granted less than 2% of the aid it granted to Jewish municipalities to face losses due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
The occupation forces prevented farmers in Aqraba from entering their lands (Anadolu Agency)
Encounters and injuries
In the West Bank, a number of Palestinians were today bruised or suffocated by tear gas, during confrontations with the occupation army in the village of Aqraba, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
The Anadolu Agency said that the confrontations erupted after the Israeli army prevented Palestinian farmers from accessing their lands, while allowing settlers to enter those lands, plow and cultivate them.
The agency added that the Israeli occupation forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at dozens of Palestinians who went to protect the village's lands from attacks by settlers.
A number of protesters were exposed to bruises during fist clashes with settlers and Israeli soldiers, while a number of people who were suffocated received first aid at the same place.
The confrontations are frequent in the village of Aqraba due to the repeated attacks of settlers coming from the settlements established on its lands in an attempt to seize more lands and expand those settlements.
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Yes, I mainly knew of Lee Wardlaw from books like Bubblemania and the like - so the Won Ton thing had me thinking, "wait, is that the same person?"
I LOVE that she is the same person; I hate the idea of an artist getting landlocked into whatever genre, so I hope she keeps writing more and in various directions.
WON TON is such a delight...now I'm excited to check out these 101 books too. Many thanks for this, and congratulations on all of your great success with this book, Lee! a.
I love Won Ton and am so happy to see Lee's book (and her) getting so much wonderful attention.
Haiku-rumba! Wardlaw does it again!
Won Ton is a delight! I posted about this book not too long ago and was so thrilled to hear back from Lee herself...the poems are favorites in our classroom and have inspired some wonderful poems in response.


Apple's software-focused event on Monday was a momentous moment — for Facebook Inc.
Toward the tail end of a more than two-hour Apple presentation to software developers, the company announced changes to its Safari web browsers that — assuming they remain unchanged and function as Apple sketched out — seem set to seriously hamper Facebook's contentious data-harvesting practices, and those of many other internet companies that count on following people as they roam around the web.
Here's some context: Many websites (including Bloomberg Opinion) have small icons to let people easily share articles or other pieces of web information to social networks, including Facebook, or to "like" that piece of digital information.
Those website icons are also part of Facebook's massive data-harvesting system. When websites have those icons, they send information about people's web activity back to Facebook, which uses the information to fill out the personal digital dossiers they have on billions of people in order to improve how it tailors the advertisements Facebook sells. Many Facebook users aren't aware that the company collects information about non-Facebook websites that people visit, even if they don't click on any of those "like" or "share" buttons. This harvesting is standard internet practice.
On Monday, however, Apple threw the internet economy a curveball. As part of what Apple says is a commitment to digital privacy, the company's Safari web browsers for Mac computers, iPhones and iPads will start showing pop-up alerts to people every time they're surfing a website that is beaming information on their activity back to the mother ships at Facebook or other companies. The person then has a chance to click yes or no to sharing web-browser information with Facebook or others. The Safari policy change isn't specifically targeted at Facebook, but it also is specifically targeted at Facebook, given its pervasive information collection about web activity.
This may become very annoying; imagine getting what could be multiple alerts every time you visit a website. Many websites do this already to alert people to the information they collect such as "cookies," and it is irksome. But Apple is now essentially forcing people to repeatedly decide whether they will allow Facebook to track information on their web browser actions.
Many people will reflexively click "yes" all the time so they can keep web surfing. But I suspect that after everything the public has heard about Facebook in the last 18 months, a decent number of others will reflexively chose "no" when asked whether they want to permit Facebook to track their activity.
It's a good bet that companies will find workarounds to Safari's new policy on web tracking notifications. And prior Safari changes that Apple has made to limit data collection for personally tailored digital advertising never resulted in the digital-ad doomsday that some people predicted. In some cases, technology to limit tracking of people's web activity has helped the data-harvesting powers-that-be, Facebook and Google.
Still, what Apple announced has the potential to be big. Safari is the second-most-used web browser in the U.S. after Google's Chrome, according to information firm StatCounter, largely by virtue of the pervasive use of Safari on iPhones. That big market share means Apple may be able to do with a single policy change what global regulators and politicians couldn't do: potentially force Facebook to slim down the types of information it collects on internet users.


ONTAP supports all major industry-standard network technologies. Key technologies include IPspaces, DNS load balancing, and SNMP traps.
Broadcast domains, failover groups, and subnets are described in NAS path failover.
You can use an IPspace to create a distinct IP address space for each virtual data server in a cluster. Doing so enables clients in administratively separate network domains to access cluster data while using overlapping IP addresses from the same IP address subnet range.
A service provider, for example, could configure different IPspaces for tenants using the same IP addresses to access a cluster.
You can use DNS load balancing to distribute user network traffic across available ports. A DNS server dynamically selects a network interface for traffic based on the number of clients that are mounted on the interface.
You can use SNMP traps to check periodically for operational thresholds or failures. SNMP traps capture system monitoring information sent asynchronously from an SNMP agent to an SNMP manager.
ONTAP is compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 for all SSL connections. You can turn on and off SSL FIPS mode, set SSL protocols globally, and turn off any weak ciphers such as RC4.


Peter Rober, Ph.D. is a Senior Faculty member at the Institute for Dialogic Practice. He is also a professor of family therapy at the Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium and a clinical psychologist, family therapist and family therapy trainer at Context: The Center for Marital and Family Therapy (UPC KU Leuven, Belgium).
Peter has made key contributions to the development of dialogical therapy. His research interest areas focus on the practice of family therapy and on the therapy process, including especially the self of the therapist and the therapist's inner conversation.


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— August 25, 200825 aoüt 2008
World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission issues statement on Jewish Evangelism
A declaration calling for "Renewed commitment to the task of Jewish evangelism" and "Recognition of the uniqueness of Christ as the crucified, resurrected and divine Messiah who alone can save from death and bring eternal life" has been issued by the WEA Theological Commission. "The Berlin Declaration on the Uniqueness of Christ and Jewish Evangelism in Europe Today" was developed by a task force of the Theological Commission at a consultation in Berlin, Germany August 18-22, 2008. The 1200 word statement also calls for reconciliation and unity amongst believers in Jesus, respect for religious conviction and liberty that allows frank discussion of religious claims and repentance from all expressions of anti-Semitism and all other forms of genocide, prejudice and discrimination.
The consultation, which was five years in planning, was called to address current concerns about the necessity and theological basis for Jewish evangelism especially in the setting of Germany and Europe as a whole. It involved 12 scholars from the Theological Commission, key seminaries and other organisations. It also included practitioners engaged in ministry amongst Jewish people, and Christians from Germany and Messianic Jews. A total of 13 papers were presented covering biblical, theological and practical matters which provided the background for the Declaration. A spokesman for the TC said that plans are in hand for the publication of the papers as an additional resource for those interested.
The Berlin Declaration 2008 follows in the wake of earlier documents produced by the WEA on Jewish evangelism. The first was the Willowbank Declaration of 1989 which was hailed at the time as a decisive statement and continues to be referred to as a landmark document. The second was a brief statement reinforcing the validity and importance of Jewish evangelism which appeared in the New York Times in 2008, with 54 signatures (and more endorsements later). TC Executive Director, Dr David Parker, said, "With the background of Willowbank and the NYT statement, it is our prayer that the Berlin Declaration 2008 will prove to be equally useful in supporting the work of taking the gospel "to the Jew first" and also the rest of the world. We believe the European setting of our statement is particularly significant.
We hope that this declaration will encourage many Christians to see the importance and biblical warrant for this important ministry. We would like to see the Berlin Declaration 2008 circulated as widely as possible amongst those who are engaged in and interested in this ministry."
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Player Rankings: Matchday 42
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by Sam Down | Apr 18, 2019 | Analysis | 0 comments
From now until the end of the season, we will be publishing our Plymouth Argyle player rankings, made up of aggregated player ratings from every game of 2018/19.
How we calculate the score
Each player receives a match rating from 1-10 and one player from each match receives a man of the match bonus. Players who played fewer than 15 minutes of a match do not receive a match rating unless they made a significant impact. The players are scored by a variety of individuals who have witnessed every match this season.
The scores are aggregated and weighted against the number of appearances, before the man of the match bonus is added. In this way, we are ranking the impact of a player across the season. The more often they have played and the better they have performed, the more of an impact they have made on the team's season, and therefore the higher they rank.
This way of ranking players enables us to be more impartial when speaking of the impact made by each player across a season, as it significantly reduces:
recency bias (players who hit a spell of form often have their season-wide impact overstated because of their recent performances).
statistical bias (players with lots of goals or assists relative to their position tend to be rated above those whose performance levels have been consistently superior but are not involved in goal-scoring, often because it is hard to visualise a player's impact across a season without resorting to these stats. It explains why attackers, or defenders involved in a high-number of goals, predominantly receive most recognition throughout a season).
conformation bias (fans who favour some players tend fixate on their positive performances while neglecting to factor in their bad performances when ranking them across a season).
The scores with four games to go
With just four games to go, it should come as no surprise to any of you that the man currently topping our player rankings (see the full results below) and therefore winning Argyle Life's player of the season award is none other than Ruben Lameiras. If we stay up, it will be almost entirely due to our great run of form in early 2019 and Lameiras was critical in that run, as well as providing solidly good performances for most of the season. it may have taken Adams months – and injury to Joel Grant – to finally introduce Lameiras into the time for a prolonged spell, but once there he has thrived.
In second resides Graham Carey, Lameiras' partner in crime. Seeing the Irishman in second may come as a shock to many since common wisdom generally dictates him as having had a bad season. However, in truth it is only bad by the high standards that Carey has already set of himself. His performances over the season have still been of a pretty good and of a far more consistent standard than many of his teammates. He is Argyle's highest assister by a distance and has created more goal-scoring chances than any other player in green and white, He is still overwhelmingly a net positive influence on the team.
A player overlooked by many, Niall Canavan, sits in third. Some may question the logic of a defender being so high in a team whose defensive inadequacies have been shown up so often this season, but Canavan himself isn't the main flaw. A few awful games aside, he has largely produced solid performances from centre-back and has played the vast majority of games (post Christmas at least) and he has thus been one of the higher contributors to the team overall. Indeed, it may shock people to learn that no other outfielder has earned a higher rate of points-per-game than Canavan, having been crucial to Argyle's runs of form in October and January.
Just missing out on a podium place are Antoni Sarcevic, Ryan Edwards and David Fox. Here, we move onto the players whose average performances have not actually been strong enough to breach the top three. Sarcevic, mostly playing from an attacking midfield position that has limited him, has not achieved the same levels of performances that he did in 2017/18. Edwards had a (for very understandable reasons) underwhelming first half of the season, before kicking on since his return over Christmas. David Fox has been a little mediocre all season. He's repeatedly been exposed defensively in a 4-2-3-1 and thus has recorded lower average ratings throughout 2018/19. Yet, all three have clocked enough game-time and delivered consistent enough performances to merit their strong rankings.
A controversial ranking in 7th is Freddie Ladapo, but to understand this you must refer to the earlier point about statistical bias. There have been a lot of games where he has got goals, undoubtedly. Yet, throughout the season there have been many – if not more – games in which his poor performances in other areas have severely held the team back. As such, his goals are the only thing that even get him into the top seven. Indeed, when Ladapo fails to score, he frequently fails to achieve an above average match rating. Should Ladapo be able to add interplay to his game then he would be a shoo-in for Player of the Year. Alas, he is hardly even registering among the debate at the moment.
Next we come to the mid-ranking players. Matt Macey and Yann Songo'o have a lot of games under their belts, which pulls them up the rankings. However, their mixed bag of performances drags them down towards those who have missed significant portions of the season. Both have had plenty of games (in recent times especially) in which individual errors have dragged their match ratings below average.
Gary Sawyer is also lower than some may anticipate. He's got a good few games under his belt (bar his Autumn injury, he has played almost universally) but a series of mediocre performances hint that his legs are on the way out. Similarly in this bracket, Jamie Ness joins Ashley-Smith Brown and the two Grants (Joel and Connor) in players whose limited run of games (mostly due to injury) mean that their good performances do not propel them as high up the list as they would otherwise reach.
Kyle Letheren rapidly climbed the table until he lost his place due to injury, but has dropped below the likes of Riley, Taylor and Ness since then. Letheren did put in a few excellent individual performances, but had many more average performances than fans tend to remember. His average rating does exceed that of Macey's, but his restricted game-time leaves him in a position from which he cannot overtake his rival for the #1 shirt.
The bottom five mostly consists of players who have both played infrequently AND been unspectacular when they have played. The one exception here is Oscar Threlkeld who has played very few games but been mostly above averge. As seen by the below table, he is climbing the ladder and should expect to climb into the top fifteen by the season's end.
Plymouth Argyle's player rankings
1. Ruben LAMEIRAS 24.31 –
2. Graham CAREY 23.93 –
3. Niall CANAVAN 22.20 –
4. Antoni SARCEVIC 22.11 –
5. Ryan EDWARDS 21.74 –
6. David FOX 21.58 –
7. Freddie LADAPO 21.51 –
8. Matt MACEY 21.50 –
9. Yann SONGO'O 20.85 –
10. Ashley SMITH-BROWN 20.48 –
11. Gary SAWYER 19.13 ⇑ (+1)
12. Jamie NESS 18.99 ⇓ (-1)
13. Joel GRANT 17.52 –
14. Ryan TAYLOR 17.36 –
15. Joe RILEY 15.31 –
16. Kyle LETHEREN 15.21 –
17. Tafari MOORE 14.99 –
18. Conor GRANT 14.51 –
19. Oscar THRELKELD 12.86 ⇑ (+1)
20. Stuart O'KEEFE 12.39 ⇓ (-1)
21. Peter GRANT 12.32 ⇓ (-1)
22. Scott WOOTTON 11.71 –
23. Gregg WYLDE 9.40 –
23. Lloyd JONES 6.00 ⇑ (+1)
So, how will the table look after matchday 46? Graham Carey would need to do something special to overhaul Lameiras at this stage but stranger things have happened. Meanwhile, Sarcevic or Edwards could nab themselves a podium place and maybe, just maybe, Paul Anderson may play long enough to actually get a ranking.
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Before Murang'a co-operatives commissioned their own mills, milling and marketing of coffee was a pain for Murang'a County farmers.
However, today competition has intensified among marketers but, sadly, production has declined. Last year, Murang'a produced 35 million kilogrammes of coffee, a big drop as the county averaged 50 million kilogrammes in the 1990s.
Coffee farmers received an average of Sh34 per kilo last year although marketing agents had offered them an advance of Sh20 with an expectation of Sh40 full payment.
An agent of a miller revealed that they expected the prices to decline this year following fluctuation on the international market and that farmers were being advanced on the basis of an expected final pay of Sh30.
"We are cautious not to give a lot of money as advance as the prices have been fluctuating steadily," said the agent.
Last year, Murang'a Farmers Co-operative Union acquired a Sh40 milling plant, which opened up fresh wounds that saw commercial millers embark on campaigns to advance co-operatives inputs including chemicals and fertilisers to bind them under their umbrella.
The Eastern Aberdare Coffee Cooperative Mills (Ecomill) located in Maragua town appears to have however received overwhelming support from cooperative societies even as the commercial millers intensified their campaigns promising better take-home for farmers.
Murang'a County Agro Marketing and Cooperatives Secretary Edward Muiruri said they would support Ecomill to purchase roasting machines as part of value-addition chain for better returns.
"We are committed to ensuring that Murang'a coffee farmers sell their coffee directly to the buyers instead of passing through the marketers.
"In the next financial year a roasting plant will be made available to ensure our coffee goes directly to the shop shelf," Muiruri told a co-operative stakeholders' forum.
He urged farmers to ensure annual meetings to approve milling contracts are not politicised but used to ensure farmers get the best deal.
Murang'a Farmers Cooperative Union General Manager Ephantus Wanjohi said Ecomill wanted to stay ahead of profit-driven private millers.
Wanjohi said 'mbuni', the coffee picked at the end of the harvesting period and delivered for milling, had fetched an average of Sh90 per kilogramme in top performing factories.
"We are expecting to pay more than what the millers have offered as we have reduced milling charges and other costs. The mill belongs to the farmers, why charge more if some of the expenditures can be lowered," asked Wanjohi.