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Recognition of the State of Palestine – Statement by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Letter from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Letter dated 29 August 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
I have the honour to inform you that the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has decided to formally recognize the State of Palestine. Attached herewith is the statement issued, on 29 August 2011, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, informing of the decision (see annex).
It would be appreciated if the present letter and its attachment could be circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda items 36 and 37, and of the Security Council.
(Signed) Camillo M. Gonsalves
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
Annex to the letter dated 29 August 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Statement by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in recognition of the State of Palestine
The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has today decided to formally recognize the State of Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign State.
This decision is in keeping with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' long-standing and unwavering solidarity with, and commitment to, the just and legitimate aspirations of the people of Palestine for the exercise of their right to self-determination and to achieve a homeland of their own, independent, free, prosperous and at peace, and our advocacy over the years for a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the people of Israel and Palestine living side by side in their free and independent countries in peace, prosperity and harmony and within secure and internationally recognized borders.
It is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' hope that the increasing recognition of the State of Palestine will contribute to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the creation of lasting peace and stability in the region. While many core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear: a viable Palestine and a secure Israel. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines believes that negotiations on these core issues must acknowledge the existence of two States, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both States. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves and reach their potential in a sovereign and contiguous State.
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ORLANDO, FL – FAIRWINDS Credit Union will remain the student banking services provider for the University of Central Florida (UCF) for at least the next five years, extending a partnership that began in 2012.
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Fresca's new Black Cherry flavor.
I don't know about you, but sipping on a cocktail while listening to my favorite tunes with friends is a tasty fall pastime. That's why this month, I was excited to partner with Fresca and their three new fall flavors to create five fall cocktails you can enjoy. Try these tongue-tingling mixes for your next pumpkin carving party with Fresca's new citrus, black cherry, and peach citrus flavors. Make sure to comment on my Instagram post here with your fave fall cocktail recipes too!
Fresh slices of orange, lemon, apple, grapefruit, or lime for a citrus kick!
Fresh slices of orange or pineapple if you're feeling extra!
One or two maraschino cherries for fun!
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We take our tequila drinking very seriously, so every year we head on down to Mexico to sample and handpick our very own custom barrels right from Casa Herradura to share with you. These barrels are exclusive to our locations and you won't find them anywhere else.
Ruben Aceves is our dear friend & International Brand Ambassador for Herradura. He will be on site, along with Brown Forman's National Account Manager Guy Leone, to celebrate all things Herradura and talk about our latest barrel, My Own Private Room. This event is a unique opportunity to talk all things tequila with world-renowned experts and spend intimate time with two incredible people.
Event tickets include authentic Mexican-inspired buffet spread and two drink tickets.
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Nor is my boat in the midstream..
O, how could money ever sell me..
Tomorrow I'll become his walking stick too..
I'll come back home with grain only..
I don't need such a partner..
Listen, this is the time to say no..
How can money sell me!
then why waste money on a couple of customs?
We weave relations, willing for love..
Why should we bear greed for a couple of such relations..
that marriage alone is the book of all records?
Listen, this only is the time to say no..
How can money sell me..
How can money ever sell me!
Firstly I want to thank and congratulate you for the efforts you are putting in explaining the meaning of the songs!
Secondly, I want to point out some small mistakes in the lyrics.
In the 4th para as mentioned in here, I don't think it is "do rasmon" and "Do rishton". Though it's a bit unclear, it seems to be "To rasmon" and "Wo rishton".
I also have doubt in "Ratiya si bharungi" in the last para!
Rest all is great! Kudos!
what a song...this much excellency possible only b'cos of Mr.Perfectionist?
A very beautiful and sensible song..Great work..!!
People who write meaning normally go word-by word and sometimes lose the beauty of the narration.
Yours was perfect. Just what it should be. Good job.
good composition,superb lyrics n excellent singing,hats off to three of you n ofcourse aamir!!!
Nor am I a boat in midstream..
Tomorrow I'll be his walking cane too..
I'll surely come back home with grain ..
Is the kind of partner I can do without..
Listen this is the right time to say no.
why waste money on meaningless rituals?
I desire love to be the bond between hearts..
Is something that I don't want..
Listen, this is the right time to say no..
Good this to be clear here only girl is not equal to money to buy OR sell. NICE SONG KEEP IT UP.
I would first thank you for posting the meaning of these lyrics for those who do not understand Hindi.
Instead of 'Aise Saajan ki Mujko Zaroorath Nahi'.
Thank you and please make the corrections all the same.


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Save the Pallas's Cat!
Pallas's Cat facts
Mongolian Name: Manul
Population estimate: 58000 mature individuals
Distribution: 13 countries ranging from Armenia (westernmost) to Mongolia (easternmost)
Habitat preference: rocky areas
Elevation: 440-5900
Generation length: 3.6 years
Weight: approximatively 3 kg
Project implementation country: Mongolia
Institutes implementing the Project: Wildlife Initiative, Southern Illinois University, Mongolian Academy of Science
Project partners: Manul Working Group - Pallas's Cat International Conservation Alliance
Supporting partners:
Few studies have been conducted on Pallas cat ecology and no rigorous population estimation has ever been conducted for this species in Mongolia. However, estimating the Pallas's cat population in the country is the main mean to develop species conservation programs. Our team of researchers addressed the first rigorous population estimation in the Central Mongolian steppe, using a Spatial Capture-Recapture analysis on data collected with camera traps. Through an on-the-ground work of local herders we were able to collect data across the year enabling a constant population monitoring and a deep understanding of the species ecology. We aim to extend our work across the country focusing on the Pallas's cat key areas in order to ensure a viable population in Mongolia.
THE THREATS
The main threat to Pallas's cat conservation are livestock, illegal poaching and habitat loss. Livestock presence can result in a negative impact on the Pallas's cat due to exploitation of pastures which causes a reduction of food availability for small mammals such as lagomorphs and rodents, that, in turn, represents an essential trophic resource for the Palla's cat. In addition, herding dogs and human-killings are one of the major causes of mortality of the Pallas's cats. This species is also hunted for its fur and for a traditional medicine. Moreover, human activities such as the development of mining, are reducing the suitable habitat for this species. Given the aforementioned concerns, conservationists and scientists involved in Pallas's cat conservation agree that more concrete, effective and urgent actions are required to halt these negative trends.
WHERE YOUR DONATION GOES
Since we have engaged 12 local herders' families as field assistants, we give them an alternative income, which could help reducing their livestock production. Moreover, the more camera traps we buy, the more we can increase our study area, which will allow us to make a more robust population estimation at both a regional and national level. This will also allow us to analyze species seasonal activities, which is a precious information for the development of an effective conservation program. For instance, by knowing the Pallas's cat peak activity hours, we will be able to regulate the use of pastureland, hence avoid the presence of shepherd dogs during those sensitive hours. Finally, radio-collars are essential to map den-sites, thus to protect the Pallas's cat from shepherd dogs by reducing the exploitation of those areas during weaning and building dog proof-corrals where necessary.
"The natural dynamics of the ecosystem in Mongolia have been ensured over thousands of years by the nomadic traditional lifestyle. Only when we will be able to keep these same conditions, wildlife will be safe."

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Ranking The New Orleans Saints Head Coaches During The Super Bowl Era
Date: March 11, 2019Author: Dustin James 0 Comments
There's no need for an introduction anymore. By now, you know what we're doing here. We are taking every single NFL franchise and ranking every head coach that they've hired during the Super Bowl era.
Get it?
Now, up next……
Let's Rank All Of The New Orleans Saints Head Coaches
10. J.D. Roberts
Years Coached: 1970-1972
Total Games Coached: 35
Win/Loss/Tie Record: 7-25-3
If you're relatively new to the NFL game, you may not know that for the most part, the New Orleans Saints have been somewhat of a miserable NFL franchise. Sure, they have experienced a ton of success lately under Sean Payton, but how many people are aware that the Saints were in the NFL FOR NINTEEN YEARS BEFORE POSTING A RECORD BETTER THAN 8-8???? I'm not joking guys. When they first arrived in the NFL, the Saints were cellar dwellers and they had a hard time getting out from under that moniker. During that time span, the Saint had ten different head coaches (some of them serving on an interim basis) and let's just go ahead and get all those bums out-of-the-way right now. First up? J.D. Roberts. The second ever head coach in Saints history. He coached the Saints for 2 1/2 seasons and his best season was a 4-8-2 year. This was J.D. Roberts only job ever as a head coach on any level in football. After the Saints fired him, he quit football and started an oil company. Suck on that one Saints.
9. Hank Stram
Win/Loss/Tie Record: 7-21
Hank Stram was a legendary Super Bowl winning coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. After his tenure with the Chiefs was over in 1974, Stram should've retired. He didn't though and decided to keep coaching. In 1976, he joined the New Orleans Saints in hopes of turning that franchise around. The Saints had been in the NFL for almost ten years at that point and had yet to experience a winning season. Stram had a lot success in the NFL, so if anyone could get the franchise turned around, it would be him. Wellllllllll, unfortunately that never came to fruition. After two extremely disappointing seasons as Saints head coach, Stram's time was up, but not before he went out with a blaze. Stram's last game as Saints head coach was a horrible loss against a Buccaneers team that was previously on a 26-game losing streak! Stram was so reportedly upset with the loss that he reportedly burned the game film. Maybe he should have just burned the franchise down instead?
8. Tom Fears
Win/Loss/Tie Record: 13-34-2
It's never easy taking over as head coach for an NFL expansion team and Tom Fears found that out the hard way. Fears was a long-time player and assistant coach who took the job as Saints head coach after one year in Atlanta as an assistant (the Falcons went 2-12 that year). Fears knew it was going to be a tough job, but I don't think he had any idea just how hard it would be turning the Saints into a winning team. After 3 1/2 miserable seasons under Fears, the Saints decided to move on and Fears never became a head coach in the NFL again.
7. Mike Ditka
Win/Loss/Tie Record: 15-33
It was supposed to go better than this. After getting fired by the Bears in 1992, Mike Ditka took a few years off from coaching to try his hands in other things. The Saints managed to surprise everyone when they hired Ditka in 1997. Ditka was a Super Bowl winning coach for the Chicago Bears who was taking over the reigns of a franchise that only had five total winning seasons and ZERO PLAYOFF WINS since joining the NFL. If anyone could get this thing turned around, Ditka was the man to do it. Unfortunately, that never happened. Ditka spent three seasons in New Orleans. His teams never went better than 6-10 and the Saints fired literally EVERYONE following the 3-13 season in 1999. At least he'll always have his time in Chicago to look back on though….
6. John North
John North was a longtime assistant coach who was hired as the third head coach in New Orleans Saints history in 1973. At the time, the Saints had been in the NFL for six seasons and had yet to experience a winning season. After two and a half seasons with North at the helm, the Saints had been in the NFL for eight and a half seasons and had yet to experience a winning season. See what I did there?
5. Dick Nolan
Dick Nolan. What a great head of hair.
4. Bum Phillips
Total Games Coached: 69 (nice)
If I was ranking coaches just based on appearance and how cool they are, Bum Phillips would always be #1. Phillips was a legendary defensive coach who was former head coach of the Houston Oilers when the Saints hired him in 1981 to turn their franchise's fortunes around. At the time of his hire, the Saints had been in the NFL for 13 years and had never made it to the playoffs. Too say the Saints were desperate to get this thing turned around would be putting it mildly. Phillips was coming off a very successful stint as Oilers head coach and Saints fans were jacked for the hire, but tell me if you've heard this story before? The Saints hire a guy who had success elsewhere to turn their franchise around and he fails to do exactly that. There was a curse on the New Orleans Saints in the 90's and no one could win.
3. Jim Haslett
Jim Haslett was an assistant coach in the NFL for numerous teams when he finally got his big break when the Saints hired him as head coach in 2000. Haslett's job wasn't going to be easy though. Not only was he taking over a team that hadn't had a winning season in eight years, but he was taking over a team that HAD NEVER WON A PLAYOFF GAME! Think about that for a second. When the Saints hired Haslett in 2000, they had been in the NFL for almost 33 years AND HAD ZERO PLAYOFF SUCCESS!!!!! Enter: Jim Haslett. In just his first year as Saints head coach, Haslett's team went 10-6, won a division title for only the second time in franchise history, AND THEY ACTUALLY WON A PLAYOFF GAME Y'ALL! No joke! It took the city of New Orleans almost 35 years to see their football team win a playoff game, but Jim Haslett was the man who finally made that happen. Now, after this season, Haslett's team started to regress and he was fired after the 2005 season, but we'll always have that first playoff win.
2. Jim Mora
Total Games Coached: 167
Jim Mora Sr. was the first head coach in New Orleans Saints history to have success. He's the first coach in Saints history to lead his team to the playoffs (even though they never won in the post-season). He's the first head coach in Saints history to win a division title. With 167 games under his belt, he's the second longest tenured coach as well as the second winningest coach in team history. You can definitely tell from reading this list that the New Orleans Saints have had a rough time hiring head coaches in their franchise's history. It's pretty sad that Jim Mora never won a playoff game in New Orleans and he would be the best head coach in New Orleans history if it wasn't for this guy…….
1. Sean Payton
Years Coached: 2006-present
Win/Loss/Tie Record: 118-74
The G.O.A.T. of head coaching when it comes to the New Orleans Saints. Sean Payton is easily the winningest coach in Saints history. His 8-6 record in the playoffs absolutely blows every other Saints coach out of the water. His teams have also won five division titles (four more than any other head coach), an NFC Championship, and oh yeah…..SUPER BOWL XLIV! I don't think people respect what Sean Payton has done in New Orleans enough. The Saints are a miserable NFL franchise who lucked into hiring Payton and trading for Drew Brees and they've reaped the benefits. Every few years or so, the front office likes to flirt with the idea of firing Payton and hitting the reset button once again. I highly suggest Saints officials read this column anytime they get that inclination in the future……
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High School Teacher Prepares Students for Futures
High School Teacher Prepares Students for Futures in Construction
"Career by choice, not by chance." It's the motto of Big Lake Schools in Big Lake, Minnesota, some 40 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. Big Lake Schools has a program to ensure that one of the career choices to be considered is in construction trades and technology. Matt Vogel, Technology Education Instructor and Work-Based Learning Coordinator, credits his principal, Bob Dockendorf, with planting the seed of the program a few years ago in a meeting with the superintendent of schools at that time. Now with a new superintendent but the same principal, Matt says the first year of the program has gone very well.
"We have seven students enrolled, and they have interest in several areas related to construction," says Vogel. One wants to be a civil engineer, another is attracted to construction technology (GNSS machine control, site communication, drone mapping, and modeling, etc.), while others want to be operators or service technicians. "Big Lake is a community of working families. These kids go home after school and work on their pickup trucks, snowmobiles, and ATVs. They're not sitting in the house playing video games." Vogel himself has experience as an equipment operator at a family sand pit operation in his youth.
And it's not just the kids who see the value of construction trades; the entire community lines up to support the program. "Veit and RDO Equipment provided compact excavators for students to train on. PCiRoads provided jersey barriers to separate work areas on site. Brenteson Companies helped with permitting, stormwater management, inspections, among similar tasks." Because the schoolwork site is larger than one acre, the State required full permitting; there was no exemption just because it was a school project. (Veit is a local specialty contractor. RDO is a local John Deere and Vermeer dealer. PCiRoads does concrete, infrastructure and specialty contracting. Brenteson does earthwork, commercial utilities, and selective demolition, among other work.)
Local 49 of the Union of Operating Engineers provided two simulators for classroom use. "It's hard to get visitors onto active construction sites, and nearly impossible to get minors on site. The simulators have been essential to our training program," says Vogel. "The 49ers also provide access to online training for students." While the program is open to all students, the advanced portion of operating equipment on site is open only to seniors. The simulators and online training help younger students prepare for their senior year in the program.
The model for the program is the "3E" plan of Exposure (making students aware of non-traditional career options), Exploration (including 1 or 2 field trips per month), and Experience. The Experience component includes on-the-job training and youth apprenticeships with area construction firms. "In these positions, students are employees of these firms and often receive benefits, such as 401k plans," says Vogel. "In many cases, employers offer tuition reimbursement for employees having a year or more with the company who want to pursue advanced education in construction and related fields."
Vogel hastens to point out that Big Lake Schools provides training for construction trades not in place of a traditional career path but in addition to those traditional considerations. "I'm happy to tell students that teaching has been a great career for me and that you can't get into teaching without at least a four-year degree. We're not discouraging other career choices but we are helping students realize there is a broad range of choices beyond what they may have otherwise considered and which may be a better match for their interests and personalities."
Vogel says too often students get into a career because the choice seems inevitable. "Their parents are farmers, or an aunt is a teacher or a cousin is in insurance so by default students take the path they've become familiar with their whole lives. That may work out for them, but it often does not. Even if it's workable, it may not be optimal. We want to help students find their optimal careers."
In other words, careers by choice, not by chance.
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Regardless of your vantage point during a rocket launch, it's impossible to see the whole thing. If you're on the ground then you can only see the rocket take off, if you're on the International Space Station then you can only see the payload arrive, and if you're inside the rocket then you have a terrible view of the whole thing.
So it's cool to see a lot of these different viewpoints during a specific launch all put together. Case in point, a recent launch of a Soyuz rocket from Russia's Roscosmos sent three new astronauts to the ISS (Serena Auñón-Chancellor from NASA, Sergey Prokopyev from Roscosmos, and Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency) to take over for three astronauts who recently returned to Earth.
While that stuffed astronaut dog will join the guitars and other fun stuff onboard, the three new astronauts will take part in much of the scientific research that goes onboard the ISS.
The next launch to the ISS won't be until later this summer, when SpaceX sends a Dragon capsule to the ISS containing various supplies. Currently, only Soyuz rockets are used to transport humans to the ISS - SpaceX founder Elon Musk is hoping that this will change soon, and some tests between NASA and SpaceX for manned Falcon 9 launches will begin this year.


The prime example for a full automation at GEISS is our newly designed series TT-in-one.
The TT-in-one series is a unique system which combines thermoforming machine, feeder and CNC equipment into a single unit. The reason fort he name ist the "t" for thermoforming machine and the "t" for "trimming-device".
This fully automatic plant gives users 2 decisive edge over competitors. The in-process stock (between thermoforming machine and CNC machine) is no longer required and the automation ensures a more uniform quality of the products.
Thermoforming machine, CNC trimming station and automatic part handling are the essential components of a production line conceived by GEISS to manufacture planting tables up to 6.3 m long. So far these tables were made by gluing together several formed parts in order to achieve bigger dimensions. One of the problems in the design was to feed these long formed parts every 100 seconds from the thermoforming machine to the CNC machine and to remove them again from the machine after trimming. Furthermore, the formed parts had to be turned manually through 180° which was very awkward likewise. This difficulty could be overcome by the line devised by GEISS in accordance with the TT-in-one concept.
This approach to automation which comprises all steps from heating the plastic sheets up to stacking the vacuum formed parts is based on a double magnetic path that is also used as primary part for linear rmotors. This path is used by three waggons driven by linear rmotors to travel one by one into the CNC station.
The first feeding unit operates as a transfer station that takes the formed parts by from the thermoforming machine and puts them onto the supporting mould of the trimming station. The second waggon carries a CNC trimming head to trim the mouldings 3 mm thick which can be replaced by an ultrasonic cutting head for thinner mouldings. After trimming, the third feeding unit removes the mouldings and takes them to the unloading station where they are turned through 180° to enable stacking. Finally the stacks are removed by a fork lift truck.
An essential advantage is the improved precision in the interaction of thermoforming and CNC-trimming. Due to smaller temperature differences the product materials are less affected by stress and last longer when being further processed.
no limitation to length due to the system, hence available for any size (due to the parametric principle, in the same way as for the thermoforming machines and CNC trimming machines).


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Q: Out of memory exception when receiving large amounts of data on TCP connection I have an application that receives data from GPRS clients in the field on a TCP connection. From time to time the GPRS client devices loses connection and buffers the data, when the connection is restored all the buffered data is send to the TCP connection, cauing my application to throw a System.OutOfMemoryException.
I presume this is because the data received is bigger than my buffer size (which is set to int.MaxValue).

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*How do I prevent my application to run out of memory?

*How do I make sure that I do not lose any of the incomming data?

Below is the code used to listen for, and  handle incomming data
public void Listen(string ip, int port)
{
    _logger.Debug("All.Tms.SensorDataServer : SensorDataListener : Listen");

    try
    {
        var listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Parse(ip), port);
        listener.Start();

        while (true)
        {
            var client = listener.AcceptTcpClient();
            client.SendBufferSize = int.MaxValue;

            var thread = new Thread(() => ReadAndHandleIncommingData(client));
            thread.IsBackground = true;
            thread.Start();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        _logger.Error("TMS.Sensor.SensorDataServer : SensorDataListener : Error : ", ex);
    }
}

and
private void ReadAndHandleIncommingData(TcpClient connection)
{
     try
     {
         var stream = connection.GetStream();
         var data = new byte[connection.ReceiveBufferSize];

         var bytesRead = stream.Read(data, 0, System.Convert.ToInt32(connection.ReceiveBufferSize));

         var sensorDataMapper = new SensorDataMapperProvider().Get(data);

         if (sensorDataMapper != null)
         {
             _sensorDataHandler.Handle(sensorDataMapper.Map(data));
         }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        _logger.Error("TMS.Sensor.SensorDataServer : SensorDataListener : ReadAndHandleIncommingData : Error : ", ex);
    }
    finally
    {
        try
        {
            connection.Close();
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            _logger.Error("All.Tms.SensorDataServer : SensorDataListener : ReadAndHandleIncommingData : Error : ", ex);
        }
    }
}

A: About buffers
OutOfMemoryExceptions are thrown when there is no sequential memory left.
In your case, that means connection.ReceiveBufferSize is too big to keep in memory in one piece. Not because the data received is bigger than your buffer size.
You can use a smaller, fixed buffer to get the received bytes, append it somewhere and use the same buffer to receive the rest of the data, until you have it all.
One thing to look out for is the collection you use to store the received data. You can't use List<byte> for example because it stores its elements in a single array under the hood which makes no difference than getting everything in one go - like you do now.
You can see MemoryTributary, a stream implementation meant to replace MemoryStream. You can copy your stream to this one and keep it as a stream. This page also contains a lot of information that can help you understand the causes of the OutOfMemoryExceptions.
In addition, I wrote a buffer manager to provide fixed sized buffers a while ago. You can find that in Code Review, here.
About threads
Creating a thread for every single connection is brutal. They cost you 1 MB each so you should either use ThreadPool or better, IOCP (via asynchronous methods of the Socket class).
You may want to look into these for common pitfalls and best practices about socket programming:

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*Stephen Cleary (the blog) | TCP/IP .NET Sockets FAQ

*Stack Overflow | How to write a scalable Tcp/Ip based server

*Code Project | C# SocketAsyncEventArgs High Performance Socket Code

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Uglow quickly gained a reputation as an "artist's artist." Working in series that evolved slowly over decades, he always remained faithful to his central vision and his practice was unaffected by the increasingly commercial demands of the art scene in the 1980s and 1990s. His paintings revolve around a subtle dialogue between notions of center and edge, and are executed gradually, with several layers of paint. They appear at once calm and dynamic, and simultaneously suggest emptiness and ground.
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The Gambia – the Smiling Coast, to use the term beloved of a million travel agents – is indeed one of the friendliest countries in the world. But the smiles of this friendly nation did not come easily. With a complex history dating back to Roman times, The Gambia has been subject to colonial rule by the Portuguese, the Germans, the French and the British, before finally gaining independence in 1965.
The Fight for Freedom
After centuries of colonisation, The Gambia finally achieved independence in 1965. Following a period of civil unrest, military officer (and later President) Yahyah Jammeh took control in a military coup in 1994. There he remained until being voted out of office in 2016. The handover was not without difficulties, caused by the now-former President's refusal to accept the results of the election in which he was voted out of office. Some months of confusion followed. The newly-elected President-in-waiting Adama Barrow fled to neighbouring Senegal for his own safety, where he was duly sworn into office as the President of The Gambia.
The scales were finally tipped by the voice of Gambian youth. They united under the social media hashtag of #GambiaHasDecided, and voluble street protests ensued. One of the key moments of the movement happened during the OpenMicFest 2016 when artists saw their chance to use their power as musicians and to spread their democratic opinions. Finally persuaded that his time was over, Jammeh departed in early 2017. President Adama Barrow was sworn in, this time in the country's capital Banjul, and was appointed to a 5-year term. The world congratulated The Gambia upon achieving a rare bloodless revolution.
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Home to a diverse and multi-cultural society with many ethnic groups, The Gambian tribal groups are today integrated and all tribal lineages thoroughly intermixed. Today's Gambia is a mosaic of overlapping cultures.
It was a thoughtful Swedish tour operator who was responsible for The Gambia's success and reputation as an accessible tourist destination. After accidentally ending up in The Gambia following some personal mishaps in Senegal, Bertil Harding was inspired in the 60s to sell the combination of a traditional beach holiday blended with African culture and hospitality to his fellow countrymen. And this he did – Swedes began to turn up in droves. Today, the country deals with over 250,000 tourist visitors per year, thanks to its location and proximity to Europe, with tourism bringing in about 20% of GDP.
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The main airport is in the capital city of Banjul, and it is in this coastal area that the majority of hotels and tourist amenities are to be found. Inland, on the north bank of the River Gambia, lies Juffureh, the town that came to prominence when American author Alex Haley wrote his best-selling TV-adapted novel, Roots.
Beach lovers will be thrilled by Sangyang Beach, considered by many to be the best beachfront in all of The Gambia. Nature lovers will find much to appreciate at the Kachikally Crocodile Pool and the Makasutu Culture Forest, a private woodland reserve dedicated to ecotourism. And there's the Bijilo Forest Park (or Monkey Park), the Tanji River Bird Reserve – six square miles of savannah habitats and marine wetland – and the Abuko Nature Reserve, which is the nearest tropical forest to Europe.
Historians will delight in visiting the old colonial administrative hub Janjangbureh, on MacCarthy Island in the Gambia River and those keen on prehistoric times will be fascinated by the Wassu stone circles, believed to be the burial sites of ancient kings and chiefs and dating back to 750-1000 AD.
Strengthening Gambian cultural industry
In Senegal, the German Goethe-Institut keeps a protective eye on its neighbour. With the goal of supporting, strengthening and developing Gambian expertise in the cultural and creative industries, the Goethe-Institut has undertaken variety of initiatives focusing upon strengthening and supporting young entrepreneurs and self-starters in the Gambian creative economy. These initiatives aim to strengthen Gambian cultural industry by providing training and practical experience in cultural management, technology, acquisition of business skills and access to creative networks and mentors.
In providing training and enabling the development of entrepreneurial knowledge, the Goethe-Institut aims to create new forms of national and international cooperation and develop new business models and innovative actions within the cultural and creative industries.
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Golfer Michelle Wie and Warriors exec Jonnie West marry in star-studded ceremony
Michelle Wie and Jonnie West married in Beverly Hills on Aug. 10, 2019.
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Golfer Michelle Wie and Warriors director of basketball operations Jonnie West tied the knot in a lavish Beverly Hills ceremony over the weekend.
West, who is the son of Lakers legend Jerry, and the former Stanford star brought the athletic A-list to the reception, which was hosted at a private home. Stephen Curry was reportedly in attendance, as were LPGA pros Danielle Kang, Jessica Korda, Marina Alex, Alison Lee and Alison Walshe.
They also had a sports touch in their attire: West wore a pair of custom-made pink-and-black Nikes with his tux.
The pair went public with their relationship in January, and West proposed on the Lyon Street Steps in San Francisco in March. The Golf Channel reports the pair plan to make their home in San Francisco, where West is based with the team.
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Wie turned pro as a 15-year-old and later attended Stanford University, although she was not eligible for the golf team there because of her professional status. She graduated Stanford in 2012.
After attending West Virginia, West was hired as the director of basketball operations and advance scout for the Warriors' G-League affiliate in Santa Cruz. In 2013, he was promoted to associate general manager before becoming the Warriors' director of player programs in 2015.
In 2017, he was promoted to director of basketball operations.
Wie has been fighting injuries for the past few years. In 2017, she was in a car accident that hurt her wrist and, despite surgery, her pain has not abated. In late June, Wie announced on Instagram she was taking off the rest of the season to rest and heal.
"After doing everything I could to play this year, I have made the decision to take the rest of the year off from competitive golf. My team and I believe that this will give me the best chance to finally get healthy," she wrote.
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By Omair Zeeshan Published: February 27, 2011
We have come a long way with Internet connectivity.
My phone today is exactly as powerful as the brand new computer I bought 12 years ago.
It is not just processor power; we have come a long way with Internet connectivity as well. The Internet speed I get on my mobile phone today is faster than my dial-up internet speed ten years ago.
Terrorists, militants and fundamentalists have obviously not slowed down the advent of technology in Pakistan.
I can order books online from Kitabain.com and pay on delivery. I can buy anything else on homeshopping.pk and beliscity.com and do the same with nearly anything except groceries.
It may not matter to most people, but my computer games have graphics which look better than Pixar's 3d movie masterpiece, Toy Story. My Nintendo Wii allows me to play hockey, tennis and do a lot of other embarrassing things right at my home.
We may not have the fancy new 3G internet on our mobile phones. But remembering the good old days when I had to wait an hour to download a tiny mp3 really puts things into perspective.
Also, you might not remember it, but a friend and I were reminiscing about all the Trojans and backdoors that he had used to mess around with people. Lucky for you, these intrusive computing programs that allowed Internet users incredibly easy access to your machine, are no more. This is mainly because Microsoft fixed up the incredibly shoddy security on its earlier operating systems.
Also, it took very little time for the 3D cinema to come to Pakistan. I never really expected it to happen.
Sometimes, things need to be put into perspective. People in Pakistan never really realised that despite everything that has happened, we have more or less kept up with the developing world in terms of their most important technological developments.
Bickering governments, exploding suicide bombers, and 23 years of martial law have come and gone. It did nothing to technology in Pakistan. Trust me, the only good news is tech news.
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The first thing I did was colour every second cycle, starting with the one I'm on now... Each row has four columns standing for Last Menstrual Period (so the date from which my last cycle started), the Estimated Date of Delivery, calculated from my LMP (and based on a 27 day cycle, which I usually have), then I added 12 days, because that's how long I went over with Bryn who was my only natural commencement of labour baby), and the last column shows how old each of the boys will be in years/months.
The Stars show which cycles would be great, and two stars show my ideal cycle.
Sif, thank you for posting this so I know I'm not the only nut who thinks like this!!! LOL Your chart is prettier than mine though!
Wow, you are a crazy cool cat! That is sure some elaborate way of procrastinating Uni work LOL! I love it! I would never ever in a million years thought to draw up a chart like that - but I LOIKE it! And I agree, it is pretty too!


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What aspects of the product do they value and are willing to pay for?
What product factors influence repeat business?
Without data on these we risk focusing on improving wrong aspects of user experience. Wrong because those do not affect customer buying decisions or their value perception. Take for instance a widely read short piece on user experience by Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt of NetFlix.
Neil makes a case why the toiletries at hotels are poorly designed and present bad user experience. He describes the profile of user (wears glasses) and context (about to take bath) and puts forth a recommendation. He goes on to make design recommendations for better user experience. Makes sense.
But have we answered the six questions on customers? Take for instance the question of how these customers make buying decisions. How many travelers – leisure or business – do you think will make a buying decision based on user experience of shampoo bottles?
Answering this or the list of six questions is not difficult. We have several methods at our disposal like ethnographic research, conjoint analysis or randomized trials (like AB testing) to get customers to reveal their preferences.
Before getting that crucial data why go down the path of optimizing user experience of one small part of the lifecycle? At best you please those who are already your rabid fans and at worse you incur huge opportunity cost of not focusing on the the right things that drive adoption and grow business.
For instance, an observational study may reveal customers assign more value to check-in process and free breakfast over shampoo bottles at the bathroom. You may be delivering better experience with design change but won't move the needle on what matters.
User experience is indeed key but leading with it is same as leading with technology (feeds and speeds). Start with the customer and answer the key questions before solving the wrong problem.


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This Arkansas Court Case, a "Constitutional Question" is the first of it's kind ever filed in Arkansas and is a civil action seeking to END CANNABIS/Marijuana PROHIBITION and protect his 2nd Amendment Rights in Arkansas and was filed Nov. 30, 2016.
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This Arkansas Court Case, a "Constitutional Question" is a civil action seeking to END CANNABIS/Marijuana PROHIBITION and protect Mr Reeds 2nd Amendment Rights in Arkansas and was filed November 30, 2016 with THE 20TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CIRCUIT COURT OF ARKANSAS, located in Clinton Arkansas.
Mr Reed personally delivered the filing of the action to the Governor of Arkansas's Chief Counsel, Mr Justin Tate the following day, December 1, 2016 at the office of the Governor in Little Rock.
Robert Reed is a well known Disabled Veteran, "Cannabis Activist", producer of Talk Cannabis and Politics in Arkansas and is acting as his own counsel in this matter, as he was unable after two years to find legal representation that he could afford. He has named his action the "Cannabis Court Challenge" with #ArCCC.
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Galeries Lafayette Department Store / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
© Vincent Fillon
https://www.archdaily.com/550754/galeries-lafayette-department-store-manuelle-gautrand-architecture
Gallery, Renovation, Store
Architects: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Photographs :Vincent Fillon
Structural and glass Engineer : TESS
Light Conception Agency : ON
Structural And Glass Engineering : Tess
Mne : OTE Ingénierie
Coordination : Buro3
Fire And Security Regulations : Socotec
Client : Citynove For The Galeries Lafayette Group
Client Assistant : O2c Conseil
City : Metz
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Text description provided by the architects. Located Place de la République, the Galeries Lafayette building has undergone a real transformaton, symbol of the city center's metamorphosis in Metz and realized by architect Manuelle Gautrand.
Reflectng the economic and social changes of the 19th century, the Department Stores, through their commercial and architectural boldness, are a part of the history of a city. In Metz, the Galeries Lafayette have then been a vector of the city's image, contributing to its touristic and commercial dynamic and successively reflecting its different times.
Built in the 1980's, the building – a true landmark in Metz – had to evolve in order to adapt to the new values of the Galeries Lafayette and to become a reference, both on the commercial and on the architectural level. Singular and remarkable element in the urban landscape of the city, the architect has focused on this urban scale of the building and referred to the symbolic aspect of Department Stores to give it a new image and identity.
Clothed in a stone facade, relatively cold and without any window or opening- except in its lower part – the existing building had entrances and vitrines that were not very generous. In order to transform the image of this building, visible from the other side of the square and to turn it into a signal or
landmark for passersby, the architect decided to preserve the stone façade, with interesting classical ornamental features and to concentrate on its lower part, space where the public circulates.
A canopy revisited like an origami
With the objective to reconnect with the history of the Galeries Lafayette, Manuelle Gautrand chose to create a canopy as a reference to the exceptional glassworks that were built in the early 20th century. The project has been organized around this overhanging façade that revisits in a contemporary manner a strong symbol of the Department Stores.
In a large ethereal movement of pleated glass, the canopy runs along the three facades of the building, on a total length of 120 meters. To echo the stone that it enhances and to refer to the Galeries Lafayette, the architect chose a red colored canopy which width varies from 2.30 meters to 5.30 meters, using a can􏰁lever of 7.40 meters at the angle of the building; the height from the ground varies from 3.50 meters at its lowest point, to 11 meters at its highest.
Made of two tempered and laminated glass, in between which are enclosed four layers of red film – necessary to obtain the intensity of red desired – the canopy, 22 millimeters thick overall, finds a rhythm through a series of folds that are assembled with one another in a large wave-like movement. This long flight of glass starts at one side of the store, on Winston Churchill Street, then rises gradually up to the angle and main entrances of the building, to lower down along Clercs Street, and rise up again when approaching the following entrance on Poncelet Street.
Technical achievement, the concepton of the canopy was realized by TESS Ingénierie. The canopy is held by a metal structure made of triangular brackets that accompany each fold on its length and diagonal, in an almost chiseled manner.
The large folding of this canopy, which gives more height and breathing to the lower facades, allows balancing the general propor􏰁ons of the building. The stone is now displayed in more reasonable propor􏰁ons. The more the glass folds approach the angle of the building, the more they expand, as if they were trying to reach passersby on the Republic Square. The stone is now seen through the glass filter, becoming the setting of a new modernity.
Larger and more generous vitrines
The building now exists on two scales: that of the square, offering a landmark from afar, and that of the passersby, offering now visible and generous entrance gates.
The whole lower part of the building, situated under the canopy, is reconstructed in glass alternating between large vitrines and entrance gates. The vertical windows are screen- printed with a white pointillism pattern that comes to highlight them a delicate frame. In this way, they are displayed next to each other along the facades, like frames or pictures that are exposed to the public on the square.
The architect wanted the windows to reflect and multiply the red color of the canopy, so as to give the impression that the canopy would extend endlessly into the lower façade of the building. These windows also reflect the surroundings made of Jaumont stone. Whereas the upper facades of the Galeries Lafayette are made of a matt stone, the lower facades reflect the golden stones of the surrounding buildings.
A lighting enhancing the new canopy
A project of lighting and illumination of the façade was specifically developed with the light conception agency ON. At night, the light design reinforces the red color of the canopy that assures its nocturnal presence in the landscape of Metz and goes far beyond a simple "staging".
The light continues the architectural gesture when the night falls. Completely intertwined with the structure, it offers new interpretations of it:
- radiant, it shows the opalescence of the suspended glass under different angles;
- graphic, it underlines the folds that are reflected in the lower windows, emphasizing the effect of a suspended veil;
- dynamic, it seems to make the canopy breathe in a slow beat. This quietness is at times disturbed by a vibration of the light that comes to deconstruct the original drawing of the canopy.
The technology used is inspired from that of the neon that has been representative, for many years, of the "commercial and advertising nights" in large cities and metropolis. The neon celebrated its centenary in 2010. About 500 meters of electroluminescent tube were installed on the canopy. A specific coloring has made it possible to find a perfect combination between the shade of the glass and that of the neon. Equipped with transformers and used at slightly under 30% of their capacity, the energy consumption is completely controlled.
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