Investors seemed unhappy with Alphabet's results, but they appear to be missing the big picture.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 financial results after the market closed on Thursday, and based on the reaction, you might think it was a terrible quarter.
That was far from the truth, as things continued much the way the company has said they would. Revenue was higher than many expected, but an increase in cost of revenue had some investors spooked. That appears to be something of an overreaction and may provide an opportunity for investors with a long time horizon. Let's dig into the details.
Investors are overreacting to Alphabet's mixed performance. Image source: Alphabet.
Data source: Alphabet, Inc. YOY = Year over year.
For the just-completed quarter, Alphabet reported revenue of $32.32 billion, up 24% year over year and beating analysts' consensus estimates of $31.9 billion. Operating income of $7.66 billion grew by 15% year over year, producing a net loss of $3.02 billion and resulting in a diluted loss per share of $4.35. But that leaves out an important consideration.
Alphabet took a $9.86 billion tax provision charge associated with recently enacted U.S. tax legislation. Excluding the effect of that one-time charge would have resulted in net income of $6.83 billion and diluted earnings per share of $9.70, which increased 28% over the prior-year quarter. This missed analysts' expectations for net income of $7 billion and earnings of $10 per share.
Both cost of revenue and operating expenses grew faster than revenue growth, putting pressure on the company's margin. A portion of that was related to higher costs and increased marketing to manufacture and promote Google Hardware products over the just-completed holiday season.
One area of concern for investors, however, is the escalating traffic acquisition costs (TAC) for its flagship search, which grew 33% year over year, to a total of 24% of advertising revenue, up from 22% in the prior-year quarter. Mobile search tends to carry higher TAC, but during the conference call to discuss the results, Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat assured investors that the rate should begin to slow after the first quarter of 2018.
The Google Other reporting segment, which includes cloud computing, hardware sales, and Google Play, turned in a solid quarter, with revenue of $4.69 billion, up 38% year over year, and higher than the $4.58 analysts expected.
Alphabet finally provided insight into its cloud computing segment, which is widely regarded as one of the three biggest players in the space. During the company's earnings conference call, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Google Cloud was "already a $1 billion-per-quarter business." He also stated that based on publicly reported data, he believed it "is the fastest growing major public cloud provider in the world." G Suite, its set of cloud software productivity and collaboration tools, surpassed 4 million paying customers.
While a $4 billion run rate is impressive, it still has a long way to go to compete with cloud leader Amazon.com, which recently revealed cloud computing revenue that exceeded $17 billion for 2017.
Google hardware products, which include the Google Home, Mini, Max, and Chromecast, saw device shipments that more than doubled over the prior-year quarter. The company sold "tens of millions" of the devices, though it didn't disclose the exact amount.
Hardware by Google had a great holiday season. Image source: Google.
The company still has a significant focus in the area of artificial intelligence, specifically in the realm of machine learning. Google Cloud recently released AutoML, which makes it far easier for its cloud customers to build complex deep learning neural networks. Google also uses the technology to provide more relevant search results, to improve the image stabilization for photos and videos in its Pixel phones, and to detect inappropriate content on YouTube.
Alphabet announced that its AI-powered Google Assistant is now available on more than 400 million devices, in a dozen countries, and in eight different languages. It also controls more than 1,500 smart home devices across 225 brands.
Other Bets, which includes Nest, Google Fiber, and self-driving-car unit Waymo, increased revenue 56% to $409 million but reported an operating loss of nearly $1 billion.
Waymo surpassed 4 million miles driving on public roads, with the most recent million miles occurring in the past six months. In addition, Waymo is the only company with a fleet of completely autonomous cars on the roads, having removed the drivers late last year. Waymo recently announced a deal to add "thousands" of additional minivans to its fleet in advance of an expansion of its driverless ride-hailing service later this year.
Alphabet continued with its custom of not providing a forecast for the coming quarter and year.
Alphabet is investing heavily in its future, expanding in the realms of cloud computing, hardware, and YouTube, and said the majority of its capital expenditures would be to support expansion in those key growth areas.
Mobile and programmatic advertising, as well as product marketing for its hardware over the just-completed holiday season, weighed heavily on results.
While the higher cost of revenue and increased expenses bear watching, the company has long noted that a lot of variability exists from quarter to quarter. Alphabet isn't sweating the small stuff, and I don't think investors should, either.


Over 1,000 objects from all over the world cover 1,700 square metres of Collins Barracks as the Soldiers & Chiefs exhibition traces Ireland's military history from 1550 into the 21st Century.
Original artefacts, such as the Stokes Tapestry, letters, replicas and interactives show how soldiering and war have affected the lives of Irish people over the centuries.
Broken down into three themes, Soldiers & Chiefs looks at Irish soldiers at home, Irish soldiers abroad, and Irish soldiers in the 21st Century.
157 objects from this exhibition are available from our historical collections online.
See how Irishmen fought during the 1798 rebellion, the Easter Rising of 1916, the War of Independence and the ensuing Civil War.
Discover how the Irishmen and women fought for foreign armies in distant lands over the past half millennium.


It sounds SO corny, but this morning I put on my headphones and played the song after my class. There were many great things that happened this morning, but I kept focusing on the one thing that was made me most irritated and annoyed.
I'm doing a mental twirling, if you will (nothing makes me happier than a good twirl. You can't possibly be angry while twirling.) Instead of seeing the one person in the room who's cranky I'm choosing to see ALL the others filling the room with a smile. Today I'm choosing to see all the good things I love about my body instead of the one (or few) things that I'm frustrated with. The last thing I'm choosing to see today is all the good stuff I have instead of seeing the things that I covet. I know (or should I see the belief I hold) that what I focus on is what I get. So with this theory, if I focus on the happy people, I'll get more happy people surrounding me. If I see all the good stuff about my bod I'll get more tight bits and seeing all my good stuff will help me to get so much MORE!
What do you think? Are you in? Let's just call me crazy. Even if I'm wrong and what you think and feel has no effect on what comes you have to admit that you'll feel better in the moment. So, let's give it a shot today. Focus on all that's good around you and welcome so much more in.
Sending you love and abundance today!
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Review Summary: 24 years after the release of the last Shy FX album, Raggamuffin SoundTape defies both odds and expectations.
Shy FX last put out an album in 1995. That makes him one of the most original of the still-active OGs in the drum and bass game, and places a massive weight on the new album to fight for Shy FX's place in a scene that left behind the sound that made him famous a long time ago. Fortunately for him, Raggamuffin SoundTape is a worthy successor to his last outing (and, from what I've heard regarding the quality of that album, very possibly a much more cohesive and enjoyable experience than it).
Designed to be heard as one continuous work (though very capable of being enjoyed on an individual track basis) and clocking in at a breezy 32 minute (incredibly short for a drum and bass album), Raggamuffin SoundTape sounds more like a nonstop party than the usual cut-and-dry drum and bass record. In fact, with the way it jumps between a number of different styles and features a metric ***ton of guest vocalists, this album almost feels like a Jamaican version of Humanz, though thankfully it lacks the frustrating lack of cohesion of that album.
Despite Shy FX's background in ragga jungle and oldschool drum and bass, this album features basically none of that (the closest you'll get is a cheeky rendition of Original Nuttah thrown in as an interlude in the form of Carnival Culture) and instead springs for the sounds of liquid funk and jump-up for its drum and bass flavours and often breaks away from the genre entirely. While the album doesn't do away with the style wholesale, it flirts heavily with dancehall, UK hip hop, and even contemporary R&B. Normally this would be a cause for alarm as it would signal an uneven listening experience as the listener is jerked back and forth between disparate sounds. However, Shy's decision to make this album a true seamless soundtape rather than just a collection of songs allows him to properly frame all these styles in such a way that it feels less like a collection of unrelated tracks and more like a celebration of Jamaican and English music, highlighting the strengths of a variety of different genres over its brief runtime.
I wasn't expecting a lot from this album. Coming back from a 9 year break since your last major release is a tough task for the most beloved long-form electronic music producers out there. Coming back from a 24 year break since your last full-length album when the last one isn't particularly well-regarded is just about impossible. I was ready to write this off as yet another album from an artist past their prime, just another drop in the bucket of uninspired or unflattering records made by musicians who were once legendary trailblazers but are now shells of their former selves. And yet, despite all the incredible odds stacked against him, Shy FX managed to come through with a modest but earnestly enjoyable album that shows his willingness to change with the times without sacrificing artistic integrity and celebrates the culture that he helped build. Raggamuffin SoundTape isn't the best drum and bass album ever released, and I suspect a lot of more purist drum and bass fans are going to hate this album for how little actual drum and bass it includes considering who made it, but I for one would prefer to acknowledge how incredible an accomplishment this is for Shy FX, and to enjoy it for what it is rather than what was expected.


Let's take #2 (apartment) and see how it plays out. With the high rate of deadbeat tenants, landlords have realized that it saves them headaches to try and weed out problem rentals before they ever hand over a set of keys. A stable rental history helps but what if you are just out of college and have no past rentals to fall back on? The sort of landlord who gladly takes your one month security deposit and welcomes you into his complex might be the one you should have second thoughts about.
The point of this exercise is to remind you that it's never a good idea to let debt accumulate until one day you snap out of your walking coma and realize you have a serious problem on your hands. Luckily, getting out of debt is not complicated. It's hard for many people but the steps themselves are infinitely easy.
1. Stop spending and start paying off debt. Remind yourself that the easy way to get rich is stop spending money. The same goes for reducing debt. Stop spending money and apply it to debt instead.
2. Honest assessment. Take a good long look at your finances and admit to yourself what got you into trouble. Like an alcoholic, the first step is admitting that a problem exists. Often spending is done for emotional reasons and we're of the opinion that retail therapy is hardly ever a good idea.
3. Set goals. Even modest goals help you get started. Pick the smallest debt you have and throw everything at it with furious vengeance until it is gone. Now pick the new smallest debt and repeat the process.
Before long you're going to be what they refer to in technical terms as debt free and that's a great place place to inhabit.


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Harriett Elizabeth Smith, enjoyed traveling, photography
May 10, 2022 Glading Marteen
Harriett Elizabeth Smith departed this life Friday, April 22, 2022. She was born in Philadelphia, daughter of the late Obie and Dorothy Myers. She was educated in the Catholic School System in Philadelphia.
Upon moving to Washington, D.C., Harriett became a secretary at Blue Cross Blue Shield. She worked her way up the Blue Cross Blue Shield corporate ladder. Harriett retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield as a corporate representative, serving the D.C. Medical Society for 20 years.
After retiring from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harriett became a professional photographer. Harriett studied at the New York School of Photography. Harriett and Alvin became photography entrepreneurs, and named their business Images of You. Harriett was the photographer and Alvin was the videographer for over 20 years. Harriett photographed many weddings; Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs; Japanese and Korean weddings; and many other special events in Washington, D.C., Maryland and New York City. She also photographed famous Washington Redskins football players' weddings.
Harriett served as an usher at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Lanham, Md. Harriett also loved to travel. Her loving husband took her with him everywhere he went. They traveled to England and Wales on a 17-day tour, where she watched her husband perform. She also accompanied her husband on another 17-day tour, this time to Europe with stops in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France. While in Paris, France, Alvin treated her to a special champagne cruise down the Seine River on a riverboat, under the Eiffel Tower. She went on 13 cruises. She cruised the Mexican Rivera, several Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and many Caribbean Islands. Harriett was also a seamstress. Alvin became a tailor. Alvin made her three evening gowns which she proudly wore to numerous formal events.
On Aug. 14, 1976, she was united in marriage to Alvin L. Smith. Harriett was affectionately known by her family and friends as a fun-loving, kind-hearted person, and was loved by all who knew her. Harriett had one sister, Delores Simmons-Lancaster.
Harriett loved life with her husband Alvin, in retirement in the Independence community in Millsboro. They were the first family to buy property at Independence. She enjoyed making many, many new friends at Independence. She enjoyed traveling with her friends to Smith Island and the Dupont Gardens, and also enjoyed playing table games with them. She was a member of the Ladies Wine Club. She especially enjoyed going to Dover Downs and Harrington casinos. Harriett and Alvin became well known in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach when their pictures were displayed on billboards representing Schell Brothers (home builders), who built their home in the Independence community. Harriett and Alvin are featured on the walls in the Schell Brothers Mug & Spoon coffee shop near the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach. Harriett and Alvin photographs were on numerous billboards on Coastal Highway in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach for many years. They were often seen on the big screen inside the Movies at Midway.
Harriett leaves to cherish her memory, her dearest love, Alvin L. Smith; one great-nephew and -niece, Stacey and Nikki Myers; three great-great-nieces, Johnniesha Myers, Niykerrah Myers and Shahyrra Myers; one great-great-grand nephew, Jaayseon "Niko" Myers; one great-niece, Glennette L. Myers; one great-great-niece, Adrianna; and one great-cousin, Obie Williams Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Williams; a host of cousins and many, many friends.
As her health began to fail, her loving husband Alvin, family, and friends rallied to support her through three life-threatening surgeries. She was so appreciative and blessed.
A celebration of Harriett's life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 7, at the Long Neck Chapel of Melson Funeral Services, 32013 Long Neck Road, Millsboro, where friends and family may gather after 12:30 p.m. Interment will be private.
Online condolences may be sent by visiting melsonfuneralservices.com.
https://www.capegazette.com/article/harriett-elizabeth-smith-enjoyed-traveling-photography/239364
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A construction worker says he ran into a burning home in Richmond, helping to save three of the people inside. Flames consumed the house on Maplewood Avenue, earlier this month. Sadly, the construction worker was not able to reach the elderly, bedridden grandfather upstairs, trapped in the bedroom.


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Q: log4net possible missing configuration I created another class to be used as middle class of ILog interface (which implements all ILog interface). I know about LogManager but I need custom class (as part of a solution of reflecting...)
So the situation is that I want to call each function in that class with the type of the class that called the custom ILog class.
I succeeded and now, bottom line is that every time I use the function it's printed with row zero. Custom Class:
LoggerManager{

   public void Print(object message){Log.Debug(..)}
   //calls Log.Debug with the type ILog of UsingClass

Usage:
UsingClass.Print("Hello");

Outcome:
type_of_usingClass Hello:0

I want to change to show the line of which the function was called inside UsingClass.
It showing up in the stack-trace with the corrent line but not right on the line without stack-trace.
Thanks a lot!

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I don't use Regenix anymore. I still use their shampoo, but not the treatments. Used it for less than a year. I was just receding some, not bald. Even after stopping my hair is all still here and much better. No more dandruff too. Hair took time to come in, but stayed.
I've used Regenix for the past year and am extremely satisfied. It's a bit costly, but worth the money! Because I am very active and health conscious, I wanted to do my research before spending ANY time or money. I had previously tried Rogaine and it gave me dandruff and made my scalp itchy! I liked Regenix because it's not a drug. It thickens your hair by getting your scalp healthy. Their products cleared up my dandruff, and my clogged follicles. Now, their thickening treatments I'm using are growing my hair back thicker and healthier. Regenix helped me get my hair and confidence back!
I am very happy with Regenix results. I lost a lot of hair and what was left was growing thinner. I definitely see a big difference in my hair now. I used Regenix while I also used Rogaine. It made the Rogaine work faster than it did before I used Regenix.


Third party harassment: is the employer liable?
The #metoo movement continues to throw up stories of sexual harassment in the workplace in all sectors and industries, and employers are scrambling to keep up. The reputational stakes have never been higher; businesses who are perceived or reported to be enablers (or sweepers under the carpet) of inappropriate sexual conduct attract adverse publicity and may suffer financially.
You may have seen our recent video discussing, amongst other things, how wide the definition of harassment is, and how this often comes as a surprise to people who think that "harmless banter" isn't actionable (it certainly can be!). We also discussed some of the steps employers need to take to ensure that their workplaces are free from harassment, and to minimise the risks of incurring liability for harassment by their staff.
But what about staff who come into contact with third parties in the course of their employment – could an employer be liable for acts of harassment by those third parties against its staff? This will clearly be a significant concern in many industries, and in particular those in which workers come into regular contact with the public (retail, hospitality, healthcare and aviation, to name a few). In the hospitality sector in particular, customers may well be "letting their hair down", drinking alcohol, and feeling uninhibited, which substantially increases the risk of harassing behaviour.
Could an employer be at risk of claims for failing to prevent sexual, or other forms of harassment, by a wayward customer? And what could they do to mitigate this risk?
The original case on this topic involved a hotel group. In Burton v De Vere Hotels  two waitresses brought claims against their employer after suffering racist abuse from "comedian" Bernard Manning, who was giving an after dinner speech at the hotel. The hotel was held to be liable for the race discrimination suffered by the waitresses on the basis that it had been in a position to prevent the abuse and failed to do so. This case was later overruled, but it was subsequently held that the UK position on third party harassment did not properly reflect the extent of employers' obligations to protect their employees from harassment under the EU Equal Treatment Directive. This ultimately led to Parliament's enactment of specific statutory provisions on third party harassment.
These provisions were included in the Equality Act 2010 ("EA 2010") and stated that an employer could be liable where it knew that an employee had been harassed by a third party on at least two previous occasions and did not take "reasonably practicable steps" to prevent the harassment.
This gave employers a clear "get out": they could argue that they did not know about, and could not even reasonably be expected to know about, harassment by a third party. Even if the employee complained about alleged harassment, how could the employer be certain of the truth if the third party could not be asked, or did not admit to the harassment? Many viewed this as unsatisfactory.
The provisions in the EA 2010 on third party harassment were, in any event repealed back in 2013, so there is currently no express statutory provision fixing an employer with liability for harassment by a third party.
•	has the purpose or effect of violating the victim's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them.
It was thought that the relatively loose causal language of "related to" (rather than conduct "on grounds of" a protected characteristic) meant that an employee could, potentially, get a case off the ground by arguing that an employer's failure to prevent harassment by a third party is itself unwanted conduct "related to" a protected characteristic that has the required harassing effect. However, in the recent case of Unite the Union v Nailard (judgment handed down on 24 May 2018), the Court of Appeal held that this is a very high threshold: essentially the employer itself must have a discriminatory motivation for failing to take action in the face of complaints of third party harassment in order to be liable. The court concluded that the availability of liability for third party harassment was a matter for Parliament, and specific statutory provisions would need to be enacted to cover this.
Although the current legal position in the UK does not give employees robust rights against their employers where they are harassed by third parties in the course of their work, there are a couple of key reasons for businesses to be concerned about third party harassment.
The first is that changes to the law may be in the pipeline to strengthen workers' rights in this area. The intense media focus on stories of sexual harassment in the wake of the Weinstein scandal, and in particular the Presidents Club scandal, has led to the current legal regime being scrutinised. First, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published a paper in March of this year which specifically recommends not only reinstating the third party harassment provisions in the EA 2010 but also amending them to remove the requirement for the employer to know that the employee has been subjected to two or more instances of harassment before they become liable. The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has also held an inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace, and released its report in mid-July. One of the stated aims of the inquiry was to obtain evidence on "how workers can be better protected from sexual harassment by clients, customers and other third parties". The report recommends the reintroduction of a specific statutory provision fixing employers with liability for failing to prevent third party harassment of workers, and, like the EHRC, the WEC recommends that this should not be limited to cases where the employer is aware of previous occurrences of harassment. The WEC also recommends introducing a statutory duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment at work and punitive fines for those who do not comply. The stakes may therefore be raised significantly for employers who do not do enough to protect their employees.
The second reason is commercial: employers who do not help and protect their staff when faced with harassment by third parties risk significant reputational damage in the current climate. Allegations that are made public can "go viral" and reach huge audiences very quickly. The mis-handling of an allegation of harassment could therefore be extremely harmful to a client's brand. Employers who are perceived as not providing adequate protection and support to staff will not be seen as attractive places to work and will not retain the best people. Clearly, protecting employees against harassment is a business issue, not just a legal one.
Businesses with workers who come into contact with third parties have a difficult path to tread. They need to make sure that their staff are protected and supported, but at the same time, they cannot fully control the actions of those third parties.
As an absolute minimum, however, employers should have a sexual harassment policy, giving workers a route to raise complaints, not only about co-workers but also about third parties, and which clearly states that harassment of staff by customers or other third parties will be taken seriously and appropriate action taken, where possible, to prevent harassment. The policy should ideally also give details of any appropriate third party organisations and health care providers who can help and advise victims of harassment (or other sexual misconduct). The policy should be publicised to all staff and should be easily accessible.
All employees must know what behaviour is and is not acceptable and it is fundamental for employers to educate their staff accordingly. In addition, training for managers and HR on how to handle complaints of harassment, not only against co-workers but also third parties, is also essential. Training should cover how harassment allegations should be investigated and what options might be available to sanction or pursue third parties who harass staff (e.g. do they need to be reported to the police, if they are clients or customers, should they be declined future custom), as well as how complainants should be treated. Simply having the policy is not enough: it is fundamental that those to whom allegations are likely to be reported understand the importance of treating those complaints seriously, and listening to complainants.
Businesses should also consider whether their commercial agreements (with clients, suppliers, and other third parties) expressly prohibit the unlawful harassment of their staff by those third parties or their representatives, and whether appropriate contractual remedies can be built into those agreements in the event of breach.
Ultimately, this issue is not going away. More and more victims of harassment are speaking publicly about their experiences. Doing nothing to move with these changing times is not an option for employers, particularly if the law on third party harassment is strengthened as recommended by the EHRC and the WEC. We will need to watch this space.


The Detroit Motor Show 2018 is in full swing and there's nothing better than to start an event with a road-ramming bang with the likes of Mercedes Benz cars. Gents, and ladies who are interested, the marquee brand's shiny new avatar of their most formidable G-Class was premiered for the world to see, not too long ago-- the 2019 G-Class is out of the wraps and it's looking significantly more charming than ever before! We bet the Kardashian family are gung ho about this!
The luxury SUV is not just big in size but big on style as well. Mercedes has put in 39 years in this series, and their latest offering packs the iconic boxy look along with tiny but functional design tweaks and upgrades.
You'll find a 12.3 inch infotainment system on the dash, for instance, optimised for the latest versions of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Even the seats have received a cushiony upgrade to heighten the overall experience.
Then there's the galvanised steel bodywork, which is also corrosion resistant thanks to a flowing hot wax treatment, meticulously put together by hand. The lines through the stocky bodywork are angular and sharp in all the right places-- one look at the vehicle and you know it means business.
The driver can expect to experience a new high in this G-Class because it's 438mm above ground.
Mercedes-Benz Head, Dieter Zetsche, says one needs to, "invest both bucks and brains to write new chapters, while staying true to the overall script - that's exactly what we've done with the new G 500" and we couldn't agree more, the new SUV is as tastefully done as the last.
- a rather powerful 4 litre V8 bi-turbo engine - that could make it fly, well within the dimensions of stability, even on the most difficult terrain.
The pull of 416 ponies gives the SUV an edge over reigning off-roaders in existence. If you ever wanted a challenge on an empty road, push the pedal to take the beast from 0-100kmph in just 5.9 seconds.


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Q: Can't access data stored from a node.js ReadStream? I've got this node.js file reading a .csv through a data stream like such:
shldata = []

fs.createReadStream('./spreadsheets/shl.csv')
.pipe(csv({separator:';'}))
.on('data', (row) => {
    shldata.push(row);
})
.on('end',() => {
    console.log('CSV file successfully processed');
});

console.log(shldata);

BTW I couldn't find another way to do this if not via a read stream.
If I console.log the data inside the ".on('end')" promise, it gives me the data.
If I do it afterwards, it gives me null.
I get a feeling the stream gets queued and reads only after logging the data variable.
I've tried adding "return shldata" to the promise to no avail.
Also, I'm trying to delete some of the columns of the CSV that I won't need. I tried adding this for loop inside the promise:
for (i=0; i < shldata.length; i++){
    delete shldata[i]['key1'];
    delete shldata[i]['key2'];
    (...)
}

It works, but only if I repeat that line for each column header. If I try to use a key array like such, it doesn't work:
for (i=0; i < shldata.length; i++){
    delete shldata[i][keystoRemove];
}

Where the array "keystoRemove" is set prior to the stream.
I got a feeling that I need to input this array somehow into this promise, otherwise it won't read it.
This all feels needlessly complicated. I'm just trying to write a script to read a few files, change their data a little bit and submit an HTTP post to an API.

A: You can access shldata in its entirety inside the 'end' event handler.
.on('end',() => {
    console.log('CSV file successfully processed');
    // at this point you have all the data.
}

Your current code is trying to access it before all the data's been processed and all the events have fired.  You could, if this were a dedicated function, return shldata; inside this event handler.


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A new professional qualification aims to help those wanting to get into the accounting industry, and those already working in the field.
The Innovative Management and Professional Training group hosted the seminar, and students across Cayman learned how association of accounting technicians certifications can help them, as industry leaders say there's a gap in the market for a qualification at technician level, which is before chartered status.
The Innovative Management and Professional Training team has been training accountants in the AAT qualification since September 2016.


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JOHN A BROWN
HONORED ON PANEL 7E, LINE 23 OF THE WALL
JOHN ALPHONZO BROWN
PR & MR UNKNOWN
City Of Roanoke
LEFT FOR JOHN ALPHONZO BROWN
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.
POSTED BY: John sutor
Sgt John A Brown
Sarge I've been working on this memorial for the 37 Brothers KIA . ACO/2ND 502ND VIETNAM 1966 .Your name will be engraved on this piece of granite forever.
Mutual Respect. Sutot
POSTED BY: Donna Moore
Happy Heavenly Birthday
You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers
Dear Ssgt Brown,
Thank you for your service as an Airborne Qualified Infantryman. It is another summer, as time continues to pass since Vietnam. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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Final Mission of SSGT John A. Brown
On May 4, 1966, a U.S. Army helicopter CH-47A (tail number 64-13138) from the 147th Assault Support Helicopter Company ("Hill Climbers") crashed during a combat mission 13 nautical miles northwest of Nhon Co while deploying to a forward base. The passengers were from 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry of the 101st Infantry Division. One of the passengers was the 1st Brigade's Roman Catholic chaplain, Major William J. Barragy. Eyewitnesses agreed for the most part that there were flames coming from the rear of the aircraft and it seemed to have no forward airspeed and was spinning and falling straight down. The technical report suggested that the combining transmission failure, excessive heat, and fire causing the #2 drive shaft to separate. The resulting fire may have been ingested into the remaining engine causing a loss of power, SAS (Stability Augmentation System), and aircraft electrical systems. There is evidence that the pilot attempted to flare the helicopter prior to impact to no avail, the aircraft crashing on its left side and was consumed by fire. There were no survivors. The crew included aircraft commander CW3 George A. Clark, pilot CW3 John A. Eddy, flight engineer SP6 Edgar S. Doliber, crew chief SP5 Aaron B. Aumiller, and gunner SP4 Fairley W. Mills. The passengers were MAJ William J. Barragy, PFC Roger L. Berg, SSGT John A. Brown, PFC Robert L. Clark, PFC Roger C. Collette, SP4 John F. Concannon, MSGT J. D. Harrell, SSGT Gene Hawthorne, PFC Malakia Jackson Jr., PFC Michael Simpson, PFC Joseph J. Swayze, PFC Robert E. Thompson, SP4 Earnest A. Tucker Jr., FSGT Harden B. Walker, and SP4 Howard D. Weiss. [Taken from vhpa.org and armyaircrews.com]


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Review of the NASA Response to the Academy's Report on Foreign National Access Management
Under direction of the FY2015 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations report, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reengaged the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to conduct a follow-up assessment to the Academy's 2014 report on NASA's Foreign National Access Management (FNAM).
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Specifically, the Academy was asked to assess NASA's progress in regards to implementing each of the 2014 Panel Report's 27 recommendations, which this review grouped into four components:
Foreign National Access Management as a Program
Counterintelligence
A seven-person Academy study team (three members participated in the development of the 2014 report, including its project director) interviewed Headquarters staff as well as representatives from five or more NASA Centers to gauge the extent to which the 2014 Panel Report's recommendations were implemented at the Center-level. The study team received input from a three-member Expert Advisory Group consisting of Academy Fellows.
NASA has taken actions to address each of the 27 recommendations found in the 2014 Panel Report as evidenced by demonstrable progress made during the last 26 months. While the status of completion across the wide range of recommendations varies, none were ignored. NASA clearly embraced the importance of the 2014 Panel Report and followed the Panel's risk-based prioritization of recommendations to guide specific investment of substantial resources to develop the FNAM Program. It is clear from discussions and documentation from both Centers and HQ that FNAM has improved significantly during the past few years. Furthermore, NASA is committed to further enhance this program through periodic, rigorous review and improvement in the future.
At the same time, NASA has yet to fully implement several key recommendations, including promulgation of the FNAM Operations Manual. In addition, actions connected with a few recommendations may take several years to design, develop, and fully implement. Although additional work is needed, the study team determined that NASA is on a path toward institutionalizing an integrated FNAM Program that readily incorporates the activities of its components into daily Center operations, thus ensuring that it remains a priority for NASA senior leaders at all levels.
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Liancheng seeks market niche with MSC-certified bigeye tuna
April 12, 2019 — Last month, a Chinese-operated longline fishery in the Federated States of Micronesia became the first fishery to achieve Marine Stewardship Council certification for a bigeye tuna fishery. The fishery, owned by three interconnected Chinese fishing companies, Liancheng Overseas Fishery (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (SZLC), China Southern Fishery Shenzhen Co. Ltd. (CSFC) and Liancheng Overseas Fishery (FSM) Co. Ltd. (FZLC), previously achieved MSC certification for its yellowfin fishery in October 2018.
Liancheng is also responsible for the Cook Islands South Pacific albacore and yellowfin longline fishery, which achieved MSC certification in 2015. Its yellowfin and bigeye tuna fisheries in the Republic of Marshall Islands are also undergoing an MSC assessment, which should conclude by the end of 2019.The largest Chinese fleet to achieve MSC certification, Liancheng has said it is dedicated to achieving MSC certification for all its fisheries.
Liancheng Senior Vice President of Marketing Joe Murphy talked to SeafoodSource about the firm's aim to market MSC-certified bigeye catch in China, Japan, Asia, the United States, and Europe.
SeafoodSource: Where does Liancheng sell its products?
Murphy: Liancheng markets our catch globally including the U.S., Canada, Japan, China, other Asian nations, and Europe. Our company has been involved in tuna from the Pacific Islands and other locations for almost three decades.
SeafoodSource: How important is the MSC accreditation for the domestic Chinese market? Are Chinese consumers very familiar with MSC?
Murphy: While MSC is well-recognized and very important to the European market, there is definite increasing interest in the MSC eco-label use from major retail and foodservice operators in China. The Chinese market has many international hotels committed to offering sustainable foods, so the consumer is seeing the MSC blue eco-label. The Chinese buyers seeking MSC are familiar with the eco-label and what it signifies through their parent companies, as they are major high-end hotel chain restaurants and retailers.
The huge and important use of internet marketing in China also provides exposure to products carrying the MSC logo. This same trend is occurring in the U.S. and now in Japan for the [upcoming 2020 Tokyo] Olympics.
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PNA Tuna Fishing Nations Agree to Keep Vessel Day Managment Scheme
April 12, 2016 — SEAFOOD NEWS — A Pacific fisheries bloc has unanimously decided to maintain a management system that it says has increased revenue to the islands by more than 500 percent in the past six years.
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement's Vessel Day Scheme allocates its member countries a number of days per vessel that they can allocate to distant water nations which want to purse seine fish for tuna in their waters.
It is seen as a means of increasing returns and ensuring greater sustainabiliity.
Non-island nations are advocating different approaches, including New Zealand, which this week is promoting its catch based management system to Pacific fisheries ministers.
But the PNA members agreed last week to stay with their VDS system after a review by a New Zealand based company called Toroa Strategy Ltd.
It concluded the VDS is a fully functioning fisheries management regime without peer for its class of fishery.
It said there was no clear benefit from changing to a catch scheme now or in the near future.
The New Zealand meetings are part of the Pacific Island's Roadmap for Sustainable Pacific Fisheries but the strategy company says Pacific leaders have acted precipitately.
It said they were putting the cart before the horse by opting immediately for a catch-based system.
PNA controls waters where 50 percent of the global supply of skipjack tuna is caught.
Its members are Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
Tokelau is not a full member, but has joined PNA in enforcing the VDS in its fishery.
After detailing the pros and cons of both effort and quota limit systems, the independent review said there was no evidence the present sustainability performance of the VDS was inferior to the quota management system, given the nature and current state of the tuna fishery.
It said the current total catch level in PNA waters was sustainable and the management system in place works.
The company said the purse seine VDS was a very successful fisheries management regime by any real world standard.


MedLink AIR, Gundersen Health System's emergency and critical care air transport service, will permanently add a second helicopter to provide the best emergency care for our region.
Gundersen has been leasing a second helicopter since June 2016 on trial basis. Stephanie Hill, program director for MedLink AIR, says Gundersen will continue to lease until the new helicopter is purchased and ready for service and additional crew members are hired and trained.
One of only five emergency medical helicopter services headquartered in Wisconsin accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, MedLink AIR can be airborne in minutes to serve communities in southwest Wisconsin, northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota.
"We have seen steady growth since MedLink AIR began in 1992," Stephanie says. "We transported more than 550 patients in our region in 2016. Permanently adding a second helicopter will give us better patient outcomes for time-critical emergencies such as stroke, heart attack and trauma."
When the new helicopter and crews are ready by the end of 2017, the two helicopters will likely be permanently based outside La Crosse—one at the Decorah (Iowa) Airport and one at the Sparta-Fort McCoy (Wisc.) Airport.
Until that time, Gundersen will continue with the same two-helicopter coverage that was used during the trial period.


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Q: Get a List of Dates In a Date Range Say I have a list of LockedDate.
A LockedDate has a DateTime and an IsYearly bool. If IsYearly is true then the year should not be considered because it could be any year. Time should never be considered.
Ex: X-Mas, Dec 25 is yearly.
Now I have a List of LockedDate.
There are no duplicates.
Now I need this function:

This function will do:
  If a LockedDate is NOT yearly and the day, month, and year are within the range from source, add to return list.
If a LockedDate IS yearly, and its month / day fall in the range, then add a new date for each year in the range.
Say I have Dec 25 with IsYearly as true. My range is Jan 22 2013 to Feb 23 2015 inclusive.  would need to add Dec 25 2013 as a new date and Dec 25 2014 as a new Date to the list.

List<Date> GetDateRange(List<LockedDate> source, DateTime start, DateTime end)
{

}

Thanks
Dec 25 Yearly -> Dec 25 2013, Dec 25 2014
Dec 2, 2011  NOT Yearly -> Nothing
March 25, 2013 => March 25 2013

A: This might give you at least an idea, it's not tested at all yet:
List<DateTime> GetDateRange(List<LockedDate> source, DateTime start, DateTime end)
{
    if (start > end)
        throw new ArgumentException("Start must be before end");

    var ts = end - start;
    var dates = Enumerable.Range(0, ts.Days)
        .Select(i => start.AddDays(i))
        .Where(d => source.Any(ld => ld.Date == d
            || (ld.IsYearly && ld.Date.Month == d.Month && ld.Date.Day == d.Day)));
    return dates.ToList();
}

Update Here's the demo with your sample data, it seems to work: http://ideone.com/3KFi97

A: This code does what you want without using Linq:
    List<DateTime> GetDateRange(List<LockedDate> source, DateTime start, DateTime end)
    {
        List<DateTime> result = new List<DateTime>();

        foreach (LockedDate lockedDate in source)
        {
            if (!lockedDate.IsYearly && (lockedDate.Date >= start && lockedDate.Date <= end))
            {
                result.Add(lockedDate.Date);
            }
            else if (lockedDate.IsYearly && (lockedDate.Date >= start && lockedDate.Date <= end))
            {
                DateTime date = new DateTime(start.Year, lockedDate.Date.Month, lockedDate.Date.Day);

                do
                {
                    result.Add(date);
                    date = date.AddYears(1);
                } while (date <= end);
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

Make sure to ask about parts you don't understand, so I can explain in detail, but I think it's pretty straightforward.
This code assumes your LockedDate class has a property Date for the DateTime object.

A: If you have a Class LockedDate like this:
public class LockedDate
{
       public DateTime Date { get; set; }
       public bool IsYearly { get; set; }
       ...
}

Than you could use this code to get your needed dates:
List<DateTime> GetDateRange(List<LockedDate> source, DateTime start, DateTime end)
{

       List<DateTime> dt = new List<DateTime>();
       foreach(LockedDate d in source)
       {
             if(!d.IsYearly)
             {
                  if(start<=d.Date && d.Date<=end)
                       dt.Add(d.Date);
             }
             else
             {
                  for(DateTime i = new DateTime(start.Year,d.Date.Month,d.Date.Day);i<=new DateTime(end.Year,d.Date.Month,d.Date.Day);i=i.AddYears(1))
                  {
                        dt.Add(i);
                  }
             }

      }
      return dt;
}

A: var notYearly = lockDates.Where(d => !d.IsYearly && (d.Date.Date >= start && d.Date.Date <= end)).Select(d => d.Date);

var years = ((end - start).Days / 365) + 2;
var startYear = start.Year;

var yearly = lockDates.Where(d => d.IsYearly)
                        .SelectMany(d => Enumerable.Range(startYear, years)
                                                    .Select(e => new DateTime(e, d.Date.Month, d.Date.Day))
                                                    .Where(i => i.Date >= start && i.Date <= end));

var allDates = notYearly.Union(yearly)

Should be more efficient than just iterating through all days between start and end and checking, if that date ok.


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Williamsburg Drive-By Shooting Leaves Man With Graze Wound to Face: NYPD
By Ben Fractenberg |&nbspApril 28, 2017 5:08pm
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A man was suffered a graze wound to his face during a drive-by shooting in Williamsburg Friday afternoon, police said.
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WILLIAMSBURG — A man was injured in a drive-by shooting in Williamsburg Friday afternoon, officials said.
The man, who is in his 20s, was standing on the corner of Division Avenue and Berry Street at about 4:01 p.m. when a blue Nissan pulled up with four people inside wearing red bandanas over their faces, an NYPD spokeswoman said.
The group fired an unknown number of shots at the man, who suffered a graze wound to the right side of his face, the spokeswoman added.
The car fled north on Berry Street and the man was taken to Woodhull Medical Center in stable condition.
There were no immediate arrests and the investigation is ongoing.
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Man (20) could be facing prison after getting into trouble during suspended jail term Burnley court told
A 20-year-old man has appeared before Burnley Magistrates Court after he got into trouble while on a suspended prison sentence
Published: 13:16 Monday 21 October 2019
A 20-year-old man could be facing jail after getting in trouble during a suspended jail term for an imitation firearms offence.
Lewis Jack Lunt pleased guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour in Burnley on September 27th.
The defendant struck while subject to the suspended sentence, imposed in June last year, for possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear.
He admitted breaching the sentence, at Burnley Magistrates' Court.
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Bibliografia

 Aleksander Kraushar, Książę Repnin i Polska, t. I, Warszawa 1900
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Veronica Taylor (Ash Ketchum) Interview
Interviews	Ash Ketchum, MCM Comicon Glasgow, Pokemon, Veronica Taylor
Interview with Veronica Taylor – MCM Comicon Glasgow – September 2017
By Filip Djordjevic and Neil Dutton
Filip: "Can you tell us apart from Ash, what is the most favourite role?"
Veronica Taylor : "Definitely Ash is my favourite, especially in 1998 there weren't that many girl roles, so to be able to play a boy and bring my own sensibility to it , it was life changing. So many girls said they were so excited to find out I was Ash, rather than being disappointed that they had a crush on me.
To find out that girls can do anything kind of thing, and that's been a really exciting aspect of it, to be able to be somewhat influential, and it was a great job. But other than that, I love to play characters that don't sound like me, again Ash is one of the furthest characters from my voice. I've done a lot of anime slayers, I was Amelia, and she's very magical and her voice is very high and airy.
She was a great character to play because she is so bold, she was really tiny but she could do so much. I do like shows for kids, and I also work on a lot of learning and educational games for kids. Things like that, I like to work on something that has a deeper message. I work on a million things, not even half of which I think people have heard of, ultimately I just like to work so that's really the answer – any other thing I have been cast in. "
Filip: "Did I also see you were the voice of April O'Neal from TMNT?"
Veronica Taylor : "Yes, I should have mentioned that second! WE all know Ninja Turtles, and to be cast in that version of it was really a dream come true. I wish she had a little more action in the how, but she's so smart and she certainly rivals Donatello in what she can do for the group. That was just an amazing thing to be a part of."
Filip: "How long did you do that role for?"
Veronica Taylor : "I think it was like three years, 2003 to 2007 almost, se three to four years ultimately."
Filip: "How did you get into voice acting originally?"
Veronica Taylor : "So I started acting when I was five, and I have always done sports, theatre and dance all along, and I went to college and grad school for acting. I toured the US with an acting company for a few years. I got my first voice acting job in the batman stunt show, I was in the stunt show and then I got to be the voiceover that was used in the show. So that was kind of my first paying gig for that.
And then I was working with an acting coach and I was recommended for an anime, and I booked that. And then they said can you audition for this and that, and that just led to me doing more and more animations. So basically, you pack your bag full of all your talent and then you just wait for the door to open. You know, you're constantly looking, I was just lucky to be recommended for something kind of out of the blue.
Filip: "I always wondered how people end up in voice acting, is it just someone saying you have a great voice?"
Veronica Taylor : "So many people have great voices, but it's kind of what's behind the voice and what can you do with it. Because everyone can do kooky voices, we all do that at home, but can you sustain and create a whole character. And make it someone who is believable, emotional, and can have those highs and lows. "
Filip: "Is it true then what they say that voice acting is harder acting on stag?"
Veronica Taylor : "It's incredibly difficult, it is the worst job you can have, no one should do it. But seriously, the thing about is when you are on stage, you have your whole body which can express emotion for you. When you are in film, you can express something with just one eyebrow. When you are in a cartoon, you have to get all of that just through your voice. So in a away it is more taxing, you have to find a way to sound normal or bigger than normal, you have to really finesse it. It is acting distilled down all the way to its purest.
Neil: "If you are doing audio books, how do you find the switching between the characters, do you do a lot of takes?"
Veronica Taylor : "No takes. It's like I am sitting in your bedroom reading you a story. Before I start, I have an idea much fully fleshed out about what each character looks like, and then I just kind of fill it. You really don't stop and start along the way. "
Filip: "How do you prepare for a new role? For example, when you got the role of Ash, what kind of process did you go through to try and prepare yourself?"
Veronica Taylor : "For that specifically they wanted us to match what the original Japanese character sounded like. So we saw a small clip from the show and then we just popped in the booth and read lines and tried get as close as you could to that. There was no listening overnight and practising, just sit there in the studio and listen and get in the booth.
And then once I was cast as Ash, then I could figure out a more fully formed way of who he was, where the sound was placed, how I can get back to it every day. When I get an audition, usually you get a couple of lines of description who the character is. Sometimes they give you a picture., sometimes they don't. Sometimes they give you a reference like wanting to sound like Michelle Pfeifer.
Well who knows, she sounds so different to everyone so you kind of have to guess what they want and put your own thing into it and then you compile for yourself. It is all in your imagination, you figure out who they can be and where their energy comes from.
Filip: "Do you get a relative degree of creativity that you put in?"
Veronica Taylor : "Yeah and it depends if you audition at home and you are by yourself and you are doing three takes of something. If you are with a casting director, you start off with something and they say can you go a little higher or less energy, then they can kind of sculpt it and you can fill in, which is the best way to do it. The challenge is to suit the moment, to suit the character, that's what I like the most – this is my main idea, and then where should we take it, and then be able to morph it around.
Filip: "Are there any new projects that you are taking on?"
Veronica Taylor : "I am doing Welcome to the Wayne which is a new Ni ckelodeon show. It's really fun, there's a lot of things hidden in the show, so the more you watch the episodes, you find clues. It just started, five episodes I think, and the new ones come out next week, five more. It's pretty innovative. I work on a show called Ollie and Moon which is for little kids.
These two cats travel all over the world, I play all the female characters, not Ollie and Moon, but the other ones. That's amazing and it gives kids the chance to travel around the world and meet new cultures in a fun way. I'm on Sailor Moon, now I play Sailor Pluto, that's kind of a known property, which is exciting.
Neil: "How did it feel when you were doing the last scene for Ash?"
Veronica Taylor : "Horrible! Working on a show for eight years and then knowing that it was going to go on without you is really sad, I'm still sad, I can't really watch the show now. I'm not mature enough to see that familiar face with a difference voice coming out, even after all this time. It was really heart breaking. Even knowing that we were replaced and finishing that season was really hard.
But of course, the great thing about that cast and the people that worked on it and wrote show is that we all really put our hearts into the show. We pushed to the end a 100%. It's a testament to all of us about how no matter what you do life, you never know how far your actions will reach. I mean just one job I've had, a drop in a pond, and look how far reaching it's been . It's a great reminder we all have to give a 100% all the time because you just don't know where that influence will land.
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Octavia Butler Short Stories
Octavia E. Butler didn't seem to write a lot of short stories, but the ones she wrote are highly regarded.
Gan and his family are humans living in the Preserve on another planet. It's ruled by the Tlic, an insect-like species. On the last day of Gan's childhood, the family is visited by T'Gatoi, a Tlic politician in charge of the Preserve. Humans and the Tlic have an arrangement—they're protected in the Preserve in exchange for incubating the Tlic eggs. Gan has been chosen by T'Gatoi.
Most of this story can be read in the preview of the anthology Invaders!
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night"
Lynn suffers from DGD, as did both her parents, which is unusual. The disease can be slowed but not stopped with a restrictive diet. Sufferers eventually deteriorate into extreme self-harm and violence toward others. There's generally a warning, a "drift" that occurs before loss of control, allowing time to institutionalize people before they become dangerous. Lynn's father didn't drift; he snapped suddenly. Lynn deals with her diagnosis and the stigma it brings.
"Near of Kin"
A woman who was raised by her grandmother is at the home of her mother who has died. The only other relative who really paid attention to her, her uncle, is there too. She doesn't feel any closeness to her deceased mother, and doesn't care what happens to her things. Her uncle's view of his sister's behavior is more charitable.
Jane has a difficult factory job soldering J9 connectors. Someone is unhappy whether she works fast or slow. She goes to the liquor store after work, and runs into an old acquaintance.
"The Book of Martha"
Martha had just gone to her kitchen for some food after a night of writing. She suddenly finds herself with God, surrounded by grayness. God has selected her for a job—to help humankind through its tumultuous adolescence and enable it to live better. She can ask questions and think about her decisions as long as she wants. It's an overwhelming job with many potential pitfalls.
Noah is the intermediary between humans and the stranger-Community, a globular, plant-like species of aliens. She has a history with them and has now applied for a new assignment—to instruct the six recruits, particularly to calm them and assure them there's no danger. They're looking for jobs, but they have many questions and concerns about the Community. The Community captured and experimented on humans in the past.
"Speech Sounds"
Rye is on a bus heading for Pasadena. She might have a brother there who's still alive. Two passengers, young men, start getting hostile. When one inadvertently falls into the other, a fight breaks out. This leads to further hostilities. The driver stops the bus. There is lots of grunting and other sounds and many gestures, but no one talks.


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package org.openksavi.sponge.integration.tests.core;

import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import org.openksavi.sponge.core.engine.DefaultSpongeEngine;
import org.openksavi.sponge.engine.SpongeEngine;
import org.openksavi.sponge.jython.PythonConstants;

public class KnowledgeBaseScriptProviderTest {

    @Test
    public void testKnowledgeBaseScriptProvider() throws InterruptedException {
        String reloadingVariableName = "reloading";
        String startingVariableName = "starting";

        String kbScriptBody = String.format(
                "def onAfterReload():\n\tsponge.setVariable('%s', True)"
                        + "\ndef onStartup():\n\tsponge.logger.debug('Starting')\n\tsponge.setVariable('%s', True)",
                reloadingVariableName, startingVariableName);
        SpongeEngine engine = DefaultSpongeEngine.builder().knowledgeBaseString("stringKb", PythonConstants.TYPE, kbScriptBody).build();
        engine.startup();

        try {
            await().atMost(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(() -> engine.getOperations().hasVariable(startingVariableName)
                    && engine.getOperations().getVariable(Boolean.class, startingVariableName));

            engine.reload();

            await().atMost(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(() -> engine.getOperations().hasVariable(reloadingVariableName)
                    && engine.getOperations().getVariable(Boolean.class, reloadingVariableName));

            assertFalse(engine.isError());
        } finally {
            engine.shutdown();
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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What are you paying for when you hire A.G. Williams?
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Outstanding Employees: The most important factor in superior painting is consistent, quality craftsmen. At A.G. Williams, we treat our painters very well, and they stay with us for the long-term. When they stay with us for years "" often decades "" our painters develop unsurpassed skill and consistency. The fantastic salary and surprising benefits we offer our employees mean that we cannot charge bargain basement prices, but there is a very real and tangible benefit to our customers as well.
Premium Materials: High-quality paint contains more expensive ingredients. There is just no sense in pinching pennies here, since the caliber of the paint will significantly impact the richness of the colors and the durability of the finish. It is good for customers to be aware that good paints often cost $40 to $60 per gallon these days.
Experience & Management: A.G. Williams has generations of experience in the painting industry, and we know how to treat a customer to fantastic service. Our estimators do not leave a project once they've made the sale; they stay in close contact with the customer and the project manager to make sure everything goes smoothly. There will be one consistent crew who is assigned to your project, and will come back every day until the job is finished. Communication, neatness and dependability are the hallmarks of our service.
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Researchers from Sweden's Lund University and other institutions have used advanced computer simulations to learn more about Jupiter's journey through our own solar system approximately 4.5 billion years ago that contradicts accepted theory that gas planets were formed far away and subsequently migrated to an orbit closer to the star.
Jupiter was formed early in the solar system, as were the other planets, which were gradually built up by cosmic dust, which circled around our young sun in a disk of gas and particles. Jupiter was no larger than our own planet.
According to the calculations, Jupiter's migration went on for around 700,000 years, in a period approximately 2-3 million years after the celestial body started its life as an ice asteroid far from the sun. The journey inwards in the solar system followed a spiraling course in which Jupiter continued to circle around the sun, albeit in an increasingly tight path. The reason behind the actual migration relates to gravitational forces from the surrounding gases in the solar system.


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Seattle councilmembers to propose eliminating 'single family' zoning
Jun 28, 2021, 2:49 PM | Updated: 6:01 pm
Homes in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (Seattle Municipal Archives)
(Seattle Municipal Archives)
BY MYNORTHWEST STAFF
The team that brings you MyNorthwest
This fall, two Seattle City councilmembers will propose doing away with the term: "single family zoning." The city's planning commission has repeatedly asked for the change since 2018.
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda says if Seattle wants to be an equitable and just city, then it must apply that same lens to its zoning code in an effort to end the use of the term she says has been used to further exclusionary practices and discriminatory policies.
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"Language matters. 'Single family' zoning may seem to some as merely a planning term, but we know historically it has been used to further exclusionary practices and discriminatory policies of the past," Mosqueda said. "If Seattle is going to be an equitable and just city, then we must also apply that same lens to our zoning code. After years of discussion, we are acting on what we know is right to undo the legacy of exclusion that exists within our planning documents—starting with how we talk about our neighborhoods."
Mosqueda says the future proposal, co-sponsored by Councilmember Dan Strauss, will seek to change the name from "single family" to "neighborhood residential zoning," creating a more equitable and inclusive Seattle and accurately reflect its diverse neighborhoods.
"I look forward to taking up this important proposal in my Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee to align our planning documents to reflect the diverse mix of households that make up our residential neighborhoods. Our city is a series of neighborhoods that are more vibrant than the name 'single-family' suggests — from backyard cottages and legacy duplexes to multi-generational households — this proposal reflects the Seattle of today," said Councilmember Strauss, Chair of the Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee and co-sponsor.
Tacoma unveils plan to do away with 'single-family' zoning label, reimagine housing options
Mosqueda's office said the language change will affect several elements of the city's Comprehensive Plan, including: the Future Land Use Map, the Land Use, Housing, and Parks and Open Space elements, 17 neighborhood plans, and the Housing appendix.
Seattle legislators added their support for the language change.
"One hundred years ago, housing of all shapes and sizes was legal to build anywhere in Seattle. Since its introduction in the 1920s, 'single family' zoning has been expanded over time to encompass areas with apartment buildings, duplexes, triplexes, and more. 'Single family' zoning was designed to exclude and continues to hurt families and communities struggling with a status quo that doesn't meet their housing needs—but the multifamily holdovers from the past remind us the status quo can be changed. Let's use language that better reflects our values and vision for a zoning system that works for all," said Rep. Nicole Macri (43rd Leg. District – Seattle).
"'Neighborhood Residential' is a more accurate description of the zone currently constituting the majority of Seattle's land area. Current single-family zones allow for more than one family to live on a single parcel and are home to a wide range of uses. Seattle needs a zoning code that permits a range of housing types already existing in many single-family only areas, including townhomes, rowhouses, backyard cottages, in-law suites, and apartment buildings. Legalizing more diverse housing options is the best step forward for livability, walkability, affordability, and the climate." said Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (37th Leg. District – Seattle/White Center).
"Updating Seattle's planning documents to call our single family zones 'Neighborhood Residential' will allow us to be more accurate in our description of these areas that contain a diversity of households, services, amenities, and structures, and will help Seattle move beyond a system that singles out a specific type of household to one that's welcoming to all neighbors," said Rep. Frank Chopp (43rd Leg. District -Seattle).
KIRO Radio's Hanna Scott contributed to this report.
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New mass COVID vaccination site opens in Snohomish County
A new indoor COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens at the Everett Mall on Tuesday, and Snohomish County says a mass testing site is coming soon.
Washington ferries move 'most routes' to alternate schedules amid ongoing crew shortages
Washington state ferries have continued to deal with delays, staffing shortages, and reduced routes to kick of the new year.


Awhile back, I bought a copy of Tools of Titans, which is a mammoth book written by Tim Ferriss.
Get yourself a copy, if you don't already have one. You'll thank me later.
Anyway, I was really struggling with what to talk about in today's quick tip, so I pulled the book off the shelf in hopes of getting a little inspiration.
Come up to me before a race starts and ask me if I'm ready–I dare you!
No worries, I'm not going to bite your head off.
What I'm probably going to do instead is smile and say that it doesn't really matter at this point.
Because whether I'm feeling ready or not, the race is getting ready to start and I'm going to have to go out there and give it what I've got on that day.
Sometimes I forget that not everyone is as laid back as I am.
If the race is getting ready to start, there's not a whole lot you can do to become more prepared for the race than you already are.
At this point, either you've done your training, or you haven't.
You've taken care of the "little things" to be in top shape, or you've neglected them.
Your mind is in the right place, or it's not.
When I was looking through Tools of Titans, there was a conversation with Triple H of WWE fame in which he recounted a conversation he had with Floyd Mayweather.
Trips was a guest of Floyd's for a big fight, and Floyd had asked Triple H to come hang out in the locker room before the bout. Triple H kept trying to leave because he assumed Floyd was a bit wound up before one of the biggest matches in his career to that point.
And Floyd's comment was genius.
Why would I be wound up? I'm either ready or I'm not. Worrying about it right now ain't gonna change a damn thing… I've either done everything I can to be ready for this, or I haven't.


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Purchasing a rental property is like going to college!
Attending college affects many aspects of your life: what kind of a job you get, where you live, and even what kind of a car you drive. Just as college attendance has long-term impacts in your life, so to do the decisions you make when purchasing your first rental property. The different types of property can affect the length of time the property remains vacant, the number of applications received, and also the types of tenants that are attracted to it.
Your residential property management Anchorage, Eagle River and Matsu-Valley team acts similar to a guidance counselor who would help you collect all the necessary classes needed to graduate; helping you make intelligent choices when deciding on which property to buy in order to "graduate" into an enjoyable landlord experience.
Your property management Anchorage, Eagle River, and Matsu-Valley team will be there every step of the way to answer any questions you may have during the purchase process to ensure you make the purchase that is right for you and your long-term goals. We look forward to working with you!


Join the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce for a Statewide Policy Tour as they wrap up the 2019 legislative session. Learn how your priorities fared - how the actions and inactions at the Capitol affect your ability to succeed and grow jons in Minnesota. Then dig deeper into specific issues, and help us set our agenda for the 2020 Legislature.
Optional tour of Central McGowan, Inc. from 9:15 -10:15 a.m.


Some of you with veg box shares may be wondering how to prepare patty pan squash, which looks a bit like a UFO or flying saucer. It's also known as custard or scallop squash. Its texture and taste are similar to a courgette.
Have you a patty pan squash recipe of your own to share with us?


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Back Home Arts & Culture Arts & Culture Categories Music & Art With New Single 'N-Sao?', Suboi Becomes First Vietnamese Artist Featured on Apple's Beats 1
With New Single 'N-Sao?', Suboi Becomes First Vietnamese Artist Featured on Apple's Beats 1
Published on Tuesday, 24 July 2018 12:00
Saigon's reigning rap queen released 'N-Sao?' on Apple's Beats 1 radio program last week, becoming the first Vietnamese artist to be featured on the 24/7 channel.
'N-Sao?,' co-produced by Americans Zach and Pat, is a bouncy, electronic-tinged banger that Suboi laces with Saigon-specific lyrics including shout-outs to traffic, iced coffee, streetside lottery vendors and her native District 3. Vietnam News reports that the song is the first single off a forthcoming project set to follow up 2014's 'Run' and last year's jazzy '2.7' EP.
The photos accompanying 'N-Sao?' presents a side of Suboi fans might not expect. A mature, fashionable image has replaced her more traditionally tomboy, hip-hop attire. Suboi explained to Zing about this new style: "I do not like the way people think the rapper must be like a man. Actually, foreign rappers like Lil 'Kim, Iggy... are very attractive."
Photo via SAOstar.
Photos via Vietnam Moi.
Since first being introduced to hip-hop at 14, the now 28-year-old has released two full-length albums and become the genre's biggest native voice. She was recently featured on Forbes Asia "30 Under 30" list, opened for Skrillex at SXSW, and famously free-styled for former President Obama when he visited Vietnam while in office. She also founded her own company and recently starred in Bitcoin Heist, a Vietnamese film.
The single is available at all major Vietnamese and international music sources including Zing, Nhaccuatui, Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud.
[Top photo via SAOstar]
- Saigoneer Chats With Suboi, Saigon's Queen of Hip-Hop
- Hanoi's Rising Techno Scene: Local Artists Strive to Bring Underground Music to Wider Audiences


On How They Operated The Airlines.
From the old lighted airways in existence in 1924, between Chicago and Cheyenne, Wyoming, The Civil Airways of the 50's expanded into a vast network of interlacing airways, over 40, 000 miles in length in the 1950's.
The way the system was set up was to assure a smooth and safe flow of air traffic along the airways. The airways are designated by a color and number. The four color designations were GREEN, AMBER, Red, and BLUE, in order of their traffic priority. The number was assigned according to the geographical location of the airway.
An aircraft flying along a Green airway has traffic priority over any aircraft on an AMBER or RED airway. An aircraft flying along an AMBER airway has priority over any aircraft on a RED or BLUE airway, but in turn must wait for a priority clearance. The first letters of the airways form the GARB which makes an easy way to remember the traffic priority.
The GREEN and RED airways run east and west and the AMBER and BLUE run north and south.
Some of the old lighted airway beacons were still in use at this time. They were actually started in 1924. They were located on tower structures between 50- 105 feet high.
But in 1950 there 320 radio range beacons, or stations, located along the airways at intervals of approximately 100 or 200 miles. These were commonly referred to as the BEAM. These stations serve as the center line of an airway. The legs of these stations are projected along the airways and make up the invisible radio highways along which all the controlled air traffic moves.
In addition to their navigational function these stations also broadcast weather and other pertinent information.
By 1950 the conventional radio range stations will be replaced by the new VHF Omni directional type radio range, which is still in use today. They estimated by 1955-56 the airways system would be complete with the new VHF Omni Range.
The way air traffic was controlled back in the old days is quite an interesting method. To provide the pilots of the aircraft flying enroute along the airways with the latest weather, traffic and emergency information, there were over 400 airway communications stations. They were identified with names such as "Chicago Radio", Dallas Radio", "and New York Radio" These stations were spaced along the airways at intervals so they were able to provide current information.
These stations were tied into a network of teletype circuit covering 220 weather reporting points.
These stations also played a very important part in the control of traffic along the airways. Traffic instructions were relayed from the AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTERS to the planes en route near the zone of control of each station. IN the same manner they act as the go between the pilots requesting a route change on his flight plan while enroute. They also took all the position reports were the crew calling their attitude, time of passing etc.
These centers, referred to from their beginning as ATC, are the heart of the entire air traffic control system, REMEMBER we are talking about controlling many aircraft without the use of radar separation.. Quite an amazing feat when you think about it.
These controllers kept traffic flowing efficiently and rapidly without collision…Well most of the time.
The flight progress board or frames as they were known back in the 50's were the non radar controller's eyes in the sky. Each three foot high vertical rack is called a "FIX" which is usually made up of 20 flight progress strips. So many fixes make up a "Sector" and so many sectors constitute a center. This huge board on which these strips were mounted runs the entire length of the room.
Each of these fixes represents radio fixes, or airports along the airway. Each of the sectors is manned by a controller and 1 or 2 assistants who kept busy marking data on the individual strips, and telephoning or receiving calls from the control tower, airway communications stations, and the other agencies having or desiring pertinent flight information.
It is amazing when you think of what air traffic control does in this day an age. Imagine this, the practiced eye of theses controllers watched the fixes and sectors enabling them to visualize the over all traffic situation ion their sector for as much as two hours ahead. Can you imagine the head ache you would have doing this?
The flight strips were arranged in chronological order, starting at the bottom of the board with the first flight to arrive over a particular fix, the next flight in second position, and so on.
The Flight Progress strip is a foot long, inch wide strip of brown paper that was divided into eight sections. Each time ATC approves a flight plan one of these strips is initiated and the progress of the flight is recorded in pencil notations. The strip was inserted in a medal holder which is in turn affixed to its position on the "fix" or progress board mentioned above. There was a strip for every flight along the route on an approved flight plan.
Wow, these guys were really good!
The Air Traffic Control Center had complete jurisdiction over the traffic flowing along its airways and within its designated area of control. In 1950 the civil airways system was divided into 25 air traffic control areas. In the U.S. and Canada. For example, Boston ATC has jurisdiction over roughly 180 miles of airways and air space and handles all the traffic to a point 25 miles south west of Hartford, Conn. Here New York Air Traffic Control Center's radius begins., and extends 25 miles beyond Philadelphia, where Washington Center takes over and has authority over traffic to within 25 miles of Florence, North Carolina.
All of this was hooked up by telephone, teletype and radio channels connecting each center with one another. More than 50,000 miles of teletype circuits were used by ATC just for weather alone. Another 10,000 miles for controlling air traffic.
Through the airway communications stations, company radio's airport traffic control towers, military radios and airline traffic offices, ATC receives all of its pertinent information.
The First Officer prepares in triplicate and the Captain signs a Flight Plan for the flight, giving pertinent clearance and airway traffic control data, and the flight dispatcher or his authorized representative signs; the flight dispatch to his agreement with the entire flight plan; his representative to indicate that altitudes proposed are at or above the approved minimum.
In preparing the flight plan the F/O follows the Captain's instructions as to route, altitude to be flown, forecasted winds and temperature and alternate airports to be used. The original copy is taken on the flight for log use. Second copy is given to the Manager of Operations or Flight Dispatcher and a third copy is given to the stewardess.
During the flight all Air to ground communications are confined to the exchange of information bearing directly on flight operations. They take priority over point to point contacts on any channel serving both.
When reporting positions at this time the Flight Officer give the following.
ATC requests or information, such as fuel or mechanical difficulties can also be given.
It a required equipment item becomes unserviceable in flight, a landing must be made at the nearest safe, suitable landing area or at a point of the next intended landing, which ever the Captain or Flight Dispatcher decide is safest procedure.
In order to indicate the conformity of the flight to its plan the Captain maintains a chronological written record of its progress. He enters in the flight log the weather encountered, the flights estimated time and actual time, to the nearest minute over all check points, direction flown, etc.
The flight log provides a basis for computing factors which vary with time and depreciation and to give the maintenance department information on conditions of the aircraft, inspections and servicing.
REMEMBER NO COMPUTERS ARE BEING USED!
There are certain procedures that must be adhered to during the flight.
To Change from Instrument to Contact Flight Rules.
1. Over a range station when weather permits making contact at or above the minimums. CRF altitude.
2. Enroute by attempting to break out of the overcast while remaining at or above minimum instrument altitude for the route portion.
The Captain must ascend to and proceed at or above minimum instrument altitude after requesting and receiving ATC approval of a definite altitude, maintaining CFR until receipt of the altitude assignment. In an emergency situation, Captain ascends to and proceeds at or above minimum instrument altitude, immediately requesting ground station to notify Flight Dispatch and ATC for clearance.
When a flight is unable to communicate with the airlines ground station and the ATC Clearance is needed the flight will obtain it from the CAA station.
If the flight's call to the airlines ground station is not answered then two more calls will be made at fifteen second intervals.
If the three calls are unanswered the flight then calls another ground station in the sector, usually the station behind once only.
If this procedure fails the flight will then be broadcast its report in the blind.
The flight dispatch and sub dispatch offices initiate requests for the position report when a flight is 5 minutes over due at a check point. If it becomes apparent that a transmitter failure occurred, the Flight Dispatcher controlling the flight. (1). Advises the appropriate ATCC and (2) advises appropriate company stations to broadcast pertinent weather reports and altimeter settings and (3) have the appropriate range stations broadcast the above information.
Quite Simple For The Time.
Before leaving the minimum authorized cruising altitude on the starting an instrument approach the altimeters must be checked with and set to the latest figure at the station of the intended landing.
During the initial approach on instruments or on top, Flight Officer may not descend below the specified minimum altitude for initial approach until arrival over the range station has been definitely proven.
Except where approved landing minimums are 1000 feet ceiling and 2 miles visibility or better, The Captain after becoming in contact may not descend more than 50 feet below the specified landing ceiling, unless he is in the position to make a normal straight in approach to the proper runway and can plainly see the near end of the runway and approach lights or other approved identification marks leading to the runway.
Flight Officers when CFR are required to make an in range report ten minutes prior to intended landing or at required Position Over Report. (POR).
Flights my not let down through heavy icing conditions nor through heavy icing conditions nor through moderate icing conditions unless the weather conditions are 800-2 900-1 ½ or 1000-1 or better, nor in freezing rain, sleet or moderate or heavy freezing drizzle. Or moderate or heavy wet snow.
The Captain, F/O and Stewardess personally sign a Flight Report for each flight. It sets forth information concerning the flights date, route, type, ramp arrival and departure, ;landing and take off times. (Time wheels touch or leave the ground) gasoline and oil carried and total flying time together with pertinent remarks.
1. Any difficulties encountered during the flight and noting itemized troubles under appropriate headings describing the difficulty or malfunctioning as fully as possible and if apparent, giving the cause.
2. Engine readings giving all readings: After engines are synchronized in level flight the tachometer and manifold pressure readings are entered. Space is provided for entering engine cruise readings and any engine malfunctions.
3. In addition the Captain notes, any mechanical delays enroute, giving station and length of time and cause of delay.
4. Aircraft Accident regardless of damage.
5. Engine out operation, giving engine out, reason, if established and whether propeller was feathered.
6. Use of Oxygen, deicing alcohol spare fuses etc.
7. The stewardess notes any items of fixed cabin equipment needing repair or adjustment.
Regardless of crew changes, Flight Officers leave "Pilots Flight and Maintenance Reports" attached and on board the airplane until the flight terminates or reaches a station where the "Times" are posted. When a new crew takes over, the outgoing Captain acquaints himself with the airplanes condition and flight operation by reading and initialing the inbound report.
Thanks for the memories. Most were before my time but I recognize the flight progress strips.
My apologies for contacting you in such a round-about way. I am contacting you from the UK- where we produce a television show for BBC1 entitled Heir Hunters. Heir Hunters is long-standing social history series, which is currently in its seventh series. The aim of the programme is to retell the story of individuals who have died without leaving a will, in the form of a tribute film about their life.
One of the individuals we are making a film about worked as an aircraft dispatcher for TWA between 1950 and 1970.
I am writing to you because, having read your excellent blog post- Props, Pistons, Old Jets And the Good Ole Days of Flying- I was wondering if you could suggest where I might be able to obtain some of the photos and diagrams you use to illustrate your blog.
I am keen to show visually the details of the work our gentleman carried out in the ATC, but am struggling to find old pictures we can use.
Please drop me an email at zoee@flametv.co.uk.
Any assistance you could give me with this issue would be most gratefully received.