I am talking about "Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes A Problem-Solution Approach" book By Darl Kuhn , Sam Alapati , Bill Padfield.
Thank You Jonathan Gennick the chance for me to become technical review this book.
This book can not help you to become Oracle Expert (Because, this book was written from the real-world for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database). If you work with Oracle Database as Oracle Database Administrator (Beginner to Advanced). You are looking for solutions to common database performance problems or reference book to help with performance issues. I guarantee this book is useful.
I used "Beginner to Advanced" word, I don't mean: "If you have worked with Oracle Database a long time. You don't need read this book". Actually You should read it!!! Because This book was written about Oracle Database 11g also, This book will helpful to figure you out for solutions on 11gR1 and 11gR2.
If you are Oracle DBA (Newbie). You are asking How to solve database performance issue? You have to read many documents, many concepts. But The database performance issue can not wait... and wait. read some documents or some books what help you immediately.
If you are Oracle DBA (Intermediate/Advanced). You had worked on Oracle 8, 9i, 10g ...whatever. In Today, You have to work on Oracle 11g. You have to learn some new features and you may find the new performance issue. This book can figure you out. You can save your time to find out the information to solve the issue.
I work on Oracle Database 10gR*, and 11gR*. I have the change to review this Book(good for me). I often see the performance issue on Oracle Database and have the change to use the idea, the command-line and the samples from this book to solve the issue.
The "Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes A Problem-Solution Approach" book has 15 chapters (related 11gR1 to 11gR2). If you need to know about Table of contents(I will publish later), but I can tell you what you will learn in each of chapter.
Chapter 1: Learn to optimize table performance. You have to work with TABLE object and How to optimize it? This chapter was writen about database features that impact the performance of storing and retrieving data within a table.
Chapter 2: Learn about Indexes. An index is a database object used primarily to improve the performance of SQL queries. How to use index more efficient?
Chapter 3: Learn to optimize Instance Memory. You work as DBA. You have to know about SGA,PGA and ... You work on 10g, You have to know "Oracle Automatic Shared Memory Management". You work on 11g, You have to know "Oracle Automatic Memory Management". This chapter deals with managing and optimizing Oracle's memory.
Chapter 4: You are Oracle DBA. You need to monitor system and database performance. You need to know about AWR. You will learn about AWR in this chapter.
Chapter 5: Learn to reduce Contention in the Database - You often see Oracle Wait Events, example: "enq: TX - row lock contention". How to reduce them?
Chapter 6: Solving database performance issues sometimes requires the use of operating system (OS) utilities. You will learn to use OS utilities (Linux/Unix) for Solving database performance issues.
Chapter 9: Learn to manual Tuning SQL. Learn to use Execution Plan and read it. Learn to use SQL Monitoring and what you should know about Tuning SQL by Manual.
Chapter 10: Tracing session activity is at the heart of most SQL performance tuning exercises. You will learn from this chapter.
Chapter 11: When you work on Oracle Database 11g, you need to know about Automated SQL tuning features. You will learn about it in this chapter.
Chapter 12: Learn about SQL Profie and How to use SQL Plan Baselines.
Chapter 13: Learn to use the Optimizer for 11g. Example: set preferences for statistics collection, enable/disable Optimizer Statistics Gathering and etc.
Chapter 14: Learn to use Query Hints.
Chapter 15: Parallelism can help improve performance, this chapter you will learn about it.
You can read book description.
Sam R. Alapati is an Oracle ACE and an experienced Oracle database administrator (OCP Oracle Database 11g). Sam is currently the senior technical director for Miro Consulting, Inc., in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and regularly consults with Fortune 500 companies in the areas of Oracle Database, Oracle E-Business, and Oracle Fusion Middleware technology. Sam has written several books on Oracle database management, including Expert Oracle Database 11g Administration, Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers (with Charles Kim), and RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g (with Darl Kuhn and Arup Nanda), all published by Apress. Sam lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, Valerie, and children, Nina and Nicholas.
Darl Kuhn is a senior database administrator working for Oracle. He handles all facets of database administration from design and development to production support. He also teaches advanced database courses at Regis University in Colorado. Darl does volunteer DBA work for the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group. He has a graduate degree from Colorado State University and lives near Spanish Peaks, Colorado with his wife, Heidi, and daughters, Brandi and Lisa.
Bill Padfield is an Oracle Certified Professional, working for a large telecommunications company in Denver, Colorado as a lead database administrator. Bill helps administer and manage a large data warehouse environment consisting of more than 75 databases. Bill has been an Oracle Database administrator for more than 14 years, and has been in the IT industry since 1985. Bill also teaches graduate database courses at Regis University and currently resides in Aurora, Colorado with his wife, Oyuna, and son, Evan.


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Manchester United Sinks To 15th After Paul Pogba Hands Arsenal Victory
Connor Fleming November 1, 2020
Arsenal defeated United 1-0 thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's penalty.
Arsenal finally dispensed with a long-running narrative of despair by defeating Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the game's only goal from the spot in the 69th minute after Paul Pogba had needlessly fouled Héctor Bellerín in the area.
The Red Devils have twice now displayed a massive European hangover after achieving impressive results in the Champions League. After defeating PSG 2-1 on Oct. 20, United and Chelsea played out a forgettable 0-0 draw last Saturday.
On Wednesday, they hammered RB Leipzig 5-0 with Pogba looking strong in midfield and Marcus Rashford scoring a hat-trick, but all that promise was forgotten in the opening 45 minutes of this one with the Bruno Fernandes and Pogba midfield pairing failing to click.
Arsenal could've taken the lead before halftime with Willian and Bukayo Saka going close, but United handed the Gunners the initiative after Pogba's dumb challenge on Bellerín.
Aubameyang sent David de Gea the wrong way and spanked his effort into the bottom corner.
Aubameyang with the emphatic penalty!
Arsenal lead at Old Trafford! #MyPLMorning pic.twitter.com/wHKJxF34Bt
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) November 1, 2020
For Arsenal, it's a first league win at Old Trafford in 14 years. It's also a first away win against a "Big Six club" club in 30 matches. The Gunners are now in eighth and four points behind leader Liverpool.
"Mikel (Arteta) is bringing something very nice and everyone wants to follow his way," Aubameyang said after the match. "It was good to win tonight."
For United, it's a defeat that leaves the club mired in 15th. The Red Devils still haven't won at home this season in four tries (one draw, three defeats) and next up is a difficult trip to play second-place Everton at Goodison Park (Nov. 7).
Arsenal hosts sixth-place Aston Villa at the Emirates on Sunday, Nov. 8.

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The Witcher sells 600,000+ Enhanced version coming soon.
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600 000+ sales:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/852/852214p1.html
News of an enhanced edition:
http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/444.html]Wow![/url]
CD Projekt RED is pleased to announce that in May of this year, a completely new and improved version of The Witcher will appear in stores, a game considered by many players as well as the media as the best cRPG of 2007!
Michal Kicinski, CEO of CD Projekt described the idea behind the Enhanced Edition:
"The leading idea during the development of the Enhanced Edition of The Witcher is to create a game that is devoid of all "first-time" problems found in the premiere edition. The Witcher was received very warmly by both the players and the media, but we are well aware that it is not a product without its faults. There was just not enough time to perfect certain elements, while we learned that some things needed to be changed from the players themselves. Now we have the opportunity to introduce changes that will allow The Witcher to provide even more fun. I hope that, as a result, the game will come even closer to the ideal RPG game."
Maciej Szczesnik ? Project Manager from CD Projekt RED, spoke about the content provided in the new edition:
"The Witcher: Enhanced Edition will be a completely polished product. A product that is rarely found on the PC market. Of course, it would be best if the premiere edition could look that way. For different reasons that was not achieved, now we're trying to make up for it. It should be easier for the fact that there aren't that many elements in the game which need improvement. Work is being done on two levels. One concerns the removal of technical obstacles that hinder the player from properly using the game and thus gaining enjoyment from it. By that I mean level loading times, which will be reduced by 80%, the stability of the game on different configurations, as well as a whole array of smaller fixes that will increase interactivity and precision in combat. The other level consists of very important changes that are not usually found in patches. First and foremost, the English language version will be, for the most part, completely re-done. The amount of text in that version was reduced compared to other language versions and that was said to cause a significant decrease in immersion and atmosphere. Now the English version will be as polished and atmospheric as the other language versions. Speaking of language versions, most of them will be more or less improved. Significant changes will also be made in the German version, where we are planning to re-record the voices for many of the characters. The most important improvements concern those elements of the game that the players criticized the most. So for example, over 50 new supporting character models will be added, so that the player won't run into the same person too often. The inventory panel will be re-designed and improved, and some elements of the main game screen will be polished. However, one of the biggest changes that will greatly increase the player's immersion in the game world will be improvements concerning dialogue scenes. Both Geralt and the NPCs will get over 100 new animated gestures which will make their "body language" during a conversation much more natural. Additionally, the face animation and lip-sync system will be re-created, making the faces of the speakers now even more natural as well. Of course, I've mentioned only the most important changes, and that's still a lot. There will be many smaller changes that will make the game more fun. I'm convinced that, thanks to them, The Witcher will be an almost ideal game."
Adam Kicinski ? the head of CD Projekt RED spoke about publishing and the availability of the Enhanced Edition in different parts of the world: "Our goal is to make the Enhanced Edition available to all players all over the world. Of course, in the end, that depends on our publishers with whom we are currently negotiating. I believe that thanks to the interest shown by players, it will be possible to convince publishers worldwide to release the game in conjunction with the premiere in Eastern Europe, that is May 16. This is important because aside from improvements to the game itself, this edition is also to be improved in terms of how it's released, which for the most part depends more on the publishers than us, the authors. For example, aside from the game DVD, we are planning to include a DVD with a Mod Editor D'jinii, as well as two additional adventures, a video DVD with extended material concerning the making of the game, a music CD with 29 tracks from the game, a music CD with 15 tracks of music inspired by the game, an 80-page instruction booklet, a 112-page official guide written by the authors of the game, and a 50-page short story written by Andrzej Sapkowski. There will also be a map of the game world. As you can see it is quite an elaborate release and it is important to us that fans all over the world be able to buy this version of the game. Especially considering it will not be more expensive than the standard edition of the game! Fans that have already bought the game need not worry, however, because the new content and improvements will be available to them in the form of a downloadable update "
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition does not only mean changes in the game's mechanics or better graphics, however. There's also an included mod editor called D'jinni that allows players to create or modify their own adventures in the world of The Witcher, as well as two completely new adventures created by CD Projekt RED. First adventure ?The price of neutrality? tells the story of Geralt coming back to Kaer Morhen and finding mysterious camp near stronghold (3 new quests) while second one focus on Dandelion and his troubles in Vyzim City (5 quests)
The Witcher is an RPG game about the adventures of Geralt, a professional monster slayer, developed by the Polish studio, CD Projekt RED. The game is based on a new version of Bioware's engine, Aurora 2007. The story is set in a world known from books written by Andrzej Sapkowski and sold all over the world. The game has already managed to garner worldwide success, having sold over 600 thousand copies. It has received 48 awards and distinctions, including the prestigious "Best PC RPG 2007" from IGN.com, as well as "PC RPG of the Year 2007" from Gamespy.com (see the entire list of awards: http://www.thewitcher.com/community/pl/awards/). The game has also received very high ratings from players from all over the world, which is reflected in the average scores given in reviews from such sites as: Metacritics (9.4/10), GameTrailers (9.1/10) i Gamespot (8.8/10).
Detailed information regarding the Enhanced Edition can be found in the additional document.
raystorm
Nice. I can't wait for the new free content and see what kinds of mods and adventures the community will come up with. The Witcher was definitely one of my fav games of 2007.
Lonyo
Did we really need 3 separate "This is how many copies Game X sold" threads?
They could have been combined into one thread to make a stronger point.
Yea I was thinking about that later. But one just followed the other.
News of an Enhanced ed. coming
MTDEW
Wow, i wish I could have gotten the enhanced edition for my first playthrough.
THNX for the info. :thumbsup:
Awesome game and i dont care how many threads it gets on here, the more the better IMHO.
apoppin
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Originally posted by: MTDEW
i just stopped dead in my tracks in Chapter 2 with the news ... i have 11 other games to play and i will set the Witcher aside until May - it makes me feel good i waited and only paid $30 for it ... anyway, i want to play it the way the devs envisioned it
... loading times are actually pretty good for me now ... i'm looking forward to having it nearly instant ... i did not think they could squeeze that much performance out of the NWN2's [Aurora] game engine. Kudos to them for fixing it - unlike with G3's genome engine and the fighting primates at JoJoWood/PiranhaBytes ... of course G3 was a 'failure'.
See .. ^^*this* ^^ is what happens when a game gets RUNAWAY success from a good studio - they rework the game ... and like with STALKER we can expect a Witcher expansion -- or two.
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I am glad I waited. This is really good news and it will give me something to play over the summer.
BladeVenom
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Yes we do. It help offsets all the stupid PC gaming is dying threads that have popped up almost every week since the latest generation of consoles came out.
Real positive news, is much better than the same rehashed doom and gloom nonsense that's been spouted for 25 years since the Nintedo NES came out.
fallenangel99
Should I wait until May or buy Witcher now? Still 39.99 at CC
Pepsei
the best english dating sim i've played ever.
Bateluer
Originally posted by: fallenangel99
I'd buy it now, awesome game. All the new content will be downloadable for current game owners.
wait ,,, it can only go on sale
unless you want to play it twice ... i have it now - played into Ch2] and i am putting it away ... i want to play it as the devs intended
Dumac
I was interested in this game, so I'll be sure to pick it up (probably the Brit edition) by May.
Originally posted by: apoppin
unless you want to play it twice ...
You only play RPGs once? Didn't you invest over a thousand hours into Oblivion?
The Witcher has three basic tracks, neutral, Sco'a'tel, and Order. At the most basic level, this means you can play through it three times and get three different ending while taking three different routes to get there. Not counting all the other decisions made in the game that don't effect the game's main story but still effect the world around you.
The only downside to playing the game now is that you could experience some of the loose ends that would most likely be filled by the Enhanced Edition.
Originally posted by: Bateluer
yep, once ... Hellgate is the only game i ever replayed
i spent [not 'invested'] 1,250 hours into Oblivion with the same character ... Level 92 without using the console or 'cheating'; i played SI with a new character, however, as i wanted a 'challenge'
My *point* in delaying the Witcher purchase was not that at all - rather -
Krakn3Dfx
I picked up one of the MSI 8600GT cards from newegg that was like $77 after rebate and came with a free copy of The Witcher. Pretty awesome game, especially once you get past the first half an hour of exposition. It reminds me of Oblivion, but with a better combat system and a more pointed overall quest structure. I highly recommend it.
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ALIGARH: Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Singh has courted a major controversy when he said that people who raise slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath "would be buried alive".
The minister said this on Sunday while addressing a rally in Aligarh to muster support for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019.
"If you raise slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, I will bury you alive," he threatened.
He was apparently referring to protests held by students of Aligarh Muslim University against the CAA during which they allegedly raised slogans against the Prime Minister and the chief minister.
The minister further said: "These one per cent people are opposing the CAA. They stay in India, eat up our taxes and then raise 'murdabad' slogans against the leaders. This country belongs to people of all faiths, but the slogan shouting against the Prime Minister or chief minister is unacceptable."
He also launched an attack on India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. "What was Nehru's caste? He did not have a 'khaandan'," he claimed.
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Fr. John Huels
Religious Order: Servites
Diocese: Diocese of Metuchen
1976: Ordained
1976-1979: St. Joseph's; Carteret, NJ, Diocese of Trenton
1980: Not listed in Official Catholic Directory for 1980.
1980-1982: Divine Word College; Washington, D.C.
1982-1993: St. Philip Priory; Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago
1982-1991: Prior
1991-1993: Director of Students
1985-1987: Servite Provincial Residence; Berwyn, IL
1987-1995: Chicago Theological Union; Chicago, IL
1993-1994: Assumption Priory; Chicago, IL
1993-1994: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (In Residence); Chicago, IL
1993-1995: Servite Friars – Eastern Province, Provincial Center; Chicago, IL
1994-1996: Monastery of Our Lady of Sorrows; Chicago, IL
1996-1997: Zululand; South Africa
1997-2002: St. Paul University – Canon Law Professor; Ottawa, Canada
2003-2005; Not listed in Official Catholic Directories for 2003-2005.
Accused in 1994 of abuse in 1970s of a 15-year-old boy in New Jersey. Admitted the abuse. A second victim came forward. Forced to step down as head of the Chicago-based Servites. Went to Africa for a few years. Hired 1997 by St. Paul University in Ottawa, ON, Canada. By 2002 he was still a priest and professor and vice dean of canon law at St. Paul's. St. Paul's said he took "medical leave for the treatment of severe depression" in 8/02 after allegation surfaced. Ottawa archbishop said Huels was leaving Servites and would seek laicization. In 9/18 he was still professor of canon law at Saint Paul's. He was removed from that position after publicity the same month.
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In August 2015, the Company acquired 100% in 49 map designated cells ("claims") in Fiedmont township within the Abitibi region of Quebec, located approximately 45 kilometers north of the town of Val-D'Or, near the town of Barraute that is located 3 kilometers from the northern limits of the property.
The 2,083 hectare property, referred to as Vendôme Sud, covered favorable geology for the occurrence of volcanogenic as well as magmatic massive sulphides (VMS and MMS) as well as quartz-carbonate vein hosted gold deposits. According to geological reports and assessment records on file with the Ministerie Énergie et Ressources Naturelles (MERN) of the Province of Quebec, the Vendôme Sud property is reported to contain several VMS and MMS geophysical targets, one of which is a historical Ni-Cu deposit first discovered in the early 1960's, other targets have been drill tested by previous operators to contain zinc, silver and gold.
Previous owners of the property completed a high-resolution helicopter TDEM / Magnetic geophysical survey in early 2014, that has yet to be followed up; where 11 strong, plus 4 very strong anomalies were recommended for follow-up exploration. BWR's initial exploration plans were to include a site visit by a qualified geologist accompanied by management, followed by the preparation of a NI 43-101 report to include a follow-up exploration proposal and costing, this initial site visit was deferred due to the lack of exploration funding.
Annual assessment was required on the 49 claims totaling $58,800 ($200 per claim) as well as mining duties of $4,682 ($54.75 per claim). In early March 2016, eleven of the 49 claims expired due to lack of assessment work being completed leaving 38 map designated cells. These eleven lapsed claims were considered non-key claims. BWR then completed an interpretation of the existing TDEM / Magnetic survey along with importing the historical diamond drill results to create a three dimensional interpretive image, the cost of this report was applied to 20 selected claims amongst the then remaining 38 claims. The report was filed with MERN in April 2016 for assessment credit extending the assessment dates of these twenty claims, the additional 18 claims were then allowed to lapse, considered to be superfluous to the 20 remaining claims.
The geophysical interpretation inferred a magnetically rendered continuation of the magnetic signature of the Magodor Magmatic Massive Sulphide occurrence beyond the drilled area that loosely defined the Magodor historical nickel-copper prospect. In late 2016 an additional 5 claims were allowed to lapse. The company is currently making plans to commence exploration on the property and at which time may reconsider acquiring additional land and prospects in the area if available at reasonable cost. The property currently consists of 15 map designated cells totaling approximately 635 hectares, covering the Mogador base metal prospect.


Roofs and walls will continue to give buildings their characteristic appearance in the future as well. Outer walls however are changing and increasingly adopting the role of a 'second skin'. As a 'carrier' for photovoltaic cells, they deliver energy, store heat, keep heat out and contribute to a sustainable and healthy (work) environment.


How The Media Can Manipulate Our Viewpoint. Found this on Facebook. No clue as to the original source.. HD Wallpaper and background images in the Debatte club tagged: politics the media manipulation big picture whole picture think for yourself.
Really interesting picture, and thought-provoking.
Was this picture created for the purpose of the poster, or was it an actual photo from a war zone?


Party food can peel off pounds! These Spanish peppers could help you drop a size. We use goat cheese instead of traditional manchego to slash fat. Plus, two peppers deliver a third of your daily vitamin C needs, and C has been shown to increase fat burning during exercise.
Whisk shallots, scallion and vinegar in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Slice open the top of each pepper to create a pocket. Spoon cheese into peppers, dividing it equally among them. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat; coat with cooking spray. Cook peppers, flipping once, until cheese begins to melt, about 30 seconds each side. Transfer to a platter. Sprinkle with parsley and thyme. Drizzle dressing over peppers and serve.
Wonderful recipe! I also sauteed the shallots and scallions for the dressing, added dried thyme, and used 2 teaspoons of white balsamic vinegar and 1 teaspoon of dry sherry instead of the sherry vinegar. Because I love goat cheese, I used 4 ounces (to stuff 8 jarred piquillo peppers), used an electric mixer to beat the goat cheese and added 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and some white pepper. Stuffing the peppers is a little messy, and I found that placing a little over a teaspoon of cheese mixture into about the center of the pepper, then "squishing" gently with my fingers to move the cheese around evenly inside the pepper works best. I fried the peppers after this, then drizzled with the dressing while in the pan, removed to a small serving dish, and poured any remaining *whatever* that was left in the pan over the top. Great app served room temp but provide small plates and cocktail forks!
Pickypk says: I have made these more times than I can count but when my daughter's Venezuelan roommate, announced that they were better than his grandmother's, I knew this was a keeper. Like others, I have tried to cut down on the messy factor and found that fresh is way less flimsy and hold up better through presentation. The sauce on top is messy as well so do not think this is a finger food. Serve plattered with small plates and cocktail forks so they don't wind up on your guests or your rug!
Quick, simple, and delicious! My husband doesn't like goat cheese but he said that if I have to cook with goat cheese, this is how I should do it. The dressing was a great topper and I will definitely be making these again. I might try some of the variations listed by other reviewers since this is a sample recipe and it seems like you could have some fun experimenting with it.
First off, I fail to see how 3 oz. of goat cheese sufficently provides a filling for this many peppers. The photo aludes to a lot more filling than a scant tablespoon. I used 7oz of goat and 3 oz of goat feta (for a more stable fill), sauteed onions, small clove of garlic, and sherry till it evaporated. Cooled it and added along w fresh lemon thyme and parsley, a little pepper brine and Piment d'Espelette. Put filling in a disposable pastry bag (no tip), propped up drained/dried peppers in an empty egg carton and piped away! I made these early in the morning so the filling would firm up and not run when I pan fry them. I think this recipe would be even better with some Jamon or tonia tuna, capers (which I meant to add but forgot) and maybe carmalize the onions next time. Like others I served w a balsamic glaze and chopped green onions. We enjoyed them!
Awesome recipe. The only thing I did was use a variety of Baby Sweet Peppers for color and pan sauteed them my self in Olive Oil. Let them cool down, then cut a small slit int he side wall, opened them up and with the tip of a knife, picked the crumbled goat cheese and stuffed the peppers. The before I served them, sauteed them again a little on a low heat. It was a big hit plus the color variety between Yellow, Orange and Red made a big impact.
I tried these as written, but discovered a better way! Saute the shallots and scallions in a very small amout of olive oil, mix with the goat cheese and thyme. Pat the peppers dry inside and out and stuff with the cheese mix. Serve COLD with a balsamic reduction made with a little sugar, salt and pepper. Maybe not Spanish, but great! Serve with toasted rounds of baguette.
I made these for a Spanish cooking party with friends last night, maybe it was the Cava I was drinking, but I misread the recipe and mixed the scallions, shallots, sherry vinegar in with the goat cheese, I heated as per the recipe and served with fresh thyme sprinked on top. Everyone loved them, sometimes an accident has a great result! Maybe I'll follow the correct recipe next time?
You can use as appetizers! I just take toasted slices of a baguette, spread pesto sauce on top and lay the peppers over.Yummy!
Wonderful. I've made them with the sherry vinegar and reduced balsamic vinegar. Both very good. Many requests for the recipe.
These are really good! Have made them 4 times this summer already. Trader Joes has great piquillo peppers. Have had many ask for recipe and my kids love them. The only bummer is that they are not a finger food type appetizer. I've resorted to putting a knife on the platter and people slice them and enjoy them with crackers. Also add a little olive oil to dressing.
This was good as is, but even better drizzled with a balsamic reduction instead of the sherry vinegar.
We wanted to love these, but found that they were just okay. They look really pretty, but they are lacking in flavor (seems like it would be impossible with peppers and goat chees!). Served with tacos and the cilantro-ginger rice. Won't make again.
Made these for a picnic, so I made these the day before and ate a few of them hot off the platter and chilled the rest and served them chilled/room temp. They were amazing in both incarnations, and were a huge hit. Everyone loved them! Will definitely make it into the picnic and party repertoire! Amazing!
Fantastic. I added sliced olives at the end. Huge hit.
Awesome! I will make these again and again. I added olives too and it made for a very pretty platter.
These are awesome and make a great appetizer. The peppers that I bought were already marinated. I found them at the Earth Fare on their olive bar. I used garlic and herb goat cheese. Everyone loved them.


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Aimee Stephens
Aug 09, 2019 / Post by by Catherine Frakas
Aimee (Munmee) Stephens is inducted into the Hall of Shame due to his wish to punish his former employer for his own lack of integrity. Since this man has not revealed his real name that we can find, we will call him Munmee, which is a derivative of the masculine form of Aimee. In 2103, Munmee, a male funeral director at the R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, who had promised to follow the company's sex-specific dress code, announced to owner Tom Rost that he intended to dress and present as a woman Tom Rost. As reported by the Alliance Defending Freedom: While that employee was free to dress however that employee wanted outside of work, Harris Funeral Homes expects its funeral directors to follow the dress code during working hours. After all, the dress code is a crucial component to how it serves grieving families. But the employee made a decision to break a promise. After considering the needs of the funeral director, other employees, and the grieving families the funeral home serves, the funeral home felt it had no choice but to part ways with the employee. That's when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Harris Funeral Homes. This should have been an open-and-shut case. After all, Tom and Harris Funeral Homes were following existing laws. Small businesses are allowed under the law to have sex-specific dress codes. Even the EEOC's own employee manual states that a dress code may require male employees to wear neckties at all times and female employees to wear skirts at all times. But the EEOC elevated its political goals above the interests of the grieving families that Tom and Harris Funeral Homes serve. Regardless of what mental illness this man may have to make him think is female, the primary point is that he agreed to the Funeral Home dress code and decided to violate it. We feel there is a great likelihood this decision was political to purposely punish the company for its dress code. A person of integrity would simple find another job if their value conflicted with his employer. Cases like this have been contrived for such political retribution purposes many times in the past. Whether this is a case of political attack, or the Munmee on a personal basis desiring to shove down the throat of his employer his own perverted values, we cannot tell. Either way, this is yet another case in which there is an attempt to push perverted and perhaps mentally ill values into the mainstream of normality (which it is not and never will be). The EEOC eventually admitted it was wrong and presently support the case of the Funeral Home. But, of course, the organization that supports all perversion, it seems, the ACLU, stepped in to take the case forward. The United State Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case in is 2019-1920 term.


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NATO appreciates Serbia's commitment to regional and global security and stability
02 Mar. 2016 - 03 Mar. 2016
Last updated: 03 Mar. 2016 15:50
During his visit to Serbia (2 – 3 March), General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee acknowledged the enhancement in NATO-Serbia relations and the importance of cooperation and dialogue in a strong partnership. The Chairman met with General Diković, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, Mr. Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zoran Đorđević, Minister of Defence and Mr. Igor Bečić, National Assembly Deputy Speaker.
Over the past decade, NATO and Serbia have shared a common interest: to build a stable, secure and prosperous Western Balkans. This has been possible through mutual respect, dialogue and cooperation, including through NATO's full respect of Serbia's policy of neutrality.
NATO-Serbia cooperation has been recently further enhanced with the signature of the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) in 2015 and the implementation of the new Trust Fund in 2016. The IPAP allows NATO to further support Serbia in core elements of its defence and security sector reform. Other IPAP areas of activity include regional cooperation, the fight against terrorism, cyber defence, and democratic control of the armed forces, civil emergency planning and the protection of classified information.
Earlier this year, NATO launched its fourth Trust Fund with Serbia. Trust Funds are projects in which NATO Allies and Partners voluntarily assist a country in addressing a particular challenge. In this case, the trust fund will help Serbia safely dispose of up to 2,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition.
During his press conference with General Diković (Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces), General Pavel highlighted the ongoing effort in "interoperability between NATO and Serbia which helps Serbian military personnel work effectively and safely within EU and UN-led peacekeeping operations as well as cooperate with NATO in areas such Civil Emergency and Crisis Management, NATO's Building Integrity Programme and Defence Education Enhancement Programme". He also commended the Serbian Armed Forces for "their significant contributions to multinational peacekeeping operations, especially in the medical domain. NATO highly appreciates your commitment to regional and global security and stability".
General Pavel concluded his statement by saying that "NATO puts a lot of effort in building a broad cooperative security network where common interests are shared," while stressing NATO's commitment to the Balkan region and the important and constructive role played by Serbia.
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Serbia 02 Mar. 2016 General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee being introduced to staff by General Dikovic, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces.
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Serbia 02 Mar. 2016 General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in a meeting with General Dikovic, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces.
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Serbia 02 Mar. 2016 Press conference with General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and General Dikovic, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces.
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Serbia 02 Mar. 2016 General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Serbia 03 Mar. 2016 General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and Mr. Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Serbia 03 Mar. 2016 Meeting between General Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Mr. Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and respective staffs.
Chairman of the Military Committee
Military Committee & International Military Staff (IMS) portal page


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FanForce Spotlight
"one of the year's best films"
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Type:Biography, Drama, History
Dur:128 min
Dir:Tom McCarthy
Rating:CTC
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams, Spotlight tells the riveting true story of a team of Boston Globe journalists who exposed one of the biggest cover-ups in modern times. When the newspaper's tenacious Spotlight team delves into abuse allegations against the Catholic Church, they uncover a shocking scandal involving the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment. Breaking the story in 2002, Spotlight's efforts would earn them the Pulitzer Prize in 2003, set off a wave of revelations globally and cause a crisis in one the world's most powerful institutions. Critically acclaimed and tipped as a favourite in this year's Oscar race, Spotlight is a masterful film – thrilling, intelligent, deeply moving and wholly captivating from start to finish.
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup, & John Slattery
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
fan quotes:
"Flat-out brilliant with powerhouse performances." - Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood
**** [4 stars] "Riveting. An insanely gripping high-wire act and the year's most thrilling detective story. A landmark film." Rolling Stone
***** [5 stars] "Powerful, precise and ruthlessly detailed. That all-too-rare beast: a movie that's both important and engrossing." Time Out
film links:
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Okay, this isn't a 'angry' rant, it's kinda an excited rant. My parents and I were packing up the Christmas stuff, and I came into the room. Ginny (my new cat) was sitting in the tree box. I put my hand near her and she moved so much that she started ROCKING THE BOX! It was SOOO cute!
Re: OHMYGOSH! THIS IS SOOOO TOTALLY AMAZERING, MAAAN!
I know! She loves climbing on furniture, which makes my parents kinda mad, but they like her. So.
(: Almost done with my playlist. I have over 80 songs.
I've been busy. I'm getting bunches now.
No Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. Kay?
MILEY CYRUS IS BANNED FROM THIS FORUM.
I gotta get started on mine!
I have over 50! I just started though!
I'm done! For now, at least.
I have 60! But I'm looking at itunes top 1000 to find more songs i like!
Mmkay! I'll add more eventually, but I'm too lazy right now.
I know! Three days grace! And Three doors down!
I finished mine (ish). I'll prolly add a ton more later. By the way, Paint, do you want to be able to cuss on this site? Or no?
Leave the cussing as a no-no.
WHAT!??! but... but... you love cussing!
Lol, is that even possible? xDD Anyway, most of the admins agree on disallowing cussing. If you want to discuss this issue, please wait for the meting tonight.
I have mine done! for now!
Are you making a playlist for the site or for yourselves?


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Q: How to force Spring to execute read queries with transactions So I run into the 'No EntityManager with actual transaction available' problem, and thanks to that I realized that Spring is executing my SELECT queries without transactions.
Since some people warn against this practice (see here and here), how do I tell Spring to always use transactions?
EDIT
Judging from the answers that I got so far, I think that my question was not clear enough. So I don't have the 'No EntityManager with actual transaction available' anymore. I fixed that, but when I did have the problem, it was only for persist and merge operations, things like find were working, so that made me realize that Spring is only creating transactions for write operations. What I want now, is to force it to also create transactions for read-only operations.

A: I assume you have an web application:
An other solution, would been using the OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter
From its JavaDoc:

This filter makes JPA EntityManagers available via the current thread, which will be autodetected by transaction managers. It is suitable for service layer transactions via TransactionManager or JtaTransactionManager as well as for non-transactional read-only execution.

So just add this lines to your web.xml:
<filter>
    <filter-name>Spring OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>Spring OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

A: If your code code contains a @Transactional and there is no transation open, It maybe means that you lack a TransactionManager you have to declare it like this :
<!-- Enables declarative transaction management with @Transactional annotations -->
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" proxy-target-class="true"/>

<bean id="transactionManager"
    class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
    <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
</bean>

(change the transactionManager Class according to your persistence technology here is for hibernate 3)

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«Жив відважний капітан» () — радянський художній фільм 1985 року, знятий режисером Рудольфом Фрунтовим на кіностудії «Мосфільм».

Сюжет
1944 рік. Дев'ятнадцятирічний лейтенант Анастасій Чижов (або просто — Тося), з діда-прадіда капітан, приймає командування військовим сторожовим кораблем «Звір», що несе службу в Північному морі. До війни маленький «Звір» був мирним рибальським траулером. Війна змусила його змінити професію, встановила на нього кулемети і гармату, озброїла глибинними бомбами. Рибалки, що плавали на «Звірі», тепер стали матросами і офіцерами військово-морського флоту. І море, що годувало незліченні покоління поморів, теж стало іншим. Косяки тріски пішли кудись в інші місця, де не рвалися глибинні бомби і снаряди, де не було війни. Перший вихід «Звіра» в море виявився успішним: тоді був збитий ворожий літак і на буксирі приведяний в порт. Були бої і менш вдалі. Так що «Звір» переніс жоден ремонт. І тепер йому разом з життєрадісним екіпажем на чолі з усміхненим Тосею, до безпам'ятства закоханим у дівчину Тасю, яка приїхала в його містечко з блокадного Ленінграда, належить вступити в нерівний смертельний бій, після якого в живих залишаться тільки четверо…

У ролях
 Олександр Кулямін — Анастасій Чижов
 Маргарита Сергеєчева — Тася Желдакова
 Ігор Ясулович — Володимир Макаревич, «Макаронич»
 Андрій Гусєв — Черемиш
 Юрій Дуванов — Андрейчук
 Василь Петренко — Валерик Оськін
 Клара Лучко — Агнія
 Володимир Дружников — командувач флотилією
 Баадур Цуладзе — скульптор
 Петро Любешкін — батько Чижова
 Світлана Коновалова — Глафіра
 Олександр Январьов — старшина Бондар
 Володимир Носик — Чухляєв
 Валентина Березуцька — перукар
 Анатолій Ведьонкин — офіцер у штабі
 Анатолій Голик — відповідальний за господарство
 Юрій Гусєв — Марат Желдаков
 Галина Комарова — Дуся Слонимська
 Віталій Коміссаров — радист
 Вікторія Кузнецова — подруга Тасі, жінка з дитиною
 Вадим Курков — офіцер у штабі
 Олександр Лук'янов — матрос
 Григорій Маліков — офіцер у штабі
 Дмитро Матвєєв — офіцер у скульптора
 Надія Матушкина — працівниця пошти
 Олексій Нікульников — старший лейтенант
 Володимир Протасенко — офіцер у штабі
 Світлана Старикова — мама Тасі
 Микола Фомін — член екіпажу
 Геннадій Юхтін — майор на пошті
 Владислав Галкін — хлопчик-візник
 Євген Шкаєв — Кощій

Знімальна група
 Режисер — Рудольф Фрунтов
 Сценаристи — Олексій Герман, Світлана Кармаліта
 Оператор — Олег Мартинов
 Композитор — Михайло Зів
 Художник — Віктор Зенков

Посилання

Фільми СРСР 1985
Військові фільми СРСР
Фільми-драми СРСР
Фільми про моряків
Фільми про німецько-радянську війну
Фільми студії «Мосфільм»

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One nickel can make a huge difference
Joan M. Maruskin
Are you willing to give a nickel to feed the world? If so, by giving a nickel every time we check out at a supermarket, we can feed the hungry in York County. This intriguing and easily applied idea was developed by Michael Sammon, a friend and founder of Checkout-for-Change, an organization devoted to developing funding for local nonprofits through supermarket checkouts.
With the rise of the pandemic, his concern for the increasing hunger in our country and his thought that a nickel per checkout might make a big dent in hunger, he followed up on the idea. It is so intriguing that we share it, hoping that York County will embrace it and start to give a nickel and feed the world.
Researchers at Northwestern found that food insecurity has more than tripled among households with children. It is up to 29.5% since the pandemic began. Feeding America, the largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S. estimates that 17 million people in the country could become food insecure because of the pandemic, bringing the total to more than 54 million people in the country, including 18 million children. According to Feeding America, 55,155 individuals in York County are food insecure. The food lines are growing, and the need for funding increases.
York County supermarket chains have a sales total of $1,407,000,000, with an average check out of $38.41, with these statistics from Food Trade News, June 2020, and the Food Marketing Institute. These statistics only reflect supermarket chains. If you include big box stores and other stores selling groceries, the donated amounts will increase. The surcharge would bring in 38,631,086 nickels and provide $1,831,554 to York County food insecurity services. The impact of a nickel is almost mind-boggling. Give a Nickel, Feed the World is a remarkably simple idea.
If we look at our two largest stores using this math, Giant's nickel surcharge will donate $593,205 to our food banks, and Weiss's nickel surcharge would provide $223,119 to help feed York County's hungry families, a lot fewer families, neighbors and friends would go to bed hungry at night… and parents losing sleep could rest much more easily and give thanks for the nickels from caring supermarket customers across York County.
If this idea was adopted nationwide, and the top 10 supermarket chains embraced it. Give a Nickel, Feed the World would feed America with an additional $496,568,081 per year. If the top 20 adopted the five-cent surcharge, we would add $597,787,035 to feeding America.
This is written to encourage our supermarkets to add a surcharge and allow their customers a simple way to be kind and give a nickel each time they checkout to help feed our world. A nickel is a tiny amount, but by putting our nickels together, the citizens of York County can once again show our kindness, reduce hunger and show that we are stronger and healthier together


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Should I Start Seeing a Cardiologist at a Certain Age?
Find the truth about questions that pique your curiosity in our series, "The Short Answer." Cardiologist Steven Nissen, MD, answers this one about genetics and heart disease.
Will Stem Cell Research Change Treatment of Heart Disease?
Find the truth about questions that spark your curiosity in our series, "The Short Answer." Preventive cardiologist Haitham Ahmed, MD, MPH, answers this one about heart disease.
You may think that your heart is as old as you are, but it's possible that your heart is aging faster than your chronological age.


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Q: Information schema, how to retrieve link tables I'm wokring on a script that can create a data vault based on a database. To identify all the hubs i need a query that gives me the name of the link tables (many-to-many).
what is the best way to do this:
find surrogate keys or do I have to analyse the relations where they come from and where they go to?
Thank you in afvanced

A: In a many-to-many, you can count on the existence of foreign keys.  You can't count on the existence of surrogate keys.
At the very least, I think you'll need to identify tables that have

*

*either a compound primary key or

*a compound unique constraint

together with at least two columns that have foreign key references to other tables.
If your platform supports information_schema views, you'll probably need to look at one or more of these.

*

*information_schema.key_column_usage

*information_schema.referential_constraints

*information_schema.table_constraints

I think this will give you the tables that have a compound primary key in PostgreSQL.  Might help get you started.
select t.constraint_name, t.table_name, count(*) num_key_columns
from information_schema.table_constraints t
inner join information_schema.key_column_usage k
    on (t.constraint_name = k.constraint_name)
where t.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY' or t.constraint_type = 'UNIQUE'
group by t.constraint_name, t.table_name
having count(*) >= 2;

(If I were doing this, I'd create a view from this query. Another for foreign key references. Joins on them should be dead simple.)


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/*
 * Author: 陈志杭 Caspar
 * Contact: 279397942@qq.com qq:279397942
 * Description: 数据契约实体模型文件
 * 文件由模板生成,请不要直接修改文件,如需修改请创建一个对应的partial文件
 */
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Zh.DAL.Define.Entities;
using Zh.DAL.Base.Define.Entities;
namespace Zh.DAL.Define.Entities
{
	#region Video_Main

	/// <summary>
    ///
	/// Video_Main object for mapped table 'Video_Main'.
	/// </summary>
	public partial class Video_Main
	{

		#region Constructors

		public Video_Main() { }

		public Video_Main( Guid iD, string title, string videoURL, DateTime addTime, int? clickNum, Guid? imageID, int? order, bool isShowFront, bool? externalLinks )
		{
			this.ID = iD;
			this.Title = title;
			this.VideoURL = videoURL;
			this.AddTime = addTime;
			this.ClickNum = clickNum;
			this.ImageID = imageID;
			this.Order = order;
			this.IsShowFront = isShowFront;
			this.ExternalLinks = externalLinks;
		}
		#endregion

		#region Public Properties
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual Guid ID { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual string Title { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual string VideoURL { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual DateTime AddTime { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual int? ClickNum { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual Guid? ImageID { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual int? Order { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual bool IsShowFront { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
		public virtual bool? ExternalLinks { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
        public virtual Common_Uploads Common_Uploads{get;set;}

        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IList<Video_MainToVideo> Video_MainToVideo{get;set;}

		#endregion

	}
	#endregion
}

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari and the troubled economy
July 24, 2016 | Isime Esene
Isime Esene
It was a business lunch by a group of investors who had eagerly been waiting for information about the business climate in Nigeria. But their guest, top official of a multinational banking and financial services company, who had spent a week in Lagos and Abuja before returning to the United Kingdom, was evidently in no hurry as she sipped her drink. After a while, she looked in the direction of one of the four men at the table and said, "If I say 1 and 2 is equal to 12 what will 2 and 3 be?" The man did not need to think twice before he responded: "The answer of course is 23."
Shaking her head, the lady replied: "You are wrong, the answer is 5". Before the obviously confused men in the room could react to such algebraic manipulation, the lady posed another question. "What if I join 3 and 7, what would that give me?"
This time, the man decided to hedge his bet: "The answer will either be 10 or 37".
Smiling, the lady responded: "You are wrong again. The answer is 21." And then she added the clincher: "That is the best way to describe what is going on within the Nigerian economy today where all the variables are up in the air. The only thing that is predictable now is the unpredictability."
The foregoing conversation, which I learnt on good authority, took place about two weeks ago in a high-class London restaurant, tells a compelling story. But we need no foreigner to tell us how tough the season is since we live it every day; even though Nigerians may have learnt to laugh at their problems, as can be glimpsed from the "poem" with which I opened the page.
To be sure, President Muhammadu Buhari is not the cause of our woes, as most of the problems predated his administration. However, some of the choices he has made (or refused to make) have compounded the situation while there are no visible signs in the horizon that things would get better any time soon. If anything, there are fears that things could actually get worse, unless he makes a course correction in his approach to serious issues of governance.
President Buhari was in Qatar in February this year, seeking investible funds. I understand the Qatari authorities requested that he quickly appoint the Nigerian ambassador to Qatar, someone with sufficient clout and authority to represent our country so that a productive conversation could begin. Five months after, such a simple task is yet to be accomplished. In fact, as at today, Nigeria has no ambassador to any country, not even to traditional allies like the United Kingdom or the United States.
More than a year after dissolving the statutory boards of regulatory institutions that are critical to the economy, they are yet to be reconstituted. From the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Bank of Industry (BOI) to the Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the Nigerian Export promotion Council (NEPC) to the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC) to the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) to the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) etc. there are no boards. Some of these institutions do not even have substantive Chief Executives. Against the background that barely 24 hours after she became the British Prime Minister last week, Mrs. Theresa May named her entire cabinet, you wonder why our leaders find it so difficult to do the little things that matter.
The office of the Chief Economic Adviser (which has a full complement of staff, including some with doctorate degrees) is still vacant apparently because Aso Rock does not need advice on economic matters. Meanwhile, the president makes pronouncements which suggest he dictates both monetary and fiscal policies from the Villa, leaving investors wondering about the independence of critical institutions like the CBN. If political considerations (including nostalgia about some imaginary past) rather than sound economic judgments determine policy direction, which rational investor would want to risk his/her money in such an economy?
Speaking at the Ramadan breaking of fast with members of the business community last month, the president condemned what he described as "the ruthless devaluation of naira,'' saying that he was yet to be convinced about the justification for it. "I don't like the returns I get from the CBN…In August 1985, the naira was N1.3k to a dollar, now you need N300 or N350 to a dollar. I'm neither an economist nor a businessman (but) I fail to appreciate the economic explanation" said the president who incidentally provided the answer to a question he claimed not to understand: "What has happened to us now is that we have maneuvered ourselves into a mono-economy which led to the collapse we are seeing now."
That, Mr. President, is precisely the point. The wrong choices we have made over the years landed us in this position but what we need right now are solutions to problems that are already getting out of hand. On Monday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) categorised the North-eastern part of our country as severely food insecure. "This is about as bad as it gets. There's only one step worse and I've not come across that situation in 20 years of doing this work and that's a famine. We have to step in and quickly or we are going to have hundreds of thousands at risk of dying in the north-east of Nigeria" said Toby Lanzer, UN assistant secretary general and OCHA's regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel.
Unfortunately, this challenge is not restricted to the North-east since hunger has become a national staple across the country as confirmed yesterday by the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh. With majority of the states owing their workers, some for as many as six months, the situation in Nigeria today is very dire. And while the Buhari administration should be commended for its social intervention initiative, it is also obvious that we need a more robust agenda to reposition the economy away from oil.
For instance, in the ranking of states by the 2015 Internally Generated Revenues compared to the total receivables from the Federation Account Allocation between June 2015 and May 2016 done by the Economic Confidential, only three states (Lagos, Rivers and Ogun) internally generated above 50 percent of what they received from Abuja. 17 states generated less than 10 percent of their receivables from Abuja; another eight generated between 10 and 14 percent while the remaining eight generated between 15 and 30 percent.
This is a clear state of emergency situation that will take more than some episodic financial bail-outs or ad hoc solutions to deal with. It is a situation that requires the president providing a national platform for discussing the way out in a more sustainable manner at a period inflation is soaring while businesses are either closing down or sacking workers. So bleak is the outlook that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which in April, just three months ago, predicted a 2.3 per cent expansion in the Nigerian economy, on Tuesday slashed its growth forecast, saying the combination of plunging oil revenue and weakened investor confidence would most likely push it into recession. The IMF now expects the economy to contract by 1.8 per cent this year. But what is the response from the administration?
At a most delicate period when there is an overflow of issues that require legislative input, the presidency and the National Assembly are merely tolerating one another. More depressing is the news that our lawmakers have just voted for themselves a two-month holiday at a time of national economic crisis. But what do you expect when the only notable contribution to national discourse by some of our "distinguished" Senators is that a female colleague has reached "menopause"?
Perhaps we should not be too hard on the lawmakers since the executive has not come up with any legislative initiative that requires their urgent attention. "I have, at least on three different occasions publicly requested the executive to, as a matter of urgency, send an executive bill on its intended reforms in the petroleum sector. We had hoped to avoid the situation in the past two assemblies (6th and 7th) where the PIB was sent to the National Assembly very late thereby guaranteeing failure to pass the bill" said the House of Representatives' Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Monday as he lamented a lack of urgency by the presidency in reforming the oil and gas sector.
While no objective person will blame President Buhari alone for the economic challenge we face today as a nation, many Nigerians nonetheless believe things do not have to remain the way they are. According to Dr. Aminu Usman, a lecturer in the Department of Economics, Kaduna State University, "the government can do better by coming up with clearly defined policies for each sector of the economy and move from wish list to the actual work of getting things done." On a lighter mood, a friend suggested yesterday that, against the background of the current controversy in the Senate, the economy may also be going through the difficulty of being "impregnated" with fresh ideas!
With high incidence of unemployment, aging public infrastructure and a near-useless power sector that generates (for officials) only megawatts of excuses at a period the Niger Delta Avengers are daily wreaking havoc on oil and gas installations, there are three major issues begging for attention: Significant revenue shortfall from practically all sources; potential credit crisis because AMCON is already over leveraged and a seemingly intractable foreign exchange crisis that has shaken market confidence. To address these fundamental problems, it stands to reason that we need a serious economic management team but President Buhari still does not see any need for that.
Sadly, after a year spent blaming others, we are yet to see the economic direction of the Buhari administration or the policies and ideas that can possibly justify the endless aspersions on the past. Yet, whether his handlers realize it or not, this presidency will be judged not by how bad a leader Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was but by how much of a better leader he (Buhari) ends up to be.
In a four year presidential term, the first year is perhaps the maximum time allowed an incumbent to heap all blames on his predecessors. After that, he must take responsibility. Therefore, President Buhari can only imprint his legacy either in terms of his firm handling of the contemporary economic challenges or through the efficiency of the machinery of government he puts in place. As things stand today, a president who came to office with overwhelming public support may have worsened the problems he inherited, leaving the economy on the brink of recession.
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On Saturday, October 10, a teacher at Lee High School in Midland resigned her position as a computer technology teacher after she and her husband were arrested by federal agents for allegedly transporting and distributing methamphetamine. Theresa Renee Stroud, 47, and her husband Stacy Stroud, 52, were arrested by DEA agents and are facing federal charges, according to news reports. DEA spokesman Dente Sorianello stated that more than three ounces of meth was seized.
Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter told news sources that federal officers had been watching the couple for more than 30 days prior to the arrest, and that they did not suspect Stroud of taking drugs into her high school classroom. He went on to say that when she was apprehended, Theresa Stroud had narcotics on her person, and that more were found during the booking process when she was booked into jail.
At the time of news reports, Stroud and her husband were being held at Midland County Jail for the U.S. Marshals Service. Bond had not been set at that time.
While it is frightening to face any drug charge, being arrested by federal authorities is even more disturbing. Those who are charged with trafficking meth, cocaine, ecstasy, or other drugs may face extremely harsh punishment if convicted at the federal level. In Michigan, those who are alleged to be involved in the delivery or distribution of illegal narcotic drugs (often referred to as drug trafficking) may face punishment that includes 20 years to life in prison if found guilty, depending on the amount/type of drug involved and other factors.
Even if you are not transporting or distributing illicit substances, possessing an amount that police or prosecutors would suspect is more than usual for personal use could lead to possession with intent to sell or distribute charges. When a substantial amount of drug is discovered, authorities always suspect those involved are selling or distributing to others. Prosecutors will attack with a vengeance, which is why it is vital to seek the legal guidance and skill of an experienced Michigan drug crimes attorney immediately. Regardless of the charges you face, your legal rights and freedom must be protected, and a strong defense strategy developed should your case go to trial.


inniAccounts was myself and two other chaps from contractor and freelancer backgrounds, all relatively IT savvy. It was about 15 years ago, when we couldn't do things like email our accountants, and you didn't know what your tax bill was going to be. We were building our own spreadsheets that were doing a pretty good job of tax calculations, in real time, and we asked around our networks and realised we had something. Our original ambition was to become an online software company – this was pre-Xero, pre-cloud accounting – so we built a really good platform and tried to partner with accountants. But we couldn't find any partners who were forward-looking enough to work with us, so we formed our own accountancy practice which is cloud and tech first.
It puts us in a really lovely position today, compared to many practices. Something like MTD has been an absolute breeze for us, and I understand for a lot of accountants, it has not been quite so simple. The big effort for them has not been the last mile of MTD, the big effort has been getting clients to do digital bookkeeping, whereas we have been doing that since year one. Today we are predominantly looking after independent professionals such as IT contractors, actuaries, marketing professionals, people who are running small services businesses.
Do you think the role of the accountant is changing generally?
There are a lot of things converging, so it is going to be an interesting time for accountants. MTD is starting to force the hand of digitisation. We are also now starting to see that the first cohort of millennials starting to become the next generation of successful business owners. What the next generation wants is a digital experience first. It is not about going to sit down with an accountant every year to hand over a pile of receipts. It is going to be a case of giving information on a continuous basis to help them make decisions.
Plus you've got MTD coming along at some point over the whole range of business and personal taxes. And that is a huge amount of change for the industry to cope with.
I think of small businesses today, about 25% get an advisory service, have 50% have a compliance only service, and 25% have no accountant whatsoever. I think there is always going to be a role for advisory. And to those guys today in that 25% delivering an advisory service, ourselves included, I would say congratulations, this is exactly the place that you need to be. The place that I find a worry at the moment is those who are in that 50% of compliance only. There are almost three million businesses in that compliance-only category. If you look at the ONS numbers, in the next few years, 1.2 million of those businesses will die, and they will be replaced by 1.4 million businesses which will be the millennial, digital first businesses. Their first port of call is going to be engaging with a vendor rather than an accountant. If you are starting a small business these days, you are probably going to start with a package, see how you get on, and then decide if you are going to need professional services on top of it. Accountants in that compliance-only space are going to lose a lot of their base over the coming years. Software vendors have got very deep marketing pockets. On the positive side, that will always be an opportunity for anyone who can truly understand their customers and add more value, rather than just filing the accounts and returns, and that's where the advisory service sits.
How does the tax calculator work?
The key thing about the software is something called LiveCash – that's the bit of tech which we won the Queen's Award for Innovation for, in 2016. When you log in to the app as a client, you see three numbers: it tells you how much money you have got in the bank, how much money you owe, and how much cash you have got available to spend. So for example: you have received a payment from an invoice of £10k from a client, and what the software does at that point is calculate in real time what your VAT and corporation tax liability is on that profit, and it takes it away from that money that you've got in the bank account. What it means for our clients is there is that one number which is cash available, and if they spend up to that amount, they will always have enough left over to reach all their tax liabilities – and that is the bit that really gives our clients comfort.
What will the impact of IR35 be in the near future?
The impact is going to vary, depending on which sector your clients are operating in. If you look at HMRC's own numbers, they have said two thirds of independent professionals are outside of IR35. Immediately, most firms can take comfort in that. Then you've got a third of independent professionals who should be inside IR35, of which only 20% are currently compliant. The risk there is that 80% of that third across the whole of the market, and with that, from a personal point of view, we are not particularly worried about the IR35 changes. When we look at our clients, the work that they do, and how they engage with their end client, it is very obvious that the majority are firmly outside IR35.
What is the impact of MTD going to be – are there going to be winners and losers?
Is this resistance to MTD putting off the inevitable, as we move towards real-time information and filing for everything?
If you look at the original white paper for MTD, it was really forward-looking. There were things in there like HMRC talking about real-time ledgers and prompts, so you go and buy a lamp, and the bookkeeping software figures out the allowances you get from that, and then applies them in real time. It happens there and then. It has been real-time from day one for most of our client activities, and this white paper really cemented that and confirmed that we are on the right path.
What are the kinds of skills accountants of the future will need?
There is a bit of a watershed coming over the next few years, and I think to survive in accountancy, or to thrive, over the next 5-10 years, there are going to be a couple of profiles of people who are going to do well. There is always going to be a need for technical experts who have got a really deep technical knowledge, the stuff that an algorithm just can't answer. These are the kinds of people who will spend the whole day with spreadsheets, HMRC handbooks, trying to solve a very tricky problem, and get satisfaction out of doing so. On the other hand, there are the people who have got the people skills, the empathy, the people who can sit down with a client and truly understand what it is they are trying to achieve, and perhaps even help them clarify themselves what they are trying to achieve, and then figure it out. And that becomes more of a kind of business coach/mentor type role.
What are the other changes do you think we might expect to see over the next five years in the industry?
I can't foresee anybody coming along in the next five years with a solution that puts accountants out of business, because it automates everything. But I think we'll see accountancy platforms making life incrementally more efficient for those people who embrace it and use those features. Accountants need to develop a wider knowledge of the eco-system of digital products that are out there, to support their clients, and how they can glue it all together. I suspect for most practices, there is probably somebody sitting there in the office, a junior member of staff, who would be able to do that for them, but there is the perpetual challenge in lots of firms that people aren't groomed for senior roles until they've had a number of decades worth of experience. There are probably a lot of people out there who could help, if they were just given the chance and the voice.
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Our main goal is always to encourage reading and a love of books by embracing a theme and using books, stories, artwork and music (among other things) to lead the children naturally into reading. We also make sure they have plenty of time to choose a themed book and actually sit down and read it – and now we are recording their reactions to different types of books and grades of reading.
We are often asked: 'Do you just read to the children?' No. Their attention span is short, and that is only part of the day's activities, although we gather them together at regular intervals to listen and think. Even that, takes some practice for them. A new child will fidget and lose concentration. It requires some training – and the right choice of material – to catch their attention. We have seen a noticeable change in the way our CBN children interact with us and listen.
We often use a book (now sadly out of print) produced as part of a Sunday Times ReadRight project with the Parliament of South Africa. The book is called 'My Story, Our Stories' and it was workshopped with Grade 7 (roughly 12-year-old) children. It deeply impresses our workshop participants that children also have a voice. We need to listen to those voices much more.
So we have constructive writing sessions, and illustration of the stories that come from the children themselves – and we do group writing with them, something that provides effective results.
We also play a game called Book Detectives, where a short story is written specially for them, and they have to guess and forecast what might happen next, picking up clues as they go.
In the end, the proof of the method is in how much interest the children show in the themed books we have available. We ask members of the Teen Team to read with them, to discuss the stories and their understanding of them – and we are seeing a considerable improvement in the choices CBN children make.


The Water Scarce Cities Initiative (WSC)  is a pioneering World Bank global program that connects diverse stakeholders to share their experiences in bolstering integrated approaches for water security and climate resilience. With its sights set on collective progress, WSC partnered with the 5 + 5 group for the Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean (WSWM)  to hold a Regional Water Scarce Cities Workshop  in Casablanca, Morocco from May 22-23, 2017. From Cyprus to Barcelona (Spain), the workshop inspired and motivated over 40 diverse participants from the Western Mediterranean region and beyond to explore the connections between their water security and urban resilience experiences.
WSC is based on the belief that building communication and connections between fast-growing urban centers impacted by water scarcity is a promising way to facilitate constructive international cooperation, push the envelope on technological innovation, and integrate lessons learned into new policymaking and practice. By bringing together actual practitioners on the front lines of water scarcity, WSC is a valuable endeavor that is leveraging water scarcity solutions through events such as the Regional Water Scarce Cities Workshop  in Casablanca.
Malta pulled back from the brink. The Malta Water Services Corporation  was put in charge of managing both water demand and water resources, with a view on reducing the pressure on its aquifers and preserving this strategic resource. Being surrounded by the sea, the country naturally began by scaling up its desalination capacity, and combined this activity with an intensive leakage reduction program to reduce losses of increasingly expensive drops of water. Today, the Malta Water Services Corporation is looking at new options, such as wastewater reuse, potentially both for agriculture and aquifer recharge, as well as rainwater harvesting.
During the workshop, Malta emphasized the importance of closer cooperation between stakeholders involved in the water cycle. In addition, Maltese representatives stressed that youth engagement is particularly critical to ensuring acceptance of water scarcity planning  and adoption of solutions by the general population. These messages of water resilience resonated with the audience of a dozen utility managers from all over Morocco, as well as representatives from Mauritania and Algeria, but none more so than a Las Vegas water utility manager.
In 1905, Las Vegas began to emerge as a rest stop and railroad town between California and Salt Lake City. Although situated on the floor of the Mojave Desert with a meager average of 100 mm annual precipitation, Las Vegas saw its population and tourism-based economy mushroom into the mélange of hotels, casinos, and golf resorts that it is today. Like Marrakech  in 2006, that growth was put to the test in the 1980s, when Las Vegas began to stretch its small Colorado River allocation and groundwater reserves. Were it not for a drastic change in water management approach, Las Vegas would have simply run out of water in 1992.
Fast forward to present day: Southern Nevada water managers face water scarcity with a sheer force of will , looking to maximize every available water drop both within and outside the state. Illustrative of this effort is the fact that 70% of Nevada's economy currently uses only 5% of its water . Combining forces under the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) , they demonstrated that a mix of supply- and demand-side solutions might lead to sustainable water security. SNWA promoted aggressive water conservation practices, targeting turf irrigation and golf resorts, and including large-scale converting to drought tolerant landscaping. In addition, they creatively looked to water banking and water trading – within the framework of the Colorado River Compact – to increase available resources through measures such as channeling the water back through the Colorado River through natural streams.
Las Vegas' water efforts have paid in spades, but importantly, the city of lights has fully embraced a new mindset of making every drop count  in such a water scarce environment. Both Malta and Las Vegas have demonstrated that resilience is achieved by diversifying resources through measures such as rainwater harvesting, seawater desalination, wastewater reuse, aquifer management, cross-sectoral water trading, leakage reduction, and conservation.
Through events such as the Regional Water Scarce Cities Workshop  in Casablanca, Morocco, WSC aims to shift the mindsets of water managers and demystify available water scarcity solutions , while also offering true and tested pathways to water security. To continue this momentum, WSC is hosting a workshop in Beirut from July 10-11 for Eastern Mediterranean and Gulf countries, as well as a study tour in Malta in the fall.
To learn more about how the innovative management of water scarcity in places like Malta can serve WB client countries, read more about WSC in the case of Marrakesh , Orange County , and about the overall Water Scarce Cities Initiative .


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"I'm fairly sure it's going to be in Wichita," he said. "I want to get something moving as quickly as I can."
Stevens has seven Jason's Delis restaurants in the Kansas City and Lawrence areas, and 25 Applebee's in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
"I have no more area for Applebee's to expand in," he said.
It was an Applebee's connection that led him to Pie Five, which has 10 stores in Texas and one in Utah. The company said that with the Stevens agreement and another with Nebraska franchisee Mike Simmonds, it has 85 restaurant franchises under contract in Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia.
"As we expand across the country, word is getting out that Pie Five Pizza is a well-positioned concept with huge potential," Madison Jobe, chief development officer for Pie Five, said in the release. "It speaks volumes that proven, seasoned operators like Jim Stevens and Mike Simmonds have hitched their wagons to our brand. With partners like them, the sky's the limit for Pie Five."
Stevens said he was looking at becoming a franchisee for Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers when a conversation with former Applebee's CEO Dave Goebel led him to look at Pie Five.
"He was very strong on it," Stevens said, adding that Goebel told him he thought it was going to be a "blow-out concept."
Goebel has since become a Kansas City area franchisee with Pie Five and signed an agreement in April to open 10 restaurants.
Stevens said he took a group of people from his office down to Texas to visit a Pie Five restaurant and meet with company officials.
"We tried them, and the pizzas were excellent," he said. "So after that I met with the principals and felt good about them. … They seemed willing to help and do everything they could to make things work."
While Stevens is pretty certain about opening his first store here, he said he doesn't know whether Wichita or Tulsa will get the bulk of his Pie Five stores.
"I really don't," he said. "I think Tulsa could be four, maybe five, but that's speculation."
He said his company is looking at a couple of sites for the Wichita Pie Five store but declined to disclose the potential locations.
"One thing they haven't done yet is smaller markets … like Salina, Hutchinson," Stevens said. "I guess I don't want to be the pioneer on that deal, but I don't know why they wouldn't work there."


Werewolves are shapeshifters, but not all shapeshifters are werewolves.
Shapeshifters is a larger category with other types of transforming creatures within it. (See chart).
To show that I am an equal opportunity shifter lover, I am taking this opportunityto bring you a list of shapeshifter movies that are not werewolves as a part of the weekly phenomenon known as #WerewolfWednesday.
Clas-sick. Really. Everyone should see this movie of a monster that can take on the shape of any living creature.
Not to write a spoiler, but they're people who turn into cats.
This one is different… and inspired by Native American legend.
A variation on The Thing and fairly good in its own right. Bonus points for being underwater.
What can I say? Everyone's already seen this.
Some cars are better than others.
She's a lady. And she's a hawk.
A beast is inside, but it's not a werewolf, it's…something else.
Just what is the monster in this movie? Guess we'll never know.
I loved the twist in this movie. This was actually much better than I expected going in.
If I missed a favorite non-werewolf shapeshifter movie of yours, please feel free to add it in the comments!
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the woods… #WerewolfWednesday isn't only about werewolves.
Looking for a movie I saw that people told me did not exist. About a family a man and his two children. One boy one girl . Father took them on vacation to this small town for vacation but he could not stop working. Next door to there cottage was a old Indian in a wheel chair that friended them in to a story about a creature that lived in the lake like lossless the Indian would have the kids take him to the beach so he could be close to the creature. He told them the creature was over 900 years old and he would join it when he figured out how to shift change . Some men at a chemical factory started dumping full barrows of chemical into the lake and one came open. The old Indian felt the pain of the creature. And knew it was firing. They found broken rusted out barrels with stuff coming from them . But them and the Indian needed to prove the chemical.was being dumped and effecting the creature and wildlife in the water before the creature dies.
Hmmm. Not sure but two movies come to mind Prophecy (1979) and Mutant (1980). I haven't seen either one in a loooong time, but they could be it. Happy hunting!
In the movie the kids prove the chemical was being dumped with the help of the monster. But it seemed too late for the monster had not been seen for awhile. The movie ends with the return of the monster and the disappearance of the old Indian. When his vacant wheel chair of found at the beach of the lake . As if he finally did what he wanted to do but too late to help the other monster. I remember the name of the movie was the name of the town. Was not a scary movie at all but one that related a truth. That's why it's in my head still to say about 20 to 30. Years ago.
That's Magic in the Water (1995)! Loved that movie as a kid!