Content marketing has been a mainstay of online marketing for some time now but has been rising in popularity in recent years, especially since social media took off and we now have more effective outlets to distribute content. Each year sees Spiceworks carry out a survey to determine which trends in B2B content marketing are on the rise and to look at the current state of the market, as well as to identify key challengers marketers face.
This year's report saw lead generation being the number one goal of content marketers, followed by thought leadership and market education. The third most mentioned goal in this year's report was brand awareness, which has taken the place of customer acquisition.
It was also found that companies that use a documented strategy when it comes to their content marketing perform better than those that don't. Despite this, only 30% of those surveyed said that they used a strategy document. The biggest challenge mentioned was finding the time to create enough content to satisfy market needs and to gain enough engagement.
When it came to strategy 72% of marketers said that they have a content strategy in place, even if only 30% did have it documented. So the key takeaway here is to get that strategy formalized by documenting it clearly.
When it came to the kind of content that's being put out there, blogging was the most popular with 65% of marketers citing it as the most routinely used. Hot on its heels was the use of social media with 64%, case studies with the same percentage and white papers with 55%. Press releases and customer testimonials are also commonly used, as are newsletters but it's surprising that video came as low as it did given that it's a fast-growing and highly effective form of marketing. However, it's worth pointing out that the B2B sector does differ from the consumer sector when it comes to the type of content that the audience will find useful. After all, it's unlikely that a consumer would download a white paper to better inform them on a product that they're thinking about purchasing.
The biggest challenge for marketers is having enough time to create content followed by producing enough content volume and getting the audience to engage. This should come as no particular surprise to many as content creation is of course time consuming. With this in mind, in the coming year marketers should consider if their budgets allow for outsourcing content creation to writers and designers in order to make full use of their content marketing efforts.
Of course, this isn't always possible and depends completely on how large the budget is. In order to convince CEOs and finance departments of the need for more content, marketers must be able to prove ROI which according to the research, only 39% of content marketers believe that they can do.
When it comes to who is responsible for creating a content strategy, for the most part this was the domain of the marketer, with 54% stating that corporate marketing is their responsibility. Likewise, 53% of these were also the people within an organisation that actually created the content with 92% of all content being produced in house. Of those that did outsource content, the most common kind of content that was produced outside of the company was analyst reports at 27% and blogging with 24%.
It does seem to me that if a company relies on content marketing to any degree, and they are finding it difficult to produce content at volume, then outsourcing is something of a no-brainer. Of course, in order to do this it's highly desirable that ROI can be calculated if it's to be justified to the finance department. There is of course lots of value in content, not least that it lasts a long time (in most cases, journalism aside) and can often be repurposed.
When it came to social media and content marketing, the report found that LinkedIn topped the list as the most effective social site to distribute content at 82% effective.
This shouldn't come as any major surprise either, since LinkedIn publishing was rolled out in 2014, there's been an influx of businesses using it for marketing purposes, often with the hope of getting picked up by Pulse. This of course extends the reach significantly which is why it's an aim of those using the site as a publishing platform. For B2B LinkedIn also is the social site of choice when it comes to marketing and identifying leads, as sites such as Facebook is seen as more of a consumer based site.
When it came to what marketers expect to be doing in 2015, a huge 77% of them said that they intend to increase content production over the course of the next 12 months. Of those, 29% said they intend to increase it significantly and none at all said that they expect to decrease its usage.
This is all highly encouraging for those in content marketing but it has to be said that marketers need to get a firm grip on proving ROI if their content marketing budgets are to be justified and increased to a level where more content can be produced either inhouse or by somebody outside of the company.
Content marketing is a highly effective form of marketing that not only encourages purchases, but also increases brand recognition and trust. For it to be effective in 2015, marketers must look to producing more quality content and distributing it through social media and other channels. Whilst email marketing wasn't mentioned much in the report, this remains one of the most effective forms of content marketing and as such, shouldn't be dismissed.


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This is part one of my interview with Adam Watts, chef de cuisine at Jax Boulder. Part two of our chat will run on Thursday.
Cycling makes you hungry, says Adam Watts. The former professional pedaler, who spent the majority of his teen years cycling around the world as part of the Junior Olympic Mountain Bike team, grew up in a food-focused family, but wasn't a fixture at the dinner table. "My mom is kind of a self-proclaimed gourmet, and I still have fond memories of going to the local farmers' market in Grand Haven, Michigan, where I grew up, but I was on the road all the time, living in host houses or camping, so I'd travel with little burners, and wherever the races brought me, I'd be cooking -- and carb-loading -- on whatever I could to keep it interesting," says Watts, now the chef de cuisine at Jax Fish House Boulder.
His love of cycling ultimately led him to Durango, where he dabbled in catering while attending Fort Lewis College to pursue a journalism degree, but he dropped out of school -- and cycling -- after two years and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he snapped up his first gig in a professional kitchen, working as a line cook at a French bistro. He soon headed off to Grand Rapids for culinary school -- and then was sidetracked again. "I got a job as a line cook at an Italian restaurant, and the chef took me under his wing," recalls Watts, who quickly progressed to sous chef, a promotion that put the classroom on hold. But he made it there eventually, enrolling in a two-year program at Secchia Institute for Culinary Education in Grand Rapids before skipping off to Edinburgh, Scotland, for a job at Rhubarb, in the swanky Prestonfield Hotel. "It was there that I really paid my dues," says Watts. "It was where I transitioned from being a cook to a respected chef."
In the years that followed, he cooked at a Relais & Châteaux property in California, built his own small farm -- "I have a super green thumb," he reveals -- and then moved to Boulder and a slot as line cook at the Kitchen, where he moved his way up to sous chef and then chef de cuisine. He returned to Kalamazoo to test the waters there, but his wife, Sarah, who'd remained in Boulder while he was tearing up his knuckles in Michigan, persuaded him to come back. "She got her way, but she'd given me mine plenty of times, so I came back to Boulder, and connected with Sheila Lucero, the executive chef of Jax, and after two months of interviews and stages, they gave me the choice of the chef de cuisine job at Jax Denver or Boulder, and I chose Boulder," he says.
All three Jax outposts -- one opened in Fort Collins last year -- are part of the Big Red F empire, which also includes West End Tavern, Lola, Zolo Grill and Centro. Watts says he "loves the people, the freedom and the opportunities" that Big Red F owner Dave Query gives his staff. "I've learned a whole helluva lot since I've been here." In the following interview, Watts weighs in on the guest who asked for a bag of weed with his breakfast, reveals his pet peeves (the roster is lengthy), and explains why home cooks should "Google it."
Six words to describe your food: Simple, classic, honest, rustic, approachable and clean.
Ten words to describe you: Passionate, father, loyal, trustworthy, independent, thoughtful, present, traditional, resourceful and open-minded.
What are your ingredient obsessions? Colorado fruits. We have such a short window of opportunity here because of our sensitive climates, but I really look forward to our fruits every season. Strawberries, cherries, apricots, pears, gooseberries, peaches and apples are always on my radar at the farmers' market. And right now, Palisade apricots are out of this world.
What are your kitchen-tool obsessions? Shark Freestyle classic watches, a Thai mortar and pestle and Grey Kunz spoons. I never use tongs unless I'm plating something finicky; I prefer to work a station with just my spoons, and always have them on me. My mortar and pestle is perfect for making olive oil-based sauces and grinding curries, pistous and even spices. It's in constant use. As for the watch, I use the timer religiously. I'm always timing something that's cooking at the other end of the restaurant, and I can never stay in one place. It ensures that I never overcook or burn anything. Then again, I should never ever say never. Oh, and I can scrub it clean after dealing with seafood all day.
Most underrated ingredient: Anchovies. I love them in sauce bases, pasta, croutons, plain, fresh, cured, grilled, on pizza...the list goes on.
Favorite local ingredient and where you get it: Bob Munson's heirloom pumpkins. Each year I buy one full ton of pumpkins (he weighs them on a semi-truck scale) that I use on my menu for basically the whole winter. They have great longevity if cellared correctly, and the varieties are super fun. Blue hubbards are my favorite, by far. The best part is that you can get them at his farm stand out on East Valmont Road during the entirety of the fall season and into early winter.
Favorite spice: Smoked paprika adds a certain depth and body to a dish that regular ground paprikas can't. I use it in sauces, broths, marinades and in our sausages.
One food you detest: Reduced balsamic vinegar "drizzle." I see it on dishes in weird attempts to dress the dish up, but it never makes sense to me. Plus I've watched one too many guys burn reduced balsamic to ever warrant putting it on my menu.
One food you can't live without: Fat. Once you can appreciate the different types of fats, how and when to use them in your cooking, you'll be become consumed.
Food trend you wish would disappear: The custom frozen-yogurt shops. They're a dime a dozen now in Boulder, and by the time you build the ultimate concoction, you're in it for like $15.
What you'd like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: Brotherhood. The Denver restaurant scene seems really tight, with lots of collaborative chef dinners, monthly powwows, sticking up for one another -- you know, a brotherhood. I'd like to see more of that here in the Boulder bubble.
What you'd like to see less of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: Pizza joints. But natural selection will weed out the bad ones. I believe the meatball trend is going to take over next, and then we'll see the rebirth of doughnuts. But for now, I've had enough of all the pizza joints.
Weirdest customer request: I was working as a breakfast chef at a posh Relais & Châteaux property in the central mountains of California when a former Saturday Night Live cast member ordered his breakfast with the addition of a "bag of herb." As an employee of the hotel, you weren't allowed to tell a guest "No." The hotel's management ended up taking good care of him; he got his weed, but I'm sure he didn't remember my breakfast.
Weirdest thing you've ever eaten: Squirrel meat. It's a delicacy in Northern Michigan, but only in certain crowds. Ha! And, yes, it tastes like chicken.
Favorite junk food: Birthday Cake ice cream from Glacier Homemade Ice Cream in Boulder.
Favorite childhood food memory: My dad had an old Chris Craft fishing boat that we'd take out on Lake Michigan to day-fish for lake trout and whitefish. We'd get home after dark, but he'd always clean the fish and cook it as soon as he walked in the door. He dusted it in salt, pepper and all-purpose flour, fried it in butter and oil, squeezed it with fresh lemon and served it on a paper plate. I loved it.
Most memorable meal you've ever had: Los Caracoles -- "The Snails" -- in Barcelona, Spain. My wife and I ate there three nights in a row. It's classic Catalan cuisine, but it's the ambience that really makes it. You have to enter by walking through a kitchen that dates back to 1835, and it's super hot, and everyone is cooking on these wood-burning planchas. There are cured hams hanging from every inch of the ceiling, and the food is out of this world. Fresh snails, sardines, paella and crema catalona...yum.
Favorite restaurant in America: The Marshall Store in Tomales Bay, California. It's basically an oyster shack on the bay that sells its own oysters from the Tomales Bay Oyster Company down the road. You just sit out on the patio eating super-fresh oysters, cold beer in tow, and watch the sailboats whiz by.
What's your dream restaurant? Tapawingo -- it's Native American for "place of peace or joy" -- in Ellsworth, Michigan, was basically the French Laundry of Northern Michigan. It was hyper-seasonal, locally focused, chef-driven and a true destination restaurant. There was a talent pool of chefs and cooks picked from the finest restaurants around the country, and it had the heart and soul with all the fine touches. I'd love a destination restaurant with property for farming and the like. I just gotta keep playing my cards right, and maybe someday I'll have my own Tapawingo.
What do you have in the pipeline? My wife, Sarah, and I are proud new parents. Opal, our daughter, just turned six months old, so we've been totally consumed with her. She's wild, wonderful and crazy. I'm also really excited about staging in some cool restaurants; one of my perks/requirements as a chef at Jax is a mandatory push for continued education. Last year, I worked in three separate three-star Michelin restaurants, and this year was a no-holds-barred trip with all the Jax chefs down to New Orleans. Soon, I'd like to check out our own oyster beds, where Jax's Emersum oysters are grown by the Rappahannock River Oyster Company in Virginia; I want to spend a few days seeing the whole process, and it'd be cool to toss in some sightseeing days in between.
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Software Quality Impacts Product Performance AND Revenue
In summer of 2010, TimelyText's former customer, John Hudepohl, an accomplished software quality expert, phoned with a plea for help. His new employer, ABB, realized they had a problem that was manifesting itself in significant lost revenue. A globa l technology leader in industrial equipment and systems, ABB's software development team consists of approximately 3,000 software developers in 40 countries worldwide, impacting about one quarter of ABB's revenue. After some analysis, the company had concluded the revenue problem could be traced back to quality issues related to certain legacy software driving some of its products. Hudepohl had been hired to address the issues.
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Eliminating Unplanned Downtime
Nearly 100 days a year, the Arizona Valley desert reaches highs of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more. While the region bakes, power companies ramp up to meet the demand of the harsh environment – and of one of the fastest-growing populations in the US.
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Jiang'an Temple
May 2012, members of HIVE and various UK instructors traveled to Shanghai, China to participate in an Appalachian Symposium with members of Shanghai University.
One ancient Chinese structure that was visited by these travelers in China was the Jing'an Temple. Jing'an Temple was built in 247 A.D., and was famous for its "Eight Sights." "Bubbling Well," one of the Eight Sights, was known as "The Six Springs on Earth." A copper bell made in Ming Dynasty is still in the temple today. The Jing'an Temple has a collection of bronze, calligraphy, paintings, and Buddha sculptures from various dynasties up to Western Zhou era.
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Yongjia Markets
While China is famous for its booming metropolises of Shanghai and Beijing, many people still live in rural communities. A&S Hive members Dana Rogers and Cheyenne Hohman traveled to Yiwen Chen's hometown in Yongja, China.
Yongja natives have a distinct culture and dialect. In the past, their rural society was isolated from the rest of their country because of the mountainous area on one side of the town and the river surrounding the other side. However, in the past few years, China has created a High Speed Railway system making it easier to travel to these rural landscapes. This video shows a grandmother's daily trip to the markets of Yongja.
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Driving was one of the most chaotic experiences in China. In this video we are driving to the Waterfall Temple, where we will play Mahjong, an ancient Chinese game played with cards or tiles. Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and a certain degree of chance. A&S Hive member Yiwen Chen and her friends taught us how to play the game of Mahjong in a cave which is behind a waterfall.
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A&S Hive members Cheyenne Hohman and Dana Rogers visited Yiwen Chen's home in Yongja, Wenzhou. Wenzhou was a prosperous foreign treaty port, which remains well-preserved today. It is situated in a mountainous region and, as a result, has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country, making the local culture and language very distinct not only from the rest of China but from neighboring areas as well. View this video to see A&S Hive at Karaoke Television.
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Q: Job Scheduler not running on Android N Job Scheduler is working as expected on Android Marshmallow and Lollipop devices, but it is not running and Nexus 5x (Android N Preview).
Code for scheduling the job
        ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(MainActivity.this, TestJobService.class.getName());
        JobInfo.Builder builder;
        builder = new JobInfo.Builder(JOB_ID, componentName);
        builder.setPeriodic(5000);
        JobInfo jobInfo;
        jobScheduler = (JobScheduler) getSystemService(Context.JOB_SCHEDULER_SERVICE);
        jobInfo = builder.build();
        int jobId = jobScheduler.schedule(jobInfo);

Service is defined in manifest as:
<service android:name=".TestJobService"
            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_JOB_SERVICE" />

Is any one having this issue on Android N (Preview)?

A: In Android Nougat the setPeriodic(long intervalMillis) method call makes use of setPeriodic (long intervalMillis, long flexMillis) to schedule periodic jobs.
As per the documentation:

JobInfo.Builder setPeriodic (long intervalMillis, long flexMillis)
Specify that this job should recur with the provided interval and
  flex. The job can execute at any time in a window of flex length at
  the end of the period.
intervalMillis  long:
      Millisecond interval for which this job will repeat. A minimum value of getMinPeriodMillis() is enforced.
flexMillis  long:
      Millisecond flex for this job. Flex is clamped to be at least getMinFlexMillis() or 5 percent of the period, whichever is higher.

Sample periodic job scheduled for 5 seconds:
private static final int JOB_ID = 1001;
private static final long REFRESH_INTERVAL  = 5 * 1000; // 5 seconds

JobInfo jobInfo = new JobInfo.Builder(JOB_ID, serviceName)
        .setPeriodic(REFRESH_INTERVAL)
        .setExtras(bundle).build();

The above code works well in Lollipop & Marshmallow but when you run in Nougat you will notice the following log:
W/JobInfo: Specified interval for 1001 is +5s0ms. Clamped to +15m0s0ms
W/JobInfo: Specified flex for 1001 is +5s0ms. Clamped to +5m0s0ms

Since we have set the periodic refresh interval to 5 seconds which is less than the thresholdgetMinPeriodMillis(). Android Nougat enforces the getMinPeriodMillis().
As a workaround, I'm using following code to schedule jobs at periodic intervals if job interval is less than 15minutes.
JobInfo jobInfo;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
  jobInfo = new JobInfo.Builder(JOB_ID, serviceName)
      .setMinimumLatency(REFRESH_INTERVAL)
      .setExtras(bundle).build();
} else {
  jobInfo = new JobInfo.Builder(JOB_ID, serviceName)
      .setPeriodic(REFRESH_INTERVAL)
      .setExtras(bundle).build();
}

Sample JobService example:
public class SampleService extends JobService {
    @Override public boolean onStartJob(JobParameters params) {
        doSampleJob(params);
        return true;
    }

    @Override public boolean onStopJob(JobParameters params) {
        return false;
    }

    public void doSampleJob(JobParameters params) {
        // Do some heavy operation
        ......
        // At the end inform job manager the status of the job.
        jobFinished(params, false);
    }
}

A: If someone is still trying to overcome the situation,
Here is a workaround for >= Android N (If you want to set the periodic job lower than 15 minutes)
Check that only setMinimumLatency is used. Also, If you are running a task that takes a long time, the next job will be scheduled at, Current JOB Finish time + PROVIDED_TIME_INTERVAL
.SetPeriodic(long millis) works well for API Level below Android N
@Override
public boolean onStartJob(final JobParameters jobParameters) {
    Log.d(TAG,"Running service now..");
    //Small or Long Running task with callback
    //Call Job Finished when your job is finished, in callback
    jobFinished(jobParameters, false );

    //Reschedule the Service before calling job finished
    if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
              scheduleRefresh();

    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onStopJob(JobParameters jobParameters) {
    return false;
}

private void scheduleRefresh() {
  JobScheduler mJobScheduler = (JobScheduler)getApplicationContext()
                    .getSystemService(JOB_SCHEDULER_SERVICE);
  JobInfo.Builder mJobBuilder =
  new JobInfo.Builder(YOUR_JOB_ID,
                    new ComponentName(getPackageName(),
                    GetSessionService.class.getName()));

  /* For Android N and Upper Versions */
  if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
      mJobBuilder
                .setMinimumLatency(60*1000) //YOUR_TIME_INTERVAL
                .setRequiredNetworkType(JobInfo.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY);
  }

UPDATE:
If you are considering your repeating job to run while in Doze Mode and thinking about JobScheduler, FYI: JobSchedulers are not allowed to run in Doze mode.
I have not discussed about the Dozing because we were talking about JobScheduler. Thanks, @Elletlar, for pointing out that some may think that it will run even when the app is in doze mode which is not the case.
For doze mode, AlarmManager still gives the best solution. You can use setExactAndAllowWhileIdle() if you want to run your periodic job at exact time period or use setAndAllowWhileIdle() if you're flexible.
You can also user setAlarmClock() as device always comes out from doze mode for alarm clock and returns to doze mode again. Another way is to use FCM.

A: I have found the answer to the issue that we are facing with Nougat devices.
Nougat devices are not able to schedule the job if the job needs to be re-scheduled lesser than 15 minutes.
I tried out by giving the Interval time as 15 minutes and the job started getting scheduled every 15 minutes.
Job Scheduler Code:
public static void scheduleJob(Context context) {
    ComponentName serviceComponent = new ComponentName(context, PAJobService.class);
    JobInfo.Builder builder = new JobInfo.Builder(JOB_ID, serviceComponent);
    builder.setPeriodic(15 * 60 * 1000, 5 * 60 *1000);

    JobScheduler jobScheduler = context.getSystemService(JobScheduler.class);
    int ret = jobScheduler.schedule(builder.build());
    if (ret == JobScheduler.RESULT_SUCCESS) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Job scheduled successfully");
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "Job scheduling failed");
    }
}

Job Service:
public class PAJobService extends JobService {
    private static final String TAG = PRE_TAG + PAJobService.class.getSimpleName();
    private LocationManager mLocationManager;

    public boolean onStartJob(JobParameters params) {
        Log.d(TAG, "onStartJob");
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Job Started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        return false;
    }

    public boolean onStopJob(JobParameters params) {
        Log.d(TAG, "onStopJob");
        return false;
    }
}

In short if you would have increased the Interval Time to 15 minutes the code would have started working.
private static final long REFRESH_INTERVAL  = 15 * 60 * 1000;

A: if you want to run the code periodically less than 15 minutes then you can use a tricky way. Set your jobFinished() like this
jobFinished(parameters, true);

it will reschedule the code with a retry strategy. Define a custom backoff criteria using
.setBackoffCriteria();

in the builder. Then it will run periodically

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Why Might You Want To Keep Information Secret From People Accessing Company Computers?
Home Business Why Might You Want To Keep Information Secret From People Accessing Company Computers?
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When a company is in operation, some of the information will be relevant for every single person in the company. This information can be shared freely and there will be no disciplinary action needed at all.
You need to make your entire staff aware of the information that they are free to access. These documents can be scanned and then turned into a digital version of the original hard copy.
You should keep the paper copies of these shared documents after the private scan takes place so that you always have a reference if there is a problem with the individual files or if the computers have developed a technical fault. You should also use a paper file backup system to minimise problems that might arise from hackers targeting your system with malware or ransomware.
However, some files will be intended to be used by just you as the owner, plus shareholders, managers or regular employees. Why might you want keep information secret from people who are accessing the computers on a regular basis? This could include secretaries, managers, employees and work experience trainees.
Successful businesses monitor the performance of their employees closely. You can share this information with them but no-one else through encryption.
Your company may have developed software or machinery that is an original idea. When you do this, you will create lots of documents. These will include some very important documents that should be encrypted with a specialist password that will change every so often.
Some people might want to steal the information that is contained within these files. There are several reasons that they could choose to do this. They might have been recently dismissed from the company and they may be doing this as an act of revenge. Some people will be paid by other companies to illicitly acquire rival secrets so that these companies can start to catch up without having to do much work.
Whilst transparency is incredibly important for the success of a business, it also helps to build confidence and trust between different team members. However, you might not operate in this way and you could prefer a degree of privacy. For example, you might hire some specialist consultants as freelancers on a short basis, without them becoming full-time employees. The accountant will need to know everything to do with their wages and their payslip.
They can store this information as a paper copy and the documents can also be scanned and stored as encrypted files which have a password only you as the owner and the accountant. You can have discussions about these files without anyone knowing the information that has been stored.
Choose to convert paper documents into encrypted digital files. Then you can select who the files can be viewed and acted upon by.


Lexington Ave. btw 72nd and 73rd St.
This location in this chain of bars is probably the quietest (whilst still drawing a crowd) and most adult, neither of which is a bad thing. Want to smoke a cigar in after-work silence or with a buddy or two, this might be the best out of a chain for a relaxing night. Only downside was that I was confused by where the door was once you come off the street, but now I'm just looking for something wrong with this place! Above average drinks, slightly above average prices, taste fine.
23rd St. and 5th Ave.
Located on top of Eately, this roof top bar really doesn't offer much in the view department for someplace that's got great surroundings. Crowd is a mix of everyone really; older, business, 30's, tourists, that all cram into the bar space or decide to grab a table for a meal. Service is pretty good, above average beers on tap, above average prices, taste fine.
46th St. btw 8th and 9th Ave.
This space has changed names so many times (Joshua Tree, Village Pour House) and absolutely nothing has changed between each tenant, so I'm pretty sure I'll be writing another review for it next year. Same young crowd, tight space, plenty of TV's. Actually, I will say they have changed the feel of the place from a big club rectangle to a more oaky/comfy rectangle, guess they really hope to stick around! Average beers, average prices, taste fine.
15th St. btw Irving Pl. and Park Ave.
Even though it's attached to Side Bar by way of the bathrooms, it blatantly is its own separate bar. This place is a lot more subdued than it's conjoined twin, but still packs a crowd in. There's a dozen or so bar seats, most of the area is loaded with tables. It can almost be explained as a brunch place that just keeps going after the 4 PM deadline has come and gone. Above average beers at slightly above average prices, taste fine.
New bar that needs a better sign/frontage, because it's easy to miss it. Step inside to a polished "sports bar" that has a lot of room with not a lot of people in it. The lack of service may be the culprit, or the fact that you just don't feel cozy in the place. Must have had the manager for the early shift because he was great, but the rest of the staff could really just care less. Above average prices for average/above average beers, taste good.
This is a place you come for a well-rounded cast of characters. Enter the most brightly lit bar I've ever been to, and you get old locals, business kids, dates, youth, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! There's a good amount of space, never overly crowded, lots of TV's on, and everyone, staff and patrons alike, is pretty friendly. Average beers at average prices, taste fine, pretty decent bar.
This place uses to be St. Andrew's, a nice and quiet bar that felt very homey. While its layout of tables is still the same, it's been spruced up to look like a place trying to hold onto a quaint feeling but jumping into the future with flash. Still has the long bar (that oddly vibrates non-stop), staff is good, mixed crowd of tourists and midtown workers, and plenty of space. Drinks are average prices, taste alright, and your average taps.
11th Ave. and 46th St.
Old school pub in a quickly developing neighborhood. This is also evident by the people in here, old crowd from days gone by mixed with the new annoying crowd/hipsters that work in the area/are slowly moving into the area. Once the latter group left, it was a really nice, quiet place, good tasting pints, average prices (though please having the price include change or I'm going to start giving change tips!), nice place to watch a game, friendly staff. If it wasn't such a schlep I would come more often.
49th btw Broadway and 8th Ave.
It's almost the exact same layout as its predecessor near Union Square, except more space. Interesting crowd of tourists, theater goers, and business kids. Service was okay at getting your drinks, kind of want to see them in action with a packed house. Not much mingling going on, average tasting taps at the high point of average prices ($6.50 for a Bud Light!).
34th St. and 8th Ave.
While it's a mirrored layout of Local on 33rd, it's a completely different set up. They're going for beachside cabana/Mexican cantina…riiiiight. So let's start with what is Mexican about it, the margarita's…basically a non alcoholic sno-cone in a glass. As for beer, average tasting taps at average prices, attractive staff, pretty easy to get a seat.
Amsterdam Ave. and 109th St.
I like it! It's a really laid back, average sized bar that draws a crowd ranging from locals to Columbia people, all in that good 23-35 range. Lots of TV's for watching every game available, good pitchers specials and average priced pints for average beers, good food, can get a tiny bit warm (something my Polish friend swears was the reason for her falling asleep…), but definitely a nice hang out, for lack of better words.
Washington St. btw Carlisle and Albany St.
I used to consider this the quiet side of the Financial District, the home of pubs and really old bars. But with new buildings, comes the new crowd…oh boy. B&T's have crossed Trinity and gathered here. Decent amount of room, mixed age crowd, and good times staring at the hotel guests walking by as they head to their rooms. Beers are above average prices, taste average, service average.
10th Ave. btw 43rd and 44th St.
I'm shocked at how many B&T's/business types trek all the way over to this side of Manhattan. Despite them, it's actually a pretty decent place to go. There is a lot of space in here, and you have a 75% chance of actually getting a seat. Food is pretty good, tons of TV's, beers taste fine and at average prices, and there's even a strip of ice imbedded into the bar to rest your drinks on and keep them cool…nice.
This place reminds me of a bar in Queens that my dad went to when he was younger, without the smoke and the elevated train overhead. A good pub, good food, good pints, average prices, good atmosphere too. Fits in perfectly with the few other pubs in the area on 3rd, there was really nothing wrong with this place.
Definitely the "hippest" of the Penn Station bars, this place gets very crowded. There is an upstairs outdoor deck that offers no relief from the crowds. The drinks are your average prices, taste fine, but good luck finding a waiter or getting one of the Eastern European models behind the bar to serve you quickly. The faster bar is definitely upstairs.
The food is bad enough so I'll consider this a bar. It can get a little tight in here, mainly because of the enormous indoor clam shack that takes up space. The bartenders are a little slow to get you a drink, but for $10 pitchers of Stella, I'll wait. The other pints taste fine too. Some of the clientele…most can be annoying, but if you can squeeze your group in, it's a nice after work spot.
9th Ave. btw 56th and 57th St.
A definite college bar, but whether you get the mellow college crowd or the meatheads is a complete coin flip. There's not a ton of room in here, but if you can get a seat, hold on to it for dear life as the other people do. They have pretty good pitcher specials, but the beer tastes a little watered down and regular pints run at your average prices.
Just went back last week and they knocked down a wall and there's a huge additional room now, dispersing the crowd. More TV's now, beer tastes better, same average prices.
23rd St. btw 5th and 6th Ave.
From the outside it looks like your typical dive bar, but it's actually kind of nice inside, just stick to sitting at the bar. The bar food is good and the drinks are cheap, taste fine too. It could use a slightly bigger TV and the crowd is definitely made up of locals and groups coming from work.
Huge bar and extremely crowded. There aren't many bars around the north part of Union Square so everyone basically filters here before a movie. I fought my way to the back and found the place to be pretty cozy, definitely brand new, and a young and lively crowd that was under control, until roughly around 7 when this place gets packed and then you want to avoid the young crowd that packs in here. Beers tasted fine, average prices too.
Fulton St. btw William and Gold St.
This place used to be Exchange, and I'm glad to see that it's not and that it's much more welcoming and not so lounge-y anymore. That being said, the place is still tiny. There's an okay amount of room, mainly having a small standing area in the back, but there's not much to the place. Had TV's, beer tasted fine and was average prices, mixed crowd.
33rd St. btw Broadway and 5th Ave.
If it wasn't for the Irish brogues, I would've felt I was in a tactfully designed Howard Beach home. This huge place is always packed, mainly with a lot of right off the boat's and their families. Something of a dance floor opens up, bringing all the cougars out. I actually really enjoyed the place, despite the past three sentences. The service is fast, beers taste fine and cost average prices, and plenty of seats to watch the multitude of TV's.
Grove St. btw Bleecker and Bedford St.
The unknown beer hall. I have easily walked by here a billion times and finally went in. There's a small bar up front where a nice bartender serves the authentic German brews that are actually average prices and taste good. There's a larger room in the back, with a bunch of tables amidst the Sound of Music mural. A small crowd but you'll probably always be guaranteed a seat.
8th Ave. btw 47th and 48th St.
One of two serious Yuppie bars in Hell's Kitchen. I guess they're trying to attract the business people who work/live in the area. There's a lot of space but it almost always packed up front, so aim towards the back of the bar for some breathing room. The beers tasted fine, average prices, and the food is a little overpriced, though they give good portions.
47th St. btw 6th and 7th Ave.
One of the quieter Times Square bars. There's not a big crowd here, but the bar stools are usually always occupied, which means you get to lean on one of the tables near the dining area in the back. The beers tasted pretty good, average prices, and most people just keep to themselves here so it's a good place to actually have a conversation with your friends.


Nestled in the San Bernardino mountains, surrounded by pine, cedar and dogwood trees is this traditional cozy mountain cabin in Arrowhead Woods with lake rights. Dual pane windows and newer exterior paint. Enjoy breakfast or BBQ eon deck among the trees. Built in the true tradition of a mountain cabin, the interior has a fireplace and knotty pine walls. There is no need to be concerned about furnishings....it is ready to move in. There is a bedroom and bath on main floor. All three bedrooms have multiple beds, room for the whole family. There are countless recreational activities such as hiking, backpacking, camping, bicycling, lake tours, water and snow skiing, ice skating, fishing, horseback riding and more.


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Marine Fisheries - Shrimp
SHRIMP, Farfantepenaeus aztecus, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Litopenaeus setiferus
Research Needs
There are three shrimp species that make up the shrimp fishery in North Carolina. They are brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus, pink shrimp, F. duorarum and white shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus. The lifecycle of these three species are similar in that the adults spawn offshore and eggs are hatched into free-swimming larvae. These larvae develop through several stages into post-larvae. Once post-larval shrimp enter the estuaries, growth is rapid and is dependent on salinity and temperature. As the shrimp increase in size, they migrate from the upper reaches of small creeks to deeper saltier rivers and sounds. By late summer and fall, they return to the ocean to spawn. The maximum life span of shrimp can range from 16 to 24 months and may reach a size of 7 to 11 inches.
Shrimp are harvested throughout the state by otter trawls, skimmer trawls, channel nets, seine nets, cast nets, shrimp pots and pounds. The majority of the harvest is taken by commercial otter trawls. In 2017, the commercaial fishery harvested 13.9 million pounds of shrimp, and increase of 5.3 percent from 2016 (Figure 1). The 10 year average landings (2008 to 2017) for the commercial fishery is 7.8 million pounds. The majority of the harvest occurs in estuarine waters, with the remainder occuring in the Atlantic Ocean (less than 3 miles from shore). Landings in the ocean decreased 8.1 percent in 2017, but were above the time series average (Figure 2). Recreational fishermen can purchase a Recreational Commercial Gear License to use limited amounts of commercial gear to harvest seafood for personal consumption. Shrimp harvested under this license cannot be sold and fishermen are limited to 48 quarts of head-on (32 quarts of head-off) shrimp per day. Based on historical survey data, shrimp landed by Recreational Commercial Gear Licence holders was estimated to be less than 1 percent of the total commercial shrimp harvest from 2002 to 2008; the survey was terminated in 2008 due to budget constraints. Recreational fishermen using cast nets to harvest shrimp for consumption and bait are further limited to a 4-quart limit (heads on) in closed areas. Current recreational landings of shrimp are unknown.
A state fishery management plan was approved in April 2006 by the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission. The plan included a 90 foot headrope limit in most internal waters, allowed skimmer trawls as a Recreational Commercial Gear License gear and made recommendations on the minimum shrimp size at which some water bodies open to trawling. The plan also closed some areas in the state to protect habitats and juvenile finfish and established a 48 quart limit on shrimp captured by individuals possessing a Recreational Commercial Gear License. A restriction on the use of shrimp trawls above the Highway 172 Bridge over New River took effect in 2010. Amendment 1 was adopted in February 2015 and recommended a wider range of certified bycatch reduction devices to choose from, required two bycatch reduction devices in shrimp trawls and skimmer trawls, increased the daily harvest limit for cast nets in closed areas, and established a permitted live bait shrimp fishery to allow live bait fishermen to fish until noon on Saturdays. Also as part of Amendment 1, an industry workgroup was formed to test gear modifications to reduce bycatch to the extent practicable with a 40 percent target reduction in the shrimp trawl fishery. Four gear combinations tested reduced finfish bycatch by 40 to 57 percent while also minimizing shrimp loss. At its May 2018 business meeting, the Marine Fisheries Commission voted to require fishermen to use one of four gear combinations tested by the workgroup that achieved at least 40 percent finfish bycatch. The new gear configurations will be required in all shrimp trawls, except skimmer trawls, used in inside waters where greater than 90 foot headrope length is allowed (Pamlico Sound and portions of Core Sound, Pamlico River and Neuse River), effective July 1, 2019. The commission also voted to continue the shrimp industry workgroup and explore funding options for more studies, to survey fishermen to determine what bycatch reduction devices the shrimp trawl industry currently uses, and to begin development of Amendment 2 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan.
Stock Assessment: No (Annual Crop)
Terminal Year of Last Assessment: N/A
Overfishing: N/A
Overfished: N/A
The stock of shrimp is considered an annual crop that consists of three species: brown, pink, and white shrimp. Annual crop species are short lived and the abundance of the stock is a function of the strength of the incoming year class. State management of shrimp includes its fisheries in all coastal fishing waters of North Carolina, which includes the Atlantic Ocean out to 3 miles. The population size is determined mainly by recruitment (the number of fish entering the population) and environmental conditions. While fishing reduces the population size over the season, fishing is not believed to have a major impact on subsequent year class strength. Because of their high reproductive output (fecundity) and migratory behavior, shrimp are capable of rebounding from a very low population size in one year to a large population size the next year if the environmental conditions are favorable. The annual juvenile abundance index is calculated as the average number of brown shrimp per site and then averaged across all sites within that year. It gives a relative measure of the juvenile population of brown shrimp. The juvenile abundance index has been variable from year to year, showing a general decline since 2008. The highest catch per unit effort (number of brown shrimp per tow) of the 10 year time series occurred in 2015 and the lowest in 2017. Currently, there are no juvenile indices for white and pink shrimp in North Carolina. Annual landings of these species, as well as brown shrimp, is thought to be indicative of relative abundance.
Research needs include: continued bycatch characterization work, development of bycatch reduction devices, development of methods to reduce interactions with protected species; continuing to define and quantify trawling effort in North Carolina estuaries; improving accuracy of license gear survey data; determining how re-suspended sediment, siltation and non-point source pollution impacts shrimp abundance and habitat degradation; and encouraging research and education to improve the understanding of new bycatch reduction devices and turtle excluder devices.
Management Agencies
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
Fishery Management Plans Amendments, Revisions and Supplements
North Carolina Fishery Management Plan
For more information, contact Chris Stewart at Chris.Stewart@ncdenr.gov


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Survey to understand women and their issues in the media
Dhensel Research and Consulting (DRC) firm is currently conducting a survey on strengthening media assessment capabilities to advocate for a gender-sensitive media.
The survey aims to strengthen the environment for press freedom, journalistic safety and/or self-regulation for on-line media through favourable policies and practices. It is also to promote good governance and transparency by developing pluralistic media institutions including community media by building media professional capacities.
The founder of Dhensel, Kezang Dema said, "This is the first kind of survey in Bhutan to understand women in media." She said that media can play a key role to empower women and therefore there is the need to adopt specific focus for women by amending code of ethics and policies.
The founder said that the number of women representative in the 11 news media organizations in the country has a significant number of women journalists. However, she added that the numbers do not meet with the expected women representation on the leadership position in the media houses.
The factors affecting the number of women roles in the leadership position includes balancing tricky profession and family affairs, harassment of various sorts at work and other physical challenges in the context of developing the nation where modern amnesties are still in the reaching.
To address the subject, DRC has become a partner to advocate the project called 'Women for Change: Building a Gendered Media in South Asia'. It strives to strengthen media assessment capabilities to advocate for a gender sensitive media in the country. The project is a component of the regional initiative launched by United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the South Asia Women's Network (SWAN). The initiation of the project covers nine South Asian countries; eight SAARC countries and Myanmar with the mission to advocate equal rights for women working in the media and engage with the stakeholders in improving the portrayal of women in media content.
Project coordinator Kezang Dema said that media plays a vital role in combating the gender issues. She said, "If we can empower women in media and do gender sensitization, the media will be stronger." Giving a balanced statement, she said that however, the project did not sidelined men.
The present project aims address gender gap in media by conducting national baseline survey to determine the status of women in the Bhutanese media sector applying the UNESCO's principles; Gender-Sensitive Indicators. Desk research will be done of existing studies, reports, media laws and regulation, and media curricula, reports/studies and stakeholders involves with gender and media. They will also carry out a national consultation to validate and disseminate the findings of the baseline survey and research. The report will be placed in the public domain informing all subsequent interventions and advocacy under the UNESCO-SWAN initiatives with other stakeholders involved in mainstreaming gender in Bhutanese media.
According to the Project Justification, media professionals in the country are guided by standards and norms that hardly pivot around gender themes with indelicate contents from untrained media practitioners.
The immediate objective of project is to build a strong empirical foundation for country level advocacy and lobbying. The project coordinator stated that the project will result in a structured body of country data on the issue of women in the media, along with a cadre of trained media assessment practitioners capable of updating and strategically using the data to effect media reform.
Kezang Dema said that the project is not commercial. She said its guided by advisory board having five members from Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BSS), Kuensel, Bhutan Media Foundation (BMF), Ministry of Information and Communications and National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC).
The DRC was founded by former journalists in 2014 to focus in media research and training.
By Sangay Rabten


Midfielder Will Osborne was voted the club's Man of the Match in Saturday's home game against Devizes Town.
Here he is being presented with his award by Chairman Derek Jones of Avon Truck and Van after the game.
As mentioned elsewhere, all future awards will be sponsored by Mechanical Engineering Services (Avon) Limited.


I found posted here some PICS of a member building some CCD like cabinets for his AS, I decided to do the same for my 22' Argosy. I am still building mine, white formica outside, familiar curved CCD underbody, four two foot divider sections with sliding frosted plexiglass cabinter doors and interior backlights for affect. The curbside unit length is actually 97.5". I will be including more and more pics as I can, the first prototype unit pics are below. I have already found some subtle differences I wish to make on the next version and will not be using this one. I am finishing it and plan to have about $150 in materials in it.
Question: Would anyone be interested in buying my prototype (more pics to come as I progress) for the $150 plus whatever it costs for shipping this monster. I will have weights and final dimensions posted soon as well.
I will entertain doing a roadside version if someone wants a pair, I will even entertain building these as custom units after I complete my prototype 2 units.
Pardon me if I took too rapid an action there. There should be room in our discussions for you to determine if there is a market for such a product. Let's let this go forward. You certainly may sell from the classifieds. Please also read the vendors section at the bottom of the community rules if you do end up finding that there is a market for these.
It's November -- a warm(er) welcome to you here at AIR!
The cabinets look great and look well built so far. We think that there would be a market for them. We see so many trailers for sale where the POs removed the cabinets and never replaced them.
It would be interesting to learn what shipping would cost.
Look very well built, including several weight reducing steps. If you get in the business, I might be interested in some nose cone cabinets, but would probably want it in oak.
Thanks for the kind words about the cabinet. I have a trick for bending the 1/8" luan , you dont bend it. You apply it in 1/2" strips, plane and then sand before applying formica.
Here are two more pics. I will apply formica tomorrow. It is coming along nicely but it is much heavier than the original. I will get numbers but it is heavy. I plan to clean the vinyl wals, mount with a combination of angle iron and construction adhesive.
Heavier is not better. The increased weight means it would be more likely to pull out of the ceiling, plus more weight up high will work against the low center of gravity Airstreams enjoy.
5 pounds here, 10 pounds there, each not that much, but cumulatively it could create a problem. This is something to keep in mind before your R&D go too far to make a correction if needed.
Yeah, I did not consider the effects of the higher COG. I went ahead and thinned out some bracing and tore off one of the 3/4" plywood end caps and replaced with 1/8" luan (that end butts up against the back wall anyway). Now the weight has been greatly reduced.
The first (most benificial) is to dry fit large sheets of painters paper (tape mulitple sheets to make a 4x8 sheet and cut to fit intended area where formica will go) to make a template to be transferred to the formica in order to cut it to a perfect fit.
I broke my formica sheet while roughly bending it on the 4" radius (I had not glued yet). The next time I will be gluing up so I dont want to break it. I have a heat gun and played around with it but the real question is this: HAS ANYONE EVER SUCCESSFULLY BENT A 8ft WIDE PIECE OF FORMICA AROUND A 4" OR SMALLER RADIUS? If so, how? Sorry for the yelling just wanted someone to see the question.
I am remodeling a 25' Airstream and really like the CCD look.
Could you get a price on shipping to 78737 Austin Tx.
You are on the right track but it takes a lot of even heat and a thinner sheet to start with. Also you must work very fast.
There different grades of laminate that are used for postforming tight radii - they have a thinner backing and are directional. If you haven't purchased all you need yet, it may be worthwhile to check it out. It comes in most colors - so I'm sure "white" is available. Here's a link to Formica's list of grades...all the manufacturers have similar products.
Hi Uniquemicro...I also may be interested in your cabinets if they're still available. (Shipping to Missoula, MT 59801, you can PM me if they're still available) Definitely would like for you to keep talking about your techniques since this is also on my to-do list. Thanks!


Piracom forwarding a serial dongle.
Is this doable? I can't see any reason why not, yet. I've tried it, relaying COM1 as the virtual, but the software that runs from the dongle doesn't work. I could just take the dongle out and put it in another computer.. but it takes time and it's a really old one, so would rather not touch it!
Any advice would be very nice.


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Q: insertDataforTableName returns wrong object type I'm building out some new functionality in my app which is essentially just old code copied for a new class type. Before it was creating and displaying vehicles, and now it's creating and displaying books, however it's not behaving as expected.
I want to persist the data, so here is the code which creates a new ManagedObject, which should return a pointer to the object:
vehicle = [[MyCoreDataManager sharedManager] insertDataforTableName:@"MyVehicle"];

This line returns an object of type MyVehicle, which is what I want. MyVehicle is a class which inherits from NSManagedObject and has its own methods which are immediately used after inserting.
Now I want to have the same exact arrangement, except with a MyBook object. However, when I run:
book = [[MyCoreDataManager sharedManager] insertDataforTableName:@"MyBook"];

The above line of code returns an object of type NSManagedObject, which is wrong because I can't access the MyBook methods because it's an NSManagedObject and not a MyBook. I even tried type casting, but it doesn't work. The fact that it is an NSManagedObject and not a MyBook is causing my app to crash with an unrecognized selector sent to instance exception because I am trying to call a method which is not recognized by the object at runtime. Your thoughts are appreciated.
My understanding of the problem is that somehow the MyBook class is not properly declared or has some subtle issue in its .h or .m file which is causing it not to link up at runtime. Or some kind of problem with the .xcdatamodeld entity definition.

A: Rob Mayoff was correct to ask:

Does the definition of the "MyBook" entity in the data model specify "MyBook" as its class?

Because in this case it did not. If you ever want to create a new entity in your data model, be sure to specify the actual class that it is associated with in the right hand toolbar. It's pretty easy to miss this step, if you ask me.


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package org.apache.avro;

import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.avro.util.CaseFinder;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.runners.Enclosed;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;

@RunWith(Enclosed.class)
public class TestSchemaNormalization {

  @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
  public static class TestCanonical {
    String input, expectedOutput;

    public TestCanonical(String i, String o) {
      input = i;
      expectedOutput = o;
    }

    @Parameters
    public static List<Object[]> cases() throws IOException {
      return CaseFinder.find(data(), "canonical", new ArrayList<>());
    }

    @Test
    public void testCanonicalization() throws Exception {
      assertEquals(SchemaNormalization.toParsingForm(new Schema.Parser().parse(input)), expectedOutput);
    }
  }

  @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
  public static class TestFingerprint {
    String input, expectedOutput;

    public TestFingerprint(String i, String o) {
      input = i;
      expectedOutput = o;
    }

    @Parameters
    public static List<Object[]> cases() throws IOException {
      return CaseFinder.find(data(), "fingerprint", new ArrayList<>());
    }

    @Test
    public void testCanonicalization() throws Exception {
      Schema s = new Schema.Parser().parse(input);
      long carefulFP = altFingerprint(SchemaNormalization.toParsingForm(s));
      assertEquals(carefulFP, Long.parseLong(expectedOutput));
      assertEqHex(carefulFP, SchemaNormalization.parsingFingerprint64(s));
    }
  }

  // see AVRO-1493
  @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
  public static class TestFingerprintInternationalization {
    String input, expectedOutput;

    public TestFingerprintInternationalization(String i, String o) {
      input = i;
      expectedOutput = o;
    }

    @Parameters
    public static List<Object[]> cases() throws IOException {
      return CaseFinder.find(data(), "fingerprint", new ArrayList<>());
    }

    @Test
    public void testCanonicalization() throws Exception {
      Locale originalDefaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
      Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag("tr"));
      Schema s = new Schema.Parser().parse(input);
      long carefulFP = altFingerprint(SchemaNormalization.toParsingForm(s));
      assertEquals(carefulFP, Long.parseLong(expectedOutput));
      assertEqHex(carefulFP, SchemaNormalization.parsingFingerprint64(s));
      Locale.setDefault(originalDefaultLocale);
    }
  }

  private static String DATA_FILE = (System.getProperty("share.dir", "../../../share") + "/test/data/schema-tests.txt");

  private static BufferedReader data() throws IOException {
    return Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get(DATA_FILE), UTF_8);
  }

  /**
   * Compute the fingerprint of <i>bytes[s,s+l)</i> using a slow algorithm that's
   * an alternative to that implemented in {@link SchemaNormalization}. Algo from
   * Broder93 ("Some applications of Rabin's fingerprinting method").
   */
  public static long altFingerprint(String s) {
    // In our algorithm, we multiply all inputs by x^64 (which is
    // equivalent to prepending it with a single "1" bit followed
    // by 64 zero bits). This both deals with the fact that
    // CRCs ignore leading zeros, and also ensures some degree of
    // randomness for small inputs

    long tmp = altExtend(SchemaNormalization.EMPTY64, 64, ONE, s.getBytes(UTF_8));
    return altExtend(SchemaNormalization.EMPTY64, 64, tmp, POSTFIX);
  }

  private static long altExtend(long poly, int degree, long fp, byte[] b) {
    final long overflowBit = 1L << (64 - degree);
    for (byte b1 : b) {
      for (int j = 1; j < 129; j = j << 1) {
        boolean overflow = (0 != (fp & overflowBit));
        fp >>>= 1;
        if (0 != (j & b1))
          fp |= ONE; // shift in the input bit
        if (overflow) {
          fp ^= poly; // hi-order coeff of poly kills overflow bit
        }
      }
    }
    return fp;
  }

  private static final long ONE = 0x8000000000000000L;
  private static final byte[] POSTFIX = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };

  private static void assertEqHex(long expected, long actual) {
    String m = format("0x%016x != 0x%016x", expected, actual);
    assertTrue(m, expected == actual);
  }

  private static String format(String f, Object... args) {
    return (new Formatter()).format(f, args).toString();
  }
}

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