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Q: ASP.NET Cors > allow only one origin We have been looking a lot on StackOverflow for this but we cannot seem to have it working.
Our scenario is as following. We have server A and server B.
Server A is a web API that communicates with Server B which is also a web API.
Server B should ONLY serve http requests comming from server A and deny all other requests.
We are trying to force this by using cors
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddCors(options =>
    {
        options.AddPolicy(name: "AllowSpecificOrigin", builder =>
        {
            builder.WithOrigins(new string[0]); // Empty list as a test.
        });
    });

    ...
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
{
    app.UseRouting();

    app.UseCors("AllowSpecificOrigin");

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapControllers();
    });
    ...
}

But now in one of our controllers, there are two methods. One that requires CORS and one that doesn't.
[ApiController]
[Route("api/Server")]
public sealed class ServerController : ControllerBase
{
    [HttpGet]
    [Route("ServerCheck")]
    [DisableCors]
    public IActionResult ServerCheck()
    {
        return Ok(true);
    }

    [HttpGet]
    [Route("Version")]
    [EnableCors("AllowSpecificOrigin")]
    public IActionResult Version()
    {
        return Ok(GetType().Assembly.GetName().Version.ToString());
    }
}

If I know issue a request through Postman to both methods, both methods supply an answer. But since we did not allow any origin, how come our request is served in the controller?
Is CORS the wrong way to tackle this issue?
What whould be the best way?
Or is our configuration simply wrong?
Nowhere in our appsettings.json or appsettings.Development.json is there a line 'AllowedHosts'.

A: You could create a custom authorization filter which validates that the host is allowed via an authorization filter
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Filters;

public class ValidateDomainAttribute : Attribute, IAuthorizationFilter
{
    private IEnumerable<string> AllowedDomains { get; }

    public ValidateDomainAttribute(params string[] domains){
       AllowedDomains = domains;
    }

    public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationFilterContext context)
    {
        var host = context.HttpContext.Request.Host;
        if (!AllowedDomains.Contains(host, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
        {
            context.Result = new BadRequestObjectResult("Domain is not allowed !");
        }
    }
}

And to apply this globally for all controllers and actions by registering this attribute in the StartUp class:

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddControllers(options =>
        {
            options.Filters.Add(new ValidateDomainAttribute("your-allowed-domain-1", "your-allowed-domain-2");
        )};
    // rest of code
    }
}

More about filter attributes can be found here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/filters?view=aspnetcore-5.0

A: Have you considered an IP Address allow list? Or an API Key or some other form of authentication?
It seems as if you are trying to leverage CORS for access control which is not it's purpose. The Mozilla Docs are pretty good, but the short version is that CORS is a way to safely get around the browser same origin restrictions and you should not expect it to work in the same way using Postman or any other non-browser client.
It is also worth considering that every header can be controlled by an attacker and so shouldn't be trusted and any credentials should be transmitted only via https

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Chapter 4 THE REMEDY THAT CURES.
Chapter 5 THE FEMALE PELVIS AND ITS CONTENTS.
Chapter 7 DISORDERS OF MENSTRUATION.
Chapter 8 DISEASES OF THE UTERUS AND OVARIES.
Chapter 10 PREGNANCY, ITS SYMPTOMS, DISEASES, ETC.
Chapter 11 PROBLEMS IN NURSING.
Chapter 12 TO PREVENT CONVULSIONS AT CHILDBIRTH.
Chapter 13 DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, GENERAL DEBILITY, SLEEPLESSNESS.


Following on from my previous post where I explored some initial design ideas, todays post shows the further development of ideas.
I applied the principle of 'contrast as a design tool' used by architects to come up with various 'zones' that will each deal with a different stage of the life cycle. Each zone will have its own individual look but they will all be linked through various common features that run through the whole set.


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Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences / In our Communities / Words to the Wise
| March 19, 2019
By: Dr. Meenal Shrivastava
There are many examples of verbal and non-verbal forms of communication in the animal kingdom—acoustic communication, non-vocal auditory outbursts, bioluminescence, chemical cues, and many others that we are yet to understand. Arguably, the single most important skill that may have allowed Homo sapiens to dominate Earth's systems is the ability to convey complex ideas and complicated histories to the next generation through shared languages and writing.
Long before the invention of writing, human social interactions included the use of stories to preserve and transmit histories, traditions, languages, and world-views. Storytelling was an intimate yet communal creative experience where oral narratives were sometimes combined with drawings, dance, or music. The long and varied traditions of storytelling through myths, legends and epics span every culture on our planet from the aborigines in Australia to the Bush Cree in Canada, pre-dating even the first forms of world literature that evolved in ancient Mesopotamia.
Myths, legends and epics is also the theme for the 2019 World Storytelling Day, and storytelling events all over the world are held annually on the March equinox.
Reading: From social to individual
In the past couple of centuries though, as the access to literacy and to the written materials increased, social reading gave way to silent reading, and storytelling as a community activity declined around the world. In major reading cultures of the world like Chinese and Indian, where their script do not have many spaces between words, and where literature depends heavily on prosody, silent reading may have evolved differently. In Renaissance Europe though, historians argue that silent reading not only changed the way we read, but also led to a new preoccupation with the individual.
With the escalation of industrialization and new technologies in the twentieth century, written and visual media largely replaced oral forms of social activities. Concurrently, the effects of anthropogenic changes to the Earth's systems began to be manifested in global climatic disruptions, injustices, violence, and other challenges that clearly cannot be solved by doing more of the same. In this milieu, storytelling is re-emerging as an important tool to involve people at every level. Stories allow people to engage with issues that are large and complex because we feel compelled to listen when we ourselves are included in the storyline.
Why stories?
Every story serves a purpose: to relay a message, to give us insights into the past, or to entertain. Storytelling as a tool for the marginalized peoples around the world enriches historical understanding by expanding it beyond the machinations of dynasties, leaders, and rulers. Storytelling, therefore, also pushes back against the construction of history by the social and political elite of the time. Most importantly, including women's and girls' stories also highlights the neglect of women in different accounts of historical movements and moments. Amma's Daughters is one such story, which shows that we have been looking at human history with one eye closed.
Amma's Daughters: A Memoir
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led one of the largest non-violent mass movements in the world, the Civil Disobedience Movement against British imperialism in South Asia. Inadvertently, it opened the doors for an unprecedented number of ordinary South Asian women to join the freedom movement, which included a young girl, my grandmother, Prakashwati Sinha, or Amma. She served three prison terms for treason and sedition between the ages of 12 and 15, and subsequently spent nearly a decade in Gandhi's Ashram. The need for the historical authentication of her personal diary and published autobiography led to my archival research and the narrative memoir, Amma's Daughters. The archival research also revealed that my grandmother was one among the many hundreds of thousands of women who made up the cadre of the freedom movement in South Asia in the first half of the twentieth century.
Amma's story needed to be told not only to celebrate her extraordinary life, but also to show that the lives of ordinary women and men inexorably affect, and are affected by, the historical processes of the time. These connections need to be made evident in all historical narratives, otherwise every generation will be doomed to fight the same battles for justice and dignity. As Thomas King illustrates in The Truth About Stories, stories are the key to, and our only hope for, human understanding… so let's try to listen well.
Meenal Shrivastava is professor of political economy and global studies, and chair of the Centre for Social Sciences at Athabasca University. Her research on the processes of globalization has led to: more than 30 peer-reviewed publications; 70 conference papers, guest lectures, and opinion pieces; a co-edited volume, Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada (AU Press, 2015); and a creative historical non-fiction, Amma's Daughters: a Memoir (AU Press, 2018).
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import LambdaRpc from "lambda-rpc";
import dotenv from "dotenv";
import {partial} from "ramda";

import {validateParams, ensureEmailUniqueness, putNewUserInKinesis} from "./methods/create-user";
import {searchToken, emailVerification} from "./methods/verify-email";
import {searchUser, creationLoginToken} from "./methods/login";

dotenv.load();
var lambdaRpc = new LambdaRpc();

lambdaRpc.methods({
    createUser: function (options) {
        return BPromise.resolve()
            .then(partial(validateParams, options))
            .then(partial(ensureEmailUniqueness, options.email))
            .then(partial(putNewUserInKinesis, options));
    },
    verifyEmail: function (token) {
        return BPromise.resolve()
            .then(partial(searchToken, token))
            .then(partial(emailVerification, token));
    },
    login: function (address, password) {
        return BPromise.resolve()
            .then(partial(searchUser, address))
            .then(partial(creationLoginToken, password));
    }
});

export var handler = lambdaRpc.getRouter();

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GREENoneTEC manufactures large-size collectors in the GK 3003 series with a standard size of 8 and 13 m², single & double glazed. A special design of the absorber and the attractive performance data make these collectors ideal for large solar thermal systems working at higher temperature. The optimized mounting system, which permits time-saving installation by crane, and hydraulic connection considerably reduce the overall time and effort required to install the system.
The collector field is expected to supply almost 5 % of the heat provided by the new district heating grid for the Brühl housing development near the city centre.
Operating since mid-2011, the 25.4 MWth solar district heating plant provides heat for the Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University, which has a campus for 40.000 students, lecturers and other staff. Its amenities include accommodation, research facilities and a hospital.
This project is constructed as a pilot, and aims to increase copper extraction from the ore by using warmer leaching fluid heated up by solar system instead of conventional heating source. The solar system is a standalone system not connected to conventional heating system. The system is in operation since march 2013.


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Готеболд III фон Вазунген (; * ок. 1107; † сл. 1164) от фамилията фон Хенеберг, е граф на Вазунген в Тюрингия. Споменат е в документи от 1137 до 1164 г.

Биография

Той е третият син на граф Попо II фон Хенеберг († 1116) и Хелинбург фон Лора († 1133). Внук е на граф Попо I фон Хенеберг, бургграф на Вюрцбург († 1078), и съпругата му графиня Хилдегард фон Шауенбург († 1104), дъщеря на ландграф Лудвиг Брадати от Тюрингия († 1080). Племенник е на граф Годеболд II фон Хенеберг († 1143/1144), граф на Хенеберг и бургграф на Вюрцбург. Брат е на Попо III фон Ирмелсхаузен († ок. 1160), Лудвиг I фон Ленгсфелд-Франкенщайн († сл. 1164) и на Дитбург фон Хенеберг, омъжена за Албрехт фон дер Нордмарк.

Готеболд чрез женитба ок. 1150 г. става наследник на старите господари фон Вазунген. Резиденцията му е в замък Майенлуфт във Вазунген.

През 1140 г. Готеболд III фон Вазунген при епископ Ембрихо фон Вюрцбург († 1146) основава "Св. Якоб" във Вюрцбург, и през 1156 г. при братовчед му епископ Гебхард фон Хенеберг от Вюрцбург († 1159) прави дарение на манастир "Вехтерсвинкел".

Деца
Готеболд III фон Вазунген се жени и има двама сина:
 Попо фон Вазунген (* пр. 1176; † 1199), женен пр. 11 ноември 1192 г. за фон Глайхен, дъщеря на граф Ервин II фон Глайхен († 1193)
 Ото фон Вазунген († 3 март 1200?)

Литература
 Ulrich Heß: Henneberg, Grafen von. Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3, S. 536 – 538.
 Johannes Mötsch, Henneberg, Grafen von, in: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, 2010
 D. Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Band XVI., Tafel 144, Verlag: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1995, ISBN 3-465-02741-8

Източници

Външни препратки
 Zur Genealogie der Grafen von Henneberg und der Popponischen Linien
 Ruine Maienluft, Rhönlexikon

Графове в Германия
Хенеберги
Родени през 12 век
Починали през 12 век

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In our earlier blog looking at the year 2015 in review, it was mentioned that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has introduced measures to penalise activities and arrangement in relation to "Payment for Visas". On 4 December 2015, the Australian Federal Parliament passed the bill for the Migration Amendment (Charging for a Migration Outcome) Act 2015. New criminal, civil and administrative sanctions, and visa cancellation provisions were introduced on 14 December 2015.
The "payment" in reference includes benefits other than monetary payments. This new legislation will affect the 457 work visa, the Employer Nominated Scheme (ENS) 186 visa and the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) visa.
Will it affect my 457 visa?
Yes it could if you paid your sponsor! If you paid for sponsorship your visa could be cancelled! The new Bill introduces a discretionary power to consider cancellation of a temporary or permanent visa where the visa holder has engaged in a "payment for visa" conduct.
You can obtain more information about the newly announced measures at the DIBP webpage here.
The measures introduced are part of the recommendations that were tabled in the 457 visa programme integrity review released by the DIBP. The penalties and powers granted to the DIBP demonstrate a strong intention to protect the integrity of the temporary work visa programme.
Even without the fear of punishment and penalties, individuals and businesses should be vigilant and avoid visa scams as they become a source of exploitation of the system and genuine overseas workers. The power to cancel a visa that was granted based on a payment-for-visa scam is a concern for those who have already paid for sponsorship before the Bill came into power.


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Subscribe to F13 - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
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Do Protectionist Trade Policies Integrate Domestic Markets? Evidence from the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Dispute
Staff Working Paper 2020-10 Jinggang Guo, Craig Johnston
We consider the effects of protectionist trade policies on international and domestic market integration, using evidence from the long-standing softwood lumber trade dispute between Canada and the United States.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): International topics, Market structure and pricing, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13, Q, Q1, Q17
No Double Standards: Quantifying the Impact of Standard Harmonization on Trade
Staff Working Paper 2019-36 Julia Schmidt, Walter Steingress
Product standards are omnipresent in industrialized societies. Though standardization can be beneficial for domestic producers, divergent product standards have been categorized as a major obstacle to international trade. This paper quantifies the effect of standard harmonization on trade flows and characterizes the extent to which it changes the cost and demand structure of exporting.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13, F14, F15, L, L1, L15
The Impact of a Trade War: Assessment of the Current Tariffs and Alternative Scenarios
Staff Analytical Note 2019-20 Karyne B. Charbonneau
This note uses Charbonneau and Landry's (2018) framework to assess the direct impact of the current trade tensions on the Canadian and global economies, as well as possible implications if the conflict escalates further. Overall, my findings show that the estimated impact of current tariffs on real gross domestic product (GDP) remains relatively small, which is in line with the literature on gains from trade, but the impact on trade is much larger.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Recent economic and financial developments, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F11, F13, F14, F15, F5, F50, F6, F62, F68
Reassessing Trade Barriers with Global Value Chains
Staff Working Paper 2019-19 Yuko Imura
This paper provides a systematic, quantitative analysis of the short-run and long-run effects of various trade-restricting policies in the presence of global value chains and multinational production.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Firm dynamics, International topics, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F12, F13, F4, F41
The Trade War in Numbers
Staff Working Paper 2018-57 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Anthony Landry
We build upon new developments in the international trade literature to isolate and quantify the long-run economic impacts of tariff changes on the United States and the global economy.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Recent economic and financial developments, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F11, F13, F14, F15, F5, F50, F6, F62, F68
Estimating the Impacts of Tariff Changes: Two Illustrative Scenarios
Staff Analytical Note 2018-29 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Anthony Landry
We build upon new developments in the international trade literature to construct a quantitative Ricardian framework similar to Caliendo and Parro (2015) to isolate and estimate the long-run economic impacts of tariff changes.
Responding to the First Era of Globalization: Canadian Trade Policy, 1870–1913
Staff Working Paper 2018-42 Ian Keay, Patrick Alexander
In this paper we document Canada's trade policy response to late-nineteenth- and earlytwentieth-century globalization. We link newly digitized annual product-specific data on the value of Canadian imports and duties paid from 1870–1913 to establishment-specific production and location information drawn from the manuscripts of the 1871 industrial census.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, International topics, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13, F14, F4, F42, F6, F60, N, N7, N71
Canada's Experience with Trade Policy
Staff Discussion Paper 2018-1 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Daniel de Munnik, Laura Murphy
This paper compiles the contemporary view on three major Canadian-led trade policies that have marked Canada's economic history since Confederation: the National Policy (1879), the Canada–US Agreement on Automotive Products (Auto Pact, 1965) and the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement (FTA, 1989, including its extension to the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, 1994).
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): International topics, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13, N, N7, N71, N72
The Welfare Effects of Protection: A General Equilibrium Analysis of Canada's National Policy
Staff Working Paper 2017-18 Patrick Alexander, Ian Keay
In this paper, we study the impact of Canada's adoption of protectionist trade policy in 1879 on Canadian welfare. Under the National Policy the Canadian average weighted tariff increased from 14% to 21%. The conventional view is that this was a distortionary policy that negatively affected Canadian welfare.
The Implications of the FTA and NAFTA for Canada and Mexico
Technical Report No. 70 William White
This report highlights the possible implications of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for Canada and Mexico. While it is still early, the initial evidence indicates that these treaties are contributing to a continental process of industrial restructuring that will contribute to higher living standards over time. The […]
Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Topic(s): International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13


I guess I'm just tired of fighting for something that used to come so naturally.
I'm tired of dancing alone in the rain.
I'm tired of all the old cliches.
I'm looking for something to freshen up my life, motivate my day.
Someone throw me a lifesaver, it will certainly save my soul.
I'm drowning in self pity with no where else to go.
If moods could come like seasons, relationships would be so easy to figure out.
Instead we are at each others mercy, honestly—without a doubt.
I guess I'm tired of the same old song and dance, my friend.
Looking to lighten my load.
Looking to cash it all in.
My desperate spirit is feeding off of a smidge of hope and a crack at a second chance.
Hey is someone out there?
You probably can't see me anymore.
So, now for attention, I find myself screaming out loud.
Looking out my window, it's night.
Whispering winds keep you close.
But the moon tells me you're too far from home.
Riding horses bare back, the sun is beating on my bare back.
I still feel your nails trail down my spine.
The thought of you makes me cry.
But with the dawn comes the reality of this fairy tale.
With the sun rising I'm no longer susceptible to your dreams.
But I do believe you will always hear my screams.
I believe in fairy tales with a twist.


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Weird but true
By Kathianne Boniello
May 23, 2010 | 4:00am
A Maine man had a dopey idea on how to pay off his legal bills.
Stephen Petrocelli, 41, was arrested for allegedly growing marijuana in his house — so he could pay the attorney who defended him in a different drug case in Missouri.
Petrocelli, who recently moved to Maine from Missouri, was nabbed when his probation officer did a home inspection.
The delays on this construction project are for the birds.
A pregnant Canadian goose has been given 24-hour protection after she chose to lay her eggs in the midst of a nearly finished, multimillion-dollar luxury hotel development in England.
Work has been stopped for three weeks while everyone waits for the eggs to hatch.
Who can resist the lure of Krispy Kreme?
Apparently, the siren call of the famous doughnut hasn't been enough to lure a young bear away from a Seattle suburb, where it's been bugging neighbors.
Officials are using day-old doughnuts and maple syrup to try and trap the cub. But so far, he has proven smarter than the average bear and hasn't taken the bait.
A Nevada police detective arrested for burglary and assault for allegedly harassing political candidates turned himself in, then issued a press release on his own arrest.
David Boruchowitz, who is also a county sheriff's office spokesman, included his own booking photo in the release.
The secret to a happy marriage for men is to be miserable.
A German study found that men who are happier than their wives have a greater risk of divorce.
The bigger the "happiness gap" between husbands and wives, the more likely the couple will split, researchers found.
Filed under weird but true
Obama blames BP 'breakdown of responsibility' for spill


This 18th century georgian house is set within its own grounds of landscaped gardens and lawns.
Melrose House is ideally situated at the foot of Glastonbury Tor and within a stone's throw of Chalice Hill, the Rural Life Museum and Chalice Well Spring/Gardens - a 10 minute's walk to Glastonbury High Street and the Abbey.
Set back off the road, there is plenty of private parking to the sides of the property.
Recently refurbished and extended to a very high standard, Melrose now offers all ensuite accommodation including white fluffy towels and cotton sheets.
All rooms offer tea/coffee facilities, TVs and all are spacious and quiet with wonderful garden views including a dove cot, gazebo in herbaceous border, rose garden with pergola.
There is a choice of scrumptious cooked breakfasts using local produce when ever possible - breakfast room enjoys wonderful views up to Glastonbury Tor. We have a visitor's lounge reading/sitting area - this enjoys views over Vale of Avalon.
There are garden table and chairs available for guest's use - why not enjoy sitting out by garden pond listening to nature at its best.


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Tonight - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 40 °F (4.4 °C).
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Click "Add Files" button to add video files to encrypt. You can also drag and drop files here. Supported format: MP4、AVI、RMVB、WAV、MP3、MPG、MKV、WMV、FLV and so on.
Encryption Key: Used as the key of the AES 256-bit encryption algorithm. It is recommended to set a sufficiently complex password to ensure the security of the video file.
Course Name: In order to help merchants and users know what course is playing, the course name will be shown in the login window.
When generating the video password, different course names will result in different play passwords. You will learn more when you see the "Generate Password" page.
1) Hardware binding: One key for one PC only. When users open the encrypted video, the machine code will be shown in the login window. Users should send the machine code to the merchants so that merchants could generate password to the users.
2) One key for any PC: Generate a common password, you can play this video on any PCs with this password. With this mode, all computer share the same machine code and the same video password.
3) No password required: Run the video file directly, this is often used to make a trial playback file. In "Change Limitation", you could set the expiration date,play times and watermark for the video.
Prompt for the login window: The information will be displayed before the user play the video. You may leave your contact information so that users can contact you to buy your course and get the login password.
You could also customize the caption of player window and login window.
1) Ad Pop-up settings: When users open/close the video, the program will pop up the specified webpage. You may write down the purchase link here.
Default Ratio and Display Mode: Set the default ratio and the size of play window.
2) Watermark style: You could set the font style here. "Random floating watermark" means the position of watermark will be changed every 10-30 sec. BTW, the watermark will only be displayed at the edge of play window, so as not to affect the user to watch the video.
3) Do not play in virtual machine(required): Prevents users from recording video through a virtual machine.
4) Enable Smart Anti-Recording: The program scans all the processes when video is playing. If a suspicious process is found, the video will automatically stop playing. (Scan Screen recording software every 10-60 seconds).
5) Lock the keyboard when playing: Users cannot use keyboard when playing the video.
6) Mouse's active range limited to the play window:The mouse is limited to the play window.
7) Disable Screenshot(Clipboard will be invalid, prevent regular screenshot tools.): Users could not take screenshot of the play window.
Click "Encrypt Now!" button to encrypt.
Change icon: The icon should be ".ico" format. If you choose ".exe" file, the program will exact the icon from ".exe" file.
After the encryption, you can see the encrypted video files with the same name in the source directory. Double-click the encrypted video file to play.
2) When you get the machine code, Copy and paste the machine code to the "Generate Password" page of encryption software window.
3) Click "Generate Video Password", the video password will be copied to clipboard automatically. Send the password back to your users.
8. You could watch the video now!


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Q: How to get a site screenshot quickly using PHP? I want to create a web directory site, and I need to get these site screenshots. How to get a site screenshot quickly using PHP?
I tried IECAPT,webscreencapture, khtml2png, but they are all slowly. And they all get screenshot one url by one url.
Is IECAPT depends on a ie browser? if it is, why it can not open many ie tags so that work at the same time?
Is there anyone can recommend me a PHP screenshots software using online? according to my above requirements? Thank you.

A: Your requirements are unrealistic. Your best bet is to integrate with WebKit through something like CutyCapt that doesn't run an actual browser, but just the WebKit rendering engine. You shouldn't have any concurrency issues, but it it isn't going to be fantastic.

A: These external services are developing fast. Take a look at:
http://immediatenet.com/thumbnail_api.html
it renders thumbnails extremely fast and caches them like the other similar services.

A: Probably the easiest way is to use an external service. There used to be Alexa Site Thumbnail but it has been discontinued, so you must look for alternatives. For example http://www.pageglimpse.com/ seems to be one.

A: I have tried CutyCapt, I copied 3 CutyCapt.exe and renamed them. But it also catch the screenshot one by one , not run the 3 processes at one time.
<?php
set_time_limit(0);
$url1 = 'http://www.google.co.uk';
$out1 = '1.jpg';
$path1 = 'CutyCapt1.exe';
$cmd1 = "$path1 -u=$url1 -o=$out1";
//exec($cmd);
system($cmd2);
$url2 = 'http://www.google.com';
 $out2 = '2.jpg';
 $path2 = 'CutyCapt2.exe';
$height2 = '1200 ';
 $cmd2 = "$path2 -u=$url2 -o=$out2";
//exec($cmd);
system($cmd2);
$url3 = 'http://www.google.co.jp';
$out3 = '2.jpg';
 $path3 = 'CutyCapt3.exe';
 $height3 = '1200 ';
$cmd2 = "$path3 -u=$url3 -o=$out3";
//exec($cmd);
system($cmd3);`
?>

I do not think many thumbnail service site, like pageglimpse.com, they install many browsers on their web servers. What is the technology they use?


Describes and provide specification of a new and distinct nectarine tree cultivar named `Amoore Sweet` which originated from a hand-pollinated cross of Ark. 699N x Ark. 663CN made in 2001. This new nectarine cultivar can be distinguished by its very firm, non-melting yellow flesh, early-mid season ripening, medium-sized fruits, excellent fruit quality with distinct low-acid nectarine flavor, and resistance to bacterial spot disease.
Clark, John R., "Nectarine tree named `Amoore Sweet`" (2016). Patents Granted. 274.


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recruitment scam
As CBI investigates Vyapam scam, the spotlight grows on another Chouhan family member
The Congress has accused Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan's wife Sadhna Singh of malfeasance in several cases, including Vyapam.
Rakesh Dixit
It's widely known in Madhya Pradesh that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan doesn't take kindly to allegations against his wife Sadhna Singh. Whenever the opposition accused her of malfeasance in the past, Chouhan replied with appeals for observing the sanctity of the family, charges of "hitting below the belt", and on occasions defamation suits. This time, none of those responses may work.
After taking over the probe into the Vyapam, or cash-for-jobs, scandal from the state's Special Task Force, the Central Bureau of Investigation has reopened the case of Premlata Pandey's death. The main opposition here, the Congress, claims there are strands connecting Pandey and Sadhna Singh.
Premlata Pandey, who hailed from the Beohari tehsil in Shahdol district, allegedly died of liver cancer in 2013 and the state-level probe saw nothing fishy in it. She and her sister-in-law Sandhya Pandey, both in their early thirties, had cleared the rigged contract teacher's test in 2012, which was conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, popularly known by its Hindi acronym Vyapam. Their candidatures were cancelled later as allegations surfaced of gross malpractice in the 2012 examination.
In February this year, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh released details of a text message he said was sent by Sadhna Singh recommending Premlata Pandey and Sandhya Pandey for selection as teachers. The Congress general secretary claimed that one Rakesh Pandey had forwarded the names of his sister-in-law (Premlata) and her sister (Sandhya) to Sadhna Singh on the phone number registered in the chief minister's wife's maiden name, Kokila Singh.
The SMS was sent on May 9, 2012, he claimed, and soon after the mobile connection was discontinued. The Congress leader maintained that Sadhna Singh forwarded the request to Sudhir Sharma, a powerful mining baron who is now in jail for his alleged role in the Vyapam scandal.
"My contention is that all the others mentioned in the link are in jail, while one particular person [Sadhna] was not even questioned. Why is that?" Digvijaya Singh was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times.
State government spokesman and principal secretary to the chief minister SK Mishra denied the Congress allegation. Mishra claimed that Rakesh Pandey had sent the SMS to two persons – Recipient 1: Sadhna Singh and Recipient 2: Sudhir Sharma – and that it was not a chain SMS (Pandey to Singh to Sharma), according to the Hindustan Times report.
Still, there is a chance that the CBI may question Sadhna Singh in connection with Premlata Pandey's death.
Her troubles could grow further if the Supreme Court orders a CBI probe into the Dental and Medical Admission Test scam, as sought in a joint petition by three whistleblowers of the Vyapam scam. The petitioners have alleged that Sadhna Singh's niece (younger sister's daughter) got admission in Chirayu Medical College in Bhopal in 2012 through the rigged DMAT. Other beneficiaries include sons and daughters of BJP and Congress politicians, bureaucrats, judges and businessmen.
The petitioners have contended that the test conducted by the association of owners of the state's six private medical and 16 dental colleges is a sham. While hearing their petition on July 16, the Supreme Court remarked that the DMAT scam was worse than Vyapam. It will pronounce a verdict on the petition after hearing the replies of the state and union governments, which have been served notices.
Spotlight on older accusations
The allegations against the chief minister's wife in the twin scams have brought into sharper focus the older charges against her. Before Chouhan became chief minister in 2005, not much was known about his wife of 13 years. Her public participation was limited to appearances at mass marriage functions that Shivraj Singh organised in Vidisha while he was Member of Parliament from the constituency from 1991 to 2005.
With Chouhan's ascent to the chief minister's post, Sadhna Singh's profile also grew. She vigorously campaigned in the 2006 assembly by-election in Budni for her husband. Her deep interest in Chouhan's poll campaign triggered speculation that she would be picked as the BJP candidate from the Vidisha Lok Sabha seat vacated by her husband. But the BJP high-command nixed the idea. Nevertheless, Sadhna Singh remained an active BJP worker in the party's woman wing.
In the 2009 Lok Sabha election too, speculation was rife that Sadhna Singh might be the BJP candidate from the Hoshangabad seat. "Inner-party surveys" by BJP workers overwhelmingly favoured her over all other candidates, and neither Chouhan nor Sadhna denied prospects of the candidacy. Again, however, the BJP high-command denied Sadhna Singh a ticket.
All this while, there were whispers of her involvement in administrative matters in the chief minister's secretariat. These whispers turned louder in 2007, when a former Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Prahlad Patel, alleged that Sadhna Singh purchased four dumpers worth Rs 2 crore and leased them to a Rewa-based cement factory. Since the factory owner was a friend of the chief minister, there were allegations of quid pro quo.
Chouhan confirmed his wife's deal with the company but denied there was any dishonest dealing. Not convinced, the Congress moved court, which gave a clean chit to the Chouhan couple. The Lokayukta too dismissed the Congress' complaint of corruption against the couple four years later.
The uproar over the dumper case was yet to die when the Congress accused Sadhna Singh of undervaluing a warehouse she owned. This allegation too was dismissed by Chouhan with the argument that the chief minister's wife has as much a right as anyone else to do business to support her family. Chouhan pulled out the same card every time accusations were hurled at Sadhna Singh, whether of helping builder Dilip Suryavanshi get road contracts or of taking undue interest in mining contracts or of patronising select bureaucrats in transfer postings.
Not surprisingly, in the run-up to the 2013 assembly election, the Congress targeted Sadhna Singh as aggressively as Shivraj Chouhan. The then leader of opposition, Ajay Singh, alleged she had to buy a currency counting machine to count her ill-gotten money. An infuriated Shivraj responded by slapping a defamation notice on the Congress leader for Rs 1 crore. When an undeterred Congress showed the Chouhan couple with such a machine in an election poster, the chief minister slapped another defamation notice of Rs 10 crore, this time against Congress president Sonia Gandhi. These cases are pending in courts.
'Super chief minister'
The chief minister's election affidavit submitted before the 2013 assembly polls shows Sadhna Singh's income rose over five years by 140% and Chouhan's by 64%. They jointly own immovable and movable properties worth Rs 6.26 crore, out of which Chouhan's share is Rs 2.4 crore and his wife's Rs 3.8 crore. Sadhna Singh owns a warehouse, three greenhouses and a poly house in Vidisha district.
Her bank balance was Rs 1.8 lakh in 2008 and Rs 8.6 lakh in 2013. On the other hand, Chouhan's account held Rs 10.5 lakh at the time of the 2008 elections and just Rs 1 lakh more before the 2013 polls. As per the chief minister's affidavit in 2013, the net worth of his immovable assets was Rs 44.32 lakh, while his wife's net worth was Rs 24.71 lakh
In 2014, the Congress spokesman in Madhya Pradesh, KK Mishra, became the latest figure in the long tally of grand old party members slapped with defamation suits. Unlike others, he was sued by the state government, not the chief minister.
Mishra invited the defamation notice for alleging that 17 candidates got through the Vyapam-conducted transport constable recruitment test of 2012 by forging documents and that they were all from Sadhna Singh's home district of Gondia in Maharashtra.
While the original notification was to recruit 198 candidates, Vyapam went ahead and recruited 332, he claimed. In the wake of the allegations, a police probe ensued, which resulted in the cancellation of the recruitment of 39 candidates, including 17 allegedly from Gondia.
Despite the defamation suit, KK Mishra is undaunted. "This is known to everyone in the BJP, the bureaucracy and everywhere, that Sadhna Singh has been acting like super chief minister in the state," he alleged. "You can ask BJP leaders and they would give you better details of her influence on the working of the Chouhan cabinet."
Digvijay Singh appears before Madhya Pradesh court in recruitment scam case


Zhang, Xueji, Kristian Hengster-Movric, Michael Sebek, Wim Desmet, and Cassio Faria. "Distributed Observer and Controller Design for Spatially Interconnected Systems." IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (In Press): 1-13.


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UTube suing Google's most recent acquisition: YouTube
The internet video-sharing giant, YouTube is probably one of the fastest growing websites in internet history. For those of you who don't know, YouTube allows its users to upload videos to their servers to be viewed by the masses. The website's trademark "Broadcast Yourself" perfectly embodies the company's vision. The site has become a social haven for amateur film makers, comedy clip seekers, and interested viewers.
Just under four weeks ago, the site was sold to another internet giant, Google, for a grand total of $1.65 billion in stock; more than three times the amount News Corporation paid for MySpace.com. Obviously, there is some serious money to be made here. Since purchasing the site, Google even plans on paying back its users by rewarding uploaders for popular videos.
Now, just three weeks after Google bought YouTube (November 1st), another company, UTube.com, is filing a lawsuit against the internet giant. UTube.com, which is the web address for a company called Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation of Perrysburg, Ohio, is suing YouTube because of the conflict in the name. UTube claims that YouTube has stolen their name and now their company is suffering damages because of it.
The company, which specializes in selling tubes, pipes, and other machinery, complained that their website has been bogged down by heavy amounts of internet traffic. Apparently, due to YouTube's popularity, users have been typing "UTube" into their search engines in hopes of finding "YouTube." These mistakes have caused UTube.com's traffic to skyrocket from 1,500 unique visitors a month to 2 million unique visitors a month. Due to the heavy increase in traffic, UTube has been forced to move hosts 5 times. They also claim that bandwidth bills have increased by a factor of 100. The company registered their domain back in 1996, making their site much older than YouTube.com. Now here's the kicker, instead of simply getting a new domain, the company claims that UTube.com is strongly tied to the company's identity.
Universal Tube owner Ralph Girkins said in a statement that the whole ordeal has been an "enormous expense and distraction" for them. He also said that the problem has caused communication issues with his customers. The company has also had other identity problems regarding YouTube.com. Girkins claims the company has been contacted by Australian police and accused of having child pornography on their website. Girkins said: "I resent this personally and this confusion is hurting our business."
As for the lawsuit, it asks that either YouTube stop using youtube.com as their domain name or reimburse Universal Tube for all the damages caused to the company and the cost of re-branding their products and services; a move Girkins claims would take years to complete.
The problem with this whole lawsuit, however, is that YouTube has done nothing legally wrong. YouTube.com is a completely different domain than UTube.com. What has happened here has happened out of chance; it could not have been predicted. To top it off, UTube isn't even the company's real name, it's just a domain. The company wouldn't have to change their identity, they would only have to change their web address. It would be unfair for YouTube to change their domain simply because a similar domain is suffering from their success. It seems more like somebody trying to bank on YouTube's success than it does a legal issue. But, who knows, maybe the courts will see it differently.
Source: CNet, Mashable!
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Today, we are the leading tyre service and car maintenance network in Europe, for retail and business customers.
We have built our reputation on your satisfaction and will carry on doing so.
Creation of the ATS network with eleven regional companies in Great-Britain.
ATS will later expand into Euromaster at a European level.
The British brand purchases several specialised tyre dealers throughout Europe, many of which from Uniroyal.
The brand Euromaster is created, with its now famous logo. ATS network becomes ATS Euromaster.
During the Winter Olympics Euromaster opens the 1st centre using the green, blue and yellow colour scheme in Albertville, France.
The integration in the network of 500 Viborg centres consolidates the presence of Euromaster in Northern Europe.
Network expansion with the launch of the EUROMASTER Franchise in 12 countries (Poland, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Nordics, Turkey, Netherlands).
Today Euromaster is present in 17 countries in Europe, with around 2400 centres, including more than 850 franchisees.
Euromaster new brand positioning, moving from tyres experts to tyre vehicle maintenance. A new signature focused on our customer care "You're in good hands".


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#include <hwloc.h>

#include "Decider.hpp"
#include "config.h"

namespace geopm
{

    Decider::Decider()
        : m_last_power_budget(DBL_MIN)
        , m_upper_bound(DBL_MAX)
        , m_lower_bound(DBL_MIN)
    {

    }

    Decider::Decider(const Decider &other)
        : m_last_power_budget(other.m_last_power_budget)
        , m_upper_bound(other.m_upper_bound)
        , m_lower_bound(other.m_lower_bound)
    {

    }

    Decider::~Decider()
    {

    }

    void Decider::bound(double upper_bound, double lower_bound)
    {
        m_upper_bound = upper_bound;
        m_lower_bound = lower_bound;
    }

    bool Decider::update_policy(const struct geopm_policy_message_s &policy, Policy &curr_policy)
    {
        bool result = false;
        if (policy.power_budget != m_last_power_budget) {
            curr_policy.is_converged(GEOPM_REGION_ID_EPOCH, false);
            int num_domain = curr_policy.num_domain();
            // Split the budget up evenly to start.
            double split_budget = policy.power_budget / num_domain;
            std::vector<double> domain_budget(num_domain);
            std::fill(domain_budget.begin(), domain_budget.end(), split_budget);
            curr_policy.update(GEOPM_REGION_ID_EPOCH, domain_budget);
            m_last_power_budget = policy.power_budget;
            result = true;
        }
        return result;
    }
}


With no apparent rhyme or reason, volunteers threw thousands of plastic Easter eggs around Festival Park on Friday night.
They worked quickly as the crowds grew restless.
An estimated 13,000 people turned out for the egg hunt and Christian music concert organized by Epicenter Church, many more than expected.
The first group of egg-hunters, children up to the age of 4, clutched their baskets tightly.
"It's just nice to have something for everyone to come together," said Jennifer Thompson while waiting in line to redeem eggs with her 3-year-old daughter, Sophia.
The pair moved to Fayetteville last week from the state of Washington after her husband started classes at Fort Bragg. Thompson said she wanted to do something fun with her family.
With such big crowds, the event had some chaotic moments as several children and their parents got separated. But chaos aside, organizers seemed proud of the free event they put together for the community.
"One thing our city needs to see is that people care no matter what demographic you are," said Mark Knight, lead pastor at Epicenter Church.
He said church members wanted to do something to bring the community together around Easter.
An egg hunt was the perfect choice.
"We just did this to show our community love," he said.
The Hop in the Park event also was a chance to introduce the church's new program, Ways 2 Love, to the community. Knight said the program's goal is to donate 15,000 volunteer hours, doing various projects, around the community before the end of the year.
The 75,000 plastic Easter eggs children dashed after definitely said Easter.
The Easter Bunny parachuting into the middle of the crowd made the event that much more festive.
Chris Ward, a former Golden Knight, said she's been parachuting since 1990, but this was her first time jumping as a character.
"Once I got in the airplane and looked down, it felt good," she said.
Ward said she always has fun parachuting, and the energy of Friday's crowd only amplified that.
"It's fun to jump and have people appreciate it," Ward said.


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A Tax Credit Can Help Save Canadian Journalism, But Never Buy It
The Liberals' newly announced supports for media would have no impact on the day-to-day decisions of any working journalist.
Jerry Dias
For the media in Canada and around the world, the internet and social media have changed everything.
The way the news is presented has changed. The way it is consumed has changed. The way it is paid for has changed, too often to the detriment of traditional media.
What has not changed is the central role media plays in our society as a vital part of our democratic system — and that's why media companies and workers, Unifor included, have for years pushed the federal government to find a way to support local news.
The recent federal financial update from the federal government contained some good news for the future of local media in Canada. They include such measures as tax credits for expanding local news, charitable status for non-profit news and a 15-per-cent refund on digital news subscriptions.
Such moves will help ensure a future for newsrooms across the country and spur the development of new media outlets online, telling local stories that are the fabric of our society, and covering important local news to help ensure an informed voting public.
This is the sort of work that makes journalism the bedrock of our democracy. A functioning democracy, after all, relies on informed voters making a responsible choice about who their next leader should be.
Conservative commentators, however, seem to just see some sort of conspiracy in the announcement of support for journalism. This is not just unacceptable, it is frightening.
There is often a perception among conservatives of Liberal bias in the media. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has openly accused the media of showing bias as he ramps up towards next year's federal election, as have some of his MPs.
When a Bloomberg journalist wrote about a statement by the Business Council of Canada about carbon pricing — a business reporter writing about a pro-business group — Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre accused him of being a "Liberal reporter" for sharing the Business Council of Canada's statement praising details of the government's carbon pricing plan.
This came shortly after Conservative MP Mark Gerretsen was forced to back down after accusing an award-winning Global reporter of "fake news" — a favourite trope of U.S. President Donald Trump — when he accurately reported on the deficit.
Even former journalist Peter Kent, now wallowing in the backbenches as a Conservative MP, undermined members of his former profession when he implied the Liberal government was trying to buy off journalists with government support.
Kent even took a swipe at me over a tongue-in-cheek meme on social media and my efforts to build a strong foundation for journalism in Canada, which is fine, but he crossed a line when he maligned the integrity of journalists in Canada.
Maybe such conspiracy theories play well to the Conservative base, but the numbers simply don't add up. A study after the last federal election, for instance, found that most newspapers that supported a candidate in Canada overwhelmingly endorsed Stephen Harper's Conservatives in the last two elections — 95 per cent in 2011, and 71 per cent in 2015.
So much for a Liberal bias.
The fact is, the new supports for journalism in the recent federal financial update are structured in such a way that they would have no impact on the day-to-day decisions of any working journalist.
No journalist scrambling to meet the next deadline to get a story online, on air or in the paper is worrying about tax credits, charitable status or subscription refunds.
Their priority, rightly, is making sure they have all the facts, that the facts are correct, and that they are presented with as much balance as possible.
It's an enormous job, and one I have a great deal of respect for. I talk to reporters almost every day. They ask tough questions, and demand straight answers — as they should. Without them, our democracy would be weakened.
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Radiohead's first four demos produced under their original name of On A Friday are being sold online for £31,000.
The eBay seller who IS selling the rare recordings, which feature songs such as 'Climbing Up A Bloody Great Hill' and 'Give It Up', has listed the them for $49,999 (around £31,000). There are currently no bids on the items.
Radiohead changed their name in 1990 after a short time known as On A Friday, for a time they were also known as Shindig.
In related news Tom Yorkes other project Atoms For Peace have confirmed details of their debut solo effort. The nine-track album entitled, 'AMOK' will be released in early 2013 via XL Recordings, and is set to include the track 'Default', which is available to hear now.
Atoms For Peace comprises of Tom Yorke, drummer Joey Waronker, Radiohead co-producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea and percussionist Mauro Refosco.
The singer has also confirmed he hopes to tour with Atoms For Peace once the album has been released.


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PUBG Mobile developers have announced that they will launch a new game called PUBG Mobile India to cater to Indian players. PUBG Mobile was banned back in September by the Indian government and around the same time, PUBG Corporation had announced that it will no longer authorise the PUBG Mobile franchise to Shenzhen-based Tencent Games in India. While the team had announced that it would terminate access for users in India starting October 30, the game is still playable for several people who had it installed on their Android and iOS devices.
PUBG Corporation has announced it is preparing to launch a new game called PUBG Mobile India that has been "created specifically for the Indian market." The new game will maximize data security for its players and adhere to the local regulations, the announcement said. PUBG Corporation states there will be regular audits and verifications on the storage systems that store the personal information of Indian users in order to make sure that the data is kept safe.
The developers have also shared that they will improve in-game content and also customise it to "reflect local needs." These changes include a virtual simulation training ground setting, clothing on new characters, and green hit effects instead of red. It will also add a feature to restrict game time for younger players.
Additionally, PUBG Corporation plans on establishing a local office where it will hire over 100 employees to enhance communications and services with players. "In addition to establishing a local office, the company will look to actively collaborate and leverage local businesses to strengthen its gaming service," the developers added.
Indian fans of the game were largely disappointed with the news of the ban, be it casual gamers who spent an hour a day playing the game or streamers who made careers out of it. As we found with our conversations with Indian streamers, there were cases where they reported loss in revenue and views. In some cases, their fans demanded that they get back to PUBG Mobile instead of playing other games. But there were also cases where viewership for some streamers increased due to other games like Call of Duty: Mobile.


London is currently going through a major growth is all areas of its economy. With growth comes expansion and now, more than ever, businesses are looking to develop and mature, and office space is essential to do so. This may sound easy enough, but the space available for office use is not as easy to come by as you might imagine. The reason for this is simply that the population of London continues to grow, and the need for new homes is high. This makes office space limited and hard to come by at a reasonable price. It's simple supply and demand economics. The demand for office space is rapidly increasing while the supply is relatively constant. These obstacles can be overcome by doing a little research and seeking out professional office space providers to help you. Here are a few tips to help make your search for office space in London a lot easier.
We can all use a little help from our friends, and this is no different when looking for office space in London. But unless your friends are professional commercial and business property real estate agents, you are going to need to find a company that can help fulfil your needs. One major reason why this is necessary is because most office buildings are governed by landlords working in coordination with the outright owners of the property and they tend to clash with the tenants living and working in the building for a variety of reasons. Dealing directly with landlords and owners could raise the rates on the property, but this can be avoided by working with an office space realtor who works with the tenants and not the owners, which helps to make a deal a bit easier.
One of the best ways to find a company that specialises in securing office space for new or expanding businesses is to look online and do a little research. One company, Business Environment, has a great website with loads of information on how to get started with the process and much more. Contacting a company such as this is really the only way to go when starting your search for office space in London.
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Q: Prove that modal logic S4 is properly contained in S5 Is it possible to prove using just the semantics for $S_4/S_5$ that $S_4$ is properly contained in $S_5$?
I can see how one could show that there is a theorem of $S_5$ which is not a theorem of $S_4$, but I can't see how one could show that every theorem of $S_4$ is also a theorem of $S_5$?

A: We start with a definition of the relation of 'containment' between logics:

Definition. (Sublogicality) Given logics $\mathbf L$ and $\mathbf L'$, we say that $\mathbf L \leq \mathbf L'$ (to be read: $\mathbf L$ is a sublogic of $\mathbf L'$) iff for all formulas $\varphi$, if $\vdash_{\mathbf L}\varphi$ then $\vdash_{\mathbf L'}\varphi$.

Recall that:

*

*$\mathbf{S4}$ is characterized by axiom 4:  $\Box\varphi \rightarrow \Box\Box\varphi$ (accessibility relation is a preorder);

*$\mathbf{S5}$ is characterized by axiom 5: $\Diamond\varphi \rightarrow \Box\Diamond\varphi$ (accessibility relation is an equivalence).

An easy way of proving $\mathbf{S4} \leq \mathbf{S5}$ would be to derive axiom (4) in $\mathbf{S5}$, i.e., to show that $\vdash_\mathbf{S5} (4)$:

Proof.

*

*$\Diamond\lnot \varphi \rightarrow \Box\Diamond\lnot \varphi$ (an instance of axiom 5)

*$\lnot\Box\Diamond\lnot \varphi \rightarrow \lnot\Diamond\lnot \varphi$ (the contrapositive of 1)

*$\Diamond\Box \lnot\lnot \varphi \rightarrow \lnot\Diamond\lnot \varphi$ (pushing the negation in and flipping the operators)

*$\Diamond\Box \varphi \rightarrow \Box \varphi$ (double-negation elimination and box-diamond duality)

*$\Box\Diamond\Box \varphi \rightarrow \Box\Box \varphi$ (RE, 4)

*$\Box \varphi \rightarrow \Box\Diamond\Box \varphi$ (instance of axiom B: $\varphi \rightarrow \Box\Diamond \varphi$)

*$\Box \varphi \rightarrow \Box\Box \varphi$ (propositional logic, 6, 5)

If we wanted to prove proper sublogicality ($\mathbf L \lneq \mathbf L'$) we could devise an $\mathbf{S4}$ model that violates axiom (5). For details about the RE rule used at step (5), take a look at: Chellas (1980), §8.2.

A: Hughes and Cresswell's Intro to Modal Logic has a short proof that $\Box p \rightarrow\Box\Box p$ is a theorem of S5, and since that's the axiom you add to T to get S4, that proves the containment.
If you want a proof in terms of Kripke semantics, every S5 model is also an S4 model, because the accessibility relation for S5 is more constrained (symmetric, not just reflexive and transitive).


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Nicasi Camps i Pinós (Terrassa, 1931) és un escriptor català.

Biografia
Orfe de mare als sis anys, el seu pare el va cridar a traslladar-se a Barcelona amb les seves germanes grans per no quedar-se aïllats durant la guerra. Als 14 anys va entrar a treballar en una benzinera garatge i poc després va morir el seu pare, fet que impulsà l'amo d'aquest negoci a pagar-li l'escola nocturna. Va aprendre comptabilitat i tenidoria de llibres, i uns quants anys més tard entrà a treballar en una de metalls, on va romandre uns disset anys.

De ben jove es va interessar per les activitats socials i culturals del Poblenou. Participà en tómboles per a la reconstrucció de l'església de Santa Maria del Taulat i s'afegí al grup que portava malalts a Lorda, una tasca que continua fent després de 49 anys. També va ingressar a l'Orfeó Virolai i es va fer soci del Centre Moral i Cultural del Poblenou, on escrivia a la revista del centre i estrenà la seva primera obra teatral el 1962.

El 1977 obtingué el premi Emili Vilanova als Jocs Florals de l'exili per un al·legat contra la pena de mort amb motiu de l'execució de Salvador Puig Antich, titulat Un dissabte gris i trist. El 1984 va rebre a Madrid el premi de l'Asociación Española de Teatro para la Infancia y la Juventud (AETIJ) amb l'obra infantil escrita en català La filla del carboner. Quatre anys més tard va ser escollit per l'editorial Fuente Dorada de Valladolid per representar Catalunya en una col·lecció amb autors de totes les comunitats autònomes, on publicà Más allá de los cuentos. El 2001 va obtenir un dels premis de relats de ciència-ficció Manuel de Pedrolo, organitzat per l'Ajuntament de Mataró, amb el conte Missatge al President.

En total ha escrit 134 obres, la majoria estrenades per grups de teatre amateurs, i n'ha publicat 32. Actualment és també membre de l'Arxiu Històric del Poblenou, on participa en les obres que s'editen. L'any 1987 va rebre el 25è Premi Sant Martí que concedeix el Consell Municipal del Districte per la seva obra escrita i per la seva activitat cívica al barri. El 2006 va rebre la Medalla d'Honor de Barcelona.

Obra dramàtica
 Stop al matrimoni
 Cèlia Ferrarons, alcaldessa amb decisions
 Quan ell és ell...i ella...
 Un dissabte gris i trist
 Crònica d'una soledat
 Quatre nits de nuvis...de tres
 El marit de la Marina és mariner
 Blanca, vídua d'un viu
 El personatge absent
 Èdip, fill i espòs
 L'amor a totes les edats
 Els meus marits m'enganyen

Referències
  Pàgina Web Oficial
  Biografia
  Entrevista per Rosa Maria Isart
  Biografia a la memòria de les Medalles d'Honor de 2006

Escriptors del Vallès Occidental contemporanis en català
Medalles d'Honor de Barcelona 2006
Escriptors terrassencs
Dramaturgs catalans en català
Dramaturgs catalans del sud contemporanis


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Manchester United's new boy Daniel James is making his father proud
14.7.2019 14:21:11 Sask News Now Sports
Anyone worried young Dan James may crumble under the pressure of joining Manchester United
will be heartened by his first experience of grown-up sport, aged 13.
When the little kid took the crease for South Cave First XI, captain Clive Bailey recalls the complacent adult opposition initially bowling half-paced and surrounding the bat for a catch.
'It never came and within a couple of overs, they were going at Dan full pelt. Unfortunately for them it was too late,' smiles Bailey.
'He had a fantastic eye and loved the late cut past gully. His timing was so good he could play off the back foot and drill the ball over his right shoulder. I remember him once hitting 50 coming at number seven when we were in a lot of trouble.
'As a fielder, I used him in the outfield for obvious reasons – he was lightning fast and never dropped anything.'
South Cave's cricket pitch was behind Dan's old primary school, within walking distance of the family home he shared with dad Kevan, mum Elaine and older siblings Hannah and Alex, a county standard badminton player.
Kevan, a proud Welshman and rugby fan who moved to the east riding of Yorkshire to work for a quarrying company, was omnipresent in Dan's life, his cricketing team-mate, his chauffeur to football practise, his daily guiding light.
It's a tragic element to Dan's otherwise fairytale story that his Dad passed away in May and didn't get to see his son pull on the famous shirt of United for the first time against Perth Glory on Saturday, impressing as he played the first 45 minutes of a 2-0 win that augurs well for the new season.
The blessing is Kevan lived long enough to know Dan was going to Old Trafford and had personally met Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and given his blessing to his son's £15million move from Swansea. Five days after officially signing, Dan attended his father's funeral at the Haltemprice crematorium in nearby Willerby on June 17. Not only did the whole village turn out, but Dan's former academy team-mates from Hull turned out too as a mark of respect.
Dan posted a picture of himself with Kevan on instagram, with the moving message: 'You are my inspiration and I wouldn't be where I am today without you. Thank you for everything you have ever done for me. I will make you proud I promise!'
Kevan's sister Denise poignantly wrote: 'You'll live on in your wonderful children.' It's something that will surely guide Dan in the years to come as the 21-year-old Welsh international tries to revive United's glory years after the dismal post-Fergie period to date.
Nobody who knew the James family doubts Kevan's influence. 'He was caring and gentle. Daniel used to dote on his every word and it was always quiet, never domineering,' says Bailey.
'The funeral was hugely upsetting but I am sure his Dad would want to make the point to Dan: 'Don't let this stop you, carry on. Make your own decisions in life.'
Kevan was a popular figure in the village, always good for a chat as he walked his two labradors, secretary of the aforementioned local cricket club for four years. He ensured Dan got a broad sporting education, cricket, athletics where he was a school sprint champion, and football. Academically, Dan also achieved GCSE's.
From the age of eight, Dan attended the academy at Hull City and Kevan was the most dedicated of all the parents.
'We trained Wednesday and Friday evenings and then Saturday mornings,' says Tigers academy coach Kris Blakeston, who still works at the club.
'Parents could go to a cafe around the corner after drop-off if they wanted but Kevan would always go up to the viewing area to watch Dan play.'
As Dan improved quicker than Hull's facilities, Kevan took the brave decision to let his 16-year-old son move to the other side of the country to continue his football dream at Swansea. It proved a great decision.
South Cave sounds like the fictional setting for a Disney movie. In reality, it's a picturesque village about 15 miles west of Hull, with clean streets and a couple of welcoming pubs and cafes. Some of Hull's current first-team live in the area.
Dan's football talent, particularly his natural pace, stood out early. He represented the East Riding schools from the age of 11.
'He was our baby-faced assassin,' acknowledges their manager Matt Simpson, with a nod to Solskjaer's own nickname.
'He was able to strike the ball cleanly with both feet and at times it appeared glued to his feet. You'd get four or five defenders swarming around him, we'd call it the beehive. The best I coached in 25 years.'
While he dominated local football, standards at the Hull academy were higher. Emphasis was placed on technical skills so that Dan wouldn't rely just on speed, though he was nicknamed Billy Whizz.
'Dan was popular but not one of the loud ones,' says Blakeston. 'When we took the team coach to places like Grimsby and Hartlepool, there'd be no mobile phones allowed. The boys would eat their packed lunches and have a good sing-song, all the Hull City chants.
'He had a lot of pace but we tried to teach him to know when to use that speed. From nine to 12, it was all about being comfortable on the ball.
'Dan learned to ride tackles, how to beat players. Later on, we took them on overseas trips to broade their horizons. Dan came in for some hefty challenges, it was a good learning curve.'
Hull's academy produced the likes of Tom Cairney (Fulham) and Liam Cooper (Leeds). But with the first-team heading towards the Premier League, first-team opportunities were restricted and facilities poor before their move to the current site at Bishops Burton college.
With Daniel allowed to leave for a fixed compensation fee of £72,000, Hull were powerless to stop him joining another club. 'It was easy pickings for another club to get him,' concedes former managing director Nick Thomson.
'We knew he had the potential to become a bit special but there were still no guarantees. The previous year we'd lost a lad called Harry Cardwell to Reading. Great things were expected of him but he's at Grimsby now.'
Dan signed up to the famous Stellar agency run by Jonathan Barnett and David Manesseh whose clients included Gareth Bale and Ashley Cole. Their northern representative, former Manchester City and Everton forward Imre Varadi, tipped off Swansea's head of recruitment David Leadbeater whose home was in Sheffield.
'I trusted Imre and he said 'This kid is going to make it. You have to come and have a look at him.' reveals Leadbeater.
'I watched Dan three times before recommending him. He was obtainable and the money wasn't stupid. His pace was frightening and he was willing to run with the ball and commit people.
'But he had a bit to learn about making the right decisions. He could get you up the pitch 50 yards but then cross into an empty box. He needed to make more right decisions.
'One of his assets was being a good listener and a good learner. That's why he's come on. His physical attributes were never in doubt. I'm told on this first tour with United, they are doing 50 yard sprints and he's first by five yards. He's maxed out on all the bleep tests. I think he could rip it up at United.'
Swansea were also in the Premier League at the time but unlike Hull were keen on signing youngsters in case they fell back into The Championship.
Dan wasn't an overnight success in south Wales, a loan spell at Shrewsbury didn't work out and it wasn't until last September that he started his first league game, shortly before his 21st birthday. From then onwards though, his progress was as rapid as his pace.
'We put Dan in to live with a host family and he benefitted from the team going back into the Championship. Last season we knew we had a star on our hands and to join United a few months later is comic book stuff,' says Huw Jenkins, long-time Swansea chairman before he left last season.
'His performance against Manchester City in the FA Cup raised his profile but the day it changed was at Rotherham in November, even though we lost. There was something special about him, he had the arrogance top players need. Every time he had the ball it was electric.'
Daniel, who had picked up good habits by watching senior Swansea players like Gylfi Sigurdsson at close quarters, thought he was joining Leeds in January until Jenkins pulled the plug because the Yorkshire club wanted to stagger £8million over three years. 'I've been thanked for that now,' smiles Jenkins. Five months later, a bigger United made their move.
Wales is integral to the Dan James story. The way he took the international stage, scoring an important winner against Slovakia in March, persuaded Ryan Giggs he had the right mentality for a club like United.
He's been part of the Wales scene since under-17s level, part of a bright new generation under youth Geraint Williams that has also included Harry Wilson, Ethan Ampadu and David Brooks.
'We'd invite the youngsters to watch the seniors train, get them right up close to Gareth Bale paractising his free-kicks,' says Williams. 'And after, Gareth would come over and chat, answer their questions.
'Dan stood out in one game against Spain, they came up afterwards to ask how old he was, because he was so good. But in the last year or two, he's become more savvy on the park. I saw him play Ipswich last season. He'd suck challenges in and when defenders came too close push the ball past and put on the after-burners.'
One of Daniel's Wales shirts is on display at the Hull academy and his name is on the honours board of those graduates who have played for their country.
'It's what dreams are made of but he always had it in him,' says Blakeston. 'I saw a headshot of Dan with United last week. He's let his hair get a bit bigger but not changed apart from that. What I see now is Dan at nine. This would have meant the world to his Dad.'
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