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Q: MySQL servers for an attendance system I'm building an attendance system. There are about 20 places where people will check in and check out using a MIFARE 1K card. It will use MySQL as the database. The system will display something like "#ID IN: 800AM" the first time the user checks in and "#ID OUT: 400PM" when the user checks out. For this to work, all the databases need to be synchronized with each other all the times.
For an example, if user A went to location #1 to check in but by the time the user wants to return home, the server at location #1 went down, the user needs to go to location #2 or the nearest server to check out. The server at location #2 should display '#ID OUT: 400PM" and not "#ID IN: 400PM" since the user is already checked in.
So, what should I use to ensure this idea will work? My main concern is with the network (other department manages it) which is very unpredictable. It just love to go down anytime it wants to.
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LOL, I didn't realize my question was not clear. I just noticed it when it was pointed out, sorry about that.
My real question is, how can I configure my MySQL to be synchronized with each other (20 servers)? MySQL cluster? (I tried reading about it, but I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do.)
My current setup (first phase):

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*Local database for each server

*OS: Slackware

*A main server that keeps track of which staff is at which server

*A web based front end for the user to see their history (which connects to the server based on their records)

Main Pros

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*No worries about network problems since it is a local database

Main Cons

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*A user can only check in and out at the same server. Databases and servers are not connected with each other.

*Have to add the user to each server if the users want to check in at different locations. Which means, if the user wants to go to location A, the user must be checked out from location A first and then check in at location B. The server at location B didn't know that the user has checked in before at A.

By the way, I've already centralized my NTP to a local server. About the network, let's just say, I don't have the authority to make changes so that the network will be better. The network won't effect all 20 servers at once, usually, just a few of them for several times a week.
If there are anything else you would like me to answer, please just ask.

A: I think you are asking: how can I have multi-master databases with automatic failover. If this is not your question, then please clarify. If this is your question, then read on.
I have in fact written a web application for the very same thing, except it doesn't use Mifare 1K cards, it uses simple barcode cards (it's called LATRIX and is available from sourceforge, I hope this isn't too much plugging here).
The main issue here is that if your network connection to the actual computer running the frontend goes down, you are a bit stuffed. You could of course run a local database, and implement some sync mechanism back to a master database, but as long as the sync isn't working (due to absence of network), you have no chance of getting this right.
Therefore the very first thing to do is to make sure you have reliable network connectivity. Without that you are always going to struggle. The LATRIX does not use local databases or multi-master databases, it simply checks that the network connection to the database server is working. If not, the frontend terminal goes passive (i.e. users cannot check in our out), because I could not figure out a suitable solution for unavailable network connections.

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It just love to go down anytime it wants to

When some smart people designed the internet, it was to provide a robust comunications medium which would continue to operate even in the event of all-out nuclear war. While this may pose some issues for snipe-bidding on ebay, a lot of the historic application protocols are still very effective.
You've provided lots of information about what your system is intended to do, but you've not asked any specific questions. Assuming that you're asking how you keep the clocks in sync, then the best way to do this is using network time protocol (NTP). Note that almost every application reads the OS clock to get the time (but this is not necessarily the same thing as the HARDWARE clock). While we may live in different time zones time is passing at the same rate for all of use. The link above gives you an introduction to how it works. There are lists of free servers available on the internet - or you can run your own (most GPS devices provide very accurate clock data).
You've not mentioned what OS you are running this all on.
BTW if you're still using Microsoft based operating systems then you can set the time from another SMB machine using 'net time \server /set' - but this is not nearly as sophisticated / accurate as NTP.

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On July 28, 2017 July 31, 2017 By goodenoughfordickensIn Water Water
It's good to talk…
After taking a moment to collect herself Laura tried to explain, as much as she could anyway. All she really wanted to do was to protect Rani from what might be coming.
"Something has happened, is happening really, but I can't tell you about it. I know this will sound barmy but you have to just take me at my word. I'm not ill, but everything is not okay either. I can't stay at home so I've gone somewhere with Mrs Patterson."
"Why can't you go home? Is someone after you? Did you miss a payment?!" Rani was teasing again but then she saw the look on Laura's face.
"It's not about money, but I am hiding, sort of. Oh this must seem so ridiculous, I know."
"It's nothing to do with that man who phoned is it? He didn't hurt you?" Rani sounded angry now, and Laura knew her friend wouldn't hesitate to ride into battle for her if she thought there was a fight to be had.
"He didn't hurt me, not like you mean anyway. He was there, but now he's gone, and he's not the reason for all this."
Rani could tell instantly that there was something going on with this man, and that it definitely wasn't like the little incident with the sleazy map guy, but she knew better than to pry when it was something really sensitive so she let it drop.
"So you're sort of in hiding but you can't tell me why. Where are you staying or is that a secret too, and are you coming back to work?"
"I can't tell you where, no. And I'm not coming back to work, not for now anyway."
"Are you in danger here, today, then? You're starting to worry me now Laura, this all sounds too weird, not like you at all."
Laura glanced through the window of the café where Harry was nursing a large cup of tea and making short work of a very delicate bacon sandwich.
"No, I'm not in danger here."
Rani spotted Harry, who immediately tried to turn away and knocked over the cup, spilling tea all over the table.
"A body guard? Is this for real? Not that he seems particularly menacing…"
Harry was now frantically mopping up the tea with a paper napkin and looking very flustered.
"He's not exactly a body guard, but he did come with me, just in case."
"In case of what?"
Laura didn't answer Rani, and instead moved on to what she really wanted to talk about, getting her best friend out of the city and away from danger.
"Think of me as being on holiday. Talking of which, Rani you've not taken much leave this year have you?"
"Only a few odd days, I was waiting for a big adventure to come along, but it never did. You know I was hoping that Gerrard would whisk me off somewhere but he decided he rather whisk Russell off instead – didn't see that one coming – and then I'd half been thinking that we might do that big trek in Peru you and I talked about last year…"
"I'm sorry, we will I promise, some day. But now is your chance to get away, it would be a really good time to take some leave, go on a trip somewhere, somewhere abroad."
"Right now? Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"Yes now, or at least by the end of next week."
The waiter interrupted them, bringing their food and drinks on a large tray he held high in one hand as he squeezed between the tables and chairs. He arranged everything on the table, just about managing to hide his distaste as he put down the two bowls of chips.
They picked up their forks and dug straight in. The chips were perfect: hot, salty, crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. Rani could see though, that Laura's head was elsewhere as she ate, and after a few mouthfuls she asked her another question.
"Is it because of all this?" She nodded her head towards Harry, not really believing what she was seeing and hearing.
"Yes. I can't tell you why, but please believe me when I say it would be really good if you were far away from here."
"Bloody hell Laura, you're serious aren't you?"
Laura simply nodded.
"Well," Rani thought for a moment, "I do have my cousins to visit. I reckon I could go there for a couple of weeks, maybe three at a push. Work should be okay – Clive's back from his honeymoon and now we're not starting that reshelving project I should be able to take the leave."
"Where are your cousins?"
"Switzerland. My aunt works for the UN in Geneva."
"Switzerland would be perfect," Laura said. It's landlocked, she thought.
Harry left the two women as long as he dared, but when he could see their plates had been cleared and their glasses were empty he made his way over to their table. There was no need to pretend any more, Laura's companion had winked at him several times over the course of their meal. She was so striking, everyone on the terrace had noticed her, even before she put up that pink parasol when she'd finished eating. Even though she was so totally different from Laura they were obviously good friends and he was glad to see her relaxing, just for a while.
But now it was time to go. He didn't know what the deal was exactly but he had his instructions – keep her in your sight, no one to go near her, take her straight back to the flat. If he had any more tea he'd need the loo, and he couldn't watch her from inside the Gents so it was definitely time to move. He sidled self-consciously up to their table, hoping not to draw too much attention.
"Sorry Miss, time to go I think. I'll wait over there," and he made his way across the decking to the exit.
Despite their earlier conversation, Rani could still see the funny side and found this most amusing.
"Okay Miss, we'd better pay the bill then hadn't we?" she grinned.
Laura was suddenly mortified, "I don't have enough money!" she exclaimed. She was so excited to be getting out into the real world that she hadn't even thought about going to the cash point. Her purse was in her bag but all it contained was a couple of pounds in small change and her Oyster card. Her bank cards were at home, or at least she hoped they were still there.
"Don't worry, it's my shout," said Rani, beckoning over the waiter. He brought the card machine with him as well as the bill, and Rani paid, making sure that no tip was automatically added to the total.
"You can leave the tip," she said to Laura, "if you don't think he was too snooty. Personally I wouldn't leave him a bean."
Laura tipped the coins from her purse onto the little silver tray that the bill had sat on. She was always too kind not to tip, however dodgy the service. Before she stood up to go, Laura grabbed her friend's hand and looked at her, Rani could see the dark shadows under her eyes and the expression on her face and it chilled her.
"Rani I mean it. I know this all sounds unbelievable but promise me you'll take that leave, promise?"
"Any excuse for a holiday," Rani replied, knowing she sounded flippant when really she felt the opposite. "I promise Laura, if it's what you want, but is there nothing I can do to help? I can't bear to just leave you like this, when I don't know what's going on."
"Knowing you're out of the way is enough," Laura managed a smile, before she pushed back her chair and stood up.
Out of the way of what though? Rani thought, as she watched Laura walk away to the waiting Harry.
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Ah, summer. It's finally here. And not without its usual sports camps, family vacations, and subconscious expectations that sound something like: "This is the summer. This is the one in which we are going to explore, have adventures, inhale dreams, and exhale carpe diem. No more TV marathons on the couch – we're going to get out there and really do this thing."
Reality: It's week two and you've been to your usual pool three times.
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1. Plunge down the Green Extreme at NrH20.
Located in North Richland Hills, NrH20 has waterslides, a wave pool, and a lazy river. If you're brave enough, grab a tube and get on the fast-paced Green Extreme – a 1,161-feet-long, 81-feet-high water-coaster. Just don't forget sunscreen.
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2. Lions, and tigers, and slides oh my!
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3. Experience the Art of Storytelling at the Amon Carter Museum
For those looking to keep their imaginations engaged while school is out, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art is inviting families with young children to join them for a free storytime. A different themed story will be read every week from 10 a.m. to noon, and a snack will be provided By GoGo squeeZ.
Every Wednesday, June and July
3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., 76107
4. Delve into the past as a Junior Pioneer at Log Cabin Village
This "village," located off of University Boulevard, was built in the 1950's in an effort to preserve log cabins- the structures prevalent in the historic 1800's landscape of North Texas. Six cabins, each featuring a different aspect of pioneer life, were relocated to Fort Worth and restored. Embark on the Junior Pioneer Program to discover historical artifacts around the village, interact with a historical interpreter, and complete tasks to earn the Certificate of Achievement.
Tuesday- Sunday
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5. Catch Grease Lightening at Sundance Square
Bring blankets and chairs and meet on the square at dusk to watch family favorites for free in the heart of the downtown. Sundance Square is featuring the "Princess Bride," "Back to the Future," "Ghostbusters (1984)," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and "Grease" this year. And as for your pre-movie dinner, we can think of just a few options in the area.
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201 Main St. 76102
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Second Saturdays, July- November
500 W. Third St., 76102
7. Dream Big at Omni IMAX Theater and Noble Planetarium
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History does more than just educate its visitors, it immerses them inside the earth and the cosmos. Enter into the giant 120-foot-wide screen IMAX theatre —the largest IMAX west of the Mississippi —and take a look at today's innovations in "Dream Big: Engineering Our World." Then check out the Noble Planetarium with its all-immersive, dome-shaped video screen with a fiber optic dual-hemisphere star projector to see more than 7,000 stars.
Showtimes Daily
1600 Gendy St., 76107
8. Play all day in Paradise Springs at Gaylord Texan SummerFest
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May 26- September 4
1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine
9. Hop on board the Vintage Railroad
Hit the rails in an authentic 1920's Victorian-style coach between Grapevine and the Fort Worth Stockyards. You'll be riding in one of two vintage trains — "Puffy" the 1896 steam locomotive or "Vinny" the 1953 diesel locomotive. Leaving from the Fort Worth location, visitors can ride the Trinity River Ride on a trip to the river and back.
Friday-Sunday, June 2- August 20
130 E. Exchange Avenue
10. Go back in time at Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show
Dating back to the late 19th century, Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show was a true legend. And now, it's being brought back to life in a historical reenactment in the Stockyards. With animals, trick roping, pistol shooting, riding, and a singing cowboy, this family friendly entertainment won't disappoint.
Saturday- Sunday, June 24- July 16 and July 3-4
121 E Exchange Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76164
11. Channel your inner Picasso at Van Grow Art Camp
Van Grow is an art studio instructing all ages in the fine arts. Participate in an all day art camps or drop in for a visit to create pottery, "fauxsaic" mosaics, tie-dye t-shirts and splatter painting at their summer open studio.
Open Studio: Tuesday- Saturday, Art Camp: Weekly, June 5- August 25
3434 W 7th St, 76107
12. Try your hand at Glass Blowing at SiNaCa Studios
Located on Magnolia Street, SiNaCa is a nonprofit glassblowing school founded by five local artists. The studio offers educational, hands-on experience for kids in either the one hour course Kids Connect2glass, a weekend camp, or week long Kids Camp SiNaCa.
Camp: June 26- 30
1013 W Magnolia, 76104
13. Inhale, exhale at PoserKids Summer Camp
PoserKids has kids' mental and physical health covered. PoserKids is teaching a yoga-centered camp at Clear Fork Food Park. Campers will participate in fitness, cooking, music, and creative arts. Lunch and snacks are provided daily and kids will go home with a PoserKids t-shirt as well as the crafts they made throughout the week.
1541 Merrimac Circle, 76107
14. Race through Ninjago City at LEGOLand
The indoor playground located in Grapevine submerges visitors into the world of LEGO. Put on your game face and storm the Ninjago obstacle course, navigating through a vortex spinning barrel and crawling through hover rings. Challenge family members in Kingdom Quest, revel at Lego 4D cinema, and feel like a giant wandering the streets of miniland.
3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Grapevine
15. Swim with sharks at Sea Life Aquarium
Just kidding. But you can definitely wave hello. Another great option for animal lovers, the Sea Life Aquarium provides an ocean wildlife experience without leaving North Texas. You can watch stingrays during feeding time, learn about the aquarium's two green sea turtles, and watch in awe as jellyfish glide around the coral garden.
16. Discover hidden treasure with Trinity Trails Geocaching
Trinity Trails Geocaching brings together the serenity of nature and the rush of adventure that keeps you entertained. Discover 30 hidden geocaches hidden along the Trinity River while finding new favorite spots along the way.
Available Daily
Along the Trinity River
17. Get chopped at Young Chef's Academy
Calling all cooking protégés. Camp Can-I-Cook is a series of mini camps lasting three or four days, each with a different theme. Some themes for Summer 2017 are: " YCA Gets Chopped," "Dining Through the Decades," "Farm-To-Table," and "YCA Summer Bake Off."
Select weeks, June-August
6333 Camp Bowie Blvd #260, Fort Worth, TX 76116
18. Listen up! Trail Tales is back at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
A cowboy's take on classic storytime, Trail Tales will feature a new western-themed storybook each week. After reading, kids and their parents can enjoy a free guided tour of the museum.
Saturdays, June- July
128 East Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76164
19. Saddle a steer at Cow Camp in the Stockyards
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Saturday-Sunday, May 27- September 3
140 East Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76164-8203
20. Make new friends at Mini Preschool with Mr. Russell
Children ages five and under are invited to the Fairmount Community Library to socialize and explore new themes in art, music, and play each week. $15 per child and $10 for additional siblings.
Wednesday Mornings, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
1310 W Allen Ave. Fort Worth, Texas, TX 76110
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Located on W. Vickery Blvd., Stage West Theatre is offering summer camps for ages 7-18. If you're a "Harry Potter" Fan, don't miss the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them-themed camp, where you will invent your own beasts and create a short play.
Weekly, June 5-30
821 W. Vickery Blvd., 76104
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May 27- Sept 4
4400 Paige Rd, The Colony
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Because dogs are non-judgmental and open with their affection, they can often touch something in a person who is otherwise uncommunicative. TDI dogs are real dogs – some with fancy pedigrees and titles, some who have been adopted from the local shelter. All are very proud of their jobs as canine ambassadors.
TDI membership is open to purebred and mixed breed dogs. Dogs must be a minimum of 1 year old to test. Testing is done by a TDI certified evaluator and the standards are quite high. While many dogs provide love and companionship in the home, not all have the temperament to be a therapy dog where they are often in unfamiliar facilities and sometimes in stressful situations.
Training a dog to be a therapy dog is an extremely rewarding goal for a handler. It takes time and patience to introduce the dog to the many new experiences that may be encountered on visits to institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes and day care facilities. Using the Canine Good Citizen test requirements as a foundation, Hope Lock Kennels introduces the additional requirements for Therapy Dogs International in its Advanced classes. Dogs are worked around medical equipment and put into situations similar to what they may experience on visits. Only those dogs who show themselves to be comfortable and confident in all experiences are recommended for testing. Testing by a certified evaluator is offered at scheduled times throughout the year.
Hope Lock Kennels is proud to have produced 101 Canine Good Citizens and 82 certified therapy dogs since 2005.


So an RFP has dropped into your world and you know your team is going to respond and planning must begin as soon as possible. Many people's first thought is great, lets have a kick -off meeting and get the ball rolling but is that the right thing to do? Put simply, No. A kick off meeting is far too often a disorganized hodgepodge of ideas, differing opinions and unclear objectives which many times then requires a second "kick-off" meeting to actually get down to business. In the proposal world that is a waste of time that just won't be tolerated. Lets now discuss a few key tasks that must be accomplished BEFORE the kick-off meeting.
Number 1 – Make it personal.
These were the words of a CEO when questioned about the importance of a proposal within the sales process, and perfectly sum up just how vital these documents are to a winning campaign.
So the question is; how often does a proposal or bid document leave your building that you can hand on heart say truly reflects just how determined you are to win the deal?
I was thinking of starting this blog off by saying something prophetic like "the sales landscape is changing" but in all actuality, the sales landscape has already changed and is constantly changing. In the old days, the salesman was in an education role where he would tell his prospective buyer all about how great his product was and how badly the buyer needed it. He would educate the buyer not only on what the product was but just how useful and essential the product is to the buyer's life. Customizing the buying experience was not an essential part of the sales process either, most times the buyer was the one who had to customize themselves to the product. If any of you have watched "Mad Men" you probably have some idea of what I'm talking about.
How can you alter the style and tone of your documents to ensure you are aligned with your objective? Before we get too deep, lets first talk about the difference between style and tone. Style, according to Wheaton College, can be defined as "the way in which something is written, as opposed to the meaning of what is written." This would include the type of document you are writing, the typeface, the font size, the use of graphics, the spacing of the margins, etc etc etc. Tone on the other hand refers to the attitude of what is being written or the impression you are trying to convey to your audience.
This blog is all about setting down what you should be looking at when you are ready to pick a proposal software.
Before we set down the list, let's go back to the basics real quick.
What is it you plan to achieve by your proposal?
Before you roll your eyes at the question, take a moment and think about it. The aim of a good proposal is to persuade the client, convince them that you are the person they are looking for. Out of the heaps and heaps of proposals on their desk, the evaluators must see yours as the one proposal that they want to put their money on. And that is worth every penny you invest in this tool.
In a very interesting article entitled The Power of Visual Communication by Mike Parkinson, he brings to light that "according to a 3M-sponsored study at the University of Minnesota School of Management it was found that presenters who use visual aids are 43% more effective in persuading audience members to take a desired course of action than presenters who don't use visuals." So if the aim of graphics is persuasion, a proposal should be the first place to use graphics.


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Q: Is there a nice way to plot two regression lines on one plot? I need to plot two regresion lines y(x) and x(y) on one plot. Is there any better way than doing this (and if not is it the right way to do it?):
1. counting regression parameters y~x
2. counting regression parameters x~y
3. transforming parameters from 2)
4. plotting two lines with abline
ever graphical package is good for me

A: Using the builtin BOD as an example:
plot(demand ~ Time, BOD)
fm1 <- lm(demand ~ Time, BOD)
fm2 <- lm(Time ~ demand, BOD)
abline(fm1)
lines(demand ~ fitted(fm2), BOD, col = "red")


text:
import * as assert from 'assert';
import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
import { mock } from 'vs/base/test/common/mock';
import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
import { TestConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/test/common/testConfigurationService';
import { FileService } from 'vs/platform/files/common/fileService';
import { TestInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/test/common/instantiationServiceMock';
import { NullLogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
import { IRemoteAuthorityResolverService } from 'vs/platform/remote/common/remoteAuthorityResolver';
import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
import { IWorkspaceTrustEnablementService, IWorkspaceTrustInfo } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspaceTrust';
import { Workspace } from 'vs/platform/workspace/test/common/testWorkspace';
import { Memento } from 'vs/workbench/common/memento';
import { IWorkbenchEnvironmentService } from 'vs/workbench/services/environment/common/environmentService';
import { IUriIdentityService } from 'vs/platform/uriIdentity/common/uriIdentity';
import { UriIdentityService } from 'vs/platform/uriIdentity/common/uriIdentityService';
import { WorkspaceTrustEnablementService, WorkspaceTrustManagementService, WORKSPACE_TRUST_STORAGE_KEY } from 'vs/workbench/services/workspaces/common/workspaceTrust';
import { TestWorkspaceTrustEnablementService } from 'vs/workbench/services/workspaces/test/common/testWorkspaceTrustService';
import { TestContextService, TestStorageService } from 'vs/workbench/test/common/workbenchTestServices';

suite('Workspace Trust', () => {
	let instantiationService: TestInstantiationService;
	let configurationService: TestConfigurationService;
	let environmentService: IWorkbenchEnvironmentService;

	setup(async () => {
		instantiationService = new TestInstantiationService();

		configurationService = new TestConfigurationService();
		instantiationService.stub(IConfigurationService, configurationService);

		environmentService = {} as IWorkbenchEnvironmentService;
		instantiationService.stub(IWorkbenchEnvironmentService, environmentService);

		instantiationService.stub(IUriIdentityService, new UriIdentityService(new FileService(new NullLogService())));
		instantiationService.stub(IRemoteAuthorityResolverService, new class extends mock<IRemoteAuthorityResolverService>() { });
	});

	suite('Enablement', () => {
		let testObject: WorkspaceTrustEnablementService;

		teardown(() => testObject.dispose());

		test('workspace trust enabled', async () => {
			await configurationService.setUserConfiguration('security', getUserSettings(true, true));
			testObject = instantiationService.createInstance(WorkspaceTrustEnablementService);

			assert.strictEqual(testObject.isWorkspaceTrustEnabled(), true);
		});

		test('workspace trust disabled (user setting)', async () => {
			await configurationService.setUserConfiguration('security', getUserSettings(false, true));
			testObject = instantiationService.createInstance(WorkspaceTrustEnablementService);

			assert.strictEqual(testObject.isWorkspaceTrustEnabled(), false);
		});

		test('workspace trust disabled (--disable-workspace-trust)', () => {
			instantiationService.stub(IWorkbenchEnvironmentService, { ...environmentService, disableWorkspaceTrust: true });
			testObject = instantiationService.createInstance(WorkspaceTrustEnablementService);

			assert.strictEqual(testObject.isWorkspaceTrustEnabled(), false);
		});
	});

	suite('Management', () => {
		let testObject: WorkspaceTrustManagementService;

		let storageService: TestStorageService;
		let workspaceService: TestContextService;

		setup(() => {
			storageService = new TestStorageService();
			instantiationService.stub(IStorageService, storageService);

			workspaceService = new TestContextService();
			instantiationService.stub(IWorkspaceContextService, workspaceService);

			instantiationService.stub(IWorkspaceTrustEnablementService, new TestWorkspaceTrustEnablementService());
		});

		teardown(() => {
			testObject.dispose();
			Memento.clear(StorageScope.WORKSPACE);
		});

		test('empty workspace - trusted', async () => {
			await configurationService.setUserConfiguration('security', getUserSettings(true, true));
			workspaceService.setWorkspace(new Workspace('empty-workspace'));
			testObject = await initializeTestObject();

			assert.strictEqual(true, testObject.isWorkspaceTrusted());
		});

		test('empty workspace - untrusted', async () => {
			await configurationService.setUserConfiguration('security', getUserSettings(true, false));
			workspaceService.setWorkspace(new Workspace('empty-workspace'));
			testObject = await initializeTestObject();

			assert.strictEqual(false, testObject.isWorkspaceTrusted());
		});

		test('empty workspace - trusted, open trusted file', async () => {
			await configurationService.setUserConfiguration('security', getUserSettings(true, true));
			const trustInfo: IWorkspaceTrustInfo = { uriTrustInfo: [{ uri: URI.parse('file:///Folder'), trusted: true }] };
			storageService.store(WORKSPACE_TRUST_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(trustInfo), StorageScope.APPLICATION, StorageTarget.MACHINE);

			(environmentService as any).filesToOpenOrCreate = [{ fileUri: URI.parse('file:///Folder/file.txt') }];
			instantiationService.stub(IWorkbenchEnvironmentService, { ...environmentService });

			workspaceService.setWorkspace(new Workspace('empty-workspace'));
			testObject = await initializeTestObject();

			assert.strictEqual(true, testObject.isWorkspaceTrusted());
		});

		test('empty workspace - trusted, open untrusted file', async () => {
			await configurationService.setUserConfiguration('security', getUserSettings(true, true));

			(environmentService as any).filesToOpenOrCreate = [{ fileUri: URI.parse('file:///Folder/foo.txt') }];
			instantiationService.stub(IWorkbenchEnvironmentService, { ...environmentService });

			workspaceService.setWorkspace(new Workspace('empty-workspace'));
			testObject = await initializeTestObject();

			assert.strictEqual(false, testObject.isWorkspaceTrusted());
		});

		async function initializeTestObject(): Promise<WorkspaceTrustManagementService> {
			const workspaceTrustManagementService = instantiationService.createInstance(WorkspaceTrustManagementService);
			await workspaceTrustManagementService.workspaceTrustInitialized;

			return workspaceTrustManagementService;
		}
	});

	function getUserSettings(enabled: boolean, emptyWindow: boolean) {
		return { workspace: { trust: { emptyWindow, enabled } } };
	}
});

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Chris Hetner, special advisor to NACD on Cyber Issues, reports in a recent article: "It is the board's responsibility to understand cyber risk (...) and oversee it." The recent emergence of new risk quantification models that allow the impact of cyber events to be articulated in financial terms is allowing unprecedented visibility into cyber risk. Understanding the impact of cyber risks onto the bottom line provides corporations with an unprecedented opportunity to improve their cyber risk oversight practices.
Invite your Board Members today to expose them to better reporting methods, financial quantification and oversight practices that are being adopted by industry leaders.
This exclusive dinner will bring together directors responsible for cyber risk oversight, domain experts and NACD Board Leadership Fellows and will kick off a series of events related to the 2019 FAIR Conference.
The dinner event will be on Monday, September 23, from 5:00 – 8:30 PM at Sfoglina Restaurant in Downtown Washington, D.C. Seats are limited and this event will fill-up so have your board member reserve your spot today!


This week I am making a big delivery of new designs to lovely Hemline. Leather scrap and salvaged bullet shells. Reclaimed copper (some decades old) and my favorite natural stones. Crystal points, pyrite, amber, citrine, carnelian, lapis and turquoise. Handcrafted and authentic. I am excited about these pieces. I hope everyone else is too.
Today I have a photo shoot scheduled with one natural beauty. Just her and I snapping around her simply elegant home (plus baby Taj). Eeeeeek!
note to self // find more stockists.


Nathan ALBURY is a PhD fellow at the University of Oslo's Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan: a Center of Excellence financed by the Research Council of Norway. Nathan's research interests especially include language policy and planning in the Nordic countries, indigenous language revitalisation, the folk linguistics of language policy, and ideologies and management of language within the globalization context. He also has a decade of experience as a senior policy advisor on immigration, refugee affairs, human smuggling, human trafficking, multiculturalism and adult literacy in the New Zealand and Australian governments. He holds a MA (Linguistics) from the University of New England (Australia) and a BA in Languages and Applied Linguistics from Griffith University (Australia).
Uri BEN-ELIEZER is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, two of his books were published in English: The Making of Israeli Militarism (Indiana University Press, 1998); Old Conflict, New War, Israel's Politics Toward the Palestinians (Palgrave-Macmillan 2012); current main interest, peace and war; army and politics; democracy and civil society.
Dmitri M. BONDARENKO is an anthropologist, historian, and Africanist. He holds Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees (World History and Anthropology) from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is Vice-Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Principal Research Fellow with the Center of Fundamental Studies of National Research University 'Higher School of Economics', and Full Professor with the Center of Social Anthropology of the Russian State University for the Humanities (all in Moscow). As a Visiting Scholar, Bondarenko worked in the USA, Germany, and France; he also taught at Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of Angola of the University Agostinho Neto, delivered guest lectures at universities of Russia, the USA, Egypt, Tanzania, Slovenia, and Germany. Dmitri is the author of over 400 publications, including 6 monographs, 33 edited or co-edited volumes, and almost 130 journal articles and book chapters. His main research interests are culture theory, world history, political anthropology, migrations and their sociocultural consequences, intercultural interaction in the past and nowadays, pre-colonial African cultures and history, sociocultural and sociopolitical problems of contemporary Africa.
Paul BOWLES is Professor of Economics and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. His research focuses on globalization, Asian regionalism, China's political economy and economic development in Canada. His recent books include Capitalism (Pearson 2012), National Currencies and Globalization: endangered specie? (Routledge 2011), and (co-edited with John Harris) Globalization and Labour in China and India: impacts and responses (Palgrave Macmillan 2010). He is currently working on a project on 'Globalizing northern British Columbia' of which the article in Journal of Globalization Studies is a part.
Ivana BOŽIĆ-MILJKOVIĆ is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Legal and Business studies 'Dr Lazar Vrkatić' in Novi Sad. She works in Novi Sad, at the department of Economics sciences. She teaches Introduction to Economics, International Economics and the Economics of Trade. Ivana is the author of more than 60 professional and scientific papers. With some of these papers she has participated in international conferences in Geneva, Sofia, Vienna, Prague, Thessaloniki and New York. Field of her interest, beside international economics, also includes other areas of the economy: by Republic of Serbia Ministry of Justice resolution she was appointed for judicial expert for economy – financial field; specialty: finance, banking and insurance. She also deals with estimates of capital of the companies in restructuring in Serbia.
Olukayode FALEYE studied History at the University of Ilorin and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Presently, he is a Lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies, College of Humanities, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Nigeria. His research focuses on African Studies, Globalization and Borderlands Studies.
Manuel FUSTES, a mechanical engineer, graduated from the University of Houston with a specialty in transportation. Currently he is an independent system consultant in Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) and Electronic Tolling Collection (ETC) systems. His consultancies have included projects in the United States and other countries worldwide: Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, South America (Chile, Argentina) and Europe (Spain, Portugal, Ireland and the UK), among others. These consultancies have required him to travel for extended periods of time and consider in depth and detail problems associated with transportation, energy, and climate change. His experience in the transportation industry has allowed him to interface with various private enterprises and governments at local and national levels. These relationships have exposed him to the worldwide problems associated with the transportation industry (fossil fuel consumption, pollution, traffic, efficient highway design) and how the governments and transportation agencies of various countries attempt to solve them. His consultancies have assisted governments and agencies develop workable solutions that can be properly and sensitively implemented in response to the particular cultures these governments and agencies represent. He currently is working with Donald V. Kurtz on a paper concerned with the politics of climate change. The goal is to develop a body of postulates by which government might generate policies to optimize solutions to existential threats to humanity caused by population growth, depletion of fossil fuels, and climate change.
Leonid E. GRININ is Research Professor and the Director of the Volgograd Center for Social Research, as well as the Deputy Director of the Eurasian Center for Big History & System Forecasting, Senior Research Professor at the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and Leading Research Fellow of the Laboratory for Destabilization Risk Monitoring of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Dr. Grinin is the author of more than 400 scholarly publications in Russian and English, including twenty six monographs. These monographs include Philosophy, Sociology, and the Theory of History (2007, in Russian); Productive Forces and Historical Process (2006, in Russian); State and Historical Process (3 vols, 2009–2010, in Russian); Social Macroevolution: World System Transformations (2009, in Russian; with A. Korotayev); Macroevolution in Biological and Social Systems (2008, in Russian; with A. Markov and A. Korotayev); Global Crisis in Retrospective: A Brief History of Upswings and Crises (2010, in Russian; with A. Korotayev); The Evolution of Statehood: From Early State to Global Society (2011); The Cycles of Development of Modern World System (2011, in Russian; with A. Korotayev and S. Tsirel); From Confucius to Comte: The Formation of the Theory, Methodology and Philosophy of History (2012, in Russian); Macrohistory and Globalization (2012); Cycles, Crises, and Traps of the Modern World-System (2012, in Russian; with A. Korotayev).
Nguyen Viet KHOI Deputy-Head, Department of International Business, FIBE, VNU-UEB Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Dr. Khoi joined Vietnam National University in 2000 and has been the Deputy Head of Department of International Business since 2011. He has also been providing key advices on strategies for companies and government. His research interests are global value chains, supply chains and the global strategies of multinational corporations. Dr. Khoi has been teaching and doing research at institutions such as University of Wisconsin, University of Southern New Hampshire. In 2012 and 2013, Dr. Khoi joined Columbia Business School, Columbia University as a post-doctorate researcher under the Fulbright Scholarship. Dr. Khoi has published books such as Global Value Chains of Transnational Corporations: A practical Approach from China's current situation (VNU Publishing House 2013), International Economics (co-author; VNU Publishing House, 2010), and Transnational corporations: theories and practices (co-author; VNU Publishing House, 2007).
Datis KHAJEHEIAN is Lecturer in Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark. He has a PhD in Media Management, a M.A in Entrepreneurship management; New Venture creation, and a Bachelor in Business Administration.
Hafiz T. A. KHAN is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Middlesex University in London and is also a visiting fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, the University of Oxford, UK. Dr. Khan trained as a statistical demographer and has particular research interests in ageing in Asia and its long-term care and support provisions. Mostly recently he has conducted research on The Global Ageing Surveys (GLAS) at the University of Oxford and has published articles on various aspects of global ageing. He has co-authored two books on Research Methods for Business and Social Science, 2007 & 2014, Sage.
Vladimir V. KLIMENKO is a Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Global Energy Problems Laboratory, National Research University 'MPEI'. He is an author of 11 books and over 280 papers on thermal physics, energy and environment interactions, climate change, geography and history, climate influence on social history, driving forces of the historical process, including monographs The Polish Climate in the European Context An Historical Overview (2010), Climate: Lost Chapter of the World History (2009), Cold Climate of the Early Subatlantic Epoch in the Northern Hemisphere (2004), Climate of the Medieval Warm Epoch in the Northern Hemisphere (2001), Energy, Nature and Climate (1997). He is a winner of the Russian National Award in environmental studies (2007) and Alexander von Humboldt Award.
Donald V. KURTZ is professor emeritus, anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and, currently, research professor, anthropology, University of Texas-San Antonio. He has conducted field research regarding the politics of poverty associated with America's war on poverty agencies in San Diego, California, adaptations to industrialization in Puebla, Mexico, and the politics of higher education in Pune University, Pune, India. He has over 75 publications most of which relate to some aspect of politics. These include three books: The Politics of a Poverty Habitat, Political Anthropology: Paradigms and Power, and The Politics of Scholarly Gentlemen: Pune University. Articles include: Peripheral and Transitional Markets: The Aztec Case; Legitimation of the Aztec State; The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Politics of Becoming Human; Political Power and Government: Negating the Anthropomorphized State; Social Boundary Systems and the Vertical Entrenchment of Government, and The Evolution of Social Organization. He is currently working with Manuel Fustes on a paper concerned with the politics of climate change.
Fiona MACPHAIL Fiona MacPhail is Professor of Economics at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. Her research centers on globalization, gender and labour, particularly in Asia and Canada. Current research projects include globalization in northern British Columbia, technological upgrading of Chinese exports, and gender gaps in productive and decent work in Cambodia and the Philippines. Her research has been published in journals such as World Development, Feminist Economics, Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, International Review of Applied Economics, and the Journal of Business Ethics.
Beatrice Mosha MKUNDE, PhD candidate at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Lecturer at Academic Public Institution at the Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy. In collaboration with Prof. Bondarenko she has published on 'The Fruits of MKUKUTA in Tanzania's Education Sector'. The other article is on self Reliance and Attitude to Foreign Aid in Tanzania of the early 2010s. She has also written articles on the use of E-government in improving service delivery in Tanzania and problems of Fistula among marginalized women in Tanzania.
Jason NKYABONAKI is a Lecturer at the Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science & Public Administration. He is currently a PhD student in Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam. His PhD research focuses on Local Governance and Politics in Tanzania. He teaches Public Administration, Public Policy, Human Rights, Organization Theory, Public Governance, and Government and Politics in Tanzania. In addition, he has published a number of journal papers and co-authored a book chapter.
Jason L. POWELL works at University of Chester. He previously was Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Social Gerontology at Coventry University; Professor of Social Justice at MMU; Professor of Community Leadership at UCLan; Associate Dean and Reader at University of Liverpool. He has many publications on social theory, ageing and globalisation including 65 academic books such as The Global Dynamics of Aging (2012) (Nova Science: NY); and Aging in China (2012) (Springer: NY).
Alexey G. TERESHIN is the leading scientist of the Global Energy Problems Laboratory, National Research University 'MPEI'. He is an author of more then 60 papers on global technological changes, anthropogenic influence on atmosphere and climate, environmental issues of power industry and climate change impact on energy sector. He is a winner of the Russian Academy of Sciences Award for young scientists (2001) and Interperiodika Publishers Awards for the best research articles (2002, 2011) (with Vladimir Klimenko).
Le Thi Thanh THUY got her Bachelor degree from Vietnam National University, Hanoi and earned her master degree in Economic Development at National Economics University, Vietnam in 2013. Ms. Thuy has been working as consultant for many non-governmental organizations. Ms Thuy is now working full time for the International Union for Conservation of Nature at Hanoi, Vietnam.


Exit Planning – Cost of Doing Nothing!
Most businesses simply do not sell. And for those business owners who successfully sell their company, to either an external third party buyer or internally to family members or key employees, most do so without proper exit planning. Under either exit scenario, the cost to the owner is often significant when compared to the benefits of implementing a successful exit strategy.
Without an exit strategy, the owner typically sells for too little…..by as much as 30% to 40% according to some industry statistics. Additionally, when selling the business internally to family members or key employees, the cash component to the owner at closing is substantially lower than when selling to a third party buyer.
Likelihood of actually selling is significantly reduced. Industry statistics show that only 10% to 30% of businesses on the market at any point in time actually sell.
The key to avoid or minimize the above costs is to be pro-active. Do not be a statistic. It is estimated that up to 70% of all privately held companies will transfer ownership over the next 5 – 10 years. If you are a business owner, then your business will probably fall into this statistic. If so, now is the time to take action!
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About the author: Tony McDaniel, CPA, CBI, BSN is the president of Allied Business Consultants serving Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. Tony is a Business Sales Expert focusing on assisting owners of small to medium sized privately owned companies exit their business. In addition to his 18 years of mergers and acquisitions experience, Tony previously practiced public accounting for 10 years, including prior employment with Ernst & Whinney, a Big 8 public accounting firm. Tony can be reached at 412-377-0500 or tmcdaniel@ABCbizsales.com. All discussions are kept strictly confidential.