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A Nurse for the Wolfman
Chimera Secrets, Book 1
By: Eve Langlais
Narrated by: Troy Duran
Series: Chimera Secrets, Book 1
Guarding the Mermaid
Chimera Secrets, Book Two
Duty or love? Will a guard make the right choice? Becky needs a scoop to make her mark in the journalism world and gets her chance when she's hired as a nurse for a top-secret clinic hidden in the Rockies. What she doesn't expect is to become one of the patients and kept prisoner. The doctors are playing God and have found a way to change people. Change them into something else. In her case, she becomes a mermaid. The only one of her kind and about to be sold to the highest bidder unless she can convince the man guarding her to set her free.
The Lionman Kidnapping
He never wanted to become a beast. But the only way to stay a man requires the taming touch of a woman. Marcus escaped the doctors who thought it was okay to experiment on him...he finds himself inexplicably drawn back to the place that made him a monster. When he kidnaps Jayda, he has no thought other than to make a certain doctor pay. However, taking an alluring woman to his lair means having her close. Hearing her. Smelling her...Remembering what it means to be a man. Wanting to be her lover.
Great bwwm cast of paranormal adventure
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Chimera's Revenge
All he ever wanted was to be one of the boys. To run, play, and love. So, Adrian made that dream come true by experimenting on himself, and in curing his disease, he became something more. Someone special. Intoxicated with his discovery, he shared his healing gift, but not everyone was grateful for the second chance. Some of his patients tried to kill him.
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One Of The Best in the series
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Janey Girl that locket does not care what you want
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A Lion's Pride, Book 8
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Tall, Dark & Furious
Pyte/Sentinel, Book 6
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Narrated by: Celestine Wolf
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I hate to say it's only 3 stars.
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When a Tigon Weds
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'Roo and the Angel
Furry United Coalition, Book 7
Narrated by: Henry Jones
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Lazy Son
Hell's Son, Book 1
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The problem with being born with expectations is the failure to live up to any. Christopher might be the antichrist, but taking over the world and leading the minions of darkness sounds like a lot of work. And while slacking is a sin his supposed dad Lucifer approves of, his lack of goals is a problem. Personally, Christopher would rather just work hard enough to make ends meet - and maybe buy a six-pack. But fate is conspiring against him.
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Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
Newly appointed vampire governor of New Jersey Belladonna Barrone is fast discovering that life as a vampire isn't much easier than life as a mobster's wife. But that experience certainly taught her some things about how to handle the problems that come with being governor. That is until a friend is kidnapped by the fae and his life put in danger, all because of her actions.
Fun and Exciting
By Carol Lynn Pothier on 01-09-21
An exciting new series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Eve Langlais that is sure to thrill and chill.
What happens when a nurse falls for the wolfman?
The job offer is a dream come true. Three times her usual salary. Free meals and a suite. The only catch?
Margaret can't tell anyone about it.
Hidden in the Rockies, the clinic is well protected and...odd. It doesn't take her long to realize the doctors and scientists are up to no good. Especially once she meets Luke.
Her patient is an angry man who used to be a soldier. Now, he's something else. A savage beast with gentle eyes that glow green when he's agitated.
What has he become?
And will she be next?
©2019 Eve Langlais (P)2019 Eve Langlais
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Wolfman not a Werewolf
Do not buy this story if you expect the familiar werewolf story Luke Harris was once a veteran. He was discharged with an artificial pelvis, nerve damage, and broken fingers. In signing up for a better life, he unwillingly was turned into a wolf man. Not a howling at the moon werewolf. He was a genetic experiment, turned into something he did not agree to become. He and many others were changed into monsters by Chimera. They became Chimera's projects. In an isolated facility in the lower depths of the earth, Chimera experiments on broken people who trade on hope for a better life. These people had no idea they were lab rats. Luke was not being malicious or rambling like a madman, when he tried to warn Margaret. He spoke the truth, all the truth. The story became tedious in the day to day care of Luke and building a relationship between him and Margaret. That time did not add any depth to the characters. The wolfman did not come out to play until chapter 17. That is more than 88% into the story. The author missed an opportunity to impress the magnitude of what was done to Luke. He did not disclose the number of years Luke was at the facility. Luke asked Margaret the year. She told him and asked how long he had been there. He said it was not something she should know. Yet, he warned her again and again to leave. Telling her the numbers of years would have given his assertions some oomph. All we know is that it took 19 months for his body to undergo the change and he was in a coma during that time. There were years he worked with Chimera before he became a prisoner. There are characters that add nothing to the story. Dr. Cerberus is at the orientation of the nurses. Later it is mentioned he was fundraising, and he is in the last part of the story. There is a line about Cerberus respecting the lives of the patient. Keep that in your mind. It has relevance later in the story. Dr. Sphinx is the nasty vindictive doctor who rules with the stick instead of the carrot. In the story, he uses the stick one time and then his character is not mentioned any more. It is not until the end with the closing conversation between Cerberus and Chimera that I became interested in knowing what will happen to Margaret and Luke. I could only give this a 3 star. The next story does not feature Margaret and Luke. From the description Chimera is featured. Since I would like to see him exposed, if the book is on sale, I would buy it.
Awesome start to a series new to me. I compare this to the New species series which is one of my most favorite series it is very similar. Highly recommended ! Well worth the price \credit . Five stars ! I am looking forward to the next one.


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Kerrin James Sheldon (* 20. Jahrhundert) ist ein US-amerikanischer Fotograf und Dokumentarfilmer.

Karriere
Zu Beginn seiner Karriere arbeitete Kerrin James Sheldon als Fotograf unter anderem für The New York Times, CNN, GoPro, The Weather Channel, Budweiser oder Facebook. Seit 2013 wirkt er zudem im Filmgeschäft mit, wobei er bei Dokumentarfilmen entweder als Kameramann oder Filmeditor tätig war. Der Film Hollow von seiner Frau Elaine McMillion Sheldon, die er 2013 heiratete, wurde mit Hilfe von Kickstarter.com produziert. 530 Unterstützer spendeten insgesamt 28.788 US-Dollar. Im gleichen Jahr gab er bei dem Dokumentar-Kurzfilm über Seamus Heaney, der unter dem Titel For Seamus veröffentlicht wurde, sein Regiedebüt und war zudem für das Drehbuch verantwortlich.

Für den Dokumentarfilm Heroin(e) erhielten Sheldon und seine Frau bei der Oscarverleihung 2018 eine Oscarnominierung in der Kategorie "Bester Dokumentar-Kurzfilm". Der Film wurde am 12. September 2017 bei Netflix veröffentlicht. Die Oscar-Auszeichnung erhielt jedoch Frank Stiefel für seinen Beitrag Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405.

Filmografie
 2013: Hollow: An Interactive Documentary (Dokumentarfilm)
 2013: For Seamus (Dokumentar-Kurzfilm)
 2017: Heroin(e) (Dokumentar-Kurzfilm)
 2017: Timberline (Kurzfilm)

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 Offizielle Website (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Fotograf (Vereinigte Staaten)
Dokumentarfilmer
US-Amerikaner
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
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Professorship / Associate professorship in Theory and History of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
Professorship / Associate professorship in Theory and History of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.
Chalmers University of Technology has announced a new Professorship / Associate professorship in Theory and History of Architecture.
The Department of Architecture is strengthening the research and education in architectural history and now recruits a professor or associate professor in Theory and History of Architecture, seeking an engaged colleague who wants to develop a central subject in architectural research and education, and participate in teaching on both bachelor and master level.
The application deadline is 15th February 2017.
The full announcement and the details are accessible here.
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Q: Python, documentation strings within classes How do I print documentation strings within classes
For functions i can do this:
def func():
    """
     doc string
    """

print func.__doc__

Is it possible to do the same thing with a class
class MyClass(object):

    def __init__(self):
        """
        doc string
        """

i = MyClass()
print i.__doc__

This doesn't work. It only prints out None.
Am writing a text game and I want to use the doc string as an instruction to the player without using the print command
Thanks

A: You defined a doc string for the method MyClass.__init__ not MyClass:
print i.__init__.__doc__

Put the doc string for the class after the class declaration:
class MyClass(object):
    ''' MyClass ... '''

And there is always:
help(i)

To get the class and method doc strings in a single document.

A: It's None because the class does not have a docstring. Try adding one:
class MyClass(object):
    """ Documentation for MyClass goes here. """

    def __init__(self):
        """
        doc string
        """

i = MyClass()
print i.__doc__ # same as MyClass.__doc__

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Blaues Haus ist der Name des Hochhauses Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße 1 in Dresden-Strehlen, in der Nähe des Lennéplatzes. Es wurde 1958–1960 als Bürogebäude für das Institut für Arbeitsökonomik und Arbeitsschutzforschung erbaut und später von dessen Nachfolgern genutzt, dem Zentralen Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit (ZFA) und dem Zentralinstitut für Arbeitsschutz (ZIAS). Heute ist es ein Wohnhaus. Das Gebäude gilt als "eines der innovativsten Gebäude in Dresden um 1960" und steht unter Denkmalschutz.

Beschreibung
Das 31 m hohe, achtgeschossige Bürogebäude mit Galeriegeschoss wurde nach Entwürfen der Architekten Alfred Gottfried und Georg Wolf als Stahlbeton-Skelettbau in Montagebauweise errichtet. Seine Grundfläche misst 53,30 m × 12,20 m. Die Fassaden der Längsseiten zeigen eine Rasterung in Achsen von 2,50 m Breite, wobei die Brüstungsfelder mit blauer Meißner Keramik verkleidet sind. Die Fassaden an den Schmalseiten des Hauses haben eine Verblendung aus Cottaer Sandstein.

Das Gebäude bot ursprünglich Raum für 400 Arbeitsplätze. Der Speisesaal fasste 100 Plätze, später kam ein Festsaal mit 120 Plätzen hinzu. An der Außenfassade des Vortragssaals befindet sich ein Wandbild von Dietmar Gubsch.

Das Gebäude wurde wegen seines "baugeschichtlich bedeutsames Wertes" unter Denkmalschutz gestellt. So ist die "Ausführung des Hauptgebäudes … ein qualitativ hochwertiges Beispiel der 'DDR-Moderne'". Dies ist der Tatsache geschuldet, dass bei dem Bau "deutlich die Abkehr von dem bis Mitte der 1950er Jahre propagierten Bauen nach nationalen Tradition" zu sehen ist. Das "Bauen nach modernen, funktionalen Vorbildern" und die "Anlehnung an die fortschrittlichen Tendenzen der klassischen Moderne" prägen die Architektur des Bauwerks.

Nach jahrelangem Leerstand begann 2012 die Sanierung und die Umnutzung zu einem Wohngebäude mit etwa 60 Appartements.

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Bürogebäude in Dresden
Wohngebäude in Dresden
Hochhaus in Dresden
Kulturdenkmal in Dresden
Architektur der DDR in Dresden
Erbaut in den 1950er Jahren
Hochhaus in Europa
Strehlen (Dresden)


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Q: R print values in new column based on the values in two other columns I am trying to create a column (H2f_back) based on the values in two other columns (file_name and Morph).  I would like the value of H2f_MEAN when Morph=B for each file_name to be pasted into H2f_back.
Which would result in something like this, for a given data table ("data"):
file_name,  H2f_MEAN,   Morph,  H2f_back
6052_1, 0.14,   B,  0.14
6052_1, 0.22,   C,  0.14
6052_2, 0.34,   C,  0.41
6052_2, 0.41,   B,  0.41
6052_3, 0.53,   M,  0.01
6052_3, 0.01,   B,  0.01

This code:
df<-read.csv("~/Desktop/IODP/EXP_337/SIMS/test.csv", header=TRUE)
df<-data.frame(df, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
df %>% group_by(file_name, cumsum(Morph == 'background')) %>% mutate(H2f_back = H2f_MEAN[Morph == 'background']) %>% ungroup() %>% select(-4)

Results in this error:
    Error: incompatible size (%d), expecting %d (the group size) or 1

A: You can use dplyr as follows on the given input:
Input data:
df
  file_name H2f_MEAN Morph
1         1        1     B
2         1        2     C
3         1        3     C
4         4        4     B
5         4        5     M

Group by file_name and assign the H2f_MEAN of the row where Morph equals B to the resulting column (note: you can group by multiple variables as shown here):
df %>% group_by(file_name) %>% mutate(H2f_back = H2f_MEAN[Morph == 'B'])

Resulting in output:
df
Source: local data frame [5 x 4]

  file_name H2f_MEAN Morph H2f_back
      (int)    (dbl) (chr)    (dbl)
1         1     0.14     B     0.14
2         1     0.22     C     0.14
3         1     0.34     C     0.14
4         4     0.41     B     0.41
5         4     0.53     M     0.41

A: This worked for me, given the following data in a csv file
file_name,H2f_MEAN,Morph
6052_1,0.14,B
6052_1,0.22,C
6052_2,0.34,C
6052_2,0.41,B
6052_3,0.53,M
6052_3,0.01,B

Used readr for file input rather than base R functions.
library(readr)
library(dplyr)
read_csv("~/elizr_error.csv")
df %>% group_by(file_name) %>% mutate(H2f_back = H2f_MEAN[Morph == 'B'])

file_name H2f_MEAN Morph H2f_back
  (chr)    (dbl) (chr)    (dbl)
6052_1     0.14     B     0.14
6052_1     0.22     C     0.14
6052_2     0.34     C     0.41
6052_2     0.41     B     0.41
6052_3     0.53     M     0.01
6052_3     0.01     B     0.01

edit: in case there are files without the 'B' condition you could try the following, which will set the value to 0.0 if B isn't found
df %>% group_by(file_name) %>% mutate(H2f_back = ifelse('B' %in% Morph, H2f_MEAN[Morph == 'B'], 0.0))


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Den Delimarsky
I am an engineer working on API documentation, security and machine learning.
Building A Centralized Samples Experience At Microsoft
One of the biggest projects I've had the honor of being a part of has shipped a couple of days ago - docs.microsoft.com/samples. If you haven't read the announcement blog post, I recommend you start there.
Improving the experience
Automating releases
When we started working more in-depth on developer experiences, we realized that there are too many disjoint pages out there that provide an aggregation of code samples (and we ship thousands of samples that span hundreds of teams). It was pretty obvious that we needed to do something about that and consolidate this effort under a more modern "umbrella". We asked ourselves - what if we presented all code samples within one search and discovery engine, powered by GitHub, as well as take advantage of the rich capabilities provided by docs.microsoft.com in terms of content hosting and rendering? This would make it much easier for our customers to find the code they need to get started with our services quickly and efficiently, with the added benefit of making the maintainers' lives easier when it comes to keeping their samples in good shape.
We established the following guiding principles, that would help us define what we needed to build:
Intuitive and discoverable experience
Whatever we build needs to be simple that can get customers on their way within seconds. We wouldn't want someone to spend time figuring out how to search for code samples. Their focus is on getting the code, so we wanted to get the relevant content to the front and get out of the way.
Powered by standard tooling and infrastructure
When it comes to conventions and standards, there are many that are already available and adopted by a broad community of developers and GitHub contributors. We didn't want to come up with a bunch of custom workflows that are unknown to someone working in the open source software space. We focused on a service developers love - GitHub. All samples would live there, and we'd do our best to connect to the service in a way that feels natural for a developer in that ecosystem.
There are so many products and services within the company, that we simply could not create something that would cover just one vertical. This needed to be an experience that is inclusive of the various product groups.
Encourage best practices in open source samples
The approaches we take to sample discovery and indexing should positively influence the company in terms of its ability to contribute to open source samples. Similarly, we wanted to help grow this culture externally. Good and extensive content that allows users to get started, responsiveness to issues and pull requests and others were among the requirements we established to grow the site.
Maximize automation to ensure that developers can focus on their samples and not on processes behind publishing and validating those. When building a piece of code that showcases a product or service, the last thing the developer wants to do is spend time debugging the code sample indexing service.
We believe that these principles were formalized in the new samples browser.
When we first started the project, we wanted to come up with a workflow through which we can index samples from various locations within GitHub, giving sample writers full control over the content and the process. The location of samples was decided to be GitHub for fairly obvious reasons - that's where teams were already working on most of their examples and production code (such as VS Code and TypeScript). We did not want to re-invent the wheel - there is no reason to create a siloed experience, where someone uploads the code and then maintains it as if it's static content - an approach like this would add a lot of maintenance overhead and would not foster collaboration and work in the open.
As mentioned earlier, a large corpus of sample code was already hosted within GitHub - teams gravitated to it naturally, being laser-focused on community and standard contribution patterns. For example, we maintain the Azure-Samples GitHub organization, dedicated entirely to code samples. The Azure Code Samples gallery is powered by content coming from that organization alone, and developers would count on content hosted there daily. Every public repository would map to one sample, that would be discoverable to anyone. This experience, however, was only available for Azure samples - there are plenty of teams within Microsoft that would not be "eligible" to be included in this experience.
As the number of code samples we hosted on GitHub grew, we also quickly ran into an interesting challenge - often times, teams would create more than one code sample in a single repository. Someone who wrote ten or fifteen Python samples for Azure Cognitive Services had no reason to create ten different repositories - that would both clutter the organization, and create mental overhead for customers who want to find relevant code. The solution was to group the samples in a single repository. The container repository would then grow more, but the gallery would still list one sample for it - because there is a one-to-one mapping between repositories and gallery entries. We needed to find a better way to scale and provide a bit more control over what samples needed to be shown.
With some basics lined up, we proceeded to write extensive specifications with detailed plans for the engineering teams to build.
The goal was clear - we want to index samples not on a per-repository basis, but rather based on a more declarative approach. If a repository housed ten different samples, we wanted the maintainer of the repository to tell us where those samples are, so that we can treat them each as an individual entry in our index. A possibility would be using an automated approach, by which we'd establish some heuristics for what defines a sample, and then scan for folders that would match that pattern. This idea fell apart because of just how much variability there is in code configuration and organization - we'd have to constantly refine the indexer just to keep up with various formats and types of code developers would write. The second idea we thought to be useful was the creation of a "sample manifest" - a YAML file that would contain metadata related to the sample. Things like the list of programming languages the code sample covers, a list of products it applies to, a slug to be used to construct its URL and other values that might prove useful. A similar model is already used on docs.microsoft.com for structured content (_see example for an auto-generated Python API documentation page_).
We would just adapt it to samples with a custom schema. If a sample maintainer wanted to declare ten different samples in a single repository, they would need to create ten different YAML manifest files in the folders where the samples are located. Each manifest would look something like:
### YamlMime:Sample
- csharp
- vbnet
- azurecli
- azure
- azure-app-service
description: "My amazing sample does all the amazing things!"
urlFragment: my-amazing-sample
This way, the sample maintainer has full control over what they want to "declare" as a sample - whatever has a manifest in it matters to the indexer.
To track changes, we built an indexing API, that was connected to the repository through a standard GitHub webhook. Whenever a change would happen, we would kick off the sample processing workflow, in which we'd try and detect whether code changed in an area that is associated with a manifest (i.e. there is a manifest YAML in the sample folder). If that was the case, we'd queue the processing message, and once its turn came, it would be analyzed, the sample index would be updated, and the sample manifest along with the README.md file for the code sample would be copied over to the publishing repository (which acts as any other docs.microsoft.com repository for content) from which we'd generate individual site pages.
The service diagram below explains at a high level what this would look like:
During the validation stages, the service checks for several criteria:
Validity of the YAML front-matter. In some cases, there could be issues with the formatting or the structure of the YAML. For example, someone forgot to add the closing --- separator.
Validity of specified products and languages values. We use these to identify facets by which we need to filter samples on the samples browser homepage.
Conformance of the YAML to schema expectations. For example, if someone uses an array in a field where a string is expected.
If the sample content was valid, we would kick off a job that would build the archive (ZIP) for the specific sample and insert it in the sample repository as a release. We once again decided not to re-invent the approach to code distribution - a sample release is accessible both from GitHub and from our own online experience, so there was no need to implement a detached storage management workflow. The value-add here is that with this capability, customers can download just the sample they need instead of potentially cloning a large repository.
The first iteration of the service was built relatively early on, and we started testing it on a select number of repositories. The YAML manifests were OK in terms of doing what they were supposed to do, but we also realized that there was a huge usability roadblock. When sample maintainers would update the sample in their repository, they would focus on things that are important to the specific code - the README.md and the code itself. The manifest was forgotten about because updating it too is not a natural habit that any developer or content engineer has. It's just not a priority to update sample metadata when you worry about delivering production code that the sample is supporting. So we went back to the drawing board - there needed to be a different approach to how we track samples. The goal of making the overall process as frictionless and natural as possible remained alive.
As we were iterating on the service and ingestion scenarios, an approach was proposed that would be something that we already use on docs.microsoft.com - YAML front-matter. Additionally, Azure samples were leveraging user-facing metadata in a similar manner within the existing code gallery - introducing some modifications to the requirements would be less painful than using an entire new detached manifest. And it renders nicely on GitHub.
This was the approach we wanted to adopt moving forward. Instead of having a vanilla YAML manifest, the README.md will be structured with a bit of added content, while still serving the purpose of being the guideline document for the sample consumer:
page_type: sample
description: "This sample shows how to use the print pipeline's filter interfaces."
- cpp
- windows
# Print Pipeline Simple Filter
The printing system supports a print filter pipeline. The pipeline is run when a print job is consumed by the print spooler and sent to the device.
The front-matter would tell us that something is a sample vs. not. Every README.md in the repository that has a page_type: sample metadata value would be queued for processing and indexing. Every other README.md is ignored by default. This means that within a single repository, many samples can be declared and live side-by-side with content that doesn't necessarily need to be rendered on docs.microsoft.com.
YAML front-matter was a favorable choice from several angles:
It's easy to integrate in existing README.md files. No need to maintain any separate artifacts that a sample maintainer has to update whenever they update the sample - just take a glance at the metadata whenever they modify the README.md file.
YAML front-matter is natively supported by GitHub and renders as a clean table rather than a blurb of unformatted YAML.
Following the same patterns we already guided content engineers on.
The structured format is easy to visually parse and understand in the context of the README.md file being worked on.
Easy to automate and validate the same way we do that with docs.microsoft.com content.
We ended up with a relatively simple model that we applied to some samples as a pilot.
After receiving more positive feedback from content and sample engineers, we moved forward with the full implementation. In addition to basic metadata values within the front-matter, we also identified several opportunities to add even more flexibility to sample authors. For one, we realized that when we generate ZIP packages for each individual sample, there are often times dependencies within the repository that the sample relies on - that gave us the idea of implementing extendedZipContent. This is a metadata value that allows specifying custom content from within the repository that needs to be included along with the core sample.
Similarly, we have a large number of samples that have Azure Resource Manager templates associated with them for each deployment. Given that the sample author already provides that artifact, we thought we'd make it easy to make sure that there is a one-click deployment option available.
The "Deploy to Azure" button is powered by azureDeploy metadata - the sample maintainer can provide an absolute URL to the template, and we'll automatically create a deployment link for it on the frontend.
Pretty much anything about the sample being shown on the samples browser home page can be controlled through the YAML front-matter - and we love that simplicity.
When samples are processed, we are generating a structured representation of the code sample page (such as the one for the Azure Blockchain Development Kit) based on a schema that is understood by DocFX, our underlying content build platform. The generated files are post-processed YAML content that integrates front-matter metadata and README.md Markdown in one, which is later dropped in a publishing repository.
The need for a schema is grounded in the our practice of ensuring that every page that we render is following a specific strict template - this gives us the ability to render things consistently. With the Schema-based Document Processor engine that our team built, we can do just that. A sample page in this context has a schema, and if an incoming file does not follow expected page constraints, the build will fail. Because we are already using docs-related infrastructure, the schema creation and validation process was relatively straightforward.
Additionally, when we publish new sample pages, we automatically copy over all media that is referenced in the README.md file, so that we still have images available, even though the new content is now sourced from a separate repository.
You might be wondering - with all the hassle that is copying content over, and then maintaining two copies, why not just ingest sample code from the sample repository itself, instead of transporting the README.md and all its media into another location? Pure and simple, we wanted to keep sample repositories clean of docs-related configuration files, and maintain a high-performance system. If we would have to provision every sample code repository with publishing artifacts, that would introduce a number of extra configuration files that need to be maintained by someone experienced in our publishing system. If those are accidentally removed or modified, this would break the publishing for that sample. Additionally, all code samples that we publish on docs.microsoft.com/samples are released under the same base path in the URL - /samples. If that base path starts being shared between ten, one hundred or even one thousand repositories, this would impact the hosting service as for every call we'd need to perform a lookup to understand where a sample is coming from.
Putting post-processed content in a publishing repository made a lot of logistical sense.
As some of you already know, docs.microsoft.com has two environments - production, that is normally reliant on content from various repositories that is made available in live branches, and review with content pulled from the various repositories from branches that are not live. When sample code is processed and publish-ready pages are generated, those are automatically dropped into our staging environment. Samples are updated relatively frequently, and when you have more than one thousand of them, new files appear in the publishing repository every hour. We wanted to eliminate the human factor from the publishing process, and because all samples are already public (we do not index anything from private repositories), we want to make them public as soon as possible.
That's where pull and probot-auto-merge come to the rescue. First, pull regularly creates pull requests to sync master and live branches. Subsequently, probot-auto-merge ensures that pull requests that have a certain label and with all builds passing are merged. When that happens, the docs publishing system kicks off a new content build, and public pages are generated on docs.microsoft.com/samples!
Here is a brief outline of what we use for our infrastructure:
Azure CosmosDB is used to maintain the "source of truth" index of code samples that need to be added and removed from the publishing repository.
Azure Event Hubs is used to queue and process messages that we receive from various webhooks across the sample repository set.
Azure Functions are used to process sample manifests from the queue.
Azure App Service is used to host the various connecting APIs that monitor and index the samples.
Azure Monitor is used for indexing/ingestion diagnostics and telemetry.
Azure Pipelines is used for building and deploying the samples infrastructure, as well as for generating all sample-related artifacts.
DocFX is used to generate pages on the docs.microsoft.com site.
There are more tools and components under the hood, of course - the above are just the major pieces that make things run. There is a lot of integration plumbing that was built to inter-connect the services and ensure that we can catch potential issues at every step of the indexing and publishing process.
To deliver this experience, it took the effort of tens of individuals across teams and organizations within Microsoft. Design, engineering, product management, content and marketing were involved in making our vision of a single samples browser a reality. There are too many people to mention in a single post, so I'd like to call out a few that have Twitter accounts:
Jeff Sandquist (product management)
Erin Rifkin (product management)
Dan Fernandez (product management)
Mikhail Melnikov (engineering)
Anton Sokolovskiy (engineering)
Mike Sampson (engineering)
Adam Kinney (engineering)
Will Bjorn (engineering)
Duncan Mackenzie (engineering)
Kurtis Beavers (design)
Craig Dunn (product management)
Sarah Barrett (information architecture)
Jeff Wilcox (engineering)
April Speight (product management)
And many, many others (if I missed you, DM me and I will add your name - I likely forgot your Twitter alias). All the thanks should go to the individuals above and the many other engineers and partners that made this happen. Thank you!


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After reading the title of this blog post, I can imagine that the majority of you are expecting to be entertained by a convoluted theory full of interesting but tenuous tidbits. The kind of over-analytical claptrap you find on sites like BuzzFeed that have the veneer of intellectualism, but in reality are nothing more than hollow click-bait. Unfortunately, you are going to be disappointed because as silly as it sounds, "Why does Greenpeace like the grapefruit?" is an important question and one that we should all be asking. This is because it exposes the dogmatic hypocrisy that lies at the core of the organisation.
Without a doubt, Greenpeace has previously been a force for good. They helped convince governments and the population as a whole the importance of protecting the environment and biodiversity, to stress the need for renewable energy, and to condemn the gruesome act of seal clubbing – to name a few. But they have since become a husk of their former selves as their once unpopular views have been adopted by the general public leaving them with only their outdated anti-science opinions on certain technologies. The organisation is now only attractive to those who share its archaic dogmatic views and has now become a rabble of ideologues who peddle an agenda no matter what the scientific consensus says, and nowhere is this more apparent than in their militant (and almost hysterical) opposition of GMOs.
Greenpeace, for the past few decades, has been warning us about the dangers of GMOs and why they should be avoided. They have done this not by funding scientific research investigating any negative effects of the technology, but by extravagant publicity stunts that, when you strip back all the theatrics, have nothing of substance. They tell us that there is a lack of scientific understanding on GMOs and therefore they should not be allowed on the market, whilst paradoxically encouraging or excusing the destruction of scientific research. They have even, in the past, cut out the middle man and destroyed scientific research themselves. Take for example the CSIRO experimental farm in Australia where Greenpeace protesters broke in at night and destroyed half a hectare of GM wheat with weedwhackers; all whilst recording themselves.
Greenpeace are not alone in their stance on GMOs. Other organisations like Friends of the Earth, GM Freeze, and even political parties like the Green Party would also like a moratorium if not an all out ban on the technology. The main reasons they give for such a stance is that once released into the environment, there is no way of controlling them, that they may contaminate "natural" organisms, and that GMOs have a detrimental effect on human health. Although their fears seem reasonable, there is a fatal flaw in their logic which is they are only against specific organisms that can be categorically called a GMO.
A GMO by definition is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. However, it might surprise you to hear that there are techniques that can alter the DNA of an organism which do not come under the umbrella term of a "genetic engineering technique". Meaning you can use them to alter the DNA of an organism but it won't technically be a GMO. One of these techniques is mutation breeding in which an organism is exposed to either chemicals or radiation in order to generate mutants with desirable traits. One of the mutants produced by this method is the Ruby Red grapefruit which you can probably find in your local greengrocers.
It was created back in 1929 using a form of mutation breeding called atomic gardening. This is where plants are arranged in a circular pattern with a radiation source placed in the middle. This gives a range of radiation doses resulting in death or tumours growth and other abnormalities for those close to the source and higher amount of random, multiple and unspecific mutations for those further away. When this was done to the grapefruit, one of the plants mutated to give a much richer and darker red coloured fruit. This was then put on the market and became such a commercial success it became Texas' state fruit…..whatever that means.
There have been literally thousands of mutants created using this method that are now on the market, including peppermint, peanuts, and bananas. All of these can be labelled as ORGANIC because technically this modification to their DNA has not been accomplished using "genetic engineering techniques".
This is why you should be asking why does Greenpeace like the grapefruit because the difference between a GMO and a mutant made using atomic gardening is just a technicality. For example, if you wanted to, you could knock out a gene precisely using genetic engineering techniques creating a GMO which Greenpeace would automatically be against. Or you could use mutant breeding that, as well as knocking out the same gene, would create an unknown amount of mutations and Greenpeace would give it a pass.
Greenpeace should be up in arms that mutants are being made using this unregulated, sloppy, and unguided technique and that they are allowed to be sold to unknowing consumers. That these mutants will most definitely contain a plethora of mutations that are unknown because of the blunt and chaotic method of their creation. That their effects on human health have not been investigated because, unlike GMOs, they are not required to go through vigorous testing before release. And they have the ability to breed with "natural" organisms and you can patent them!
So why does Greenpeace like the grapefruit? Because if they didn't, people would see how ridiculously child-like their 'painting all GMOs with the same brush' opposition is. Nearly all the arguments they make against GMOs can also be made against the products of atomic gardening. It is therefore either hypocritical or incompetent of them not to protest these mutants!
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Actually, in France, where the fight against GMOs is completely won, activists are turning against the results of radiation breeding, calling them "hidden GMOs", and making it sound like it's a new ploy from evil Big Biotech.
So logically, at one point they will demonize grapefruits.
Is it true, that they already used atomic gardening back in 1929? Or did you mix up Ruby-Red and Star-Ruby?


Why has Ontario developed key performance indicators for private career colleges?
Both the Ontario Auditor General (2011) and the Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services (2012) recommended that the province collect, validate and publish performance indicators for private career colleges to help current and future students make more informed decisions about their postsecondary education and to allow the province to better oversee the sector. Ontario committed to implement key performance indicators (KPIs) for private career colleges (PCCs), with costs carried by the sector.
KPIs also help provide quality assurance for programs provided by private career colleges where public health and safety is a concern (e.g., programs such as Dental Hygiene, Pharmacy Technician, Sonography, Esthetics, and Truck Driving).
What KPIs are used for PCCs, and under what authority are they required?
Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) loan default rates – for PCCs approved to accept OSAP-assisted students – are also considered a performance indicator for the sector.
For 2013 results, graduation rate, graduate employment rate, graduate employment rate in field of study and loan default rates have been published. Graduate and employer satisfaction rates will be published beginning with 2014 results.
What are the potential uses for key performance indicators?
Ensure KPIs for PCC programs and institutions can be compared with those for public colleges.
Are all PCCs required to participate?
The key performance indicators process is being implemented in phases. In Phase I (collection cycle for 2013 results), only OSAP-approved institutions were required to participate, and three of the five indicators were calculated and published – graduation rate, graduate employment rate and graduate employment rate in the field of study.
In Phase II (collection cycle for 2014 results), only OSAP-approved institutions have been required to participate and all five indicators will be calculated and published.
For Phase III (collection cycle for 2015 results), all private career colleges in Ontario have been required to participate in the KPI initiative.
Private career colleges are required to submit two types of data to report on all entrants (enrolment data) and all graduates graduate data within a specific defined term. A third party service provider, Forum Research Inc. collects, analyses and develops reports, based on the data, to calculate graduation rates for vocational programs.
Forum also surveys PCC graduates (through the Graduate Outcomes Survey) and their employers (through the Employer Satisfaction Survey) six months after graduation. Participating in these surveys is voluntary.
From this information, the remaining four KPIs – graduate employment rate, graduate employment rate in the field of study, graduate satisfaction and employer satisfaction – are developed.
For more details on how each indicator is calculated, see Calculations and Definitions.
Is similar data available for public colleges?
KPIs for private career colleges closely mirror those published for public colleges, with the exception of adding graduate employment in the field of study. Consultation with private career colleges showed that the sector clearly supported this performance indicator as being very useful to PCCs, current and prospective students, and employers.
Private career college graduates from Superintendent-approved vocational programs provided by registered private career colleges are surveyed. With a graduate's consent, his or her employer is also surveyed.
The survey is conducted by telephone by a third party service provider, Forum Research Inc. An attempt is made to contact every graduate, even those residing out of the province. With a graduate's consent, an attempt is made to contact his or her employer. Completing these surveys is voluntary.
The survey is administered three times during a year-long collection cycle, each at approximately six months after the end of three ministry-defined graduation terms. Each cycle begins with the winter term.
The Graduate Outcomes Survey contains 24 questions. The majority of survey questions are used to calculate the four survey-based KPIs, and one question is used to validate the respondent's identity.
The questions in the PCC Graduate Outcomes Survey mirror those of the public college survey, but the PCC survey is much shorter. Please refer to the KPI Operating Procedure for a sample of the private career college survey.
The Employer Satisfaction Survey is administered to employers of private career college graduates who have consented (through the Graduate Outcomes Survey) to have their employers contacted by the service provider.
What kinds of questions are employers asked?
The Employer Satisfaction Survey includes two key questions: one confirming that the graduate in question is employed, and the second asking the employer to rate his/her satisfaction with the employee's overall PCC preparation for the type of work he/she is doing. Please refer to the KPI Operating Procedure for sample of the survey.
Were PCCs involved in developing the key performance indicator initiative?
Representatives from both PCC sector associations – the Ontario Association of Career Colleges (now Career Colleges Ontario) and the former Association of Private Colleges – were consulted throughout 2012/13, during the development of the KPI implementation plan and the tools and methodology for calculating and publishing the indicators.


The complete list of Upcoming Maruti Suzuki Cars Launching in India in 2018-19 New Ertiga Crossover, WagonR MPV, Swift, Vitara Brezza Petrol: – Maruti Suzuki is successfully launched in this year with some new car also launches. The company has launched cars like Maruti Baleno RS, Ignis, and the all-new Maruti Suzuki Dzire which is currently 2017 S-Cross facelift.
The company has in positioning itself with a premium value for money car manufacturer in the national market.
Maruti Suzuki is also set a plan to replicate the success of 2017 by launching the series of some new premium cars which can directly come on the market for the upcoming years.
This is the list of the forthcoming series of the Maruti Suzuki for 2018-19 is including, the new-generation Swift 2018, new Ertiga Crossover MPV, Vitara Brezza petrol, 2018 Maruti Ciaz facelift, new S-Cross petrol, Suzuki Vitara (7-seat variant) and the WagonR MPV.
Suzuki only just launched the new S-Cross facelift in our nation, though the company only unveiled the diesel variant in whole India. The new Maruti Suzuki S-Cross sports new exteriors and premium interiors are set with all design changes, the S-Cross will now appear as akin to the SUV than a crossover.
With growing demand for petrol cars, Maruti Suzuki is can also go to launch the petrol variant of the S-Cross by mid-2018. The car is expected to get a 1.5-litre M15A petrol engine that develops 110 BHP of power and 143 Nm of peak torque. Expect the S-Cross petrol to start at a price point of INR 7.5 lakh (ex-showroom).
Recently, the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz was going for testing in Delhi and the spied images, the car gets revised front and rear bumpers gone through major changes insides. The car is going to have new instrument cluster with MID and faux wooden inlays on the dashboard.
This company can also have equipped the car with a cruise control system. The new Maruti Ciaz facelift is going to be power by the same 1.4-litre petrol & 1.3-litre diesel engine options. Though, as per expectation the Maruti Suzuki to introduce the 1.6-litre diesel unit and a 1.0-litre BoosterJet petrol motor as part of the RS variant.
The price of this new model of the car is more or less akin to the existing model, still, the company can charge a premium if it plans to unveil the more powerful petrol and diesel engines.
This car is reportedly going to launch in end of this year.
As per the speculations, the Maruti Suzuki is all set to unveil in the all-new crossover MPV in India. This new MPV is currently gone through the spied testing in Delhi, as per expectation this new Ertiga Crossover MPV came into limelight in August 2017.
This new Ertiga will be longer, wider and feature rich and will compete against the upcoming Mahindra U321 MPV. AS per various reports and news, the new Ertiga is said to be powered by the all-new 1.5-litre DDiS diesel engine that has been developed in-house by Maruti Suzuki.
The expected car to be priced in the bracket of INR 7 lakh to INR 12 lakh (ex-showroom).
In India, the Maruti Suzuki is also bearing in mind all set to unveil the Swift Sport that can be powered by a 1.0-litre BoosterJet engine (100.5BHP/150Nm).
As per the expectation the car to be launched in India at the Auto Expo 2018 at a price range of INR 5 lakh to INR 8 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza is now the bestselling compact SUV, which is not the segments of this company.
The Vitara Brezza has received well over 2 lakh bookings in the country and the waiting period is now turning to be the 6-8 months.
This company is all set to unveil the Vitara Brezza Petrol variant, powered by a 1.0-litre BoosterJet petrol engine. This unit produces 100.5 BHP of power and 150 Nm of peak torque, and this product can appear in the mated to a 5-speed manual transmission.
This product is all set to launch at end of 2017 and name as the Maruti Vitara Brezza petrol will be priced between INR 7 lakh to INR 9.5 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The Maruti Suzuki Swift nameplate is arriving in the country India already in 2005. The car was an immediate success and became very popular so now the Maruti Suzuki is said to be launched the diesel variant of the car in our country and the company already unveiled the new generation Swift in 2011.
In 2017, the company is now planning to launch the next generation Maruti Suzuki Swift and this automobile gadget is going to have a complete overhaul design with new premium interiors and a new exterior.
This car is going to continue to be powered by the same 1.2-litre petrol (84BHP/114Nm) and 1.3-litre diesel (74BHP/190Nm) engine options.
The Maruti Suzuki Vitara is the rival of the Hyundai Creta, Mahindra XUV500, Renault Duster and the Honda BR-V. Mechanically, the Suzuki Vitara is powered by two petrol and one diesel engine option. The 1.6-litre VVT petrol produces 120 BHP /156 Nm of power while the Vitara S, powered by a 1.4-litre BoosterJet engine produces 138 BHP / 220 Nm of power.
This is the oil burner gets a 1.6-litre DDiS diesel unit that develops 120 BHP of power and 320 Nm of peak torque. Transmission duties are handled by a 6-speed manual as well as an optional 6-speed automatic gearbox.
Maruti Suzuki's Chairman, RC Bhargava hinted that the company can launch the new model of the Maruti known as the Suzuki Vitara in coming days in the country.
Still about Vitara and Maruti Suzuki launching, so let me tell you the car can come at the end of 2018. In a statement to ET Auto, RC Bhargava had said, our product portfolio will cover these segments.
Maruti Suzuki of late discloses their planning to unveil the three utility vehicles in India.
One of these is going to be the Maruti Suzuki WagonR MPV. The WagonR MPV is based on the WagonR hatchback and will come with a three-row seat (seven seats) layout.
This automobile gadget is internally codenamed as YJC and will be under 4 meters in length. The Maruti Suzuki WagonR MPV is going to powered by a 1.2-litre K-Series petrol unit, while the diesel variant is expected to get a 1.3-litre DDiS 190 motor. Both the engines will come mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox.


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Shiny Pokemon are one of the most coveted (and most controversial) topics in Pokémon GO. Now, Niantic appears to be releasing one new shiny variant of a Pokémon (or family) with the majority of in-game events and on Community Days.
Makuhita appears in the Granite Cave (1F & B1) and the first floor of Victory Road in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. In Diamond , Pearl , and Platinum , Makuhita appears at Route 225 during a Daily Swarm.
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We finally have confirmed dates for the release of Limbo the highly acclaimed XBLA game on PSN and Steam. It will be slithering onto PSN first in North America on July 19th and then in Europe on the 20th. Finally it will make it's way onto PC's through Steam on the 9th of August.
Limbo is a highly atmospheric and often creepy sidescrolling puzzle platformer that won the hearts of many on XBLA back when it was first released including mine. I highly recommend you pick it up when it comes to PSN or Steam.
PSN is down and no one can buy anything or play online games. Sony has been telling us to wait constantly for the past few weeks and pushing back dates over and over. It looks like they have finally just given up on specific dates, but they are saying that it should take a couple more days. Which is what they said the time before and the time before. If you don't know about the current issue over at Sony, they were hacked by an unknown group and had a lot of their networks security compromised. Information such as names and passwords are confirmed stolen, but they continue to say that they aren't sure any credit card info was gotten.
The first aspect of PSN that will be coming back up will be online games and to compensate for the wait Sony is going to be offering 2 free games off of PSN from a list of 5 and to PSP users another 2 free PSP games off of PSN from a list of 4. We can only assume that these games will be first party Sony releases most likely, but not much more than that. You can read the full quote here as well "I know you all want to know exactly when the services will be restored. At this time, I can't give you an exact date, as it will likely be at least a few more days. We're terribly sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work through this process.".


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A graduate of DCU, Caroline has obtained a MSc in Strategic Procurement, a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations from Fitzwilliam Institute and a Degree in Marketing and Management from DIT, Aungier Street. She is also a Certified Passive House Consultant with the Passive House Institute.
Led by Caroline, KORE was the first company in Ireland to transition to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. The same year, KORE also added OHSAS 18001, demonstrating their continued commitment to occupational health and safety. In addition to being an excellent management tool, ISO ensures that KORE are always focused on meeting customer requirements, that they follow best practice and that quality is at the heart of what KORE do.


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In-N-Out Burger Company Profile
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The In-N-Out Burger is an American chain of fast-food restaurants that is famous for its delicious burgers. Based in sunny Southern California, it has branched out to several other states. Over the years, the famous burger empire has built its reputation as one of the staples of the Californian diet. Despite it being a trademark of the West Coast, In-N-Out has established a loyal fan base of burger lovers from all over the world. In fact, the first thing that some Americans and tourists do when they arrive in California is to go grab an In-N-Out burger!
Considering its popularity, the In-N-Out menu is simple and straightforward. It consists of three main varieties of burgers: the hamburger, the cheeseburger, and the "Double-double", which is two patties with two slices of cheese. There is, however, a not-so-secret "secret menu" available at every restaurant and is even on the company website. It includes variants of its original menu, such as the "Animal Style" burger, the "Protein Style" wrap, and its famous Neapolitan shakes.
History of In-N-Out Burger
With the restaurant becoming widely popular in recent years amongst the younger generation, it might surprise you to know that In-N-Out Burger has been around since 1948.
Founding husband and wife duo, Harry and Esther Snyder, opened the first In-N-Out restaurant in a suburb of Los Angeles called Baldwin Park. From its very beginning to 28 years later when Harry Snyder died in 1976, the chain remained a relatively small regional operation. It had a total of 18 restaurants all located in Southern California.
The second generation of owners were the sons of Harry, Rich and Guy Snyder. Under Rich's leadership, the restaurant chain experienced tremendous growth. It expanded quickly to over 90 restaurants over the span of 20 years. However, Rich died tragically in an unexpected plane crash and his brother, Guy, took over the presidency. Continuing with the trend of rapid expansion, Guy grew IN-N-Out to 140 locations until he died of an overdose in 1999. His mother, Esther, then took charge.
In-N-Out's development in the 21st Century included expanding to more states. It also opened two more patty production facilities in Texas and Colorado Springs. Currently, Lynsi Snyder, who is the third generation of the family and its only heir, heads up the business. By 2015, In-N-Out opened its 300th restaurant and had generated a total of $558 million in general sales. It had become one of the most well-known and loved burger chains in the United States.
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In-N-Out Burger Business Model and Success Factors
There are several significant factors contributing to the enormous success of In-N-Out Burger.
1. First Drive-thru Burger Joint
In-N-Out was the first drive-thru stand that sold hamburgers in California. This was a huge hit and a sensation in post-World War II America. Harry introduced the two-way speaker box, which overtook the original carhop service of drive-thrus. His forward-thinking business attitude led to the fast-food chain quickly becoming popular in its home state.
2. Remaining Non-franchised
One of the most significant things to note about the In-N-Out Burger is that the company decided against franchising its operations. They chose to safeguard the quality of their fast food products by keeping their patty production facilities private. Moreover, there are no freezers, microwaves, or even heat lamps at any of their restaurants! All burgers are made when ordered. Patties were never pre-packaged. They are made only from fresh, 100% USDA ground chucks and are rid of any preservatives or additives. In other words, In-N-Out has revolutionised the hamburger scene by putting the quality of their food products before their business expansion.
3. Happy Employees
There are many perks to working at the well-loved burger chain. Not only are employees paid a relatively higher salary than other fast-food restaurants, but they are also treated well. The company's Glassdoor page reveals that employee ratings are high. In fact, their only complaint is a minimum one – that it sometimes gets busy in the restaurants! With an army of loyal and satisfied employees, the atmosphere at In-N-Out is almost always bubbly and joyful. This reminds customers of the Southern Californian sunshine where this brand was birthed!
4. Family Culture
In-N-Out is big on family. Keeping it as a private-owned family business to this day, the culture of family trickles from the top down and is evident in all of its operations. Lynsi Snyder once said in an interview with Glassdoor that the company's employees "deserve to be treated like family, which is what I consider them." It's a simple formula – happy employees will make happy customers! With this trademark company culture in place, it's no wonder the burger chain is popular. Guests visiting the restaurant feel like they're coming home to grandpa's for a burger cooked fresh on the family's backyard barbecue!
Along with the success factors mentioned above, several interesting fun facts help to make In-N-Out the unique brand that it has crafted itself to be.
1. Hidden Scripture
If you've had a soda or lemonade at In-N-Out, you might have noticed the scripture John 3:16 in tiny words at the very bottom of the soda cup. You might have also seen Revelation 3:20 on the hamburger wrapper. This tradition, which was started by Rich Snyder, portrays the family's Christian beliefs. To this day, the current owner and the Snyder granddaughter, Lynsi, is a professed born-again Christian. What she did to keep the family legacy was to put even more scriptures on the packaging of more items. "It's a family business and will always be, and that's a family touch," Lynsi says in an interview with the Christian Post concerning this bold and unique feature of the fast-food chain.
2. Crisscrossing Palm Trees
Another special feature of the In-N-Out locations is the crisscrossing palm trees planted at most of the restaurants. This tradition was started by founder, Harry, and came from his favourite movie "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" from the early 1960s, in which the crossing palms mark the spot of a hidden treasure that the character sought to find. This symbol from the movie is rightly so since all the In-N-Out restaurants are indeed Harry's treasure!
3. The 100 Patty Hamburger
The last and most comical fun fact happened in Las Vegas in 2004, when back in the day guests could still freely customise the number of patties and slices of cheese in their burgers to their liking. A group of friends had the craziest idea to order a 100 patties and cheese burger which cost them almost $100! Hilariously, the staff really did whip it up. After this incident, however, the restaurant chain made a policy change to prevent this from ever happening again. Now, the most number of patties customers can order is four!
And this sums up our little peek into one of the most loved burger chains in America. Looking ahead, it is no surprise that In-N-Out Burger will continue to be a huge success and a sensation for burger lovers all around the world! Its superb ingredients, ageless burger recipe, family atmosphere, and a culture of honour towards its employees all contribute to it being a "happy place" for many people for years to come.


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London teams lead the way
Tottenham who won 2-1 at West Ham are the Premier League leaders after 3 matches, ahead of Chelsea on goal difference, followed by Arsenal who outclassed Portsmouth 4-1 and have a game in hand. Manchester United put their midweek defeat and first half frustrations at Wigan behind them to score 5 without reply in the 2nd half and move into 4th place, while Liverpool are languishing in 10th place after their 3-1 home defeat to Aston Villa.
In midweek there was crowd trouble in the Carling Cup match between West Ham and Millwall, while in Europe Arsenal got past Celtic with a 3-1 win to entre the draw for the Champions League group stage where the 4 English teams avoided the European giants. Bayern Munich and Juventus were drawn in group A, while Spanish and Italian giants will meet as Milan and Real Madrid will face each other in group C, and Barcelona will play Inter in group F.
In the Europa League Aston Villa were knocked out on the away goals rule after winning 2-1 at home to Rapid Vienna, while Roma were finding their passage to the next stage much easier, thumping Kosice of Slovakia 7-1 having gone 5 up in the first 18 minutes. The comeback of the night belonged to Dynamo Bucharest who after losing 3-0 at home, travelled to the Czech Republic where they reversed the score to beat Slovan Liberec 8-9 on penalties.
On Friday Barcelona won the Super Cup with a 1-0 win over Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk in extra time.
Premier League kicks off
Chelsea kicked off the season with a 2-1 home win against Hull thanks to Didier Drogba doubling his tally in stoppage time, and Manchester United could only manage a 1-0 win at home to Birmingham while Arsenal thumped Everton 6-1 at Goodison Park. Liverpool lost 2-1 at Tottenham, but showed better form in midweek cruising 4-0 past Stoke while Defoe scored a hat-trick at Hull to take Tottenham to the top of the table with a 5-1 win, as Arsenal were busy beating Celtic 2-0 in their Champions League away fixture. Burnley produced the shock of the week at Turf Moor when Robbie Blake scored with a thunderous volleyed from inside the box for the only goal of the match against Man Utd.
In the Dutch league on Sunday PSV got the better of Ajax by the odd goal in a 7 goal thriller with Suarez netting twice for the visitors, and Dzudzsak and Bakal grabbing a brace each for PSV.
(picture: Brian Jensen saves Carrick penalty as Burnley hold on to defeat United)
Summer action
During the summer break Brazil won the Confederations Cup as expected by coming from behind to beat unexpected finalists USA who later reached the Gold Cup final on home soil but were demolished 5-0 by Mexico.
Several youth cups took place in Europe with England reaching 3 of the finals. The English girls picked up the under 19 trophy, but their male compatriots lost to hosts Ukraine at the same age and to Germany in the under 21 final in Sweden.
In the transfer market Christiano Ronaldo finally moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid while injury prone Michael Owen joined the English champions on a free transfer.
Manchester City splashed out on Adebayor, Tevez, Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure and Gareth Barry.
In Europe Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso joined Ronaldo at Real Madrid who sold Klaas Jan Huntelaar to AC Milan while Barcelona acquired the services of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan in exchange for Samuel Eto'o and loan-to-buy Aliaksandr Hleb.
After a host of pre-season friendly matches the Community Shield, in which Chelsea defeated Man Utd on penalties, signalled the start of the new season in England.(Petr Cech saves Giggs penalty in picture above)


Silicon Labs has joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT), ensuring customers get IoT solutions up and running quickly with hardware and software that has been pre-tested and verified to work with Microsoft Azure IoT services.
Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT allows businesses to reach customers where they are, working with an ecosystem of devices and platforms, allowing faster time to production.
Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and cloud-based solutions for the IoT, with more than 20 years of expertise in delivering connectivity solutions. With a broad portfolio of connected ICs and modules, Silicon Labs enables developers to build low-power, reliable, secure, cloud-connected and managed products and maintain them by remotely delivering software updates and enhancements over the lifetime of the product. Silicon Labs' software platform, combined with devices that are certified for Microsoft Azure, speeds time to revenue and delivers cost-efficient, pre-certified products. Customers working with Silicon Labs can directly and securely share data from their devices to Azure cloud services.
"Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT helps customers build IoT solutions quickly with Silicon Labs' pre-certified, pre-tested hardware and software," said Sanjay Kalyanasundaram, Head of IoT Cloud Services at Silicon Labs. "Customers can focus on the product experience and get their products to market faster while we deliver everything required to securely connect, manage and transfer sensor data to Azure in a cohesive manner with minimal complexity."
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