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Q: how to obtain a function's name and/or a description given a pointer I am using Python 2.7. Is there a way to associate a name, description and perhaps other metadata with a function so that I don't have to use an external dictionary to keep such information like in the code below:
def predicateA(v):
    # some logic that eventually returns a True/False value
    return True

def predicateB(v):
    # some logic that eventually returns a True/False value
    return False

predicateNames={}
predicateNames[predicateA]='name and description for predicateA'
predicateNames[predicateB]='name and description for predicateB'

predicates = [predicateA, predicateB]

def evalForAllPredicates(v):
    for f in predicates:
       result = f(v)
       print "function %s returned: %s" % (predicateNames[f], result)

evalForAllPredicates(3)

A: If your function has appropriate doc string, you can use the __name__ and __doc__ attribute
>>> def predicateA(v):
    '''some logic that eventually returns a True/False value
    '''
    return True

>>> predicateA.__doc__
'some logic that eventually returns a True/False value\n    '
>>> predicateA.__name__
'predicateA'

In your example, the description that you want is through doc string and is placed within triple double or single code just after the function header. Unless you do so, your __doc__ would return empty.

A: You can access a function's name and its docstring through the __name__ and __doc__ attributes. A function's docstring is just a string literal placed as the first statement in the function. Convention is to use triple-quotes to enclose docstrings as they are expected to span many lines.
def predicateA(v):
    """
    some logic that eventually returns a True/False value
    """
    return True

print "Name:", predicateA.__name__
print "Doc:", predicateB.__doc__

To associate arbitrary metadata to a function, just assign any attribute you like to the function as if it were an ordinary object, which it is after all.
def predicateB(v):
    """
    some logic that eventually returns a True/False value
    """
    return False

predicateA.alwaysReturnsFalse = False
predicateB.alwaysReturnsFalse = True

for pred in [predicateA, predicateB]:
    print "Function:", pred.__name__
    print "Documentation:", pred.__doc__
    if pred.alwaysReturnsFalse:
        print "(This function always returns false)"

Function: predicateA
Documentation:
    some logic that eventually returns a True/False value

Function: predicateB
Documentation:
    some logic that eventually returns a True/False value

(This function always returns false)

A: You can add all sorts of attributes to the function, and you can incoude a doc string:
def fun(x)
    """
    Description ...
    """
    pass

fun.foo = 2
fun.baz = "will do naught"

A: You can use the __name__ and __doc__ attributes to get the function name and doc-string respectively.


Congratulations to all the children pictured below who took part in the Ramsey Rotary Fun Run on Sunday. They completed the 1 ¼ mile lap in good time. 90% of their sponsorship money is paid to the school with the remaining 10% to Rotary charities. Thank you to Mrs Fox for supplying their T shirts.


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Q: Can I "discard" p-values from my linear mixed model? I have a linear mixed effects model as follows in R:
model.int = lmer(value ~ group * category * time + (1|patient), data=modeldata)

anova(model.int) then gives me the following list of p-values:

*

*group

*category

*time

*group * category

*group * time

*category * time

*group * category * time
As I use the mixed model on 5 sets of data, this results in altogether 5*7 = 35 p-values. Now we know that a higher number of p-values results in a higher percentage of type I errors, which is why we should correct for multiple comparisons.
But, among the 7 p-values, the only ones concerning my hypothesis are the two marked bold. The other p-values do not interest me. For example, I already know that time and group have a significant effect on value by study design, that is specifically the reason why I put it as a fixed effect in the linear mixed model!
My question is, can I just report the 2 p-values concerning my hypothesis in my paper and discard the rest? And if yes, do I correct for multiple comparisons only among the 2*5 = 10 p-values concerning my hypothesis or for all 35?

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My question is, can I just report the 2 p-values concerning my hypothesis in my paper and discard the rest? And if yes, do I correct for multiple comparisons only among the 2*5 = 10 p-values concerning my hypothesis or for all 35?

Be careful. It could give the impression that you didn't include the other terms in your models, and doing that is a big mistake. I get that there might be a lot of output which is extraneous to your point, so perhaps include only the terms of interest in the body of your paper, but be sure to include a footnote referring to an appendix where you show the full output.

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What Coleman and Frankel inherited from the former owner, a noted design firm, was far too stylized and hip for them. "We wanted an honesty and simplicity that reflected what the building was," he says. So, Neil and Cindy returned the space to its roots, stripping away all ornamentation and unnecessary walls until only an empty, heavenly shell with sealed-concrete floors and eight support columns remained. The pilasters produce a natural division into twelve 18 by 18 foot bays, with the center of each bay being the axis around which activities are grouped. Only three rooms are walled in, done at the behest of the couple's young daughter, who wanted a little privacy, thank you. Nonetheless, to preserve the open feel, the partitions for bedrooms are constructed of opaque glass and stand nine feet high, whereas the ceiling reaches 12 feet high.
Throughout, the palette maintains a contemporary flavor intended to serve as a neutral backdrop to the desires du jour: Walls are white; wood is lacquered to a light gray; horizontal surfaces, such as the kitchen and bathroom counters, are clear glass; and the supports on counters and furniture are stainless steel. Color, save for one wall in the entryway that is repainted at will and could end up red at a moments notice, is limited to gray, white, brown and black. Within this setting, the couple places their admired art and furniture collection, pulled from classic Bauhaus to contemporary sources, with favorites designed by Frank Gehry, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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Guest blog written by: Justin Barker, HomeOwnership Center Coordinator, Pathfinder Services, Inc.
While some may be beginning to celebrate in the continued rise of our economy, far too many Indiana residents still suffer from financial instability due in large part to subprime credit. A new report from the Prosperity Now reveals that 51 percent of Hoosiers have a EquiFax Risk score below 720. Our state ranks 46th in the nation for rate of bankrupt consumers.
Many of these families are not poor in the traditional sense. With the average annual pay for an Indiana worker hanging around $45,730, households that may have a decent income still fall further behind because of battered credit or lack of credit. These situations result in consumers having to engage with predatory lending practitioners. Pay day loans with an APR cap of 391% wreak havoc on Hoosier families. With this being the only credit options available to such a large percentage of Indiana consumers, our state will continue to suffer.
Our current state's policies are not doing enough to help the situation. Prosperity Now's 2016 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard found that Indiana ranked 20th in policy rankings revolving around financial assets. Only 19 out of 67 policies, that could give struggling Hoosiers a footing financially, have been adopted; and only 1 of those 9 policies dealt with predatory lending protections.
Thankfully there are some in our state battling these issues. Non-profit organizations and networks are working tirelessly to help consumers improve their financial situation. The Indiana Assets & Opportunity Network is a statewide coalition working to increase asset acquisition for low-wealth Hoosiers and to strengthen local economies through policy advocacy and capacity building. Pathfinder Services, Inc. is one such partner. Pathfinder Services has created opportunities for families to grow in their financial knowledge and capacity as consumers. Participants of Pathfinder's programming receive sound credit building education and counseling from nationally certified professionals in the field. We've also formed partnerships with local banks to offer innovative credit building opportunities for participants with little to no risk for all parties involved. We have seen hundreds of cases where program participants have raised credit scores from the mid-low 500's to a median score of over 700. When crisis hits, that difference in credit score could make or break a family financially for years to come. The low fee, low interest credit options available to a consumer with a 725 credit rating can be exactly what a family needs to allow them to adequately handle medical bills flooding in from an unexpected illness. A good credit rating can enable a family to buy a home at a lower monthly cost than renting; saving them money while also building a big asset. The benefits of strong credit ratings are endless.
However, currently these options are simply not a reality for a large percentage of Hoosiers.
Significantly lower the APR cap on pay day loans. Many states have already lowered their cap to the 30%-40% range. Arkansas has even lowered its payday loan APR cap down to 17%.
The same policy alteration should apply to short-term installment loans. 16 states have placed an APR cap on short-term installment loans between 30%-40%. These decreases in APR could help consumers who have been trapped in hopeless debt situations.
If policymakers choose not to act, thousands of Indiana residents will have little hope of moving up the economic ladder and contributing to the state's long-term growth. That would be the wrong choice for families and the wrong choice for our state.


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I just heard that Summit Entertainment and New Regency are declaring "force majeure" because of the two-week shutdown of the 3D film. The wildfires have been raging in Russia killing at least 52 people and displacing tens of thousands of others after an unprecedented heat wave and drought gripped the region this summer. Moscow has been shrouded in smoke from a burning peat bog, and pollution levels are so high that experts say breathing has become as dangerous as smoking several packs of cigarettes a day. The Darkest Hour was supposed to shoot entirely on location in Moscow throughout the late summer and use the most cutting-edge 3D technology of producer Timur Bekmambetov's Moscow-based film, commercial, and effects company Bazelevs. At the end of shooting Thursday evening, cast and crew were told that filming would be suspended because smoke in the area had made shooting exterior scenes impossible. An insider emails me, "The cast and crew were assured that the production would be completed."
Summit Entertainment issued this statement: "On any production, the health and safety of the actors and crew is of primary concern. The potential health issues and spread of fire has forced the production to be put on hold for two weeks in order to allow things to stabilize in the area. We do not foresee this temporary stoppage of filming effecting the film's wrap date as we always build contingencies into a production schedule to account for unforeseen situations."
Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, and Rachael Taylor are the principal actors in The Darkest Hour directed by Chris Gorak from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, based on the script by Leslie Bohem & M.T. Ahern. Tom Jacobson joins Bekmambetov producing.
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Dimensional consciousness(LC)
Cubistic matrix and the tree of life
Continuation of Hebrew base 3 encoded in time numbers forms the Sri Yantra:
As we know the Hebrew alphabet is encoded in the star tetrahedron which forms and is formed by the cube and the star tetrahedron corresponds to the hexagonal yod of the tetractys which is the first 7 cubes of the cubistic matrix which corresponds to the seed of life also the hexagonal yod is the 12 vibrational dimensions/Kathara grid and the center of the Kathara grid corresponds to the 7th dimension. Two Kathara grids joined together forms the center of a bigger Kathara grid and also forms a 2D Cubistic matrix.
The tetractys/cubistic matrix when in the form of the tetragrammaton(72=9) forms the bases of the 26 dimensional spacetime in the form of a 10 dimensional spacetime(The E8 geometry also does this!) since the last line of the tetragrammaton is equal to 26 and this last line is also equal to 137 which forms electromagnetism. When the tetragrammaton is doubled it forms the star tetrahedron tetragrammaton AKA the star tetrahedron tetractys which is made up of 13 points corresponding it to the fruit of life which encodes Metatrons cube/64 tetrahedron grid also two tetragrammatons is 72+72=144 and the 64 tetrahedron grid has 144 triangular faces. The last line of pascals triangle tetractys is 1331 which forms 44 and when you double the tree of life to form the first 2 tree of lifes in the 64 tetrahedron grid and cosmic tree of life you get something interesting because you form 19 sephirot which corresponds to 19:91 and there are 44 pathways and as we know the pathways correspond to the Hebrew alphabet(This also forms two 231 gates). The tetragrammaton originates from the letter yod(Hexagonal yod/Cubistic matrix/Virgo)
When we merge 2 tree of lifes fully together you get 13 sephirot and it looks like 2 hexagons(hexagonal yods) joined together to form a bigger hexagon so this is the bases of the Kathara grid and this forms a 12 dimensional spacetime with 12 vibrational dimensions and as we know the tree of life corresponds to pascal's triangle tetractys which encodes the Kathara grid so 2 tree of lifes is 12:12 and 2 Kathara grids joined together forms the cubistic matrix and the center of a bigger Kathara grid.
13 sephirot corresponds to the star tetrahedron tetractys and the fruit of life which encoded Metatrons cube/64 tetrahedron grid.
Star tetrahedron=Kathara grid=Dodecahedron
137 is formed from the fibonacci spiral which forms the fruit of life/Metatrons cube/64 tetrahedron grid and as we know the tetrahedron grid fractal forms the dimensions(which are also formed by powers of 3) and powers of 3 and the powers of 3 after 9 can all be broken up into 9's and the fibonacci series can be turned into a 24 repeating series which can be turned into 9's showing a connection between the powers of 3 and the repeating 9's.
The Hebrew alphabet is base 3 and when its in base 3 it forms the 231 gates and it also forms a 3 by 3 cube so it forms the cubistic matrix and cosmic tree of life.
The sacred geometry of the 231 gates encodes 369 which further links Hebrew to base 3 also as we know the fibonacci numbers form an infinite repeating series of 9's and this can be linked to the field of 9 formed by the 64 tetrahedron grid's 9 star tetrahedrons. The prime number cross encodes all numbers from 1 to infinity and this shows it encodes -1/12(Infinite tetractys/infinite tetrahedron grid) and the prime number cross can be turned into a torus(369) and the E8 lie group is a torus(it can be created from a torus) which shows it is the UPA, the torus is created by the VE(vector equilibrium) and a fractaling VE creates the 64 tetrahedron grid. The UPA is the infinite tetrahedron grid/infinite dimensional fractal E8 lie group, the frequency that is/creates the 64 tetrahedron grid/Sri yantra is 108=9 this shows that the 64 tetrahedron grid forms a vibrational field equal to nine.(44 and its connection to all numbers)
The prime number cross(PNC) is a 4 fold symmetry and is basically a star with 4 sides so it is one face of the cubistic matrix and the PNC starts off with 2 and 3 but 2 and 3 don't fall on the cross and as we know 2 and 3 form pascals triangle tetractys and the tetractys encodes the first 7 cubes as the cubistic matrix.
In 3 dimensional vector space, Outer Creation is comprised of infinite outer fractal expansions of Metatron's Cub deriving from The Flower of Life. Each outer fractal expansion of the cube results in 6 adjacent cubes attached to each of the 6 faces of the original cube that form a cross along with an outer cube encapsulating the 7 inner cubes. The edges exhibited by the network of outer expansions of the cube that derive from the 3rd and 5th dimensional frequencies of Outer Creation form the grids in which the particles of Particum attach themselves to in groups existing at the same location that comprises each of the vertices of a polyhedron grid where the vector that exists between a pair of Particum across 2 adjacent vertices exhibits a magnetic field that allows for the effect of matter manifesting itself in a solid-state. This grid known as a cubistic matrix encompasses the structural foundation behind Sacred geometry.
Metatrons cube/64 tetrahedron grid/cubistic matrix's higher-dimensional form is E8 and many researchers have showed that E8 is the Sri Yantra. As we know Pascal's triangle is formed out of the Zero-point field and pascals triangle encodes the fibonacci numbers and therefore the fibonacci spiral. The fibonacci spiral forms the pentaflower which spirals out of the zero-point energy field(Which forms the dimensions). As we know the flower of life/cubistic matrix/64 tetrahedron grid's higher-dimensional form is E8 which can be made out of dodecahedron and each face of the dodecahedron is a pentaflower. The center of the Kathara grid corresponds to the 7th dimension and the zero-point/God source and as we know the Kathara grid corresponds to the hexagonal yod which is made up of 7 yods which corresponds to the 7 dimensions. The fibonacci spiral forms the Kathara grid and the 7 yods form the cubistic matrix. If we turn E8 into a multidimensional polygon it will be made out of a certian number of hexagonal yods which would correspond to E8's geometry.
E8 is an 8 dimensional shape and the 8th dimension encases the 7 dimensions in the form of the hexagonal yod and when we apply this to the tetractys the 3 points surrounding the hexagonal yod correspond to the 8th dimension and 3, 6 and 9 and they also correspond to the trinity.
The Zero-point field is symbolised by infinite zeros and as we know this can be formed out of the base 3 pascals triangle.
As you can see above the Vesica Pisces encodes 2 hexagons(hexagonal yod) which forms the tree of life/kathara grid and the Vesica Pisces forms the flower of life so the flower of life can be made out of tree of lifes/kathara grids and this forms the tetrahedron grid structure and the cubistic matrix. The hexagons can be turned into seed of lifes so the kathara grid can be formed out of seed of lifes and when you merge two seed of lifes you get the double seed of life which encodes the kathara grid.
The connection between 37, 137, 666, triangle numbers and the tetractys/tetragrammaton.
Triangle numbers 9 digit repeating sequence
The tree of life's fractal sephirot


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In 2019, Texas ranked second in the nation for reported tuberculosis (TB) cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a relatively small number when compared to other leading illnesses---like heart disease and diabetes---but for Rachel Edberg, even one case of TB is one case too many.
Edberg is a program evaluator for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). She joined a newly formed team in January to assess the state's TB programs. "Evaluation is quality improvement," Edberg said. "Every program has performance measures and, for each program, we assess if we are meeting those measures. If not, why aren't we? And if we are, is there a way to use our strengths to improve outcomes even more?"
Her job in the TB and Hansen's Disease Branch of DSHS is actually Edberg's first after graduating from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's in Neuroscience in 2018. Edberg was drawn to public service after meeting an inspiring trauma surgeon at an orthopedic clinic where she worked part-time while she was at UT. (She went on to get a Master's in Public Health from Baylor University.) " He talked about the ways in which policy can help keep communities safe," Edberg said. Practicing from a public health perspective means understanding that health is more than one's physical wellbeing, she explained. "Your mental health matters; your financial health matters."
Edberg also wanted to bring her interest in infectious disease to a place where she could "make the most change and join a workforce that really cares about the mission." Spending a year as a contract employee at DSHS convinced Edberg that public service is where she belongs. As a state employee, "you can really have a profound impact on a broader scale."
And, then, there's the benefits
Having health insurance "is also a big relief," Edberg noted. She is close to the age at which parents can no longer carry dependents on their health care plans, so the timing couldn't be better.
"It's exciting that I had the opportunity to enroll in HealthSelect of Texas®," she said, adding with a laugh: "I've never had to be this informed about health insurance before!"
Edberg is all too aware about the need for good health care coverage. About three years ago, when she was still in college, a "mild case of hip dysplasia" actually ended up being much worse. An MRI revealed bone spurs, nerve impingement and cartilage tears. "I was incapacitated by the pain," Edberg recalled.
Surgery was the only option.
Suddenly, the active long-distance runner couldn't walk for nine weeks. Her recovery was relatively quick, likely because of her youth, but Edberg found that keeping her spirits up was "mentally harder" than she imagined it would be. "Objectively, I knew things would get better," she said. "But … you still get down on yourself."
Just 18 months after her hip repair surgery, Rachel Edberg rode a bike from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska (about 4,000 miles over 70 days) with the organization Texas 4000 for Cancer. "This was not only a huge milestone in my college experience, but also a giant success in my recovery story both mentally and physically."
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Congratulations to the XGBoost team who have sorted out a lot of issues with XGBoost build on windows.
I downloaded the 64 bit zip file: https://cmake.org/files/v3.6/cmake-3.6.2-win64-x64.zip and unzipped it to c:\dev\cmake-3.6.2-win64-x64.
Download and install CUDA from here.
Download and unzip [CUB] (https://nvlabs.github.io/cub/).
Your xgboost files are now in the xgboost\build\Release directory.


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Q: Heroku Proxy Issue with outbound HTTPS connections I'm running a Java 8 Spring Boot application on a heroku free dyno. My app is a REST API which drives an single page app which is secured with Auth0 using JWT.
This runs perfectly well on other hosts (AWS etc..) but on heroku when I run the app, authenticate and the javascript client makes a call to the REST api I get the following error
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: protocol = https host = null
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702463+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.spi.DefaultProxySelector.select(DefaultProxySelector.java:177) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702464+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1150) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702465+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1050) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702466+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702479+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1564) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702480+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1492) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702481+00:00 app[web.1]: at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:263) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702482+00:00 app[web.1]: at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1045) ~[na:1.8.0_161-heroku]
2018-02-14T13:48:35.702484+00:00 app[web.1]: at com.auth0.jwk.UrlJwkProvider.getJwks(UrlJwkProvider.java:58) ~[jwks-rsa-0.2.0.jar!/:na]

I believe this is a proxy issue. Can anyone tell me if http requests from a heroku dyno are redirected through a proxy? If so I believe I can solve the issue by adding the following flag to my JVM start up
-Dhttp.proxy=...

I'm pretty stuck with this and cannot successfully run my app on heroku without a solution. Has anyone else experienced anything similar when running on heroku?
Many thanks.

A: Yes, Heroku sends your requests through it's own router, which terminates SSL/HTTPS. So the request is in HTTP when it reaches your app.


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Mirror entries in EU (hazardous) waste law. Campos Sánchez-Bordona AG in Verlezza et al. I.a. a useful reminder of the true meaning of precaution.
Update 31 March 2019 the CJEU agrees with its AG. The holder of the waste is required to carry out the relevant internationally recognised tests. Precaution implies that only if after such test which has to be as complete as possible, the presence of hazardous characteristics cannot be clearly established, the hazardous character must be presumed.
Joined Cases C-487/C-489/17 Alfonso Verlezza et al, in which Campos Sánchez-Bordona AG opined last week, (no version in English available) is one of those rather technical EU environmental law cases which for that reason risks being overlooked by many. This is even more the case in EU waste law. Many of its provisions are subject to criminal law sanctions, hence encouraging defendants to take its application to the most intricate of corners so as to avoid a criminal conviction.
Verlezza et al concerns the implementation by Italy of a notoriously tricky part of EU waste law: the determination of wastes as being 'hazardous'. Clearly, these wastes are subject to a range of stricter measures than ordinary wastes. Interestingly, while these wastes are more dangerous than ordinary wastes, they are often also more attractive to waste industries: for as secondary raw materials they may have high value (one can think of cartridges, batteries, heavy metals).
Protracted to and fro at the time between the European Commission and the Member States plus Parliament (which I explain in relevant chapter of my Handbook of EU Waste law; which I am pleased to note the AG refers to), eventually led to a regime with two or if one likes three categories: wastes considered per se hazardous; and wastes which may be considered hazardous or not, depending on whether or not they display hazardous properties in the case at issue (hence three categories: hazardous per se; non-hazardous and hazardous in concreto). This latter category are the so-called 'mirror entries': wastes originating from the same source which depending on the specifics of the case, may be hazardous or not.
Wastes produced by households ('domestic waste') are not considered hazardous. However the AG emphasises correctly that this exemption from the hazardous waste regime (via Article 20 of the waste framework Directive, 2008/98) does not apply to the case at issue, given that the 'domestic' wastes concerned have already been mechanically sorted. It is the qualification of the waste residues following sorting that needs to be resolved.
The mirror entries are the result of heated debate between the Institutions. The EC was hesitant to provide a binding list given the need for individual assessment; Council and EP were looking for regulatory certainty. In the end, Member States may (indeed have to) consider waste as hazardous when the material displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex to the EU list of waste. This also requires the Member States to issue a procedure which guides this assessment. It is the specifics of the Italian procedure (producers have to classify specific streams of waste as either hazardous or not; they have to carry out the necessary scientific tests; they are bound by the precautionary principle) which have triggered the case at issue.
At 19 the AG refers to the discussion in Italian scholarship: one part among others on the basis of the precautionary principle defends a reversal of the burden of proof: waste in the mirror entries is considered hazardous unless industry proves its non-hazardous characteristics; the other part proposes that scientific analysis needs to determine hazardousness in each specific case (quoting the sustainable development of the sector in support).
The AG opines that the Italian modus operandi needs to be given the green light, among others referring to the recent April 2018 EC guidance on wastes classification and the criteria defined in the Directive, which render a waste hazardous: producers of waste are perfectly capable indeed in the Directive's set-up have to assess the hazardous character of the waste and the Italian regulations are a capable way of ensuring this.
The defendants' ultimate argument that the precautionary principle should allow them to consider waste as hazardous even without such assessment, also fails: scientific assessment is able to determine a substance's hazardous characteristics. Defendants' approach would lead to all mirror entries being defined as hazardous. The Directive's principle of cost benefit analysis ensures this does not lead to excessive testing- proportionate testing for properties will do the job. (It may be surprising that the defendants make this argument; but remember: in a criminal procedure all arguments are useful to try and torpedo national law or practice upon which a prosecution is based; without a valid law,, no prosecution).
This latter part of the Opinion, related to the precautionary principle, is a useful reminder to its opponents (who came out in force following this summer's mutagenesis ruling; for excellent review of which see KJ Garnett here), of the principle' true meaning.
Geert.
Handbook of EU Waste law, 2nd ed. 2015, OUP, Chapter 2, Heading 2. ff (to which the AG refers).
PIS v Al Rajaan. An intensive Brussels Ia and Lugano choice of court (by incorporation) and anchor defendant discussion. 13/01/2021
TWR v Panasonic. Obiter consideration of A34 Brussels Ia forum non light. Hamburg court likely to have to take up that baton in some form. 08/01/2021
The Court of Appeal in Etihad v Flother finishes the job on rendering Italian torpedoes harmless; puts the spotlight on Hague and BIa differences on choice of court. 08/01/2021
Seven swans a-swimming. The Hard Brexit for judicial co-operation in civil matters. 04/01/2021
ING v Banco Santander. Deferring to extensive discussion of national law on the insolvency exception, and a bit too rich a pudding on privity of choice of court. 23/12/2020
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Q: Is pH found using negative log because the scientific notation of the number of hydrogen atoms in a solution is always negative? I understand subtraction negates addition, and since log and exponents are basically addition and subtraction on steroids, then log must be the way to negate exponents. So from this rationale, is it fair to say that log is negative because the exponents are negative? That if it were any other quantities that involved whole numbers, then log would be positive?
For context, the equation for pH is:
$$[\text{H}^+][\text{OH}^-]=1×10^{-14} \text{ mol}^{2} \text{ dm}^{-6}$$
And if you know the number of hydronium ions present, then it can be found with the equation:
pH = - log(H+)
, which is the equation referred to in the question.

A: Under reasonable conditions, at any given moment, only a tiny fraction of water molecules are dissociated into the ${\rm H}^+$ and ${\rm OH}^{-}$ ions. Therefore, the molar concentrations of these ions are very small numbers, so their logarithms  are negative. The customary definition of pH takes this into account.
If we add acid to water, then ${\rm H}^+$ ions' concentration grows by orders of magnitude, but still there are way fewer ${\rm H}^+$ ions than water molecules, and the concentration of ${\rm H}^+$ ions still remains a small number. So the logarithm of ${\rm H}^+$ ions' concentration remains negative in the vast majority of situations, and the pH definition still works as intended, stripping the minus sign of the logarithm.


Your valued support in 2018 made a significant impact on the lives of patients and their families by enhancing the delivery and quality of healthcare received in the Sea to Sky Corridor. As 2018 comes to a close, we are extremely grateful for your generosity and the difference it makes.
The big fundraising goal for 2018 was to provide new ultrasound technology to SGH. This new machine will increase the types of diagnostic imaging that can be done locally in Squamish; from pre-natal ultrasounds to echo-cardiograms. With a total of $136,000.00 being raised through the Dr. Kindree golf tournament ($70,000.00 from the tournament) and with generous donations from the community the foundation is excited to succeed in enhancing ultrasound services at Squamish General Hospital.
$10,000 for equipment at Hilltop House-Allowing safe transfer of residents from bed to chair and equipment for ensuring a level of comfort and protection from skin breakdown.
$1,300.00 towards a breast pump for the maternity ward at SGH.
Again, on behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to thank you for your support of the Squamish Hospital Foundation and wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season.
We are already looking forward to a successful fundraising year in 2019 and hope to see you all at the 2019 Dr. Kindree Golf Tournament.
Because of a generous donation from a local Squamish family the Squamish Hospital now has a CCHD monitor that will be used to test for congenital heart defects before a baby is discharged, giving the baby the best opportunity to thrive. 1 in 4 babies are born with congenital heart defects, some needing surgery or multiple surgeries within the first year. Your donations allow the Squamish Hospital Foundation to make purchases like this; providing the staff at SGH the tools to enhance the service provided to the community within the Sea to Sky Corridor.
Another item the Squamish Hospital Foundation is hoping to fund with donations from the community is a tool that will allow a quick pain free Bilirubin test to be administered for jaundice. This piece of equipment allows for babies to be tested without a needle prick and gives bedside results. Your donations this holiday season will bring this valuable tool to our Hospital.
YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR HEALTH. BE A PART OF IT!
Community working together to reach a common goal!
With the local population growing and so many births at Squamish General Hospital a NEW Medela double hospital grade breast pump has been put in place in the maternity ward at SGH thanks to the efforts and teamwork of the community. A BIG Thank You to Kimberly Daniels, CD(DONA) lunamama.ca for realizing the need in the hospital and coordinating fundraising with the help of Vairdy Frail https://vairdy.com offering inspiration with photo mini sessions and using space donated by Rosanne Scarth at Norman Rudy's .Thank you to Kim Lacombe at Squamish Savings for setting up a donation process and for the Squamish Hospital Foundation for contributing to the funds raised. This is a wonderful example of community members seeing a need and working together to make it happen.
Donor Appreciation Evening- November 15, 2018 THANK YOU!
The Squamish Hospital Foundation hosted a sucessfull donor appreciation event. THANK YOU to everyone that contributed and thank you to our DONORS in helping to keep health care local!
The Squamish Hospital Foundation is pleased to fund and support 14 nurses to attend a palliative care course at Squamish General Hospital. THANK YOU to the nurses for all you do and how hard you work!
THANK YOU! to everyone that contributed with sponsorship, vendors, playing golf and volunteering. The 2018 Dr. Kindree Golf Tournament at the Squamish Valley Golf Club. The day was a huge success raising $67,000.00 + towards new ultrasound technology at Squamish General Hospital.
from left to right: Domenico Milia ( member of the Knights of Columbus ) Alison Hopkins(President of the Squamish Hospital Foundation) Michael Mcloughlin (member of the Knights of Columbus) a generous donation of $ 500.00 to the fundraising goal for new ultrasound technology at SGH.
from left to right: Diane Normandin (member of the Squamish General Hospital Auxiliary Society) Alison Hopkins (President of the Squamish Hospital Foundation) Julie Erb (member of the Squamish General Hospital Auxiliary Society) A generous donation of $ 10,000.00 to the fundraising goal for new ultrasound technology at SGH.
Thank you to the community and businesses that donated prizing for the 2018 "Grow with Us" Spring Raffle.
$850 was raised to support health care in your community.
April 2019 tickets will be sold at Home Hardware for next year's Spring Raffle.


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Macau govt studying potential introduction of tourist tax
Mar 26, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
The Macao Government Tourism Office is studying the potential for introduction of a tourist tax to the city, said the bureau's head, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, in comments over the weekend.
"We are conducting a comparative study of [tourist] taxes being implemented in places like Venice [in Italy]… and Japan," Ms Senna Fernandes told Portuguese news agency Lusa.
The head of the tourism bureau said there was no deadline for the study to be concluded, but noted: "We don't want to drag it too long, as we want to present the results so that they can be discussed in detail."
Ms Senna Fernandes said the study would look into why some destinations had introduced tourist taxes, and what had been the outcome of such policies so far.
She clarified in further comments on Monday that tourist taxes introduced in overseas jurisdictions were mostly aimed not at curbing visitor volume, but at increasing revenue for the relevant local authority, in order to make more financial resources available for development and maintenance of tourism-related infrastructure.
In January Ms Senna Fernandes had noted that the Macau authorities were forecasting the 2019 visitor tally to the city could be more than 38 million. In 2018, the aggregate number of visitor arrivals exceeded 35.80 million, an increase of 9.8 percent from 2017, according to official data.
The Macau government is one of the wealthiest in the world adjusted by territory size, mostly due to taxes on gaming at the city's casinos. In 2018, it collected approximately MOP106.78 billion (US$13.21 billion) in direct gaming tax revenue; the figure accounted for almost 80 percent of the Macau government's total revenue in 2018, which stood at around MOP134.20 billion.
The Macau government ended 2018 with a fiscal surplus of MOP53.87 billion for the full year.
The city – with a total area of less than 31 square kilometres (12 sq miles) – is one of the mostly densely populated places in the world, having a population of 667,400 as of end-2018.
Commenting on the potential introduction of a tourist tax to Macau, the chief executive of local casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd, Grant Bowie, said the "critical point" was that revenue collected should be "used specifically for the promotion of tourism. It shouldn't just be an alternative taxing collection method," he told public broadcaster TDM on Monday.
"Frankly, I think the government of Macau is particularly fortunate and has a very sustainable and solid financial position at this point in time," Mr Bowie added.
The majority of gamblers in Macau's casinos are tourists. Investment analysts however have noted in previous commentary on Macau that there need not be a direct correlation between numbers of tourists to Macau and gaming spend in casinos. This is because research indicates that high-stakes play by a relatively small number of visitors is still an important component of the market.
Venice – an Italian city famous for its Renaissance palaces and canals, but a place where local ecology is also under threat from tourist volume – plans to introduce in May a tourist tax. The local government intends to charge day-trippers EUR3 (US$3.4) from May 1, with the amount rising to a maximum of EUR10 within three years.
Japan started in January imposing a "departure tax" for foreign travellers leaving by air or sea. The fee – dubbed 'sayonara tax' – is JPY1,000 (US$9.10) and revenue collected is to be put toward building and maintaining tourism infrastructure.
Macau finds second coronavirus case,...
Macau casino executives bullish on 2020...


I'm delighted that my drawing, Inverleith, 2011 was chosen to feature in the Doppleganger Zine of Issue 7 - Trisickle magazine. Check it out on Page 57. Enjoy!
Inverleith, 2011, 195 x 125cm, charcoal on paper.
That's really striking, Fee! This reminds me of the pond next to Inverleith House in the botanics. I once saw a toddler fall into it. No harm done but a few tears.


If there was ever an outbreak of wild animals like deer and boars would destroy everything in their path. National Geographic (n. D. ) produced information on the deer tick. They are feared by humans because of their ability to transmit a debilitating virus named Lame disease. Lame disease's true name is bacterium Barriers buffering (CBS news Minnesota 201 1). This virus was given the name Lame disease after being discovered in areas of Connecticut in the 1 sass. National Geographic (n. D. ) refers to the illness as being rarely fatal and can commonly be mistreated for symptoms Of the flu.
April 3) mentions the overpopulation of Boars spreading throughout the nation. Boars are spreading from South Carolina all the way to California. They are reportedly devastating vegetation and are becoming a plague on communities. As these creatures progress throughout the nation, they are ruining trees, scratching the bark looking for grubs and other items to eat. As the bark becomes damaged, the tree eventually ends up dying. Keep in mind trees are a main source of the planets oxygen. Once there are no more trees, there will be no more oxygen. If there were ever an end to hunting, the economic losses could be imaginable.
Minnesota (2011) also reported for their area, in 2010 there were 3144 car/ deer related accidents. As a result of these accidents, there were 366 human injuries sustained and 6 deaths have occurred. These reports are from what the population of deer is today. If there were ever an end to hunting, these numbers would be much greater than what has been provided. Hunting can be a very effective tool in controlling animal overpopulation. An article named In Defense of Animals (n. D. ) retrieved from IDEAS (n. D. ) admits to "Hunting takes care of removing animals from population. They tryingly believe the animals can take care of themselves and let nature take its course. DAISES (n. D. ) also believes the agencies that look after animal population fudge numbers to accommodate deer hunters. "Reducing deer access to vegetation in residential developments will force deer to be more reliant on wild vegetation. When deer rely on available wild lands for an only food source, a corresponding drop in deer population should take place. " What makes this wrong is what would happen after all the deer eat the wild vegetation? Does this mean all the farms need to close down because they mount toward reducing access to vegetation?
This will keep the buckeye ratio equal and they will have an easier time mating causing overpopulation problems. This site is pro-end of hunting but it does give other means of controlling animal population. Either way, hunting would still be a necessity because there are not enough natural predators now to control the deer. CBS news in Tampa (2011) had a call to action. They aired affected people asking for hunters to take the fields and help stem the wild pork. The boars are grazing and ruining Tamps vegetation. Minnesota is desperately trying to keep hunters in business.


AUGUSTA — The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission will hold the first of a series of educational seminars for property owners and leaseholders in Maine's unorganized townships and plantations from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the Heritage Motor Inn in Millinocket.
According to David Boulter, commission director, the series of seminars is part of a new emphasis on public outreach aimed at increasing awareness and compliance with land use standards and helping people avoid violations. The seminars will cover such topics as building permit requirements, shoreline setbacks, determining the high-water mark, and shoreline clearing standards.
The commission hopes to reach the many people in the Millinocket area who own property in the unorganized areas. Prior to the seminar, LURC staff will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. to offer personal asistance and guidance on permit applications.
The commission plans to schedule other public outreach seminars in various locations in the unorganized territories during the summer. The public is invited.


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Ridlington – wieś w Anglii, w hrabstwie Norfolk, w dystrykcie North Norfolk. Leży 26 km na północny wschód od miasta Norwich i 183 km na północny wschód od Londynu. W 2001 miejscowość liczyła 298 mieszkańców.

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BOX SET I > ROONEY MARA & JOAQUIN PHOENIX
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"In the picture of Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, on Oscar night after he just won the best actor Oscar. The story in that picture to me is it's a love story. You've got two people that clearly adore each other, who despite their great fame, are really quite down to earth, and at their happiest in each other's company. You've got this sort of, I know there's a, lovely cuteness to Rooney's Converse trainers. You know, she's taken off her high heels and she's got a ball gown on them still, but she's wearing Converse and they're just jumping into these vegan burgers. There's a lightness to the picture and an authenticity to the picture, which has, you know, mixed with a newsworthiness. You know, I thought I released that photo, you know, within 10 minutes of taking it, which was probably two hours after he won his Oscar. So there was an added element of a newsworthiness to that picture that made it super successful, because it went so viral and it got seen well certainly on social media by far the most popular photo I've ever taken in my career. And certainly for me, a big achievement for me in a picture is when lots of people see it. Yeah. That's why we do what we do."


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Угроженост
Ова врста се сматра угроженом.

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Мексико је једино познато природно станиште врсте.

Станиште
Станиште врсте су слатководна подручја.

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 -{IUCN}- црвена листа угрожених врста, детаљнији подаци о врсти

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Synbranchiformes
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Uwe Foell, Changpeng Fan, Georg Carle, Falko Dressler and Mehran Roshandel, "Service-Oriented Accounting and Charging for 3G and B3G Mobile Environments," Proceedings of 9th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2005), Poster Session, Nice, France, May 2005.
Mobile communication networks need an overall holistic concept for their charging and billing processes, independently of the kinds of services in use. All usage data of a single service should finally be summarized in a single service-oriented complete bill, which shows the individual components of a service separately. In the case of handover among different access networks at the application or the network level, various costs have to be added depending on the kinds of transport networks. In the final bill, all the individual cost factors should be shown separately. For all the concepts which are to be developed, both pre-paid and post-paid payments need to be considered. The existing charging concepts are based on distributed and, typically, uncoordinated collections of charging data. These gathered charging data are aggregated by special charging processes into service-oriented data sets. In addition to the high complexity of the method, it is difficult to distribute service identities, which can be deployed by all network layers for identifying their charging data collection. The main related problems are missing correlation identifiers and the large number of datasets. The charging data collected in a distributed manner must then be combined according to these service identities. It should be pointed out that there are no ready solutions to the problem described above, although partial mechanisms available in the IETF (e.g. RFC 3334 ) or in the 3GPP (e.g. 3GPP, TR 32.815 ) can certainly be utilized as building blocks. An overview to the IETF architectures is provided by Pras et al. . Koutsopoulou et al.  discuss a charging system called CAB. This system reflects the typical centralized accounting and charging architecture used in 2G and 2.5G networks. In the framework of the 3G Evolving Technologies (3GET) project, which aims at supporting large-scale and sustained success of the 3G and beyond 3G (B3G) mobile networks, the related issue is tackled from the view point of Service-Oriented and Convergent Charging. The presented architecture was built for 3G and B3G networks. Therefore, it might partially fit to 2G and 2.5G networks but we did not concentrate on verifying this applicability. In the context pf this paper, we define accounting as the collection of data about resource consumption. This includes the control of data gathering (via metering), transport and storage of accounting data. Charging derives non-monetary costs for accounting data sets based on service and customer specific tariff parameters. Billing translates costs calculated by the Charging into monetary units and generates a final bill for the customer.


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Q: Evaluation of Integral $ \int\frac{1}{(2+3\sin x)^2}dx$ Evaluation of Integral $\displaystyle \int\frac{1}{(2+3\sin x)^2}dx$
$\bf{My\; Try::}$ Using Integration by parts,
Let $$\displaystyle I=\int\frac{1}{(2+3\sin x)^2}dx = \int \frac{1}{\cos x}\cdot \frac{\cos x}{(2+3\sin x)^2}dx$$
$$\displaystyle I = -\frac{1}{3 \cos x}\cdot \frac{1}{(2+3\sin x)}+\frac{1}{3}\int \frac{\sin x}{\cos^2 x}\cdot \frac{1}{(2+3\sin x)}dx$$
Now Let $$\displaystyle J=\int \cdot \frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\cdot \frac{1}{\cos^2 x} = \int \frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\cdot \sec^2 xdx$$
again Using Integration parts
$$\displaystyle J = \frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\cdot \tan x - \int \frac{d}{dx}\left\{\frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\right\}\cdot \tan xdx$$
So $$\displaystyle J = \frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\cdot \tan x-2\int\frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)^2}dx$$
$$\displaystyle J = \frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\cdot \tan x-\frac{2}{3}\int \frac{[(2\sin x+3)-3]}{(2\sin x+3)^2}dx$$
So $$\displaystyle J = \frac{\sin x}{(2+3\sin x)}\cdot \tan x- \frac{2}{3}\int\frac{1}{(2\sin x+3)}dx+4I$$
Now Let $$\displaystyle K = \int\frac{1}{2\sin x+3}dx = \int\frac{2\sin x-3}{4\sin^2 x-9}dx = -2\int\frac{\sin x}{5+4\cos^2 x}dx+3\int\frac{\sec^2 x}{5\tan^2 x+9}dx$$
My Question is can we solve it Without Using Integration by parts
If Yes, The plz explain here
thanks

A: Hint: Let $~I(b)=\displaystyle\int\frac{dx}{a\sin x+b},~$ and solve it using the Weierstrass substitution. Then notice
that your original integral is nothing more than $-I'(b)$.

A: If you set $x=2\arctan\theta$, you end with:
$$\frac{1}{2}\int\frac{1+\theta^2}{(1+3\theta+\theta^2)^2}\,d\theta$$
that can be computed through simple fractions decomposition.

A: Yes, apply the Weierstrass substitution $x = 2 \arctan t$, which gives
$${\int \dfrac{1}{\left(2 + 3 \cdot \frac{2t}{1 + t^2}\right)^2} \cdot \dfrac{2\,dt}{1 + t^2} = \frac{1}{2}\int \dfrac{(1 + t^2) \,dt}{(t^2 + 3t + 1)^2}}$$.


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Tories choose North Devon general election candidate
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Peter Heaton-Jones. - Credit: Archant
Ex-BBC journalist and Swindon councillor Peter Heaton-Jones chosen by local party for 2015 election.
A former BBC journalist has been selected to represent the Conservatives in North Devon for the 2015 election.
Peter Heaton-Jones was chosen as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate to stand against current North Devon MP Nick Harvey.
The selection from a short list of four was made by North Devon Conservative Association members on Saturday.
Mr Heaton-Jones specialised as a political journalist, including the presentation of BBC election coverage and in 2006 conducted a face-to-face interview with then Prime Minister Tony Blair.
He is currently a member of Swindon Borough Council after being re-elected in May of last year, but intends to relocate to North Devon shortly.
"Starting now, I'll put every effort into convincing people that it's time to elect a Conservative MP here," he said.
"My first priority will always be to fight hard for local people, and I won't be distracted by Westminster politics. I have always loved North Devon, and so the opportunity to represent this community is a real privilege."
In 2009 Mr Heaton-Jones became a councillor on Haydon Wick Parish Council and a governor at Isambard Community School, both in North Swindon.
He joined BBC Radio 5 Live when it opened in 1994 and was perhaps best known there as the presenter of Morning Reports and Up All Night.
"I am delighted Peter has been selected as our candidate and look forward to working alongside him in the run up to the general election," added association chairman Jeremy Smith-Bingham.
"I have every confidence that Peter will stand up for all North Devon residents and will beat the Lib Dems at the next election."
Deputy chairman political, Councillor Jasmine Chesters said: "I am looking forward to working with him and getting around our area, introducing him to as many people as possible as soon as he moves here, which he is hoping will be shortly."
MP welcomes college training cash boost
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Georges-Hunt has 16 points, GT beats RI 64-61
Georgia Tech forward Charles Mitchell (0) blocks the path of Rhode Island forward Gilvydas Biruta (55) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 16 points and Georgia Tech beat Rhode Island 64-61 Sunday night in the fifth-place game at the Orlando Classic.
The victory was Georgia Tech's 1,300th. The Yellow Jackets, in their 100th season, are 1,300-1,158.
Georgia Tech (5-1) also got 11 points from Demarco Cox.
''We did a lot of good things,'' Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory said. ''I thought we grew up a little bit in this tournament.''
E.C. Matthews had 17 points for Rhode Island (4-2) and finished with 56 in the Rams' three games. His 3-pointer cut the Rams deficit to 63-61 with 2.6 seconds to go.
''It's a young team,'' Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley said. ''There's going to be a lot of ups and downs. A lot of growing pains with this group.''
After Georgia Tech's Robert Sampson made one of two free throws, Matthews' half-court 3-point try hit the front of the rim.
Georges-Hunt got his first four points of the second half, on two free throws and basket, as Georgia Tech went ahead 52-45 with 5 minutes remaining.
Quinton Stephens' 4-point play gave Georgia Tech a 45-37 advantage with 8 minutes to go.
Consecutive 3-point plays by Jarelle Reischel and Jared Terrell got Rhode Island within 39-35 midway through the second half.
Georges-Hunt had 12 points to help Georgia Tech go up 29-18 at the half. Hunt had a 3 and slam during the Yellow Jackets half-ending 14-0 run.
After Georgia Tech got the first three points of the second half on Travis Jorgenson's long-range jumper, Hassan Martin had two baskets during Rhode Island's 6-0 run that cut the Rams deficit to 32-24.
Rhode Island: The Rams went 1-2 at the classic. ... Martin and Jared Terrell had 10 points apiece.
Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets are 5-1 for the first time since the 2009-10 season. ... Georgia Tech went 2-1 for the fifth time in its last eight Thanksgiving events.
''We'll take 2-1,'' Gregory said. ''We would have liked to have been playing earlier today (in the championship game), but we've got a tough stretch ahead.''
Rhode Island plays Saturday night at Southern Miss.
Georgia Tech is at Northwestern Wednesday night.
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When starting out with a new client our company is often asked, "What types of media will Versa Marketing be developing for our affiliate program". This question has many different answers and all of them are related to the type of advertiser and affiliate program being managed. Different programs require different types of media. For example; if an advertiser sells just two products, then a product data feed isn't the most important media for the program. One the other side, if an advertiser has thousands of SKUs and is a reseller then a properly implemented product data feed is critical.
Based on our analysis of an affiliate program Versa Marketing will recommend the following media types.
These are contextual links, usually a short sentence or phrase, that affiliates can use to link to an advertiser's website. In a text link it's important to include; company name, offer statement if possible (i.e. coupon) and call to action (i.e. click here, shop now, etc.).
Along with the preset text links it's also important to allow affiliates to create their own links which can direct to internal category or product pages. An example of this would be, "Clearance snowboard gear and accessories – shop today", which would link to the clearance page for that category.
Text links are one of the most highly used media types in an affiliate program.
Banners are visual advertisements that generally include the following graphics and text; advertiser logo, offer statement, background imagery, tagline and a call to action button.
There are different banner types that can be used in the affiliate channel. The most common are static jpgs and gifs, along with animated gifs. Versa Marketing recommends keeping animated gifs limited to a couple frames which rotate fairly quickly. It's also recommended to keep banners under 64K in size. The other media type in this category is a flash banner. These are used sparingly in affiliate programs.
Product data feeds are used heavily in the affiliate channel for advertisers that sell a high quantity of products on their websites. A product data feed allows affiliates to display a merchants products on their website. The display usually includes the product image, name, description, retail price, discounted price and estimated shipping cost. Other items need to be included in product data feed which affiliates use to categorize their listings or compare like products.
With a product data feed it's extremely important to create a clean and optimized feed that is uploaded to the affiliate network on a regular (daily, weekly) basis. Versa Marketing can assist with ensuring product data feeds are optimized for each affiliate marketing program.
Video is used in an affiliate program but not as extensively as text links, banners and product data feeds. There are fewer affiliates that have their websites catered for video and hence the demand is lower for this type of media. If video is created, Versa Marketing always recommends the inclusion of an "end frame" which displays a call to action and consumer offer. This end frame articulates the action that the video pushes the consumer to take (a click).
Mobile advertising is making its presence known in the affiliate channel. With the emergence of mobile affiliates it's important to make this type of media available in an affiliate program. In advance of creating affiliate media, advertisers should work to implement a "mobile friendly" website that can be viewed easily on the various smart phone screens.
Making email creative available to affiliates can increase the chances of email marketers working with an affiliate program. Email affiliates are a strong force in affiliate marketing and many times the top performers in a program.
Many programs have a phone call aspect to their affiliate marketing campaign which tracks and rewards affiliates for calls their visitors make to the advertiser. If this type of campaign is included it's required that pay-per-call media be introduced into the program. Pay-per-call media comes in the form of text links and banners. For banners, an area is left open on the media for the affiliate's unique phone number to be inserted. This is how calls are tracked through the program.
As part of Versa Marketing's affiliate program management service we navigate the media waters and implement the creative most appropriate for each affiliate program. We can create all the necessary media for a program or work with an advertiser's internal staff to make recommendations. Either way, media is essential to all affiliate programs and should be created correctly.


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Q: Passing a parameter without invoking Hibernate (GORM) while passing data from view to controller in Grails When generated automatically, the views generally have code like this:
<g:link action="show" id="${xyzInstance.id}">${fieldValue(bean: xyzInstance, field: "name")}</g:link>

And when we click the URL, it redirects it to the show method in the controller. I have a set of records which I am displaying in the index without querying from the default database. I am getting them from an XML. and I would like to send one of the values (which is clicked) to the Controller. They don't have an ID field. so when I change ${xyzInstance.id} to ${xyzInstance.name} it throws an org.hibernate.TypeMismatchException. How do I pass the name from view to controller bypassing the Hibernate layer?

A: Of course you can't pass xyzInstance.name to id because id is mapped to hibernate. So there's type mismatch because name is a string and id is an integer type.
You should pass name as param and retrieve it in your controller instead.
So instead of doing this
<g:link action="show" id="${xyzInstance.name}">${fieldValue(bean: xyzInstance, field: "name")}</g:link>

You would do this:
<g:link action="show" params="[name:${xyzInstance.name}]">${fieldValue(bean: xyzInstance, field: "name")}</g:link>

And then in your controller, check if name is not null and use it instead e.g
def show(){
    if(params.name){
        //do some thing with name here
    }

}

Hope this helps


The colossus under the subnotebooks . This machine will allow you to work 5 hours straight, to the point where you have smoke coming out of your ears. With this 35Watt Core i3 System, Acer manages to extract a level of battery performance which most low voltage subnotebooks can only dream of. Read on to find out how it was done.
Acer TravelMate TimelineX 8372TG-354G64N (LX.TX302.002) Good performance combined with a long battery life?
Small, high performance subnotebooks have become cheaper and more powerful over the past few years. Consumers can get models up to Core i5-520UM (low voltage), which brings turbo boost to a consumer level. For business folk who have slightly deeper pockets, Intel has the more powerful Core i7-640LM (low voltage) in store.
So does this mean the market is covered? Not quite. Not everyone can afford an i7-subnotebook and on the other hand, the performance of the i5-520UM is limited. So why not take a standard laptop processor instead? A Core i3-350M (2x 2.26GHz), would be best as it is cheap to buy and faster than the i5-520UM. These cheap CPU's can be found (for example), in the 15.6", MSI CR620 (from 470 Euro).
Read on to find out how Acer managed to squeeze desktop performance of a compact 13.3" subnotbook with a cheap consumer level processor and a GeForce 310M hybrid graphics card, while still being able to impress with the long battery life provided by the 8 cell battery which is provided.
One thing is for sure however, this piece of technology won't be winning any beauty competitions any time soon. Acer's test unit looks pretty chunky and weighs in at a hefty 2.11 kilograms. This is very heavy by subnotebook standards. Other 13" laptops in this category typically weigh less than 2 kilograms. The reason for the weight gain can be found with the 8 cell battery, which by itself weighs 425 grams.
The casing is suitable for mobile applications as it is very warp resistant. "As strong as steel" would only be one way of describing what we experienced. No matter how hard we tried to bend, flex or pull the base unit, it refused to give an inch. The Acer engineers definitely did their homework while they were working on this 13" colossus.
The palm rest impresses with its level of stiffness and refuses to be warped under pressure. All the surfaces, which includes the keyboard, base plate and lid are very solid and don't flex at all. Not even under extreme force. Even the level of stiffness in the middle of the aluminum lid (pressing down), managed to impress us.
Consider its thin construction, the lid is very warp resistant. Grabbing it at the corners, we only managed to bend it a little bit. The hinges are mounted firmly to the base plate. The display is held taught. The wobbling screen one may be accustomed to during car and train journeys won't be found here.
The protruding 8 cell battery sticks out like a sore thumb. Acer managed to turn a lemon into lemonade however by adding rubber feet to the underside of the battery. This raises the rear of the subnotebook giving it a more ergonomic feel while being used at a table, while also providing good grip while being carried. The battery itself does move slightly when locked into place, but there is no risk of it coming lose at any point.
The surface of the workspace is ideal for heavy use. Acer chose to avoid the use of glossy materials throughout. The matt, silver power and WLAN buttons try to provide a little contrast to an otherwise monotone exterior, but don't really succeed.
Acer went for minimalism when deciding on interfaces. Compared to business laptops such as the HP ProBook and Elitebook, which manage to cram in a large variety of interfaces into even the smallest spaces, the TimelineX 8372TG offers next to nothing. The reason for this might be, that there is a docking station which can provide all the interfaces one could ever need while working in an office environment. More about that in the next section.
This 13.3" laptop has a DVD drive, which is another reason why there is not much room left for other interfaces. Most of the interfaces are on the left side. The rear is occupied by the battery.
The positioning of the interfaces seems logical: The VGA is located next to the Easyport IV connector on the left hand side. This prevents thick cables from getting in the way of a "right handed" mouse. For left handed users the VGA cable is most definitely in the way however (not when used in combination with the EasyPort docking solution). The interfaces are located quite far forward.
A card reader (SD, MMC, MS/Pro, xD), as well as audio ports can be found at the front. Three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA and an Ethernet interface is all you will get at this point. E-SATA, display port, HDMI or FireWire, which you may find on units such as HP's 12" EliteBook are luxury items which this Acer TravelMate simply can not offer.
The Broadcom 802.11n adapter supports the fastest WLAN, Draft-N standard. Acer's SignalUp wireless technology is meant to provide an enhanced signal as well. A Bluetooth module (2.1 + EDR) has been included as well. Those who want to benefit from the gigabit switch in the office will be able to do so with Broadcom's NetXtreme gigabit Ethernet card. The network card is Wake-on-LAN ready(remote support).
The hard drive is mounted in a rubber surround (Acer DASP - Disk Anti-Shock Protection). The finger print reader cannot only be used for the Windows login but also for the Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA). The BIOS also provides the option to setup user, supervisors and hard drive passwords. A TPM Module (Trusted Module Platform) is not included in the 8372TG.
The 8372TG is equipped with a Docking-Port for the Acer EasyPort IV interface (roughly 100 Euro). This unit replicates the existing ports as well as providing additional ones such as HDMI and a line-in, while reducing the amount of wires on the table surface. This way users no longer have to connect their peripheral units to the 8372TG one piece at a time. Often it would not be possible to work without the additional interfaces that are provided. The EasyPort IV provides 4 USB-, RJ-45- (LAN), VGA- (D-Sub), DVI (24-pole) and audio ports (line-out, line-in, microphone). The laptop will also be charged through the docking station which is supplied with its own 90W power supply. The Ethernet port has a "passthrough".
Acer offers a 2 year warranty for the TravelMates which includes a 1 year international travelers warranty. The 2 years consist of a 1 year product warranty and 1 year advantage warranty.
The Keyboard is solid and gives the typist a hard yet quite noticeable keystroke, even if it is very short (approx. 2 millimeters). At first glance, the surface of the keys looks completely level but looking closer one can see there is a slight impression in each key. It is so small however, that it does not help ones fingers to feel their way around the keyboard.
The arrow keys have been squeezed into the right corner of the keyboard and have to share this space with the Euro and Dollar symbols. The enter and shift keys on the other hand are well proportioned. Because of its small size, a number pad is out of the question, but users can use the Fn key to use the "number pad" which can be found in the regular keyboard layout. This can be identified through the blue numbers and calculation symbols.
The touchpad is made up of a Synaptics-Touch-Pad V7.4 with diameter of 8.5 centimeters. The surface is reactive right up to the outer edges.
The pad has both vertical and horizontal scroll surfaces (inactive as default). In addition, the multitouch pad will perform all the "multi finger" inputs you are familiar with. We were not as pleased with the short stroke on the two "mouse" buttons. The pressure point is noticeable however, and the clicking noise is nice and subtle.
Despite the matt surface, the AUO panel (type B133XW03 V3), doesn't really impress. The 16:9 screen provides a resolution of 1.366 x 768 pixels which is pretty average for this type of screen. Unfortunately, the weak contrast of 166:1 is pretty standard as well. The colors aren't very radiant and the black colors have a grayish tinge to them. The matt finish is however not the reason for the low contrast levels. A glare type would provide more radiant colors, while not affecting the black (1.13 cd/m²). The small color palette is in line with most laptop displays which are currently on the market and only provides a small section of the Adobe RGB or sRGB range.
What this AUO panel is really missing, is a good level of brightness. We measured an average of 182 cd/m². The highest level registered by the Mavo Monitor was an value of 189 cd/m² in the middle of the screen. Considering that this unit may be used outdoors on a regular basis, a value exceeding 230 cd/m² would have been preferable. Never the less, the brightness is very evenly distributed across the screen: 90%.
Is a display with a matt finish just the right thing for working outdoors? As a matter of fact it is one of the most important things one needs to ensure, that working outdoors, remains a relaxing yet productive experience. No matter which we turned or tilted the 8372TG we only saw very weak reflections. The substandard brightness of 182 cd/m² is, however, simply too low. These pictures show the display during a slightly cloudy day. The illumination is sufficient when looking straight on with indirect sunlight. Looking from the side sees a significantly reduced level of brightness however. If the intensity of the sunlight were to increase, the screen would be too dark to be able to work comfortably. Just like the owners of glare-type screens, it looks like outdoor fans of this unit will have to go and find themselves a shaded corner to sit in.
The horizontal viewing angles are quite good. Text is recognizable up to 50 degress away from the ideal, head on viewing angle. The colors start to invert a bit sooner at around 40 degrees. Looking downwards (vertically), one can easily read written text up to an angle of 30 degrees. The brightness on the other hand starts to drop off rapidly once one goes past a 10 degree angle. Text is still legible, but there is a significant amount of color inversion.
The power plant which Acer has chosen is one of the smallest Arrandale processors, the i3-350M. At around 32 nm, it is currently being produced with the most modern of manufacturing techniques. It has 3MB L2 Cache (Intel Smart Cache), and is clocked at 2.26 GHz.
The difference to the Core i5/i7: Core i3 does not have Turbo-Boost. This function allows a dynamic over-clocking of the cores depending on the demand and application at hand. Hyper-Threading (HT), is included however. This ensures, that each physical core has a virtual core at its side. Therefore, the four core i7 can process using 8, and the i5 and i3 with 4 threads respectively.
The i3-350M is support by 4.096 MB of DDR3 SDRAM. This is spread over 2 modules, which has now come to be the standard on Windows 7 operating systems(our test unit had 64 Bit).
It comes with two graphics solutions. The hybrid graphics consist of a dedicated Nvidia 310M as well as an integrated Intel HD. It is not Nvidia's Optimus that switches between GPU's, we are looking at a traditional multiplex system here. The drawback of this system is that there can be delays during a manual change-over, as well as flickering black screens. On top of this, no program or application can be using one of the cards during a switch.
Nvidias Optimus technology does not have this problem as it always uses the frame buffer of the Intel HD and automatically selects the correct GPU for any given circumstance. The aim of hybrid graphics is to reduce the power consumption and lengthen battery life.
So how fast does the Core i3-350M calculate compared to real, and expensive low voltage processors? In order to analyze this we used the Cinebench R10 Single benchmark test (32bit). When using only one of the four threads the system manages to score 2.459 points. Subnotebooks with a i7-640LM (HP EliteBook 2540p; Lenovo Thinkpad X201s 5143-4JG), can achieve 2.980 or even 3.127 points. The 350M therefore gives way to the greater performance of the up-market i7-640LM. The consumer level, low voltage i5-520UM (with turbo boost), only manages 1.957 points, or 2.549 points with over-clocking (Asus PL30JT-RO030X, Asus UL30JT-RX014V-4).
So what is the performance like with multiple cores? We tested this using the Cinebench R10 Multi-CPU Test (32bit). Our test unit managed to award itself with 5.723 points. This means that the i3-350M is significantly better than the i5-520UM (3.368 points, Acer Aspire 1830T). When over-clocked (Asus PL30JT, Asus UL30JT), the 520UM can achieve 5.225 points as well however. The 350M can not compete with the i7-640LM however, which can achieve a higher score using just one core (6.043 or 5.869 points).
In the system tests, the standard core Core i3-CPU in the Travelmate 8372TG seems to provide greater performance than the consumer low voltage i5-520UM. Will this hold true for the applications as well?
The PCMark Vantage gave it 5.190 points. This score is higher than that achieved by the over-clocked i5-520UM (Asus PL30JT-RO030X, 4.536 points). When not over-clocked the 520UM only achieves 3.950 points (Acer Aspire 1830T-52U4G32n). Even the fastest Core 2 Duo SP9400 systems (Dell Latitude E4300, 7.200 rpm HDD), from the previous low voltage generations are beaten with only 3.732 points.
Strong low voltage units such as the i7-640LM we mentioned earlier can provide more get up and go. This includes the Lenovo Thinkpad X201s 5143-4JG which has 5.869 and the HP EliteBook 2540p (12"), with 6.043 points respectively.
The Travelmate 8372TG provides a level of performance which is typical for a Core i3-System. Acer did not put any performance restrictions in place in order to increase battery life. I3 units, such as the Asus K72JK-TY001V (HD 5145), achieved similar PCMark scores 5.296 PCMarks. We should note however, that the score of the PCMark Vantage is also dependent on the HDD, GPU and memory.
The Western Digital hard drive (type WD6400BEVT-22A0RT0), with a massive gross capacity of 640 GB spins around at a familiar 5400 rpm. HDTune measured an average value of 67.7 megabytes per second during sequential reading. This value is pretty standard amongst comparable 2.5" hard drives.
The Nvidia GeForce 310M is classified by NVidia as an entry level graphics card which has access to 512 MB of DDR3 memory. The memory is clocked at 790 MHz, while the core is at 625 MHz. The GPU is not really made with games in mind. It does however support the processor with HD decoding (H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 etc.) as well as video coding (CUDA, DirectX Compute und OpenCL).
The 310M supports DirectX-10.1 but not PhysX. The latter could not be used in this application anyway due to the cards level of performance. The 3DMark06 gave it a mere 3.245 points. We are familiar with negative results concerning the game play from plenty of other, comparable test units we have had which is why we decided not to do a gaming test at this point. All of the information you will need concerning the level of gaming that can be achieved can be found in our article about the Nvidia GeForce 310M and in our gaming list.
The noise levels are quite remarkable and don't leave much to wish for. At a constant 30 dB(A), this 13.3" remains quite when at idle. Even when one gets the impression that the fan has turned itself off, it actually hasn't. At its lowest setting, the fan runs so quietly that our measuring equipment could not detect any noticeable peaks.
Those who use Word and read E-Mails wont even notice the fan is running as this system doesn't go beyond 34.5 dB(A) when confronted with small and spontaneous increases in load. When the i3-Prozessor and Nvidia 310M are called upon at the same time (stress test), the noise does become somewhat noticeable at 40.5 dB(A). The fan on our test unit had an interesting characteristic after being pushed under full load for some time: After a heavy load, the fan would remain at 42.2 dB(A) for about 20 seconds and then dive back down to a substantially lower 34.5 dB(A).
One can't complain about the heat which is generated either. At idle and during office use (which is the scenario that suits the Travelmate best), there are only a few parts that actually get warm (well under 30 degrees). The underside only gets up to 30 degrees in certain places as well.
Even during the stress test, we only saw 45 (top) and 40 degrees (underneath). The average values remain well under these however as parts of the base unit were still quite cool. The stress test (FurMark & Prime95) did not managed to get the Intel Core i3-350M over 85 degrees whereas the GPU attained 85 degrees during the same period.
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 44.8 °C / 113 F, compared to the average of 35.8 °C / 96 F, ranging from 22 to 57 °C for the class Subnotebook.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.6 °C / 83.5 F (-7.5 °C / -13.5 F).
The stereo loudspeakers of the 13.3" laptop can be found at the front behind the air intakes. They deliver a rather high pitched sound which is not all that pleasing. There is not base to speak of, and the settings in the control panel don't have any positive effect. (e.g. virtual surround). The volume they produce however is impressive considering their size. There was no noticeable distortion when the volume was turned to full. External loudspeakers and headphones benefit from a high output level which also turned out to be free of background noise.
One area where the Acer TravelMate 8372TG really shines is the battery life. As it happens, the i3-350M is actually quite power hungry with its nominal usage of 35 Watts (TDP). Acer chose to compensate for this by installing a 87 Wh battery (6.000 mAh) and did so with notable success. The only things that suffer are the weight and the appearance due to the protruding battery.
It took 5:22 hours (322 minutes) of web surfing until the Travelmate 8372TG needed to be charged up again. In comparison, the Asus PL30JT-RO030X (i5-520UM, 13.3"), with its low voltage CPU lasts for about 378 minutes (84 Wh). During the test, the LED panel was set to an intermediate level of brightness, which is roughly 100 cd/m².
The DVD movie just kept on going and it wasn't until the 3rd showing that the Hobbits finally had to leave the stage. 6:45 hours (405 minutes). A full recharge takes a hefty 3:56 hours. This is a very long time but it is quite acceptable for a battery of this size.
The BatteryEater Readers Test, lasted a full 7:34 at idle (454 minutes). This is generally not applicable in the real world however as the WLAN was switched off, the TFT was on its lowest setting and the processor had gone to sleep (idle), through a complete lack of activity. The opposite could be seen when subjected to the BatteryEater Classic Mode. Here, the lights went out after 2:56 hours of running OpenGL calculations.
Registering between 11.6 and 14.9 Watt, the power consumption of this 13.3" laptop is not the lowest amongst the low voltage processors (<10 Watt idle depending on brightness and active wireless interfaces). It is still impressive however. A really conservative consumer of power such as the Asus PL30JT-RO030X (520UM) can shine in this segment, using 9.5 Watt during idle and 55.8 Watt under full load.
When under maximum load (e.g. stress test), the Multimeter registered a maximum usage of 63.3 Watt. A realistic level of consumption would be around 15 to 20 Watt for office applications.
The catch phrase of the Acer TravelMate TimelineX 8372TG-354G64N could be: Long battery life for a competitive price and good performance. Generally, the market would not pay almost 850 Euro for a Core i3-350M system, but it will if it is 13.3" with a dedicated, switchable graphics card. Those who are looking for the performance of a TimelineX 8372TG with a proper low voltage processor (with same battery life), will have to invest at least 1.500 Euro for a Core i7 640LM (HP EliteBook 2540p).
The long run time of five to seven hours (WLAN surfing /DVD movie), is not the only advantage this 13.3" laptop has to offer. The aluminum/plastic casing (2.11 kilograms), is incredibly strong. The matt surfaces are ideally suited for professional office use. In addition there is also the exemplary ergonomics, the small amount of heat that is produced, and the fan which is very quiet. Business users will appreciate the docking station which connects to the Easy Port IV.
The main weakness that we noticed, is a rather important one, and concerns the input. The keys of the keyboard and touchpad have a very short stroke resulting in a lack of feedback to the user. The interfaces are limited, and this can also not be significantly improved upon by the docking station. There is neither an eSATA, nor ExpressCard or HDMI. There is one model available with UMTS (3G) for approx. 960 Euro (8372T-5454G32N). At the end of the day, the matt HD ready display didn't impress either. The brightness is average at best und delivers a level of contrast which is below that.
Those who are looking for an even longer battery life, and are willing to sacrifice performance, should take a look at the Asus PL30JT-RO030X. With its Intel Core i5-520UM it offers all the positive aspects of the new Core i5 generation (integrated Intel HD, Turbo Boost, Hyper Threading).
Acer TravelMate TimelineX 8372TG-354G64N (LX.TX302.002): Plain but very solid workmanship and great mobility despite the standard Core-i3.
Those who are constantly on the move want a small, handy 13.3" laptop with a long battery life.
we find the massive 8 cell battery.
It has rubber feet which raise the back end of the laptop.
The battery can be disconnected during stationary operations.
but doesn't intrude too much into the workspace.
The two RAM modules can be replaced.
This sign indicates that the HDD is well protected.
The 640GB Western Digital HDD can be found in a rubber casing.
Acer calls it the Disk Anti-Shock Protection (DASP).
The power supply seems quite large in comparison.
Even the weight is rather high (389 grams).
The limited travel of the keys confronts us where ever we go.
The input surfaces do not meet high business standards.
Instead there is an Easyport IV connector with a docking station.
The Acer TravelMate Timeline X 8372TG-354G64N is an ideal candidate.
For roughly 850 Euro it has good mainstream performance (Core i3-350M).
The matt finished casing is as strong as steel.
It works outdoors thanks to a matt display.
which gives it a high class finish and additional rigidity.
on this rather plain casing (hinges).
Connectivity is not its strong point.
but it doesn't have HDMI, an ExpressCard34 or a 3G-Modul (internal).
Not a lot of extras: No CDs, and one dust cloth.
Very good all-round performance in a casing which is usually both quite and cool to the touch.
A brighter display and input devices with better feedback.
We are used to poor contrast levels, but a laptop with this kind of mobility really needs a brighter screen.


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Natalie talks Love Island
TV, film, media production and technology
BA (Hons) Television Production alumna Natalie Green has recently finished working on one of this year's most popular reality TV shows – Love Island.
Natalie worked as a camera operator, and spent nine weeks based in Majorca filming the show. She talked to us about how the opportunity came about, what she did day-to-day, and her favourite memories.
How did the opportunity to work on Love Island come about?
When working as a camera operator or hothead operator in outside broadcast you're employed by a technical services company who will essentially 'provide' operators to a production. However a lot of this often comes down to the directors on the job and who they specifically request. That's not always the case, but in this instance I was working with a director on another job and we got talking about his work on Love Island; I saw this as an opportunity to mention my interest in working on the show. From that he passed my details on to the unit manager for the show and after a couple of anxious months waiting and a few emails back and forth, I got an offer for the job!
What did your day-to-day responsibilities include?
As a hothead operator my role was to operate the remote cameras inside the villa. There are around 75 cameras and just two operators on at any one time. You can only operate one camera at a time, which can get a bit manic when people are constantly moving around! I work alongside a director who would ask for specific shots, but I would also offer up my own shots when possible. When working with directors, you quickly learn what they do and don't like in terms or angles, framing and shot sizes. As well as this it was important to make sure the lenses were clean. As I was on the morning shift this meant checking all the cameras on my monitor for any smudges, scratches or marks and going out to clean the lenses if they needed it.
Favourite memory from working on the show?
A specific moment I filmed that I loved was watching Jack, Josh and Sam doing impressions of the girls. Jack was brilliant at the impressions and was always so funny! Outside of filming it was just an incredible experience all round. Getting to work and live alongside such an amazing crew for nine weeks is something I'll never forget, I definitely made friends for life working on the show and I've already worked with so many of the crew again on other jobs. It's not often you get to socialise with your colleagues in this industry with long hours and everyone living so far apart, so I feel lucky that I got to experience it.
How do you feel Solent has helped prepare you for your career?
Going to Solent helped me figure out what I wanted to do. When I started out I originally wanted to be a director and had no interest in operating a camera, but at Solent you always get such great opportunities to try out a huge variety of roles and jobs. As soon as I picked up a camera I knew it's exactly what I wanted to do. Working at the festivals was an incredible experience and it was a great way to learn how outside broadcast really works; it's something you really have to experience to understand. Alongside this, getting jobs through Solent Productions really helped me get a foot in the door. It's through work experience found via the University that I got my first job in outside broadcast.
What advice would you give to others wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Definitely make the most of the opportunities you're given at university. There's so much available to you, don't take it for granted. Apply for every job opportunity, every festival and make sure to attend all the talks and networking days. As long as you're enthusiastic and passionate about what you do it will come across to any potential employer, producer or director.
Finally, listen to your lecturers' and tutors' advice. You might not think it at the time, but the tips they share will be what pushes you above everyone else, and what helps you to stand out in employers' minds.
Most of all, enjoy it! You'll go through some of the best and worst jobs you've ever had, but it will all be a learning curve and you'll have some of the best experiences of your life.


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