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Reading is good for the brain. It opens up your imagination, presents challenges and encourages critical thinking. That being said, sometimes having someone else read to you is nice.
Join Boise Poet Laureate Diane Raptosh as she reads from her newest collection, American Amnesiac. Stick around to have her sign a copy.
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Article in R-Link: Geographies of Information in Africa
The Rwandan ICT magazine, R-Link, just published a short piece that I wrote for them titled "Geographies of Information in Africa." The magazine is only available in print form (and presumably only available in Rwanda), so I'm including a scan at the link below:
Graham, M. 2013. Geographies ofInformation in Africa: Wikipedia and User-Generated Content. In R-Link: Rwanda's Official ICT Magazine. Kigali: Rwanda ICT Chamber 40-41.
Mark Graham March 22, 2013 Wikipedia, Rwanda, menaeaComment
Project Kick-off: The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband in East Africa
Today is the official start-date of our project, titled "The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband: A Pipeline for Economic Development in East Africa?" The thirty-month project is framed by the recent landing of a series of fibre-optic cables into East Africa. Before the construction of these connections, East Africa was the world"s last major region without fibre-optic broadband Internet access, and until the summer of 2009 had been forced to rely on slow and costly satellite connections for access. However, after years of work and massive investment, the region is (in theory) ready to take advantage of much faster Internet speeds and much lower prices.
Politicians and commentators from around the world have hailed the potential of the Internet to spark economic development and allow East African businesses and entrepreneurs to market their strengths unhindered by many of the previous limiting effects of distance. However, these projections are often made in the absence of data about current East African communications practices. This project therefore aims to examine the changing communications ecology and the effects of the region"s newfound connectivity.
Employing case-studies in two East African countries (Kenya and Rwanda), this project examines the expectations and stated potentials of broadband Internet and compares those expectations to on-the-ground effects that broadband connectivity is having in three economic sectors: tea production (a core commodity-based export- oriented industry in both countries), ecotourism (a key element of the tourism industry in East Africa) and business process outsourcing (an emerging growth industry in both countries producing intangible products and services).
The project is based at the University of Oxford, with co-investigators based at the University of Nairobi and the National University of Rwanda. Given the diverse nature of the participants, I'd like to use this opportunity to introduce our team:
Oxford Team
Mark Graham is primary investigator of the project and is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute. He is particularly interested in the multiplicity of attempts to implement development and reduce a 'digital divide' by altering relative economic distance and reconfiguring commodity chains in places on the global periphery. He also has a longstanding interest in understanding the geographies of the Internet and the ways in which digital representations of urban environments have the power to redefine, reconfigure, and reorder the cities that they represent. His most recent publications can be accessed at this link.
Laura Mann will be a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (starting Oct 1) and will play a key role in managing the project, conducting fieldwork, analysing the results and disseminating our findings. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh, finalising her thesis on the liberalisation and globalisation of the Sudanese labour market. Prior to her work on Sudan, Laura worked as a media manager for an Egyptian public relations company and as a research assistant to the Population Council in Cairo. Her own research focuses on theories of communication in market economies and how these relate to the experience of liberalization for individuals involved in 'markets' on the ground. In particular, she is interested in how discourses about social networks and ICT have changed the construction and evolution of markets in Africa and the Middle East.
Nairobi Team
Tim Waema is a Co-investigator in the project and is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Informatics in the University of Nairobi. He lectures and does research in a variety of areas in Information Systems. Tim has a wide range of experience in consultancy in many areas of ICT and management, including strategic planning at both corporate and ICT levels, telecommunications, information systems assessment, ICT systems development and implementation, project management, change management, results-based management, and ICTs and national socio-economic development.
Charles Katua is a Research Assistant based at the University of Nairobi. Charles was previously a Software Implementer and System Developer and graduated with a Master of Science in Information Systems from the University of Nairobi.
Butare Team
Felix Akorli is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Science at the National University of Rwanda. He is the coordinator of the MSc in ICT program at NUR. Felix has previously coordinated the Gasabo District Digital Community Network project funded under the Sixth Framework Programme of Research of the European Commission and worked as a lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.
Claude Bizimana is a Research Assistant based at the National University of Rwanda. Claude has an MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Natal and a BSc in Economics from the National University of Rwanda. He has also taken PhD preliminary courses from the Development Research Institute at Tilburg University and has consulted for the World Bank, World Vision, and the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture.
We all plan to provide regular updates on the project via this blog and would welcome any comments, suggestions and questions at any point in the project.
Finally, we would like to give thanks to support received from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the British Academy and the John Fell Fund.
Mark Graham September 1, 2011 Rwanda, oii, Kenya, EastAfricabroadbandComment
Hiring a Research Assistant (or Postdoc) to work on a Project to Study the Impact of Broadband Internet in East Africa
I am currently hiring a 28 month Research Assistant (or Postdoctoral Research Fellow) to work on an ESRC-DFID funded project titled "The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband: A Pipeline for Economic Development in East Africa."
Employing case-studies, interviews, surveys and textual analysis in Kenya and Rwanda, this project examines the expectations and stated potentials of broadband Internet and compares those expectations to on-the-ground effects that broadband connectivity is having in three economic sectors: tea production, ecotourism, and business process outsourcing.
Applicants should have a graduate or postgraduate qualification in one of the social sciences, experience of social science research, and be willing to conduct extended fieldwork in East Africa. The successful candidate will be able to take a lead in project management, data collection and analysis, and the dissemination of results.
Based at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, this position is available from 1st October 2011 for 28 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting. It may be possible to hire at Postdoctoral Research Fellow level given the right candidate.
Full job details and online application are available at this link.
Salary £25,751 - £30,747 p.a.
More details about the project available here.
Please share this position widely and feel free to get in touch with any questions about the position or the application procedure.
Mark Graham June 16, 2011 Rwanda, oii, Kenya, job, EastAfricabroadband, East Africa, broadbandComment

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February 15, 2020 Anthony AllenLeave a Comment on Open Eyes – Ty Laio (Review)
Open Eyes – Ty Laio (Review)
Southern California based artist Ty Laio (@ty.laio) released his EP "Open Eyes" on February 4th, 2020. Ty hit me up on Instagram to request we check out and review his EP on the site and as requested I'ma break down my thoughts on the 16 year old artist project. Now I won't lie, I am not a huge fan of young artist, R. Kelly may think age is only a number but for me I have just never been able to really connect to a artist who is super young, I enjoy my Kris Kross and Da Youngsta's but have never been a fan of younger acts so bare that in mind while reading this and maybe you'll see a change of heart bigger then the Grinch. So lets cut to the point, this is "Open Eyes" by Ty Laio.
"Where Do I Start?" is the intro track to this six song EP. The song seems to be about self reflecting on his life, grind and where he is trying to go with himself. Solid song, I liked the production while the flow and delivery was also good. "Two Steps Forward" is a pop-rap fused song that I feel is about moving forward, taking the first step to getting better and your second to keep going without looking back on it. I think production, flow and the lyrics were well done overall on this track. "This Is My Life" has a Geto Boys type vibe to the production but sadly loses my interest because of the flow used on the track. I think lyrically it is okay but Ty's delivery doesn't flow smoothly so it comes off as rough, for me I just couldn't vibe lyrically but I did enjoy the beat used. "Stars" is more trap like in production with Laio. Lyrically I think this is about people that Ty looked up to and the role they played while discussing their life choices. "Different" seems to about people changing, switching up from when Laio needed them and now them trying to leech back into his life. Solid track overall, really liked production again on this one. The final track titled "In You" has a sadder tone to it, with Laio speaking more from the heart about what he is hurt him. The flow at times was off but overall a solid closer to the EP.
Overall I think this is a solid EP from the young Southern California native, with a good mixture of lyrics and production I was pleasantly surprised by this EP. I think the biggest issue for me was his inconstant flow on "This Is My Life" and "In You", which is almost half of the EP so that would be my focus as a artist next. My favorite track would be "Two Steps Forward", I really enjoyed the concept and execution on this one so hats off for that. But these are just my thoughts, give this EP a listen and if you enjoyed it give Ty Laio a follow on Instagram, @ty.laio for more, but I am The Musical Hippie and these were my thoughts on "Open Eyes" by Ty Laio.
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In no more than 100 words, your Love Note should tell that special person just how much they mean to you, or perhaps you might recount that magic moment when you first met. Moms, dads, sisters and brothers can be honored, too.


What are some pros and cons to learning functional programming before other paradigms?
One major problem is that if you start with a language like Haskell everything else will seem just substandard.
Honestly I think starting with a language like Haskell or scheme would be a great idea.
Scheme takes a very simple language and build out of it a wonderfully robust language for development. Also SICP is written about scheme which makes it worth learning right there. Scheme is about the simplest thing you could imagine that could be a complete language.
Haskell What is really growing on me is the type system. So many of the bugs I see in other languages are due to the wrong type showing up somewhere. In Haskell that is almost imposible. Also the idea of a lazy language just has some cool things fall out of it. For example you can create infinite data structures in Haskell and then only create the part that you need.
The biggest plus of learning a functional language before learning an OOP lang is that your programming skills get developed first and then you can easily grasp the OOP concepts. If you direclty start with an OOP language you will have to learn two things simultaenously: "to think about the code" and "to think about the OOD". It can get distracting. First practice with a functional language and develop your programming skills. Then learn OOP and other paradigms. Since OOP was desinged to make up for the shortfalls in structural programming it will be easier to understand why. That is the reason CS courses start with C and then go on to C++.
The first, and obvious one is the classic Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, by Abelson and Sussman, which remains one of the best introductions to CS out there, and is taught from a functional perspective, using Scheme. It's available in full online. If you don't start here, you should get here as some point.
A more recent text covering most of the same ground at a gentler pace, and with a stronger focus on software engineering is How to Design Programs, by Matthew Felleisen and a bunch of others from the Racket/PLT team, which uses the Racket dialect of Scheme. It's also available online, as is the in-progress second edition. This book has the advantage that it's designed to be used with the DrRacket programming environment, which provides a very friendly interface for beginner and expert alike to experiment with code.
On the question of why start with functional programming, I'd like to point at Bob Harper's Blog. Carnegie Mellon has recently retooled their CS curriculum to teach functional programming first, and Harper has been covering their progress blow-by-blow on his blog. As one of the guys behind the definition of Standard ML, it's obvious that he's for this move, and he argues the reasons for it well.
Finally, I'd caution against learning Haskell first, though others may disagree. While Haskell's pure approach to FP will certainly breed good habits, the language's focus on lazy computation isn't necessarily a good match for the beginner; one of the first, and most important things you will need to learn to do as a programmer is to reason about exactly what your program is doing by looking at the source, and about the relative cost of different approaches to the same problem. I'ts my experience that Haskell's laziness makes both of these activities somewhat of a challenge for even experienced programmers, though Your Mileage May Vary.
The main advantage (or, non-disadvantage) of starting out with FP is that most concepts can apply to imperative programming as well. Realm of Racket uses video game analogies to teach both functional and imperative concepts, and dedicated students are left with not only a functional game (n.p.i.), but a solid understanding of conditionals, recursion, loops, ADTs, and event-driven design. These concepts are practically ubiquitous in modern programming and are used constantly.
Even more important, though, is learning how to encode abstractions, something in which FP excels, with the use of higher-order functions and data types. How to Design Programs takes a unique approach to this by teaching through induction. For example, students learn how fold works by looking at the code for taking both the sum and the product of a list, finding what they have in common, and deriving the implementation themselves.
The OOP equivalent of the above would likely involve one or more of the following: interfaces, abstract classes, generics, functors, or (if you're doing it wrong) singletons. While these are perfectly acceptable design patterns in Java, IMHO they do not belong in an introductory curriculum and only serve to obfuscate the underlying principles. Even as someone who was introduced to FP languages "late", I can say that navigating the ever-shifting sea of OOP has been made vastly easier by having a strong functional anchor.
Functional programming makes things a lot easier. In OOP languages, you have to deal with managing state across multiple threads without ruining that state. In functional languages, when the majority of the work being done is being done by pure functions, you don't have to worry about it.
In terms of speed/performance, I'm not a real performance jockey, but being functional doesn't mean being slow, and the structure of functional languages has little to do with their speed. The syntax of functional languages vary greatly such as the differences between Clojure and Haskell. Clojure is very fast as-is, and can reach (and sometimes exceed) the speeds of Java with after-the-fact optimization.
I think the availability of learning material, some good code samples, and mentors are very important when learning programming languages. Depending on your situation, you may have a mentor that can teach you, etc. but I think functional language resources are very few compared to the mainstream languages. It means you will progress slower compared to learning mainstream languages. But if you are not in a hurry, then this is not a problem.
Perhaps the most important reason to consider learning functional programming languages is the understanding of algebraic data-types. The mental mapping will help in modelling OO class relations and even database design.
The focus on multi-core/multi-processor systems stress the use of parallel algorithms which can be expressed clearer and more concisely in FP. The lambda branch of languages will likely see a strong increase in use in the next one to two decades.
But there are also some common pitfalls. To believe FP is simpler is a big mistake, since calculating the space and time complexity as well as delivering proofs of halting can be much more challenging in lambda calculus, especially in languages which support lazy evaluation.
So, learn both! Or perhaps better: first learn a language which embraces both, such as Scala. If you don't mind tie-die t-shirts and a slight dutch accent, perhaps you'll find the FP lectures by Dr. Erik Meijer useful, which are on MSDN.
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by David St. Laurent | Nov 7, 2019 | News, Radio
Western Media Group is pleased to announce the representation of 100.7 The Raven FM, Vancouver Island's newest radio station.
Tapping into one of North America's most popular music formats, The Raven is the only country music station serving residents in Campbell River and the Comox Valley.
"It is a great honour to represent a country music station in such a growing, underserved radio market. Country music is in high demand and The Raven is flying in at a perfect time"
David St Laurent, CEO of Western Media Group
The Raven's country format and independent capacity is well suited for small and medium local markets.
"As The Raven develops its team, we anticipate a solid presence in the markets they serve and immediate uptake from listeners and advertisers alike," adds St Laurent.
"Similar to our other represented radio stations in British Columbia and Alberta, The Raven is fiercely independent, locally owned and locally programmed to serve its community."
The Raven is a commercial radio station operated by ACES, a non-profit society.
To see 100.7 The Raven's coverage map, visit here.
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I want to use mocp for a new project and the goal is to keep playing music all the time over a raspberrypi, i already installed and try it and its great.
The problem i have is to make shuffle from different folders, i mean i have to play 3 songs from folder ROCK and after 1 song from JAZZ and later again other different 3 songs from rock and keep this cicle.
Can i do this with mocp? i miss something or could you advice me some way.
That's really sophisticated task you want to achieve :) I don't think you can do it inside MOC. You should probably some external script that would either prepare pre-shuffled playlist or have some script that would control MOC (eg. executed via OnSongChange config option).
Hi thanks for the coment. I just making a script outside of moc to manage the playlist.
Anybody knows if its a way to avoid or turn off MOC sort the playlist. The only config value for Sort directive in configfile is Filename ???
When i add the playlist from console with mocp -a playlist.m3u moc sort by filename , but with display of mocp , highlight and enter to the file playlist its ok with the right order i created in the file.
I answer to my self to keep the post update. I download de code and erase the sort function from playlist.c and all the references in others files.
And after compiled work well without sorting.


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Publication information: Article title: The Impact of Capital Adequacy Requirements on Performance of Scheduled Commercial Banks. Contributors: Vyas, R. K. - Author, Singh, Manmeet - Author, Yadav, Ravindra - Author. Journal title: Asia-Pacific Business Review. Volume: 4. Issue: 2 Publication date: April-June 2008. Page number: 74+. © Asia-Pacific Institute of Management. COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale Group.


Wolkha Cholung Monastery, located near the town of Wolkha in Zangri County, was intitally founded as a hermitage in 1393 by Tsongkhapa, who meditated in the nearby Wozerpuk cave with followers who came to be known as the Eight Disciples of Wolkha. Tradition holds that Tsongkhapa's footprints can still be seen in this cave. The reconstructed assembly hall has images of Tsongkhapa and the eight disciples, as well a protector deity.


Yesterday I had the pleasure of performing with a wonderful collection of musicians to film promotional videos for current and future compositions of mine, as well as future live performances and events. Filming took place in the recently renovated StudioToy, Cardiff, and caught on film by the wonderful Tudor Films. After recording 'High Rise', Sam Barnes once again took the reigns as the resident sound wizard, and I'm very happy to say that preliminary cuts sound fantastic. I look forward to sharing the product of yesterday's shoot with you all in the coming weeks. Thank you to Craig Tudley James, Kieran Taylor, Samuel Barnes, Corben Lee, Daniel Whitting, Anna Perry, Jon Reynolds, and Dan and Marie at StudioToy for their hard work and support.


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Senior spikers finish in dramatic fashion
The Muskie court teams finished the NorWOSSA regular season on a high note here yesterday, claiming three out of four win against the Kenora Broncos.
The highlight was the senior boys' volleyball match. After losing the first two sets 25-19 and 27-25, the Muskies faced match point in the third set—24-23—but rallied to win 27-25.
After an easy 25-13 win in the fourth set, the black-and-gold reached match point at 14-10 in the fifth-and-deciding one but allowed the Broncos to score five-straight points to turn the tables.
But after several close plays at the net, Muskie Justin Addison found his rhythm and spiked two shots into the Kenora zone to nail down the 21-19 win and the match.
"The team stepped up when they had to," said head coach Adrian Chapman, whose team finished the regular season with a 3-5 mark.
During that fifth set, the crowd was at its loudest—for the Broncos. Most of the students watching were other Kenora athletes who made the trip that morning.
Yet their constant chants of "B-R-O-N-C-O-S!" were not enough to bring the Muskies down.
"Everybody, from our players on the court and those on the bench, were cheering hard for each other. It was one of the first times I've seen that this season," remarked Chapman.
He added he was pleased how the McGinnis brothers, Emery and Colin, showed composure on defence. "They were absolute defensive monsters in that last set. They kept our team in it," Chapman enthused.
Meanwhile, the Muskie junior boys' volleyball team came close to pulling off a comeback of their own but ultimately came out on the short end of a 15-25, 25-22, 24-26, 25-20, and 8-15 score.
They ended the regular season with a 2-6 mark.
Head coach Greg Ste. Croix said his team's inability to put the third set to bed—and give them a 2-1 lead—was costly.
The team had rallied in the fifth-and-deciding set to cut the gap to 9-8 but then the Broncos reeled off six quick points to secure the win. "You can't start slow in a fifth set. It's just very difficult to come out of it," said Ste. Croix.
In girls' basketball action here yesterday, a depleted Kenora senior squad dressed only seven players and scored only two points in the first half as the Muskies (5-3) romped 43-18.
Jamie Whitecrow led the way with 10 points while Jessica Wilson scored six.
"Because it was so lopsided, the girls started doing things they shouldn't be doing," said Muskie head coach Darren Johnson.
And the junior girls put the finishing touches on a NorWOSSA-leading 6-2 record by edging the Broncos 38-32. Rebecca Cornell tallied a game-high 12 points to pace the team.
Carley McCormick and Jody Caul added seven and six points, respectively.
The junior hoopsters were the only Muskie team to earn a bye to their respective final in the NorWOSSA playoffs here Friday.
The senior girls will have to face Kenora in the semi-finals, with the winner facing Dryden for the league crown and a berth in the NWOSSAA finals.
In volleyball action, the senior boys face Dryden in the semi-finals while the juniors will square off against Kenora.
Semi-final action begins at 10:30 a.m., with the four finals slated to begin at 1:30 p.m.


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Give the Forest Service credit—they're persistent. The agency in 2012 allowed Arch Coal—the nation's second largest oil company—to exploit an exemption in the Colorado Roadless Rule designed to protect wilderness areas in the state from mining. Environmental groups sued, saying the Forest Service hadn't accounted for the environmental costs of mining and burning coal. U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson last year agreed, and Arch's plans were blocked.
Now, the Forest Service is trying again to allow Arch to put six miles of road, along with 48 vent pads, in 19,000 acres in the southwestern part of the state that is publicly-owned and protected national forest and wildlife habitat. It has given notice (pdf) that it's working on an environmental impact report so it can allow Arch to go ahead with plans to pull up to 350 million tons of coal out of the region, which would include bulldozing through the aspen forests and wetlands of the Sunset Trail Roadless Area and expanding its nearby West Elk Mine. Arch in 2012 built a $29 million processing center, in part at least in anticipation of this expansion.
The vent pads are necessary to release methane from the mine into the atmosphere. Methane has been found to trap greenhouse gases, the source of global climate change, 30 times more effectively than CO2.
The environmental impact evaluation is not about approving a lease for coal mining, but rather making a determination as to whether the Roadless Rule exemption should be retained, Denver senior Forest Service official Jim Bedwell told The Denver Post. He claimed that the agency's original analysis focused on economic benefits of opening up the forests to Arch, but not on the environmental impact, including the effect of greenhouse gases.
"It is a bad idea for wildlife, a bad idea for hunters and hikers and a bad idea for the climate," Ted Zukoski, an attorney for the environmental law group Earthjustice, told The Denver Post.
The point may shortly become moot. Whichever side prevails in the Forest Service ruling, the other side will likely take the matter to court, tying up the project for several years. However, Arch Coal might not be around that long. The company is on the brink of bankruptcy because of the general decline in coal use in favor of somewhat cleaner natural gas. Only 23 million tons of coal was mined in Colorado last year.
As a former coal miner and coal operator I realize that we do need the energy from clean burning coal. Also coal can be mined with minimal surface and property destruction if done properly. But please, if you allow this protect beautiful mountains, streams and valleys from destructive mining practices. Nathan Rhodes Author "Murder Seen Through the Eyes of a Child"


ICORating, a rating agency that does independent analytical research, evaluating ICO projects, and assigns them the rating, published exchange security on October 2nd, 2018.
According to the statistics, Coinbase Pro has a score of 89, based on the parameters and stands in the #1 ranking, it is followed by Kraken with 80 scores. For the purpose of presenting the report exchanges whose daily trade value exceeds $1 million were selected and the total number of exchanges on the list is 100.
Among other cryptocurrency exchanges was Zaif, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange which was recently hacked. The exchange lost up to $60 million worth of cryptocurrencies in the hack, the hack was found after a brief survey was conducted following a disturbance in deposits and withdrawals. In the report, it came in at #89 rank with by scoring just 29 points. It was one among the two exchanges that did not satisfy any of the four parameters completely, the other being OKCoin in the #100 ranking.
In terms of coding errors which could lead in the malfunctioning of some systems that might lead user data loss, the report discovered that 32% of exchanges have code errors.
User account security; only 46% of exchanges meet all four parameters (creating a password, password with either digits or letters alone, email verification, the presence of two-factor authentication).
Registrar and domain security; only 4% of exchanges are using best practices like registry lock which prevents anyone from making changes to the domain and role accounts, protects individuals in your organization from being targeted by attackers.
At present, more than 200 cryptocurrency exchanges are working and hack of one exchange would not affect the market on a large scale. Furthermore, many countries already have a cryptocurrency regulation in place to scrutinize the security aspects of cryptocurrency exchanges, and yet traders are not completely shielded from the loss of their cryptocurrency assets. These losses could be blamed to the lack of security measures that cryptocurrency exchanges have apply.
secured in any way, which makes investing in cryptocurrencies really hazardous. The largest cryptocurrency exchanges contain vast amounts of digital cash. These facts are really attractive for hackers," the report mentioned.
Exchanges like Mt.Gox, Bitcoinica, PicoStocks, Bitcurex have been victims of multiple hucking in the past.


This feature was built from the ground up and took over a year to develop. We appreciate everyone's patience and we are thrilled to finally be delivering dynamically-rendered dashboards to enable you to see your data the way you want. With over 40 different data visualization options and a simple, drag and drop interface, anyone can create a dashboard in seconds.
This short video gives a great overview of how to create a dashboard. To learn even more and get a full breakdown, check out our handy Guide to Insightly Dashboards in our Help Center.
Dashboards are available today across all Insightly CRM plans. Standard dashboards are available on Free and Plus plans, while completely customizable and shareable dashboards are available on Professional and Enterprise plans. In order to access dashboards, be sure to update your account to the latest version of Insightly by navigating to system settings and switching to the New Insightly Experience. Learn how to switch here.
Check out the official announcement on our Product News Blog for more information.
Glad you're excited about the new dashboard feature. We will for sure add more functionalities to this feature down the line. We'd love to get more of our customers using dashboards so we can learn how it's being used and what improvements we need to add later on.
Also, here are the top Q&A from the webinar.
Wow, what a great idea, just such a shame they are totally useless for any multinational company.
So like I said, great idea, but so poorly implemented that for any company with opportunities in difference currencies, totally useless.
This is correct currency is based on the user's settings this is why if another user has a different setting for there currency it will not reflect in your instance. I understand how this can be helpful I recommend if you have the time to post your idea to our Ideas & Suggestions page, which is monitored by our Product and Engineering teams. Your fellow Insightly users can vote and comment on the idea, too. In general, the more activity a request receives, the more likely it is to be considered for implementation.
Thanks for your response Alejandro, I have posted this to ideas and suggestions, but not sure that is the right topic, as far as I can see the other users data is still flowing into my dashboards, just with the incorrect values, so I would say that this is fundamentally a design flaw rather than a suggestion for functionality request. The team have released a half baked product, whilst the idea is great, and I love the idea of having this, the data is completely wrong and gives a completely wrong impression from reality. Dashboards are actively being pushed as a ew feature, but I don't believe they are ready for customers as they are.
There have been some suggested work arounds to use custom fields and make everyone use one currency in opportunities, this is really not practical with a few hundred opportunities that would need to be manipulated.
I hope that this design flaw can be looked into and fixed soon.
Thanks for the additional feedback on this feature and being part of our Community Kevin!
Thanks for your feedback, Kevin. Since the launch, we have rolled out improvements to Dashboards and as we learn more about how our customers are using this feature via use cases and feedback, we will continue to improve it.
Multicurrency for opportunity / Project will be a great feature!
Adding apples and oranges does not add value!
We also got problems with multi currency opportunities. We are one of the very first customers batch of Insight.ly and I love it.
We make a custom field to convert all currencies manually into USD, which is good, but it could not config to use that field for the sum-up.


Hi all! I was tagged by the wonderful Sarah over at Book Hooked Nook to do the TBR tag. I have seen this tag a few times and I loved reading other people's answers. So, without further ado let's get to my answers!
I use Goodreads and put my monthly TBR in my planner, but I'm not great at sticking to my TBR.
Is your To Be Read mostly print or E-books?
My TBR is mostly print with the odd e-book here and there.
How do you decide which book from your To Be Read to read next?
I'm completely a mood reader, so I usually just go with my gut when I pick my next read.
A book that has been on your To Be Read the longest?
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman has been on my TBR the longest. I keep picking this book up then getting distracted by other books and never finishing it!
A book that you recently added to your To Be Read?
I recently added A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro to my TBR. I have only heard good things about this book and I have never read a Sherlock Holmes retelling before.
A book on your To Be Read strictly because it has a beautiful cover?
None of the books on my TBR are there purely based on their cover, however, State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury is a book that I'm very interested in reading and it JUST SO HAPPENS to have a beautiful cover.
A book on your To Be Read that you never actually plan on reading?
I go through my TBR quite often to get rid of any books that I don't want to read anymore, so I can safely say that I would like to read all of the books on my TBR at some point.
An unpublished book on your To Be Read that you're excited for?
I absolutely can't wait to read Enchentée by Gita Trelease. I've heard such amazing things about this book!
A book on your To Be Read that everyone else has read but you?
I feel like everyone but me has read Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. I really want to read this book but I need to finish her other series' before starting this one.
A book on your To Be Read that everyone recommends to you?
I feel like people are always telling me to read Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I really need to get to this one soon!
A book on your To Be Read that you are DYING to read?
I am absolutely DYING to read Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco. I really really enjoyed Stalking Jack the Ripper and I can't wait to jump back into this series.
The number of books on your To Be Read?
I currently have 135 books on my Goodreads TBR, but I'm sure that there are a few impulse buys on my shelf that I haven't put on my TBR yet.
What is a book on your TBR that you can't wait to read? Let me know in the comments.
I absolutely love Beauty and the Beast, so you can only imagine how happy I was when I was tagged by the lovely Sarah over at Book Hooked Nook to do this post. So, without further ado, let's get to the tag!
I'm not sure whether Draco Malfoy can be considered a proper villain but I think he definitely has villainish tendencies. I can't help but love him because although he was brought up to be bad, he has a lot of potential to be good.
I'm only up to City of Glass in The Mortal Instruments, but I ship Alec and Magnus so hard.
Maya from Love, Hate and Other Filters goes through so much hate and discrimination in this book, but she is extremely talented and is destined for so much more than her small town.
I'd say any book with food in it.
I spent a very long time thinking about this prompt and I could only really think of Ron and Hermione. They have such different personalities but they work so well together.
You could say it's because he's invisible, but Millard from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children proved himself to be extremely brave by the end pf the first book.
I will always say To Kill a Mockingbird for prompts like this. That book changed me so much.
I picked up A Darker Shade of Magic because of the hype. I certainly was not disappointed and this book deserved all the hype it can get!
I will never not cry at this moment.
My parents and grandparents used to read When We Were Very Young to me as a child. I loved the poems in this book and it is a book that I will read to my future children.
Is there a book that you are very sentimental towards? Let me know in the comments.
2018 has been a very very slow and slumpy reading year for me so far and I've only read one five star read so far, which isn't great considering it's November. However, I think I'm reading two possible five star reads right now.
Thoughts so far: I am absolutely flying through this book! I love every single one of the characters, I love the world and I love the way in which the photographs have been incorporated into the story. I especially love the beautiful imagery Ransom Riggs uses throughout the novel. This is looking to be a five out of five star read.
Thoughts so far: I think this is going to be my second five out of five star read of the month! Although I'm not far through this loooong book, I have watched the first season of the TV show and I absolutely loved it. I loved the romance and I hope it is as good in the book. I really enjoy the different creatures and their stereotypes and the way they have specific talents depending on the type of creature. I adore the setting of Oxford.
Thoughts so far: I'm finding this book quite slow at the moment and I feel like I'm taking SO long to read it. It's also not as creepy as I expected it to be. However, I have faith that this book will pick up as I read further into the story as I have a feeling the slow pace may be to build up tension.
Let me know if you've read any of the above books and what you thought of them. Thanks for reading!
After a unintended but much needed break from blogging I'm back with one of my favourite tags yet. I was tagged by the wonderful Amiee to do the Brooklyn Nine Nine tag and I was very excited to finally write this post, so without further ado let's get to the questions!
I chose Jace from The Mortal Instruments for this one. I have only read the first two books so far but from what I know of Jace he is very egotistical and seems to live to save the day.
I think that Audrey Rose from Stalking Jack the Ripper is so empowering because she defies stereotypes of Victorian women and goes after her dream job even though it is not thought to be suitable for a woman at the time.
I believe that Maya from Love, Hate and Other Filters fits this category as she is a diverse character that goes through a lot of troubles which involve stereotypes of her ethnicity.
Honestly, I would hate to anger Lila from A Darker Shade of Magic. She is a force to be reckoned with.
I haven't read past Scarlet in The Lunar Chronicles, but from what I've read I believe Wolf fits this description.
I have chosen Uprooted by Naomi Novik for this one as I don't think I have heard a single bad thing about this novel. I only ever hear massive praises for this book and I really need to pick it up!
I believe that Audrey Rose & Thomas Creswell from Stalking Jack the Ripper fit this description because they work so well together and compliment eachother so well professionally.
I definitely think that Alice from The Hazel Wood fits this description as she is a character who is very impulsive and angry at times. This character is very unpredictable and does some very dangerous things on a whim.
Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events absolutely steals the show from the children at times with his funny remarks and very entertaining characterisation.
I have only read the first book from the Shades of Magic series but I loved Holland as an antagonist as he seemed so conflicted and genuinely remorseful of some of the things he had done.
Let me know who your favourite Brooklyn Nine Nine character is in the comments!
August was another disappointing month for me in terms of reading. I only managed to finish two books but also managed to start three. So, without further ado here is my wrap-up!
I don't remember the last time I have read a Sci-Fi book and I felt that this book was a good one to ease me back into the genre. The writing style was easy to understand and most of the characters were enjoyable. However, I felt that the pacing was a bit off as some parts of the book were unnecessarily long winded.
I thought that this book was a very fun contemporary read. I enjoyed the variety of characters and loved the romance. However, I thought that this book could be a bit short at times and could have used a bit more description.
I'm really enjoying this book so far. I love the plot, I love the characters, I love the writing and, most of all, I love the dogs.
I absolutely loved Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and I think that this is the perfect continuation.
To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of Shadowhunters – never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
I have already read about half of this book so I am only re-reading the book so far. I like the book but it feels a bit tedious reading something that I have already read.
Thanks for reading my Wrap-Up!
This tag was created by Katytastic on Youtube back in 2015. I had completely forgotten that this tag existed until now but I am very happy it does exist because I love Disney and I love books, making this the perfect tag.
The Little Mermaid – a character who is out of their element, a 'fish out of water'.
I chose Daisy from Royals by Rachel Hawkins for this one. Daisy was thrown into a royal life of which was so different from her own life. Everything about Daisy's new life was different from her old one from the way that she had to act around others to her mode of transport.
Cinderella – a character who goes through a major transformation.
The only answer I could think of for this was Harry, Ron and Hermione from the Harry Potter series. These characters experience so much development as they grow up throughout the series that they are almost completely different people by the final book than they were in the first book.
Snow White – a book with an eclectic cast of characters.
I love Rhysand and his friends! They are all so different which is what makes them such a great group. The characterisations contrasted and complemented each other perfectly.
Sleeping Beauty – a book that put you to sleep.
I had to read The Moonstone for college and it bored me soooo much. I couldn't connect or relate to any of the characters and, being half Indian, I didn't enjoy the way in which Wilkie Collins portrayed the Indian Brahmins.
The Lion King – a character that had something traumatic happen to them in childhood.
I can't say what happens as it would spoil this book. Kiko has something very traumatic happen to her in Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman. This book was very emotional, heartbreaking but beautiful.
Beauty and the Beast – a beast of a book (a big book) that you were intimidated by, but found the story to be beautiful.
Both The Book Thief and A Court of Wings and Ruin intimidated me very much with their length but once I started reading them I ended up absolutely flying through them and they've ended up being some of my favourite books.
Aladdin – a character who gets their wish granted, for better or for worse.
Mulan – a character who pretends to be someone or something they are not.
I'm putting Cinder for both Aladdin and Mulan because in this Cinderella retelling Cinder so desperately wishes to be away from her horrible step mother. This is what pushes her to pretend that she is something that she is not and ends up getting her into a terrible situation.
Toy Story – a book with characters you wish would come to life.
After watching the new Netflix movie, I just want these characters to come to life even more please.
Disney Descendants – your favourite villain or morally ambiguous character.
I have always loved Valentine from The Mortal Instruments as a villain because no matter how awful he is, he truly believes that what he is doing is the right thing. This makes him such a complex character to me.
This book was so fun the whole way through that I almost finished it in one sitting. I especially loved the mix of characterisations and the large amount of character development written by Hawkins.
I adored the settings of Scottish castles, countryside and the idyllic town. I felt that the descriptions of the scenes and views were very well done, not too short or too drawn out. This book made me really want to visit Scotland!
I enjoyed the development of the relationships between Daisy and the other characters as her own character developed throughout the novel. I especially liked the relationship between Daisy and her sister, Ellie. I felt that, although there were strong romantic and friendship aspects to this story there was always enough of a focus on the Winters' family relationships and dynamics. I have thought this about books a lot more recently!
There was one problem that I had with this book and it was the fact that there isn't actually a Scottish Royal Family. I understand why Rachel Hawkins created a fictional royal family for her story as it is full of scandal, however, I would have liked a bit more context.
I thought that Daisy and Miles' personalities contrasted each other so perfectly and whilst they argued a fair amount they were also very supportive of one another which I absolutely loved! Seriously give me more of this romance please!
This book is perfect if you're in the mood for a fluffy and fun story with the perfect dose of royalty, castles and scandal.
Let me know what your favourite feel-good book is in the comments!
For a long while now I have wanted to get into reading classic books as I have only ever really read them for school. Along with the classics that I want to read I am going to show you all some great clothes to go with them!
I read Pride and Prejudice in high school and I absolutely adored it! I found it easy to read, funny and romantic. I feel that this was the perfect introduction to classic literature for me and I think I should try and read the rest of Jane Austen's books soon.
I know, I know. This book is absolutely HUGE. Les Miserablés is incredibly intimidating, however, the musical has been one of my favourites for the longest time and I really want to read the book that it was based on.
My mum loves Little Women and bought the book for me when I was younger. I have never read this book but I did watch the movie many times with my sister when I was younger.
I recently started watching the Netflix show Anne With an E and I love it so much! I think that this book would be such a lovely read.
So many people have said great things about this gothic novel and I think that it would be great to read in winter all cosy in a hoodie.
I really want to read a Charles Dickens book in my lifetime and A Tale of Two Cities is the one which appeals to me the most.
All of the clothing items that were shown in this post were from literarybookgifts.com. I really really love the huge range of bookish designs that they feature on their t shirts, hoodies, tank tops, tote backs and rucksacks. If you would like to buy any products from their store feel free to use my exclusive discount code: TimeTravellingReader20 for 20% off your purchase. There is no minimum spend for this discount and you can use it as many times as you like!


It is said that imitation is the best form of flattery. Be inspired, invoke your muses, put on your French berets and participate in Artsome My Artist My Way Competition 2015.
The Competition aims to introduce young minds to new mediums and artists. The challenge is to choose one signature style/ motif/ symbol used extensively by an artist as your reference of inspiration and make something new and interesting with a concept entirely yours. You could appropriate, parody, be ironical, or pay homage in your recreation project, interpreting the symbol in your own way. With such a process you are either extending the artistic practice or challenging it.
The entries would be judged on the basis of how well the elements that the artist uses are understood and how innovative the subject matter is. Feel free to create Paintings, sculptures, or installations and send us a photograph of your creation.
My Artist My Way Competition is hosted by artsome.co, an online resource for South Asian Modern and Contemporary Artists. Through this endeavour we aim to encourage interaction and familiarity with artworks and mediums in keeping with our initiative of taking art beyond a niche audience.
1. This is a Photo contest. Send us photographs of your inspired artwork.
2. Explain in 50-100 words the concept behind your creation including what elements you have borrowed and what drove you to create this.
4. The style maybe copied, but DO NOT COPY an artwork as it is.
5. All modes of photo editing are allowed.
7. High resolution images not more than 5 MB per image are acceptable.
9. Deadline for submission is 30th June.


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Q: when run php project in eclipse "Couldn't connect to Server" I want to run my first php project in eclipse(with help of pet package). When I run my project (index.php) eclipse show an error with below message :
Page Login failed with error. Could not connect to the server.

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*When I enter "http ://localhost" in my browser it couldn't find server

*I'm using kepler version of eclipse

*I'm run eclipse in MAC OSX

I think my local server didn't start or I haven't local server. How can I solve this error? How can run local php server in mac ?
Best Regards

A: You need to install a server package, something like MAMP. Then you need to configure it in order to be driven by Eclipse, using Xdebug, which is a module for Apache. In order to set up your configuration with Xdebug, take a look here: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Debugging_using_XDebug

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Election officials worried by threats and protesters
by: Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press
Posted: Nov 5, 2020 / 10:00 PM GMT-0500 / Updated: Nov 5, 2020 / 10:00 PM GMT-0500
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.
"I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me," said Joe Gloria, the registrar in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas. He said his staff was bolstering security and tracking vehicles coming and going from the election offices.
But he added that he and others would not be stopped from "doing what our duty is and counting ballots."
A man walks through a projected election slogan during protests following the Nov. 3 presidential election in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Oregon State Police arrest a protester in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Protesters hold letters that spell Count Every Vote as they cross an overpass while marching in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Demonstrators hold signs that urge all votes be counted outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Supporters of President Donald Trump protest the Nevada vote in front of the Clark County Election Department, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Marchers head south on Cedar Avenue during the National Day of Protest rally and march, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 in Minneapolis.(Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)
New York Police officers talk with people arrested during a demonstration, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Police take a person into custody at Bryant Square Park in Minneapolis during election protests Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)
Protesters march through the Loop to demand every vote be counted in the general election, Wednesday night, Nov. 4, 2020, in Chicago, as President Donald Trump tries to stop the effort in key battleground states. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raises her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted during a rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, as vote counting in the general election continues. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Supporter of President Donald Trump demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Police arrest a protester as clashes during a march following the presidential election Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
A person holds a sign referring to the number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency while demonstrating outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A supporter of President Donald Trump demonstrates outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Groups of Trump supporters have gathered at vote tabulation sites in Phoenix, Detroit and Philadelphia, decrying counts that showed Democrat Joe Biden leading or gaining ground.
While the protests have not been violent or very large, local officials were distressed and concerned by the relentless accusations.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel tweeted a plea to "stop making harassing & threatening calls" to her staff.
13 arrests after riot declared in Portland, National Guard activated
"Asking them to shove sharpies in uncomfortable places is never appropriate & is a sad commentary on the state of our nation," wrote Nessel, a Democrat, referring to a false conspiracy theory that Trump supporters were told to fill out ballots with Sharpie markers instead of regular pens so that their votes wouldn't be counted by the machines.
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, speaking on CNN, said her main concern was staff safety but that sheriff's deputies were providing protection. She said the protesters were "causing delay and disruption and preventing those employees from doing their job"
On Thursday, about 100 Trump supporters gathered again in front of the Maricopa County election center in Phoenix. Authorities used fences to create a "freedom of speech zone" and keep the entrance to the building open. The crowd took turns chanting — "Count the votes!" and "Four more years!" — and complaining through a megaphone about the voting process.
They paused to listen as Trump spoke from the White House on Thursday night, repeating many of his groundless assertions of a rigged vote.
They whooped and clapped when the president said, "We're on track to win Arizona." The Associated Press has called Arizona for Biden.
In Atlanta, roughly 100 chanting Trump supporters gathered outside State Farm Arena as votes were being counted. Several Atlanta police officers monitored the scene.
Tom Haas, 50, who said he was visiting Atlanta from Chicago on business, said he was convinced Trump had won the election. "There's obvious voter fraud, and it's coming out of the larger Democratic-run cities," he said. "Atlanta is one of them."
"Our democracy is under attack," he said, echoing Trump's language. We're losing America because we're losing a fair election for the nation."
In Detroit, a few dozen Trump supporters gathered outside the city's convention center Thursday morning as election workers counted absentee ballots inside. The protesters held signs that read, "Stop the steal" and "Stop the cheat."
Meanwhile, Facebook banned a large group called "Stop the Steal" that Trump supporters were using to organize protests against the vote count. Some members had called for violence, while many falsely claimed Democrats are stealing the election. The group had amassed more than 350,000 members before Facebook took it down.
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A.G. Harris Asks Court to Jail 'Tax Lady' for Contempt of Court
By a MetNews Staff Writer
A Sacramento County lawyer, who advertises herself as the "Tax Lady" and her firm as the "Largest Tax Resolution Firm in the United States," should be held in contempt of court for shredding documents and failing to refund unearned fees, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris said yesterday.
In papers filed yesterday in Sacramento Superior Court, the attorney general also asked Judge Shelleyanne Chang to freeze Roni Deutch's assets and appoint a receiver for her firm.
"Deutch showed herself to be a predator for profit, preying on innocent, hard-working people who were simply hoping to settle their accounts with the IRS," Harris said in her papers. "By defrauding these victims, and then pleading poverty, she created a real danger that her clients will never receive their advance fees back."
Tad Devlin, a San Francisco lawyer who represents Deutch, declined comment.
Harris' predecessor, Jerry Brown, sued Deutch in August, seeking $34 million for what the then-attorney general said was a swindle that took money from thousands of individuals seeking to resolve IRS collection problems.
Despite Chang's order requiring preservation of documents, Harris said in yesterday's filing, "Deutch has been routinely shredding documents on...almost a weekly basis." The attorney general estimated that Deutch has shredded between 1.6 million and 2.7 million pages of documents.
The attorney general claims that Deutch's firm, The Law Offices of Roni M. Deutch, had revenues of at least $25 million a year. The firm spent $3 million a year on advertising, much of it on late-night cable TV, and Deutch herself requently offered tax advice on popular TV shows.
Harris said her office and other agencies received hundreds of complaints from clients claiming they received little or no help after paying up-front fees to the Deutch firm.
In addition to shredding documents, the attorney general also charged that Deutch violated a preliminary injunction issued last November by failing to issue some $435,000 in refunds to her clients within 60 days. Instead she "decided to disperse funds to friends, family and other creditors," according to the papers filed yesterday.
"By draining her estate and that of the law firm, Deutch has placed her clients at serious risk of never receiving their refunds," Harris said.
The attorney general alleges that just before last Christmas, Deutch gave her media buyer a $1.1 million mortgage on her home, which only had about $600,000 in equity, to satisfy debts she had incurred in advertising her firm. The house was then sold in February, as a result of which "Inter Media received hundreds of thousands of dollars that could have been used to satisfy Deutch's obligation to timely provide refunds to her clients."
Deutch allegedly also personally withdrew $241,000 from the law firm's accounts and her personal accounts and made more than $21,000 in unnecessary expenditures, including gifts to family and friends, and a payment to a NASCAR racing team.


Joel Matip began his footballing journey with spells at SC Weitmar 45 and hometown club VFL Bochum but was quickly snapped up by Schalke 04 with his talent already evident at a young age.
While progressing through the Bundesliga side's junior ranks, his first introduction to professional football came with Schalke's second team in the German fourth division.
And in November 2009, Matip made his debut for the first team in memorable fashion as he scored an equalising goal against Bayern Munich and was then named Man of the Match thanks to an assured performance.
The German-born player went on to make 20 appearances in his debut season, featuring in a deep-lying midfield position.
Following his early success, the Cameroon national team looked to make the most of the centre-back's eligibility for a call-up through his father.
After months of deliberation, an 18-year-old Matip made his debut for his adopted country in a friendly clash with Italy.
He then featured in the 2010 World Cup, before scoring in the tournament four years later against the hosts Brazil.
The academy graduate went on to prove himself a versatile option for Schalke in the years after bursting onto the scene.
As well as slotting in at full-back and pushing up into midfield when needed, the 2011-12 season saw Matip establish himself at the heart of the defence.
He struck up a formidable partnership with Germany international Benedikt Howedes and has gone on to rack up over 200 appearances in all competitions.
During his time at Schalke he has won two major honours, lifting the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2011.
The 24-year-old enjoys defending on the front foot and never shies away from a tackle or battling with an attacker when needed.
From his experiences in midfield, Matip is also comfortable and composed with the ball at his feet.
At 6'4, blessed with pace and athleticism, Matip has the potential to become an all-purpose component in Jürgen Klopp's side.


Under ERISA 206(d)(3)(k), a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) can be enforced against employees and retirees to provide income for children who are alternate payees. A QDRO can provide payment to the custodial parent as the guardian of a dependent child. The plan may permit payment to an alternate payee even before the employee is eligible to receive benefits. Under IRC 414(p), an EDRO can be enforced against state employers who consent to such orders. Also, retirement benefits in pay status can be garnished under state laws of the Social Security Act to enforce child support orders. Notices of withholding issued by a state agency (read Friend of the Court) that administers child support are enforceable as QDROs even without a court order as long as they meet ERISA requirements (Dept. of Labor Opinion 2001-6A).
What is the Statute of Limitations on Child Support?
Clients sometimes call many years after a divorce complaining that the Michigan Friend of Court is after them for non-payment of support. Though there may be a moral obligation to pay, the legal right to enforce lasts only so long. Section 722.3 of the Michigan Compiled Law obligates parents to pay support for their minor children. The support is calculated under a formula that takes many factors into account, such as number of children, incomes of the parties, overnight parenting times, and child custody arrangements. In Michigan, the non-custodial payer usually pays by paycheck deduction to an agency (MiSDU) which sends the payment to the custodian parent.
Enforcement falls to the Michigan Friend of Court Bureau. If a parent fails to pay when ordered the FOC may impose a lien on the non-payer's real estate, intercept their tax refund, take professional license, garnishee wages, take arrearages from retirement or 401k accounts and attorney fees.
The statute of limitations for enforcement is "10 years from date of the last payment is due", MCL 600.5809(3). For example, if a parent owes child support from when a child was three years old, with the last support payment due when the child attains the age of 18, unpaid child support dating back to when the child was four could be collected 25 years later to age 28. [MCL 600.5809(3) and Rzadkowolski v Pefley, unpublished, 237 Mich App 405 (1999)].
In a case that has been to the Michigan Court of Appeals twice, the court has ordered that the children of parents who cannot agree on whether to have their children vaccinated, be vaccinated. In a 3-0 decision, the court ordered that unless contra-indicated by their pediatrician, the children should receive routine vaccinations.
The court in Kagen v Kagen, (unpublished opinion No. 318459, issued on July 14, 2015) laid out that the father who desired vaccination for the children had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that vaccinating the children was in their best interests. The best interests of the children are found in a list of factors under MCL 772.23. Since the trial court judge had erred both times the case was before her, the Court of Appeals took control and issued its own order.
The title of this article is also the title of a new book by Ron Lieber (published by Simon & Shuster, February 2015).
If you are thinking of divorce, there is much to recommend your reading it. Most people do not know that if you are married for ten years you may collect social security retirement benefits through your spouse. Better yet, it does not cost the other spouse a dime. In my practice I have recommended to many a prospective divorce seeker to wait to enter their divorce judgment if they are close to the ten year mark for receiving benefits.
This book is a valuable resource to parties contemplating divorce and to practicing family law practitioners. Also of use is a download published by the Social Security Administration: Social Security Benefits What Every Woman Should Know (and man, too, I might add). Last accessed: August 4, 2015.


Hi all, I received a land-line phone call this afternoon from a man with a very heavy accent from India clamming he was a representative for a company (the company name was never mentioned) that offered extended technical assistance for consumers for a yearly fee that Microsoft employs. He claimed that the company was no longer solvent and was about to go out of business so they were offering refunds to participants in the program as a stipulation in the bankruptcy proceedings. Sounds all well & good, right? First of all I have no such agreement with any company nor did I pay for anything like that. Of course I knew this was a bogus call but still played along just to see what would transpire next, as if I didn't know already! He claimed that he could mail me a check (no actual amount was ever quoted) or it would be "so much easier and quicker" if I just let them deposit the sum into my bank's checking account. Asking the bank name, address and my account number which, of course, I didn't divulge. After that I sarcastically said to him, "I bet your family is real proud of you that you turned out to be a criminal" and hung up the phone so happy to have wasted his time, lol! Most people wouldn't fall for this but there are still enough innocently unsuspecting or down right greedy individuals out there to make it worth their while to make this type of scam viable unfortunately. Those are the folks they're trying to make contact with.


Forum Game: True or False?
wish i found this forum sooner!
Anyone been over to AppleControl ?
AT&T Simplify Your Life Contest! $20,000 Grand Prize!
What icon/pic does the social thread need?
Post a pic of your last purchase.
Did owning an iPhone make you want a Mac?
Kelly Rowland makes iPhone Music Video!!


Is there any possibility to make some kind of tasks explorer for Jira?
There is an Atlassian Connector for IntelliJ IDEA - very useful tool. Will it work for PHPStorm?
Well, its up to Atlassian to make their plugin non-java-language dependent. Please direct your feedback to their team.
does the code merge with the IntelliJ IDEA mentioned in http://blogs.jetbrains.com/webide/2011/04/phpstorm-webstorm-2-1-eap-build-106-444/ mean that the atlassian connector will work with phpstorm also? This would be big for us.
Nope. Atlassian made this plugin dependend on java specific modules.


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Art, Fiction, Issue 7
C-A-G-E-D by Nancy Brewka-Clark
Garden Orchid by Wendy Lou Lou Schmidt
Mark crouched down in his usual spot behind the big rock and uncoiled the microphone cord. The battery-operated tape recorder was a big clumsy box of a thing, an ancient reel-to-reel that had belonged to his grandfather. But he could manipulate the knobs with his damaged hands. That was the important thing.
Once the machine was in place, he risked a peek toward the house. Soon those French doors would open and his beautiful girl would step out onto the terrace, the sunlight dancing on her silver flute. Although he didn't know her name, in his mind he called her Melody. He called the old lady Screech because not only did she look and sound like an owl but she was up until all hours of the night, just like him.
That was how he'd first been drawn to the place, by seeing the light through the trees. For the last ten years the Victorian house with its peeling gingerbread trim and leaky shingled turrets had stood empty. Seeing that bright glow in the window, he feared that at long last squatters had broken in and set a fire. When the light remained steady until it winked off, he knew someone was bringing the house back to life. That would be even worse than total destruction. Ever since his parents had died in the car crash his sophomore year at the conservatory, he hadn't had any use for the outside world. His hands had been crippled, but his love of music had only grown, keeping him company and providing solace in the darkness.
He returned the next afternoon, stopping at the edge of the woodland like a young buck weighing the threatening presence of humans. In daylight he could see how much work had already been done. But no amount of money could make that old pile attractive. Then he'd heard the flute part of Chopin's "Variations on a Theme by Rossini" coming from the terrace and circled the house through the woods to discover his soulmate.
Lately he felt as if he could summon Melody just by desiring her, as if heart actually could call to heart. Soon he'd find a way to take her away. Because his hands were too scarred now to stretch an octave, he'd never be able to accompany her, but that wouldn't matter. He would listen, and he would hear—that's what mattered to someone with Melody's genius.
Finally the French doors opened. For a rare moment Melody stood there alone, framed in the doorway. Slowly her eyes moved across the lawn and into the woods. His pulse doubled. She was looking for him. At last she knew; she understood.
Just as he was about to jump to his feet, Screech appeared at her shoulder. Painfully he pressed himself against the lichened boulder, praying those owl eyes hadn't caught sight of him. After a tortuous interval, the first delicate notes of Mozart's "Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major" floated toward him and he allowed himself the luxury of tears. He wept not in sorrow or in longing but in gratitude for having found his Melody, so beautiful, and so alone, like him.
When Mark awoke the next morning, it was pouring. She'd never be out there playing in a deluge like this. He spent the next hours in agony. At two o'clock the great gray cloud ceiling cracked like a dusty mirror. By two-thirty he was behind the rock, the big old tape recorder with its powerful microphone ready to pick up every precious note.
A few minutes after he settled down, Melody stepped out onto the terrace. Once again her gaze swept across the neat expanse of lawn and into the woodland. Peering out with one eye from behind the rock, he was certain she was staring straight at him. Screech was nowhere in sight. Perhaps she was in one of those attic windows with a pair of binoculars, the suspicious old bird.
Just as his heart began to pound with the imagined terror of being caught by the police, Screech came out. She said something that he couldn't hear, but whatever it was, it made Melody frown and shake her head, her long black hair glinting in the sunlight. When the old lady turned away, Melody stuck out her tongue and then laughed but Screech didn't appear to notice.
As the first notes floated into the woods he sank back against the rock, frowning in puzzled concentration. He was just as baffled a full minute later. It was such a simple melody, no sharps, no flats, played in the key of C. The notes of a full octave ran C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C and she was using all the notes, but she was playing so fast! Whoever the composer was, the piece would open new worlds for him. Someday soon they'd explore these worlds together, but for now it was enough to just to listen and marvel.
Abruptly, Melody removed the flute from her lips. With a toss of that silken hair, she stared straight at the rock, turned and vanished inside with Screech at her heels. Staring at the French doors, shut now, he willed her to return. When she didn't, he thought his heart would break.
After he got home, things went from terrible to unbearable. He had to possess every composition Melody played, ordering it on the rare occasion when he didn't already own it. But when he played the tape into the audio ID app on his computer, there was no match. Listening to the hiss of the ancient tape, he decided that there was only one thing to do.
He sat nervously at the Steinway concert grand. There was no one to hear him, but that didn't matter. He dreaded hearing himself playing like a toddler. Finally he raised his hand, willing himself to peck away at the keyboard with his left pinky, the only finger that had survived the crash unscathed. Sitting there with Melody's unknown song running through his head, he realized he'd stopped thinking about his parents. Was it possible that in his heart he'd actually forgiven them both, his father for driving drunk and his mother for not stopping him? If so, it was because his love for Melody had healed him.
Smiling, he turned on the ancient tape recorder and slowed the tape down a bit. Hitting the piano keys one by one as the melody unspooled, he stopped after the first seven notes.
B-A-D-D-E-E-D.
He stared down at the keyboard.
Could it be a coincidence?
He ran the next section of tape.
B-A-G-C-A-G-E-D-B-A-B-E.
"Bag caged babe," he whispered.
Yes, Melody was a babe, and Screech certainly was an old bag. He'd cracked the code! Hands trembling almost uncontrollably, he picked out the next notes.
B-A-G-D-E-F-A-C-E-D-B-A-B-E.
What could it mean? He stopped the tape and sat deep in thought. Certainly she hadn't been physically defaced. But psychic wounds were just as painful. He decided that Melody felt demeaned because the old witch was holding her prisoner.
B-A-B-E-B-E-G-G-E-D-B-A-G.
She'd tried pleading with her for her freedom, to no avail.
B-A-G-D-E-A-F.
But Screech—no puzzle here—ignored her plea for freedom.
B-A-B-E-G-A-B-B-A-B-E-D-E-A-D.
The final notes confused him until he recognized the old-fashioned word 'gab.' There was no mystery here. If she talked about her imprisonment, the old woman would do her bodily harm. His beloved Melody had issued a desperate plea for her life.
When the French doors opened, Screech came out first. She looked more owlish than usual, her short brown hair streaked with gray standing up just like feathers, her yellow nose more beaked, her beady eyes sunken in dark circles. This time it was Screech who surveyed the woods with those predator's eyes. When she raised her shoulders in a slow and eloquent shrug, he expected her to take off and swoop down on him and instinctively crouched lower.
"No!" At the sound of Melody's voice, he peered around the rock. Her cheeks were red and her eyes flashed fire. As he watched, she stamped her foot, shaking her head so vigorously the black silken hair shivered like flowing water. "No, Nana."
So, Screech was her grandmother. He was pondering the ramifications of that when he heard a slap and then a shriek of pure anguish. "Stop it, Nana!"
The old lady had a fistful of Melody's hair and was pulling it with all her might. "Why aren't you concentrating on your music, you lazy girl?"
Jumping to his feet, he ran toward the terrace. Melody, flailing both arms, screamed at the top of her lungs, whether at the sight of him or the pain he couldn't be sure. Coming up behind Screech, he pawed at her shoulder, furious with himself when the scarred fingers refused to clutch her and tear her away from Melody. "Let her go!"
At his touch, the old woman went stiff. Letting go of Melody's hair, she spun around. Hissing wordlessly, claws extended, she sprang for his eyes. He had no choice but to push her. A white metal chair broke her fall, but somehow she still managed to end up flat on her back. Her head lifted up like a flipped turtle's, beady eyes bright with malice. "So, he's the reason you've gone off your music, you silly little slut. And you, whoever you are, you'll pay!"
When she began to roll onto her side, Mark knew she still had plenty of fight left in her. "Come on." Hooking his arm through Melody's, he began dragging her across the terrace. "Run."
"No." Melody struggled desperately to dig in her heels. "I can't." When he tugged harder, she shrieked, "Don't you understand? I'll die!"
"Why would you—"
He felt the electric shock almost as soon as she did, but with a fraction of the force. Melody's face went white, her head tilted back and for an instant she became a dead weight as he towed her over the edge of the patio and onto the grass. "Melody, my precious Melody," he panted, half sobbing with pain and terror, "you can't be dead."
For an instant she looked up at him through fluttering lids—and then smiled a shaky smile. "I'm—I'm not, am I?"
He bent and kissed her. "No." He looked up just in time to see Screech get to her knees. "We have to go."
When they reached the rock, he pulled Melody down beside him. "Before they arrest me, I want you to know how much I love you."
"She won't call the police." Melody tugged down the neck of her pale yellow sweater. "Look." He stared at the plastic box attached to the buckled leather strip. "She told me that if I ever tried to leave the house, it would kill me. She said I wouldn't even know. That it would be just like being struck by lightning."
"Your grandmother made you wear a dog collar for an invisible fence?" He gaped at her. "What kind of a person is she?"
Melody's faced grew thoughtful. "I don't really know." She turned to him. "I don't know many people, so I have no way to compare. We've lived all over the world but we never stay anywhere long enough for me to make friends. She wants me to be a great musician, even greater than she was before she started losing her voice."
"Do you want that, too?"
She looked at him sideways. "Yes. But I also want to love and be loved." He went to touch her cheek, then pulled back his hand. She grasped it, whispering, "No. Let me see." After a long moment, she looked from the scars into his eyes. "Did you ever play an instrument?"
"Piano." He paused. "In a way, we've lived the same lives. My parents had great expectations for me, too. But the car crash ended all that."
"Nana says that when my parents died—it was a plane crash—she knew that she wasn't meant to be the star but the firmament against which my star would shine."
"That makes her sound almost decent." Suddenly he was at a loss. "Do you love her?"
She gaped at him. "Seriously?"
"Yes, I'm serious." He felt near to tears. "Loving someone changes you."
She smiled. "You said you love me."
"I do. I always have, from the moment I heard you."
"You rescued me." She leaned her head on his shoulder. "I owe you my life."
Panic rose in him. "I don't want you to feel you owe me anything." After a pause that left a crushing weight on his heart, he whispered, "So, what do you want to do?"
She hummed three notes. "B-E-D."
And his heart burst into song.
Nancy Brewka-Clark began her writing career as features editor for a daily newspaper chain on Boston's North Shore. Her poems, short stories, drama, and nonfiction have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies published by Red Hen Press, University of Iowa Press, Southeast Missouri State University Press, Smith and Kraus, FunDead Publications of Salem, YouthPLAYS of Los Angeles, and Routledge. She is the 2019 winner of the Amy Lowell Poetry Prize. Her debut poetry collection Beautiful Corpus will be published by Kelsay Books in June 2020.
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Q: Find the matrix representation $T_{B}^{B}$ of this $T \in (\mathbb{R}^3,\mathbb{R}^3)$ linear transformation? Context: Linear Algebra Course.
Please , dont edit a,b,c are right.
Given $T \in (\mathbb{R}^3,\mathbb{R}^3) $ such that $$T(a,b,c)=(-8x+9y-27z,3x-2y+9z, 3x-3y+10z)$$
Find the matrix of representation.
It looks like a simple question. But I havent done it before. This question is related to matrix diagonalization.
Can you provide me some hints to find it?. Thanks in advance.
Here is the RIGHT ANSWER  by JCH:
$ A = [a_{ij}] \in \mathcal{M}_{m\times n}(K), \ \ 1\leq i \leq j \leq n, $
$ T(\alpha_{j}) = \sum_{i=1}^{m}a_{ij}\beta_{i}$
$ T(\alpha_{1}) = T(1,0, 0) = (-8, 3, 3)$
$ T(\alpha_{2}) = T(0,1, 0) = (9, 2, -3)$
$ T(\alpha_{3}) = T(0,0, 1) = (-27, 9, 10)$
$ A(T)_{st}^{st} = \left[ \begin{matrix} -8 & 9 & -27\\ 3 & -2 & 9 \\ 3 & -3 & 10 \end{matrix} \right]$

A: $ A = [a_{ij}] \in \mathcal{M}_{m\times n}(K), \ \ 1\leq i \leq j \leq n, $
$ T(\alpha_{j}) = \sum_{i=1}^{m}a_{ij}\beta_{i}$
$ T(\alpha_{1}) = T(1,0, 0) = (-8, 3, 3)$
$ T(\alpha_{2}) = T(0,1, 0) = (9, 2, -3)$
$ T(\alpha_{3}) = T(0,0, 1) = (-27, 9, 10)$
$ A(T)_{st}^{st} = \left[ \begin{matrix} -8 & 9 & -27\\ 3 & -2 & 9 \\ 3 & -3 & 10 \end{matrix} \right]$


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DHL Stormers to come back stronger
The DHL Stormers are determined to take some valuable lessons from their Vodacom Super Rugby quarterfinal defeat to the Chiefs and come back stronger next season.
The Hamilton-based side were simply too strong for the hosts at DHL Newlands on Saturday, and DHL Stormers Head Coach Robbie Fleck gave credit to what was a superb performance from the visitors.
"They blew us away in that first half and the tempo they played at just killed us.
"You have got to give credit where it is due, and everything they tried came off for them," he said.
Fleck said the challenge will be to learn from this experience and work hard to come back stronger next year when they will face New Zealand instead of Australian sides.
"For us it is a taste of what is to come next year, and some of our young guys now know what it is like. We are going to have to lick our wounds, and they are big ones.
"We have got a lot of work to do, and we have still got to get to grips with the intensity that they play at," he said.
Looking back on the season captain Schalk Burger said that there has been encouraging growth which bodes well for the future.
"Of course it hurts, but you have got to have a little perspective – this team has come a long way. We started on a journey, we are a young side and I think we did remarkably well to get into a quarterfinal.
"I think the challenge for this group is to stay true to their culture, and everyone must have introspection and improve.
"Fleckie and the management did remarkably well, at the beginning of the year I don't think a lot of people gave us much of a chance, but we were comfortably winners of our conference.
"Tonight was painful, but I have really enjoyed working with this group of players who are super talented," he said.
Fleck added that while there is room for growth, there is also a lot of potential in the current squad.
"I think that we can catch up, what we started this year we would like to continue next year.
"I certainly believe that this group can get there, we have had a taste of it now and we are going to work incredibly hard. It is about picking up the pieces now and I certainly believe that this group of players can go in that direction.
"I am certainly excited about what we can do as a group going forward.
"Obviously it is really disappointing and it is going to be a tough one to swallow, but for me as a coach it has been a great experience, I have had good leadership around me and the players have been fantastic in terms of their buy-in but I think we all realise that we are a fair bit off where we need to be and we have a lot of work to do next year," he said.