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Explore the backcountry confidently
Somewear's best-in-class, ultralight satellite solution offers reliable, intuitive off-grid comms designed for the backcountry.
Whether it's a weekend hike, a multi-day trip on the PCT, an off-road adventure, or a backcountry skiing outing, Somewear keeps you in touch, informed, and safe anywhere in the world.
For every adventure
Backpackers & Hikers
We understand the importance of traveling light. Whether you're committing to the PCT or squeezing in a weekend in Big Sur, this 4oz hotspot is the perfect companion for every trek.
Backcountry Skiers
& Snowboarders
We are strong believers in dark starts in the name of powder. But, it's important to understand the risks at hand. Travel responsibly in the backcountry and know we have your back.
Our solution allows you to navigate confidently and reliably. With Somewear's GPS and waypoints you'll know where you've already looked and where to look next.
Off-Roaders
Whether you're crawling over the red rocks of Utah or cruising down a side road, cell service is likely out of reach. Call for help if you need it or simply share a meeting point with your group.
When heading out onto the river, Somewear is your line to safety and ensures you know about the weather conditions ahead. Access 24-hour and 7-day forecasts even while you're offline.
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Exploration comes with risk, and Somewear was founded to ensure people have a line to safety when it matters most. In partnership with GEOS Worldwide, Somewear offers 24/7 SOS monitoring and an interactive SOS experience with every satellite data subscription.
Two-way messaging
Our intuitive interface has made it as simple as possible to keep in touch with your friends and family. Additionally, Somewear can actively detect and default to cellular and WiFi networks when in range, thus preserving your valuable satellite data.
No one likes getting caught off guard. Somewear's hyperlocal weather-reporting gets you the latest information on demand to help you plan accordingly. Get access to 24-hour and 7-day forecasts even while you're offline.
Heading off grid, someone is going to worry about you. Whether it's your spouse or your best friend, Somewear's onboard GPS and interval tracking will make it simple for people to follow your path in real time.
The compact form factor is 3.0" x 3.6" x 0.8" and only weighs 4 oz.
1000+ messages sent/received per charge.
Hotspot will last for over 10 days with 10 min interval tracking.
MIL-STD-810
We made sure the hotspot could stand up to the roughest conditions.
With integrated Bluetooth Low Energy, latch the hotspot
to your backpack and forget it's even there.
-4°F to 140°F
Built for all seasons, Somewear will be there in the snow and the sun.
GPS – Accurate to within 2.5m
Precision tracking for whoever needs to follow your path.
Water-resistant at 2m for 30 mins. It even floats!
(charging cord included)
Partners and integrations
Somewear has partnered with onX, a leading GPS mapping app provider, to introduce the industry's first integration between a GPS mapping app and a satellite communications device.
TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH
Somewear partnered with Teton Gravity Research in their annual International Pro Riders Workshop and Safety Week to provide pro athletes the critical, backcountry skills to safely identify, navigate, and respond to avalanche terrain.
IRIDIUM SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Our partnership with Iridium allows us to provide you with reliable, 100% global coverage. We wanted to build something you can trust your life on, and if we were going to stand by that promise, it had to be Iridium.
Gear Junkie
The Somewear hotspot is an extremely easy-to-use global satellite messenger. Because all functions other than SOS work through an app, sending a message or coordinates is as simple as sending a text.
[Somewear] fills a fundamental gap in the satellite communications market… doing it in a lighter, more user-friendly way.
Outdoor Gear Lab
We've poured hours of work into a comprehensive and usually up-to-date chart that collates hardware and subscription options. When we crunch the numbers, the Global Hotspot is the best value option if you want two-way text messaging in the wild.
The signal is stronger, and unlike GPS networks, covers every inch of the globe—from the polar ice caps to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Somewear can actively detect and default to cellular and wi-fi networks when in range, thus preserving valuable satellite data. It's simple to use and lent us maximal peace of mind on a recent backcountry adventure!
Mountain sledder
The app user interface is as clean as a whistle! It's seriously dead-simple to use. If you're accustomed to navigating your way through a smartphone, using the Somewear app is a breeze.
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SHARJAH: It is extremely important for governments to recognise honest communications as a critical function in introducing new policies, campaigns and sharing strategic information. All these must be in tandem with effective communications strategies, said Dr Lamya Fawwaz, Masdar's Executive Director of Brand and Strategic Initiatives.
She made the observation during a panel discussion at the International Government Communication Forum. The session, titled Human Behaviour: New Dimensions for Change Communication, also featured Roger Fisk – head of the political campaign, marketing, and media strategies for President Barack Obama; and Andrew Keen – eminent author and keynote speaker who specialises in the impact of new technology on 21st-century business, education, culture and society.
Emphasising the importance of behavioural science in communications, Dr Fawwaz said that people need to be motivated to behave in a certain way. Since people are more informed now than they've ever been, emotive messaging is more effective in encouraging people to change their behaviour.
Dr Fawwaz argued that while technology is fast changing, it is important to acknowledge that government communication is a long-term strategy.
She added, "The UAE can be seen as an example for the region. We see that the UAE has been the most effective model here in terms of government-citizen communication. The government is confident in the direction it's moving and it's communicating that honestly with its people.
"Covering the transformation of government campaigns over the decades, Roger Fisk stressed that the proliferation of technology and applications has transformed and continues to transform the government communication landscape.
"The most important thing for governments to ensure is that their communication campaigns benefit societies and help their institutions function better," he said.
"In the past, we did not have the technological tools to help us gather data during a campaign. Today we do, and these tools provide answers on what makes people form a decision. This helps campaigns to micro-target particular segments of society and understand how people make a decision," added Fisk, who is credited with the success of President Obama's electoral and media campaigns. Fisk asserted that it is critical that governments and businesses should not focus only on social media and applications as communications tools as many people still get their news from TV, radio and the newspaper, and from the people in their lives.
"There is still a role for traditional media and how we are influenced by the people in our lives. The most critical thing though is that communication is honest and based on real actions. If your communication is based on a foundation of trust and authenticity, then you can take your clients, readers, and citizens on a journey that spans twenty to thirty years," he said.
Other important issues like how will governments use data in the future, and artificial intelligence (AI) and the role of humans in both communication and other areas were also discussed during the session. He said, "The great challenge and opportunity of the 21st century is realising human potential again."
Veteran journalist Andrew Wilson, who moderated the session, highlighted the key role that all governments should ideally play in effective communication to positively influence behaviour for the betterment of society.


Every December, with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, investors begin to scrutinize their performance, formulate coulda's and shoulda's, and determine what to try next year. It's an annual, masochistic, right of passage.
It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know where the stock market is going or when it will change direction. Too much investor time and analytical effort is wasted trying to predict course corrections?even more is squandered comparing portfolio Market Values with a handful of unrelated indices and averages. If we reconcile in our minds that we can't predict the future (or change the past), we can move through the uncertainty more productively. Let's simplify portfolio performance evaluation by using information that we don't have to speculate about, and which is related to our own personal investment programs.
Every December, with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, investors begin to scrutinize their performance, formulate coulda's and shoulda's, and determine what to try next year. It's an annual, masochistic, right of passage. My year-end vision is different. I see a bunch of Wall Street fat cats, ROTF and LOL, while investors (and their alphabetically correct advisors) determine what to change, sell, buy, re-allocate, or adjust to make the next twelve months behave better financially than the last. What happened to that old fashioned emphasis on long-term progress toward specific goals? The use of Issue Breadth and 52-week High/Low statistics for navigation; and cyclical analysis (Peak to Peak, etc.) and economic realities as performance expectation barometers makes a lot more personal sense. And when did it become vogue to think of Investment Portfolios as sprinters in a twelve-month race with a nebulous array of indices and averages? Why are the masters of the universe rolling on the floor in laughter? They can visualize your annual performance agitation ritual producing fee generating transactions in all conceivable directions. An unhappy investor is Wall Street's best friend, and by emphasizing short-term results and creating a superbowlesque environment, they guarantee that the vast majority of investors will be unhappy about something, all of the time.
Your portfolio should be as unique as you are, and I contend that a portfolio of individual securities rather than a shopping cart full of one-size-fits-all consumer products is much easier to understand and to manage. You just need to focus on two longer-range objectives: (1) growing productive Working Capital, and (2) increasing Base Income. Neither objective is directly related to the market averages, interest rate movements, or the calendar year. Thus, they protect investors from short-term, anxiety causing, events or trends while facilitating objective based performance analysis that is less frantic, less competitive, and more constructive than conventional methods. Briefly, Working Capital is the total cost basis of the securities and cash in the portfolio, and Base Income is the dividends and interest the portfolio produces. Deposits and withdrawals, capital gains and losses, each directly impact the Working Capital number, and indirectly affect Base Income growth. Securities become non-productive when they fall below Investment Grade Quality (fundamentals only, please) and/or no longer produce income. Good sense management can minimize these unpleasant experiences.
Let's develop an "all you need to know" chart that will help you manage your way to investment success (goal achievement) in a low failure rate, unemotional, environment. The chart will have four data lines, and your portfolio management objective will be to keep three of them moving upward through time. Note that a separate record of deposits and withdrawals should be maintained. If you are paying fees or commissions separately from your transactions, consider them withdrawals of Working Capital. If you don't have specific selection criteria and profit taking guidelines, develop them.
Line One is labeled "Working Capital? and an average annual growth rate between 5% and 12% would be a reasonable target, depending on Asset Allocation. [An average cannot be determined until after the end of the second year, and a longer period is recommended to allow for compounding.] This upward only line (Did you raise an eyebrow?) is increased by dividends, interest, deposits, and "realized?capital gains and decreased by withdrawals and "realized?capital losses. A new look at some widely accepted year-end behaviors might be helpful at this point. Offsetting capital gains with losses on good quality companies becomes suspect because it always results in a larger deduction from Working Capital than the tax payment itself. Similarly, avoiding securities that pay dividends is at about the same level of absurdity as marching into your boss's office and demanding a pay cut. There are two basic truths at the bottom of this: (1) You just can't make too much money, and (2) there's no such thing as a bad profit. Don't pay anyone who recommends loss taking on high quality securities. Tell them that you are helping to reduce their tax burden.
One other important detail No matter how conservative your selection criteria, a security or two is bound to become a loser. Don't judge this by Wall Street popularity indicators, tea leaves, or analyst opinions. Let the fundamentals (profits, S & P rating, dividend action, etc) send up the red flags. Market Value just can't be trusted for a bite-the-bullet decision?but it can help. This brings us to Line Four, a reflection of the change in "Total Portfolio Market Value" over the course of time. This line will follow an erratic path, constantly staying below "Working Capital" (Line One). If you observe the chart after a market cycle or two, you will see that lines One through Three move steadily upward regardless of what line Four is doing! BUT, you will also notice that the "lows" of Line Four begin to occur above earlier highs. It's a nice feeling since Market Value movements are not, themselves, controllable.
Line Four will rarely be above Line One, but when it begins to close the cap, a greater movement upward in Line Three (Net Realized Capital Gains) should be expected. In 100% income portfolios, it is possible for Market Value to exceed Working Capital by a slight margin, but it is more likely that you have allowed some greed into the portfolio and that profit taking opportunities are being ignored. Don't ever let this happen. Studies show rather clearly that the vast majority of unrealized gains are brought to the Schedule D as realized losses?and this includes potential profits on income securities. And, when your portfolio hits a new high watermark, look around for a security that has fallen from grace with the S & P rating system and bite that bullet.
What's different about this approach, and why isn't it more high tech? There is no mention of an index, an average, or a comparison with anything at all, and that's the way it should be. This method of looking at things will get you where you want to be without the hype that Wall Street uses to create unproductive transactions, foolish speculations, and incurable dissatisfaction. It provides a valid use for portfolio Market Value, but far from the judgmental nature Wall Street would like. It's use in this model, as both an expectation clarifier and an action indicator for the portfolio manager, on a personal level, should illuminate your light bulb. Most investors will focus on Line Four out of habit, or because they have been brainwashed by Wall Street into thinking that a lower Market Value is always bad and a higher one always good. You need to get outside of the "Market Value vs. Anything?box if you hope to achieve your goals. Cycles rarely fit the January to December mold, and are only visible in rear view mirrors anyway?but their impact on your new Line Dance is totally your tune to name.
The Market Value Line is a valuable tool. If it rises above working capital, you are missing profit opportunities. If it falls, start looking for buying opportunities. If Base Income falls, so has: (1) the quality of your holdings, or (2) you have changed your asset allocation for some (possibly inappropriate) reason, etc. So Virginia, it really is OK if your Market Value falls in a weak stock market or in the face of higher interest rates. The important thing is to understand why it happened. If it's a surprise, then you don't really understand what is in your portfolio. You will also have to find a better way to gauge what is going on in the market. Neither the CNBC "talking heads" nor the "popular averages" are the answer. The best method of all is to track "Market Stats", i.e. Breadth Statistics, New Highs and New Lows. . If you need a "drug", this is a better one than the ones you've grown up with.
The 1st of a 5 part series covering aspects of Personal Financial Budgets and moving forward.
The first step to avoiding the troubles of financial debt is to create and maintain a budget. It's not as intimidating as it sounds, don't worry.
First off, create a list of all your monthly income and also a list of your monthly expenses. When determining income, list all sources including alimony, child support, side jobs, etc. In calculating expenses, be sure to include housing, food, transportation, utilities, entertainment, etc. To gain an accurate reflection of actual expenses, sit down each night and write down expenses, just make sure to save receipts. Determine if your income covers all of your expenses. If the answer is no, then some expenses need to be reduced.
Adjust expenses. If it is a small discrepancy, it may mean reducing some minor expenses like entertainment or cell phone plan. If the deficit is larger, you may need to downsize your vehicle or living arrangements. If your income covers all of your expenses, you still may want to trim some of the excess fat off your spending habits. This can free up extra money for things such as vacations or college funds for your children.
Additionally, consider if you need to add new categories. Some areas that are often overlooked are debt reduction, emergency savings funds, and retirement savings. An emergency fund ensures there is an adequate amount available to cover unforeseen events (car emergency, etc), should it arise. This will eliminate the need for using credit which can quickly damage your budget.
There are several advantages to sticking to your budget. Firstly, most people have set financial goals that they would like to reach in the future. Sometimes it may be a trip, a brand new car, or a college education. A budget can help people save money to make these goals a reality. Additionally, many people are crushed under heavy consumer debt. Without a disciplined pattern of spending, it is virtually impossible to make much headway in reducing debt. A personal budget will provide the necessary framework to begin eliminating these inflated account balances.
If executed properly, a budget will allow a person to simultaneously meet their expenses, place money into savings, and pay back outstanding debts. Therefore, it is anyone's best interest to create and implement a budget.
It's estimated that up to ?bn may be sitting unclaimed in UK dormant bank accounts. Could you be entitled to a share?
Banking experts estimate that up to ?bn may be sitting unclaimed in UK bank accounts that have gone 'dormant'. What does this mean, and could you be entitled to a share in this huge amount of idle money?
A bank account goes dormant when, in the words of the British Bankers' Association, a bank and a customer 'lose touch with each other'. What this usually means in practice is that a customer has either passed away or moved house, and the bank haven't been told and are unable to locate the account holder some time later.
If there are no transactions on an account over a period of around 12 months, the bank will write to the account holder at the last known address to ask them if they wish to keep the account open. If no reply is received, then the bank will change the status of the account to 'dormant'. This means that from now on, no statements, chequebooks or other correspondance will be sent out to the customer.
The money in the account will still earn interest at whatever the normal rate of that account is, and the bank will still keep track of the account balance and keep a record of the last known address of the holder.
There are two main reasons for an account being made dormant. The first and most obvious one is to save the banks the administration costs of sending out statements and the like when there is no activity on the account from month to month (other than that initiated by the bank itself, such as interest payments).
The more important reason however is to guard against identity fraud. If a bank continues to send statements to an address when the account holder is no longer there to receive them, it is all too easy for these documents to end up in the hands of fraudsters, who could use the sensitive information they contain to begin a campaign of ID theft.
Most dormant accounts will have very small balances, but some will inevitably contain a substantial sum, often those belonging to someone who has passed away. If you think you may be entitled to money held in a dormant account, you can make a claim by filling in a form available from the bank in question.
You will need to give your reasons for making a claim, such as that the account belonged to a close relative whose estate was passed to you. You will also need to prove your own identity, and your connection to the original account holder if applicable.
If the bank don't agree that you're entitled to take over the account, you have the right to pursue an appeal, where your claim is re-examined. If the appeal fails, you can take your claim to the Financial Ombudsman Service, whose decision is final and binding.
1. Have you ever noticed how much time you spend sitting in front of the television? The longer you sit, the worse it is for your blood circulation. Besides, the time you free up can be used for more useful tasks such as teaching your kids or learning a new skill.
2. If you are an avid reader, use the public library whenever possible. There is no need to buy the latest books from bookstores like Borders unless it is in a category that does not fit into a public library. The public library will usually acquire popular titles after some times. Learn to be patient.
3. If you are a smoker, start reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke each day. Over time, you may be able to quit smoking completely. Besides saving money by not buying any more cigarettes, your health will also improve and this means a huge saving in your medical bills.
4. Use a bicycle if the destination is within 30 minutes by car. This helps promote blood circulation in your body and also reduces environmental pollution. You can also save on gasoline and parking fees.
5. Dine at home more frequently. You can experiment with different recipes and save some money at the same time. In addition, you are honing your cooking skills and this could be very useful for the home dining experience.
6. Bring your own coffee to office. Many people like to drop by a Starbucks or similar coffee outlet and end up spending a few dollars or more on a cup of coffee. You can potentially save many dollars each week just by making your own coffee at home and bringing it to your work place in a Thermos. Besides, who knows, it may taste better than the coffee from Starbucks! If you really cannot live without Starbucks coffee, consider getting a Starbucks rebate card. You can use the rebates to redeem free Starbucks coffee after you have accumulated enough points.
7. Do more walking than driving. If you can reach your destination within ten minutes by car, consider leaving the car behind and walk instead. You will save money on gasoline and parking fees. This can easily add up to a few thousand dollars a year.
These seven ways are a good start for changing unhealthy spending habits. However, you should continue to research and incorporate more healthy habits that contribute to the building of your retirement fund. By re-investing the money saved from using these tips, you will be many steps ahead of your peers and closer to your retirement goals.
You never know when financial disaster – job loss, illness or natural catastrophe – will happen. But you can take a few simple steps to be prepared, just in case.
It's tough to get by financially in today's fast-paced life. With mortgages, car notes and massive amounts of credit card debt, most people struggle to get by from month to month. With most people doing what they can just to pay their bills, few people are prepared for the unlikely event of a financial disaster. They come in many forms; a storm like Hurricane Katrina, a loss of job, or a sudden illness can break anyone who isn't prepared for an unexpected interruption in their financial life. But it isn't all that difficult to make preparations that will help you in times of a money crisis. All it takes is a bit of planning ahead of time.
Get an ATM/Debit card – You may not regularly use cash or have a need for a debit card, but there are some circumstances where it may be necessary. People from New Orleans who were temporarily displaced by Hurricane Katrina would have benefited from having access to cash even while away from home. If you don't use one regularly, get one anyway and keep it in a safe place.
Sign up for direct deposit – With direct deposit, you will know that your paycheck will be in your bank account even if you cannot, for whatever reason, physically get to your bank. This will help you in the event of illness or natural disaster that may have your local bank temporarily closed.
Sign up for online bill paying – You can pay bills even if you aren't at home via the Internet. You don't have to use the service, but it may come in handy at a time when you least expect it.
Save some emergency cash – Financial experts recommend that you save at least three months' worth of financial expenses. That's difficult, but every little bit can help. Try to cut back on a few unnecessary items, such as that tall latte you buy every day. It adds up, and you never know when you may need to access that emergency cash.
Set up a home equity line of credit – Unlike a home equity loan, which provides you with a lump sum of cash right away, a home equity line of credit provides you with cash that you can use a little at a time, and only when you need it. If you don't actually take any money out, you don't have monthly payments. But if an emergency strikes, you'll have cash available. This can be particularly helpful if you find yourself out of work for a short period of time. Your bank won't lend you money when you are out of work, so plan ahead of time and the money will be ready when you are.
A little bit of planning can go a long way when a financial emergency strikes. If you plan for it now, you will have fewer worries later.
Frequent flier credit cards are a unique way for consumers to reward themselves wile spending money.
Frequent flier credit cards are a unique way for consumers to reward themselves while spending money.
There is, however, a hefty price to pay for spending while earning-interest rates average 16.99 percent on airline mileage credit card balances.
As consumers look for alternative choices to managing debt, the inevitable hunt for a low-rate balance transfer begins. Innovative companies such as E*TRADE FINANCIAL are making it easier for consumers to transfer their balances to a low-rate card while preserving their ability to earn rewards on the card of their choice.
Instead of the standard one-time balance transfer, the E*TRADE Mileage Maximizer Account is an automated balance transfer system that allows customers to transfer their balances on higher rate credit cards to a lower rate credit card each and every month. Low-rate credit products like these allow consumers to reduce the interest paid on balances, paving the way for effective debt management.
So celebrate the rewards you get from your airline mileage credit cards-take that trip, upgrade your seat or turn the miles into a charitable gift. But be smart-don't pay for those benefits with an exorbitant interest rate and manage the balances you are carrying down to a low interest rate.
Some people feel loyal to certain credit card companies, it's only natural when you've had them for so long, but why not see if they can offer you a better card?
I remember the lecture my mother gave me a few weeks before my first day of college. She sat me down and said, "I have something important to tell you." Right about then is when I rolled my eyes and braced for the, "Young men are the devil's spawn and should not be trusted," and the, "You are going to a place where there will be great temptations," speech. What I got was not really a lecture, but a talk about how it was time to start building my credit.
I really never gave that topic much thought. I always thought that getting a credit card was for grown ups, and Lord knows I didn't quite feel like a grown up at the time. She told me I should start thinking about applying for a credit card. She also warned me if I did so, she would NOT bail me out if I started charging up the world. That alone scared me. I had a full time job, but what if I couldn't handle the payments? What if I went temporarily insane, and decided to charge everything I could. It was too much for me, and I told her, I didn't want to hear any more nonsense about me getting a credit card.
She of course persisted for the next two weeks, and I finally told her that I would look into it. I then asked the million dollar question, "How do I find the one that is best for me?" She blank stared me. Then she blink. Then she shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't know, that's your problem." Cue the crickets.
So there I was, eighteen in 1992, trying to get a credit card, but not knowing where to start. Luckily on the fist day of classes, I was in the school book store and found an ad for a student credit card. Without giving it much thought, I applied and to this day I still have a card from that company. Was that the best way of going about it? Probably not. I suppose if I did the research I could have found a card with a better interest rate, or a better limit.
Now days, the internet has changed the way people research topics. I've found the best way to find a good product is to find a site that helps you compare similar products side by side. Are you interested in credit cards that offer airline rewards? How about credit cards that offer hotel and travel rewards? Maybe you are just looking for the credit card that would be right for your business, or one with low interest rates. There are even credit cards for poor credit.
Some people feel loyal to certain credit card companies, it's only natural when you've had them for so long, but why not see if they can offer you a better card? Your time is precious and getting the best credit card for you is important to your lifestyle.
There is inflation every year. You cannot stop an increasing in living expenses as prices of consumer goods increasing all the time. Saving money becomes an extremely difficult task to do. Here are some solutions for saving a little so that you can still meet your needs and still find ways to trim off a little for the future.
1. Budget ?Get one and stick with it! And set aside at least a small portion for savings while you're at it; savings for your future, your retirement, your education, your vacation, whatever. Head to your local office supply store for planning workbooks or budget sheets to use. Or head to your favorite search engine and type in, "budget planning?for hundreds of sites with articles, free downloads, tips, ebooks and other resources to help with your budget setup and follow up.
2. Plan Ahead ?Make sure to plan for emergencies and the unexpected, like an appliance break down or garage door malfunction. Even if you can only set aside $50 or so each monthly, place it in an account and earmark it for this "Miscellaneous?fund. Then when things go wrong, and they will ?nothing's perfect ?you'll be better prepared.
3. Non Monthly Items – Work out a monthly payment for items that you don't pay monthly and set this up in your regular monthly budget. For example, for items like annual home owner or renter insurance, quarterly water bills and automobile insurance payments and annual trash bills, take the amounts and determine what they would be monthly. Then list the items on your budget log and pull these amounts aside, saving them in your account for those purposes. This way, when the bills hit, you won't be caught off guard and have to scrounge for the payments.
What works well, instead of handling multiple savings accounts for each company owed, is to use index cards and one savings account. Create one index card for each bill. Then simply log the amount you're setting aside on the card and deposit it into your savings account. Keep the index cards with your savings passbook to remind you what the balance covers. The total of all your index cards should equal the balance in your savings account. (Make sure to create an index card for your regular funds that you are saving each month in step one above and a card for your Miscellaneous fund in step two above).
So next time you get paid, take three giant steps forward. Grab your index cards, follow your budget and invest in yourself and your future. Get a grip on your money handling.
Checking accounts have changed and you may want to spend some time checking out the changes and how they affect you.
To start, checks are being processed more quickly these days. This means that when you write a check the money may be deducted from your account sooner. To avoid bounced checks, be sure you have enough money in your account at the time you write a check. A bounced check charge could cost you $25 per check or more.
• Some of your checks may be converted to electronic funds transfers from your account-called electronic check conversion. Your check is now like a debit and the money may come out of your account sooner. If you don't want the checks you write to pay bills converted, contact your creditors to find out how to opt out. If you need a copy of a check that was converted, you will have to contact your bank, which will then contact the creditor who converted your check.
• Some of your checks may be processed as a check (instead of being converted), but the banks may exchange payment information electronically. Banks do this by creating "substitute checks." Substitute checks are special paper copies of the front and back of the original check. When banks use substitute checks, the money may come out of your account sooner.
• The items listed in your checking account statement may look different from one another. Some items may be listed by check number and others may be listed by the name of the company you paid. Always review all of the charges listed on your account statements to make sure they match your receipts or records.
If you have questions about how your checks are processed, contact your bank, savings and loan or credit union.
Remember, under federal law you are protected against errors in your account when electronic funds transfers are used. But you have to read your bank statements each month or go online to check your account transactions. And you need to notify your bank as soon as you spot an error.
Emergency funds are considered to be a necessity as far as financial security is concerned, since it can provide one with financial resources that one can resort to and depend on when an emergency arises such that when one is sick and have the burden of paying huge medical bills, or unexpected home or major car repair.
When one has no emergency fund, one can be obliged to acquire debt on your credit card that might take several years to repay with interest that would later cost so much more.
However by putting an extra thirty to fifty dollars every month in an individual "emergency savings account?one can be secured with what emergency the future may bring. In doing this, it is recommended that one regards the emergency fund as an additional bill, to be punctually paid each month.
Yes, one can and should budget and allocate the extra money for emergency fund, as this is very significant when one refers to his "financial future? Here, the goal is to create savings from budgeting your income; the emergency savings should ideally be equal to at least three months your living expenditures.
What's important is that you should steadily put a certain amount of money aside, and only use it for real emergencies.
Not like an investment, the success of one's long-term savings funds does not really count on the amount of return or interests but on placing a fixed amount of money away constantly and steadily so to have immediate access to it at all times.
In spite of one's financial status, the initial step in the process of constructing an emergency fund is by knowing where your money is presently being consumed or spent.
When one recognizes and determines where one's earnings are spent, then it will be easy for one to choose and make a decision where to trim down expenses. In other words, budget.
Budgeting is putting or setting aside money for anticipated and unanticipated future use. It is here that one sets up a goal so as to save. So set an emergency fund as your goal.
Checking, savings, money market accounts and "certificates of deposits? are great places to keep one's cash that might be needed on quick notice.
The amount saved from budgeting can either go to your savings goal, emergency fund or both. One could utilize the money saved from budgeting financial expenses by saving half of it to your savings account and half of it for emergencies. This way, you achieve your goals in savings and at the same time put in funds for emergency use. It's your choice.


Video footage has surfaced showing a 19-year-old woman wearing a traditional Muslim head covering getting attacked by a man in a Dearborn emergency room.
The video obtained by WDIV shows the woman checking into Beaumont Hospital on Feb. 10 as a disheveled man waiting in the lobby walks up from behind and begins pummeling her. Beaumont staffers quickly rushed to her aid to detain the man.
According to Dearborn police, the man has been identified as 57-year-old John Salvatore Deliz. WDIV reports the man was discharged from the hospital that day and had been harassing others in the lobby.
Now, the victim is suing Beaumont Dearborn, charging that the hospital did not do enough to monitor the man.
"We want to hold them accountable for not looking out for the safety of other patients," Majed Moughni, the victim's attorney, told The Detroit News. "Our No. 1 goal is to make sure no human being is attacked the way my client was." The hospital, however, maintains that staff acted appropriately.
Moughni believes the incident was racially charged. The victim did not know the man and it appeared that he attacked her "for no other reason but because she was a Muslim," according to the court filing.
Citing the inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric of President Donald Trump and other prominent conservatives, the Council on American-Islamic Relations determined that Islamophobic hate crimes have soared in recent years.
"The presidential election campaign and the Trump administration have tapped into a seam of bigotry and hate that has resulted in the targeting of American Muslims and other minority groups," Zainab Arain, coordinator in CAIR's Department to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, said in 2017.
A 2017 Metro Times cover story charted the year of anti-Muslim hate crimes and incidents in Michigan.


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package com.azure.identity;

import com.azure.core.credential.TokenRequestContext;
import com.azure.core.exception.ClientAuthenticationException;
import com.azure.core.util.Configuration;
import com.azure.identity.implementation.IdentityClient;
import com.azure.identity.util.TestUtils;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.MockedConstruction;
import reactor.test.StepVerifier;

import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.util.UUID;

import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.core.IsInstanceOf.instanceOf;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockConstruction;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

public class ManagedIdentityCredentialTest {

    private static final String CLIENT_ID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();

    @Test
    public void testVirtualMachineMSICredentialConfigurations() {
        ManagedIdentityCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().clientId("foo").build();
        Assert.assertEquals("foo", credential.getClientId());
    }

    @Test
    public void testMSIEndpoint() throws Exception {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration();

        try {
            // setup
            String endpoint = "http://localhost";
            String secret = "secret";
            String token1 = "token1";
            TokenRequestContext request1 = new TokenRequestContext().addScopes("https://management.azure.com");
            OffsetDateTime expiresAt = OffsetDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).plusHours(1);
            configuration.put("MSI_ENDPOINT", endpoint); // This must stay to signal we are in an app service context
            configuration.put("MSI_SECRET", secret);
            configuration.put("IDENTITY_ENDPOINT", endpoint);
            configuration.put("IDENTITY_HEADER", secret);

            // mock
            try (MockedConstruction<IdentityClient> identityClientMock = mockConstruction(IdentityClient.class, (identityClient, context) -> {
                when(identityClient.authenticateWithManagedIdentityConfidentialClient(request1)).thenReturn(TestUtils.getMockAccessToken(token1, expiresAt));
            })) {
                // test
                ManagedIdentityCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).clientId(CLIENT_ID).build();
                StepVerifier.create(credential.getToken(request1))
                    .expectNextMatches(token -> token1.equals(token.getToken())
                        && expiresAt.getSecond() == token.getExpiresAt().getSecond())
                    .verifyComplete();
                Assert.assertNotNull(identityClientMock);
            }
        } finally {
            // clean up
            configuration.remove("MSI_ENDPOINT");
            configuration.remove("MSI_SECRET");
            configuration.remove("IDENTITY_ENDPOINT");
            configuration.remove("IDENTITY_HEADER");
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testIMDS() throws Exception {
        // setup
        String token1 = "token1";
        TokenRequestContext request = new TokenRequestContext().addScopes("https://management.azure.com");
        OffsetDateTime expiresOn = OffsetDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).plusHours(1);

        // mock
        try (MockedConstruction<IdentityClient> identityClientMock = mockConstruction(IdentityClient.class, (identityClient, context) -> {
            when(identityClient.authenticateWithManagedIdentityConfidentialClient(request)).thenReturn(TestUtils.getMockAccessToken(token1, expiresOn));

        })) {
            // test
            ManagedIdentityCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().clientId(CLIENT_ID).build();
            StepVerifier.create(credential.getToken(request))
                .expectNextMatches(token -> token1.equals(token.getToken())
                    && expiresOn.getSecond() == token.getExpiresAt().getSecond())
                .verifyComplete();
            Assert.assertNotNull(identityClientMock);
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testArcUserAssigned() throws Exception {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        // setup
        String token1 = "token1";
        String endpoint = "http://localhost";
        TokenRequestContext request = new TokenRequestContext().addScopes("https://management.azure.com");
        configuration.put("IDENTITY_ENDPOINT", endpoint);
        configuration.put("IMDS_ENDPOINT", endpoint);

        // test
        ManagedIdentityCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder()
            .configuration(configuration).clientId(CLIENT_ID).build();
        StepVerifier.create(credential.getToken(request))
            .expectErrorMatches(t -> t instanceof ClientAuthenticationException)
            .verify();
    }

    @Test (expected = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void testInvalidIdCombination()  {
        // setup
        String resourceId = "/subscriptions/" + UUID.randomUUID() + "/resourcegroups/aresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/ident";

        // test
        new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().clientId(CLIENT_ID).resourceId(resourceId).build();
    }

    @Test
    public void testArcIdentityCredentialCreated() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        configuration.put("IDENTITY_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost");
        configuration.put("IMDS_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost");

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential, instanceOf(ArcIdentityCredential.class));
    }

    @Test
    public void testServiceFabricMsiCredentialCreated() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        configuration.put("IDENTITY_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost");
        configuration.put("IDENTITY_SERVER_THUMBPRINT", "thumbprint");
        configuration.put("IDENTITY_HEADER", "header");

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential, instanceOf(ServiceFabricMsiCredential.class));
    }

    @Test
    public void testAppServiceMsi2019CredentialCreated() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        configuration.put("IDENTITY_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost");
        configuration.put("IDENTITY_HEADER", "header");

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential, instanceOf(AppServiceMsiCredential.class));
    }

    @Test
    public void testAppServiceMsi2017CredentialCreated() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        configuration.put("MSI_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost");
        configuration.put("MSI_SECRET", "secret");

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential, instanceOf(AppServiceMsiCredential.class));
    }

    @Test
    public void testCloudShellCredentialCreated() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        configuration.put("MSI_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost");

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential, instanceOf(AppServiceMsiCredential.class));
    }

    @Test
    public void testAksExchangeTokenCredentialCreated() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        configuration.put("AZURE_TENANT_ID", "tenantId");
        configuration.put("AZURE_CLIENT_ID", "clientId");
        configuration.put("AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE", "tokenFile");

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential, instanceOf(AksExchangeTokenCredential.class));
    }

    @Test
    public void testIMDSPodIdentityV1Credential() {
        Configuration configuration = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration().clone();

        ManagedIdentityCredential cred = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().configuration(configuration).build();
        assertThat("Received class " + cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential.getClass().toString(),
            cred.managedIdentityServiceCredential,  instanceOf(VirtualMachineMsiCredential.class));
    }
}

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E3 2015 - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gameplay reveal - Use a Potion!
We knew it was coming long before E3 but Square Enix have revealed gameplay footage and more story details from Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
The game is looking ridiculously good – the augs in the last game were awesome and there'll be more new ones to try this time around.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is hitting Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC some time in 2016.


"With first past the post the largest group orders chicken so everyone gets chicken; in AV the majority orders chicken, but everyone still gets chicken. Wouldn't it be better if those who ordered chicken got chicken and those who ordered vegetarian got that etc.?"
Some might fancy steak others salmon or a curry ; but you can't choose steak or salmon you can only pick Meat, Fish, or Vegetarian. So all the steak lovers pick Meat, the salmon lovers Fish and the curry lovers Vegetarian.
The result: All the Meat group get chicken or beef, the Fish group trout, and the Vegetarian group pasta. It's possible the majority got what they wanted as the majority of the Meat group might have chosen chicken etc.; but we don't know and can't tell.
So just like FPTP we have a system by which the majority might not want that result. Is this somehow fairer because at least the Meat group got meat, the Fish group fish and the Vegetarian group a vegetarian option? Not if you hate chicken, beef, trout, or pasta.


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Q: LuaInterface/C# - Closures created with .NET objects never get cleaned up I am using the latest version of LuaInterface (http://code.google.com/p/luainterface/) in a C# application. I'm running into a problem where the Lua class is failing to clean up internal references in the ObjectTranslator 'objects' and 'objectsBackMap' dictionaries, resulting in always-growing memory usage.
The following code illustrates the problem:
public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Lua lua = new Lua();
        string f = @"
            return function(myClass, dotNetObject)
              local f = function() dotNetObject:TestMethod() end
              myClass:StoreFunction(f);
            end";

        var result = lua.DoString(f)[0] as LuaFunction;

        MyClass testItem = new MyClass();

        for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
        {
            DotNetObject o = new DotNetObject();
            result.Call(testItem, o);
        }

        lua.DoString("collectgarbage()");
        ObjectTranslator translator = (ObjectTranslator)typeof(Lua).GetField("translator", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(lua);
        Console.WriteLine("Object count: " + translator.objects.Count);
        //Prints out 51. 50 of these items are instances of 'DotNetObject', despite them being unreachable.
        //Forcing a .NET garbage collection does not help. They are still being held onto by the object translator.
    }

    public class MyClass
    {
        public void StoreFunction(LuaFunction function)
        {
            //I would normally save off the function here to be executed later
        }
    }

    public class DotNetObject
    {
        public void TestMethod()
        {
        }
    }
}

The problem arises when the anonymous function (local f = ...) creates a closure involving a .NET object from the outer scope. As long as the Lua interpreter stays alive, 50 instances of the DotNetObject class I've created will never be garbage collected, even when forcing a GC in Lua.
Manually disposing of the LuaFunction (function.Dispose()) object in MyClass.StoreFunction solves the problem, but this is not desirable because in my real application I don't know when the Function will execute--or if it ever will. Forcing me to dispose of the LuaFunction changes the entire architecture of the application such that I'm basically doing manual memory management by disposing the object that contains the LuaFunction, and the object that contains that, all the way up the chain.
So, is this a bug in LuaInterface, or am I using the library incorrectly? Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks!

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This term we have been learning about pirates, We've created our own 'Wanted' posters, made up our own pirate names, designed our own pirate flags and written diary entries for a day in the life of a pirate. We also had a pirate days, where we learnt about maps and had to find flags on the field using a pirate map.
This term we have read The Tin Forest by Helen Ward and created some beautiful tin creatures and some amazing writing. Our book corner has never looked so sparkly and shiny.
Badger class tested their memory skills by learning a poem and reciting it off-by-heart to the rest of the class. They all remembered their poems and were able to recite them with great rhythm and rhyme along with some comedy thrown in for good measure.


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Q: Adobe iOS SDK crashes when returning to the foreground referencing a write to plist file I'm having trouble reproducing the crash detailed below (got it from crash analytics/tracking). There always also appears to be another suspect looking thread running alongside the crashed thread at the same time on every instance of the crash reported:
Crashed Thread
0   CoreFoundation 0x2f9074be CFGetTypeID + 6
1   CoreFoundation 0x2f91e47b _flattenPlist + 47
2   CoreFoundation 0x2f91e57f _flattenPlist + 307
3   CoreFoundation 0x2f98257b __CFBinaryPlistWrite + 131
4   CoreFoundation 0x2f91e321 CFPropertyListWrite + 245
5   CoreFoundation 0x2f92e731 CFPropertyListWriteToStream + 145
6   CoreFoundation 0x2f92c39d _CFXPreferencesWritePlist + 269
7   CoreFoundation 0x2f92c28b -[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSourceSynchronizer writePlistToDisk] + 131
8   CoreFoundation 0x2f929aef -[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSourceSynchronizer synchronizeAlreadyFlocked] + 487
9   CoreFoundation 0x2f929905 -[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSourceSynchronizer synchronize] + 21
10  CoreFoundation 0x2f929405 __79-[CFXPreferencesPropertyListSource synchronizeInBackgroundWithCompletionBlock:]_block_invoke + 101
11  libdispatch.dylib 0x3a656d53 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 11
12  libdispatch.dylib 0x3a65bcbd _dispatch_queue_drain + 489
13  libdispatch.dylib 0x3a658c6f _dispatch_queue_invoke + 43
14  libdispatch.dylib 0x3a65c5f1 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 77
15  libdispatch.dylib 0x3a65c8dd _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 57
16  libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x3a787c17 _pthread_wqthread + 299
17  libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x3a787adc start_wqthread + 8

Other suspect thread (that always runs at the same time and looks like it's related):
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x3a70faa0 semaphore_wait_trap + 8
1   libdispatch.dylib 0x3a65b513 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow + 139
2   CoreFoundation 0x2f94424d CFPreferencesAppSynchronize + 265
3   Foundation 0x3032e91d -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) synchronize] + 25
4   MailOnline 0x00280897 ADBLifecycleStart + 2495
5   CoreFoundation 0x2f998f41 _CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 13
6   CoreFoundation 0x2f90cda9 _CFXNotificationPost + 1721
7   Foundation 0x302f7cc5 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 73
8   UIKit 0x3246747f -[UIApplication _sendWillEnterForegroundCallbacks] + 155
9   UIKit 0x3240c88b -[UIApplication _handleApplicationResumeEvent:] + 927
10  UIKit 0x3220b613 -[UIApplication handleEvent:withNewEvent:] + 1883
11  UIKit 0x3220adf9 -[UIApplication sendEvent:] + 73
12  UIKit 0x3226f405 _UIApplicationHandleEvent + 617
13  GraphicsServices 0x34878b55 _PurpleEventCallback + 609
14  GraphicsServices 0x3487873f PurpleEventCallback + 35
15  CoreFoundation 0x2f9a1847 _CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 35
16  CoreFoundation 0x2f9a17e3 __CFRunLoopDoSource1 + 347
17  CoreFoundation 0x2f99ffaf __CFRunLoopRun + 1407
18  CoreFoundation 0x2f90a769 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 525
19  CoreFoundation 0x2f90a54b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 107
20  GraphicsServices 0x348776d3 GSEventRunModal + 139
21  UIKit 0x32269891 UIApplicationMain + 1137
22  MailOnline 0x000cd18b main (main.m:16)
23  libdyld.dylib 0x3a66bab7 start + 3

When debugging the running program it appears that the Adobe Mobile SDK we use for tracking listens to the return to foreground event fired by the OS and then calls synchronize on the NSUserDefaults (see Other suspect thread). The synchronize then breaks off into another thread (the crashed thread) but then it crashes for some reason when trying to write to a plist file.
I cannot reproduce the crash. We are using v4.0 of the Adobe Mobile Library iOS SDK so if anyone else has had similar crashes with these SDKs then please help!? Or if anyone has any suggestions for steps to make this crash more likely to happen (e.g. I've tried writing to plist constantly when the SDK runs to see if it was a threading issue but with no luck) then please advise...
NOTE: This issue is still happening on newer devices running iOS 7 but still does not ever occur on devices running iOS 8.0 or 8.1.

A: This issue is due to a race condition inside of NSUserDefaults itself.  The following code snippet will reproduce the issue in an isolated scenario(You'll need to let this code run for 15-30 seconds to expose the issue):
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        while(true) {
            for(int i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
                [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject: @"value" forKey: [NSString stringWithFormat: @"blah%d",i]];
            }
            for(int i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
                [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] removeObjectForKey: [NSString stringWithFormat: @"blah%d",i]];
            }
        }
    });

Other people have reported this issue, clearest example of this being this post on the apple developer forums(registration required).
My recommendation would be to check your code for any significant read/write cycles into NSUserDefaults.  If you need to do a massive amount of changes or updates to data, you probably want to roll your own persistence layer instead of NSUserDefaults until this issue is resolved by Apple.
The ADBLifecycleStart method is a red-herring in this scenario.  This code runs on it's own queue, and will probably be living (or at least caught by a full thread dump) most of the time.  The ADBLifeCycleStart method makes a worst case total of 13 writes to NSUserDefaults, followed by a synchronize.

A: Note: At WWDC this year, Apple Engineers confirmed that NSUserDefaults got a total rewrite. After some testing, this issue appears to have been resolved and is no longer reproducible running iOS 8.

A: Henry,
On launch, the sdk updates some items stored in NSUserDefaults. After those items are updated, NSUserDefaults attempts to synchronize which updates the NSUserDefaults plist. It looks like the application is crashing at the point when the device is attempting to update that plist. After some investigation it seems that this can happen for a couple different reasons. 1) If zombie mode is turned on (causing memory to never be freed) and your app reaches 4GB per-process, 2) The nsuserdefaults plist has become corrupt.
-Hunter


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Iranian institute ranks first in Cancer Awareness Campaign
Tehran (IP) - The Iranian Institute for the Protection of Children with Cancer (MAHAK), as a member of the World Cancer Control Association (UICC), was ranked first in the Cancer Awareness Campaign.
Iran Press/Iran News: The Iranian Institute for the Protection of Children with Cancer (MAHAK) has been joining the World Cancer Day campaign every year since 2016, from February 4, World Cancer Day to February 15, World Child Cancer Day, and takes steps to raise awareness about cancer, ways to diagnose it, and designs and implements measures to raise awareness about cancer, ways to detect and control it early, and to introduce the concerns of people with the disease to the community.
According to the report, out of 1,100 member organizations of the World Cancer Control Association (UICC), MAHAK Institute as an Iranian organization and four other organizations from Singapore, Kenya, Nigeria and Cyprus were shortlisted for the Cancer Awareness Campaign Award and were reviewed for first place.
Surveys by the World Cancer Control Association show that the actions of the MAHAK Charity in Iran last year, among organizations from 170 countries, were the most successful in informing about cancer and creating partnerships between different levels and groups of society in the country, region and world, and deserves to be ranked first.
Charity for the Support of Children with Cancer (MAHAK) in Iran since 1991 with the motive of helping fellow human began its comprehensive efforts to support children under the age of 16 with cancer and their families.
"We should concern all the factors related to cancer": Iran's medical official
US sanctions are hitting cancer patients in Iran
Health Minister: Anti-cancer drugs will be mass produced for treatment of cancer patients
Iran lunches new production line for anti-cancer drugs
Category: Iran Science
Tags: Mahak Cancer InstituteWorld Cancer Control Association (UICC)Cancer Awareness Campaign AwardCyprusSingaporeKenyairan pressiran newsایران پرسcharityWorld Cancer Day campaign
Rouhani: Iran's COVID-19 vaccine at disposal next Iranian year
WHO warns of catastrophic moral failure on coronavirus vaccination

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Authorities unite on road safety and illegal street racing
25 Mar 2015 11:10am
Vid Clip
WINDHOEK, 25 MARCH (NAMPA) - The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) on Tuesday joined hands with the Namibia Motorsport Federation (NMF), Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Traffic Department and Windhoek City Police in a campaign to promote road safety and keep illegal street racing off the national roads.
The campaign coincided with the launch of the NRSC and MVA's Easter Road Safety Campaign that will be implemented on the B1, B2 and B6 routes until 21 April.
Speaking to Nampa on the sideline of the coalition campaign's launch at the Tony Rust Race Track, Chairman of the Road Aces Windhoek (RAW), Lyndon Sauls said cooperation between the main role-players and the motor sport enthusiasts is a step in the right direction.
RAW is affiliated to the Namibia Motorsport Federation (NMSF).
"Street racing has become a problem in Namibia and we at the Motorsport Federation feel that we need to foster safe driving and by doing that, we keep the guys off the streets and safeguard the public. Partnering with the NRSC is a positive move for us," said Sauls.
Sauls added that anther option of keeping 'petrol heads' and motor enthusiasts from illegal racing is to create a platform for them, like more racing events.
While Nampa was interviewing Sauls, four owners of the fast and custom-built cars were displaying their expensive equipment and answering questions from the handful of invited guests about the power-laden engines, with some owners revving to warm up for an exclusive display of their driving skills.
Many Namibian youngsters buy fast cars but then there is no place for them to see and feel the performance of their much-admired possessions without endangering their own and the lives of other road users. That is why relevant stakeholders have united in a road safety and anti-street racing campaign that also promotes participation in organised events where racing is controlled and monitored.
Sauls sounded very sure when he said that the sub-culture will never be eradicated but can be controlled.
"I think one will never eradicate street racing but the more racing events we arrange, the less accidents will occur and less illegal street racing will take place," Sauls noted.
On a lighter note, when asked if he also took part in illegal street races when younger, Sauls responded that he was young too but realised the dangers as he grew older and opted out of irresponsible street racing and focused more on enjoying the hobby in a controlled and safe environment.
The road safety campaign will focus on speeding, overloading, drinking and driving, and vehicles that are not roadworthy.
The campaign will be run in four regions: Omaheke, Erongo, Otjozondjupa and Khomas.
FL/LI
» MVA Fund assets reach N.dollars 1 billion » Don't forget the pensioners; Isaack » Venaani claims N$1b lost through resource plunder » MP concerned about leaves of absence from traditional healers » Ipinge identifies location for regional food bank in Otjiwarongo » Pensioners in Sawkop robbed at gunpoint » JOINT INVESTMENT WILL FURTHER ENHANCE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITHIN ASEAN, SAYS MUSTAPA » Man arrested after crashing into fuel station shop » Education in Africa is 70 years beind Asia, Europe: UN » Zamcom members meet to coordinate use of water resource


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Batman's Easter Egg Hunt: Hints That Pointed To Arkham Knight
by Jeff Cork on Mar 26, 2014 at 09:55 AM
The Riddler isn't the only diabolically clever soul in Gotham City. Rocksteady has hidden clues about what Batman would be up to next in each of their Arkham games. We've rounded up some of the highlights here.
The first big Easter egg was naturally featured in Batman: Arkham Asylum. When the game was released, Rocksteady hadn't discussed the direction that a sequel would take. As it turned out, the information was hidden in the game all along. As we mentioned in our video walkthrough, Warden Quincy Sharp's ambitions went far beyond the walls of the asylum.
To see what exactly Sharp had in mind, players had to access a hidden room in his office. It was invisible to Batman's best gadgets, so don't feel like any less of a detective if you never found it. Players had to repeatedly use Batman's explosive gel on a wall to gain access to the area. Once inside, they could see the reward: a blueprint of a proposed city/prison that sounds familiar to anyone who played Arkham City. The area was so effectively hidden that Rocksteady ended up revealing it several months after Arkham Asylum was released.
When we visited Rocksteady's offices for our Batman: Arkham Knight cover story, game director Sefton Hill talked to us about Easter eggs in Arkham City. "There was a barge in Arkham City, which was bringing in insects, which are one of the things that Scarecrow uses to create the fear toxin," he said. "So we were kind of hinting at the fact that he hadn't been killed by Croc in the first game. That he was still out there and plotting his revenge and taking his time about it."
Hill and his team may have been overconfident in their abilities to keep things hidden the second time around. "[W]hen we did the barge in Arkham City we were like no one will find this, because you have to be standing in a particular place and use a gadget that there's no hint you should use," he said. "And then like one day later it was on YouTube. And we were like, 'How did that happen?'"
To find the Easter egg, check out this video from Achievement Hunter. It shows the barge, as well as the shipping invoice that points directly to Jonathan Crane bringing large numbers of bugs into town. It lines up perfectly with Arkham Knight's storyline, in which the Scarecrow threatens Gotham with a toxin attack that forces an evacuation.
In addition to that, intrepid decoders could crack a series of tricky transmissions (clip courtesy of Batman Arkham Videos) to get messages from Scarecrow directly to Batman. "There are definitely hooks in there in those three messages," says Hill.
The first message reads, "I will return, Batman," and its follow ups get a little more aggressive. Crane says, "You will pay for what you have done to me," before sending a third transmission that simply says, "Fear will tear Gotham to shreds." The codes used increasingly difficult cyphers, and Rocksteady was once again confident that the secret would stay hidden for a while. "I did the codes for those, and I remember talking about it with Nick the audio director and it was just like 'No one will ever crack those codes, because they're just ridiculous.' And I think again that was like a couple of weeks and they were cracked."
Arkham Knight is the last game in Rocksteady's Arkham trilogy, so players probably aren't going to find any hints as to what the Dark Knight will be up to next. That's not likely to keep players from blasting every wall, scanning every frequency, and giving the world's greatest detective a run for his money.
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After the first year, when the Jensen-Healey's irritating problems like engine oil draining away from the pumps after overnight parking, and a tendency to jump out of second and fourth gears (caused by the use of an overly rigid gear-lever surround) were solved, a Mk 2 version was unveiled.
From August 1973, there was a new engine cylinder-block casting, redesigned body-pressing joints, and the addition of dress-up brightwork strips on the shell. Simulated wood trim replaced plastic on the instrument panel, and though all this cost more, it seemed to be worth it.
real wood accents in the cabin.
A little more than a year later, in November 1974, a "Mk 3" (it was never officially called that) took over, the major improvement being the fitment of a close-ratio five-speed German Getrag gearbox in place of the Chrysler-UK four-speeder. A higher final-drive ratio -- 3.45:1 instead of 3.73:1 -- was specified at the same time. This time, too, there were real wood accents in the cabin.
On the outside, stout rubber-covered bumpers able to withstand five-mph impacts (per U.S. regulations) were installed. In the meantime, though, the Arab-led oil embargo of 1973-74 had stood the motoring world on its head. In 1973 (when there were no fewer than 52 J-H outlets in the USA), Jensen's biggest trouble had been to fulfill all the orders coming in, but by 1975, these had begun to dry up. It was time for the range to be expanded.


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"It's mayhem at the science fair! A squishy goo monster is a challenge for the Princess in Black — but luckily some science-loving princesses are on hand to help.
My younger sisters and I always look forward to the books in this series, and this one was no exception. ❤ As always, this was a super cute read, and I absolutely love the illustration style. I could actually pore over the pictures of the science fair for a while if I weren't the one reading aloud. 😉 Their projects were great (especially the blanket tower), and I liked how unique each princess was.


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    public boolean isSLOURL() {
        return ssoAgentConfig.isSAML2SSOLoginEnabled() &&
                ssoAgentConfig.getSAML2().isSLOEnabled() &&
                request.getRequestURI().endsWith(ssoAgentConfig.getSAML2().getSLOURL());
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    public boolean isHttpPostBinding() {
        return ssoAgentConfig.getSAML2().getHttpBinding() != null &&
                SAMLConstants.SAML2_POST_BINDING_URI.equals(
                        ssoAgentConfig.getSAML2().getHttpBinding());
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    public boolean isSAML2SSOURL() {
        return ssoAgentConfig.isSAML2SSOLoginEnabled() &&
                request.getRequestURI().endsWith(ssoAgentConfig.getSAML2SSOURL());
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    public boolean isPassiveAuthnRequest() {
        return (ssoAgentConfig.isSAML2SSOLoginEnabled() || ssoAgentConfig.isOpenIdLoginEnabled()) &&
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        return ssoAgentConfig.isSAML2SSOLoginEnabled() &&
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                request.getRequestURI().endsWith(ssoAgentConfig.getOAuth2SAML2GrantURL()) &&
                request.getSession(false) != null &&
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A magical mermaid picture book.
On the rugged Cornish coast, where the land meets the sea, lies the village of Zennor. Here, there are stories and whispers of a villager capturing the heart of a mysterious and beautiful stranger - a stranger from the sea - a mermaid!
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Last week we spent the day at the Philadelphia Zoo with some dear friends. They had gone with us about two years ago and were looking forward to visiting with their little tour guide, my son. We had a perfect weather day, surpisingly not hot or humid, for a July day. This is the last year that the zoo will have a ZooBalloon to ride. Having never tried it, we decided to give it a go and see what it was like. It was fun to see the city from 400 feet above. I could see as far as the Limerick Nuclear Plant! My son and husband loved going on the balloon ride and want to do it again!
After that we headed over to the giraffes, my son's favorite animal. We had the chance to see the family of three being fed. Abigail, the "baby" giraffe is five years old now. She is really cute!
We haven't visited the Philadelphia Zoo in a while and there were lots of new addtions and updates to see. The big exhibit this summer seemed to be the Zoo360, a cool way to see many of the animals as they explore the zoo on their own in a tube that runs throughout their exhibits. We got to peek at this snoozing tiger, who looked just adorable with his big paws on display.
We also had the chance to explore the new children's section of the zoo, KidZooU, a beautifully designed area that is interactive, educational and accessible. Our friends who we were exploring the zoo with that day both use motorized wheelchairs. They were able to get up close to the exhibits along with my son. The design of this new area was remarkable.
We had a great picnic lunch at a table that was made for wheelchairs (they really need a few more of those, in my opinion!) and continued on to the Primate house to see the cutest gibbons ever! The baby gibbon was putting on quite the acrobatic show for us.
It was a great visit to the zoo with great friends! We are looking forward to going again soon, since we were able to purchase a family membership at a discount.


Sticking to its planning, The Ocean Cleanup team is working hard on its long-term goal to initiate the full-scale cleanup of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2020. To ensure optimization of our technology, we test and evaluate the barriers' capability and survivability in multiple ways. Among others, we investigate how the barrier reacts to multiple conditions to forecast the behavior of the barrier in the ocean. Given the cost of a full-scale or even reduced scale tests, it is highly beneficial to develop computer models to test different boom designs, assess their dynamics and measure their capture efficiency.
Our computer models are validated by matching the scale model as precisely as possible, allowing us to extrapolate the barriers' behavior in complex situations and test multiple designs. Highlighted below is one of many tests conducted at world class, research facility MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) to optimize computational models and the barrier.
Testing at MARIN: What are we investigating and why?
Our team needs to ensure The Ocean Cleanup technology will collect as much ocean plastic as possible. To achieve this, we study the interaction between plastic and the barrier in model experiments. The plastic spheres in this test were calibrated by being filled with fresh or salt water at different densities to match the rising velocity that we determined by means of actual samples of plastic debris collected during our Mega Expedition.
In the Concept Basin, the currents and wave heights were precisely selected and set per test. Four cameras were placed around the moving carriage to observe the behavior of all tested particles from multiple angles. The cameras allowed us to analyze if the plastic was caught by the barrier or entrained, how it became entrained and how it behaved after it was entrained. Further measurements included: pressure on the barrier's skirt with 10 sensors oriented upstream, tension in the springs and acceleration at the top and bottom of the boom.
We continued iterations to match test conditions and outcomes in both scale model and computer model until the team established the required level of correlation between the two. With the increased understanding of the interaction between plastic and the barrier under a wide variety of conditions that we have developed, we can now accurately forecast behavior of the real system based on our computer model.
The outcome of these tests will allow our engineering team to perfect our barrier design. The reliability of our models will significantly help to evaluate the barriers' capture efficiency in full-scale conditions and helps us move forward towards the deployment of our first pilot system.
Benedicte studied maritime engineering at Ecole Centrale Marseille and graduated in 2016 with her internship at The Ocean Cleanup, focusing on the capture efficiency of the North Sea Prototype. She has now joined the modeling team, working on our micro scale model.


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Q: Tough residue problems with trig integrals To evaluate
$$\int_0^{2\pi}\frac{1}{(1+3\sin^2\theta)^2}d\theta$$
using Cauchy's Residue Theorem, I set
$$\sin\theta=\frac{z-z^{-1}}{2i}\qquad\text{and}\qquad\frac{dz}{iz}$$
and obtained
$$\int_{C_1^+(0)}\frac{-16z^3i}{(3z^4-10z^2+3)^2}\,dz$$
Then I factored the denominator and obtained double poles at $\pm\sqrt3/3$ and $\pm\sqrt3$. However, only $\pm\sqrt3/3$ lie within the unit circle $C_1^+(0)$. Now, to calculate the residue at $-\sqrt3/3$ I use
$$
\begin{array}{rcl}
\text{Res}[f,-\sqrt3/3]&=&\frac{1}{(2-1)!}\lim_{z\to-\sqrt3/3}\frac{d}{dz}(z+\sqrt3/3)^2f(z)\\
\text{Res}[f,-\sqrt3/3]&=&\lim_{z\to-\sqrt3/3}\frac{d}{dz}\left[(z+\sqrt3/3)^2\cdot\frac{-16z^3i}{9(z+\sqrt3/3)^2(z-\sqrt3/3)^2(z+\sqrt3)^2(z-\sqrt3)^2}\right]\\
\text{Res}[f,-\sqrt3/3]&=&\lim_{z\to-\sqrt3/3}\frac{d}{dz}\left[\frac{-16z^3i}{9(z-\sqrt3/3)^2(z+\sqrt3)^2(z-\sqrt3)^2}\right]\\
\text{Res}[f,-\sqrt3/3]&=&\lim_{z\to-\sqrt3/3}\frac{d}{dz}\left[\frac{-16z^3i}{(3z-\sqrt3)^2(z^2-3)^2}\right]
\end{array}
$$
And here is the beginning of some difficult differentiation.
$$
\begin{array}{rcl}
\text{Res}[f,-\sqrt3/3]&=&\lim_{z\to-\sqrt3/3}\frac{(3z-\sqrt3)^2(z^2-3)^2(-48z^2i)+16z^3i[(3z-\sqrt3)^2(2)(z^2-3)(2z)+2(3z-\sqrt3)(3)(z^2-3)^2]}{(3z-\sqrt3)^4(z^2-3)^4}
\end{array}
$$
Now, this is extremely difficult to continue with and highly unlikely that we obtain a correct answer.
Now, my question. Do instructors share a nice way to simplify this process for this particular problem to ease the work and help their students be successful?
Thanks

A: The numbers $\pm\frac1{\sqrt3}$ are not simple poles; they are double poles.
Near $\frac1{\sqrt3}$, you have$$-16z^3i=-\frac{16 i}{3 \sqrt{3}}-16 i \left(z-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+\cdots$$and$$\left(3 z^4-10 z^2+3\right)^2=\frac{256}{3} \left(z-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^2+\frac{128}{\sqrt3}\left(z-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^3+\cdots,$$which confirms that $\frac1{\sqrt3}$ is a double pole. So, $\frac{-16z^3i}{\left(3 z^4-10 z^2+3\right)^2}$ can be written as$$\frac{a_{-2}}{\left(z-\frac1{\sqrt3}\right)^2}+\frac{a_{-1}}{z-\frac1{\sqrt3}}+a_0+\cdots$$and so\begin{align}-16z^3i&=\left(\frac{256}{3} \left(z-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^2+\frac{128}{\sqrt3}\left(z-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^3+\cdots\right)\left(\frac{a_{-2}}{\left(z-\frac1{\sqrt3}\right)^2}+\frac{a_{-1}}{z-\frac1{\sqrt3}}+a_0+\cdots\right)\\&=\left(\frac{256}{3}+\frac{128}{\sqrt3}\left(z-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+\cdots\right)\left(a_{-2}+a_{-1}\left(z-\frac1{\sqrt3}\right)+a_0\left(z-\frac1{\sqrt3}\right)^2+\cdots\right).\end{align}So, we have$$\left\{\begin{array}{l}\frac{256}3a_{-2}=-\frac{16i}{3\sqrt3}\\\frac{256}3a_{-1}+\frac{128}{\sqrt3}a_{-2}=-16i.\end{array}\right.$$Therefore,$$\operatorname{res}_{z=1/\sqrt3}\frac{-16z^3i}{\left(3 z^4-10 z^2+3\right)^2}=a_{-1}=-\frac{5i}{32}.$$


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What if mobile was the right media to support, democratize, and streamline the innovation process? Moodi Mahmoudi is one of the founders of Collaborne, and thats' excatly what his startup is trying to achieve. He tells us more about it, while receiving us in their gorgeous premises in Amsterdam.
In Africa, it's not because a technology is available that it should be used, the goal is on the opposite to look for the biggest tech common denominator to reach out to the largest number of users.
Margaux Pelen, a young but already serial entrepreneur, shares with us some learnings from her experience in Africa. Mobile might well turn to be the way forward to Internet in Africa.
Nokia's story might well be now written by Microsoft, Finland's innovation is dizzying. Katia Carra brings back from her survey trip in Finland some astonishing tips for innovation. One that stands out is Demola, an open innovation hub where students and companies create in team.
African innovation is rooted in mobile stunning expansion. Demo Africa is the right place to witness technology at its birth and to report on the next big thing from Africa. Africa's Internet somehow prefigures our future.
It happens everyday: processes slow down innovation. Stage process don't flow without meaning. Going through a fictional innovation story, we sort 2 lessons out around 'feature team' and 'leadership', that would be worth tested in your next innovation challenge.
For international Telcos, the challenge is to embellish the network with services and APIs . To capture local patterns, going in the field and meeting with local mobile app makers and entrepreneurs, connecting trends to innovation Labs, and desiging bespoke enablers, testing, learning and iterating with developers community, are the ingredients of the right formula.
How should Telcos innovate? Slow players in a fast innovating digital world, the equation seems complex. Based on an in-depth analysis, Ovum stresses on a few priorities: extended innovation benefits measurement, network-driven innovation, collaborative innovation and API, leaders involvement, and a new role for Telcos, 'Enablers of the Digital World'.
What is Free's next disruptive innovation? Let's borrow Free glasses for a moment, and assess where it will probaly spend the bulk of its time. What will be its road to 'Free Dom'?
In 2009, Xavier Niel, Free founder and owner, has made up his mind: the future of Internet will be mobile. How will Free replicate the big hit of the Freebox, associating a dramatic advance in technology (ADSL), with an emblematic product (Freebox) and an unchallenged pricing (€29,9) in the mature mobile market?


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