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On the eve of the Prologue that will officially launch the start of the 11th edition of the Morocco Desert Challenge, the 1051 participants are looking forward to the start. The technical and administrative checks were well rounded around the Al Amal place, where the 555 vehicles showed up for two days, to the delight of the Moroccan and foreign spectators who came to admire the show. Always in a friendly atmosphere, signature of this rally that continues to grow, Gert Duson and his team of 200 people have ensured the smooth running of these moments that plunge the competitors in the spirit of the raid.
Car #309 Johann Smalberger / Hennie de Klerk (South Africa)
(Hennie) "This is our first time at the MDC and also our first time in Morocco, we are really looking forward to it! We have international experience in rallies, for instance we did the Dakar last year, and managed to finish 28th overall, but we are looking forward to the 3.000 kms of this rally. I think it will be very different from what we did at the Dakar, I'm sure it has its own challenges, we are here to learn, but by now I like the atmosphere a lot, it looks very relaxed, with a lot of focus on amateurs, so not as professionally-focused and tense as other races… We are here to have some fun and a great experience!"
Bike #104 Joan Pedrero (Spain)
Joan is a very experienced, top cross-country motorbike rider with 11 participations at the Dakar including 2 stage wins. He proudly carries the "Dakar Legend" sticker in his bike…
By now, what I see is a fabulous ambience. We come from a Dakar where we had some challenges, and very bad luck, after we had to abandon due to a radiator broken by a stone. Anyway, I come here with a lot of motivation, good training, and a strong will to perform at a high level. I'll try to be as ahead as possible and I know this will be a lot of stress because it means you have to open the stages for many kms., which is not easy, although it's something I really like to do.
I come here aiming for a top result, but not winning is never a disappointment when you give all you can. We can have a technical issue, maybe a race incident, but the attitude is always the same: full gas in every stage! If this means winning at the end, fine, otherwise we will try to learn and be better next time.
Truck #531 Alfonso Herrero / Javier Herrero / Rodrigo de la Calle (Spain)
(Alfonso / Javier) After we saw the level of the participants in the truck category, to be honest our expectation is to finish the race, and then obviously achieving the highest position possible, but if we just finish the race we will be very happy. As for our truck, we have improved a lot the engine cooling and the suspension is very much improved with respect to the Baja configuration. We expect this is going to be a very demanding rally, for the crew and the vehicle, so we also bring a strong team, with two assistance trucks, while in Bajas you can live with just one van.
Car #322 Agostino Rizzardi / Luca Ornati (Italy)
(Agostino) I'm kind of a veteran of the MDC, with 6 participations so far, so as you can imagine the experience has been always great. This is an event I await with great expectation every year, the ambience is fantastic, including so many large and powerful trucks, it's 3.000 kms. of pure racing, with no liaison… For me it's a kind of vacation, because I'm not a professional driver, I do three or four race events every year and this one is my favorite one, always in my agenda.
My car is a Carrera 4 from 1988, built specifically in 2012 for rally-raid competition. It has many custom components in the chassis, suspension, cockpit, etc., but engine and transmission are standard. We have done a lot of development work over the years, I have managed to finish 4th and 5th positions with this car, one year we broke it and had to abandon, so our focus now is set on reliability, not raw speed. Let's see what happens this year…
Car #303 Paulo Ferreira / Jorge Monteiro (Portugal)
(Paulo) It's my second time at the MDC, last year I managed to win 5 of 8 stages so the results were not bad, but more importantly we really liked the organization, the ambience and the tracks, so here we are again. Putting the results aside, our target this year is the same: having fun, enjoying these days of holidays, enjoying the race… We love racing in the desert, and we will obviously try to do our best, but our real target is having as much fun as we can!
SSV #216 Gianernesto Astori / Francesco Tarricone (Italy)
(Francesco) I have done many rallies in Morocco, the Merzouga, the Touareg, also the Dakar, and we came here because we heard so many good things about the really from other competitors. I think this rally is different from others because of the bivouac instead of hotels (and I like bivouacs), there are no loop type of stages, it's a large event, with so many drivers getting together… We come here with a simple aim to finish, but more importantly to have fun!
Car #345 Paul Chambers / James Ford) (Great Britain)
(James / Paul) We have done many rallies in different forms, with motorbikes, as mechanics in assistance teams, but this is our first large race together in a car. We only have experience as a team in a small event in Wales, and then the Baja Aragon last year. For us, just finishing will be good enough, but we will also try to beat the other cars similar to ours.
Car #315 Fernando Alvarez / Sergio Lafuente) (Spain / Uruguay)
(Fernando) First time at the MDC, so this is a big unknown for us. We basically race the FIA Baja Championship, but we know this is a very different kind of race. I think we have a chance to record a good result if we manage to avoid mechanical issues and race incidents (and this is easier to say than to achieve); we just come from Dubai, where the car performed perfectly, I think we have a good setup and preparation, so let's see how it goes.
SSV #250 (Danny Pearl / Omer Pearl) (Israel)
(Omer) First time also for us in Morocco. We come from Israel, my co-driver is my father Danny, and we have two assistance mechanics. It's a long way from Israel, but we came because this is a really big race, bigger than the Abu Dhabi DC we did last year. Our main goal is finishing, but we will seek to achieve a good final position. Above all, we expect to have fun!


Our eighth annual Cruising Regatta promises to deliver another day of "compassionate competition" for the more relaxed racers amongst us. Always a fun filled event, this regatta is a great way for families and first timers to participate with experienced racers in big boat racing in a relaxed and forgiving format. Final racing distance will be determined by the prevailing conditions, but the goal is to complete a long distance day course followed by refreshments, dinner, and awards at the clubhouse.
For details and enrollment forms, contact co-chairs George and Lyons Burke at burkeg@paraccess.com or 804-359-1187.


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How to Survive a Six-Hour Drive
Posted on June 23, 2015 Updated on July 14, 2015
When U.S. goalie Jim Craig beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics, he simplified the game by breaking it into five-minute increments. Once the United States had the lead, he simply shut out the Russians for five minutes. Then he did it again for another five minutes. And then another, and another.
The result was a 4-3 miracle win over the Red Menace, and an eventual gold medal for the United States.
Driving more than 2,000 miles across the country in a 10-day period, I also attack it in increments. Five minutes probably is a little short, though. So I count the time between breweries.
And that, my friends, is the saving grace in the drive across Wyoming from Laramie to Jackson.
The sign next to the tanks at Bitter Creek Brewing make it very clear that important work is being done.
Total time in the car is about six hours — the max I can take in one day. But three hours in, after passing monotonous miles of scrub brush and dry dirt, the town of Rock Springs delivers a gem.
Bitter Creek Brewing Co. appears as an oasis in this land of desolation. Or, as our bartender said, "another day in paradise."
OK, to be honest, Rock Springs is a dump. But if you ever find yourself there, instead of turning north on US-191 toward the beautiful mountains of Jackson, go just two miles south of I-80 and find Bitter Creek. You won't be disappointed.
Their stout, which they call A Beer Named Bob, is one of the best-tasting beers I've had all trip. And remember, that's been eight days and 2,000 miles so far. I've tried my share of beer.
The Bob, as they have nicknamed it, is an incredibly smooth, velvety tasting stout with some smokiness and creaminess combined. No one flavor overpowered this complex beer, but multiple flavors danced around my mouth with every sip. This easy-drinking stout is Bitter Creek's signature brew, and it only takes a few sips to understand why.
The Bob is definitely in the running for "Best in Beer" award from the coveted Beer-and-Burgers blog.
With half of the drive completed, and two Bob's under my belt, the next step to surviving a long day in the car is to cut the remaining time in half with a stop at another brewery. Fortunately, Wind River Brewing Co. complied with our wishes.
The award-winning Oatmeal Stout at Wind River Brewing Co. is almost as alluring as the cowboy version of the leg lamp.
Located in sprawling Pinedale, WY, Wind River Brewing sports nine different award-winning beers. The most decorated of these is the Oatmeal Stout, a gold medal winner (just like Jim Craig) in 2006 at the World Beer Cup, and more recently a gold medal winner (like Jim Craig) in the 2012 North American Beer Awards. It must be good.
In fact, it was. This full-bodied beer had hints of dry-roasted coffee thickness that makes it a classic stout. No wonder it won so many awards.
With so many homemade beers, I was forced (yes, forced) to try the award-winning English Porter. Not much head on this beer, but flavors of toffee and nuts made it a nice craft beer.
Wind River also has a well-regarded IPA that my hop-crazed traveling buddy was ready to try. But alas, the last keg had been kicked. So she settled for the equally interesting Wyoming Pale Ale — yes, they call it a WPA — to appease her hoppy palate.
She found it nicely bitter with enough malt to add just enough balance to make the beer quite drinkable. But not with the hop-bite of the IPAs she prefers to guzzle. Good to know that in a pinch, however, a WPA may be able to substitute for an IPA.
Between the two stouts I tried on the day, the better one is definitely the Bob from Bitter Creek. But kudos to Wind River for helping me survive yet another six-hour day in the car. I just wish Nebraska could take a hint from Wyoming on how to break up a long-day's drive.
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Marshall approves early college plan
The plan allows students to do college work while still taking high school classes.
Marshall approves early college plan The plan allows students to do college work while still taking high school classes. Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://bcene.ws/1bvkVEB
Andy Fitzpatrick, Battle Creek Enquirer Published 1:59 p.m. ET May 5, 2015
Future Marshall High School seniors could have option of attending a 13th year of school and receiving an associate degree at Kellogg Community College . The Michigan Department of Education's recently approved Marshall's participation in the state's Early/Middle College Program, which KCC already uses with Gull Lake Community Schools. Marshall High School Class of 2013 celebrates with a traditional cap toss.(Photo: Jessie Caron/For The Enquirer)
MARSHALL – Calhoun County's first early college program was formally approved by the Marshall Public Schools' Board of Education Monday.
According to MPS Superintendent Randy Davis, the board voted unanimously in a meeting Monday to accept the Michigan Department of Education's approval of the plan, which would allow some Marshall students to attend a fifth year of high school while also taking classes at Kellogg Community College.
KCC President Dennis Bona said the college currently has an early college program in place with Gull Lake Community Schools. He said the goal of such programs is to allow students to, after five years, have both a high school diploma and credit toward an associate degree.
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Meet Suzan Erem and Candi Karsjens
JULY FOCUS: RISK-TAKING | ISSUE 2 OF 4 | 7.11.22
Here's what you'll find in this week's newsletter:
We're republishing our profile on Suzan Erem, who is the co-founder of the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust. Her story originally ran in 2021 as part of our annual Fearless profile series.
Meet Candi Karsjens, the director of the North Iowa Area Community College John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.
Watch dsm magazine's latest Lifting the Veil event, where panelists talked about mental health in youths.
Lastly, don't forget to purchase tickets for our Women of Influence event on Aug. 4. It's going to be a great evening honoring the 10 women who make up this year's class!
— Emily Kestel, Fearless editor
FEARLESS PROFILE
SUZAN EREM: 'I lost my voice before I ever had it.'
AS TOLD TO EMILY KESTEL, FEARLESS EDITOR
Photo by Emily Kestel. Illustration by Kate Meyer.
Suzan Erem is an organizer and writer. In 2015, she co-founded the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, which is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting land to grow healthy food. She continues to serve as its executive director. She lives in Cedar County.
The following story has been formatted to be entirely in her own words, and has been edited and condensed for clarity. This story mentions suicide and may be triggering to some.
I was the third illegal abortion that my Catholic mother could not endure. I found that out when I was 25. It was a huge relief. Most folks can't believe that, they just cringe. But it gave me the answer to the way my family had treated me all my life. It wasn't because I was fat or smart or short or obedient or honest or the opposite of all those. I hadn't done anything wrong. I was just resented for being born.
I grew up in northern New Jersey. My mom was an undiagnosed, self-medicated bipolar. My dad was an immigrant doctor from Turkey and worked 14 hours a day to support his family. They had a son and a daughter one year apart so they had their perfect family. They decided to have no more children, but she was incredibly fertile. She had two abortions after my siblings were born. And then I came along six years later.
My siblings did not like me. They did not want me there. For most of my childhood, I was tormented, humiliated and demeaned. I'd be left alone in the house with them after school and they would accuse me of lying and make me hold Tabasco sauce in my mouth for five minutes. I remember one time, I was singing to myself. My sister came up and said, "Shut up, you sound like crap. Don't make anybody listen to that."
After a four-year custody battle – which my siblings told me was my fault – I ended up getting shipped up to my father's sister's house in upstate New York to be raised. She did a good job of protecting me from my siblings, but by then I had learned to not speak up and to be as invisible as possible.
When you're constantly confronted with a sense that you don't belong, that you don't deserve a space on this earth, you want to be as quiet as a mouse. Because otherwise people will hurt or humiliate you. I tried really hard not to speak up. I was a loner in high school. I was on some sports teams because I was trying to avoid the house, but I didn't have many friends. There were some suicide attempts in there. When you feel like you're not supposed to be there, it doesn't feel like a big deal to kill yourself. I lost my voice before I ever had it. I had it humiliated out of me or something.
I came to Iowa to escape a toxic situation. I fell in love with Iowa.
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A Closer Look: Candi Karsjens
BY SARAH BOGAARDS, BUSINESS RECORD STAFF WRITER
For Candi Karsjens, running lemonade stands and selling Girl Scout cookies while growing up in Mason City weren't just fun childhood activities but also her earliest memories of being entrepreneurial.
She didn't know then that it would lead to starting and selling two businesses and now serving as director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at North Iowa Area Community College, where Karsjens first went to college. She succeeded Tim Putnam after his departure in December 2021.
The NIACC JPEC is one of five entrepreneurial educational and resource centers that were imagined and first funded by John Pappajohn, founder of Equity Dynamics and venture capital firm Pappajohn Capital Resources. The center at NIACC serves nine counties in northern Iowa, bringing mentoring, programs and financial resources to Main Street businesses and startups in the region.
After selling her second business, a soy candle line called Uncorked that gained national and international wholesale clients, in 2017 Karsjens went back to pharmaceutical sales, the field where she started her career. She knew the work well but was working from home and felt "a disconnect" from the community after her first stint traveling for pharmaceutical sales and being a business consultant with clients outside of Iowa.
"I really wanted to be able to give back with the skills and abilities and knowledge that I had to people in my own area," she said.
She took the role of director of innovation and acceleration at the JPEC in 2019 and took the lead on the center's mentorship programming including the NIACC cohort of the University of Iowa Venture School program and being the director of the Pappajohn Center Venture Mentoring Service program, which is based on the Venture Mentoring Service at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Business Record recently caught up with Karsjens to discuss her new role.
Left: Gymnast Simone Biles. Center: ABI Chair Kim Augspurger. Right: Hockey coach Jessica Campbell.
President Joe Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people last week, including gymnast Simone Biles, soccer player Megan Rapinoe and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The designation is the nation's highest civilian honor.
Kim Augspurger, former owner of Saxton Inc. and current consultant to Pigott, has been elected chair of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry board of directors. Augspurger is responsible for leading the board in developing ABI's strategic goals and objectives, implementing them and communicating ABI's mission to Iowans.
The Coachella Valley Firebirds, the minor league affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, hired Jessica Campell as an assistant coach, making her the first woman behind the bench as a full-time coach in the American Hockey League. "For young athletes now, it's so important to have that visibility for them to understand they can literally be anything they want. Some of the guys I will be coaching, their daughters can now watch them have a female coach. And that opens up the conversation, which can inspire young girls for something they might not have seen as possible," she said.
"THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IS THE DECISION TO ACT, THE REST IS MERELY TENACITY."
Lessons from 40 men in egalitarian relationships (The Atlantic). Black women will get no-strings-attached monthly checks in this new guaranteed income experiment (Fast Company). How Brittney Griner became a political pawn (New York Times "The Daily" podcast). Lack of affordable child care is hurting parents and the economy (Marketplace Morning Report). 'This is the only secret I've carried': 14 business leaders share their abortion stories (Fortune).
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Before you read this...please note, it's all gone. I can assure you this Peach Shredded Wheat Crumble was absolutely delicious and addictive. I say this sweetly...and for the record...I cannot be held liable for your making this, enjoying it to the fullest, and wanting more! You have been warned.
Lay our your biscuits in the pan.
Layer the peaches on top, and then our all of the juice from the can on top.
Chop up the butter and spread it out on top.
Add Raisins & Pecans or any other toppings of choice.
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I wanted to put this post together to highlight some fun crafts you can make this month for your kids, for their friends, or for gifts! No matter what you make this month, just make it fun! Click on the caption for more info (except the hand drawing - there's no post for that one).
Have some lucky green eggs and ham for breakfast!
Make some lovely fortune cookies....or green/golden lucky ones for St. Patty's Day!
If all you do is craft & draw on your own hands...that's ok too!
Life has been crazy - and it's only going to get crazier in the coming weeks and months! I am going to commit to blogging at least once a week, but I'm not sure yet, what I can tell you that I am working on and when! I will spill the beans as soon as I know! Until then, I will blog about what ever I can, and hopefully you'll love it and come back each week!


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Tom Varner Quartet is the debut album by American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner recorded in 1980 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars and stated, "Tom Varner turned heads and opened eyes on the jazz scene in the early '80s. There weren't, and still aren't, many French horn players who improvise and play with the facility he demonstrated on this 1980 session".

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that the album "depend[s] on satisfying solos to make a modest impact."

A reviewer for Billboard noted that the album "establishes Varner near the very top of the admittedly brief list of players committed to venturing into jazz with this symphonic instrument," and commented: "What distinguishes Varner is both his compositional focus... and astonishing technique. Rapid flurries of notes and raucous slurs may be routine on other brass horns, but on this instrument those effects represent obvious care."

Track listing
All compositions written and arranged by Tom Varner
 "The Otter" - 7:43
 "Radiator" - 8:26
 "12 12" - 7:39
 "TV TV" - 10:05
 "Heaps" - 10:28
Recorded at Sorcerer Sound in New York City on August 29, 1980

Cover photo by Vittorio Sacco, back photos by Lee Snider and Carlo Verri

Personnel
Tom Varner - French horn
Ed Jackson - alto saxophone
Fred Hopkins - bass
Billy Hart - drums

References

Black Saint/Soul Note albums
Tom Varner albums
1980 albums

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ACV expects 2020 profit down by VND6 trillion due to disease influence
Monday, Feb 24, 2020 08:34
A view of Noi Bai International Airport. ACV has proposed that the Government consider the creation of favourable mechanisms to accelerate the upgrading projects of flight deck systems at Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports to meet the operational needs. — Photo enternews.vn
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) expects profit this year will reach just VND1.7 trillion (US$73.4 million), a decrease of more than VND6 trillion compared to the year's forecast, due to the effect of the COVID-19.
The epidemic and its impacts could result in a total reduction of 35 million passengers in the entire port network this year, said ACV.
Last year, ACV achieved a net revenue of VND18.3 trillion and an after-tax profit of VND8.3 trillion, record results thanks to the growth of both passenger volume and air cargo.
During a recent meeting with the Prime Minister's Working Group, ACV proposed Government and the Prime Minister consider the creation of favourable mechanisms and policies to accelerate the progress of investment projects, especially the upgrading projects of flight deck systems at Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports to meet the operational needs when the market recovers.
The legal documents guiding the implementation of the Viet Nam Civil Aviation Law currently do not prescribe nor clearly define the role of port enterprises in terms of the rights to invest, develop, renovate and expand the airports that are assigned to those firms for management and exploitation.
This affected ACV's initiative of investing, upgrading and improving ACV's airport infrastructure. Meanwhile, ACV had already accumulated available funds to immediately implement projects, the company said.
As of December 31, 2019, the company's short-term deposits amounted to nearly VND31.2 trillion, accounting for more than half of its total assets.
To solve this problem, in the draft revision of Decree 102/2015 on management and operation of airports, the Ministry of Transport has added provisions specifying the authority of port enterprises in investing, renovating and upgrading ports. — VNS
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Christopher Lee turns 90
Today marks the 90th birthdy of actor Christopher Lee. Lee is probably most associated with all those Hammer horror movies made in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, or more accurately starting about 1958 with his role as Count Dracula in Horror of Dracula. In fact, Lee would go on to play Dracula again and again and again: if I've counted correctly, Lee played Dracula 10 times over the next 15 years, while making a bunch of other horror movies in between, such as in The Hands of Orlac (1960). In this remake of a 1924 silent by the same title, which is probably best-known for the 1935 remake Mad Love, Lee plays what is essentially the Peter Lorre version in Mad Love.
Lee actually got his start much earlier, though, in the late 1940s, with one of his earliest screen credits being 1949's Scott of the Antarctic, about the ill-fated British expedition to the South Pole in 1911/12. He was in other period pieces like The Crimson Pirate, set in the late 18th century, as well as the World War II sub movie The Cockleshell Heroes (although to be fair he's well down the credit roll in all of these).
As for the Lee films I'd most recommend? Well, there's The Wicker Man, in which Lee plays the lord of the Scottish island where strange pagan rituals are happening, investigated by Edward Woodward. Lee also played bad guy Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun.
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First and foremost, the importance of play-based activities for younger children is not simply an opinion of ours, but has been proven by numerous research studies. Here is one that is rather comprehensive.
Despite the astounding studies proving how beneficial play is to both children and parents, time for free play has been significantly reduced for most. Factors include hectic lifestyle, changes in family structure and increased attention to academics and enrichment activities at the expense of recess or free child-centred play.
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Q: Item doesn't want to be pushed into an array I am developing a discord bot that allows you to mine for resources, but I can't get the code to work. It's logging the actual items, but it just doesn't add the items to the array, which is why I can't map it into a string.
Code:
module.exports.addItem = async (client, user, item, amount, interaction) => {
    if(!client instanceof Client) throw new Error("Client is not an instance of Discord.js Client");
    if(!user instanceof User) throw new Error("User is not an instance of Discord.js User");
    if(!item) throw new Error("Item is not defined");
    if(!amount) throw new Error("Amount is not defined");
    if(typeof amount !== "number") throw new Error("Amount is not a number");
    if(!interaction) throw new Error("Interaction is not defined");
    if(!interaction instanceof Interaction) throw new Error("Interaction is not an instance of Discord.js Interaction");

    const userFound = await client.database.user.findOne({ userID: user.id });
    if(!userFound) return interaction.followUp({ content: `You haven't started your journey yet!` });

    const itemFound = userFound.inventory.find(i => i.name === item.name);
        if(!itemFound) {
            await client.database.user.findOneAndUpdate(
                {
                    userID: user.id,
                }, {
                    userID: user.id,
                    $push: {
                        inventory: {
                            name: item.name,
                            amount,
                            category: item.category
                        }
                    }
                } , {
                    upsert: true,
            });
        } else {
            await client.database.user.findOneAndUpdate(
                {
                    userID: user.id,
                }, {
                    userID: user.id,
                    $pull: {
                        inventory: {
                            name: item.name
                        }
                    }
                } , {
                    upsert: true,
            });

            await client.database.user.findOneAndUpdate(
                {
                    userID: user.id,
                }, {
                    userID: user.id,
                    $push: {
                       inventory: {
                            name: item.name,
                            amount: item.amount + amount,
                            category: item.category
                        }
                    }
                } , {
            upsert: true,
        });
    }
    return { name: item.name, amount, category: item.category };
}

module.exports.dropItem = async (client, user, category, interaction) => {
    if(!client instanceof Client) throw new Error("Client is not an instance of Discord.js Client");
    if(!user instanceof User) throw new Error("User is not an instance of Discord.js User");
    if(!category) throw new Error("Category is not defined");
    if(typeof category !== "string") throw new Error("Category is not a string");

    let droppedItems = [];

    for (const item of client.items) {
        for(let i = 0; i < client.items.length; i++) {
            if(!client.items[i].category === category) return;
        }

        const dropAmount = Math.floor((Math.random() * 3) + 1);
        const dropChance = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
        if(dropChance > item.dropChance) return;

        const itemDropped = await this.addItem(client, user, item, dropAmount, interaction)
        console.log(itemDropped); // This logs the item correctly

        droppedItems.push(itemDropped);
    }

    return droppedItems; // This always returns "undefined"
}

Expected result: An array with objects, each object containing a name, amount and category value;
Actual result: Console-logging the array returns "undefined"
I have tried awaiting the push, making the array a constant and more small things like that.
Could it be because the array isn't in the loop?

A: The problem is probably that you have several return statements in your dropItem function that are returning undefined.
For example if(dropChance > item.dropChance) return;
A simple function to illustrate this is:
const doSomething = () => {
    const arr = [1, 2, 3]
    for (const num of arr) {
        if (num !== 10) return
  }
    return 'done'
}

You are saying that you would expect the above function to return "done", but it will actually return undefined.
I think maybe you want to use break instead of return, but not sure exactly what behaviour you are expecting.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/break

A: Since you are awaiting a call within the for loop, you will need to await the entire loop as well. You can do this with await Promise.all(<<ARRAY OF PROMISES>>).
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise/all
So you'd do something like
let droppedItems = [];
await Promise.all(client.items.map(async (item) => {
        for(let i = 0; i < client.items.length; i++) {
            if(!client.items[i].category === category) return;
        }

        const dropAmount = Math.floor((Math.random() * 3) + 1);
        const dropChance = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
        if(dropChance > item.dropChance) return;

        const itemDropped = await this.addItem(client, user, item, dropAmount, interaction)
        console.log(itemDropped); // This logs the item correctly

        droppedItems.push(itemDropped);
    }));

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package org.bbs.apklauncher.api;

import android.app.IntentService;
import android.app.Service;

public abstract class Base_IntentService extends IntentService {

	private static final String TAG = Base_IntentService.class.getSimpleName();

	// tag_start:IntentService
	public Base_IntentService(String name) {
		super(name);
	}
	// tag_end:IntentService

	public int getHostIdentifier(String name, String defType, String defPackage){
//do NOT edit this file, auto-generated.
		int resId = -1;
		resId = getResources().getIdentifier(name, defType, defPackage);

		return resId;
	}
}

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Listening to Your Readers
A writer who sees his personality as "falling at the hermit end of the spectrum" discovers the advantages of today's "connected" world
By John Verdon |
Listening to your readers is a good thing to do. Trying to please them all is something else entirely.
There's an old story in the advertising business about an announcer's efforts to make four client executives happy with his rendition of their product's tagline.
He started with a warm, conversational approach. "Markley's soap is good soap."
"I like it," said the first executive. "But could you add some emphasis to our brand name?"
"MARKLEY'S soap is good soap," intoned the announcer.
"Almost perfect," said the second executive. "Just hit the benefit a little harder."
The announcer tried again. "MARKLEY'S soap is GOOD soap!"
The third executive nodded. "Terrific! All it needs now is some real conviction in that verb."
The announcer gave it all the conviction he could muster. "MARKLEY'S soap IS GOOD soap!!"
"The fourth executive frowned, "The product itself seems to be getting a little lost. People need to know what we're talking about."
That produced the final take. "MARKLEY'S SOAP IS GOOD SOAP!!!"
The moral is obvious. Giving equal weight to every suggestion leads nowhere.
Or worse than nowhere—especially when your novels have an international readership, since reactions can vary widely by market, magnifying the differences of opinion found in any single market. Interestingly, when I look at reader reviews, I find that the aspects of my books that some people like the most are the very ones that others like the least.
Clearly, then, tailoring my books to all my readers' likes and dislikes would be a logically impossible task—especially in today's social media world of blogs and posts and tweets, where it's so easy to feel intimidated by the swirling tides of readers' preferences.
On the other hand, sealing oneself off from all audience counsel in today's super-connected world may be as foolish as trying to please everyone.
So what's my personal solution?
First, let me tell you that it didn't come easily. As writers' personalities go, I definitely fall at the hermit end of the spectrum. Like my series detective, Dave Gurney, I'm most comfortable in my own head. I'm not a natural conversationalist or advice-seeker, and I must admit that my instinctive reaction to the media technologies that are putting us all in such easy reach of each other was to retreat—to hide and wait for them to go away.
But not all my instincts operate to my best advantage. So rather than atavistically disappearing into my cave, I've taken the advice of people I trust and have decided to accept (albeit cautiously) the reality of the "connected" world.
I'm listening to my readers, all of my readers who care to make their thoughts and feelings known. I'm endeavoring to see my work from their points of view—trying to sense as directly as I can the impact my stories have on each of them.
That doesn't mean I'll do anything differently in an effort to make my happy readers happier or to defuse the complaints of the less happy. I'm finding that being more closely in touch with my audience can be its own reward.
Writing, after all, is about communication. And coming to understand how people feel about what you've said is an essential piece of the process. It's not especially important whether they agree with you or you agree with them. What matters is understanding more deeply what had passed between us—the reality each of us sees.
Once in a while the voice of a reader can help me realize how I might do something better in the future, and that's a plus. The trick is maintaining as much openness as I can—not an easy task for a defensive introvert like me.
Bottom line, what is this new experience teaching me?
Three things.
To take a deep breath, relax, and listen to my readers very carefully.
To trust my heart, not my ego.
And to trust the people close to me to let me know which is which.
John Verdon is the author of the international bestsellers Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight, and the upcoming Let the Devil Sleep.
A version of this article appeared in the 07/16/2012 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Listening to Your Readers
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There are numerous motorists who reside in areas of Oregon like Portland, OR and Gresham, OR that use a car as their main mode of transportation. If you are one of these motorists, you know the importance of maintaining the proper amount of Oregon car insurance in order to drive legally. You can then realize the importance of receiving an Oregon car insurance quote. It can impact the rate you pay on your premiums, and the potential savings you accumulate can have a positive impact on your finances. With the recent downfall of events, our economy remains in a depressed state. We are all attempting to save money through whatever ways we can. The possession of Oregon car insurance is mandated by both state and federal laws. It is a necessity you will most likely have for the duration of your adult life. You should utilize the advantages a car insurance quote can offer in saving money. The hundreds of dollars you can save a month can then be put towards your savings or towards paying for your other necessities.
Oregon is a unique state with a vibrant history behind it, which is fully enjoyed by its residents and by its tourists. In a state where tourism is a thriving industry, there is an additional need for you to have adequate Oregon auto insurance coverage. In heavily populated cities that have an onslaught of tourists, there is an increased likelihood that you might one day be involved in an accident.
The minimum amount of coverage required by state law is a minimum Bodily Injury Liability limit of $25,000 per injured person up to a total of $50,000 per accident, and Property Damage Liability coverage with a minimum limit of $10,000. This is known as the 25/50/10. Oregon (OR) is another state which follows the Tort system. When an accident occurs in a Tort system, which party is at fault must be determined. The party deemed as the culprit then assumes all of the financial costs for medical expenses and property damage incurred by all parties involved in the accident.
Since you must possess Oregon car insurance by law, a car insurance quote must be utilized in order to provide you with the lowest rate possible for your policy. However, your actions can also help influence the amount you pay monthly on your premiums.
You might want to consider purchasing only liability car insurance for any vehicle you own outright. Liability car insurance is usually sufficient to meet a state's insurance requirements. This can produce an affordable car insurance rate for you each month, as liability insurance only reduces the amount of money that will come out of an Oregon auto insurance provider's pocket in the event of an accident. Collision auto insurance can seem like a good idea for an older vehicle. However, when an accident occurs in an older car with collision auto insurance, the Oregon car insurance company will only pay a monetary amount for repairs that is equal to your car's current value. Because a car's value decreases over time, collision auto insurance may not be a practical idea for an older vehicle.
Before you purchase a new vehicle, it would be wise to check with an agent from your Oregon car insurance provider to see how much it would cost to add the vehicle to your policy. This will allow you maintain affordable rates by knowing the financial limitations you must work in. On the other hand, there are several nationwide automobile insurance providers who will offer a discount on the first couple of years you own a new car. When a new car is sold, the transaction benefits not only the dealer who sold the vehicle but also the Oregon car insurance company. An Oregon auto insurance provider knows that you will be in need of its services for quite some time with the new car.
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Q: MBP 2010 15" won't boot without disconnecting power and battery My MBP 2010 will only power-up if I disconnect power and battery, and then only connect power. When I shut it down, it'll only power up again if I remove the power first for >10 seconds.
I've tried an SMC Reset, a PRAM Reset, but nothing works unless I disconnect everything for >10 seconds.
It seems especially odd as even though it starts up the first time, it won't start up a second time without the complete power disconnect. Note, if i reboot, it restarts fine.
The battery is charging correctly, and I get the appropriate green/orange lights on the MagSafe.
For now I've left the battery disconnected, so at least I can work around this.
Any ideas?

A: Not sure what is going on, but, I've found that even though the machine looks like it is shutdown, I have to hold the power-button for 10 secs for force turn it off. After I've done that it starts up fine.


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The security of devices used in the office should be a top priority for business owners and managers. It is easy to think that a fully functioning device like a mobile phone is secure, and most of the time it is. The thing to be aware of however, is that there are always hackers looking for security flaws in these products. The latest flaw highlighted happens to be on the Android system.
In early July, mobile security company Bluebox announced that they had discovered a large security flaw in the Android system. The threat centers around a trojan application that can gain access to application data including email addresses, SMS messages, etc, and can get service and account passwords. In other words, it can take over your whole phone.
The way this so-called trojan infects mobile devices is through an app. Hackers have figured out how to tinker with the application's code, and implement the malware without changing the cryptographic features that are used by Google Play and other online stores to validate and identify apps.
What this means is that the changed app looks legitimate to Google, developers, our phones and us, but it really has malicious code embedded in it, code that could give a hacker full access to your phone. The good news about this is that it can be easily fixed with an update. The bad news about this is that it is up to device manufacturers to actually release the fix. This is because most Android device manufacturers basically own their own version of Android and need to push the update to owners – Google can't do this. Beyond that, it is up to the device owner to actually update their phone when the fix is released.
If this sounds a little worrying, it should be, especially since this affects every device except for the recently released Samsung S4 Touchwiz. There are things you can do however to minimize the chances of your device being infected by this bug.
Don't allow your device to install apps from unknown sources – Think of Android apps as coming from two systems: Google Play and not Google Play. Any app that comes from not Google Play (e.g., Amazon app store or various stores not owned by Google) can technically be installed onto your device, as long as you have allowed apps from unknown sources. If you haven't enabled this on your device, you should be safe. If you have, you should disable this immediately by going to your device's Settings followed by Security and ensuring Unknown sources is NOT ticked.
Only download apps from the Google Play store – Unlike other mobile platforms, you can download and install apps from almost any location on Android phones. While this may seem like a good idea, many of these external marketplaces don't validate apps, so this is where you will find most of the apps with malware. Google Play does validate apps and will remove malicious ones if found, so play it safe and only download apps from the store.
Look at the app download statistics – Finally, if you are still unsure, you should look for the app on your browser. Just navigate to the Google Play website and search for the app. When you find it, click on it and look at the right-side of the window. You should see ABOUT THIS APP with lots of information below. Pay close attention to the Installs graph. If it is an app from a big-name developer e.g., Google, there should be a high number of installs. If it is say a Google App and the number of installs is low (under 1,000) it would be a good idea to avoid it.
Keep your device updated – If you get a notification to update your device, you should do so immediately, this will ensure that you have the latest bug fixes and could also introduce new, useful features.
If you are careful about what apps you install and take steps to ensure that you only install apps from the Play store, your device should be relatively safe. Google has announced that they have patched their cryptographic features on Google Play, so any new apps going onto Play should be safe from this particular exploit. There is a good chance that they will also correct this issue in a future update to the Android OS (likely 4.3), but older devices may be left out of the loop. So, as we have already told you a few times: Don't install apps from outside of Google Play, and be sure to follow the tips we talked about above.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Indulged.UI.Dashboard
{
    public enum DashboardThemes
    {
        Light,
        Dark
    }
}


Cedric's life is a series of triumphs and disasters. If one day he manages to impress his sweetheart Chen, the next his own obsessive jealousy will earn him a mighty slap. He can surprise his parents with tender, generous gestures, then bring them on the verge of a heart attack with his calamitous school reports. As for his grandfather, he's built along the same lines. The trick is to enjoy the good parts – and weather the rest!
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<?php namespace Jhul\Components\Database\Store;

/* @Author : Manish Dhruw [ 1D3N717Y12@gmail.com ]
+=======================================================================================================================
|
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

abstract class _Base
{

	use \Jhul\Core\_AccessKey;

	protected $_fields = [];

	// save record to database
	// @return modified datamodel
	// @param $item can be data entity
	private function insert( $item )
	{
		$item = $this->_callBefore( 'insert', $item );

		$this->getDB()->insert( $item );

		$key = $this->getDB()->pdo()->lastInsertId();

		//setting persistent data as old data
		$item->_oData()->_set( $item->_pData()->_get() );

		//setting modified data as persistent data
		$item->_pData()->_set( $item->_mData()->_get() );

		if( $item->_mData()->has( $item->keyName() ) )
		{
			$key = $item->_mData()->read( $item->keyName() );
		}

		$item->_pData()->_set( $item->keyName(), $key );

		return $this->_callAfter( 'insert', $item );
	}

	public function _callBefore( $method, $item )
	{
		$method = 'before'.$method;

		return method_exists( $this, $method ) ? $this->$method( $item ) : $item ;
	}

	public function _callAfter( $method, $item )
	{
		$method = 'after'.$method;

		return method_exists( $this, $method ) ? $this->$method( $item ) : $item ;
	}

	public function commit( $item )
	{
		$item = $this->_callBefore( 'commit', $item );

		$item = $item->isPersistent() ? $this->update($item) : $this->insert( $item ) ;

		return $this->_callAfter( 'commit', $item );
	}

	public function defaultValues(){ return []; }

	//compress or preprocess data befor storing in database
	public function deflateValue( $value, $field )
	{
		if( isset($this->valueDeflaters()[ $field ] )  )
		{
			$deflater = $this->valueDeflaters()[ $field ];

			return $this->$deflater( $value, $field );
		}

		return $value;
	}

	public function delete( $item  )
	{
		$this->_callBefore( 'delete', $item );

		$item->getDB()->_delete( $item );
	}

	public function getNULLItem()
	{
		$class = $this->getItemCLass('null');
		return new $class('null');
	}

	public function getItemCLass( $context )
	{

		if( isset( $this->items()[$context] ) )
		{
			$class = $this->items()[$context] ;

			return is_array( $class ) ? $class['class'] : $class ;
		}

		if( 'null' == $context )
		{
			return '\\Jhul\\Components\\Database\\Store\\Data\\_NULL';
		}

		throw new \Exception( 'Context "'.$context.'" Not Defined In "'.get_called_class().'" ' );
	}

	public function getQueryColumns( $item )
	{
		if( isset( $this->items()[$item->context()]['select'] ) )
		{
			$fields = $this->items()[$item->context()]['select'];

			if( is_array($fields)) return $fields;

			if( strpos( $fields, ':' ) ) return explode( ':', $fields );

			if( $fields == '*' ) return '*';

			return [$fields];
		}

		throw new \Exception( 'No fields selected for context "'.$fields.'" in "'.get_called_class().'" ' , 1);
	}

	public function getDB(){ return \Jhul::I()->cx('dbm')->getDB(); }

	public static function I()
	{
		return \Jhul::I()->cx('dbm')->getStore( get_called_class() );
	}

	//expands data to readable
	public function inflateValue( $value, $field )
	{
		if( isset($this->valueInflaters()[$field] )  )
		{
			$inflater = $this->valueInflaters()[$field];

			return $this->$inflater( $value, $field );
		}

		return $value;
	}

	// - initilize fields of newly created Item
	// - Check if all fields are initilized
	public function initilizeFields( $item, $params )
	{
		foreach ( $this->defaultValues() as $key => $value)
		{
			$item->write( $key, $value );
		}

		foreach ( $params  as $key => $value)
		{
			$item->write($key, $value);
		}

		// //we dont have to check for keyname because they will be auto created
		// foreach ( $item->accessibleColumns()  as $field )
		// {
		// 	if( !$item->has($field) && $field != $item->keyName() )
		// 	{
		// 		throw new \Exception( 'Field "'.$field.'" not initialized for item "'.get_class($item).'" ' , 1);
		// 	}
		// }

		return $item;
	}

	//Updates Already existing recotd
	private function update( $item )
	{
		$item = $this->_callBefore( 'update', $item );

		$this->getDB()->update( $item );

		$item->_oData()->_set( $item->_pData()->_get() );

		$item->_pData()->_set( $item->_mData()->_get() );

		return $this->_callAfter( 'update', $item );
	}

	public function useNULLDataModel(){ return FALSE; }

	public function valueDeflaters(){ return []; }

	public function valueInflaters(){ return []; }

}


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David Cameron on Need for Increasing Dementia Research Funding (BBC News)
David Cameron, the former Prime Minister, has taken-up the role of President of Alzheimer's Research UK (in addition to working for the National Citizen Service).
He has proposed / re-stated the importance of greater levels of funding for dementia research, and (unsurprisingly) is in favour of encouraging better dementia awareness generally, with more of a focus on prevention.
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Nov 10, 2018DAVIS, Calif. Isaiah Pineiro scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half to help San Diego pull away and beat UC Davis 76-57 on Friday night.San Diego (2-0) used a 19-9 run to stretch a six-point lead to 66-51 with six minutes left and UC Davis (0-2) didn't get closer. Pineiro scored six points and Yauhen Massalski capped the surge with a dunk.Pineiro shot 11 of 19 from the field and had team-highs with eight rebounds and six assists. Olin Carter III added 16 points and Isaiah Wright 10 for the Toreros. The trio also combined for six 3-pointers.TJ Shorts II scored 17 points for UC Davis, which missed 20 of its 23 3-point attempts. Joe Mooney had 13 points and Matt Neufeld chipped in 11 for the Aggies.


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Q: Получить массив как результат обработки запроса mssql Я написал небольшой скрипт который работает с mssql модулем. После обработки ответа отдает массив с массивами строк. но внутри функции. данный массив мне нужен на выходе из функции mssqlQuery().Помогите вывести его. Не могу сообразить как это сделать. отнеситесь с пониманием, я новичек. Ниже код:

var sql = require('mssql');
var serv = "mssql://abs:abc@10.73.108.16:1433/TEST2";
var sqlQuery = 'select * from data';

function mssqlQuery(serv, sqlQuery) {
    sql.connect(serv)
        .then(function() {
            //query
            new sql.Request().query(sqlQuery)
                .then(function(recordset) {
                    var arr = [];
                    for (n = 0; n < 5; n++)
                        arr[n] = valuesToArray(recordset.recordset[n]);

                    // I want to get this 'arr' as a result of the work of the mssqlQuery()
                    console.dir(arr);
                })
                .catch(function(err) {
                    // ... query error check
                });
        })
        .catch(function(err) {
            console.dir(err);
        });
}

function valuesToArray(obj) {
    return Object.keys(obj).map(function(key) { return obj[key]; });
}
mssqlQuery(serv, sqlQuery);


Online Guitar Courses have actually taken guitar discovering how to the next level, which is hassle-free, extremely interactive, budget-friendly and most importantly simple as well as enjoyable to learn compared to the traditional guitar discovering from a tutor. Practically 90 to 95% of the Online Guitar Courses use their Initial Lessons for their Prospective clients to check out to give them a certain level of confidence in them prior to they join them. The Free Guitar Lessons give you an opportunity to understand the means they show, the high quality of their lessons and also video clip and also every facet carefully.
Today, Foreign exchange online programs are offered all around the net. As far as the course web content matters, we still could not be certain that a lot more we pay for the course, the much better course material we will certainly able to obtain. In this globe of Foreign exchange market with over trillions of liquidity in value traded daily, it can be a genuine economic business for some. It takes wonderful perseverance to ultimately find out the abilities to trade Foreign exchange. People are utilized to getting skilled and see results right away, that is not the case with Foreign exchange.


If you live in San Antonio, a really nice day trip is down the Medina.
We started at a private ranch and went down stream approx. 9 miles. Took out at Alamo River Resort in Von Ormy which is a camping park on the Medina.
We spent the night and really enjoyed the quiet and solitude and it is so close to downtown, right on the SA city limits.
This is a wild river, some trees that have to be gotten around. Small portage around a Bexar Met take out coffer dam. Fishing seemed pretty good, saw no snakes.
$15.00 day use and $25.00 for over night.


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AllStateBanners is the preferred online shop for banners especially school and university banners. AllStateBanners makes convenient, quick and hassle-free deliveries to Santa Clara which are faster than the local print shops. Apart from this, all orders can be placed online 24/7, which saves the inconvenience and time-consuming process of going to the local shops. You can place the order online, in three simple steps which makes AllStateBanners an ideal for any kind of signage requirements. Use our brand new Online Vinyl Banners Design tool, or ask from out team of professional designers their feedback, and they will be back to you in just a few hours for absolutely no additional cost!


"Lovely place to stay. Great hosts spacious room. Breakfast really great. Enjoyed our stay...."
"Just got back from a lovely stay at the Dorstan Guest House, we stayed for a long weekend and can't fault this place. It's about a 15 min. w..."
"Friendly and helpful customer service. Welcoming landlord, and kind stuff,good breakfast and parking...."
"A great find..owner was very helpful and a great breakfast. Would highly recommend...."
"Great host and value for money. Great breakfast...."
The Dorstan is a lovely detached Victorian villa (1870) with traditional features and run by owners Richard & Maki, so you can be assured of a warm and personal welcome whether on business on holiday.
Located in a quiet residential area of Edinburgh but only 1. 4 miles from the Old Town with excellent bus service just 50m away.
There is a front garden for guests and private car park. After a quiet & comfortable night we also provide a magnificent breakfast to set you up for the rest of your day.
You may choose from single, double, twin bedded or family rooms, with varying private facilities.
All rooms have full central heating, colour television, tea and coffee making facilities and hairdryer.
Free wifi access available and breakfast is included for all stays.
Just got back from a lovely stay at the Dorstan Guest House, we stayed for a long weekend and can't fault this place.


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Q: SSH to a login to Ubuntu 16 Core on Raspberry Pi3 requires password Just installed the core on my raspberry pi 3 but asks for password. access denied . The fingerprint is exactly the same as shown on the pi screen/console. Keys must be OK. How to go forward??
16:41:23.281 Current date: 2017-08-20
16:41:23.281 Bitvise SSH Client 7.34, a fully featured SSH client for Windows.
Copyright (C) 2000-2017 by Bitvise Limited.
16:41:23.281 Visit www.bitvise.com for latest information about our SSH software.
16:41:23.281 Run 'BvSsh -help' to learn about supported command-line parameters.
16:41:23.281 Cryptographic provider: Windows CNG (x86) with additions
16:41:23.500 Loading default profile.
16:41:30.286 Started a new SSH2 session.
16:41:30.286 Connecting to SSH2 server 192.168.178.19:22.
16:41:30.286 Connection established.
16:41:30.380 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.1
16:41:30.380 First key exchange started. Cryptographic provider: Windows CNG (x86) with additions
16:41:30.505 Received host key from the server. Algorithm: RSA, size: 2048 bits, MD5 fingerprint: fd:22:6d:5d:69:63:b6:57:e8:58:f9:92:57:b0:26:57, Bubble-Babble: xurif-giril-habas-syvyt-nifem-pybot-larik-kosop-nudad-ropym-fixux, SHA-256 fingerprint: PR6Z4cXKD/WmzwI7YRraqT6WRW713+5O4a4mCuguddk.
16:41:32.911 Host key has been saved to the global database.
16:41:32.943 First key exchange completed using diffie-hellman-group14-sha1. Session encryption and integrity: aes256-gcm, compression: none.
16:41:32.958 Attempting none authentication.
16:41:32.958 Remaining authentication methods: 'publickey,password'.
16:41:58.991 Attempting password authentication.
16:41:59.007 Authentication failed. Remaining authentication methods: 'publickey,password'.
16:42:02.394 Authentication aborted on user's request.
16:42:02.394 The SSH2 session has been terminated.

A: It is written in the first section of all the guides:

User management in Raspbian is done on the command line. The default user is pi, and the password is raspberry. You can add users and change each user's password.


If your business makes sales to customers in South Carolina, you may be responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax to the state. Whether or not you need to do this depends largely on whether you have a substantial physical presence, or nexus, in the state, as well as whether or not what you're selling is subject to sales tax under South Carolina laws.
The state sales tax rate in South Carolina is 6%. Counties and municipalities can impose additional sales tax locally as well, with the maximum rate in the state currently 8.5% in Charleston. You can review a complete list of sales tax rates in South Carolina by zip code on the South Carolina Department of Revenue website.
If you have a physical location, and the customer purchases an item in person and takes it with them on the spot, you will charge the rate applicable at that location. If you are shipping goods to customers in South Carolina, the rate you will need to charge is usually based on the final destination of those goods, regardless of whether they originate from inside or outside the state.
An buyer who is 85 years old or older may claim a 1% exemption state sales tax, provided that the purchase is made for his or her personal use. Proof of age must be provided at the time of the sale.
One significant element to keep in mind is that there are two Amazon fulfillment centers in South Carolina. If your sales are fulfilled by Amazon, and you sell to customers in South Carolina, your goods are likely stored in one of these warehouses, thereby creating a nexus in the state for your business. Although there may still be some ambiguity surrounding this arrangement, any substantial sales that proceed in this way will likely be looked on by the state as taxable sales, and so you should register to collect sales tax in South Carolina if this applies to you.
It's also important to note that nexus determinations are made on a fiscal year basis. So, if you have a nexus for any part of the fiscal year, you should collect sales tax on any purchases made during that time frame, even if you no longer meet the nexus requirements by the end of the period in question.
What Is Taxable in South Carolina?
In general, sales of tangible personal property are subject to sales tax in South Carolina. Most services, on the other hand, are not unless they involve the production of a tangible good. Installation charges associated with the purchase of tangible personal property are not taxable if they're listed separately on the bill, while set-up charges are taxable in similar situations.
Exceptions to the tax on prepared food items applies if these meals are served in a facility that cares for elderly or disabled persons, or when sold to certain non-profit organizations that have previously obtained a sales tax exemption certificate from the state. It's also important to note that these exceptions and exemptions apply to the state sales tax, but local tax rates may still apply depending on the regulations in the specific municipality.
Although most services are not taxable in South Carolina, there are certain taxable categories. These include furnishing of accommodations, providing of electricity, laundry and dry cleaning services, and most communication services.
If you have a nexus in South Carolina and sell a taxable good, you must register with the state to collect and remit that tax before you start making sales. You can do this by visiting the Department of Revenue website and filling out the online form. While registering by mail is still an option, it is being phased out, and registering online is the preferred method going forward. The cost to register is $50.
Other information may be required as well based on the nature of your business and your specific situation.
The frequency with which you'll have to file your South Carolina state sales tax returns will depend on your average monthly tax liability. You may file annually if that average is between $0 and $16.66. Quarterly filing is required for an average tax liability of $16.67 to $100, and monthly filing is required if your monthly tax liability is over $100 on average.
If you file annually, your return and payment will be due on January 20 of the following year.
Failing to file a sales tax return once you're registered to collect sales tax in South Carolina can result in a fine of 5% of the tax due if the return is filed within one month of the due date. An additional 5% will be added for each subsequent month, up to a maximum of 25%. If you file a return on time but are late with the payment, you'll face a penalty of 0.5% for each month the payment is late.
South Carolina does require all registered businesses to submit zero returns for periods in which no sales tax was collected. Penalties will also apply if you fail to file this type of return.
As with any state, the specific rules and regulations governing who must collect sales tax in South Carolina and on what are subject to change at any time. Local rates also change regularly, with various municipalities adding or repealing new taxes or adding exemptions. Keeping track of all of this can be a challenge, especially if South Carolina is not the only state you do business in.
That's why it's quite helpful to have sales tax software designed to handle all of this and more. TaxTools is just such a program, and it provides a comprehensive solution to all your sales tax tracking and filing needs. The program is designed to regularly monitor and adjust to local changes in the tax code, and it will ensure you collect tax at the appropriate rate based on the destination of the products sold, whether that's in South Carolina or another state.
TaxTools also makes it easy to see exactly how much you owe, when your returns are due, and what your payment history looks like. You can pull up reports on various areas quickly and easily, and it will integrate smoothly with whatever eCommerce platform you use.
So if you're interested in learning more about how TaxTools can streamline your selling process and help you stay on top of local sales tax regulations, click here to learn more or sign up for a free trial today.


Please join us for the Windsor Square Association annual "Town Hall" meeting.
The agenda will include a review of Association activities during 2018, including canopy, block captains, public safety, land use and other community concerns. Association directors for 2019 will be elected and the 2018 Squeaky Wheel award will be presented.
The annual meeting is a good opportunity to meet, socialize an discuss issues of mutual concern with neighbors, police officers, civic officials and private security companies.
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The following are the different components of a computer system. They are:
Processing Unit
Output Unit
1 . Input Unit
Input unit is responsible for supplying raw facts and figures know as data from outer world as input to the computer so that processed data can be given in the form of output. Input unit takes raw data from us to computer in an organized manner for processing. With the help of keyboard and mouse we use to provide data and instructions to the computer.
2. Memory Unit
Memory unit is responsible for storing data and instructions so that they can be made available when processing starts. The main task of memory unit is to store data and instructions before and after processing. Two types of memory used in memory unit are: i.) Primary memory (volatile in nature) and ii.) Secondary memory (non-volatile in nature) to store data and instructions. The data is stored in RAM(primary memory) first and then after execution it is stored in Hard-disk(secondary memory) if needed for further processing or use.
3. Processing Unit
Central Processing Unit (CPU) is responsible for processing of data and instructions in the computer. Processing of data and instructions are carried out with the help of i.) Arithemetic Unit and ii.) Logic Unit . CPU is called as the brain of the computer. Arithmetic Unit is responsible to perform arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Logic Unit is responsible for performing logical operations such as comparing, searching, sorting, merging, etc.
4. Control Unit
Control Unit is responsible for controlling all the activities done by different components of the computer without doing the actual processing of the data. It is responsible to transfer control over different units of the computer system. It is so smart that it knows when to take input from input device, where to store them and when to put the data to the output device after processing. Therefore, the main responsibility of control unit is to manage and coordinate all different units of a computer system.
5. Output Unit
The output unit is such medium through which user gets the desired result in the form of output such as visual display (file) or printed report. The output unit is also responsible to convert machine level instructions to high level instructions and with the help of output device makes the result available to end users.
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HYPOCRISY: Why Syrian Children Only Matter When Political Gain Is At Stake
Rachel BlevinsForeign PolicyWar On TerrorLeave a comment
When reports surfaced of a chemical attack in Syria that killed over 80 people—including 33 children—on April 4, the mainstream media couldn't get enough. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was immediately named as the culprit, despite the fact that there had yet to be an investigation.
After famously referring to CNN as "FAKE NEWS" in the past, President Donald Trump seemed content to take the outlet's reports as fact this time around, and he gave a heartfelt press conference, in which he lamented the loss of the "beautiful babies" that were killed in the attack.
Trump then approved the launch of 59 tomahawk missiles targeting a Syrian military base on April 6, as a form of retaliation against Assad for the chemical attack—despite the fact that there was still no proof Assad's government was behind the attack, and an investigation had yet to be conducted.
But then at least 125 Syrians were killed, including 60 children, after a bus convoy was bombed in Aleppo over the weekend. The attack occurred while "the Syrian government was carrying out the internationally-brokered evacuation of two towns."
In a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake condemned the attack:
"After six years of war and human carnage in Syria … six years of heartbreak for so many Syrian families… there comes a new horror that must break the heart of anyone who has one. More than 60 children reportedly killed in an attack on a bus convoy yesterday outside Aleppo. A convoy of families who for so long had already known so much suffering. Now the survivors must bear such a new and terrible loss."
Despite the fact that this second attack claimed the lives of twice the number of children, it failed to gain Trump's attention, and was virtually ignored by the media.
This is another reminder that it is not about the innocent lives that are taken. The bus bombing in Aleppo may have killed over 100 innocent people, but because of its lack of opportunity for political gain, the attack failed to catch the attention of politicians and media mavens alike. Instead of crying for the "beautiful babies" that were lost, they simply chalked the numbers up to more of the "collateral damage" that has come out of the failed War on Terror.
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Wildfang funded billboards in New York City, Los Angeles, Sioux Falls and Portland, Ore.
When Emma McIlroy, CEO and founder of the women's apparel company Wildfang, heard that South Dakota was named the worst state in the nation for reproductive rights by The Institute for Women's Policy Research, she wanted to help change that. On January 22, to the mark the 45th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, Wildfang started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $750,000—enough money to keep the Sioux Falls Planned Parenthood Clinic in South Dakota open for a year. It's the only women's clinic in the state that provides access to abortion and, like many other clinics, it's in danger of closing because last year President Trump signed legislation that gives states the option to deny Title X Family Planning Funding to Planned Parenthood.
"We got connected to the staff there and we heard some of the human stories about what happens day to day," McIlroy says. For instance, 35% of the women using the clinic travel more than 300 miles to get there. Yet, state law requires women to make two trips to the clinic and those trips need to be 72 hours apart. "A woman could live hundreds of miles from the clinic but she needs to get there twice in three days," McIIroy says.
Wildfang kicked off the campaign by funding a half dozen billboards in New York City, Los Angeles, Sioux Falls and Portland, Ore., stating "We're Not Going Back." During the campaign's first week, Wildfang raised $80,000.
If Wildfang reaches its $750,000 fundraising goal, McIlroy says the company will start a similar campaign to support another clinic. Six other states—Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming—each have only one clinic. These clinics do more than just provide abortion services, McIIroy says, they also provide essential preventative cancer and health screenings.
This isn't the first time Wildfang has donated to Planned Parenthood. Last year the company raised more than $75,000 for charities and gave half to Planned Parenthood. Wildfang also isn't the only company donating to causes its consumers care about. More companies are making activism an essential part of their brand in 2018. For instance, Patagonia and REI have questioned President Trump's plan to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah—Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments—by 2 million acres. North Face donated $100,000 to an education center at Bear Ears.
Rachel Berks, founder and owner of Otherwild, the creators of the Future is Female T-shirt, decided to donate a percentage of proceeds from the sale of that T-shirt in 2015 after logging onto the Planned Parenthood website to donate $50 when she heard Congress was voting on whether to impose a one-year moratorium on federal funding for the group. Berks realized she had the power to do so much more than just make a single donation and decided to donate 50 percent of the proceeds from her popular T-shirt for one weekend. That fundraiser was so popular she decided that, as long as women rights and women's health were under attack, her company would donate 25 percent of it proceeds from the sales of that T-shirt.
Customers wait to get into The Outrage during last year's Women's March in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, The Outrage has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the Women's March with a goal to raising $1 million for a dozen progressive groups, including the Malala Fund and the National LGBTQ Task Force. "We might get there by the end of the year," says Rebecca Lee Funk, CEO and co-founder of The Outrage. Last year, during the Women's March, in Washington, D.C., The Outrage raised $26,000 for Planned Parenthood just by placing a tip jar on its counter, Funk says. This year, The Outrage raised nearly $5,000 for Planned Parenthood during the Women's March, she says.
Millennial consumers, who like to integrate their core values into their purchasing decisions, have helped drive this move toward political activism, Funk says. They expect the businesses they support to have a social mission. "A lot of brands are jumping on this bandwagon, but we really see ourselves as being part of the movement and I want our focus to remain there," Funk says.