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Apparel brand ITC Wills Lifestyle is all set to reposition itself as a 100 percent natural brand. it will now be called "WLS" and the aim will be to tap the mounting demand for natural apparels in the market.
(Now) WLS claims that its every garment from fabric to the threads, buttons, and labels will consist of purely natural elements.
The apparel brand will use entirely biodegradable cotton, linen, silk or woolen materials for its garment products.
The company has also launched its new logo "Tattva" to give the brand a natural connection with the consumers. The new identity will be reflected in the brand's retail presence over the first half of the current year.
"Our new direction is an amalgamation of these insights, inspired by all that is real and catering to consumers who value responsibility and originality," he added.
The brand, WLS, will introduce its first collection, inspired by the diversity, craftsmanship, and techniques of Gujarat in the coming months.


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Lee Lai
On sale date: May 11, 2021
An exhilarating and tender debut graphic novel that is an ode to the love and connection shared among three women and the child they all adore.
Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seated personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties — Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn't fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew.
At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones — and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory.
Honoree on The National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35 List" for 2021.
"Lee Lai's graphic novel debut is an elegantly illustrated and introspective marvel, a deeply moving story about the push and pull between family and selfhood. ... [A] book that will change the literary landscape in 2021." — O The Oprah Magazine
"This graphic novel, Lee Lai's first, is bittersweet and filled with authentic dialogue and realistic situations, including a lack of tidy resolutions. You can't help but root for the characters." — The New York Times
"Lai presents a tender and emotionally raw examination of three women struggling to form and maintain their identities within and outside of their immediate family, illustrated in a loosely expressive style that conveys both bombastic catharsis and silent anguish with aplomb." — Library Journal (starred review)
"Athena-like, Lai bursts onto the graphic scene fully formed and utterly realized with this jaw-dropping debut. Raw, intricate, and impassioned, Lai's resonating accomplishment proves astonishing." — Booklist (starred review)
"Honest and emotional. ... It's not often that a graphic novel debut heralds the emergence of a storytelling talent the way Lee Lai's Stone Fruit does." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Since I moved to London, almost three years ago now, I've been to the Tate a number of times. Whenever a friend of mine comes for a visit, it is one of the first stops they want to make, regardless of how often I have or haven't seen it. So much so, that I thought I knew the free display of contemporary art pretty much by heart. Until last month, when I rediscovered a part of it.
Hidden in plain sight, between a room full of Rothkos and a wall occupied by a giant colourful Matisse, is a display which immediately catches the eye yet didn't mark me the first (or second) time around. A brightly coloured pop-art wall screams AIDS in neon letters at me, as it has the past 10 times I walked through this room. But this is the first time I fully process its meaning. The display is more than a pop-art composition of red letters to shock and get the viewer's attention. The entire room is dedicated to the phenomenon we now know as HIV, which affected over 35 million people who have died to AIDS related illnesses, and millions more who live with it today.
As the AIDS pandemic spread in the 80s, with little known about the disease, the public was fearful, angry and rebellious. These emotions paved the way for a new generation of artists. Amongst them rises Robert Mapplethorpe, the creative genius who fell victim to AIDS in 1989, dying at age 43. Leaving behind all his usual tricks and role playing, his portrait, depicted on the same brightly-coloured wall, shows the artist as he was a few months before his death. Pale and sober, yet dignified, staring straight into the camera. Like many other artists, Mapplethorpe contributed to the dissemination of information to the public, rebutting prejudices and preventing the spreading of the disease we now know as HIV.
The use of art as a coping mechanism as well as to call for action in the face of a crisis is, of course, nothing new. Mapplethorpe's honest portrait and this room of the Tate show only a tiny sample of the mark that AIDS left on the art world and the other way around. Many artists, whether affected personally by the disease or not, have used HIV/AIDS as a main theme in their work. Although today, an HIV diagnosis no longer equals a death sentence as it did in the 80s and 90s, the psychological trauma of infection is still very tangible. As the epidemic has changed throughout time, so have the artists and naturally, so has the art. The focus today has moved away from HIV/AIDS itself, towards broader issues of community, sexuality and exclusion.
Us nineties kids might not actively remember when the first wave of disaster and consequentially, AIDS activism, hit the West. We weren't there when family friends and countless celebrities passed away for reasons we didn't understand. These red letters may help me, and the rest of my generation, not to forget it.


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Real Musk fans can take a last ride in a Tesla hearse — to their funeral
At SHIFT, we get up close and personal with many Tesla fans. For most, it's an all-encompassing passion where their car and "The Cult of Tesla" play a big part in their life.
But, as we all know, life inevitably comes to an end. But fortunately, Tesla fans in the UK can take their passion beyond the mortal coil by traveling to their funeral in a Tesla electric hearse.
This week, Co-Op Fundercare, UK's largest funeral provider, launched its first Tesla electric hearse to serve environmentally-conscious communities in London.
The company will also be adding two Nissan electric hearses to its electric fleet. The cars are adapted from the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf passenger vehicle equivalents. The hearses' exterior structures are made from recycled composite materials, enhancing their sustainability credentials.
Even better, electric vehicle charging points are becoming a standard feature across all new Co-op Funeralcare centers — a handy spot to charge your EV!
It's not the first time we've combined the words Tesla and funeral. Earlier this year, we brought you the opportunity to buy your very own Tesla Model S hearse for a mere $200,000.
Why not branch out from Tesla to other Elon Musk industries?
Elysium Space could get your ashes) on a SpaceX rocket.
For true Elon Musk fans, you can take your dedication beyond the world. A few years back, memorial spaceflight startup Elysium Space could get you a ride (well, your ashes) on a SpaceX rocket for a mere $2,490 per person.
So, the average funeral costs around $8,000. But, the cost of cremation is less than $3,000 making it combined with a space flight practically a bargain — definitely, one way to go out with a bang.
Credit: Neuralink
And, if we take a leaf from Elon's other business interests, why not get involved? Imagine a future where your cloud-based brain powers Tesla auto functions autonomously?
Or your voice powers the voice feedback in the infotainment system? Or, your brain waves uploaded and now controlling a Tesla hearse autonomously as it takes you to your very own funeral? That'd be very cool.
When I die I want to be put into a gigapress and stamped into a Tesla.
- Jeremy Judkins 🎄 🏝 (@teslafsdbeta) November 29, 2021
Then, take a look at Tesla fan, Jeremy Judkins. He wants to be "put into a Gigapress and stamped into a Tesla" or, at a minimum, "stamped into the charge port area/trunk. Really, if you look at it like that, the options are limitless…
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Originally published at https://thenextweb.com on December 3, 2021.
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Two Christians Slain in Attack Outside Church in Pakistan
Posted on March 30, 2011 by particularkev
Muslim youths kill two, wound two others after dispute over teasing of Christian women.
KARACHI, Pakistan, March 22 (CDN) — Two Christians were gunned down and two others are in a serious condition with bullet wounds after Muslim youths attacked them outside a church building in Hyderabad last night, witnesses said.
Residents of Hurr Camp, a colony of working-class Christians in Hyderabad in Sindh Province, were reportedly celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Salvation Army church when a group of Muslim youths gathered outside the building and started playing music loudly on their cell phones. They also started teasing Christian women as they arrived for the celebration, according to reports.
Christians Younis Masih, 47, Siddique Masih, 45, Jameel Masih, 22, and a 20-year-old identified as Waseem came out of the church building to stop the Muslim youths from teasing the Christian women, telling them to respect the sanctity of the church. A verbal clash ensued, after which the Muslim youths left, only to return with handguns.
Witnesses told Compass by phone that the Muslim youths opened fire on the Christians, killing Younis Masih and Jameel Masih instantly, and seriously injuring Siddique Masih and Waseem. The injured men have been transferred to a hospital in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
Younis Masih is survived by his wife and four children, while Jameel Masih was married only a month ago, and his sudden death has put his family into a state of shock.
"My son had gone to the church to attend the anniversary celebrations from our family…a few hours later we were told about his death," a wailing Surraya Bibi told Compass by telephone from Hyderabad. "I got him married only a month ago. The cold-blooded murderers have destroyed my family, but our most immediate concern is Jameel's wife, who has gone completely silent since the news was broken to her."
She said the local police's indifference towards the brutal incident had exacerbated the Christians' sorrow.
"The police were acting as if it was not a big deal," she said. "They did not register a case until late at night, when all of us blocked the main Hyderabad Expressway along with the two dead bodies for some hours."
Jameel Masih's paternal uncle, Anwar Masih, told Compass that police were biased against the Christians, as "none of the accused has been arrested so far, and they are roaming the area without any fear."
He said police had taken into custody some teenagers who had no involvement in the killings.
"This has been done just to show their senior officials that they are not sitting idle," he said.
Anwar Masih said the families had little hope for justice, because "if we have to dishonor the dead bodies by placing them on the roads to get a case registered, what should we hope for when the investigations begin?"
He said that during their protest, some leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a regional political party known for its secular but often violent ideology, arrived and suggested the Christians retaliate against the Muslims.
"We told them that as Christians we are not going to take the law into our hands," Anwar Masih said.
He said that Jameel Masih's father, Sardar Masih, and the other Christians would visit the Baldia Colony police station Wednesday morning (March 23) to see whether there has been any progress in the investigation.
"Please pray for us," he said.
Compass made efforts to contact Hyderabad District Police Officer Munir Ahmed Sheikh to ask about progress in the case and whether any of the named suspects have been arrested by police, but the calls were unanswered.
The killing of the two Christians comes a week after another Christian, sentenced to life imprisonment on false blasphemy charges, died in Karachi Central Prison. The family of Qamar David claims he was murdered on March 15, while conflicting reports from the jail suggest that he died of heart failure.
If David died from torture, yesterday's killings bring the number of Christians murdered in March alone to four, the most prominent among them being Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated in Islamabad on March 2 for opposing the country's controversial blasphemy laws.
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IRAQ: FLEEING CHRISTIANS FACE NEW HARDSHIPS IN TURKEY
Posted on November 15, 2008 by particularkev
As renewed violence in Mosul halts return, refugees wait in Turkish legal limbo.
ISTANBUL, November 14 (Compass Direct News) – In this Turkish city's working-class neighborhood of Kurtulus, Arabic can be heard on the streets, signs are printed in the Arabic alphabet and Iraqis congregate in tea shops.
In 99-percent Muslim Turkey, most of these Iraqis are not Muslims. And they are not in Turkey by choice. They are Christian refugees who fled their homeland to escape the murderous violence that increasingly has been directed at them.
It is hard to tell how many of Mosul's refugees from the recent wave of attacks have made their way to Istanbul, but finding these residents here is not hard. A middle-aged Iraqi refugee who fled Mosul five months ago now attends a Syrian Orthodox Church in the poverty-stricken neighborhood of Tarlabasi, where gypsies, transvestites, and immigrants from Turkey's east live in hopes of a better life in Istanbul.
Declining to give his name, the refugee said there is no future for Christians in Iraq and that nearly everyone he knew there wanted to leave the country. He said the only hope for Iraqi Christians is for Western countries to open their doors to Christian Iraqi refugees.
"We don't have hope," he said. "If these doors aren't opened, we will be killed."
Since October, violence in Mosul has pushed more than 12,000 Christians from their homes and left more than two dozen dead, according to U.N. and Christian organizations. In the face of Mosul violence, Iraqi Christians flee to Turkey before settling permanently in another country, usually in a place where their family has gone out before them.
Christian Sisters Killed
Weeks after the mass exodus of Mosul Christians to surrounding villages, Turkey and other nations, around one-third of families reportedly have returned due to the presence of 35,000 army and police and the Iraqi government offering cash grants of up to $800.
But those returning Christians were shaken again on Wednesday (Nov. 12), when Islamic militants stormed into the house of two Syrian Catholic sisters, Lamia'a Sabih and Wala'a Saloha, killing them and severely injuring their mother. They then bombed their house and detonated a second explosive when the police arrived, which killed three more.
The Christian family had recently returned after having fled Mosul. Many believe this attack will deter other Christians from returning to Mosul, and there are reports of Christians again leaving the area.
There has been a steady exodus of Christians from Iraq since the first Gulf War in 1991. The church in Iraq dates from the beginning of Christianity, but the population has plummeted by 50 percent in the last 20 years. The outflow of Iraqi Christians spiked in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion.
Although Iraq as a whole has seen a dramatic decrease in violence due to last year's surge in U.S. troops, the flight of Christians to Turkey has grown. One-third of the 18,000 refugees who registered in Turkey last year are from Iraq. In Syria, an estimated 40 percent of the 1.2 million Iraqis who have fled Iraq are Christians, though they make up only about 3 percent of Iraq's population.
Monsignor Francois Yakan, the 50-year-old leader of the Chaldean Church in Turkey, said all Iraqi refugees are undergoing hardships regardless of religion, but that the situation is especially difficult for Christians since there is less support for them in Turkey.
"Muslims have the same difficulty as Christians, but there are more foundations to assist them," he said. "The government notices Muslim immigrants, but nobody pays attention to us."
Yakan travels to other countries to raise awareness of the plight of Iraqi Christians, trying to marshal the support of government and church leaders – last week he traveled to France, Romania and Germany. If Western governments don't wake up to this crisis, he said, the results could be catastrophic.
"People don't know the plight of Iraqi Christians. They have no government, no soldiers, and no power," he said. "Christianity in Iraq is ending. Why aren't they noticing this?"
Strangers in Strange Land
The unnamed Iraqi refugee in Tarlabasi said not even pleas from Iraqi priests can make them stay.
"The church in Iraq can't stop the people from leaving because they can't guarantee their security," he said.
He came to Istanbul with his family but still has an adult son and daughter in the city. He hopes to join his brother in the United States soon.
A group of Iraqi refugees at a tea shop in the Kurtulus area of Istanbul interrupted their card game to talk to Compass of their troubled lives.
"We can't find any work," said Baghdad-born Iraqi Jalal Toma, who acted as the translator for the group. He pointed to a young man at the table and said, "He works moving boxes and carrying things, and they pay him half as much as a Turk for a day's work."
All of the men are Chaldean Christians, a Catholic Eastern-rite church whose historical homeland is in northern Iraq, and came from Mosul in recent months. They are chronically under-employed and rely on financial help from family members abroad to make ends meet.
They had to flee their homes at a moment's notice, taking along their families but leaving behind their cars, houses and most of their possessions. The men hope to join family members who live in foreign countries, but they harbor few hopes that they can ever return to Iraq again.
Offering Relief
Work is scarce for refugees and hard to come by legally in Turkey. To survive, most Iraqi Christians rely on money from families abroad or the handful of local church charities that struggle to keep up with the overwhelming volume of refugees, such as the Istanbul Interparish Migrant Program, an ecumenical umbrella group that unites the city's parishes to assist migrants and asylum seekers.
Another such charity is Kasdar, the Chaldean-Assyrian-Syriac Humanitarian, Social and Cultural Organization, run by Yakan, the Chaldean Church leader in Turkey.
He launched Kasdar two years ago to provide a safety net for Christian refugees who live in Turkey's legal limbo. Kasdar assists all Christians regardless of denomination or faith tradition and has 16 volunteers from an equally diverse background.
Yakan sees thousands of refugees pass through Istanbul each year. Most of them are Chaldean, and he knows of 60-70 people who fled due to the recent October violence in Mosul. He travels constantly to visit Chaldean refugees scattered throughout the country.
When refugees first arrive in Turkey, they must register with the United Nations as asylum seekers. The Turkish police then assign them to one of 35 cities to live in as they wait to receive official refugee status. These Christians face the biggest hardships since they don't have access to the same social resources as refugees in Istanbul, said Metin Corabatir, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman in Turkey.
"The Chaldean population faces problems in Turkey, especially due to the policy of resettling them to satellite cities," said Corabatir. "The Chaldeans in Istanbul have NGOs [Non-Governmental Organizations] and churches to help them, but in satellite cities there is no church or community to help them."
Most refugees send their children to school at a local center run by Caritas, a Catholic confederation of relief, development and social service organizations. Here, Iraq children receive education and lessons in basic vocational skills.
The wait for legal status can be as short as a few months or a couple of years. But complicated circumstances can push back the wait to five years, 10 years, or even 17 years – as it is now for a man who fled during the first Gulf War, Yakan of the Chaldean Church said.
Another church leader who has helped Christian refugees is 70-year-old Monsignor Yusuf Sag, vicar general of the Syrian Catholic Church in Turkey. His 350-person congregation assembles packets of clothes and food for the refugees.
Many who come to Sag also seek medical help. He has connections with doctors throughout the city, both Muslim and Christian, who offer basic treatment to refugees free of charge. Sag said he tries to help all who come to him, without asking them of their denomination or even their religion.
"Their situation is not a Christian problem, but a human problem," he said.
Often Iraqi Christians work illegally, where they are vulnerable to extortion. Refugee workers in Istanbul said registered asylum seekers can work legally, but it is not uncommon for employers to garnish their wages or withhold them completely, with the foreigners getting little protection from police.
The Turkish government charges a refugee a residence tax of US$460 a year and will not allow them to leave the country until it is paid, making them remain in the country even longer. With all these hurdles to finding stable employment, many Iraqi refugees are never too far from homelessness.
"There was a family we found living on the streets – a husband, wife and two children," Yakan said. "They have lived in Istanbul for six months and couldn't even afford to pay rent."
His foundation found the family an apartment and assisted them with rent, but they only have enough resources to help for two months.
Kasdar gave similar assistance to 54 families in October. But the organization can only help for a few months at a time and assist the most vulnerable refugees.
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Q: Struct member order causing "non-trivial designated initializers not supported" error Previously seen here and here
I have the following structure:
struct myStruct {
    long int  mem0;
    int       mem1;
    int       mem2;
//  -- Place 1 --
    short int sh;
    -- Place 2 --
    char      array[5];
//  -- Place 3 --
};

I try to initialize it as follows:
struct myStruct ms1 = {
      mem0 : 124,
      mem1 : 120,
      mem2 : 99,
      mem3 : 12,
};                      // Line 36

If I place any of the following lines in place 2 or place 3
    char      mem3;
    int       mem3;

I get the following error:
Azulejo-Main-Engine-1v2-4% g++ test2.cpp -o test2
test2.cpp: In function 'int main()':
test2.cpp:36:5: sorry, unimplemented: non-trivial designated initializers not supported
     };
     ^
Azulejo-Main-Engine-1v2-4%

However, If I place it in place 1, my program compiles (and executes as expected).
Can you please explain me why this is the case?.
I'm trying to port C code into C++. How can prevent this kind of errors?. I don't have any control on the structure declarations used by the code.
Azulejo-Main-Engine-1v2-4% g++ --version
g++ (GCC) 5.2.0

A: "sorry, unimplemented: <...>" always means that the compiler simply hasn't been updated to allow this yet. That's regardless of whether it will be allowed in the future, whether it is allowed by the standard, or whether it even makes sense.
As mentioned in the comments, this is not valid C++, this is a compiler extension. You can avoid problems of this kind by limiting yourself to valid C++. GCC will diagnose this and many other extensions if you pass it the -pedantic flag. It will treat such extensions as a hard error if you pass it the -pedantic-errors flag. If you then see that you are writing non-portable C++, update your code to make it portable, either by:
struct myStruct ms1 = {
  124,
  120,
  99,
  12
};

which requires you to place mem3 after mem2, or by
struct myStruct ms1 {};
ms1.mem0 = 124;
ms1.mem1 = 120;
ms1.mem2 = 99;
ms1.mem3 = 12;

which does not require any specific placement of mem3, or by adding a constructor to your myStruct taking mem0...mem3 as parameters.

Some extra details about the complications of this extension:
The initialisation of structures in C++ normally happens in whatever order the fields are declared. This makes handling exceptions fairly easy: the fields can be destroyed in the reverse order. If not all fields had been constructed yet, then start the destruction at the last field that had been constructed.
If you allow fields to be initialised in arbitrary order, then the destruction gets complicated. Given struct myStruct ms1 { mem1: f(), mem0: g() };, if g throws an exception, then either mem1 was already initialised and needs to be destructed, without mem0 also getting destructed, or the compiler rearranges the initialisers, meaning g() gets called before f(). The former is hard to get right in the compiler, the latter is very unintuitive.
A special exception could be made for trivially destructable fields, where no user code needs to be run when the fields are destroyed, but it hasn't been implemented yet.
If you place mem3 right after mem2, then the problem is avoided: the order of initialisation matches the field order exactly.

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The metal cover has 1.5 mm thickness and its from galvanized steel which prevent oxidation. Thus the rubber part is protected. The rest of the metal parts are covered by rubber and are protected from oxidation too. The top and bottom surface has special lining that increase friction and reduce the surface slipping. The top part Vibro EM2 has an M-10 thread and a tightening nut. The bottom base has two 9 mm holes.


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Cleareon Fiber positions NYC dark fiber network to address DAS, C-RAN opportunities
Feb 17, 2016 1:13pm
Cleareon Fiber Networks, an emerging dark fiber provider formerly known as Phoenix Fiber Network, sees an opportunity to help building owners improve wireless connectivity as operators expand coverage using distributed antenna systems (DAS) and cloud RAN (C-RAN) technologies.
Its dark fiber network terminates in each POP, ready to cross-connect to an ecosystem of hundreds of wired and wireless carriers, clouds, media companies, financial networks and content providers.
"The opportunities we see is we're connecting mid to large customers to provide them carrier neutral access to our ecosystem of service providers," said Cliff Kane, co-CEO of Cleareon, in an interview with FierceTelecom. "We often see a lot of opportunity for C-RAN connected to the DAS network and connecting those to hubs or mobile switching centers."
While it would seem like wireless operators are still early in the process of deploying C-RAN architectures, Kane said that he's seeing a lot of interest in its dark fiber.
The company recently met with a building owner and telecommunications consultant who is building a DAS system for a large premise where Cleareon could bring its dark fiber.
"The landlord is building a DAS system on his own dime serving a 900,000 square foot building, but the question is where is he going to connect it to?," Kane said. "We could help pick up from the building to a base station or a hub to connect to multiple carriers in multiple spots and that could be classified as a C-RAN conversation."
As a dark fiber provider, Cleareon is talking to other building owners about how to improve overall wireless coverage in their properties.
"One of the things we're proposing to these landlords who know mobility is the most pressing conversation they are having," Kane said. "If a landlord does it right it's not cheap, but it's not all that expensive either."
In addition to wireless backhaul, the service provider is seeing potential in bringing its fiber to New York City's major data center hubs. Cleareon currently has its dark fiber connected into four of the largest data center facilities in the city.
Over the next few weeks, Cleareon will be able to offer dark fiber services in those data centers.
"We're colocated in the usual places like Telx, DRT so with those POPs we have an ecosystem of carriers and service providers that reside in those colocation facilities so we're looking to pick up some traffic between them," Kane said. "The grand plan is to extend that connectivity out to enterprise buildings and we're going to look to expand into New Jersey and into Brooklyn and develop that footprint in the New York metro area."
- see the release
Sprint's thirst for dark fiber-based small cell backhaul spells opportunity for Zayo, Level 3, others


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Q: My c code won't output anything whatsoever if it has a scanf(); inside of the code #include<stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int triArea(x, y) {
    int baseTimesHeight = x * y;
    int area = baseTimesHeight / 2;
    return area;
}

int main() {
    int x = 0;
    int y = 0;

    printf("Enter an integer value for the length: \n");
    scanf("%d", &x);

    printf("Enter an integer value for the height: \n");

    int area1 = triArea(x ,y);
    printf("The area of the triangle is: %d\n", area1);

    printf("Hello world!\n");
    return 0;
}

this is the code that i wrote for a simple calculation (I am VERY new to programming in c and low level languages) however no matter the program if it has a scanf it will not output any other code. Anyone have idea as to why this happens? I'd like both a solution and explanation if possible!:)

A: You forgot the scanf for y:
...
printf("Enter an integer value for the height: \n");
scanf("%d", &y);  // <<<<< you forgot this line

and int triArea(x, y) should be int triArea(int x, int y). Any decent compiler should issue a warning for this.
Bonus: why do you call your variable x, and y? Call them length and height instead. Code readability is very important, and correct naming of variables and functions is very important.


Fast food and chain restaurants often give the menu items descriptive names related to the production processes (e.g., baked, fried, grilled, glazed). Do these descriptions in a food's name provide a useful indication of its calorie content? This study analyzed 342 different words that form the names of 18,614 menu items across 66 high-traffic, affordable American restaurant chains (e.g., Starbucks, Applebee's, Panera Bread, Bojangles). Of the 342 words, 31 were related to production processes. A statistical analysis involving the calorie levels associated with the 31 words revealed that words related to batter and cheese – such as melt (+59%), topped (99%), or fried (38%) – were significantly higher in calories than the average. Interestingly, entries that were reliably lower in calories than average were either related to cutting techniques – such as sliced (−72%) or diced (−96%) – or how it was cooked – steamed (−43%), smoked (−30%), roasted (−27%), or baked (−26%). The findings suggest that it is possible to infer caloric levels from the preparation methods noted in the name of a menu item at a restaurant. Health conscious consumers would be well served to choose menu items described with cutting techniques (e.g., sliced, diced) and should be extra cautious when uttering menu names related to batter and cheese.


SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Elvis Andrus will not be making the trip to Mesa on Saturday, when the Rangers open their Cactus League schedule against the Cubs.
Instead, Jurickson Profar will be the starting shortstop for the first game of the spring as he tries to earn a spot as Texas' utility infielder. He is off to a good start, according to manager Jeff Banister.
"The body looks exceptional," Banister said. "You can tell over the winter he added weight and strength to the body and the legs … great smile, tremendous attitude. He is in as good of place as I could have hoped."
Profar was the Rangers' Opening Day left fielder, but he was demoted to Triple-A Round Rock after hitting .135 in his first 15 games. He stayed there for most of the rest of the season.
"In his own words, he said, 'This is 2018 and not 2017,'" Banister said. "He described himself as last year trying to do too much and do more. We talked about him relaxing and playing. He's going to move around [the infield], and he also knows we're not looking for him to get two hits in one at-bat. Just continue to be one team member and not try to carry the whole load."
Profar had a quick response to the manager's praise.
"Yeah, but I want to stop talking about it and show people," Profar said.
Banister said he would like Major League Baseball to consider some of the proposed rules that would shorten extra-innings games. One being considered is having an inning start with a baserunner already on second base.
"I would be all for a system that shrinks the extra-innings process," Banister said.
Banister cited two 19-inning games when he was a coach with the Pirates that had an impact on their club. In 2011, the Bucs were 53-47 before losing a 19-inning game to the Braves on July 26. Pittsburgh went into a tailspin and never recovered, finishing 72-90. The following season, the Pirates won in the bottom of the 19th against the Cardinals on Aug. 19th that left them 67-54. Again, the bottom fell out afterward as the Bucs plummeted out of contention to a final record of 79-83.
"Just with the collateral damage of the players involved, it was just a slow drip and we never recovered," Banister said. "How do you combat that?"
Rangers pitcher Jesse Chavez was with the Blue Jays in 2016 and played a significant role in the famous Rougned Odor vs. Jose Bautista altercation. Chavez was on the mound the next inning after Odor slugged Bautista at second base. Chavez retaliated by hitting Prince Fielder with a pitch.
Chavez was immediately ejected from the game. Banister said the Rangers have no issues with him now.
OFFICIAL: We have signed RHP Jesse Chavez to a one-year contract.
"Jesse has always been a team guy," Banister said. "He competes, he works hard, he's an old soul type of player. There is no backing down or giving in. I love that about players. Jesse wasn't going to back down. He is part of a team and he is going to do what is necessary for his team."
• Andrus has been sidelined with back spasms, but he said he is 80 percent better and took batting practice in the indoor cage on Friday.
• Banister said outfielders Ryan Rua and Delino DeShields have caught the coaching staff's attention with their fire and attitude this spring.
• Hanser Alberto will start at second base on Saturday against the Cubs, with Odor at designated hitter. Alberto missed all of last year with a right rotator cuff injury and will be playing in a game for the first time since a rehab assignment with Triple-A Round Rock on June 6.
• The Rangers will be wearing the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School baseball caps against the Cubs to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in the Feb. 14 shooting.
Right-hander Clayton Blackburn will be on the mound when the Rangers play the Cubs at 2:05 p.m. CT Saturday in Mesa. Nomar Mazara will be in the lineup batting fourth and Ronald Guzman will get the start at first base, since Joey Gallo is not making the trip.


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Trad Beat Ashley MacIsaac: What a long, strange trip it's been
By Earle Hitchner
"I am going to become weirder than Michael Jackson," Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac told Rebecca Mead.
A staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 1997, Mead wrote a lengthy article, "Sex, Drugs, and Fiddling," in the Dec. 20, 1999 issue on the troubled musician, who's toured and recorded with the Chieftains. Her article, which I mentioned briefly in a past "Trad Beat" column, engendered a lot of comment, most of it painting MacIsaac as the Keith Moon of Cape Breton music.


About 9 years ago, the illustrator was having problems with what he thought was heartburn. He went to the doctor and was diagnosed with GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). He was put on a prescription medication and told to lower his stress (easier said than done) and eat a list of recommended foods. He took the medicine and did what he was told to do. So, when things seemed to get better, the doctor recommended an over-the-counter medicine and things seemed fine for awhile. The past few years, he has been noticing some problems that include migranes (which he has had ever since I have known him, so over 16 years), joint pain (he is like an old man-he can tell me when the rain is coming), numbness in his ring and pinky fingers, extreme bloating, gas, abdomenal pain, neck pain (which I think is associated with the joint pain), extreme fatigue and and memory loss. These are all symptoms that come with age, so we really did not think much about it. The stomach problems started to get worse again so we started to really watch what foods may be triggering some of the problems. In the meantime, the illustrator's sister was diagnosed with celiac disease. We are not new to this disease because my grandmother was diagnosed a few years ago. So, I started to get worried. His chances of having celiac were just heightened by his sister's diagnosis. He wasn't suffering or in horrible pain, but we could both see that he was not feeling well and that we needed to find out why. So, after talking about it and watching things...I convinced him that is was time to get tested. It was better for him to know than to live in the dark and cause horrible problems for himself later on in life! We have enough health issues going on here that we have learned it is so much better to be proactive when it comes to our health. So, after a weekend of gluten overload, he went in to get his blood drawn. He was so positive during our week of waiting...to the point that he was a little irritated with me that I was not so positive (I guess I just had a weird feeling about this one since I have had my food dreams crushed a couple of times now). My heart wanted them to say no, but things were adding up so much that my head was saying yes. We waited a week to get the results back and the inevitable was true. The illustrator has celiac disease.
So, we have now added another level to the food allergies in our home. I will still be focusing on dairy free food here, but I will now be expanding into soy allergies (me) and now wheat allergies (the illustrator). This should be fun because even though I have used gluten free things from time to time, now I have to make it completely clean from any wheat at all. So, I will show my failures and successes so we can all learn together. Food allergies are not easy to live with, but it is possible to enjoy food even if you have to start eliminating some of the ones you love. Besides, I don't want my best friend to have to live without!
I am happy for both of you that he has a diagnosis. Though adapting to new diets is hard, not knowing and suffering is far worse. We are mostly grain-free here, and my husband likes it, so if you need any ideas, just let me know!
I am glad he has a diagnosis, although sad that it means another food to be avoided (I can empathize with avoiding multiple foods!).


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Q: Recursive PHP function for adjacency-list display I have a DB like so:
id  text           parent
1   Parent 1        0
2   Child of 1      1
3   Sibling         1
4   Another Parent  0
5   A first child   4

So I'm trying to capture a tree structure my listing the parents. I'm aware of the other option (nested sets I think?) but I'm going to stick with this for now. I'm now trying to get the data out of the DB and into a nested array structure in PHP. I have a function like this:
class Data_Manager
{
    public $connection = '';
    public $collection = array();

    function __construct() {
        $this->connection = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', 'root');
        $thisTable = mysql_select_db('data');
            // error handling truncated
    }

    function get_all() {
        $arr = &$this->collection;

        $this->recurseTree('', 0, $arr);
        var_dump($arr);
    }

    function recurseTree($parent, $level, $arrayNode) {
        $result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM tasks WHERE parent="' . $parent . '";');

        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
            $row['children'] = array(); //where I'd like to put the kids
            $arrayNode[$row['id']]= $row;
            $this->recurseTree($row['id'], $level+1, $arrayNode[$row['id']]);
        }
    }
}

So what I'd like to come out with is some kind of nested tree of associative arrays, but I can't figure out quite how to do that. Nothing seems to be writing to the array I pass in, and I'm sort of losing track of myself in the recursion. Can anyone help get me over this last hump that will result in something like:
[
Parent1 => [
               children => ['Child of 1', 'Sibling']
           ],
AnotherParent => [
                     children => ['First Child']
                 ]
]

And I'm less concerned with the specific form of the output. It will be turned into JSON and I haven't dealt with writing up the client-side handler yet, so no worries on exact structure.
Thanks!

A: Try this.
$sql = "SELECT * FROM tasks";
$r = mysql_query($sql, $conn);
$arr = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($r))
   $arr[] = $row

function build($arrayIn, $parent)
{
    $makeFilter = function($p) {return function($x) use ($p) {return $x['parent'] == $p;};};
    $f = $makeFilter($parent);
    $these = array_filter($arrayIn, $f);
    $remaining = array_diff_assoc($arrayIn, $these);
    $ans = array();

    foreach($these as $cur)
    {
       $ans[$cur['text']] = build($remaining, $cur['id']);
    }
    return $ans ? $ans : null;
}

$tree = build($arr, 0)
echo_r($arr);
echo "becomes<br />";
echo_r($tree);

Here is my output:
Array
(
[0] => Array
    (
        [text] => a
        [id] => 1
        [parent] => 0
    )

[1] => Array
    (
        [text] => b
        [id] => 2
        [parent] => 0
    )

[2] => Array
    (
        [text] => c
        [id] => 3
        [parent] => 1
    )

[3] => Array
    (
        [text] => d
        [id] => 4
        [parent] => 2
    )

[4] => Array
    (
        [text] => e
        [id] => 5
        [parent] => 2
    )

[5] => Array
    (
        [text] => f
        [id] => 6
        [parent] => 3
    )

)

becomes

Array
(
[a] => Array
    (
        [c] => Array
            (
                [f] =>
            )

    )

[b] => Array
    (
        [d] =>
        [e] =>
    )

)

A: This bit of pseudo code should help.
function getTasks($parent = 0){
    $tasks = array();
    $query = mysql_query("select * from table where parent = $parent");
    $rows = array();
    while(($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) !== FALSE){ $rows[] = $row; }
    if(count($rows)){
        $tasks[$parent][] = getTasks($parent);
    } else {
        return $tasks;
    }
}

$tasks = getTasks();

A: You really don't need a recursive function here. Get all the data using one database query and loop over it. It will be much faster then multiple database calls.
Assuming you're storing the data in MySQL, see the answer to this question for instructions on how to write a SELECT statement against an Adjacency List table that returns everything in a hierarchy. In short, use MySQL session variables. Then take the resultset and loop over it, use a stack to push - pop - peek the last parent id to determine indentation of your data structures.

A: Here is a PHP class I wrote for handling all kinds of Adjacency list tasks.
http://www.pdvictor.com/?sv=&category=just+code&title=adjacency+model


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 Royal Aircraft Factory – a Royal Aircraft Establishment repülőgépgyár neve 1911 és 1918 között
 Vörös Hadsereg Frakció – németül Rote Armee Fraktion
 Rigai Autóbuszgyár, rövidítve: RAF
 Raf, olasz énekes.

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Q: Paid time off leaves carried forward to next year I am very new to sharepoint and I am designing a sharepoint based leave balance system for my company. If an employee has accumulating leaves till Dec 31st, it will be carried forward/accumulated to leaves for next year. However if these accumulated leaves aren't used by the end of first quarter of next year, they should be simply discarded.
How can I accomplish this task by Sharepoint?

A: Conceptually:
I assume you have a column for current leave balance. You also need a helper column for carryover and a few workflows for this.
At year end, run a workflow that copies any current leave entitlement from the leave balance column to the carryover helper column.
When leave is taken in the first quarter, subtract it from both the leave balance column and from the carryover column.
At the end of the first quarter run a workflow that looks at the carryover column and if it has a positive number, subtract that from the leave balance column.
The workflows can be created with either SharePoint designer as SP 2013 site workflow that loops through all items in the leave list, or with Microsoft Flow.


I find myself asking these questions over and over again : "What is the purpose of my life ? What am I supposed to do while I'm here on earth ?"
And sadly, the answer has been rather elusive.
I often feel as if I'm wasting valuable time, as if I'm floundering around.
Trying a bit of this, trying a bit of that ... But in the end, nothing satisfies this craving deep inside of me.
Looking around, it seems that most people never ask themselves these questions. They are just happy to live, work, worry, pay taxes, and die.
To them, that's all there is, and that's all they need.
Other people do seem to know their purpose here on earth. It is what they do.
These people believe. They believe in themselves, and they believe in what they do.
All I see, are people playing 'pretend'. People playing children's games.
To me, it all seems random, inconsequential.
Surely, there must be more to life than this ?
I wonder how our perception of the same thing can be so different ?
How I wish I could find something to believe in. Just like them.


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Saudi Sisters Found Duct-Taped Together Were Alive When They Entered Water
November 1, 2018US
The two Saudi sisters found dead after washing up onto the Manhattan shore from the Hudson River were alive when they entered the water, officials said.
The medical examiner announced the findings on Oct. 31, one week after the women were found duct-taped together after the tide washed them up on rocks in New York City.
The New York Police Department said that it's still investigating the strange case.
"We are out to get justice for those two girls and to find out exactly what happened what led them to be recovered in the water," NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea told CBS. "At this point in time, it has still has not been determined a homicide."
Tala Farea, 16, left, was found dead with her sister Rotana Farea, 22, in New York City on Oct. 24, 2018. The undated photos were released by the NYPD on Oct. 31, 2018. (NYPD)
Two women were found next to the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 24, 2018. (NYPD)
For nearly a week investigators only circulated sketches of Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, but released pictures of the pair several days ago.
The Farea family lived in Fairfax, Virginia, after they moved there from Saudi Arabia. Rotana had moved to New York City several years ago. Reports indicated that Rotana was living alone in an apartment in Fairfax earlier this year but had started attending a college in New York City.
The girls' mother reported her younger daughter missing twice and told the police she hadn't seen either daughter since December 2017. She said Tala was visiting Rotana in New York but that she'd lost touch with both about a week before the bodies washed ashore.
The women's father flew to New York on Oct. 25, after the girls were found, fully dressed wearing matching outfits but with no signs of trauma but duct taped together.
While we continue the expansive investigation into the deaths of sisters Tala & Rotana Farea—whose bodies were found on Oct 24 at the edge of the Hudson River in Manhattan—we urge anyone w/ info to call CrimeStoppers 800-577-TIPS @NYPDTIPS
Did you know them? Meet them? See them? pic.twitter.com/kX3KdxAuZp
— Chief Dermot F. Shea (@NYPDDetectives) October 31, 2018
The mother told officials that her daughters had applied for asylum, a fact she only learned when the Saudi embassy in Washington called her and told her about the applications, warning that the family's residence in America was in jeopardy.
The Saudi consulate in New York said that the Consulate General is keeping close tabs on the investigation.
"While we continue the expansive investigation into the deaths of sisters Tala & Rotana Farea—whose bodies were found on Oct 24 at the edge of the Hudson River in Manhattan—we urge anyone w/ info to call CrimeStoppers 800-577-TIPS," Shea said via Twitter on Wednesday. "Did you know them? Meet them? See them?"


construction HQ : Launching an Industry Platform!
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Starting January 2018 issue, in order to reflect better our magazine's mission as well as its global reach which is not limited to the Arab / MENA region, its name will change to "construction HQ (cHQ)".
cHQ will continue to be the focal point where industry professionals meet their needs. cHQ will be published monthly and will provide news, analysis, concepts and trends, product reviews & interviews with leading players in the construction industry bringing its readers in-depth insights and information. As the leading B2B construction magazine, cHQ is the vital link between international manufacturers, producers, exporters & agents / resellers in the B2B industry and is your ideal partner whether you wish to gain accurate and up-to-date insight on the construction industry or whether you wish to gain maximum exposure to your company's products and services.
Major construction companies & manufacturers trust cHQ as their promotional platform of choice to have maximum exposure for their products & services and increase their market share. cHQ also enjoys a close partnership with leading construction-related event organizers worldwide where it holds the status of official, regional or supporting magazine in major events where bonus copies are distributed to exhibitors, visitors and conference attendees.
Associate your company or product with cHQ, the construction industry's pioneering & leading media brand. Contact us today to get things started!
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For Graco, a world leader in fluid handling systems and components, Arab Construction World magazine is an indispensable partner in the Middle East, which promotes our products in the construction market. Graco serves the construction industry with a wide range of equipment for abrasive blasting and protective coating spraying. I'm very happy to work with the account team and very pleased with the advice they give me.
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DIECI s.r.l. has been designing and manufacturing telehandlers since 1982. DIECI production is divided into 5 main categories: telehandlers (with xed and rotating boom), truck mixers, dumpers and special purpose machines, wheel loaders with telescopic boom. Dieci, present in the whole planet with its branches and its dealers, is fully satis ed about its collaboration with Arab Construction World, that allowed to consolidate and expand its presence on the Middle Eastern market.
Below are some of the leading companies who trust constructionHQ to gain market share and increase their products & services exposure in the MENA region and worldwide!
Driven by the likes of Qatar, the UAE, Oman and Egypt, the MENA region is the fastest growing construction market globally over 2017, according to a research by BMI.
With oil prices set to tick upwards, clearer spending priorities prevailing in a lower oil price environment and major events drawing closer, BMI is forecasting that growth in the MENA region will accelerate to 6% y-o-y in real terms in 2017, versus 5.3% in 2016.
According to MEED Projects, the total value of projects either in the planning stage or in the delivery stage across the GCC is USD2.7Tn, with Saudi Arabia leading the way with USD1.1Tn of projects, followed by the United Arab Emirates with USD830Bn and the remaining total spread across Kuwait, Bahrain, & Qatar.
There are positive macro-economic drivers for construction that include population growth, diversified economic growth, a growing younger labor force, and localized drivers such as Vision 2030 and Expo 2020. In addition to a strong tourism drive for a number of governments across the region.
The global construction industry steadied in 2016, standing at 2.4%, but there will be an improvement in the next five years, with growth averaging 2.8%, according to a new report by Timetric's Construction Intelligence.
The recent OPEC agreement to cut oil production appears to have further stabilized prices. Moreover, the GCC infrastructure market is expected to undergo positive growth over the next few years as the GCC region prepares to host global events such as Dubai Expo – 2020 and FIFA – 2022, according to BNC.
Asia-Pacific will continue to account for the largest share, given that it includes the large markets of China, Japan and India. The emerging markets of Southeast Asia, notably the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, will invest heavily in new infrastructure projects, supported by private investment.
The US construction industry is set to continue to post solid growth, supported by the residential sector. Reflecting the extent of the downturn, the industry will just be returning to pre-crisis highs by 2021. Canada's construction industry has been sluggish, and it will prove difficult to generate fast growth.
By 2021 the value of construction output in Western Europe will stand at USD2.15 trillion. Eastern European will be relatively weak. This primarily reflects the troubled state of the Russian economy, weak commodity prices, and political & economic uncertainties.
Construction activity in Brazil has been weak in recent years, following a sustained recession which resulted in a deteriorating business environment, weak investor confidence and reduction in construction activity.
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Vintage French round brass pot (c. early 20th century). Ear-shaped handles with floral and leaf motif grip the exterior of the symmetrically-patterned upper sphere and the lower rounded portion with its hammered-indentation design. Can be used as a planter or simply as a beautiful home décor accent in any room. In good vintage condition; showing some wear and tear and verdigris commensurate with its age and usage.


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Q: How can I create a static array in Swift? I wanna create a static array in my singleton GameManager class.  Aim is filling out this array with coming questions from database and reach them from other classes.
Here is Question structure:
struct Question{
    let levelId : Int32
    let categoryId : Int32
    let id : Int32

    let question : String
    let fieldA : String
    let fieldB : String
    let fieldC : String
    let fieldD : String
    let answer : String

    init( categoryId : Int32, levelId: Int32,id : Int32,question : String,fieldA : String,fieldB : String,fieldC : String,fieldD : String,answer : String )
    {
        self.categoryId = categoryId
        self.levelId=levelId
        self.id=id
        self.question=question
        self.fieldA=fieldA
        self.fieldB=fieldB
        self.fieldC=fieldC
        self.fieldD=fieldD
        self.answer=answer
    }
}

It's the singleton Class
import Foundation

class GameManager{
    var Questions = [Question]()

    var categoryID = 0
    var levelID = 0
    var i = 0
            {
            self.Questions = Questions[Question]// I create the static Question Array here, but it does not work

            self.categoryId = categoryId
            self.levelId=levelId
            self.id=id
            self.question=question
            self.fieldA=fieldA
            self.fieldB=fieldB
            self.fieldC=fieldC
            self.fieldD=fieldD
            self.answer=answer
        }

    static let sharedInstance = GameManager()
}

A: You should do the initialization in the constructor of the GameManager class!
private init() {
    // do your initialization here...
}

The initializer is declared private because you obviously don't want other code to create another instance of the singleton.
Also, since a lot of the singletons like UIApplication.sharedApplication has been renamed to shared in Swift 3, you should probably rename sharedInstance to shared as well.


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Foreclosure filings in Big Bear dropped in September 2010, down 3% when compared to August, thus again showing the zig-zag movement of the Big Bear foreclosure market. Year over year, foreclosure filings were down 11% from the September 2009 numbers, the ninth straight month that foreclosure filings were down year over year.
Here's how the foreclosure numbers broke down for September 2010.
Notices of Default (NOD) – 77 total, up 12% from August and 7% from September 2009.
This is the highest month we've seen since August 2009 and the first time this year we've seen a year over year increase. Keep in mind, this is the start of the foreclosure process, so the majority of these properties won't be coming onto the market for close to a year or more given the delays.
Compared to the 3rd quarter of 2009, NOD were down 27% in 2010.
Notices of Sale (NOS) – 54 total, down 4% from August and 9% from September 2009.
This number continues to remain near the yearly average.
Compared to the 3rd quarter of 2009, NOS were down 31% in 2010.
Trustee Sales – Back to the bank – 29 total, down 27% from August and 40% from September 2009.
One of the slower months we've seen the past year and well below the 40+ average. I expect this number to remain low as we head into the winter holiday season. Don't be surprised for it to ramp back up in the beginning of the year however.
Compared to the 3rd quarter of 2009, the number of properties that went back to the back was down 25% this year.
Cancellations have been elevated the past 7 months, and the 25 in September followed along the same line. The majority of these cancellation never re-file, so the higher the number, the better for the overall market condition as it is taking distressed properties out of the foreclosure pipeline.
Compared to the 3rd quarter cancellations last year, they are up over 100% this year.
Investors picked it back up in September with 6 properties sold to third parties. This number has a direct impact on the properties that go back to the bank as well. The more aggressive the opening bid price at the trustee sales, the more third party sales you will see, and the lower the amount going back to the banks as was evident this past month.
Expect this number to see this number fall in the 1-10 range over the next year or so.
The word is out – sales to third party investors was nearly 200% higher in the 3rd quarter on 2010 as compared to last year. Most of time, these properties will be put back on the market with the investors looking to make a 10-50% return!
Buying a property at the trustee sale has a lot of risks – has to be a cash purchase, "as is" with limited to no inspections, no title insurance, eviction possibility, etc. The major reward is the potential to buy a property at well below market value. To those that have the time, skills and patience, trustee sales can be very lucrative.
The total amount of Big Bear properties in default rose again in September along those properties with a notice of sale. The total amount of Bank owned properties dropped slightly. 205 properties have an NOD filed against it, 160 a Notice of Sale, and 115 are currently owned by the Bank. Of those 115 that are bank owned, some are already on the market for sale, some are not, and a small amount have already re-sold to new owners. All in all, month over month, the foreclosure inventory in Big Bear is up 2% from last month.
Thanks – Great Information as always.