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package org.opentosca.csarrepo.servlet;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.opentosca.csarrepo.exception.AuthenticationException;
import org.opentosca.csarrepo.model.OpenToscaServer;
import org.opentosca.csarrepo.model.User;
import org.opentosca.csarrepo.service.LivedataOpenToscaCsarService;
import org.opentosca.csarrepo.service.ShowOpenToscaServerService;
import org.opentosca.csarrepo.util.DeployedCsarObject;
import org.opentosca.csarrepo.util.StringUtils;

import freemarker.template.Template;
import freemarker.template.TemplateException;

/**
 *
 * @author Dennis Przytarski
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
@WebServlet(LivedataOpenToscaCsarsServlet.PATH)
public class LivedataOpenToscaCsarsServlet extends AbstractServlet {

	private static final String TEMPLATE_NAME = "livedataOpenToscaServerCsars.ftl";
	public static final String PATH = "/livedata/opentoscaserver/csars/*";

	public LivedataOpenToscaCsarsServlet() {
		super();
	}

	@Override
	protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
		try {
			User user = checkUserAuthentication(request, response);
			Map<String, Object> root = getRoot(request);
			Template template = getTemplate(this.getServletContext(), TEMPLATE_NAME);

			long openToscaServerId = StringUtils.getURLParameter(request.getPathInfo());
			ShowOpenToscaServerService showService = new ShowOpenToscaServerService(user.getId(), openToscaServerId);

			if (showService.hasErrors()) {
				AbstractServlet.addErrors(request, showService.getErrors());
				root.put("errorMessages", StringUtils.join(showService.getErrors()));
			} else {
				OpenToscaServer openToscaServer = showService.getResult();

				// get deployed csar data
				LivedataOpenToscaCsarService livedataOpenToscaCsarService = new LivedataOpenToscaCsarService(
						user.getId(), openToscaServer);
				root.put("openToscaServer", openToscaServer);

				// get opentosca server url
				root.put("otHost", openToscaServer.getAddress().getHost());

				List<DeployedCsarObject> deployedCsars = new ArrayList<DeployedCsarObject>();
				if (livedataOpenToscaCsarService.hasErrors()) {
					root.put("errorMessages", StringUtils.join(livedataOpenToscaCsarService.getErrors()));
				} else {
					deployedCsars = livedataOpenToscaCsarService.getResult();
				}
				root.put("deployedCsars", deployedCsars);
			}

			template.process(root, response.getWriter());
		} catch (AuthenticationException e) {
			return;
		} catch (TemplateException e) {
			response.getWriter().print(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

}

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Q: Passing data from one service to another using services in Angular 2 I am making a web application in angular 2 and for some reasons I am unable to pass my data from one component to another or one service to another, I am using services to use this but there is some issue.I want to pass the selected item from the gameBuy and add it to cart when Add to cart button is pressed from the gameBuy component. but I am unable to do so please help.
service code of buyGame:
import { gameBuy } from "./buygame.model";
import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { cartService } from "./cart.service";

@Injectable()
export class gameService{
    private gameServ: gameBuy[] = [
        new gameBuy('batman',' Batmobile and enhancements to signature features',"https://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/batmans-625x352.jpg"),
        new gameBuy('GTA 5',
        "PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 will be able to transfer their current Grand Theft Auto Online characters and progression to their choice of PlayStation 4 Xbox One or PC",
        "https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gtawiki/images/7/76/CoverArt-GTAV.png/revision/latest?cb=20130826184215")
    ];

    constructor(private cartService: cartService){}

    getBuyingList(){
        return this.gameServ.slice();
    }

    addItemToCart(game:gameBuy[]){
        this.cartService.addItem(game);
    }

}

service code of cart:
import { cartModel } from "./cart.model";
import { EventEmitter } from "@angular/core";

export class cartService{

    cartChanged = new EventEmitter<cartModel>();
    cart: cartModel[] = [
        new cartModel('Batman','Batman is a cool game','https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91lu5KHSm3L._SY445_.jpg'),
        new cartModel('Gta 5','online game of GTA','https://www.rockstargames.com/V/img/global/order/mobile-cover.jpg')
    ];

    getCartItem(){
        return this.cart.slice();
    }

    addItem(carting:cartModel[]){
        this.cart.push(...carting);
        this.cartChanged.emit(this.cart.slice());
    }
}

cart.ts file:
@Component({
  selector: 'app-cart',
  templateUrl: './cart.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./cart.component.css'],
  providers:[cartService]
})
export class CartComponent implements OnInit {

  cart:cartModel[];

  constructor(private service: cartService) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.cart = this.service.getCartItem();
  }

}

buyGame.ts file:
@Component({
  selector: 'app-buy-game',
  templateUrl: './buy-game.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./buy-game.component.css'],
  providers: [gameService]
})
export class BuyGameComponent implements OnInit {

  @Input() buy:gameBuy[];

  constructor(private service: gameService) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.buy = this.service.getBuyingList();
  }

  onAddToCart(){
 this.service.addItemToCart(this.buy);
  }

}

buyGame.HTML file:

{{buying.names}}

{{buying.desc}}

                <button class="btn btn-danger ; pull-left" (click)= "onAddToCart()">Add To Cart</button>

A: The issue you are facing is that you are providin service in providers array in components, this means, that you will have a separate instance of the services in each component. You need to apply the service at the module level so that the service is truly a shared service, i.e components in that module share the same instance of the service.
So remove providers array completely from the component(s):
@Component({
  selector: 'app-cart',
  templateUrl: './cart.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./cart.component.css'],
  // providers:[cartService] REMOVE!!
})

and instead set it in your ngModule:
@NgModule({
  declarations: [...],
  imports: [...],
  providers: [
    cartService // here!
  ]
)}

PS, just a styling suggestion, usually we use camel case, i.e CartService in this case.

A: add following code:
// Service code of cart
import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
...
export class cartService{
  private buyGameSub: BehaviorSubject<any>;
  private buyGameEvent: any;
  ...
  constructor(){
     this.buyGameSub = new BehaviorSubject<any>({});
     this.buyGameEvent = this.buyGameSub.asObservable();
  }

  subscribeBuyGameEvent(next, err?, complete?){
     return this.buyGameEvent.subscribe(next, err, complete);
  }

  addItem(carting:cartModel[]){
    this.cart.push(...carting);
    this.buyGameSub.next(carting);
  }
}

// Cart.ts file
import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
export class CartComponent implements OnInit {
   gameBuySubscription: Subscription;

   constructor(private service: cartService) {
      this.subscribeGameBuy();
   }

   subscribeGameBuy(){
      this.gameBuySubscription =
         this.service.subscribeBuyGameEvent( carting => {
            //use carting over here
         });
      }
   }

   ngOnDestroy(){
      this.gameBuySubscription.unsubscribe();
   }
}

Try with BehaviourObject instead of EventEmitter.
Hope it will help you :)

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Kixsquare is life! thanks for the quick ship!
Great product, shipped fast internationally to Canada. However I was charged FULL TAX and DUTIES ($391.23cad) on a $850usd shoe. YIKESSSS. Not KIXSQUARE's fault though. Just a heads up to my Canadian buyers!


I thought I had posted my last earring purchase from Namibia, but I'd forgotten about these. Yes, I am still on a kick about feathers. And yes, these have been worn. They look good with several pink blouses I own.


Treasury Management is one of the important sources of fee income in 2012. As you contemplate your strategy for the business, consider the value of approaching each market segment with a specific product offering and sales style in mind.
1. Money service businesses. I can hear you gulping as you read this. MSBs represent an (uncontrollable?) risk that the great majority of banks have shied away from. Following the "know your customer" regulations, the risk of banking businesses which, in turn, "bank" other customers, exposed banks to an unmanageable risk. As an unintended result of the regulations, banks felt they were forced to exit this segment. This is particularly unfortunate since many MSBs serve unmet need in their communities.
Does this really make sense? Some banks believe there are ways to bank this business while complying with the regulations. It is expensive, but most MSBs don't mind paying for the banks' extra compliance cost. Others need deposits in order to restructure the liability side of their balance sheets, and MSBs are generally depositors, not borrowers.
An expert audit unit, reporting to Risk, Compliance or another control unit other than Treasury Management, which audits the MSB for full compliance with BSA and other regulatory expectations monthly. The group should engage in surprise audits of high frequency, and all costs should be charged to the MSB. Full documentation is needed.
An assessment of an ACH Settlement Risk fee - it's a valid fee income source.
You can buy software that will identify behavior outliers and amount anomalies that can indicate they represent higher risk than you're comfortable with.
2. Treasury management Services for Small Business. Most TM product lines today are geared toward middle market and larger corporations, thereby excluding thousands of small and micro businesses who have Treasury Management needs that are simpler than their larger brethren.
The larger the upfront fee, the less likely a small business can afford the product. Make entry barriers small (fixed cost), and get paid on the variable component. This will better match your pricing model with the prospects' interests.
Consider bundling ACH, wire and information reporting as part of the deposit account set-up.
Include a small enough number of free transactions to exclude middle market and larger companies and prevent cannibalization. Charge handsomely for transactions above the minimum to improve matching of the product with the right customer.
Consider giving your small businesses a free RDC scanner (the most basic type).
Consider bundling positive pay with all small business deposit accounts.
Offer customers several ways to get the product for free: average balance, debit card usage levels, RDC or ACH transactions etc.
Don't nickel and dime - a fixed monthly fee works, so long as it's not too high. Then add an amount per additional service (e.g. ACH, wire, RDC, sweeps, payroll cards, etc.), in addition to the cost of the software and installation cost. Hard charges are accepted in this market segment.
DO NOT OFFER FEE WAIVERS.
Offer pre-funded ACH option when credit risk is too high for comfort.
Combine business and personal accounts for minimum balance requirements to improve your penetration of the personal side of your small business clients.
Give your online banking away, but don't squander it. If a small business needs more than one user, they should pay a fee per additional user. Also, charge inactivity fee, and couple free online banking with mandatory eStatements.
3. Municipal banking. Some banks are exiting Government Banking, or at least significantly reducing their exposure to the segment. Banks are flush with deposits, municipal deposits are often put up for bids, which makes them expensive and less relationship-oriented, plus many municipalities require collateral, which further increases deposits costs.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater here. Deposits will become beautiful in the future, and then competition will be fierce just like it was up to 2007. Seek true relationships vs. RFPs and bids, and cross sell to the full range of municipal needs.
Further, municipal banking offers attractive opportunities for payments services, including bill origination, lock-box, reconciliations and even collection. County Treasurers welcome the controls, process simplification and lessened headaches associated with passing this work on to the bank, and the fees are significant. Being a one-stop shop for large billers is a good business for Treasury Management if you have strong back-office capabilities.
I remain a proponent of Treasury Management as an important relationship cementer and fee income generator for banks. Forum discussions reaffirmed this belief, and continue to highlight the huge variability in individual performance and production across our members. Those that expect more and pay greater incentives for full relationship building continue to meaningfully grow revenues in this business both efficiently and profitably.


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energy&environment
News, analysis, experiments, videos, games, and educational paths on the issues of energy and the environment for complete and topical information.
Causes of the loss of biodiversity
The main cause of the loss of biodiversity can be attributed to the influence of human beings on the world's ecosystem, In fact human beings have deeply altered the environment, and have modified the territory, exploiting the species directly, for example by fishing and hunting, changing the biogeochemical cycles and transferring species from one area to another of the Planet. The threats to biodiversity can be summarized in the following main points:
Alteration and loss of the habitats: the transformation of the natural areas determines not only the loss of the vegetable species, but also a decrease in the animal species associated to them.
Introduction of exotic species and genetically modified organisms: species originating from a particular area, introduced into new natural environments can lead to different forms of imbalance in the ecological equilibrium. Refer to, "Introduction of exotic species and genetically modified organisms".
Pollution: human activity influences the natural environment producing negative, direct or indirect, effects that alter the flow of energy, the chemical and physical constitution of the environment and abundance of the species;
Climate change: for example, heating of the Earth's surface affects biodiversity because it endangers all the species that adapted to the cold due to the latitude (the Polar species) or the altitude (mountain species).
Overexploitation of resources: when the activities connected with capturing and harvesting (hunting, fishing, farming) a renewable natural resource in a particular area is excessively intense, the resource itself may become exhausted, as for example, is the case of sardines, herrings, cod, tuna and many other species that man captures without leaving enough time for the organisms to reproduce.
To inform younger students about Energy and Environment, Science, Chemistry, English culture and English language, with accompanying images, interviews and videos.
CLIL will no longer be a secret with"clil in action"! Watch the lessons on physics, biology, earth science and chemistry, in CLIL mode, the result of the synergy of Eniscuola with the students and teachers of Italian schools.
Improve your English with Smartenglish! An online course, be used alone or in class, to complement the curriculum or to recover debits. An aid for students, a monitoring tool for teachers.
Studying physics, biology, earth science and chemistry has never been so stimulating! Supplement the classroom lessons with those that Eniscuola has created for you with the teachers and students of Italian schools.
Projects involving students from around the world, of different ages, which allow students to learn new content and release their energy, through participation and discussion.
A virtual thematic classroom, high school students linked from various parts of the world for 15 courses on the world of energy, organised by faculty of MIT in Boston and world-renowned experts.
We are a partner of the NECST project , the European Union programme that connects schools in Croatia, Holland, Norway and Italy in the creation of a digital platform for research and exchange of knowledge on energy production.
A storyboard full of texts and drawings to narrate one's country in an original manner: letting loose the imagination of children around the world in the 2014 edition. And for the winners, production of animated short films!
The energy system
Multimedia contents
Air knowledge
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Meteorology knowledge
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Ice and glaciers
Protista
What is an ecosystem
Mediterranean Scrub
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Download "Loss of biodiversity" pdf file
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Much is said about biodiversity and of the need to protect it...
The Red List of Italian animals
Italy has a rich biodiversity due to its distinctive geographic...
Coral turns pale!
The coral reef is one of the ecosystems with the richest biodiversity...
Biological products are foodstuffs of vegetable and animal origin (apples, peaches...
Two months ago some lots of rice reached...
Tsunami in the Maldives
On the 26th December 2004, an earthquake that took place 300 km west of the Island of Sumatra...
Intruders in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea has always been considered of fundamental importance...
Who's coming to dinner
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Bats, facts and fiction
In ancient Rome, bats were nailed to the door of the house as a protection from witches...
From the Multimedia section
Tropical lobster
A zoo in a drop
Cleaner fish
Forbidden Souvenirs
Useless Souvenirs
Let's save the baby seals
In Canada, Norway and Greenland, baby seals are...
Farewell to turtles
The hawksbill turtle certainly is a dying species...
The whale shark

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the biggest fish in the world...

The biggest animal
The biggest living animal is the blue whale..
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The tallest tree in the world is called Hyperion...
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Long jump
Snow leopard : 13 metres...

Big and small animals
To live at the high temperatures of this inhospitable environment...
The African elephant
The African elephant is the largest land animal...
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Argyronetha is a spider that lives in the marsh and is able...
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Eniscuola in the social networks
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BERLIN, Germany—August 31, 2018: In his IFA 2018 keynote titled "The Ultimate Power of Mobile AI", Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Mr. Richard Yu introduced the Kirin 980, the system on a chip (SoC) that will bring about the next evolution of mobile AI. As the world's first commercial SoC manufactured with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturer Company's (TSMC) 7nm processor, Kirin 980 combines best-in-class performance, efficiency, connectivity features, and Dual NPU AI processing power.
a photo of a moving person, the ISP can still recognize the subject with 97.4 percent accuracy, so any user can capture fleeting moments with ease.
Morpho Aurora and Pearl White, expanding its range of gradient colors to four. When creating these two unique hues, Huawei once again turned to nature for inspiration. The Morpho Aurora was inspired by the Morpho butterfly, while the Pearl White exudes the same elegance as the iridescent mother-of-pearl.
telecommunication operators, selected consumer electronic stores, authorised mobile retailers and selected online marketplaces. Huawei customers will also be entitled to a 2-year warranty with any smartphone purchase.
 High-res images of the products can be downloaded here.
 *The specifications of Kirin 980 does not represent the specifications of the phone using this chip.
 All data and benchmark results are based on internal testing. Results may vary in different environments.


Chicago IL: The Raas Garba Dancers, Clapped hands and Performed 6 steps around a centrally lit lamp or a picture or statue of the Goddess Shakti. The sponsors of this event organized the event to show appreciation for their clientele and the Community. There were over 2,000 people who enjoyed the evening. Prapti Mehta and her troupe did a great job of holding the energy in the room. The food was exemplary. The greatest compliment that we received was that clients insisted that we have this event again next year – Prapti Mehta & Rocking Group.
Hemant Shah, Prajesh Patel, Parthiv Patel, Dr. Manish Pandya, Dr. Ashish Patel, & Kashyap V. Trivedi. Organized 'Incredible Raas Garba Ramzat' on evening of Navratri Celebration in Excellent Elegance with International Artist Prapti Mehta, Along with very Talented Chirag Bhatt, accompanied by Stunning Band emceed by Santosh Gor & Jayesh Patel on Saturday, October 7, 2017, 6:30 pm at Concord Plaza Banquets, 401 Lake St, Northlake IL, 60164. The sponsors of this event organized the event to show appreciation for their clientele and the Community. Every Individual that participated with passion & enthusiasm, the Team work was reflects and Felt by the Audience. The Venue was a Full House with over 2000 people! From the keyboard artist to the Garba Dancers including the Entire Team, full Enjoyment, Passion, and Enthusiasm was echoed.
"Gujarati's, who are core participants of this festivity, have Garba & Dandia in their heart".
There were incredible participants of all ages of men and women of about 2000+ people, enjoying and celebrating the memorable evening. Many in the audience, especially ladies of all ages wore very Colorful and Stunning Traditional Dresses for this special occasion with appropriately matching ornaments and extravagant hairstyles. Navaratri Garba is very special as it honors Shakti in very rhythmic ways. "We all love the whole atmosphere of colors, the clothes and of course, the music and then there is always the fun of dressing traditionally". Western dresses are replaced by Lengha-Choli, matching jewelry and foot wear. The sponsors of this event organized the event to show appreciation for their clientele and the Community.
Prapti Mehta and the Team began the evening by offering a prayer. The start of the Raas was with very famous Tran Tali Garba by Prapti Mehta and Chirag Bhatt. The evening was followed by mesmerizing rhythmic conventional Garba music with equally passionate and high energetic performance by the audience of traditional swirling dance around Mataji's heavenly symbolic presence turned in to shrine adorn with flowers and decorations. The event concluded in wee hours of morning highlighted by devotional Arti of Mataji.
Garba, as usual, members adorned beautiful and traditional attire for Chaniya-Choli and Kurta-pajama. The whirling dancers, clapping hands, distinct sound of wooden 'Dandia' striking together, toe tapping music and people wearing vibrant colorful clothes marked the Navratri celebration at the Garba & Dandiya Raas dances held all over Chicagoland. This is part of the worship of Durga Mata who symbolizes the victory of God over Evil. Navratri celebration marks a festival of nine nights during which Hindus worship goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati, the goddesses of health, prosperity and knowledge, respectively.


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Q: How to transmit an Android Object to NetBean Java Project over a Socket? Im student, and i'm learning Android.
I have a project Android and a project Netbean.
This is model in Android Studio
public class Request implements Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private User user;
private String cmd;
private boolean isLogin;
private String mess;

public Request() {
}

public Request(User user, String cmd, boolean isLogin, String mess) {
    this.user = user;
    this.cmd = cmd;
    this.isLogin = isLogin;
    this.mess = mess;
}

public User getUser() {
    return user;
}

public void setUser(User user) {
    this.user = user;
}

public String getCmd() {
    return cmd;
}

public void setCmd(String cmd) {
    this.cmd = cmd;
}

public boolean isIsLogin() {
    return isLogin;
}

public void setIsLogin(boolean isLogin) {
    this.isLogin = isLogin;
}

public String getMess() {
    return mess;
}

public void setMess(String mess) {
    this.mess = mess;
}

}
This is model in Netbean project:
public class Request implements Serializable{

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private User user;
private String cmd;
private boolean isLogin;
private String mess;

public Request() {
}

public Request(User user, String cmd, boolean isLogin, String mess) {
    this.user = user;
    this.cmd = cmd;
    this.isLogin = isLogin;
    this.mess = mess;
}

public User getUser() {
    return user;
}

public void setUser(User user) {
    this.user = user;
}

public String getCmd() {
    return cmd;
}

public void setCmd(String cmd) {
    this.cmd = cmd;
}

public boolean isIsLogin() {
    return isLogin;
}

public void setIsLogin(boolean isLogin) {
    this.isLogin = isLogin;
}

public String getMess() {
    return mess;
}

public void setMess(String mess) {
    this.mess = mess;
}

}
I proceeded to transfer object from android project to netbean project over socket connection.
Although the transmitted object has the same properties and is implemented Serializable, but on the Netbean I get the error message "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.kimericko.timbannhau.Model.Request".
This is err:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.kimericko.timbannhau.Model.Request
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.resolveClass(ObjectInputStream.java:628)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1620)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1521)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1781)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1353)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:373)
at Controller.MyServer.Listening(MyServer.java:67)
at Controller.MainController.main(MainController.java:15)

What am I having problems? Why can not cast object from Android project to Netbean project? What do I do to fix it?
Thank you very much


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Q: Makefile test if variable is not empty In a makefile I'm trying to

*

*run a shell command and capture the output in a make variable

*do something if the variable is not empty

I've created this simplified makefile to demonstrate my problem. Neither make a or make b executes the body of the if, I don't understand why not.
.PHONY: a b

a:
    $(eval MY_VAR = $(shell echo whatever))
    @echo MY_VAR is $(MY_VAR)
    $(info $(MY_VAR))
ifneq ($(strip $(MY_VAR)),)
    @echo "should be executed"
endif
    @echo done

b:
    $(eval MY_VAR = $(shell echo ''))
    @echo MY_VAR is $(MY_VAR)
    $(info $(MY_VAR))
ifneq ($(strip $(MY_VAR)),)
    @echo "should not be executed"
endif
    @echo done

I'm using
$ make --version
GNU Make 3.81

Edit: as pointed out, the vars don't need to be make vars

A: If you want to dynamically test the content of MY_VAR, you may have to :
a:
    $(eval MY_VAR = $(shell echo ''))
    $(if $(strip $(MY_VAR)),echo ok,echo no)

if evaluation will become echo ok if MY_VAR is not empty, otherwise it will become echo no

A: Note that, due to the time of evaluation, make conditionals (ifeq, ifneq...) cannot be used in recipes the way you tried. Use shell conditionals, instead, as shown below.
As your MY_VAR variable is used only in recipes, is target-dependent and you want it to be computed only when needed, why don't you use shell variables, instead of make variables?
$ cat Makefile
.PHONY: a b

a:
    MY_VAR=$$(echo 'whatever') && \
    echo '$@: MY_VAR is $$MY_VAR' && \
    if [ -n "$$MY_VAR" ]; then \
      echo '$@: should be executed'; \
    fi && \
    echo '$@: done'

b:
    MY_VAR=$$(echo '') && \
    echo '$@: MY_VAR is $$MY_VAR' && \
    if [ -n "$$MY_VAR" ]; then \
      echo '$@: should not be executed'; \
    fi && \
    echo '$@: done'

$ make a
a: MY_VAR is whatever
a: should be executed
a: done

$ make b
b: MY_VAR is
b: done

In case you absolutely need MY_VAR to be a target-specific make variable, but want to execute only once (per target) the shell command that produces its value, MadScientist has a wonderful trick that you should probably look at. Applied to your case, it should look like:
$ make --version
GNU Make 4.1
...

$ cat Makefile
a: MY_VAR = $(eval a: MY_VAR := $$(shell echo 'whatever'))$(MY_VAR)
b: MY_VAR = $(eval b: MY_VAR := $$(shell echo ''))$(MY_VAR)

a:
    @echo '$@: MY_VAR is $(MY_VAR)' && \
    if [ -n "$(MY_VAR)" ]; then \
      echo '$@: should be executed'; \
    fi && \
    echo '$@: done'

b:
    @echo '$@: MY_VAR is $(MY_VAR)' && \
    if [ -n "$(MY_VAR)" ]; then \
      echo '$@: should not be executed'; \
    fi && \
    echo '$@: done'

$ make a
a: MY_VAR is whatever
a: should be executed
a: done

$ make b
b: MY_VAR is
b: done

$ make b a
b: MY_VAR is
b: done
a: MY_VAR is whatever
a: should be executed
a: done

It may look extremely strange but it guarantees that MY_VAR is computed if and only if targets a or b are invoked, and only at most once for each. Have a look at MadScientist's post for detailed explanations. Go, it's brilliant.

A: The ifeq and family of conditionals are evaluated when parsing the Makefile.  If you want a conditional for a Make variable when expanding a rule, you'll want to use the $(if ) function:
.PHONY: a b

a b:
    @$(if $(strip $(MY_VAR)),echo "MY_VAR isn't empty",)
    @echo done

a: MY_VAR =
b: MY_VAR = something

A: A bit left field, but was useful in my case so I guess it's worth a share: pipe the value to xargs with the --no-run-if-empty option:
echo $(POSSIBLY_EMPTY) | xargs --no-run-if-empty echo

Note that this will not work on OSX. See How to ignore xargs commands if stdin input is empty? for more details on xargs --no-run-if-empty


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NEWS FROM THE BIG 5 - DAY 2
A selection of images and statements from key speakers at the largest construction event in the Middle East today
IMAGE GALLERY - DAY 2
KEY STATEMENTS FROM THE GLOBAL SOLAR LEADERS SUMMIT AT THE BIG 5 SOLAR
The overview from Vivek Chaturvedi, Regional Business Director - Solar, DSM India, Middle East and Africa:
"It is important that we are cognizant of prevailing planetary conditions as most of the standards that exist for solar today were implemented 20 years ago, and based on countries with more temperate climates, like the US and Germany. Growth in the next 30 years will come from this part of the world (and other regions with harsher climates), so there are a lot of considerations that have not been addressed. These standards need to be discussed by the power that be, and that's where new technologies and materials are likely to play a role so that the solar industry is able to deliver the returns that investors expect from this region."
Dalia Hawila, Programme Officer, Policy Advice, IRENA said:
"The main success we have seen is the political commitment towards renewable energy, which gives investors confidence in the long term vision of what is happening in the market, and incentive to invest"
Faisal Rashid, Director, Demand Side Management, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy affirmed government stance on the topic:
"The cost of solar is very competitive and the price is dropping significantly, which is sending out a clear message. On the supply side in Dubai, 300MW is already commissioned with 800 MW to be commissioned by 2021 along with 700 MW CSP. Looking globally, in the last 5 years solar has registers down higher new capacity than all other forms of energy and has also added green jobs to the market."
In his keynote session, Ali Mohammed Al Jassim, CEO, Etihad ESCO said:
"Today, we are leading the region in energy efficiency. We saved Dubai AED40mn in 2016/17 through retrofitting and our success story had an echo around the globe. We have a plan and target to retrofit 30,000 buildings - a target of 2,000 per year. No other city has put such a challenging target but we have a path, a goal, a plan. The target is 30% by 2030; it's just a matter of time.
"We are also talking about building labeling. Every building that has been retrofitted and achieved savings should be recognised. We are working on the operational plan and it will be made public in 2019/20."
Speaking on Green Financing, Ivano Iannelli, CEO, Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence forecast:
"By 2030, 25% of Dubai's energy mix will come from renewable solutions, both from utility scale and distributed, such as solar rooftops, solar car parks and other installations."
Mohammed Atif, Area Manager, Energy, Middle East & Africa, DNV GL - Energy spoke on Solar PV Plus Energy Storage:
"If you have a longer term vision and belief that we can achieve a highly decarbonised system, or 100% decarbonised system, then Solar PV Plus storage is one of the key facilitators."
Dr. Raed Bkayrat, Managing Director, Clean Energy Business Council, spoke on the digital side of solar energy:
"If we look at drones, they can be used at every stage of solar panel cycle. They can add value from time-saving topography research to the construction monitoring stage to operations where they are used to conduct inspections and collect data. Today, we are mostly in manual mode but everything is being converted to AI."
Pierre Samaties, CEO and Managing Partner, Innogy International Middle East looked forward:
"The future will be more decentralized, more digitalised and more decarbonised. I see us having many more micro grids, cities having their own energy systems and a lot of amazing things happening in the home."
Minjian Hu, CEO, Hanergy Middle East concluded on the potential of urban solar:
"To put it into perspective, a tower the size and shape of Burj Khalifa carried by PV glass would have a daily electricity production of more than 1,700 kWh."
Last but not least, the world's eyes are on us: Marius Kaiser, Director, Technical Department and Product Management, Canadian Solar EMEA:
"Expo 2020 presents a very good opportunity to spread awareness in the UAE and to the world, and within the Expo site there will be different kinds of technology in action that is linked to the renewables sector."
Organised by dmg events, The Big 5 2018 is open from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm daily, from 26 to 29 November at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
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NEW PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
OPENS A WINDOW ONTO HEYDAY ON THE RIVER CLYDE
Window on the Clyde: Family Photos of the River's Golden Age
Scottish Maritime Museum
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Saturday 20 July – Sunday 3 November
A fascinating photography exhibition showcasing the golden era of the River Clyde opens at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside on Saturday 20 July.
'Window on the Clyde: Family Photos of the River's Golden Age' brings together photographs taken by three generations of the Paterson family of Dunoon between the late 1800s up to the end of World War II.
Together, the family's photographs tell the Clyde's story through the unique perspective of one Scottish family. They showcase the pleasure, innovation and tragedy of the ships of the Clyde, from the paddle steamers going 'doon the watter' to the Glasgow shipyards.
Following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, amateur photographer Robert Beatty Paterson was the last generation to capture the maritime scenes he saw through the window of his family's Dunoon home.
The exhibition also tells the story of his near fatal experience aboard a torpedoed Merchant Navy boat during WW2.
Also on show are sketches Robert Beatty Paterson drew of paddlesteamers and yachts as a hobby, additional family photos on loan and a 1940 Merchant Navy uniform and historic objects from the heyday of the pleasure steamer from the Museum's own collection.
Born in Glasgow in 1917, Robert Beatty Paterson moved to the family home, Beach House in Dunoon's West Bay, as a small child and there began his life-long personal and professional maritime connection.
When a commission to join the Royal Navy in 1941 was rescinded due to discovery of his acute colour blindness, Robert Beatty Paterson became a radio officer in the Merchant Navy.
When his vessel, SS 'Chumleigh', was torpedoed on 5 November 1942 whilst serving on a Russian convoy, Robert Beatty Paterson found himself navigating his lifeboat towards the Arctic island of Spitsbergen.
After weeks in an open boat in near Arctic conditions, the exhausted and injured crew took refuge in a trapper's hut. Over coming days, shipmates passed away and the health of the survivors weakened, until, they were finally discovered by the Norwegian Resistance. Robert, who weighed only 4.5 stones, went on to recover and provide a communications network for the Resistance Movement on the island.
After the war, he joined the Sandbank yachtbuilding firm of Morris & Lorimer Limited becoming managing director.
In 1989 Robert Beatty Paterson loaned 60,000 images to the Scottish Maritime Museum. Here they were curated into the Paterson Photography Collection.
'Window on the Clyde: Family Photos of the River's Golden Age' is the first public exhibition of photographs from the Paterson Photography Collection shown by the Scottish Maritime Museum.
Images include Clyde puffers unloading at Dunoon coal pier and PS Gael berthing at Dunoon as people watch on from the rocks around 1900; PS Laguna Belle berthed on the south quay of the James Watt Dock in Greenock around 1930; and SB Archibald Russell being towed by the Steel & Bennie Limited tug Warrior on the Firth of Clyde around 1920.
Window on the Clyde: Family Photos of the River's Golden Age runs until Sunday 3 November.
Entry to the exhibition is included in general Museum admission.
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CHANGES TO RULES FOR FULLY VACCINATED TRAVEL TO ENGLAND - JANUARY 2022
England Travel Restrictions / Testing Requirements Updated – January 2022
From 4am Friday 7 January
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The problem or stumbling block for Western man in the past few centuries (since perhaps the 1600s) is that he believes that the spiritual ought to be subject to, and delineated by, the laws of physical science. Here is the problem, and truly, it ought to be obvious to all.
We, in the West, have in the past few centuries allowed the rational (logical, linear) part of our thinking to become too dominant. This trend has developed over time at the expense of the intuitive part of our minds. In a sense, we have developed tunnel vision and have lost needed perspective, and we think of matters of the spirit as being akin to superstition. We are out of balance. Science cannot heal what ails us for ours is a disease (as in dis-ease) of the spirit, not of the body. For all his science, the modern atheist (and this includes many PhDs who speak authoritatively on a wide range of subjects) is quite ignorant. Here we define ignorance as being unaware of what one is unaware of. (Such a state is hard to escape or break free from. You can't do it alone.) Denying the spiritual dimension of man serves to close one's mind. All during the time that people believed the world was flat it was actually round. Even with atheism, materialistic thinking, secularization, and philosophic and moral nihilism on the rise in our culture, the spiritual reality still exists even if few can see it.
Our feature image is a photograph of a painting in the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco (from our visit there late in July).
We think that consciousness is the ultimate ontological quality, factor or condition, and not matter. We consider the belief (in what is known as Hinduism) that Lord Krishna has a supremely transcendant personality to be logical and persuasive. Even Christians can agree to a large extent with the concepts here. The Lord created and sustains the physical universe(s), and is immanently present in these yet He also has a personality that transcends the physical plane of existence, time and space. (For Christians, recall the images in mosaic that are in the domes of the Byzantine churches of the early Christian era. Christ is depicted as Pantocrator, or Lord of the Universe.) Atheists, pantheists and idealist philosophers (who think of God as an Impersonal Absolute) will not accept this view. God is the Supreme Consciousness, and our individual consciousness comes from the Source of all consciousness which is God.
People ought not let their minds, their rational thinking abilities become an obstacle to their faith. We forget which early Christian father (in the 3rd or 4th century) said to the effect: "Believe so that you will understand." It sounds like good counsel. In Hindu thinking, bhakti (selfless devotion, surrender, service to the Lord) trumps jnana (knowledge, philosophy). Jnana yoga (the term yoga literally means yoking one's soul to the Divine) can only take the seeker so far on the path to God. Bhakti yoga can take a person the full way to the destination.
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As a Blavatsky Theosophist I didn't see anything except one to disagree with here. The spiritual realm should appeal to the reason and intuition as well and not be contra-reason (which is a type of suicide of the reason) – in the big picture it all makes reasonable sense. The Theosophical idea on Spirit and Matter, is that everything is a type of Matter. Matter on a superior plane is experienced as Energy or Spirit to the plane beneath it.
I mentioned Theosophy because of the emphasis of matter in it. Many people believe that it is not matter that is a fundamental condition but spirit, everything is a type or form of spirit. Thus, it is spirit that infuses matter, and not matter giving rise to spirit. Spirit is consciousness.
I forgot to mention that, yes, you are correct that the spiritual ought to appeal to both reason and intuition. My point was directed to those who rely exclusively on reason and tend to ignore or minimize the intuitive side of human experience.
Virtually all preventable suffering traces back to this kind of thinking.
That's pretty heavy . . . that you throw that out without any support.
History is overflowing with examples of unfounded belief leading to all manner of suffering. That includes everything from wars and genocides right down to that run of Tylenol overdoses. Some of these fiction based belief systems seem harmless, but the harmless ones set a precedent that opens the field to the harmful ones. Accepting one baseless belief system undercuts the ability to reject any baseless belief system, however noxious, on rational grounds.
Yes, one such example is the moral nihilism that comes from atheism, which is itself a position taken on faith (or, if you prefer, a null faith or anti-faith). Another example is the terrible mega murders that flowed from Bolshevist dogma in the 20th century perpetrated by the zealous and fanatical believers in that fundamentally flawed ideology.
We held this comment for a few weeks as I did not have the time nor the desire to go back and forth with this individual. We have held the hands of atheists in the past as they deal with their issues, but it becomes tiresome, and often leads nowhere. If this person is comfortable in his/her atheism, that is his/her choice. But do such comments really add anything to the discussion?
Now, if this person were to say that there have been abuses of religious authority and that there are false religions out there that have done and continue to do harm both physically and spiritually to people, that we can agree with. But, we have already addressed some of those types of issues on other posts (over the past 5 1/2 years). And, we have many times written that people need to govern their religious fervor with reason.
There are those who have been taught and there are those who are unteachable. Many are there who in their ignorance (nescience or darkness) deny the spiritual dimension of man. We do not wish to give these persons a platform on our blog. For them, there are many atheist support groups to be found on other blogs.


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Lipyagi () is a rural locality (a khutor) in Starooskolsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 19 as of 2010. There are 2 streets.

Geography
Lipyagi is located 13 km northwest of Stary Oskol (the district's administrative centre) by road. Fedoseyevka is the nearest rural locality.

References

Rural localities in Starooskolsky District

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Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures
H.P.S.T Chapter 367: Fear Never Ends
Evan collapsed to the ground breathing, and Gryffindor looked at him with a smile.
"What about the evil spirit?" He looked around down and saw nothing.
Around the platform, countless clouds were rolling over, covering everything on the Temple of the Moon.
A dark cloud drifted through the bodies of Evan and Gryffindor, and their shadows loomed like dreams. The mist made everything surreal.
"It's gone, you beat it!" Gryffindor said softly.
"But I've done nothing. My magic had no effect on it. I haven't destroyed the wooden statue that summoned it." Evan said puzzled.
"There's no need to do anything. As long as you've come here, you have already passed the challenge." Gryffindor smiled and took a bright red stone and handed it to Evan. "You are the best greatest wizard I have ever seen. Catch this Philosopher's Stone, it's yours now!"
Looking at the soft light of the Philosopher's Stone, a trace of longing flashed across Evan's face.
He stretched out his hand forward and stopped suddenly when his fingertips were about to touch the Philosopher's Stone.
A sudden warning rose in his heart, making him restrain himself.
There seemed to be something wrong. He remembered that Gryffindor had told him before that Voldemort had left a magic on this Philosopher's Stone.
But he didn't even mention it now, and why would he give him the Philosopher's Stone in the illusion instead of sending him back to the real world?!
In front of him, Gryffindor's face was always smiling, and everything seemed extremely unnatural.
That smile was not so much an old man's kind smile, but rather one of restrained mockery.
In the clouds and mists, the corners of his mouth rose exaggeratedly on both sides, becoming more and more uncoordinated; as if they just exceeded a human's ability to …. smile!
Evan felt a sudden chill; he gulped and swallowed, his right hand subconsciously clenching his wand.
"What are you waiting for? Catch this Philosopher's Stone, and you will gain unimaginable power. It will help you become the most powerful wizard. Trust me…" though he was close to him, Gryffindor's voice seemed to come from a very remote place.
Evan listened clearly, and the voice echoed in his mind.
As soon as he brought up power, Evan became certain that this guy was a fake.
Gryffindor would never say that, he always stressed that power was not the most important thing to have.
The challenge was not over yet. He had to destroy the wooden statue of the evil spirit.
The evil spirit that had become Gryffindor was still laughing, but the mood was getting more and more depressed.
Its laughter was ringing in the deepest part of Evan's heart, getting louder and louder, along with the frequency of his heartbeat. Thump, thump, thump…
Evan felt that his heart was about to burst with this tormenting sound, and he couldn't help but tear up slightly.
His magic began to wander, and all his powers conflicted wildly.
Evan gasped, holding his wand hard and raising his right hand diagonally upwards. A pale green curse spurted out and passed through Gryffindor's body in front of him.
He had no substance; it was nothing but an illusion.
"Young human wizard, you rejected me and made the most foolish of decisions."
Gryffindor took a step forward, his face twisted and his mouth opened wider and wider.
Numerous green mucus and flesh fragments fell from the inside, his body was rapidly expanding, and rotten tentacles emerged, like the most terrifying nightmare.
The tentacles slowly moved forward, seemingly trying to touch Evan's skin.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Evan shouted.
The silver Patronus circled out, and the bright white mist blocked them.
"Young human wizard; you still don't understand the true meaning of magic. You have never suffered the collapse of all walks of life. You are only the humblest existence in the world."
Gryffindor's face turned completely devilish, his tentacles shaking and clapping on the light screen, his mouth saying crazy, meaningless words, "Sad ant, you are just a puppet in the hands of a puppeteer; struggling uselessly in the face of what you cannot understand…"
Evan put more of his magic into the Patronus charm. Seconds, or perhaps centuries went by, before he realized that he should run!
Disregarding the evil spirit in front of him, he no longer cared about the surrounding environment, and continued along the narrow hollow stairs next to the platform, rushing ahead.
Through the thick mist and light, the sturdy tentacles of the evil spirit continued to clap, and with mad power, it became more and more ruthless and cruel, as if trying to split Evan's body in two!
Evan gasped. On the top of a small table, he saw a dull wooden statue, which was a multi-fold reduction of the evil god, looking more like the roots of a plant at that scale.
Without thinking, he waved his wand, and the red spell flashed by.
Unexpectedly, the wooden statue broke up and scattered in the air as dots of starlight.
The crazy voice of the evil spirit gradually drifted away, but it was still very clear and terrifying; "Sad lamb, you have defeated me in the illusion, but you don't know that you are entering another more frightening one! Fear is like a shadow; never disappears, never ends…"
The surroundings became gradually quiet, and when Evan looked up, he once again saw Gryffindor standing in front of him with a smile.
He took a step back in surprise and raised his wand with vigilance, but Gryffindor waved his hand carelessly, with a stronger smile on his face.
"Don't do that, Evan!" he said with a smile. "That thing had disappeared. Now there are only the two of us here."
"How can you prove that you are really Gryffindor, not the evil spirit?" Evan hesitated and asked, trembling to the extreme.
His heart beat so hard that he couldn't clearly distinguish between illusion and reality. He felt that he was about to be driven crazy.
"I can't prove anything, because I don't really exist, it's just a part of this magic illusion, the consciousness of my body staying here." Gryffindor said with a smile, "You just did a wonderful job and got my approval. Believe it or not, I want to tell you that you have passed the challenge!"
This sentence was a surprise for the first time, and now it sounded completely frightening.
Gryffindor seemed not surprised by Evan's performance. He waved. "I know you have a lot of doubts. In fact, the evil god you saw did not exist in real history. Okegiga had better luck than you. When he got to the top of the Temple, the evil ritual had not been completed, and he succeeded in stopping everything."
"What happened just now?" asked Evan, breathing.
"As you can see, that's what I imagined and reasoned about this creature, and that's what I used my magic to create." Gryffindor said with a smile, as if explaining a trivial matter, "In the real world, the so-called evil god did not come to the world in the end. At the last moment, just out of anger, it exhausted its power to break through the void, splitting the Philosopher's Stone that I left into two halves, and doing nothing more."
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A recently-released Pinnacle Actuarial Resources report on Florida's new personal injury protection (PIP) law created a media frenzy with the announcement that the law will reduce no-fault auto insurance rates and premiums by 12 to 20 percent, but Florida insurance regulators are advising consumers not to get too excited.
The new law, designed to curb the fraud associated with Florida's mandatory no-fault auto insurance law, went into effect earlier this year. Under the reform, accident victims are now allowed only 14 days to seek covered treatment. Also, insurance companies will now cover only $2,500 worth of medical expenses, instead of $10,000. A victim can now only receive injury coverage of $10,000 if he or she has the permission of a doctor or other medical professional - excluding a chiropractor.
The Florida government hired Pinnacle to determine the effect of the new legislation on Florida auto insurance premiums, with the resulting report stating that premiums in 2013 could be reduced significantly, thanks to fewer fraud claims.
However, the Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a statement informing consumers that the preliminary report is just a prediction. The numbers may change by 2013, and regardless, auto insurance companies are not required to lower their premiums. In fact, premium prices are slated to increase - but the PIP law will even them out, leaving a static rate. According to insurance regulators, the new law is likely to have very little effect on the auto insurance premiums of most consumers.


WASHINGTON, DC — GSN Digital, the interactive division of GSN (Game Show Network), today announced the opening of its social game development office in Washington, D.C. The office will be focused on growing GSN's social games presence on Facebook, including developing games for the GSN Games app, a leading game community on Facebook with over 6 million unique players monthly.
The new office is located between the popular Dupont Circle and 14th Street corridor in the nation's capital. GSN Digital also has offices in Waltham, MA, focused on mobile game development and powering its destination sites, GSN.com and WorldWinner.com; and in San Francisco, where its social games team is headquartered.
The new D.C. office is planning to hire various positions in engineering, analytics, Web development and design, game production and more over the coming months, which will add to the rapidly growing game development community on the East Coast. Interested candidates should visit www.gsngames.com.


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Sarrabus-Gerrei is a sub-region of south-eastern Sardinia, Italy.

Sarrabus
Traditionally Sarrabus, probably from the Roman-time city of Sarcopos, occupies the area of the communes of Castiadas, Muravera, San Vito and Villaputzu, corresponding to the curatory with the same name of the medieval giudicato of Cagliari. Geologically, it dates to the Palaeozoic era and it is crossed by the Flumendosa, initially in a valley and then to a coastal plain on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Specimens of the mineral ullmannite (NiSbS) were found at Sarrabus in 1887. The crystals of the specimens from Sarrabus were described as hemihedral with parallel faces, whereas specimens from Lölling in present-day Austria were hemihedral with inclined faces.

Gerrei
Gerrei is composed of the territories of Armungia, Ballao, Escalaplano, Goni, San Nicolò Gerrei, Silius, Villasalto, San Basilio. It also corresponds to a medieval curatory (province) of the Giudicato of Cagliari. It is characterized by a series of plateaus divided by steep valleys, crossed by the Flumendosa.

Sights include a Megalithic necropolis near Goni, belonging to the culture of Ozieri and including several Domus de Janas, and a Holy Pit of Funtana Coberta, at Ballao.

See also
Province of South Sardinia

References

Geography of Sardinia
Province of South Sardinia


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Silk Way confirms 747-800 commitment
December 29 - The Baku-based Silk Way Group has confirmed reports in the Azerbaijani and Russian media that it has signed a letter of intent with Boeing for the purchase of three 747-8 freighters.
HLPFI has been advised that the agreement was signed at a ceremony in Baku celebrating the delivery of the first 787-8 to Azerbaijan Airlines.
The three 747-8Fs are scheduled for delivery in 2015 and 2016, and it is assumed that they will be operated by Silk Way West Airlines, one of the two airlines within the Silk Way Group.
In August this year, Silk Way West took delivery of two 747-8Fs and also operates three 747-400Fs and two 767-300Fs.
Sister carrier Silk Way Airlines operates a varied fleet of Il-76 and AN-12 freighters.
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Warner Bros. Has unveiled a new one-sheet art for "Ready Player One" which, like its.
Steven Spielberg brings his trademark storytelling to new heights in the futuristic action-adventure "Ready Player.
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While some big results were recorded by Aquis at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, the most exciting aspect of the sale was to see how well-received the first crop foals of Spill The Beans were. Off an $11,000 service fee the Spill The Beans weanlings sold for up to $50,000 and averaged over $28,000.
The top-priced colt was Lot 291 out of Love of Liberty, from the draft of Kitchwin Hills, who sold to Segenhoe stud for $50,000. Paul Willets Bloodstock (NZ) went to $45,000 to secure Lot 136 a colt out of Devil's Angel from the draft of Kenmore Lodge.
Aquis secured two Spill The Beans weanlings who in time will join our racing division, (along with all Aquis-bred first crop foals of Spill The Beans) – Lot 249, a colt out of Kas Nediym from the draft of Warrandale Stud was secured for $42,500, as was the filly out of Belarock (Lot 60) from the draft of Cornerstone Stud.
Blue Sky Bloodstock went to $35,000 to secure Lot 233, a filly out of It's Game On, while the colt out of Miss Barwang (Lot 322) from Phoenix Broodmare Farm was knocked down to Mullaglass for $30,000. Fernrigg Farm purchased Lot 288, the Lots of Success filly, for $23,000.
Currently standing the Northern Hemisphere season at The National Stud in the UK, Spill The Beans returns to Aquis, QLD, this spring where his fee remains at $11,000 (incl GST) with payment on live foal terms.


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A critical factor influencing whether cities are governed in a sustainable, inclusive and pro-poor manner is the operation of local institutions and whose interests they represent. These institutions define the framework for citizen-citizen and citizen-state interactions, and influence collective decision-making over the allocation of public resources and delivery of local public services (Shah & Shah, 2006: 1-2). Formal political institutions play a role in determining the process for electing leaders; the roles and responsibilities of the executive and legislature; the organisation of political representation (through political parties); and the accountability and oversight of the state (Scott & Mcloughlin, 2014). These institutions and systems play a pivotal role in regulating political, social and economic engagement and determining how public authority is secured and used (e.g. constitutions, laws, customs etc.). They also determine how, where and upon whom resources are allocated and spent.
Informal and customary political systems, norms and rules can operate within or alongside these formal structures (Scott & Mcloughlin, 2014:1). The literature has tended to presume a clear dichotomy between formal and informal, traditional and modern, democratic and non-democratic political systems ‒ yet they overlap and interrelate. Three factors are particularly important in understanding these systems and institutions (Devas et al., 2004; Fox & Goodfellow, 2016):
The political context. At the local level, this refers to the socio-political public space available to urban actors (including the poor) and their ability to exploit that space. At the regional and national level, this refers to the institutions and rules that govern political behaviour, the political culture and the nature of the national regime.
The way formal structures and procedures of the urban political system are designed and how they work in practice.
The political actors involved, their goals and demands, resources, strategies and tactics, and the power relationships among them.
According to UN-Habitat (2016) many urban areas suffer from an imbalance of political power and insufficient inclusiveness and participation. Collective decision-making has failed to address the gap between national developmental agendas and local needs. Women, youth, minorities, the urban poor and those with disabilities, for example, are often excluded from decision-making (ibid.). Further, exclusion can be influenced both by who you are (i.e. your ethnicity, class or religion) and where you live (i.e. those in informal settlements or peri-urban areas may fall outside the defined administrative responsibility of city government).
In urban areas more attention needs to be paid to the political, economic and social drivers of bargaining and distributional conflicts between groups over policy, goods and services (Desai, 2010; Muggah, 2012; Jones et al., 2014a). It is therefore important to understand both the political economy that underlies institutions of urban governance and how local power hierarchies influence the distribution and allocation of resources. Carter (2015: 2) identifies the principal political economy constraints that influence decision-making in urban areas:
Wider political economy context: failure of governance structures to keep pace with the growth, complexity and density of urban areas; combined pressures such as urbanisation and environmental change; the relationship with the national political settlement; and conflict and fragility.
Governance framework: policy incoherence; institutional fragmentation; incomplete decentralisation; the proliferation of service providers; the nature of city politics; and the role of informal political incentives.
The urban poor's political agency: electoral dynamics; clientelism; elite capture of services and decision-making processes.
Collective action: social and political polarisation: transient poor populations living in informal settlements and exploitation by community organisations or NGOs.
Service delivery dynamics: political market imperfections, policy incoherence, and challenges to collective action.
Conflict and violence: rapid urban growth; social and income inequality; legacies of armed conflict; political authoritarianism and repressive policing.
Vulnerable groups: exclusion and adverse incorporation of women and girls, youth, rural migrants, foreign immigrants and residents of informal settlements, etc.
With a range of actors (formal and informal) participating at different levels in decision-making, there is a need to foster network-based instead of hierarchical governance (Jordan, 2008). For example, the evolving roles of private and public actors, combined with new forms of political participation, have in some contexts facilitated a transformation of urban governance (if only temporarily). In such contexts, institutions and the values that underpin them have played an instrumental role in aligning and reconciling interests and fostering shared paradigms of urban governance and development. However, failure to agree on a shared vision in many urban areas has hindered cooperation, even when actors share common objectives. Limited capacity and legitimacy of government agencies, weak performance and accountability mechanisms and the immaturity of political institutions can undermine urban governance and result in pervasive clientelist relations and corrupt practices.
In many cities there is recognition that it is at the local or neighbourhood level of government that increased responsiveness and improved service delivery can best be delivered. However, as with higher levels of government, the representativeness and effectiveness of local governance depends on its legislative basis, the powers and resources available, the arrangements for representation, the nature of leadership and the relation between it and higher tiers of city and regional government. Democratic representation at this level may be based on elections but it is also here that opportunities arise for innovative democratic practices, such as direct, deliberative or participatory democracy. According to Andrews and Shah (2005), to create political systems and institutions that work for the poor, a framework of urban governance must facilitate citizen empowerment through a rights-based approach (i.e. direct democracy provisions); facilitate bottom-up accountability involving evaluation of government performance as facilitator of a network of providers by citizens as governors, taxpayers and consumers of public services.
Andrews, M. & Shah, A. (2005). Citizen-Centered Governance: A New Approach to Public Sector Reform. In. Shah, A. (ed.) Public Expenditure Analysis (pp.153-182). Washington, DC: World Bank.
Carter.B. (2015). Political economy constraints for urban development (GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report 1207). Birmingham, UK: GSDRC, University of Birmingham
Desai, R. (2010). The political economy of urban poverty in developing countries: Theories, issues, and an agenda for research. Washington, DC: Wolfensohn Center for Development/Brookings.
Fox, S. & Goodfellow, T. (2016). Cities and development. 2nd ed. Abingdon: Routledge.
Jones, H. Cummings, C. & Nixon, H. (2014a). Services in the city: governance and political economy in urban service delivery. London: ODI.
Jordan, A. (2008). The governance of sustainable development: Taking stock and looking forwards. Environment and Planning: Government and Policy, 26(1): 17–33.
Muggah, R. (2012). Researching the urban dilemma: Urbanization, poverty and violence. Ottawa: IDRC.
Scott, Z. & Mcloughlin. C. (2014). Political systems (Topic Guide). Birmingham: University of Birmingham (GSDRC).
Shah, A. with Shah, S. (2006). The New Vision of Local Governance and the Evolving Roles of Local Governments. In A. Shah (ed.) Local Governance in Developing Countries (pp.1-46). Washington DC: World Bank.
UN-Habitat (2016). Urbanization and development: Emerging futures (World cities report 2016). Nairobi: UN-Habitat.
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Failing that, I understand that Apple now has some way for corporations to distribute enterprise applications without involving the Apple store.  What if you wanted to write an application that is to be distributed to a handful of people in a corporate environment.  Could this alternate mechanism be used without involving the Apple store and its approval process?

A: Yes, there is Ad Hoc distribution that lets you install your app on 100 iPods or iPads. There is something similar for corporations which allows more than 100 devices.

Ad Hoc Distribution
  Share your application with up to 100 other iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch users with Ad Hoc distribution. Share your application through email, or by posting it to a web site or server.

A: Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but Test Flight is a great little web app for installing and updating your "beta tests" on-the-fly.
Update: TestFlight has been acquired by Apple and is now tightly integrated into iTunes Connect. It now lets developers invite upto 10,000 testers using their email id. For more details, see Apple TestFlight webpage.
The old TestFlight link is now not operational.


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from utils.regex import Regex as regex
from utils.codec import ObjectCodec as codec
from utils.codec import Hashing as hashing

# An ant #

class Ant():
    """ docstring """

    # Orientations #
    ORIENTATION_NORTH = "N"
    ORIENTATION_NORTHEAST = "NE"
    ORIENTATION_EAST = "E"
    ORIENTATION_SOUTHEAST = "SE"
    ORIENTATION_SOUTH = "S"
    ORIENTATION_SOUTHWEST = "SW"
    ORIENTATION_WEST = "W"
    ORIENTATION_NORTHWEST = "NW"

    ORIENTATION_TO_STR_DICT = {
        0:   ORIENTATION_NORTH,
        45:  ORIENTATION_NORTHEAST,
        90:  ORIENTATION_EAST,
        135: ORIENTATION_SOUTHEAST,
        180: ORIENTATION_SOUTH,
        225: ORIENTATION_SOUTHWEST,
        270: ORIENTATION_WEST,
        315: ORIENTATION_NORTHWEST
    }

    # RegEx matchers #
    REGEX_ANT_DIRECTION = re.compile("((?P<North>[A-Z])|(?P<South>[a-z]))")
    REGEX_ANT_TYPE = re.compile("((?P<standard>[a-h])|(?P<busy>[i-q])|(?P<lazy>[r-z]))")

    # ant directional target meta values #
    ONENORTH = -1
    ONEWEST = -1
    INPLACE = 0
    ONESOUTH = 1
    ONEEAST = 1

    def __init__(self, arg_ant_name, arg_pos_row, arg_pos_column, cell_grid_height, cell_grid_width):

        self.name = None
        self.orientation = None

        parsed = regex.match(arg_ant_name, self.REGEX_ANT_DIRECTION)

        if parsed is not None:
            if parsed["North"] is not None:
                self.name = parsed["North"].lower()
                self.orientation = 0
            elif parsed["South"] is not None:
                self.name = parsed["South"].lower()
                self.orientation = 180

        self.hash = hashing.integer_hash(hashing.hash_sha1(codec.encode(self.get_name())))
        self.ant_type = None  # "standard" ant, "busy" ant, "lazy" ant #

        parsed = regex.match(self.get_name(), self.REGEX_ANT_TYPE)

        if parsed is not None:
            if parsed["standard"] is not None:
                self.ant_type = "standard"
            elif parsed["busy"] is not None:
                self.ant_type = "busy"
            elif parsed["lazy"] is not None:
                self.ant_type = "lazy"

        self.pos_row = -1
        self.pos_column = -1
        self.set_position(arg_pos_row, arg_pos_column)

        self.target_pos_row_relation = 0
        self.target_pos_column_relation = 0
        self.__determine_target_pos_relations(cell_grid_height, cell_grid_width)

    def __lt__(self, other):
        return self.get_name() < other.get_name()

    def __le__(self, other):
        return self.get_name() <= other.get_name()

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.get_name() == other.get_name()

    def __ne__(self, other):
        return self.get_name() != other.get_name()

    def __gt__(self, other):
        return self.get_name() > other.get_name()

    def __ge__(self, other):
        return self.get_name() >= other.get_name()

    def __hash__(self):
        return self.get_hash()

    def get_name(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.name

    def get_hash(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.hash

    def get_orientation_str(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.ORIENTATION_TO_STR_DICT[self.orientation]

    def change_orientation(self, arg_angle, cell_grid_height, cell_grid_width):
        """ docstring """
        self.orientation = (self.orientation + arg_angle) % 360
        self.__determine_target_pos_relations(cell_grid_height, cell_grid_width)

    def get_target_pos_row_relation(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.target_pos_row_relation

    def get_target_pos_column_relation(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.target_pos_column_relation

    def set_targat_pos_relation(self, arg_target_pos_row_relation, arg_target_pos_column_relation):
        """ docstring """
        self.target_pos_row_relation = arg_target_pos_row_relation
        self.target_pos_column_relation = arg_target_pos_column_relation

    def get_type(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.ant_type

    def get_position_str(self):
        """ docstring """
        return str(self.pos_row) + "," + str(self.pos_column)

    def get_pos_row(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.pos_row

    def get_pos_column(self):
        """ docstring """
        return self.pos_column

    def set_position(self, arg_pos_row, arg_pos_column):
        """ docstring """
        self.pos_row = arg_pos_row
        self.pos_column = arg_pos_column

    def __determine_target_pos_relations(self, cell_grid_height, cell_grid_width):
        orientation_str = self.get_orientation_str()

        if orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_NORTH:
            if self.get_pos_row() > 0:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.ONENORTH, self.INPLACE)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_NORTHEAST:
            if self.get_pos_row() > 0 and self.get_pos_column() < cell_grid_width - 1:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.ONENORTH, self.ONEEAST)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_EAST:
            if self.get_pos_column() < cell_grid_width - 1:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.INPLACE, self.ONEEAST)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_SOUTHEAST:
            if self.get_pos_row() < cell_grid_height - 1 and self.get_pos_column() < cell_grid_width - 1:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.ONESOUTH, self.ONEEAST)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_SOUTH:
            if self.get_pos_row() < cell_grid_height - 1:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.ONESOUTH, self.INPLACE)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_SOUTHWEST:
            if self.get_pos_row() < cell_grid_height - 1 and self.get_pos_column() > 0:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.ONESOUTH, self.ONEWEST)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_WEST:
            if self.get_pos_column() > 0:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.INPLACE, self.ONEWEST)
        elif orientation_str == self.ORIENTATION_NORTHWEST:
            if self.pos_row > 0 and self.get_pos_column() > 0:
                self.set_targat_pos_relation(self.ONENORTH, self.ONEWEST)

# END ##########################################################################


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Fryderyk III (ur. ok. 1017, zm. 22 maja 1033) – książę Górnej Lotaryngii od 1027/8 roku do śmierci. Ostatni męski przedstawiciel dynastii mozelskiej.

Był jedynym synem Fryderyka II, koregenta Górnej Lotaryngii od 1019 do 1026/7, oraz Matyldy szwabskiej, córki Hermana II Szwabskiego i Gebergi, córki księcia burgundzkiego Konrada I Spokojnego. Jego ciotką była królowa Niemiec Gizela Szwabska. Ponieważ jego ojciec zmarł jeszcze w 1026 lub 1027 roku, Fryderyk stał się dziedzicem tronu. Objął go rok później, gdy zmarł jego dziadek Teodoryk (Thierry) I, a on sam miał wówczas kilka lat. O jego panowaniu nie ma właściwie żadnych informacji, nie wiadomo nawet, kto był jego regentem. Fryderyk zmarł młodo i bezdzietnie w 1033 roku. Górna Lotaryngia przypadła jego dalekiemu krewnemu Gozelowi I Wielkiemu, a Księstwo Bar odziedziczyła jego siostra Zofia, żona Ludwika z Mousson. Tym samym wymarła na nim dynastia zapoczątkowana przez Fryderyka I.

Bibliografia
 Biografia na stronie FMG.ac

Władcy Lotaryngii
Władcy Bar
Urodzeni w XI wieku
Zmarli w 1033