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Social Shanghai: The Great Firewall and the Chinese platforms
by Travel Perspective
In Reports, Social Media.
When China and social media appear in the same sentence, the first thing a Westerner often thinks is that they are banned.
This is all down to something known colloquially as the Great Firewall of China or, to give it the official name, the Golden Shield Project. The project was initiated in 1998 but was only switched on in November 2006. It covers a variety of technologies, such as blocking of certain internet addresses, redirecting web requests to different domains and the filtering of results that use certain words.
Facebook was banned in 2008, Twitter and YouTube in 2009, Blogspot in 2009 and WordPress in 2011 and they remain unavailable. In September 2013, there were rumours that access to some of these would be restored in the new Shanghai Free Trade Zone but this has not happened.
Despite this, social is alive and well in China. Many people access these sites through proxy services that hide your true IP address or using a VPS, a virtual private network that acts as a secure pipe to the internet. Some bloggers host their blogs outside the country and use URLs that do not include the names of the banned platforms to allow access.
The country had 618 million internet users (45.8% of the population) at the end of December 2013 and huge numbers of them use social networks, but homegrown ones rather than the Facebooks and Twitters of this world.
Renren (see picture above), which has similar functionality to Facebook, had 214 million active accounts at the end of June, 2014, and around 44 million active users each month. Microblogging site Sina Weibo has more than 150 million monthly users and has launched a ten-second video app similar to Vine called Miaopai.
Video is huge. Weibo says that more than 150 million video views are happening on the site each day. Meanwhile, video site YouKu Tudou – formed from a merger of two similar sites in 2012 – has more than half a billion users. Because there is no limit on the length of uploaded video, the volume of video streamed comfortably outstrips that on YouTube.
Shanghai, with its population of 24.2 million, is the biggest city proper in the world and is well connected technologically, meaning social media use is high there.
Shanghai now has the country's fastest broadband, at an average of 5.4 megabits per second, compared with 4.17 Mb/s in Beijing and 3.54 Mb/s nationally. It represents a remarkable turnaround for the city; in 2010, it had the country's slowest broadband but an investment programme by China Telecom has seen it leapfrog the competition.
According to a survey of 14 Asian cities by Japanese advertising firm Hakuhodo, 92.4% of households own a computer in the city while 49.1% of Shanghai's population owns a smartphone (with the highest ownership among 20-somethings). The survey shows that chat services are the most popular with social media coming in at fourth after listening to music and text messaging.
The city also has an initiative called iShanghai, designed to increase the number of free wi-fi hotspots around the city under the same SSID name.
A growing number of taxis in the city offer free wi-fi to passengers. This summer, Dazhong (which runs turquoise taxis) became the latest to add free access to 6,000 of its cabs, recognisable by a cloud sticker on the glass partition. The taxi firms Haibo (sapphire) and Jinjiang (white) have also added wi-fi but the Dazhong wi-fi fleet is the largest.
This domestic demand for access to social media is also extending overseas as the number of Chinese travelling abroad increases. In spring 2014, online travel agency Ctrip announced that it would start offering free wi-fi access on overseas tours organised by the company. It has spent £1 million on mobile wi-fi hotspots that can be used by up to five travellers.
The city dips its toe into social
Last year held mixed news for tourism chiefs in Shanghai. Although the city did well in attracting domestic tourists – up 3.6% to 260 million (many of whom follow the city's tourism administration on Weibo, above) – the number of inbound tourists from overseas dropped by 5% to 7.57 million. This is despite the country's recent introduction of 72-hour transit visas that allow tourists to stay on short breaks in certain key cities, including Shanghai.
While other destination marketing organisations and tourist boards are increasingly turning to social media to attract inbound tourists, this channel is still in its infancy in China and Shanghai.
In Chinese numerology the number 99 is considered very lucky. The number nine sounds like long (in duration) so a 99 represents a very long time, or eternity.
It is no surprise that Shanghai's tourism authorities are using the number in their social media campaigns.
At the beginning of 2013, the Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration asked its fans on Sina Weibo to share their favourite things about the city in five categories: "Sights along the Subway", "Shanghai Cuisine", "Nostalgic Tour of Shanghai's Old Neighborhoods", "Shanghai at Night", and "Shanghai Positive Energy".
By the end of the campaign, some 36 million people had posted almost 600,000 reasons to love the city.
The campaign was considered such a success that it repeated the exercise in early 2014, under the banner "Do You Like Shanghai?", but with different categories.
Over a period of two months, Weibo users suggested reasons that they liked the city, ranging from famous residents, iconic buildings, popular streets, brands associated with the city as well as Shanghainese food and culture. These reasons and information about the campaign was reposted more than 21 million times in the first week, the tourism bureau said.
The tourism administration's deputy director Cheng Meihong told International Channel Shanghai, "What exactly these 99 reasons are is not the most important thing. What's important is that this campaign can get more people to discuss the topic and share their experiences of living in the city. I think what we need is this progress."
The list of 99 reasons chosen is listed here. They include recommendations for eating scallion oil noodles in Shanghai's back streets and love for the city's traditional Shikumen buildings as well as the more modern Oriental Pearl radio and TV tower. The grand weddings that are a trademark of the city and the old-timers playing traditional games such as Dadanzi and Gunquanzi in the city's lanes also proved popular with Weibo users.
As far as inbound tourism is concerned, there is no overriding strategy to use social media to attract visitors, although there have been some efforts in that direction.
The Chinese National Tourism Administration says it recognises the value of technologies in attracting tourists. This year has been dubbed Beautiful China 2014, the Year of Smart Travel, with a focus on how information technology could be used to improve the experiences of tourists. Coupled with the launch of the campaign, the administration launched a new website at www.travelchina.gov.cn, although the sharing links to Facebook on Twitter that are optimistically shown on the site go nowhere.
Individual attractions, publications and hotels are doing their bit, even if the tourism authorities are not doing much.
One of the biggest current tourism developments in Shanghai is the opening of the Shanghai Disney resort at the end of 2015. Disney is using Weibo and YouKu to drum up interest in the theme park in social channels.
The city's annual Shanghai Tourism Festival, which lasts for three weeks each September and attracts eight million people to the city, is using Weibo to encourage more visitors.
Listings magazine Time Out is using a range of social channels for its Shanghai edition. The magazine has a few thousand fans on each of Facebook, Twitter and Weibo and also has a lively Instagram feed at www.instagram.com/TimeOutShanghai. In early September, the publication launched a WeChat air tour.
This allows users to learn about events, shows, fairs and artworks to check out in the city. The tour has an element of gamification by providing treasure hunt questions to answer. If you answer correctly, you can then access exclusive interviews with artists, critics as well as art content related to the shows.
How the world should market to China
Visit Britain is direct when it recommends using social media to sell travel to China's outbound market.
"The power that social media has, and its intense use by nearly every demographic, means it is not simply an opportunity – but a necessity for any company selling in China."
Take note. Nearly 100 million Chinese nationals travelled abroad last year, up from just 30m a decade ago, and the numbers are accelerating.
But Britain received fewer than 250,000 of those visitors, a fraction of the market. The target by 2020 is still a modest 650,000, a UK trade delegation spokesman announced on a visit to Shanghai in April.
The visit marked the launch of China Welcome, with several travel and tourism-related companies in the UK supporting the initiative. Training of staff is a key component, with Mandarin-speaking staff also being employed (Harrods now has 70).
There is a strong business and tourism imperative to chase the China market, hence Visit Britain is recruiting for a digital marketing executive to be based in Shanghai, to start October 1. Apart from being fluent in languages, the applicant is also expected to be extremely conversant in social and digital.
The job specification lists six key areas, with management of VB's website and social media accounts top of the list, alongside creating content relevant to the Chinese market.
It's a crucial appointment, with the right person having to be acutely aware of several factors in marketing to the Chinese.
The vast majority of Chinese travel independently, and use the internet to research. More than half of all internet use is also via mobile platforms.
Facebook and Twitter have been banned throughout China since 2009 – and is now only available inside Shanghai's Free Trade Zone.
The average age of a Chinese internet/mobile/social media user is 28. In the US it is 40. "So tailor your communications accordingly," says Visit Britain.
The most prominent Chinese social media platforms are Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo, which between them reach over half the Chinese population (Weibo translates as micro blog).
It's interesting to think that the appeal of social media in China is a direct result of the country's historic intolerance of foreign media and its attempt to control output. Visit Britain thinks so.
"One of the main reasons that social media has such a prominent position in the Chinese social landscape is due to the scepticism regarding the official media. Along with the cultural desire to find and share information, it has led to a growth in the prevalence of peer-to-peer content," says its briefing notes.
The notes have been compiled for companies looking to break into the Chinese market, and are relevant to any country around the world looking to do the same.
In opening its 'Getting China Ready' web page, you'll see a couple of impressive statistics. That, in the few seconds since clicking on the page, 10,000 users have visited Sina Weibo and 50,000 videos have been viewed on Youku, China's equivalent of YouTube.
Adds the VB advice: "Chinese are much more active on social media and spend more time online compared to Western people. Being active means engaging with them there, through a well localized website, local hosting and social media profiles on Weibo/Wechat and video content on Youku."
Wechat is a very interesting platform. It's the Chinese equivalent of What'sApp, is available in many different languages and is widely used in travel marketing, not least by Shanghai-based Spring Airlines.
The Chinese love apps. According to a report by OAG, expectations are that within three years the Asia-Pacific region will account for nearly half (47%) of 4.4 billion app users worldwide, and China will be the biggest market for that demand.
"Today, there are more than 216 million travel apps downloaded in China – suggesting that there could be anything up to a six fold increase in travel apps downloaded in China by the end of 2017."
It's a huge market, unfolding before our eyes. As Visit Britain concludes on its briefing notes: "Using social media is absolutely essential." They're not kidding.
Spring Airlines flies high on social media
When launching a new route, an airline throws the kitchen sink at publicity. There's no point committing an aircraft, landing slots and staff if no-one knows about it.
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines took off in 2005, the year after Facebook launched and the year before Twitter. It was China's first low-cost carrier, and was an airline of the social media age.
And in April, 2014, Spring started service between Shanghai and Singapore, its fifth international destination alongside Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.
The marketing division went into overdrive. Traditional marketing was not ignored: 20 free tickets were offered per flight from launch day (April 25) for five days, a total of 100 free seats.
But it's social that Spring majors on. The airline has the largest presence on SinaWeibo, China's biggest social media site, and regularly launches campaigns – such as using the tag @SpringAirlines to win cinema tickets.
It reached out to several bloggers, who were invited on the inaugural flight from Singapore with a brief to write about their #ShanghaiStory and #ShanghaiAdventure (http://webintravel.com/spring-woos-bloggers-may-offer-matchmaking-flights-win-singapore-fans/).
It also wheeled out a populist blind date game, whereby a group of single men and women were invited to fly between the two cities and games played to find a match.
Introduced on a Shanghai-Kunming flight five months previously, where three matches were made, it was used again on a flight to Taiwan in March. "It's very popular in Shanghai," said Nikki Zhang, Spring's social media director. "People don't have time and hope to meet Ms or Mr Right when travelling."
Participants were invited on WeChat, the Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp. Spring has 500,000 members on WeChat, an app which is integral to the airline's social marketing strategy.
As reported in Tnooz, the mobile-based messaging service app has emerged as a travel-transaction platform.
Spring's WeChat service allows users to book flights, check flight status, and access customer support. It also has a WeChat Check-in service, and customers can choose seats from the app.
The app is a natural fit for Spring's audience. "As many as 75% of our ticket buyers are below 30 years of age," says spokesman Zhang Wu'an.
Hence booking is encouraged, and made available, through mobile platforms and websites to save on costs. Sales through its mobile channel jumped from eight per cent to 50% last year, according to Jonathan Hutt, international brand manager.
It's home page invites customers to Skype the airline, and has prominent social media buttons (although, given its markets, the English-language Facebook and Instagram sites have few followers: 10.2k/349 respectively).
But in its home markets, the airline continues to be at the forefront of social and digital innovation. This year, it gave flight attendants Google glasses on a flight from Shanghai to Chengdu. The crew were able to access passenger information more intuitively with the name and seat number shown on the glasses.
In March of this year, it also carried out trials at its Shanghai hub with passengers wearing smart watches.
They could check in, pass security and board flights using a barcode on their watches. Passengers could also view their flight status. Spring said at the time that it is developing a dedicated app for smart watches.
It sets the airline fair for growth in the Asian market, at a time when China's civil aviation market faces intensifying competition, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal in April.
The government has moved to liberalize the domestic airline market, says the report and, for the first time, promote the growth of budget airlines though air travel in China, a market which is booming.
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Leon Yan is a filmmaker and graphic artist who studied at CalArts and the London Film School. He is currently Head of Film and Video at NeochaEDGE, a creative agency in Shanghai. And in his spare time, he enjoys street (and recently some nature) photography during his frequent travels. He has 15,000 followers on Instagram and also co-runs Instagrammers Shanghai.
How is Instagram doing in China, and Shanghai in particular? Is there a Chinese equivalent of IG?
Instagram is doing fairly well but usage isn't very high compared to other countries and in relation to the overall population of China. There are actually dozens of Chinese equivalents to Instagram, such as Tuitu, ??, Suipai, Maopaopaipai, Camera360 and many others. WeChat (a dynamic messaging app in China which works a bit like Whatsapp) has a photo-sharing capability but this feature is quite secondary to the rest of the app. It's notable to mention WeChat as many of my Chinese colleagues actively share photos here and are very light users of IG. To put things into perspective, WeChat has more than 400 million users in China while IG has six million. Still, I would say IG has a striking advantage as you can easily explore worldwide photography. As one of my Chinese colleague says, "I can see the world from this little square." The variety of content on IG is also much more diverse and the overall quality also much better. According to my Chinese colleagues, IG is also a good way to learn English.
Congratulations on a strong following and excellent photos. What attracted you to the medium?
What attracted me to the medium of mobile photography was its immediacy and convenience. I can't get certain candid shots with a DSLR camera – which I also don't carry all the time. My iPhone however is always with me. I've recently started shooting with a Sony RX100 MK3, which is fantastic and compact, but really powerful. As a camera, it suits me really well when I need to catch something unexpected I see in real life. Another thing that I liked about mobile photography was how immediate it is for the viewer to see the photo on Instagram. It couldn't be more instantaneous and direct than from one connected mobile phone to the next. That's a really powerful thing.
I see you have 1,600 in your Shanghai Instameet group. What's the profile of the group – lots of expats?
The Shanghai InstaMeet group started this January: we had about 20 attend our first meet. Since then, numbers have wildly varied from 30-110 attendees. The account is growing fast. Originally, we thought we'd organize a meet every two or three months but the response has been really enthusiastic. People have been requesting one every month just so that they can get their monthly fix (!). The group is also fairly mixed. Sometimes it is 30-40% expat, but mostly it is young Chinese users. They are also from all over, not just Shanghai. We get a lot of visitors who pass through Shanghai sometimes. The age range is about 17 – 40. The male to female ratio is pretty even.
Your last meet was at Shanghai Museum of Glass (nice pics!) Do institutions like this welcome you officially and compete for your attention – or was it just an informal, relaxed meet-up without official sanction?
We have had some institutions and companies ask us to hold an InstaMeet at their event or location, but we prefer to select a location based on its visual qualities, its potential for great angles, and whether or not we think it'd be fun for people to explore. We then introduce ourselves to that institution to see if we can be offered some kind of support (such as prizes, free tickets, etc…) in exchange for some free promotion on IG. In the beginning, it was just an informal, relaxed meet-up but as our group grew larger, we felt we needed to get official support from the location, otherwise it would feel like a flash mob. Sometimes though it can still be a relaxed meet-up.
And following on from that, are some IGers in Shanghai now being paid by brands to work with them?
As far as I know, only a few IGers in Shanghai are getting paid to work with brands and companies. Usually it is for content development and for managing a company's IG accounts, or if they are known for doing a certain style of photography or video work, brands will contact them to do something similiar for them. Since the user base in China is still quite small, there are only a small handful of Chinese IGers who have more than 100K followers, which is usually the mark an IGer has to pass to get substantial commercial offers. I do know of a few IGers in Shanghai who have a much smaller following who still manage to get commercial work, usually from the quality of their work or the fact that they are otherwise really great networkers.
You're a VSCOcam man, I see. How do you rate Instagram's own filters – as good as? And any others you recommend?
At the very beginning like most people, I used Instagram's native filters. Once I switched to VSCOcam and especially after the redesign of the app, I've stuck with VSCOcam. I find the controls and tools more useful, the presets more subtle and aesthetically pleasing and the minimal design very attractive and a delight to use. I also really enjoy using Mextures, SKRWT, PS Express, Decim8 and Snapseed, but to a lesser extent.
How's the selfie craze going in Shanghai?!
The selfie craze is pretty strong in Shanghai – and to be fair, it has been for some time all over Asia. It's not something we like to admit, but if you go anywhere in Shanghai (in a club, bar, gallery or tourist spot) you should be able to see someone taking a selfie!
Some of his works can be found at:
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When Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts opened its third property in Shanghai in the city's historic Jing-An quarter, the company wanted to use social media to create a buzz around the new property.
It did so by commissioning Beijing-based freelance videographer Jonah Kessel to create five short Vimeo films featuring celebrities such as Shanghai jazz musician Coco Zhao, photographer Wang Gangfeng and fashion designer Jiang Ling to say what they felt represented the heart of Shanghai. These clips were then seeded on Sina Weibo and users of the social network asked for what they thought represented its heart.
As part of the campaign, the group ran weekly competitions where the most popular submissions won trips to Shangri-La properties around the world.
Such is the popularity of user-generated video that the campaign, called Shanghai at Heart, attracted more than 10,000 video clips. Over the four-week period of the campaign, news of the hotel reached more than 200 million people. Crucially, the company said the campaign had "substantially increased room bookings and traffic into hotels, restaurants and bars."
The campaign won the hotel group a bronze medal in the Hong Kong Marketing Excellence Awards.
In the second half of the year, the hotel group launched another Weibo campaign to tie in with the launch of 360 degree virtual tours of its properties, including the new Jing An Shangri-La. Weibo fans were encouraged to share a photo from one of the featured hotels with three friends.
It is not the only hotel using social media well in Shanghai. In June 2013, the Westin Bund Center became the first travel business in China to win a Smitty award from America's Travel + Leisure magazine, as runner-up in the category for best use of social media by an individual hotel.
The award was given for its campaign tied in with the 2012 Shanghai International Film Festival, of which the hotel was a sponsor. The hotel connected with movie producers via social networks, posted timely updates about China's pop culture, and cross-promoted its Weibo account with the organiser's official website and Weibo account.
The award was not a one-off either. In the 2014 awards, the hotel walked away as overall winner in the same category.Receiving the award, Andreas Trauttmansdorff, general manager of The Westin Bund Center Shanghai said at the time: "We are truly delighted to have received this special recognition. To be the first hotel in China to be recognized in a competitive category by Travel + Leisure Social Media in Travel + Tourism Awards is testimony to our pursuit towards innovation. We are honoured by the recognition and will continue to raise the social media bar for everyone in the hotel industry not just in Shanghai but across China."
The hotel is on Twitter and Facebook, where it has a few hundred followers, but is most active on Weibo, where it has more than 12,000 fans and it posts content frequently.Like many hotels doing social well, the Westin posts a mixture of native content, such as how-to articles on the top technology tips for Shanghai or tips for catching buses, alongside more traditional marketing messages.
For hotels in Shanghai and China in general, it is increasingly important to be aware of another part of social – the user-generated hotel review.
Tripadvisor launched its Chinese version, called daodao.com, in 2009 and bought local rival Kuxun.cn shortly afterwards and now gets millions of unique visitors each month. It is not merely a translated version of the main site but includes integrations with Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo and WeChat.
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Sue Anne Tay is the creator of Shanghai Street Stories, a superb blog which chronicles community living and architecture in the city's neighbourhoods.
Shanghai Street Stories: it's hard to imagine a city more likely to generate stories. True?
Yes, I would say that any large metropolis from New York, London, Tokyo to Shanghai draw such a diverse array of people from different backgrounds within and outside of the country. Couple that with a city that changes so fast and the stories resulting are endless. Remember, the country only opened up in 1978 and essentially condensed decades of modernization and urbanization.
Tell us more about blogging in Shanghai: is it still an emerging scene, semi-mature or racing along?
Depends on which sphere of blogging. For Chinese, they have longed moved away from blogging in long-form but now turn to Weibo (Chinese Twitter platform) and WeChat (messaging mobile app where you can create "group channels") to communicate to a large audience of hundreds of thousands, if not millions: 140 characters in Chinese is almost like a mini-essay. Plus, you can add an entire album of photos to your short post of either platforms. Unless you have something very specific to write about, I would say blogging has matured to the point of slowing down.
Within the expat community, people who blog are usually trying to capture their experiences abroad for their friends and families, and they eventually adopt a certain focus in topic and tone of blogging. That's still chugging along given that so many foreigners keep arriving in China to work and study.
More specifically travel bloggers: who do you admire in Shanghai and elsewhere in China?
LifeinNanchangLu.com is most about food and travels around China to write about food, and is written by Fiona Reilly who is an Australian doctor. FarWestChina.com is written by Joshua Summers. Lee Mack of CityWeekend, an expat magazine, has been writing about his travels for many years as travel and now senior editor. Oh yes, a travel site is Bamboo Compass.
Apart from your blog, what other social media do you like – do you use English and Chinese language platforms?
I mainly use Facebook (1,450 followers) and sometimes Twitter. I use WeChat to share with my Chinese friends but what I should really actively get on is Weibo for the reasons I mentioned earlier (getting a wider audience reach). But I have an account and use it to follow and learn from many Shanghai folks who follow heritage preservation and urbanization.
Is WeChat the most important app/platform in the travel industry in China? Weibo? Or another?
Weibo, for sure.
Does the Chinese travel industry use social well to promote inbound and outbound tourism?
Depending on the age group, social media is important with younger crowd familiar with mobiles. They use QR codes, promotions and constant messages to promote travels and deals. Lots of short videos of young people solo traveling (without a tour group). Personalities who have large Weibo followings may be sponsored to go on certain trips to share with their legions of followers.
Video: how important to your readers? Or is it more words and images?
I don't do video, I would love to but I don't yet have the capacity.
I enjoyed your profile in The Guardian in April – is your day job still looking at rural business for a foreign bank?
No, I've left the bank and am now with an advisory company, still doing strategy and research-related work.
You can also follow Sue Anne Tay on…
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Report authors Steve Keenan and Mark Frary are co-founders of Travel Perspective, a social and digital consultancy working with travel companies and tourism organisations to create successful marketing campaigns
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"""
import time
import datetime
from traceback import format_exc
from functools import wraps
from collections import OrderedDict

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    import ujson as json
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from vital.cache.decorators import high_pickle, cached_property
from vital.debug import preprX, line, format_obj_name
from vital.tools.lists import pairwise, flatten

from redis import StrictRedis
from redis_structures import RedisMap
from redis_lock import Lock

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class BaseCache(object):
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        """
        #: For map
        self.name = name
        self.prefix = prefix.rstrip(":")
        self.serialized = (True if serializer is not None else False) or \
            serialize
        if serializer:
            self.serializer = serializer
        else:
            self.serializer = None if not self.serialized else json
        self._client_conn = client
        self._client_config = redis_config
        self._default = None
        self.encoding = encoding or 'utf-8'
        self.decode_responses = decode_responses

        #: For cache
        self._ttl = ttl
        self.save_empty = save_empty

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        """ Set cache["key"] = value, persists to Redis right away with
            the default :prop:_ttl
        """
        return self.setex(key, value, self._ttl)

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        """ Get cache["key"] from local dict if in local dict,
            otherwise from remote Redis instance
        """
        return self.get(str(key))

    def __delitem__(self, key):
        """ Deletes cache["key"] """
        return super().__delitem__(str(key))

    def _skip(self, value):
        return (value is None or
                (hasattr(value, '__len__') and not len(value)))\
               and not self.save_empty

    def setex(self, key, value, ttl=0):
        """ Sets the key and value pair to redis with given @ttl """
        if self._skip(value):
            return 0
        with self.write_lock(key):
            r = self.get(key)
            if r is None:
                r = super().setex(str(key), value, ttl or self._ttl)
            else:
                r = None
        return r

    def set(self, *kvs, ttl=0, **kwvs):
        """ Set multiple key/value pairs with the same ttl

            @*kvs: |key, value, key2, value2, ...|
            @ttl: #int time to live in seconds
            @**kwvs: |key1=value1, key2=value2|

            Note:
            |@*kvs| and |@**kwvs| cannot be intermixed, |@**kwvs| will be
            favored
            ..
                cache.set("key1", "val1", "key2", "val2")
                cache.get("key1", "key2")
                # -> ['val1', 'val2']

                cache.set(key1="val1", key2="val2")
                cache.get("key1", "key2")
                # -> ['val1', 'val2']
            ..
        """
        ttl = ttl or self._ttl
        if len(kvs) > 2 or kwvs:
            # Pipeline set
            pipe = self._client.pipeline(transaction=False)
            setex = pipe.setex
            for k, v in (kwvs.items() if kwvs else pairwise(kvs)):
                if not self._skip(v):
                    k = str(k)
                    setex(self.get_key(k), ttl, self._dumps(v))
            result = pipe.execute()
            return result
        else:
            k, v = kvs
            return self.setex(k, v, ttl)

    def update(self, kvs, ttl=0):
        """ Set multiple key/value pairs

            @kvs: #dict of key value pairs or key: (value, ttl) tuples
                |{k: (v, ttl), k: v}| - if (value, ttl) is not set as the value
                @ttl will be used, if no @ttl is given, :prop:_ttl will be used
                by default
            @ttl: #int time to live in seconds
            ..
                cache = Cache(ttl=100)
                cache.update({
                    "key1": "val1",
                    "key2": "val2",
                    "key3": "val3"
                })
                cache.get("key1", "key2", "key3")
                # -> ['val1', 'val2', 'val3']

                time.sleep(1)

                cache.get_ttl('key2')
                # -> 99
            ..
        """
        ttl = ttl or self._ttl
        try:
            kvs = kvs.items()
        except AttributeError:
            kvs = kvs
        return self.set(*flatten(kvs), ttl=ttl)

    def get(self, *keys, default=None):
        """ REMOTELY get key / value pairs by @keys
            ..
                cache.get("key1", "key2")
                # -> ['val1', 'val2']

                cache.get("key1")
                # -> 'val1'
            ..
        """
        if len(keys) > 1:
            # Pipeline get
            results = self.mget(*keys)
            if default:
                return [r if r is not None else default for r in results]
            return results
        elif keys:
            try:
                return super().__getitem__(str(keys[0]))
            except KeyError:
                return default
        else:
            return default

    def keep(self, ttl=None, prefix=None, serialize_args=True):
        """ Redis-backed memoizer and simple caching utility

            @ttl: (#int) time to live in seconds
            @prefix: (#str) prefix overrides local :prop:RedisMap.prefix
            @serialize_args: (#bool) whether or not to serialize the
                wrapped function's arguments with :prop:RedisMap.serializer.
                If set to False, it will str((args, kwargs)) instead
            ..
                #: Must derive from Cache instance
                cache = Cache(name="json", serializer=json)

                @cache.keep(ttl=300)
                def expensive_db_func(*args, **kwargs):
                    pass

                exensive_db_func("fun", times="to be had")
                #: Resulting key:
                #  your_prefix:and_name:expensive_db_func: \\
                #      [["fun"],{"times":"to be had"}]
            ..
        """
        serializer = self._dumps if self._dumps and self.serialized \
            else json.dumps
        prefix = "" if not prefix else prefix.rstrip(":") + ":"

        def keeper(obj):
            @wraps(obj)
            def memoizer(*args, **kwargs):
                argkey = serializer((args, kwargs)) if serialize_args \
                    else str((args, kwargs))
                key = "{}{}:{}".format(prefix, format_obj_name(obj), argkey)
                r = None
                try:
                    r = super(Cache, self).__getitem__(key)
                except KeyError:
                    with self.write_lock(key):
                        r = self.get(key)
                        if r is None:
                            r = obj(*args, **kwargs)
                            if not self._skip(r):
                                super(Cache, self).setex(key,
                                                         r,
                                                         ttl or self._ttl)
                return r
            return memoizer
        return keeper

    #: Aliases
    add = set
    delete = RedisMap.remove
    flush = RedisMap.clear

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More and more people, including businesses, are reporting dissatisfaction with their internet providers. Although internet connection is more reliable overall, the main complaint received is in regards to internet speeds or, more specifically, not getting the speeds promised. It's certainly annoying for households who are trying to stream TV, download media or play online games but it becomes downright disruptive for businesses requiring fast and reliable internet.
Slow broadband is bad for business, so it's essential for companies to understand their broadband needs and choose a supplier accordingly. It can be confusing to know exactly what broadband speed to go for. Hoppy has created a simple video to explain this in simple terms. Ofcom has found that 83% of small businesses consider communications services essential to their functionality, meaning that any disruption can lead to profit-loss through reduces productivity and brand image.
Businesses relying heavily on fast internet speed must consider what happens to their employees' productivity when those speeds fail. Waiting around for downloads or online access of files may not seem like much when thinking of one employee but when this happens to dozens, hundreds of employees it becomes a real problem.
As any business grows, the number of people using business broadband will increase. More employees using broadband can put a strain on connection, slowing down internet speed and causing user experience issues for employees, as well as potential customers. Faster internet speeds are specifically designed to support bigger numbers of users – something to keep in mind when choosing business broadband.
Ever-increasing numbers of business' are hosting their services online thanks to advancements in technology such as the cloud. Documents, databases, and even CRM systems are all making the virtual migration. Easy and quick access through a reliably fast connection is needed to make working with cloud-hosted services as easy as possible.
Good internet connection also means more opportunities for collaboration, which is essential for business growth and effective idea generation. Flexible working and global workforces rely on internet-backed services and video-conferencing to make their jobs possible. It's a careful balance of constantly uploading, downloading, connecting, and accessing a range of cloud-hosted applications, all of which must be accessible with ease and without delay. Future-thinking companies who want to attract top talent with flexible-working benefits simply cannot afford to have a slow internet connection.
No business should compromise on the quality of internet speeds especially when internet providers are underperforming and not delivering on contractually promised speeds. Good connectivity should then trump costs but that doesn't mean you can't still get a good value deal for the speed your businesses requires, simply do some research and don't be afraid to make the switch if a better value deal pops up.


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Q: Unable to render 'bullet' chart via node-export-server from highcharts I've faced with issue when I unable to render the chart picture via node-export-server.
In response I've obtained the picture with error #17.
The same error occurs when I tried to put my chart data to export.highlights.com
{
    chart: {
        marginTop: 40,
        inverted: true,
        marginLeft: 135,
        type: 'bullet',
    },
    legend: {
        enabled: false
    },
    title: {
        text: '2017 YTD'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['Revenue
U.S. $ (1,000s)']
    },
    yAxis: {
      gridLineWidth: 0,
        plotBands: [{
            from: 0,
            to: 150,
            color: '#666'
        }, {
            from: 150,
            to: 225,
            color: '#999'
        }, {
            from: 225,
            to: 9e9,
            color: '#bbb'
        }],
        title: null
    },
    series: [{
        data: [{
            y: 275,
            target: 250
        }]
    }],
    tooltip: {
        pointFormat: '{point.y} (with target at {point.target})'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            pointPadding: 0.25,
            borderWidth: 0,
            color: '#000',
            targetOptions: {
                width: '200%'
            },
        },
    },
    credits: {
        enabled: false
    },
    exporting: {
        enabled: false
    }
}

Could you please advice where I was missing...
Thank you.

A: Unfortunately, the node-export-server is not able to export the 'bullet' chart type at all. Here is the reported issue: https://github.com/highcharts/node-export-server/issues/157
I'll let you know when it will be fixed.


I know next to nothing about Java, but I found an old Java game made sometime between 1997-1999 called Rollerboy 1.
I managed to grab a .class file for it off of a site, but I have no idea how to make it playable.
If someone could help me, I'd be more than willing to pay using Paypal. Thanks a lot!
The forum wouldn't let me use the file uploader so I uploaded it to Google Drive.
Since those are missing its probably failing to load. It also looks for a param to applet 'scoreServerPath' or defaults to a cgi script that is loaded as a url. If that fails it throws an exception and dies too.
One problem remains: The game tries to get the highscores from a server (as atom0s mentioned earlier). Maybe this part of the code could be removed.
Modern browsers won't allow you to run Java applets but you can start it from the command line (or just double-click the .bat file inside the bin folder). Requires a Java AppletViewer, which is included with the Java Development Kit (JDK).
There are 9 levels. The game will crash after the last level.
And I had to remove the code for loading and saving the highscores. Of course it would be possible to alter the code and save them locally, but I don't have the time for this.


Slow Cooker Parmesan Garlic Herb Chicken is such an easy meal that is packed with amazing flavor! The potatoes cook to tender perfection in garlic, parmesan, and fresh herbs and the chicken is perfectly juicy. This makes a great meal in one!
It is getting to be that time of the year for me where I am ready for more savory. You can only consume so many holiday treats and goodies before you are ready for less sweet and more savory. I think that is why the New Year is such a breath of fresh air after all of the holiday baking and treats consumed.
Since it has been super busy around here lately. I love making slow cooker meals that is a meal in one and ready for my family at dinner time. My energy level starts to decrease quite a bit by the evening, so when I have a delicious meal ready for the family I feel like I am winning at life.
This meal includes my favorite flavor combination everrrrr. Parmesan, garlic, and fresh herbs. It is amazing what these simple ingredients can do to bring out such amazing flavor and can be a meal that the entire family will devour.
Potatoes in the slow cooker are my jam. I love any meal that has slow cooker potatoes involved. A little bit of crisp on the outside and so incredibly tender on the inside. I used my favorite herb combination in these potatoes. Parsley, Thyme, and Oregano. You can definitely swap out one of those for your favorite herb. I love using fresh herbs in recipes when I cook, but you can also use dried herbs if you have that on hand as well.
Any meat cooked in the slow cooker always comes out with a fantastic result. This chicken was so tender and juicy. I love pan searing the chicken before to help seal in the flavor and give that nice crisp edge as it slow cooks.
The flavor is incredible in this meal and I know that your family will love it! It is so easy but full of such great flavor you will want to make it again and again!
In a large skillet over medium high heat add the butter and melt. Salt and pepper the chicken and add to the skillet. Sear on each side for 1-2 minutes or until nicely brown on each side. Set aside.
In a 5-6 quart slow cooker add potatoes, garlic, parmesan cheese, parsley, thyme, oregano, and mix. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle in olive oil and mix until coated.
Add the chicken to the slow cooker and cover. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 or until potatoes are tender. Top generously with freshly grated parmesan cheese. Garnish with fresh parsley.
he girl this looks so yummy!
Did you remove the skin?
Why would you remove the skin?
The recipe calls for baby red potatoes, so I think you mean that you substituted white potatoes for the baby red potatoes.
I wasn't blown away by this. I am constantly looking for crockpot recipes with good flavor and I feel consistently let down. For this recipe, I even added dried herbs, since fresh herbs in the crockpot for this long are useless. I did top with fresh parsley.
I consider myself a good cook an like lots of flavor but I rarely have good luck with crockpot cooking.
Love, love, love this recipe! I've made it for my family multiple times and it always turns out great! Personally, I like to add about a quarter cup of chicken stock to the pan after I sear the chicken (just to catch all that extra seasoning left behind) and then pour the liquid into the crock pot! It makes for a great gravy after everything is cooked!
This was delicious! I will make it again… and again!
Frozen or thawed chicken breast?
I made this and there is a fair amount of liquid in the bottom. Is that supposed to happen? The potatoes and chicken aren't crispy on the outside like they were supposed to be. Can I do something next time to fix this?
Did anyone answer this question? I'm having the same problem.
There was too much oil. If I make this again, I will use chicken broth instead of the olive oil.
I also added green beans which was a mistake. The potatoes and chicken were good, not crispy.
Thank you so much for the recipe. I'm so excited to try it, but I was wondering if the chicken thighs should be skinless or with the skin on. I was also wondering whether I need to add water to the crockpot after searing the chicken on both sides, so that it doesn't dry up while cooking.
Thanks so much for the comment. I am happy to hear that you liked it! Thanks for following along.
The flavor was good and the chicken was very tender. I had the problem a few others seem to have had though – too much liquid, which resulted in the potatoes not being crispy at all, and everything too greasy. Did anyone come up with a solution for this? Reducing the olive oil, maybe? I may try putting the leftovers under the broiler to see if that helps with the sogginess.
Just made out my grocery list and making this Monday morning for dinner. Looks really good.


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Q: Bootstrap: container-fluid and Year Calendar When i add the bootstrap year calendar to my site, it will be put nicely in one of those containers...
http://www.bootstrap-year-calendar.com/
Everything is working fine (more or less), but the calendar has a really short scroll bar at the left, and i have no clue why :(
What do i need to change to remove that scrollbar?

html,
body {
  font-family: 'Alice', Arial, Tahoma;
  padding-top: 40px;
}
#section-1,
#section-2,
#section-3,
#section-4,
#section-5,
#section-6,
#section-7,
#section-8 {
  padding-top: 50px;
}
#headingindex {
  text-align: center;
}
/*
@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
 #section-1, #section-2, #section-3, #section-4, #section-5, #section-6, #section-7, #section-8 {
  padding-top: 50px;
 }
}*/

p.wp-caption-text {
  font-size: 10px;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 3px;
  text-align: right;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Alice' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link href="css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <link href="css/bootstrap-year-calendar.css" rel="stylesheet">

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A: Use this CSS (after calendar CSS):
.calendar {
  overflow: visible;
}

A: Add the CSS overflow-y:hidden; to anything scrolling. It will hide the vertical scrollbar. If it's horizontal, use overflow-x: hidden; but if you can scroll an element that would suggest the element is greater then the container.


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The Crest
Annual Mass and Tea
Class Champions
Alumna Spotlight on Sara Pedrosa, Loretto College, 2002
Mar 13, 2019 | 2 comments
At The College
When I think of Loretto, I think of a long corridor of graduation photos. They were full of faces of bright young women in white gowns embarking on new lives. Each class had a story and so did each student. Today, as a member of Loretto College faculty, I still often find myself staring at these photos, including my own. I'm reminded of how that long corridor on Brunswick physically lead me to the stage in the auditorium, where my story came alive.
Mr. John Lynch was instrumental in my development as an artist and as a teacher. He guided us through personal struggles by having us address them onstage. Ms. Lynn York remains the most interesting person I have ever met. She made history come alive because she engaged us in her own experiences. Ms. Ani Strazar was influential to me as a student but even more so as a colleague. Since joining the faculty at LCS, Ani has supported my professional vision for reinvigorating the drama program.
I grew up frequenting Kensington Market, K-Town and Little Portugal. When my husband and I were deciding on the setting for our life, I knew that wherever I lived, I needed a community where I could invest weekly in small businesses. We're very fortunate to live in the community of Pape and Danforth where we know our grocers by name.
Getting Professional
I completed an Honours Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto. Simultaneously, with friend and fellow Loretto alumna, Maureen Gualtieri, I produced original works with our small theatre company, Exit Pursued by Bear. Having volunteered at Loretto after graduation, I felt I had found my true calling: to help young people tell their own stories through theatre. Since September 2017, I am now passing on the gift that Mr. Lynch once gave me, teaching drama to the next generation at LCS.
In the drama studio, my students and I deconstruct everything from our healthcare system to fast fashion. Like Mr.Lynch, I believe teenagers have stories to tell and all I have to do is give them a stage. Each year, my students and I embark on a collective creation for NTS Drama Festival (Sears Drama Festival). In 2017, my students and I were asked to remount our piece "O Nosso Fado" professionally at the SummerWorks Festival. Last year "Play Rights" was selected to advance to the provincial showcase. This year, "A Dark Horse in Low Light", a powerful show about systemic racism in photographic technologies, will perform at the upcoming regional showcase at Hart House Theatre in April. My students are not only thinking deeply themselves, but they are demanding that their audiences think deeply as well.
"I'm passionate about helping teenagers think critically about their constantly evolving world."
Be featured in an upcoming Alumna Spotlight
Shelby Stanley	on March 14, 2019 at 12:37 pm
This is wonderful to hear! Sara was an incredible force at Loretto, and I had the pleasure of working with her when I was a drama student myself. Her mentorship and guidance, in conjunction with the ever present and always supportive Mr. Lynch, became a true beacon for myself and my fellow classmates in the drama program. It is wonderful to hear that she in now continuing the legacy of incredible dramatic arts at Loretto College School, and helping young girls to follow their dreams and develop lifelong skills and encouraged self-confidence.
andrea	on March 18, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Tickets are now available for the show on April 13th. https://tickets.harthouse.ca/Online/seatSelect.asp
Alumna Spotlight, Calvi Leon, Loretto Abbey, Class of 2016
LCS – A Year in Review
LAT – A Year in Review
Class of '78 Reunion Re-cap
Alumna Spotlight on Kathy Martinez, Loretto College, 2018
Alumnae Spotlight
Loretto Abbey Toronto
Loretto College School
Loretto Sisters
Loretto Alumnae Association @2018

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Contact a representative at Key Insurance, Inc. to go over these and many other insurance options for retailers.


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| Parameter | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
|**`sys`**|`struct fins_sys_tp *`|A pointer to a structure with the FINS context|
|**`accessdata`**|`struct fins_accessdata_tp *`|Pointer to the buffer where the access data must be stored|
|**`start_record`**|`uint16_t`|The first access record to retrieve|
|**`num_records`**|`size_t`|The number of records to retrieve and at successful function return the actual number of records read|
|**`stored_records`**|`size_t`|The total number of stored records|

### Return Value

| Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
|`int`|A return value from the list [`FINS_RETVAL_...`](fins_retval.md) indicating the result of the query|

### Description

### See Also

* [`FINS_RETVAL...`](fins_retval.md) – Libfins function return code list
* [`finslib_access_right_acquire();`](finslib_access_right_acquire.md)
* [`finslib_access_right_forced_acquire();`](finslib_access_right_forced_acquire.md)
* [`finslib_access_right_release();`](finslib_access_right_release.md)
* [`finslib_write_access_log_clear();`](finslib_write_access_log_clear.md)


Always dreamed of being in the movies? You don't need to be in Hollywood to do it. With more movies and TV show being shot than ever, production sets are filming nationwide, and that means no matter where you live in the U.S, you have an opportunity to be a movie extra. How? Many films now shot on location, so they are looking for local folks to work as extras and they pay about $100 a day. Bellow we guide you on how to get start, hot to find the gigs and the best bet to be prepared on set.
The first step is to have current and accurate photos, but they don't need to be professional (in this case), but they should be good quality and show you realistically. It also helps to have a few different looks to show your versatility, and don't try to be anything other than yourself.
The second step is to find the gigs, so register online with casting companies like Actors Access (ActorsAcess.com), Backstage (Backstage.com) and Casting Networks (Home.CastingNetworks.com). Also smart is to hit the social media and follow local casting agencies and directors, who use Facebook to announce casting calls. You can find them at the Casting Society of America's website (CastingSociety.com).
When you are applying its important to read and follow the instructions exactly. If the casting call is in person, bring the photos. If it is via email, make sure your email contact is correct and updated. If they ask you to include specific words in the subject line, do so. Directors view hundreds of submissions at a time. Don't give them a reason to eliminate you.
The third step is to be prepared on set doing the best possible job once you are hired. So, show up on time and ready to work, that means dressed and groomed. Extras on current-day TV shows and movies are often required to bring their own wardrobe. A good tip is to remove valuables and keep your car gassed up, so if the show needs to use an extra car, you can earn extra cash. Sometimes they just need to park the car on the set, other times you may driving it.
The last step is to be professional! Tempted to chat with Brad Pitt or Jennifer Lopez? Refrain from approaching the star as well as the rest of the cast and crew. And don't take pictures of the set and post on social medias! You can be banned for doing so. The best plan? Pay heed to the production assistant, who is in charge of extras, and follow their instructions exactly.
Professional actors belong to three unions: Actors Equity Association (AEA or just "Equity), Screen Actors Guide (SAG), and the American Federation of Television (AFTRA). These, in turn, are members of an umbrella organization, the Association Actors and Artistes of America, known as the "Four As", chartered by the AFL-CIO. In simplest terms, Equity has jurisdiction over performances and stage managers in live theater. SAG covers performances on film, some areas of tape, and in emerging area of the new media. AFTRA's jurisdiction includes live and taped television, show, soap operas, commercials, radio, and recordings, as well as emerging areas of the new media. In addition to actors, singers, and dancers, its membership includes announcers, DJs, talk-show hosts, stunt people, sportscasters, and news persons.


This is a super energy efficient building using structural insulated panels. It has a mechanical ventilation heat recovery system. It is triple glazed and has been clad with thermally treated timber to enhance durability and dimensional stability.


Love it or loathe it, there's no denying the success of Farmville. The casual farming simulator has been embraced by thousands of people, many of whom would otherwise never class themselves as gamers. Whether its success is down to polished game mechanics or the social and free-to-play aspects is up for debate, but instead we'll look at the spiritual ancestor of Farmville known as Harvest Moon, specifically the version that came out on the Gameboy Color.
The Harvest Moon franchise started off on the SNES and has had multiple instalments over the years. The premise is straightforward; the player character has inherited a dilapidated farm and is tasked with maintaining it and making it successful. Initially the player does this by planting crops then harvesting them, hence the title. The crops have to be watered every in-game day before they are ready to harvest and sell As an added mechanic, certain crops are only available in specific seasons; corn and tomatoes in summer, turnips and potatoes in spring, etc. Once the player has earned enough cash, they can purchase tools to aid them in their farming duties and can even expand their farm to house cows and chickens. The livestock element offers a light "virtual pet" element to the game, looking after the cows and chickens by feeding them every in-game day will produce eggs and milk to sell. Te player also has to keep an eye on their farmer character, making sure they're well fed and rested.
While "grinding" is usually associated with RPGs, Harvest Moon certainly has it too. Every in-game day has the player planting and watering crops as well as feeding livestock in order to earn enough money to maintain the farm, with tools such as the sprinkler and horse's saddlebag essentially making it easier to keep farming. At first this seems repetitive, but you'll soon find yourself in a scheduled rhythm and there's something inherently satisfying about seeing your crops fully grown after days of looking after them, especially when you see how much you earn from them. In comparison the Farmville (where tasks are completed with a click of the mouse), having to "physically" move your farmer character around to perform tasks such as watering and harvest crops feels more gratifying and tangible.
On a technical level the graphics are simplistic and serviceable, as to be expected for a Gameboy Color game. The character sprites are quite adorable, especially for the animals. The farmer character has a few simple animations, ranging from the tasks they perform as well as indicating when they're tired. The music is by no means bad, but it's nothing to write home about.
If you want a game that's a break from the usual AAA gung-ho action, but the social and free-to-play elements of Farmville put you off, then Harvest Moon is a more-than-suitable alternative. While certainly a niche title, Harvest Moon is relaxing and satisfying to play. You can get the original Gameboy Colour version, and it's also available on the 3DS eShop.


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2. Complete and mail the order form below.
3. Allow up to four weeks for delivery.
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Donald Trump to Impose Steel and Aluminum Tariffs.
Jim McGreevy, CEO of The Beer Institute, said a tariff on aluminum would cost the beverage industry millions and lead to thousands of layoffs.
Gary D. Cohn, President Trump's top economic adviser will resign, becoming the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the Trump administration. Mr. Cohn had warned last week that he might resign if Mr. Trump followed through with the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which Mr. Cohn had lobbied against internally.
Jordan Peele is the First Black Screenwriter to Win Best Original Screenplay.
Jordan Peele was crowned the winner in the the best original screenplay race at Sunday's Academy Awards, making him the first black screenwriter to receive the honor. Only four black film writers have been nominated in the best original screenplay category in Oscars' 90-year history: Suzanne de Passe ("Lady Sings the Blues," 1972), Spike Lee ("Do the Right Thing," 1989) John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood," 1991) and Jordan Peele.
Italy's Election Leads to Two Rival Populist Parties Claiming the Right To Lead Next Government.
The two big winners in Sunday's vote, The League and The 5-Star Movement are now vying for control of Italy's next government. It will be weeks before the political outcome of the elections is clear.
First, the new parliament will be seated and it will elect Senate and House speakers. Italian President Sergio Mattarella will entrust someone with the task of trying to form a coalition. If no one can form a government, it's possible that another election will be held in the coming months.
Washington Governor Signs First State Net Neutrality Bill.
Residents of Washington State are getting so-called net neutrality rules back, with the nation's first state law that prevents internet service providers from blocking and slowing down content online.
The law, signed on Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, is the most sweeping state action so far against new federal rules that strip away regulations on how high-speed internet providers handle digital data. The dismantling of the nationwide rules.
Donald Trump's Justice Department Sues California Over Immigration Enforcement.
The Justice Department sued California, over the issue of providing sanctuaries from a crackdown on immigration enforcement. The lawsuit, which also names Gov. Jerry Brown and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, challenges three recently passed state laws that the Trump administration says hinder enforcement of federal immigration law and endanger federal agents. The Justice Department called the laws unconstitutional and asked a judge to block them.


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One thing had been worrying me about Sea Drift - the big Delius tone poem for baritone, choir and orchestra which I'm performing next Sunday with UWE Singers and orchestra. It's this: Whitman's poetry - in the printed version at least - makes a distinction between the words of the narrator and the he-bird by putting the he-bird's words in italics, while leaving the narrator in normal print.
If you don't know the poem, it's a wonderful picture of the narrator looking back on a period in his childhood when he used to go down to the beach to watch the sea birds. One year a pair turn up from Alabama, but in the course of the summer the she-bird, having laid her eggs, disappears - "maybe killed", but we never find out her fate. The rest of the poem is about the he-bird's desperate attempts to look for, call to and find his mate, and his eventual sorrow when she does not return.
As I say, the printed Whitman is pretty clear about who says what. The Delius, however, blurs them - the chorus and the soloist sometimes sing the bird's words, sometimes the narrator's.
And then, of course, I worked it out. The two are the same. The narrator, as an adult, has lost someone close to him - we don't know who, and it doesn't matter - and is looking to his boyhood and this sea-bird's cries of grief as an example of expressing and venting his own emotion.
In a week when the world is going to be focussing on the relationship between nature and humankind, it might be an important message.


Lacey, the covers look like the old ones they had several years ago. I don't know if it would make me pick up the books if I wasn't already looking for them.
I have to agree, Anne. I like the bigger picture from the previous covers over the red background.
I agree with you, Lacey, I also like the bigger pictures but the thing is if it's a HM&B, I'll pick it regardless of the cover or even the line!
Nas - I think that HM&B must have incredible readership loyalty. It seems that most of us aren't fussed by the covers anymore as long as it has that HM&B logo on it.
I'm a Desire girl from way back so I would buy them no matter what the covers looked like.
They've hooked us all, Tina! Thanks for stopping by.


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Q: Are piecewise continuous functions locally integrable? I known that continuity implies local integrability. Is this valid for piecewise continuous functions?

A: Yes, the functions is integrable on any compact subset of the domain which makes it locally intetrable.
We simply integrate on the intervals where the function is continuous and add the results using the formula $$ \int _a ^c f(x)dx = \int _a ^b f(x)dx +\int _b ^c f(x)dx$$


Ceramic tile is a mixture of clays and other natural materials. The special clays are mined from the earth, shaped, colored and than fired in kilns. Traditional ceramic tile can be naturally colored and left unglazed like terra cotta, or they can feature colored or highly designed surfaces which can be glazed (finished with a glass surface) either in a high gloss or matte finish. Most ceramic tile has either a white or red body coloration underneath the glazed, colored top layer.
Porcelain tile is a newer form of ceramic tile and extremly popular among homeowners. Porcelain tiles are composed of fine porcelain clays and fired at much higher temperatures than ceramic tiles. This process makes porcelain tile more dense, less porous, much harder and less prone to moisture and stain absorption than ceramic tiles. For these reasons, most porcelain tiles are suitable for both indoor and outdoor installations. Porcelain tiles are also harder to cut due to their density and hardness.


Lance's apartment is very tidy.
I sent Edgar $3,000 three months ago.
Are we going to help Cole?
Louise did many of the experiments himself.
List dog paddled toward the shallow end of the pool.
Alex tried to hide a smile.
You can't hide forever, Hirofumi.
I can't believe you called Delbert fat.
Cyrus broke Bernard's expensive Chinese Ming vase.
I want to make sure Hilda is safe.
Ritchey always uses a condom.
What did Perry give you for your birthday?
Wilmer is still in the cave.
Kitty plans to drive from Boston to Chicago.
Claire counted the remaining money in her bag.
Deirdre collapsed into his chair.
Spock disappeared without leaving a trace.
We have to find out what happened to Stuart.
Shel wouldn't let me to read the letter.
They think that Kamiya followed Lana home and killed her.
Hui requested help, but no one came.
Lowell and Part both wanted a lot of children.
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The benefits of study abroad for students are widely known and not a new concept, however, students are increasingly looking for an additional, social component to augment their studies where they can develop their soft skills, their social awareness, and assist their local community. A new project developed by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) offers new ways for international students to engage in social and volunteering activities during their time abroad.
SocialErasmus aims to enrich the Erasmus Programme by adding a social, charity and environmental aspect to the programme. This international project of ESN enables students to engage in social and volunteering activities, bringing them closer to the local communities they live in. The programme helps to promote a social attitude among international students and facilitates their social integration into the local community while exploring the added value that resides in the diversity in Europe.
In the charity pillar, there is a strong focus on activities that display kindness and generosity towards less fortunate individuals and/or groups in society. Through a large variety of activities, international students are engaged in actions offering immediate help and support to people in urgent need, or carrying out activities with a more strategic aim such as fundraising for various charity purposes – in many cases in cooperation with other charitable organisations.
International Santa Claus is a key activity under the charity pillar. Here, international students bring gifts to orphanages and spend time with children and hopefully bring more joy and happiness to the children during Christmas time. Other activities include international student visits to nursing homes and children's hospitals to share precious moments with the people living there. Blood donations have also been organised with large groups of international and local students in some countries.
In the environmental part of the programme, the focus is put on activities that are beneficial for the environment through various environmental acts among international students and local community members. The outcome of environmental projects is the influence on the local society in terms of greater interest for such causes or simply the projects can have a comprehensible effect of the older local inhabitants towards the younger generation. Furthermore, it teaches locals to share their problems with international students.
The main activities in this pillar are Erasmus Forest and cleaning actions. Erasmus Forest is a three-phase project. The first part involves planting trees. The second involves teaching classes about environmental protection, and the third involves a promotional publication for children and adolescents. Many environmental actions involve cleaning areas in the community areas and rubbish collection.
In the area of education, the most important task of the project is to involve foreign students in the process of informal education, mainly through their active participation in classes at primary schools, and lower and upper secondary schools. Exploring the added values that reside in the multicultural background of Erasmus participants, a project known as Erasmus in Schools (EiS) was launched. It aims to familiarise primary school, lower secondary and secondary school students with the culture and languages of many countries in Europe. Within the framework of EiS, Erasmus students visit schools and other institutions to share their knowledge and experience. These lessons help to promote a better understanding of Europe and Europeans, break away from stereotypes, and gain knowledge of the traditions and customs of EU countries. The lessons feature presentations and shows on selected countries, films and local music. Such events are often accompanied by games and contests with prizes. So-called 'Euro Dinners' are also organised during those meetings and they involve tasting dishes from all over Europe. EiS offers unlimited possibilities to learn about other cultures and languages directly from the source, that is from foreigners, and they are the most popular element of the SocialErasmus project.
As students are becoming more and more mobile, and looking to gain additional skills which they cannot obtain through their studies alone, projects such as SocialErasmus stand to prepare students better for an increasingly globalised world. Reach higher! Go further! Go social!
If you are attending the EAIE Conference this week, don't miss Poster Session 03: 'Erasmus in Schools: fostering mobility early on' which takes place on Thursday at 10.15.


I wish they at least warned us before hand. If I was still in the flashcard-making phase of my life I would be incredibly mad about this. It's a huge hassle and slows down my work and usage of my laptop dramatically as I can't switch between apps like I used to be able to. So, uninstalled and downloaded latest install for Chrome. I currently don't have access to a second screen and found having the adjustable divider very convenient, especially when designing web sites.
If you tried fixing this issue by - 1. How more people aren't angry about this is surprising. Adding a Chrome shortcut to the Windows 8. Tried many times but will not install? Read it here in details - Like on Facebook -. This was not straight forward as I had upgraded to Win 8. Or Can't Start Google chrome at all on Windows 7, windows 8 or 8. Some form of warning would have been nice; or better yet, a vote on whether or not we even want to get rid of it.
Even reinstalled Chrome But this error still there? Word or iTunes open on the other side. I think downloaded the installer from Chromes website and again, I'm noticing the same issues. Creating the Shortcut If you don't already have a Google Chrome tile on the Windows 8. I have the same issue. What they don't seem to know is its important to inform users before a change of this nature, especially in a product without supported backward compatibility of any kind for any length of time. Then I did a refresh. I did not have Win 8.
After several attempts to launch the browser I opened the task manager and saw that there were in fact instances of the program currently open. However, when I launch Chrome it jumps away from the desk top and brings up a black background. It helped me focus on getting things actually done and the same day I got it I lost it to finally updating everything. Being able to swipe between Chrome and my desktop on the touchscreen was also incredibly convenient. Windows 8 mode was how I most often used Chrome on my Surface Pro 3. On a laptop with a small screen less than 11 inches wide , Metro Mode allowed me to have both Chrome and my Word document open at once in the most visually accessible way. Points to remember: 1 If you can't make the media on the same machine as you are having problems with, use a similar type of machine, e.
Please restore it, thank you. Hope u can renable it in the very next update. Not that I'd be happy had I been informed, but it would have saved me the trouble of trying to figure out what was wrong with my computer when it was what was an issue with Chrome's developer's decisions. For me, Metro mode was a feature worth saving. I never thought I would find a reason to want to switch to a new web browser, but I think this change did it for me.
I thought my browser was broken completely as clicking my chrome icon was just opening my desktop not even opening chrome on my desktop -- just the desktop. The split screen function was super convenient and it made working on two different things at once very simple. Since I am no longer in that phase of school I'm just cranky. If You haven't tried above method Or this happens just now then first kill Chrome process from task Manager and check. Very disappointing that it's gone and there was no notice of it being removed - it took me days to track down this thread. Because you actively informed us and shared this information via all available channels like i. I have many troubles running the desktop mode on my tablet most importantly the touch keyboard won't appear automatically as I type besides the difficult multitasking.
I've only had my Windows 8. I liked being able to flip between tiles by swiping the track pad, but now Chrome, Microsoft Word and iTunes all run on the desktop and it makes it hard to do work, homework, and general multitasking. So be prepared for a lot of reinstalling of your old programs. Any idea what the problem would be? I'd even use it when doing design work for myself, having a sliver of Chrome playing a podcast or video and using the rest of the screen for my work. If there won't be Metro Chrome anymore can there at least be a way to uninstall the update? Is there another method for me to run Chrome in assigned access mode? I'm too disappointed and I can't understand the need for removing it. Removing Chrome's windows 8 mode is the same reason people don't like Windows 10 ; it's inconvenient and stifles the ability to multitask. Metro mode was what made Chrome an enjoyable experience, at least for me.
If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. I closed them all and went for a uninstall, funny. I've used it for around 2 years now and all of a sudden its gone and had me up until this bloody early in the morning trying to fix it!! To view all of the processes currently running on the computer, click Show processes from all users. I 100% ceebs using Skype anymore after that. While it still works, it makes it very difficult to utilize other tools on my desk top.
If Nothing works then this video is Final Solution. Play YouTube Videos in Background on Phone Watch here - Google Chrome Won't open, isn't launching? Not only is it ridiculous that this can't be included for those that want it, but it's beyond ridiculous that users were not notified before it was removed! It was a favorite feature of mine and a warning or at least a notification when it happened would have been nice. The update did help me much, but it did take a good idea away. Google knows all, that what we've come to know, whether we like that fact or not. It was easily the best feature of chrome and made it much easier to multitask while working. Now that my machine is refreshed, it is a joy to use :- I hope the above helps someone in a similar position.


Description: Monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide. An index of the issue appears on page 32; the index for volume 28 begins on page 33.


Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) type Pw3 Pr 02 baggage car.
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Oscar screener of top movie found on Internet
The studios then sent screeners to thousands of other awards voters.
An Oscar video "screener" of the top ranking romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give, starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, has surfaced on the Internet, says the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Three months ago the academy banned the distribution of "screener" DVDs and videotapes over concerns about bootlegging, but partly lifted the ban after complaints from filmmakers, producers and independent production companies.
The studios changed the policy last October to allow the shipment of encoded videocassettes to Academy Award voters only. A federal judge in December, however, granted a temporary injunction lifting the screener ban in a lawsuit brought by independent production companies, which argued the policy put them at a disadvantage for awards.
The studios then sent screeners to thousands of other awards voters, including groups such as the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globes.
The Los Angeles Times reported that visible and hidden markings on the videocassette copy on the Internet identify it as the one sent to Carmine Caridi, a film and television actor who appeared in The Godfather: Part II and television's NYPD Blue. He was not available for comment.
The academy required its 5,803 eligible Oscar voters to sign forms promising to protect their screener tapes before they were received. About 80 percent of voters signed and returned the forms.
An excerpt of the form reads: "I agree not to allow the screeners to circulate outside of my residence or office. I agree not to allow them to be reproduced in any fashion, and not to sell them or to give them away at any time. ... I agree that a violation of this agreement will constitute grounds for my expulsion from the Academy and may also result in civil and criminal penalties."
Sony Pictures Entertainment, whose Columbia Pictures produced and distributed the movie, notified the academy about the online screener copy. An investigation continues.
"We did everything we could to ensure the secure handling of all of our screeners sent to members of the academy," Sony spokesman Steve Elzer told the Times. "We are very concerned about this situation, and have turned over all relevant information to the academy." Sony said it will decide whether to pursue legal action once the academy's investigation is completed.
Oscar voters denied advance movie screening DVDs
The no-screener policy was implemented to avoid the kind of piracy problems facing the music industry.
Screener decision sends filmmakers scrambling
A federal court overturned the ban by Hollywood's major motion picture studios on screener videos for non-Oscar movie awards voters.
Art vs. commerce dilemma engulfs Hollywood in fight over video "screeners"
The new ban on screeners is essential to reduce "digital thievery."
Screener ban now in court
The suit seeks both a temporary restraining order that would lift the screener ban and $25 million in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages.
Motion Picture video "screener" ban altered
The war between asset protection and marketing is just beginning.
Judge blocks screener ban to awards voters
The judge said he was swayed by testimony that showed awards are critical to the success of smaller films.
The Motion Picture Association of America has vowed to appeal the judge's decision.


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Brady loses again
Buccaneers do not recover after a weak Brady start
In the past Regular Season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were unstoppable after their Bye-Week (Match Day 13), including the Super Bowl, had won all lots. This season, however, the Bus listed by Tom Brady in Washington (3: 6) were heavy — especially the seven-time NFL champion itself. Brady brought only two passports in players in the initial phase, two more arrived conversations mutated Meanwhile To interceptions. A real false start So, especially in the second quarter of Washington s playmaker Taylor Janice for 20 yards served his first Touchdown pass of the evening for Deandre Carter to 13: 0.
Brady would not be Brady if he would connect after a 0:13 or 6: 16 pause residue. And so the 44-year-old started in the third quarter with a TD passport on Cameron Rate for six yards (13:16). And also on the interim 13:23 of the US captains, TB12 promptly responded with a fine TD litter on Mike Evans (40 yards).
But more should no longer go for a total of non-very handy professionals from Tampa Bay, which thus dropped to 6: 3 in the balance sheet. Overall, it lacked rhythm, which was exploited by Washington s playmaker Taylor Janice (256 yards, a touchdown, no interception) with his colleagues freezing cold. Running Back Antonio Gibson made everything clearly to 29:19 with his second TD.
The Patriot fans have Mac Jones — and Meyers
One of the top duels of the early NFL Sunday games of Week 10 was the comparison between the New England Patriots and the Cleveland Browns — this was at the same time a journey into the past for Pats-Mastermind Bill Belching. The six-time Super Bowl winner coach had once again looked after Browns between 1991 and 1995 before he had come to New England to his success station. And the last time Cleveland had won an away game at the Patriots, was in 1992 — so as a Belching nor her head coach was (0: 6 was up-to-date the balance sheet).
Fast should be determined that on this match day a 0: 7 would become a 0: 7, because Browns launched into the new season (now 5: 5) had nothing to report in Forbore. After 60 minutes of football, the Pats celebrated a convenient 45: 7, especially they celebrated Mac Jones. The rookie quarterback, which has been the best impression of the best impression under all the new playmakers this season, advanced more and more for the strong long-term solution of New England. The 23-year-old brought 19 out of 23 passes for 198 yards and three touchdowns and could even be spared something. So Routine Brian Homer (36) came in and was still allowed to throw a TD pass for the fourth victory of the Patriots (6: 4).
Also, especially on this day: Wide Receiver Jacobi Meyers reached his first touchdown in the third NFL year and 39th game of his career. No passed before had used so long for his first score, Meyers had finally crashed more than 1500 Receiving Yards. His premiere was celebrated as well as quarterback Mac Jones extensively, the whole team celebrated that. It s great if you win so much, Hench also said the German Fullback Jakob Johnson at Prospered Max.
Scene Pittsburgh: drama, extension, rain — and more drama
Even without the short term with the Coronavirus Star Quarterback Big Ben Roethlisberger went the Pittsburgh Steelers as a clear favorite in the duel with the yet completely without a victory Detroit Lions. But the game should first go to the extension — and apparently no team wanted to win, so it came to a 16: 16 draw in the end.
Should not be satisfied with the draw against Detroit: Sellers coach Mike Tomlin. Getty Images
This was mainly because both Steel City (0: 8: 1) and Motor City (5: 3: 1) with sturdy mistakes did not heat up. Pittsburgh, For example, in person of playmaker Mason Rudolph (30/50 passports, 242 yards, a TD) was an interception and equal to three fumbles, two of which turned to Detroit. In the extremely rainy overtime, the Lions, for which Quarterback Jared Goff was beaten, and only 114 yards came (61 yards of it in conjunction with the German-American Monera St. Brown), then a Field Goal to victory. At the end, the first draw was this season and the certainty that Detroit can no longer stand with 0:17.
What else was going on?
Titans keep saints in chess — Bills drive blowout victory
The Tennessee Titans have prevailed against the non-listing New Orleans Saints (5: 4) with 23:21, which improved their own balance to 8: 2 and at the same time won in series for the sixth time. Man of the day was quarterback Ryan tanneries with 213 passing yards as well as a passing and a rushing touchdown. That was in the end too much forever concealed guests around Jameis-Winston representative Trevor Simian (298 yards, a TD, no int.) And Running Back Mark Ingram (a TD). What was also achieved: The Titans first became the second team of NFL history, which won against five play-off teams of the previous year (Bills, Chiefs, Colts, Rams, Saints). Previously, only the Philadelphia Eagles had made 2003.
Very little problems had the Buffalo Bills (6: 3), which won extremely clear at the New York Jets (2: 7) with 45:17. Next to four Rushing Touchdowns of four different players as well as a good idea of playmaker Josh Allen (366 yards, two TDS, an int.), Above all, the help of Jets quarterback Mike White was crucial. The 26-year-old made four interceptions.
The Texan steam roll rolls over Atlanta
That the Cowboys would go up to this match day on this match day, of which was to be assumed after the recent 16: 30 surprise against Denver. But with such a first half as now against the falcons was not too expected: Dallas disassembled the guest from Atlanta according to all the rules of art, led by the own offensive artist Needed Lamb and Ezekiel Elliott (two TDS each) suggests with 36: 3 Break. In addition, the defense succeeded for an overburdened attack of 4: 5 guests around Rademacher Matt Ryan (only 117 yards, no touchdown, two interceptions) as well as substitute Josh Roses (an interception) a blocked kick to the score.
Little surprisingly, the game after the pause tea became a manageable matter. After all: Cowboys quarterback DAK PRESCOTT (296 yards, two touchdowns, no interception) ran even to the 43: 3 final score, which improved the balance of 7: 2. In addition, the Texans recorded the first game with over 40 points since 2000.
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